Dinosaurs/YMMV

"Bart: It's like they saw our lives and put it right up on screen."
 * Anvilicious - On at least one occasion, Lampshaded and mocked to death. Played straight many other times, though, especially in later seasons.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Baby.
 * Genius Bonus: Earl's job is pushing trees. Paper is made from trees, so he's really a paper pusher.
 * Harsher in Hindsight: In the episode "And the Winner Is..." Earl has a nightmare where the world ends as a result of him being elected as Chief Elder.
 * Memetic Mutation - "We're gonna need another Timmy!"
 * Not the momma, not the momma, not the momma, not the momma!
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Nightmare Fuel - Quite a bit including, of course, the final episode.
 * Mr. Richfield can be extremely scary for kids at times.
 * Tear Jerker - The final episode, especially in contrast to the light-hearted nature of the rest of the show.
 * When Ethyl finally gets to her class reunion (at Earl's expense) only to be told that she's the only one of her classmates still alive.
 * They Copied It, So It Sucks: It was one of many shows that tried to copy the success of The Simpsons (back in The Simpsons' Golden Age).
 * Referenced in Simpsons episode Black Widower:

"Earl: This is why TV stinks! One show's a hit, they make fifty more like it with the same characters and the same premise!
 * Lampshaded in the mating dance episode:

Baby: Don't have a cow man! (laughs)"


 * What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?: Despite its use of puppets, Dinosaurs isn't what would be considered just "kid's stuff", what with its occasional use of profanity and adult jokes.