Dinotrux

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.

Dinotrux
Also known as	Dinotrux Supercharged (seasons 6–8)
Genre	Action-Adventure Comedy Science fiction
Based on	Dinotrux by Chris Gall
Showrunners	David Kidd Ron Burch
Voices of	Andrew Francis Richard Ian Cox Ashleigh Ball Matt Hill Brian Drummond Paul Dobson Trevor Devall Fred Ewanuick Cree Summer Doron Bell Heather Doerksen Brian Dobson Kelly Sheridan
Theme music composer	Robert Persaud Mireilla Kut
Composer	Jake Monaco
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jeff DeGrandis David Kidd[1] Ron Burch[1]
Running time	23 minutes[2]
Production company	DreamWorks Animation Television[3]
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14) – August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)

Premise

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

• Ty-Rux (voiced by Andrew Francis)^[8] is the leader of the Dinotrux.^[9] He is a red Tyrannosaurus Trux — half Tyrannosaurus and half excavator.^[1]
• Revvit (voiced by Richard Ian Cox)^[8] is a yellow and green Rotilian Reptool — half lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half rotary drill.^[1] He is Ty's best friend.^[10]
• 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]
• Ton-Ton (voiced by Matt Hill)^[8] is a blue Ankylodump — half Ankylosaurus and half dump truck.^[1] He is described as a daredevil who "is always ready for non-stop action and loves to tear it up".^[12]
• Skya (voiced by Ashleigh Ball)^[8] is an orange Craneosaur — half Brachiosaurus and half construction crane.^[1]
• Garby (voiced by Trevor Devall)^[8] is a green Stegarbasaurus — half Stegosaurus and half Garbage truck. He enjoys eating rocks.^[1][13]
• 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]

Episodes

Main article: List of Dinotrux episodes

Season	Subtitle	Episodes		Originally released
1	—	10		August 14, 2015 (2015-08-14)
2		13		March 11, 2016 (2016-03-11)
3		16		October 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
4		7		March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
5		6		August 18, 2017 (2017-08-18)
6	Supercharged	6		November 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
7		7		March 23, 2018 (2018-03-23)
8		13		August 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.^[16]

Awards

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