Dinobot

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Dinobot is a fictional character from the Beast Wars Transformers universe.

Contents 1 Beast Wars 1.1 Animated series 1.2 Dreamwave Productions 1.3 Transformers: Timelines 1.4 IDW Comics 1.5 Toys 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Beast Wars

Transformers character
Dinobot
Affiliation	Maximal, Former Predacon
Sub-Group	Deluxe Beasts Deluxe Vehicles Transmetals
Function	Front-Line Combat
Motto	"Honor does not need to be won, but it must never be lost."
Alternate Modes	Backhoe (Timelines) Velociraptor (Beast Wars)
Series	Beast Wars Transtech Transformers: Timelines
Voiced by	Scott McNeil (English) Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese)

He originally debuts in the series' premiere as subordinate of Megatron, leader of the villainous Predacons. However, Dinobot challenges Megatron's leadership, and is shortly expelled from his crew. He eventually joins the ranks of Optimus Primal and the Maximals. He fights alongside with the Maximals before ultimately sacrificing himself to save a group of primates from a Predacon onslaught. In the following season, Megatron reanimates Dinobot with transmetal technology, and recruits him to rejoin the Predacons. Outside of the television series, Dinobot's likeness was used to create several toys.

[edit] Animated series

Dinobot originally arrives on prehistoric Earth with Megatron and the rest of the Predacons aboard the Darkside.^[1] He believes that Megatron has led the Predacons to the wrong planet, and attempts to usurp him in a duel.^[1] However, Scorponok, one of Megatron’s loyal crew members, blasts Dinobot away.^[1] Determined to find the abundant amounts of energon, he confronts the Maximals outside their base, and challenges Optimus Primal’s leadership in a duel.^[2] The engagement is interrupted by a surprise attack from the Predacons. Optimus saves Dinbots life during the attack, prompting the two to come to terms.^[2]

Following the destruction of an artificial moon that hovered around Earth, Dinobot begins to realize that Megatron had in fact landed on the correct planet.^[3] He infiltrates the Predacon base, and steals two golden discs which contain information pertaining to the planet’s vast supply of Energon, as well as the location of the Nemesis, the ancient Decepticon flagship.^[3] The disks also trouble Dinobot, as he believes they can predict of the future.^[4] Dinobot eventually contemplates rejoining the Predacons after realizing the Megatron was going to triumph over the Maximals.^[4] He returns one of the disks to his Megatron, but defies an order to destroy Rattrap.^[4]

Consumed with guilt, Dinobot returns to the Maximals. He eventually discovers that the future written on the discs can be altered after witnessing Megatron destroy a mountain, and watching the writings on the disc change.^[5] After Megatron also realizes this, he orders the Predacons to eradicate all the primitive ancestors of humankind, on the planet, believing the attack would deny the Autobots an important ally in their future battle against the Decepticons.^[5] Alarmed by this, Dinobot single-handled defeats all of the Predacons. He then proceeds to subdue Megatron himself with make-shift weaponry.^[5] However, Dinobot sustains mortal wounds during the conflict, and utilizes the last of his energy to destroy one of the golden discs.^[5] He shortly passes away as his fellow Maximals arrive.^[5] The primates Dinobot saved recover and replicate the makeshift weaponry he brandished to make his last stand, and use it to survive and even destroy Quickstrike and Inferno.^[5][6]

Transformers character
Transmetal II Dinobot in robot mode
Dinobot
Affiliation	Predacon
Sub-Group	Deluxe Beasts Transmetals II
Function	Special Operations Combatant
Alternate Modes	Transmetal II Velociraptor
Series	Beast Wars
Voiced by	Scott McNeil (English) Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese)

In the third season, Megatron manages to resurrect Dinobot using the Transmetal Driver and half of Rampage’s spark.^[7] In his new form, Dinobot is portrayed as Megatron’s mindless servant, albeit for a few instances where he shows traits of his former self. He is seemingly restored to his former self after Depthcharge destroys Rampage.^[8] Dinobot, who is now piloting the Nemesis, assists the Maximals by revealing the location of a shuttle within their proximity.^[6] Later, he refuses to open fire on the defenseless Maximals, prompting Megatron to expel him from his ranks again.^[6] The remaining Maximals use the shuttle to breach the Nemesis’ cockpit. Optimus pleads Dinobot to escape with them, but he refuses.^[6] Dinobot bids farewell Optimus, and is shortly engulfed in an explosion.^[6]

[edit] Dreamwave Productions

Dinobot's earliest fictional depiction in comics was in a two part short story told in Dreamwave's Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye series. In this tale Dinobot and his leader enter an ancient Autobot library housing a node of the super computer Vector Sigma where they view the datatracks concerning the Autobots and Decepticons of The Great War. As Dinobot dispatches a Maximal security agent his leader obtains the Golden Disk artifact and announces he wishes to be addressed as Megatron from now on.

[edit] Transformers: Timelines

Dinobot's early story would continue in the Timelines tale Dawn of Futures Past, where he was seen escaping with the disc alongside Megatron and Scorponok, outraged because he was not able to battle the Maximals honorably, having to be cowed into fleeing by Megatron. Dinobot was further outraged when Megatron planned to flee into Transwarp, but was delighted when Megatron opened fire on the Axalon while doing so. In this story, Dinobot was never named.

[edit] IDW Comics

Dinobot appears along the rest of the maximals in the series Beast Wars: The Gathering.

[edit] Toys

• Beast Wars Dinobot (1996)

The Dinobot toy came with a mutant mask that was not utilized in the animated series, although it was seen on early prototypes of the animation. Because the toy was made before the show, it was not an exact match for the colors.

This toy was later recolored as Beast Wars Grimlock and as Dinobots Grimlock.

Dinotron was a remold of the original Dinobot.

• Takara Dinobot (1997)

When the toy was sold in Japan it was repainted with lighter stripes and a gold head to match the television model. In Japan Dinobot was sold alone and packaged with Tarantulas. The Japanese version of this toy had the head painted with metallic colors to more closely match the animated appearance of Dinobot.

• McDonalds Dinobot (1998)

A premium toy included with Happy Meals, this Dinobot is a transmetal, although he didn't become a transmetal in the animated series.

• Fox Kids Dinobot (1999)

A redeco of Dinobot done in browns with red stripes across the back.

• Transmetal II Dinobot (1999)

The Transmetal II toy of Dinobot came in three variants. The first was released as a post-Christmas edition in late 1998 (for the 1999 release year) in show-accurate colors (this version being the model for the series), identifiable due to all pre-1999 Transmetal 2s having a "Transmetal II" logo. The second version makes use of navy blue and metallic maroon detailing on an ivory-colored body, as opposed to brown and maroon. The "II" logos are replaced with a "Transmetal 2" logo. The third and final Transmetal II Dinobot was nearly as commonplace as the second, with the ivory tooling replace with a whiter colored plastic. The remaining parts were decorated in a brighter blue and vacuum-metallized red. (The white, red and blue Dinobot is said to have been exclusive to Wal-Mart, but K-Mart stores in 2002 were shown to also have them in stock.)

The transmetal II Dinobot was repainted into the Dinobot Rapticon.

• Hasbro 10th Anniversary Dinobot (2006)

In 2006 the original Dinobot toy was one of the toys selected for the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary toyline. He was repainted in more show-accurate coloring. He came packaged with one of the six pieces used to make the Transmutate toy plus a DVD of his most famous episode "Code of Hero".

• Darksyde Dinobot (2006)

One of the BotCon 2006 exclusive figure is a remold of Armada Hoist which is a homage to Beast Wars Dinobot. This figure is supposed to represent Dinobot before he was reformatted into an animal form. He turns into a backhoe. In an earlier Botcon music video (done to the song Du Hast by Rammstein), it's revealed that Dinobot's pre-Beast Wars name was Dynamo, although his pre-Beast Wars rendering in the video did not look like the Botcon 2006 figure. This is a contradiction to the Dreamwave comics story where he was called while on Cybertron.

This toy was featured on page 19 of the book Transformers: The Fantasy, The Fun, The Future by Erin Brereton published by Triumph Books.

• Takara 10th Anniversary Dinobot (2007)

In 2007, Takara Tomy is releasing their version of the 10th Anniversary of Beast Wars toys. Selected molds have included Dinobot who will be painted show accurate along with something Hasbro's version didn't have: teeth are painted to give him more of a look like the show. According to the DVD enclosed with the toy, he may be sold with Blackarachnia at a sale price. (Like how Optimus Primal is sold with Megatron as a special offer.)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Beast Wars Official Australian Website