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'' Stegosaurus'' is one of the most recognizable types among cultural depictions of dinosaurs. It has been depicted on film, in cartoons, comics, as children's toys, as sculpture, and even was declared the
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in 1982. ''Stegosaurus'' is a subject for inclusion in dinosaur toy and
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lines, such as the Carnegie Collection. As late as the 1970's, ''Stegosaurus'', along with other dinosaurs, was depicted in fiction as a slow-moving, dim-witted creature. The " dinosaur renaissance" changed the prevailing image of dinosaurs as sluggish and cold-blooded and this reevaluation has been reflected in popular media.


Literature

A sketch of a ''Stegosaurus'' (based on a drawing by Ray Lydekker) forms an important plot point in the opening chapters of ''
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, Jason Gridley encounters a ''Stegosaurus'' in Pellucidar, the world within the Earth. The animal jumps from a height and uses its plates as a gliding mechanism to chase and attack him; the real animal likely could not perform such an act.
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's '' The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek'' is a children's book about twins who find a talking ''Stegosaurus'' on their ranch in Oregon. She also wrote a sequel, '' The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs''. The main hero and protagonist of Steve Cole's '' Astrosaurs'' series is an anthropomorphic ''Stegosaurus'' named Captain Teggs. In
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'', the main characters come across a sick ''Stegosaurus'' at the south of ''Isla Nublar''. It would later be replaced by a ''Triceratops'' in the movie adaptation.


Cinema

In the 1933 monster film '' King Kong'', the first creature that the band of rescuers meet, as they chase the abducted Fay Wray deep into Skull Island, is a roaring ''Stegosaurus'', which charges. In the 2005
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''Stegosaurus'' is nowhere to be seen, although in the extended edition the ''
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''-like fictional ''Ferrucutus'' takes its place. A hypothetical descendant of ''Stegosaurus'', called ''Atercurisaurus'', appears in the tie-in book ''The World of Kong''.
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'' features a harrowing battle between a ''Stegosaurus'' and a '' Tyrannosaurus rex'' during a segment based on ''
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, which depicts the
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. (However, this conflicts with the scientific fact that the two genera did not co-exist at the same time in history.) The infamous scene is echoed by a display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science which shows a ''Stegosaurus'' facing off with an '' Allosaurus''. Over the years, ''Stegosaurus'' has often been pitted in battle against large carnivorous dinosaurs, on both the big and small screen. It came up against '' Ceratosaurus'' in ''
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'' (2008) where it also faces '' Allosaurus''. It faced '' Allosaurus'' in the first episode of the French animated series '' Once Upon a Time... Man'' (1978), in the anime series ''Kyouryuu Wakusei'' (''Dinosaur Planet'') (1993–94), in ''Dinosaur Valley Girls'' (1996), in episode two of ''
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'' in Walt Disney's ''
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'' (1991–92), in the anime television series '' Dinosaur King'' (2007–08), and in the opening scene of '' The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave'' (2016). On one occasion, it confronted '' Spinosaurus'' in the television series '' Dino Dan'' (2010). An ailing ''Stegosaurus'' is encountered by the characters in the novel ''
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'' in the film version. Although it makes no actual appearance in the film, the name is used; it is on one of the embryo vials stolen (misspelled as ''Stegasaurus''). A group of ''Stegosaurus'' also appeared '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', as one of the first dinosaurs to be seen, although they were depicted as far larger than the actual animal. They also were seen briefly in '' Jurassic Park III'', ''
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; the other two dinosaurs were ''Tyrannosaurus'' and '' Iguanodon''. In the American version of ''
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'' this is remarked upon by a reporter, claiming Godzilla was half-''Stegosaurus'', half-''Tyrannosaurus''.


Television

''Stegosaurus'' has also featured in several television series. A ''Stegosaurus'' has also appeared in one episode of ''
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''. More recently, in 2010, a ''Stegosaurus'' appeared in the first Series 4 Prequel Webisode of the
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''. It was incorrectly shown as having a horn on its head. This is due to the fact that, instead of creating another model for the ''Stegosaurus'' entirely, the special effects team decided to use the same ''
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'' model, which they had previously used, earlier on, in the making of Episode 3.9 of ''Primeval''. In the episode " Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?" of '' Fringe'', ''Stegosaurus second brain is mentioned as William Bell's design choice for shape-shifters' memory storage unit. '' Stegosaurus'' has been featured in numerous television documentaries, such as: * ''
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'' * ''
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'' * ''
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'' * ''
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''. * The fourth episode of the 2011 BBC series ''
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'' * A skeleton of the stegosaurus was seen in the
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ninth series episode Rheneas and The Dinosaur * In the '' Bob the Builder'' episode Scoop’s Stegosaurus Scoop finds bones of a Stegosaurus while he, Bob and Lofty are repairing Farmer Pickles’ drain.


Cartoons and comics

''Stegosaurus'' has also often been featured in children's cartoons. The ''
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features four characters which can transform into stegosaurids: Snarl, Slugfest, Saberback and Striker. In ''
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is a young ''Stegosaurus''. In the 1980s cartoon ''
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'', the character Stego is an anthropomorphic ''Stegosaurus'' who, while still only a trainee soldier, accomplishes difficult tasks despite his inexperience. Several ''Stegosaurus'' also appear in the 1989 animated TV series '' Dink the Little Dinosaur''. In the
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cartoon series '' Darkwing Duck'', the character Stegmutt is an anthropomorphic duck transformed into a humanoid ''Stegosaurus''. Also, Stegz was an anthropomorphic stegosaur featured in the series '' Extreme Dinosaurs''. Ironically, despite the tiny brain size of ''Stegosaurus'', he was the most intelligent of the characters in the show. One of the Dino Knights and Drago Clones in ''
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'' were Dino Stego and his evil counterpart Drago Stegus. In the
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series "asdfmovie," there is a running gag that a character would get crushed by a foot, and the camera zooms out to show a dinosaur who looks nothing like a ''Stegosaurus'' (no back plates, longer neck, taller structure, and longer tail). Then the dinosaur says, "I am a ''Stegosaurus''!" Gary Larson's ''
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'' comic strip often used stegosaurs when he showed dinosaurs. The term "
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, in which a group of cavemen in a lecture hall are taught by their caveman professor that the spikes were named in honor of "the late Thag Simmons" (the implication is that the thagomizer was responsible for Thag's death). The term has been popularly adopted by many palaeontological authorities, including the
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Science

In September 2002, a hoax poster was presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology entitled "The case for ''Stegosaurus'' as an agile,
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biped", ostensibly by T. R. Karbek (an anagram of R. T. Bakker) from the non-existent "Steveville Academy of Palaeontological Studies". This was reported in ''
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'' magazine, where it was remarked that ''Stegosaurus'' was generally believed to be "about as cursorial as a fridge-freezer".


Sculpture

Sculptor
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created several, almost-life-sized versions of ''Stegosaurus''. Beginning in the 1960s, one always was displayed among his traveling exhibition, ''Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs'', and they are frequently used as an illustration of his work in books and articles about the artist because of their distinctive characteristics. One of these was displayed for months before the electrical engineering research facility at the
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during a 2005 campus-wide display of the exhibition, which was hosted by Belk College, and became a
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of sorts to students studying in nearby buildings. Howard the Duck walked under a Jim Gary ''Stegosaurus'' when a museum display of Gary's work was used as a set for the 1986 film. In 1973 Alexander Calder also created a huge sculpture called, '' Stegosaurus'', that was more abstract than Gary's. It stands 50 feet tall in Hartford, Connecticut.


Theme parks

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segment in the 1940
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'' was created using new Audio-Animatronics for Disney's Magic Skyway attraction at the
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. When the Fair ended, the attraction was dismantled. However, in 1966 the dinosaurs were moved next to the Grand Canyon Diorama along the Disneyland Railroad to make the Primeval World.
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has the same diorama. A similar scene is depicted in
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pavilion. The Stegosaurus appearing in the various
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Other

''Stegosaurus'' has long been featured in popular informational books about dinosaurs. This is ostensibly due to its status as being one of the most famous dinosaurs in popular culture. Several older nonfiction books incorrectly stated that ''Stegosaurus'' had two brains, due to a mistake made by Marsh during the 1800s, in which a bundle of nerves located in the hips was thought to be a "second brain". However, newer informational works have corrected this, and most nonfiction dinosaur books published nowadays correctly state that ''Stegosaurus'' had only one — albeit tiny — brain, located in its skull, as all other known vertebrates do. ''Stegosaurus'' has also featured in numerous video games such as '' Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs'', Ark: Survival Evolved and '' Carnivores''. In the latter game, the animal was depicted as an awkward, lumbering reptile, similar to many outdated illustrations, even though the game was released in 1998, at least a decade after the general public recognized ''Stegosaurus'' and other dinosaurs as active warm-blooded beasts. Players can play as ''Stegosaurus'' in ''
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''. A stuffed ''Stegosaurus'' makes an appearance in the video game '' Gone Home'', nicknamed Steggy.


See also

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Timeline of stegosaur research This timeline of stegosaur research is a chronological listing of events in the history of paleontology focused on the stegosaurs, the iconic plate-backed, spike-tailed herbivorous eurypod dinosaurs that predominated during the Jurassic period ...
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List of films featuring dinosaurs This is a list of films that feature non-avian dinosaurs (that is, not featuring birds) and other prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) archosaurs, pterosaurs and prehistoric (mainly Mesozoic) marine reptiles (such as mosasaurs and plesiosaurs). Liv ...
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Tyrannosaurus in popular culture ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' is unique among dinosaurs in its place in modern culture; paleontologist Robert Bakker Robert Thomas Bakker (born March 24, 1945) is an American paleontologist who helped reshape modern theories about dinosaurs, partic ...
* Velociraptor in popular culture


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