# Dinosaur movies -- fights where the theropod loses? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866 "2018-01-17T22:11:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/1 "2018-01-17T22:11:05Z")
I was wondering about fights between dinosaurs in “prehistoric movies” (or any sci-fi flick that features dinos) – have there been ones where the tyrannosaur / allosaur / unidentified theropod winds up on the losing side? I know about the fantastic King Kong confrontations, of course, but right now, I can’t seem to think of any others… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/2 "2018-01-17T22:43:14Z")
Does it count if the theropod lost to humans or only where they lose to another Dino? I think the original 1925 silent Lost World had a Triceratops defeat a T-Rex. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/3 "2018-01-17T22:50:37Z")
The last Jurassic movie had the Big Bad Theropod losing to a Mosasaurus in a single bite. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/4 "2018-01-17T22:51:51Z")
The T-rex loses to the spinosaurus in **Jurassic Park 3**. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/5 "2018-01-17T22:53:33Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > The last Jurassic movie had the Big Bad Theropod losing to a Mosasaurus in a single bite. Good one, I forgot that. > [@Max\_Torque](#): > > The T-rex loses to the spinosaurus in **Jurassic Park 3**. Problem is the Spinosaurus is also a theropod. I don’t think that counts. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/6 "2018-01-17T23:32:26Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I think the original 1925 silent Lost World had a Triceratops defeat a T-Rex. The film had an Agathaumas\* defeat an Allosaur, but then a T-Rex killed the Agathaumas. \*It was an Agathaumas in the movie, but I guess there’s doubt if it’s a different dinosaur than a Triceratops, and it’s often described as a Triceratops in references to the movie. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/7 "2018-01-17T23:46:46Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The film had an Agathaumas\* defeat an Allosaur, but then a T-Rex killed the Agathaumas. > > \*It was an Agathaumas in the movie, but I guess there’s doubt if it’s a different dinosaur than a Triceratops, and it’s often described as a Triceratops in references to the movie. OK, thanks for the clarification, I haven’t seen it in decades. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/8 "2018-01-17T23:52:01Z")
If you can take your mind off Raquel Welch’s costume (or lack thereof) in **One Million Years BC",** a theropod gets killed by a Triceratops (don’t know what kind of therapod, the movie makers were a bit more concerned with Ms. Welch’s cleavage than paleontology). ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/9 "2018-01-17T23:55:10Z")
Kind of a cheesy example, but a baby Apatosaurus, Triceratops, Saurolophus, Pteranodon and Stegosaurus kill a T-Rex in _The Land Before Time_ by [pushing it off a cliff](https://youtu.be/weHHBdmI_Jw?t=61), along with a giant boulder. It’s perhaps not the most realistic battle. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/10 "2018-01-17T23:59:45Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > … the movie makers were a bit more concerned with Ms. Welch’s cleavage than paleontology). And rightfully so, twas her cleavage that made the movie a hit, not the cheesy dinos. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/11 "2018-01-18T00:13:23Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The film had an Agathaumas\* defeat an Allosaur, but then a T-Rex killed the Agathaumas. > > \*It was an Agathaumas in the movie, but I guess there’s doubt if it’s a different dinosaur than a Triceratops, and it’s often described as a Triceratops in references to the movie. _Agathaumas_ is a genus of doubtful validity that was named from some bones that are pretty similar in different kinds of ceratopsians. Today it’s basically considered a synonym for _Triceratops_. The film may have used the name because of a [famous restoration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathaumas#/media/File:Agathaumas.jpg) by Charles Knight. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/12 "2018-01-18T02:17:08Z")
Not quite what the OP is looking for, but the cheesy classic _ **Dinosaurus!** _ ends with the T-Rex losing a [battle with a steam shovel](https://youtu.be/DEm70fUYHS8?t=1h19m15s). ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/13 "2018-01-18T02:19:09Z")
If we’re counting one theropod defeating another, then the first _Jurassic Park_ also has a T. rex playing the Big Damn Hero near the end by eating a velociraptor. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/14 "2018-01-18T02:51:45Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > And rightfully so, twas her cleavage that made the movie a hit, not the cheesy dinos. There were dinosaurs in that movie? I never noticed. ---
**Author:** ![PlumBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@PlumBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlumBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/15 "2018-01-18T03:54:25Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > If you can take your mind off Raquel Welch’s costume (or lack thereof) in **One Million Years BC",** a theropod gets killed by a Triceratops (don’t know what kind of therapod, the movie makers were a bit more concerned with Ms. Welch’s cleavage than paleontology). Didn’t a dude with a sharp stick kill a theropod in that movie? ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/16 "2018-01-18T16:27:40Z")
> [@PlumBob](#): > > Didn’t a dude with a sharp stick kill a theropod in that movie? Oh, that does sound familar! I need to re-watch the movie. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/17 "2018-01-18T16:29:33Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Not quite what the OP is looking for, but the cheesy classic _ **Dinosaurus!** _ ends with the T-Rex losing a [battle with a steam shovel](https://youtu.be/DEm70fUYHS8?t=1h19m15s). I remember seeing that when I was a kid! (Now that you mention it, of course.) Fun stuff! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/18 "2018-01-18T16:34:03Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Does it count if the theropod lost to humans or only where they lose to another Dino? > > I think the original 1925 silent Lost World had a Triceratops defeat a T-Rex. Yeah, I would be fine with mentions of them losing to humans, as well. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/19 "2018-01-18T18:47:43Z")
The TV series **walking with Dinosaurs** gave us a T’ rex vs. an ankylosaur: The T. Rex not only loses, it's dead, but it doesn't know it yet. In the 1950s film \*\*the Animal World\*\* ray Harryhausen collaborated with his mentor Willis O'Brien to give us a T. rex vs. triceratops battle that the Triceratops is doing better in, but the fight gets broken up by one of those inconvenient volcano eruptions > **["animal world" harryhausen - Bing](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=GertdMKw&id=9D96F02450B8D50233CEAB396D432441372DA065&thid=OIP.GertdMKw52HFctJxF-8H-QEsDe&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fparlorofhorror.files.wordpress.com%2f2013%2f05%2fthe-animal-world-pic-2.jpg&exph=480&expw=648&q=%22animal%2Bworld%22%2Bharryhausen&simid=608036147040553550&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0)** > > Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you. I fondly recall **Dinosaurus** with the T.Rex vs. steamshovel at the end (I own a copy of the film). I’m convinced that James Cameron saw it, too, and thet it inspired the duel between Ripley in the Loader Suit and the Alien Queen at the end of **Aliens**. There’s a T. rex vs. Triceratops in the awful TV movie **The Last Dinosaur** , but the T. rex wins [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B619J7VeYAY/hqdefault.jpg "Giant Tyrannosaurus vs. Giant Triceratops") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B619J7VeYAY) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866/20 "2018-01-18T19:13:13Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Yeah, I would be fine with mentions of them losing to humans, as well. In _Caveman_, it happens twice [T-rex versus old blind man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP1yjS2vbi4), played by Jack Gilford [T-rex versus Ringo Starr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dheBAJXQwuI), armed with prehistoric ganja [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-movies-fights-where-the-theropod-loses/806866.md?page=2)