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Atribbute of fire. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of fire. It includes all the tyrannosaurs and carcharodontosaurids independently of their size, as well as any large theropod from any other group. They are strong against Wind attribute dinosaurs but weak against Water attribute dinosaurs.
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Atribbute of fire. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts comes into contact with any source of fire. It includes all the tyrannosaurs and carcharodontosaurids independently of their size, as well as any large theropod from any other group. They are strong against Wind attribute dinosaurs but weak against Water attribute dinosaurs.
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Atribbute of wind. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of wind or air. It includes medium and small sized theropods coming from many families. They are strong against Grass attribute dinosaurs but weak against Fire attribute dinosaurs.
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Atribbute of grass. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card come into contact with any source of vegetation or flora. It includes ornithopods, mainly iguanodonts and hadrosaurids. They are strong against Earth attribute dinosaurs but weak against Wind attribute dinosaurs.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color green.
* GreenThumb: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate vegetation and nature in general, albeit for buffing/debuffing purposes more than to harm directly the enemy.
* SummonMagic: Grass dinosaurs can summon several other dinosaurs, pterosaurs or even plesiosaurs with the right move card. They are the ones that usually hurt the enemy dinosaur instead of the grass dinosaur itself.
* WhiteMage: Compared to other attributes, grass dinosaurs don't specialize as much in inflicting direct damage to the enemy as much as they do in debuffing them or healing themselves or their allies. The few Grass move cards that deal direct damage to the opponent come from SummonMagic.
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Atribbute of grass. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card come into contact with any source of vegetation or flora. It includes ornithopods, mainly iguanodonts and hadrosaurids. They are strong against Earth attribute dinosaurs but weak against Wind attribute dinosaurs.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color green.
* GreenThumb: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate vegetation and nature in general, albeit for buffing/debuffing purposes more than to harm directly the enemy.
* SummonMagic: Grass dinosaurs can summon several other dinosaurs, pterosaurs or even plesiosaurs with the right move card. They are the ones that usually hurt the enemy dinosaur instead of the grass dinosaur itself.
* WhiteMage: Compared to other attributes, grass dinosaurs don't specialize as much in inflicting direct damage to the enemy as much as they do in debuffing them or healing themselves or their allies. The few Grass move cards that deal direct damage to the opponent come from SummonMagic.
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* DinosaursAreDragons: Perhaps playing with the Japanese name for dinosaurs ("kyoryuu", roughly translated as "fearsome dragon"), dinosaurs of the fire attribute are the ones who come the closests to the image of a Western dragon (sans the wings), with the members of the attribute being big, predatory dinosaurs with the ability to breathe and generate fire.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Perhaps playing with the Japanese name for dinosaurs ("kyoryuu", roughly translated as "fearsome dragon"), dinosaurs of the fire attribute are the ones who come the closests to the image of a Western dragon (sans the wings), with the members of the attribute being big, predatory dinosaurs with the ability to breathe and generate fire.
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* DinosaursAreDragons: Perhaps playing with the Japanese name for dinosaurs("kyoryuu", (''"kyoryuu"'', that roughly translated translates as "fearsome dragon"), dinosaurs of the fire attribute are the ones who come the closests closest to the image of a Western dragon (sans the wings), with the members of the attribute being big, predatory dinosaurs with the ability to breathe and generate fire.
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Atribbute of lightning. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of electricity. It includes all the ceratopsians. They are strong against Water attribute dinosaurs but weak against Earth attribute dinosaurs.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color yellow.
* ShockAndAwe: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate electricity and lightnings, ranging from shooting lightnings out of their horns, shocking their enemies with electric attacks or creating electric constructs to hit their opponents with.
* TemperCeratops: The lightning attribute includes all members of the Ceratopsia family, but unlike most examples of this trope the level of aggression depends on the dinosaurs. Some like Chomp and the Styracosaurus are docile and friendly, while others like the Pentaceratops and the lightning dinosaurs used by the Spectral Space Pirates are aggressive and easy to attack others.
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Atribbute of lightning. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of electricity. It includes all the ceratopsians. They are strong against Water attribute dinosaurs but weak against Earth attribute dinosaurs.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color yellow.
* ShockAndAwe: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate electricity and lightnings, ranging from shooting lightnings out of their horns, shocking their enemies with electric attacks or creating electric constructs to hit their opponents with.
* TemperCeratops: The lightning attribute includes all members of the Ceratopsia family, but unlike most examples of this trope the level of aggression depends on the dinosaurs. Some like Chomp and the Styracosaurus are docile and friendly, while others like the Pentaceratops and the lightning dinosaurs used by the Spectral Space Pirates are aggressive and easy to attack others.
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Atribbute of wind. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of wind or air. It includes medium and small sized theropods coming from many families. They are strong against Grass attribute dinosaurs but weak against Fire attribute dinosaurs.
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* BlowYouAway: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate wind and lightning, particularly specializing in quick and powerful attacks to overwhelm the opponent.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color white, although light blue is also used.
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Atribbute of wind. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of wind or air. It includes medium and small sized theropods coming from many families. They are strong against Grass attribute dinosaurs but weak against Fire attribute dinosaurs.
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* BlowYouAway: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate wind and lightning, particularly specializing in quick and powerful attacks to overwhelm the opponent.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute are associated with the color white, although light blue is also used.
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Atribbute of fire. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of fire. It includes all the tyrannosaurs and carcharodontosaurids independently of their size, as well as any large theropod from any other group.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute tend to be associated with the color red.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Perhaps playing with the Japanese name for dinosaurs ("kyoryuu", roughly translated as "fearsome dragon"), dinosaurs of the fire attribute are the ones who come the closests to the image of a Western dragon (sans the wings), with the members of the attribute being big, predatory dinosaurs with the ability to breathe and generate fire.
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The Tyrannosaurus rex and all of its cousins (Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus...) are all included in this attribute, and are portrayed as powerful, fire-breathing magical dinosaurs.
* PlayingWithFire: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate fire, ranging from shooting flames out of their mouth, generate fire around their opponents to shape their flames into a giant sword of fire, to provoke volcanic eruptions.
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Atribbute of fire. Dinosaurs of this attribute are activated when their card contacts with any source of fire. It includes all the tyrannosaurs and carcharodontosaurids independently of their size, as well as any large theropod from any other group.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Dinosaurs of this attribute tend to be associated with the color red.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Perhaps playing with the Japanese name for dinosaurs ("kyoryuu", roughly translated as "fearsome dragon"), dinosaurs of the fire attribute are the ones who come the closests to the image of a Western dragon (sans the wings), with the members of the attribute being big, predatory dinosaurs with the ability to breathe and generate fire.
* KingOfTheDinosaurs: The Tyrannosaurus rex and all of its cousins (Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Albertosaurus...) are all included in this attribute, and are portrayed as powerful, fire-breathing magical dinosaurs.
* PlayingWithFire: Dinosaurs of this attribute are able to summon and manipulate fire, ranging from shooting flames out of their mouth, generate fire around their opponents to shape their flames into a giant sword of fire, to provoke volcanic eruptions.
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A wild dinosaur that appears in an airport in Japan. In the second season, another appears in the Caribbean Sea arc used by Shear.
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* ALizardNamedLiz: Shear nicknames her Megaraptor "Meg".
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Its depiction in ''Dinosaur King'' portrays it as a particularly large dromaeosaur, including a sickle claw on the feet of the animal. The actual animal wasn't closely related to dromaeosaurs, being related to a different group of theropods (appropriately named "megaraptorans") that scientists have debated if they were related to carnosaurs or coleurusaurs (recent studies situates them close to coleurusaurs for now). Furthermore, the sickle claws turned out to be claws belonging to the '''arms''' of the Megaraptor instead of its feet.
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* ALizardNamedLiz: Shear nicknames her Megaraptor "Meg".
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Its depiction in ''Dinosaur King'' portrays it as a particularly large dromaeosaur, including a sickle claw on the feet of the animal. The actual animal wasn't closely related to dromaeosaurs, being related to a different group of theropods (appropriately named "megaraptorans") that scientists have debated if they were related to carnosaurs or coleurusaurs (recent studies situates them close to coleurusaurs for now). Furthermore, the sickle claws turned out to be claws belonging to the '''arms''' of the Megaraptor instead of its feet.
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* WhipItGood: The Baryonyx used by the Spectral Space Pirates is fitted with the move card Aqua Whip, which allows it to grab Ace in a long tendril of water and throw him around.
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* StoryBreakerPower: The Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.
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A wild dinosaur that appears in Devon Island, Canada. Motivated by reuniting with its mate and chick (who were fossilized into the dormant volcano of the island), it confronted the D-Team. After being defeated by Terry and having its card taken by the Alpha Gang, Dr. Z turned him into the Alpha Acrocanthosaurus, a stronger but more destructive dinosaur with the ability to shoot fire without a move card.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: A more extreme case than Tank. As his conversion to an Alpha dinosaur was so drastic, it became more aggressive and destructive than previously.
* TransformationSequence: Curiously, it is the only non-main dinosaur that has a transformation sequence similar to that of the main dinosaurs (in the fact it slowly asceneds to the screen and properly reveals itself), though it appears in its battle form rather than as a chibi dinosaur.
A wild dinosaur that appears in Devon Island, Canada. Motivated by reuniting with its mate and chick (who were fossilized into the dormant volcano of the island), it confronted the D-Team. After being defeated by Terry and having its card taken by the Alpha Gang, Dr. Z turned him into the Alpha Acrocanthosaurus, a stronger but more destructive dinosaur with the ability to shoot fire without a move card.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: A more extreme case than Tank. As his conversion to an Alpha dinosaur was so drastic, it became more aggressive and destructive than previously.
* TransformationSequence: Curiously, it is the only non-main dinosaur that has a transformation sequence similar to that of the main dinosaurs (in the fact it slowly asceneds to the screen and properly reveals itself), though it appears in its battle form rather than as a chibi dinosaur.
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An humungous sauropod found in a Grass attribute move card known as Big Foot Assault hidden in an skeleton of its species in the Natural History Museum of New York. A dinosaur so big and gigantic nothing can stop it. Its main function is to crush other dinosaurs with its feet.
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* StoryBreakerPower: As mentioned in Paris’ folder, the The Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.easily.
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{{Fireball}}: Carcharadontosaurus can shoot destructive fireballs from his mouth.
* BackForTheFinale: He briefly makes a cameo in the finale swimming with Futabasaurus and Opthalmosaurus.
* CarnivoresAreMean: Subverted. Deltadromeus may cause a bit of collateral damage, but he is one of the few wild carnivorous dinosaurs to not be portrayed as all that aggressive.
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* TornadoMove: Using the move card Tornado Toss, the Afrovenator runs around Spiny so fast it creates a tornado that launches him into the air.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: While Altirhinus is still a dinosaur the size of an elephant, the Supersaurus it is later allied with is much, much bigger.
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: To stop the Ampelosaurus from moving around too much on the train car, Paris sings it a lullaby to go to sleep.
* GiantEqualsInvincible: It is a gargantuan dinosaur that has never been defeated. It has been briefly overpowered in a fight against Supersaurus though, a dinosaur roughly the same size as it.
* StoryBreakerPower: As mentioned in Paris’ folder, the Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.
* StoryBreakerPower: As mentioned in Paris’ folder, the Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While they are quite powerful, they are only used two times in the series.
* {{Irony}}: It is one of the first dinosaurs to ever be described as a dinosaur in the fossil record, yet it is the last new dinosaur card in Season 1.
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* AnIcePerson: Cryolophosaurus uses many ice-based attacks. This may allude to the fact its fossils were found in Antarctica.
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!!Opthalmosaurus
!!Tupuxuara
!!Anhanguera
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[[folder: Secret Dinosaurs]]
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!!Therizinosaurus
!!Deinonychus
!!Megalosaurus
!!Cryolophosaurus
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!!Seismosaurus
!!Supersaurus
!!Futabasaurus
!!Pawpawsaurus
!!Velociraptor
!!Piatnitzkysaurus
!!Opthalmosaurus
!!Tupuxuara
!!Anhanguera
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!!Pachycephalosaurus
!!Therizinosaurus
!!Deinonychus
!!Megalosaurus
!!Cryolophosaurus
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* RedBlackAndEvilAllOver: While not evil, it is still a ferocious beast mind controlled to do Gabbro’s dirty work.
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* BewareMyStingingTail: It’s move card Quake Saber allows a long crystal to grow on its tail and strike down its opponent.
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!!Miscellaneous Dinosaurs
Various dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures associated with them that have appeared in the anime.
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Various dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures associated with them that have appeared in the anime.
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* RedBlackAndEvilAllOver: While not evil, it is still a ferocious beast mind controlled to do Gabbro’s dirty work.
* WakeUpCallBoss: It is the first dinosaur with spectral armor the D-Team fights.
* WakeUpCallBoss: It is the first dinosaur with spectral armor the D-Team fights.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It has a large thick nose horn, which the real Pachyrhinosaurus did not have.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: It is defeated by Chomp just as quickly as it appears.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: It is defeated by Chomp just as quickly as it appears.
* AmbiguousGender: The genders of the red-crested individual and green-crested individual are never made clear.
*SocialOrnithopod: Both Saurolophuses are deeply in love with each other.
*SocialOrnithopod: Both Saurolophuses are deeply in love with each other.
* BewareMyStingingTail: It’s move card Quake Saber allows a long crystal to grow on its tail and strike down its opponent.
* GentleGiant: The Euoplocephalus is very docile towards Amy.
* GentleGiant: The Euoplocephalus is very docile towards Amy.
* BewareMyStingingTail: It tries using Quake Saber against Paris, but is quickly defeated.
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* QuicksandSucks: It’s move card Sand Trap causes Zoe, Paris, and Zahrah to sick in a pit of sand that appears beneath their feet.
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!!Daspletosaurus
!!Saurophaganax
!!Mapusaurus
!!BlackTyrannosaurus
!!Torvosaurus
!!Yangchuanosaurus
!!Rajasaurus
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!!Styracosaurus
!!Anchiceratops
!!Torosaurus
!!Pentaceratops
!!Diceratops
!!Achelousaurus
!!Pachyrhinosaurus
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!!Utahraptor
!!Ceratosautus
!!Megaraptor
!!Deltadromeus
!!Allosaurus
!!Majungasaurus
!!Gojirasaurus
!!Afrovenator
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[[folder: Grass Dinosaurs]]
!!Maiasaura
!!Altirhinus
!!Saurolophus
!!Iguanodon
!!Fukuisaurus
!!Shantungosaurus
!!Lanzhousaurus
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[[folder: Water Dinosaurs]]
!!Saltasaurus
!!Suchomimus
!!Amargasaurus
!!Baryonyx
!!Ampelosaurus
!!Shunosaurus
!!Jobaria
!!Isissaurus
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[[folder: Earth Dinosaurs]]
!!Ankylosaurus
!!Euoplocephalus
!!Stegosaurus
!!Edmontonia
!!Tuojiangosaurus
!!Lexovisaurus
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!!Carcharadontosaurus
!!Acrocanthosautus
!!Daspletosaurus
!!Saurophaganax
!!Mapusaurus
!!BlackTyrannosaurus
!!Torvosaurus
!!Yangchuanosaurus
!!Rajasaurus
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!!Styracosaurus
!!Anchiceratops
!!Torosaurus
!!Pentaceratops
!!Diceratops
!!Achelousaurus
!!Pachyrhinosaurus
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!!Utahraptor
!!Ceratosautus
!!Megaraptor
!!Deltadromeus
!!Allosaurus
!!Majungasaurus
!!Gojirasaurus
!!Afrovenator
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!!Maiasaura
!!Altirhinus
!!Saurolophus
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!!Shantungosaurus
!!Lanzhousaurus
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!!Jobaria
!!Isissaurus
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!!Edmontonia
!!Tuojiangosaurus
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* TwoGirlsToATeam: Ursula and Laura are the only girls of the group in the arcade and the DS game. The anime averts this with [[BrawnHilda Helga]] acting as a third female member (albeit as a maid rather than a proper member).
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* StockDinosaur: DishingOutDirt: As a thyreophoran, she uses earth-based movements.
* StockDinosaurs: Averted. Ankylosaurus and Euoplocephalus are dinosaurs that usually represent the Ankylosaur family, with her species being way less known. She's the only main dinosaur that isn’t a stockdinosaur.dinosaur.
* SamusIsAGirl: As a result of having a less feminine behavior compared to Paris, it's easy to miss that she's a female dinosaur. The English dub at first even referred to her as male (tough correctly called her a female in later appearances).
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female among the Alpha Gang dinosaurs.
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* StockDinosaur: Averted. Ankylosaurus and Euoplocephalus are dinosaurs that usually represent the Ankylosaur family, with her species being way less known. She's the only main dinosaur that isn’t a stock dinosaur.
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* PaperTiger: He may be the largest dinosaur on the Alpha Gang’s team, but he is actually quite a pushover. He can be a formidable fighter on occasions, but usually against smaller dinosaurs. \n That being said, some smaller dinosaurs like Ace can have an easy time taking him down.
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* ToughArmoredDinosaur: She is an ankylosaur who can hold her own very well in a fight.
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* SissyVillain: Despite his intimidating appearance, Spectre is actually very feminine and sensitive, showing girly characteristics and behavior. In the arcade game he even BitesTheHandkerchief when you defeat him.
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* EvilCounterpart: Can be seen as one to Max, especially in the DS game. Both are kids around the same age with a very impulsive personality who specialize in lightning dinosaurus.
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* PsychopathicManchild: A darker version than Dr. Z. Seth shows an almost child-like interest in dinosaurs and wants for them to rule the world again without taking a care of how that may affect the people. Overall his interestinterest in dinosaurs comes as twistedly childish.
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* EvilIsPetty: In the DS game, after completing the main story they attack Zoe and steal her personal things to spite the D-Team for thwarting their plans in Antarctica.
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* MysteriousPast: Nothing about the past of the gang is elaborated beyond the fact that before they were trapped in a time-spatial vortex for reasons unknown.
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* OrcusInHisThrone: He spends most of the second season inside the Spectral ship while his three henchmen do the dirty job of retrieving the Cosmos Stones. It isn’t until the last arc of the season where he personally appears to confront the D-Team and the Alpha Gang to obtain the last Stone.
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* OrcusInHisThrone: OrcusOnHisThrone: He spends most of the second season inside the Spectral ship while his three henchmen do the dirty job of retrieving the Cosmos Stones. It isn’t until the last arc of the season where he personally appears to confront the D-Team and the Alpha Gang to obtain the last Stone.
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* UniformityException: He is the only Triceratops in the entire series to be colored a goldfish-orange color. All the other Triceratops in the DS Game and Arcade are colored a dull blue. Even the Triceratops herd seen in the premiere of Season 2 are colored dull greys.
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* UniformityException: He is the only Triceratops in the entire series to be colored a goldfish-orange goldish-orange color. All the other Triceratops in the DS Game and Arcade are colored a dull blue. Even the Triceratops herd seen in the premiere of Season 2 are colored dull greys.
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Ángel Moron (European Spanish)
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Dr. Z’s second in command. A stoic, serious scientist unfazed by nothing and expert in modifying dinosaur cards. Despite his calm exterior, his intentions are in truth way more sinister than expected…
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[[folder: Spiny (Spino)]]
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[[folder: Tank (Saiko)]]
A Saichania who started out as a wild dinosaur activated in a museum in London only to be used as another dinosaur to fight for the Alpha Gang.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Ankylosaurus and Euoplocephalus are dinosaurs that usually represent the Ankylosaur family. She the only main dinosaur that isn’t a stock dinosaur.
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Ángel Moron (European Spanish)
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Dr. Z’s second in command. A stoic, serious scientist unfazed by nothing and expert in modifying dinosaur cards. Despite his calm exterior, his intentions are in truth way more sinister than expected…
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A Saichania who started out as a wild dinosaur activated in a museum in London only to be used as another dinosaur to fight for the Alpha Gang.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Ankylosaurus and Euoplocephalus are dinosaurs that usually represent the Ankylosaur family. She the only main dinosaur that isn’t a stock dinosaur.
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Ángel Moron (European Spanish)
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Alpha Trio (and Dr. Z for that matter) is so incompetent it gives Team Rocket a run out for their money. They, however, sometimes DO have success and there are episodes where they end stoling the dinosaur of the week from the D-Team.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Alpha Trio (and Dr. Z for that matter) is so incompetent it gives Team Rocket a run out for their money. They, however, sometimes DO have success and there are episodes where they end stoling stealing the dinosaur of the week from the D-Team.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ace is very uncomfortable around water.
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* BiteOfAffection: His name is Chomp for a reason!
* BlueIsHeroic: He is a blue Carnotaurus who is a part of the D-Team.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: She often works with her brother in the anime.
* BrotherSisterTeam: He often works alongside his sister in the anime.
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* PetTheDog: He adopted the parents father of Rod and Laura, as well as the Alpha Trio Trio, from an orphanage for completely selfless motives, and is shown he really cares for them despite how short-tempered he can be.
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This page lists the characters of ''Anime/DinosaurKing'' and their associated tropes.
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!! D-Team (D-Kids)
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The main characters from the series. A trio of dinosaur-loving friends that get into the conflict of the dinosaur cards after discovering the Stone Fragments of Lightning, Wind and Grass in the forest where the meteorite that was carrying them fell, allowing them to summon their dinosaur partner. Guided by Max’s father (a famous paleontologist) and Zoe’s sister (an accomplished scientist), they fight against the Alpha Gang to recover the dinosaur cards spreaded through the world so the evil organization doesn’t abuse the dinosaurs inside them.
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* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Rex, Max and Zoe, respectively (Zoe being pinkheaded instead, however).
* FighterMageThief: The three dinosaurs of the D-Team follow this dynamic with their fighting styles. Chomp, the strongest physically and who fights head to head with other dinosaurs, is the Fighter; Paris, who doesn’t has powerful offensive attacks and instead uses buff, debuffs and summoning move cards, is the Mage; and Ace, who relies in very fast attacks but lacks the raw power of Chomp, is the Thief.
* StockDinosaurs: The dinosaurs the D-Team have on their possession are all quite famous species, including Triceratops (a timeless classic among dinosaur representation), Carnotaurus (famous for its appearance in Disney’s Dinosaur and it characteristic devil-like horns) and Parasaurolophus (the most famous of the hadrosaurs).
* ThreeAmigos: Max, Rex and Zoe fit this dynamic perfectly, being a trio of friends in which one is the main character, another his best friend, and the last one is a female friend.
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[[folder:Max Taylor (Ryuta Kodai)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/MegumiMatsumoto (Japanese), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (English), Mercedes Espinosa (European Spanish)
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The protagonist of the story. A young boy who loves dinosaurs whose father is a renowned paleontologist. He finds a set of strange stones that fell from a meteorite in a forest, where he meets his dinosaur partner Chomp the Triceratops. He is usually hotblooded and brash, but also compassionate and righteous.
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* AnimeHair: He has the wild, spiky hair usual from anime protagonists. He inherited it from his father.
* CatchPhrase: In the DS game, anytime he wins against a powerful enemy he says “That was an awesome battle!”.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Rex’s Blue. Max is impulsive and acts before thinking, compared to Rex, more analytical and down to earth.
* SeriousBusiness: Lunch is this for him. In the 39th episode of the anime, he loses it when a Mapusaurus ruins his lunch and spends most of the episode trying to make it pay for that.
* SignatureMon: He’s associated with the Triceratops (either Chomp or the normal playable Triceratops) in both the arcade, the anime and the DS game.
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[[folder:Chomp (Gabu)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 01-62), Yuka Nakatsukasa (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/KetherDonohue (English)
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A Triceratops and Max's dinosaur partner through the story. Very playful and with a habit of affectionately biting Max.
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* TheBigGuy: As a ceratopsian, he is physically the strongest of the D-Team’s dinosaurs, usually doing most of the heavy work in battles.
* TemperCeratops: Downplayed. Chomp is a tough fighter when the time to battle comes, but most of the time he’s a docile, playful dinosaur.
* ShockAndAwe: As a ceratopsian, he fights using powerful lightning attacks.
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[[folder:Rex Owen]]
-> Voiced by: Matsuri Mizuguchi (Japanese), Sebastian Arcelus (English), Julia Martínez (European Spanish)
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Max's best friend and one of the protagonists of the story. Adopted by a paleontologist who was friends with Dr. Taylor, he lives with him and Max as his adoptive father is usually busy in excavations. His partner is Ace the Carnotaurus. He’s usually more calm and collected than Max, but can be as inmature if pussed enough.
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* DubNameChange: Averted. He’s one of the few characters whose name doesn’t change in the Japanese and English version, likely because he has an English name.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Max (and Zoe)’s Red. He is calm and usually thinks before acting, contrasting the hotblooded attitude of his friends. He even wears primarily blue clothes.
* SignatureMon: He’s associated with the Carnotaurus (either Ace or the normal playable Carnotaurus) in both the arcade, the anime and the DS game.
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[[folder:Ace]]
-> Voiced by: Seiko Tamura (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English)
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A Carnotaurus and Rex's dinosaur partner through the story. A very fast dinosaur specialized in quick attacks. He has a crippling fear of large bodies of water.
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* BlowYouAway: As a medium sized theropod, he fights using fast wind attacks.
* DubNameChange: Like his owner, he averts this, as his name is unchanged in the English version from the Japanese one.
* FragileSpeedster: He hits hard and his attacks are very fast, but lacks the physical endurance of Chomp. As such, if he’s hit with a very powerful move he’s usually defeated.
* PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. Despite being a predatory dinosaur, Ace is one of the heroes and a good natured dinosaur.
* TokenMinority: A species case. Ace is the only theropod and saurischian dinosaur of the D-Team.
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[[folder:Zoe Drake (Malm Tatsuno)]]
-> Voiced by: Tomoko Kobashi (Japanese), Creator/KetherDonohue (English), Marta Argota (European Spanish)
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The only girl of the trio and another friend from Max. Though sweet and bubbly usually, she can be fearsome when angered. She has a rivalry with Ursula because she has a tendency to call her an old lady.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the DS game, Zoe isn’t playable and remains as a supporting character that doesn’t has her own [=DinoShot=] nor a dinosaur under her command, thus she remains irrelevant for the plot except for the post-game, when the player has to retrieve personal objects of hers that the Alpha Gang stole as revenge for their defeat in Antarctica.
* BareYourMidriff: Both of her outfits in the anime and the arcade game leave her middle section uncovered, likely to show her as someone used for hot climates due to her paleontological activities. In the anime at least is shown her shirt is full lenght, she just rolls up the bottom to show her midriff.
* CanonImmigrant: Originally created for the animated series, she was eventually introduced as a character in the arcade.
* DemotedToExtra: She’s a NPC in the DS game and her contribution to the story is minimal except for kickstarting the post-game of the story.
* FieryRedhead: A pink variant. She’s normally sweet and caring, but she can be fierce, competitive and bossy on certain instances.
* MsFanservice: Especially in the original Japanese version. She has her midsection exposed and some of the poses she does when she activates her dinosaur cards are very suggestive.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Though she can be bossy and tough, Zoe is ultimately a good person that genuinely cares for her friends.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She likes hobbies usually liked by males such as paleontology or football, but on occasions she has shown feminine behavior such as dressing Paris in cute clothing or fawning over boys.
* SignatureMon: She’s associated with the Parasaurolophus (either Paris or the normal playable Parasaurolophus) in both the arcade and the anime.
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[[folder:Paris (Parapara)]]
-> Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese)
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A Parasaurolophus and Zoe's dinosaur partner through the story. Loves to sing and dance like her master.
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* CharacterTic: She likes to sing at all times (independently if it sounds good or not), a reference to the sounds the real Parasaurolophus made with its crest.
* CuteButCacophonic: Her singing usually can get annoying if she’s left unchecked.
* GentleGiant: She’s the biggest dinosaur of the D-Team, but she’s generally sweet and peaceful (though still a competent fighter).
* GiantEqualsInvincible: The Seismosaurus she summons with the Big Foot Assault move card is simply too big to be threatened by other dinosaurs, and usually can defeat them by simply whipping them with its tail. The only dinosaur shown to match it is an equally huge Supersaurus.
* GreenThumb: As an ornithopod, she fights using grass moves, usually as support as opposed to offensive attacks.
* MakeMeWannaShout: She can use her powerful voice to generate sound waves able to stun enemies, another reference (albeit a very exaggerated one) to real hadrosaur noises.
* StoryBreakerPower: The Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.
* SummonBiggerFish: Her Big Foot Assault move card allows her to summon a humongous Seismosaurus that is so big no dinosaur can even scratch it.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Paris’s move cards usually center in healing allies or debuffing enemies, contrasting the more offensive movesets of Chomp and Ace. The times she performs an offensive attack, it usually is by summoning other dinosaurs/pterosaurs.
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[[folder:Spike Taylor (Kenryu Kodai)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/NaoyaUchida (Japanese), Creator/DavidWills (English), Iñaki Alonso (European Spanish)
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Father of Max. A famous yet childish paleontologist with an excitable personality that loves dinosaurs.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Or Adventurer Paleontologist in this case. Dr. Taylor is clearly based in Indiana Jones and his clothes and looks clearly evoke this trope.
* AnimeHair: The times he doesn’t wears his hat, it is shown he has the same spiky hairstyle as Max.
* DemotedToExtra: In the DS game, he’s barely relevant in the story of the game, and his main contribution to it is to supply the player with Mystery Fossils in his Dinoman persona if they find enough dinosaurs.
* DishingOutDirt: Though he never owns a dinosaur properly in the anime, in the arcade game he’s usually associated with the Earth element.
* {{Expy}}: As a variant of an AdventurerArchaeologist, wearing a hat and using a whip, Dr. Taylor seems to be based in Indiana Jones.
* HappilyMarried: He’s very much in love with his wife Aki, and their relationship still goes strong after years of marriage.
* {{Manchild}}: Very energetic and excitable for his age, especially if something is related to dinosaurs, to the embarrassment of Max. He can still be serious when the situation is needed, however.
* ManlyFacialHair: He sports a rather impressive beard that serves to enhance his looks as a paleontologist that usually works on field instead of expending time in the laboratory.
* OutOfFocus: As a result of being kidnapped by the Spectral Space Pirates in the second season, his role gets severely diminished as a result.
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[[folder:Reese Drake (Riasu Tatsuno)]]
-> Voiced by: Eri Komiyama (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis (English), Silvia Evora (European Spanish)
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Zoe's responsible and taciturn older sister, who also acts as Dr. Taylor’s assistant and the unofficial head of the D-Lab. She’s also the one who created the Dino Holders.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Compared to her stern and no-nonsense anime self, her DS version usually smiles gently and is a lot more openly nice.
* AscendedExtra: Not that she was a minor character, but the DS game upgrades her to the BigGood of the story, while in the anime she acts as the NumberTwo of Dr. Taylor, the closest thing to a BigGood in the first season of the anime.
* BigGood: In the DS game, she provides the player and their partner with everything they need for their quest (including upgrading their [=DinoShots=]) and in general acts as the primary commanding figure of the D-Team.
* EmotionlessGirl: In the anime, she rarely expresses her feelings beyond mild annoyance at Dr. Taylor’s antics. She’s more emotional in the arcade and the DS game, however.
* GreenThumb: She doesn’t use any dinosaurs either in the anime or the DS game, but in the arcade she’s associated with the Grass element like her sister.
* MoralityPet: Is this to Zander. He’s willing to go against the Alpha Gang and Dr. Z (that for all purposes is his adoptive father) just for her sake.
* OutOfFocus: In the second season she stays in the present while the D-Team and the Alpha Gang go to the past to retrieve the Cosmos Stones, so she appears less frequently.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: As a genius able to create most of the technology of the D-Lab, she’s shown wearing glasses.
* StoicSpectacles: A female version. While Reese wears glasses and is attractive, she comes across as a cool beauty rather than your average BespectacledCutie.
* WhenSheSmiles: She’s normally serious and stoic, but can smile sweetly in certain instances.
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!! Alpha Gang (Team ACT)
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[[caption-width-right:250: From left to right: Ursula, Terry, Dr. Z, Ed, Spiny,Zander, Rod, Tank, Laura, Seth]]
The antagonists of the first season. A mysterious organization led by Dr. Z that wants to retrieve their dinosaur cards, which were dropped around the world. They use robots and strange machinery for their purposes. It is eventually revealed that they brainwash the dinosaurs they capture, making them fight for their cause, which makes the D-Team more determined to recover the dinosaur cards themselves.
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[[folder: In General]]
* AdaptationalBadass: In the DS game, tough they still retain some quirks, each one of them is a serious threat for the world, including the more incompetent members like Dr. Z and the Alpha Trio.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike in the anime, the Alpha Gang members remain as villains in the DS game and never turn over a new leaf.
* ButtMonkey: The Alpha Trio and Dr. Z are often subjected to multiple abuse (physical or not) and disrespect through the series, sometimes due to their own incompetence, sometimes cause their luck just suck.
* EvilIsPetty: In the DS game, after completing the main story they attack Zoe and steal her personal things to spite the D-Team for thwarting
* HazyFeelTurn: Despite allying themselves with the D-Team to stop Seth at the end of the first season, Dr. Z and the Alpha Trio still want to fulfill their goal of being rulers of the dinosaurs and in the second season, during some instances they end up betraying Max and his friends and fighting against them again. It is however PlayedForLaughs, as their bad luck and the new threat of the Spectral Space Pirates really impedes their betrayal from succeeding.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Alpha Trio (and Dr. Z for that matter) is so incompetent it gives Team Rocket a run out for their money. They, however, sometimes DO have success and there are episodes where they end stoling the dinosaur of the week from the D-Team.
* LaughablyEvil: With the exception of Seth, the remaining members are incompetently comedic and tend to be more amusing than evil.
* MechaMook: They use a bunch of robots known as Alpha Droids as their main mooks, usually for heavy tasks or restraining dinosaurs. The Alpha Droids depending on their function feature a different design each one.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Other than the Alpha Droids, the dinosaurs they use and Helga the maid (which later is also revealed to be another android), the actual organization is composed of 7 members. It is even smaller in the arcade and the DS game, where Helga (being an anime only creation) doesn’t appear.
* PerpetualFrowner: Unlike the dinosaurs of the D-team, the Alpha Gang’s main dinosaurs are less emotional and their expression is set in a perpetual scowl.
* TeamRocketWins: The Alpha Gang sometimes beat the dinosaur of the episode and take their cards from Max and his friends. Unfortunately, in most instances their own incompetence ends with them losing their cards sooner or later.
* TerribleTrio: Ursula, Zander and Ed form one in similar lines to the Dorombo Gang and Team Rocket, being a trio composed of an assertive, temperamental female and two males (one lanky and another round) with a more submissive personality.
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[[folder:Dr. Z (Dr. Sonoida)]]
-> Voiced by: Tetsuo Goto (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English), Creator/JaimeRoca (European Spanish)
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The main antagonist of the first series and leader of the Alpha Gang. A mad scientist that wants to recover the dinosaur cards scattered through the world in order to become the king of the dinosaurs.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the DS game he’s never betrayed by Seth and remains as the main threat of the game, and much of his silly quirks from the anime are replaced with a more serious personality.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the anime he remains as a NonActionBigBad that rarely uses dinosaurs and leaves most of the heavy work to his subordinates. In the arcade game, however, he does have dinosaurs he uses to fight the player.
* AntagonistTitle: Both the Japanese (roughly translated as “Ancient King of the Dinosaurs”) and English titles of the franchise refer to Dr. Z’s desire to obtain all the dinosaur cards and name himself the king of the dinosaurs.
* BigBad: As the leader of the Alpha Gang, he’s the main antagonist of the first season, as well as the DS game. He loses this position to Seth and later Spectre later in the anime, in which he pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
* BigBadWannabe: Despite being the main villain of season 1, his short temper, incompetence and bad luck makes him look like an utter fool. It culminates with Seth betraying him at the end of the season.
* BaldOfEvil: He’s practically bald except for a few locks of hair that sprout out of his head. It serves to show he’s both evil and old.
* BeardOfEvil: His spiky white beard serves to show him as a villainous character.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves the modified dinosaurs he raised, even if they loathe him. He also really loves his grandsons and even the Alpha Trio (that he adopted along with the parents of Rod and Laura), even if he treats them like dirt most of the time.
* EvilOldFolks: A shriveled, nasty old man who betrayed Rex’s parents and wants the dinosaur cards for selfish reasons.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Almost always seen wearing a white lab coat, showing him as a scientist (a mad one at that).
* MadScientist: As much of a wimp Dr. Z is, there’s no denying he’s a true genius. He can turn dinosaurs into stronger Alpha variants (like he did with the Acrocanthosaurus in the anime) and he’s the one who invented the Secret attribute, the only one rivaling his intellect being Seth. Unfortunately, he tends to use his mind for selfish and evil purposes.
* NonActionBigBad: He doesn’t has a dinos
* PetTheDog: He adopted the parents of Rod and Laura, as well as the Alpha Trio from an orphanage for completely selfless motives, and is shown he really cares for them despite how short-tempered he can be.
* PlayingWithFire: In the arcade and DS game, he’s commonly associated with fire dinosaurs. In the DS game, all of his dinosaurs (except the Eoraptor he uses against the player in the post -game rematch) are from the fire attribute, including a Tyrannosaurus.a Mapusaurus and two Saurophaganax.
* PsychopathicManchild: PlayedForLaughs. Dr. Z is a nasty, evil old man with an obsession with dinosaurs (especially being their king) and self-entitlement that wouldn’t be strange from a child.
* SignatureMon: All versions of him are heavily associated with the [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]], referencing his ambition to become the dinosaur king. Ironically, in the first episode of the anime, he gets mad at Ed because in his virtual recreation of his kingdom of dinosaurs he only used Tyrannosaurus, instead of other dinosaur species, claiming he wants to be the king of all dinosaurs, not just T. rexes.
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[[folder:Ursula (Usarapa)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis (English), Yolanda Quesada (European Spanish)
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The unofficial leader of the Alpha Trio. A very vain woman very sensitive about her age, to the point calling her old is a VERY easy way to release her wrath.
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* AttentionWhore: In the DS game, she craves for male attention, to the point ignoring her leads to her threatening the player.
* BeautyIsBad: While she tends to fail to seduce others in the anime despite being a good looking woman (with the exception of Dr. Owen), in the DS she uses her beautiful appearance to mind control the male workers from the Dustberg.
* BerserkButton: Being called an old lady drives her incredibly livid. It goes to a point that she can hear someone calling her an old lady even if the perpetrators are kilometers from her, or even if they aren’t referring to her!
* ChristmasCake: She’s beyond her twenties, and mentioning her age is a very sore point to her. Calling her old is a certified way to make her explode into an endless rage.
* ElementalHair: She has green hair like the grass dinosaurus she uses.
* GreenThumb: She specializes in grass dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Maiasaura, a Tsintaosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Ouranosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Iguanodon.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She’s usually self-centered and selfish, but has a good side underneath.
** Played straight in the DS game, when she gets furious if you reject her offer to join the Alpha Gang and claims that you shouldn’t waste your time saving the dinosaurs and should love her instead.
* ProudBeauty: Both in the anime and the DS game she shows pride in her appearance, with her BerserkButton being called old and unattractive. In the DS game, the brainwashed workers from Dustberg even call her “Ursula the beautiful”.
* NoblewomansLaugh: In the DS game, she laughs like this when things go her way, with the usual pose that goes with the laugh too.
* SignatureMon: In the anime she frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Ouranosaurus and the Super Alpha Iguanodon, however.
* TheVamp: In the DS game, she abducts and hypnotizes the male workers from the North American zone so they all worship her unconditionally, making them abandon their wives. She even goes her way to add children like the player and Max/Rex to her fanclub.
* WeCanRuleTogether: When Max and Rex confront her in the DS game, she offers them to become her slaves and join the Alpha Gang. You can even say “Yes” to her offer if you desire, but in that case, the character you don’t play will intercede and claim you won’t join her.
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[[folder:Zander]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi (Japanese), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English), Miguel Campos (European Spanish)
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A member of the Alpha Trio. Often comes with plans that tend to go very wrong. Has a crush on Zoe’s sister Reese.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: His anime counterpart is a moron and a ButtMonkey. His Ds version, however, is shown to be much smarter and well versed in chemistry.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the DS game, he’s more nefarious and cruel than his anime counterpart, at some point even stating he’s creating a chemical so strong the people from the Gobi Village will never wake up from it.
* EvilLaugh: Loves to cackle maliciously in the DS game.
* HeroKiller: Downplayed in that he never kills any of the main characters, but in the DS game, he knocks Max/Rex with his new sleeping sickness to test its power, leaving the Player to deal with him alone.
* HiddenDepths: He turns out to be a decent singer when he performs his love song to Reese.
* LeanAndMean: Downplayed in the anime, where he works for an evil organization, but his incompetence and generally good disposition make him one of the least evil members of the organization. Played straight in the DS game, however, where he’s portrayed as an evil, arrogant chemist with a slender physique.
* MadScientist: He’s skillful enough to create a sleeping slickness strong enough to make almost the entire Gobi Village fall asleep.
* ManiacTongue: Has a habit to stick his tongue to mock his enemies in the DS game.
* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in fire dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Torvosaurus, an Acrocanthosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Gorgosaurus, a Carcharodontosaurus, a Daspletosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Acrocanthosaurus.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Gorgosaurus and the Super Alpha Acrocanthosaurus, however.
* SmugSmiler: In the DS game, he’s always sporting a shit eating grin anytime things go well for him.
* SunglassesAtNight: No matter the situation, he always carries his sunglasses with himself, to the point we never get to see how his eyes look in truth.
* ThisCannotBe: Once you defeat him in Asia, he dumbfoundedly wonders how his perfect plan could have failed like that.
* VillainousCrush: He falls in love with Reese after she along with Dr. Owen and Patrick rescue him in a Mexican desert. He maintains his crush till the end of the series, where he’s forced to return to the future.
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[[folder:Ed]]
-> Voiced by: Junichi Endou (Japanese) Creator/DarrenDunstan (English), Iñaki Alonso (European Spanish)
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The last member of the Alpha Trio. A rotund, shy young man that tends to jinx his team.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: While he’s good with machines in the anime, in the DS game he becomes a master hacker and is generally more confident and smart than his anime version.
* DishingOutDirt: He specializes in earth dinosaurs in the DS game, using an Edmontonia, a(n) (Alpha) Wuerhosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Kentrosaurus.
* FatBastard: Downplayed in the anime, where he works for an evil organization, but his incompetence and generally good disposition make him one of the least evil members of the organization. Played straight in the DS game, however, where he’s portrayed as a smug and obnoxious evil hacker with a portly physique.
* HiddenDepths: He’s shown to be technology savvy, as in the first episode he makes a virtual recreation of Dr. Z’s dinosaur kingdom.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Wuerhosaurus and the Alpha Kentrosaurus, however.
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[[folder:Laura (Roa)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 01-62), Yuka Nakatsukasa (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/RachaelLillis (English)
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A member of the Alpha Gang and granddaughter of Dr. Z. Usually mischievous, but has a good heart. She’s not normally sent to missions, but proves to be more competent than the Alpha Trio when she does.
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* BerserkButton: In the DS game, calling her a little girl prompts her to cry, to disastrous effect.
* BerserkerTears: In the DS game, her tears actually invigorate her enough to send people flying away with her tantrum.
* BlowYouAway: She specializes in wind dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Ceratosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Dilophosaurus, a Utahraptor and a (Super Alpha) Allosaurus.
* DaddysLittleVillain: In the DS game, she’s this to Dr. Z, who spoils her a lot and cannot ignore a petition from her when she starts to cry.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The scream from her tantrums in the DS game is so powerful it sends Max/Rex flying away just before the player confronts her.
* OcularGushers: Very frequently in the DS game when she’s upset.
* SignatureMon: In the anime she frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so she doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Dilophosaurus and the Super Alpha Allosaurus, however.
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[[folder:Rod (Roto)]]
-> Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese), Zoe Martin (English), Silvia Evora (European Spanish)
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A member of the Alpha Gang and grandson of Dr. Z. He can come as arrogant, but has a good heart. He’s not normally sent to missions, but proves to be more competent than the Alpha Trio when he does.
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* AvengingTheVillain: After you defeat the Alpha Gang in Europe in the DS game, he decides to go to Asia to avenge the defeat of her sister at the hands of the player.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He’s very protective of Laura and messing with her is a sure way to anger him. He exclusively comes to Asia in the DS game to make the player pay for making her cry in his battle with her in Europe.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the DS game, after you defeat him the first time in the Darkwood forest, he tells Max and Rex that Zander is the culprit of the sleeping sickness affecting the inhabitants of the Gobi village, arguing that, though he’s not betraying the Alpha Gang, he dislikes Zander’s methods and that’s why he tells the main characters that information.
* EvilCounterpart: Can be seen as one to Max, especially in the DS game. Both are kids around the same age with a very impulsive personality who specialize in lightning dinosaurus.
* HotBlooded: In the DS game, he’s shown to be as competitive and impulsive as Max.
* MotorMouth: He’s fond of giving lengthy speeches in the DS game. Even Max lampshades this after he defeats him for the first time.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives him both the Alpha and the Super Alpha, however.
*ShockAndAwe: He specializes in lightning dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Chasmosaurus, Torosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Einiosaurus and a (Super Alpha).
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Ángel Moron (European Spanish)
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Dr. Z’s second in command. A stoic, serious scientist unfazed by nothing and expert in modifying dinosaur cards. Despite his calm exterior, his intentions are in truth way more sinister than expected…
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* TheAce: Of the Alpha Gang as a whole, both in the anime and the DS game, being the most competent and effective of its members. In the DS game, Ursula even refers to him as a powerhouse.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: All the damn time. If he serves anyone, he will surely betray them at some point in order to complete his ambition. He did it to Dr. Ancient and Dr. Cretacia, later to the Alpha Gang, and ultimately to the Spectral Space Pirates. It goes to a point where Dr. Z complains in the climax of the second season why do they keep trusting Seth when it’s obvious he’s gonna betray them sooner or later.
* TheDragon: Acts as the second in command of both Dr. Z and later Spectre, being also the strongest member of the Alpha Gang.
* DragonInChief: Compared to his boss Dr. Z, Seth comes off as more professional and threatening.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: At the end of the first season, his endgame is revealed to be creating mutant dinosaurs so the Earth can be ruled by them again.
* AnIcePerson: In the second season his SignatureMon is a Cryolophosaurus, a secret dinosaur with the ability to use ice attacks. It remains as the only dinosaur of the franchise able to achieve such a feat.
* KnightOfCerebus: Anytime he has an active role in an episode expect things to get much more serious. The darkest parts of the show have involved him in some way or another.
* MadScientist: Almost as good, or even better, than Dr. Z. Seth’s skills to create altered dinosaurs and move cards is impeccable, with his magnum opus being the Black Tyrannosaurus, a sauropod-sized T. rex with a huge amount of power. In the second season he also engineers the special dinosaurs the Spectral Space Pirates in the last two arcs of the series.
* MakingASplash: He specializes in water dinosaurs in the DS game, using two Spinosaurus, (an) Alpha Suchomimus, a Baryonyx and (a) Super Alpha Irritator.
* MaskOfSanity: While he appears at first as an impeccable and serious man, as the series advances and his cover is blown it is clear that Seth is in truth a deranged individual that only cares about his goals and will sacrifice anyone if that means he can fulfill them. All his cool goes away when his Black Tyrannosaurus is created, LaughingMad at the sight of the destruction caused by the beast. Though he returns to his calm and collected persona in season 2, by that time he only usually hides his nasty side when it's convenient for him.
* MysteriousPast: Though the past of the rest of the Alpha Gang members is revealed in more or less detail, Seth’s background is a total enigma except for the part that he once worked for Dr. Ancient and later betrayed him. As such the origin from aspects of his personality such as his obsession with dinosaurs ruling the Earth again remain uncovered.
* PlayingWithFire: He favors fire dinosaurs in the first season of the anime, like the Saurophaganax and the Black Tyrannosaurus.
* PrettyBoy: Compared to his male teammates (in both the Alpha Gang and the Spectral Space Pirates), Seth possesses a more youthful and attractive face.
* PsychopathicManchild: A darker version than Dr. Z. Seth shows an almost child-like interest in dinosaurs and wants for them to rule the world again without taking a care of how that may affect the people. Overall his interest
* TheStarscream: He betrays Dr. Z in the last episodes of the first season to use the technology of the Alpha Gang’s Zeta Point to create his Black T. rex and begin his plan of creating mutated dinosaurs to rule the world. In the second season, he also ends up betraying the Spectral Space Pirates to get the Cosmos Stones for himself and his goals, though unfortunately for him, Spectre and his forces end up being more competent than Dr. Z.
* TokenHuman: After being rescued by them, he becomes the only human among the Spectral Space Pirates.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Dinosaur King is a lighthearted anime and the Alpha Gang are mostly LaughablyEvil, Seth certainly is not, and unlike the other members, he never gets PlayedForLaughs at all, with most of his scenes being noticeably grimmer than the usual. It tells something when the Spectral Space Pirates (who are more evil than the Alpha Gang were) still have some quirks and comedic moments, while Seth remains serious to the very end.
* WalkingSpoiler:
** It’s difficult to talk about him without mentioning his betrayal to the Alpha Gang and his involvement in creating the Black Tyrannosaurus.
** Considering his fate of falling into a dimensional vortex in the climax of season 1, his reappearance as one of the Spectral Space Pirates in the second season comes as a huge reveal.
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!! Spectral Space Pirates (Zanjark)
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[[caption-width-right:250: From left to right: Seth, Spectre, Shear, Gabbro, Foolscap]]
The antagonists of the second season. A quartet of winged humanoid aliens that were freed from the time-space vortex where they were trapped (as a result of the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs) after the end of the first season, kidnapping the parents of Max, Zoe and Rex to force them to help in their goals. They are searching seven mysterious stones known as "Cosmos Stones", that will grant them domination over space and time. They possess many dinosaurs in their arsenal, which they use to fight against the D-Team and the Alpha Gang through the second anime.
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[[folder: In General]]
* AliensAreBastards: A group of humanoid extraterrestrials that want to conquer space and time with the power of the Cosmos Stones.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Among other characteristics, to show they aren’t humans, they have non-human skin color. Spectre is green, Gabbro red and Foolscap blue, while Shear’s skin is unnaturally white.
* AndIMustScream: At the end of the second season, they all survive the collision between the Dark Pterosaur and the combination of the Backlander fused with the Pterosaur’s power, but end confined to a pod of their ship, forever condemned to spend the eternity drifting through the space, and, worse of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking listening to Spectre’s singing]].
* ChromaticArrangement: Gabbro, Foolscap and Shear each one is associated with one of the primary colors; Gabbro with red (red skin, hair and wings), Foolscap with blue (blue hair and wings) and Shear with yellow (yellow bow and wings). This is not random, as each represents one of the colors of the Rock-Paper-Scissors signs that the ‘’Dinosaur King’’ arcade uses (Gabbro-Rock-Red, Foolscap-Paper-Blue, Shear-Scissors-Yellow). Additionally, each one of their signature dinosaurs belongs to the sign they symbolize (Gigas-Rock, Armatus-Paper, Maximus-Yellow).
* TheHeavy: While Spectre is the BigBad and leader of the group, he spends most time in the ship, with his three subordinates being the ones who go after the Cosmos Stones.
* MysteriousPast: Nothing about the past of the gang is elaborated beyond the fact that before they were trapped in a time-spatial vortex for reasons unknown.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Even worse than the Alpha Gang, as, not counting Seth, the entire group is composed of only 4 members, plus the Gel Jarks they employ as mooks.
* PointyEars: They all have long, elf-like ears, to convey the feeling that they aren’t humans.
* SpacePirates: They’re a group of alien pirates with their own spaceship. They are even after a “treasure”, the Cosmos Stones in this case.
* StockDinosaurs: Everyone of their main dinosaurs (except Seth’s Cryolophosaurus) are very famous and recognizable dinosaurs, including a Tyrannosaurus, a Stegosaurus, a Triceratops and an Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus (tough later it would be known that Brontosaurus is indeed its own species).
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Despite being on the same team, Gabbro, Foolscap and Shear don’t get along well and often bicker and even trample each other to get the credit of retrieving the Cosmos Stone.
* TerribleTrio: Downplayed. While, outside BigBad Spectre, the Spectral Space Pirates have three prominent members and their constitution fits the spirit of the trope, they for the most part act independently of each other and usually only group together at the end of each arc.
* VilerNewVillain: Unlike the Alpha Gang, the Spectral Pirates are less sympathetic, lacking many of the redeeming qualities of the Alpha Gang and being generally more malevolent than them.
* WingedHumanoid: They all possess a pair of bat-like wings that allows them to cover longer distances and monitor their dinosaurs more easily. It’s not made clear if they are natural or artificial.
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[[folder:Spectre (Jark)]]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/KatsuhisaHouki (Japanese), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (English, first episodes), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English, rest of the series)
The main antagonist of the second series. A ruthless space pirate who ambitions the conquest of the Cosmos Stones to become the ruler of everything. Despite his intimidating design, he’s a sensible soul and likes to sing (though he’s not very good at it).
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* AmbiguouslyGay: He seems to have a crush on Seth, but also has a grandson in the arcade game, implying he may have married someone in the past.
* BeardOfEvil: Like Dr. Z he sports a spiky white beard, though his is much more impressive and intimidating, showing him as a bigger threat than the doctor ever was.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of the second season. His actions of both kidnapping the parents of Max, Rex and Zoe and his search of the Cosmos Stones for nefarious purposes is what drives the plot of the second series. And, unlike Dr. Z, despite being betrayed by Seth he remains the main villain till the end.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Unlike the other members of his race, his sclera is completely black. Combined with his general appearance, it makes him look intimidating.
* OrcusInHisThrone: He spends most of the second season inside the Spectral ship while his three henchmen do the dirty job of retrieving the Cosmos Stones. It isn’t until the last arc of the season where he personally appears to confront the D-Team and the Alpha Gang to obtain the last Stone.
* SissyVillain: Despite his intimidating appearance, Spectre is actually very feminine and sensitive, showing girly characteristics and behavior. In the arcade game he even BitesTheHandkerchief when you defeat him.
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[[folder:Gabbro (Gunenco)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese), Creator/DavidWills (English)
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The first of the Space Pirates to appear. A red, hulking brute employing more brawn than brain.
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* TheBrute: The hulking musclehead of the trio, to the point he’s strong enough to deal with dinosaurs by himself to an extent. He’s even associated with the Rock sign in the Rock-Paper-Scissors dynamic he has with Foolscap and Shear.
* DumbMuscle: He’s all muscle and no brain, so he tends to rely on brute strength rather than strategies. This makes him the only of the Spectral Space Pirates that never retrieves one of the Cosmos Stones.
* MadeOfIron: In the Ancient Persia arc, he ends up trapped in a cave-in after Genie throws him towards a stalagmite that causes the cave to collapse. He escapes from the crumbled rocks unharmed, attributing it to his tough head.
* PowerFist: His main weapon is a pair of gauntlets that give him SuperStrength. They also lose
* RedIsViolent: As a result of his dim-witted persona, Gabbro tends to be short-tempered and impatient, often resorting to violence. He is fittingly depicted as a red-skinned alien, as well as associated with the color red in general.
* StarterVillain: His Torvosaurus is the first antagonistic dinosaur to be dealt with at the start of the second season.
* SuperStrength: His gauntlets give him a considerable amount of strength, to the point he can crush small buildings with a single punch.
* WakeUpCallBoss: His Torvosaurus (equipped with an Spectral Armor) proves to be tougher than dinosaurs fought previously. This forces the main characters to upgrade their dinosaurs with Elemental Armors and new move cards later in the series.
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[[folder:Foolscap (Zapper)]]
-> Voiced by: Setsuji Sato (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Creator/JaimeRoca (European Spanish)
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The second of the Space Pirates to appear. A lanky blue alien with a high concept of himself.
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* ButtMonkey: Often the victim to physical abuse among the trio, sometimes by his own teammates no less.
* LeanAndMean: He’s as lanky and lithe as he’s evil. This comes at the risk of him being very fragile, as a minor wound is enough to make him go search for some bandages.
* SinisterSchnoz: He possesses a long, pointy nose that shows he’s up to no good.
* SmugSnake: Often talks big and disrespect his enemies, only to end humiliated instead. In his defense, at least he managed to obtain one of the Cosmos Stones, unlike Gabbro.
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[[folder:Shear]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 53-62), Saori Yumiba (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/EricaSchroeder (English), Julia Martinez (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:106:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shear.PNG]]
The third and last of the Space Pirates to appear, also the only female of the group. Very beautiful but with a wicked heart. She’s the most competent of the trio.
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* BattleBoomerang: Her main weapon is a sharp-edged crescent boomerang she uses both for offense and retrieve objects.
* DarkActionGirl: Unlike other villains from the anime, she actually gets involved in a fight against Foolscap in the 64th episode after believing to be a kunoichi following the loss of her memories.
* EasyAmnesia: In the Ancient Japan arc, she loses her memories after being slammed by a tree by her own Gojirasaurus (thrown by Ace) and is taken by a kunoichi quartet serving Shingen Takeda. They make her believe she’s one of them and joins them, fighting against her former allies and the D-Team through the arc. She recovers her memories after a similar process (involving one of her Deinonychus) and returns to the Space Pirates with the White Cosmos Stones.
* EvilIsPetty: In the Ancient China arc she summons her Mapusaurus at a group of woodcutters just because they disturbed her sleep (they didn’t even know she was sleeping on a tree).
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She’s a very pretty woman, but is also cruel and ruthless.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She’s the only girl on the Space Spectral Pirates and the most competent of the trio, taking a total of 3 out of the 7 Cosmos Stones.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member among the Spectral Pirates.
* VillainDecay: Starts as the more effective of the Spectral Space Pirates, retrieving 3 of the Cosmos Stones (the first two all by herself). However, starting with the Ancient Persia arc she becomes as incompetent as Gabbro and Foolscap and fails to capture any of the remaining Cosmos Stones.
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
A former member of the Alpha Gang, joins the Space Pirates after being defeated at the end of the first season. For more information, see his entries in the ''Alpha Gang'' folder.
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!! D-Team (D-Kids)
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[[caption-width-right:250: From left to right: Rex, Ace, Max, Chomp, Dr. Taylor, Paris, Zoe]]
The main characters from the series. A trio of dinosaur-loving friends that get into the conflict of the dinosaur cards after discovering the Stone Fragments of Lightning, Wind and Grass in the forest where the meteorite that was carrying them fell, allowing them to summon their dinosaur partner. Guided by Max’s father (a famous paleontologist) and Zoe’s sister (an accomplished scientist), they fight against the Alpha Gang to recover the dinosaur cards spreaded through the world so the evil organization doesn’t abuse the dinosaurs inside them.
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[[folder: In General]]
* BlondBrunetteRedhead: Rex, Max and Zoe, respectively (Zoe being pinkheaded instead, however).
* FighterMageThief: The three dinosaurs of the D-Team follow this dynamic with their fighting styles. Chomp, the strongest physically and who fights head to head with other dinosaurs, is the Fighter; Paris, who doesn’t has powerful offensive attacks and instead uses buff, debuffs and summoning move cards, is the Mage; and Ace, who relies in very fast attacks but lacks the raw power of Chomp, is the Thief.
* StockDinosaurs: The dinosaurs the D-Team have on their possession are all quite famous species, including Triceratops (a timeless classic among dinosaur representation), Carnotaurus (famous for its appearance in Disney’s Dinosaur and it characteristic devil-like horns) and Parasaurolophus (the most famous of the hadrosaurs).
* ThreeAmigos: Max, Rex and Zoe fit this dynamic perfectly, being a trio of friends in which one is the main character, another his best friend, and the last one is a female friend.
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[[folder:Max Taylor (Ryuta Kodai)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/MegumiMatsumoto (Japanese), Creator/VeronicaTaylor (English), Mercedes Espinosa (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/max_69.jpg]]
The protagonist of the story. A young boy who loves dinosaurs whose father is a renowned paleontologist. He finds a set of strange stones that fell from a meteorite in a forest, where he meets his dinosaur partner Chomp the Triceratops. He is usually hotblooded and brash, but also compassionate and righteous.
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* AnimeHair: He has the wild, spiky hair usual from anime protagonists. He inherited it from his father.
* CatchPhrase: In the DS game, anytime he wins against a powerful enemy he says “That was an awesome battle!”.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Rex’s Blue. Max is impulsive and acts before thinking, compared to Rex, more analytical and down to earth.
* SeriousBusiness: Lunch is this for him. In the 39th episode of the anime, he loses it when a Mapusaurus ruins his lunch and spends most of the episode trying to make it pay for that.
* SignatureMon: He’s associated with the Triceratops (either Chomp or the normal playable Triceratops) in both the arcade, the anime and the DS game.
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[[folder:Chomp (Gabu)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 01-62), Yuka Nakatsukasa (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/KetherDonohue (English)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chomp.PNG]]
A Triceratops and Max's dinosaur partner through the story. Very playful and with a habit of affectionately biting Max.
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* TheBigGuy: As a ceratopsian, he is physically the strongest of the D-Team’s dinosaurs, usually doing most of the heavy work in battles.
* TemperCeratops: Downplayed. Chomp is a tough fighter when the time to battle comes, but most of the time he’s a docile, playful dinosaur.
* ShockAndAwe: As a ceratopsian, he fights using powerful lightning attacks.
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[[folder:Rex Owen]]
-> Voiced by: Matsuri Mizuguchi (Japanese), Sebastian Arcelus (English), Julia Martínez (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rex_4.jpg]]
Max's best friend and one of the protagonists of the story. Adopted by a paleontologist who was friends with Dr. Taylor, he lives with him and Max as his adoptive father is usually busy in excavations. His partner is Ace the Carnotaurus. He’s usually more calm and collected than Max, but can be as inmature if pussed enough.
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* DubNameChange: Averted. He’s one of the few characters whose name doesn’t change in the Japanese and English version, likely because he has an English name.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Max (and Zoe)’s Red. He is calm and usually thinks before acting, contrasting the hotblooded attitude of his friends. He even wears primarily blue clothes.
* SignatureMon: He’s associated with the Carnotaurus (either Ace or the normal playable Carnotaurus) in both the arcade, the anime and the DS game.
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[[folder:Ace]]
-> Voiced by: Seiko Tamura (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ace.PNG]]
A Carnotaurus and Rex's dinosaur partner through the story. A very fast dinosaur specialized in quick attacks. He has a crippling fear of large bodies of water.
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* BlowYouAway: As a medium sized theropod, he fights using fast wind attacks.
* DubNameChange: Like his owner, he averts this, as his name is unchanged in the English version from the Japanese one.
* FragileSpeedster: He hits hard and his attacks are very fast, but lacks the physical endurance of Chomp. As such, if he’s hit with a very powerful move he’s usually defeated.
* PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. Despite being a predatory dinosaur, Ace is one of the heroes and a good natured dinosaur.
* TokenMinority: A species case. Ace is the only theropod and saurischian dinosaur of the D-Team.
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[[folder:Zoe Drake (Malm Tatsuno)]]
-> Voiced by: Tomoko Kobashi (Japanese), Creator/KetherDonohue (English), Marta Argota (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoe_6.jpg]]
The only girl of the trio and another friend from Max. Though sweet and bubbly usually, she can be fearsome when angered. She has a rivalry with Ursula because she has a tendency to call her an old lady.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the DS game, Zoe isn’t playable and remains as a supporting character that doesn’t has her own [=DinoShot=] nor a dinosaur under her command, thus she remains irrelevant for the plot except for the post-game, when the player has to retrieve personal objects of hers that the Alpha Gang stole as revenge for their defeat in Antarctica.
* BareYourMidriff: Both of her outfits in the anime and the arcade game leave her middle section uncovered, likely to show her as someone used for hot climates due to her paleontological activities. In the anime at least is shown her shirt is full lenght, she just rolls up the bottom to show her midriff.
* CanonImmigrant: Originally created for the animated series, she was eventually introduced as a character in the arcade.
* DemotedToExtra: She’s a NPC in the DS game and her contribution to the story is minimal except for kickstarting the post-game of the story.
* FieryRedhead: A pink variant. She’s normally sweet and caring, but she can be fierce, competitive and bossy on certain instances.
* MsFanservice: Especially in the original Japanese version. She has her midsection exposed and some of the poses she does when she activates her dinosaur cards are very suggestive.
* RoseHairedSweetie: Though she can be bossy and tough, Zoe is ultimately a good person that genuinely cares for her friends.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She likes hobbies usually liked by males such as paleontology or football, but on occasions she has shown feminine behavior such as dressing Paris in cute clothing or fawning over boys.
* SignatureMon: She’s associated with the Parasaurolophus (either Paris or the normal playable Parasaurolophus) in both the arcade and the anime.
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[[folder:Paris (Parapara)]]
-> Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paris.PNG]]
A Parasaurolophus and Zoe's dinosaur partner through the story. Loves to sing and dance like her master.
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* CharacterTic: She likes to sing at all times (independently if it sounds good or not), a reference to the sounds the real Parasaurolophus made with its crest.
* CuteButCacophonic: Her singing usually can get annoying if she’s left unchecked.
* GentleGiant: She’s the biggest dinosaur of the D-Team, but she’s generally sweet and peaceful (though still a competent fighter).
* GiantEqualsInvincible: The Seismosaurus she summons with the Big Foot Assault move card is simply too big to be threatened by other dinosaurs, and usually can defeat them by simply whipping them with its tail. The only dinosaur shown to match it is an equally huge Supersaurus.
* GreenThumb: As an ornithopod, she fights using grass moves, usually as support as opposed to offensive attacks.
* MakeMeWannaShout: She can use her powerful voice to generate sound waves able to stun enemies, another reference (albeit a very exaggerated one) to real hadrosaur noises.
* StoryBreakerPower: The Big Foot Assault move card she uses is basically an autowin, as the Seismosaurus is so big and powerful it defeats every dinosaur it fights against. For that, it is only used thrice through the series, as otherwise the D-Team would have won all the battles easily.
* SummonBiggerFish: Her Big Foot Assault move card allows her to summon a humongous Seismosaurus that is so big no dinosaur can even scratch it.
* WhiteMagicianGirl: Paris’s move cards usually center in healing allies or debuffing enemies, contrasting the more offensive movesets of Chomp and Ace. The times she performs an offensive attack, it usually is by summoning other dinosaurs/pterosaurs.
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[[folder:Spike Taylor (Kenryu Kodai)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/NaoyaUchida (Japanese), Creator/DavidWills (English), Iñaki Alonso (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_taylor_8.jpg]]
Father of Max. A famous yet childish paleontologist with an excitable personality that loves dinosaurs.
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* AdventurerArchaeologist: Or Adventurer Paleontologist in this case. Dr. Taylor is clearly based in Indiana Jones and his clothes and looks clearly evoke this trope.
* AnimeHair: The times he doesn’t wears his hat, it is shown he has the same spiky hairstyle as Max.
* DemotedToExtra: In the DS game, he’s barely relevant in the story of the game, and his main contribution to it is to supply the player with Mystery Fossils in his Dinoman persona if they find enough dinosaurs.
* DishingOutDirt: Though he never owns a dinosaur properly in the anime, in the arcade game he’s usually associated with the Earth element.
* {{Expy}}: As a variant of an AdventurerArchaeologist, wearing a hat and using a whip, Dr. Taylor seems to be based in Indiana Jones.
* HappilyMarried: He’s very much in love with his wife Aki, and their relationship still goes strong after years of marriage.
* {{Manchild}}: Very energetic and excitable for his age, especially if something is related to dinosaurs, to the embarrassment of Max. He can still be serious when the situation is needed, however.
* ManlyFacialHair: He sports a rather impressive beard that serves to enhance his looks as a paleontologist that usually works on field instead of expending time in the laboratory.
* OutOfFocus: As a result of being kidnapped by the Spectral Space Pirates in the second season, his role gets severely diminished as a result.
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[[folder:Reese Drake (Riasu Tatsuno)]]
-> Voiced by: Eri Komiyama (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis (English), Silvia Evora (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reese.PNG]]
Zoe's responsible and taciturn older sister, who also acts as Dr. Taylor’s assistant and the unofficial head of the D-Lab. She’s also the one who created the Dino Holders.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Compared to her stern and no-nonsense anime self, her DS version usually smiles gently and is a lot more openly nice.
* AscendedExtra: Not that she was a minor character, but the DS game upgrades her to the BigGood of the story, while in the anime she acts as the NumberTwo of Dr. Taylor, the closest thing to a BigGood in the first season of the anime.
* BigGood: In the DS game, she provides the player and their partner with everything they need for their quest (including upgrading their [=DinoShots=]) and in general acts as the primary commanding figure of the D-Team.
* EmotionlessGirl: In the anime, she rarely expresses her feelings beyond mild annoyance at Dr. Taylor’s antics. She’s more emotional in the arcade and the DS game, however.
* GreenThumb: She doesn’t use any dinosaurs either in the anime or the DS game, but in the arcade she’s associated with the Grass element like her sister.
* MoralityPet: Is this to Zander. He’s willing to go against the Alpha Gang and Dr. Z (that for all purposes is his adoptive father) just for her sake.
* OutOfFocus: In the second season she stays in the present while the D-Team and the Alpha Gang go to the past to retrieve the Cosmos Stones, so she appears less frequently.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: As a genius able to create most of the technology of the D-Lab, she’s shown wearing glasses.
* StoicSpectacles: A female version. While Reese wears glasses and is attractive, she comes across as a cool beauty rather than your average BespectacledCutie.
* WhenSheSmiles: She’s normally serious and stoic, but can smile sweetly in certain instances.
[[/folder]]
!! Alpha Gang (Team ACT)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alphagang.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250: From left to right: Ursula, Terry, Dr. Z, Ed, Spiny,Zander, Rod, Tank, Laura, Seth]]
The antagonists of the first season. A mysterious organization led by Dr. Z that wants to retrieve their dinosaur cards, which were dropped around the world. They use robots and strange machinery for their purposes. It is eventually revealed that they brainwash the dinosaurs they capture, making them fight for their cause, which makes the D-Team more determined to recover the dinosaur cards themselves.
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[[folder: In General]]
* AdaptationalBadass: In the DS game, tough they still retain some quirks, each one of them is a serious threat for the world, including the more incompetent members like Dr. Z and the Alpha Trio.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike in the anime, the Alpha Gang members remain as villains in the DS game and never turn over a new leaf.
* ButtMonkey: The Alpha Trio and Dr. Z are often subjected to multiple abuse (physical or not) and disrespect through the series, sometimes due to their own incompetence, sometimes cause their luck just suck.
* EvilIsPetty: In the DS game, after completing the main story they attack Zoe and steal her personal things to spite the D-Team for thwarting
* HazyFeelTurn: Despite allying themselves with the D-Team to stop Seth at the end of the first season, Dr. Z and the Alpha Trio still want to fulfill their goal of being rulers of the dinosaurs and in the second season, during some instances they end up betraying Max and his friends and fighting against them again. It is however PlayedForLaughs, as their bad luck and the new threat of the Spectral Space Pirates really impedes their betrayal from succeeding.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The Alpha Trio (and Dr. Z for that matter) is so incompetent it gives Team Rocket a run out for their money. They, however, sometimes DO have success and there are episodes where they end stoling the dinosaur of the week from the D-Team.
* LaughablyEvil: With the exception of Seth, the remaining members are incompetently comedic and tend to be more amusing than evil.
* MechaMook: They use a bunch of robots known as Alpha Droids as their main mooks, usually for heavy tasks or restraining dinosaurs. The Alpha Droids depending on their function feature a different design each one.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Other than the Alpha Droids, the dinosaurs they use and Helga the maid (which later is also revealed to be another android), the actual organization is composed of 7 members. It is even smaller in the arcade and the DS game, where Helga (being an anime only creation) doesn’t appear.
* PerpetualFrowner: Unlike the dinosaurs of the D-team, the Alpha Gang’s main dinosaurs are less emotional and their expression is set in a perpetual scowl.
* TeamRocketWins: The Alpha Gang sometimes beat the dinosaur of the episode and take their cards from Max and his friends. Unfortunately, in most instances their own incompetence ends with them losing their cards sooner or later.
* TerribleTrio: Ursula, Zander and Ed form one in similar lines to the Dorombo Gang and Team Rocket, being a trio composed of an assertive, temperamental female and two males (one lanky and another round) with a more submissive personality.
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[[folder:Dr. Z (Dr. Sonoida)]]
-> Voiced by: Tetsuo Goto (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English), Creator/JaimeRoca (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_z.jpg]]
The main antagonist of the first series and leader of the Alpha Gang. A mad scientist that wants to recover the dinosaur cards scattered through the world in order to become the king of the dinosaurs.
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the DS game he’s never betrayed by Seth and remains as the main threat of the game, and much of his silly quirks from the anime are replaced with a more serious personality.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the anime he remains as a NonActionBigBad that rarely uses dinosaurs and leaves most of the heavy work to his subordinates. In the arcade game, however, he does have dinosaurs he uses to fight the player.
* AntagonistTitle: Both the Japanese (roughly translated as “Ancient King of the Dinosaurs”) and English titles of the franchise refer to Dr. Z’s desire to obtain all the dinosaur cards and name himself the king of the dinosaurs.
* BigBad: As the leader of the Alpha Gang, he’s the main antagonist of the first season, as well as the DS game. He loses this position to Seth and later Spectre later in the anime, in which he pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
* BigBadWannabe: Despite being the main villain of season 1, his short temper, incompetence and bad luck makes him look like an utter fool. It culminates with Seth betraying him at the end of the season.
* BaldOfEvil: He’s practically bald except for a few locks of hair that sprout out of his head. It serves to show he’s both evil and old.
* BeardOfEvil: His spiky white beard serves to show him as a villainous character.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves the modified dinosaurs he raised, even if they loathe him. He also really loves his grandsons and even the Alpha Trio (that he adopted along with the parents of Rod and Laura), even if he treats them like dirt most of the time.
* EvilOldFolks: A shriveled, nasty old man who betrayed Rex’s parents and wants the dinosaur cards for selfish reasons.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Almost always seen wearing a white lab coat, showing him as a scientist (a mad one at that).
* MadScientist: As much of a wimp Dr. Z is, there’s no denying he’s a true genius. He can turn dinosaurs into stronger Alpha variants (like he did with the Acrocanthosaurus in the anime) and he’s the one who invented the Secret attribute, the only one rivaling his intellect being Seth. Unfortunately, he tends to use his mind for selfish and evil purposes.
* NonActionBigBad: He doesn’t has a dinos
* PetTheDog: He adopted the parents of Rod and Laura, as well as the Alpha Trio from an orphanage for completely selfless motives, and is shown he really cares for them despite how short-tempered he can be.
* PlayingWithFire: In the arcade and DS game, he’s commonly associated with fire dinosaurs. In the DS game, all of his dinosaurs (except the Eoraptor he uses against the player in the post -game rematch) are from the fire attribute, including a Tyrannosaurus.a Mapusaurus and two Saurophaganax.
* PsychopathicManchild: PlayedForLaughs. Dr. Z is a nasty, evil old man with an obsession with dinosaurs (especially being their king) and self-entitlement that wouldn’t be strange from a child.
* SignatureMon: All versions of him are heavily associated with the [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex]], referencing his ambition to become the dinosaur king. Ironically, in the first episode of the anime, he gets mad at Ed because in his virtual recreation of his kingdom of dinosaurs he only used Tyrannosaurus, instead of other dinosaur species, claiming he wants to be the king of all dinosaurs, not just T. rexes.
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[[folder:Ursula (Usarapa)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese), Creator/RachaelLillis (English), Yolanda Quesada (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ursula_2.jpg]]
The unofficial leader of the Alpha Trio. A very vain woman very sensitive about her age, to the point calling her old is a VERY easy way to release her wrath.
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* AttentionWhore: In the DS game, she craves for male attention, to the point ignoring her leads to her threatening the player.
* BeautyIsBad: While she tends to fail to seduce others in the anime despite being a good looking woman (with the exception of Dr. Owen), in the DS she uses her beautiful appearance to mind control the male workers from the Dustberg.
* BerserkButton: Being called an old lady drives her incredibly livid. It goes to a point that she can hear someone calling her an old lady even if the perpetrators are kilometers from her, or even if they aren’t referring to her!
* ChristmasCake: She’s beyond her twenties, and mentioning her age is a very sore point to her. Calling her old is a certified way to make her explode into an endless rage.
* ElementalHair: She has green hair like the grass dinosaurus she uses.
* GreenThumb: She specializes in grass dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Maiasaura, a Tsintaosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Ouranosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Iguanodon.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She’s usually self-centered and selfish, but has a good side underneath.
** Played straight in the DS game, when she gets furious if you reject her offer to join the Alpha Gang and claims that you shouldn’t waste your time saving the dinosaurs and should love her instead.
* ProudBeauty: Both in the anime and the DS game she shows pride in her appearance, with her BerserkButton being called old and unattractive. In the DS game, the brainwashed workers from Dustberg even call her “Ursula the beautiful”.
* NoblewomansLaugh: In the DS game, she laughs like this when things go her way, with the usual pose that goes with the laugh too.
* SignatureMon: In the anime she frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Ouranosaurus and the Super Alpha Iguanodon, however.
* TheVamp: In the DS game, she abducts and hypnotizes the male workers from the North American zone so they all worship her unconditionally, making them abandon their wives. She even goes her way to add children like the player and Max/Rex to her fanclub.
* WeCanRuleTogether: When Max and Rex confront her in the DS game, she offers them to become her slaves and join the Alpha Gang. You can even say “Yes” to her offer if you desire, but in that case, the character you don’t play will intercede and claim you won’t join her.
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[[folder:Zander]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi (Japanese), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English), Miguel Campos (European Spanish)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zander_3.jpg]]
A member of the Alpha Trio. Often comes with plans that tend to go very wrong. Has a crush on Zoe’s sister Reese.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: His anime counterpart is a moron and a ButtMonkey. His Ds version, however, is shown to be much smarter and well versed in chemistry.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the DS game, he’s more nefarious and cruel than his anime counterpart, at some point even stating he’s creating a chemical so strong the people from the Gobi Village will never wake up from it.
* EvilLaugh: Loves to cackle maliciously in the DS game.
* HeroKiller: Downplayed in that he never kills any of the main characters, but in the DS game, he knocks Max/Rex with his new sleeping sickness to test its power, leaving the Player to deal with him alone.
* HiddenDepths: He turns out to be a decent singer when he performs his love song to Reese.
* LeanAndMean: Downplayed in the anime, where he works for an evil organization, but his incompetence and generally good disposition make him one of the least evil members of the organization. Played straight in the DS game, however, where he’s portrayed as an evil, arrogant chemist with a slender physique.
* MadScientist: He’s skillful enough to create a sleeping slickness strong enough to make almost the entire Gobi Village fall asleep.
* ManiacTongue: Has a habit to stick his tongue to mock his enemies in the DS game.
* PlayingWithFire: He specializes in fire dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Torvosaurus, an Acrocanthosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Gorgosaurus, a Carcharodontosaurus, a Daspletosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Acrocanthosaurus.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Gorgosaurus and the Super Alpha Acrocanthosaurus, however.
* SmugSmiler: In the DS game, he’s always sporting a shit eating grin anytime things go well for him.
* SunglassesAtNight: No matter the situation, he always carries his sunglasses with himself, to the point we never get to see how his eyes look in truth.
* ThisCannotBe: Once you defeat him in Asia, he dumbfoundedly wonders how his perfect plan could have failed like that.
* VillainousCrush: He falls in love with Reese after she along with Dr. Owen and Patrick rescue him in a Mexican desert. He maintains his crush till the end of the series, where he’s forced to return to the future.
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[[folder:Ed]]
-> Voiced by: Junichi Endou (Japanese) Creator/DarrenDunstan (English), Iñaki Alonso (European Spanish)
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The last member of the Alpha Trio. A rotund, shy young man that tends to jinx his team.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: While he’s good with machines in the anime, in the DS game he becomes a master hacker and is generally more confident and smart than his anime version.
* DishingOutDirt: He specializes in earth dinosaurs in the DS game, using an Edmontonia, a(n) (Alpha) Wuerhosaurus and a (Super Alpha) Kentrosaurus.
* FatBastard: Downplayed in the anime, where he works for an evil organization, but his incompetence and generally good disposition make him one of the least evil members of the organization. Played straight in the DS game, however, where he’s portrayed as a smug and obnoxious evil hacker with a portly physique.
* HiddenDepths: He’s shown to be technology savvy, as in the first episode he makes a virtual recreation of Dr. Z’s dinosaur kingdom.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Wuerhosaurus and the Alpha Kentrosaurus, however.
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[[folder:Laura (Roa)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 01-62), Yuka Nakatsukasa (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/RachaelLillis (English)
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A member of the Alpha Gang and granddaughter of Dr. Z. Usually mischievous, but has a good heart. She’s not normally sent to missions, but proves to be more competent than the Alpha Trio when she does.
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* BerserkButton: In the DS game, calling her a little girl prompts her to cry, to disastrous effect.
* BerserkerTears: In the DS game, her tears actually invigorate her enough to send people flying away with her tantrum.
* BlowYouAway: She specializes in wind dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Ceratosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Dilophosaurus, a Utahraptor and a (Super Alpha) Allosaurus.
* DaddysLittleVillain: In the DS game, she’s this to Dr. Z, who spoils her a lot and cannot ignore a petition from her when she starts to cry.
* MakeMeWannaShout: The scream from her tantrums in the DS game is so powerful it sends Max/Rex flying away just before the player confronts her.
* OcularGushers: Very frequently in the DS game when she’s upset.
* SignatureMon: In the anime she frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so she doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives her both the Alpha Dilophosaurus and the Super Alpha Allosaurus, however.
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[[folder:Rod (Roto)]]
-> Voiced by: Yuriko Fuchizaki (Japanese), Zoe Martin (English), Silvia Evora (European Spanish)
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A member of the Alpha Gang and grandson of Dr. Z. He can come as arrogant, but has a good heart. He’s not normally sent to missions, but proves to be more competent than the Alpha Trio when he does.
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* AvengingTheVillain: After you defeat the Alpha Gang in Europe in the DS game, he decides to go to Asia to avenge the defeat of her sister at the hands of the player.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He’s very protective of Laura and messing with her is a sure way to anger him. He exclusively comes to Asia in the DS game to make the player pay for making her cry in his battle with her in Europe.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In the DS game, after you defeat him the first time in the Darkwood forest, he tells Max and Rex that Zander is the culprit of the sleeping sickness affecting the inhabitants of the Gobi village, arguing that, though he’s not betraying the Alpha Gang, he dislikes Zander’s methods and that’s why he tells the main characters that information.
* EvilCounterpart: Can be seen as one to Max, especially in the DS game. Both are kids around the same age with a very impulsive personality who specialize in lightning dinosaurus.
* HotBlooded: In the DS game, he’s shown to be as competitive and impulsive as Max.
* MotorMouth: He’s fond of giving lengthy speeches in the DS game. Even Max lampshades this after he defeats him for the first time.
* SignatureMon: In the anime he frequently switches between the main dinosaurs of the Alpha Gang, so he doesn’t have any assigned one. The game gives him both the Alpha and the Super Alpha, however.
*ShockAndAwe: He specializes in lightning dinosaurs in the DS game, using a Chasmosaurus, Torosaurus, a(n) (Alpha) Einiosaurus and a (Super Alpha).
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Ángel Moron (European Spanish)
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Dr. Z’s second in command. A stoic, serious scientist unfazed by nothing and expert in modifying dinosaur cards. Despite his calm exterior, his intentions are in truth way more sinister than expected…
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* TheAce: Of the Alpha Gang as a whole, both in the anime and the DS game, being the most competent and effective of its members. In the DS game, Ursula even refers to him as a powerhouse.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: All the damn time. If he serves anyone, he will surely betray them at some point in order to complete his ambition. He did it to Dr. Ancient and Dr. Cretacia, later to the Alpha Gang, and ultimately to the Spectral Space Pirates. It goes to a point where Dr. Z complains in the climax of the second season why do they keep trusting Seth when it’s obvious he’s gonna betray them sooner or later.
* TheDragon: Acts as the second in command of both Dr. Z and later Spectre, being also the strongest member of the Alpha Gang.
* DragonInChief: Compared to his boss Dr. Z, Seth comes off as more professional and threatening.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: At the end of the first season, his endgame is revealed to be creating mutant dinosaurs so the Earth can be ruled by them again.
* AnIcePerson: In the second season his SignatureMon is a Cryolophosaurus, a secret dinosaur with the ability to use ice attacks. It remains as the only dinosaur of the franchise able to achieve such a feat.
* KnightOfCerebus: Anytime he has an active role in an episode expect things to get much more serious. The darkest parts of the show have involved him in some way or another.
* MadScientist: Almost as good, or even better, than Dr. Z. Seth’s skills to create altered dinosaurs and move cards is impeccable, with his magnum opus being the Black Tyrannosaurus, a sauropod-sized T. rex with a huge amount of power. In the second season he also engineers the special dinosaurs the Spectral Space Pirates in the last two arcs of the series.
* MakingASplash: He specializes in water dinosaurs in the DS game, using two Spinosaurus, (an) Alpha Suchomimus, a Baryonyx and (a) Super Alpha Irritator.
* MaskOfSanity: While he appears at first as an impeccable and serious man, as the series advances and his cover is blown it is clear that Seth is in truth a deranged individual that only cares about his goals and will sacrifice anyone if that means he can fulfill them. All his cool goes away when his Black Tyrannosaurus is created, LaughingMad at the sight of the destruction caused by the beast. Though he returns to his calm and collected persona in season 2, by that time he only usually hides his nasty side when it's convenient for him.
* MysteriousPast: Though the past of the rest of the Alpha Gang members is revealed in more or less detail, Seth’s background is a total enigma except for the part that he once worked for Dr. Ancient and later betrayed him. As such the origin from aspects of his personality such as his obsession with dinosaurs ruling the Earth again remain uncovered.
* PlayingWithFire: He favors fire dinosaurs in the first season of the anime, like the Saurophaganax and the Black Tyrannosaurus.
* PrettyBoy: Compared to his male teammates (in both the Alpha Gang and the Spectral Space Pirates), Seth possesses a more youthful and attractive face.
* PsychopathicManchild: A darker version than Dr. Z. Seth shows an almost child-like interest in dinosaurs and wants for them to rule the world again without taking a care of how that may affect the people. Overall his interest
* TheStarscream: He betrays Dr. Z in the last episodes of the first season to use the technology of the Alpha Gang’s Zeta Point to create his Black T. rex and begin his plan of creating mutated dinosaurs to rule the world. In the second season, he also ends up betraying the Spectral Space Pirates to get the Cosmos Stones for himself and his goals, though unfortunately for him, Spectre and his forces end up being more competent than Dr. Z.
* TokenHuman: After being rescued by them, he becomes the only human among the Spectral Space Pirates.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: While Dinosaur King is a lighthearted anime and the Alpha Gang are mostly LaughablyEvil, Seth certainly is not, and unlike the other members, he never gets PlayedForLaughs at all, with most of his scenes being noticeably grimmer than the usual. It tells something when the Spectral Space Pirates (who are more evil than the Alpha Gang were) still have some quirks and comedic moments, while Seth remains serious to the very end.
* WalkingSpoiler:
** It’s difficult to talk about him without mentioning his betrayal to the Alpha Gang and his involvement in creating the Black Tyrannosaurus.
** Considering his fate of falling into a dimensional vortex in the climax of season 1, his reappearance as one of the Spectral Space Pirates in the second season comes as a huge reveal.
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!! Spectral Space Pirates (Zanjark)
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[[caption-width-right:250: From left to right: Seth, Spectre, Shear, Gabbro, Foolscap]]
The antagonists of the second season. A quartet of winged humanoid aliens that were freed from the time-space vortex where they were trapped (as a result of the meteorite that killed the dinosaurs) after the end of the first season, kidnapping the parents of Max, Zoe and Rex to force them to help in their goals. They are searching seven mysterious stones known as "Cosmos Stones", that will grant them domination over space and time. They possess many dinosaurs in their arsenal, which they use to fight against the D-Team and the Alpha Gang through the second anime.
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[[folder: In General]]
* AliensAreBastards: A group of humanoid extraterrestrials that want to conquer space and time with the power of the Cosmos Stones.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Among other characteristics, to show they aren’t humans, they have non-human skin color. Spectre is green, Gabbro red and Foolscap blue, while Shear’s skin is unnaturally white.
* AndIMustScream: At the end of the second season, they all survive the collision between the Dark Pterosaur and the combination of the Backlander fused with the Pterosaur’s power, but end confined to a pod of their ship, forever condemned to spend the eternity drifting through the space, and, worse of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking listening to Spectre’s singing]].
* ChromaticArrangement: Gabbro, Foolscap and Shear each one is associated with one of the primary colors; Gabbro with red (red skin, hair and wings), Foolscap with blue (blue hair and wings) and Shear with yellow (yellow bow and wings). This is not random, as each represents one of the colors of the Rock-Paper-Scissors signs that the ‘’Dinosaur King’’ arcade uses (Gabbro-Rock-Red, Foolscap-Paper-Blue, Shear-Scissors-Yellow). Additionally, each one of their signature dinosaurs belongs to the sign they symbolize (Gigas-Rock, Armatus-Paper, Maximus-Yellow).
* TheHeavy: While Spectre is the BigBad and leader of the group, he spends most time in the ship, with his three subordinates being the ones who go after the Cosmos Stones.
* MysteriousPast: Nothing about the past of the gang is elaborated beyond the fact that before they were trapped in a time-spatial vortex for reasons unknown.
* OddlySmallOrganization: Even worse than the Alpha Gang, as, not counting Seth, the entire group is composed of only 4 members, plus the Gel Jarks they employ as mooks.
* PointyEars: They all have long, elf-like ears, to convey the feeling that they aren’t humans.
* SpacePirates: They’re a group of alien pirates with their own spaceship. They are even after a “treasure”, the Cosmos Stones in this case.
* StockDinosaurs: Everyone of their main dinosaurs (except Seth’s Cryolophosaurus) are very famous and recognizable dinosaurs, including a Tyrannosaurus, a Stegosaurus, a Triceratops and an Apatosaurus/Brontosaurus (tough later it would be known that Brontosaurus is indeed its own species).
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Despite being on the same team, Gabbro, Foolscap and Shear don’t get along well and often bicker and even trample each other to get the credit of retrieving the Cosmos Stone.
* TerribleTrio: Downplayed. While, outside BigBad Spectre, the Spectral Space Pirates have three prominent members and their constitution fits the spirit of the trope, they for the most part act independently of each other and usually only group together at the end of each arc.
* VilerNewVillain: Unlike the Alpha Gang, the Spectral Pirates are less sympathetic, lacking many of the redeeming qualities of the Alpha Gang and being generally more malevolent than them.
* WingedHumanoid: They all possess a pair of bat-like wings that allows them to cover longer distances and monitor their dinosaurs more easily. It’s not made clear if they are natural or artificial.
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[[folder:Spectre (Jark)]]
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-> Voiced by: Creator/KatsuhisaHouki (Japanese), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (English, first episodes), Creator/SeanSchemmel (English, rest of the series)
The main antagonist of the second series. A ruthless space pirate who ambitions the conquest of the Cosmos Stones to become the ruler of everything. Despite his intimidating design, he’s a sensible soul and likes to sing (though he’s not very good at it).
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* AmbiguouslyGay: He seems to have a crush on Seth, but also has a grandson in the arcade game, implying he may have married someone in the past.
* BeardOfEvil: Like Dr. Z he sports a spiky white beard, though his is much more impressive and intimidating, showing him as a bigger threat than the doctor ever was.
* BigBad: The main antagonist of the second season. His actions of both kidnapping the parents of Max, Rex and Zoe and his search of the Cosmos Stones for nefarious purposes is what drives the plot of the second series. And, unlike Dr. Z, despite being betrayed by Seth he remains the main villain till the end.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Unlike the other members of his race, his sclera is completely black. Combined with his general appearance, it makes him look intimidating.
* OrcusInHisThrone: He spends most of the second season inside the Spectral ship while his three henchmen do the dirty job of retrieving the Cosmos Stones. It isn’t until the last arc of the season where he personally appears to confront the D-Team and the Alpha Gang to obtain the last Stone.
* SissyVillain: Despite his intimidating appearance, Spectre is actually very feminine and sensitive, showing girly characteristics and behavior. In the arcade game he even BitesTheHandkerchief when you defeat him.
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[[folder:Gabbro (Gunenco)]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/YasuhiroMamiya (Japanese), Creator/DavidWills (English)
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The first of the Space Pirates to appear. A red, hulking brute employing more brawn than brain.
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* TheBrute: The hulking musclehead of the trio, to the point he’s strong enough to deal with dinosaurs by himself to an extent. He’s even associated with the Rock sign in the Rock-Paper-Scissors dynamic he has with Foolscap and Shear.
* DumbMuscle: He’s all muscle and no brain, so he tends to rely on brute strength rather than strategies. This makes him the only of the Spectral Space Pirates that never retrieves one of the Cosmos Stones.
* MadeOfIron: In the Ancient Persia arc, he ends up trapped in a cave-in after Genie throws him towards a stalagmite that causes the cave to collapse. He escapes from the crumbled rocks unharmed, attributing it to his tough head.
* PowerFist: His main weapon is a pair of gauntlets that give him SuperStrength. They also lose
* RedIsViolent: As a result of his dim-witted persona, Gabbro tends to be short-tempered and impatient, often resorting to violence. He is fittingly depicted as a red-skinned alien, as well as associated with the color red in general.
* StarterVillain: His Torvosaurus is the first antagonistic dinosaur to be dealt with at the start of the second season.
* SuperStrength: His gauntlets give him a considerable amount of strength, to the point he can crush small buildings with a single punch.
* WakeUpCallBoss: His Torvosaurus (equipped with an Spectral Armor) proves to be tougher than dinosaurs fought previously. This forces the main characters to upgrade their dinosaurs with Elemental Armors and new move cards later in the series.
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[[folder:Foolscap (Zapper)]]
-> Voiced by: Setsuji Sato (Japanese), Creator/MarcThompson (English), Creator/JaimeRoca (European Spanish)
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The second of the Space Pirates to appear. A lanky blue alien with a high concept of himself.
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* ButtMonkey: Often the victim to physical abuse among the trio, sometimes by his own teammates no less.
* LeanAndMean: He’s as lanky and lithe as he’s evil. This comes at the risk of him being very fragile, as a minor wound is enough to make him go search for some bandages.
* SinisterSchnoz: He possesses a long, pointy nose that shows he’s up to no good.
* SmugSnake: Often talks big and disrespect his enemies, only to end humiliated instead. In his defense, at least he managed to obtain one of the Cosmos Stones, unlike Gabbro.
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[[folder:Shear]]
-> Voiced by: Creator/AsukaTanii (Japanese, episodes 53-62), Saori Yumiba (Japanese, episodes 63-79), Creator/EricaSchroeder (English), Julia Martinez (European Spanish)
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The third and last of the Space Pirates to appear, also the only female of the group. Very beautiful but with a wicked heart. She’s the most competent of the trio.
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* BattleBoomerang: Her main weapon is a sharp-edged crescent boomerang she uses both for offense and retrieve objects.
* DarkActionGirl: Unlike other villains from the anime, she actually gets involved in a fight against Foolscap in the 64th episode after believing to be a kunoichi following the loss of her memories.
* EasyAmnesia: In the Ancient Japan arc, she loses her memories after being slammed by a tree by her own Gojirasaurus (thrown by Ace) and is taken by a kunoichi quartet serving Shingen Takeda. They make her believe she’s one of them and joins them, fighting against her former allies and the D-Team through the arc. She recovers her memories after a similar process (involving one of her Deinonychus) and returns to the Space Pirates with the White Cosmos Stones.
* EvilIsPetty: In the Ancient China arc she summons her Mapusaurus at a group of woodcutters just because they disturbed her sleep (they didn’t even know she was sleeping on a tree).
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: She’s a very pretty woman, but is also cruel and ruthless.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: She’s the only girl on the Space Spectral Pirates and the most competent of the trio, taking a total of 3 out of the 7 Cosmos Stones.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member among the Spectral Pirates.
* VillainDecay: Starts as the more effective of the Spectral Space Pirates, retrieving 3 of the Cosmos Stones (the first two all by herself). However, starting with the Ancient Persia arc she becomes as incompetent as Gabbro and Foolscap and fails to capture any of the remaining Cosmos Stones.
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[[folder:Seth (Nopis)]]
A former member of the Alpha Gang, joins the Space Pirates after being defeated at the end of the first season. For more information, see his entries in the ''Alpha Gang'' folder.
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