DinoSquad

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DinoSquad
Genre	Action/Adventure Animation
Developed by	Jeffrey Scott
Voices of	Benjamin Beck Dana Donlan Nils Haaland Ian Eli Lee Moira Mangiameli Vincent Michael Kelcey Watson
Theme music composer	Ron Wasserman
Composer	Ron Wasserman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Michael Maliani
Editors	Robert Brousseau Jo Martin
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	DIC Entertainment Corporation[a]
Distributor	DIC Entertainment
Release
Original network	CBS (KEWLopolis)
Picture format	NTSC
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	November 3, 2007 (2007-11-03) – December 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)

DinoSquad is an American animated television series that was produced by DIC Entertainment and aired on the KEWLopolis block on CBS from November 3, 2007^[1][2] – December 6, 2008.

The show was about five teenagers, each with the power to turn into a respective dinosaur. They use this power to fight the evil Victor Veloci, who is intent on returning the world to the age of dinosaurs by turning humans and animals into new mutant dinosaurs and accelerating global warming. The series is also used to help teach viewers about many life lessons, such as how to deal with bullies, the effect humans have on the environment, and responsibility.

This show, along with Sushi Pack, were the final two series produced by DIC before their acquisition with Cookie Jar Entertainment.

Show summary[]

Five teenagers, Rodger, Max, Caruso, Fiona and Buzz, gain the power to turn into dinosaurs by getting covered in Victor Veloci's primordial ooze that mutated their DNA on a school field trip to the tide pools when they were rescuing Rump. With the help of their mysterious science teacher, Ms. Moynihan (who is an anthropomorphic Velociraptor), they learn to use their unique abilities to protect the planet from Victor Veloci. Victor is widely known as the head of company Raptor Dyne, but is also a 65-million-year-old anthropomorphic Velociraptor. His secret identity is unknown to everyone except himself and the audience. His true plan is to turn everyone into dinosaurs by using primordial ooze and increase the climate to that of the Mesozoic era with the goal of returning the world to how it was when dinosaurs ruled and tries capturing them in their dinosaur forms, not knowing they are humans. However, his plans always backfired and thus the return to the age of the dinosaurs was not meant to be. Dino Squad is set in Kittery Point, Maine.

Season 2 episodes began airing online on August 4, 2008 before airing on CBS on September 13, 2008.

Characters[]

Dino Squad members[]

• Ms. Moynihan (Joanne Moynihan) – A science teacher who is a Velociraptor that survived extinction and gained a human form. She can communicate telepathically with the teens.
• Max (Rolf Maxwell) – A hunky 18-year-old high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is the team leader and captain of the football team. His Dino form is a Tyrannosaurus (although it has three fingers, unlike the real Tyrannosaurus which had two). Max is voiced by Ian Eli Lee.
• Caruso (Erwin Caruso) – A handsome high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is vain and obsessed with the idea of fame, as well as his "good looks". He can be a pain sometimes though as his selfishness and arrogance hurt the team. Though he did prove himself worthy to the squad in episode 23. In that same episode he is revealed to have created his own line of moisturizers. He also practices yoga. His Dino form is a Stegosaurus (although his dino form has five tail spikes, teeth and no beak, unlike the real Stegosaurus). Caruso is voiced by Benjamin Beck.
• Fiona (Fiona Flagstaff) – Another high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. She is the only female on the Squad (with the exception of Ms. Moynihan), and has a penchant for fast things like rollerblades or race cars. What grosses out Fiona entices Buzz (spiders, insects, etc.). She is allergic to spider bites, as revealed in "Never Judge a Dinosaur by its Cover". Fiona is the squad's resident mechanic and gear head, and is also a tomboy. Max and Buzz may have a crush on her, but she doesn't seem to notice. Her Dino form is a Spinosaurus. Fiona has a younger sister named Terri. Fiona is voiced by Dana Donlan.
• Rodger (Rodger Blair) – Another high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is very smart and has a prankster streak. He is able to come up with gadgets even though his creations fail for some reason. He is somewhat arrogant like Caruso but helps the team when duty calls. He has a younger brother named Mikey. His Dino form is a Styracosaurus (albeit with three horns, making it look more like a Triceratops). Roger is voiced by Kelcey Watson.
• Buzz (Neil Buzmati) – Another high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is 17, then turned 18. He is the youngest member. He's the "punk" kid, who is scared of his own shadow. Several times throughout the series, he also shows affection for small animals traditionally considered "gross", such as rats, snakes, cockroaches, and spiders. Buzz is anything but a coward when he is needed in action. His alternate form, a Pteranodon, is one of the two non-dinosaurs in the Dino Squad.
• Rump – The Dino Squad's mischievous pet bull terrier. He can transform himself into a strange animal that looks like a hybrid between a pig and a horse. The Dino Squad has not yet determined the species of dinosaur his "dino form" is supposed to be (although since Ms. Moynihan never "taught" him how to control his transformations as she did the kids, it's likely his dino form is mostly canine and it bears a resemblance to a Gorgonopsid). Rump usually gives Caruso a hard time from when he took his jacket in "The Beginning" as a stray dog, up until the episode "Runaway Ugly" when he ate Caruso's cupcake.

Supporting characters[]

• Terri – Fiona's brainy younger sister. At first she is jealous of Fiona. She appears in three episodes ("A Mole Lotta Trouble", "Wannabe", and, "Never Judge a Dinosaur by its Cover"). Although she may be as intellectual as Rodger, she has also exercised substandard judgment. Terri is voiced by Sarah Heinke.

One-time characters[]

• Liam – A student with Asperger syndrome.
• Peter – Veloci's assistant who only appears in the first episode.

Raptor Dyne[]

• Victor Veloci – The main antagonist of the series and a business magnate who owns Raptor Dyne. He wants to revert Earth back to the way it was millions of years ago in order to facilitate the return of dinosaurs as the dominant species on the planet by using his primordial ooze. He also wants to capture the Dino Squad members as dinosaurs not knowing they are really humans. His dino form is a Velociraptor. He and Ms. Moynihan were the only survivors of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
• Henchman – There are many henchmen who work for Raptor Dyne. They wear helmets with faceplates as part of their uniform. In episode 23, Caruso dresses up as one to fake out Veloci's real henchmen.

Development[]

The series was first announced as a programme for DIC and CBS' Saturday-morning Cartoon block (which would be named to KEWLopolis later on) on April 11, 2007, under the name of I Was a High School Dinosaur.^[3][4]

Episodes[]

Season 1: 2007–2008[]

NO.	#	Title	Written by	Airdate
1	1	"The Beginning"	Jeffrey Scott	November 3, 2007
2	2	"Growth Potential"	Robert N. Skir	November 5, 2007
3	3	"Tangled Web"	Michael Ryan	November 10, 2007
4	4	"T-Rex Formation"	Jeffrey Scott	November 12, 2007
5	5	"Who Let the Dog Out?"	Robert N. Skir	November 19, 2007
6	6	"Bully 4 U"	Michael Ryan	November 23, 2007
7	7	"The Lost Worldwide Web"	Jeffrey Scott	November 27, 2007
8	8	"Headline Nuisance"	Robert N. Skir	December 11, 2007
9	9	"Who'll Stop the Rain?"	Michael Ryan	December 15, 2007
10	10	"Zoom in on Zoom"	Jeffrey Scott	December 30, 2007
11	11	"A Mole Lotta Trouble"	Robert N. Skir	January 20, 2008
12	12	"The Not so Great Outdoors"	Michael Ryan	April 15, 2008
13	13	"Pet Peeve"	Jeffrey Scott	May 20, 2008

Season 2: 2008[]

NO.	#	Title	Written by	Airdate
14	1	"The World According to Liam"	Robert N. Skir	September 30, 2008
15	2	"Runaway Ugly"	Michael Ryan	October 6, 2008
16	3	"Attack of the Brain-A-Saurus"	Jeffrey Scott	October 14, 2008
17	4	"Wannabe"	Robert N. Skir	October 21, 2008
18	5	"Fire and Ice"	Michael Ryan	November 14, 2008
19	6	"Never Judge a Dinosaur by its Cover"	Jeffrey Scott	November 17, 2008
20	7	"Easy Riders and Raging Dinos"	Robert N. Skir	November 18, 2008
21	8	"One Percent Inspiration"	Michael Ryan	November 19, 2008
22	9	"Howa Loa Can you Goa?"	Jeffrey Scott	November 20, 2008
23	10	"Scents and Scents Ability"	Robert N. Skir	November 21, 2008
24	11	"I Think I Can't, I Think I Can't"	Jeffrey Scott	November 22, 2008
25	12	"Perseverance"	Michael Ryan	November 29, 2008
26	13	"The Trojan Dinosaur"	Jeffrey Scott	December 6, 2008

Broadcast history[]

The series originally aired on CBS on the KEWLopolis block until being removed during the blocks rebranding to Cookie Jar TV in 2009.

The series later reaired on the Syndicated Cookie Jar Kids Network block,^[5] and on This TV's Cookie Jar Toons block from 2011 until the block's end in 2013.

Home Media and Streaming releases[]

From April 2009 until July 2010, NCircle Entertainment released 5 DVDs of the series, each containing 3 episodes (except for the last volume, which has 4).

DVD/VHS name	Episodes	Release date
Go Dino!	The Beginning Growth Potential T-Rex Transformation	April 14, 2009
Raptor Attack!	Tangled Web Zoom In On Zoom Who'll Stop the Rain	April 14, 2009
Prehistoric Problems!	The Lost World Wide Web Headline Nuisance Who Let The Dog Out	August 18, 2009
Mutant Mayhem!	A Mole Lotta Trouble Pet Peeve The Not So Great Outdoors	February 2, 2010
Fire & Ice!	Bully 4 U Fire & Ice One Percent Inspiration Howa Loa Can You Goa	July 13, 2010

The series was also available to stream on Netflix from September 2014 until January 1, 2018, and is currently available to stream through Kid Genius and CONtv. In Australia, the series is available on Stan.

References[]

External links[]

• DinoSquad at IMDb