Tyrannosaurus Rex

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Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of the most iconic predatory dinosaurs in popular culture. It appears as the main antagonist in The Last Dinosaur.

History[]

The Last Dinosaur[]

During routine drilling in the Arctic, a Polar-Borer found itself boring through the seafloor and suddenly surfacing in a lake. The Polar-Borer's crew exited the craft to search the strange area in which they had found themselves, only to be eaten by a huge Tyrannosaurus rex. The crew's sole survivor, Chuck Wade, managed to escape and tell his story to Masten Thrust, head of Thrust Industries, the company that created the Polar-Borers. Thrust, an accomplished big game hunter, was interested in hunting and killing the Tyrannosaurus, and so organized a research party that he said would travel to the bizarre underground world where the Tyrannosaurus was seen and try to document and study it. When Thrust and his crew arrived in the prehistoric world, they quickly came upon the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, which proceeded to chase them. Thrust fired several shots from his rifle at the Tyrannosaurus, which only seemed to enrage it. Bunta, an African tracker employed by Thrust, managed to stick a spear into the creature and draw blood, but still could not bring it down. The team escaped from the Tyrannosaurus, which then traveled to their camp and destroyed it. After destroying the camp and killing expedition member Dr. Kawamoto, the Tyrannosaurus came upon the Polar-Borer and brought it to its lair. As the Tyrannosaurus tried to bury the Polar-Borer in a cave, it was suddenly attacked by a Triceratops. The Triceratops gored the Tyrannosaurus with its horns and caused it to bleed profusely, but the Tyrannosaurus gained the upper hand and bit the Triceratops on the neck, causing it to fall on its side. The Tyrannosaurus clawed into its enemy's flesh with its feet, then landed the killing bite to the Trike.

The Tyrannosaurus later came upon a member of the Polar-Borer expedition, Francesca Banks, as well as a Primal Woman called Hazel, while they were near a lake. The Tyrannosaurus chased Francesca into a cave, but its head was too large for it to be able to reach her. Thrust, Bunta, and Chuck witnessed the Tyrannosaurus threatening Francesca, and quickly tied a huge boulder to the Tyrannosaurus' tail and tried to get it to chase after them. As the Tyrannosauruschased the men, the boulder rolled down a hill, pulling the Tyrannosaurus off its feet and dragging it down the hill, after which it wandered off. Determined to kill the Tyrannosaurus once and for all, Thrust followed it into the jungle and constructed a makeshift catapult, which would launch a huge boulder directly at the Tyrannosaurus' head once it appeared from the jungle. Bunta attempted to search for the Tyrannosaurus in the jungle, only for it to appear behind him and eat him alive. When the Tyrannosaurus emerged from the jungle and became entangled in a vine trap, Thrust launched the boulder at the creature's head, causing it to fall over. However, the Tyrannosaurus simply rose to its feet and destroyed the catapult, then left. After Chuck repaired the Polar-Borer and left with Francesca (who begged to leave the T-Rex alone), Thrust stayed behind with Hazel and wandered off into the jungle to continue to hunt the Tyrannosaurus, which he could hear roaring menacingly in the distance.

Trivia[]

The Tyrannosaurus suit used for this US/Japanese co-production went on to become a red eyed villain, Ururu in Dinosaur Great War Izenborg. After being killed in that show, the Tyrannosaurus served as a multi-purpose saurian in Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon.
This suit would be used in the future as Ururu, Tyrannosaurus (Koseidon), Tyrannosaurus Jackie, until it got burned at the final episode in Dinosaur Squadron Koseidon.
The Tyrannosaurus uses various different roars, such as a heavily slowed Red King roar, a shortened Gabora roar and a heavily slowed down, slightly altered Zumbolar roar.
- Prior to The Last Dinosaur these roars were also used for various Kaiju in Redman and Mirrorman.
The T-Rex appeared alongside Toho's Griffin from Latitude Zero with the band KISS.

Data[]

Stats

Height: 35 m
Weight: 8,000 t

Powers and Weapons

Massive Jaws: Like a normal Tyrannosaurus, the Giant T-Rex has massive jaws and jagged teeth meant for destroying his prey.
Resistance: T-Rex had remarkable endurance, being able to bear the pain caused by a wood spear, and removing it, and even a Giant Triceratops' horns.
Cunning: The T-Rex was also intelligent enough to steal the Polar Boar, so his prey would have no chance to escape from the valley and hiding it in his own territory. He also seemed to be somewhat curious.
Whip Tail: His tail could be used as a powerful whip to hurt and scatter his enemies.