The Tyrannosaur Chronicles: Difference between revisions

* [[Don't Touch It You Idiot]]: Against Ms. Rhonwyn's instructions, Traum opens one of the baskets that he has been told to dispose of. The magic that emnates from the open basket attracts [[God of Evil|Whiro]], who proceeds to chase Traum all over New Zealand...

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Dollie Stegosaurus isn't all that bright, but she can ''really'' play hockey. Her [[Defictionalization|thagomizer]] can send the puck at such high speed and accuracy that it's extremely difficult (and painful) for an opposing goalie to block it.

** Hogan the Muttaburrasaur first appeared in a list of names. He's now a player in the Dinosaur Winter Games, although not yet a significant character.

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Valor Velociraptor is thought to be one by many others in the Pack of the Primordial Feather.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Layla calls on Desdemona to help get rid of Traumador, even though they generally think of each other with disdain. Ultimately, they still don't get along, leading to Desdemona and Valor's [[Xanatos Gambit]].

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Dr. Spectre to Professor Paradigm.

* [[The Evil Genius]]: Dr. Spectre.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The various theropod Packs (gangs). Traumador wants nothing to do with any of them, but by turning down his cousin's coelurosaur-only [[Feathered Fiend|Pack of the Primordial Feather]], he is not only becoming their enemy but also attracting the attention of rival Packs.

* [[Feathered Fiend|Feathered Fiends]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|The Pack of the Primordial Feather]]. All its members are coelurosaurs, the fuzzy and feathery dinosaurs that also include birds. (Incidentally, birds are the only coelurosaur lineage who aren’t part of the Pack.)

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] – Teresa Tyrannosaur

** [[The Dragon]] – Larry the Tyrannosaur (sometimes Layla)

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] – Layla Oviraptor/Razi Saurornithoides

** [[The Brute]] – Desdemona Deinonychus/Larry

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Boom and Rang the Leaellynasaura. They easily took first place in the first couple of events in the Dinosaur Winter Games (especially taking into account that their homeland [[Shown Their Work|Australia was one of the snowy areas during the Cretaceous]]), but were defeated by [[Team Spirit|Team]] [[Eagle Land|America's]] power play during ice hockey and are forced to drop out when Bronko the Stygimoloch gives Rang a particularly [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hard-headed]] check.

** Traumador himself to some degree. Being a small tyrannosaurid, he is [[Shown Their Work|very fast]], but his enemies are usually much stronger or more experienced in physical combat.

* [[God of Evil]]: Whiro.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Lance the Lambeosaur is very gruff and distrusting towards Traumador, but {{spoiler|he works for Paleo Central, the main group responsible for fighting evil in paleontology}}.

* [[Hand Wave]]: The real-life Traumador was known as "Trogador" when he was used as an educational prop at the Tyrell museum. Therefore, Traumador's videos that were filmed during his Tyrell days use his older name. Traumador has said on his blog that this is because the camcorder picked up his name funny.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Both Professor Paradigm and Dr. Spectre need to wear breathing masks due to one of their past encounters, which involved Paradigm being forced to blow up a chemical tank.

** Pachycephalosaurs.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Lance to Traumador. Lance has always been on the good side, but until the Crimson Talons attacked he had thought that Traumador was [[The Mole]].

** Played straight with Professor Paradigm's timely arrival when Traumador is captured by two fossil poachers. Paradigm knocks out one poacher but is ambushed and [[The Worf Effect|handily defeated]] by the other.

* [[Howl of Sorrow]]: Traumador when he discovers the contents of the mysterious "Crate" the Pack of the Primordial Feather have been preparing. [[Cliff Hanger|We don't yet know why.]]

* [[Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer]]: Dr. Spectre.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Dr. Jaden Spectre.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: The reason both Dr. Paradigm and Dr. Spectre need to wear breathing masks. All we know is that it involved a chemical tank being blown up during one of their conflicts.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Dan pulls this off to distract a fossil poacher.

** Traumador might also qualify. He stopped growing much earlier than is normal for ''Tyrannosaurus'', which [[Shown Their Work|usually grow into their teens]]. {{spoiler|The reason for this is because he's not a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' but his own species, ''Tyrannosaurus traumadori''.}}

*** Lampshaded by Lillian.

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: In spite of their best efforts, the Crimson Talons could inflict only these on {{spoiler|Lance}}. According to him, carnosaurs and tyrannosaurids can (somewhat predictably) cause far more serious injuries.

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Although Traumador writes most of the blog entries, we occasionally see the thoughts of other characters, too, as indicated by a change in the color of the text. Different characters have varying degrees of grammatical accuracy and distinctive styles of wording. (For example, Traumador's green text never contains any capital letters and is often rather conversational in tone, while Professor Paradigm's white text is not only more grammatically correct but also carries an air of seriousness and and greater literacy.)

** Larry the Tyrannosaur and Desdemona Deinonychus are both movie stars, being the [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] and lead raptor in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''. Teresa the Tyrannosaur joins them in the sequel.

*** Matter of fact, Larry is just about every adult ''Tyrannosaurus'' to appear in modern pop culture.

** Traumador is scared of [[King Kong|gorillas]].

** Boom and Rang are the ''Leaellynasaura'' from ''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]''

* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: Several show up in Traum’s adventures, especially his cousin Larry. {{spoiler|Traumador himself turns out to be a distinct species of ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''T. traumadori''.}}

* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: Some of the Crimson Talons (as well as Traumador) to {{spoiler|Lance}}. Averted by the higher-ranking Pack members, who know perfectly well what he's capable of.

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Coelurosaurs use "scavenger" as a major insult.

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Desdemona Deinonychus and Valor Velociraptor use Traumador this way in attempt to overthrow their political rivals.

** Traumador fears that this may have happened between him and Zendin due to the Pack of the Primordial Feather's interference.

** May or may not have happened with Traum and Craig. Craig's mysterious disappearance ruined any chance of reconcilation.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Professor Paradigm is shown to be extremely skilled in physical combat. Sadly, most of his battles we (and Traum) are witness to were with [[Always a Bigger Fish|even stronger opponents]].

* [[Write Who You Know]]: Craig is the real mastermind behind the blog. Nearly all the humans who appear are friends of his or [[Special Guest|Special Guests]]. And Traumador himself is a puppet owned by Craig that he used as an educational prop of sorts while he was working at the Tyrell Museum.