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->"''I don't know what I'm gonna see, but whatever happens, this is going to be a cracking adventure.''"
-->-- '''Nigel Marven''' as he starts his adventure in "The Giant Claw".
->"''I don't know what I'm gonna see, but whatever happens, this is going to be a cracking adventure.''"
-->-- '''Nigel Marven''' as he starts his adventure in "The Giant Claw".
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* BaitAndSwitchCredits:
** The opening intro of "The Giant Claw" shows footage from ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'''s second episode ''Time of the Titans'' and ''Series/TheBalladOfBigAl'' despite being unrelated to the plot of the series. Likewise, the opening from "Land of Giants" shows a brief scene from ''Series/SeaMonsters'' of Nigel getting a into a scuba suit and plunging into the Ordovician sea, while that documentary would air a lot later.
** The opening sequence of the documentary shows a ''Stegosaurus'' [[AnachronisticAnimal along with the Late Cretaceous]] [[MisplacedWildlife Mongolian fauna]] featured in "The Giant Claw". ''Stegosaurus'' obviously doesn't appears in the series proper, as it was long gone during the timelines Nigel visits and he never travels to Late Jurassic North America in ''Chased by Dinosaurs''.
** The opening intro of "The Giant Claw" shows footage from ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'''s second episode ''Time of the Titans'' and ''Series/TheBalladOfBigAl'' despite being unrelated to the plot of the series. Likewise, the opening from "Land of Giants" shows a brief scene from ''Series/SeaMonsters'' of Nigel getting a into a scuba suit and plunging into the Ordovician sea, while that documentary would air a lot later.
** The opening sequence of the documentary shows a ''Stegosaurus'' [[AnachronisticAnimal along with the Late Cretaceous]] [[MisplacedWildlife Mongolian fauna]] featured in "The Giant Claw". ''Stegosaurus'' obviously doesn't appears in the series proper, as it was long gone during the timelines Nigel visits and he never travels to Late Jurassic North America in ''Chased by Dinosaurs''.
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* SpoilerOpening: The intro opening of "The Giant Claw" briefly shows footage of the ''Therizinosaurus''. Considering the true appearance of the dinosaur is kept a mystery until the climax, keen viewers may realize it's the animal Nigel searches through the episode.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During the ''Tarbosaurus'' vs ''Therizinosaurus'' fight, when the latter scratches the giant carnivorous theropod in the face, the tyrannosaur, rather than keep fighting to the death, opts to abandon the battle and retire before things get uglier, clearly not wanting to take any further injuries.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** During the ''Tarbosaurus'' vs ''Therizinosaurus'' fight, when the latter scratches the giant carnivorous theropod in the face, the tyrannosaur, rather than keep fighting to the death, opts to abandon the battle and retire before things get uglier, clearly not wanting to take any furtherinjuries.injuries.
** While Nigel expects an exciting hunt scene of the ''Giganotosaurus'' pack against the herd of ''Argentinosaurus'', he doesn’t take into account that despite the predators targeting a sub adult individual, an ''Argentinosaurus'' of that age is still a big, formidable opponent, so the theropods employ hit-and-run tactics where they bite the sauropod and retire to let blood loss, exhaustion and shock take out their target. As a result, the hunt ends up being a dragged off agony for the ''Argentinosaurus'', not at all what Nigel had in mind.
** During the ''Tarbosaurus'' vs ''Therizinosaurus'' fight, when the latter scratches the giant carnivorous theropod in the face, the tyrannosaur, rather than keep fighting to the death, opts to abandon the battle and retire before things get uglier, clearly not wanting to take any further
** While Nigel expects an exciting hunt scene of the ''Giganotosaurus'' pack against the herd of ''Argentinosaurus'', he doesn’t take into account that despite the predators targeting a sub adult individual, an ''Argentinosaurus'' of that age is still a big, formidable opponent, so the theropods employ hit-and-run tactics where they bite the sauropod and retire to let blood loss, exhaustion and shock take out their target. As a result, the hunt ends up being a dragged off agony for the ''Argentinosaurus'', not at all what Nigel had in mind.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During the ''Tarbosaurus'' vs ''Therizinosaurus'' fight, when the latter scratches the giant carnivorous theropod in the face, the tyrannosaur, rather than keep fighting to the death, opts to abandon the battle and retire before things get uglier, clearly not wanting to take any further injuries.
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* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Nigel is cautious about encountering a predator with claws as massive as ''Therizinosaurus'', but most of his cautiousness goes away once he discovers it's actually a plant-eater and goes up to touch one, which it allows him to do without irritation. Although he does point out to the cameraman that giant herbivores are still very dangerous animals.
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* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: "The Giant Claw" does this with the remnants of an egg. Nigel discovers an abandoned ''Therizinosaurus'' nest, which includes a broken egg with the partial skeletal remains of an unhatched embryo. However, the skeleton is missing its skull, which would have made it obvious the ''Therizinosaurus'' is no predator.
* DemotedToExtra: ''Ornithocheirus'' appears very briefly in "Land of Giants", although it's just used to show another giant animal of the time ([[AnachronismStew although it didn't actually live at the time]]), rather than being the main character, as it was in ''Walking with Dinosaurs''.
* ForebodingFleeingFlock: Nigel is walking through the brush when several ''Mononykus'' run past him, right before he spots a ''Tarbosaurus'' standing nearby.
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* GiantFlyer: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]]''. And, while they're not focused on or mentioned by name, ''Azhdarcho''.
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* GiantFlyer: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]]''.Pteranodon]]'' and ''Ornithocheirus''. And, while they're not focused on or mentioned by name, ''Azhdarcho''.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Both episodes were inspired by recent paleontological discoveries of the mid to late 90s. Specifically, "Land of Giants" was based upon groundbreaking finds in Argentina of the gigantic ''Argentinosaurus'' (named in 1993) and ''Giganotosaurus'' (named in 1995), while "The Giant Claw" was inspired by the descriptions of ''Beipiaosaurus'' (in 1999) and ''Alxasaurus'' (in 1993), which confirmed therizinosaurs were giant, herbivorous theropods (both the idea of herbivorous theropods and that therizinosaurs even ''were'' theropods were highly contentious beforehand).
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* TheUnreveal: How Nigel travels back in time is never shown, as he's already in the time periods he desires to visit when the episodes start.
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** The pterosaur is identified in supplementary material as ''Azhdarcho''. Aside from the severe anachronism, as it lived 90 million years ago, not 75 million, it's only known from Kazakhstan, not Mongolia (although it could easily be hand-waved as having flown there).
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** “Land of Giants” is particularly guilty of this. ''Sarcosuchus'' shows up some 10 million years after it died out, and ''Pteranodon'' shows up some 12 million years before it evolved. On a more minor note, ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Argentinosaurus'' also weren’t contemporaries (with ''Giganotosaurus'' being slightly older), though the latter did coexist with the former’s close relative ''Mapusaurus''.
** Most of the cast in “The Giant Claw”, wouldn’t evolve until about 4-5 million years later, with ''Protoceratops'' and ''Velociraptor'' being the only ones that were around 75 million years ago. The token pterosaur ''Azhdarcho'' is the most glaring example, as it lived over 15 million years earlier.
** Most of the cast in “The Giant Claw”, wouldn’t evolve until about 4-5 million years later, with ''Protoceratops'' and ''Velociraptor'' being the only ones that were around 75 million years ago. The token pterosaur ''Azhdarcho'' is the most glaring example, as it lived over 15 million years earlier.
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** “Land of Giants” is particularly guilty of this. South American ''Sarcosuchus'' shows up nearly 30 million years after it died out (although the larger African species survived until slightly later), ''Tropeognathus'' (again identified as ''Ornithocheirus'') some 10 12 million years after it died out, and ''Pteranodon'' shows up some 12 million years before it evolved. On a more minor note, ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Argentinosaurus'' also weren’t contemporaries (with ''Giganotosaurus'' being slightly older), though the former existed with a giant, unnamed titanosaur in the same size range as ''Argentinosaurus'', and the latter did coexist coexisted with the former’s close relative ''Mapusaurus''.
**Most of the cast in “The Giant Claw”, Claw” mixes fauna from the Nemegt and Djadochta Formation, although it is set in the latter's time period, meaning several of the animals featured wouldn’t evolve until about 4-5 million years later, with ''Protoceratops'' and ''Velociraptor'' being the only ones that were around 75 million years ago. The token pterosaur ''Azhdarcho'' (from the Zhirkindek Formation) is the most glaring example, as it lived over 15 million years earlier.earlier.
* ArtEvolution: The dinosaur models are much more detailed than in ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', and many of the anatomical flaws in that series were ironed out in the specials. ''Tarbosaurus'' looks much more convincing compared to its very close relative ''Tyrannosaurus'' (rather infamous for wonky anatomy), and the ''Gigantosaurus'' has more accurate carnosaur anatomy and a unique model, unlike the carnosaurs of the original series, which were fairly crude and all {{palette swap}}s of one another. The same cannot be said for the ''Saurolophus'' however, as it's just ''Anatotitan'' with a crest (with even the same skin patterns) and carries over all the anatomical flaws.
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* ArtEvolution: The dinosaur models are much more detailed than in ''Walking with Dinosaurs'', and many of the anatomical flaws in that series were ironed out in the specials. ''Tarbosaurus'' looks much more convincing compared to its very close relative ''Tyrannosaurus'' (rather infamous for wonky anatomy), and the ''Gigantosaurus'' has more accurate carnosaur anatomy and a unique model, unlike the carnosaurs of the original series, which were fairly crude and all {{palette swap}}s of one another. The same cannot be said for the ''Saurolophus'' however, as it's just ''Anatotitan'' with a crest (with even the same skin patterns) and carries over all the anatomical flaws.
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* DeathOfAThousandCuts: This is how ''Giganotosaurus'' is portrayed hunting ''Argentinosaurus''. Even a relatively small adult ''Argentinosaurus'' is so huge, that it takes a whole pack of carnosaurs collectively snapping and tearing at its flesh for more than a whole day to bring it down.
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** The pterosaur is identified in supplementary material as ''Azhdarcho''. Aside from the severe anachronism, as it lived 90 million years ago, not 75 million, it's only known from Kazakhstan, not Mongolia (although it could easily be hand-waved as having flown there).
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* NeverTrustATrailer: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H17zLYF2YP4 The beginning of the trailer of the DVD of the series]] shows Nigel being chased by some ''Velociraptor'' and a ''Tarbosaurus'' [[MisplacedWildlife in what looks like the volcanic environment from Argentina]] in "Land of Giants" instead of the Mongolian one (mixture of deserts and tropical forests) used for "The Giant Claw" where they should be. In the actual show both dinosaurs are shown in the correct location and ecosystem, and while Nigel gets attacked by ''Velociraptors'' in the documentary, no ''Tarbosaurus'' join the persecution (although Nigel does runs away from one in the opening of ''Sea Monsters''). Curiously enough, the scene does appears at the beginning of ''Sea Monsters'', but with only Nigel running and none of the theropods appearing.
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* BehemothBattle:
** The climax of "The Giant Claw" involves a brief but heated fight between the ''Tarbosaurus'' Nigel found previously and the ''Therizinosaurus'' he tried to find through the episode in the beach of a lake. In a realistic outcome, the ''Tarbosaurus'' opts to leave the beach after the herbivore violently scratches it in the face with its claws.
** The main plot of "Land of Giants" deals with Nigel's quest to witness the biggest hunt of all times, with the prey being the humongous sauropod ''Argentinosaurus'' and the hunter the giant theropod ''Giganotosaurus''. He gets the chance to see it at the end of the episode, but to his disappointment and horror, rather than a spectacular, fast-paced hunt like the one lions perform on zebras, the ''Giganotosaurus'''s main tactic to take down the sauropod consists in biting it little by little while they tire out her and let blood loss and trauma do its thing, ending up with a drawn out, agonizing process way less exciting and more bitter than what Nigel expected.
** The climax of "The Giant Claw" involves a brief but heated fight between the ''Tarbosaurus'' Nigel found previously and the ''Therizinosaurus'' he tried to find through the episode in the beach of a lake. In a realistic outcome, the ''Tarbosaurus'' opts to leave the beach after the herbivore violently scratches it in the face with its claws.
** The main plot of "Land of Giants" deals with Nigel's quest to witness the biggest hunt of all times, with the prey being the humongous sauropod ''Argentinosaurus'' and the hunter the giant theropod ''Giganotosaurus''. He gets the chance to see it at the end of the episode, but to his disappointment and horror, rather than a spectacular, fast-paced hunt like the one lions perform on zebras, the ''Giganotosaurus'''s main tactic to take down the sauropod consists in biting it little by little while they tire out her and let blood loss and trauma do its thing, ending up with a drawn out, agonizing process way less exciting and more bitter than what Nigel expected.
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* BittersweetEnding: The climax of "Land of Giants" ends in a somber note, as the hunt of the ''Giganotosaurus'' pack on the young female ''Argentinosaurus'' turns out to be long and torturous instead of spectacular and flashy like Nigel hoped, with the poor sauropod suffering an excruciating end that Nigel doesn't films due to the coming of the night (something he thanks). However, the end of the episode, where the ''Argentinosaurus'' herd arrives to the lake to lay off their eggs adds some spark of hope and wonder to Nigel's prehistoric safari, who gets amazed at the spectacle... And then one of the ''Sarcosuchus'' from the lake suddenly emerges from it to attack the cameraman, [[UncertainDoom with uncertain results]].
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* CameraAbuse: This happens a lot, usually when Nigel Marvin and the camera crew are quite literally abusing camera. In one scene, an unseen crew member is shown using the boom mic to encourage a ''Protoceratops'' to back off. In another, [[spoiler: the cameraman is implied to have been eaten by a ''Sarcosuchus'']].
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* MonsterDelay: The main subject species to be found within both episodes, those being both the ''Giganotosaurus'' and the ''Argentinosaurus'' in the first episode and the ''Therizinosaurus'' in the second episode, all take awfully long amounts of time to ever even show up on-screen at all, and it's even worse with the ''Giganotosaurus'' in the sense of him not ever even receiving a ''name-drop'' prior to his first actual on-screen appearance within his respective episode.
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* StockDinosaurs: ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'' in "Land of Giants", ''Protoceratops'', ''Velociraptor'' and ''Therizinosaurus'' in "The Giant Claw" (the latter was ''made'' stock by this series).
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* BewareTheSillyOne: ''Therizinosaurus'' is one of the most bizarre dinosaurs ever, resembling a giant, overfeed turkey with WolverineClaws. Said claws, however, allow it to fight off a ''Tarbosaurus'' ([[TheWorfEffect the top predator of the region and close cousin of T. rex]]).
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* BewareTheSillyOne: BewareTheSillyOnes: ''Therizinosaurus'' is one of the most bizarre dinosaurs ever, resembling a giant, overfeed turkey with WolverineClaws. Said claws, however, allow it to fight off a ''Tarbosaurus'' ([[TheWorfEffect the top predator of the region and close cousin of T. rex]]).
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* BewareTheSillyOne: ''Therizinosaurus'' is one of the most bizarre dinosaurs ever, resembling a giant, overfeed turkey with WolverineClaws. Said claws, however, allow it to fight off a ''Tarbosaurus'' ([[TheWorfEffect the top predator of the region and close cousin of T. rex]]).
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* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: One of the first animals encountered by Nigel is the 40-foot ''Sarcosuchus''. Nigel, being [[FearlessFool Nigel]], lures it onto land and then tries to get it to snap its jaws by probing them with a stick. It’s never shown catching anything, though Nigel alludes to it being a threat to young ''Argentinosaurus''. [[https://walkingwith.fandom.com/wiki/Sarcosuchus?file=CBD_Sarcosuchus_et_Macrogryphosaure.jpg A promotional image does show it nabbing an iguanodont.]]
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* GiantEqualsInvincible: Played with the ''Argentinosaurus''. Even a mob of fully grown ''Giganotosaurus'' cannot take down an adult, so they go after a half-grown youngster, but even with her, the predators have to rely on exhaustion and blood loss from repeated biting to bring their massive prey down, and it takes a whole day of relentless attacking for the young ''Argentinosaurus'' to finally collapse. Meanwhile, as the herd arrives at their nesting site, one of the adults casually plods towards the ''Sarcosuchus'', utterly dwarfing the giant croc and forcing it to retreat into the water, and immediately after lowers its head to drink, showing no fear of being attacked.
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* ZergRush: How the ''Giganotosaurus'' attack the ''Argentinosaurus'', and even then, it takes them a whole day to bring a young ''Argentinosaurus'' down.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** '''Land of Giants:''' ''Ornithocheirus'', ''Macrogryphosaurus'' (provided that the unspecified iguanodont is this)
** '''The Giant Claw:''' ''Saurolophus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Mononykus'', ''Tarbosarus'', ''Azdarcho''
** '''Land of Giants:''' ''Ornithocheirus'', ''Macrogryphosaurus'' (provided that the unspecified iguanodont is this)
** '''The Giant Claw:''' ''Saurolophus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Mononykus'', ''Tarbosarus'', ''Azdarcho''
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** ''Pteranodon'' in South America? Could be migrating, but then, we've never found any pteranodon fossils there.
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** The ''Sarcosuchus'' in “Land of Giants” is largely based on the African S. ''imperator'' while the South American species, S. ''hartii'', was much smaller. Likewise, ''Pteranodon'' in South America? Could is only known from North America. Granted, like the ''Ornithocheirus'' from ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', the latter could be migrating, but then, we've never found any pteranodon fossils there.interpreted as migrating (though that would be entirely speculative behavior).
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* AnachronismStew:
** “Land of Giants” is particularly guilty of this. ''Sarcosuchus'' shows up some 10 million years after it died out, and ''Pteranodon'' shows up some 12 million years before it evolved. On a more minor note, ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Argentinosaurus'' also weren’t contemporaries (with ''Giganotosaurus'' being slightly older), though the latter did coexist with the former’s close relative ''Mapusaurus''.
** Most of the cast in “The Giant Claw”, wouldn’t evolve until about 4-5 million years later, with ''Protoceratops'' and ''Velociraptor'' being the only ones that were around 75 million years ago. The token pterosaur ''Azhdarcho'' is the most glaring example, as it lived over 15 million years earlier.
** “Land of Giants” is particularly guilty of this. ''Sarcosuchus'' shows up some 10 million years after it died out, and ''Pteranodon'' shows up some 12 million years before it evolved. On a more minor note, ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Argentinosaurus'' also weren’t contemporaries (with ''Giganotosaurus'' being slightly older), though the latter did coexist with the former’s close relative ''Mapusaurus''.
** Most of the cast in “The Giant Claw”, wouldn’t evolve until about 4-5 million years later, with ''Protoceratops'' and ''Velociraptor'' being the only ones that were around 75 million years ago. The token pterosaur ''Azhdarcho'' is the most glaring example, as it lived over 15 million years earlier.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be justified or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
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* MisplacedWildlife: MisplacedWildlife:
** ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be justified or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
** ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be justified or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
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* PaletteSwap: Thankfully averted by the [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs iguanodonts]] and the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]]'', as these received new animation models (or at least new details) instead of being straight reuses of almost identical models from the original series.
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** Averted by the [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs iguanodonts]] and the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]]'', as these received new animation models (or at least new details) instead of being straight reuses of almost identical models from the original series.
** Averted by the [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs iguanodonts]] and the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]]'', as these received new animation models (or at least new details) instead of being straight reuses of almost identical models from the original series.
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* HandWave: How does Nigel time travel? The series never says, just with Nigel announcing what time period he's in as if he just took a flight from Sydney.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
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* MisplacedWildlife: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] justified or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
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The series was followed up by ''Series/SeaMonsters'' in 2003, where Nigel dives into the prehistoric seas to swim with the ocean's largest predators. The specials later served as the inspiration for the Creator/ITV miniseries ''Series/PrehistoricPark'', which also starred Nigel Marven.
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The series was followed up by ''Series/SeaMonsters'' in 2003, where Nigel dives into the prehistoric seas to swim with the ocean's largest predators. The specials later served as the inspiration for the Creator/ITV Creator/{{ITV}} miniseries ''Series/PrehistoricPark'', which also starred Nigel Marven.
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''Chased by Dinosaurs'' is a series of two half-hour specials that are spin-offs of the SpeculativeDocumentary series ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''. Unlike prior installments in the franchise, ''Chased by Dinosaurs'' features a host in real-life zoologist Nigel Marven. In both specials, Nigel travels back in time to investigate specific dinosaur behaviours up-close. The presenter format allows Nigel to actually interact with the dinosaurs he comes across and show how these creatures might react to humans coming their territory.
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''Chased by Dinosaurs'' is a series of two half-hour specials that are spin-offs of the SpeculativeDocumentary series ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''. Unlike prior installments in the franchise, ''Chased by Dinosaurs'' features a host in real-life zoologist Nigel Marven. In both specials, Nigel travels back in time to investigate specific dinosaur behaviours up-close. The presenter format allows Nigel to actually interact with the dinosaurs he comes across and show how these creatures might react to humans coming across their territory.
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The following specials make up the series:
* '''The Giant Claw''': (75 MYA, Mongolia) Nigel travels the Mongolian deserts of the Late Cretaceous in search of ''Therizinosaurus'', a mysterious dinosaur that had claws over a meter long.
* '''Land of Giants''': (100 MYA, Argentina) In the Mid-Cretaceous period, Nigel searches for a herd of ''Argentinosaurus'' in the hopes of seeing the largest predator-prey dynamic in history.
The series was followed up by ''Series/SeaMonsters'' in 2003, where Nigel dives into the prehistoric seas to swim with the ocean's largest predators. The specials later served as the inspiration for the Creator/ITV miniseries ''Series/PrehistoricPark'', which also starred Nigel Marven.
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* CirclingVultures: Subverted; a flock of ''Azhdarcho'' (which are referred to as scavengers on the official website) circles over Nigel at one point, but nothing sinister comes of it. Nigel actually seems to like their presence, in fact.
* FeatheredFiend: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'', ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Mononykus]]'', and ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Therizinosaurus]]'', though in the program, only ''Mononykus'' is depicted with feathers.
* GiantFlyer: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs Pteranodon]]''. And, while they're not focused on or mentioned by name, ''Azhdarcho''.
* KillerRabbit: The herbivorous theropod [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Therizinosaurus]], which honestly looks like a giant goose-but, as [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]] finds out, this giant goose has giant claws.
* MisplacedWildlife: ''[[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs Velociraptor]]'' being put in the rainforest instead of the desert. It can, however, be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] or [[{{Handwave}} handwaved]], as the forest is located ''right'' next to the desert.
** ''Pteranodon'' in South America? Could be migrating, but then, we've never found any pteranodon fossils there.
* PaletteSwap: Thankfully averted by the [[UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursTrueDinosaurs iguanodonts]] and the ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]]'', as these received new animation models (or at least new details) instead of being straight reuses of almost identical models from the original series.
** Played straight with the ''Azhdarcho'' on the official website's (now long gone) picture; it was basically just ''Pteranodon'' with different colors and a shorter crest.
** Also played straight with the ''Saurolophus'', which is basically just ''Anatotitan'' with a crest, even though the two species actually had very differently shaped skulls.
* SeldomSeenSpecies:
** '''Land of Giants:''' ''Ornithocheirus'', ''Macrogryphosaurus'' (provided that the unspecified iguanodont is this)
** '''The Giant Claw:''' ''Saurolophus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Mononykus'', ''Tarbosarus'', ''Azdarcho''
* StockDinosaurs: ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'' in "Land of Giants", ''Protoceratops'', ''Velociraptor'' and ''Therizinosaurus'' in "The Giant Claw" (the latter was ''made'' stock by this series).
* TheWorfEffect: To ''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeLargeTheropods Tarbosaurus]]'', and again, courtesy of another animal (''[[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeBirdlikeTheropods Therizinosaurus]]'').
* TooDumbToLive: Nigel Marven is practically the embodiment of this trope. He lives, though.
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