I was listening to a paleontology podcast where they were discussing Scutellosaurus, and one of the hosts called it "scutey", and this popped into my head and I just had to draw it.

I think we need to celebrate cute little dinosaurs more. They were dinosaurs too! (Scutellosaurus was about the size of a turkey. So cute!)

 Really makes you wonder if Game Freak had this exact NPC in mind when they designed Munna.

 I couldn't draw cartoons about space missions and leave out Voyager! It's amazing that both Voyager probes are still working after nearly 50 years. Their discoveries defined most of what I learned about the outer Solar System as a kid (I'm dating myself here) and they have a special place in my heart.

... So, when are we going back?

 Again, the NPCs seem to think the world is larger than it actually is. Just walk a couple of frames down, Jr. Trainer, and you'll start to see rooftops.

 Time to indulge in wild speculation!

I watched this interesting documentary on dinosaur biomechanics that seemed to show that it was very unlikely that ceratopsians' skulls could withstand the stress of charging at opponents in the manner of rhinoceroses, and it got me to wondering how else ceratopsians might have used their horns. (And no, I don't believe they were purely display structures. Nature makes weapons to be used, and I'm not of the persuasion of writing off every unusual anatomical element as a display structure unless all other options are exhausted.)

The other day, I was watching a video of a bison using its horns to throw a tree (and that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you stay away from bison), and suddenly it occurred to me--what if ceratopsians used their brow horns to throw things instead of stab (for the most part)? A large animal like Tyrannosaurus getting lifted and thrown is going to hurt quite a lot, and I think large ceratopsians could manage that kind of thing with their massive builds.

I also think ceratopsians might have used their horns (especially their nose horns) more for shoving. I watched a video where a rhino was given a pumpkin, and it very adeptly used the flat of its horn to crush the pumpkin into edible chunks. Maybe ceratopsians did the same thing to fruiting bodies of plants, or used them in social shoving contests.

Just some thoughts.

 In the pint-sized pixel-world of the Game Boy Pokémon games, the NPCs have to really try to sell it to you that Kanto is actually geographically vast, and not, y'know, a place you can walk clear across in less than an hour.

Fun fact: Hyrule in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom is roughly based on the geography of Kyoto, Japan, home of Nintendo headquarters. It's also a faithful to-scale reproduction of the Kyoto region in terms of size (as compared to Link). So next time you're making Link jog from one side of the map to the other out of boredom, realize that that's about how long it would take somebody (at least somebody in shape) to jog across Kyoto. Wild.

 Can't leave out the OG space mission!

I've been having a lot of fun with this series; I guess the overarching theme is the history of space exploration seen through the hypothetically sentient eyes of the plucky robots who have taught us so much about the universe. (Except sometimes they're ceiling fans.)