Dinosaur (dinosaur)

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[[Image:DinobotIslandPt2-Dirge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|There's a party in my mouth, and only really depressing people are invited.]]
'''Dinosaurs''' are prehistoric reptiles that dominated the [[Earth]] during their existence. Scientific consensus holds that they became extinct 65 million years ago. In the various [[Transformer]]s [[continuity|continuities]], this belief is often reassessed.

Dinosaurs' [[Popular beast alternate modes|most prominent influence]] in Transformers culture is serving as the [[Alternate mode|altmodes]] for some of the most dangerous (and occasionally ludicrous) Transformers of all time.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Battle_for_Cybertron_dinosaurs.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Earl Norem]] dinosaurs: AWESOME! Chronology: not so great.]]
====Big Looker storybooks continuity====
When the Autobots' spacecraft crashed into the Earth four million years ago, the mighty dinosaurs fled in terror. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

====Marvel Comics continuity====
Shortly after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crashed on [[Earth]], the Ark's defense systems detected Cybertronic life on the continent of [[Antarctica]]. The Ark sent a drone to investigate, and it discovered [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] roaming around in the [[Savage Land]] blasting dinosaurs with high-powered X-rays. The Ark determined that Shockwave was a threat and rebuilt five Autobots into forms it assumed were the dominant form of life on the planet, the dinosaurs the drone discovered. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Four million years later, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] visited the Savage Land and passed a dinosaur in his [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]]. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Destiny_of_the_dinobots.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]
By [[1992]] the dinosaurs of the Savage Land were suffering from an unidentified disease that drove them insane and ultimately killed them. When the Dinobots returned, searching for the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from their shuttle to help save [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] from [[Corrodia Gravis]], they discovered that a human paleontologist named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]] was using it to keep the disease at bay from healthy dinosaurs. Ultimately, they let Embrey keep the crystal and transferred Snarl's mind into the body of a ''Stegosaurus''. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}
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====IDW ''Generation 1'' continuity====
Six hundred thousand [[Units of time|meta-cycles]] ago, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] foresaw [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] eventual exhaustion of natural resources. To ensure their survival, he seeded many worlds with [[Ultra-Energon]] and waited. He arrived on the world later to be known as [[Earth]] to regulate the growth of the valuable resource. Unfortunately, the Autobot Dynobots, lusting for revenge after Shockwave had defeated them in a skirmish, followed him to this world. To endure the intense energon radiation on this world, the Dynobots assumed the form of the long-extinct dinosaur species. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

====''Hearts of Steel''====
Both the Autobots and Decepticons assumed the forms of these doomed reptiles upon arriving on Earth, which was in the grip of one of its ice ages. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[Image:DinobotsG1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The Land Before Time XXIII: The Great Robot Adventure]]
Dinosaurs were understood to have been sluggish and stupid. They dragged their tails on the ground, and theropods walked fully upright. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Dinosaurs survived the mass extinction of 65 million years ago and lived on into the present on the time-displaced, and energy-rich, [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]].

The most prominent saurians were the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], five rebellious (yet extremely powerful) [[Autobot]]s, who proved time and again a match for an army of [[Decepticon]]s. Other dinosaur Transformers are [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], and the [[Mini-Cassette|cassette warriors]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]].

Transformers who have Dinosaur altmodes have something known as "dinosaur electrons" within their systems. [[Transformation]] causes these electrons to release [[dinosaur transform static]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

=====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity=====
======''Victory'' cartoon======
The [[Dinoforce]] consisted of six Decepticons with sentient dinosaurian [[Pretender]] shells and the ability to combine into [[Dinoking]].

======''Beast Wars II'' cartoon======
[[Image:Gigastorm1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Brother, I think my horn has a rash.]]
[[Megastorm|Gigastorm]], [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]'s younger brother, took the form of a theropod dinosaur. He then made several [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s into [[Cyborg Beast]]s including [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust,]] rechristened Thrustor, a cyborg ''Velociraptor''.
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======''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon======
The Predacon lineup consisted primarily of a number of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[Image:Megatronbwtrex.jpg|right|150px|thumb|It's not the size, it's how you use it.]]
By now, dinosaurs were understood to have been quick and agile, with theropods like ''T. rex'' holding their bodies parallel to the ground. After crash-landing on a primitive world that was later revealed to be Earth, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] renegades [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] assumed the forms of extinct dinosaurs - a dwarf ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and a giant ''Velociraptor'' respectively - as their beast modes to survive on this energon-soaked planet.{{Storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}
[[Image:Dinobot mirror.jpg|thumb|left|200px|One...two...three...RED LIGHT.]]
After Dinobot's betrayal, Megatron cloned him. This [[Clone One|clone]] was completely biological. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}

When the alien [[Vok]] [[Planet Buster]] superweapon that threatened Earth was destroyed, the resulting [[quantum surge]] altered Megatron's structure. His new, more powerful [[Transmetal]] body allowed him to transform into an entirely mechanical ''Tyrannosaurus'' with flight capabilities. {{Storylink|Aftermath}} Later, Megatron used the alien [[Transmetal driver]] to create a drone army of ''Velociraptor''s with Cybertronian enhancements. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Refining his experiments, Megatron subsequently created [[Dinobot II]], a [[Transmetal 2]] clone of Dinobot with a skeletal cyborg ''Velociraptor'' beast mode. {{Storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

===3H ''Universe'' continuity===
[[Image:BMdinobots.JPG|right|200px|thumb|So how did the Oracle get a ''Triceratops'' from ''Velociraptor'' DNA?]]

The Dinobots were created by the Oracle using dinosaur DNA information from Dinobot's spark. Most of the members had true dinosaur alternate modes of a ''[[T-Wrecks|Tyrannosaurus]], [[Triceradon (BM)|Triceratops]], [[Striker|Stegosaurus]]'', [[Dinotron|''Pachycephalosaurus'']], and a mechanical [[Rapticon|''Velociraptor'']]. Magmatron also joined the team although only one of his multiple beast modes is actually a dinosaur. Whether or not [[Airraptor]]'s ''Archaeopteryx'' mode counts is debatable.
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===Unicron Trilogy===
====''Energon''====
[[Image:Cruellock.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Americans will never find me here...]]

The [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] [[Cruellock]] is a theropod dinosaur, but with a distinct Japanese giant monster influence.

====''Cybertron''====
[[Image:Cybertron Undermine beastmode.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He acts tough but keeps disappearing when Grimlock walks in the room.]]
A ''Spinosaurus'' is the beast mode of choice for one of [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]'s underlings, [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]], and his brother [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]].

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===''Dinobots'' toyline===
Walmart released an exclusive mini wave of figures in 2003. It is unclear what continuity these figures belong to but they were released along with ''Armada'' figures. There is really no story behind these figures other than the fact that they are the Dinobots. The members with true dinosaur alternate modes are [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (Dinobots)|Snarl]], [[Triceradon (Dinobots)|Triceradon]], and [[Slapper (Dinobots)|Slapper]].
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===''Animated'' continuity===
====''Animated'' cartoon====
[[Image:DinobotsAnimated.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Open the door / Get on the floor / Everybody walk the dinosaur]]
[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] are dinosaurs (a ''T. rex'' and a ''Triceratops'') while [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] is a ''Pteranodon''. They form the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], based on animatronic robots that had entertained the public. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

[[Image:AnimatedZaur.jpg|left|thumb|175px|A robot sauropod with guns on its sides. Awesome.]]
[[Zaur]] lives on Cybertron and is frightened of organics. He is a [[brontobot]], a species which bears a remarkable resemblance to sauropod dinosaurs. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

====''Time-Quake''====
While conducting time experiments, [[Simion Hawkins|Professor Simion Hawkins]] time-displaced a number of dinosaurs, including a ''T. rex'' which [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] fought. When the Autobots tracked the professor down, he held them off by transporting more dinosaurs forward in time, leading them to fight a ''Triceratops''. {{storylink|Time-Quake}}
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===Movie continuity===
After being awoken by an [[AllSpark#Live-action movie universe|AllSpark]] fragment, [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], confused and disoriented, had trouble remembering what his mission profile was. In his confusion, he briefly believed that the Seekers were there to destroy the dinosaurs, but [[Mikaela Banes]] informed him that they were long since dead. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Power Core Combiners===
[[Image:PCC-toy Dinobots.jpg|thumb|right|300px|More like "Dino-and-one-Synapsid-bots", am I right?]]

The Autobot [[Grimstone]], who transforms into a mechanical ''Styracosaurus'', can combine with three dinosaur drones, a ''Parasaurolophus'', a ''Pachycephalosaurus'' and an ''Ankylosaurus'', and one ''Dimetrodon''.
{{Note|The toy box mistakenly identifies Grimstone as a ''Triceratops'' and the ''Dimetrodon'' drone as a Spinosaurus.}}

===Shattered Glass===
[[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], who transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus'', was created by the heroic Decepticons. He was deactivated by [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] for being too violent. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] reactivated him and he joined the Autobots. {{storylink|Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock's toy bio}} [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] created the [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]] based off of Grimlock's design. Some of these Dinobots were kept by the Decepticons and renamed Dinocons. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

In search for [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]], [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] went to [[Wyatt's Roadsideaganza]], where he mistook two of the displays for real dinosaurs that tried to attack him. He destroyed both displays and some more. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

===Aligned continuity===
====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====
The [[Griffin Rock Natural History Museum]] had a number of robotic dinosaur exhibits. After a fire, the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' went for a stroll and had to be subdued by the [[Rescue Bot]]s. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

[[Doc Greene]] later reprogrammed it into [[Trex]], though it was used by a mysterious figure to access the island's mainframe and, infected by a virus, began rampaging through town again. {{storylink|Return of the Dinobot}}

====''Fall of Cybertron''====
[[Shockwave (WFC)| Shockwave]] was fascinated by the lifeforms he spotted on Earth called dinosaurs, and used them as inspiration for strange experiments where he changed the bodies of [[Grimlock (WFC)| Grimlock]] and the fellow members of his strike team. Once Shockwave was done, the team possessed the ability to transform into dinosaurs!

==Notes==
* A number of Transformers, such as [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]], [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]], [[Sling]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and two thirds of [[Magmatron]], are treated as if they have dinosaur alternate modes. However, in all cases, these are animals which are either only [[Wikipedia:pterosaur|closely related]], [[Wikipedia:plesiosaur|very distantly related]], or [[Wikipedia:pelycosaur|so distantly related it's like saying you're a fish]]. But that's pretty much par for the course when it comes to the casual portrayal of dinosaurs in popular culture, so we're not judging.................................................................................................. OH WAIT WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Dinosaur|Dinosaur at Wikipedia]]

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