The MANY Interpretations of Apatosaurus (And Brontosaurus)

Taking a look at the many media depictions of both Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus!

Timestamps
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00:00 Intro
01:08 Start of Apatosaurus/Land Before Time
01:56 Stanley and the Dinosaurs
02:31 The Dinosaurs!
03:30 Walking With Dinosaurs
04:54 When Dinosaurs Roamed America
06:09 Dinosaur Train
06:46 Dinosaur King
07:18 Jurassic World/LEGO
08:54 Transformers
09:53 The Good Dinosaur
11:38 start of Brontosaurus
13:38 Gertie the Dinosaur
14:18 Ghost of Slumber Mountain
14:38 The Lost World 1925
15:20 King Kong
16:34 Fantasia
17:27 The Lost Continent
17:41 The Lost World 1960
18:32 One Million Years BC
19:05 Planet of Dinosaurs
19:29 Zooboomafoo
19:54 Dinosaur Empire
20:41 Ark Survival Evolved
21:36 Zoo Tycoon
21:46 JP Builder
22:08 Outro

[gadielgonzalez]

Apatosaurus: "I thought you were dead?"
Brontosaurus: "My death was, greatly exaggerated."

[ggrarl]

Remember the famous Anne Elk's theory on Brontosauruses, "All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much, much thicker in the middle, and then thin again at the far end."

[JurassicReptile]

People keep complaining about herbivores not doing anything in movies but the sauropods in Lost World 1925 and King Kong 1933 get to rampage and be cool nearly 100 years ago.

[Auzzy_]

To this day I still hear people call any sauropod brontosaurus, and it will never stop hurting.

[brianlevine]

I've always found sauropods awe-inspiring to look at, especially since their long necks demonstrated how large dinosaurs could get. As for Brontosaurus and/or Apatosaurus specifically, some of my favorite depictions include "Land Before Time, " "Gertie, " "Flintstones, " "Jurassic World, " and both "King Kong" variations.

[abdulazizrex]

The apatosaurus design in When Dinosaurs Roamed America is without a doubt iconic.

[TheRunningLeopard]

Honestly really glad you covered “The Dinosaurs!” As its animated are honestly pretty cool, especially how they take part of an episode to talk about how it’s important to draw from reference/data

[cristhianmlr]

"... In 2015, almost 10 years ago

10 YEARS AGO

-Stares into the abyss-

So in 2015".

[dont-hurt-me]

Here are a few interpretations of Brontosaurus & Apatosaurus that I know of:

The Animal World (1956) - A stop motion documentary that was animated by Ray Harryhausen & featured various dinosaurs; including the Brontosaurus.

The Flintstones (1960) - Fred uses a Brontosaurus as a crane for mining, it also makes various appearances throughout the franchise as a background character & in some interpretations, Dino is said to be a Brontosaurus.

Disneyland Railroad: Primeval World (1966) - The Primeval World is a segment of the Disneyland Railroad in which the train travels back to the age of the Dinosaurs. The segment basically recreates the Rite of Spring from Fantasia & features Brontosaurus (both Adult & Young) submerged in a lagoon eating water plants.

Wah Chang's Dinosaurs: The Terrible Lizards (1970) - A stop motion dinosaur documentary that features Brontosaurus in one of its' segments.

Land of the Lost (1974 & 1991) - This was a television show in which a family (The Marshall in 1974 & the Porters in 1991) fall through a time portal & are transported to parallel world where beings from different time periods are stranded. The primary inhabitants of this land are dinosaurs & the Brontosaurus was one of them. Two notable Brontosaurus from the 1974 series were a Baby named Dopey & an Adult named Emily.

Epcot's Universe of Energy/Ellen's Universe of Energy (1982) - A ride at Disney World's Epcot that focused on the topic of energy. One segment of the ride takes passengers through the Age of Dinosaurs. This part of the ride is the same as the Primeval World at Disneyland & reuses many of the same animatronics. Brontosaurus (both young & adult) is featured here again submerged in a lagoon & eating water plants.

Phil Tippett's Prehistoric Beast/Dinosaur! (1984) - A stop motion dinosaur documentary that was animated by Phil Tippett (Dinosaur Supervisor for Jurassic Park) & also features Brontosaurus (erroneously shown living in the Cretaceous) in a few segments

Dino-Riders (1988) - Originally a toy franchise; it eventually got a TV series that featured Brontosaurus in it's twelfth episode (S1E12: Battle for Brontosaurus)

Dink the Little Dinosaur (1989) - An animated TV series that focused on the daily lives of a group of young dinosaurs (very similar to The Land Before Time). The main character; Dink is an Apatosaurus (again, very similar to the Land Before Time).

Dinosaurs (1991) - A family sitcom TV series in which Dinosaurs live very similar to humans. One of the characters eventually introduced in the series is a Brontosaurus named Monica.

Dinotopia (Books & Animated Film) - Apatosaurus makes various throughout the Books & Animated Film as a background character.

Dinosaur Adventure 3D (1999) - An interactive PC game that teaches the player about dinosaurs. Apatosaurus is one of the various dinosaurs the player can hatch from an egg in the game.

Disney's The Legend of Tarzan (2001) - A TV show that acts as a continuation of the Disney film from 1999 & pulls inspiration from the original books series. The episode, Hidden World (S1E11), features the world of Pellucidar; an underground world where dinosaurs are still living. While not properly identified, either Brontosaurus or Apatosaurus is one of the dinosaurs featured in the episode.

Prehistoric Kingdom (2022) - The End of January Dev Diary recently announced that Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus will be added to the game in Update 12

[KadenSlinker-cwcl]

As of 2015 Brontosaurus is now a valid genus again.

[kuitaranheatmorus]

Apatosaurus is peak and am so glad you did it for this video


You're such a great dude, and I hope you have a good day

[KonguZya]

Can I just say I really appreciate how positive your content is?

[thechickhouse]

First positive ‘The Good Dinosaur’ review

[spideyfan]

Apatosaurus has been and always will be my favorite dinosaur, loved it since I was old enough to know what a dinosaur was

[FrostGhidorahEX]

Brontosaurus to me is the most iconic sauropod. Which I do think is owed to the name. Its funny to imagine what dinos used to be big like Brontosaurus, Ceratosaurus and Styracosaurus.
In terms of Brontosaurus appearances there is a few here that you didn't mention, either due to time or not finding them, that I'd at least wanna give mention.
Most famously is the dinosaur Sinclair. Sinclair is the mascot of a well known oil company and is this green Brontosaurus. Even has a well known statue that stands across a Tyrannosaurus.
Another appearance is the film Dinosaurus! Yes the film has an exclamation point in the title. This is a film released in 1960 that features a Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus frozen in an glacier before a lightning bolt revives them.
And the last is Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend. This film is about an expedition and discovery of the Mokele Mbembe in Africa which turns out to be a family of Brontosauruses.
Brontosaurus has had quite the extensive history

[Y.Gigantae]

I think my brain exploded after you said that Brontosaurus IS a own Species!

[HufflepuffJedi]

YES!!! I was nervous you wouldn't get to these for ages 🤩

[novastein]

About the neck spines: apatosaurins have These very distinct, triangular neck crosssections. On brontosaurus, the lower areas of each vertebrea have little rough areas, which many Interpret as being anchor points for keratinous clubs or even spikes. That's why in many modern paleo Art, it is depicted with These neck weapons

[frumpkin]

The post-remodel apatosaurus from Beasts of Bermuda is definitely one of my favorites.

[brotquel]

One you missed is good ol' Sludge, one of the original dinobots from the OG Transformers cartoon... and probably Dino, now that I think about it, from the Flintstones