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Line 12: The series was popular enough to have several [[Spin-Off\|spin-offs]], usually under the ''Cadillacs and Dinosaurs'' label, including a Saturday morning cartoon, an RPG setting, two video games (an arcade [[Beat'Em Up]] by [[Capcom]] and a visual novel for the [[Sega Genesis\|Sega CD]]), and even comics published by other companies during the lengthy gaps between issues of the main title. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Contains examples of: ===~~ * [[After the End]]: The basic setting. * [[And Man Grew Proud]]: Whether the Old Blood Mechanics story of what caused the end is true or not is a matter of debate. Line 19: * [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: The world's random mix of wildlife from all different stages of earth's history is explained by {{spoiler\|a mysterious substance found in some meteorites that [[Evolutionary Levels\|"speeds up evolution"]].}} * [[Art Evolution]]: Mark Schultz' skill at drawing improves dramatically between the first ''Death Rattle'' story and the last issue of the series. Unfortunately, there's an inverse relationship between his skill drawing and the length of time between issues. * [[Attack of the 50 -Foot Whatever]]: That's the second biggest [[wikipedia:Harvestmen\|harvestman]] I've ever seen. * [[Berserk Button]]: ''Don't abuse the dinosaurs while Jack's watching.'' * [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: Different names have developed for the dinosaurs (slithers), which makes sense if you assume that dinosaur books weren't a priority inclusion in the underground shelters. Examples include tyrannosaurs (shivats), allosaurs/deinonychus (cutters), triceratops (macks), and pterosaurs (zekes). Inexplicably, every isolated city seems to have independently used the same names. Averted in the case of mammoths which are called mammoths. Line 34: * [[Evil Poacher]]: The primary antagonists for the early part of the series, especially the Terhune family. * [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: For obvious reasons. * [[Executive Meddling]]: According to Schultz himself, another reason why the cartoon died early. The suits wanted it to be a [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987\|Turtle]]-killer, and Nelvana was trying to break away from making cartoons made for older audiences at the same time, leading to problems. And then there were concerns over adding Hannah to [[The Merch]], since the suits thought that female characters belonged in [[Barbie\|the pink aisle]] only. * [[Fat Bastard]]: Gorgostamos, Scarnhorst, Hammer Terhune. I sense a Aesop about overconsumption... * [[Fur Bikini]]: Hannah wears a fur-one-piece swimsuit at one point. It is, however, a swimsuit, not her typical clothing.