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Why, none other than the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, better known as (depending on the source) either the K-T<ref>Cretaceous-Tertiary</ref> or the K-Pg<ref>Cretaceous-[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Paleogene/Palaeogene]]</ref> extinction in paleontological terms. Not only did this extinction wipe out almost two-thirds of all life on Earth and dethrone the dinosaurs, it also set the stage for most of the modern ecosystems we see today. The extinction did this by making the planet a giant hellhole.
Despite [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8550504.stm being confirmed with a huge degree of certainty and consensus] to be some kind of asteroid impact, debating has made the K-Pg extinction ideal for the sheer amount of theories as to why the dinosaurs died out; rivaling that of [[Who Shot JFK?]]. What's one more [[Epileptic Tree|crazy theory]] going to hurt?
Ironically, most writers tend to ignore the Permian extinction, a mass extinction even ''bigger'' than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Because, you know, [[Rule of Cool|dinosaurs are cool]].
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== Live-Action TV ==
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* ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' plays an odd twist on it- it ''was'' just a random meteorite, but it became a ''magical'' meteorite, which shattered into [[Mineral MacGuffin|mineral macguffins]], which then imprinted on the dinosaurs ([[Epileptic Trees|possibly absorbing dino life energy in the process]]).
** On the other hand, the series ''Dino Thunder'' was based on, ''[[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]]'', holds it that the meteorite ''didn't'' kill the dinosaurs, but instead transported them to an alternate universe where they thrive to this day, having long since developed into super-intelligent [[Animal Mecha]].
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'''Big Brain:''' [[Large Ham|MEEEEEEEEEE!]] }}
* Wanda claims to have wiped out the dinosaurs the last time she "went bad" in ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''.
** But she didn't -- it was [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Sylvester Calzone]] doing a species-wide [[No
{{quote| '''Calzone:''' Uh, you're da species, and I'm da extinction!!}}
* In one episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', lampooning [[The Bible]], a pig in the Garden of Eden warns Adam (Homer) against eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. One of the dinosaurs ate one and well...that's why there aren't any more of them.
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