Title: Info Dump
Day: 30 Days of Drabbles, Day
Prompt: Info dump
Fandom: TMNT 2003
Word Count: 298
Author: aquietwritingcorner/realitybreakgirl
Rating: K/G
Characters: Donatello, Splinter
Warning: NA
Summary: Intelligence is one thing. Wisdom is another. Splinter exercises some wisdom with a young Donatello.
Notes: I wanna know how many of you know what movie Donnie is going on about.
The Info Dump
"—but those movies are actually wrong because that's not the names of the dinosaurs. It's not even the types of dinosaurs. There's a whole classification system to it the movie doesn't get close-"
Splinter understood that he was not as intelligent as his son, Donatello. Even at the age of seven, his son knew and understood more than he. He had an innate gift that allowed him to understand the world and to absorb and retain knowledge.
"—'long-neck' isn't a classification! It could be a descriptor, but it's not a classification. 'Three-horn' and 'flyer' and 'duckbill' aren't either! Well, duckbill is closer, but its still not correct—"
However, although Splinter wasn't as intelligent as Donatello, he did have the benefit of experience, and therefore wisdom and insight.
"—it wouldn't have taken much research to find the proper names! I can find them easy in my books! I bet they have a lot more books than I do—"
Insight told him that the reason this movie did not use the scientific names of the dinosaurs was that it was a children's movie (although the death of the mother seemed quite heavy for a children's movie) and the creators had probably wanted to use more child-friendly terms.
"—some of the names can be a little hard, but not if you practice! But I don't think the people who made it knew what they were doing, because those dinosaurs aren't accurate either. Look, it's here in my book—"
Wisdom told him that it was for the best not to point that out to his son right now, and let the child go on about the inaccuracies of this movie. Instead, he would continue making dinner, and let Donatello tell him all about dinosaurs.