Dino Attack RPG / Tropes M to R

Tropes A-F | Tropes G-L | Tropes M-R | Tropes S-Z

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Dino Attack RPG provides examples of:

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• MacGuffin:
  • Green Goo during the Goo Caverns mission, the Constructopedia during the LEGO Island mission, and the Maelstrom Crystal during the Adventurers' Island mission each served as a major object of focus during their respective story arcs.
  • In The Passage of Time, Greybeard and his pirate crew seek the Hourglass of Atlantis. Aside from their goal to find the Hourglass, it isn't too relevant to the plot itself.
• MacGuffin Escort Mission: Frozeen and Greybeard bringing the Maelstrom Crystal to the Maelstrom Temple while constantly fighting off Mutant Dinos.
• Mad Scientist: Nearly every member of XERRD appears to be a mad scientist. They have scientific background to work on dinosaur and Maelstrom research, yet are clearly mad enough to apply it in the Dino Attack apocalypse.
  • Subverted by Dr. Strangebrick, who was initially introduced as a Mad Scientist, but has recently started to show a much more caring and compassionate side.
  • Averted by Dr. Breen, who has shown no signs of insanity, sadism, or other traits frequently carried by XERRD scientists. In fact, as pointed out by Michelle Glados, he barely even qualifies as a scientist.
  • Subverted by Dr. Bishop, who was set up as a mad scientist but ultimately turned out to be a very sane scientist in disguise, acting as a mole .
• Mad Scientist Laboratory: The Dino Island Laboratory, the LEGO Island Laboratory, and the XERRD Fortress all qualify as laboratories used by XERRD's Mad Scientists, where they create the Mutant Dinos and bring forth the apocalypse.
• Made of Evil: The Maelstrom is the embodiment of destruction and chaos.
• Made of Indestructium: On their own, G.E. and Ssol are two Nigh-Invulnerable metals. Combined, they form the completely-indestructible Silge.
• Made of Iron: This happened a lot in the early days of the RPG, with characters getting into potentially lethal scenarios and only taking on minor damage. It was averted a lot more by the end, with characters like Rex and Hotwire sustaining permanent injuries, not to mention the death toll...
• Make It Look Like an Accident:
  • Garry and Rotor covered up their torture of Jenny by making it appear that they fought back in self-defense when she tried to escape and put up a fight. Granted they didn't actually kill her, but poor Jenny is probably too traumatized to tell anyone. He also later performed a less sinister variation, where he sent Jenny off of Adventurers' Island for further medical care, but set it up to look like she'd died from her injuries.
  • After assassinating Ronald Alexander in Timeline 1958-B, Talia Kaahs drove his car into Kjeld Lake to make it look like he died in a car accident.
• Make-Out Point: Barry and Teri ended up making out in a Fire Hammer in the parking lot outside Outpost 4.
• Malaproper: Bill Barnacle calls Greybeard "stork-raven mad" instead of "stark-raving mad". Bob Barnacle responds by calling Bill a "birdbrain".
• Malevolent Masked Men: Even among the Dino Attack Team, wearing a mask is usually a warning of a dangerous character.
  • Dust wore a cowl, balaclava, and goggles when he first arrived on the island.
  • Spy wears a cowl, while Frozeen and the Future Villains were all In the Hood.
  • The Brickster wears a Domino Mask.
  • Specs and X wear balaclavas.
• The Man Behind the Man: Baron Typhonus, the man manipulating Dr. Rex from behind-the-scenes. That is, if he can even be called a "man" after becoming the Darkitect.
• The Man Behind the Monsters: Dr. Rex, the leader of XERRD and creator of the Mutant Dinos.
• Mama Bear:
  • Sarah Bishop was driven to the brink of insanity by her determination to protect her daughter.
  • Athena Fabello tackled, fought, and strangled to death a Mutant Lizard for attacking her son.
• Mass "Oh, Crap!": Dino Attack Team collectively went Oh, Crap! when they saw the size of the Mutant Dino army at the dawn of the Final Battle.
• Mass Teleportation: As a T-1 Typhoon approached the LEGO Island Laboratory, the XERRD scientists inside began endlessly teleporting Mutant Lizards aboard the helicopter. Dino Attack Team also began a Mass Teleportation of evacuees to Antarctica during the Final Battle.
• Master of Disguise: Spy reportedly is good at it.
• Master Swordsman: Greybeard bested Fullmetal in a swordfight and is implied to be a master swordsman even while drunk.
• The Matchmaker: Minerva Fabello to Bluetooth and Vinyaya.
• Mauve Shirt:
  • Engineer, Medic, Sniper, Spy, Soldier, Scout, and Heavy, all of the "more likely to be Killed Off for Real" variety.
  • Hertz, who was initially introduced as a Red Shirt but did not die, and ultimately proved successful enough to graduate from Mauve Shirt to become a member of the main cast.
• Mayan Doomsday: Because of Dino Attack's post-apocalyptic setting, the date December 21 had great significance in Dino Attack RPG, although in-universe the prophesied date was two years earlier to coincide with the 2010 setting.
  • December 21, 2010 is an alternate ending to Dino Attack RPG, showing what would have happened if the Darkitect got hold of the Maelstrom Crystal. Appropriately enough, it's a Class X apocalypse.
  • In the primary continuity, December 21, 2010 is the date of the Final Battle. Had Dino Attack Team lost the battle, the Class X apocalypse of the alternate ending could very well have been put into place, albeit a few days late.
  • A meta example. On midnight (EST), December 21, 2012 - the actual Mayan Doomsday - PeabodySam posted the final IC post of Dino Attack RPG. Before the day was done, Black Six closed the topic, ending Dino Attack RPG for good.
    • And for an added twist, Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG - the very RPG that led to Dino Attack RPG's creation - was started on December 21, 2004. Things truly do come full circle.
• Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane:
  • PeabodySam is deliberately leaving it ambiguous whether or not Rev Raptor's ghost is still responsible for saving Anubis in the current canon. Maybe it really happened, or maybe Anubis just got really lucky.
  • In The Madness of Agent Zero, one can easily dismiss Zero's hallucinations as just seeing the world Through the Eyes of Madness. On the other hand, the Call Forwards to later events in the RPG, as well as his conversation with "Rex" and his vision of someone behind a computer screen, would suggest that something much bigger is going on.
  • When the golden Greek warrior statues come to life in Pirates of the Tropical Sea, the prose mentions that it's unknown whether they are animated by technology or magic.
• The McCoy: Rex fills this role, in contrast to the more logical Frozeen and the more practical Greybeard. He is guided largely by emotion for better or worse, and is prone to making passionate yet irrational decisions based upon what he believes is right in the moment. This includes his preferences for saving Mutant Dinos (in a war intended to exterminate them) and the way he'll respond if someone threatens a friend (such as attacking Pharisee and Bogart when they tried to place Amanda under custody, even though they were doing it for her own safety).
• Meaningful Background Event: How exactly did Amanda's knife get from inside her sheath to planted in Sniper's back? Carefully pay attention to a throwaway line in the prose.^note In the scene where Trigger confronted Amanda and accused her of being The Mole, she took out her knife and then tossed it aside. She did not pick it up again. Ata was one of the people gathered at the scene, and it is implied that he later took the knife, knowing that it would make Amanda look even more suspicious.
• Meaningful Echo:
  • In At War's End, Amanda tells Montoya that the best way to avenge a death is to save a life. This is retroactively turned into a Meaningful Echo by the prequel story Dear Sister, which reveals that Roger had said the same exact thing to Amanda.
  • In Antithesis, Anti-Amanda says that deep down, we already know the right choice to make. The primary universe Amanda quotes this in Dear Sister to demonstrate her Character Development, and Roger later repeats the quote to convince Amanda to join Dino Attack Team.
• Meaningful Name:
  • General Evil, Little Bot, Rex, Trouble, Stealth, Dr. Rex, Greybeard, Dr. Wolf, Pilot, Gunner, Dr. Cyborg, Colonel, Scratch, Hacker, the entire Second Headquarters Squad... the list goes on.
  • Dust's surname, Thutmuse, is a reference to his royal heritage.
  • Anyone who'd seen John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) should have quickly realized the significance of the names Clark and Palmer.
  • Many of Trigger's former colleagues had names referring to crime films. Two of them (Deniro and Scorsese) were named after famous people associated with them, while another three were named after specific characters. The one exception to this rule is Montoya, who was named after Daniel Baldwin's character in John Carpenter's Vampires, which was nothing more than a shout-out to the inspiration behind Trigger/Schiess, as the characters look similar but are otherwise completely different.
  • Interestingly, Montoya's name has an unintentional double meaning. While it was originally intended as a shout-out to Trigger's inspiration, he also shares the name with Inigo Montoya, a swordsman from The Princess Bride. Much like how Inigo was determined to find the man who killed his father, Montoya is determined to find revenge on the woman who killed his partners.
  • The name Amanda means "having to be loved," "deserving to be loved," or "worthy of love." When you consider Amanda Claw's role in Dino Attack RPG, you realize that there could not have possibly been a more fitting name.
• Meaningful Rename:
  • When Agent X renamed himself Xeke, it was meant to mark an important moment for the character.
  • From George Ogel to General Evil to simply General, a rename for this character means a significant change in personality.
• Meatgrinder Surgery:
  • Medic apparently doesn't believe in anesthetics, and he will perform heart transplants on fully conscious patients. He also somehow removed a man's skeleton, though to this day nobody knows how or why he did it.
  • Enter and Return to a lesser extent, although they have yet to actually be seen performing surgery, they still hold the strong belief that sharks, trees, and umbrellas are vital tools for the job.
  • Some of Atton Rand's post focusing on Zenna in the hospital after LEGO Island disappeared tended to slip into this. Of particular note was a patient who couldn't feel his legs because he didn't have any, resulting in Zenna casually asking for another pair of legs and then placing them on the patient (who was, after all, a LEGO minifigure). He even tried to do this with another character's arm but was stopped by PeabodySam. However it has been subverted in the Adventurers' Island plot arc, where the medics are much more serious and operate somewhat realistically (at least as realistic as one can get when nobody in the RPG actually knows anything about medicine).
• The Medic: Pierce, Wade, Crusher, J.D., Zenna, Enter and Return, Carver, Copper, Medic, and Shaw are Dino Attack Team's prominent doctors.
• Medieval European Fantasy: Castle Cove is based on a fictional version of the middle ages, complete with dragons and wizards.
• Medieval Stasis:
  • Combined with Schizo Tech. Due to Dino Attack RPG's timeline, this has happened all over LEGO Planet. Medieval Stasis is literally found in Castle Cove, although the Tropical Sea still uses 1700s technology and Adventurers' Island still uses early-1900s technology, not to mention that Gold City still resembles the post-Civil War American West of the 1870's, complete with 19th-century technology.
  • Many of the characters from such locations prefer to use their outdated weapons. For instance, Elizabeth still uses a cutlass, Greybeard still uses flintlock pistols even though they are extremely unreliable and can only fire one shot before requiring a lengthy reloading process, and Clint Wayne is only ever armed with his old revolver.
• Medium Awareness: Although Trigger slightly touched upon this when he Leaned on the Fourth Wall, Aster Oid and Zero are the only ones who figured out that they were actually in a text-based roleplay game (and, before that, a polygon-based videogame in Aster's case).
• Mêlée à Trois:
  • During the Kotua crisis, there were usually three factions fighting each other: Dino Attack, Kotua, and ShadowTech. Not to mention the Mutant Dinos caught in the crossfire.
  • The battle in the Maelstrom Temple, and the Adventurers' Island mission as a whole, is a fight between the Dino Attack Team, XERRD, and the Maelstrom.
• Men Are the Expendable Gender: Most, if not all, Red Shirts are male (including elite agent Redshirt). Somewhat justified, as there is a greater ratio of men to women in the team. Interestingly, at one point during the Adventurers' Island arc, a female Red Shirt was mentioned, but she was only wounded and never explicitly said to have died. The Director's Cut adds a few more female Red Shirts to downplay this trope, such as the female agent that General Evil mercy kills or the deceased female agent that reminds Pierce of Zenna.
• Men Don't Cry: After Naomi rejects him, Hertz does not cry... until he is out of her sight.
• Merchandise-Driven: To a degree, given its source material. The RPG would introduce new characters, groups, and settings as LEGO released more toys and games, with the Agents and Maelstrom being two notable examples.
• Mercy Kill:
  • While testing his old rocket launcher, Wallace Bishop killed a Dino Attack agent. Why? He saved the agent from a slow, painful death by neurotoxins and Skeleton Mummies.
  • Wade also found himself reluctantly injecting J.D. with several doses of morphine at his request, apparently with the intent that he would die quickly from the overdose and thus would thus not have to stand the pain from from his gunshot wound. It's made all the more ironic by the fact that this event was inspired by a very similar scene in which Wade's namesake met exactly the same fate.
  • Minerva, despite her reluctance, killed Oswald because she knew he would institutionalized if she captured him, something that would have destroyed him more than he already was.
  • The deaths of all the Mutant Dinos who were killed by the Einstein Device were described as Mercy Kills.
  • In version 1.2 of the Director's Cut, General Evil kills a Dino Attack agent who was badly mauled and burned by a Mutant Lizard attack. Although he does so without compassion, it's implied that he was putting her out of her misery.
• Messy Hair: Andrea Jackson Orange has unkept hair after being unmasked.
• Metaphorgotten: Most of Adventure's metaphors go this way, as well as some of Ben Gunn's senile philosophies.
• Metropolis Level: LEGO City is one of the available locations where players can travel.
• Mexican Stand Off:
  • In the Maelstrom Temple, Rotor pointed a gun at Kate Bishop, Wallace Bishop pointed a rocket launcher at Rotor, Rex pointed a Sonic Screamer at Wallace Bishop, Amanda Claw pointed a knife at Rotor, and Señor Palomar pointed his dual pistols at Rex and Amanda Claw. Lampshaded by Señor Palomar.
  • A smaller-scale Mexican Stand Off took place immediately after Engineer's death. Trigger pointed a gun at Amanda Claw, Dr. Cyborg pointed a gun at Trigger, and Hotwire pointed a gun at Snake.
• Million to One Chance: According to Glados, this is how unlikely it is that Dino Attack Team will win the final battle. Of course, given this trope, we all know what it really means.
• The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: After Rex's mutation was cured, he gradually lost the ability to understand the language of the Mutant Dinos, which was an instinctual part of his brain while he was a Mutant T-Rex. It became even more difficult for him to understand after he became a Minifig.
• Mind Rape:
  • Dust plays with Lutsky's mind to such a degree that he turns him into a paranoid psychopath. Eventually, that comes back to bite him.
  • More or less what Loop was doing to Katerina Schattenberg just before he died.
• Minifigs Are Yellow: Justified, as LEGO people tend to be yellow-skinned by default. Pharisee and Naomi Carver are exceptions, however.
• Minor Major Character: Frank Einstein only appeared in a small handful of scenes, but the Adventurers' Island story arc revealed that he secretly had a huge role in the story.
• Minored In Ass Kicking: Solomon is an esteemed graduate from a prestigious collage. He has a doctorate in philosophy and teaches classes as a professor. He also has training as a Samurai, fought in the Ninja wars, and was a member of Nexus Force.
• Mission from God: Pharisee believes he is on one from whatever deity is acceptable in the RPG.
• Mistaken for Romance: In Because Of You, it's mentioned that Talia Kaahs wants to vomit whenever someone asks her about being Dr. Rex's girlfriend. Given that she feels zero romantic attraction towards the man who kidnapped her, her disgusted reaction is well justified.
• "Mister Sandman" Sequence: In Because Of You, upon going back in time to 1958, Talia Kaahs drives through Town Plan. The prose takes note of certain LEGO details, such as the Esso gas stations and the 1950s LEGO mascot, just to make it especially clear that it's now in The '50s.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Dr. Strangebrick, Pterisa, Tyrannus, and Velosis betrayed XERRD after being discarded by their superiors.
• The Mole:
  • XERRD had a Mole planted in Dino Attack Team: Attila Huntsman, aka "Ata".
  • Palmer turned out to be working for the Maelstrom.
  • At Mindstorms, Inc., Silencia Venomosa was actually working undercover for Dacta Corporation.
  • Dino Attack Team had a mole planted in XERRD: Frank Einstein, under the identity of "Wallace Bishop".
  • The Hybrids appear to undergo a Heel–Race Turn and join Dino Attack Team's side, but are still working for XERRD. By the time Dino Attack Team discovers their duplicity, the Hybrids have already taken over key outposts in Castle Cove and Gold City.
• Monochrome Casting: The fact that everyone is yellow aside, the characters whose races have been revealed have been mostly white. With the exception of Dust (Arabic), Naomi (Black), Pharisee (Black), and Cabin (Latino).
• Mood Dissonance: The conversation between Crusher and Shaw about their beliefs was supposed to be a very emotional talk about believing in faith and a major step in developing Shaw's character. It still didn't stop Brikman McStudz from bursting into laughter when Shaw mentioned "PeabodySam" as a possible deity.
• Mood Whiplash: The tone can literally go from being incredibly dark and serious in one post to light-hearted and goofy in the next, often as a result of Depending on the Writer.
  • Early in the RPG, amidst all the chaos and fighting created by Kotua's betrayal, Rex suddenly has a... love interest? It was Lampshaded by Greybeard during the Goo Caverns mission as a result of being pointed out by Jackson Lake.
  • The LEGO Island Story Arc went between the serious efforts to recover survivors from the island after its disappearance, an investigation into the disappearance of the island, the efforts by Zenna and Pierce to take care of the wounded patients, a top secret mission in Antarctica, Andrew's despair over the loss of his hometown, mass chaos caused by an insane psychopathic agent trying to exterminate everyone in the team with the slightest idealistic views (which later turned out to be part of a Xanatos Gambit by Dr. Rex) as well as the exposure of the Antarctica mission which resulted in riots in the refugee facilities and... Enter and Return's persistent efforts to get LEGO City's hospitals to start using sharks, trees, and umbrellas.
  • Immediately after the LEGO Island mission, the triumph and joy over saving LEGO Island was suddenly interrupted by the betrayal of the Minifig/Mutant Lizard Hybrids.
  • The serious tone of Garry trying to get his feelings of guilt over torturing Jenny off his chest was briefly interrupted when he tried to speak to Copper privately in a fire hammer... only to find his old war buddy Barry Jackson making out with his girlfriend inside.
  • First, there was a very somber scene of Chompy accepting the role of alpha male after the death of his mother, the alpha female... then came a Mood Whiplash and suddenly we're dealing with the amusing antics of the Second Headquarters Squad.
  • Rex is hit with the hard and devastating news that His Days Are Numbered. While he's trying to cope with it in a very somber scene, everyone else is incredibly overjoyed to learn that the Brickolinis are now serving pizza in the Dino Attack cafeteria... and then that is interrupted by Engineer's sudden death and an intense Mexican Standoff as a result of the Whodunnit.
  • A deliberate example during the Final Battle, to illustrate the dire hopelessness of the situation. Rex was pretty high, having just married Amanda and defeated Dr. Rex. Then suddenly, Dr. Rex gets back up, Adventure sacrifices himself, the Iron Predator explodes, Amanda is murdered, and Trouble is killed. Just like that, Rex went from rather high to very low.
• Mooks:
  • Mutant Dinos, Quasifigus lacertilia, and guards are minions for XERRD.
  • Stromlings are minions for the Maelstrom.
• Mook–Face Turn:
  • Despite working for XERRD, Tom is fairly cooperative with the team once captured.
  • Pterisa, the prototype Mutant Dinos, and tamed Mutant Dinos all abandoned XERRD's cause and joined forces with Dino Attack Team.
• Mook Horror Show: Resident Scary Black Man Pharisee is a terrifying sight to behold when he unleashes his justice.
• Morality Kitchen Sink: The team contain tons of different people with their own philosophies. For example Rex is an idealist and A Father to His Men who prefers to tame mutant dinosaurs rather than kill them. Now contrast him to Rotor, the ruthless Colonel Kilgore who will massacre the enemy whilst happily listening to classical music, and put an entire T-1 crew on trial because the pilot disobeyed orders, and tries to have them executed publicly to make an example hoping to use fear to keep the team together. He was even willing to have two unarmed XERRD prisoners shot when he knew that one of them was an innocent child. However, neither of these characters are shown as being fully good or evil. Rotor does in fact mean well in his methods and gets the job done, whilst Rex has had moments of cruelty.
• Mordor: The Maelstrom-corrupted region of Adventurers' Island is a dark, desolate, lifeless place evocative of Mordor.
• More Dakka: Heavy and Engineer's answers to any problem is applying more ballistics. Rotor arguably has a habit of this as well, using helicopters.
• More Diverse Sequel: At War's End had a mild controversy when Atton Rand wanted Andrea Jackson Orange to be a lesbian, prompting PeabodySam to enforce Hide Your Lesbians until the matter was able to be resolved. In contrast, the "Fifteeniversary" stories are much more inclusive as far as LGBTQ representation is concerned. There are multiple lesbians such as Kat, Alissa Khan, Sydney Kaahs, and Barbara Kent; Ben Shiller is more explicitly bisexual (having dated Lucy Wright in the RPG and now dating a boyfriend); and Ness Farleigh now identifies as nonbinary (whereas they used to be referred to with feminine pronouns in LEGO Universe RPG).
• More Hero than Thou: Rex and Greybeard got into a brief argument over whose Creative Spark should be sacrificed to power the Einstein Device. Rex won the debate; although Greybeard is elderly, Rex was Secretly Dying anyways, and Greybeard still had Mary Rose to look after.
• Motivational Lie: Since Roger Remous was Amanda Claw's Living Emotional Crutch, Specs and Rex lie to her about his death so that she would remain motivated to fight for Dino Attack Team.
• Mr. Exposition:
  • Most of the cast in December 21, 2010 provide exposition to the reader on what happened.
  • Dr. Frank Einstein in Rex's Awakening provides exposition to Rex (and through him, the reader) on the Dino Attack.
• MST: Andrew, Laxus, and Joike take a moment at one point to show Pterisa the wonders of this by riffing the BrickFilm ''Dino Cop''.
• Mugged for Disguise: A pair of XERRD scientists and a group of XERRD grunts were either killed or knocked unconscious by a group of Dino Attack agents so they could steal their clothes.
• Mugging the Monster: Sam Sinister and the Brickster had no idea what they were getting into when they threatened Amanda Claw in the subway station.
• Muggles: In Trigger's flashback, basically anyone who appears that wasn't involved in any of the illegal activities that took place.
• Muggle Foster Parents: Zachary and Faith Abody. If they had any idea about Peter's relationship with the Brickster, they never told him.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: General, Fogel, and Frozeen (formerly) had cybernetic G.E. Bodies with extra arms, and Paulie Gonepus had a pair of mechanical appendages attached to his spine in addition to his natural arms.
• Multinational Team:
  • The Dino Attack team includes pirates, gunslingers, knights, ninjas, space aliens, and civilians from LEGO City.
  • Could extend to real-life too. The active players in the RPG (at least those who revealed their nationality) included at least three Americans, a Brit, and a Canadian.
• Multiple-Choice Past: Before the Adventurers' Island story arc, every time the origin story of Greybeard's hook was brought up, it was different, with some examples including being locked up by Islanders to losing it in battle against Skeleton Pirates, to the point where it was turned into a minor Running Gag with Greybeard. Ultimately, the "correct" choice of this Multiple-Choice Past was revealed during the flashback/dream sequence.
• Mummy:
  • Skeleton Mummies are biomechanically engineered by XERRD to be undead mummies.
  • The undead mummy of Pharaoh Hotep III also had a humorous cameo appearance in a brief cutaway gag.
• Murder Into Malevolence: In the Hidden Side "Fifteeniversary" subplot, Raider comes back as a hostile ghost despite being a good guy when he was killed by Mutant Dinos.
• Musical Spoiler: The demo version of In The Maelstrom Temple contained several Musical Spoilers regarding what PeabodySam was planning (including the original death of Michelle Glados), but most blatantly was the use of the Sonic Generations Perfect Chaos Revival music, spoiling what would have otherwise been the surprise appearance of Chaos in the Maelstrom Temple.
• Mutagenic Goo:
  • Mutant Dino serum, a solution containing Mutant Dino DNA that is capable of transforming Minifigs into Mutant Dinos.
  • The Green Goo can mutate unhatched Mutant Dinos, causing them to develop unique traits and immunity to Green Goo upon birth. The best-known examples are Tex and Shade.
• Mutual Kill: Michelle Glados fatally shot Trouble, and Trouble snapped Glados's neck in his dying moments.
• My Beloved Smother: While it's clear that Sarah Bishop really does genuinely care for her daughter she does seem to go to some unusual lengths to keep her safe. It may be justified by Sarah's feelings regarding her long-gone parents and her brother pulling his own brains out and getting stuck in an institution, leaving Kate as her only remaining family, but still.
• My Friends... and Zoidberg: The team of three Fire Hammers and one Dino 4WD Trapper was referred to by Sam Race as "LEGO Racers... and Anubis". Justified, in that while Greybeard, King Joseph Race, and Sam Race all originated as custom LEGO Racers characters, Anubis was never connected to the LEGO Racers line.
• My Fist Forgives You: After being strangled by General Evil in a case of mistaken identity, Rex punches General Evil in the face and agrees to call it even.
• My Future Self and Me:
  • The villains Ogel, Brickster, Sam Sinister, and Vladek team up with their future selves.
  • In Because Of You, Talia Kaahs is the "future self" interacting with alternate versions of her past self, especially in chapters 2 and 3.
• My God, What Have I Done?:
  • Rex had one of these moments after realizing that he beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe.
  • 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 Villainous BSoD.
• My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Pterisa and Eno Saurson make a conscious effort to fight alongside Dino Attack Team, unlike most other Quasifigus Hybrids that serve as XERRD's Mooks.
• Mysterious Antarctica: In this word, if you know where to look and you can survive the cold, you might just stumble across an intelligent, sentient, ice snake. There were also mysterious encounters with cold-adapted Mutant Dinosaurs. Most of the crew of Outpost 4 worked here in the past, and Mac's page mentions him once finding a flying saucer.
• Mysterious Middle Initial: Ronald E. Army, Tex S. Holdem, and Grisbarba L. Pirata. What are their middle names? No one knows.
• Mythology Gag:
  • When writing Trigger's flashback, Atton Rand was originally just going to have him hijack a car belonging to a regular family before deciding to tie it in with the main narrative. The result ended up being a cameo by a young Dust, which also poked fun at many comparisons between the two characters when Trigger was first introduced.
  • Time flows much slower in-universe than in real time, and there have been plenty of nods to this, especially with characters saying that this eight-month-long war has felt like it has lasted for over seven years. Also see Reality Subtext on the Trivia page.
  • The temple of Tribe Ugalego is a nod to a deleted scene from LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge.
  • At one point, Minerva Fabello mispronounced Zed Provhezor's name as "Ze Professor", which is the name of the Conker's Bad Fur Day character whom Provhezor is based upon.
  • Similarly, Sam Sinister kept mispronouncing Paulie Gonapus's name, and one such mispronunciation was "Octo Gonapus". Dr. Octogonapus serves as the inspiration for Paulie Gonapus.
  • The last known sighting of Evil Ogel was apparently aboard his personal rocket en route to Nimbus System. File divers have discovered an unused NPC named "Ogel" in the LEGO Universe files, who appears to be modeled after Evil Ogel but bearing the Paradox emblem on his sleeve, hinting that LEGO Universe developers intended to bring Ogel back as a Paradox operative had the game not been cancelled. Based on this, it is most likely that Evil Ogel is traveling to Nimbus System so that he can join the Paradox faction of Nexus Force.
  • The comm chatter in First Assignment contains a number of these gags. For example, there was an argument on the comm chatter over whether Zed of LEGO Alpha Team or Jake Raines of LEGO Pharaoh's Quest just joined Dino Attack Team, referencing the fact that Rex (who, in First Assignment, was a rookie that just joined the team) was first represented with Zed's head and later represented with Jake's head; the former was also referenced during the Goo Caverns story arc when an Ogel Drone mistook Rex for Zed.
  • After Anubis realizes that he just barely avoided losing a game of Russian roulette, he wonders if it was fate or if he was just lucky. Fate and Lucky were the codenames of the two Renaissance pilots.
  • Rex and Reptile used Iron Predators to defend a power station from a Mutant T-Rex attack, which culminated in the arrival of the founding members in a T-1 Typhoon to save the day and drive the T-Rexes back across the river. This whole scene was a reference to a battle described on the LEGO Dino Attack website.
  • The T-1 Typhoon battle against Dr. Rex and the occasional Mutant Pterosaur atop a burning Dino Attack Headquarters was modeled after the box art for the T-1 Typhoon set.^note Although, in the RPG, Specs and Viper are in a separate T-1 Typhoon from the one flown by Shadow and Digger.
  • Although they are given Only One Name in the RPG itself (being consistent with their North American names), the full names of Willa the Witch and Mr. Cunningham on the wiki combine their various Dub Name Changes.
  • Anti-Amanda's license plate, SEP 005, references the approximate date of Amanda Claw's debut in Dino Attack RPG: September 2005.
  • When refusing Baron Typhonus's offer, Sam Sinister talked about how, in the past, he was metaphorically blind. In fanon material earlier in the Dino Attack RPG which was later retconned into Canon Discontinuity, Sam Sinister actually was literally blind.
  • The comm chatter occasionally references the Early-Installment Weirdness that has fallen into Canon Discontinuity, without necessarily veering into Discontinuity Nod. For example, one comment suggests sending a team of six heroes to deal with the Mutant Dino threat at Enchanted Island, which makes a lot more sense when one considers that a retcon replaced Mata Nui with Enchanted Island when BIONICLE content was removed from the RPG.
  • In Love and War, Zero refers to the new Dino Attack Headquarters as a "tower of trials". This references BZP Noob #30000's original version of the story, in which the new building was called the Tower of Eight Trials.
  • Related to the above, Phantom tells Rex that Zero saw a "super Mutant Pterosaur" in the hangar on the headquarters' top floor, although he later reveals that there might not have been a super Mutant Pterosaur at all. This references the Super Mutant Pterosaur located on the top floor hangar of the Tower of Eight Trials, which very quickly became part of an Aborted Arc.
  • Samson York, a minor character in Antithesis, is basically a reinterpretation of Frozeen's original identity from Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG that was declared non-canon when Victor Draven depicted Frozeen differently.
  • Several non-canonical scenes that were removed in the Director's Cut are still referenced by characters talking about them and speculating how they would've played out. For example, Snake of Spades imagines a scenario where he boards the Voltage only to have Kotua send Security Bots after him; this scenario actually happened in the original RPG but was declared Canon Discontinuity by Kotua In Space. Zero also imagines a villainous monologue that was spoken by Makuta in the original RPG. In a similar vein, the phantom compares the truth to being splashed with cold water, instead of literally splashing Rex with cold water like in the original RPG.
  • A new scene in the Director's Cut shows Dr. Rex visiting Rex's laboratory, where he learns about silge metal and Rex's plans to fashion Mutant T-Rex armor, with the latter including a note to show it to Zero. This is all a reference to the original unused version of Dr. Rex, who was an alter-ego of Rex that would have shown off the silge Mutant Dino armor to Zero.
  • In the Director's Cut, Finister describes himself as "the hateful man with the evil eye", referencing Lord Sam Sinister's Dub Name Changes Mr. Hates and Evil Eye.
  • In the Director's Cut, Aravis has a theory about Amanda Claw secretly being a telepath, which is then disproven by Amanda's genuine surprise at learning that telepaths exist. This is a gag referencing an earlier scene of Amanda displaying telepathic abilities, which was almost immediately retconned into Canon Discontinuity.
  • The Jewel of the Ninth Century is named after the jewel of Sentarie 9, which had been replaced with the Maelstrom Crystal in current canon.
  • In the Director's Cut, Trigger asking Sullivan if he's a concierge references the fact that this scene is a heavily-reworked version of the non-canonical "afterlife hotel" sequence, with Sullivan standing in for the hotel owner.

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• Named After Somebody Famous: Many examples of this trope, most notably including Ronald E. Army and Clint Wayne.
• Named by the Adaptation: Numerous unamed characters from Dino Attack RPG are named in the Director's Cut, including:
  • PBB's Airship is unnamed in the original RPG, although it is called PA (implicitly standing for "PBB's Airship") on occasion. The Director's Cut gives it the new name Pallas Athena, keeping the original initials of the PA.
  • Kotua's Blacktron craft and the various Blacktron Fighters sent after him are now identified as the Renegade, Aerial Intruder, and Allied Avenger.
  • The Shogun is explicitly identified as Shogun Gi-Dan from the 1998 LEGO Ninja theme.
  • Pvt. Prima, Pvt. Twoson, Dr. Einsberg, and Dr. Zweistein were unnamed soldiers and scientists in the original Dino Attack RPG, but are given names in the Director's Cut just so that the post wouldn't have to keep referring to them as "Soldier #1", "Scientist #2", etc.
  • The unnamed agent who keeps reporting to Magma during the battle against the LEGOLAND Airforce is now named Porter.
  • Inverted by Byron and Langston, whose names are removed in the Director's Cut for consistency, since no other Robo-Agent has assigned themselves unique names.
  • One of the Mutant T-Rexes that attacks Rex and Amanda after FUTURE's defeat is named Wrathscale.
  • The submarine commander who picks up Kotua, Slash, Silver, and Cane is named Marine.
  • The Lurcher Drone during the Dino Island Lab story arc is named L-D1748, and the Ice Drone pilot at the start of the Goo Caverns story arc is named I-7477.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The villains and anti-heroes listed below all have appropriately villainous names:
  • Adjectives: Evil Ogel, the Darkitect, and Blaire Darkling.
  • Ancient Dead Languages: Zachary's last name, Virchaus, is an amalgamation of "Virtus Chaos", which roughly means "Power of Chaos" in Latin.
  • Animal: Dragon and Brickspider Bot v1.0.
  • Body Part: "Robo-Limb" (also known as the Frickster).
  • Conquerors: Ivan Tzenovich, Napoleon XIV Mental Institution, and Mr. Bonaparte.
  • Foreign Language Names: Schattenberg ("schatten" is German for "shadow"), Silencia Venomosa ("silencio" and "venomosa" are Spanish for "silent" and "venom"), Gahiji Thutmose ("Gahiji" is Arabic for "hunter"), Doctor Dunkelheit ("dunkelheit" is German for "darkness") Dino Attack Agent Verrat ("verrat" is German for "betrayal"), Tod Fabello ("tod" is German for "death"), Grisbarba L. Pirata ("barba gris" and "pirata" are Spanish for "gray beard" and "pirate"), Edward Korrupte ("korrupte" is Danish for "corrupt"), and Uærlig Sindstorme ("uærlig" and "sind storme" are Danish for "dishonest" and "mind storms").
  • Notorious Killers: Bricassius.
  • Religious Names: Bonus points goes to the Mutant T-Rex named Ragnorok, since "Ragnarok" of Norse Mythology essentially refers to the apocalypse.
  • Titles: Doctor Bishop (covering both the Bishop and Doctor categories), "Boss" (also known as Fogel), Doctor Breen, Doctor Provencal, Doctor Glados, Doctor Gonepus, Doctor Strangebrick, Sergeant Army, Colonel Quartich, and Baron Typhonus.
  • Weapons: "Hooks" and "Dark Sword" (also known as Finister and Fladek).
  • Xtreme Kool Letterz: XERRD and Enox Phorm.
  • Mix and Match: Doctor Wolf (Animal and Titles), Doctor Ronald "Rex" Alexander (Animal, Conquerors, and Titles), Doctor Dunkelheit (Foreign Language Names and Titles), Doctor Zed Provhezor (Titles and Xtreme Kool Letterz), General Evil (Adjectives and Titles), and Lord Sam Sinister von Barron (Adjectives and Titles).
• Narnia Time: Time flows differently between the real world and the Torn World, explaining why so much happened in the real world while so little happened in the Torn World.
• Narrative Profanity Filter:
  • "[...] cursed under his breath" is a common phrase used in the prose.
  • In Antithesis, the prose describes Simmons calling DeWitt a long list of incredibly profane insults, without actually revealing any specific details about said insults.
• Naval Blockade: The entire planet Earth has been placed under quarantine by the Galactic Council to prevent the spreading of the Maelstrom's forces to other planets, and the quarantine is enforced by a fleet of Space Police ships blockading the planet. Unlike most examples, other ships are allowed to travel to Earth despite the blockade, but the Space Police are enforcing the rule that nothing is allowed to leave the planet until the threat of the Maelstrom has been dealt with.
• A Nazi by Any Other Name:
  • XERRD comes close, but ShadowTech comes closer. Not to mention that its founders were German, because All Germans Are Nazis.
  • If it weren't all just a ploy by XERRD to stir distrust in the Dino Attack Team, Cam O'Cozy's alleged ideas about dealing with idealists can become shockingly similar to the events leading to the Holocaust when one things about it at length.
• Nebulous Evil Organisation: In an alternate timeline, FUTURE was an international pact of LEGO villains with the goal of promoting evil acts, killing heroes, and instilling fear in the public.
• Neutral Female: As revealed in Greybeard's Pensieve Flashback, the infamous pirate "Bad Luck" Beatrice took on this role while Grisbarba and Anton Gaston dueled in a swordfight, doing nothing but standing off to the side and shouting at them to stop. Justified in that she could not do more because she was unarmed; once Anton was disarmed and Grisbarba prepared to kill him, she did grab Anton's fallen sword and step in, accidentally cutting off Grisbarba's hand in the process. Besides, even if she tried to step in before Anton was disarmed, it would have done more harm than good since Grisbarba was too drunk and would likely have killed her in his stupor.
• Never Found the Body: Should have been a clue towards the fact that Ben Gunn survived the Goo Caverns mission...
• Never Given a Name: Unlike Mutant Dinos, the native dinosaurs of Adventurers' Island do not name themselves. Rex and Chompy are the exceptions, since they were named by humans.
• Never Heard That One Before: 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.
• Never Smile at a Crocodile: There was a huge and highly-dangerous Stromling Crocodile in the Temple of Hotep III.
• Never Trust a Trailer:
  • The "Sacrifice" trailer for At War's End doesn't show anything that actually happens in the RPG.
  • The Director's Cut trailer shows Landro holding the Maelstorm Crystal; while this was meant to signify that his character is now searching for the Maelstrom Crystal instead of the Jewel of Sentarie 9, Landro never actually finds the crystal and therefore never holds it. The trailer also shows Databoard and Voltage battling Atukam and his Sons on the Enchanted Island beach, while these battles actually only took place within Atukam's temple.
  • The Director's Cut v1.1 trailer shows Heavy angrily throwing aside his plate along with his sandwich; he does not do so in the actual story, where he instead calmly picks up his sandwich from his food tray and eats it while walking away. The trailer also shows the alpha female T-Rex during the battle for the Temple of Hotep III, but she's missing her feather-adorned skull helmet, her skull necklace, and Achu riding her back; it's implied that the Mutant T-Rex she faces in the trailer is the last Hybrid Rider's steed, but the Hybrid Rider itself is nowhere to be seen.
• New Old West: Sort of, the Wild West still exists in the modern day, but if Engineer is anything to go by than at least some modernization has taken place in that region.
• Newhart Phonecall: Scout makes a phone call in Gold City, which seems like a Traitor Shot because the reader is only informed of Scout's side of the conversation. The full conversation was revealed in an OOC, confirming that he was just calling his mom.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
  • Dino Attack agents attacking the XERRD Fortress eventually realized that some of the XERRD grunts they killed were actually disguised Dino Attack agents.
  • Garry travelled halfway across Adventurers' Island and narrowly survived a crash landing just to get to the real Maelstrom Temple and help Rex. Turns out all he did was bring a power-hungry Stromling to the source of Maelstrom itself, and of course with Zach and Ahua out of the picture...
  • Rex and Adventure's plan to defeat Dr. Rex resulted in Baron Typhonus's Divine Intervention, making things go From Bad to Worse.
  • It's subtly implied in Love and War that Phantom recovered from his amnesia because Zero accidentally jogged his memory by mentioning Frozeen's name.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Ahua planned bring Minerva to the Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins in hopes that she would weaken and leave Zach defenseless so he could kill him. His plan ended up freeing Zach from the Maelstrom's corruption and resulted in his own death at the hands of the Darkitect.
• Night of the Living Mooks: The whole purpose of the Skeleton Mummies is to zombify their victims and reanimate corpses as undead minions.
• Ninja: Kareem Nazareno, Zelda Frodongan, Clarke Deadworth, Attila Huntsman, and Blaire Darkling.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot:
  • As a space ninja who is skilled with prosthetics, Kareem Nazareno comes close.
  • The Dino Attack Team as a whole can be considered this, combined with Schizo Tech. Agents and allies include ninjas (i.e. Kareem Nazareno), pirates (i.e. Greybeard), zombies (i.e. Septimus), and robots (i.e. Aster Oid).
• No Animosityinthe Afterlife: Discussed in Time and Place. Anubis kills a Mutant Lizard that attacked him, but then promises the Lizard that they will reunite in the afterlife as friends instead of enemies.
• Noble Male, Roguish Male: Depending on which one he's working with, Rex or Frozeen may be the Noble Male to Greybeard's Roguish Male.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed:
  • Clint Wayne is heavily based on Clint Eastwood. Soldier also bears some similarities to R. Lee Ermey's various military roles.
  • A much more literal case occurs in the form of various rock bands arriving to calm down the refugees. Among the rock stars were David Bowie and Queen (including their lead singer Freddie Mercury, despite the fact that he's been dead for 20 years) who both appeared in person during the climax of the Antarctica story arc.
  • Also, Bogart is heavily based off of Humphrey Bogart, though mainly his Private Detective roles.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown:
  • In one of Dino Attack RPG's more brutal moments, Rex beat a Mutant Lizard to death with a metal pipe. While PeabodySam did not go into much detail regarding the lizard's death, picturing the event itself can be unsettling.
  • A more traditional example occured early in At War's End in the form of Rotor and Garry beating the crap out of Jenny. Tom attempted to get revenge on Garry, except the latter being ex-military, he was able to fight back.
  • Colonel beat the crap of Commander Vinyaya outside of the Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins.
  • Ghost decided to viciously beat Minerva in hopes of knocking her unconscious so he could take her to Ahua.
  • Rex and Pharisee took turns beating the crap out of French Fries.
• Nominal Hero: Trigger, Dust, Snake, and Firecracker. One was in it for money, one just wanted to find a temple belonging to an ancestor and was using the team to get him there, one is an unrependent criminal trying to get out of a prison sentence, and one only joined the team because he wanted to blow stuff up and the Dino Attack Team (fortunately) got to him before XERRD did.
• Non-Action Guy: Most of the medics with the exceptions of Zenna and Medic. Hertz is a techy so his skills tend to be confined to whatever he can do in the command tent. Kate could also be considered an unusual female version of this.
• Non-Human Non-Binary: The artificial cybernetic lifeforms comprising Libo's Army have No Biological Sex. Unlike Libo and Rotitan, who identify as male, Ujun is canonically non-binary. They can subtly shift their appearance, voice, and mannerisms to be perceived as masculine or feminine (hence why Libo refers to them as male), but they do not identify as one or the other.
• Non-Human Undead: The Mutant Pterosaur skeletons reanimated by the Skeleton Mummies.
• Non-Indicative Name:
  • Barry Jackson's codename is "Shotgun" even though he's a professional sniper and his main weapon is a sniper rifle. This is largely due to the codename "sniper" already being taken by Brixton Hale.
  • There's also Clint Wayne, who draws a lot out of inspiration from Clint Eastwood, but almost nothing out of John Wayne.
• Non-Malicious Monster: The Mutant Dinos. Although the Maelstrom drove their urges to destroy, the dinosaurs themselves were not actively malicious and more akin to confused animals acting on instinct.
• Non-Mammalian Hair: Pterisa apparently has hair as her Tertiary Sexual Characteristics, although to be fair she is half-Minifig.
• Non-Standard Character Design: Libo, who barely resembles anything that can be assembled with LEGO bricks. For a while, this was the case with the G.E. Body, until a recent "Minfigization" of its design. However, in Libo's case, he became even less standard following a redesign in mid-2011, since beforehand he could be easily visualized with TECHNIC and BIONICLE pieces.
• Noodle Incident:
  • We never did find out exactly what happened to Pyle, beyond the fact that it "did not end well". Of course, considering what happened to his namesake, it's probably for the better.
  • Ronald E. Army believed that he was a general after a Noodle Incident involving the Black Falcons. Although this incident will not be elaborated upon, it clearly did not end well.
  • Trigger wasn't exactly too keen to elaborate on just what jobs he committed against Paradox. Then again, he did also seem to imply that there was a very specific reason to keep quiet about it.
  • Similarly, Silencia Venomosa did not go into much detail regarding what happened to the Brickfather. Commander Pharisee looked in Silencia Venomosa's files and saw something pertaining to a hospital fire, but did not go into further detail. Her jobs with Mindstorms, Inc. and Dacta Corporation were originally intended to be Noodle Incidents as well... until Atton Rand decided to help PeabodySam flesh out these events in a flashback.
  • Who exactly rebuilt Matthew Cyrista as a cyborg after a Raptor Hunter pack nearly killed him? Who knows, other than the fact they had great technology!
  • Howard Simmons doesn't elaborate on the story behind Troy DeWitt's scarred hand, only mentioning that it's embarrassing and involved airport security.
• Noodle Implements:
  • Atton Rand had to abandon the idea of Pierce completing Medic's failed examination of Engineer because he couldn't figure out a way to work with the process described (sticking two needles in the person's eyes and somehow projecting the last thing they saw onto a screen) without it sounding incredibly stupid and unrealistic.
  • According to the comm chatter, you can apparently put a mutant t-rex to sleep by rubbing bacon on it.
  • We never did find out just what happened with Edward Korrupte. We saw the background to Silencia Venomosa's most infamous assassination, but we never did find out just what exactly what made it so infamous beyond the fact that it had to do with Korrupte getting police escorts after Trigger tried to burn down his office. PeabodySam originally intended for the Mindstorms, Brickfather, and Dacta incidents to be completely Noodle Incidents, believing that it would be best if left up to players' imaginations as to what made them so infamous. When Atton Rand chose to expand upon the Mindstorms incident, PeabodySam planned on detailing the events of the Dacta assassination, but once again decided that it would be most effective if it remained unwritten. However, based upon what Amanda told Dr. Cyborg, the police escorts and even a number of innocent bystanders were all killed in what she referred to as a massacre... so whatever happened that day, it was not pretty.
  • A half-asleep Shaw gets the job of keeping an eye on Enter and Return. From what little she could gather their operation involved the use of a megaphone, a pineapple, a DVD copy of The Hurt Locker, a basketball, two lumps of sugar, a steering wheel, a baseball bat, a film camera, a mailbox, a pine tree, a shrubbery, a herring, 16 tons of TNT, a frying pan, a model train, a bicycle wheel, a single dollar, a map of LEGO Island, a book on aeronautics, a toy car, a lunchbox, a suitcase, a spoonful of honey, a bananna, a pointed stick, a fedora, running into each other and then arguing over whose clothes were whose, a sandwich, a copy of the complete works of H. P. Lovecraft, a bag of nitroglycerin, a rolled up magazine, a few raspberries, a chicken leg, a turkey dinner, another bush, a brick, a can of soda, a wafer thin mint, a slip of paper, and a jolly roger. Too bad Shaw wasn't awake enough to observe the process for medical research.
  • We're not told what exactly happened to Enderson's bar in the initial Dino Attack, but apparently it involved a pack of hungry Mutant Lizards, a Mutant Raptor that was too smart to be locked in the wine cellar, and a Mutant T-Rex with poor eyesight.
• No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: According to PeabodySam, the Einstein Device. This is intentionally so, since Specs is well aware that, while the Einstein Device's intended payload was Imagination, the device could theoretically be altered to release much more devastating effects. He did all in his power to keep the Einstein Device from ever falling into the hands of someone like Evil Ogel. In early story plans, before the Doctor Device was redesigned into the Einstein Device, PeabodySam considered Specs going to great extremes to accomplish this, even going so far as to order the executions of the engineers who designed the Doctor Device to ensure that Evil Ogel could never extract their memories.
• Nostalgia Filter: Sam Throramebi's distaste towards Power Miners mostly stems from his nostalgia for the Rock Raiders.
• Nostalgia Level: Most locations are based upon classic LEGO Themes as opposed to modern LEGO themes.
• No Swastikas: While designing the XERRD emblem, PeabodySam went out of his way to ensure that the Maelstrom's curves were pointing in the opposite direction of the Nazi Germany swastika.
• Not Afraid of You Anymore: According to Word of God, this is how Greybeard vanquished his illusion in the Maelstrom Temple.
• Not as You Know Them: Over the years, Dino Attack RPG has taken some rather... notable liberties with the characterizations of Specs and Digger. Most notably, in the original Dino Attack line, Specs was depicted as an extreme idealist scientist whose arguments with Shadow could only be broken up by Viper. In Dino Attack RPG, Specs holds a much more balanced view of idealist and realist morals, and his role as a scientist is downplayed in favor of focusing on his leadership of the team. His original "extreme idealist" stance was instead given to Digger, who, despite being a paleontologist like Specs, was less interested in studying the dinosaurs and more interested in the thrills and excitement of battle, which is again downplayed in Dino Attack RPG. During the final battle, there were a few attempts by PeabodySam to rectify this, such as Specs privately admitting that he's a scientist at heart and Digger choosing to join Shadow and Viper on the battlefield while Specs works on the Einstein Device, but it probably won't be enough.
• Not in This for Your Revolution: Dust, Trigger, and Snake.
• Not Quite Dead:
  • The Brickspider Bot v1.0 and Raptor were both seemingly killed, only to return several pages later as quite alive, if not always in the same body.
  • Cam O'Cozy initially appeared to be a case of this, seeing as he inexplicably survived riding a bomb. However, considering his later reveal as an android, a logical explanation is that the version who had been responsible for the idealist-realist feud was a separate model with the same appearance.
• "Not So Different" Remark: When Digger took over the Dino Attack Team and fought against the realists, Libo called him out by telling him that he was acting much like from his own Demonization of realist agents. However, Digger's negative emotions were influenced by the Maelstrom at the time, and the whole conflict was part of a Xanatos Gambit by Dr. Rex, so a calmer, more rational Digger may have acted differently.
• Not So Invincible After All: Played with in the case of the Grendelwulf brothers. Despite being intentionally portrayed as invokedMemetic Badasses, they were both killed fairly mundanely — at least in comparison to many of the situations they survived — and more or less due to twists of bad luck.
• Not So Stoic:
  • As an anonymous samurai, Pterisa appears to be The Stoic... but as soon as her identity is revealed, she is revealed to actually be Not So Stoic after all.
  • Under great stress, Michelle Glados will break character and show her true emotions.
  • Whenever Silencia Venomosa acted Not So Stoic, Bartholomew Enderson was surprised.
• Not That Kind of Doctor: Fuchs was ordered to work in the operating room despite technically being a biologist. Somewhat justified as Garry was simply trying to get the doctors as much help as possible, and Fuchs was the only other person around with a PH.D.
• Not the First Victim: Love and War reveals that Rex was not the first person that Phantom had attacked in his search for Frozeen. Phantom reveals that he had tracked down and killed some of Frozeen's other friends, and will continue to do so until he finds Frozeen himself.
• Nothing but Skulls: Gathered at the base of the wrecked Scorpion Orb Launcher in the Ugalego Temple. Implied to be the skulls of the Ice Drone army that attacked Adventurers' Island in Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG.
• Noticing the Fourth Wall: Zero noticed the fourth wall for the first time when he realized that his story is a work of fiction being rewritten and retconned.
• No Waterproofing in the Future:
  • One of the few weaknesses of Kotua's robot army was water, which would immediately cause them to short-circuit.
  • The Frickster, whose Artificial Limbs are from the future, stays away from water out of fear it will cause his limbs to short-circuit.
  • Evidently subverted by the likes of Dr. Gonapus, Dr. Cyborg, and Cyrista's Bane during the Final Battle, who were all unaffected by the rain.
• Now It's My Turn: When confronting the Darkitect, Pterisa dodged his bolts of Maelstrom energy and then followed up by firing one of her own lightning bolts back at him. She even said, "My turn," just before she did so. The Darkitect then got another turn and, in his fury, successfully struck back at Pterisa.
• No, You: In Because Of You, Lady Evil calls Talia Kaahs pathetic for refusing to shoot General Evil. Talia retorts with a Big "SHUT UP!", followed by saying that the only pathetic one is Lady Evil.

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• Obligatory Swearing:
  • If it weren't for the fact that most of the swears are humorous LEGO curses like "MegaBlok", Dino Attack RPG would have dropped more f-bombs than an R-rated movie.
  • Likely to show that he's one of the most cynical agents we've ever seen, Trigger turns Obligatory Swearing up to eleven.
• Oblivious Guilt Slinging: In Love and War, Amanda being so trusting of Rex makes him all the more regretful that he has to lie to her about Roger's fate.
• Oblivious to Love:
  • Kareem Nazareno, which made it difficult for Zelda to win over his affection.
  • Played with in the case of Hotwire. He's aware of the existence of romantic love and the effect it has on others; he just doesn't feel it himself.
• Off the Rails: Despite repeated warnings about the consequences of failing to keep the Antarctica mission a secret, Atton Rand's characters spilled the beans. PeabodySam had not originally intended for this to happen, but decided to roll with it.
• Offhand Backhand: When Ben Gunn attacked Rex, Greybeard tried to intervene, but Ben Gunn knocked him to the ground without even looking at him.
• Official Couple: Rex and Amanda, General and Talia, Zachary and Minerva, Shiller and Wright, and Frozeen and Gromtin.
• Offing the Annoyance: During the Dacta heist, Silencia Venomosa felt slighted by the Sassy Secretary Ursula Bennett, so she asked Edward Korrupte to make sure Ursula was working late on the night that the heist was going to take place, knowing fully well that this would get her killed by Schiess and his men.
• Offscreen Inertia: An example due to PeabodySam being unable to post for a few days, resulting in a scenario that ended up being slightly retconned due to the spotty timeline. Rex and Amanda begin hugging in Specs's office. Engineer spots The Mole, tracks him down, and then gets murdered. He is soon found by Trigger and other Dino Attack agents. Trigger, believing Silencia Venomosa to be responsible, tracks down Amanda in Specs's office. When he gets there, Rex and Amanda are still hugging.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome:
  • Heavy and Medic's charge through the armies of mutant dinosaurs in Gold City. For a while, much of the action went unseen before Clint and Angel Eyes arrived.
  • King Joseph Race and Lord Vladek battling Willa the Witch and her hijacked Thunder Driller atop the tallest tower of the Night Lord's Castle.
• Oh, Crap!: Ahua after he realized Zach had escaped the Maelstrom's control. Ahua later has another one when the Maelstrom intended to kill him. Yet another Maelstrom-related instance occured when Garry realized Palmer was a Stromling and when Henderson realized that "Kate" was a Stromling.
• Older Than They Look: Dr. Rex and Katerina Schattenberg are both in their eighties but look only in their twenties.
• Old Master: When angered, Ben Gunn single-handedly bested Rex and Greybeard.
• Old Soldier: Barry Jackson. He's not really that old, but due to his service in the army he certainly has more combat experience than most of the rest of the team.
• Ominous Crack: Invoked when a pair of Mutant T-Rexes began smashing in the gate of the Aztec Village.
• Ominous Latin Chanting: Can be heard in "Divine Intervention", "Eye to Eye", "Redemption", "Internal Confrontation", and "The End of All Things", courtesy of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Conker: Live & Reloaded, The Dark Knight Rises, Ninjago, Imaginaerum, The Lord of the Rings, The Legend of Zelda, Unearthed, Evangelion 2.0, Pokémon, Star Wars, The LEGO Movie, and more.
• Omnicidal Maniac: Baron Typhonus wants to destroy the entire universe and all life in it.
• Once More, with Clarity: At one point during the Second Headquarters Squad's mission, Scout received a phone call, and readers are only given Scout's side of the conversation, which sounds very suspicious. The full conversation was later revealed in an OOC post, revealing that it was just his mother on the other end, and there was actually nothing suspicious about the phone call.
• One Degree of Separation: Minerva Fabello once knew and stole from a couple that is heavily implied to be the couple that adopted and trained Blaire Darkling.
• One-Hit Kill: Carolyne Provencal's Sorcerer staff can instantly kill its victim.
• One-Steve Limit: Zig-Zagged.
  • There have been at least two agents operating under the codenames of Pilot and Alpha, and at least three agents with the codenames Hunter and Snake. However, this trope was also enforced when older characters with these codenames had their names retroactively altered to distinguish them from the current holders of these names.
  • Played straight when Barry Jackson received the codename Shotgun because Sniper was already in use.
  • There's also a Dino Attack agent codenamed Vex, and an Alpha Team agent codenamed Vex who died in a flashback.
  • In the original RPG, there were two Mutant T-Rexes named Maw: one that Rex overheard leading a pack of wild T-Rexes, and one that was tamed by Rex (not to mention that Rex himself temporarily changed his own name to Maw in memory of his tamed T-Rex).
  • Enforced by the Director's Cut, which renames several characters so that no two characters share the same exact name.
• Only in It for the Money:
  • Trigger. Dust also came seeking riches, just a different kind...
  • Downplayed somewhat, but one of Atton Rand's preludes to At War's End revealed that Angel Eyes was actually paid in hard cash to assist in Gold City. This was later alluded to when he was first seen back at Dino Attack Headquarters- trying to split his money evenly with Clint and Maria.
• Only Known by Initials: Formerly A.J. Orange (A.J. was eventually revealed to be short for Andrea Jackson).
• Only Known by Their Nickname: The majority of Dino Attack Agents are only ever referred to by their codenames. Most of the time, we never find out their real names.
  • A major part of Trigger's character is that he never gives his real name. Every job he's done he's operated under a codename or pseudonym.
• Only Mostly Dead: Zenna after being shot by an enemy sniper.
• Only One Name: Dr. Strangebrick and Maria. This trope formerly applied to Katerina "Kat" Schattenberg, Zachary Virchaus, Jenny Strangebrick, Rex Alexander, and Andrew Anderson.
• Only Sane Man: Clint Wayne and Angel Eyes appear to be such while working with the Second Headquarters Squad, though it could be argued that Spy also qualifies.
• Oo C Is Serious Business: If someone acts out-of-character, pay attention. It's important. This includes events such as Rex purposefully killing Mutant Dinos or Amanda breaking her vow of silence.
• Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Although Greybeard's pirate accent has slowly become heavier and heavier over the course of Dino Attack RPG, there was one moment where PeabodySam intentionally slipped up his accent: during his Shout-Out to Admiral Ackbar. This was fixed in the Director's Cut.
• Open Heart Dentistry: Upon arriving in the emergency room, Fuchs, a biologist, was ordered to help a psychiatrist.
• Origins Episode: Many of PeabodySam's short stories serve as origin stories for how a particular character became involved with Dino Attack Team: Merciful Escape for Rex, First Assignment for Trouble, Dear Sister for Roger and Amanda, and The Huntsman for Ata.
• Orwellian Retcon:
  • Given the nature of BZPower, wherein players can edit their own posts at will, this has taken place every now and then, usually when a player is adding in a piece of information he originally forgot or when a player is decanonizing something he wrote. For example, Dr. Cyborg's revelation of Pterisa's origins vanished without a trace after Andrewnuva199 asked avmatoran to retcon it.
  • A subverted example during Amanda's escape from the Dino Island Laboratory. There was originally a post where Amanda revealed herself to be telepathic. Shortly afterward, this post was edited to remove all references to telepathy, which was now considered Canon Discontinuity. The ironic subversion is that, thanks to the Wayback Machine archiving the RPG prior to the edit, the pre-retcon version of the post is the only version that is currently available (and therefore included in the downloadable archive, along with an editor's note explaining that the telepathy is non-canon). This means that the Orwellian retcon itself has undergone the Orwellian treatment.
• Our Dragons Are Different:
  • The dragons of Castle Cove are primarily Western Dragons, although Valencia depicts dragons as more civilized than the average wild dragon encountered in the Fright Knights region.
  • There are also Maelstrom Dragons, which were corrupted by the Maelstrom and appeared to serve the Fright Knights.
• Our Time Machine Is Different:
  • The Director's Cut describes FUTURE's time machine as resembling a giant mechanical eyeball with a Hypno Disk in the pupil.
  • Talia Kaahs's time machine in Because Of You is built specifically to resemble an authentic 1950s car on the outside, while its interior uses Time Twister technology.
• Our Vampires Are Different: Spike, being a Captain Ersatz of the character of the same name, is of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer variety. This seems a little out-of-place when compared to the Classical Movie Vampires of LEGO canon, such as the Vampire from LEGO Studios, Rutger Hemoglobin from Minifigures Series 2, and Lord Vampyre from Monster Fighters. The Director's Cut addresses this by bringing him more in line with canonical LEGO vampires.
• Outliving One's Offspring:
  • Helen Rutherford was worried sick about her son, Scout, being out on the battlefield. Unfortunately, Scout is killed by The Mole.
  • Invoked. Somewhat understandably, Sarah Bishop was uncertain when Andrew started to talk Kate into joining him, as she was worried about the very real possibility of Kate being killed in action.
  • In Antithesis, Anti-Amadeus Remous and Anti-Rosaria Remous outlive both of their children, which is the opposite of what happens in the primary universe.
• Out-of-Context Eavesdropping: In the Director's Cut, Anti-Kotua intercepts radio transmissions from Dino Attack agents. Among the things he overhears are them talking about the Anti-Dino Project (a vaccine for Mutant Dino DNA serum and other mutagenics), enemy airships from the opposing side (the Voltage while Kotua is an enemy), Kotua controlling Perfect Chaos (as enemies of Dino Attack Team), a war that determines the fate of the world (the LEGO Planet fighting back against the Dino Attack apocalypse), and a declaration that "this is the only reality that can exist in the end" (the importance of Dino Attack Team's victory). But what Anti-Kotua thinks he's hearing is Anti-Dino Project (an offshoot of Lens Pioneers' ANTI Project), enemy airships from the opposing side (the Anti-Voltage from the Antiverse), Kotua controlling Perfect Chaos (as allies of Dino Attack Team), a war that determines the fate of the world (the primary universe fighting against the Antiverse), and a declaration that "this is the only reality that can exist in the end" (implying that the primary universe will totally erase the Antiverse). As a consequence, this reaffirms in Anti-Kotua's mind that the primary universe is his enemy.
• Out of Focus: Whenever a player leaves Dino Attack RPG, his or her characters become Out of Focus. PeabodySam has taken steps to ensure that no other player can decide the fate of another former player's character, since there is still a chance that said former player might return and want to reuse their character. For example, while characters can discuss the fact that Databoard's whereabouts are currently unknown, players are prohibited from revealing Databoard's fate.
• Outrun the Fireball: Dino Attack Team fleeing the Goo Caverns during the volcanic eruption of Quadrant 14.
• Outside Joke: Someone on the comm chatter exclaims "Holy distorted lizards, Batman!" and Hertz rhetorically asks since when did Dino Attack Team have an agent codenamed Batman, seemingly making a joke on the comm chatter's pop culture reference. First Assignment retroactively reveals that there actually is an agent codenamed Batman, so the Director's Cut has Shannon Grimton respond to Hertz's joke by confirming that agent Batman has been around since the beginning of the Dino Attack war.
• Outside Ride: Silencia Venomosa hitched a ride on the side of Schiess and Montoya's getaway car, during which she slashed their tires before they could shake her off.
• Overly Long Gag: Contrary to popular belief, the original joke behind the super-spicy-tongue-melting-jail-cell-door-opening-hot pizza was not its incredible spiciness... it was how many times Vladek was forced to repeat its overly-long name when talking to the Brickster, to the point that Rex and Chompy (whom the villains were spying upon) walked away in the meantime.

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• Papa Wolf:
  • Pierce might be a good-natured doctor whose main focus is on healing, but you lay one hand on Kate and you're in for a world of pain. For example, Pierce punched Rotor in the face just for sending Kate alone into an enemy fortress filled with toxic gas.
  • This trope is Inverted by Frozeen; speak dismissively of his father, and Frozeen will teach you the true meaning of pain.
  • Although he is not Kate's father, the false Wallace Bishop is very protective of her, even threatening his fellow XERRD scientists in an attempt to keep her safe.
  • Greybeard shows shades of this toward Mary Rose.
• The Paragon Always Rebels: While Dr. Rex was never really a Paragon, he was the first member of XERRD to fall victim to Baron Typhonus's grand scheme, and the rest of XERRD followed suit.
• The Paralyzer: Most Dino Attack weapons are non-lethal and are designed to incapacitate, not kill.
• Pardon My Klingon: MegaBlok, Znap, and 4+ Figures are examples of LEGO swears.
  • Some writers' posts take this a bit farther and use specific words in place of specific cusses. "Znap" in particular is often used as a replacement for the f and s words (as in "What the znap" or "Oh znap"). "Megablok" is more often used as a substitute for a variation of the f word with the prefex "mother" (as in "megabloking" or "megabloker", though "motherznapper" isn't too uncommon a phrase either).
  • Also MegaBlokland is often used in place of "Hell".
• The Paralyzer: Rex was impaled by a fully-charged electro-spear and paralyzed from the waist-down; while these spears are designed to stun enemies on impact, a direct stab can kill enough nerves to cause permanent damage. Subverted with Frank Einstein's revelation that Rex's Days Were Numbered. It was revealed the electro-spears were designed only for stunning. Rex's paralysis mostly came from the Maelstrom poisoning in his body.
• Parental Substitute:
  • Pierce has become this towards Kate. Ironically subverted when he turned to actually be Kate's father.
  • Over the years, Bartholomew Enderson became a father figure to Silencia Venomosa, or at least the closest she had to a father since the murder of her parents.
  • Greybeard inadvertently became a Grandparental Substitute to Mary Rose, especially because she was too young to realize that he is not actually her grandfather.
• Parrot Expo What: Frozeen responds to hearing that Talia Kaahs violated the temporal accords by exclaiming, "She did WHAT?"
• The Password Is Always "Swordfish": Dr. Inferno's password is "password".
• Patchwork Fic: Dino Attack RPG canon tries to incorporate as much official LEGO canon as it can, sometimes adapting different versions of LEGO canon to patch them together and make it all work. For example, Willa the Witch's wiki page combines elements from Fright Knights' American storyline (in which Willa and Basil are allies) and European storyline (in which Willa and Basil are rivals), and her full name Willa Hylia Izralda is a combination of her various Dub Name Changes.
• Patricide:
  • Rev Raptor killed his father, Jecht "Landro" Raptor, to avenge the murder of Sereve.
  • At only 10 years old, Dust poisoned his abusive father in his sleep.
• Pay Evil unto Evil: Pharisee's idea of justice
• Peer Pressure Makes You Evil: Carolyne Provencal was extremely hesitant about working with XERRD prior to and after the Dino Attack began. A little coaxing from her colleagues turned her into a sadistic monster that shows little regard to both her allies and enemies.
• Pensieve Flashback: Greybeard's flashback was presented as a dream sequence to allow present-day Greybeard to offer commentary on Grisbarba's actions.
• People Jars: XERRD keeps some subjects contained in stasis tubes filled with Jugend serum. These subjects included Talia Kaahs and Pterisa.
• Percussive Maintenance: As a humorous Shout-Out to Team Fortress 2, all it took was a single hit from Engineer's wrench to fix the bomb cart's engine.
• Personal Effects Reveal:
  • Pierce and Wade went through J.D.'s few belongings after he died, although mainly with the intention to find any trace of his research. Wade still has several letters from him which he hopes to send eventually.
  • Rex, Frozeen, and Amanda looked through Spy's briefcase after he died, discovering a love letter addressed to Helen Rutherford.
• Pirate: Just about everyone from Pirates Forbidden Island, including Greybeard, Coral, and Elizabeth. They are almost always of the "dashing rogue" variety, since they were carried over from the romanticized LEGO Pirates RPG.
• A Pirate 400 Years Too Late: All modern pirates are basically eighteenth-century pirates who happen to live in modern day. Greybeard, Coral, Goldbeard, Elizabeth, Redbeard... the list goes on.
• Pirate Girl: Elizabeth Winsor, "Bad Luck" Beatrice, Tetra Frodongan, and Bloody Mary are all pirate women.
• Pirate Song: "Hoist the Colors" is an old pirate song that Captain Redbeard would sing to rally up his men before a big raid. On the dawn of the final battle, Greybeard sings it to motivate the Dino Attack Team, and they all join in.
• Pirates vs. Ninjas: This trope has been referenced on multiple occasions, with its presence in LEGO canon (as seen with LEGO Battles and LEGO Universe) directly acknowledged in a post by Brikman McStudz. Here are the most notable examples:
  • When Zelda reveals that her parents were pirates, the space ninja Kareem Nazareno immediately shows signs of hostility.
  • The pirate Greybeard apparently feels animosity towards ninjas, as revealed during his confrontation of the XERRD shinobi Attila Huntsman.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything:
  • A literal example: considering that there are several pirates working with the Dino Attack Team, they really have not committed much piracy.
  • Zenna is apparently a good pilot, but how often has she actually been seen flying something?
  • Rex is skilled with rope, but went for a long time without actually using this. Following a Lampshade Hanging of this trope, Rex tied himself to a Mutant Lizard with, you guessed it, rope.
• Pistol-Whipping: In the Goo Caverns, Greybeard commandeered an Ogel Drilling Machine after Pistol Whipping Rex into unconsciousness.
• Platonic Life-Partners: Hotwire and Kat feel no romantic feelings towards one another, but they are so close that many mistake them for being a couple.
• Player Headquarters: Dino Attack Headquarters serves as the main base for Dino Attack Team and, therefore, the players' primary characters.
• Plot Armor: How else do you think that so many important characters live while so many minor characters are Red Shirts?
• Plucky Comic Relief:
  • Enter and Return fill the role of providing goofy antics to break up the tension and drama.
  • Dude could also qualify, as so far all he's done in the story is humorously ruin the romantic moments between Pierce and Sarah, and of course there's Walter.
• Pointy-Haired Boss: French Fries, the crazy Elite Agent who apparently thought that upon discovery of the Antarctica mission it would be a smart move to broadcast it all over LEGO City.
• Politically Incorrect Hero: Trigger's openly criticized Hotwire and Rex for continuing to fight despite physical disabilities (the former being right in front of him at the time).
  • Possibly justified, though, as it doesn't seem to be quite so much out of prejudice (although there hasn't yet been anything suggesting he isn't prejudiced against cripples) so much as the impracticality of relying on people who can't walk properly. After all, he is technically a soldier, a soldier for hire whose loyalties can be bought by anyone but a soldier nonetheless, so he's probably got a lot of experience to draw on.
• Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title:
  • At War's End, a pun based upon Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
  • The Downloadable Archive and Director's Cut feature punny chapter titles including "Blacktron Legacy" and "Cane's Labyrinth".
  • The title of Pirates of the Tropical Sea is a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean, subtituting "Caribbean" with "Tropical Sea" to reference LEGO Pirates canon.
• Pop the Tires: During her Outside Ride scene, Silencia Venomosa was climbing all over Montoya's car to slash the tires with her knife, and neither Montoya nor Schiess caught on until it was too late. By the time they managed to shake her off, the tires were all slashed and subsequently popped, sending the car crashing into a ditch.
• Port Town: Port Royal is the Imperial port town of Sabatina. Pirates Forbidden Island also features its own port town.
• Portal Network: King Joseph Race and Sam Race established a Portal Network between Dino Attack Headquarters and Ogel Control Center.
• invokedPortmanteau Couple Name: Vinyareno (Vinyaya/Nazareno) actually was mentioned in canon by the comm chatter.
• Post-Apocalyptic Dog: Sereve's dog Bailey accompanies him during multiple missions in the post-apocalyptic Dino Attack world.
• Posthumous Character: Edward Korrupte and Uærlig Sindstorme, as well as Orange, Keaton, Deniro, Verbal, and Scorsese, all of whom meet rather nasty ends in the flashback.
• Posthumous Collaboration:
  • Long after Kotua in Space left the RPG, Jackson Lake wrapped up the story of ShadowTech and Canis Schattenberg.
  • In a way, the Dino Attack RPG itself can be considered a Posthumous Collaboration of the Dino Attack line, as it answered many questions raised by the original LEGO Theme such as the very cause of the Dino Attack. This particular question remained unanswered for years until PeabodySam realized that LEGO was never going to provide an official answer, leading to the introduction of Dr. Rex, XERRD, and the Maelstrom.
  • The story of characters belonging to BZP Noob #30000, Zero and Phantom, were wrapped up by Andrewnuva199 and PeabodySam in the Expanded Universe after BZP Noob was banned from BZPower.
• The Power of Rock:
  • In a nod to LEGO Rock Band, various rock groups such as David Bowie and Queen attempted to calm the Antarctica riots with rock music. Lampshaded by Greybeard, who doubted that it would work, and Lord Vladek, who reminisced about times when The Power of Rock meant dropping a boulder on someone.
  • Technically, it's Classical music that Rotor always plays, but that still doesn't change the fact that if you're an enemy of the Dino Attack team, and you hear "'Ride of the Valkyries" in the distance, you'd better start running.
  • Played straighter with Thaddeus Brickhouse, who played a metal cover of "Montagues and Capulets" from his helicopter during the final battle.
• Power Trio:
  • Early in the RPG, Atton Rand only had three characters; Zenna, Axle, and Elizabeth. However, Axle's role was dropped in favor of focusing on characters that were introduced by Atton Rand himself^note although most of Atton Rand's cast consists of Captain Ersatz and Expy characters rather than the LEGO Company after his return from hiatus, and Zenna was critically wounded in the Adventurers' Island campaign, leaving Elizabeth as the only one of them to still be present in At War's End.
  • Even though we never saw them in action, Alex Tage, Dyno, and Jet are apparently a Power Trio.
• Practically Different Generations:
  • Although Sarah and Wallace Bishop are siblings, they are separated by about 20-30 years in age; Sarah is in her mid-forties while Wallace is in his early-seventies.
  • Bartholomew and Carrie Enderson are siblings about twenty years apart; Bartholomew is in his late-fifties, while Carrie is described as being in her thirties.
• Prayer Is a Last Resort:
  • Dr. Noomi Shaw finds enough comfort in faith (even if she's not sure exactly which deity to believe in) that she wears a cross and sometimes tries to get a prayer in during surgery, though she does try not to draw attention from her fellow doctors by doing so.
  • In December 21, 2010, it was noted that even those who never believed in a deity had resorted to prayer... given that it was literally the end of the world.
• Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Specs and Viper worked together to deliver one to Dr. Rex: "The Mutant Tyrant Lizard King... now extinct!"
  • A bit of a Running Gag with Adventure during the final battle is that he kept trying to deliver Pre-Mortem One-Liners to Dr. Rex, but the trope would always be subverted. On his first attempt, Dr. Rex did not show up, rendering the one-liner useless. On his second attempt, the one-liner appeared to work at first (although it nearly worked against Adventure, giving himself away to Dr. Rex in what should have been a surprise attack), but then it was horrifically subverted by the Darkitect's Divine Intervention, which turned the Pre-Mortem One-Liner into just a One-Liner.
• Preacher Man: Sort of. Given it's on a family friendly board there isn't much religious discussion. As a result, the closest people in the cast to an actual preacher are probably Pharisee and Shaw, the former of whom uses the Bible to justify his actions, while the latter is a doctor who wears a cross and tries to find comfort in faith and the belief in a deity. Interestingly, Shaw subverts many elements commonly associated with depictions of Preachers (though she was never explicitly said to be Christian), having conducted a homosexual wedding.
• Predators Are Mean: There are four main types of mutant dinosaurs (two of which technically aren't actually dinosaurs), all of which are carnivorous breeds. There have been no known sightings of a Mutant Triceratops, a Mutant Stegosaurus, or Mutant Brontosaur.
• Prehistoria: Dinosaur Island and Adventurers' Island Dino Park are both jungle regions where extant dinosaurs can still be found in the modern day.
• Prehistoric Monster: The Mutant Dinos serve as the primary antagonists and are usually depicted as vicious monsters.
• Precision Z-Strike:
  • Whenever Garry gets mad.
  • An example of Oo C Is Serious Business: Rex rarely swears out loud, but after Dr. Rex survived a near-death experience due to Baron Typhonus's Divine Intervention and subsequently killed Adventure, Rex dropped a few MegaBloks.
  • Minerva, who does not swear frequently, let out one precise "znapping" when called by her family nickname by Oswald while fighting him.
• Present-Day Past: During the 1957 flashback, characters notably spoke with modern slang words and phrases such as "bro", "my man", and "dude". However, this was intentional. PeabodySam wanted the characters to seem much younger than their 2010 counterparts, and so chose these words and phrases since readers would associate them with youth; however, PeabodySam did not want to use slang associated with The '50s such as "swell" or "golly", fearing that they would be "too corny" and therefore distract readers from the point of the flashback. In the same flashback, "Duplo School" was mentioned, but Duplo did not exist until 1973.
• Previous Player-Character Cameo:
  • Samuel "Lay" Go and Ben Baseplate, both from LEGO Island RPG.
  • Although not exactly cameo appearances, Frozeen, Magma, Greybeard, Coral, and Elizabeth Winsor are all former RPG primary characters who returned as NPCs in the Dino Attack RPG.
  • The cameo appearance of Sir Robert Batrick, who originated as "Bob the Bat", one of PeabodySam's custom characters in LEGO Racers. The same goes for Vile Villano in The Passage of Time, although his role is a little larger than just a cameo.
• Princess Phase: Discussed. Frozeen encourages Greybeard to raise Mary Rose as a Pirate Girl, noting that most other girls her age would instead be dreaming about growing up to be princesses.
• Privateer: Played with in the case of Greybeard, Elizabeth, and Coral, since they are pirates who are officially hired by Dino Attack Team.
• Promoted to Love Interest: In the original RPG, the Mutant T-Rex that killed Maw had nothing to do with the Mutant T-Rexes that later attacked Rex and Amanda. In the Director's Cut, Sharptooth is the mate of Wrathscale (the alpha female of the latter T-Rexes).
• Promotion to Parent: Oswald to Tod, Minerva, and even Athena Fabello after their father's death and mother's decline in mental health. Tod promoted himself to a parent over Minerva as he grew older.
• Prophecy Twist: In The Huntsman, Master Yogen prophecized that a "man, with knowledge far beyond his years, held the power to banish the Maelstrom from an entire planet, even if he could not realize it." Attila Huntsman took this prophecy to heart and believed that Dr. Rex had the power to eradicate the Maelstrom. In the end, Dr. Rex did banish the Maelstrom from LEGO Planet... by resisting the Darkitect's control long enough to willingly let himself be shot and killed with the Einstein Device, which banished the Darkitect and ended the Dino Attack.
• Protagonist-Centered Morality: Nearly every character working for the Agents, who wished to take care of the Dino Attack themselves rather than fund a new Dino Attack Team's foundation, is depicted as snobby and pretentious. The Dino Attack RPG Wiki page for the Agents Defense Organization notes that, because Dino Attack RPG is told from the perspective of the Dino Attack Team, the depiction of Agents in the RPG has been biased against them. In reality, the Agents just want to stop the Mutant Dinos and bring peace to the world; unfortunately, because of the inter-organization disputes, they have been depicted as more antagonistic. Nonetheless, following the decision by Agents and Dino Attack to put aside their differences and work together, the Agents have been portrayed in a better light.
• Psycho for Hire:
  • In keeping with their inspiration, the Second Headquarters Squad has some elements of this, though Soldier, Heavy, and Pyro might be the worst of the lot.
  • Rotor also comes pretty darn close.
  • For supposedly being cold and only caring about money, Trigger certainly has proven to be violent and unpredictable toward whoever is closest.
  • The first thing Snake did once he arrived at the headquarters is beat up a man just because said man had the same name as him.
• Psychotic Smirk:
  • Dust really smiles a lot. Usually when he's freaking somebody out.
  • Palmer had one just before his reveal, as did a Maelstrom projection of Kate Bishop.
  • When Silencia Venomosa smiles, it's most likely a Psychotic Smirk.
  • Blaire Darkling frequently did this.
• Puff of Logic: In the Maelstrom Temple, the Face Your Fears illusions fail if the victim does not believe them to be real. In particular, the illusions of Perfect Chaos, Kotua, Baron von Brickthief, and the ghosts vanished when Rex and Frozeen stopped believing in them (in "Kotua's" case, it was actually a disguised Temple Stromling, but the other illusions had no physical component).
• Pun-Based Title:
  • For Want of Nails references the poem "For Want of a Nail" trope, but also references the fact that so much was lost because Dino Attack agent Nails was killed.
  • For an in-universe example, "Hindsight is 2020" is a radio talk show in the year 2020 where Danny Sweet interviews Dino Attack veterans about their role in the war.
  • In the downloadable archive, we have chapters titled "Looking for Trouble" (in which Rex is looking for Trouble the Mutant Lizard), "High Voltage" (in which the Voltage airship flies high), "Ground Zero" (in which Zero arrives at the site of a massive explosion), and "Dust Before the Wind" (in which Dust flees from Dino Attack Team).
  • In addition to the chapter titles from the downloadable archive, the Director's Cut has "Staging a Fight" (in which Dino Attack Team battles Mutant Dinos at the LEGO Studios sound stages) and "Shock and Awe" (in which Dr. Rex is electrocuted).
• Punch-Clock Villain:
  • Trigger's former partner Montoya is implied to be simply trying to make a living for him and his waitress girlfriend. He also got very defensive when one of his partners refused to pay for a waitress's tip.
  • Even Silencia Venomosa has some traits of a Punch-Clock Villain, seeing as she won't go out of her way to kill someone unless she is hired to do so.
• Punctuated! For! Emphasis!:
  • Lord Sam Sinister while rejecting Baron Typhonus's proposal.
  • Rex during his No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of French Fries, with a side helping of Punctuated Pounding.
  • Michelle Glados while reiterating her belief that emotion is weakness, then proving her point by killing Amanda.
• Punctuated Pounding: A serious example, during Rex's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of French Fries.
• Punishment Detail: Played with by Digger following the idealist-realist conflict. He is officially demoted to Standard Agent rank by Specs, Shadow, and Viper, but he also chooses to punish himself by volunteering to be a janitor. Of course, following the revelation that the Maelstrom was behind Digger's mutiny, Digger was relieved of these duties and allowed to resume his status as Elite Commando Agent.
• Punny Name:
  • Pick any member of Second Headquarters Squad. His real name is a pun.
  • Bart Helmutson, Cameron O'Cozy, Gonnerman, Mailstorm, and Bartholomew Enderson are a few other examples of pun-based names.
• Purple Is the New Black: Stromlings and the Maelstrom are typically portrayed as either black or very dark purple.
• Put on a Bus:
  • When a player stops contributing to Dino Attack RPG, their characters are Put on a Bus until their return. It's usually said that they're still presumably active, just going on adventures and missions off-screen while the story continues to focus on the characters of players who are still active.
  • When PeabodySam realized that he had accidentally subjected Trouble to Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, he instead decided to officially Put Trouble on a Bus until his inevitable return in the final battle.
  • After the Adventurers' Island mission, Chompy was left behind on the island to lead the T-Rex pack, as part of an effort by PeabodySam to reduce his number of NPCs for the Final Battle.
  • Characters who have been teleported to Antarctica during the Final Battle, such as Talia Kaahs, Sam Throramebi, Ben Gunn, and Naomi Carver, are considered to be Put on a Bus until the final battle is over.
• Put on a Bus to Hell: While there doesn't seem to be any malicious intent on Atton Rand's part, Zenna was Put on a Bus after having nearly died from blood loss and has not even been mentioned in Dino Attack: At War's End, with all of Atton Rand's posts focusing on his NPCs instead. Additionally, had Atton Rand not decided to just roll with it after that guy from that show confirmed that Zenna survived, Zenna might have even died. Luckily, though, Zenna was ultimately able to catch a bus leaving from Hell and was Back for the Finale.
• Put on a Prison Bus:
  • Duke was last (canonically) seen getting arrested and sent to a high-security prison.
  • After the Dino Attack, several XERRD-allied villains such as Dr. Inferno, Senor Palomar, and Willa the Witch were sent to prison.
• Putting on the Reich: Brikman McStudz's interpretation views the XERRD guard uniforms as strikingly similar to the uniforms worn by the Nazi Schutzstaffel. Blaire Darkling's trenchcoat also sports XERRD's emblem on his shoulder as a reference to soldiers wearing a swastika armband.

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• Quick Draw: You really got to be careful around Clint Wayne because of this. Lutsky is also said to have one.
• Quiet Cry for Help: When Rex believed that Specs was The Mole while in his presence, he used subtle body language to silently let Amanda know.
• The Quiet One:
  • Clint Wayne is often on his own and isn't usually a huge talker, but if he has something to say he isn't afraid to say it.
  • Even though she now speaks, Amanda Claw is still often quiet and only speaks when she finds it necessary.
  • Jenny hasn't exactly said much, although considering she was raised by XERRD, the main enemy of the Dino Attack Team, it is probably at least partially out of fear.
• Quirky Miniboss Squad:
  • The main group of high-ranking XERRD scientists includes a mental patient Dragon, a Creepy Monotone inventor, a Corrupt Corporate Executive, and a Herr Doktor with a hover chair.
  • Additionally, there was the group of villains consisting of Evil Ogel, Sam Sinister, the Brickster, and Vladek, as well as another group consisting of their futuristic counterparts.
• Quizzical Tilt: Mutants, such as Shade, occasionally do this to indicate curiosity. Amanda Claw also tended to do this, especially during her days as a mute.

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• Race Against the Clock: A few examples of this include the XERRD Fortress's six-minute countdown to toxins flooding the base and Zachary Virchaus's sixty hours deadline to evacuate Outpost 4 and find the Maelstrom Temple.
• The Radio Dies First: You know things are heating up whenever the radio goes kaput. However, while this seemed like a Type 2 example played by Rule of Drama at first, it was eventually revealed to be a Type 3 example when the ex-communications officer, Ata, revealed that he was intentionally sabotaging the radio signals as The Mole.
• Rage Against the Author: Aster Oid's dusty memory card rant.
• Rage Against the Reflection: Downplayed example in Scars. Talia sees herself in the mirror and doesn't like what she sees, but instead of smashing the mirror, she slams her hands against the wall on either side of the mirror. It's Played Straight in Because Of You, when Talia smashes the mirror and even cuts her hand while doing so.
• Rage Breaking Point: Rex has been holding on to a lot of anger, dating back to the Kotua era. Unfortunately for French Fries, he pushed Rex's Berserk Button at just the wrong time.
• Railroading: When Atton Rand did the sensible thing by trying to keep the Second Headquarters Squad safe, this interfered with PeabodySam's plans, and so the Second Headquarters Squad was immediately removed from their safe location, largely due to incompetence on Soldier's part.
• Rampage from a Nail: Rex's only tamed Mutant T-Rex, Maw, suddenly went on a maddened rampage and, in the process, nearly kill Dino Attack Team's founding members. When Rex was able to calm Maw down, he discovered that the T-Rex had been stabbed (shot in the Director's Cut) in the foot by Sam Sinister.
• Rap Is Crap:
  • Elizabeth Winsor's "mutant dino repellent" music includes rap music, which is apparently so bad that Mutant Dinos are averse to it.
  • Due to coming from The '50s, Talia Kaahs holds a low opinion of modern music, and she describes rap (specifically, "The Piraka Rap") as an example of the industry going to Znap.
  Talia Kaahs: Give the industry another few decades, and I bet what's in style will be obnoxious repetitive beats while the so-called 'singer' doesn't bother singing and just reads poetry way too fast, if 'poetry' was filled with obscenities and made-up nonsensical words.
• Rapid DNA Test: Within seconds of Dr. Rex inputting Rex's DNA, the computer was able to confirm that it was an exact match with the "prototype" Mutant T-Rex.
• Rapid-Fire "No!":
  • Zed Provhezor's response to seeing a bunch of grunts protecting just two scientists, unaware that those grunts and scientists were actually disguised Dino Attack agents infiltrating the XERRD Fortress.
  • Rex's reaction to Michelle Glados shooting Amanda.
• Rasputinian Death: Maria tries snooping around a bedroom where a mutant hybrid officer just happens to be sleeping. Her solution? Smother him with a pillow, shoot him twice through the head, and then slit his throat.
• Ray Gun: Nearly every weapon in the game is a futuristic laser gun, with the Cosmotronic Ray gun being the most recognizable.
• "Ray of Hope" Ending: Dear Sister ends with the Dino Attack apocalypse beginning, and Lisa, Tyler, Sarah, and Theresa Remous are all tragically killed. However, Roger and Amanda decide to sign up for Dino Attack Team with the intention of doing their part to save the world and prevent any more deaths, avoiding an outright Downer Ending in favor of something more optimistic.
• Re-Cut: The Dino Attack RPG "Director's Cut" is an extensive edit of the original RPG with the goal of consistent formatting, correcting any Canon Discontinuity, and incorporating several Expanded Universe stories to create a more cohesive reading experience.
• Reality Is Unrealistic:
  • The pirates, knights, and other such anachronistic populations are presented as aware of modern technology but deliberately choosing to forsake it in favor of a more anachronistic lifestyle modeled after the golden age of piracy, the medieval ages, etc. This might seem like a unrealistic choice, until you remember that there is a group of people in real life who forsake modern technology in favor of a more anachronistic lifestyle: the Amish.
  • While LEGO City's coordinates are never confirmed, it is located far enough north to receive snowfall in the winter, as shown in LEGO promotional material. It seems odd that, in a city located that far north, there would be a thunderstorm instead of a snowstorm as late as December 21. Yet, in real life, cities as far north as New England can experience thunderstorms in late December or even early January.
• Really 17 Years Old: When the RPG's rules were updated so that player characters had to be at least 18 years old, all former Child Soldiers were retconned to be 17 years old and lying about their age.
• Reboot Snark: In "Fifteeniversary", when Lisa Lockhart is starring in a Dino Cop reboot, the prose notes that LEGO Studios seems to have run out of ideas yet again.
• Recruiting the Criminal:
  • Dino Attack Team allied with Evil Ogel, Sam Sinister, the Brickster, and Lord Vladek.
  • Dust could also be considered a criminal, to a degree, since he often ended up in jail and bribed his way out before ended up working with the Dino Attack Team.
  • Trigger isn't neccessarily a criminal, but he has participated in a few illegal activities (his involvement in the Mindstorms, Inc. affair quickly springs to mind).
  • And, of course, there's Snake, a Boxed Crook who has to earn his freedom through service.
• Recursive Acronym: D.I.N.O. stands for Dino Invasion Neutralization Organization.
• Recycled with a Gimmick:
  • Especially in its early days, Dino Attack RPG was essentially a recycled version of Alpha Team: Mission Deep Freeze RPG that changed the setting to LEGO Dino Attack. Basically, "Alpha Team RPG with dinosaurs!"
  • "BIONICLE Meets Exo-Force RPG"... it's like BIONICLE, but with LEGO Exo-Force mechs! Even ignoring that egregious example, the original LEGO Dino Attack did not feature any mecha, while Dino Attack RPG includes examples such as Robo-Blades and the Anti-Dino Machine, essentially making it LEGO Dino Attack with mecha.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over:
  • The Evil OGEL Empire employs a lot of black and red in their color scheme.
  • XERRD also favors black and red, as seen with their logo, Space Marauder armor, and hovercraft. Additionally, some Mutant Dinos, usually Mutant T-Rexes but also Mutant Raptors and Mutant Pterosaurs, have black and red scales.
• Redemption in the Rain:
  • Pharisee could have had a Heel Realization after shooting Carrie. Whether or not this is redemption is debatable, but he now has to live with his failure and understands that Montoya and Carrie did not deserve what he did to them.
  • It seems Trigger may also have experienced one after being fatally shot.
  • Ingrid had one after she sacrificed herself to save Solomon.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning:
  • When a Mutant T-Rex's eyes glow red, prepare for Frickin' Laser Beams.
  • Every Stromling has red eyes. Whenever a Minifig's eyes flashed red during the Adventurers' Island campaign, it meant the Minifig is question is a Stromling in disguise.
  • Blaire Darkling's red eyes that were created during the corruption of the Temple of Creation.
• Red Herring:
  • Turns out the Pharaoh's Forbidden Ruins wasn't the Maelstrom Temple after all. It really was the Temple of Creation the whole time.
  • Quadrant 14 of the Goo Caverns contained nothing but an ambush.
  • Dr. Rex is exceptionally fond of Red Herrings, it seems. He dressed a random Mutant T-Rex in silver armor and sent it to the front lines of his Mutant Dino army, knowing that the Dino Attack Team would naturally assume that this T-Rex was Dr. Rex. While they concentrated on fighting the Red Herring, the real Dr. Rex led some Mutant Dinos through the subway system.
• Red Herring Mole:
  • PeabodySam has numerous Red Herring Moles planted in Dino Attack Team. For a list of them, see the Wild Mass Guessing page.
  • There was also Clark, who Palmer fooled people into thinking was infected by the Maelstrom.
• Red Shirt:
  • There is literally a Dino Attack agent codenamed Redshirt. Or, at least, there was.
  • Roger Remous was basically introduced so that he could be eliminated only a few posts later. Unlike most Red Shirts, Roger received much more posthumous importance, ultimately leading to a moment in the LEGO Island arc where news of his death caused the Dino Attack Team to hesitate long enough for the Brickspider Bot to take the Constructopedia. Interestingly, "Roger" was also the first name of another one of PeabodySam's Red Shirts introduced in Two Worlds.
  • Pointman was basically introduced so that he could try to perform a Heroic Sacrifice against Dr. Rex.
• Red Shirt Army: Most unnamed NPCs are considered Red Shirts, including an entire group of unnamed Dino Attack agents disguised as XERRD grunts.
• Redemption Equals Death:
  • Played with by Frank Einstien/Wallace Bishop. He never needed to be redeemed, since he was good all along. However, it wasn't until after everyone realized that he was a good guy that he was killed by the Darkitect.
  • Amanda Claw joined Dino Attack Team to redeem herself of all the crimes she committed as Silencia Venomosa. Before all was said and done, she kicked the bucket.
  • Okay, how many of you seriously thought that General, who was the Atoner and trying to redeem himself of his past, was going to live happily ever after?
• Redundant Parody: The battle between Snake and Plastic Serpent would have been a humorous satire of Solid Snake and a scathing commentary by Atton Rand about the similarities between Solid Snake and Snake Plissken... if it weren't for the fact that the Metal Gear series already openly acknowledges and fully embraces this fact, and John Carpenter actually gave his blessing to the series.
• Reference Overdosed: As a result of having so many Shout Outs.
• Reforged into a Minion: Raptor, after meeting his supposed end at the jaws of a Mutant T-Rex, was reforged into Enox Phorm by XERRD.
• Refuge in Audacity: Discussed in Dear Sister. Humphery Jitterbug suggests that Kyle Edwards was caught having an affair and, trying to save face in the most audacious manner possible, claimed his mistress was Silencia Venomosa attempting to assassinate him.
• Reimagining the Artifact: When adapting older RPG canon to fit in with current RPG canon, especially for the wiki, PeabodySam and his fellow writers try to reinterpret that which is out-of-place, rather than completely toss it into Canon Discontinuity. Here are a few examples:
  • Originally, the G.E. Body was a robot possessed by the ghost of a deceased person. It has been reimagined as an exosuit shell encasing the body of the badly-wounded, but still living, host.
  • Some details of the "Kotua and Chaos" era were rewritten to better connect some plot elements to more recent plot developments. For instance, ShadowTech's creation of Chaos was connected to their study of the Maelstrom; Zero and Phantom's transformation into Toa has been changed to wearing Powered Armor called Tactical Operations Armor; and the mysterious Tower of Eight Trials that inexplicably (and never was explained) showed up in place of the destroyed Dino Attack Headquarters has been changed to a new Dino Attack Headquarters built by Brick League United.
  • The story of Jecht "Landro" Raptor and Bailey/Banchito received a major renovation in order to fit in with modern RPG canon. Rather than Landro being an alien king of the Mutant Dinos, he is now a mere XERRD scientist who was horribly mutated in a lab accident and went mad (an adaptation of the original story claiming that Landro was behind the Dino Attack). Banchito was Retconned into Canon Discontinuity and much of Landro's dialogue was Retconned into maddened rambling, now including a claim that he supposedly mutated Bailey (instead of the original revelation that he and Banchito were brothers).
  • In Dino Attack RPG, the Future Villains travel back in time using a formula that Zero once wrote on a piece of cardboard. On Dino Attack RPG Wiki, this was reimagined as the Future Villains traveling back in time through illegal use of a Hypno Disc. Love and War gives a brief nod to Zero's original hand in this storyline, by having him be the first one to figure out that Finister is Sam Sinister from the future.
• Relationship Upgrade:
  • Finally, during the Final Battle, Rex and Amanda - having overcome the Second Act Break Up and Third-Act Misunderstanding - have a Wartime Wedding, neatly wrapping up their Romance Arc.
  • After much Will They or Won't They?, 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.
• Reluctant Psycho: Oswald was fighting against his own mental instability before losing it after realizing the Darkitect was manipulating him.
• Remember the New Guy?:
  • Rex apparently worked with Hotwire at some point before the Goo Caverns mission, even though Jackson Lake joined Dino Attack RPG around the time that Rex was discharged from Dino Attack Team and revealed his true Mutant T-Rex form.
  • Rex also recognized Scout and Sniper from the LEGO Island mission, even though they were not introduced until after the mission ended.
  • Barry Jackson's biography mentions that he was present at the battle against the skeleton mummy, although that occured before he was introduced. Justified, in that there were a number of anonymous agents present, so he could very well have been among them.
  • Frozeen instantly recognized Shannon Grimton when she was first introduced. This was Lampshaded by Greybeard, who referred to this trope by name when he was confused about how Frozeen and Shannon knew each other.
  • Zelda Frodongan and Scratch are described as having participated in the Goo Caverns, LEGO Island, and Antarctica missions despite Brikman McStudz not joining the RPG until the Adventurers' Island story arc.
  • Semick met Zero during a mission to LEGO Studios that took place before the Dino Island Lab was discovered, even though BZP Noob #30000 left the RPG long before Andrewnuva199 joined the RPG.
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent: Mutant Dinosaurs generally fit this trope for the most part, but also frequently subvert it because you have mutants like Trouble or Tex that are loyal to Dino Attack Team. Natural dinosaurs avert this trope.
• Resist the Beast: During Snake of Spades' transformation into a Mutant T-Rex, he warns Shona to flee as far away from him as she can before he tries to kill her.
• Resolved Noodle Incident: Silencia Venomosa's job involving Mindstorms, Inc. was originally intended as just a Noodle Incident to build up Venomosa's infamy. It ended up being fleshed out in a series of flashbacks tying into Trigger's backstory.
• Restart the World: XERRD's goal is to use the Mutant Dino apocalypse to cleanse the LEGO Planet of humanity's corruption, much like The Great Flood. After essentially restoring the world to prehistoric times, the survivors would be able to start the world anew.
• Ret-Canon: A few examples of Mustache Maniacs Film Co.'s adaptation of Dino Attack RPG elements have found their way back into Dino Attack RPG, including:
  • Although it's stated that Lens Pioneers' company name is a non-descriptive front to hide their true research, the nature of that front is never explicitly stated in Antithesis. Mustache Maniacs Film Co. says that their front is camera manufacturing, which is mentioned several times in the Director's Cut (as of version 1.2).
  • The Dino Attack RPG primary universe has no name or designation in official canon, but it's referred to as "Dimension 525" by Mustache Maniacs Film Co., and this was included in the Director's Cut.
• Retcon: As a story that has constantly evolved over the span of over seven years, there were some inevitable Retcons made in Dino Attack RPG. See also Canon Discontinuity for entire sections of the RPG that were removed from the canon by Retcons, such as the BIONICLE content. Here are a few examples:
  • Chompy's sibling who appeared to freeze to death during Mission Deep Freeze? He actually survived, and he is none other than Rex.
  • Fssinister, the Fbrickster, and Fvladek were renamed Finister, the Frickster, and Fladek after it was decided that their original names were too ridiculous.
  • After the introduction of Andrew Jackson, Pyro's role in the RPG was retconned so that Andrew Jackson was the real agent Pyro and A.J. Orange was posing as him. The Pyro we saw on LEGO Island and at Gold City was the real Pyro. The Pyro we saw during the mole hunt and beyond was Retconned to be the imposter. Additionally, while the real Pyro's name was originally Andrew Jackson Orange, this was retconned so that "Orange" was only the surname of the false Pyro, meaning any references to "A.J. Orange" prior to the mole hunt are considered non-canon.
• Retirony: Inverted. Out of all the criminals in Trigger's flashback, Montoya is clearly the most morally sound, and is the one man out of the lot who was planning to go straight and settle down with his girlfriend. As it happened, not only was he one of the only survivors of the heist, but as of the final battle he's now the last surviving participant.
• Revealing Continuity Lapse: In For Want of Nails, the "Hindsight is 2020" interview begins with nothing out of the ordinary, but eventually refers to a bunch of plot points that directly contradict RPG canon. This foreshadows the reveal that the interview is taking place in a different timeline.
• Revenge Is Not Justice: A major aspect of Talia Kaahs's character is her seeking revenge against Dr. Rex for abducting her and ruining her life. While this merely served as her personal motivations in the original RPG, the Expanded Universe stories Scars and Because Of You explored it in greater depth to show why her lust for revenge ultimately causes her to question whether she's a genuinely good person. In particular, George Ogel gives Talia Kaahs a major "The Reason You Suck" Speech when he finds out that she decided to assassinate Dr. Rex in an Alternate Timeline, ultimately forcing her to admit to herself that her selfish quest for revenge is not the same as seeking justice.
  Talia Kaahs: I'd say what I did was no different from self-defense.
  George Ogel: No, seeking revenge is not self-defense.
• Revolvers Are Just Better:
  • Clint Wayne seems to think so, seeing as he is only armed with his old revolver.
  • While Greybeard and Sam Sinister occasionally use modern weapons when in dire need, they prefer using classic pistols.
  • Carl Lutsky likes to fight with big guns but a revolver is his preferred sidearm.
• Rewrite:
  • Love and War is a ground-up rewrite of Rex and Zero's story in Chapter 10 of the downloadable archive, with the primary goals of incorporating later canon, correcting non-canon material, and fixing the invokedRomantic Plot Tumor. It is considered the definitive canon depiction of these events.
  • The Director's Cut features some scenes that were rewritten for improved quality. Most of these are based on archived material, while others (such as Landro's defeat or Rex's fight against Sharptooth) were rewritten entirely from scratch due to being missing from the archive.
  • Corruption is a ground-up rewrite of Zachary Virchaus's encounter with Dr. Carolyne Provencal and subsequent transformation into a Stromling Agent. Much like Love and War and the rewritten Director's Cut scenes, it was written to replace the original scene that was lost in the hacking incident, now with improved writing and definitive canon.
• Ridiculous Procrastinator: Not specifically any of the in-game characters (although Frozeen admitted to being one in Alpha Team RPG: Ogel's Last Stand), but many of Dino Attack RPG's writers are notorious for this reason, to the point where they stopped referring to it as "procrastination" and started referring to it as "PeabodySam's Disease".
• Robot Names:
  • A5T3R-01D falls under the category of "A similar string of numbers or letters which resembles a word or name, either as written, or when read aloud" since it reads aloud to "asteroid".
  • Purple-Headed Frozeen's Model of a Brickster-Bot (PBB) and Brickspider Bot fall under the category of "Something-tron or Something-bot".
• Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies: If it weren't an alternate ending, December 21, 2010 could easily be seen as an example of this, since it ends with everybody's characters dying.
• Rope Bridge: There was one leading to the Maelstrom Temple. Inevitably, it snapped.
• Rotating Protagonist:
  • Every post in Dino Attack RPG shifts the perspective to another character, especially since players are not allowed to post twice in a row due to BZPower forum rules.
  • It can even happen in just one post. Many players in the RPG have a number of NPCs besides their main character, and a single post will often shift between the perspectives of different characters. For instance, Atton Rand's post frequently switched between the point of view of Rotor, Pierce, Cabin, Kate, and occasionally Clint Wayne.
• Rouge Angles of Satin:
  • Unfortunately, while that guy from that show is one of the RPG's best writers, his work is peppered with these Rouge Angles, so any Grammar Nazis will have to wear a gas mask when reading that guy's work. Common examples of these Rouge Angles are "well" (intended to be "while"), "latter" (intended to be "later"), "threw" (intended to be "through"), and "dour" (intended to be "door"). Other Rouge Angles, which are thankfully much fewer in number, tend to be not so innocent, such as "grope" (intended to be "group") and "raping" (intended to be "wrapping"). A more amusing instance was the use of "suet" in place of "soot."
  • Chronicler of Ko-Koro would consistently misspell "hangar" as "hanger", inadvertedly changing the meanings of a lot of his posts.
• A Round of Drinks for the House:
  • After hearing news of Dr. Rex's apparent defeat, Defend announces that drinks are on him.
  • In Time and Place, Dallas buys everyone a drink after a successful mission to Enchanted Island.
• Rousing Speech:
  • Considering that Greybeard is probably the RPG's least eloquent English speaker, he's pretty darn good at coming up with Rousing Speeches on the spot, especially in Antarctica and just before the final battle.
  • Specs and Semick are also fond of Rousing Speeches to raise the morale of Dino Attack agents.
• Rubber-Band History: Discussed by Tony Twister and Talia Kaahs in Because Of You; Tony even directly compares time to a rubber band in his explanation. If a time traveler makes small enough changes, then the timeline will be unaffected. This explains why the Time Cruisers and Time Twisters did not create a bunch of alternate timelines. However, the trope can also be subverted if the time traveler alters history so significantly that it "breaks" the metaphorical rubber band.
  Tony Twister: Time is like a rubber band. You can stretch it, and when you let go, it will retain its original shape.
• Ruder and Cruder: The original RPG, written on the family-friendly website BZPower, could not use any swearing and instead relied on either Gosh Dang It to Heck! or Pardon My Klingon. The Expanded Universe does away with this restriction, allowing uncensored stronger language such as "damn" and "hell". Fifteeniversary holds nothing back with swears such as "bitch", "asshole", and even the RPG's first official "fuck".
• Rule of Cool: Comes into play at times. For example, why does Dino Attack Headquarters have a glass roof over the science labs? Because it's cool!
• Rule of Drama: Often put into effect, in order to make the story more dramatic.
  • As with many stories, liberties are taken in what would otherwise be "realistic" or "practical" to go for a more dramatic route instead. There was a debate that Atton Rand had with Brikman McStudz over whether or not Zelda should walk to her destination or take a T-1 Typhoon. Atton argued that taking the Typhoon was far more practical, but Brikman wanted Zelda to walk because it would be more dramatic. Atton Rand and Brikman McStudz also butted heads over Holly Vinyaya being able to leave the hospital wing and returning to battle so soon after having her wounds treated, again with the former arguing that she should not be allowed to leave for the sake of realism but the latter pushing for her to leave for the sake of drama.
• Rule of Funny:
  • When Enter and Return are on-screen, anything goes.
  • Ronald E. Army's comical ineptness and status as a Straw Character allows him to be abused by the Rule of Funny. The results range from him learning that he was never actually a general, to him going on long and pointless monologues that end up getting himself confused, to him constantly being beaten up by anyone whom he insults.
• Rule of Symbolism:
  • Dust appears to Lutsky dressed entirely in black and wearing a suit. In one hand he carries a green apple and in the other he bears a deck of cards that only contains black 4s and Aces.
  • Shortly before Baron Typhonus's Divine Intervention and Demonic Possession of Dr. Rex, the clouds overhead just happened to be swirling in a vortex-like shape.
  • The date December 21 appears to be very symbolic of "the end" to Dino Attack RPG, to the point where it is used thrice over the course of Dino Attack RPG. Is it contrived coincidence? Nah, just symbolism.
• Rule of Three: The RPG is too long to list every example of this trope, but here's a few of them:
  • There were three story arcs before the final battle.
  • XERRD pulled three Bait And Switches against Dino Attack Team.
  • Evil Ogel was apparently killed three times by Dr. Rex over the course of the final battle.
  • December 21 represents three endings of Dino Attack RPG: the date of an alternate ending, the date of the Final Battle, and the day on which Dino Attack RPG's final post was published.
  • Talia Kaahs created three Alternate Timelines in Because Of You. Afterward, she sheepishly says that third time's the charm.
• Runaway Bride: Subverted. General believed that Talia Kaahs stood him up on their wedding day, but did not realize until many years later that she was kidnapped by Dr. Rex.
• Running Gag:
  • If Evil Ogel ever gets angry, somebody's going to be tossed out a window.
  • Anybody order the super-spicy-tongue-melting-jail-cell-door-opening-hot pizza?
  • You should never EVER under any circumstances allow Enter and Return into an operating room, because their first move will always be to try and replace the equipment with sharks, trees, and/or umbrella. On Adventurers' Island they even got seperated from the team just so they could stop by a river to catch a shark, never mind the fact that sharks only live in salt water.
  • Rex has tried on numerous occasions to propose to Amanda. Every time, a more urgent matter comes up and distracts him. He only finally managed to succeed during the final battle.
  • "Lance Williams, the surfer?" is the most common response to anyone hearing his name, regardless of whether they should logically know a thing or two about surfing.
• Russian Roulette: Anubis tries to play Russian roulette in Time and Place, but is interrupted by Fate before he can pull the trigger. It is later revealed that, if Fate hadn't interrupted, Anubis would have lost the game.

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