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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The end of the last episode depicts the K-Pg extinction event, as well as the aftermath a few months after. Herbivores are dying out due to the ash in the atmosphere making plant growth impossible, but scavenging carnivores are temporarily having a better time because of this. The narration makes it clear this is a short-lived glut though and once ''all'' the herbivores die, the carnivores would follow.
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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The end of the last episode depicts the K-Pg extinction event, as well as the aftermath a few months after. Herbivores are dying out due to the ash in the atmosphere making plant growth impossible, but scavenging carnivores are temporarily having a better time because of this. The narration makes it clear this is a short-lived glut though and once ''all'' the herbivores die, the carnivores would follow. Interestingly, this is one of the few cases in dinosaur media where the end Cretaceous extinction is NOT depicted in Hell Creek, instead showing the effects in the island of Hateg (modern day Romania).
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* CripplingOverspecialization: Why ''Spinosaurus'' dies out.
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* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The end of the last episode depicts the K-Pg extinction event, as well as the aftermath a few months after. Herbivores are dying out due to the ash in the atmosphere making plant growth impossible, but scavenging carnivores are temporarily having a better time because of this. The narration makes it clear this is a short-lived glut though and once ''all'' the herbivores die, the carnivores would follow.
* TheDayTheDinosaursDied: The end of the last episode depicts the K-Pg extinction event, as well as the aftermath a few months after. Herbivores are dying out due to the ash in the atmosphere making plant growth impossible, but scavenging carnivores are temporarily having a better time because of this. The narration makes it clear this is a short-lived glut though and once ''all'' the herbivores die, the carnivores would follow.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The first and last episode. And within the latter, the story of ''Gigantoraptor'' in particular.]]
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** The pterosaurs all lack pteroid bones.
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** The All pterosaurs all lack [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Pterosaur_wing_BW2.jpg pteroid bones.bones]].
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** ''Hatzegopteryx'' is depicted as having the same lifestyle as all other azhdarchids, when it was a specialist in killing the dwarf sauropod adults and other large prey. Granted, this is mostly due to [[ScienceMarchesOn science marching on]], seeing as the portrayal was more accurate at the time the program was made.
** Episode one has undescribed chaoyangopterygids acting as "om nom nom" material for spinosaurs, and in episode five, they appear as nest robbers and scavengers; while the shown vulture like habits may not be accurate, otherwise they are fairly realistic, except for the really pointy wings (real pterosaurs had rounded wing tips).
** They all suffer from one noticeable flaw though: the lack of a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Pterosaur_wing_BW2.jpg pteroid bone]].
** ''Hatzegopteryx'' is depicted as having the same lifestyle as all other azhdarchids, when it was a specialist in killing the dwarf sauropod adults and other large prey. Granted, this is mostly due to [[ScienceMarchesOn science marching on]], seeing as the portrayal was more accurate at the time the program was made.
** Episode one has undescribed chaoyangopterygids acting as "om nom nom" material for spinosaurs, and in episode five, they appear as nest robbers and scavengers; while the shown vulture like habits may not be accurate, otherwise they are fairly realistic, except for the really pointy wings (real pterosaurs had rounded wing tips).
** They all suffer from one noticeable flaw though: the lack of a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Pterosaur_wing_BW2.jpg pteroid bone]].
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* ScienceMarchesOn: ''Hatzegopteryx'' is depicted as having the same lifestyle as all other azhdarchids, which at the time was by and large the going understanding of its life habits. It was later determined to have been a specialist predator of dwarf sauropods and other large prey.
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* ToxicDinosaur: The second episode focuses on feathered dinosaurs in China, among them being ''Sinornithosaurus'', where narrator Creator/JohnHurt elaborates on how they used their venom to paralyze and finish off their prey, making them one of the more feared dinosaurs in their habitat. This is [[ScienceMarchesOn no longer believed to be true]].
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* PerilousPrehistoricSeas: The episode ''Fight for Life'' has segments dedicated to life in the seas of the Jurassic period, revolving around the marine reptile ''Kimmerosaurus'', which hunted small sharks like ''Squatina'' but was preyed upon in turn by the much larger plesiosaur ''Pliosaurus'' [[note]]at the time, it was known provisionally as "Predator X"[[/note]]. The former can take refuge in shallow water, but must venture into the deeper ocean for feeding, where it is vulnerable for predation by ''Pliosaurus'', which uses its greater size and power along with its marginally higher speed to overwhelm its prey. The episode closes off with the narration noting that the odds were always in the predators' favor in the struggle for survival, and that ''Pliosaurus'' ""ruled the oceans for more than 100 million years."
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Sinraptor'' (at least, [[NoPronunciationGuide how Hurt pronounces it]]), and "Predator X"[[note]]Later named scientifically ''Pliosaurus funkei''[[/note]].
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Sinraptor'' (at least, [[NoPronunciationGuide how Hurt pronounces it]]), it), and "Predator X"[[note]]Later named scientifically ''Pliosaurus funkei''[[/note]].
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Mr. Hurt admittedly struggled with a few of the fancier dinosaur names, and this is at times evident in the finished product. One example is ''Sinraptor'', which is pronounced in the show as "SIN-raptor" [[note]]Actually SYN-raptor[[/note]].
** He also muddles his nouns with ''Daspletosaurus'', frequently referring to it as "Desplatosaurus", which rolls off the tongue more easily.
** He also muddles his nouns with ''Daspletosaurus'', frequently referring to it as "Desplatosaurus", which rolls off the tongue more easily.
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* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Subverted. ''T. rex'' itself is frequently mentioned but never actually shows up. It is, however, used as essentially a measuring stick for how tough all the other animals are, showing that its legendary reputation still precedes it.
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In the wake of the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] documentary craze of 2011, the Creator/{{BBC}} has released their contribution to the phenomenon, a TV show titled ''Planet Dinosaur''. Following in the footsteps of the BBC's very own ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', this docu-show is also broadcast as a six-episode MiniSeries, but unlike its famous predecessor, it doesn't merely tell six half hour-long stories, but a whopping ''24'', putting onto the screen 50 (that's ''fifty''!) different types of {{prehistoric monster}}s, from dinosaurs to [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles pterosaurs and marine reptiles]]. The lack of {{talking heads}} means the narration, provided by Creator/JohnHurt, plays a crucial role in bringing the prehistoric stories to life.
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In the wake of the [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaur]] dinosaur documentary craze of 2011, the Creator/{{BBC}} has released their contribution to the phenomenon, a TV show titled ''Planet Dinosaur''. Following in the footsteps of the BBC's very own ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', this docu-show is also broadcast as a six-episode MiniSeries, but unlike its famous predecessor, it doesn't merely tell six half hour-long stories, but a whopping ''24'', putting onto the screen 50 (that's ''fifty''!) different types of {{prehistoric monster}}s, from dinosaurs to [[UsefulNotes/PrehistoricLifeNonDinosaurianReptiles pterosaurs and marine reptiles]]. The lack of {{talking heads}} means the narration, provided by Creator/JohnHurt, plays a crucial role in bringing the prehistoric stories to life.
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* StockDinosaurs: ''Allosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Camptosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Argentinosaurus'', ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Microraptor'', and ''Troodon''.
** There is an interesting subversion of this trope in the last episode. Whereas in most documentaries Hell Creek has been the location commonly used to represent the K-Pg extinction due to the large number of stock dinosaurs that lived there during the final years of the Cretaceous (''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Troodon'', dromaeosaurids, ''Ornithomimus''/''Struthiomimus''), this series instead uses Hateg Island, which is home to many more obscure dinosaur genera.
** There is an interesting subversion of this trope in the last episode. Whereas in most documentaries Hell Creek has been the location commonly used to represent the K-Pg extinction due to the large number of stock dinosaurs that lived there during the final years of the Cretaceous (''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Troodon'', dromaeosaurids, ''Ornithomimus''/''Struthiomimus''), this series instead uses Hateg Island, which is home to many more obscure dinosaur genera.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Gigantoraptor'', ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Sinornithosaurus'', ''Saurornithoides'', ''Epidexipteryx'', ''Majungasaurus'', ''Rugops'', ''Sinraptor'', ''Magyarosaurus'', ''Centrosaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Ouranosaurus'', ''Jeholosaurus'', ''Rahonavis'', ''Saurophaganax''[[note]]Unless it turns out it's just a large ''Allosaurus''[[/note]], ''Skorpiovenator'', ''Mapusaurus'', ''Bradycneme'', ''Alectrosaurus'', "Zunityrannus" (an undescribed tyrannosauroid), ''Nothronychus'', the sawfish ''Onchopristis'', the gliding lizard ''Xianglong'', the gigantic pterosaur ''Hatzegopteryx'' (the chaoyangopterid pterosaurs being even more of an example), the angelshark ''Squatina'', and the plesiosaur ''Kimmerosaurus''. Note that a few of these may already be on their way to becoming StockDinosaurs, having appeared in recent media a handful of times.
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** Taken to [[UpToEleven extreme levels]]: every minute or so, the story stops for the narrator to meticulously explain what evidence supports the scene we have just watched. Well, most of the time, that is. Some stuff is presented as pure (but generally educated) speculation. This is probably in response to criticism of the original ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.
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** Taken to [[UpToEleven extreme levels]]: levels: every minute or so, the story stops for the narrator to meticulously explain what evidence supports the scene we have just watched. Well, most of the time, that is. Some stuff is presented as pure (but generally educated) speculation. This is probably in response to criticism of the original ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs''.
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** The ''Edmontosaurus'' herd attempts to save one of their young from a pack of ''Troodon'', but when they finally manage to drive the predators away, it’s only after the ''Troodons'' have already ''fatally wounded'' the juvenile.
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** In another note, the ''Sinornithosaurus'' is shown having an advantage over ''Microraptor'' on the ground due to its lack of leg-wing feathers that enabled it to run more easily. Except that wasn't the case: as a microraptorid itself, ''Sinornithosaurus'' would have also possessed leg-wing feathers, so ''both'' would have been equally disadvantaged on the ground.
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* MonstrousCannibalism: Exaggerated with the ''Majungasaurus''. Direct evidence of cannibalism has been found in the species, and inevitably comes up whenever ''Majungasaurus'' is brought up in media, but instead of showing the more realistic scenario of them scavenging carcasses of their fellows that have died, the mother ''Majungasaurus'' is shown ''actively hunting, attacking, and killing an adult male Majungasaurus her own size'' as prey to feed herself and her babies!
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** After the [[KillEmAll K/Pg Extinction event]], ''[[GiantFlyer Hatzegopteryx]]'' goes from a feared and mighty predator to a desperate, starving scrounger.
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** After the [[KillEmAll K/Pg Extinction event]], event, ''[[GiantFlyer Hatzegopteryx]]'' goes from a feared and mighty predator to a desperate, starving scrounger.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Like wow! With 50 animals, it seems this documentary had a harder time deciding which dinosaurs to leave out than they did deciding which ones to include.
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* PrehistoricMonster: Being a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', it comes to no surprise that ''Planet Dinosaur'' takes similar pains to {{avert|edTrope}} this trope. It is a little DarkerAndEdgier, however, and contains some scenes that are quite violent. Furthermore, since the environments were created entirely with CGI, they got the chance to look more...ominous: many of them being choked with dark cloudy skies and erupting volcanoes. There are also parts where they play it straight by reffering to carnivores as "killers" on several occasions. Played straight with the ''Hatzegopteryx''. Every scene with them involves a ScareChord and PsychoStrings, their hunting scene plays out like something out of a horror movie and the narrator even refers to them as "monsters".
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* PrehistoricMonster: Being a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', it comes to no surprise that ''Planet Dinosaur'' takes similar pains to {{avert|edTrope}} this trope. It is a little DarkerAndEdgier, however, and contains some scenes that are quite violent. Furthermore, since the environments were created entirely with CGI, they got the chance to look more...ominous: many of them being choked with dark cloudy skies and erupting volcanoes. There are also parts where they play it straight by reffering referring to carnivores as "killers" on several occasions. Played straight with the ''Hatzegopteryx''. Every scene with them involves a ScareChord and PsychoStrings, their hunting scene plays out like something out of a horror movie and the narrator even refers to them as "monsters".
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* ThreateningShark: Subverted. ''Squatina'' only serves as prey for ''Kimmerosaurus'', and fellow cartilaginous fish ''Onchpristis'' is the main prey of ''Spinosaurus''.
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* ThreateningShark: Subverted. ''Squatina'' only serves as prey for ''Kimmerosaurus'', and fellow cartilaginous fish ''Onchpristis'' ''Onchopristis'' is the main prey of ''Spinosaurus''.
