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With a show that encompassed a huge target audience of children as well as adults, Dinosaurs is best remembered for its extremely tragic and hard-hitting ending. The Jim Henson Productions sitcom ran from 1991-1994, ending in the extinction of the much beloved Sinclair family. An endearing family of animatronic dinosaurs captures the hearts of adults and kids alike, as it delivers powerful moral and ethical messages, while being light-hearted at the same time.
The Sinclair family was headed by the the Dad, Earl Sinclair. Set in modern times, this Dinosaur daddy worked as a tree pusher for a big company called Wesayso. His wife, Fran Sinclair was the typically docile wife of the late 90s sitcoms. The couple had two teenagers, Robbie and Charlene, and a baby who had some amazing catchphrases.
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Set in 60,000,003 B.C. in Pangaea (but with a modern touch), the show interestingly alludes to subjects like sexual harassment, religion, civil rights, women’s rights and more. Before the ratings fell and the show was cancelled in 1994, it aired one last episode culminating in the misfortune that embroils the Sinclair family as a result of environmental neglect.
With beetles gone, the ecosystem goes topsy-turvy. They kept the climbing vine under control by feeding on it, and now with no beetles, the vines keep multiplying. In order to combat that, the Wesayso boss makes Earl responsible for coming up with a solution. And a solution, he comes up with! The environmental Task Force that he heads creates a defoliant that kills all the climbing vines. But there’s a slight glitch. It kills the vines plus all the other plant life in Pangaea!
It is only a matter of time as the planet is deprived of any vegetation. But before they give up, the Environmental Task Force comes up with a plan to bring about rain to grow plants. They shell the volcanoes to make volcanic clouds. And of course, as one might expect, these clouds made no rain. Instead, they blocked the sun entirely and led to the onset of ice age.
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