Editing Dinobot (G1)

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:''The Dinobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] in [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].  In some continuities, before they arrive on Earth, they are known as the '''Dynobots'''.''

[[Image:DinobotDreamwave1.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Call them the  boy-band of the Autobots and prepare for a world of pain - from left to right: Sludge, Grimlock, Swoop, Slag and Snarl]]

The '''Dinobots''' are a rowdy, arrogant, low-brow, disobedient band of warriors that some Autobots would rather scrap than deal with. They're also one of the most devastatingly powerful and close-knit combat units in the Autobot army. Whether or not they follow [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders depends on what those orders are. If its destroy stuff, they're down with that. If it's help people, it kinda depends on what the weather is like.

The group's members are:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (the leader)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (the bad boy)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (the dim one)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (the quiet one)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (the sensitive one)

and in one story:
*[[Paddles]] (the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Best "Pete Best"] one)

''In at least [[The Beast Within|one]] [[micro-continuity]], the Dinobots can combine to form a monstrous super-robot called [[Beast|the Beast]].  Grimlock explicitly states that this is not the case in the Marvel UK continuity, though he has been known to stretch the truth.''


=Fiction=
=== Marvel Comics continuity===
The Dinobots in the comic were not created on Earth, but were a distinct and pre-existing unit of five Autobot soldiers that were aboard the Ark when it crashed to Earth. The comic Dinobots, while not exactly [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]-grade, were significantly more intelligent than their cartoon counterparts.  (Their commander, Grimlock, served as overall Autobot Commander on more than one occasion.) However, they were not as strong as their cartoon counterparts either. Shortly after the crash, the Ark's computer detected [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] landing on the planet in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] land-out-of-time that would one day become known as the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used the last of its capabilities to revive these five warriors and rebuild them to transform into the Savage Land's dominant lifeform: dinosaurs. They were then dispatched to deal with the Decepticon, where they sank to the bottom of a tar pit and remained dormant until [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] revived them in the 1980s.

===Animated continuity===

[[Image:DinobotsG1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|From left to right: Terrible Dactyl, Stego, Bronto Thunder, Tricero and Ghengis Rex OR: "We need Dinozord Power, now!"]]

Built on [[Earth]] by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], the Dinobots were a subgroup of Autobots with great physical power, but very limited intelligence. They were modeled after the dinosaur fossils that [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] found in the volcanic caves near the [[Ark]].  Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge were built first. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}  After some initial troubles, their performance pleased Optimus Prime enough that he had two more built, adding Snarl and Swoop to the ranks. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}} 

[[Image:GrimSlagSludge.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Three Dinobots, immediately after accidentally killing the invisible swordsman.]]

The Dinobots' role was to simply pulverise anyone or anything that was too strong for the Autobots to handle on their own. In the process they frequently mouthed off, rebelled and started brawls inside of Autobot Headquarters (and the occasional [[Trypticon|dinosaur shaped city]].)

At one point, the Dinobots became sick of only being used as the hammer of the Autobot army; they deserted, saying that they would fight when ''they'' wanted to. However, the Dinobots were called in when the Autobots and the Decepticons began suffering from [[Cybertonium]] depletion. During the battle with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, they were accidentally sent to Cybertron, where they briefly reduced [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to the role of chew toy. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} However, Shockwave altered the Dinobots' memory circuits, and forced them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky]] and [[Carly]] managed to rescue them, and the Dinobots decided to follow Optimus Prime's orders...until such time that they decided not to. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City|Battle]] of [[Autobot City]], the Dinobots were dispatched to defeat [[Devastator]]. Despite their incredible strength, Devastator manhandled them. During [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s subsequent attack, [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]] literally had to drag them aboard the shuttle, which was shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots managed to avoid being captured and met [[Wheelie]], who helped them find Kup and Hot Rod. Later, the Dinobots literally kicked the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

{{note|The Dinobots' creation is the source of a continuity clash in the cartoons.  See below for more.}}

===The Beast Within continuity===
The Dinobots [[Combiner|combine]] into the [[Beast]] to fight the Decepticons, but the Beast is so savage and kill-crazy that the Autobots have to kill it. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

''This story is regarded in [[fandom]] as being one of the nadirs of Transformers fiction, and as completely messing up the chance to show a Dinobot combiner.''

=== Dreamwave Comics continuity===
[[Image:ScrollDinobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A Dinobot by any other name would still kick your ass ]]
It was established that Grimlock once commanded a splinter-faction of Autobots known as the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]], that included the pre-Dinobots. It was also established that following this, these five robots used the Cybertronic designation "Dynobots." 

The Dynobots traveled to earth separate from the rest of the Autobots. Grimlock emerged on his own, and the Ark Autobots found him battling the [[Insecticons]]. The fate of the other Dinobots was unknown, but somehow Megatron had captured them and kept them in stasis in a secret base. After freeing them they traveled to Cybertron and helped liberate it from Shockwave's control.

===''Legends'' anthology===
The story "Paddles" features a sixth Dinobot of the same name. This is also the only appearance of the character. {{storylink|Paddles}}

=== IDW Comics continuity ===
Before the Great War, Grimlock and the Dynobots were amongst the gladiatorial teams that competed in the [[Forge]]. When Megatron put out a call for combatants, the Dynobots were amongst those who were shown grudging respect by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s as opposed to the remainder of the "amateurs" in the crowd.

Eons later, the Dynobots followed [[Shockwave (G1)]] to prehistoric Earth on a revenge-fueled crusade. The planet's energon fields forced them to take on the forms of the local animal life.  Thus protected, they attacked Shockwave on the surface.  The battle ended with the six robots buried in molten lava.  They were later unearthed by a human archaelogical dig {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} which was taken over by government agents. {{storylink| Escalation, Issue 5}}

== Items of Note ==
* The Dinobots are the first Transformers whose creation is shown on the cartoon.  It seems simple enough; the Autobots simply construct their bodies, flick the switch, and they're animate.  Wheeljack later upgrades their brains, after which they display sentience.  However, the later episode "[[The Key to Vector Sigma (Part 2)]]" heavily implies that there's no way to bring a Transformer to life without the use of the supercomputer Vector Sigma.  Still other episodes would show the creation of Trypticon and the Technobots without the use of Vector Sigma.  For more on this issue, see separate article ''[[Reproduction]]''.

== Toys ==
===Generation 1===
* Dinobots (1985)
The five Dinobots were sold individually in boxed packages, from 1985 to 1986.  They featured a uniform color scheme of red, black, smokey-clear plastic, and gold chrome.  Most had fairly good articulation for G1 toys; only Slag had the conjoined uni-feet which plagued so much of G1.  

* Grimlock (Pretender, 1989)
A much smaller and simpler version of Grimlock, with a Pretender shell.

* Action Masters (1990)
Both Grimlock and Snarl were given new toy forms as part of the Action Masters line.

===Generation 2===
* Dinobots (1993)
The original toys of Grimlock, Slag and Snarl were reissued in new colors.

===Beast Wars===
* Grimlock (Deluxe, 1997)
A redeco of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

===Alternators===
* Grimlock (2005)
He turns into a 1/24th scale car.

===Classics===
* Swoop (Mini-Con Dinobots Team, 2006)
A new mold for the original character, alongside two new-character teammates.
* Grimlock (Deluxe, 2006)
A new mold based on his original design, with an updated dinosaur mode.

===Other===
* The 2003 [[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]] subline, a Wal-Mart exclusive, re-use most/all of the G1 Dinobots' names.  In ththe same characters.
* The 2005 Grimlock & Swoop two-pack was originally intended to portray the G1 characters, but ended up as part of the [[Energon (toyline)|Energon]] toyline instead, representing new characters.e absence of any [[bio]]s or fiction, however, it is unclear if they are meant to represent 

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