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* SycophanticServant: Michelle Glados and Carolyne Provencal. Walter Breen [[spoiler:mistakenly]] believed Wallace Bishop to be a Sycophantic Servant.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dust gave one to Lutsky while he was being interrogated in true HannibalLecture style, and later to the agents at the temple of Hotep III.

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Dust gave one to Lutsky while he was being interrogated in true HannibalLecture style, and later to the agents at the temple of Hotep III.


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** Rex delivered one to Michelle Glados during the FinalBattle.
** Later in the FinalBattle, Katerina Schattenberg delivered one to Dr. Rex himself.

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** Aside from his love for large weapons, Heavy loves SatiatingSandwiches.

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** Aside from his love for large weapons, Heavy loves SatiatingSandwiches.{{Satiating Sandwich}}es.



* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: ALL of Dust's flashbacks.

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* TruthSerums: XERRD's Veritaserum, named after the potion from ''Franchise/HarryPotter'', shuts down the neurological pathways necessary for lying.

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* Schemer: Dust.

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* Schemer: Dust.{{Schemer}}: Dust.
* SchmuckBait: The secret black operations Antarctica mission was explicitly said to be a secret mission because, if word ever got out that [[UnsafeHaven Mutant Dinos were invading Antarctica]] (not to mention that Shadow and Viper agreed to this mission behind Digger's back), the consequences would be dire. Unfortunately, Atton Rand was WrongGenreSavvy and believed that [=PeabodySam=] [[ReversePsychology wanted players to spread word about the mission]], and so with the help of newly-created [=NPCs=] Cam O'Cozy and French Fries, he let Zenna spread the news that there were Mutant Dinos in Antarctica and realists were going behind the backs of idealists. [[YouHaveBeenWarned Needless to say, dire consequences followed]].
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** Finally, during the FinalBattle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the SecondActBreakUp and ThirdActMisunderstanding - have a WartimeWedding, neatly wrapping up their RomanticArc.

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** Finally, during the FinalBattle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the SecondActBreakUp and ThirdActMisunderstanding - have a WartimeWedding, neatly wrapping up their RomanticArc.RomanceArc.

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* TheyDo: Finally, during the FinalBattle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the SecondActBreakUp and ThirdActMisunderstanding - have a WartimeWedding, neatly wrapping up their RomanticArc.

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* TheyDo: TheyDo:
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Finally, during the FinalBattle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the SecondActBreakUp and ThirdActMisunderstanding - have a WartimeWedding, neatly wrapping up their RomanticArc.RomanticArc.
** After much WillTheyOrWontThey, Hertz and Naomi Carver finally get together.
** It's also heavily implied that Peter Abody and Shannon Grimton also get together after the events of the war.



* TragicVillain: General Evil, at least in his early days. He joined his brother's side because he literally felt like his life had no purpose.

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General Evil, at least in his early days. He joined his brother's side because he literally felt like his life had no purpose.



* TriggerHappy: Heavy, Gunner, Rotor, Clint Wayne, Carl Lutsky, Tracer, and Lance Williams.

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Heavy, Gunner, Rotor, Clint Wayne, Carl Lutsky, Tracer, and Lance Williams.



* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Pterisa, Velosis, and Tyrannus. Of course, in the ensuing rebellion, only Pterisa survived.

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Pterisa, Velosis, and Tyrannus. Of course, in the ensuing rebellion, only Pterisa survived.



* TheUnreveal: This somehow kept happening with TheMole. First Clint, Angel Eyes, and Maria find the name but refuse to divulge it, then multiple people are killed without any description of the attacker. Now Crusher found a tape that recorded Medic's last moments, except it's an audio recording, and since the mole never spoke we still don't know who it is. If only Medic had instead set up a video camera to record his autopsy...

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* TheUnreveal: TheUnreveal:
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This somehow kept happening with TheMole. First Clint, Angel Eyes, and Maria find the name but refuse to divulge it, then multiple people are killed without any description of the attacker. Now Crusher found a tape that recorded Medic's last moments, except it's an audio recording, and since the mole never spoke we still don't know who it is. If only Medic had instead set up a video camera to record his autopsy...



* UnsafeHaven: Antarctica, the one place on the planet where no Mutant Dino can go... that is, until the Mutant Dinos started adapting to arctic climates. Don't get me started on the riots, either.

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Antarctica, the one place on the planet where no Mutant Dino can go... that is, until the Mutant Dinos started adapting to arctic climates. Don't get me started on the riots, either.



* UnstoppableRage: Frozeen whenever he goes into HeroicSafeMode.

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Frozeen whenever he goes into HeroicSafeMode.



* UnwittingPawn: Dust used the Dino Attack Team's manpower and resources to get him to the temple of Hotep III. He they planed to throw them away like the "broken toys that they are".

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Dust used the Dino Attack Team's manpower and resources to get him to the temple of Hotep III. He they planed to throw them away like the "broken toys that they are".



* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Justification of some of the more extreme realists of the team such as Shadow, who are willing to do anything to end the Dino Attack.

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Justification of some of the more extreme realists of the team such as Shadow, who are willing to do anything to end the Dino Attack.



* VillainousBreakdown: Dr. Rex. He's gone from a gentlemen-like scientist with misguided goals to a maddened monster who destroys everything in his path.

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Dr. Rex.Rex, [[SanitySlippage over the course of the RPG]]. He's gone from a gentlemen-like scientist with misguided goals to a maddened monster who destroys everything in his path.



* WarIsHell: that guy from that show, [=PeabodySam=], Atton Rand, and Brikman [=McStudz=] have been known to use graphic descriptions of the battles and have all conveyed pretty clearly that war is not fun or glorious. Scenes set in the medical bay for example tend to show the stress and incredible amount of death and suffering that the staff have to deal with.

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that guy from that show, [=PeabodySam=], Atton Rand, and Brikman [=McStudz=] have been known to use graphic descriptions of the battles and have all conveyed pretty clearly that war is not fun or glorious. Scenes set in the medical bay for example tend to show the stress and incredible amount of death and suffering that the staff have to deal with.



* WartimeWedding: Rex and Amanda's ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean At World's End]]''-inspired wedding during the final battle.

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Rex and Amanda's ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean At World's End]]''-inspired wedding during the final battle.



* WeCanRebuildHim: General, Frozeen, the Frickster, Fullmetal, and Dr. Cyborg.

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General, Frozeen, the Frickster, Fullmetal, and Dr. Cyborg.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: XERRD scientists believe that, by creating the Mutant Dinosaurs and bringing about the apocalypse, they are simply helping destiny in its course.

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XERRD scientists believe that, by creating the Mutant Dinosaurs and bringing about the apocalypse, they are simply helping destiny in its course.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Often happens as a result of a character being OutOfFocus.

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Often happens as a result of a character being OutOfFocus.



* WhatIf: ''L.E.G.O.'' and ''December 21, 2010'' are two WhatIf alternate endings to Dino Attack RPG; specifically, "What if Dino Attack Team failed to contain the Antarctica riots?" and "What if Dino Attack Team failed during the Adventurers' Island mission?"

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''L.E.G.O.'' and ''December 21, 2010'' are two WhatIf alternate endings to Dino Attack RPG; specifically, "What if Dino Attack Team failed to contain the Antarctica riots?" and "What if Dino Attack Team failed during the Adventurers' Island mission?"



* WhatTheHellHero: Rotor has George arrested for disobeying orders. Technically, while he may have had good reasoning for doing so as he had been thinking of the agents inside he did still explicitly refuse to carry out a direct order given by a superior officer, so Rotor's charges were valid. However, rather than simply talking to him and maybe some small punishment, he tries to have him executed by firing squad. Some people reacted the same way when he proceeded to attempt to torture Jenny.

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Rotor has George arrested for disobeying orders. Technically, while he may have had good reasoning for doing so as he had been thinking of the agents inside he did still explicitly refuse to carry out a direct order given by a superior officer, so Rotor's charges were valid. However, rather than simply talking to him and maybe some small punishment, he tries to have him executed by firing squad. Some people reacted the same way when he proceeded to attempt to torture Jenny.



* WhatTheHellPlayer: During the Antarctica mission, there was much emphasis, both IC and OOC, about the importance of keeping the mission secret. Despite these warnings, Atton Rand leaked the information through the actions of his primary character, Zenna, and two newly-created NPCs, Cam O'Cozy and French Fries. As the warnings were not heeded, the full consequences occurred, and suddenly the refugee facilities were full of panicked and angered rioters.

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During the Antarctica mission, there was much emphasis, both IC and OOC, about the importance of keeping the mission secret. Despite these warnings, Atton Rand leaked the information through the actions of his primary character, Zenna, and two newly-created NPCs, Cam O'Cozy and French Fries. As the warnings were not heeded, the full consequences occurred, and suddenly the refugee facilities were full of panicked and angered rioters.



* WideEyedIdealist: Many of the Elite agents, but particularly Rex.

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Many of the Elite agents, but particularly Rex.



* AWizardDidIt: Literally. Soldier and Demoman became FireForgedFriends after they both angered [[LEGOCastle Majisto the Wizard]] and were forced to work together to defend a small castle from Majisto's dragon.

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Literally. Soldier and Demoman became FireForgedFriends after they both angered [[LEGOCastle Majisto the Wizard]] and were forced to work together to defend a small castle from Majisto's dragon.



* WorstAid: [[LEGOIsland Enter and Return]] perform this as they always did, but now it is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Alan Pierce.
** Played for laughs when Enter saved a clinically dead patient by hitting her with a shark ''after'' conventional CPR and a defibrillator failed to revive her. Of course to be fair the patient in question had just been infected with another man's creative sparks.
** Also parodied when Shaw had to take Pierce to LEGO Island's hospital [[ItMakesSenseInContext after he accidentally ate a rediculously hot pizza]]. When trying to prove that she was a qualified doctor, it turned out that Clickitt apparently didn't know what a medical liscense was.

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[[LEGOIsland Enter and Return]] perform this as they always did, but now it is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Alan Pierce.
** *** Played for laughs when Enter saved a clinically dead patient by hitting her with a shark ''after'' conventional CPR and a defibrillator failed to revive her. Of course to be fair the patient in question had just been infected with another man's creative sparks.
** *** Also parodied when Shaw had to take Pierce to LEGO Island's hospital [[ItMakesSenseInContext after he accidentally ate a rediculously hot pizza]]. When trying to prove that she was a qualified doctor, it turned out that Clickitt apparently didn't know what a medical liscense was.



* WorthyOpponent: Dust viewed Rockford as a match for his intellect.

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Dust viewed Rockford as a match for his intellect.



* WouldHurtAChild: While there has been no explicit mention of children being killed, Rotor has shown that he has no problem torturing them and possibly even ''enjoys'' doing so.

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While there has been no explicit mention of children being killed, Rotor has shown that he has no problem torturing them and possibly even ''enjoys'' doing so.



* XMeetsY: {{BIONICLE}} Meets [[{{LEGOExo-Force}} Exo-Force]] RPG. [[CanonDiscontinuity Enough said]].

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*** Michelle Glados also grew up under the same circumstances.
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{{BIONICLE}} Meets [[{{LEGOExo-Force}} Exo-Force]] RPG. [[CanonDiscontinuity Enough said]].



* YourAnswerToEverything: Give Firecracker a problem, any problem- and I guarantee you 99.9% percent of the time he'll find a way to work [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] into his solution.

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Give Firecracker a problem, any problem- and I guarantee you 99.9% percent of the time he'll find a way to work [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] into his solution.
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* SecondActBreakUp: Shortly before the mission which led to the discovery of the Dino Island Laboratory, Amanda and Rex broke up. Not due to any misunderstandings or anger between them... but because they both accepted that their relationship couldn't go much farther when they were completely different species. Luckily, this was resolved by the end of the mission, since a freak accident in the lab caused Rex and Dr. Rex to switch bodies, so now Rex and Amanda are both the same species and free to continue their relationship.


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* TheyDo: Finally, during the FinalBattle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the SecondActBreakUp and ThirdActMisunderstanding - have a WartimeWedding, neatly wrapping up their RomanticArc.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: There was much tension between Rex and Amanda at the end of the LEGO Island StoryArc, when the Brickspider Bot revealed the truth about [[RedShirt Roger's]] fate, [[IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy which Rex kept secret from Amanda because he wanted her to be happy]]. Needless to say, this blew up in Rex's face, and for most of the remainder of the mission, Amanda wouldn't even look at him. Luckily, they got over it by the end of the mission.


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* WillTheyOrWontThey: There was quite a bit of UnresolvedSexualTension between Hertz and Naomi Carver, as well as between Frozeen and Gromtin.

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* SacrificialLion: PBB, considering that he was a major character of the Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG and was also a close friend of Rex in Dino Attack RPG itself.

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PBB, considering that he was a major character of the Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG and was also a close friend of Rex in Dino Attack RPG itself.



* SameCharacterButDifferent: It turns out that Septimus, the loveable and naive Skeleton Drone, was actually Swerve from the Alpha Team [=RPGs=]. Justified, in that he was subjected to a [[{{Brainwashed}} Mind-Control Orb]] and suffered from LaserGuidedAmnesia, and upon rediscovering his true identity, started acting more like his old self again.

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It turns out that Septimus, the loveable and naive Skeleton Drone, was actually Swerve from the Alpha Team [=RPGs=]. Justified, in that he was subjected to a [[{{Brainwashed}} Mind-Control Orb]] and suffered from LaserGuidedAmnesia, and upon rediscovering his true identity, started acting more like his old self again.



* SamusIsAGirl: None of the founding members realized that Pterisa was female until she spoke.
** Played With in the case of Pyro. It was originally Played Straight, until more recent developments revealed that Pyro was male all along and [[SweetPollyOliver the girl was actually posing as Pyro]].
* SanitySlippage: Dr. Rex, whose sanity has been slowly slipping for over fifty years before being rapidly accelerated in recent times.

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None of the founding members realized that Pterisa was female until she spoke.
** Played With in the case of Pyro. It was originally Played Straight, until more Averted, since WordOfGod confirmed that Pyro was male, and then Double Subverted, when the mask came off and Pyro turned out be a girl, and then ''Triple'' Subverted when recent developments revealed that Pyro was male all along and [[SweetPollyOliver the girl was actually posing as Pyro]].
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Dr. Rex, whose sanity has been slowly slipping for over fifty years before being rapidly accelerated in recent times.



* ScaledUp: Dr. Rex became a Mutant T-Rex. Kat became a T-1 Typhoon.
* ScarsAreForever: General is still covered with burn scars, Greybeard has refused any prosthetic eye replacements, Rex is stuck with limp legs, Dust's right hand is dead, Hotwire has refused a mechanical leg, and Talia won't consider plastic surgery for her scars.

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* ScaledUp: Dr. Rex became a Mutant T-Rex. Kat became Okay, so it's not a T-1 Typhoon.
snake, but dinosaurs are usually considered reptiles, so it's close enough.
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General is still covered with burn scars, Greybeard has refused any prosthetic eye replacements, Rex is stuck with limp legs, Dust's right hand is dead, Hotwire has refused a mechanical leg, and Talia won't consider plastic surgery for her scars.



* ScienceIsBad: While this trope may be invoked, since two very science-based organizations (XERRD and [=ShadowTech=]) have far-from-clean records, this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]] by the inclusion of scientists such as Frank Einstein, Reptile, and Fuchs working for the Dino Attack Team.

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While this trope may be invoked, since two very science-based organizations (XERRD and [=ShadowTech=]) have far-from-clean records, this trope is actually [[AvertedTrope averted]] by the inclusion of scientists such as Frank Einstein, Reptile, and Fuchs working for the Dino Attack Team.



* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: They might be trying to stop an invasion of mutant dinosaurs, but that doesn't exactly stop Rotor from sitting down and listening to some classical music once in a while.

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They might be trying to stop an invasion of mutant dinosaurs, but that doesn't exactly stop Rotor from sitting down and listening to some classical music once in a while.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Minifig/Mutant Lizard Hybrids deserted Enox Phorm, especially after realizing that Enox thought of them as expendable.

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The Minifig/Mutant Lizard Hybrids deserted Enox Phorm, especially after realizing that Enox thought of them as expendable.



* SeaMonster: The octosaur, a strange octopus-like creature mixed with mutant dino DNA. Technically, it was mainly living in the good caverns, but the fact that one took a Coast Guard ship by surprise and quickly sunk it some time afterwords proves that they are still a formidable threat that could strike at any time.

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* SeaMonster: The octosaur, a strange octopus-like creature mixed with mutant dino DNA. Technically, it was mainly living in the good caverns, but the fact that one took a Coast Guard ship by surprise and quickly sunk it some time afterwords proves that they are still a formidable threat that could strike at any time.SeaMonster:



** The octosaur, a strange octopus-like creature mixed with mutant dino DNA. Technically, it was mainly living in the good caverns, but the fact that one took a Coast Guard ship by surprise and quickly sunk it some time afterwords proves that they are still a formidable threat that could strike at any time.



* SecretKeeper: [[TheBartender Bartholomew Enderson]] to Silencia Venomosa.

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* SecretKeeper: [[TheBartender Bartholomew Enderson]] to Silencia Venomosa.Venomosa and [[DistaffCounterpart Carrie Enderson]] to Trigger.



* SecretUndergroundPassage: Cabin discovered one to be discovered under the XERRD Fortress, through which Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom apparently managed to escape the fortress and past the Dino Attack Agents stationed outside.

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* SecretUndergroundPassage: Cabin discovered one to be discovered under the XERRD Fortress, through which Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom apparently managed to escape the fortress and past the Dino Attack Agents stationed outside.SecretUndergroundPassage:



** Cabin discovered one to be discovered under the XERRD Fortress, through which Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom apparently managed to escape the fortress and past the Dino Attack Agents stationed outside.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Lance Williams. Technically, he hasn't been in the team for long, but it has had a significant impact on his mind.

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Lance Williams. Technically, he hasn't been in the team for long, but it has had a significant impact on his mind.



* ShootTheMedicFirst: Stromling Zachary made an explicit point of killing J.D., though it wasn't so much because he was a medic as it was because he was worried about him finding a cure to the Maelstrom.

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Stromling Zachary made an explicit point of killing J.D., though it wasn't so much because he was a medic as it was because he was worried about him finding a cure to the Maelstrom.



* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Averted, out of all the weapons available to the team, shotguns are probably the least common weapon of choice (yes, they are less common than ''flintlock pistols'').
** They've become a bit more popular recently. Montoya owns a shotgun, although he never used it. Given he's a civillian, the gun is probably meant as little more than a last resort if he needs to defend himself. A shotgun is also the primary choice of weapon for one Sarah Bishop.

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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Averted, ShotgunsAreJustBetter:
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out of all the weapons available to the team, shotguns are probably the least common weapon of choice (yes, they are less common than ''flintlock pistols'').
** They've become a bit more popular recently. Montoya owns a shotgun, although he never used it. Given he's a civillian, civilian, the gun is probably meant as little more than a last resort if he needs to defend himself. A shotgun is also the primary choice of weapon for one Sarah Bishop. Soldier also carried a shotgun during TheMole hunt, and Rex himself wielded a shotgun during the later stages of the FinalBattle.



* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: The viewpoint of Dino Attack Team's realist agents.

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The viewpoint of Dino Attack Team's realist agents.



* SlashedThroat: Maria killed a few hybrids this way in Fort Legoredo. Also in the Trigger/Amanda flashback this was revealed to be the fate of Orange and implied to have happened to Verbal.

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Also in the Trigger/Amanda flashback this was revealed to be the fate of Orange and implied to have happened to Verbal.



* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Somewhere around level 5. Equality does exist between men and women, but the Smurfette Principle does come into play. Out of the few women in or assisting the team, at least one is an inexperienced rookie (Kate), and three are medics (Zenna, Crusher, and Carver). However, there are a small selection of action girls, such as Cabin and Amanda Claw. Also, many elite agents (particularity Rotor) explicitly refer to those under their command as their men, regardless of how many people of each gender are actually present. Most redshirts tend to be male as well.

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Somewhere around level 5. Equality does exist between men and women, but the Smurfette Principle TheSmurfettePrinciple does come into play. Out of the few women in or assisting the team, at least one is an inexperienced rookie (Kate), and three are medics (Zenna, Crusher, and Carver). However, there are a small selection of action girls, such as Cabin and Amanda Claw. Also, many elite agents (particularity Rotor) explicitly refer to those under their command as their men, regardless of how many people of each gender are actually present. Most redshirts tend to be male as well.well.
*** Level 5 was invoked just before the final battle. When one male Dino Attack agent bemoaned the fact that he was never going to see his "wife and kids" again, a female Dino Attack agent immediately followed up by lamenting the fact that she was never going to see her "husband and kids" again.



** Level 5 was invoked just before the final battle. When one male Dino Attack agent bemoaned the fact that he was never going to see his "wife and kids" again, a female Dino Attack agent immediately followed up by lamenting the fact that she was never going to see her "husband and kids" again.



* TheSlowWalk: Used by [[spoiler:Trouble]] during the FinalBattle during his HeroicSecondWind. Even as Michelle Glados shot him repeatedly, he remained on his feet and kept walking towards her until he got within attacking range.



* SmartBomb: The Einstein Device during its Doctor Device stage of development.

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The Einstein Device during its Doctor Device stage of development.



* SmokingIsCool: Suprisingly used quite a lot for an RPG based on a LEGO line, [[DefiedTrope even though there is a strict "no smoking" policy in Dino Attack Headquarters]]. Many of Atton Rand's characters, especially his tougher ones are seen to smoke frequently, among them Snake, Trigger, Clint, and Angel Eyes.
** [[AvertedTrope Harshly averted]] by Amanda, who considered it insulting when Montoya offered her a cigarette. When one remembers that Bricassius was a smoker who burned her home down with a single cigarette, it becomes painfully obvious why Smoking is ''not'' Cool in her eyes.

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Suprisingly used quite a lot for an RPG based on a LEGO line, [[DefiedTrope even though there is a strict "no smoking" policy in Dino Attack Headquarters]]. Many of Atton Rand's characters, especially his tougher ones are seen to smoke frequently, among them Snake, Trigger, Clint, and Angel Eyes.
** [[AvertedTrope Harshly averted]] Averted]] by Amanda, who considered it insulting when Montoya offered her a cigarette. When one remembers that Bricassius was a smoker who burned her home down with a single cigarette, it becomes painfully obvious why Smoking is ''not'' Cool in her eyes.



* The Smurfette Principle: There are currently 241 named Dino Attack agents. Out of those there are currently only 20 female agents (Cabin, Zenna, Aravis, Claw, Dromus, Holly Vinyaya, Minerva Fabello, Shock, Stealth, Wing, Kara Wise, Kate Bishop, Shona, Zealot, Zelda, Maria, Scope, Katana, Wright, and A.J. Orange) plus a handful of female characters who work in the team but aren't officially agents, such as Elizabeth, Pterisa, and Sarah Bishop.

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There are currently 241 named Dino Attack agents. Out of those there are currently only 20 female agents (Cabin, Zenna, Aravis, Claw, Dromus, Holly Vinyaya, Minerva Fabello, Shock, Stealth, Wing, Kara Wise, Kate Bishop, Shona, Zealot, Zelda, Maria, Scope, Katana, Wright, and A.J. Orange) plus a handful of female characters who work in the team but aren't officially agents, such as Elizabeth, Pterisa, and Sarah Bishop.



* SoleSurvivor: Aside from the small group of high-ranking individuals who teleported to safety, Dr. Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom are the only known members of XERRD to have made survived the fortress being bombed and overrun by skeleton mummies. All of them were later captured by the Dino Attack team.
** Seeing as Paulie Gonepus also escaped the fortress and there were several unnamed XERRD operatives who tried to capture Cranky and Kiddy, there may be more survivors.

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* SoleSurvivor: Aside from the small group of high-ranking individuals who teleported to safety, Dr. Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom are the only known members of XERRD to have made survived the fortress being bombed and overrun by skeleton mummies. All of them were later captured by the Dino Attack team.
** Seeing as Paulie Gonepus also escaped the fortress and there were several unnamed XERRD operatives who tried to capture Cranky and Kiddy, there may be more survivors.
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* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Rex got paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, yet somehow he's still allowed to go on the front lines during a combat mission which largely takes place in a jungle. However, that has not stopped other Dino Attack agents from suggesting that he stays away from the front lines and even earned some HypocriticalHumor from [[EvilCripple Zed Provhezor]]. Also, as a result of his situation, Amanda Claw refuses to leave Rex's side.

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* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs:
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[[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Rex got paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, yet somehow he's still allowed to go on the front lines during a combat mission which largely takes place in a jungle. However, that has not stopped other Dino Attack agents from suggesting that he stays away from the front lines and even earned some HypocriticalHumor from [[EvilCripple Zed Provhezor]]. Also, as a result of his situation, Amanda Claw refuses to leave Rex's side.



* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Rex, Keys, Frozeen, and PBB.

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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: SpeaksFluentAnimal:
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Rex, Keys, Frozeen, and PBB.



* SplitPersonality: Invoked but not confirmed. Amanda Claw does not personally believe that she has split personality, simply considering her darker side the result of giving in to negative feelings, but to anyone else it would seem that she has two very separate personalities.

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* SplitPersonality: SplitPersonality:
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Invoked but not confirmed. Amanda Claw does not personally believe that she has split personality, simply considering her darker side the result of giving in to negative feelings, but to anyone else it would seem that she has two very separate personalities.



** EyepatchOfPower: Snake, unsurprisingly. In fact [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork the guy who inspired him]] is the page image. There's also Demoman, Colonel, and Holly Vinyaya.

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** EyepatchOfPower: Snake, unsurprisingly. In fact [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork the guy who inspired him]] is the page image. There's also Demoman, Colonel, and Holly Vinyaya.Vinyaya, and Captain Click.



** ClosestThingWeGot: Garry's rationale for ordering Fuchs to help in the emergency room.

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** ClosestThingWeGot: ClosestThingWeGot:
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Garry's rationale for ordering Fuchs to help in the emergency room.



**** Think a semi-religious doctor the ClosestThingWeGot to a minister? During Rex and Amanda's WartimeWedding, Greybeard proclaimed that ''he'' was the Closest Thing We Got... because he's the oldest Minifig on the team?

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**** *** Think a semi-religious doctor the ClosestThingWeGot to a minister? During Rex and Amanda's WartimeWedding, Greybeard proclaimed that ''he'' was the Closest Thing We Got... because he's the oldest Minifig on the team?



** DontYouDarePityMe: Minerva did not want Zach to feel sorry for her because of her past.

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** DontYouDarePityMe: DontYouDarePityMe:
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Minerva did not want Zach to feel sorry for her because of her past.



** IWasNeverHere: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Edward Korrupte]] made it quite clear to Silencia Venomosa that neither of them were in his office at that time on that day, and they were most certainly not having a conversation about infiltrating Mindstorms, Inc.

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** IWasNeverHere: IWasNeverHere:
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[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Edward Korrupte]] made it quite clear to Silencia Venomosa that neither of them were in his office at that time on that day, and they were most certainly not having a conversation about infiltrating Mindstorms, Inc.



** IllKillYou: Rex made it very clear to French Fries that, if French Fries actually did run over Trouble, Rex would kill him.

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** IllKillYou: Rex made it very clear to French Fries that, if French Fries actually did run over Trouble, Rex would kill him.IllKillYou:



*** Rex made it very clear to French Fries that, if French Fries actually did run over Trouble, Rex would kill him.



** IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Garry's moral issues over whether to turn in Rotor. On the one hand he could keep quiet, allowing the team to keep a good leader that they will need in the upcoming battle, but he is still an accomplice to cold-blooded torture, making him no better. On the other hand, he could turn Rotor in. However, the team would be deprived of the one man who can lead a T-1 squad. He would also most likely be punished himself though probably not as severely as if he kept quiet, and worst of all Rotor might try to kill him out of anger. Interestingly, Garry actually chose to keep quiet, though he deliberately faked Jenny's death to get her as far away from Rotor as possible.

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** IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim:
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Garry's moral issues over whether to turn in Rotor. On the one hand he could keep quiet, allowing the team to keep a good leader that they will need in the upcoming battle, but he is still an accomplice to cold-blooded torture, making him no better. On the other hand, he could turn Rotor in. However, the team would be deprived of the one man who can lead a T-1 squad. He would also most likely be punished himself though probably not as severely as if he kept quiet, and worst of all Rotor might try to kill him out of anger. Interestingly, Garry actually chose to keep quiet, though he deliberately faked Jenny's death to get her as far away from Rotor as possible.



** ItHasBeenAnHonor: Specs, Semick, and Rex have all invoked this trope when talking to their fellow Dino Attack agents towards the end of the final battle.

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** ItHasBeenAnHonor: Specs, Semick, and Rex have all invoked this trope when talking to their fellow Dino Attack agents towards the end of the final battle.ItHasBeenAnHonor:



*** Specs, Semick, and Rex have all invoked this trope when talking to their fellow Dino Attack agents towards the end of the FinalBattle.



** LikeASonToMe: Seeing as he was a barren man, Wallace Bishop viewed his lab assistant as his daughter.

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Seeing as he was a barren man, Wallace Bishop viewed his lab assistant as his daughter.



** MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rex had one of these moments after realizing that he beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe.
*** See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.

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** MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
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Rex had one of these moments after realizing that he beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe.
*** See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.
pipe.



*** See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.



** SoProudOfYou: Frank Einstein to Kate Bishop, to motivate her and give her confidence to [[spoiler:stop the Darkitect]]. Not that it did any good once the deed was done...

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** SoProudOfYou: SoProudOfYou:
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Frank Einstein to Kate Bishop, to motivate her and give her confidence to [[spoiler:stop the Darkitect]]. Not that it did any good once the deed was done...



** WasItAllALie?: Rex asked [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]] this question, and [[spoiler:Ata's]] response was "yes".
*** Earlier, during the Adventurers' Island story arc, shortly after learning about Amanda's identity as Silencia Venomosa and her secret fear that "Amanda Claw" is just a mask, Rex asked Amanda this question in regards to their love. Thankfully, Amanda's response was "no", and that helped to keep her grounded.

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** WasItAllALie?: Rex asked [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]] this question, and [[spoiler:Ata's]] response was "yes".
WasItAllALie?:
*** Earlier, during During the Adventurers' Island story arc, StoryArc, shortly after learning about Amanda's identity as Silencia Venomosa and her secret fear that "Amanda Claw" is just a mask, Rex asked Amanda this question in regards to their love. Thankfully, Amanda's response was "no", and that helped to keep her grounded.grounded.
*** Rex asked [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]] this question, and [[spoiler:Ata's]] response was "yes".



** WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: According to Word of God, this is how Rex learned that Fssinister killed Roger Remous.

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According to Word of God, WordOfGod, this is how Rex learned that Fssinister killed Roger Remous.



* TheStoic: Michelle Glados is reputed as the "master stoic", and anyone who can get under her skin [[NotSoStoic to cause her to show real emotion]] takes great pride in the ability.

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* TheStoic: TheStoic:
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Michelle Glados is reputed as the "master stoic", and anyone who can get under her skin [[NotSoStoic to cause her to show real emotion]] takes great pride in the ability.



* StrawCharacter: Soldier appears to be racist and sexist, occasionally aiming insults at foreigners and women. Given that he is depicted as comically inept, his moments of racism and sexism are not intended to be taken seriously, especially since they result in Soldier getting hurt by whomever he happens to be insulting.

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* StrawCharacter: StrawCharacter:
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Soldier appears to be racist and sexist, occasionally aiming insults at foreigners and women. Given that he is depicted as comically inept, his moments of racism and sexism are not intended to be taken seriously, especially since they result in Soldier getting hurt by whomever he happens to be insulting.



** StrawMisogynist: Again, Soldier is sexist, and seeing that his sexist remarks usually get him beaten up by Maria, it's PlayedForLaughs.

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** StrawMisogynist: StrawMisogynist:
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Again, Soldier is sexist, and seeing that his sexist remarks usually get him beaten up by Maria, it's PlayedForLaughs.



* StuffBlowingUp: Demoman in a nutshell.

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* StuffBlowingUp: StuffBlowingUp:
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Demoman in a nutshell.



** This was the note that [[spoiler:B and his friends]] [[DoNotGoGentle went out on]].



* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: PBB and Goldbeard.

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* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome:
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PBB and Goldbeard.



* TheSwarm: Mutant Dinos, especially Mutant Lizards, find their strength in numbers.

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* TheSwarm: TheSwarm:
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Mutant Dinos, especially Mutant Lizards, find their strength in numbers.



* TagalongReporter: Just like in [[LEGODinoAttack the original line]], J. Theano for WDNO - Dino Radio.
** Scott is implied to have joined the team specifically to report on the final battle. He even brought a camera and radio equipment so he could conduct interviews and report live to Antarctica.

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* TagalongReporter: TagalongReporter:
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Just like in [[LEGODinoAttack the original line]], J. Theano for WDNO - Dino Radio.
** Scott is implied to have joined the team specifically to report on the final battle.FinalBattle. He even brought a camera and radio equipment so he could conduct interviews and report live to Antarctica.



* TakeOurWordForIt: Atton Rand is intentionally vague on the exact nature of some of Trigger's previous jobs, only making it clear that some of them were pretty brutal.

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* TakeOurWordForIt: TakeOurWordForIt:
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Atton Rand is intentionally vague on the exact nature of some of Trigger's previous jobs, only making it clear that some of them were pretty brutal.



* TakeThat: Every [[PardonMyKlingon cussword]] in Dino Attack RPG is an example of this.

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Every [[PardonMyKlingon cussword]] in Dino Attack RPG is an example of this.



** One could see [[{{Pyromaniac}} Andrew Jackson's]] rant on the comm as a playful TakeThat to Pyro's [[NotAsYouKnowThem dramatic change in character]] after [[SamusIsAGirl being revealed as a woman]]. Andrew Jackson turned out to be popular enough to take back the role of Pyro.

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** One could see [[{{Pyromaniac}} Andrew Jackson's]] rant on the comm as was a playful TakeThat to Pyro's [[NotAsYouKnowThem dramatic change in character]] after [[SamusIsAGirl being revealed as a woman]]. Andrew Jackson turned out to be popular enough to take back the role of Pyro.



* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Rex sacrificed his Creative Spark to finally kill Dr. Rex.]]

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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Rex sacrificed his Creative Spark to finally kill Dr. Rex.]]TakingYouWithMe:



* TalkingAnimal: Tex and Shade. Formerly Rex.

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** [[spoiler:Rex sacrificed his Creative Spark to finally kill Dr. Rex.]]
* TalkingAnimal: TalkingAnimal:
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Tex and Shade. Shade.
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Formerly Rex.



* TeenGenius: Jenny. Justified in that she was raised by a XERRD scientist and spent her childhood working as an assistant.

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* TeenGenius: TeenGenius:
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Jenny. Justified in that she was raised by a XERRD scientist and spent her childhood working as an assistant.



* TenderTears: Kate shed a few after being locked in an office by Dr. Bishop and later after witnessing the accidental murder of a group of Dino Attack Agents disguised as XERRD personell.

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* TenderTears: TenderTears:
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Kate shed a few after being locked in an office by Dr. Bishop and later after witnessing the accidental murder of a group of Dino Attack Agents disguised as XERRD personell.



* TemptingFate: [[YouJustHADToSayIt Greybeard just ''had'' to mention the nice, warm, cozy fire...]]

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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[[YouJustHADToSayIt Greybeard just ''had'' to mention the nice, warm, cozy fire...]]



* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Maria's rather brutal murder of an unidentified hybrid officer. She smothered him, shot him through the head ''twice'', and then cut his throat open just to be sure.

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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
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Maria's rather brutal murder of an unidentified hybrid officer. She smothered him, shot him through the head ''twice'', and then cut his throat open just to be sure.



* ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:[[LEGOUniverse Baron Typhonus]] used the Maelstrom to cure [[HandicappedBadass Rex's]] paralysis. Then, the Maelstrom turned on Rex, constricting him and leaving him unable to even move. When the Maelstrom finally let go, Rex was once again paralyzed.]]

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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: ThrowingOffTheDisability:
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[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:[[LEGOUniverse Baron Typhonus]] used the Maelstrom to cure [[HandicappedBadass Rex's]] paralysis. Then, the Maelstrom turned on Rex, constricting him and leaving him unable to even move. When the Maelstrom finally let go, Rex was once again paralyzed.]]



* TimeTravel: Used by the Future Villains to travel from 2055 to 2010.

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* TimeTravel: TimeTravel:
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Used by the Future Villains to travel from 2055 to 2010.



* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Wade during the aftermath of J.D.'s assassination. One the one hand, he could try to stabilize him, possibly getting some useful information but only delaying his inevitable death and most likely causing him a lot pain. On the other, he could let him die quickly and with a minimum of pain, but realizes that killing him also goes against his own personal morals as well as being the opposite of what he as a medic is responsible for doing.

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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: ToBeLawfulOrGood:
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Wade during the aftermath of J.D.'s assassination. One the one hand, he could try to stabilize him, possibly getting some useful information but only delaying his inevitable death and most likely causing him a lot pain. On the other, he could let him die quickly and with a minimum of pain, but realizes that killing him also goes against his own personal morals as well as being the opposite of what he as a medic is responsible for doing.



* TokenEvilTeammate: Literally happened when [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel]], [[LEGOIsland The Brickster]], [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]], and [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] [[EnemyMine joined the team]].

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* TokenEvilTeammate: TokenEvilTeammate:
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Literally happened when [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel]], [[LEGOIsland The Brickster]], [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]], and [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] [[EnemyMine joined the team]].



** Dust was not evil, but in comparison to other upstanding members of the Dino Attack Team...

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** Dust was not evil, [[AntiHero but in comparison to other upstanding members of the Dino Attack Team...Team]]...



* {{Tomboy}}: With the excaption of Naomi, there are not many girly girls in the D.A.
** Which is somewhat understandable, given that D.A.'s primary function is waging apocalyptic war against [[PrehistoricMonster giant horrific superpowered reptiles]].

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* {{Tomboy}}: With the excaption of Naomi, there are not many girly girls in the D.A.
** Which
Dino Attack Team, which is somewhat understandable, given that D.A.'s primary function is waging apocalyptic war against [[PrehistoricMonster giant horrific superpowered reptiles]].



* TomatoInTheMirror: When Rex was approached by The Phantom, he learned of XERRD's plot to destroy Dino Attack Team from the inside by disguising a Mutant Dino as a Dino Attack agent. Then The Phantom reveals that this Mutant Dino is none other than Rex himself. Both Downplayed, since Rex does not let this knowledge stop him from continuing to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, and Justified, since Rex's role as an infiltrator required for him to under go brainwashing to make his cover as realistic as possible (which, of course, [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]]).

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* TomatoInTheMirror: TomatoInTheMirror:
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When Rex was approached by The Phantom, he learned of XERRD's plot to destroy Dino Attack Team from the inside by disguising a Mutant Dino as a Dino Attack agent. Then The Phantom reveals that this Mutant Dino is none other than Rex himself. Both Downplayed, since Rex does not let this knowledge stop him from continuing to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, and Justified, since Rex's role as an infiltrator required for him to under go brainwashing to make his cover as realistic as possible (which, of course, [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]]).



* TooDumbToLive: Apparently Tom thought it would be a good idea to attack an experienced ex-military agent of the Dino Attack team who had only earlier the same day beaten a child (and him, for that matter) senseless.

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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive:
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Apparently Tom thought it would be a good idea to attack an experienced ex-military agent of the Dino Attack team who had only earlier the same day beaten a child (and him, for that matter) senseless.senseless.
** Really, Dr. Rex? You were a Space Marauder, [[EvilIsNotAToy you should know more about the Maelstrom than most people]]. What do you do? ''[[spoiler:Inject yourself with traces of Maelstrom.]]'' Seriously?



** Really, Dr. Rex? You were a Space Marauder, [[EvilIsNotAToy you should know more about the Maelstrom than most people]]. What do you do? ''[[spoiler:Inject yourself with traces of Maelstrom.]]'' Seriously?



* TookALevelInBadass: Nerdy Hertz killed a T-rex with an oxygen can and by firing a gun for the first time in his life. In addition, he had a broken arm, could not see out of one eye, had burns across his hands and legs, and had just survived a helicopter crash and blazing inferno.

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* TookALevelInBadass: TookALevelInBadass:
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Nerdy Hertz killed a T-rex with an oxygen can and by firing a gun for the first time in his life. In addition, he had a broken arm, could not see out of one eye, had burns across his hands and legs, and had just survived a helicopter crash and blazing inferno.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Aside from his love for large weapons, Heavy believes EverythingsSatiatingWithSandwiches. Most of the pirates on the team enjoy rum, and Clint Wayne is occasionally seen drinking whiskey in his spare time.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: TrademarkFavoriteFood:
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Aside from his love for large weapons, Heavy believes EverythingsSatiatingWithSandwiches. loves SatiatingSandwiches.
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Most of the pirates on the team enjoy rum, and Clint Wayne is occasionally seen drinking whiskey in his spare time.
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** DeclarationOfProtection: Used mutually between Rex and Amanda. A tragically ironic instance was when Rex said this to Amanda just before their Iron Predator was destroyed by a XERRD missile.
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** IWillDefinitelyProtectYou: Used mutually between Rex and Amanda. A tragically ironic instance was when Rex said this to Amanda just before their Iron Predator was destroyed by a XERRD missile.

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** IWillDefinitelyProtectYou: DeclarationOfProtection: Used mutually between Rex and Amanda. A tragically ironic instance was when Rex said this to Amanda just before their Iron Predator was destroyed by a XERRD missile.
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* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler:While he did not die, Wallace Bishop knew that his self-induced lobotomy would leave him only a shadow of the man he once was, so in his VideoWill addressed to Frank Einstein, he made it his LastRequest for Einstein to take care of the Bishop family, including his young niece Kate.]]
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: Brutally subverted. If anything for Jenny it only left her even more frightened and confused than she already was.

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* WitchWithACapitalB: The way that King Joseph Race screams "You witch!" at Willa heavily suggests this. Later, Johnny "bricking" Gat lets you know that [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch This Is for Emphasis, Witch!]]
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* {{Troll}}: No other word so effectively describes Grease, who goes out of his way to piss off everyone he talks to.


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** HubCity: LEGOCity.
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* {{Troll}}: Grease.
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** CapitalCity: LEGOCity.
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* TurnTheOtherCheek: Grease has been a {{Jerkass}}, bully, and {{Troll}} to everyone he meets, and in Alpha Team RPG: Ogel's Last Stand, he insulted Frozeen's father and [[KarmaHoudini got away with it]] while Frozeen got punished. But when Grease was in a near-death situation in the FinalBattle, Frozeen did not hesitate to rescue him. Grease's reaction was... [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful]].
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** YouKnowWhatTheySay: According to Dr. Robert Nicholas, [[Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog the more, the merrier]]!

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* SacrificialLamb: Roger Remous, Aster Oid, Thaddeus Brickhouse
** Variation: Plastic Serpent. Atton Rand did not actually kill him off and in fact allowed him to be used by other players, but he introduced him soley to get the crap beaten out of him by Snake.

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* SacrificialLamb: Roger Remous, Aster Oid, Remous and Thaddeus Brickhouse
** Variation: Plastic Serpent. Atton Rand did not actually kill him off and in fact allowed him to be used by other players, but he introduced him soley to get the crap beaten out of him by Snake.
Brickhouse.



** [[spoiler:Amanda Claw]], considering that she was one of the most important and longest-running characters of Dino Attack RPG, and yet she was intended to die in the FinalBattle.



* SociopathicHero: Rotor has massacred his enemies while playing classical music, had an ''entire T-1 Typhoon'' crew put on trial because the piot disobeyed orders (not to mention trying to have them all shot), ordered an inexperienced teenager into an enemy fortress filled with toxins, bombed said fortress while his own men ''might'' have still been inside, tortured children for fun... and did I mention that he's a good guy who ''[[DownerEnding nearly]]'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his happy ending]]?

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* SociopathicHero: Rotor has massacred his enemies while playing classical music, had an ''entire T-1 Typhoon'' crew put on trial because the piot pilot disobeyed orders (not to mention trying to have them all shot), ordered an inexperienced teenager into an enemy fortress filled with toxins, bombed said fortress while his own men ''might'' have still been inside, tortured children for fun... and did I mention that he's a good guy who ''[[DownerEnding nearly]]'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his happy ending]]?


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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Roger Remous and Redshirt, though [[RedShirt the latter]] was deliberately [[InvokedTrope invoked]].
** Quite a few players signed up for Dino Attack RPG and dropped out shortly afterward, resigning their characters to this fate.
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** MedievalEuropeanFantasy: [[ClassicLEGOCastle Castle Cove]].

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* WickedWitch: [[ClassicLEGOCastle Willa the Witch]].

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* WickedWitch: [[ClassicLEGOCastle [[LEGOCastle Willa the Witch]].



* AWizardDidIt: Literally. Soldier and Demoman became FireForgedFriends after they both angered [[ClassicLEGOCastle Majisto the Wizard]] and were forced to work together to defend a small castle from Majisto's dragon.

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* AWizardDidIt: Literally. Soldier and Demoman became FireForgedFriends after they both angered [[ClassicLEGOCastle [[LEGOCastle Majisto the Wizard]] and were forced to work together to defend a small castle from Majisto's dragon.
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* WebcomicTime: Dino Attack RPG lasted for over seven and a half years, but only spans eight months in-universe.
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** EyepatchOfPower: Snake, unsurprisingly. In fact [[EscapeFromNewYork the guy who inspired him]] is the page image. There's also Demoman, Colonel, and Holly Vinyaya.

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** EyepatchOfPower: Snake, unsurprisingly. In fact [[EscapeFromNewYork [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork the guy who inspired him]] is the page image. There's also Demoman, Colonel, and Holly Vinyaya.



** StrawLoser: The "[[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]]" Snake, who was introduced for no purpose other than to be beaten up to make the "[[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]]" Snake look better in comparison.

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** StrawLoser: The "[[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]]" Snake, who was introduced for no purpose other than to be beaten up to make the "[[EscapeFromNewYork "[[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]]" Snake look better in comparison.



** Atton Rand created an {{expy}} of [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] solely so he could write an indepth description of Snake's beating him up out of vengeance for trying steal credit from him. This was a TakeThat on two fronts, first towards the many players who [[WeirdAlEffect mistook Snake for an expy of Solid Snake]], and second toward Solid Snake himself for being what Atton Rand mistakenly believed to be "shameless knock-off" of [[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] (who inspired Snake).[[note]]What Atton Rand did not realize was that Solid Snake was actually a loving tribute, not a shameless knock-off, and JohnCarpenter gave ''Metal Gear'' his blessing, meaning his Take That to ''Metal Gear'' was unnecessary and mean-spirited.[[/note]]

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** Atton Rand created an {{expy}} of [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] solely so he could write an indepth description of Snake's beating him up out of vengeance for trying steal credit from him. This was a TakeThat on two fronts, first towards the many players who [[WeirdAlEffect mistook Snake for an expy of Solid Snake]], and second toward Solid Snake himself for being what Atton Rand mistakenly believed to be "shameless knock-off" of [[EscapeFromNewYork [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] (who inspired Snake).[[note]]What Atton Rand did not realize was that Solid Snake was actually a loving tribute, not a shameless knock-off, and JohnCarpenter gave ''Metal Gear'' his blessing, meaning his Take That to ''Metal Gear'' was unnecessary and mean-spirited.[[/note]]
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** StrawLoser: The "[[MetalGear Solid Snake]]" Snake, who was introduced for no purpose other than to be beaten up to make the "[[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]]" Snake look better in comparison.

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** StrawLoser: The "[[MetalGear "[[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]]" Snake, who was introduced for no purpose other than to be beaten up to make the "[[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]]" Snake look better in comparison.



** Atton Rand created an {{expy}} of [[MetalGear Solid Snake]] solely so he could write an indepth description of Snake's beating him up out of vengeance for trying steal credit from him. This was a TakeThat on two fronts, first towards the many players who [[WeirdAlEffect mistook Snake for an expy of Solid Snake]], and second toward Solid Snake himself for being what Atton Rand mistakenly believed to be "shameless knock-off" of [[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] (who inspired Snake).[[note]]What Atton Rand did not realize was that Solid Snake was actually a loving tribute, not a shameless knock-off, and JohnCarpenter gave ''Metal Gear'' his blessing, meaning his Take That to ''Metal Gear'' was unnecessary and mean-spirited.[[/note]]

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** Atton Rand created an {{expy}} of [[MetalGear [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] solely so he could write an indepth description of Snake's beating him up out of vengeance for trying steal credit from him. This was a TakeThat on two fronts, first towards the many players who [[WeirdAlEffect mistook Snake for an expy of Solid Snake]], and second toward Solid Snake himself for being what Atton Rand mistakenly believed to be "shameless knock-off" of [[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] (who inspired Snake).[[note]]What Atton Rand did not realize was that Solid Snake was actually a loving tribute, not a shameless knock-off, and JohnCarpenter gave ''Metal Gear'' his blessing, meaning his Take That to ''Metal Gear'' was unnecessary and mean-spirited.[[/note]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: When Rex was approached by The Phantom, he learned of XERRD's plot to destroy Dino Attack Team from the inside by disguising a Mutant Dino as a Dino Attack agent. Then The Phantom reveals that this Mutant Dino is none other than Rex himself. Both Downplayed, since Rex does not let this knowledge stop him from continuing to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, and Justified, since Rex's role as an infiltrator required for him to under go brainwashing to make his cover as realistic as possible (which, of course, WentHorriblyRight).

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* TomatoInTheMirror: When Rex was approached by The Phantom, he learned of XERRD's plot to destroy Dino Attack Team from the inside by disguising a Mutant Dino as a Dino Attack agent. Then The Phantom reveals that this Mutant Dino is none other than Rex himself. Both Downplayed, since Rex does not let this knowledge stop him from continuing to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, and Justified, since Rex's role as an infiltrator required for him to under go brainwashing to make his cover as realistic as possible (which, of course, WentHorriblyRight).[[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]]).
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** Kat had a mysterious background, not even knowing her own name. Then, she learned the shocking truth. She is in fact a synthetically-engineered clone of Katerina Schattenberg, both one of ShadowTech's foundupers ''and'' the long-lost sister of Dr. Rex.

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** Kat had a mysterious background, not even knowing her own name. Then, she learned the shocking truth. She is in fact a synthetically-engineered clone of Katerina Schattenberg, both one of ShadowTech's [=ShadowTech=]'s foundupers ''and'' the long-lost sister of Dr. Rex.



** Really, Dr. Rex? You were a Space Marauder, you should know more about the Maelstrom than most people. What do you do? ''[[spoiler:[[EvilIsNotAPlaything Inject yourself with traces of Maelstrom]].]]'' Seriously?

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* StrawCharacter: Soldier appears to be racist and sexist, occasionally aiming insults at foreigners and women. Given that he is depicted as comically inept, his moments of racism and sexism are not intended to be taken seriously, especially since they result in Soldier getting hurt by whomever he happens to be insulting.
** Many realists, especially by Atton Rand during the idealist/realist conflict, were depicted as Straw Characters to show how "wrong" and "evil" the realist views were.
** Hoo boy. French Fries was such a StrawCharacter that it would be ''[[InsultToRocks insulting]]'' [[InsultToRocks to Straw Characters]] if we called him one.
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** StrawMisogynist: Again, Soldier is sexist, and seeing that his sexist remarks usually get him beaten up by Maria, it's PlayedForLaughs.
*** Pretty much every Western character that wasn't part of the team would also qualify, although this was mainly in keeping with their less high-end lifestyle as well as drawing inspiration from actual views of the Western era.


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* TooDumbToLive: Apparently Tom thought it would be a good idea to attack an experienced ex-military agent of the Dino Attack team who had only earlier the same day beaten a child (and him, for that matter) senseless.
** Trigger thinks that he can just walk away from a [[FinalBattle battle that will determine the fate of a post-apocalyptic planet]] that has been placed under quarantine by the rest of the universe. Even worse, after Amanda pointed this out to him and then proceeded to threaten him to make sure that he stayed, Trigger continued going about his plan to desert the Dino Attack Team as though he did not hear a word she said.
** There's a mass invasion of LEGOCity by mutant dinosaurs and what does Walter decide to do? Stay in the safety of HQ? Leave and participate in the fight? No, he just decided to take advantage of the fact that there wasn't anyone running the local bowling alleys and went bowling with Dude and Donnie. [[SarcasmMode This seems like a reasonable decision that probably won't have any unpleasant consequences.]]
** Really, Dr. Rex? You were a Space Marauder, you should know more about the Maelstrom than most people. What do you do? ''[[spoiler:[[EvilIsNotAPlaything Inject yourself with traces of Maelstrom]].]]'' Seriously?
* TooPowerfulToLive: Blaire Darkling.
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** Also parodied when Shaw had to take Pierce to LEGO Island's hospital [[ItMakesSenseInContext after he accidentally ate a rediculously hot pizza]]. When trying to prove that she was a qualified doctor, it turned out that Clickitt apparently didn't know what a medical liscense was.
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** IveComeTooFar: Said over the comm chatter as a ShoutOut to ''Left4Dead2''.

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** TeleporterAccident: [[NoodleIncident Mentioned by General]] as a ShoutOut to ''[[Videogames/HalfLife2]]''.

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** TeleporterAccident: [[NoodleIncident Mentioned by General]] as a ShoutOut to ''[[Videogames/HalfLife2]]''.''Videogame/HalfLife2''.



* TokenEvilTemamate: Literally happened when [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel]], [[LEGOIsland The Brickster]], [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]], and [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] [[EnemyMine joined the team]].

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* TokenEvilTemamate: TokenEvilTeammate: Literally happened when [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel]], [[LEGOIsland The Brickster]], [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]], and [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] [[EnemyMine joined the team]].



* TranslationConvention: Everyone on the LEGO Planet speaks plain English. This includes Medieval Knights (Lampshaded by Vladek's attempts to speak YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), the Islanders on Adventurers' Island (although the first Islander to appear only spoke broken English, this was dropped in later posts by other members), and ''dinosaurs'' (although this case mainly occurs in PeabodySam's posts, and even then he usually makes it clear that it's a seperate language, making it an example of BilingualDialogue for the reader's convenience).
* {{Transplant}}: Greybeard, Coral, and Elizabeth Winsor from Pirates RPG; Samuel "Lay" Go and Ben Baseplate from LEGO Island RPG; and many NPCs originating from Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG.

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* TranslationConvention: Everyone on the LEGO Planet speaks plain English. This includes Medieval Knights (Lampshaded by Vladek's attempts to speak YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), the Islanders on Adventurers' Island (although the first Islander to appear only spoke broken English, this was dropped in later posts by other members), and ''dinosaurs'' (although this case mainly occurs in PeabodySam's [=PeabodySam=]'s posts, and even then he usually makes it clear that it's a seperate language, making it an example of BilingualDialogue for the reader's convenience).
* {{Transplant}}: Greybeard, Coral, and Elizabeth Winsor from Pirates RPG; Samuel "Lay" Go and Ben Baseplate from LEGO Island RPG; and many NPCs [=NPCs=] originating from Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG.



* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[KnightsKingdom Lord Vladek]] attempted to speak Olde Englishe, but mixed up pronouns and stuck -eth at the end of random words. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Greybeard and later King Joseph Race.
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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[KnightsKingdom [[KnightsKingdom2 Lord Vladek]] attempted to speak Olde Englishe, but mixed up pronouns and stuck -eth at the end of random words. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Greybeard and later King Joseph Race.
** Because Fladek never met Greybeard, he still spoke with YeOldeButcheredEnglishe.YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe.
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!!!Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG provides examples of:
*SacrificialLamb: Roger Remous, Aster Oid, Thaddeus Brickhouse
**Variation: Plastic Serpent. Atton Rand did not actually kill him off and in fact allowed him to be used by other players, but he introduced him soley to get the crap beaten out of him by Snake.
*SacrificialLion: PBB, considering that he was a major character of the Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG and was also a close friend of Rex in Dino Attack RPG itself.
**[[spoiler:Dust]], considering that he was a nomad who had survived on his own wits and skills for many years ''and'' a very important character of the Adventurers' Island story arc.
*SailorEarth: The original Dino Attack team was made up of four guys. The RPG has introduced over 237 additional members of the team, both men and women.
*SaloonOwner: Being [[TheBartender bartenders]] and secret-keepers of two notorious mercenaries, Bartholomew and Carrie Enderson have some traits of Saloon Owners.
*SameCharacterButDifferent: It turns out that Septimus, the loveable and naive Skeleton Drone, was actually Swerve from the Alpha Team [=RPGs=]. Justified, in that he was subjected to a [[{{Brainwashed}} Mind-Control Orb]] and suffered from LaserGuidedAmnesia, and upon rediscovering his true identity, started acting more like his old self again.
**Similarly, [[TheHermit Ben Gunn]] was an appealing character because his constant senile musing and philosophies made him an amusing character to read. After getting hit by a ton of rocks that apparently cured his senility, Ben Gunn became very different in personality, now dark and serious instead of naive and amusing.
*{{Samurai}}: Solomon had formal training in Japan.
*SamusIsAGirl: None of the founding members realized that Pterisa was female until she spoke.
**Played With in the case of Pyro. It was originally Played Straight, until more recent developments revealed that Pyro was male all along and [[SweetPollyOliver the girl was actually posing as Pyro]].
*SanitySlippage: Dr. Rex, whose sanity has been slowly slipping for over fifty years before being rapidly accelerated in recent times.
**The war hasn't exactly had a positive effect on Lance's mind.
**Athena Fabello's sanity began slipping after the death of her husband and her alcoholism to cope. Her son Oswald's sanity started slipping after the Dino Attack began. He finally went off the slippery slope when learned the Darkitect was real and murdered his mother.
**Carl Lutsky really went off the deep end.
**The mounting stress and tension of the Dino Attack, combined with [[spoiler:the news of [[YourDaysAreNumbered his days being numbered]]]] and the paranoia of the mole hunt, hasn't exactly had a positive effect on Rex's mind.
**After Andrew Jackson's family was killed, [[InsaneEqualsViolent his sanity really went off the slippery slope]].
*SarcasmBlind: Ronald E. Army was never actually a general, but truly thought that he was promoted to that rank after a sarcastic statement by the LEGOLAND president.
*SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Hotwire and Kat in the early days of the RPG. Inverted by Kate and Lance. While Lance is the more energetic, trigger happy individual, Kate is much more cautious and knows the danger she's gotten into.
*ScaledUp: Dr. Rex became a Mutant T-Rex. Kat became a T-1 Typhoon.
*ScarsAreForever: General is still covered with burn scars, Greybeard has refused any prosthetic eye replacements, Rex is stuck with limp legs, Dust's right hand is dead, Hotwire has refused a mechanical leg, and Talia won't consider plastic surgery for her scars.
**Zig Zagged with Frozeen. Like General, he had burn scars [[ExactWords for the rest of his life]]. ''After'' his life, [[BackFromTheDead on the other hand]], all scars were removed and he was restored to his pre-G.E. Body appearance.
*ScaryBlackMan: Pharisee
*ScienceIsBad: While this trope may be invoked, since two very science-based organizations (XERRD and [=ShadowTech=]) have far-from-clean records, this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]] by the inclusion of scientists such as Frank Einstein, Reptile, and Fuchs working for the Dino Attack Team.
**[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] and [[DefiedTrope defied]] by Rex, who pointed out that science's purpose is to benefit mankind, not to justify holocausts.
*ScopeSnipe: Barry Jackson got lucky and managed to pull one of these against a XERRD sniper.
*ScrewTheWarWerePartying: They might be trying to stop an invasion of mutant dinosaurs, but that doesn't exactly stop Rotor from sitting down and listening to some classical music once in a while.
**After successfully retaking a third of Gold City, the Second Headquarters Squad celebrated in a local tavern. Ironically, this rendered the team vulnerable to the Hybrids' strike back (it did not help that [[TheAlcoholic Demoman]] had a hangover as a result).
*ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Minifig/Mutant Lizard Hybrids deserted Enox Phorm, especially after realizing that Enox thought of them as expendable.
**Trigger quickly realized he was in over his head with the Silencia issue and took a brief period of distraction to escape, and [[BoxedCrook Snake]] decided that his promised pardon didn't matter (seeing as he has no intention of reforming, the pardon wouldn't last long, as he'd soon be giving the police other reasons to start hunting him again), so they both decided to ditch the team and make a run for it (and then Snake went and ditched Trigger in an attempt to get away). Montoya was mistaken for such, but he wasn't actually a part of the team to begin with, and was really just trying to get home.
*SeaMonster: The octosaur, a strange octopus-like creature mixed with mutant dino DNA. Technically, it was mainly living in the good caverns, but the fact that one took a Coast Guard ship by surprise and quickly sunk it some time afterwords proves that they are still a formidable threat that could strike at any time.
**Mutant Vinscale Octomus, an already-dangerous Kraken-like monster mutated via the same means as Mutant Dinos (presumably involving the Maelstrom). Luckily, the only known Mutant Vinscale Octomus swarm was wiped out thanks to [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork Evil Ogel]] and General.
*SeadogBeard: Greybeard and Coral.
*SealedGoodInACan: Type 2 example with Talia Kaahs, Pterisa, and the prototype Mutant Dinos while they were held in stasis in the Dino Island Laboratory.
*SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Garry's managed to make a few in an effort to cover up his role in torturing prisoners.
*SecretKeeper: [[TheBartender Bartholomew Enderson]] to Silencia Venomosa.
**SecretSecretKeeper: Frozeen deduced Silencia Venomosa's identity several hours before asking Amanda for confirmation.
*SecretUndergroundPassage: Cabin discovered one to be discovered under the XERRD Fortress, through which Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom apparently managed to escape the fortress and past the Dino Attack Agents stationed outside.
**A SecretUndergroundPassage connects Dinosaur Island to the sewage and subway systems of LEGOCity.
*SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Rex]], who was keeping his fatal condition a secret in an effort to boost Dino Attack Team's morale.
*SelfDeprecation: According to Frozeen, he is as bad at handling romance as "a socially-inept college freshman writing a poor fan fiction full of lousy [[RomanticPlotTumor Romantic Plot Tumors]]". Seeing as most of Dino Attack RPG's players are currently in their early college years or late high school years, and a number of players (including [=PeabodySam=], that guy from that show, and avmatoran) have admitted to having difficulty writing romance, this is intended as a playful TakeThat to the writers of Dino Attack RPG.
*SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Oswald Fabello upon shooting Athena.]]
*SenseLossSadness: Hertz after loosing his hearing in an explosion.
*SenselessSacrifice: Although [[spoiler:Semick and Swerve/Septimus]] slowed down Dr. Rex's charge, Pointman's sacrifice... really did not accomplish much in the grand scheme of things. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the comm chatter and briefly addressed by Andrewnuva199 when discussing [[spoiler:Semick's [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]]]].
*SentryGun: [[TheEngineer Engineer]] set up a few of these throughout Dino Attack Headquarters, only to find them disabled by [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]].
*SeparatedAtBirth: Rex and Chompy.
*SergeantRock: Rotor, Lutsky, and Ronald E. Army.
*Schemer: Dust.
*ShaggyDogStory: The [[UndergroundLevel Goo Caverns]] StoryArc was all about reinforcing the unstable caverns so that Dino Attack Team could mine Green Goo. It ended with the Goo Caverns being mostly destroyed in a volcano eruption, causing Dino Attack's income of Green Goo to be slowed to a mere trickle.
*SheIsAllGrownUp: Talia Kaahs in the eyes of George Ogel and Ronald Alexander in the 1957 flashback.
*ShellShockedVeteran: Lance Williams. Technically, he hasn't been in the team for long, but it has had a significant impact on his mind.
**The horrors of war left Kate Bishop and Sam Race in a state where they must both seek counseling and psychiatric sessions to help cope with their PTSD.
*ShipTease: There's one of these to Pepper Roni/Luna Rom shippers during the LEGOIsland celebration.
*ShipperOnDeck: Zachary Virchaus and Minerva Fabello both support Vinyatooth. One random unnamed agent in the final battle supports Vinyareno.
*ShirtlessScene: The [[MemeticMutation infamous]] image of Dust that informed all players of the RPG that [[MemeticBadass Dust did not need a shirt]].
*ShooOutTheClowns: One Dino Attack agent attempted (and failed) to stop people from using the radio to make jokes and references during the final battle's DarkestHour.
*ShootTheDog: After J.D. was shot and fatally wounded, Wade first tried to help Pierce keep J.D. alive even though he knew they could not do anything for him and that he was most likely in extreme pain, and then tried to give him an overdose of morphine in order to quickly kill him.
*ShootTheShaggyDog: The entire Trigger/Silencia flashback. Two rival companies are so determined to dominate each other in the market that they begin hiring mercanaries against each other. In the end, the plans for Dacta's latest products are destroyed (burned after the car crashed), the presidents of both companies are dead, several innocent bystanders have been killed (need I remind you that all this was simply to make a profit), and what ultimately happens? Both companies suffer for it while another uninvolved company exploits their losses in order to rise to the top of the market.
*ShootTheMedicFirst: Stromling Zachary made an explicit point of killing J.D., though it wasn't so much because he was a medic as it was because he was worried about him finding a cure to the Maelstrom.
**Brought up by Minerva when Fuchs offered to help her find Zach, though technically he's actually a biologist, not a medic like Wade or Pierce.
**It was mentioned in a passing line in ''[[WhatIf December 21, 2010]]'' that all of the Dino Attack Team's medics were killed. This may have been a deliberate strategy by [[LEGOUniverse the Maelstrom]] to Shoot the Medics First and eliminate all hope for medical attention.
**Medic was the second member of Second Headquarters Squad to be killed by [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]]. While he and J.D. are the only on-screen casualties, it is made clear that many of the villains have no problem shooting medics.
** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A proposed but ultimately abandoned sequence]] would have seen Pierce accidentally murder Crusher.
*ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Averted, out of all the weapons available to the team, shotguns are probably the least common weapon of choice (yes, they are less common than ''flintlock pistols'').
**They've become a bit more popular recently. Montoya owns a shotgun, although he never used it. Given he's a civillian, the gun is probably meant as little more than a last resort if he needs to defend himself. A shotgun is also the primary choice of weapon for one Sarah Bishop.
*ShoutOut: So many, they have their own [[http://dinoattackrpg01.wikia.com/wiki/Dino_Attack_RPG/References article]].
**ReferenceOverdosed: As a result.
*ShownTheirWork: When writing Shiller's surgery, Atton Rand actually did some research on the proper proceedures for dealing with internal bleeding and a collapsed lung. As he himself is not a doctor, there are probably still mistakes, but their actions were based on the methods he read about.
*ShrinkingViolet: Pterisa displays some of these traits when she's feeling insecure about herself.
*ShutUpHannibal: Greybeard, and later Minerva Fabello, to [[spoiler:the Darkitect]].
*SickeningCrunch: A pack of [[RaptorAttack Mutant Raptors]] trapped in a crushing room.
*SidekickExMachina: Libo and Frozeen, who are far more experienced and capable than Rex.
*TheSilentBob: Amanda Claw.
*SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: The viewpoint of Dino Attack Team's realist agents.
**Rex, the extreme idealist who tamed and never wounded a Mutant Dino, is actually slowly falling victim to this trope. This was most obvious when, during the battle in the LEGO Island Laboratory, he ''beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe'', followed by a moment of MyGodWhatHaveIDone
*SirSwearsALot: Trigger, Rotor, and Snake.
*SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: The alpha queen T-Rex dresses up for battle by wearing a T-Rex skull helmet and a Minifig skull necklace, which was likely adorned upon her by the [=TumTum=] Islanders.
*SkipToTheEnd: Greybeard sped up Amanda and Rex's WartimeWedding due to the fact that they were in the middle of a battle.
*SkunkStripe: Minerva has gained a few white streaks in her normally brown hair after a ChokeHold with the Maelstrom.
*SlashedThroat: Maria killed a few hybrids this way in Fort Legoredo. Also in the Trigger/Amanda flashback this was revealed to be the fate of Orange and implied to have happened to Verbal.
**Medic, Scout, and Heavy were killed this way by [[spoiler:TheMole Ata]].
*SlaveMooks: The Mutant Dinosaurs.
*TheSleepless: A good chunk of the cast between the the end of the first RPG and the beginning of ''At War's End'', which began the exact same night. Pretty much everyone at Outpost 4 except Fuchs was up for a large portion of the night (out of all of them Garry probably got the most sleep), not to mention the doctors and so forth. Somewhat justified, as they had an urgent need to regroup as soon as possible, though it is somewhat odd that Crusher was the only one who really seemed tired.
*SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Somewhere around level 5. Equality does exist between men and women, but the Smurfette Principle does come into play. Out of the few women in or assisting the team, at least one is an inexperienced rookie (Kate), and three are medics (Zenna, Crusher, and Carver). However, there are a small selection of action girls, such as Cabin and Amanda Claw. Also, many elite agents (particularity Rotor) explicitly refer to those under their command as their men, regardless of how many people of each gender are actually present. Most redshirts tend to be male as well.
**El Paso seems to exist around level 2.
**Level 5 was invoked just before the final battle. When one male Dino Attack agent bemoaned the fact that he was never going to see his "wife and kids" again, a female Dino Attack agent immediately followed up by lamenting the fact that she was never going to see her "husband and kids" again.
*SlidingScaleOfVillainThreat: Most villains are Global Threats, but for different reasons. While the Future Villains planned on World Domination, [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac the Darkitect]]]] is more focused on bringing about the apocalypse.
*SmallNameBigEgo: [[LEGOAgents Dr. Inferno]] considers Blaire Darkling to be this.
*SmartBomb: The Einstein Device during its Doctor Device stage of development.
**Dust can be Smug but is not necessarily a slimy snake.
*SmokingIsCool: Suprisingly used quite a lot for an RPG based on a LEGO line, [[DefiedTrope even though there is a strict "no smoking" policy in Dino Attack Headquarters]]. Many of Atton Rand's characters, especially his tougher ones are seen to smoke frequently, among them Snake, Trigger, Clint, and Angel Eyes.
**[[AvertedTrope Harshly averted]] by Amanda, who considered it insulting when Montoya offered her a cigarette. When one remembers that Bricassius was a smoker who burned her home down with a single cigarette, it becomes painfully obvious why Smoking is ''not'' Cool in her eyes.
*SmugSnake: Evil Ogel, Lord von Barron, Walter Breen, Blaire Darkling, and [[spoiler:the Darkitect]].
*The Smurfette Principle: There are currently 241 named Dino Attack agents. Out of those there are currently only 20 female agents (Cabin, Zenna, Aravis, Claw, Dromus, Holly Vinyaya, Minerva Fabello, Shock, Stealth, Wing, Kara Wise, Kate Bishop, Shona, Zealot, Zelda, Maria, Scope, Katana, Wright, and A.J. Orange) plus a handful of female characters who work in the team but aren't officially agents, such as Elizabeth, Pterisa, and Sarah Bishop.
**This is also mostly in effect for XERRD, with only three named female members (Carolyne Provencal, Michelle Glados, and Ingrid Tromosø).
*{{Smurfing}}: [=MegaBloks=] is a noun, but also used in Dino Attack RPG as an adjective and a verb.
*SnipeHunt: In order to get rid of [[LEGOIsland Enter and Return]] by giving them some money and a fishing pole to catch a shark. Played for laughs as [[AchievementsInIgnorance they came back 30 seconds later with a shark]].
*SniperDuel: A brief duel between Barry Jackson and an unidentified sniper working for XERRD.
*SniperRifle: Barry Jackson's weapon of choice. Of course this does make his codename a bit of a misnomer.
*SNKBoss: Dr. Rex is wearing [[MadeOfIndestructium invincible armor]] and [[spoiler:cannot be killed thanks to Baron Typhonus's DivineIntervention]]. Dude, is this even fair?
*SociopathicHero: Rotor has massacred his enemies while playing classical music, had an ''entire T-1 Typhoon'' crew put on trial because the piot disobeyed orders (not to mention trying to have them all shot), ordered an inexperienced teenager into an enemy fortress filled with toxins, bombed said fortress while his own men ''might'' have still been inside, tortured children for fun... and did I mention that he's a good guy who ''[[DownerEnding nearly]]'' [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned his happy ending]]?
*SociopathicSoldier: Where to begin. Rotor massacres his enemies by the dozens, puts his own men on trial and tries to kill them, tortures children (which may or may not be just for fun)...
*SoleSurvivor: Aside from the small group of high-ranking individuals who teleported to safety, Dr. Strangebrick, Jenny, and Tom are the only known members of XERRD to have made survived the fortress being bombed and overrun by skeleton mummies. All of them were later captured by the Dino Attack team.
**Seeing as Paulie Gonepus also escaped the fortress and there were several unnamed XERRD operatives who tried to capture Cranky and Kiddy, there may be more survivors.
**Carl Lutsky is the only survivor of at attack on his office building during the Dino Attack, a fact he takes vary hard.
**[[spoiler:With the sudden deaths of Amanda and Trigger, Montoya is now the last surviving participant of the failed heist on Mindstorms Inc.]]
*SomeoneHasToDie: [[spoiler:Rex realized this when he overheard the other elite agents trying to figure out how to power the Einstein Device, since they had no store of Imagination in Dino Attack Headquarters.]]
*SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Rex got paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair, yet somehow he's still allowed to go on the front lines during a combat mission which largely takes place in a jungle. However, that has not stopped other Dino Attack agents from suggesting that he stays away from the front lines and even earned some HypocriticalHumor from [[EvilCripple Zed Provhezor]]. Also, as a result of his situation, Amanda Claw refuses to leave Rex's side.
**Hotwire referenced Rex's paralysis as justification for also remaining on the front lines even though his left leg now ends just after the knee.
*SpacePolice: Commando Holly Vinyaya and Officer Julius Kelp were sent to the LEGO Planet after hearing rumors of the Blacktron allying with a rogue Dino Attack Agent. They both ended up serving as Dino Attack Agents in other parts of the world.
*SpaceshipGirl: Kat, when she was in control of the ''Talon''.
*SpeaksFluentAnimal: Rex, Keys, Frozeen, and PBB.
**Dromus speaks animal, but not very fluently; she only knows simple phrases like "yes", "no", and "back away now, or [[IllKillYou I'll kill you]]".
*SpiderLimbs: Libo, Brickspider Bot v1.0, and Paulie Gonepus.
*SpiderPeople: The Brickspider Bot v1.0 is a robotic version of this trope.
*SpiderTank: The ''Silver Scorpion''.
*SpikesOfVillainy: Dr. Rex's silge armor is covered with these.
*SpiritualSuccessor: To Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG.
*SplitPersonality: Invoked but not confirmed. Amanda Claw does not personally believe that she has split personality, simply considering her darker side the result of giving in to negative feelings, but to anyone else it would seem that she has two very separate personalities.
**Lance Williams is known to go from being calm and relatively quiet but good-natured to overly aggressive and trigger happy at the slightest sign of trouble.
**Oswald Fabello showed signs of this, alternating between being a caring older brother who wanted to keep his sister safe to a cold and easily angered psychopath.
*SpotTheImposter: Once word got out about at least [[TheMole two Stromlings]] in Outpost 4, the agents stationed there started to go somewhat crazy with paranoia. It also didn't help that they were never able to find any real way to determine who was infected and who wasn't apart from the ultraviolet light method, which depended on Dr. Cyborg to succeed; and Copper's theoretical blood test, which was already problematic as he only had blood samples from the people actually stationed at Outpost 31 before they were sabotaged by Palmer.
*TheSquad: There are tons of these. This more or less sums up everyone working on Adventurers' Island, but we also have the Headquarters Squad, Second Headquarters Squad, Mecha Squad, GAIA Squad, and Third Headquarters Squad.
*TheSquadette: Cabin and Teri.
*SssssnakeTalk: The Ice Snake King.
*StaringDownCthulhu: Only moments before her HeroicBSOD, Pterisa was confident and brave enough to actually stare down [[spoiler:[[LEGOUniverse the Darkitect]]]] himself.
*TheStarscream: Zed Provhezor.
*StartOfDarkness: The separation of Ronald and Catherine Alexander in their early childhoods can be pinpointed as the exact moment of Dr. Rex's Start of Darkness.
*StealthHiBye: Ben Gunn seems to be a master of this trope, especially the Stealth Bye.
*StealthPun: When [[TheEngineer Engineer]] attacked [[spoiler:Ata]], he hit [[spoiler:Ata]] over the head with a wrench. The action of hitting one over the head can be described as "whacking". [[spoiler:Ata]] is [[TheMole XERRD's mole]] planted in Dino Attack Team. So what did Engineer do? He ''whacked a mole''.
*StealthSequel: To Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG, Alpha Team RPG: Ogel's Last Stand, LEGO Pirates RPG, LEGO Island RPG, and LEGO Island 3.
*StepfordSmiler: If Silencia Venomosa is smiling and it is not a PsychoticSmirk, then it is a Type C example.
*StockCostumeTraits: Unsurprisingly.
**BlatantBurglar: The Brickster, who wears a DominoMask and a jail jumpsuit at all times. His Brickster-Bots also wear the jail clothes.
**EyepatchOfPower: Snake, unsurprisingly. In fact [[EscapeFromNewYork the guy who inspired him]] is the page image. There's also Demoman, Colonel, and Holly Vinyaya.
**HighClassGlass: [[LEGOUniverse Lord Sam Sinister]], although he has forsaken his top hat for the Dino Attack.
**MadScientist: Nearly every Mad Scientist wears a lab coat (Walter Breen being one of the only exceptions), and Frank Einstein has the EinsteinHair.
**{{Pirate}}: Coral wears a cavalier and Greybeard has a hook
**Spy: Spy, preferring the JamesBond-esque style, goes for the TuxedoAndMartini look.
*StockDinosaurs: Primarily due to the source material ([[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers]], Dinosaurs, and [[LEGODinoAttack Dino Attack]]).
**Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor are two breeds of Mutant Dinosaurs.
**Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Stegosaurus inhabit Adventurers' Island.
**The Mesozoic Morphing Monsters take on the forms of Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus, or Parasaurolophus; Triceratops or Styracosaurus; Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, or Plateosaurus; and Iguanadon.
**TyrannosaurusRex: Mutant T-Rex, the Adventurers' Island breed, and one of the Mesozoic Morphing Monsters of Dinosaur Island. [[TheCoconutEffect Keeping with its source material, the Dino Attack RPG intentionally misspells ''T. rex'' as T-Rex.]]
**UsefulNotes/StockDinosaursNonDinosaurs: Pterosaurs are frequently seen as misnomer Mutant Dinosaurs and on Adventurers' Island, while the Mesozoic Morphing Monsters can assume the forms of Plesiosaurus and Mosasaurus or Dimetrodon.
*StockPhrases: Used by the dozen. Not always word-for-word, but their general meaning is there.
**BigStupidDoodooHead: The harshest insult that Fogel, an even darker and more evil version of Evil Ogel, could come up with was "Mrs. Dumb-Mouth".
**ChewBubblegum: Sarah Bishop shouted a BZP-friendly version of the famous line before killing a bunch of Inferno henchmen and Hybrids.
**ClosestThingWeGot: Garry's rationale for ordering Fuchs to help in the emergency room.
***The rationale of the founding members when they temporarily promoted Shannon Grimton, who was a technology expert, to head of communications. Of course, they only remembered afterwards that they had Hertz, who was much closer for the job...
*** When Pierce decided to marry Sarah Bishop, the closest thing they had to an actual minister was a shy, semi-religious young doctor. Not exactly the best choice but it was either her or Pharisee.
****Think a semi-religious doctor the ClosestThingWeGot to a minister? During Rex and Amanda's WartimeWedding, Greybeard proclaimed that ''he'' was the Closest Thing We Got... because he's the oldest Minifig on the team?
**DontAsk: You probably don't want to know the reason why Amanda knows not to hide dead or unconscious bodies in utility closets.
**DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Dr. Rex to Talia Kaahs.
**DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: Sam Race was easily startled by Greybeard after the final battle, one of several hints pointing towards PTSD being a long-term effect of the Dino Attack for Race.
**DontYouDarePityMe: Minerva did not want Zach to feel sorry for her because of her past.
***Rex's response to anyone who feels sorry for her because of [[spoiler:Amanda's death]].
**ForScience: Michelle Glados's primary motivation.
**GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Not in Dino Attack RPG itself, but in the Dino Attack: Legacy tribute, Databoard knocks some sense into Kotua with a DopeSlap.
**HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Greybeard mused this after he seemingly defeated Dr. Rex, only afterwards realizing that it was a RedHerring.
**IDidWhatIHadToDo: The maxim of many realist agents, including Greybeard. Rex also used this line when explaining why he did not tell Amanda about Roger's death.
**IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: The reason why Rex did not tell Amanda about Roger's death.
**IDontLikeYouAndYouDontLikeMe: Frozeen to Grease during the final battle.
**INeedAFreakingDrink: After having some problems of his own and finding out that two of his teammates were killed, Spy ''really'' needed a cigarette to clear his head so he could figure out the identity of [[TheMole the killer]].
**ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Medic didn't mind being called out on his questionable methods. He ''did'' mind, however, when Pierce falsely accused him of using rusty tools.
**IWasNeverHere: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Edward Korrupte]] made it quite clear to Silencia Venomosa that neither of them were in his office at that time on that day, and they were most certainly not having a conversation about infiltrating Mindstorms, Inc.
***According to Specs, he most certainly did ''not'' have an argument in his office with Rex and Amanda about the identity of the mole.
**IWillDefinitelyProtectYou: Used mutually between Rex and Amanda. A tragically ironic instance was when Rex said this to Amanda just before their Iron Predator was destroyed by a XERRD missile.
**IllKillYou: Rex made it very clear to French Fries that, if French Fries actually did run over Trouble, Rex would kill him.
***One of the few phrases that Dromus knows in the Mutant Dino language.
**ImNotDoingThatAgain: Frozeen in regards to relapsing into insanity.
**ImYourBiggestFan: The Brickster is Ogel's self-proclaimed #1 fanboy.
**ImYourWorstNightmare: Pterisa introducing herself.
**IveComeTooFar: Said over the comm chatter as a ShoutOut to ''Left4Dead2''.
**IfICantHaveYou: Dr. Rex to Talia Kaahs.
**IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Said by Michelle Glados during the final battle, [[MillionToOneChance regarding Dino Attack Team's chances of winning]].
**IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Garry's moral issues over whether to turn in Rotor. On the one hand he could keep quiet, allowing the team to keep a good leader that they will need in the upcoming battle, but he is still an accomplice to cold-blooded torture, making him no better. On the other hand, he could turn Rotor in. However, the team would be deprived of the one man who can lead a T-1 squad. He would also most likely be punished himself though probably not as severely as if he kept quiet, and worst of all Rotor might try to kill him out of anger. Interestingly, Garry actually chose to keep quiet, though he deliberately faked Jenny's death to get her as far away from Rotor as possible.
***Called out by Carolyne Provencal when she was at Zach's mercy with her One-Hit Kill Agony Beam staff. Despite wishing to humanely kill Provencal, Zach causes him to go ahead and kill her with the staff.
**ItHasBeenAnHonor: Specs, Semick, and Rex have all invoked this trope when talking to their fellow Dino Attack agents towards the end of the final battle.
***Dust wanted Rockford to know that it was an honor to have known him.
**ItHasOnlyJustBegun: Reptile said this after the defeat of Dr. Rex. This was also the theme of the final Dino Attack RPG post, emphasizing that the end of Dino Attack RPG marks the beginning of a brand new chapter in everybody's lives.
**ItIsNotYourTime: Played with. The mysterious voice that Kotua, Databoard, Frozeen, Trigger, and Rex all heard upon death told them that it ''was'' their time. Kotua, Databoard, and Frozeen had to convince the voice otherwise in order to be revived, and by the time it was Frozeen's turn, the voice was less than willing to comply. Trigger did not even get a chance to convince the voice, and Rex is the only one who peacefully accepted the voice.
**ItsPersonal: The motivations of Shadow, Blade, Jordan, and Talia Kaahs. Also King Joseph Race, after Willa the Witch killed Sir Robert Batrick. Rex, too, during the later stages of the final battle.
**KillHimAlready: What Greybeard wanted to do after Dr. Rex's fall. If only Rex had listened to him instead of wanting to give Dr. Rex some CruelMercy...
**LetsDance: Said by Glide to Kotua.
**LikeASonToMe: Seeing as he was a barren man, Wallace Bishop viewed his lab assistant as his daughter.
***Although they are not biologically related, as confirmed by WordOfGod, Greybeard sees Mary Rose as if she really were his granddaughter.
**MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Rex had one of these moments after realizing that he beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe.
***See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.
***Garry got this ''twice'', though he didn't use those exact words. First when he visited Jenny shortly after torturing her in cold blood, and then a second time when he unwittingly botched the assault on the real Maelstrom temple by bringing a power-hungry Stromling inside.
***Oswald has this as a part of his VillainousBSOD.
**NeverHeardThatOneBefore: After Frozeen was killed by Dr. Rex, he was revived through the same deus ex machina process as Kotua and Databoard in Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG. However, Frozeen found it harder to convince the mysterious voice to revive him than either Kotua or Databoard, since the mysterious voice was tired of reviving individuals ''every time'' they insisted "But my friends need me!" Played for laughs, since Kotua and Databoard abused the voice's revival abilities in the Alpha Team RPG.
**NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: According to Word of God, this is how Greybeard vanquished his illusion in the Maelstrom Temple.
**SandInMyEyes: Greybeard was definitely ''not'' crying during the final battle. It was raining very hard, and [[{{Understatement}} there was a leak in the roof]], in case you haven't noticed.
**SilenceYouFool: [[spoiler:The Darkitect]] is fond of this, especially in regards to Frank Einstein.
**SoProudOfYou: Frank Einstein to Kate Bishop, to motivate her and give her confidence to [[spoiler:stop the Darkitect]]. Not that it did any good once the deed was done...
***Also done with Athena Fabello to her daughter Minerva.
***General to Frozeen. Notice how all these examples happen when [[spoiler:the speaker is dying]]?
**TellMeAboutMyFather: Frozeen asks both Evil Ogel and General about the fate of Zachary Abody.
**ThisIsTheFinalBattle: Take a wild guess.
**ThisIsThePartWhere: [[Videogame/{{Portal2}} Michelle Glados kills you]].
**WasItAllALie?: Rex asked [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]] this question, and [[spoiler:Ata's]] response was "yes".
***Earlier, during the Adventurers' Island story arc, shortly after learning about Amanda's identity as Silencia Venomosa and her secret fear that "Amanda Claw" is just a mask, Rex asked Amanda this question in regards to their love. Thankfully, Amanda's response was "no", and that helped to keep her grounded.
**WhatsInItForMe: The Maelstrom, speaking through a Stromling, asked this of the team Dr. Cyborg was leading into the ''real'' [[TempleOfDoom Maelstrom Temple]] when they demanded entrance into the Vortex Chamber.
**WhenLifeGivesYouLemons: Mentioned numerous times during the final battle, either by [[{{Pyromaniac}} Pyro]], or by the comm chatter, as a ShoutOut to ''[[Videogame/{{Portal2}} Portal 2]]'''s infamous take on the phrase. The whole ''Portal 2'' speech was played over the radio by Kara to boost morale.
**WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: According to Word of God, this is how Rex learned that Fssinister killed Roger Remous.
***[[spoiler:Illusion!]]Kotua taunted Rex by telling him about how Perfect Chaos drowned all his tamed Mutant Dinos.
***[[spoiler:The Darkitect]] was about to tell Greybeard how Sir Robert Batrick died, but Greybeard cut him off with a ShutUpHannibal
**YouExclamation: Said by Rex when he saw Wallace Bishop in the Temple of Creation.
**YouDoNotWantToKnow: It's probably better that we don't find out what horrific procedure Pierce was put through when Enter and Return were treating him for exposure to super-hot-spicy-tongue-melting-jail-cell-door-opening-pizza.
**YouHaveFailedMe: Said by [[spoiler:[[BadBoss the Darkitect]]]] while killing Ahua.
**YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Spoken far too many times to count, though one notable example is that Glados said this as a ShoutOut to ''[[Videogame/{{Portal2}} Portal 2]]'' when she saw that [[spoiler:[[HeroicSecondWind Trouble was still alive]]]].
**YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: While [[spoiler:[[BadBoss the Darkitect]]]] could heal his subordinates, he sometimes purposely left some Stromlings to die after being critically wounded, such as Kiddy. Ahua was killed by the Maelstrom for this reason.
**YouJustHADToSayIt: Hotwire noted that Greybeard just HAD to mention the warm, cozy fire...
**YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: Rex to Frozeen, after the latter caught a glimpse of Ben Gunn using the Super Teleport Pad.
**YoureInsane!: Rex to Michelle Glados.
**YourLittleDismissiveDiminutive: Used too often to list every example, but villains do love referring to Amanda as Rex's "little girlfriend" and Trouble as Rex's "little pet".
*StockSuperpowers: Surprisingly, even though this isn't a universe with any prominent superheroes, some of these have showed up.
**AnIcePerson: The Ice Snake King.
**ShockAndAwe: Pterisa and Mutant Pterosaurs.
**SuperSpeed: Due to some genetic experiments, Alpha was granted this ability. So he used it. Again. And again. And again. [[GameBreaker God-modding, much]]?
**{{Telepathy}}: The ability of Aravis. Amanda Claw was also revealed to be Telepathic at one point, although it was quickly retconned into CanonDiscontinuity due to a number of factors (including the lack of an expected shock factor).
*TheStoic: Michelle Glados is reputed as the "master stoic", and anyone who can get under her skin [[NotSoStoic to cause her to show real emotion]] takes great pride in the ability.
**As the anonymous mysterious samurai, Pterisa was also a Stoic.
**According to [[TheBartender Bartholomew Enderson]], Silencia Venomosa was usually the Stoic.
*AStormIsComing: Used to foreshadow the FinalBattle.
*StormingTheCastle: The various attacks against the XERRD Fortress.
*StoryArc: Goo Caverns, LEGO Island/Antarctica, and Adventurers' Island.
*StrawLoser: The "[[MetalGear Solid Snake]]" Snake, who was introduced for no purpose other than to be beaten up to make the "[[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]]" Snake look better in comparison.
*StrongFamilyResemblance: Minerva is described as looking extremely similar to her mother, Athena Fabello.
*StuffBlowingUp: Demoman in a nutshell.
**Pretty much the whole function of Reliable Excavation Deconstruction, which has had at least ''two'' employees who are willing to blow up anything they come across.
**The Dino Island Laboratory during the finale of [[LEGOIsland the Brickster's]] attack.
***And again during the final battle [[DeathFromAbove in the Brickster's custom T-1 Typhoon]].
*StunGuns: Most Dino Attack weapons are non-lethal and are designed to incapacitate, not kill.
*SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: PBB and Goldbeard.
**If At War's End is considered a sequel to Dino Attack RPG, then the deaths of Tracer, Aravis, Spino, and Raider count.
**After having such an important role in the Dino Attack RPG, [[spoiler:Naomi Carver]] didn't even get through the ''teaser'' for [[LEGODino Dino 2012]].
*SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: As part of the gradual revelation of her backstory, Amanda Suddenly Always Knew how to be a deadly-efficient sniper during the attack on the XERRD Fortress.
*TheSummation: The scene where [[spoiler:Ata]] is caught and revealed as TheMole. Rather weirdly, it was [[spoiler:Ata]] himself who revealed everything and Bogart, the detective ''specifically brought in to solve the case'', was completely absent.
*SuperWheelchair: Shannon Grimton's wheelchair has a minigun, a laser device, and a rocket launcher.
*SupernaturalIsPurple: [[LEGOUniverse The Maelstrom]].
*SurferDude: Lance Williams, although he isn't really known to talk like one.
*SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Palmer was supposed to be one for Zachary. [[ReplacementScrappy It didn't quite work out.]]
*TheSwarm: Mutant Dinos, especially Mutant Lizards, find their strength in numbers.
**In Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG, a Vinscale Octomus was a rare sight. In Dino Attack RPG, there was an entire swarm of Mutant Vinscale Octomus off the coast of LEGOCity, which has thankfully been exterminated.
*SweetPollyOliver: A.J. Orange, who dressed up as her father to protect him from [[spoiler:[[TheMole Ata]]]].
*SwordFight: Blaire Darkling and Kareem Nazareno's duel near the end of the FinalBattle.
*SymbolSwearing: Rare, but occasionally used by characters such as Commander Lutsky.
*SympatheticMurderBackstory: Amanda Claw.
*TagalongReporter: Just like in [[LEGODinoAttack the original line]], J. Theano for WDNO - Dino Radio.
**Scott is implied to have joined the team specifically to report on the final battle. He even brought a camera and radio equipment so he could conduct interviews and report live to Antarctica.
*TakeMyHand: Rex and Amanda during the battle against the Brickspider Bot in the Torn World.
*TakeOurWordForIt: Atton Rand is intentionally vague on the exact nature of some of Trigger's previous jobs, only making it clear that some of them were pretty brutal.
**Similarly, [=PeabodySam=] is not going into detail on what exactly happened with the assassination of Edward Korrupte. Based upon what little we know about it, it was ''not'' pretty.
*TakeThat: Every [[PardonMyKlingon cussword]] in Dino Attack RPG is an example of this.
**While not neccessarily meant to be totally insulting, Atton Rand was very surprised when Tesh Carrey called for the American Air Force to apprehend Rotor (even though he was the only known American in the team and since Rotor was not American, their air force wouldn't have the authority to arrest him). His response? Introducing a ''Canadian'' sent to perform that task.
**There were many TakeThat jabs made towards [[LEGOPowerMiners Power Miners]] at the beginning of the Goo Caverns story arc, especially since numerous Dino Attack RPG players were [[LEGORockRaiders Rock Raiders]] fans who were discontent with the new Power Miners line.
**Elizabeth Winsor's "Mutant Dino repellant" consisted of MileyCyrus, JonasBrothers, and rap all being played at the same time, a TakeThat reflecting the musical tastes of Dino Attack RPG players, such as Atton Rand and [=PeabodySam=], who hated these forms of music.
**Atton Rand created an {{expy}} of [[MetalGear Solid Snake]] solely so he could write an indepth description of Snake's beating him up out of vengeance for trying steal credit from him. This was a TakeThat on two fronts, first towards the many players who [[WeirdAlEffect mistook Snake for an expy of Solid Snake]], and second toward Solid Snake himself for being what Atton Rand mistakenly believed to be "shameless knock-off" of [[EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]] (who inspired Snake).[[note]]What Atton Rand did not realize was that Solid Snake was actually a loving tribute, not a shameless knock-off, and JohnCarpenter gave ''Metal Gear'' his blessing, meaning his Take That to ''Metal Gear'' was unnecessary and mean-spirited.[[/note]]
**One could see [[{{Pyromaniac}} Andrew Jackson's]] rant on the comm as a playful TakeThat to Pyro's [[NotAsYouKnowThem dramatic change in character]] after [[SamusIsAGirl being revealed as a woman]]. Andrew Jackson turned out to be popular enough to take back the role of Pyro.
**The Big Lipped Minifigure Moment that was the Pepper fangirl at the end of ''[[LEGOIsland LEGO Island 2]]'' is apparently the only thing that Pepper Roni is genuinely afraid of.
*TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Rex sacrificed his Creative Spark to finally kill Dr. Rex.]]
**Attempted by Firecracker, but [[FailedASpotCheck it didn't exactly work out the way he planned.]]
*TalkingAnimal: Tex and Shade. Formerly Rex.
**When a post is written from the perspective of Rex, nearly every dinosaur counts, although this is more of a case of BilingualDialogue than TalkingAnimal.
*TalkingInYourSleep: Heavy apparently had a weird dream about marrying a [[EverythingsSatiatingWithSandwiches sandwich]].
*TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Attempted by Katerina Schattenberg on Dr. Rex. [[FromBadToWorse It... didn't work]].
*TapOnTheHead: Used often.
*TeenGenius: Jenny. Justified in that she was raised by a XERRD scientist and spent her childhood working as an assistant.
**Kat would have initially been an example of this, until her age was retconned to late twenties.
*TenderTears: Kate shed a few after being locked in an office by Dr. Bishop and later after witnessing the accidental murder of a group of Dino Attack Agents disguised as XERRD personell.
**Let's not forget poor Jenny who was too scared to talk when being "interrogated" by Rotor, and couldn't do much else besides cry. The only thing that made it worse was that her crying only gave Rotor something else to laugh at and may have prompted him to make the beatings even worse.
*TeleportersAndTransporters: Thanks to Michelle Glados, XERRD uses teleporters to send Mutant Dinos anywhere on the LEGO Planet. This was also formerly overseen by the Dino Attack Team's Portal Operations Team.
**MassTeleportation: As a T-1 Typhoon approached the LEGOIsland Laboratory, the XERRD scientists inside began endlessly teleporting Mutant Lizards aboard the helicopter. Dino Attack Team also began a MassTeleportation of evacuees to Antarctica during the FinalBattle.
**PortalNetwork: King Joseph Race and Sam Race established a Portal Network between Dino Attack Headquarters and Ogel Control Center.
**TeleporterAccident: [[NoodleIncident Mentioned by General]] as a ShoutOut to ''[[Videogames/HalfLife2]]''.
**TeleportSpam: Michelle Glados uses this with Carolyne Provencal against Zachary, Minerva, and Dr. Cyborg.
*TemptingFate: [[YouJustHADToSayIt Greybeard just ''had'' to mention the nice, warm, cozy fire...]]
**Minerva Fabello just ''had'' to suggest that [[spoiler:[[DemonicPossession the Maelstrom was going to turn Dr. Rex's body into an even greater threat]] after his defeat]]...
*TenLittleMurderVictims: First the Stromling presence at Outpost 4 and later the hunt for the mole in Dino Attack Headquarters.
*TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Likely to mark her female gender, Pterisa has NonMammalianHair.
*ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Rex was already SecretlyDying, and his life was miserable thanks to being a DoomMagnet. What better way to end it all than to [[TakingYouWithMe Take Dr. Rex with Him]]?]]
*ThankTheMaker: Thank Builder, Thank Creator, Thank the [[LEGOUniverse First Builders]], and Thank Ole are some of the common variants.
*ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: In one of his journal entries, Spy included a tacked-on note saying that he was "most displeased" that his favorite blazer had blood on it.
*ThatsNoMoon: That's no jungle temple... That's a XERRD Fortress.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dust gave one to Lutsky while he was being interrogated in true HannibalLecture style, and later to the agents at the temple of Hotep III.
**Most of [[spoiler:the Darkitect's [[FaceYourFears illusions]]]] delivered these speeches.
*ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Maria's rather brutal murder of an unidentified hybrid officer. She smothered him, shot him through the head ''twice'', and then cut his throat open just to be sure.
**Called out by Zach when he commanded both Raine Dashworthy and the Brickster (who's armed to the teeth and firing at everything in sight) to destroy Blaire Darkling's outpost. However, Blaire still survived.
*TheyCalledMeMad: A rare non-MadScientist variation, spoken by [[{{Pyromaniac}} Andrew Jackson]] during his rambling.
*[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch This Is for Emphasis, Witch!]]: Parodied in the comm chatter by Johnny "bricking" Gat while presumably fighting the Fright Knights.
*ThousandYardStare: [[HeroicBSOD Rex]], after [[spoiler:the deaths of Amanda and Trouble.]]
*ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:[[LEGOUniverse Baron Typhonus]] used the Maelstrom to cure [[HandicappedBadass Rex's]] paralysis. Then, the Maelstrom turned on Rex, constricting him and leaving him unable to even move. When the Maelstrom finally let go, Rex was once again paralyzed.]]
**Played straight with Hertz, who went deaf during the final battle of the Dino Attack but, by the time of the [[LEGOAlienConquest Alien Conquest]], was fitted with hearing aids so effective that they improved his hearing beyond that of a normal Minifig.
*ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: [[LEGOIsland Captain Click]] threw his cutlass to disable the XERRD teleporters and cut off the Brickspider Bot's escape. Somehow, it worked.
*ThwartedCoupDeGrace: Disarmed, both weapon-wise and literally, it seems Zach will meet his end by Scratch's pistol. However, Zach suddenly rises and fights Scratch for the pistol, cause the weapon to fire into the latter's chest, killing him.
*TimeBomb: PBB's cause of death.
*TimeTravel: Used by the Future Villains to travel from 2055 to 2010.
**In the most recent revision of [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek's]] biography, he traveled to the present day with the help of the Time Twisters.
**MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: The goal of the Future Villains.
*TinTyrant: How about Tin [[BilingualBonus Tyrant Lizard King]]? Dr. Rex goes into battle in full armor, complete with SpikesOfVillainy.
*TitleTropes: Some of these have been played with in Dino Attack RPG and Dino Attack: At War's End.
**PopCulture Pun: At War's End, a pun based upon ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]]''.
**ScaryAnimalTitle: Dino might be extinct, but it's still a scary animal.
**TeamTitle: Dino Attack is named after the D.I.N.O. Attack team.
**TitleDrop: One comment on the comm chatter during the FinalBattle uses the phrase "at war's end".
*ToBeLawfulOrGood: Wade during the aftermath of J.D.'s assassination. One the one hand, he could try to stabilize him, possibly getting some useful information but only delaying his inevitable death and most likely causing him a lot pain. On the other, he could let him die quickly and with a minimum of pain, but realizes that killing him also goes against his own personal morals as well as being the opposite of what he as a medic is responsible for doing.
**You've got a broken down base and a bunch of wounded agents stuck in the basement with the only chance of escape being an unfinished portal on the top floor. Do you attempt to move the patients through the unstable building and risk the possibility of the structure collapsing in the hopes of getting them to a safe location, or do you leave them down there and seal off the basement, keeping the mutant dinos out but trapping the occupants inside and leaving them behind to (eventually) take their chances in a world overrun by mutant dinos (although the patients that recovered in that time could be organized into a potential fighting force and become the basis for a new Dino Attack Team)?
*TokenEvilTemamate: Literally happened when [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel]], [[LEGOIsland The Brickster]], [[LEGOAdventurers Sam Sinister]], and [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] [[EnemyMine joined the team]].
**Dr. Strangebrick has recently started to fill this role.
**Dust was not evil, but in comparison to other upstanding members of the Dino Attack Team...
*TokenReligiousTeammate: Shaw and Pharisee, though the extent at which they can be called "religious" is debatable.
*TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Rex and Amanda.]]
*{{Tomboy}}: With the excaption of Naomi, there are not many girly girls in the D.A.
**Which is somewhat understandable, given that D.A.'s primary function is waging apocalyptic war against [[PrehistoricMonster giant horrific superpowered reptiles]].
**TomboyPonytail: Holly Vinyaya and Zelda Frodongan.
*TomatoInTheMirror: When Rex was approached by The Phantom, he learned of XERRD's plot to destroy Dino Attack Team from the inside by disguising a Mutant Dino as a Dino Attack agent. Then The Phantom reveals that this Mutant Dino is none other than Rex himself. Both Downplayed, since Rex does not let this knowledge stop him from continuing to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, and Justified, since Rex's role as an infiltrator required for him to under go brainwashing to make his cover as realistic as possible (which, of course, WentHorriblyRight).
**Kat had a mysterious background, not even knowing her own name. Then, she learned the shocking truth. She is in fact a synthetically-engineered clone of Katerina Schattenberg, both one of ShadowTech's foundupers ''and'' the long-lost sister of Dr. Rex.
*TookALevelInBadass: Nerdy Hertz killed a T-rex with an oxygen can and by firing a gun for the first time in his life. In addition, he had a broken arm, could not see out of one eye, had burns across his hands and legs, and had just survived a helicopter crash and blazing inferno.
**This was inverted with Dust in the flashback. In the present, he was shown to be really tough, but around 2002 we see him becomming an InnocentBystander when his car gets hijacked. In a Steam chat, Atton Rand and [=PeabodySam=] joked about turning Dust into a ButtMonkey.
*TookALevelInJerkass: Zach started to fall toward this path after his first encounter with the Maelstrom.
*TorsoWithAView: Aster Oid when he died.
*TortureAlwaysWorks: Brutally subverted. If anything for Jenny it only left her even more frightened and confused than she already was.
*TouchedByVorlons: Zach's interaction with the Darkitect and the Maelstrom ultimately lead his to aquire his ability to manipulate the Maelstrom.
*TrademarkFavoriteFood: Aside from his love for large weapons, Heavy believes EverythingsSatiatingWithSandwiches. Most of the pirates on the team enjoy rum, and Clint Wayne is occasionally seen drinking whiskey in his spare time.
**[[LEGOIsland The Brickster]] always had a strong love for pizza, even if he often used it as part of an elaborate scheme to escape from prison.
*TragicVillain: General Evil, at least in his early days. He joined his brother's side because he literally felt like his life had no purpose.
**Dr. Rex, especially after the revelations of his Maelstrom experiment and his recent realization that [[spoiler:he is merely [[TheManBehindTheMan the Darkitect's]] plaything]]. He knew that he was [[SanitySlippage plunging into madness]], but he was too late to stop it.
*TraitorShot: Alone in a dark alley in Gold City, [[ArmyScout Scout]] made a suspicious phone call. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted, however, as the phone call was later revealed to be a completely-innocent check-in with his mother.]]
*TranquilFury: Keeping perfectly in character for her, Amanda Claw does not explode when she is angry, but remains tranquil and collected... which arguably makes her fury even more terrifying.
*TranslationConvention: Everyone on the LEGO Planet speaks plain English. This includes Medieval Knights (Lampshaded by Vladek's attempts to speak YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe), the Islanders on Adventurers' Island (although the first Islander to appear only spoke broken English, this was dropped in later posts by other members), and ''dinosaurs'' (although this case mainly occurs in PeabodySam's posts, and even then he usually makes it clear that it's a seperate language, making it an example of BilingualDialogue for the reader's convenience).
*{{Transplant}}: Greybeard, Coral, and Elizabeth Winsor from Pirates RPG; Samuel "Lay" Go and Ben Baseplate from LEGO Island RPG; and many NPCs originating from Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG.
*TrapIsTheOnlyOption: Databoard, PBB, and Turahk-Kal were all very well-aware that Rex's distress signal from the ''[[CoolAirship Voltage]]'' was a trap by Kotua. In Databoard's words, "We spring the trap."
*TraumaCongaLine: This has happened to most of the main cast at some point or another.
**Of notable worth is Rex's TraumaCongaLine in the FinalBattle. [[spoiler:Adventure died, Amanda died, Trouble died...]] it's no wonder Rex was left in a HeroicBSOD.
*TraumaInducedAmnesia: Trying to erase the memory of her husband's death helped Athena complete her SanitySlippage.
*TreacherousSpiritChase: Carl Lutsky is confronted by an imaginary Dust; although not a spirit, the situation and following threat is strikingly similar.
*TrickAndFollowPloy: Dino Attack Team "accidentally" let Dr. Paulie Gonepus escape so that he may unwittingly lead them to the true [[TempleOfDoom Maelstrom Temple]]. Ultimately subverted because Dr. Gonepus was being DangerouslyGenreSavvy at the moment and intentionally led them to the wrong temple.
*TriggerHappy: Heavy, Gunner, Rotor, Clint Wayne, Carl Lutsky, Tracer, and Lance Williams.
**According to Sarah Bishop, Walter on at least one occasion pulled a gun out in the middle of a bowling match because ''some guy put his toe over the line''.
*TrojanPrisoner: [[LEGOAdventurers Lord Sam Sinister]] during TheInfiltration of the XERRD Fortress. [[GoneHorriblyRight Ironically]], he ended up becoming ThePresidentsDaughter when he was recognized by Dr. Breen and Dr. Provhezor.
*{{Troll}}: Grease.
*TropeOverdosed: Seriously, this thing has just too many tropes.
*{{Troperiffic}}: Especially in Dino Attack: At War's End, in which tropes such as YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe and ArsonMurderAndJaywalking are actually called out by name.
*TroubledBackstoryFlashback: ALL of Dust's flashbacks.
**Greybeard's own TroubledBackstoryFlashback was presented in YetAnotherChristmasCarol mode.
*{{Tsundere}}: Minerva Fabello showed traces of Type A in her first appearances before becoming more Type B. Her mother Athena appears to have been a Type A as a young adult.
*TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Pterisa, Velosis, and Tyrannus. Of course, in the ensuing rebellion, only Pterisa survived.
**Dr. Strangebrick officially defected from XERRD after realizing that his superiors had intentionally abandoned him and most of the other personnel in the fortress to die in the bombing or to be killed by skeleton mummies.
*TurnsRed: Turns [[SupernaturalIsPurple Purple]], actually; [[spoiler:Dr. Rex when his body became [[DemonicPossession possessed by the Maelstrom]] after being seemingly defeated by Adventure.]]
*TwoFaced: Holly Vinyaya has two acidic scars on the right side of her face and is missing her right eye.
*{{Uberwald}}: Granted, there are no vampires, werewolves, or other horrors of the night, but being a rather sinister East European nation that is apparently home to [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], Barron could be arguably considered an Überwald.
*UnPerson: Before beginning his take-over-the-world scheme, [[LEGOAlphaTeam Evil Ogel]] did this to himself to ensure that no one could use his past against him.
*{{Understatement}}: The roof of Dino Attack Headquarters collapsed after Firecracker's foolish stunt. Greybeard later mentioned that [[SandInMyEyes he had rain on his face]] because there was "a leak" in the roof.
*UndyingLoyalty: Amanda Claw and Trouble to Rex.
*UnexplainedRecovery: The last time we saw Zenna during the Adventurers' Island mission, she nearly died from blood loss and was in a coma. Only a few days later, she's almost back to full health and flying the ''Amanda'' during the final battle.
*TheUnfettered: Silencia Venomosa. Commander Pharisee also seems to have some traits of TheUnfettered.
*UnfinishedBusiness: When Frozeen died, he tried this tactic on the mysterious voice, since it worked for Kotua and Databoard. [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Too bad that the mysterious voice was sick and tired of the whole "But My Friends Need Me!" and "But I've Got Unfinished Business!" schtick...]]
*UngratefulBastard: Grease to Frozeen after being rescued by Mutant Raptors.
*TheUnintelligible: [[{{Pyromaniac}} Pyro]] and [[SweetPollyOliver A.J. Orange]] when they are wearing balaclavas.
*UnnecessarilyLargeInterior: Supposedly, the main chamber alone of the [[TempleOfDoom Maelstrom Temple]] was wider than the Aztec Village and taller than Dino Attack Headquarters.
*TheUnreveal: This somehow kept happening with TheMole. First Clint, Angel Eyes, and Maria find the name but refuse to divulge it, then multiple people are killed without any description of the attacker. Now Crusher found a tape that recorded Medic's last moments, except it's an audio recording, and since the mole never spoke we still don't know who it is. If only Medic had instead set up a video camera to record his autopsy...
**After wearing a balaclava for the entire Dino Attack, [[TheFaceless Specs]] finally took it off when he made a public appearance after the war's end. However, no specific details about Specs's face are actually revealed to readers, leaving his true appearance just as mysterious as it always was.
*UnsafeHaven: Antarctica, the one place on the planet where no Mutant Dino can go... that is, until the Mutant Dinos started adapting to arctic climates. Don't get me started on the riots, either.
**Dino Attack Headquarters is meant to be Dino Attack Team's one safe haven in LEGOCity. It's been leveled by Kotua, bombed by Cam O'Cozy, and nearly destroyed from the inside by Firecracker. And then there's Mutant Dinos infiltrating the building. Wonderful.
*UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Needless to say, after Rex announced his plans to defy DeusExMachina and arrive in a BigDamnHeroes moment, the plan... didn't exactly work out as planned.
*UnstoppableRage: Frozeen whenever he goes into HeroicSafeMode.
**Also Dr. Rex, to a lesser extent, who [[InsaneEqualsViolent gets uncontrollably violent]] whenever angered.
**Carl Lutsky when he feels his authority might be threatened.
*UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Tragically, Amanda Remous in her youth. She cried out to her parents, distracting them just long enough for Bricassius to kill them both.
*UnwittingPawn: Dust used the Dino Attack Team's manpower and resources to get him to the temple of Hotep III. He they planed to throw them away like the "broken toys that they are".
**XERRD was this to the Maelstrom.
*UrgentMedicalAlert: The deaths of [[TheEngineer Engineer]] quickly led to Pierce and Medic rushing to the scene of the crime. Pierce more or less did the same again when Medic was killed (though he was implied to be in a different part of the same room).
*UriahGambit: Ahua sent Zach out to kill the XERRD scientists heading toward the [[TempleOfDoom Maelstrom Temple]], hoping he would be killed by the scientists garbed in Space Marauder and Sorcerer gear. However, Zach was very much aware of the danger of Stromlings facing against former Paradox operatives, so he sent {{Mooks}} to die instead.
*UrbanWarfare: LEGOCity in the early days of the Dino Attack, although it seems to be somewhat under control as a small portion of the town's population has returned, some of the damage has been repaired, and mutant dinos are scarce aside from a few scattered groups of mutant lizards. However, the FinalBattle takes place in LEGO City.
*UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Justification of some of the more extreme realists of the team such as Shadow, who are willing to do anything to end the Dino Attack.
**Pharisee believes this.
**In a way, [=ShadowTech=] followed this principle under Cane's leadership, in a rather terrifyingly Third Reich-esque fashion.
*VanHelsingHateCrimes: How some idealists view the realists' actions.
*VanInBlack: [=ShadowTech=]'s land vehicles, including black Fire Hammers. Their black Steel Sprinters and Urban Avengers probably do not count as Vans In Black, though.
*VideoWills: Frank Einstein delivered his last message to Rex in the form of a hologram. The message began with the hologram addressing the fact that, if this hologram is seen, then Dr. Einstein must be dead.
**While Wallace Bishop did not die, [[spoiler:his self-induced lobotomy left him a mere shadow of the man he once was. As such, before beginning the procedure, he recorded a Video Will addressed to Frank Einstein, explaining what he was about to do and his wishes for Einstein to protect the Bishop family.]]
*VideogameSettings: Most locations can be categorized as Videogame Settings.
**AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The sewage tunnel that leads to Dinosaur Island.
**BuildLikeAnEgyptian: [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island Sphinx Area]].
**CapitalCity: LEGOCity.
**DeathMountain: The [[LEGOAlphaTeam Ogel's Island]] volcano.
**DugTooDeep: The [[LEGOAlphaTeam Goo Caverns]].
**ElaborateUndergroundBase: The [[LEGOAlphaTeam Goo Caverns]].
**FinalBossNewDimension: The Torn World.
**GangplankGalleon: [[LEGOPirates Pirates Forbidden Island]].
**HailfirePeaks: [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island]] is essentially ShiftingSandLand + JungleJapes + {{Prehistoria}}.
**HiddenElfVillage: [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island]] Aztec Village.
**JungleJapes: [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island]] jungle.
**MedievalEuropeanFantasy: [[ClassicLEGOCastle Castle Cove]].
**NostalgiaLevel: Most locations are based upon classic LEGOThemes as opposed to modern LEGO themes.
**PlayerHeadquarters: Dino Attack Headquarters.
**PortTown: [[LEGOPirates Eldorado Fortress]].
**{{Prehistoria}}: Dinosaur Island and [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island]] Dino Park.
**ShiftingSandLand: [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers' Island]] desert.
**SinisterSubway: The LEGOCity subway system.
**SlippySlideyIceWorld: Antarctica and Vikings Isle.
**TempleOfDoom: The Maelstrom Temple.
**UndergroundLevel: The [[LEGOAlphaTeam Goo Caverns]].
**WhereItAllBegan: LEGOCity is where the first Mutant Dinos appeared and the first location to appear in the RPG. Seven years later (eight months later in-universe), the FinalBattle is being fought in LEGO City.
*VikingFuneral: [[spoiler:Winston and Mathias Grendelwulf]] were the subject of one.
*VillainBall: Michelle Glados could have easily killed Rex if she just stopped talking and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shot him already]]. And when [[spoiler:Trouble [[HeroicSecondWind got back up]], rather than shooting Rex first and then paying attention to Trouble, Glados forgot about Rex and tried to shoot Trouble instead, leading to her own death and Rex's survival.]]
*TheVillainMakesThePlot: Let's face it. Without the Dino Attack, there wouldn't be a Dino Attack RPG. The entire Kotua crisis was caused by, well, Kotua [[FaceHeelTurn turning evil]]. The Future Villains' sub-plot was caused by the villains [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight going back in time]]. Guess who started the Cam O'Cozy subplot? The battle for the Power Station and the FinalBattle both took place because of attacks by the Mutant Dinos, while the three story arcs were largely the result of Dino Attack Team cleaning up the Mutant Dinos' worldwide mess.
*VillainsDyingGrace: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:[[TheManBehindTheMan Baron Typhonus]] tried to make [[BigBad Dr. Rex]] dodge the Einstein Device. However, despite being enslaved to the Darkitect and becoming his possessed puppet, Dr. Rex deliberately resisted the Darkitect's orders and [[ObiWanMoment calmly accepted death]], knowing that it would finally put an end to all the death and destruction that he caused.]]
*VillainousBSOD: Oswald has one upon learning that [[spoiler:he was nothing more than a pawn for the Maelstrom]].
*VillainousBreakdown: Dr. Rex. He's gone from a gentlemen-like scientist with misguided goals to a maddened monster who destroys everything in his path.
**Dust has had on again off again villainous breakdowns when he allows his emotions to get in control of his plain. Most notably when he lost it after the assault on the south coast and became a fugitive. He has however managed to maintain his composure in the end. Carl Lutsky fits the trope better when he went from well-groomed jerk to crazy jerk with a vendetta.
**Edward Korrupte had a very minor VillainousBreakdown. Although he hired Silencia Venomosa to do undercover work at Mindstorms, Inc., learning that Sindstorme had sent a team of mercenaries to steal blueprints from Dacta Corporation caused Korrupte to give Venomosa permission to kill everyone. [[FauxAffablyEvil Despite his professional-sounding letter, Venomosa could tell that it was masking a barely-controlled fury.]]
**A minor one in Michelle Glados's final moments, visible in the fact that she broke character and started acting NotSoStoic.
**Paulie Gonepus began to suffer one when he could not kill Holly Vinyaya that ultimately peaked with the destruction of his tentatcles and Maelaser.
**Blaire Darkling in his final fight.
*TheVoiceless: Amanda Claw, [[SuddenlyVoiced until she broke her vow of silence]] in the LEGOIsland mission.
*TheWallsAreClosingIn: That one temple chamber filled with Mutant Raptors, leading to a SickeningCrunch.
*WarIsHell: that guy from that show, [=PeabodySam=], Atton Rand, and Brikman [=McStudz=] have been known to use graphic descriptions of the battles and have all conveyed pretty clearly that war is not fun or glorious. Scenes set in the medical bay for example tend to show the stress and incredible amount of death and suffering that the staff have to deal with.
**The ninja conflict really affected Solomon's ideals and he spends a considerable amount of time musing about how tired he is of violence during the final battle.
**In the final battle, [=PeabodySam=] tried to convey this through the deaths of [[spoiler:King Joseph Race, Adventure, Amanda Claw, and Trouble]]. Sam Race and Rex were both left rather shellshocked by the end of it.
*TheWarSequence: The beginning of the FinalBattle.
*WartimeWedding: Rex and Amanda's ''[[PiratesOfTheCaribbean At World's End]]''-inspired wedding during the final battle.
**Another one apparently took place between [[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Anju and Kafei]], according to the comm chatter.
*WatchingTheSunset: After the cleansing of the [[TempleOfDoom Maelstrom Temple]], Rex watched the sunset over Adventurers' Island from aboard his T-1 Typhoon.
*WaterWorks: Kate while trapped inside the XERRD fortress. It didn't help that she had been locked in a tiny office immediately after confronting the man running the base and findng a picture of her own mother on his desk, then had to listen to her fellow agents argue over whether they could use her as bait.
*TheWatson: Kate more or less. Lance has filled this role on some occasions.
*WeCanRebuildHim: General, Frozeen, the Frickster, Fullmetal, and Dr. Cyborg.
**Unconfirmed, but seeing as the titular creature of the ''{{Alien}}'' series has a very biomechanical appearance, it possibly applies to Raptor/Enox Phorm.
*WeCanRuleTogether: Dr. Rex to Talia Kaahs.
*WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon: [[LEGOPirates Pirates Forbidden Island and Eldorado Fortress]].
*WellIntentionedExtremist: XERRD scientists believe that, by creating the Mutant Dinosaurs and bringing about the apocalypse, they are simply helping destiny in its course.
**Lutsky and Rotor both have the same goals as the rest of the team- to bring an end to the invasion of the mutant dinos. It's just that they're willing to take a few more risks that others would normally object to.
*TheWestern: Anything involving Gold City, Fort Legoredo, or Clint Wayne.
*WetSariScene: Naomi has a wet scrubs scene when she steps under the hole in the roof into the waterfall of rain above the teleportation pad.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Often happens as a result of a character being OutOfFocus.
**An in-universe example of WhatHappenedToTheMouse is that characters often wonder what happened to Databoard.
**Due to most side stories taking a back seat once the StoryArc formula was introduced, the status of the Dino Alien invasion is unknown.
**What happened to the XERRD scientist who accidentally switched bodies with a Hybrid?
*WhamLine: Usually you know it's a wham line when [[RunningGag Brikman flips his laptop]]. Here are a few examples:
**"Becase Gahiji, I'm [[spoiler:your mommy]]." Claudia
**"... you need not introduce yourself at all. I know exactly who you are, as well as everything about you... [[spoiler:Lupus Schattenberg]]." Katerina Schattenberg
**"Hello again, Rex." Frank Einstein
**"Rex, I'm afraid [[spoiler:[[YourDaysAreNumbered you have less than a month to live]]]]." - Frank Einstein
**"''Rookie Agent Jason Helmutson, codename "[[spoiler:Tracer]]."''" - The file revealing the identity of Helmie's son
*WhatIf: ''L.E.G.O.'' and ''December 21, 2010'' are two WhatIf alternate endings to Dino Attack RPG; specifically, "What if Dino Attack Team failed to contain the Antarctica riots?" and "What if Dino Attack Team failed during the Adventurers' Island mission?"
**[=PeabodySam=] has expressed interest in a What If? scenario in which Silencia Venomosa never retired.
**[=PeabodySam=] was interested in expanding upon the alternate future of Future Frozeen, [[ItsASmallWorldAfterAll promising that a couple of notable Dino Attack RPG characters may have played a role in that timeline]].
*WhatMeasureIsAMook: [[DefiedTrope Defying]] this trope is the reasoning behind many idealists' motivations, especially Rex.
*WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Since all dinosaurs appear to be intelligent animals, this trope is ''another'' reason behind the motivations of idealists.
*WhatTheHellHero: Rotor has George arrested for disobeying orders. Technically, while he may have had good reasoning for doing so as he had been thinking of the agents inside he did still explicitly refuse to carry out a direct order given by a superior officer, so Rotor's charges were valid. However, rather than simply talking to him and maybe some small punishment, he tries to have him executed by firing squad. Some people reacted the same way when he proceeded to attempt to torture Jenny.
**[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown What Rex did to French Fries]] was ''not'' the right thing to do. Pharisee called Rex out on it, and Atton Rand (who wanted to see French Fries get punished) was shocked by the brutality of the situation.
**Firecracker tried to perform a TakingYouWithMe... by blowing up Dino Attack Headquarters, which is what Dino Attack Team was fighting to defend, while there were doctors, patients, evacuees, Dino Attack agents, and other personnel still inside, an important Teleport Pad on the roof, and only a fraction of the Mutant Dino forces inside the building at that point.
*WhatTheHellPlayer: During the Antarctica mission, there was much emphasis, both IC and OOC, about the importance of keeping the mission secret. Despite these warnings, Atton Rand leaked the information through the actions of his primary character, Zenna, and two newly-created NPCs, Cam O'Cozy and French Fries. As the warnings were not heeded, the full consequences occurred, and suddenly the refugee facilities were full of panicked and angered rioters.
**On a slightly smaller scale, there was a similar reaction after Jenny's torture.
**[=PeabodySam=] and Jackson Lake worked out a rough idea for a confrontation during the FinalBattle between Dr. Rex and Katerina Schattenberg, aka Catherine Alexander, which would cause Dr. Rex to question his actions and fight back against his enslavement to the Maelstrom. Unfortunately, when the moment finally arrived for JL to initiate this confrontation, he got carried away and had Katerina [[spoiler:''disown'' her brother]]. This, of course, [[DespairEventHorizon had the opposite effect from what had originally intended]]. Now there is an enraged, invincible, nigh-unstoppable T-Rex charging towards DAHQ even more determined to raze it to the ground.
**Some people felt this way towards [=PeabodySam=] after Rex's TraumaCongaLine.
**There were a ''ton'' of possible ways to bring Snake back into the final battle while showing off his personality. Did Atton Rand ''really'' need to go out of his way to beat up Plastic Serpent a second time?
*WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:Baron Typhonus]] attempted to goad Minerva Fabello into pushing Andrew into a death trap in the Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins while Minerva and Andrew were alone. At the last second, Minerva saved Andrew from the trap.
*WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Blaire Darkling carries shades of this.
*WhoWritesThisCrap: Semick once grumbled about elements of this story [[SelfDeprecation that were apparently written by nerds]].
*WholesomeCrossdresser: There ''was'' [[NoodleImplements a dress]] in Spy's briefcase...
*WhyWontYouDie: Glados to Rex during her VillainousBreakdown.
**Zach to Blaire after he stopped another attack that would've killed him before ''actually'' killing him.
*WickedCultured: Dust and Rotor.
*WickedWitch: [[ClassicLEGOCastle Willa the Witch]].
*WideEyedIdealist: Many of the Elite agents, but particularly Rex.
**How Dr. Koplowitz started his philosophy. He eventually changed after the ninja wars.
*WindowPain: This is how Evil Ogel and General Evil broke into the Dino Island Laboratory, and later how Pterisa delivered her chess piece to the founding members.
*WingedHumanoid: Ptero.
*AWizardDidIt: Literally. Soldier and Demoman became FireForgedFriends after they both angered [[ClassicLEGOCastle Majisto the Wizard]] and were forced to work together to defend a small castle from Majisto's dragon.
**[[LEGORockRaiders Axle's]] presence on the LEGO Planet was explained as being a "teleporter malfunction" with absolutely no explanation of what happened despite the blatant FridgeLogic.
**How are [[KnightsKingdom2 Vladek]] and [[LEGOAlphaTeam Evil Ogel]], [[LegacyCharacter who are eight generations apart]], working together? The first explanation was literally AWizardDidIt, since Vladek used dark magic to keep himself alive all these years. The current explanation is TimeTravel.
*WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dr. Rex.
*WoodenShipsAndIronMen: There's a reason why there have been at least four {{pirates}} in the Dino Attack Team.
*WorstAid: [[LEGOIsland Enter and Return]] perform this as they always did, but now it is frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Alan Pierce.
**Played for laughs when Enter saved a clinically dead patient by hitting her with a shark ''after'' conventional CPR and a defibrillator failed to revive her. Of course to be fair the patient in question had just been infected with another man's creative sparks.
**Pierce strongly considers [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Medic]] to be a case of this, although Rex and the rest of the Second Headquarters Squad would probably disagree.
*WorthyOpponent: Dust viewed Rockford as a match for his intellect.
**Blaire Darkling/Matthew Vherestorm to Kareem Nazareno.
*WouldHurtAChild: While there has been no explicit mention of children being killed, Rotor has shown that he has no problem torturing them and possibly even ''enjoys'' doing so.
**Dust also grew up in an abusive household. His [[AlcoholicParent alcoholic father]] would often hit the ten-year-old boy.
*XMeetsY: {{BIONICLE}} Meets [[{{LEGOExo-Force}} Exo-Force]] RPG. [[CanonDiscontinuity Enough said]].
**The early days of Dino Attack RPG could be best described as Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG Meets [[LEGODinoAttack Dino Attack]], especially due to the fact that many of LEGO General Discussion's RPG players were members of both [=RPGs=] at the time.
**The three story arcs can be summed up as [[LEGODinoAttack Dino Attack]] Meets [[LEGOAlphaTeam Alpha Team]] Meets [[LEGOAgents Agents]] (Goo Caverns), Dino Attack Meets LEGOIsland (LEGO Island), and Dino Attack Meets [[LEGOAdventurers Adventurers]] Meets LEGOUniverse (Adventurers' Island).
*XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:[[TheManBehindTheMan Baron Typhonus]], being the true [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] behind the Dino Attack, came up with a Xanatos Gambit to ensure the destruction of LEGO Planet. Bring the Maelstrom Crystal to the Maelstrom Temple? He becomes powerful enough to destroy LEGO Planet. Destroy the crystal? He'll still become powerful enough, just give him a little more time. Close the Maelstrom vortex within the temple? As long as there's Maelstrom in the Mutant Dinos, Baron Typhonus is never truly banished, and the chaos and destruction of the Mutant Dinos will grant him the power to eventually destroy LEGO Planet. Defeat Dr. Rex? Baron Typhonus uses the Maelstrom in Dr. Rex's body to [[DemonicPossession possess him]] and turn him into an SNKBoss to lead the Mutant Dinos to victory. Essentially, no matter what happens, the Maelstrom grows powerful enough and [[ApocalypseWow LEGO Planet is ultimately destroyed]]. Baron Typhonus wins.]]
*YankTheDogsChain: Letting Rex and Amanda finally [[WartimeWedding marry]] before [[spoiler:killing off Amanda]]? Now that's just cruel.
*YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: [[KnightsKingdom Lord Vladek]] attempted to speak Olde Englishe, but mixed up pronouns and stuck -eth at the end of random words. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Greybeard and later King Joseph Race.
**Because Fladek never met Greybeard, he still spoke with YeOldeButcheredEnglishe.
*YesMan: Gunderson, the assistant to agent French Fries who reluctantly carried out all of his orders, including those associated with exposing the Antarctica mission (which involved getting the story published on ''the front page'' of the local newspaper, which turned out not to be such a good idea).
*YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Greybeard's flashback/dream sequence was heavily inspired by ''AChristmasCarol'', with the storyline drawing from Scrooge's journey into the past and the spirit inspired by the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
*YouALLShareMyStory: How many times have Rex, Reptile, Hotwire, Zenna, Andrew, Zachary, etc. met up with each other?
*YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Andrew's final speech to Rex can basically be summed up as this.
*YouJustToldMe: Dodged by Rex, who knew better than to reply to Dr. Glados's question regarding Chompy. However, it was said that Frozeen was the one who warned Rex about this trope, suggesting that Frozeen (who disguised himself numerous times during Mission Deep Freeze as an Ice Drone and later took advantage of having a G.E. Body identical to that of General Evil) fell for this at least once.
*YoungGun: Lance Williams.
*YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Mostly a result from compliments of Ogel, [[spoiler:the Darkitect]], and Dust.
*YourAnswerToEverything: Give Firecracker a problem, any problem- and I guarantee you 99.9% percent of the time he'll find a way to work [[StuffBlowingUp explosives]] into his solution.
**In a comm conversation, a minor character ([[AllThereInTheManual named Bacon on the agents page]]) responded to a series of problems (a guy somehow nailing his finger to a birdhouse, a malfunctioning engine, and the same guy getting attacked by a mutant Tyrannosaurus rex) with "Rub some bacon on it". Strangely, this apparently worked.
*YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Rex, who is slowly dying thanks to Dr. Rex essentially poisoning himself with Jugend Serum and Maelstrom.]]
*YourHeadASplode: Katerina Schattenberg blows up the [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Stromling Crocodile's]] head with a unstable cosmotronic ray. Later, Hertz does it with an oxygen canister to a Mutant T-Rex.
**Alas, poor Spy. World's best infiltrator did not stand a chance against a shotgun to the face.
*ZombieAdvocate: Some idealist extremists, such as Rex, are Zombie Advocates towards Mutant Dinos.
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