The model is slightly larger than the real Velociraptor, and instead seems to closely resemble the size of Deinonychus, as do most depictions of Velociraptor in media; however, the true size of Velociraptor would likely be too small to engage in its intended battle functions.
General Statistics[]
- Name: Velociraptor mongoliensis
- Name Meaning: Swift Thief
- Diet: Carnivore
- Length: 1.8-2 meters (6.8 feet)
- Time Period: Late Cretaceous (75-71 MYA)
- Classification: Dromaeosauridae --> Eudromeosauria --> Velociraptorinae
- Place Found: Mongolia; China
- Describer: Osborn, 1924
Dinosaur King Statistics[]
Arcade Stats[]
- Attribute: Normal
- Dainason Name: Dill (ディル Diiru)
- Arcade Nickname:
- Japanese: リトルファイター
- English: The Little Fighter
- Assist Moves:
- Critical Block: Three Velociraptor block your opponent from using their Critical Move next turn!
- Final Fury: Three Velociraptor deal extra damage to your opponent when you're at low health!
Anime Stats[]
- Attribute: None (Dinosaur) / Normal (Move)
- Owner: Seth, Rod (Alpha Gang), D-Team (probably)
- Location: Australia, near Ayer's Rock
- Debut: Metal Imbalance (as dinosaur)
- Dinosaurs Defeated: Chomp (with Final Fury)
- Defeated by: None
- Other: Seth turned the Velociraptor trio's original Dinosaur Card from a normal rectangular shape into a triangular card that is gray like a Dinosaur Card on the front and yellow-orange like a Move Card on the back (likely including the Velociraptors' original card along with the 2 Normal Moves with Velociraptor in them), also featuring red, blue, and yellow dots corresponding in arrangement to the Rock-Paper-Scissors sign used in the arcade game. There are 3 Velociraptors in the card, and each glows a different color while attacking: yellow, blue, and red (which match up with the colors for Scissors, Paper, and Rock, respectively).
Assist Moves[]
- Critical Block
- Three Velociraptors leap onto the user's opponent, blocking them from using their Move Cards! The Velociraptor can also beat them to the ground if needed.
- Final Fury
- Three Velociraptor glow red, yellow, and blue and shoot forward as energy streams, latching onto the user's opponent and swinging them around the air before slamming them into the ground!
DS Stats[]
- Elemental Attribute: None (Normal)
- Appears In:
- Raptor Dive (Rock): A Velociraptor hits your foe with its tail, giving you twice the EXP payout!
- Raptor Attack (Scissors): A Velociraptor tosses and rams your foe, giving you twice the chell payout!
- Raptor Shock (Paper): A Velociraptor swings and throws your foe by their tail, giving you a guaranteed item drop!
- Move Block (Rock): A Velociraptor rams your foe, and two stomp on them! A random one of their Move slots will be blocked next turn.
- Critical Block (Scissors): A Velociraptor rams your foe, and two stomp on them! A random one of their Critical Move slots (if their Hidden Move is one) will be blocked next turn.
- Move Super Block (Paper): A Velociraptor rams your foe, and two stomp on them! A random one of their Move slots will be blocked each of the next two turns.
- Encyclopedia number: H02
- Other: Though the arcade version of Move Block contains Troodon, in the DS the Move is instead co-opted into Velociraptor’s trio of Moves affecting the foe’s Move slots, Troodon's trio instead affecting MP regen rates. Though Final Fury is a DS Move, it does not feature Helper Dinosaurs, like one of its TCG cards.
TCG Stats[]
Velociraptor[]
- Element: Wind
- Icon: Scissors
- Power: 1100
- Level: 1
- Life: 1
- Card Code: DKCG-082/160
- Card Rarity: Common
- Image From: cropped anime card/Nagoya TV
- Abilities:
- [Sneak Attack] When this Dinosaur wins a battle, you can return it to your hand and then Dino Slash a Dinosaur that's not named "Velociraptor" from your hand.
Raging Velociraptor[]
- Element: Wind
- Icon: Scissors
- Power: 1100
- Level: 1
- Life: 1
- Card Code: DKBD-042/100
- Card Rarity: Common
- Image From: Ep. 37 arcade card
- Abilities:
- [Elemental Shift: Lightning] During your turn, you can discard 1 card. If you do, this Dinosaur's Element is both Wind and Lightning until the end of the turn. (You can't use this ability during an attack.)
In Move Cards[]
- Element: Normal
- Appears In: Pin Down (DKCG, JCL), Pile On (DKTB), Elemental Tag Team (DKAA/DKS2), Elemental Elite (DKBD), Final Fury (DKDS only), Confusing Leap (SAS), Shadow(?) Blitz (JCL)
- Image From (Pin Down, DKCG): Critical Block 07 1st(+)/S2 1st/New 1st arcade card
- Image From (Pile On): Critical Block 06 5th/S1 3rd arcade card
- Image From (Elemental Tag Team): Final Fury 07 2nd/S2 2nd/New 2nd arcade card
- Image From (Elemental Elite): Final Fury 06 6th/S1 5th/Tai 4th arcade card
- Image From (Final Fury, DKDS): Final Fury 06 5th/S1 3rd arcade card
- Image From (Confusing Leap): Critical Block 06 4th/S1 2nd/Tai 2nd arcade card
- Image From (Shadow(?) Blitz): Final Fury 06 1st&2nd/S1 1st V1&V2/Tai 1st (Ext) arcade card
- Image From (Pin Down, JCL): Final Fury 07 4th(+)/S2 4th/New 4th arcade card
- Other: Though there are two Final Fury TCG cards, only the second features Velociraptors, the first instead resembling the DS version.
Anime[]
Dinosaur King[]
The single card containing the Velociraptor trio was discovered in Australia by Seth in Ruff and Ready after Iguanodon broke open the rock it was embedded within during its rampage; at the time it was a Dinosaur Card with no Element symbol on the back. He took the card with him, hiding its discovery from the Alpha Gang.
In the next episode, he did experiments on them using a lot of electricity, making them evolve into a triangular "Multiple Move" Card. This card was, according to Seth, based on the research that Dr. Z had done so far, and contained 2 Move Cards. He showed up at the iron refinery and used the new card with Terry's Alpha Scanner to help the Alpha Gang, using Critical Block to counter Chomp's attempt to use Lightning Strike. When Terry was nearly beaten by Chomp's Electric Charge, Seth used Final Fury to defeat Chomp.
In the next episode, he gave the card to Rod and Laura when he tasked them with collecting the rest of the Dinosaur Cards. Rod had Terry use Critical Block to counter Ace's Cyclone and Paris' Metal Wing. After Saurophaganax got defeated and claimed by Rod and Laura, they were recalled by Rod. However, their card was never used or seen again, not even to say if it was returned to Seth or not.
They were probably reclaimed by the D-Team between two episodes before Tricks of the Traitor or after the Alpha Gang fled to the D-Lab in Tricks of the Traitor, but it may have taken until Dinosaur War! if the card had been returned to Seth after Dueling Dinos.
Mesozoic Meltdown[]
A Velociraptor trio was briefly seen in Fate of the Cosmos running with a Deinonychus trio in the Backlander's Mesozoic forest projection after Dr. Z rescued the Space Pirates' dinosaurs. Whether they were the original trio or another that the Space Pirates had and never used isn't clear.
Trivia[]
- Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
- Japanese: 手足にするどいかぎづめを持つ小型の肉食恐竜だ。小さいがどうもうだったようだ。
- English: A carnivore with sharp claws on its hands and feet. It was ferocious despite its small size.
- DS Game Encyclopedia entry: A carnivore that has sharp claws on its hands and feet. Not very big, but ferocious.
- In the arcade game, there are a trio of pink Velociraptors that appear when Player 2 (right side) uses one of their Moves. However, when one plays the Alpha Exam game mode in the Arcade (via swiping an Alpha Gang member card), Player 1 will have pink Velociraptors, hinting that Alpha Velociraptors may exist.
- Both the Critical Block and Final Fury arcade cards each have artworks that display the Velociraptor attacking the opponent and standing beside the dinosaur using the Move. The only way to distinguish the two Moves is by comparing the Japanese names: Final Fury has 4 characters in its name; Critical Block has 5 characters in its name, the last of which looks like a backwards capital "J" with a double-quote mark in the top-right gap (this: じ).
- Though a triangle shape may suggest the card has three abilities, only two Moves are shown to be included, though because the card was originally an ordinary Dinosaur Card, that card may be the third point. If it could be used as a regular Dinosaur Card (as its front is gray) to summon the Velociraptor without needing another dinosaur to "use" them, however, is never addressed.
- This was the only actual Dinosaur Card in the anime to not have an Element, though other dinosaurs in Normal Moves also lacked "true" Elements.
- Two more no-Element Dinosaur Cards were briefly seen from behind in Dinosaur War! in Max's Dino Holder, but this was likely an animation error.
- Since the Velociraptors originally had no Element, it is unknown how, if possible, their card could have been activated if they had appeared as wild dinosaurs. It's also not clear what Move Cards they could have used, although it's possible that they could have only used Normal Moves.
- The back of the anime's Velociraptor "Multiple Move" card as seen above is what is shown on the "tally screen" at the end of the episode, rendered with CG. The version seen during the actual episode, which was drawn traditionally, is a mirror image, with the white shapes on the opposite sides and the red, yellow, and blue dots going counterclockwise instead of clockwise, correctly like their arcade appearance. The reason for the difference is unknown, and likely by mistake.
- Although the adult Velociraptor in Dinosaur King only has fur-like feathers on its body, in real life it should have wings and feathers running from the base to the tip of its tail as opposed to the traditional tail fan. The Dainason's chibi version is more accurate (see chibi form in Gallery below).
- They should also possess non-pronated hands that face each other, unlike the ones shown which are fixed with palms facing the ground.
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