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  • Complete Monster: In the comic written by Gary Gerani: The Supreme Monstrosity is the devil-like patron deity of the dinosaurs, desiring to reclaim the world from humanity. Discreetly revealing itself to Dr. Elias Thorne, the Monstrosity manipulates the use of his Time Scanner to bring dinosaurs back through time, guiding them as foot soldiers. All over the globe, countless innocent people are sadistically slaughtered and devoured by dinosaurs under the Monstrosity's thrall. All the while, the Monstrosity toys with Thorne and his crew, having them believe that it is a manifestation of Thorne's troubled subconscious, before killing off the crew through psychic-induced heart attacks. When Thorne and his ex-wife Helen manage to rework the Time Scanner, the Supreme Monstrosity personally appears to crush Thorne in its hands.
  • Crosses the Line Twice: An old lady being threatened by a giant monster: not funny. An old lady watching in horror as her cats are messily devoured by a giant monster: big time, not funny note . An old lady pulling out a shotgun and blasting the face of a giant monster who was threatening her and her cats into Ludicrous Gibs? Comedy gold.
  • Narm: A lot of the deaths are so incredibly overblown as to be hilarious instead of scary. Including Triceratops goring a bride and groom with both its brow horns, a Pteranodon slicing a man's head off with its wing...somehow and trilobites somehow going from harmless bottom-feeders to "flesh-eating worms".
  • Nightmare Fuel: Along with some fairly gruesome deaths within the cards, there is the back of card #52: "The Ultimate Sacrifice". Oh, and the Supreme One, who is basically Satan. With several eyes. And decided to destroy billions of people For the Evulz.
    • One of the cards involves a man taking a leak while he's in the woods, and he just so happens to be standing where one of the dinosaurs generate. As a result of this, their molecules combined, and he is fused with the dinosaur as it is running across the woods at night.
    • Of course, the YMMV factor comes from the aforementioned corniness of said deaths; even the latter example just looks like the dude is orgasming.
  • Nightmare Retardant: Some of the deaths are too ridiculous and over the top to be seen as scary. Also, when did Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus, Parasaurolophus and Triceratops become carnivores?note  And how can trilobites attack people?
  • Paranoia Fuel: Any mundane scenario that you're in - going to bed, riding the subway, being in class - is just ripe for interruption by horrific dinosaur attack. The fact that it makes no sense at all (trilobites eating people's eyes?!) is little comfort.
  • What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Given the sheer ludicrous levels of Gorn (which can often put much of adult-oriented media to shame), one may find themselves wondering just how and why this trading card series was marketed towards children.

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