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* BythePowerofGrayskull:
—->’’’D-Team:’’’ Dino Slash!
—->’’’Alpha Gang:’’’ Alpha Slash!
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** The whole series may be a TakeThat against ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', as [[ButtMonkey Spiny almost always gets beaten up when fighting other dinosaurs]]. Even by smaller ones like Ace the ''Carnotaurus'', something that's estimates put at best being under a FIFTH of its size. Often as not, its the inoffensive ''Parasaurolophus'', Paris, who usually battles him and wins.

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** The whole series may be a TakeThat against ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', ''Film/JurassicParkIII,'' as [[ButtMonkey Spiny almost always gets beaten up when fighting other dinosaurs]]. Even by smaller ones like Ace the ''Carnotaurus'', ''Carnotaurus,'' something that's estimates put at best being under a FIFTH of its size. Often as not, its it's the inoffensive ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Parasaurolophus,'' Paris, who usually battles him and wins.

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* BossRush: In the DS game, all members of the Alpha Gang are refought in their lab in Antarctica, with some droids thrown in for good measure.



* BossRush: In the DS game, all members of the Alpha Gang are refought in their lab in Antarctica, with some droids thrown in for good measure.
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* DinosaursAreDragons: Partly thanks to the Japanese word for dinosaur meaning "fear dragon".

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* DinosaursAreDragons: Partly thanks to the Japanese word for dinosaur meaning "fear dragon".dragon" and partly due to the fact that Terry and many of the other large carnivorous dinosaurs are bonded to fire cards.

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* CapcomSequelStagnation: The games. Version 2 didn't introduce any new storylines, only new cards, slightly tweaked gameplay, and the ability to take on Dr. Z, who is the final boss.



* CapcomSequelStagnation: The games. Version 2 didn't introduce any new storylines, only new cards, slightly tweaked gameplay, and the ability to take on Dr. Z, who is the final boss.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seth has blue hair, Ursula hair is green, Laura has pink hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Seth has blue hair, Ursula hair is green, Laura has & Zoe have pink hair.
hair. [[note]] Although the latter probably dyes her hair that color, seeing as Reese is blonde and her parents are brown haired.[[/note]]
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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoe, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]), or you can watch it on Creator/{{Netflix}}. A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.

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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoe, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]), or you can watch it on Creator/{{Netflix}}.Creator/{{Netflix}} or Creator/KidsClick, as of February 2018.. A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dr. Z., despite being a BadBoss MadScientist, clearly loves Rod and Laura as much as much as any doting grandparent would, completely [[PapaWolf going off]] on Seth--whom he rarely even raises his voice to--when he learns that Seth has been sending them off on missions that he would think too dangerous for them to take on.
** In the second season, we learn that Dr. Z adopted Rod and Laura's parents [[spoiler: ''and the Alpha Gang trio'']] as kids from an orphanage and raised them all as his own.
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* SpinOff: The game is actually a spin-off of an earlier game, MushiKing, which was more or less the same thing but with beetles in place of dinosaurs. MushiKing wasn't imported to America beyond its arcade version, as the bug collecting hobby is much more perennially popular in Japan than in the US, but everyone loves dinosaurs.

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* SpinOff: The game is actually a spin-off of an earlier game, MushiKing, ''VideoGame/MushiKing'', which was more or less the same thing but with beetles in place of dinosaurs. MushiKing ''Mushi King'' wasn't imported to America beyond its arcade version, as the bug collecting hobby is much more perennially popular in Japan than in the US, but everyone loves dinosaurs.
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


** Zoe used it once to [[GenreSavvy trick Ursula into dropping her]] PaperThinDisguise.

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** Zoe used it once to [[GenreSavvy trick Ursula into dropping her]] her PaperThinDisguise.
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* RealityEnsues: Ursula, Xander, and Ed attempt to cash in all the checks they've won or stolen from the previous episodes... [[EpicFail with the giant cardboard cut-outs of the checks in question.]] The bank teller tells them that since they aren't even properly signed (or, y'know, real) that she can't give them anything. In Ursula's words, "They laughed at us, and then kicked us out!"
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Dark Pterosaur is destroyed and Spectre and his pirates are defeated, and despite multiple {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s EverybodyLives... but also the dinosaurs are permanently stuck in combat form, they and everyone from the future return to their time, including Rex, and the time machine only has enough power left for one last trip, meaning Max and Zoe will NEVER see their friend Rex or their dinosaur friends ever again.]]
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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]), or you can watch it on Creator/{{Netflix}}. A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.

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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, Zoe, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]), or you can watch it on Creator/{{Netflix}}. A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.



* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Rex, Max, and Zoey.

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* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Rex, Max, and Zoey.Zoe.
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* DemotedToExtra: Zoe in the DS game.

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* DemotedToExtra: Zoe in the DS game. She says she's still a part of the D-Team, but Max and Rex don't seem to agree as talking to her in the HQ has the player ask if she even knows what the D-Team is. She's also not playable, doesn't go on missions, and doesn't even get her own "Dino-Shooter" (what the game calls the Dino-Holders).
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* SleepModeSize: The chibi-forms of the main dinosaurs. Activating their cards turns them into their full-sized versions.
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I don't know if it's available outside the US or not. If it's US only, someone please say so.


A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]). A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.

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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]).US]]), or you can watch it on Creator/{{Netflix}}. A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: All of the dinosaurs exhibit dog-like behavior in their chibi forms. The D-Team can usually get away with claiming that their pets are dogs.


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** The Alpha Gang's vehicles always get destroyed, often in mid-journey.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Reese seems to combine this with [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]. Mind you, it's not hard for her to look sane next to the exciteable Dr. Taylor.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: A possibly deliberate example. The English opening theme has a refrain that's apparently meant to say "Make your move, come on and make your move", but it's quite possible to hear it as "Take your Pokémon and make your move". A possible TakeThat to the competition?
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Seth pulls this off in the finale once the Cosmos Stones are taken from him by Spectre, leaving Spectre to be the final BigBad of the anime.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: While somewhat a bit antagonistic, Dr. Z and the Alpha Gang do this once [[TheStarscream Seth turns his back on them]]. Seth later pulls this off in the finale once the Cosmos Stones are taken from him by Spectre, leaving Spectre to be the final BigBad of the anime.]]
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* EvilLaugh: Dr. Z, Seth, and Spectre.

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* {{Expy}}: Team Alpha, they are similar to Team Rocket both in anime and videogame status:

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* {{Expy}}: Team Alpha, they are similar to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket Rocket]] both in anime and videogame status:


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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Seth pulls this off in the finale once the Cosmos Stones are taken from him by Spectre, leaving Spectre to be the final BigBad of the anime.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Seth does this by ramming the Backland into the Black Pterosaur. Thankfully, [[DisneyDeath this only renders him unconscious]].]]
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: It's [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]], deal with it.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: It's [[FourKidsEntertainment [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]], deal with it.
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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]). A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.

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A [[TheAnimeOfTheGame tie-in anime]] was eventually developed. It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang--[[spoiler:a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards]]--can retrieve them. The series has been brought to the U.S. by [[FourKidsEntertainment [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] and is considered to be one of their best dubs. You can watch it for free on [[http://www.youtube.com/show/dinosaurking YouTube]] (although strangely, [[NoExportForYou some episodes aren't available to watch in the US]]). A Nintendo DS video game has been made that is based on the anime.
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* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Seth, when he betrays Dr Z.]]

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* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Seth, when he betrays Dr Z.]]]] And is a big example since once he decides to get into action, the series went really serious.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: In one episode, Ursula scams Alpha Gang's way into a swanky hotel. At dinner, she suggests they have some more "cherry pop".
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* BloodlessCarnage: Not surprising given its target audience.
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* CommonTongue: Inexplicably, everyone in the anime speaks the same language... despite the fact that nearly every episode takes place in a different country.
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** The HotSpringsEpisode has some curious behavior, given that the characters have been seen wearing swimsuits before without being embarrassed.

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