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* {{Badass}}: He's tough, he's a charmer with the girls, and he runs with a street gang. However...
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* OverprotectiveDad: Taken UpToEleven with Mr. Richfield. He's ''so'' overprotective, he actually ''eats'' his daughters boyfriends. (He claims he only wanted to talk to the first one, but he lost his temper, and "after that, it was like eatin' peanuts."): B.P. Richfield has a lot of horns on his frill.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Taken UpToEleven with Mr. Richfield. He's ''so'' overprotective, he actually ''eats'' his daughters boyfriends. (He claims he only wanted to talk to the first one, but he lost his temper, and "after that, it was like eatin' peanuts."): B.P. Richfield has a lot of horns on his frill.")
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* Expy: Of [[{{Series/TheHoneymooners}} Ralph Norton,]] right down to the "pally boy."
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Of [[{{Series/TheHoneymooners}} Ralph Norton,]] Norton]], right down to the "pally boy."
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[=DeVertebrae=]
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*ACupAngst: In "Charlene's Tale," Charlene wallows in self pity that she is the only girl at school who hasn't grown an adult tail yet. She even tries to buy a prosthetic one.
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* SoapboxSadie: Every social issue that comes up in the series, it's a good bet the one that's crusading for social justice is Robbie.
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Fran's elderly mother.
* MonsterInLaw: To Earl. She's completely ready to die in The Hurling, but as soon as she hears Earl complain that her continued survival would be "the end of his life," she decides she does have something to live for after all.
* MonsterInLaw: To Earl. She's completely ready to die in The Hurling, but as soon as she hears Earl complain that her continued survival would be "the end of his life," she decides she does have something to live for after all.
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* LetMeAtHim: Richfield tries to murder Earl at the Chief Elder election debate after Earl reveals that he was picked by Richfield to lose the election so Richfield can be elected to the position, He had to be restrained by 3 Dinosaurs while shouting Let Me At Him! and the debate was broadcasted live on national television.
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* LetMeAtHim: Richfield tries to murder Earl at the Chief Elder election debate after Earl reveals that he was picked by Richfield to lose the election so Richfield can be elected to the position, He had to be restrained by 3 Dinosaurs while shouting Let Me At Him! and the debate was broadcasted being broadcast live on national television.
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* LetMeAtHim: Richfield tries to murder Earl at the Chief Elder election debate after Earl reveals that he was picked by Richfield to lose the election so he Richfield can be elected Chief elder, to the position, He had to be restrained by 3 Dinosaurs while shouting Let Me At Him! and the debate was broadcasted live on national television.
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* LetMeAtHim: Richfield tries to murder Earl after revealing that he was picked by him to lose the election so he can be Chief elder, He had to be restrained by 3 Dinosaurs while shouting out Let Me At Him!.
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* LetMeAtHim: Richfield tries to murder Earl after revealing that he was picked by him to lose the election so he can be Chief elder, He had to be restrained by 3 Dinosaurs while shouting out Let Me At Him!.
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* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Earl is a ''Megalosaurus''. Fran is, according to WordOfGod, an ''Allosaurus''. What their children are is anyone's guess. On the behind-the-scenes feature for the DVD, the creators admit that the kids' designs aren't based on any real dinosaurs and are made up.
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* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Earl is a ''Megalosaurus''. Fran is, according to WordOfGod, an ''Allosaurus''. What their children are is anyone's guess. On the behind-the-scenes feature for the DVD, the creators admit that the kids' designs aren't based on any real dinosaurs and are made up.up (Though Charlene does resemble a Protoceratops.).
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* FlatCharacter: She pretty much exists just to personify the below two tropes.
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* Expy: Of [[{{Series/TheHoneymooners}} Ralph Norton,]] right down to the "pally boy."
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* IWasQuiteALooker: In his prime, Earl was incredibly buff.
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Earl's wife.
* VoiceOfReason: Sometimes even the voice of simple logic.
* WomenAreWiser: She's always trying her hardest to steer Earl in the right direction.
* VoiceOfReason: Sometimes even the voice of simple logic.
* WomenAreWiser: She's always trying her hardest to steer Earl in the right direction.
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* BoyGenius: In terms of pure intellect, Robbie is probably the smartest member of the family. He once built a prototype for an endlessly renewable source of energy, and even built a ''rocket ship.''
* NotSoAboveItAll: He may be smart, but he's still a teenager, and still at the mercy of his hormones and inexperience.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He may be smart, but he's still a teenager, and still at the mercy of his hormones and inexperience.
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* CowardlyLion: He once attempted to fight with a dinosaur over a hundred times his size, knowing full-well that he had no possible chance of winning. The situation resolved itself in the end, though he did give the other guy's toe a good walloping.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He's a tyrannosaurus.
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* StatuesqueStunner: In Roy's eyes.
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* JerkAss: Yelling in Robbie's ear when he had a throbbing headache in "Steroids to Heaven." Though to be fair, Robbie did kind of deserve it.
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Earl's buddy and co-worker.
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Earl's loud, vehement, tyrannical boss.
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* EvilGenius: He's far more intelligent than most of the male dinosaurs in the series, but he only uses his intellect for evil purposes.
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!Roy Hess
* GoodIsDumb: Roy isn't the sharpest tooth in the jaw.
* NiceGuy: Roy is one of the few truly selfless characters in the show.
Earl's buddy and co-worker.
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Fran's lady friend, and the only four-legged dinosaur seen on the show.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She doesn't HATE them, but she doesn't much care for them, and prefers her independence.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name. As an apatosaurus, she has a lot of vertebrae.
* WomenAreWiser: In general. She's about averagely intelligent, but it doesn't help much in this mad world.
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Robbie's best friend, and the local troublemaker.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: He's had quite a few girlfriends in the past, and tries to get Robbie a date with his crush by pretending to get beaten up by him.
* Badass: He's tough, he's a charmer with the girls, and he runs with a street gang. However...
* BadButt: He's never seen actually committing any crime or beating anybody up.
* HellBentForLeather: Never seen without his leather jacket.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite appearing to be the "bad influence" character, he's one of the few other teenage dinosaur to show genuine concern for Robbie's well-being.
* MeaningfulName: As a Polacanthus, he's covered in spikes.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Subverted. His spikes look menacing, but he's generally well-intentioned.
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!Roy Hess
* GoodIsDumb: Roy isn't the sharpest tooth in the jaw.
* NiceGuy: Roy is one of the few truly selfless characters in the show.
Earl's buddy and co-worker.
Monica DeVertebrae
Fran's lady friend, and the only four-legged dinosaur seen on the show.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She doesn't HATE them, but she doesn't much care for them, and prefers her independence.
* MeaningfulName: Her last name. As an apatosaurus, she has a lot of vertebrae.
* WomenAreWiser: In general. She's about averagely intelligent, but it doesn't help much in this mad world.
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Robbie's best friend, and the local troublemaker.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: He's had quite a few girlfriends in the past, and tries to get Robbie a date with his crush by pretending to get beaten up by him.
* Badass: He's tough, he's a charmer with the girls, and he runs with a street gang. However...
* BadButt: He's never seen actually committing any crime or beating anybody up.
* HellBentForLeather: Never seen without his leather jacket.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite appearing to be the "bad influence" character, he's one of the few other teenage dinosaur to show genuine concern for Robbie's well-being.
* MeaningfulName: As a Polacanthus, he's covered in spikes.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Subverted. His spikes look menacing, but he's generally well-intentioned.
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* OhCrap: When Earl's body is possessed by the soul of a tree, Mr. Richfield reacts with pure shock and disbelief when he is told "NO" by someone who isn't afraid of him.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: There's only one dinosaur that he's truly afraid of... HIS boss.
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* BumblingDad: To a T. The show's most common running gag is that Earl simply can't control his youngest son, Baby.
* DirtyCoward / LovableCoward: Whether his cowardice is meant to be endearing or shameful depends on the episode.
* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Sister]]: Earl disowns his twin sister Pearl for getting into the country music business. To him, she abandoned their family at the worst possible time. They're able to patch things up.
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* StrawMisogynist: When episodes tackled gender relations, Earl (along with other male characters) would often be put into this position.
* WeakWilled: Earl is [[ExtremeDoormat browbeaten and manipulated]] by everyone from his wife to his boss. Beyond this, if a tactic is said to only work on the impressionable, rest assured he'll fall for it. In one instance, after insisting he would no longer be swayed by a greedy doctor's smooth talk, Earl is somehow mesmerized by the doctor's ''excellent penmanship''.
* WeakWilled: Earl is [[ExtremeDoormat browbeaten and manipulated]] by everyone from his wife to his boss. Beyond this, if a tactic is said to only work on the impressionable, rest assured he'll fall for it. In one instance, after insisting he would no longer be swayed by a greedy doctor's smooth talk, Earl is somehow mesmerized by the doctor's ''excellent penmanship''.
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** Averted with B.P. Richfield: While there were never any full-body shots of Richfield on the series, the toy of the character wears pants.
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* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: In a dream sequence in ''And the Winner Is...'' he accidentally causes a nuclear war. [[spoiler:Then he causes the end of the dinosaurs for real in ''Changing Nature''.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfAJerk: Near the end of ''Endangered Species'' he seemed moved by Earl's explanation of the Grapdelites status as the last of their kind and told Earl that the Wesayso will take care of the two creatures. Then we see Mr. Richfield laughing smugly and we, and Earl, hear a horrifying crunch.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfAJerk: JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Near the end of ''Endangered Species'' he seemed moved by Earl's explanation of the Grapdelites status as the last of their kind and told Earl that the Wesayso will take care of the two creatures. Then we see Mr. Richfield laughing smugly and we, and Earl, hear a horrifying crunch.
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* BadBoss
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* MoneyDearBoy: His motivation for almost everything.
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* BigBad: The closest thing the show has for one.
* CarnivoreConfusion: He's supposed to be a Triceratops, an herbivore dinosaur, but he ate his daughter's boyfriends and occasionally threatened to eat his employees.
* CatchPhrase: Sinclair! In here, now!
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FauxAffablyEvil: As Earl and, most of all, the Grapdelites, found out the hard way in ''Endangered Species''.
* ImageSong: ''Cold-Blooded Guy''.
* CarnivoreConfusion: He's supposed to be a Triceratops, an herbivore dinosaur, but he ate his daughter's boyfriends and occasionally threatened to eat his employees.
* CatchPhrase: Sinclair! In here, now!
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* FauxAffablyEvil: As Earl and, most of all, the Grapdelites, found out the hard way in ''Endangered Species''.
* ImageSong: ''Cold-Blooded Guy''.
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* LargeHam
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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield though it's subverted in the series finale. He may have all of that money but he won't be able to enjoy it.
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* KnightTemplarParent: Richfield. He's eaten every ex-boyfriend his daughter has dated after they broke her heart (not after, ''while'' they were dating his daughter). Naturally, this raises problems for the Sinclair family once Robbie starts dating her.
* SpikesOfVillainy: B.P. Richfield has a lot of horns on his frill.
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!B.P Richfield
* OverprotectiveDad: Taken UpToEleven with Mr. Richfield. He's ''so'' overprotective, he actually ''eats'' his daughters boyfriends. (He claims he only wanted to talk to the first one, but he lost his temper, and "after that, it was like eatin' peanuts."): B.P. Richfield has a lot of horns on his frill.
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!B.P Richfield
* OverprotectiveDad: Taken UpToEleven with Mr. Richfield. He's ''so'' overprotective, he actually ''eats'' his daughters boyfriends. (He claims he only wanted to talk to the first one, but he lost his temper, and "after that, it was like eatin' peanuts."): B.P. Richfield has a lot of horns on his frill.
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Characters who appear in the TV series ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' and their associated tropes.
This page is currently under construction; contributions are appreciated.
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Most of the characters wear everything but pants, and it's not just the men. Fran and Charlene might wear a nightdress if they were going to sleep, otherwise the female characters all are pantsless too. Lampshaded in the [[InformedObscenity "smoo" episode]], when censorship goes amuck, Earl shows that, as part of the push for censorship, the pants that he suddenly is forced to wear, to Fran's horror.
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Earl is a ''Megalosaurus''. Fran is, according to WordOfGod, an ''Allosaurus''. What their children are is anyone's guess. On the behind-the-scenes feature for the DVD, the creators admit that the kids' designs aren't based on any real dinosaurs and are made up.
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!Earl Sinclair
The not-quite-bright patriarch of the family, who works as a tree pusher for the WESAYSO Corporation.
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* BumblingDad: To a T.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Even in the episodes where his complaints seemed to have a certain degree of validity, he was ''always'' proved 100% wrong by the coda. Lampshaded/subverted in "License to Parent". In the final scene of the episode Earl gripes about how "you were right, I was wrong... Fran is perfect and Earl learns another lesson." Fran disagrees, saying that perhaps ''she'' learned the lesson this time around.
* DealWithTheDevil: He once traded his soul for a mug with a devil. Fortunately, [[spoiler:the mug came with a guarantee of refund for unsatisfied customers which Earl found when the devil was about to collect. Earl's refund came as a ResetButtonEnding that made time come back at the moment the devil showed up to offer the deal in the first place]].
!Fran Sinclair
!Robbie Sinclair
!Charlene Sinclair
!Baby Sinclair
!Ethyl Phillips
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Most of the characters wear everything but pants, and it's not just the men. Fran and Charlene might wear a nightdress if they were going to sleep, otherwise the female characters all are pantsless too. Lampshaded in the [[InformedObscenity "smoo" episode]], when censorship goes amuck, Earl shows that, as part of the push for censorship, the pants that he suddenly is forced to wear, to Fran's horror.
* HotSkittyOnWailordAction: Earl is a ''Megalosaurus''. Fran is, according to WordOfGod, an ''Allosaurus''. What their children are is anyone's guess. On the behind-the-scenes feature for the DVD, the creators admit that the kids' designs aren't based on any real dinosaurs and are made up.
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!Earl Sinclair
The not-quite-bright patriarch of the family, who works as a tree pusher for the WESAYSO Corporation.
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* BumblingDad: To a T.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Even in the episodes where his complaints seemed to have a certain degree of validity, he was ''always'' proved 100% wrong by the coda. Lampshaded/subverted in "License to Parent". In the final scene of the episode Earl gripes about how "you were right, I was wrong... Fran is perfect and Earl learns another lesson." Fran disagrees, saying that perhaps ''she'' learned the lesson this time around.
* DealWithTheDevil: He once traded his soul for a mug with a devil. Fortunately, [[spoiler:the mug came with a guarantee of refund for unsatisfied customers which Earl found when the devil was about to collect. Earl's refund came as a ResetButtonEnding that made time come back at the moment the devil showed up to offer the deal in the first place]].
!Fran Sinclair
!Robbie Sinclair
!Charlene Sinclair
!Baby Sinclair
!Ethyl Phillips
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