Dinobot (AOE)

The name or term "Dinobot" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Dinobot (disambiguation).

The Dinobots are an Autobot subgroup from the Age of Extinction portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

Also called the Michael Fugae.

The Dinobots are a group of Autobots who turn into dinosaurs, or at least things which mostly look like dinosaurs. While they bear the Autobot insignia, calling them a bunch of loose cannons would be an understatement. Answering mostly to their animalistic rage, it would take a serious display of superior might for these guys to follow anyone else's lead.

The group's main members are:

• Grimlock (Robotic Tyrannosaurus, leader)
• Scorn (Robotic Spinosaurus)
• Slug (Robotic Triceratops)
• Strafe (Robotic 2-headed Pteranodon)

While other members include:

• Slash (Robotic Velociraptor)
• Slog (Robotic Apatosaurus)
• Snarl (Robotic Stegosaurus)

Just. So. Awesome.Transformers Comic issue 5.1

Fiction

Age of Extinction film

The Autobots would later receive post cards from the Nesting Grounds.

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. Age of Extinction

Games

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

Notes

• The Dinobots go unnamed in the film, bar Scorn getting nicknamed "Spike" by Crosshairs once, during the farewell at the end of the film. The word "Dinobot" is never mentioned on-screen either, as Optimus only refers to them as "legendary warriors". Also, they don't speak but growl even in robot modes. Only Grimlock, Strafe, Slug, and Scorn appear.
• Velociraptor Dinobots were at one point to appear on the big screen, with concept art showing them charging into Hong Kong alongside Scorn. Slash's own toy design is based on these pieces of concept art. Slash himself was most likely intended to appear on screen.
• Concept art by Ryan Church depicted a Dinobot that transformed into a Parasaurolophus.
• The Dinobots' robot modes are inspired by medieval knights.