History WesternAnimation / DinotopiaQuestForTheRubySunstone

A 12-year-old orphan, Kex Bradley, escapes from an orphanage, hoping to see the world. He stows away on a lifeboat, but is later pushed overboard during a storm out at sea and later finds himself on an island called Dinotopia. Here, he befriends the beloved young dinosaur 26 and a 12-year-old girl named Mara. They get in trouble fast as the evil Ogthar is released from his stone prison and recovers the Ruby Sunstone, whose dark power can endanger all of Dinotopia. They soon have to stop Ogthar in time to save Dinotopia.

** Stinktooth was a ''Giganotosaurus'' in the books. Here, he's a ''Tyrannosaurus''.

** Throughout the film, many quadrupedal Dinosaurs are shown to be able to walk on 2 legs which would be physically impossible for a completely quadrupedal animal to do.
** When Spazz hatches from his egg, he mistakes 26 for his mom and begins to suck on her nose. He then says "That's not milk!" and promptly spits. Reptiles don't breastfeed. Worse yet, he's erroneously made a plant-eater when he's supposed to be a Dilophosaurus.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Terrible Dinosaur designs, broken wrists, and outdated kangaroo postures that would make paleontologists want to punch their TV's. It's a far cry from the original James Gurney books.
* {{Balloonacy}}: The protagonists attempt to cross a chasm by using a discarded ''Iguanodon'' skin as a makeshift balloon. Notably, they travel ''inside'' the inflated skin, which should probably suffocate them. On the other hand, it is portrayed relatively realistically in the sense that the scheme fails, as they don't float much and they land on an angry Stinktooth.
* BigDamnHeroes: Stinktooth pulls one of these near the climax, when he saves 26 from getting stabbed by the drill in Ogthar's scorpion strutter. It doesn't actually stop Ogthar, but it does destroy the tank.

* KidsLoveDinosaurs: Probably one of the main reasons the film got made.

* MentorArchetype: Albagon, the elderly ''Dryosaurus'', fits this mold to a T.
* OrphansOrdeal: In the beginning, Kex runs away from his orphanage because he believes that, aged 12, he's too old to likely be adopted (which is sadly TruthInTelevision). The dinosaur eggs in the Dinotopia hatchery are also orphaned, with humans choosing one to be its adoptive parent.
* PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. A ''T. Rex'' is one of the heroes, while the two bad dinos are herbivores.
* QuicksandSucks: Happens twice. Kex gets a bit too cocky while taunting Rhoga and Thudd and falls in this, having to be rescued by Mara. It later happens to Rhoga and Thudd themselves in the climax. The heroes rescue them by dropping a tree, which [[AmusingInjuries falls on Rhoga's head]].

* SequelHook: Just before Ogthar hits the lava as he falls into the volcano, he shields himself in his armor and sinks. Albagon then suggests that this may not be the last we will see of him. A sequel was ultimately never made, however.

* TalkingAnimal: All of the Dinosaurs in this movie can freely communicate with humans.
* ToiletHumour: This film has a disgusting amount of it.
* VegetarianCarnivore: As stated above, Spazz is supposed to be a ''Dilophosaurus'' yet he is portrayed as a herbivore rather than a carnivore.

''Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone'' is a 2005 DirectToVideo animated film, loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' book series. Co-produced by SD Entertainment and Hallmark Entertainment, it also takes some things from the latter's previous ''Dinotopia'' miniseries, most notably the character of 26, the ''Chasmosaurus''.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Terrible Dinosaur designs, broken wrists, and outdated kangaroo postures that would make paleontologists want to punch their TV's.

* AnimalMecha: Ogthar built a number of dino-shaped mechas named Strutters to help him create his empire. Some of them are still in his lair and are later used against him. Ogthar gets one too, shaped like a [[SpiderTank scorpion]]. Even Spazz gets to drive one for a while.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Rhoga, the villain's female lackey, takes as many if not more lumps than her male partner Thudd.

''Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone'' is a 2005 DirectToVideo animated film, loosely based on the ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' book series. Produced by Hallmark Entertainment, it also takes some things from their previous ''Dinotopia'' miniseries, most notably the character of 26, the ''Chasmosaurus''.

** When Spazz hatches from his egg, he mistakes 26 for his mom and begins to suck on her nose. He then says "This isn't milk!" and promptly spits. Reptiles don't breastfeed. Worse yet, he's erroneously made a plant-eater when he's supposed to be a Dilophosaurus.

** When Spazz hatches from his egg he mistakens 26 for his mom and begins to suck on her nose, only to suck up snot. He then say's "this is not milk" and promptly spit's it out. This implies breast feeding which is something Dinosaurs couldn't do since, being related to reptiles and birds, they lacked milk glands which is a characteristic that only Mammals have.
** Spazz is shown to be a plant eater even though he is a ''Dilophosaurus'' who was a meat eater.
** As stated below, the protagonists come across the skin of a ''Iguanodon'' when in real life Dinosaurs most likely didn't shed their skin.

* EggMcGuffin: Much of the film is spent attempting to retrieve the ophaned eggs that the bad guys stole from John's hatchery in order to create an army.

** 26 bears more than a passing resmblance to [[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Cera]].

** When Spazz hatches from his egg he begins to suck on 26's nose, only to suck up snot. He then say's "this is not milk" and promptly spit's it out. This implies breast feeding which is something Dinosaurs couldn't do since, being related to reptiles and birds, they lacked milk glands which is a characteristic that only Mammals have.