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Dinobots[]
The Dinobots are a group of Transformers who are a sub-group of the Autobots. They are bipedal quasi-sentient robots who transform into forms resembling prehistoric Earth dinosaurs. The Autobot inventor, Wheeljack, discovered some dinosaur fossils that they had discovered in a cave and pitched the idea of building robot dinosaurs to serve as front-line combatants in their ongoing war against the Decepticons. Optimus Prime approved of the idea and Wheeljack created the Dinobots, patterning them after animals of the era.The original three Dinobots are Grimlock - the leader, who takes on the form of a Tyrannosaur, Slag - who takes on the form of a Triceratops, and Sludge - who assumes the form of a Brontosaurus. Their intellect and speech patterns are based on those of an animal and as such, they are predatory creatures with an instinctive primal need to fight. They are also not particularly bright.