Dinobot (AOE)
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- The Dinobots are an Autobot subgroup from the Age of Extinction portion of the live-action film series continuity family.
The Dinobots are a group of Autobots who turn into dinosaurs, or at least things which mostly look like dinosaurs.
Members include:
- Grimlock (Robotic Tyrannosaurus, leader)
- Scorn (Robotic Spinosaurus)
- Slash (Robotic Velociraptor)
- Slog (Robotic Apatosaurus)
- Slug (Robotic Triceratops)
- Snarl (Robotic Stegosaurus)
- Strafe (Robotic 2-headed Pteranodon)
Fiction
Age of Extinction film
The Dinobots (some of them, at least) were captured aboard Lockdown's ship as trophies until the Autobots detached that section to free Optimus Prime. When the ship eventually crashed in China, Optimus decided that time had come for reinforcements to battle Galvatron's forces and freed the Dinobots, calling them to join him. Grimlock battled Optimus for dominance, but was beaten, and the Dinobots agreed to help the Autobots. The Dinobots' massive size, strength and ferocity turned the tide of battle in the Autobots' favor in the nick of time, swiftly defeating the prototypes in Hong Kong until Lockdown returned. The Dinobots were trapped in Lockdown's magnetic vortex, but Optimus destroyed it, freeing the Dinobots. The Dinobots helped hold a bridge so that Joshua Joyce could get to safety with the Seed. After the battle, Optimus dismissed the Dinobots from his command, allowing them to roam free on Earth, and the Dinobots parted on good terms with the Autobots and set off on their own.
Like that won't backfire someday. Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)
Games
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
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Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Toys
Notes
- The Dinobots go unnamed in the film, bar Scorn getting nicknamed "Spike" by Crosshairs. The word "Dinobot" is never mentioned on-screen either, as Optimus only refers to them as "legendary warriors".
- Only Grimlock, Strafe, Slug, and Scorn appear on screen, or in any Age Of Extinction-related media for the matter.
- Velociraptor Dinobots were at one point to appear on the big screen, with concept art showing them charging into Hong Kong alongside Scorn.[1] Slash's own toy design is based on these pieces of concept art. Slash himself was most likely intended to appear on screen.
- Despite not appearing in the film itself, Slash, Slog, and Snarl had made their way into concept art, suggesting that they were at one point to be seen on screen. It is further shown they were to appear on film was all three also making their way into the toyline.
- In the film itself, the Dinobot are mostly silver. Their toys however, are in more brighter, but completely Show-Accuracy color scheme, indicating there could of been some kind of miscommunication at one point, and either the toyline or the movie got it wrong.
- The dinobots' robot modes are inspired by medieval knights.
