Dinobot Island (G1)

When you lose the immunity challenge, you're not voted off. Grimlock just leaves you there.

Dinobot Islandis the name given bySpike Witwickyto an island onEarththat can only be accessed by flying through a mysterious energy column floating over the ocean. It is primordial, populated by dinosaurs and other reptiles from different periods of time, and rich in volcanic energy.

The island's position in time is unclear: It may be somehow trapped in a temporal bubble, isolated from the timestream; or the energy column may be a gateway to the entire prehistoric world, with the island being simply the nearest bit of land. Most evidence points to the former theory, but altering the islandwillproduce strange temporal effects elsewhere in the present.

At any rate, what it sorely lacks in explanation, it makes up for in (woo!)dinosaurs!

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformerscartoon

After scouting some strange power readings,BumblebeeandPowerglideencountered an unknown island in the middle of the ocean. Bumblebee was attacked by a pteranodon and was rescued by Powerglide, after which the pair examined the island briefly, leaving after a dinosaur attempted to attack them.

Returning toAutobotheadquarters,they informedOptimus Primeof the find while a test of theDinobotswas made. It was decided that the Dinobots were simply too chaotic to work safely at headquarters. Bumblebee suggested the newly discovered island as a new home for the Dinobots, to which Prime agreed. As Spike, Powerglide and the Dinobots headed off to the island, they were shadowed byLaserbeakwho transmitted his findings toMegatron.Megatron took hisDecepticonsto the island where they began to tap the island's energy reserves; much toStarscream's objections as he noted various instabilities on the island. The Dinobots eventually learnt of the Decepticon presence on their island and attacked, but Megatron responded by stampeding the real dinosaurs. The Dinobots were forced off a cliff and into a tar pit.Dinobot Island, Part 1

The draining of the island's energy reserves resulted in numerous time rifts forming all around the planet, bringing denizens from Earth's past into the present, including barbarians on mastodons, pirates, and cowboys. The Autobots learnt of the Decepticon presence on Dinobot Island and lay siege to Megatron's forces there. The Decepticons managed to gain the upper hand and were about to win when the Dinobots returned and brought their new friends, the dinosaurs, to the Autobots' aid. Defeated, the Decepticons fled the island. Optimus Prime and the Dinobots destroyed theEnergon cubescollected which released the energy back to the island, thus replenishing it.Dinobot Island, Part 2

However, the island did not remain under solely Autobot control. Twenty years later,GalvatronsentTrypticonto Dinobot Island to recuperate after his first battle withMetroplex,and the Autobots were completely unaware. It was there thatOctaneenlisted Trypticon's help in his plan to useSocialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombyanoil to take over the Decepticons. All of this was only mentioned in passing, so no details are known about the state of the island or the extent of the Transformers' continued use of it.Thief in the Night

Story of Binaltech

Skidsspent several years on Dinobot Island, studying its unique time warping powers and learning to harness them. In an effort to correct alterations to the timeline implemented byRavage,the Autobots created "Operation: Distant Thunder"—they would send information back in time to warn their earlier selves of Ravage's actions. Skids intended to use the island's energies to accomplish the goal.Darkest HourAfter fighting off a Decepticon attack, Skids succeeded in sending the probe containing the data back in time, only to discover that reality hadn't changed as expected.The Protector,possessing the bodyframe ofNemesis Prime,materialized in front of them to explain that although their attempt to change the past had succeeded, their own reality was now split fromthe main timeline.Binal Time

United EX

After defecting to the Autobots,Kakuryuspent ten years training on Dinobot Island. He eventually earned a set ofPower Coredrones and the name Grimmaster.JetmasterandMajor Clouderlater collected him from the island so he could be on active duty as an Autobot.The Dragon Pays His Dues

Generations Selects Special Comic

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Paddles

The Dinobots tracked three Decepticons to the southern end of Dinobot Island, and during the ensuing battle, the DinobotPaddlesand DecepticonRazewere buried. Years later, Dinobot Island had become a desert island. The two Transformers were dug up by a group of human archeology students and it was only through a supreme effort that Paddles was able to save the humans from his Decepticon foe. He was once again buried, but decades later he was excavated a second time.Paddles

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

Perceptordiscovered Dinobot Island during the construction of anAutobot Roadexit point on the nearbyNetaji Subhash Chandra Bose Dweep Island.However, the Decepticons soon discovered the island, and began using its abundant geothermal power to createenergon cubes.Their exploitation of the island's natural resources nearly destabilized the timestream, but the Autobots were able to defeat their foes and return the flow of time to normal. Afterwards, Grimlock and the other Dinobots, grateful to finally have found a place on Earth where they could stomp around without attracting attention, decided to stay behind so that they could protect the place from any future Decepticon attacks. Bumblebee occasionally stopped by to visit the Dinobots.Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese:Dinobot Island(ダイノボット・アイランドDainobotto Airando)
• Indonesian:Pulau Dinobot( "Dinobot Island" )