Dinosaucers

Dinosaucers

Title screen
Created by Michael E. Uslan
Starring See voice cast below
Country of origin United States
Canada
No. of episodes 65 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) DIC Entertainment
DR Movie
Running time 22 minutes
Distributor Coca-Cola Telecommunications (1987)
Sony Pictures Television (2002–present)
DHX Media (2012–present)
Release
Original network first-run syndication
Original release September 14 – December 11, 1987 (1987-12-11)

Dinosaucers is an animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada. It was created by DIC Entertainment. This animated program originally aired in syndication in the United States in 1987 by Coca-Cola Telecommunications. 65 total episodes were made throughout the show's broadcasting, but it only lasted one season in 1987.

The show's first 21 episodes could formerly be purchased individually by episode or as a set from online retailer Amazon.com.[1]

There were originally plans by Galoob to release a Dinosaucers toyline, and prototype figures were produced; however, the line was scrapped after the show was canceled. The toys included Stego, Bronto-Thunder, Allo, Bonehead, Plesio, Quackpot, Ankylo, and Genghis Rex.

Description

The show follows the Dinosaucers and their battles against the evil Tyrannos. Each group is composed of intelligent anthropomorphic dinosaurs or other prehistoric saurian species. The Dinosaucers are also allied with four humans known as the Secret Scouts. The two groups originally come from a planet in a counter-Earth orbit known as Reptilon. Most of the characters are named after the type of prehistoric animal they are based on, or some pun of the name.

Both groups have a central base of operations. The Dinosaucers' base is called Lava Dome and is located in a mountain area, in a dormant volcano. The Tyrannos' base is located under a tar pit. Each of the groups' members save for Teryx and Terrible Dactyl–who can themselves fly–have flying ships in which they can travel and do battle. Most ships actually resemble the personae of their respective owners. Along with their individual ships, both groups have a large mothership of sorts as well.

Dinovolving

All the Dinosaucers have a button on the front of their uniforms which instantly devolves them to their primitive ancestors dinosaur state, while retaining their intelligence and speech capacity. This special ability is called Dinovolving and initially appeared to be a significant element of the series, as both Allo and Bronto Thunder Dinovolved in the first episode. Despite the apparent technological advantage, most of the later episodes did not feature any Dinovolving. Teryx was the only Dinosaucer who would never Dinovolve throughout the series, while Allo, Tricero, Bonehead and Bronto Thunder would use the ability in more than one episode.

The Tyrannos don't have the secret of Dinovolving, and a few episodes even revolve around their plans to steal the technology somehow. However, they do possess a special raygun called a devolver. Blasting a living creature with this weapon has the same "devolving" effect as Dinovolving, but reduces the victim's intelligence to that of the devolved form. For those from Reptilon the form is that of a normal dinosaur while humans get reverted to primitive cavemen. In any case, the device often winds up being used against them, to much comedic effect, rather than on the Dinosaucers. In this fashion, Genghis Rex, Ankylo, Quackpot and Brachio were all changed into primitive dinosaurs at various times in the series. The Tyrannos also possess a weapon called a "fossilizer", which is capable of turning its target into stone, as well as reversing the condition. The Dinosaucers were also shown to have access to this particular type of weapon in one episode, though it may have been on loan from the Tyrannos, as both factions had united to battle a group of anthropomorphic Sabertooth Tigers, who also hailed from Reptilon. These creatures possessed fossilizers as well, and also had a device which could disrupt the equivalent weapons belonging to the Dinosaucers and Tyrannos while leaving their own in perfect working order.

Characters

Dinosaucers

Secret Scouts

The Secret Scouts are four teenage humans who help the Dinosaucers as allies. According to the opening credits they met them when they first arrived and gained powers through magic rings they were given. They are some of the closest friends the Dinosaucers have while they are on Earth.

The Secret Scouts. (From left to right) Sara, Paul, Ryan and David

Tyrannos

The Evil Tyrannos. (From left to right) Styraco, Plesio, Genghis Rex, Quackpot, Brachio, Ankylo and Terrible Dactyl

The Tyrannos are the forces of "evil" in the series and, like the Dinosaucers, have a total of 8 members in their group. The picture above does not show Princess Dei, as she does not appear at the presentation of the series and is only introduced later as a means to balance the difference in numbers and power of the two opposing factions.

During the course of the series, Plesio, Terrible Dactyl and Quackpot would all betray Genghis Rex at least once over matters of conscience. Nevertheless, they would eventually return to Rex's side out of loyalty to his cause.

Minor characters

Home video releases

U.S. releases

There have been four tapes in total released on VHS cassette in NTSC format specifically for the United States and Canadian markets. None are still in print or available, making these 4 VHS tapes rare. Dinosaucers has not been released on DVD and there are no known plans to do so from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

UK releases

There were two tapes in total released for the UK market in PAL format. Unlike the United States released tapes that had two episodes on each tape, the United Kingdom tapes had five episodes each on both tapes released, making it superior to the North American VHS tapes, since the UK tapes contains more episodes showing.

However, the first 21 episodes can be purchased and downloaded online on Amazon.com as well as on iTunes.

Episodes

All the episodes are directed by Stephan Martinière.[2]

Title Written by: Air date
1"Dinosaur Valley"Diane DuaneSeptember 14, 1987 (1987-09-14)
2"Take Us Out to the Ballgame"Michael E. UslanSeptember 15, 1987 (1987-09-15)
3"Happy Egg Day to You"Diane DuaneSeptember 16, 1987 (1987-09-16)
4"Hooray for Hollywood"Felicia MalianiSeptember 17, 1987 (1987-09-17)
5"Divide and Conquer"Michael E. UslanSeptember 18, 1987 (1987-09-18)
6"A Real Super Hero"Brooks WachtelSeptember 21, 1987 (1987-09-21)
7"Burgers Up!"Ron HarrisSeptember 22, 1987 (1987-09-22)
8"Be Prepared"Mike O'MahonySeptember 23, 1987 (1987-09-23)
9"That Shrinking Feeling"Doug MolitorSeptember 24, 1987 (1987-09-24)
10"Rockin' Reptiles"Felicia MalianiSeptember 25, 1987 (1987-09-25)
11"Sleeping Booty"Ron Harris,
Diane Duane
September 28, 1987 (1987-09-28)
12"The First Snow"Michael E. UslanSeptember 29, 1987 (1987-09-29)
13"Trick or Cheat"Michael E. Uslan,
Diane Duane
September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30)
14"Defective Defector"Doug MolitorOctober 1, 1987 (1987-10-01)
15"For the Love of Teryx"Felicia MalianiOctober 2, 1987 (1987-10-02)
16"A Man's Best Friend Is His Dogasaurus"Michael E. UslanOctober 5, 1987 (1987-10-05)
17"Carnivore in Rio"Somtow SucharitkulOctober 6, 1987 (1987-10-06)
18"Frozen Fur Balls"J. Vornholt,
S. Robertson
October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07)
19"Hook, Line, and Stinker"Avril Roy-Smith,
Richard Mueller
October 8, 1987 (1987-10-08)
20"The Prehistoric Purge"Walt Kubiak,
Eliot Daro
October 9, 1987 (1987-10-09)
21"The Truth About Dragons"Doug MolitorOctober 12, 1987 (1987-10-12)
22"Chariots of the Dinosaucers"Somtow SucharitkulOctober 13, 1987 (1987-10-13)
23"Eggs Mark the Spot"Avril Roy-Smith,
Richard Mueller
October 14, 1987 (1987-10-14)
24"Mommy Dino-Dearest"Brooks WachtelOctober 15, 1987 (1987-10-15)
25"The Whale's Song"Durnie KingOctober 16, 1987 (1987-10-16)
26"Inquiring Minds"Mark CassuttOctober 19, 1987 (1987-10-19)
27"War of the Worlds... II"Dennis O'FlahertyOctober 20, 1987 (1987-10-20)
28"Beach Blanket Bonehead"Chris Bunch,
Allan Cole
October 21, 1987 (1987-10-21)
29"The Bone Ranger and Bronto"David Bischoff,
Ted Pedersen
October 22, 1987 (1987-10-22)
30"Cindersaurus"Cherie WilkersonOctober 23, 1987 (1987-10-23)
31"Trouble in Paradise"Martha MoranOctober 26, 1987 (1987-10-26)
32"Monday Night Clawball"Michael E. Uslan,
J. Vornholt,
S. Robertson
October 27, 1987 (1987-10-27)
33"Age of Aquariums"Michael E. Uslan,
Cherie Wilkerson
October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28)
34"Scents of Wonder"Somtow SucharitkulOctober 29, 1987 (1987-10-29)
35"Fine-Feathered Friends"Felicia MalianiOctober 30, 1987 (1987-10-30)
36"Allo and Cos-Stego Meet the Abominable Snowman"Michael E. Uslan,
Brooks Wachtel
November 2, 1987 (1987-11-02)
37"The Quack-Up of Quackpot"Michael E. UslanNovember 3, 1987 (1987-11-03)
38"It's an Archaeopteryx — It's a Plane — It's Thunder-Lizard"Michael E. Uslan,
Arthur Byron Cover
November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04)
39"Teacher's Pest"Doug MolitorNovember 5, 1987 (1987-11-05)
40"Dino-Chips!"Somtow SucharitkulNovember 6, 1987 (1987-11-06)
41"The Heart and Sole of Bigfoot"Michael E. Uslan,
David Bischoff,
Ted Pedersen
November 9, 1987 (1987-11-09)
42"Karatesaurus Wrecks"Michael E. Uslan,
David Wise
November 10, 1987 (1987-11-10)
43"Lochs and Bay Gulls"Michael E. UslanNovember 11, 1987 (1987-11-11)
44"The Trojan Horseasaurus"Ellen GounNovember 12, 1987 (1987-11-12)
45"We're Off to See the Lizard"Michael E. Uslan,
Felicia Maliani
November 13, 1987 (1987-11-13)
46"Seeing Purple"Susan EllisonNovember 16, 1987 (1987-11-16)
47"There's No Such Thing as Stego-Claws"Michael E. UslanNovember 17, 1987 (1987-11-17)
48"Applesaucers"Michael E. UslanNovember 18, 1987 (1987-11-18)
49"Reduced for Clarence"Michael E. Uslan,
Carla Conway
November 19, 1987 (1987-11-19)
50"Attack of the Fur Balls"Clancy FortNovember 20, 1987 (1987-11-20)
51"Dinosaur Dundy"Michael E. UslanNovember 23, 1987 (1987-11-23)
52"Those Reptilon Nights"Bill FawcettNovember 24, 1987 (1987-11-24)
53"The Dinolympics"Bill FawcettNovember 25, 1987 (1987-11-25)
54"Sara Had a Little Lambeosaurus"Cherie WilkersonNovember 26, 1987 (1987-11-26)
55"Beauty and the Bonehead"Brynne StephensNovember 27, 1987 (1987-11-27)
56"The Museum of Natural Humans"Michael E. Uslan,
Felicia Maliani,
Lydia C. Marano
November 30, 1987 (1987-11-30)
57"Saber-Tooth or Consequences"Michael E. Uslan,
Craig Miller,
Mark Nelson
December 1, 1987 (1987-12-01)
58"Camp Tyranno"Michael E. Uslan,
Beth Bronstein
December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02)
59"The Babysitter"Gerry ConwayDecember 3, 1987 (1987-12-03)
60"Toy-Ranno Store Wars"Michael E. Uslan,
Jody Lynn Nye
December 4, 1987 (1987-12-04)
61"The T-Bone's Stakes"Michael E. UslanDecember 7, 1987 (1987-12-07)
62"Scales of Justice"Michael E. UslanDecember 8, 1987 (1987-12-08)
63"I Got Those 'Ol Reptilon Blues Again, Mommasaur"Michael E. Uslan,
Todd Johnson
December 9, 1987 (1987-12-09)
64"I Was a Teenage Human"Lydia C. Marano,
David Wise
December 10, 1987 (1987-12-10)
65"The Friend"Bill FawcettDecember 11, 1987 (1987-12-11)

Voice actors

Other credits

References

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