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Dinobots

Dinobots
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The five original Dinobots.
Publication information
Publisher Marvel Comics, Devil's Due Publishing, IDW Publishing
First appearance "S.O.S. Dinobots" (October 27, 1984)
Created by Hasbro
In-story information
Base(s) The Ark
Member(s) Grimlock
Slag
Sludge
Snarl
Swoop
Dinobot
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Predacon, turned Maximal
Information
Sub-group Deluxe Beasts, Deluxe Vehicles, Transmetals
Function Front-Line Combat
Rank 6
Motto "Honor does not need to be won, but it must never be lost."
Alternate modes Cybertronian Excavator, Velociraptor (though resembles a Dromaeosaurus)
Series Beast Wars
Transformers: Timelines
English voice actor Scott McNeil
Japanese voice actor Keiji Fujiwara
Dinobots
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T-Wrecks, leader of the Beast Machines Dinobots.
Publication information
Publisher 3H Enterprises, Fun Publications
In-story information
Base(s) None
Member(s) Airraptor
Dinotron
Magmatron
Rapticon
Striker
T-Wrecks
Terranotron
Triceradon
Mega-Dinobot
Autobot
Information
Sub-group Dinobots, Gestalts
Function Super Warrior
Alternate modes 2 Autobots
Series Transformers: Energon
Grimstone
Autobot
Information
Sub-group Dinobots, Power Core Combiners, Scouts
Rank 8
Partner Four Dinobot drones
Alternate modes Robotic Styracosaurus (misspelled as a Triceratops)
Series Transformers: Power Core Combiners
Dinobot/Trex
Dinobot
Information
Function Guard and Butler.
Partner Doc Greene
Motto "Trex is good boy."
Alternate modes Robotic T-Rex
Series Transformers: Rescue Bots
Voiced by LeVar Burton

Dinobots are a type of character in the fictional Transformers Universe. The Dinobots group consists of several subgroups of robots, each of whose transformed mode is that of a dinosaur or similar prehistoric animal. Dinobots are referred to as Dinotrons in the Japanese version, and Dinobots (ダイノボット Dainobotto?) in the Japanese dub of Transformers Animated. They were named among the top selling toys in 1985 by Playthings magazine.

The Dinobots are a group of Transformers, part of the Autobot faction. Their origins and abilities vary from one version of Transformers to the next, but they are generally depicted as powerful Autobots capable of sustaining heavy damage and wielding heavy firepower against their foes. They are the only known Autobot group—other than the Aerialbots—capable of flight in robot mode, a trait they share with the Decepticons. They are always portrayed as fiercely independent, and are prone to diverge from the main group of Autobots to pursue their own agenda. All Dinobots' names (except Grimlock) begin with the letter S.

The Dinobots in the original Transformers cartoon were built on Earth by the Autobots Wheeljack and Ratchet. Seismic activity near the Ark resulted in Ironhide's discovery of dinosaur bones, and Wheeljack was inspired to build the dinosaur-based Transformers: Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge, collectively called the Dinobots. They were incapable of any cognitive reasoning, and even failed their first simple task assigned by Ratchet when activated as seen in "S.O.S. Dinobots". They immediately turn on the Autobots like wild animals, and nearly destroyed the Ark, forcing Optimus Prime to order their destruction. Wheeljack's Magnetic Inducer was the only thing that stopped them. Being nearly indestructible, the next alternative was to seal them away forever, deactivated. That same day the Autobots were caught off guard by a Decepticon ambush. Their friends having been captured and on the verge of destruction, Wheeljack makes a snap decision and installs the upgrades to the Dinobot's Brains just before sending them in to their initial engagement against the Decepticons. Upon their arrival and subsequent victory over the Decepticons, Optimus Prime agrees the Dinobots shall remain among them.


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