An Ankylosaurus is amongst the dinosaurs inhabiting the hidden subterranean world full of dinosaurs.

It's shown as a sluggish creature unable to run because of its stubby legs, but this is due to the film being made in 1940. The stego, however, before losing and dying, hits and wounds the rex with its tail.

Fantasia: A Stegosaurus fights and loses a battle against a Tyrannosaurus rex because it's too slow-running, while ceratopsians and hadrosaurs, both faster, flee the predator.

Both are portrayed as large, dim-witted, aggressive herbivores that will attack anything that they see as a threat, and are depicted as facing off against the setting's large theropod. Walking with Dinosaurs: Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus appear in the second and sixth episodes.It's described by the host as a smart animal despite its 'apricot'-sized brain. The sleeping stego is accidentally awakened by the human time traveller and reacts instinctively by hitting some scrubs with its tail, but then walks away peacefully. Planet of Dinosaurs shows a sleeping Stegosaurus in an arid hilly landscape, and another specimen walking lonely in the background of the scene.The series also has a Gastonia fighting against a giant Utahraptor, winning the battle by using its stingy tail as a weapon. Jurassic Fight Club has one Stegosaurus stuck in a swamp that nonetheless manages to kill a predatory Allosaurus with its thagomizer, hitting it in the head to death when it seemed already hopeless and destined to die for starvation.Ankylosaurs usually share the same treatment but tend to be more aggressive and temperamental than stegosaurs. In short, they have a reputation as Dumb Muscle.Ĭompared with ceratopsians, stegosaurs tend to appear more of a sort of Badass Gentle Giant dinosaurs - mostly placid and nonviolent, but still able to defend themselves if necessary. Occasionally, they will be portrayed as Boisterous Bruisers. Popular portrayals of armoured dinosaurs vary a lot in personality, but they tend to default towards being portrayed as tough, powerful, and none-too-bright, as well as having having large appetites.

Stegosaurs and ankylosaurs (especially the former) are also a frequent subject of Dumb Dinos, the fact that Stegosaurus is often stated to have one of the smallest brains among dinosaurs has contributed to this reputation. Similarly to ceratopsians, the thyreophoran dinosaurs (the stegosaurs and ankylosaurs) have a reputation of a tough prey for big theropods, often being referred to as the 'tanks' of the dinosaur world.

Ankylosaurus walking with dinosaurs