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Dinotrux

Dinotrux
Also known asDinotrux Supercharged (seasons 6–8)
Genre
Based onDinotrux
by Chris Gall
ShowrunnersDavid Kidd
Ron Burch
Voices of
Theme music composerRobert Persaud
Mireilla Kut
ComposerJake Monaco
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersJeff DeGrandis
David Kidd[1]
Ron Burch[1]
Running time23 minutes[2]
Production companyDreamWorks Animation Television[3]
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseAugust 14, 2015 (2015-08-14) –
August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)

Dinotrux is a Canadian-American animated children's television series based on Chris Gall's series of books by the same name. It features a fictional prehistoric world inhabited by hybrid characters that are part animal and part mechanical. The larger ones, known as Dinotrux, are dinosaurs combined with trucks. They are accompanied by Reptools, smaller creatures that are part reptile, part tool.[3] The series debuted on August 14, 2015, on Netflix,[1] with the second season following on March 11, 2016,[4] the third on October 7, 2016,[5] the fourth on March 31, 2017,[6] and the fifth on August 18, 2017.[7] Beginning on November 10, 2017, subsequent seasons were released under the title Dinotrux Supercharged, with the second season being released on March 23, 2018, and a third and final season on August 3, 2018. It was eventually removed from the service domestically on August 2, 2024.

Premise

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After being forced to evacuate the valley where he resided due to a volcanic eruption, Ty, a T-Trux, travels to a new area in search of a home. Ty is initially fine, but he is attacked by a territorial T-trux named D-Structs. D-Structs refuses to share his home, telling Ty to leave immediately, and saying that there can only be one T-trux in the crater. Unable to compete with D-Struct's superior physical capabilities, he searches for allies to back him up. He finds various dinotrux, but they are hostile and scared as they are hesitant to cooperate with a T-trux. Dejected, he goes to eat ore when he finds a reptool, Revvit, who is fixing the injuries he sustained from the eruption, his travel, and his fight with D-Structs. The reptool is scared away, and goes back to his ravine. However, the ravine frowns upon exiting into the outside world, so he is ostracized. Despite this, many younger reptools find his travels interesting and ask him about his travels. This prompts him to rejoin Ty and they later stumble upon a Dozeratops, named Dozer, who is drowning in a tar pit. To save Dozer Ty works with dinotrux that he has previously encoutered: Ton-Ton and Skya. This builds trust of Ty in Skya, Ton-Ton, and Dozer. With the help of some reptools which Revvit recruits, they build a garage, which also serves as a base of operations for them, to foster community among different species of dinotrux, and to fight D-Structs.

Characters

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Episodes

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Main article: List of Dinotrux episodes
SeasonSubtitleEpisodesOriginally released
1—10August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
213March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)
316October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
47March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
56August 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
6Supercharged6November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
77March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
813August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)


Production

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DreamWorks Animation first optioned rights to Dinotrux in March 2009, a month before the first book was published, with an intention to develop a computer-animated film.[16]

Awards

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Accolades received by Despicable Me (film)
Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Daytime Emmy Awards 2016 Outstanding Sound Mixing – Animation Devon Bowman, D.J. Lynch, Rob McIntyre and Aran Tanchum Nominated [17]
2016 Outstanding Sound Editing – Animation Devon Bowman, Vincent Guisetti, Rob McIntyre, Shawn Bohonos, Jessey Drake, Andrew Ing, Marc Schmidt and Aran Tanchum Nominated
2017 Outstanding Sound Mixing in a Preschool Animated Program Roberto D. Alegria, Devon G. Bowman, Alex Hall, Rob McIntyre, DJ Lynch Nominated [18]
2017 Outstanding Sound Editing in a Preschool Animated Program Andrew Ing, DJ Lynch, Marc Schmidt, Roberto D. Alegria, Devon G. Bowman, Alfredo Douglas, Rob McIntyre, Monique Reymond, Shawn Bohonos Won

References

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  4. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (March 11, 2016). "Clips: 'Dinotrux' Season 2 Roars onto Netflix". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. ^ "'Dinotrux' Season 3 First Look: Click-Clack Takes on the Slamtools". The Hollywood Reporter. October 4, 2016. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  6. ^ Robinson, Joanna; Lawson, Richard (February 24, 2017). "What's New on Netflix in March". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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  10. ^ "Dinotrux – Revvit". Dreamworks TV. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  11. ^ "Dinotrux – Dozer". Dreamworks TV. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  12. ^ "Dinotrux – Ton-Ton". Dreamworks TV. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  13. ^ "Dinotrux – Garby". Dreamworks TV. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  14. ^ Hank, Melissa (August 12, 2015). "Dan for Prime Minister? Fred Ewanuick says he'd do great". Canada.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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  16. ^ Flemingq, Michael (March 9, 2009). "DreamWorks to drive 'Dinotrux'". Variety. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  17. ^ "The 43rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. emmyonline.org. April 29, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 21, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  18. ^ "The 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. emmyonline.org. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
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