Torvosaurus

Although likely incidental, the number of upper jaw teeth in Dinosaur King's Torvosaurus model indicate it to belong to the only species known at the time of the franchise, T. tanneri.

General Statistics

full-sized Torvosaurus

• Name: Torvosaurus tanneri
• Name Meaning: Savage Lizard
• Diet: Carnivore
• Length: 10-11 meters (33-36 feet)
• Time Period: Late Jurassic
• Classification: Megalosauroidea --> Megalosauridae --> Megalosaurinae
• Place Found: USA; Portugal
• Describer: Jensen and Stadtman, 1972

Dinosaur King Statistics

Arcade Stats

Torvosaurus arcade card (Taiwanese New 4th Edition)

• Attribute: Fire
• Sign: Scissors
• Strength: 1600
• Technique: 600
  • Compatibility: Tab 3
• Attack:
  • Scissors (Critical): 700
  • Rock/Paper: 450
• Arcade Nickname:
  • Japanese: 暴走ファイター
  • English: The Crazed Fighter
  • Taiwanese: 暴走戰士
• Types:
  • Tie Type (Japanese 2006 series; English & Taiwanese Series 1)
  • Hunter Type (Japanese 2007 series; English Series 2; Taiwanese New Series)
  • Heroic Type (Japanese promo card & Gekizan series)
• Card Rarity: Bronze
• Altered Forms: Super Torvosaurus

Availability

• Japanese
  • 3rd Edition (New; 006-竜)
  • 2006 Rainy Season Limited Edition (006-竜)
  • 4th Edition (008-竜; Tie Type)
  • 5th Edition (009-竜; Tie Type)
  • 2006 Winter Season Limited Edition (009-竜; Tie Type)
  • 6th Edition (009-竜; Tie Type)
  • Non-sale Fire Egg (EGG-001/002/005-竜)
  • 2007 4th Edition+ (008-竜; Hunter Type)
  • Non-sale Pterosaur Legends DVD promo card (AN19-竜; Heroic Type)
  • Gekizan 1st Edition (003-竜; Heroic Type)
  • Non-sale Stalwarts of Bronze
• English
  • 1st Edition+ (New; 006-Dino)
  • 2nd Edition (008-Dino; Tie Type)
  • 3rd Edition (009-Dino; Tie Type)
  • 4th Edition (009-Dino; Tie Type)
  • 5th Edition (009-Dino; Tie Type)
  • 2008 Special Edition (013-Dino; Tie Type)
  • Series 2 4th Edition (008-Dino; Hunter Type)
• Taiwanese
  • 1st Edition Extension (New; 006-龍)
  • 2nd Edition (008-龍; Tie Type)
  • 3rd Edition (009-龍; Tie Type)
  • 4th Edition (009-龍; Tie Type)
  • 2008 Special Edition (013-龍)
  • New 4th Edition (008-龍; Hunter Type)
  • Non-sale Fire Egg

Japanese 3rd Edition

Japanese 2006 Rainy Limited Edition

Japanese 4th Edition

Japanese 2006 Winter Season Edition

Japanese 6th Edition

Japanese 2007 4th Edition+

Japanese Pterosaur Legends DVD limited promo card

Japanese Pterosaur Legends DVD limited promo card (back)

Japanese Gekizan 1st Edition

English 2nd Edition

English 2nd Edition (back)

English 3rd Edition

English 3rd Edition (back)

English 4th Edition

English 5th Edition

English 5th Edition (back)

English 2008 Special Edition

English S2 4th Edition

English S2 4th Edition

Taiwanese 4th Edition

Taiwanese New 4th Edition

Anime Stats

Torvosaurus' anime card's front is never seen

• Attribute: Fire
• Owner: Gabbro (Spectral Space Pirates), Max Taylor (D-Team)
• Location: Trachia, Roman Empire Greece; Ancient Rome, 73 BC
• Debut: Alien Parent Trap
  • Appears In: 50-51
• Dinosaurs Defeated: None
• Defeated by: Chomp & Ace (in a Fusion Move)
• Armored Form: Spectral Armor Torvosaurus
• Other: It is the first dinosaur to use Dinosaur Armor, as well as both the first full-sized and new dinosaur to appear in Mesozoic Meltdown. Though the front of its normal card wasn't seen, the front of its Spectral Armor card was.

Move Cards

Magma Blaster

Torvosaurus shoots a beam of fire and lava at its opponent!

TCG Stats

Torvosaurus

Torvosaurus TCG card

• Element: Fire
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1700
• Level: 4
• Life: 2
• Card Code: DKCG-003/160
• Card Rarity: Common
• Image From: cropped Geki 1st arcade card
• Other Forms: Spectral Armor Torvosaurus
• Flavor Text:

The Torvosaurus was a massive carnivore that lived in the Jurassic Period. It had very long, powerful teeth and a stout body.

Ferocious Torvosaurus

Ferocious Torvosaurus TCG card

• Element: Fire
• Icon: Rock
• Power: 1700
• Level: 4
• Life: 2
• Card Code: DKAA-004/100
• Card Rarity: Gold
• Image From: 06 Rainy/08 Special arcade card
• Abilities:

[Bite] When this Dinosaur wins a battle during your turn, your opponent loses 1 extra Life Point.

[Frenzy] At the end of your turn, you lose 1 Life Point.

Roman Torvosaurus

Roman Torvosaurus TCG card

• Element: Fire
• Icon: Scissors
• Power: 1700
• Level: 4
• Life: 2
• Card Code: DKDS-004/100
• Card Rarity: Common
• Image From: Ep. 51 anime scene
• Flavor Text:

Based on some fossils found in Portugal, it is thought that the skull of the Torvosaurus was as big as 5 feet long! That would make it nearly as big as the Tyrannosaurus.

DS Stats

• Attribute: Fire
• Critical Move: Scissors
• Rarity: 4 Stars
• Other: It is used by Zander to fight the player.

Anime

Mesozoic Meltdown

It was first controlled by Gabbro on the Space Pirate Ship to scare the D-Team's kidnapped parents in Alien Parent Trap to get Dr. and Mrs. Ancient to help the Spectral Space Pirates.

In Ancient Roman Holiday, it was used to "say hello" to a group of Roman soldiers attacking Gabbro in Sophia's home village of Trachia, using Magma Blaster and scaring them off. Later, it was summoned against Chomp when Gabbro tried taking Sophia from the D-Team. It activated its Spectral Armor form and used Magma Blaster, Chomp breaking through the fire beam with Thunder Bazooka, but the armor was strong enough to stop his attack. Ace joined the battle, but neither were a match for Torvosaurus. It used Magma Blaster again and nearly defeated them, backing them up to the edge of a cliff, but they used the Fusion Move Thunder Storm Bazooka, destroying its Spectral Armor and defeating it. Its card and Move Card were then reclaimed by Max. A shard of its Spectral Armor was taken by Dr. Z to later create the Element Boosters from.

Character Design

Personality

Not much is known about the personality of Torvosaurus, since it was under the control of the Space Pirates when it fought the D-Team. It appears to be a very strong dinosaur since it almost defeated Chomp and Ace, and it required a Fusion Move to break through its Spectral Armor, inspiring Dr. Z to strengthen the D-Team's Move Cards as a countermeasure. Of course, its dominance likely came from its Spectral Armor catching the D-Team unprepared, and later fights against equally strong dinosaurs became easier as they adapted and improved their arsenal.

Trivia

• Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
  • Japanese: ジュラきの大型の肉食恐竜だ。歯は長くて力強い。がっしりとした体つきをしている。
  • English: A large carnivore from the Jurassic period. Its teeth are long and strong. It has a strong build.
  • Taiwanese: 侏羅紀的大型肉食恐龍,牙齒長而有力,擁有壯碩的身軀。
• Its arcade roar appears to be a more deep version of Spinosaurus roar.
• It is the first Bronze rarity Fire Dinosaur card in the arcade.
• Along with Tyrannosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, Acrocanthosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Alioramus, and Yangchuanosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese and Taiwanese non-sale Fire Egg card.
• Along with Baryonyx, Torosaurus, Edmontonia, Shantungosaurus, and Ceratosaurus, it is one of the available dinosaurs in the Japanese non-sale Stalwarts of Bronze card.
• Torvosaurus shares its anime dub roar with several other theropods: Saurophaganax's later episodes, one of the second Mapusaurus's several roars, Afrovenator, Rajasaurus, and Gigas's later episodes.

Gallery

Torvosaurus attacking the D-Team's parents

Torvosaurus using Magma Blaster

Chomp and Ace hit by Torvosaurus' Magma Blaster

Torvosaurus in NagoyaTV

Torvosaurus using Blazing Spin Attack in Japanese arcade gameplay (attacking Shantungosaurus)

Torvosaurus skeleton

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