Megalosaurus

Megalosaurus was the first ever dinosaur discovered that was realized to be one, and was one of the first three animals classified in "Dinosauria" alongside Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus. There have been a total of 33 different species of Megalosaurus named, but most are now considered other dinosaurs, as all theropod-like fossil animals used to be named "Megalosaurus something". Because of this, little fossil material of the true animal is actually known, so most of its appearance remains unclear.

General Statistics

full-sized Megalosaurus

• Name: Megalosaurus bucklandii
• Name Meaning: Great Lizard
• Diet: Carnivore
• Time Period: Middle/Late Jurassic
• Size: 9-10 meters (30-33 feet)
• Classification: Megalosauroidea --> Megalosauridae --> Megalosaurinae
• Place Found: England, France, Austria, Romania, Belgium
• Describer: Mantell, 1827

Dinosaur King Statistics

Arcade Stats

Megalosaurus arcade card (Japanese Gekizan 1st Edition, hidden)

• Attribute: Secret
• Sign: Scissors
• Power: 2000
• Technique: 200
• Attack:
  • Scissors (Critical): 700
  • Rock/Paper: 550
• Types:
  • Reform Type (Japanese Gekizan series & Secret Egg II card)
  • Warning Type (Japanese Kakushin 3rd Edition)
• Arcade Nickname: 伝説のプロローグ (Prologue of the Legend)
• Secret Moves:
  • Zero G Throw (Rock): Lift and toss around your opponent with telekinesis!
  • Gigantic Fall (Scissors): Lift a giant chunk of earth and crush your opponent with it!
  • Psychic Bind (Paper): Lock your opponent in place and bite them!

Availability

It was only available in the Japanese version.

• Gekizan 1st Edition (SP10-竜; Reform Type)
• Kakushin 3rd Edition (SP19-竜; Warning Type)
• Kakushin 4th Edition's Secret's Egg II (EGG-021-竜; Reform Type)

Megalosaurus arcade card (Japanese Gekizan 1st Edition, revealed)

Back of Megalosaurus arcade card (Japanese Gekizan 1st Edition)

Megalosaurus arcade card (Japanese Kakushin 3rd Edition, hidden)

Anime Stats

Megalosaurus anime card

• Attribute: Secret
• Name: Megalo (Japanese)
• Owner (1st): Dr. Z (Alpha Gang), Ursula (Alpha Gang), Wild, Rex Owen (D-Team), Max Taylor (D-Team), Laura (Alpha Gang)
• Owner (2nd): Foolscap (Spectral Space Pirates), D-Team (probably)
• Debut: Santa Saurus! (first), The No-Fun Shogun (second)
  • Appeared In: 45, 49, 64
• Dinosaurs Defeated (1st): Ace, Black Tyrannosaurus (in Super Fusion Move)
• Dinosaurs Defeated (2nd): None
• Armored Form: Spectral Armor Megalosaurus (never used)
• Other: Though the second Megalosaurus' card had the ability to give it Spectral Armor, it was defeated before that could happen.

Move Cards

Zero G Throw (first)

Megalosaurus lifts its opponent into the sky with telekinesis, then lets them drop and crash into the ground!

Gigantic Fall (second)

Megalosaurus lifts numerous small rocks with telekinesis and throws them at its opponent!

TCG Stats

Megalosaurus TCG card

• Attribute: Secret
• Sign: Paper
• Power: 1400
• Level: 3
• Life: 2
• Card Code: DKTA-044/100, DKTA-100/100
• Card Rarity: Gold Rare, Colossal Rare
• Image From: Ep. 45 anime scene
• Abilities:

[Squeeze]

Each player's maximum hand size becomes 5. (Instead of 8)

(This Dinosaur can use Super Moves from any Element. It must still meet any other requirements.)

Megalosaurus Colossal Rare TCG card

Anime

Dinosaur King

Like the other Secret Dinosaurs, Megalosaurus was raised by Dr. Z at an unknown point during Dr. Ancient's expedition. He was quite violent as a child and became impossible to tame as an adult, so Dr. Z sent him back into his card and stuck it inside a book for a timeout, but forgot all about him.

Eventually, in Santa Saurus!, Dr. Z accidentally found the card again, giving it to the Alpha Trio to take back the D-Team's dinosaur cards. Reaching the D-Team, Ursula accidentally activated the card by holding it up by a display of Christmas lights, and Megalosaurus immediately triggered a Time Warp Battlefield. Like he was as a child, Megalosaurus went on a mad rampage, quickly defeating Ace with Zero G Throw and putting everyone in danger from a meteor shower (that may have been an anime-only ability, or just part of the Battlefield called on by his rage). However, Chomp hit him with Thunder Bazooka and knocked him on a sled (from a Christmas display) into a set of boulders, which defeated him, allowing Rex to claim the card. It later made its way into Max's Dino Holder.

In Dinosaur War!, Max gave his card with the other Secret Dinosaurs to Jonathan to deliver to the others, where Laura summoned him to fight against the Black T-Rex. He used Zero G Throw as part of the Super Fusion Move that defeated it after three hits.

Mesozoic Meltdown

Foolscap used another Megalosaurus in The No-Fun Shogun to try and scare off the female ninjas attacking him and Shogun Tokugawa, but it ended up fighting against the Deinonychus trio sent out by Sheer, who had amnesia and was now allied with the ninjas. Megalosaurus used Gigantic Fall, but the Deinonychus dodged the attack. They then used their signature 1-2-3 attack chain, Megalosaurus leaning away from Whip Attack and avoiding two of the three Spinning Attack hits before being defeated by a strike from Crossing Attack from behind. Its card was presumably reclaimed by the D-Team in the aftermath.

Trivia

• Dr. Taylor's arcade card comments:
  • Japanese: 世界でさいしょに命名された恐竜だが、いまだになぞが多い恐竜である。
  • Translate: It's still a dinosaur with mysteries, though it was the first dinosaur named in the world.
• Along with Cryolophosaurus, Pawpawsaurus, and Brontosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese Secret Egg II arcade card.
• Along with Carcharodontosaurus, Anchiceratops, and Deinonychus, Megalosaurus is one of the few dinosaurs to appear in the same place in both seasons (Carcharodontosaurus was in China, Anchiceratops in France, and Deinonychus and Megalosaurus were in Japan).
• Megalosaurus was the only dinosaur capable of using dinosaur armor in Mesozoic Meltdown that didn't (Cryolophosaurus didn't use armor, either, but Seth had no way of giving it any).
• Along with Deinonychus, Megalosaurus is one of the two Secret Dinosaurs from Season 1 that reappeared in Mesozoic Meltdown (and in the same episode, no less).
• Megalosaurus has the same roar in the anime as Gigas's original roar (The Wee Musketeers to Bad Deal). In Dinosaur War!, it had the same roar as the Black T-Rex.
• In the arcade, Megalosaurus has almost the same roar as Apatosaurus, Euoplocephalus, and Mapusaurus.
• In the DS Game, Megalosaurus is one of the many dinosaurs that have the same roar as Brachyceratops.
• Ironically, despite being one of the first dinosaurs scientifically described, it was the last new dinosaur (not counting the Black T-Rex) in the anime's first season.
• As a large megalosaurid, he was probably a Fire Dinosaur before Dr. Z turned him into a Secret Dinosaur, although he might have been a Wind Dinosaur.

Gallery

Megalosaurus as a child

Megalosaurus chibi wearing a party hat and causing havoc

Rampaging Megalosaurus charging through a boulder

Megalosaurus being summoned

Megalosaurus ready to battle the Black T-Rex

Spectral Armor Megalosaurus anime card (briefest glimpse showing it did have the potential for armor)

Spectral Armor Megalosaurus anime card (sliver seen with Sheer)

Megalosaurus in NagoyaTV

Megalosaurus in the DS Game

Megalosaurus as seen in the arcade game

Megalosaurus in action

Zero G Throw in the anime

Gigantic Fall in the anime

Psychic Bind in the arcade

Megalosaurus toy

Megalosaurus skeleton

Using Gigantic Fall

Videos