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|caption = Spike Taylor in the [[Dinosaur King Theme Songs|Dinosaur King opening]] |
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− | |name = Spike Taylor<br>古代剣竜 |
+ | |name = Spike Taylor<br>古代剣竜 (''Kenryuu Kodai'') |
+ | |first = [[Dinosaur King episode 1|Prehistory in the Making]] |
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|gender = Male |
|gender = Male |
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+ | |age = 44-45<ref>https://www.nagoyatv.com/F/kyoryu/character.html</ref> |
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− | |age = 45-46 |
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− | |hair color |
+ | |hair color = Brown |
|eye color = Purple |
|eye color = Purple |
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− | |family = [[Max Taylor]] (Son)<br>[[Aki Taylor]] (Wife)<br>[[List of Characters#Grazelda Taylor |
+ | |family = [[Max Taylor]] (Son)<br>[[Aki Taylor]] (Wife)<br>[[List of Characters#Minor|Grazelda Taylor]] (Mother, mentioned only) |
− | |dinosaur |
+ | |dinosaur = [[Saurophaganax]] (briefly)<br>[[Terry]] (briefly)<br>[[Parasaurolophus]] (Dinoman/arcade)<br>[[Saichania]] (Dinoman/arcade)<br>[[Carnotaurus]] (Dinoman/arcade)<br>[[Pachycephalosaurus]] (Dinoman/arcade) |
− | |attribute |
+ | |attribute = [[Fire Dinosaurs|Fire]]<br>[[Grass Dinosaurs|Grass]] (Arcade)<br>[[Earth Dinosaurs|Earth]] (Arcade)<br>[[Wind Dinosaurs|Wind]] (Arcade)<br>[[Secret Dinosaurs|Secret]] (Arcade) |
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+ | He is voiced by {{W|Naoya Uchida}} (Japanese) and {{W|David Wills (voice actor)|David Wills}} ([[English Voice Cast|English]]). |
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==Character Design== |
==Character Design== |
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− | Dr. Taylor has spiky brown hair and purple eyes (much like his son Max). He wears a gold shirt with rolled-up cuffs, with a brown vest over it as well as blue jeans. He also has a cowboy hat. Dr. Taylor is also rather muscular. |
+ | Dr. Taylor has spiky brown hair and purple eyes (much like his son Max). He wears a gold shirt with rolled-up cuffs, with a brown vest over it as well as blue jeans. He also has a cowboy hat with blueish grey band around it. Dr. Taylor is also rather muscular. |
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+ | ===Name=== |
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+ | Dr. Taylor's given name in Japanese, Kenryuu (剣竜), is the same term for the [[Stegosauridae|stegosaur]] family (in Japanese, the kanji used are ''saber'' + ''dinosaur/dragon'').<ref>http://kyouryu.wiki.fc2.com/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E4%BB%A3%E5%89%A3%E7%AB%9C</ref> His last name, Kodai (古代), means "ancient". |
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+ | His English name, ''Spike Tayl''or, is basically an allusion to "spiketail," a common term used for dinosaurs with spiky tails, namely the stegosaurs, in reference to his Japanese name. |
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===Personality=== |
===Personality=== |
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− | Dr. Taylor is very energetic and often embarrasses Max (to be honest, Max gets embarrassed by both his parents), although his wife, [[Aki]], doesn't seem to mind. He often gets a bad case of dramatization, and his feelings often embarrass the [[D-Team]] whenever he is around them. He's very good at playing the harmonica, as seen in |
+ | Dr. Taylor is very energetic and often embarrasses Max (to be honest, Max gets embarrassed by both his parents), although his wife, [[Aki]], doesn't seem to mind. He often gets a bad case of dramatization, and his feelings often embarrass the [[D-Team]] whenever he is around them. He's very good at playing the harmonica, as seen in [[Dinosaur King episode 27|episode 27]]. He likes to lasso, but when he throws, it never hits the intended target; [[Dinosaur King episode 6|once]], he even lassoed [[Zoe]]. Although he's clumsy and free going, Spike is caring for his family, as well a caring father. |
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⚫ | Despite being a married man, he occasionally tries to flirt with other women, earning him the wrath of his wife. At times, he also displays highly unusual tastes in food, eating Chomp's dog food and simply remarked that "it could use a little salt", and later eating a bag of "Numb Tongue" Leaves (by accident). |
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==Anime== |
==Anime== |
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+ | '''(incomplete)''' |
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+ | ===Dinosaur King=== |
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− | == |
+ | ===Mesozoic Meltdown=== |
+ | He is captured along with the rest of the D-Teams' parents by the Space Pirates, who were after the Ancients, and is kept prisoner in his stolen house on their ship until being rescued in the finale. |
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+ | ==DS Game== |
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[[File:DinoMan_(Dr._Taylor).png|thumb|DinoMan in the DS Game]] |
[[File:DinoMan_(Dr._Taylor).png|thumb|DinoMan in the DS Game]] |
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In the DS Game, Dr. Taylor disguises himself as DinoMan. He tells Max and his friends that he's a mysterious fossil hunter that goes around the world digging up dinosaur fossils, but the kids already know that it's Spike due to his voice and clothing. Even though they know it's him, he denies the fact of even knowing the D-Team in anyway, so the kids go along with it, even though Max is embarrassed of seeing his dad as a dinosaur super hero. |
In the DS Game, Dr. Taylor disguises himself as DinoMan. He tells Max and his friends that he's a mysterious fossil hunter that goes around the world digging up dinosaur fossils, but the kids already know that it's Spike due to his voice and clothing. Even though they know it's him, he denies the fact of even knowing the D-Team in anyway, so the kids go along with it, even though Max is embarrassed of seeing his dad as a dinosaur super hero. |
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− | == |
+ | ==Arcade== |
+ | [[File:Dinoman 1.png|thumb|220px|Dinoman in the arcade game]] |
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⚫ | In the anime, Spike never owned a dinosaur, thus, always wanted one. At first, he almost obtained [[Tank]]'s card, but [[Terry]] got in his way; he wouldn't have been able to use it, either, since the Alpha Gang had the Earth stone. Through the most of it he made several attempts to go with D-Team in order to get his own dinosaur (e.g. trying to lasso an [[Ankylosaurus]]). Later, when [[Seth]] unleashed his [[Black Tyrannosaurus]], Spike was able to obtain [[Dr. Z]]'s [[ |
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+ | In the Arcade Game, Dr. Taylor disguises himself as DinoMan (just the same in the DS Game). He tells Max and his friends (depends on what card you swiped) that he's a mysterious fighter and challenges them to battle him to become the holder of 'dinosaur king'. When playing the mode you fight 5 dinos (4 of them vary) while the final one is a secret dino while having a clock to show how fast you can beat him, complete it and you get a certificate that proves that you beat dinoman. This mode can only be accessed by using a D-Team Champion card (seen in Gallery). |
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+ | {{clr}} |
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+ | ==Dinosaurs== |
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⚫ | In the arcade game he disguises himself as DinoMan and tests the player's skills. He battles the player with a [[ |
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⚫ | In the anime, Spike never owned a dinosaur, thus, always wanted one. At first, he almost obtained [[Tank]]'s card, but [[Terry]] got in his way; he wouldn't have been able to use it, either, since the Alpha Gang had the Earth stone. Through the most of it he made several attempts to go with the D-Team in order to get his own dinosaur (e.g. trying to lasso an [[Ankylosaurus]]). Later, when [[Seth]] unleashed his [[Black Tyrannosaurus]], Spike was able to obtain [[Dr. Z]]'s [[Alpha Scanner]] and aided the others with [[Saurophaganax]] and [[Terry]]. |
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⚫ | In the arcade game he disguises himself as DinoMan and tests the player's skills. He battles the player with a [[Tyrannosaurus]], [[Spinosaurus]], [[Styracosaurus]], [[Saichania]], [[Parasaurolophus]], and [[Carnotaurus]] (picking 4 of the 6 randomly). After the player defeat these dinosaurs, he claims that he had underestimated the player's strength and decides to stop holding back, summoning a [[Pachycephalosaurus]] or [[Deinonychus]]. Once the player wins, he or she receives the Gold/Silver/Bronze Mark of DinoMan (depending on player performance). |
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+ | It appears that Dr. Taylor would have been associated with the Fire and Earth Elements since there were several hints implying that in the anime and even in the arcade game itself (e.g. being features most of the Earth and Fire Dinosaur/Move Cards during waves that featured characters). |
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+ | ==Statistics== |
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+ | ===TCG Stats=== |
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+ | *Team: [[D-Team]] |
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+ | *Card Codes: [[DKAA]]-072/100, [[DKBD]]-077/100 |
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+ | *Card Rarities: Common |
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+ | *Image From (DKAA): [[Lights, Camera, Destruction!|Ep. 41]] anime scene |
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+ | *Image From (DKBD): [[A Game Show Showdown|Ep. 7]] anime scene |
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+ | *[[TCG Character Abilities|Abilities]]: |
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+ | :([[DKAA]]) Until the start of your next turn, your opponent's Character loses all abilities. Search your deck for a Super Move and put it into your hand. (Shuffle your deck after you search it.) |
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+ | :([[DKBD]]) During the next battle this turn, both battling Dinosaurs have 1 less life. Search your deck for a Move card and put it into your hand. (Shuffle your deck after you search it.) |
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+ | <gallery widths="120"> |
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+ | </gallery> |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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+ | *Dr. Taylor's age is only given on NagoyaTV's website, where it is listed as 45 in the context of [[Mesozoic Meltdown]]. As [[Rex]] had a birthday in the first season and the passage of time isn't certain, Dr. Taylor may have been 44 at some point during the series, but it isn't specified. |
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− | *In [[Dinosaur King episode 1|the first episode]], Dr. Taylor says he knew everything about dinosaurs until Chomp came to the scene. |
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+ | *In the Japanese version of [[Dinosaur King episode 1|Prehistory in the Making]], Dr. Taylor actually calls [[Ursula]] an "Old Lady". |
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+ | *In the DS game, Dr. Taylor's DinoMan outfit differs in from the Arcade Game, as he is missing a torn red scarf. |
− | *Dr. Taylor's DinoMan outfit differs in from the Arcade Game, as he is missing a torn red scarf. |
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− | *In the Japanese version, Dr. Taylor's name means "Ancient Stegosaur Doctor". His name is also a reference to the two Street Fighter characters Ken & Ryu, which if combined means "Healthy Strong Dragon". |
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− | **His English name "Spike Taylor" also has some affiliation with his namesake, being a pun on the "spike tails" of the [[Stegosauridae|stegosaur family]] of dinosaurs. |
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− | *Even though he has a wife, Dr. Taylor tries to flirt with other girls, invoking the wrath of his wife. |
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− | **It is hinted that Dr. Taylor fears Aki. |
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*Dr. Taylor is the loudest snorer. |
*Dr. Taylor is the loudest snorer. |
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*He ranked 54 in the Dinosaur King Ranker. |
*He ranked 54 in the Dinosaur King Ranker. |
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− | *Even though he practices, Dr. Taylor still can't get a good target. He stated in |
+ | *Even though he practices, Dr. Taylor still can't get a good target with his lasso. He stated in [[Rhino or Dino?]] that he lassoed himself because he had big feet. |
− | *It appears that during the arcade game dinosaur battles, Dr. Taylor is a skilled opponent, as the characters (like [[Rex Owen|Rex]]) say that he is quite powerful. |
+ | *It appears that during the arcade game dinosaur battles, Dr. Taylor is a skilled opponent, as the characters (like [[Rex Owen|Rex]]) say that he is quite powerful. |
+ | **This can be further supported by his alter ego Dinoman's fighting skills in the DS and arcade game. |
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− | *There are many characters from other media that resemble Dr. Taylor, including [[w:c:monsuno:One-Eyed Jack|One-Eyed Jack]] (''Monsuno''). |
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− | + | *Dr. Taylor resembles Indiana Jones: Three things they have in common are their outfits, the lasso, and the theme song. It is possible that he is strongly based on him. |
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+ | **Dr. Taylor's appearance might also be a parody of Robert T. Bakker, an actual paleontologist who also sports a unkempt beard, shares some of Dr. Taylor's enthusiastic personality, and carries a signature hat. |
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+ | *Through his many interferences foiling the Alpha Gang in the series, he always manages to escape these confrontations unharmed (with the exception of inflicting pain on himself). |
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+ | *Spike Taylor's Japanese name (Kenryu) is possibly a reference to the Stegosauridae family with his naming deriving from the terms, Ken (剣) meaning "Sword" and Ryū (竜) meaning "Dragon". |
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− | == |
+ | ==Gallery== |
− | <gallery widths="120 |
+ | <gallery widths="120"> |
− | + | Dr._Taylor1.jpg|Spike Taylor |
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− | + | Spike_Taylor_card.gif|Spike Taylor arcade card |
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+ | All-normal-face-dinosaur-king-323412130 - Copy.jpg|Dr. Kodai (Taylor) arcade promo card |
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− | File:Dino_Dig.png|Dr.Taylor on Dino Dig |
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− | + | Dino_Dig.png|Dr.Taylor in Dino Dig webgame |
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− | + | Spike-Aki.png|Spike and Aki in their younger years |
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Screen shot 2010-12-19 at 5.03.50 PM.png|Dr. Taylor in Episode 1 |
Screen shot 2010-12-19 at 5.03.50 PM.png|Dr. Taylor in Episode 1 |
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Dr.Taylor.jpg|Spike Taylor |
Dr.Taylor.jpg|Spike Taylor |
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+ | Ramp5.PNG|Spike in [[Dinosaur King episode 27|Carnival of Chaos]] |
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+ | 0.jpg|Discovering Rod and Laura in Dr. Drake's clinic |
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+ | Tumblr nkav93ApE01tq29ano1 1280.png|Taylors and Drakes saying goodbye in the finale |
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Spike Taylor arcade.png|Dr. Taylor's artwork in the arcade version |
Spike Taylor arcade.png|Dr. Taylor's artwork in the arcade version |
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+ | 23619l.jpg|Mesozoic Meltdown season poster |
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+ | DinoMan.png|Dino Man |
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+ | Dinoman 1.png|Dr. Taylor's alter ego, Dinoman, in the arcade |
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+ | Dinoman 4.png|Instance of a battle against Dinoman. [[Kentrosaurus]] has just performed [[Atomic Bomb]] against [[Tyrannosaurus]]. |
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+ | Spike.PNG|Spike taylor in acade game |
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+ | Spike dinoman.PNG|Dino Man in arcade game |
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</gallery> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 20:33, 11 June 2020
Dr. Spike Taylor (古代剣竜博士 Kenryuu Kodai) is Max's father and is a paleontologist. He is a very good friend of Dr. Owen. In the DS Game and Arcade, he occasionally goes by the alter ego of DinoMan.
He is voiced by Naoya Uchida (Japanese) and David Wills (English).
Character Design
Dr. Taylor has spiky brown hair and purple eyes (much like his son Max). He wears a gold shirt with rolled-up cuffs, with a brown vest over it as well as blue jeans. He also has a cowboy hat with blueish grey band around it. Dr. Taylor is also rather muscular.
Name
Dr. Taylor's given name in Japanese, Kenryuu (剣竜), is the same term for the stegosaur family (in Japanese, the kanji used are saber + dinosaur/dragon).[2] His last name, Kodai (古代), means "ancient".
His English name, Spike Taylor, is basically an allusion to "spiketail," a common term used for dinosaurs with spiky tails, namely the stegosaurs, in reference to his Japanese name.
Personality
Dr. Taylor is very energetic and often embarrasses Max (to be honest, Max gets embarrassed by both his parents), although his wife, Aki, doesn't seem to mind. He often gets a bad case of dramatization, and his feelings often embarrass the D-Team whenever he is around them. He's very good at playing the harmonica, as seen in episode 27. He likes to lasso, but when he throws, it never hits the intended target; once, he even lassoed Zoe. Although he's clumsy and free going, Spike is caring for his family, as well a caring father.
Despite being a married man, he occasionally tries to flirt with other women, earning him the wrath of his wife. At times, he also displays highly unusual tastes in food, eating Chomp's dog food and simply remarked that "it could use a little salt", and later eating a bag of "Numb Tongue" Leaves (by accident).
Anime
(incomplete)
Dinosaur King
In the first episode, after Max obtains Chomp, Spike tells him to keep this a secret from his mom. This leads Aki to believe that Chomp, Ace and Paris are strange-looking dogs for the majority of the first season.
Mesozoic Meltdown
He is captured along with the rest of the D-Teams' parents by the Space Pirates, who were after the Ancients, and is kept prisoner in his stolen house on their ship until being rescued in the finale.
DS Game
In the DS Game, Dr. Taylor disguises himself as DinoMan. He tells Max and his friends that he's a mysterious fossil hunter that goes around the world digging up dinosaur fossils, but the kids already know that it's Spike due to his voice and clothing. Even though they know it's him, he denies the fact of even knowing the D-Team in anyway, so the kids go along with it, even though Max is embarrassed of seeing his dad as a dinosaur super hero.
Arcade
In the Arcade Game, Dr. Taylor disguises himself as DinoMan (just the same in the DS Game). He tells Max and his friends (depends on what card you swiped) that he's a mysterious fighter and challenges them to battle him to become the holder of 'dinosaur king'. When playing the mode you fight 5 dinos (4 of them vary) while the final one is a secret dino while having a clock to show how fast you can beat him, complete it and you get a certificate that proves that you beat dinoman. This mode can only be accessed by using a D-Team Champion card (seen in Gallery).
Dinosaurs
In the anime, Spike never owned a dinosaur, thus, always wanted one. At first, he almost obtained Tank's card, but Terry got in his way; he wouldn't have been able to use it, either, since the Alpha Gang had the Earth stone. Through the most of it he made several attempts to go with the D-Team in order to get his own dinosaur (e.g. trying to lasso an Ankylosaurus). Later, when Seth unleashed his Black Tyrannosaurus, Spike was able to obtain Dr. Z's Alpha Scanner and aided the others with Saurophaganax and Terry.
In the arcade game he disguises himself as DinoMan and tests the player's skills. He battles the player with a Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, Styracosaurus, Saichania, Parasaurolophus, and Carnotaurus (picking 4 of the 6 randomly). After the player defeat these dinosaurs, he claims that he had underestimated the player's strength and decides to stop holding back, summoning a Pachycephalosaurus or Deinonychus. Once the player wins, he or she receives the Gold/Silver/Bronze Mark of DinoMan (depending on player performance).
It appears that Dr. Taylor would have been associated with the Fire and Earth Elements since there were several hints implying that in the anime and even in the arcade game itself (e.g. being features most of the Earth and Fire Dinosaur/Move Cards during waves that featured characters).
Statistics
TCG Stats
- Team: D-Team
- Card Codes: DKAA-072/100, DKBD-077/100
- Card Rarities: Common
- Image From (DKAA): Ep. 41 anime scene
- Image From (DKBD): Ep. 7 anime scene
- Abilities:
- (DKAA) Until the start of your next turn, your opponent's Character loses all abilities. Search your deck for a Super Move and put it into your hand. (Shuffle your deck after you search it.)
- (DKBD) During the next battle this turn, both battling Dinosaurs have 1 less life. Search your deck for a Move card and put it into your hand. (Shuffle your deck after you search it.)
Trivia
- Dr. Taylor's age is only given on NagoyaTV's website, where it is listed as 45 in the context of Mesozoic Meltdown. As Rex had a birthday in the first season and the passage of time isn't certain, Dr. Taylor may have been 44 at some point during the series, but it isn't specified.
- In the Japanese version of Prehistory in the Making, Dr. Taylor actually calls Ursula an "Old Lady".
- In the DS game, Dr. Taylor's DinoMan outfit differs in from the Arcade Game, as he is missing a torn red scarf.
- Dr. Taylor is the loudest snorer.
- He ranked 54 in the Dinosaur King Ranker.
- Even though he practices, Dr. Taylor still can't get a good target with his lasso. He stated in Rhino or Dino? that he lassoed himself because he had big feet.
- It appears that during the arcade game dinosaur battles, Dr. Taylor is a skilled opponent, as the characters (like Rex) say that he is quite powerful.
- This can be further supported by his alter ego Dinoman's fighting skills in the DS and arcade game.
- Dr. Taylor resembles Indiana Jones: Three things they have in common are their outfits, the lasso, and the theme song. It is possible that he is strongly based on him.
- Dr. Taylor's appearance might also be a parody of Robert T. Bakker, an actual paleontologist who also sports a unkempt beard, shares some of Dr. Taylor's enthusiastic personality, and carries a signature hat.
- Through his many interferences foiling the Alpha Gang in the series, he always manages to escape these confrontations unharmed (with the exception of inflicting pain on himself).
- Spike Taylor's Japanese name (Kenryu) is possibly a reference to the Stegosauridae family with his naming deriving from the terms, Ken (剣) meaning "Sword" and Ryū (竜) meaning "Dragon".
Gallery
References
p · e · t | Main Characters | |
D-Team: | Max Taylor · Rex Owen · Zoe Drake · Spike Taylor · Reese Drake | |
Alpha Gang: | Dr. Z · Ursula · Zander · Ed · Rod · Laura · Seth (former) · Helga | |
Spectral Space Pirates: | Spectre · Gabbro · Foolscap · Shear · Seth (former) · Goma |