August 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.
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 assist him in his fight. 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.
Dozer (voiced by Brian Drummond)[8] is a yellow Dozeratops — half Triceratops and half bulldozer. He is described as a "cranky hothead" but a true friend with a big heart.[1][11]
Click-Clack (voiced by Fred Ewanuick)[8] is an orange Rotilian Reptool — half lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half rotary drill.[14]
D-Structs (voiced by Paul Dobson)[8] is a white and black-colored Tyrannosaurus Trux — half Tyrannosaurus rex and half excavator, who serves as the main antagonist.[1][15]
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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]
By 2015, the project evolved into a full-fledged Netflix original series development. Aimed at kids aged 4–8, it invited viewers to a fantastical “Mechazoic” era filled with hybrid dinosaur–vehicle creatures and their Reptool companions. The series debuted on Netflix on August 14, 2015, marking DreamWorks Animation’s first wholly original property for the streaming platform. Each episode was produced with the scope and care of a 22-minute mini-movie, complete with action, humor, and heart.
↑ "Dinotrux (Season 1)". British Board of Film Classification. August 8, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
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