Dinotrux is a Canadian-American animated children's television series based on Chris Gall's series of books by the same name. It features a fictional prehistoric world inhabited by hybrid characters that are part animal and part mechanical. The larger ones, known as Dinotrux, are dinosaurs combined with trucks. They are accompanied by Reptools, smaller creatures that are part reptile, part tool.[ The series debuted on August 14, 2015, on Netflix,][ with the second season following on March 11, 2016,][ the third on October 7, 2016,][ the fourth on March 31, 2017,][ and the fifth on August 18, 2017.][ Beginning on November 10, 2017, subsequent seasons were released under the title Dinotrux Supercharged, with the second season being released on March 23, 2018, and the third season on August 3, 2018.
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On August 2, 2024, Dinotrux Supercharged left Netflix, rendering the three seasons as lost by legal means, but the show is still available on Netflix in select countries.
Plot
A prehistoric world set in the Mechazoic era is populated by hybrid reptile-tools called Reptools and hybrid dinosaur-trucks called Dinotrux. Two best friends, Ty Rux, who is a good Tyrannosaurus Trux, and Revvit, who is a Rotilian Reptool, must team up with other inhabitants of the world to defend their community and their work from an evil T-Trux named "D-Structs". Dinotrux and Reptools share a symbiotic relationship. For example, Ty provides Revvit with safety, shelter, and security, and Revvit in turn fixes and maintains Ty when needed.
Characters
Main heroes
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Ty-Rux (voiced by Andrew Francis)
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Revvit (voiced by Richard Ian Cox)
[ is a yellow and green Rotilian Reptool — half lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half rotary drill.][ He is Ty's best friend. His tongue is a tape measure.]
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Dozer (voiced by Brian Drummond)
[ is a yellow Dozeratops — half Triceratops and half bulldozer. He is described as a "cranky hothead" but a true friend with a big heart.]
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Ton-Ton (voiced by Matt Hill)
[ is a blue Ankylodump — half Ankylosaurus and half dump truck.][ He is described as a Stunt performer who "is always ready for non-stop action and loves to tear it up".]
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Skya (voiced by Ashleigh Ball)
[ is an orange Craneosaur — half Brachiosaurus and half construction crane.]
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Garby (voiced by Trevor Devall)
[ is a green Stegarbasaurus — half Stegosaurus and half Garbage truck. He enjoys eating rocks and extracting their ore. He can also shoot his back plates like .]
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Ace (voiced by Cree Summer)
[ is a silver and blue Wrenchtool – half lizard and half crescent wrench. She is described as very hot-headed. Her middle name is "Wingnut".
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Waldo (voiced by Doron Bell)
[ is a red Pipe Wrenchtool – half lizard and half pipe wrench.
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Click-Clack (voiced by Fred Ewanuick)
[ is an orange Rotilian Reptool — half lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half rotary drill.]
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Xee (voiced by Heather Doerksen) is a gray Crescent Wrenchtool - half lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half crescent wrench. She was originally solitary before joining the group.
Allies
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George (voiced by Brian Drummond) is a brown Dozeratops — half Triceratops and half bulldozer. He has zen-like approach to life.
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Drag-O, Wrecka and Scoot (voiced by Brian Drummond, Ashleigh Ball and Trevor Devall) are a group of three daredevil Ankylodumps — half Ankylosaurus and half dump truck. They used to be Ton-Ton's old group until they parted on unknown terms until they reunited.
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Stix (voiced by Eric Bauza) is a green Gluphosaur - half Dilophosaurus and half glue gun.
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Drillian, Auger, Bore-is and Burrow (voiced by Cree Summer, Eric Bauza and Sam Vincent) are a Drillasaurs - half Nodosaurus and half Subterrene with mole-like appearances. They have poor eyesight and are digging diamonds who are then used by them to polish their drills.
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Flynt (voiced by Eric Bauza) is a Hydrodon - half Vulcanodon and half Fire engine. He once tried to save a herd of Craneosaurs from D-Structs but ended up making things worse, and the experience left him stop doing anything heroic. After that incident he became a loner, but after Ty asked him to help put the fire which ignited next to garage, Flynt regained his heroic energy.
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Chunk and Crunk (voiced by Vincent Tong and Kyle Rideout) are a pair of yellow Cementasaurs - half Pachycephalosaurus and half Concrete mixer. They convert rocks that they eat into a cement inside their mixer tanks, and can shoot cement out of their tails. Crunk has slight Agoraphobia (fear of open spaces).
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Prop-Top, Flapjaw, Navs and Washout (voice by Brenda Crichlow, Vincent Tong and Fred Ewanuick) are a squad of Pteracopters - half Quetzalcoatlus and half helicopter. They have hooks which they can use to attach other Dinotrux and each of them has unique crest who resemblance .
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Snowblazer (voiced by Heather Doerksen) is a blue Plowasaur - half Chasmosaurus and half snowplow. She has pet rock named Herb.
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Fryttz (voiced by Jason Mckinnon) is a Hydrodon - half Vulcanodon and half Fire engine. He used to be bullied by Scraptools until Skya taught him how to be confident.
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Kelper Shellcracker III (voiced by Doron Bell Jr.) is a Jamaican-accented Crabcavator - half crab and half undersea excavator. Due to losing his previous shell to Scraptors, he started to hide in his cave and melt down platinum pearls in order to make a new one. Then the Trux meet him and make a new shell for him, with Dozer teaching him that is okay to be scared and admit his fear to others.
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Buzz is a green Rotilian Reptool — part lizard (resembling a chameleon) and part rotary drill of the same type as Revvit and Click-Clack.
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Bindy is a silver and blue Crescent Wrench Reptool — part lizard and part crescent wrench of the same type as Ace.
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Grouter is a blue Pipe Wrench Reptool — part lizard and part pipe wrench of the same type as Waldo.
Villains
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D-Structs (voiced by Paul Dobson)
[ is a white and black-colored Tyrannosaurus Trux — half Tyrannosaurus rex and half excavator.][ He dislikes failures and the fact that Ty had come to his crater, and rightfully took it from him as his new home.]
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Skrap-It (voiced by Trevor Devall)
[ is a steel colored Scraptool – half lizard (resembling a Jackson's chameleon) and half multi-tool. He is D-Structs' henchman after he promises him to salvage Ty after he is defeated.
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Splitter (voiced by Richard Ian Cox) is a Sawmetradon — half Saw and half Dimetrodon. He is known to terrorize the Woodland Reptools, cutting down trees and looking for woodland ore.
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Blayde (voiced by Kelly Sheridan) is a black and white Dozeratops — half Triceratops and half bulldozer. She used to be friends with Dozer, until an attack by D-Structs caused her to adopt the motto "Take or be taken". She is larger than other Dozeratops, has Pentaceratops-like horns and frill, and excavator tail.
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Pounder is a Poundersaurolophus — half post pounder and half Parasaurolophus. Instead of speaking, he communicates by clicking and occasionally pounding the ground. Skya's herd was once attacked by one of his kind.
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D-Stroy (voiced by Brian Dobson) is another white and black-colored Tyrannosaurus Trux – half Tyrannosaurus rex and half long reach excavator – and D-Structs's older brother. He is smart and cunning and, unlike Ty and D-Structs, has horns like a Carnotaurus, with the tip of one broken off, and slightly longer arms like a Giganotosaurus.
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Goldtrux (voiced by Michael Dangerfield) is golden covered dark green Stegarbasaurus — half Stegosaurus and half garbage truck. He used to be friends with Garby, until he tasted gold and became addicted to it.
Other creatures
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Scrapadactyls are half junk plane and half Pteranodon. Some specimens shown to have crests similar to Tupuxuara.
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Stealth Scrapadactyls are black colored Scrapadactyls who have Laser in their eyes.
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Scraptors are half multi-tool and half Velociraptor.
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Desert Scraptors are subspecies of Scraptor that inhabiting deserts and canyons. Unlike the main species of Scraptors, these Scraptors have a pair of horns on their heads like a Carnotaurus.
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Arctic Scraptors are white/silver-colored polar variant of their southern cousins.
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Dragonflopters are Toolcreatures who are half dragonfly and half helicopter.
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Bitbugs are mechanical creatures who are half fly and half tool bit.
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The Tortools are Toolcreatures who are half tortoise and half airbrush/buffer/car jack with paint supplies and sprayers.
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Sea Tortools are aquatic species of Tortools who are half Archelon and half airbrush/buffer/car jack.
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Hex Wrenchtools - half lizard and half hex key - they are a Swedish subspecies of Reptool of which all of its members are named Otto.
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Lightning Bitbugs are Bitbug creatures who are half firefly and half lightbulb.
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Rollodons are species of Dinotrux who are half Iguanodon and half steamroller. They are known to speak their language by saying only one word, which is "roll", and are known to be afraid of Reptools.
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Screwsquitoes are Bitbug creatures who are half mosquito and half screw.
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Towaconstrictors are Toolcreatures who are half boa constrictor and half tow cable. Their tail hooks function similar to rattlesnake rattles.
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Slamtools are Reptools who are half lizard and half Claw hammer. They are very aggressive Reptools who specialize in pretending to be friendly only to lash down their target overnight and run off with their ore.
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Shockarachnids are Toolcreatures who are half Mesothelae and half taser.
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Picktools are Reptools who are half lizard and half Ice pick.
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Gearwigs are Toolcreatures who are half earwig/cockroach and half clamp. They attach themselves to the Dinotrux gears in order to eat spare ore at the cost of breaking their engine, and are scared of loud noises.
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Aquadons are aquatic species of Dinotrux who are half submarine and half Liopleurodon. They are very territorial species of Dinotrux who use sliding out shark-like saw-fins on invaders in their territory, and are extremely protective of their sea ore.
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Junktools are Toolcreatures who are half Compsognathus and half pliers. They are who collect scrap, who then is used to build/upgrade their travelling vehicle.
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Dreadtruxes are a species of Dinotrux who are half Dreadnoughtus and half bucket-wheel excavator. They are accordingly a massive Dinotrux larger than any other species ever seen. They hibernate for hundreds of years and wake up only to feed.
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Lil'Dread is a young Dreadtrux — half Dreadnoughtus and half bucket-wheel excavator — who befriended Ton-Ton.
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Liftasaurs are Dinotrux who are half Corythosaurus and half forklift. They are shown to be stubborn and competitive. There are two known types: blue-crested and yellow-crested. They used to fight with each other until Ty and his friends taught them to work with each other.
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Dyscrapadons are half junk plane and half Dimorphodon.
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Drillapedes are Toolcreatures who are half millipede and half drill tank. They have poor eyesight due to living underground, and the stronger members of their species are the ones that eat ore first.
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Washer Wasp are Bitbug creatures who are half and half washer piece.
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Clamp Clams are half and half clamps that produce platinum .
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Grease Bee are Bitbug creatures who are half and half grease maker.
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Shredadons are species of Dinotrux who are half Suchomimus or Baryonyx and half scrap metal shredder. They are very territorial species of Dinotrux who are feared even by scrap collecting species due to their shredding mechanism.
Episodes
Production
DreamWorks Animation first optioned rights to
Dinotrux in March 2009, a month before the first book was published, with an intention to develop a computer-animated film.
External links
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at DreamWorks TV
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at Netflix
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(Supercharged)
