Prehistoric

Prehistoric is a 2009-2010 documentary about different US cities in different times in Prehistory. Cities include: New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Dallas, and Los Angeles.


 * Anachronism Stew: Dimetrodon never lived 260 million years ago, Pteranodon never lived 110 million years ago, Ichthyosaurs never lived 80 million years ago, and Dilophosaurus never lived 200 million years ago.
 * Apocalypse Wow: New York has the Triassic-Jurassic extinction 200 million years ago, Chicago has an impact from 260 million years ago, and Washington DC has an impact 35 million years ago.
 * Big Applesauce: The first episode
 * Denver: The fourth episode
 * DFW Metroplex: The fifth episode
 * Everything's Better With Dinosaurs: All episodes have them
 * Everything's Even Worse With Sharks: Megalodon
 * Everything's Worse With Bears: Arctodus
 * Everything's Worse With Bear Dogs: Amphicyon
 * Expy: Astrodon to Apatosaurus and the unnamed Tyrannosaur in the second episode to Tyrannosaurus
 * Full Boar Action: The fourth episode has Archaeotherium AKA the Terminator Pig
 * Gorn: Several blood effects, most noticeable in the Deinonychus segment
 * Los Angeles: The sixth episode
 * Never Smile At a Crocodile: Postosuchus
 * Panthera Awesome: The scimitar-toothed cat and saber-toothed cat (which aren't actually panthers, but are feliforms)
 * Ptero Soarer: Pretty accurate pterosaurs (complete with feathering)
 * Raptor Attack: Deinonychus (feathered improperly, but still feathered) takes down a Tenontosaurus.
 * Rocks Fall Everyone Dies: An impact event in the Chesapeake Bay kills all life in the area, devastating everything up to New York City.
 * Rodents of Unusual Size: The giant beaver Castoroides
 * Roger Rabbit Effect: The scenes where the prehistoric animals roam the cities
 * Speculative Documentary: Since dinosaur fossils were never found in Chicagoland, the producers had to speculate what dinosaurs lived there - they got around the problem by not stating specific species.
 * Stock Footage: From Dinosaur Planet, When Dinosaurs Roamed America, the Walking With series, and Animal Armageddon, no less!
 * Stock Sound Effect: Sounds from When Dinosaurs Roamed America and the Walking With Dinosaurs series are heard throughout.
 * The Windy City: The second episode. Interestingly, it has no dinosaur fossils.
 * Washington DC: The third episode
 * Zerg Rush: The Deinonychus attacking the Tenontosaurus