Carnival of Chaos is the 27th episode of Dinosaur King, in Series 1.
Summary
The Alpha Gang has run out of money, again (actually, they never recovered from any previous time), and they can't buy any food. Seth comes up with the idea to put their many dinosaurs (that they didn't have in any previous episode and don't have in any later one) to work to raise money.
The next thing you know, an old amusement park near the D-Team's home town reopens and it now has a dinosaur theme. Zoe brings Max, Rex, and Dr. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor to the park in an attempt to remind Spike that today is his wedding aniversary (she found out from Aki earlier that day).
As soon as they arrive, the boys (including Spike) completely forget that there is any important reason they came to the park other than to have fun. However, while ridding a roller coaster, Spike gets a glimpse of the ferris wheel where he proposed to Aki, and realizes with horror what today is, that he completely forgot, and that he has no present!
Alpha trio try to calm Daspletosaurus
Around then, Seth tells Dr. Z that because the dinosaurs haven't eaten in a long time, their Alpha Controllers are losing their influence and may soon begin to fail, letting the starved and confused dinos loose in the amusement park. Ursula, Zander, and Ed are dispatched to keep the dinos' thought off of food for as long as possible, without much success (as it turns out, Daspletosaurus don't like the taste of wooden signs with pictures of what vaguely resembles french toast on them).
One by one, Alpha Controllers begin to fail on all the dinosaurs throughout the park! A Styracosaurus tries to attack Aki and Rex, but Spike uses his lasso/whip to knock off the control device, and the dinosaur goes back into its card, which is retrieved by an Alpha Droid, making Aki think it was only a hologram. With their Dino Holders being repaired by Reese back at the D-Lab, the D-Team have their dinosaurs run around in their chibi forms, knocking off the control devices of most dinosaurs.
When Reese sees the dinosaur signals on the revamped Dino Holders, she drops them off to the D-Team via plane. Chomp, Ace, and Paris are summoned into their full-sized forms to finish off the last loose dinos. Then Rod and Laura arrive and summon Terry and Spiny, and another dino fight ensues, but is cut short by the return of Helga with the groceries she bought with the money the Alpha Gang had made while the park was still running. Rod and Laura escape back to Zeta Point (floating right offshore) and toss their Alpha Scanners to the A-Team, who, entirely unprepared, are defeated in seconds. As Zeta Point floats away, the A-Team jumps on a rocket to fly after the island, but the side of the rocket reads "Danger . . . Highly Explosive . . . Fireworks" (the Japanese symbols are removed in the dub).
After the fireworks explode, Spike plays on his harmonica to Aki the same tune he played when he proposed, as the amusement park is gradually replaced with the Dinosaur World backdrop (in later episodes, Aki has no memories of Dinosaur World, so it may only have been for dramatic effect for the audience's sake).
Battles
D-Team vs. Acrocanthosaurus/Suchomimus/Altirhinus
The D-Team summons their dinosaurs to subdue the 3 last loose dinosaurs. Ace rams into Acrocanthosaurus, then jumps on it and knocks off its Alpha Control Chip, defeating it.
Chomp slips under Altirhinus and throws it away, running over and knocking off its Alpha Control Chip, defeating it.
Paris uses her high-pitched call to force Suchomimus to back up, then charged and crashed into it, knocking off its Alpha Control Chip, defeating it.
D-Team wins
D-Team vs Rod/Laura
Rod summons Terry, and Laura summons Spiny. Chomp tries to shoot Spiny with Lightning Strike, but he dodges it, allowing Terry to burn Chomp with Volcano Burst.
Ace tries to get Spiny with Cyclone, who dodges it again. Paris tries using Stomping Hammer on Terry, smacking him a few times with her tail, but Terry kicks her back before the Move could be completed.
Spiny uses Tail Smash on Chomp. Before Rod could activate Blazing Spin Attack for Terry to hit Chomp, Helga is spotted, and Rod and Laura retreat.
Rod/Laura leave, A-Team takes over
D-Team vs. Alpha Gang
After Rod and Laura retreat, they hand off their Alpha Scanners to the Alpha trio, who don't even realize a battle has been going on.
Chomp hits Terry with Lightning Spear, defeating him, and Paris uses Metal Wing on Spiny, defeating him too. Then the Alpha Gang gets hit with a stray bolt of lightning.
D-Team wins
Gallery
Quotes
(all the dinosaurs' control devices have failed)
-Zander: "What now? They're all completely out of control!"
-Ed: "They need food. Should I go get some popcorn?"
-Ursula: "I think we should reach deep inside and do what we always do when the going gets tough.—Run for our lives!!"
-Zander & Ed: "Good idea! Wait up!"
New Cards
- Blazing Spin Attack move card (mentioned, not used)
Trivia
- Many of the dinosaurs that appear in this episode have different roars than they do in their other episodes, while in the original dub they still keep all their original roars.
- In the menagerie of dinosaurs returning to their cards, two different Ankylosaurus are seen, as well as there being two Carcharodontosaurus turning a ride.
- A Grass Move Card is mistakenly shown when Zoe uses Stomping Hammer: it's a Normal Move.
- During its rerun, this episode was dedicated to Maddie Blaustein.
- This episode has several of the biggest plot holes in the series: 1) how the Alpha Gang in the first place had doubles of dinosaurs the D-Team had previously captured, 2) why the D-Team wasn't surprised by this fact, and 3) why the D-Team never rescued or tried rescuing these dinosaurs, instead letting the Alpha Droids gather all of the falling cards, even when the cards were right in front of them.
Videos
27 Carnival of Chaos
Dinosaur King episode 27