User:AndyJones/Brontosaurus in popular culture
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Brontosaurus (actually a junior synonym of Apatosaurus) is one of the most famous dinosaurs.
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[edit] Film and television
- The 1925 silent movie The Lost World features an epic Willis O'Brien special effects battle between a Brontosaurus and an Allosaurus.
- The Skull Island of the King Kong story features a Brontosaurus (which kills several men by chomping but not eating them) in the original and involved in a stampede and pile-up in the 2005 remake.
- The "Age of the Dinosaurs" segment of the Rite of Spring sequence in Fantasia features Brontosaurs.
- Fred Flintstone's favourite food was Brontosaurus steak.
- British comedy group Monty Python's 1974 season includes a sketch involving a "Miss Anne Elk" whose trivial theory about the Brontosaurus parodied the controversy of the time.
- The 1985 film Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend involves a baby Brontosaurus.
- The 1988 film The Land Before Time features an Apatosaurus named Littlefoot who is often mistaken as a Brontosaurus.
- The 1980s cartoon Dinosaucers, starring anthropomorphic dinosaurs, included a character named Bronto-Thunder; however, said character had a girlfriend named Apatty Saurus, likely making his name intentionally "incorrect".
[edit] Toys
- Sludge is a Dinobot Brontosaurus from the 1984 Transformers toy line.
- Brontosaurus from the Dino-Riders toyline.
- Thunder the Brontosaurus is a Fisher-Price Ecovore.
- Bronty the Brontosaurus is a Beanie Baby.
[edit] Music
- "Brontosaurus Stomp" (1960) was an Australian #10 hit for The Piltdown Men.
- Proto-metal track "Brontosaurus" (1970) was a UK #7 hit for The Move.
- David Bellamy once recorded a song called "Brontosaurus Will You Wait For Me?".
- Music Group "Da Vinci's Notebook" releases an A Capella album titled "Brontosaurus" (2002)
- Walking in Your Footsteps by The Police
- Brontosaurus Chorus are a popular London based indie pop band.
- Weird Al Yankovic mentions a Brontosaurus in his Song "The Bedrock Anthem".
[edit] Other
- Sinclair Oil uses a Brontosaurus as its logo.
- Bronto Software uses a Brontosaurus as its logo.
- "9949 Brontosaurus" is an asteroid.
- The Little Blue Brontosaurus (1983) is a children's book from Byron Preiss.
- Danny and the Dinosaur is a children's book by Sid Hoff.