Gertie the Dinosaur is a dinosaur animated by a fictionalised version of real-world cartoonist Winsor McCay in response to a bet, where he would recieve a dinner for bringing a dinosaur back to life through cartoons. Gertie is a dinosaur who is trained like a circus animal, and can perform actions such as bowing and dancing on command - though she is easily distracted, as seen when she stops to look at a sea serpent and a flying lizard, and has a ravenous appetite to the point of eating entire trees and drinking entire rivers, as well as occasionally being disobedient or even violent, such as when she threw Jumbo the Woolly Mammoth into the river.

All published appearances of Gertie from before January 1, )-(95)}} are public domain in the US.

Some notable appearances are listed below:

*Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
*Diplodocus (A.K.A. "Fake Gertie the Dinosaur") (Unauthorised, 1915)
*Gertie on Tour (1921) (unfinished)

* Little Nemo (September 21, 1913)

*''Gertie the Dinosaur'' is often regarded as the first ever animated cartoon, which is not true, being predated by fellow Winsor McCay films, ''Little Nemo'' and ''How a Mosquito Operates''.
*There is an ice cream shop shaped in Gertie's likeness at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.
*A bootleg version of ''Gertie the Dinosaur'', titled ''Diplodocus'', was made in 1915 by John Randolph Bray, who also unsuccessfully attempted to patent McCay's techniques. It has inferior, albeit more detailed, animation and no live action sements. This forgery was (most likely partially unwittingly) passed off as the real ''Gertie'' for many years, with the preserved print coming from 1970 and opening with a "historical" paragraph claiming it to be the real film and released in 1909 instead of 1914.
*The designs for Gertie, the sea serpent and the four-winged lizard seen in the short film come from Winsor McCay's ''Little Nemo'' strip, specifically the September 21st 1913 entry, “Flip in the Land of the Antediluvians”.

Gertie the Dinosaur 1914 screenshot.jpg|Gertie carrying an animated Winsor McCay in Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
Gertie on Tour screenshot.jpg|Gertie playing with a train in Gertie on Tour
Little Nemo Antediluvian.jpg|The September 21 1913 Little Nemo strip, which has a dinosaur with the same design as Gertie

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertie_the_Dinosaur# Wikipedia]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/gertie-the-dinosaur/4005-115753/ Comic Vine]
*[https://www.comics.org/searchNew/?search_object=all&q=%22Gertie+the+Dinosaur%22&sort=relevance GCD]
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