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: 8-9 meters (26-30 feet)
• Time Period: Early/Middle Cretaceous
• Classification: Megalosauroidea --> Spinosauridae --> Spinosaurinae
• Found: Brazil, South America
• Discoverer: Martill, Cruikshank, Frey, Small & Clarke, 1996

Dinosaur King Statistics

Irritator card

• Attribute: Water
• Power: 1000
• Technique: 1000
• Sign: Rock
  • TCG: Scissors
• Owner: Seth (Alpha Gang, DS Game), Zander (Alpha Gang, manga), Rex Owen (D-Team, manga)
• Name: Benjamin (manga)
• Other: In the DS Game, Dr. Z turned an Irritator into Alpha Irritator and gave it to Seth to fight the player.

TCG Lores

Team Up: +300

You can play this card as a Move that gives +300 Power.

Bonus (Pouncing Irritator)

When this Dinosaur wins a battle, draw 1 card.

Water Ally (Rapid Irritator)

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.

Manga

In the manga, he was used to help Zander by using Life Sap.

Later, Ed gives Rex an Irritator to fight Max. But, Rex 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

• It is the only spinosaurid from Dinosaur King not to appear in the anime.
• It was the first spinosaurid to appear in the Arcade.

Gallery

Irritator TCG Card

Pouncing Irritator TCG Card

Rapid Irritator TCG Card

alternate Irritator card (forms scene when placed with others)

Dino chibi by JP:OGFreak

Irritator skull

Irritator Introduced in the Arcade