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1* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people think of [[VideoGame/CadillacsAndDinosaurs the arcade game]] when they hear the title ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs''.
2* AnimationAgeGhetto: Basically what killed the cartoon after a few episodes. They tried to make it a smarter, darker ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 TMNT]]''-killer, but ended being a bit too heady for a Saturday morning cartoon.
3* {{Anvilicious}}: Some have suggested that the environmental overtones are just a bit heavy-handed and preachy in places.
4* CompleteMonster:
5** [[EvilPoacher Hammer Terhune]] is the psychopathic minion to [[CorruptPolitician Governor Scharnhorst]]. Trying to discredit Jack Tenrec's idea of promoting a balance between humans and nature, Hammer uses a sonic transmitter to torment a T-Rex and has it attack nearby settlements, then tries to cause a bunch of Triceratops to stampede and kill people in a mining town. Unhappy with taking orders, Hammer uses a [[KillSat killer satellite]] to try and [[TheStarscream destroy the City in the Sea]], so that he can take over what's left. Hammer later discovers a boy who can control dinosaurs and tries to test the boy's skills by [[WouldHurtAChild throwing him into a pit with a hungry raptor and seeing if he can control it]]. Finally, Hammer uses some dynamite to try to kill some dinosaurs, but causes a wildfire instead, which is heading towards some gas wells, which would eventually cause an explosion that would devastate the jungle, resulting in mass starvation for the City in the Sea. Scharnhorst orders Hammer to work with Tenrec to use nitroglycerine to save the jungle, but Hammer intends to kill Tenrec anyway and steal the nitroglycerin for himself, not caring that his actions could have endangered millions of lives.
6** "Duel": Sean Russel is Jack Tenrac's [[EvilFormerFriend old friend]] and [[RivalTurnedEvil rival]]. Russel sabotages Tenrac's car and steals a helicopter engine from him. He uses his new helicopter to go to the home of the Grith, [[LizardFolk a race of peaceful sapient lizard creatures]] who communicate through telepathy, and steals the life stone, a gem they need to survive. Russel uses the stone to summon several dinosaurs to a valley. Russel captures Tenrac and says he invited Hammer Terhune and his brothers to come and slaughter both the dinosaurs and the Grith, planning to sell their meat and bones on the black market. Tenrac lectures Russel about selling out the Grith to make a profit and [[IgnoredEpiphany Russel seems to briefly feel guilty over it]], but quickly [[{{Greed}} decides he cares far more about money then his old beliefs]] and continues with his genocidal scheme.

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