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'''''[http://traumador.blogspot.com/ The Tyrannosaur Chronicles]''''' is a blog written by [[Character Blog|Traumador the Tyrannosaur]] about his many exploits.
Traumador is a tyrannosaurid who hatched from an egg that [[Functional Magic|magically]] survived the [[The End of the World
Unfortunately, it is now on [[Left Hanging|official]] [[Series Hiatus|hiatus]] due to Craig deciding to focus on his other projects for the time being.
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* [[Accidental Truth]]: When Traumador is trying to discourage Larry from killing him, he claims that a certain someone wouldn't be happy to hear about his death. By chance, he picks Professor Paradigm to be that someone, and the lie works. Professor Paradigm happens to be among the Pack's greatest opponents, but at the time Traum wasn't aware of it.
* [[Action Girl]]: Amanda, who easily subdued a fossil poacher that beat up [[Badass Labcoat|Professor Paradigm]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: Most tyrannosaurids are this to humans. To keep up their [[Tyrannosaurus Rex|image]] they enjoy scaring humans, but because they are also celebrities they can't actually ''kill'' anyone. Their attitude towards other ''dinosaurs'', however, is a different thing.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Traumador and Norman generally don't get along with other tyrannosaurids and ceratopsians, partly on account of their friendship.▼
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Traumador the Tyrannosaur, Desdemona Deinonychus, Valor Velociraptor, Lance the Lambeosaur, Sternberg Styracosaurus, Gloria Giganotosaurus, Samson Spinosaurus, Elinor Einiosaurus, Helma Hypacrosaurus, Theodore Thescelosaurus, Teresa Tyrannosaur, among others.▼
* [[Alternate Animal Affection]]: Muzzle nudging in tyrannosaurids.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Boom and Rang the Leaellynasaura. Lampshaded by Traumador. The rules of the paired ice skating competition in the Dinosaur Winter Games imply that one of them is male and the other female at least, but at the moment there's no telling which is which.
* [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]]: All the dinosaurs appear to be able to understand what humans are saying, even though most of them can't actually speak human languages. Dip the Serendipaceratops even ''has a PhD''. (She's the first literal ''dinosaur'' paleontologist in the world!)
* [[Anonymous Benefactor]]: No one knows who gave Traumador his plane ticket to Canada for his fifth hatching day.
* [[A Lighter Shade of Gray]]: While Professor Paradigm is the top-secret guardian of all paleontology, he has been described by Craig and "Ruffled Feather" as emotionless and in some respects as self serving as his opponents.▼
▲* [[Alliterative Name]]: Traumador the Tyrannosaur, Desdemona Deinonychus, Valor Velociraptor, Lance the Lambeosaur, Sternberg Styracosaurus, Gloria Giganotosaurus, Samson Spinosaurus, Elinor Einiosaurus, Helma Hypacrosaurus, Theodore Thescelosaurus, Teresa Tyrannosaur, among others.
▲* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Traumador and Norman generally don't get along with other tyrannosaurids and ceratopsians, partly on account of their friendship.
▲* [[Anonymous Benefactor]]: No one knows who gave Traumador his plane ticket to Canada for his fifth hatching day.
** “Ruffled Feather”, a mysterious informant of Traum’s who claims to be a displeased member of the Pack of the Primordial Feather.
* [[Ape Shall Never Kill Ape]]: Averted. Larry is quite willing to kill Traumador, and would have if Traum didn't have the protection of Paleo Central.
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* [[Blood Lust]]: In spite of his attempts to [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|overcome his tyrannosaurid instincts]], they still tug at him from time to time.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Craig and Dan call Traumador a puppet a few times in the Royal Tyrell Museum training video, even though Traum is meant in universe to be a real tyrannosaurid, to the point that Craig even denies that Traumador has a voice actor on Facebook.
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** In the earlier posts on his [http://weaponofmassimagination.blogspot.com/ other blog], Craig often portrayed Traumador as being a real dinosaur that he lives with, even having an online "[http://weaponofmassimagination.blogspot.com/2006/12/check-out-traum-vlog.html chat]" with Traum. More recently, however, he's decided use his blog to showcase the behind-the-scenes [[Art Evolution|work]] he does to create The Tyrannosaur Chronicles instead. This transition is even lampshaded by him in a post called "[http://weaponofmassimagination.blogspot.com/2007/10/dropping-4th-wall.html Dropping the Fourth Wall]".
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Traumador regarding his friendship with Norman.
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* [[The Chew Toy]]: Traumador. Gangs of theropods, fossil poachers, [[The Evil Genius|a mad scientist]], a German, and an [[God of Evil|evil Maori god]] all want a piece of him. And he doesn't even fully know why!
* [[Civilized Animal]]: Traumador is trying to be one.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: All the dinosaurs except Traum (who is a puppet) are visibly CGI, as are some of the effects (like the Olympic torch).
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Professor Paradigm claims to be this during his battle with Dr. Spectre.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: {{spoiler|Jo.}}
** The highest-ranking dinosaurs in the Pack of the Primordial Feather are all females.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Traum's adventures have been largely going this way.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dan.▼
* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: Fossil dinosaurs (such as Traumador's mom) can still communicate with Vivus dinosaurs, at least to some degree.
▲* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dan.
* [[Deep-Cover Agent|Deep Cover Agents]]: {{spoiler|Craig and Dan.}}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Literally. Traumador is saved by a Maori god from [[Evil Counterpart|another]] ([[God of Evil|evil]]) Maori god.
* [[Animal Talk|Dinosaur Talk]]: All dinosaurs have a common language, although they prefer not to speak it if possible.
* [[The Ditz]]: Traumador at times. Also, Dollie Stegosaurus.
* [[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.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Norman A Centrosaur was first mentioned when Traumador did a post on his pre-blog life. Zendin the Troodon, who was also featured in that post (and occasionally referenced now and then) is [[What Happened to
** 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]].
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Dr. Spectre to Professor Paradigm.
* [[The Evil Genius]]: Dr. Spectre.
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* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Dr. Spectre used to be a close friend of Professor Paradigm.
* [[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
* [[First-Name Basis]]: Professor Alvar Paradigm and Dr. Jaden Spectre address each other this way.▼
* [[Five-Bad Band]]
** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] – Teresa Tyrannosaur
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** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] – Layla Oviraptor/Razi Saurornithoides
** [[The Brute]] – Desdemona Deinonychus/Larry
▲* [[First-Name Basis]]: Professor Alvar Paradigm and Dr. Jaden Spectre address each other this way.
* [[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.
* [[Friend or Foe]]: Traumador and Professor Paradigm as well as Lance the Lambeosaur, at least until quite recently. ▼
** Id: Lillian▼
** Superego: Norman▼
** Ego: Traumador▼
▲* [[Friend or Foe]]: Traumador and Professor Paradigm as well as Lance the Lambeosaur, at least until quite recently.
** At one point Traumador suspected Peter Bond of working for the Pack of the Primordial Feather.
* [[Functional Magic]]: Some form of magic appears to be attracted to dinosaurs, which is what allowed some of them to survive their extinction.
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* [[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}}.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Lance the Lambeosaur is heavily scarred from his many encounters with theropods{{spoiler|, which he often [[Badass|defeats in battle]]}}.
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Traumador typically wears just his staff uniform from the Royal Tyrell Museum.
* [[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.
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* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Related to [[Improbable Weapon User]], Professor Paradigm is an expert at utilizing the digging tools he finds at crime scenes in fights.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Traumador and Lillian.
* [[Jerkass]]: Larry the Tyrannosaur is said to be this by Traumador.
** The Germ Man.
▲* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Dan acts like this to Traumador.
* [[Land Down Under]]: At one point Traum went to Melbourne on vacation. (By chance, he also avoided a yet-to-be-revealed trap that the Pack of the Primordial Feather set for him in New Zealand.) His boss Ms. Rhonwyn is Australian.
** Team Australia in the Dinosaur Winter Games.
* [[Left Hanging]]: There are still many, many plot threads left hanging, but it'll probably be [[Series Hiatus|a while]] (if ever) before they are wrapped up.
▲* [[A Lighter Shade of Gray]]: While Professor Paradigm is the top-secret guardian of all paleontology, he has been described by Craig and "Ruffled Feather" as emotionless and in some respects as self serving as his opponents.
* [[Literal
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The cast list ''is'' growing rather quickly. So much so that Traumador is working on a [http://traumador.blogspot.com/p/character-profile.html character page] to help keep track of the more notable ones.
* [[Love Interest]]: Lillian the Albertosaur.
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* [[Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer]]: Dr. Spectre.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Dr. Jaden Spectre.
* [[Nearly-Normal Animal]]: Most of the dinosaurs.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: For all the dangerous adventures he gets into, Traumador relies ''a lot'' on luck and [[Big Damn Heroes]] to get him out of jams. Justified as he's been sheltered his entire life and has next to no experience in combat.
* [[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.
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* [[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.)
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Craig to Traumador.
▲* [[Power Trio]]
▲** Id: Lillian
▲** Superego: Norman
▲** Ego: Traumador
▲* [[Proud Scholar Race Guy]]: Oviraptorosaurs and troodonts.
** Coelurosaurs in general are more manipulative and deceptive than carnosaurs.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Dromaeosaurids. Desdemona feels underused and disrespected when Layla and Razi's "Crate" plan (the details of which have yet to be fully disclosed) is being carried out.
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** There's a number of [[Godzilla]] shout outs in the ([[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|rejected]]) Royal Tyrell staff-training video.
** Traumador is scared of [[King Kong|gorillas]].
** Boom and Rang are the ''Leaellynasaura'' from ''[[Walking
** "[[James Bond|It's Bond.]] [http://traumador.blogspot.com/2010/02/quick-announcement.html Peter Bond.]"
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Traumador occasionally inserts “Fossil Facts” in his posts to expand on a certain tidbit of information he mentions. He also frequently brings up discrepancies between human and theropod anatomy or culture when appropriate. (For example, he notes that hugging can be painful to theropods due to them carrying their vertebrae horizontally instead of vertically.)
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* [[Talking to Himself]]: Craig is both himself and Traum's voice in Traumador's videos.
** Craig also plays Professor Paradigm in the photographs.
* [[Tap
* [[Taxonomic Term Confusion]]: Traumador is upset when the local news media calls a large marine reptile ([[Word of God|a mosasaur]]) a “dinosaur”.
** The Germ Man calls Traum, Lillian, and Larry “lizards”.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Ankylosaurs]]: Traumador fears many things, including [[King Kong|gorillas]], ghosts, [[Early-Bird Cameo|mosasaurs]], explosions, balloons, and rodents, but ankylosaurs must be near the top of the list.
* [[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.
** Professor Paradigm was also an educational character there. And Lillian is the ''Albertosaurus'' statue that used to be at the museum.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Formed by Desdemona Deinonychus and Valor Velociraptor to defeat both Traum as well as their political rival Layla Oviraptor in one fell swoop. It is decidedly successful on Traumador (although [[Cliff Hanger|we haven’t yet seen the precise reason for Traum’s distress]]), but its effect on Layla has not yet been shown.
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