Grass Dinosaurs

Grass Dinosaurs (草) are from the ornithopod group, mainly the hadrosaurids and iguanodonts. These dinosaurs are resistant to Earth Moves but weak to Wind Moves, and their Move Cards are strong against Earth Dinosaurs and weak against Wind Dinosaurs. In the anime, Grass Dinosaur cards can be activated by contact with any source of plantlife.

Many of their Move Cards summon other dinosaurs to aid them in attacks or attack for them, such as Pteranodon, Seismosaurus, Supersaurus, or Minmi, and some also deal with directly affecting their opponent's energy instead of dealing damage with hits. Their arcade/DS effects can involve sapping and healing from the foe's HP, and their TCG Abilities often allow you to gain Life Points and Dino Slash previously defeated Dinosaurs, though these useful abilities typically mean that they have far less Power than other Dinosaurs of their same Level.

It is possible that the reason why most Grass Moves are Assist Moves is that the general image of ornithopod dinosaurs is often portrayed as physically weak, as many of them don't have horns or other special features that would allow them to effectively defend themselves against carnivorous dinosaurs. Because of this image, Grass Dinosaurs in Dinosaur King are forced to summon larger sauropods or agile pterosaurs for help. This cliché is also often shown in the anime because, despite some strength, Paris is possibly the weakest of the six main dinosaurs and, with a few exceptions ("mother bear" Maiasaura, agile Fukuisaurus, giant Shantungosaurus) most of the Grass Dinosaurs who appeared in the anime were not particularly strong fighters. In real life, however, this cliché would have corresponded only to a limited extent to reality, because many ornithopod dinosaurs were physically very strong due to their size alone and also the fact that they lived in herds would have made it difficult for a predator to hunt one of them. Although many very large carnivorous dinosaurs could have killed an ornithopod, they were not at the mercy of their predators.

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