Dinotrux

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Dinotrux
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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
Composer Jake Monaco
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers Jeff DeGrandis
David Kidd [1]
Ron Burch [1]
Running time23 minutes [2]
Production company DreamWorks Animation Television [3]
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseAugust 14, 2015 (2015-08-14) 
August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)

Dinotrux is an American animated 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 the third season on August 3, 2018. On August 2, 2024, Dinotrux: Supercharged left Netflix.

Contents

Plot

A prehistoric world set in the Mechazoic era is populated by hybrid reptile-tools called Reptools and hybrid dinosaur-trucks called Dinotrux. Two best friends, Ty Rux, who is a good Tyrannosaurus Trux, and Revvit, who is a Rotilian Reptool, must team up with other inhabitants of the world to defend their community and their work from an evil T-Trux named "D-Structs". Dinotrux and Reptools share a symbiotic relationship. For example, Ty provides Revvit with safety, shelter, and security, and Revvit in turn fixes and maintains Ty when needed.

Characters

Main heroes

Allies

Villains

Other creatures

Episodes

SeasonSubtitleEpisodesOriginally released
1 10August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
2 13March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)
3 16October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
4 7March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
5 6August 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
6 Supercharged6November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
7 7March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
8 13August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)

Production

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. [20]

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