DinoSquad

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image	Dinosquadlogo.jpg
genre	{{plainlist
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developer	Jeffrey Scott
voices	Benjamin Beck
Dana Donlan
Nils Haaland
Ian Eli Lee
Moira Mangiameli
Vincent Michael
Kelcey Watson
country	United States
language	English
num_seasons	2
num_episodes	26
executive_producer	Andy Heyward
Michael Maliani
editor	Robert Brousseau
Jo Martin
theme_music_composer	Ron Wasserman
composer	Ron Wasserman
runtime	22 minutes
company	DIC Entertainment Corporation
first_aired
last_aired
network	CBS (KEWLopolis)
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Action/Adventure
Superhero | developer = Jeffrey Scott | voices = Benjamin Beck Dana Donlan Nils Haaland Ian Eli Lee Moira Mangiameli Vincent Michael Kelcey Watson | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 26 | executive_producer = Andy Heyward Michael Maliani | producer = | director = | editor = Robert Brousseau Jo Martin | theme_music_composer = Ron Wasserman | composer = Ron Wasserman | runtime = 22 minutes | company = DIC Entertainment Corporation | first_aired = | last_aired = | network = CBS (KEWLopolis) 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 to December 6, 2008.

The show is about five teenagers, each with the power to turn into a respective dinosaur. They use this power to fight the evil business magnate named 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 and Horseland, were the final three series produced by DIC before their acquisition with Cookie Jar Entertainment, who produced the second and final season of DinoSquad until the series ended its run in 2008. Cookie Jar (along with most of the DiC library) would be acquired by DHX Media (now known as WildBrain) in 2012.

Premise

Set in Kittery Point, Maine, on a school field trip to the tide pools, five teenagers, Max, Roger, Caruso, Fiona, and Buzz, leap into the ocean to save a dog, Rump, from a shark attack. Victor Veloci, the owner of a biogenetics company called Raptor Dyne and a shapeshifting Velociraptor disguised as a human, releases a substance called primordial ooze into the tide pools with the goal of reverting every living thing back to their early evolutions. The ooze mutates the DNA of the five teenagers, giving them the ability to turn into dinosaurs. Their mysterious science teacher, Ms. Moynihan reveals herself as another shapeshifting Velociraptor and telepathically shows the teens that when the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit the Earth, she and Victor survived, trapped in a cave. Over millions of years, their DNA mutated and gave them shapeshifting powers, and they integrated themselves into society, keeping their identities secret.

Victor Veloci ultimately seeks to take advantage of global warming and return the earth to the Mesozoic era under the belief that dinosaurs are superior. Ms. Moynihan believes that humans are superior because they gained dominance, evolved for reason and love rather than brute force and does what she can to hinder Victor from the shadows. Victor seeks to capture the Dino Squad in their dinosaur forms because they are perfectly formed dinosaurs rather than temporary mutations, but he does not know that they have human forms, and so he continuously mutates wild animals into dinosaurs with his primordial ooze to draw them out and try to capture them. Besides their world-saving duties, Max, Roger, Caruso, Fiona, and Buzz also need to deal with high school and typical teenage drama. To turn animals and other living things back to normal from the primordial ooze, they use the DNA Chiller, which causes the mutant DNA to come out from freezing, and then using the Devolver to vacuum it out.

Characters

Dino Squad members

Joanne Moynihan: A science teacher and the founder of the Dino Squad. She is a Velociraptor who survived the extinction of the dinosaurs and gained a human form and telepathic abilities that enable her to communicate with the Squad's members.
Rolf Maxwell (voiced by Ian Eli Lee): 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 dinosaur form is a Tyrannosaurus.
Roger Blair (voiced by Kelcey Watson): An African-American 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 at first. He is somewhat arrogant like Caruso, but always helps the team when duty calls. He has a younger brother named Mikey. His dinosaur form is a Styracosaurus.
Erwin Caruso (voiced by Benjamin Beck): 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, but 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 dinosaur form is a Stegosaurus.
Fiona Flagstaff (voiced by Dana Donlan): A 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. Fiona is the squad's resident mechanic and gear head, and is also a tomboy. Her dinosaur form is a Spinosaurus.
Neil Buzmati (voiced by Nils Haaland): A high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class, he is 17, then turned 18. He is the youngest member of the team. He is the "punk" kid, who is scared of his own shadow. He is an animal lover, as shown several times throughout the series, and especially 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 dinosaur form is a Pteranodon.
Rump is the Dino Squad's mischievous pet bull terrier. He can transform into a creature that looks like a hybrid between a Gorgonopsid and a modern dog.

Supporting characters

Terri Flagstaff (voiced by Sarah Heinke): Fiona's brainy younger sister, she is initially jealous of Fiona. Although she may be as intellectual as Roger, she has also exercised substandard judgment.

One-time characters

Liam is a student who is on the Autism spectrum who only appeared in episode 14.
Mrs. Carrel is Fiona's neighbor who only appeared in episode 19.
Peter is Veloci's assistant who only appears in the first episode.

Raptor Dyne

Victor Veloci (voiced by Vincent Michael) is the main antagonist of the series. He is a scientist and a business magnate who owns Raptor Dyne and Ms. Moynihan's rival. Originally a Velociraptor who survived the extinction of the dinosaurs, Veloci gained the ability to assume a human form and intends to revert Earth to its prehistoric state to facilitate the return of dinosaurs as the dominant species using his primordial ooze.
Henchman: Veloci's goons, they wear dinosaur shaped helmets with faceplates as part of their uniform, and ride dino-themed vehicles. 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) in April 2007, under the name of I Was a High School Dinosaur.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2007–2008)

Season 2 (2008)

Broadcast history

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

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

The series later reaired on the syndicated Cookie Jar Kids Network block, 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).

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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
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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.

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