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Some animals (or certain groups of animals) have a tendency to be depicted in media always doing a certain activity. Cheetahs are always running, humpback whales are always breaching, and [[Cock a Doodle Dawn|roosters are always crowing at dawn]]. Can be justified when it's to highlight the most prominent characteristic of the animal, or if the animal really does spend a considerable portion of its time engaging in its stock behavior. Oftentimes, however, it leaves the impression that the species spends ''all'' of its time engaging in its stock activity and overshadows its other behaviors. See [[Somewhere This Index Is Crying]] if the animal doesn't actually engage in its stock behavior in [[Real Life]], or only does so rarely.

Some animals (or certain groups of animals) have a tendency to be depicted in media always doing a certain activity. Cheetahs are always running, humpback whales are always breaching, and [[Cock-a-Doodle Dawn|roosters are always crowing at dawn]]. Can be justified when it's to highlight the most prominent characteristic of the animal, or if the animal really does spend a considerable portion of its time engaging in its stock behavior. Oftentimes, however, it leaves the impression that the species spends ''all'' of its time engaging in its stock activity and overshadows its other behaviors. See [[Somewhere This Index Is Crying]] if the animal doesn't actually engage in its stock behavior in [[Real Life]], or only does so rarely.

Subtropes include [[Rhino Rampage]], [[Playful Otter]], and [[Cock a Doodle Dawn]]. [[Killer Rabbit]] is often a subversion. Can overlap with [[Stock Animal Diet]] if feeding is a stock behavior of an animal.

Subtropes include [[Rhino Rampage]], [[Playful Otter]], and [[Cock-a-Doodle Dawn]]. [[Killer Rabbit]] is often a subversion. Can overlap with [[Stock Animal Diet]] if feeding is a stock behavior of an animal.

'''Note''': As this trope is based on its ubiquity, the only works that should be listed are aversions, subversions, lampshaded examples, in-universe examples, and other variants.

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* Ceratopsids, ankylosaurs, and stegosaurs are always shown facing off against theropods.

* Sauropods used to always be depicted standing around in swamps. Far less prevalent now that [[Science Marches On|science has marched on]].

* As a [[Follow the Leader|tribute]] to Charles Knight's "Leaping ''Laelaps''" piece, ''Dryptosaurus'' is always portrayed (when [[Seldom Seen Species|it is portrayed at all]]) fighting each other with one individual leaping into the air.

* As a [[Follow the Leader|tribute]] to Charles Knight's "Leaping ''Laelaps''" piece, ''Dryptosaurus'' is always portrayed (when [[Seldom-Seen Species|it is portrayed at all]]) fighting each other with one individual leaping into the air.

* ''Protoceratops'' is always either defending its nest from ''Oviraptor'' ([[Science Marches On|mostly in older works]]) or fighting ''Velociraptor''.

* ''Ornitholestes'' was always shown [http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-dinosaur-art-bird-hunter.html hunting flying animals], usually the early bird ''Archaeopteryx'' (even though [[Misplaced Wildlife|the two aren't known to have been contemporaries]]), but sometimes also pterosaurs or flying insects. This meme appears to have largely died out though.

* ''Mei'' is always shown sleeping.

==== Other reptiles ====

* Pterosaurs of all kinds are always shown [[Ptero Soarer|soaring around catching fish]]. [[Science Marches On|We now know]] their lifestyles were probably far more varied than that.

* Pterosaurs of all kinds are always shown [[Ptero-Soarer|soaring around catching fish]]. [[Science Marches On|We now know]] their lifestyles were probably far more varied than that.

** Thanks to recent research and art done by pterosaur researcher Mark Witton, azhdarchid pterosaurs these days are always shown stalking on the ground eating baby sauropods.

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