History Characters / Dinosaurs

* DumbDinos: Double subverted on this show. The dinosaurs here have evolved into intelligent beings capable of founding modern civilization resembling the early 90s America. But the show heavily rely on [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology old dinosaur stereotypes]] of the pre-Dinosaur Renaissance era, and these civilized dinosaurs embody [[HumansAreBastards the worst aspects of humanity]], which ultimately spells their extinction.

* EverybodyDiesEnding: [[spoiler: In the series finale, it's heavily stated that the dinosaurs wouldn't survive in the ice age for too long.]]

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Averted; despite being a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', he's a friendly guy and Earl's best buddy with no signs of badassery.

* SiblingRivalry: She sometimes argues and fights with her brother Robbie.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: As he delivers the final news in Changing nature, he mourningly says a final goodbye to his watchers, uncertain that he would survive to deliver another news report.]]

* DotingGrandparent: Particularly with Baby, though she has moments of this with Robbie and Charlene.

* StockDinosaurs: An ''Allosaurus''

* StockDinosaurs: A ''Triceratops''.

* StockDinosaurs: A ''Brontosaurus''.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: In the series finale, is heavily stated that the dinosaurs wouldn't survive in the ice age for too long.]]

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Megalosaurus'' is one of the StockDinosaurs, but is rarely seen in media.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Polacanthus'' rarely shows in mainstream media.

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* BrattyHalfPint: He's the Sinclairs' youngest child and can be quite troublesome. Taken UpToEleven in "Terrible Twos", where he [[ParodiedTrope acts like]] he's [[DemonicPossession possessed]] solely because he [[SeriousBusiness turned two years old]]. They're only able to undo the curse by lying and throwing him a fake Third birthday party.

* 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.")

* 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 (though Charlene does resemble a ''Protoceratops'' while fans peg Robbie to be a ''Hypsilophodon'').

'''Puppeteered by:''' Kevin Clash (face), John Kennedy (eyes), Terri Hardin (arms, seasons 1-3, uncredited), Creator/JulianneBuescher (arms, season 4, uncredited), Brian Henson (occasional lead puppeteer, season 2), Rickey Boyd (occasional lead puppeteer, seasons 3-4)

'''Suit performed by:''' Bill Barretta, Tom Fisher (occasional, seasons 2-3)

'''Suit performed by:''' Tony Sabin Prince, Mitchel Young Evans (season 1), Pons Maar (early season 2)

'''Puppeteered by:''' Steve Whitmire, Rob Mills (occasional, season 3)\\

'''Suit performed by:''' Michelan Sisti, Arlene Lorre (first episode)

'''Puppeteered by:''' Steve Whitmire, Rob Mills (occasional, season 3)\\

'''Puppeteered and suit performed by:''' David Greenaway[[note]]Spike always has one hand in his pocket, allowing his suit performer to also operate his face[[/note]]

* BadButt: He's never seen actually committing any crime or beating anybody up.

* AbusiveOffspring: Anytime he and Earl share screen time, expect Baby to bludgeon him with something, especially if it's a frying pan.

** PredationIsNatural: What else would the carnivorous dinosaurs like Earl are supposed to eat?

* GoodIsDumb: Roy is one of the nicest characters on the show, but he also isn't the sharpest tooth in the jaw.

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