A number of Transformers, such as Terrorsaur, Brimstone, Sling, Swoop, and two thirds of Magmatron, are treated as if they have dinosaur alternate modes and/or are called Dinobots.The group had viewed a message Grimlock had sent from prehistoric earth showing his dinosaur friends and took dinosaur modes to homage them. King of the Dinosaurs Later on Cybertron, Grimlock met the the Dinobots. Some 65 million years later, Bumblebee and Windblade understood Maccadam's advice and found Grimlock who mourned his now-extinct organic friends. To survive, Grimlock reformatted himself into a Tyrannosaurus rex beast mode and became the leader of the dinosaurs before an asteroid impact wiped them all out. Shortly before the Ark launched, Maccadam told Bumblebee and Windblade to find 'the king of the dinosaurs.' Maccadam's When the Ark, operated entirely by Teletraan-1 at this point, arrived over Earth, a hull breach sent Grimlock hurtling out the craft and onto the primitive planet. When a group of Decepticon deserters led by Thrashclaw decided to live on the planet, they adopted new beast modes based on the local dromaeosaurs, which would protect them from Energon radiation. What a bastard! Ask Sideways, Of Masters and Mayhemĭinosaurs and pterosaurs were among the many anomalous species on Chicxulania. Sideways claimed he killed the dinosaurs.

A triceratops temporarily escaped the island via GroundBridge when Grimlock and the recruits visited. The dinosaurs living below Wayward Island eventually migrated to the surface, repopulating the island which was renamed Dino Island.

Fire, When Ready! Rescue Bots Academy cartoon After damaging one of the robotic dinosaurs during a nighttime excursion, Grimlock was forced to masquerade as a replacement for several hours. Similarly Different IDW Robots in Disguise comicĪnimatronic dinosaurs were among the many attractions at Fun-A-Rama. The Dinobots were a subspecies of Transformer with alternate modes based on dinosaurs, and included Grimlock and Scowl. Beast Hunters issue 3 Beast Hunters isRobots in Disguise cartoon The attack soon spilled into Last Spark where the other Dinobots were, but the dino-clones began to combust and soon exploded, leaving nothing behind but a huge puddle of Energon. The two Dinobots subsequently came up against a Tyrannosaurus rex, a Stegosaurus, a Triceratops and a Pteranodon as they broke out of the tanks. Grimlock and Swoop found the laboratory Shockwave had stored them in, and the bones of a dino-clone that had already escaped its tank and expired. However these dino-clones could not survive long in the oxygen-less atmosphere of Cybertron, so Shockwave kept them inside stasis tanks to keep them alive. Shockwave created organic clones of the same dinosaurs he used as models for the Dinobots, and tried using Energon to give them life. Once Shockwave was done, the team possessed the ability to transform into dinosaurs! Transformers: Fall of Cybertron IDW Prime comics Shockwave was fascinated by the lifeforms he spotted on Earth called dinosaurs, and used them as inspiration for strange experiments where he changed the bodies of Grimlock and the fellow members of his strike team. Big Game The other Rescue Bots took on dinosaur modes after Quint Quarry demanded Doc Greene build him dinobots. Land Before Prime When the dino mode resulted in Optimus becoming feral, Boulder took on a Triceratops mode in order to test the cure he'd developed. Some of them emerged through a sinkhole onto Wayward Island and were in danger of becoming a tourist attraction before the rescue team was able to send them home, though not before Optimus Prime had acquired a Tyrannosaurus rex alternate mode. Some dinosaurs were living in a cavern far below Griffin Rock. It was used by a mysterious figure to access the island's mainframe and, infected by a virus, it began rampaging through town again. Family of Heroesĭoc Greene later reprogrammed the damaged dino into a butler and dubbed it Trex. The Tyrannosaurus rex, sporting damage that went unnoticed, later went for a stroll and had to be subdued by the Rescue Bots before being returned to the exhibit. Land Before Prime After a fire, Chief Burns and Graham were almost crushed when the head fell off one damaged model. The Griffin Rock natural history museum had a number of robotic dinosaur exhibits Family of Heroes which incorporated actual dinosaur DNA.

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