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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 [[Everythings Better With Dinosaurs|dinosaur]]-[[Documentary|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, [[Useful Notes/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|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, [[Useful Notes/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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* [[Eagle Land]]: Back when eagles still had teeth.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Back when eagles still had teeth.
* [[Eats Babies]]: ''Ceratosaurus''.
* [[Eats Babies]]: ''Ceratosaurus''.
* [[Everythings Better With Dinosaurs]]
* [[Everything's Better With Dinosaurs]]
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: The deinonychosaurs fail to notice a forest fire, even when being surrounded by flames.
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: The deinonychosaurs fail to notice a forest fire, even when being surrounded by flames.
** [[Behind the Black]]: And the ''Ceratosaurus'' doesn't notice the hulking huge, oncoming ''Allosaurus'' either, until it's right on top of it. To the ceratosaur's credit, though, it ''was'' off-screen, even if out in the open, plainly visible from all sides.
** [[Behind the Black]]: And the ''Ceratosaurus'' doesn't notice the hulking huge, oncoming ''Allosaurus'' either, until it's right on top of it. To the ceratosaur's credit, though, it ''was'' off-screen, even if out in the open, plainly visible from all sides.
* [[Family Unfriendly Death]]: What happens to the poor ''Apatosaurus'' that trips and falls.
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: What happens to the poor ''Apatosaurus'' that trips and falls.
* [[Feathered Fiend]]: The documentary famously depicted many dinosaurs with feathers, including "raptors" and the bizarre-looking ''Nothronychus''.
* [[Feathered Fiend]]: The documentary famously depicted many dinosaurs with feathers, including "raptors" and the bizarre-looking ''Nothronychus''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: To ''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: To ''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]''.
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