Cavepeople are recurring background characters on Dinosaurs, and have occasionally figured in the main storylines. Only marginally smaller than the dinosaurs, their skin and hair, as well as a language unknown to the reptiles, causes them to be seen as inferior. Cavepeople were initially used for comic relief in early episodes, and humor is mined from their struggle to invent the wheel (the pilot) or two males in a zoo being encouraged to mate ("The Mating Dance"). However, later storylines used cavepeople as metaphors for the historical treatment of Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples ("The Discovery") or for abuse of animals in zoos and circuses ("Charlene and Her Amazing Humans").
Cavepeople Appearances[]
Cavepeople inventing the hula hoop in "Mighty Megalosaurus"
Family of cavepeople in "The Mating Dance"
Mr. Ugh in "Hurling Day".
Sparky in "Employee of the Month."
in "Employee of the Month"
Elder Caveman in "The Discovery"
The Wereman in "Little Boy Boo."
Rabid Caveman in "Little Boy Boo"
Caveman musicians in "I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me)" music video
Actors[]
- Perry Anzilotti (episode 102)
- Bill Barretta (episode 306)
- Jeff Chayette (episode 102)
- Hanna Cutrona (episode 206)
- Ben Ganger (episode 321)
- Teri LaPorte (episode 101)
- Julie Maddalena (episode 102)
- Paula Marshall (episode 206)
- Alyssa McCraw (episode 321)
- Michelan Sisti (episodes 101, 102, 103, 206, and 305)
- Tiffany Taubman (episode 321)
- Kirk Thatcher (episode 306)