Irritator

Irritator's name comes from the irritation scientists felt when they realized that the original skull had been doctored with plaster to be elongated for a higher commercial value. Some reconstructions show Irritator with a crest on its nose instead of its head.

General Statistics

full-sized Irritator

• Name: Irritator challengeri
• Name Meaning: Challenger's Irritator
• Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
• Length: 7.5-8 meters (24.5-26 feet)
• Time Period: Early Cretaceous (113-110 MYA)
• Classification: Megalosauroidea --> Spinosauridae --> Spinosaurinae
• Place Found: Brazil
• Describer: Martill, Cruikshank, Frey, Small, and Clarke, 1996

Dinosaur King Statistics

Arcade Stats

Irritator arcade card (Japanese Gekizan 2nd Edition)

• Attribute: Water
• Sign: Rock
• Strength: 1000
• Technique: 1000
  • Compatibility: Tab 6
• Attack:
  • Rock (Critical): 580
  • Scissors/Paper: 435
• Types:
  • Defense Type (Japanese 2006 series; English & Taiwanese Series 1)
  • Hunter Type (Japanese 2007 series; English Series 2; Taiwanese New series)
  • Heroic Type (Japanese Gekizan series)
  • Warning Type (Japanese Kakushin series)
• Arcade Nickname:
  • Japanese: 翼の折れた海贼
  • English: The Broken-Winged Pirate
  • Taiwanese: 折翼海賊
• Name: Benjamin (manga only)
• Owner: Seth (Alpha Gang, DS Game), Zander (Alpha Gang, manga), Rex Owen (D-Team, manga)
• Altered Forms: Alpha Irritator

Availability

• Japanese
  • 1st Edition (New; 竜-38)
  • Unknown promo card (竜-38 TOY)
  • 2nd Edition (022-竜)
  • 3rd Edition (016-竜)
  • 2006 Rainy Season Edition (016-竜)
  • 4th Edition (021-竜; Defense Type)
  • 5th Edition (026-竜; Defense Type)
  • 2006 Winter Season Edition (029-竜; Defense Type)
  • 6th Edition (034-竜; Defense Type)
  • Non-sale Water Egg (EGG-008-竜)
  • 2007 4th Edition+ (019-竜; Hunter Type)
  • Gekizan 2nd Edition (014-竜; Heroic Type)
  • Non-sale South American Egg (EGG-013-竜)
  • Kakushin 3rd Edition's Blue Dinosaurs Egg (EGG-018-竜)
  • Kakushin 4th Edition (007-竜; Warning Type)
• English
  • 1st Edition (New; Dino-38)
  • 1st Edition+ (Dino-38)
  • 2nd Edition (021-Dino; Defense Type)
  • 3rd Edition (026-Dino; Defense Type)
  • 4th Edition (029-Dino; Defense Type)
  • 5th Edition (034-Dino; Defense Type)
  • 2008 Special Edition (016-Dino; Defense Type)
  • Nemesis Edition (Dino-38)
  • Series 2 4th Edition (019-Dino; Hunter Type)
• Taiwanese
  • 1st Edition (New; 龍-38)
  • 1st Edition Extension (龍-38)
  • 2nd Edition (021-龍; Defense Type)
  • 3rd Edition (029-龍; Defense Type)
  • 4th Edition (034-龍; Defense Type)
  • 2008 Limited Edition (016-龍; Defense Type)
  • New 4th Edition (019-龍; Hunter Type)
  • New 5th Edition (025-龍; Hunter Type)

Japanese 1st Edition

Unknown TOY promo card

Japanese 3rd Edition

Japanese 3rd Edition (back)

Japanese 2006 Rainy Season Edition

Japanese 4th Edition

Japanese 2006 Winter Season Edition

Japanese 6th Edition

Japanese Gekizan 2nd Edition

Japanese Kakushin 4th Edition

English 1st Edition

English 1st Edition (back)

English 2nd Edition

English 2nd Edition (back)

English 3rd Edition

English 3rd Edition (back)

English 5th Edition

English 5th Edition (back)

English 2008 Special Edition

English Series 2 4th Edition

English Series 2 4th Edition (back)

Taiwanese 4th Edition

DS Stats

• Elemental Attribute: Water
• Critical Move: Rock
• Rarity: 1 star
• Battle Type: Defense Type
• Fossil/Move Set: Mystery Fossil (European Normal Moves, LV28 Shock Wave), Antarctic Fossil (European Normal Moves, LV28 Shock Wave)
  • Locations: North Euro Plain (Mystery) (Europe); Polar Point (Antarctica)
• Users:
  • 1 static Purple Alpha Droid (North Euro Plain, Europe)
    • LV1: Tail, Ram, Throw
  • random Purple Alpha Droids (North Euro Plain, Europe)
    • LV2 (before bridge): Tail, Ram, Throw
    • LV3, LV4, LV5 (after bridge): Tail, Ram, Throw
  • random Purple Alpha Droids (North Mine, Europe)
    • LV2: Tail, Ram, Throw
  • random Green Alpha Droids (North Dig Site, Europe)
    • LV4: Tail, Ram, Throw
• Encyclopedia number: D19
• Other Forms: Alpha Irritator
• Special Acquisition: For its Mystery Fossil, simply defeat the first static Alpha Droid after entering North Euro Plain, a kid you saved will provide it.

TCG Stats

Irritator

Irritator TCG card

• Element: Water
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1000
• Level: 1
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKCG-026/160
• Card Rarity: Gold Rare
• Image From: cropped New 5th arcade card
• Other Forms: Alpha Irritator
• Abilities:

[Team Up: +300] You can play this card as a Move that gives +300 Power.

Pouncing Irritator

Pouncing Irritator TCG card

• Element: Water
• Icon: Rock
• Power: 1100
• Level: 1
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKAA-014/100
• Card Rarity: Common
• Image From: (new art)
• Abilities:

[Bonus] When this Dinosaur wins a battle, draw 1 card.

Rapid Irritator

Rapid Irritator TCG card

• Element: Water
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1100
• Level: 1
• Life: 1
• Card Code: DKDS-014/100
• Card Rarity: Common
• Image From: cropped Geki 2nd arcade card
• Abilities:

[Water Ally] If you have another Water Dinosaur in play when you Dino Slash this Dinosaur from your hand, you can discard 1 card and then draw 1 card.

Hunting Irritator

Hunting Irritator TCG card (Thai)

• Element: Water
• Icon: Paper
• Power: 1000
• Level: 1
• Life: 1
• Card Code: JCL-014/100
• Card Rarity: Thai Common
• Image From: cropped 06 1st&2nd/S1 1st V1&V2/Tai 1st&Ext arcade card
• Abilities:

[Super Team Up: +200] {translation uncertain} You can play this card as a Move that gives +200 Power. {Dinosaurs that use this card instead of a Move gain the ability [Bonus] until the end of the battle.}

Manga

Benjamin the Irritator

In the arcade website's Four-Frame Manga, Seth had Irritator use Life Swap on Zander and Ed, who had through shenanigans reversed their fat/skinny dynamic; the result removed Zander's extra fat, but sent it to Irritator instead of Ed.

In the actual manga's storyline, Ed gives the new Alpha Gang recruit, Rex, an Irritator to fight Max. However, Rex had only joined to save Max, so he and Max took the Irritator and escaped. Later, the Irritator started to talk and was later known as Benjamin.

Trivia

• Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
  • Japanese: 翼竜（よくりゅう）のようなきみょうな顔をした肉食恐竜だ。頭には目立つとさかがある。
  • English: A carnivore with a face like a pterosaur. Has a crest on its head.
  • Taiwanese: 有著一張如翼龍般奇異臉孔的肉食恐龍,頭部有著顯眼的頭冠。
• DS Game Encyclopedia entry: A carnivore with a face like a pterosaur. It has a prominent crest on its head.
• Along with Spinosaurus, Amargasaurus, Baryonyx, Saltasaurus, Suchomimus, Camarasaurus, Patagosaurus, Opisthocoelicaudia, and Ampelosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese and Taiwanese non-sale Water Egg card.
• Along with Carnotaurus, Megaraptor, Amargasaurus, Giganotosaurus, and Patagosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese non-sale South American Egg Card.
• Along with Ampelosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Altirhinus, Jobaria, Deltadromeus, Allosaurus, Brachylophosaurus, Gorgosaurus, and Talarurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese Blue Dinosaurs Egg Card.
• It was the first spinosaurid to appear in the arcade.
• It is the only spinosaurid from Dinosaur King not to appear in the anime.
  • Though it was not to appear, its roar was used as Paris roar in the Japanese dub.

Gallery

Irritator being introduced in the English arcade

Seth and Irritator in the Four-Frame Manga

Fanmade Dino chibi by JP:OGFreak

Irritator skull