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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''. And more speculative animals show up in subsequent missions.
** Furthermore, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' introduces keepers Cassandra Cheng and Mohinder Chandra, two brand new characters created out of whole cloth for Prehistoric Park Reimagined without having at all been present in Prehistoric Earth.
** Furthermore, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' introduces keepers Cassandra Cheng and Mohinder Chandra, two brand new characters created out of whole cloth for Prehistoric Park Reimagined without having at all been present in Prehistoric Earth.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''. And more speculative animals show up in subsequent missions.
**missions. Furthermore, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' introduces keepers Cassandra Cheng and Mohinder Chandra, two many brand new characters created out of whole cloth for Prehistoric Park Reimagined without having at all been present in Prehistoric Earth.Earth are also present in this story.
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* CoolBoat: The Ancient Mariner. Doubly so considering it used to be an ordinary cargo ship before being eventually repurposed and upgraded after years of disuse for the sake of serving as the official Prehistoric Park rescue ship.
* CutenessProximity: Yolanda proves herself highly susceptible to this whenever she's around young baby animals.
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** In ''New Blood'', not only does Jack comment that "Someone's clearly [[Film/JurassicPark spared no expense]]" upon sight of the Ancient Mariner, but two of the apatosaurus back at the park are revealed to be named [[WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur Gertie]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Bron]].
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** In ''New Blood'', not only does Jack comment that "Someone's clearly [[Film/JurassicPark spared no expense]]" upon sight of the Ancient Mariner, but two of the apatosaurus back at the park are revealed to be named [[WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur Gertie]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Bron]]. There's also the fact that a single lone juvenile nothosaurus that gets rescued prior to a larger colony ends up getting named [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Nemo]].
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* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes. A very similar such situation also occurs between another pair of ornitholestes and a pack of aviatyrannis in the very next mission.
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* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes. A very similar such situation also occurs between another pair of ornitholestes and a pack of aviatyrannis in the very next mission. Even more similar situations likewise occur in future missions.
* DeviousDolphins: While not quite truly dolphins, a combined pod of two different species of ichthyosaur briefly give Drew and Jack an unpleasant experience near the end of ''New Blood''.
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* GentleGiantSauropod: Several appear in the first mission - the target is Brachiosaurus.
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* GentleGiantSauropod: Several appear in the first mission - the target is Brachiosaurus. More appear in subsequent missions, and even prosauropods prove not at all immune to this portrayal.
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** Cass: Kelly Marie Tran
** Mohinder: Dev Patel
** Mohinder: Dev Patel
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** Stavros: Marwan Kenzari
** Kira: Creator/BrianTee
** Harry: Creator/DomhnallGleeson
** Bethany: Creator/ElenaSatine
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** Stavros: Marwan Kenzari
** Kira: Creator/BrianTee
** Harry: Creator/DomhnallGleeson
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* KindlyVet: Linda Eberhart and Yolanda Hall have made the jump from Prehistoric Earth to this story, and they so far appear just as kindly here as they were in that story.
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* KindlyVet: Linda Eberhart and Yolanda Hall have made the jump from Prehistoric Earth to this story, and they so far appear just are exactly as kindly here as they were in that story.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well. Several more speculative small terrestrial crocodilians similarly prove an annoyance to capture in ''All Creatures Great and Small''.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well. Several more speculative small terrestrial crocodilians similarly prove an annoyance to capture in ''All Creatures Great and Small''. Even phytosaurs and rauisuchians get in on the act in ''New Blood''.
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* SeaMonster: Largely averted. The ichthyosaurs and other aquatic animals featured are portrayed more as realistic animals than anything else. Doesn't mean they can't occasionally give the protagonists a hard time though.
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** Several early episodes are deliberately inspired by episodes of previous existing dinosaur media such as ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', ''Series/DinosaurRevolution'', and even the original ''Series/PrehistoricPark''.
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** In ''New Blood'', not only does Jack comment that "Someone's clearly [[Film/JurassicPark spared no expense]]" upon sight of the Ancient Mariner, but two of the apatosaurus back at the park are revealed to be named [[WesternAnimation/GertieTheDinosaur Gertie]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Bron]].
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* IJustWantToBeBadass: Downplayed with Leon. He wants more to prove that he's at least competent enough to be worth getting hired as a keeper at Prehistoric Park.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The early missions of Phase 1 already show signs of this starting to take shape between Kyle and Nikolai.
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* TrueCompanions: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Drew, Leon, and Adrian. They became close friends after meeting each other for the first time in high school. From there, they remained this way all the way through college and briefly working together at a pet store, drifted apart over a couple years that followed as they worked to pursue their own paths, and then eagerly accepted the chance to work together again when offered the opportunity to work at Prehistoric Park.
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* TrueCompanions: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Drew, Leon, and Adrian. They became close friends after meeting each other for the first time in high middle school. From there, they remained this way all the way through college and briefly working together at a pet store, drifted apart over a couple years that followed as they worked to pursue their own paths, and then eagerly accepted the chance to work together again when offered the opportunity to work at Prehistoric Park.
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* AbusiveParents: Cass and Tina Cheng's parents prove an emotional variant of this due to them openly encouraging the divide between their two daughters, actively working to pit the two against each other, and more often than not favoring Tina over Cass.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: As much as he considers Drew his friend, Leon also at times feels rather envious of how he's often considered 2nd fiddle to him as well by most other people.
* BigSisterBully: Keeper Cassandra Cheng's older sister Tina is heavily implied to have been this while they were kids, with some of Tina's unpleasant tendencies towards Cass remaining in place by the time they both start working at Prehistoric Park.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''. And it's entirely possible that more speculative animals could show up in subsequent missions.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''. And it's entirely possible that more speculative animals could show up in subsequent missions.missions.
** Furthermore, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' introduces keepers Cassandra Cheng and Mohinder Chandra, two brand new characters created out of whole cloth for Prehistoric Park Reimagined without having at all been present in Prehistoric Earth.
** Furthermore, ''All Creatures Great and Small'' introduces keepers Cassandra Cheng and Mohinder Chandra, two brand new characters created out of whole cloth for Prehistoric Park Reimagined without having at all been present in Prehistoric Earth.
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* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes.
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* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes. A very similar such situation also occurs between another pair of ornitholestes and a pack of aviatyrannis in the very next mission.
** Cass: Kelly Marie Tran
** Mohinder: Dev Patel
** Mohinder: Dev Patel
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the Brachiosaurus herd puts up sufficient resistance, the Saurophaganax pack that attempts to hunt them decide in dismay to leave them alone and patiently drink from the nearby water. A pair of Ornitholestes likewise decide to give up trying to defend their kill after a pack of Stokesosaurus that wish to steal said kill call their bluff and prove to have the advantage in sheer size and numbers.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the Brachiosaurus herd puts up sufficient resistance, the Saurophaganax pack that attempts to hunt them decide in dismay to leave them alone and patiently drink from the nearby water. A pair of Ornitholestes likewise decide to give up trying to defend their kill after a pack of Stokesosaurus that wish to steal said kill call their bluff and prove to have the advantage in sheer size and numbers. In fact, multiple carnivores show signs of knowing when to back off when the circumstances make this approach seem the wisest course of action.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well. Several more speculative small terrestrial crocodilians similarly prove an annoyance to capture in ''All Creatures Great and Small''.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And it is entirely likely that more will appear in subsequent missions.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And it is entirely likely that more will appear in subsequent missions.
** This same juvenile lone male Apatosaurus is later named [[WesternAnimation/TheGoodDinosaur Arlo]].
** During the very first encounter with Compsognathus, some of Drew and Adrian's dialogue is almost an exact word for word replication of some dialogue from a similar situation in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
** During the very first encounter with Compsognathus, some of Drew and Adrian's dialogue is almost an exact word for word replication of some dialogue from a similar situation in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with the Diaplophis rescued in ''Novum Initium''.
* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And even more will likely appear in subsequent chapters.
* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And even more will likely appear in subsequent chapters.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with the Diaplophis rescued in ''Novum Initium''.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And even morewill likely appear in subsequent chapters.
* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And even more
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* MaliciousMisnaming: With the low opinion Jack appears to have of Leon at the beginning, the nickname 'Dolittle' could well be a case of this.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone. And even more will likely appear in subsequent chapters.
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* BadVibrations: The arrival of gigantic animals has so far always been heralded by seismic vibrations in the ground resulting from their footsteps.
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* BadVibrations: The arrival of gigantic animals herbivorous dinosaurs has so far always been heralded by seismic vibrations in the ground resulting from their footsteps.
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* NoisyNature: Averted. None of the animals that have vocalizations appear to use them any more often than any modern animal would do so.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''. And it's entirely possible that more speculative animals could show up in subsequent missions.
* MeaningfulLook: Leon is subjected to this twice over the course of a staff meeting, both occurring at the same time; with one of them being a curious look from Jack and the second one being a subtle look of intrigue from Yolanda.
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* TheNickNamer: Jack is up to his old tricks with this in this story just like he was in Prehistoric Earth, with Drew being nicknamed 'Fearless Leader', Leon getting nicknamed 'Dolittle', Adrian getting briefly referred to as 'Tall, Dark, and Asian', and Linda getting referred to as 'Doc'.
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* TheNickNamer: Jack is up to his old tricks with this in this story just like he was in Prehistoric Earth, with Drew being nicknamed 'Fearless Leader', Leon getting nicknamed 'Dolittle', Adrian getting briefly referred to as 'Tall, Dark, and Asian', and Linda getting referred to as 'Doc'. And of course, he also occasionally calls Alice [[AffectionateNickname 'Ally']].
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The end of Novum Initium (the first 'episode') makes it very clear that there will still be plenty more adventures to come for the park and its crew.
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* LoudOfWar: Blowing through airhorns proves a common strategy in first attracting carnivores' attention (particularly that of some of the larger ones) and then getting them enraged enough to end up rushing right through the portal in their subsequent efforts at chasing or lunging at the rescue team members responsible for the noise.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Leon proves to have this towards Drew.
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* BadVibrations: The arrival of gigantic animals has so far always been heralded by seismic vibrations in the ground resulting from their footsteps.
* BigSisterInstinct: As in Prehistoric Earth, Alice has this towards her younger brother Jack.
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* MightyRoar: Averted so far with the giant carnivorous dinosaurs, which have all so far been heard hissing and snarling instead of roaring.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Anytime a character is explicitly heard swearing, it's easily noticeable, and done for good reason.
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* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Played with in that the creatures in question aren't so much evil as they are merely carnivorous, but the spirit of the trope is present in some carnivores' colorations.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A subtle example - the Ceratosaurus are notably cagey about approaching the injured Apatosaurus, which turned out to have been attacked by a ''Saurophaganax''.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish: A subtle example - even before the arrival of the [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Amphicotylus and Diplosaurus float]], the Ceratosaurus are notably cagey about approaching the injured Apatosaurus, which turned out to have been previously attacked by a ''Saurophaganax''.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative mammals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''.
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative mammals, small animals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''.
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* DeadPanSnarker: As in Prehistoric Earth, the Denhams prove to be this.
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* DeadPanSnarker: As in Prehistoric Earth, the Denhams prove Alice Denham proves to be this.
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* FeatheredFiend: Several carnivorous dinosaurs featured have feathers.
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* FeatheredFiend: Several All carnivorous dinosaurs featured so far have feathers.
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* DeathGlare: Happens more than once when characters are either annoyed, offended, or likewise displeased.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the Brachiosaurus herd puts up sufficient resistance, the Saurophaganax pack that attempts to hunt them decide in dismay to leave them alone and patiently drink from the nearby water.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the Brachiosaurus herd puts up sufficient resistance, the Saurophaganax pack that attempts to hunt them decide in dismay to leave them alone and patiently drink from the nearby water. A pair of Ornitholestes likewise decide to give up trying to defend their kill after a pack of Stokesosaurus that wish to steal said kill call their bluff and prove to have the advantage in sheer size and numbers.
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* TheStoic: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Nikolai gives off this impression over the course of the staff meeting.
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* TrueCompanions: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Drew, Leon, and Adrian. They became close friends after meeting each other for the first time in high school. From there, they remained this way all the way through college and briefly working together at a pet store, drifted apart over a couple years that followed as they worked to pursue their own paths, and then eagerly accepted the chance to work together again when offered the opportunity to work at Prehistoric Park.
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* DeathOfAThousandCuts: An elderly male Apatosaurus is successfully weakened into stumbling on its side (subsequently rendering it helpless to further defend itself) after falling victim to multiple swift bites from the Allosaurus pack.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After the Brachiosaurus herd puts up sufficient resistance, the Saurophaganax pack that attempts to hunt them decide in dismay to leave them alone and patiently drink from the nearby water.
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* LightningBruiser: The Allosaurus prove to be this, managing to relatively easily keep pace with a stampeding herd of sauropods while also successfully dealing multiple swift bites in a row to their chose targets. The Saurophaganax also prove this by virtue of how fast they prove able to move in their efforts at hunting the Brachiosaurus herd.
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* LightningBruiser: The Allosaurus prove to be this, managing to relatively easily keep pace with a stampeding herd of sauropods while also successfully dealing multiple swift bites in a row to their chose chosen targets. The Saurophaganax also prove this by virtue of how fast they prove able to move in their efforts at hunting the Brachiosaurus herd.
* MightyRoar: Averted so far with the giant carnivorous dinosaurs, which have all so far been heard hissing and snarling instead of roaring.
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* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though many large predators do appear to be quite nasty.
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* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though many large predators do appear to be quite nasty.nasty, and even they are treated more like regular animals than exaggerated movie monsters.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted. This being a zoo, and one that very much wishes for dinosaurs to be amongst the rescued extinct animals, reptiles and dinosaurs are naturally allowed amongst the park's animal repertoire.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted. This being a zoo, and one that very much wishes for dinosaurs to be amongst the rescued extinct animals, reptiles and dinosaurs (including, naturally, dinosaurs) are naturally very much allowed amongst the park's animal repertoire.
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** The scene where a pack of Allosaurus ambush a herd of sauropods is a homage to a scene in ''Film/KingKong2005'' when a herd of Venatosaurus ambush a herd of Brontosaurus.
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** The scene where a pack of Allosaurus ambush a herd of sauropods is a homage to a scene in ''Film/KingKong2005'' when a herd pack of Venatosaurus ambush a herd of Brontosaurus.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with the diaplophis rescued in ''Novum Initium''.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with the diaplophis Diaplophis rescued in ''Novum Initium''.
* StunnedSilence: According to Theodore, this is how the Novum Board reacted when they were shown the Time Portal in action.
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* WhamShot: The sight of an actual Jurassic landscape, complete with real, live, flesh and blood dinosaurs, instantly serves as this when Drew, Leon, and Adrian look through the portal for the very first time. Understandably, it's enough to put any doubts they had over whether Theodore was telling the truth about the portal firmly to rest.
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* WhamShot: The sight of an actual Jurassic landscape, complete with real, live, flesh and blood dinosaurs, instantly serves as this when Drew, Leon, and Adrian look through the portal for the very first time. Understandably, it's enough to put any doubts they had over whether Theodore was telling the truth about the portal firmly to rest.rest.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: The Ornitholestes are explicitly described as having yellow eyes.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: The Ornitholestes are explicitly described as having yellow eyes.
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* ActionGirl: Colette Dubois has successfully made the jump from Prehistoric Earth to here. And if the impression she's currently managing to give to Drew is any indication, she's still every bit the tough as nails ass kicker here that she was in Prehistoric Earth.
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* ShipTease: A subtle example occurs as early as the 1st mission; Leon briefly directs a slight glance out of the corner of his eye towards Yolanda [[spoiler: (his love interest from Prehistoric Earth)]] directly before a staff meeting, whereas Yolanda directs a subtle look of clear intrigue his way when he passes a copy of the animal dossier he created for the mission to Nikolai over the course of the same meeting.
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* FeatheredFiend: Several carnivorous dinosaurs featured have feathers.
* TheNickNamer: Jack is up to his old tricks with this in this story just like he was in Prehistoric Earth, with Drew being nicknamed 'Fearless Leader', Leon getting nicknamed 'Dolittle', Adrian getting briefly referred to as 'Tall, Dark, and Asian', and Linda getting referred to as 'Doc'.
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* TimeTravel: Naturally how the entire premise is able to work, courtesy of the [[CoolGate time portal]].
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* TimeTravel: Naturally how the entire premise is able to work, courtesy of the [[CoolGate time portal]].portal]].
* WhamShot: The sight of an actual Jurassic landscape, complete with real, live, flesh and blood dinosaurs, instantly serves as this when Drew, Leon, and Adrian look through the portal for the very first time. Understandably, it's enough to put any doubts they had over whether Theodore was telling the truth about the portal firmly to rest.
* WhamShot: The sight of an actual Jurassic landscape, complete with real, live, flesh and blood dinosaurs, instantly serves as this when Drew, Leon, and Adrian look through the portal for the very first time. Understandably, it's enough to put any doubts they had over whether Theodore was telling the truth about the portal firmly to rest.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Right as she's working to reassure Jack on eventually finding animals to rescue while working separately from Drew, Leon, and Adrian during ''Novum Initium'', she is interrupted mid-sentence by the sound of Ornitholestes squawking while hunting.
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** Alice: Daisy Ridley
** Jack: Thomas Brodie-Sangster
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** Linda: Scarlett Johansson
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** Kyle: Idris Elba
** Linda: Scarlett Johansson
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Just about all the major staff members at Prehistoric Park did this when offered the chance to work at the park by Theodore.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus Diplosaurus and amphicotylus]].Amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Averted so far. And it is currently explicitly planned for any future instances of this to be a result of either nicknaming for certain subspecies, or a retroactive case of ScienceMarchesOn.
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* HypotheticalCasting: With the familiar characters that have successfully made the jump so far from Prehistoric Earth, most of them are still subjected to this with the exact same actors/actresses assigned to them in Prehistoric Earth. The only exception so far amongst the 12 characters currently confirmed to have made the jump is Drew (who, as per a mixture of WordOfGod and ShrugOfGod was portrayed by Charlie Heaton in Prehistoric Earth, [[TheOtherDarrin but is now being portrayed by]] Joe Keery of ''Series/StrangerThings'' fame).
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* HypotheticalCasting: With the familiar characters that have successfully made the jump so far from Prehistoric Earth, most of them are still subjected to this with the exact same actors/actresses assigned to them in Prehistoric Earth. The only exception so far amongst the 12 characters currently confirmed to have made the jump is Drew (who, as per a mixture of WordOfGod and ShrugOfGod was portrayed by Charlie Heaton in Prehistoric Earth, [[TheOtherDarrin but is now being portrayed by]] Joe Keery of Heaton's fellow ''Series/StrangerThings'' fame).actor Joe Keery). That in mind, the casting is currently accepted by the authors as follows:
** Drew: Joe Keery
** Leon: Tom Holland
** Adrian: Harry Shum Jr
** Alice: Daisy Ridley
** Jack: Thomas Brodie-Sangster
** Kyle: Idris Elba
** Linda: Scarlett Johansson
** Nikolai: Tim Roth
** Khatin: Wil Traval
** Yolanda: Nicola Peltz
** Colette: Ivana Baquero
** Theodore: Ben Kingsley
** Drew: Joe Keery
** Leon: Tom Holland
** Adrian: Harry Shum Jr
** Alice: Daisy Ridley
** Jack: Thomas Brodie-Sangster
** Kyle: Idris Elba
** Linda: Scarlett Johansson
** Nikolai: Tim Roth
** Khatin: Wil Traval
** Yolanda: Nicola Peltz
** Colette: Ivana Baquero
** Theodore: Ben Kingsley
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted. This being a zoo, and one that very much wishes for dinosaurs to be amongst the rescued extinct animals, reptiles and dinosaurs are naturally allowed amongst the park's animal repertoire.
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* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with the diaplophis rescued in ''Novum Initium''.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Several characters' backstories are given more focus and expansion here then they were in Prehistoric Earth. Drew, Adrian, and Leon in particular are given more background as to how they first met and became friends, as well as just what the latter two were up to prior to getting hired to work at Prehistoric Park, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen something that had been originally planned for]] ''Fanfic/Prehistoric Earth'', but has since been [[RefittedForSequel refitted for this story]].
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* AdaptationExpansion: Several characters' backstories are given more focus and expansion here then they were in Prehistoric Earth. Drew, Adrian, and Leon in particular are given more background as to how they first met and became friends, as well as just what the latter two were up to prior to getting hired to work at Prehistoric Park, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen something that had been originally planned for]] ''Fanfic/Prehistoric Earth'', ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'', but has since been [[RefittedForSequel refitted for this story]].
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* AdaptationExpansion: Several characters' backstories are given more focus and expansion here then they were in Prehistoric Earth. Drew, Adrian, and Leon in particular are given more background as to how they first met and became friends, as well as just what the latter two were up to prior to getting hired to work at Prehistoric Park, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen something that had been originally planned for]] ''Fanfic/Prehistoric Earth'', but has since been [[RefittedForSequel refitted for this story]].
* CrazyEnoughToWork: How Drew's plan for rescuing the Allosaurus pack and the combined herd of Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, and Barosaurus turns out to be.
* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes.
* DeadPanSnarker: As in Prehistoric Earth, the Denhams prove to be this.
* CurbStompBattle: A variation unfolds when a pair of Ornitholestes ends up trying to defend their kill from getting stolen by an entire pack of Stokesosaurus. By virtue of superior size and sheer numbers, the Stokesosaurus manage to easily drive off the Ornitholestes without any actual combat taking place despite brief resistance from the Ornitholestes.
* DeadPanSnarker: As in Prehistoric Earth, the Denhams prove to be this.
* LetsSplitUpGang: Gets utilized more than once over the course of ''Novum Initium''. Compared to some examples, these instances get carried out without the usual drawbacks.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]].
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]]. Several species of small terrestrial crocodilians encountered by the Denhams in a denuded Jurassic forest also prove a bit of an annoyance in getting through the portal as well.
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* RealityEnsues: Unlike in Prehistoric Earth, where this was barely (if at all) touched upon, it is quite clear as early as the very first mission that, since Jack and Alice don't know Drew, Leon, and Adrian nearly as well as they know each other, and vice versa, the team proves understandably rusty in working together when they first start work in rescuing animals for the park.
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* BringItBackAlive: Naturally the goal for the rescue team to apply to as many prehistoric animals as possible over the course of their missions for the park.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, the Denhams, with the reasonable and serious [[WomenAreWiser Alice]] as the responsible sibling and the excitable and thrill seeking Jack as the foolish sibling.
* PluckyComicRelief: Jack, just like in Prehistoric Earth.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Theodore and all the park heads of staff prove themselves this to varying capacities.
* SarcasmBlind: Leon and Adrian, the former considerably more so.
* SarcasmBlind: Leon and Adrian, the former considerably more so.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.alone.
* TimeTravel: Naturally how the entire premise is able to work, courtesy of the [[CoolGate time portal]].
* TimeTravel: Naturally how the entire premise is able to work, courtesy of the [[CoolGate time portal]].
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* BigGood: Theodore Richardson currently appears set to reprise this position from Prehistoric Earth.
* ContinuityReboot: While technically a Prehistoric Park fanfic, it's also more of a reboot for Prehistoric Earth.
* CoolOldGuy: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, [[BigGood Theodore Richardson]] qualifies.
* IndyPloy: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Jack shows signs of favoring this kind of ploy.
* InsistentTerminology: Once again, Theodore is quite insistent that Drew allow them to be on first name basis.
* InsistentTerminology: Once again, Theodore is quite insistent that Drew allow them to be on first name basis.
* MissionControl: Just like in Prehistoric Earth, Theodore Richardson decides upon the mission targets and passes the news of these decisions along to Drew, who in turn allows it to be passed along to the rest of the rescue team, plus all other appropriate park staff, as needed.
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* QuickSandSucks: A lone young male Apatosaurus is found stuck in quicksand by the rescue team after already getting grievously wounded via a bite to his back from a saurophaganax, [[FromBadToWorse before then ending up]] also at risk of getting eaten by a pack of Ceratosaurus and a combined float of Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus. Thankfully, he is saved. There is also an adult Apatosaurus that gets found in quicksand later; only this one is already long dead and being feasted upon by two flocks of scavenging pterosaurs.
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* QuickSandSucks: A lone young male Apatosaurus is found stuck in quicksand by the rescue team after already getting grievously wounded via a bite to his back from a saurophaganax, Saurophaganax, [[FromBadToWorse before then ending up]] also at risk of getting eaten by a pack of Ceratosaurus and a combined float of Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus. Thankfully, he is saved. There is also an adult Apatosaurus that gets found in quicksand later; only this one is already long dead and being feasted upon by two flocks of scavenging pterosaurs.
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* ShownTheirWork: This fic so far largely incorporates as much up-to-date information from the scientific community on the appropriate animals and time periods as possible.
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* ShownTheirWork: This fic so far largely incorporates as much up-to-date information from the scientific community on the appropriate animals and time periods as possible. Furthermore, Nathanoraptor has also made it clear that he plans to try to incorporate behaviors showcased by modern animals into the behaviors of appropriate dinosaurs whenever possible.
* TheSmartGuy: Leon once again serves as this to the rescue team, with Khatin himself likewise once again arguably being this amongst the park's heads of staff.
* TheSmartGuy: Leon once again serves as this to the rescue team, with Khatin himself likewise once again arguably being this amongst the park's heads of staff.
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* TheLoad: Much like in Prehistoric Earth, Leon shows signs of starting out as this,[[spoiler: especially if the fact that he accidentally stumbles at an inconvenient time while working with Jack to keep the Ceratosaurus, Diplosaurus, and Amphicotylus distracted is any indication].
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* TheLoad: Much like in Prehistoric Earth, Leon shows signs of starting out as this,[[spoiler: especially if the fact that he accidentally stumbles at an inconvenient time while working with Jack to keep the Ceratosaurus, Diplosaurus, and Amphicotylus distracted is any indication].indication]].
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* CanonForeigner: A couple speculative pterosaurs, as well as a few speculative mammals, make appearances in the Morrison Formation during ''Novum Initium''.
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* GentleGiant: Several of these appear amongst multiple different prehistoric species, particularly amongst the herbivores.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The very first mission after the prologue is entitled ''Novum Initium''. This can be easily interpreted as both the beginning of the rescue missions for the sake of the park as well as the rescued animals receiving the beginnings of a new life in the future outside their home time. And of course, there's also the fact that this is the proper beginning of this new story after Prehistoric Earth.
* GentleGiant: Several of these appear amongst multiple different prehistoric species, [[HerbivoresAreFriendly particularly amongst theherbivores.herbivores]]. [[SubvertedTrope Although that's not to say that the herbivores are without ability to be dangerous]].
* GentleGiant: Several of these appear amongst multiple different prehistoric species, [[HerbivoresAreFriendly particularly amongst the
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* KindlyVet: Linda Eberhart and Yolanda Hall have made the jump from Prehistoric Earth to this story, and they so far appear just as kindly here as they were in that story.
* LightningBruiser: The Allosaurus prove to be this, managing to relatively easily keep pace with a stampeding herd of sauropods while also successfully dealing multiple swift bites in a row to their chose targets. The Saurophaganax also prove this by virtue of how fast they prove able to move in their efforts at hunting the Brachiosaurus herd.
* TheLoad: Much like in Prehistoric Earth, Leon shows signs of starting out as this,[[spoiler: especially if the fact that he accidentally stumbles at an inconvenient time while working with Jack to keep the Ceratosaurus, Diplosaurus, and Amphicotylus distracted is any indication].
* LightningBruiser: The Allosaurus prove to be this, managing to relatively easily keep pace with a stampeding herd of sauropods while also successfully dealing multiple swift bites in a row to their chose targets. The Saurophaganax also prove this by virtue of how fast they prove able to move in their efforts at hunting the Brachiosaurus herd.
* TheLoad: Much like in Prehistoric Earth, Leon shows signs of starting out as this,[[spoiler: especially if the fact that he accidentally stumbles at an inconvenient time while working with Jack to keep the Ceratosaurus, Diplosaurus, and Amphicotylus distracted is any indication].
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* PteroSoarer: Averted with all the pterosaurs featured in this fic.
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* CoolGate: The time portal, just like before.
* GentleGiant: Several of these appear amongst multiple different prehistoric species, particularly amongst the herbivores.
* GentleGiant: Several of these appear amongst multiple different prehistoric species, particularly amongst the herbivores.
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey has to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]].
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey has have to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]].
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* QuickSandSucks: A lone young male Apatosaurus is found stuck in quicksand by the rescue team after already getting grievously wounded via a bite to his back from a saurophaganax, [[FromBadToWorse before then ending up]] also at risk of getting eaten by a pack of Ceratosaurus and a combined float of Diplosaurus and Amphicotylus. Thankfully, he is saved. There is also an adult Apatosaurus that gets found in quicksand later; only this one is already long dead and being feasted upon by two flocks of scavenging pterosaurs.
* RaptorAttack: Averted so far with the Ornitholestes.
* RaptorAttack: Averted so far with the Ornitholestes.
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** The scene where the lone Apatosaurus in quicksand is about to be hunted by a pack of Ceratosaurus can also be interpreted as a minor nod to a somewhat similar scene from the Rite of Spring segment in Disney's {{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}}.
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* AdaptedOut: While [[ShrugOfGod neither author has made a firm decision on the matter just yet]], it currently seems entirely possible that this may prove the case for [[spoiler: Drew's love interest from Prehistoric Earth, Cynthia Night]].
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The basic premise is simple: Zoologist and adventurer Drew [[TimeTravel travels back in time]] to [[BringItBackAlive bring back]] various creatures from prehistoric eras, whom he and his team then place in the titular park. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging around and pretending they have friends. While episodic in nature, the story does have an overarching plot, as the issues of many animals took several episodes to resolve. And several personal issues and arcs that several major characters had to deal with also took multiple episodes to be resolved.
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The basic premise is simple: Zoologist and adventurer Drew [[TimeTravel travels back in time]] to [[BringItBackAlive bring back]] various creatures from prehistoric eras, whom he and his team then place in the titular park. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging around and pretending they have friends. While episodic in nature, the story does have an overarching plot, as the issues of many animals took several episodes to resolve. And several personal issues and arcs that several major characters had to deal with also took multiple episodes to be resolved.
resolved. Serves as both a straight (sort of) Prehistoric Park fanfic, and as a reboot of Prehistoric Earth (complete with almost the entire cast of Prehistoric Earth).
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* HypotheticalCasting: With the familiar characters that have successfully made the jump so far from Prehistoric Earth, most of them are still subjected to this with the exact same actors/actresses assigned to them in Prehistoric Earth. The only exception so far amongst the 12 characters currently confirmed to have made the jump is Drew (who, as per a mixture of WordOfGod and ShrugOfGod was portrayed by Charlie Heaton in Prehistoric Earth, [[TheOtherDarrin but is now being portrayed by]] Joe Keery of ''Series/StrangerThings'' fame).
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* AnimalStampede: A combined herd of Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Barosaurus end up taking part in one of these as a result of a pack of Allosaurus hunting them.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: In ''Novum Initium'', the Ceratosaurus pack that tries to take the lone apatosaurus in quick sand as prey has to contend with a float of [[SeldomSeenSpecies diplosaurus and amphicotylus]].
* SeldomSeenSpecies: Quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.
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** The scene where a pack of Allosaurus ambush a herd of sauropods is a homage to a scene in ''Film/KingKong2005'' when a herd of Venatosaurus ambush a herd of Brontosaurus.
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* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.
* StockDinosaurs: As with SeldomSeenSpecies above, quite a few appear in just the 1st mission alone.
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''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13551751/1/Prehistoric-Park-Reimagined Prehistoric Park: Reimagined]]'' is a fanfiction by Nathanoraptor (one of the writers of ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'') and A-LionGleek.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12068276/1/Prehistoric-Earth Prehistoric Earth]]'' is a fanfiction by Nathanoraptor (one of the writers of Prehistoric Earth) and A-LionGleek.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12068276/1/Prehistoric-Earth Prehistoric Earth]]'' is a fanfiction by Drew Luczynski and Nathanoraptor, which serves as a crossover between the ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' and ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' franchises.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12068276/1/Prehistoric-Earth Prehistoric Earth]]'' is a fanfiction by Drew Luczynski Nathanoraptor (one of the writers of Prehistoric Earth) and Nathanoraptor, which serves as a crossover between the ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' and ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' franchises.
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* AlwaysABiggerFish:AlwaysABiggerFish: A subtle example - the Ceratosaurus are notably cagey about approaching the injured Apatosaurus, which turned out to have been attacked by a ''Saurophaganax''.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Averted, as this being a zoo, even the most dangerous carnivores are taken care of.
* GentleGiantSauropod: Several appear in the first mission - the target is Brachiosaurus.
* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though many large predators do appear to be quite nasty.
* CarnivoreConfusion: Averted, as this being a zoo, even the most dangerous carnivores are taken care of.
* GentleGiantSauropod: Several appear in the first mission - the target is Brachiosaurus.
* PrehistoricMonster: Averted, though many large predators do appear to be quite nasty.
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** The scene wherewhere a pack of Allosaurus ambush a herd of sauropods is a homage to a scene in ''Film/KingKong2005'' when a herd of Venatosaurus ambush a herd of Brontosaurus.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12068276/1/Prehistoric-Earth Prehistoric Earth]]'' is a fanfiction by Drew Luczynski and Nathanoraptor, which serves as a crossover between the ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' and ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' franchises.
The basic premise is simple: Zoologist and adventurer Drew [[TimeTravel travels back in time]] to [[BringItBackAlive bring back]] various creatures from prehistoric eras, whom he and his team then place in the titular park. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging around and pretending they have friends. While episodic in nature, the story does have an overarching plot, as the issues of many animals took several episodes to resolve. And several personal issues and arcs that several major characters had to deal with also took multiple episodes to be resolved.
Although the story is written as if it tells the story of a real park, it contains many obviously sci-fi inspired elements, such as the mysterious time portal, the workings of which are never explained.
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The basic premise is simple: Zoologist and adventurer Drew [[TimeTravel travels back in time]] to [[BringItBackAlive bring back]] various creatures from prehistoric eras, whom he and his team then place in the titular park. But mostly it's about lonely nobodies hanging around and pretending they have friends. While episodic in nature, the story does have an overarching plot, as the issues of many animals took several episodes to resolve. And several personal issues and arcs that several major characters had to deal with also took multiple episodes to be resolved.
Although the story is written as if it tells the story of a real park, it contains many obviously sci-fi inspired elements, such as the mysterious time portal, the workings of which are never explained.
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