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Dinosaurs
You may be looking for the glossary term: Fanosaur.
| Tropes and genres | |
|---|---|
| Synonym(s) | prehistoric creatures |
| Related tropes/genres | Historical AUs, Animals in Fanworks, dragons, paleontology RPF |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Stories and art containing dinosaurs may be created in fandoms in which the existence of dinosaurs are canonically shown to still be alive (such as Jurassic Park). Alternatively, dinosaurs can be added to canon sources lacking dinosaurs/prehistoric creatures in general (such as Supernatural). This is usually done by fusions, crossovers, time travel or AUs, and can be taken seriously or as crackfic. Some fans have even seen it as a challenge to introduce dinosaurs into as many fandoms as possible.[1]
Canon Media with Living Dinosaurs
The below is a list of fandoms where the canon has dinosaurs still alive.
- Note: What constitutes inclusion on this list may vary among fans. In some instances, people and dinosaurs co-exist because of a time travel mechanism.
- Dinosaur (Disney film)
- Dinosaurs
- Dinotopia
- Dragon Ball
- Dr. Slump
- The Flintstones
- A Girl and Her Plesiosaur (comic)
- Jurassic Park
- Kaiju Big Battel has Dino Kang Jr.
- King Kong
- The Land Before Time
- The Lost World
- Night at the Museum has Rexy, a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton brought to life at night; and Trixie, a Triceratops prorsus skeleton.
- Prehistoric Park
- Primeval
- Primeval: New World
- Professional Wrestling has "The Queen of the Dinosaurs" Terra Calaway, who is billed from Isla Nublar, and Luchasaurus.
- Terra Nova
- World Wrestling Entertainment had "The Funkasaurus" Brodus Clay.
Canon Media with Other Dinosaur Content
- Firefly. Wash's toy dinosaurs pop up occasionally
- One of Professional Wrestling promotion CHIKARA's big events is titled Chikarasaurus Rex.
- Vorkosigan Saga. Gregor's childhood toy Steggie sometimes makes it into fanfiction
- In the The Dresden Files book Dead Beat, Harry Dresden reanimates the T-rex skeleton named Sue into a zombie-dinosaur, which he then rides on as a steed.
- The video game Horizon Zero Dawn features machines, some of which are based on dinosaurs.
Paleontology Fandom
There is also a little fannish interest in 19th century paleontologists, both real and fictional, including:
- the intense rivalry between Americans Edward Cope and O.C. Marsh, based on the 2011 documentary Dinosaur Wars
- English paleontologist Mary Anning and her cross-class friendship with Elizabeth Philpot
- Friends' Ross Gellar was likely the most famous and popular paleontologist ever on television, and he was only shown at work on select occasions.
On AO3, RPF about paleontologists can be found in the Arts & Sciences RPF tag.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
- jedibuttercup wrote Earth, Fire, Air & Water (crossover BTVS/Jurassic Park, Buffy Summers/Alan Grant)
- Dino Castiel (Supernatural's Castiel as a dino)
- Adventures of the Space Stegosaurus by Avanti_90. Vorkosigan comic starring Steggie
- prehistoric birdwatching by orphan_account. A BFU Jurassic Park AU.
Archives and Communities
- Dinosaurs tag and Dinosaurs search at AO3
- Dinosaurs LiveJournal community
- Dinosaur tropes index at TV Tropes
References
- ^ For example, the Every Fandom is Better With Dinosaurs series by Carmarthen