Clash of the Dinosaurs: Difference between revisions

 

The series was followed by a special titled '''''The Last Day of the Dinosaurs'''''. This time, the producers told us their story of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|how these majestic creatures went extinct]]. This one had fewer problems.

 

* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Easily avoided, since not that many animals appear, and the ones that do were contemporaries in [[Real Life]].

** Actually, the program implies that ''[[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|Deinonychus]]'' fed on juvenile [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|tyrannosaurs]], while there was a 30-million year gap between the two.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: To paraphrase one talking head, using his hands to represent dinosaurs:

{{quote|(in high voice) "Hi, I'm a ''[[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|Deinonychus]]''!"<br />

(squishing motion) }}

* [[Documentary of Lies]]: To quote Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., a talking head on the show:

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: The extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous {{spoiler|[[It Was His Sled|happens]]}}.

* [[Giant Flyer]]: ''[[Stock Dinosaurs Non Dinosaurs|Quetzalcoatlus]]''.

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Averted, as the ''[[Stock Dinosaurs Non Dinosaurs|Quetzalcoatlus]]'' preys on ''[[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|T. rex]]'' babies.

* [[Mexican Standoff]]: This is what the [[Narrator]] calls the situation the ''Saurornithoides'' and ''Charonosaurus'' find themselves in. The former is trying to steal the latter's egg.

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: The narration suggests that ''Tyrannosaurus'' lived in Asia, when it was strictly North American. To be fair, some include the Asian ''Tarbosaurus'' in the genus, but most (both then & now) consider them distinct.

* [[Ptero-Soarer]]: A scaly, UV-seeing ''[[Stock Dinosaurs Non Dinosaurs|Quetzalcoatlus]]''.

* [[Quote Mine]]: Poor, poor Mathew Wedel.

* [[Rule of Cool]]: [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|Hadrosaurs]] using a sonic weapon against [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|theropods]]? A pair of [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|small raptors]] attacking a sub-adult [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|sauropod]]? Do note, when the talking head<ref>The one who was quote-mined, at that!</ref> said "juvenile sauropod" and "pack of raptors", he meant tiny babies and a huge pack, but the animators instead used the largest animal that would still qualify as a "non-adult" specimen getting mauled by a pair of raptors.

* [[Seldom-Seen Species]]: ''Sauroposeidon'', ''Charonosaurus'' and ''Saurornithoides''.

** Their [[Meaningful Name|duck-billed]] [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|dinosaurs]] have fleshy lips.

** While the [[Stock Dinosaurs True Dinosaurs|raptors]] were nice and feathered, they still weren't quite feathered ''enough''.

* [[Speculative Documentary]]: Maybe a bit too speculative.

* [[Stock Dinosaurs]]: ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Deinonychus'' and ''Quetzalcoatlus''. Sadly, along with the sauropod ''Sauroposeidon'', [[Small Taxonomy Pools|those are the only creatures in the doc]].