Tarbosaurus: The Mightiest Ever (2008) Accuracy Review | Dino Documentaries RANKED #22 

Spoiler alert for the grade I was very torn over whether Tarbo or Clash was worse. Tarbo just edged it out because while they both constantly lie to their audience, at least Clash has a few more slightly redeeming qualities. Not all of its information is terrible.

The title alone says everything about this film. "The mightiest ever". Sounds exactly like something a toddler would say (and write)

What’s funny about this documentary - it almost came out same year as Jurassic Fight Club and JFC at least gave pterosaurs feathery covering.

Actually, the Velociraptor and Protoceratops being 2m tall was the result of a translation error. The original narration states them as being 2m LONG (which makes much more sense with their onscreen size in all their scenes, especially around larger dinosaurs), not 2m tall. You’re right about all the other inaccuracies, though.

The Tsingtaosaurus was such a pain in JWE that I once filled an entire paddock with them and put two Giganotosaurus in to kill them all.

Speckles the Tarbosaurus is in a a lot aspects just the same tbf. I believe it was RickRaptor who said it was Lion King with Dinosaurs(but like so much worse you wanna throw yourself off a cliff like that T-rex did).

"Dino King is more of a goofy kid movie." Yet it features interspecies rape.

Tarbosaurus: The mightiest ever sounds like a name for a horrible dinosaur book i'd write when i was 8.

You know it’s bad when JWD therozinosaurus look a little more accurate and how the pyroraptor had feathers when the velociraptor in this documentary had only quills

12:01 Finally! Someone gets it! Films will always be unrealistic for the sake of a good film, gotta give the people what they need! But, documentaries dont have that blessing! It's in the name for crying out loud! A documentary is supposed to DOCUMENT possible facts and traits to tell the viewers what someone or something's life was like and do so as factually correct as possible. Like, for films, it's just Hollywood business, accuracy was never the goal and this Hollywood dream of dinosaurs is clearly just that. A dream. But when a documentary makes up bullshit that they claim to be the truth and not some hocus pocus bullshit, that's basically lying to your audience, your audience which came here for the facts, not the feats!

It’s sad to see that all the documentaries that received an F score happen to feature tyrannosaurs as the main selling point.

I watched it on RU-vid, and I couldn’t stop laughing, especially when the little Tarbo “ran” away from the “velociraptor”. It shuffled away lmao

8:34 that tarbosaurus looks so sad because your watching this garbage instead of prehistoric planet

This channel changed the way I look at dinosaurs forever.

I'd arguably say that a theropod with lips would be scarier than one without them. Just think about it, imagine how scary it would be seeing a snarling wolf in the middle of the woods. Know imagine that but, the size of a Tyrannosaur.

I first knew about this doc by that hilarious review by Rick raptor and there is one line where the narrator says "the law of nature is that only the STRONGLEST will survive"

I think you meant “Mononykus the Mightiest Ever”

This “documentary” feels more like a satire on actual dinosaur documentaries than anything else.

I'm glad I enjoy the thrill of what will paleontology tell us more about these creatures, its always bothered me some people seem to push back against more modern depictions and discoveries because it doesn't fit their JP dino tropes. But to me I've always thought new findings are what make Dinos even cooler, like the lip thing it makes sense and it just makes them cooler and more grounded because you can draw comparisons to animals today vs millions of years ago they feel more REAL.

I can't take it anymore I need a Prehistoric Planet review

Hilariously enough, almost all Korean dino docs forget about Koreanosaurus. I've heard of one that only barely included it, and only one that featured it. That was a better set up for a buddy road trip movie, though.

The narrator also called Protoceratops "ProtoceraTOMPS"

Really appreciate you mentioning that herbivores tend to eat easy meat if given the option, love how you always proof you know what youre talking about in these videos.

I hated how Tsintaosaurus is presented as defenseless

Clash of the Dinosaurs: Yay! I'm not at the bottom!

Ah yes, Tarbosaurus the mightiest ripoff ever

"the therizinosaurus pierce the youngsters body"

And update to my recommendations list: Dinosaur King (2007 anime) Animal Armageddon Prehistoric Predators Morphed

I have a theory for why protoceratops got upsized to 2 meters tall. When they upsized velociraptor they probably realized that protoceratops is the same size, and instead of fixing the size of velociraptor they just upsized protoceratops.

18:54 bruh those velociraptors are soo cartoonish 😂

The Documentary's Narrator's Pronunciation on Velociraptor Sounds like He's saying "Vanossiraptor"

This was a child hood favourite of mine, but im not blinded by nostalgia lol

Remember when RickRaptor105 looked at this? I’m not calling you unoriginal, I’m pointing out something I like

I love Rick Raptor's review of this, and yours was just as good focusing on the scientifics. There are a couple more Korean dino-documentaries, "Land of Dinosaurs" and "Adventures of Ceratops", if you want to dive deeper into the madness.

Ah yes. Peak of South Korean weirdness right there with "Tarbosaurus the Mightiest Ever". Boy, is it bizzare and confusing in many levels; from the inaccuracy of the dinosaurs to the anachronism as well as the cheap-stake try at a Cretaceous equivalent of Lion King through the "Speckles the Tarbosaurus" films. Even the narrator sounded more like as if he had drunk a little too much whiskey outside the bar to me.

I saw the title and started laughing. I'm at work on lunch. After seeing RickRaptor's video on this "documentary," I knew this would be hilarious-- even with the different angle here.

You can say that I'm wrong, but I loved this "documentary" and I cried at the end.

Protoceratops is one of the HARDEST dinosaurs to fuck up in design, and they managed to fuck up its design

"Interspecies rape!" - Rickraptor105 : Dinoking review

I knew this was gonna get a bad grade. This is the one Dino doc where I agree with you. I’d rather watch Jurassic fight club or clash of the dinosaurs and even valley of the t-rex P.s did you notice that patch looks like a tyrannosaurus from Jurassic park.

I can't believe you left out the greatest quote from this show: "The laws of nature are clear that only the *stronglest* will survive."

kinda disappointed that i haven't seen Rickraptor105 in the comment section yet

Honestly, a well written review Red Raptor. I completely respect your opinion and couldn't agree more. Thankfully you don't have to dive into that can of worms or you'd be sorely disappointed. Shame Tarbosaurus couldn't have gotten a better treatment. It was entertaining as a kid, but from a scientific stand point, I'd also have to pass on this. Really enjoy your references from other media for your review, really adds to the video. Intrigued to see what's next, don't suppose you could do Prehistoric America at some point? It's not flawless, but I'd be intrigued to see your viewpoint and see what you think of that series. Anyway, keep up your accurate content, stay safe and have a wonderful day.

Just back from seeing Jurassic World Dominion and I enjoyed it.

That documentary was already killed by Rick raptor

2:26 narrator in the doc says “he seems proud of his violent act” 😂

Rickraptor105 One Eye

Actually according to RickRaptor105, the young tarbo head is not too far off from a real juvenile

Is the next reveiw going to be Walking with Dinosaurs the movie? It's actually fairly accurate when you remove the parts there the dinosaurs talk (the most inaccurate thing is probably when they say "Troodon" although it's a dubious name). The Blu-Ray release of the film actually has an option to watch the "Cretaceous Cut" which removes the voices but keeps the music and sound effects.

Technically, the sauropod specie showing in this Dinodoc, Pukyongosaurus millenniumi, still, in fact, Valid ! But with the mention "Nomen Dubium" or "Dubious" in english usage in paleontology domain. A Dubious genus is a genus that we don't know if, due to the poor elements that not allow a definitive conclusion and sufficient diagnostic, he is a normal 100% valid genus or in reality a member of a already described genus described and discovered at least some time before. If it's definitely proven that the later case is what the genus is, so it is listed under the title "Invalid" (and reciving also the title of "Synonym Junior"). And not as "Nomen Dubium/Dubious". Since the exact definition of the word dubious is "Whose existence or realization is not certain". Meaning that we can legitimately have doubts on the truth or relevance of something but with the possibility that reamin possibilities and some percents where the thing in question can be, at final at the opposite of our thought, indeed true ! So, at the moment, this genus, as the same for all others extincts genus title "Dubious" must be look at as valid despite this labeling. And that, until we definitely have a definitive answer to their classification, either giving them the title of "Valid" like we originally thought or "Invalid" if there not true genus. There many genus we at some point thought to be invalid and received before, waiting new more advanged studies, to confirm and see if it's the case, that finally at the end be definitively reconized as Valid. Like the Brontosaurus we thought during many decades to be Invalid and a Synonym Junior of Apatosaurus. Which was at the end not the case at all... But I also understand why, after he received the title " Dubious" pending final confirmation, a genus is not re-used in a documentary so much after the labeling. Because if it's turn that he's Invalid, so the Documentary show a misleading information. Which is understandable in many points.

Oh boy, This one Can I recommend prehistoric predators? It might be easier on the Paleo Nerd sensibilities

I remember seeing this as a kid and couldn't get my head around the narrator saying "the stronglyst" also that the tarbo like the raptors is a straight up copy of the JP rex

You should definitely review “adventures of ceratops” and “dinosaur X” also made in Korea, and I think they are way better

Other titles they could’ve used 1. Asian T. Rex 2. Cousin of the tyrant king 3. Tarbosaurus: the king of Asia

Have you considered reviewing T. rex: back to the Cretaceous? I know it's more like a short movie than a real documentary but I think it would be fun to do a video about it

Oh yeah South Korea does kind of have a track record for making utterly garbage paleo docs. I remember there's another SK documentary about the then-newly-discovered Koreaceratops called "The Secret of Ceratopsian" and the premise is about a Koreaceratops time traveled to the present day. What's even more WTF is the fact the human caretaker character of the documentary became very attached (I'm using "attached" very loosely here). You really should review it.

Your videos have inspired me to peruse a career in paleontology

LOL was waiting in anticipation for this one XD

Yes, though it remain as some kind of a nostalgic memory to my inner twelve, it should never be called as "documentary". Of course the production of the program was pretty dangerous challenge in Korea(not north)'s broadcasting environment at that time. However even considering that, as a "documentary" produced by a "educational broadcasting company", this one is definitely terrible utter failure. And yes i love your decision not to mention those movies. They are horribly twisted money craving abominations.

I immediately thought of rickraptors video

This was made in South Korea, my home country, dinosaur king and Tarbosaurus the mightiest ever built my childhood and my interest for dinosaurs but I’m not offended by this, even I, as a little child I found a lot of stuff that was inaccurate and a dinosaur king sequel just came out

"Stick up the cloaka walk" Brilliant

Pointy wings as minus? Well no, even Dr. Daren Niesh said that pointy wings in pterosaurs are much more acurrate and logical in terms of aerodynamics, thats why all pterosaurs in prehistoric planet has exactly pointy wings, not rounded, - no evidence of such wings and no point of having them like this. there was a whole facebook post of him debunking that stereotype as well.

Im not an expert but doesn't the walking of the animals in this doc look like as if their feet were constantly stuck to the ground?

You should do a review of Dinosaurs Alive! (1985). It's said to be the very first dino documentary

Tarbosaurus: the mightiest ever is worse than Jurassic fight club, a duckbill doesn't pay attention on raptors scrathing its feet, a duckbill in jfc tries to fight raptors back

I was honestly shocked to see JW: TG have Tsintaosaurus walk on all 4s.

Finally came back

“Owing to her massive size, her bones could break her heart explode.”

I was definitevely not expecting you to cover this Doc But I was imagining your rage at it lmao, Kind of a shame, It had the Potential to be something better, But oh welll BTW, Since I saw you went a bit back on the timeline since your last review, I have a small sugestión, That being "Prehistóric Assasins" from 2010,Its definitevely a weird documental, It has a lot of pros, like an actually fully, Contorn feathered Deinonychus, but Also cons like an Olympic jumper Majungasaurus, I would definitevely recommend checking but It is a bit hard to find the full one on English, since I was only able to find the Spanish versión myself, but maybe theres any chance of seeing it, and I think It would make a really fun review

Ah, look at the little fluffy chicks, running around the stable with their big ol' friend no wait WAIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING AAAAAH

12:28 That walking animation though

Have you tried prehistoric predators and life after dinosaurs I’d love to see you review them Also I’m looking forward to the prehistoric planet review I bet 99% of it is going to be exultation over no more pronated wrists wrong feather types shrink wrapping or awesomebroness

this was one of the first dino documenterys i watched

If only all the dinosaurs, not just patch, had names in this documentary They could have named some of the Tsintausaurus Richard Peter Willie

I know he didn’t really talk abt the roaring due to the fact that he said he wasn’t going to talk abt it, but I do feel like it is a problem. The truth is DINOSAURS DIDNT ROAR, I hate the idea of it, and always will, it has been proven that they couldn’t and if they did make kinda-roar sound, it would be very low and short.

Tarbosaurus the mightiest ever is truly, one of the documentaries of all time. The information is, the CGI is there and the designs are

You know a dino doc is bad when the dinosaurs wrists r facing downwards

Also according to Rick, the Tarbo model is taken from the Jurassic Park T.rex or made to look very similar to it

This documentary makes Clash of Dinosaurs look like Prehistoric Planet. And BOY do I not feel happy to say that.

I have so much to say about the raptors making a tsintaosaurus collapse scene, it’s not even funny

‘Dino King is more of a goofy kids movie.’ You’d think that, at least until the… you know what, just watch RickRaptor’s review of the movie to see what abominable scene I’m talking about.

12:26 the Tsintaosaurus have synchronized walk cycles.

NGL micoraptors design in tarbosaueus the mightiest ever is weird

Wow, I never knew there were so many dinosaur documentaries, gee, I wonder if there are anymore where this came from.

Just wait for Mammoth Titan of the Ice Age

I hope you do a Tier Review Video on Prehistoric Planet, I look forward to what Tier it would be. Most of us already know what it might be, but let's just wait and see.

Hey, I don't know if you are aware of a Docu called Predatory Monsters. It is an "Old History Channel" Docu, wich means the models suck but I think some aspects still hold up, or maybe they did when it came out. I had a vague memory of watching it when I was twelve at most, so I went back looking for it and it is full on RU-vid. If you manage to get pass the horrible raptor in the first five minutes you will have a blast picking it apart.

"Only the stronglest will survive."

Can you please review Wild New World next?

You have got to do an accuracy review of Animal Armageddon one of theses days.

Everyone: explain why Dino’s had lips?! Raptor: did anyone see that because I will not be doing it again!

Can you make a new review ranked series about speculative zoology. The famous example is "all tomorrows".

Also, the movement of the dinosaurs just felt like they were on some sheer drugs or smth lmao

Can’t wait for Speckles 2

Therizinosaurus feather topic, I feel like it wouldn't be hard to think that because of size, therizinosaurus wouldn't have as much feathering as shown in pop culture. It was a large animal in a environment possibly similar to New Zealand/ Southeast Asia (with fossils of Araucariaceae conifers) climate wise with high humidity with the evidence of tons of lakes/rivers. Seems like if it had downy feathers, the adult animal would overheat. I think the most probable integument for Therizinosaurus (but not the family overall) would be light feathering similar how tyrannosaurids were shown in Prehistoric Planet. I might be missing something so I could be wrong.

Dang this documentary trips over itself about as much as the poorly animated dinosaurs do

“Only the stronglist will survive”

This and Dino King are some of the worst things I've ever witnessed. They're definitely S tier.

Could you do do Prehistoric next. It's documentary about different US cities in different times in Prehistory. And is hilariously wrong in places.