Dinobot Island (G1)
| The name or term "Dinobot Island" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Dinobot Island (disambiguation). |
- Dinobot Island is a location from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Dinobot Island is the name given by Spike Witwicky to an island on Earth that can only be accessed by flying through a mysterious energy column floating over the ocean. It is primordial, populated by dinosaurs, and rich in volcanic energy.
The island's position in time is unclear: It may be somehow trapped in a temporal bubble, isolated from the timestream; or the energy column may be a gateway to the entire prehistoric world, with the island being simply the nearest bit of land. Most evidence points to the former theory, but altering the island will produce strange temporal effects elsewhere in the present.
At any rate, what it sorely lacks in explanation, it makes up for in (woo!) dinosaurs!
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
After scouting some strange power readings, Bumblebee and Powerglide encountered an unknown island in the middle of the ocean. Bumblebee was attacked by a pteranodon and was rescued by Powerglide, after which the pair examined the island briefly, leaving after a dinosaur attempted to attack them.
Returning to Autobot headquarters, they informed Optimus Prime of the find while a test of the Dinobots was made. It was decided that the Dinobots were simply too chaotic to work safely at headquarters. Bumblebee suggested the newly discovered island as a new home for the Dinobots, to which Prime agreed. As Spike, Powerglide and the Dinobots headed off to the island, they were shadowed by Laserbeak who transmited his findings to Megatron. Megatron took his Decepticons to the island where they began to tap the island's energy reserves; much to Starscream's objections as he noted various instabilities on the island. The Dinobots eventually learnt of the Decepticon presence on their island and attacked but Megatron responded by stampeding the real dinosaurs. The Dinobots were forced off a cliff and into a tar pit. Dinobot Island, Part 1
The draining of the island's energy reserves resulted in numerous time rifts forming all around the planet, bringing denizens from Earth's past into the present, including barbarians on mastodons, pirates, and cowboys. The Autobots learnt of the Decepticon presence on Dinobot Island and lay siege to Megatron's forces there. The Decepticons managed to gain the upper hand and were about to win when the Dinobots returned and brought their new friends, the dinosaurs, to the Autobots' aid. Defeated, the Decepticons fled the island. Optimus Prime and the Dinobots destroyed the Energon cubes collected which released the energy back to the island, thus replenishing it. Dinobot Island, Part 2
However, the island did not remain under solely Autobot control. Twenty years later, Galvatron sent Trypticon to Dinobot Island to recuperate after his first battle with Metroplex, and the Autobots were completely unaware. It was there that Octane enlisted Trypticon's help in his plan to use Carbombyan oil to take over the Decepticons. All of this was only mentioned in passing, so no details are known about the state of the island or the extent of the Transformers' continued use of it. Thief in the Night
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