Dinobot II
| The name or term "Dinobot" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Dinobot (disambiguation). |
- Dinobot is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Megatron always did have a thing for that traitor, Dinobot. But when his former lieutenant betrayed him, joined the Maximals, and ultimately gave his life to stop one of Megatron's most ambitious plans, this wasn't the end, no. A shambling, slavering Frankenstein monster, this new Dinobot is Megatron's attempt to recreate the original without all that cumbersome honor. Powerful, vicious, and most importantly, loyal, Dinobot is a living weapon to be aimed and released in the Maximals' direction. Megatron would have the last word on the raptor's legacy.
Or so he thought. Even though Dinobot's spark is technically half of Rampage's, some still wonder if there's anything left of the original Dinobot in there. If so, and that's a big "if," it'd have to take something cataclysmic to bring it to the surface.
- Chinese name (Taiwan): È Bàu Lúng (惡暴龍, "Evil Violent Dinosaur")
Fiction
IDW Beast Wars comics
Prior to Dinobot II's creation, another clone was produced by Megatron. However, this clone failed at grafting the spark created for it. Beast Wars Sourcebook 1
Beast Wars cartoon
- Voice actor: Scott McNeil (English), Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Jorge Barcellos (Portuguese)
Created by combining a protoform, cloned cells from the original Dinobot, a part of Rampage's spark, and the energy from the Transmetal driver, Dinobot II became a fierce warrior for Megatron. Gifted with powerful abilities (instant healing and most of Dinobot's warrior skills), Dinobot was used for hunting Maximals like Depth Charge and Blackarachnia. Proving Grounds Because he had a piece of Rampage's spark, a fact that sometimes confused Depth Charge's sensors, Dinobot was able to squeeze it and keep the powerful Transmetal in line. Feral Scream Part 1
Shortly after his creation, Dinobot II was sent with Waspinator to capture Cheetor, who had become a Transmetal 2. During the debriefing, Waspinator questioned if being a Transmetal 2 was an improvement, something that brought Dinobot's wrath in the form of a growl, causing the other Predacon to cower behind Megatron in fear. During the hunt, Waspinator detected Cheetor's scent, but due to an unfortunate choice of words on Waspinator's part about Transmetals, Dinobot growled at him again, again raising fear in the older Predacon. Dinobot exclaimed that he would locate and defeat Cheetor. When Waspinator brought up the need of a plan, Dinobot asserted himself as the plan, and then proceeded to slice Waspinator apart. Dinobot searched the cave only to find that the Maximal had already made his escape. Angered, Dinobot declared that the target had fled... for now. Later, Dinobot found Cheetor again and nearly killed hom with a blast from his eye from the shadows, only for Optimus Primal to take the blow for his comrade, taking heavy damage. Waspinator caught up with them only to be instantly slagged by Cheetor, who had transformed into his new robot mode. Dinobot entered the fight and after Cheetor snapped that he had injured his friend, Dinobot told him yes and now he would neutralize him. After hitting a downed Primal, Cheetor roared in anger to an unimpressed Dinobot. After a short but vicious fight, Cheetor received reinforcement in the forms of Rattrap and Silverbolt. Before retreating, Dinobot II declared that this wasn't over. Feral Scream Part 2
Dinobot was present while the Predacons successfully invaded the Ark, taking all the Maximals prisoner. Megatron ordered Dinobot to hunt down and destroy Depth Charge, an order that Dinobot accepted with sadistic glee. Although the battle was unseen, Dinobot apparently failed. Master Blaster
During the trial of Quickstrike, Dinobot II served on the jury along with Rampage. After Waspinator's "defense", Megatron asked the jury for their verdict. Rampage and Dinobot quickly declared the fuzor guilty by holding him up and pointing their guns at him. The execution was interrupted by the arrival of Tigerhawk who destroyed the remains of the Darksyde, forcing the Predacons to abandon base. Dinobot and Rampage were quickly blasted into the distance by a single missile from the Vok messenger, preventing either from actually participating in the fight. Other Victories
His most important moments came at the very end of the Beast Wars. After Rampage was destroyed by Depth Charge, something happened to Dinobot. Somehow, the memories of the original Dinobot flooded into his frame, and more importantly, Dinobot's code of honor came along with them. Nemesis Part 1 Unable to shake off these memories and what they signified, Dinobot betrayed Megatron, challenging his leader's desire to destroy the protohuman village. More importantly, he sent information about an Autobot shuttle to the Maximals aboard the Ark.
Dinobot's final rebellion was openly refusing to fire on the Maximal base. When a flabbergasted Megatron asked him what possible reason he could have for rebelling against his creator, Dinobot took a moment before turning to look at the injured form of Optimus Primal and announcing "And I...have my honor." Enraged, Megatron attacked him, throwing him into Primal just as Rhinox piloted the Autobot shuttle straight into Megatron. As Optimus made to escape, he tried to get Dinobot to follow, but the Transmetal merely wished Primal well as the cockpit exploded around him. Thus he died as a hero, like his predecessor. Optimus would later quote a passage from the Covenant of Primus: "In spark of an enemy, there will be salvation, and in the darkest hour, there will be a light." Nemesis Part 2
Tales from the Beast Wars
A temporal distortion drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Dinobot and his fellow Predacons met their foes. When Rattrap noticed that Megatron had abandoned the fight to achieve an unknown goal, Dinobot too (haw) wondered what was going on behind the scenes, as buried feelings of honor and integrity flickered and immediately died.
But the Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The Dark Essence, the source of the temporal distortion, had possessed the newcomer Windrazor with the life force of Unicron. Dinobot and the others were immobilized by Windrazor/Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox
These events would soon be retroactively erased from Dinobot's timeline with the efforts of the legendary Covenant. Terminus
Ain't No Rat
Dinobot attacked Rattrap, tearing him out of the crawler vehicle he was testing. Rattrap's attempts to reason with the remnants of his old friend failed, and the twisted clone prepared to toss him off a cliff. But before he could finish off the Maximal, Bonecrusher rammed him, sending both the clone and the crawler tumbling off the cliff. Ain't No Rat
Toys
Beast Wars
- Dinobot (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: D-48
- Accessories: Tail-whip
- Transmetal 2 Dinobot transforms into a skeletal/mechanical velociraptor with asymmetrical, cyborg-like detailing. His spark crystal is located under a lid on his dino head/robot chest. The tail is made of soft plastic that moves from side to side when a lever at the base is turned. It can also be detached and used as a hand weapon.
- Along with Prowl, Dinobot was part of Hasbro's early experiments in refreshing a line with same-character redecoes. The first few waves of product with Dinobot featured him in a bone-tan and purple coloration. Several waves in, however, he was re-shipped in bright white with blue, his packaging making no mention of this new color scheme.
- This mold was also used to make the Beast Machines Dinobot Rapticon.
Note
- Dinobot's on-package bio says that he's a "regeneration" of the original Dinobot. Though since the bio also mentions that his spark is Rampage's and takes care to label him a clone, it's more likely this was merely a bad choice of words rather than a suggestion of a micro-continuity where Dinobot II is actually an upgraded Dinobot.
