Dinotrux

In the world of Dinotrux, the creatures usually stay in herds within their species, or by themselves. They do not build structures either. However, the Dinotrux, which are machines modeled after dinosaurus, Ty-Rux, Dozer, Skya, and Ton–Ton work together with revtools, reptiles modeled after mechanical tools, Revvit, Click–Clack, Waldo, and Ace, to encourage cooperation and construction. To build, or repair, their projects they need various materials. This results in the crew going to different fictional locations. While journeying, they meet new trux and trux species. Some of these are friendly, while others are hostile towards the protagonists. D-Structs, the show's main antagonist, tries to destroy their cooperation and their buildings. This results in them using the help of other characters, outside of the main cast, to defeat him. Although he had initially despised teamwork, D-Structs reluctantly works with other trux in the later seasons, in an attempt to use the other trux to defeat the main protagonists.

• Ty-Rux (voiced by Andrew Francis)^[4] is the leader of the Dinotrux.^[5] He is a red Tyrannosaurus Trux — half-Tyrannosaurus and half-excavator.^[1]
• Revvit (voiced by Richard Ian Cox)^[4] is a yellow and green Rotilian Reptool — half-lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half-rotary drill.^[1] He is Ty's best friend.^[6]
• Dozer (voiced by Brian Drummond)^[4] 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][7]
• Ton-Ton (voiced by Matt Hill)^[4] 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".^[8]
• Skya (voiced by Ashleigh Ball)^[4] is an orange Craneosaur — half Brachiosaurus and half construction crane.^[1]
• Garby (voiced by Trevor Devall)^[4] is a green Stegarbasaurus — half-Stegosaurus and half-garbage truck. He enjoys eating rocks.^[1][9]
• Click-Clack (voiced by Fred Ewanuick)^[4] is an orange Rotilian Reptool — half-lizard (resembling a chameleon) and half-rotary drill.^[10]
• D-Structs (voiced by Paul Dobson)^[4] is a white and black-colored Tyrannosaurus Trux — half-Tyrannosaurus rex and half-excavator, who serves as the main antagonist.^[1][11]

During the course of the series, 78 episodes of Dinotrux were released over eight seasons, concluding on August 3, 2018.

DreamWorks Animation first optioned rights to Dinotrux, short for "dinosaurus truck",^[24] in March 2009, for approximately half a million dollars.^[25][26] This was a month before the first book was published, and they had an intention to develop a computer-animated film.^[26]

Dinotrux: Supercharged, a continuation of the original Dinotrux show, left Netflix on August 3, 2024. Dinotrux: Happy Birthday To You! left on October 26, 2024. An article from What's on Netflix speculated that this removal was a part of DreamWorks shows being removed, as Netflix's exclusive rights on them expire. Dinotrux: Supercharged no longer offers any official means to watch it, although some of the removed shows were put on Peacock. It is unclear why Dinotrux: Supercharged was removed before the main series, which is predicted by What's on Netflix to stay at least until January 1, 2028.^[27]

The Arabic-language DreamWorks Channel showed Dinotrux on their programming.^[28]

Keith Uhlich from The Hollywood Reporter compared Dinotrux to Dinosaucers, noting the similarity in concept, idea, and characters. He considered the moral of "friends come in all shapes and sizes", to be "treacly", as the initial episodes mostly had smashing, followed by a short insert of morals. He called the dialogue "pun-laden", and Uhlich thought it worked well as an advertisement for toys.^[29] The authors of the book Writing for Animation say that, even though Dinotrux is entirely fantastical, the mechanics of the show is very realistic. They point out that there are no "extreme sound effects" or comical visual jokes.^[30] A paper published in the Technology and Culture section of the Johns Hopkins University Press notes that Dinotrux, among other shows, is an adaptation of the impulsive and unpredictable construction machine trope, common in the post-war period. However, a key difference in the modern adaptation is that the humanoid machines do not have operators.^[31]

Since 2015, Mattel has produced a line of die-cast vehicles and playsets based on Dinotrux, under a master toy license covering the series.^[40]