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'''''When Dinosaurs Roamed America''''' (2001, sometimes shortened to ''When Dinosaurs Roamed'', especially outside North America) was the [[Discovery Channel]]'s first major attempt to [[Follow the Leader|cash-in]] on the [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaur]]-[[documentary]] trend started by [[BBC]]'s famous ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''. Similar to that program, this also aimed for a [[Speculative Documentary]] format, and used [[C Gi]] to recreate its dinosaurs, [[Prehistoric Life/Non Dinosaurian Reptiles|pterosaurs, and various other prehistoric animals]], placing them into [[Roger Rabbit Effect|real-life]] scenery. The stories were told in chronological order, from the beginning to the end of the dinosaurs' reign.
'''''When Dinosaurs Roamed America''''' (2001, sometimes shortened to ''When Dinosaurs Roamed'', especially outside North America) was the [[Discovery Channel]]'s first major attempt to [[Follow the Leader|cash-in]] on the [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|dinosaur]]-[[documentary]] trend started by [[BBC]]'s famous ''[[Walking with Dinosaurs]]''. Similar to that program, this also aimed for a [[Speculative Documentary]] format, and used [[CGI]] to recreate its dinosaurs, [[Prehistoric Life/Non Dinosaurian Reptiles|pterosaurs, and various other prehistoric animals]], placing them into [[Roger Rabbit Effect|real-life]] scenery. The stories were told in chronological order, from the beginning to the end of the dinosaurs' reign.


Unlike its predecessor/competitor, however, ''WDRA'' included short cut-away scenes to paleontologists and at times froze the animation to reveal the skeletal structure behind the animals' skin, using solid facts to [[Shown Their Work|explain the science]] that went into creating the program.
Unlike its predecessor/competitor, however, ''WDRA'' included short cut-away scenes to paleontologists and at times froze the animation to reveal the skeletal structure behind the animals' skin, using solid facts to [[Shown Their Work|explain the science]] that went into creating the program.
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* [[Prehistoric Monster]]: Avoided, although the animals do behave as aggressive as its intended audience expects them to.
* [[Prehistoric Monster]]: Avoided, although the animals do behave as aggressive as its intended audience expects them to.
* [[Ptero-Soarer]]: The ''Quetzalcoatlus'' may seem outdated by today's standards, but that's the result of [[Science Marches On|science marching on]].
* [[Ptero-Soarer]]: The ''Quetzalcoatlus'' may seem outdated by today's standards, but that's the result of [[Science Marches On|science marching on]].
* [[Raptor Attack]]: Somewhat [[Justified]], as the [[C Gi]] team couldn't get their feathers to be quite as birdlike as they should be.
* [[Raptor Attack]]: Somewhat [[Justified]], as the [[CGI]] team couldn't get their feathers to be quite as birdlike as they should be.
* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: The CGI creatures are dropped into [[Real Life]] scenery.
* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: The CGI creatures are dropped into [[Real Life]] scenery.
* [[Science Marches On]]: The lower arms of the raptors are suspiciously scaly. We now know that they had properly feathered wings.
* [[Science Marches On]]: The lower arms of the raptors are suspiciously scaly. We now know that they had properly feathered wings.
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