Carnotaurus

Villains Overview

Carnotaurus, also known as Carnotaurs, are the overarching antagonists of Disney's 39th full-length animated feature film Dinosaur. They were a species of carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous period 72-69.9 million years ago in South America.

Their vocal sound effects were provided by Frank Welker, whom also did the sound effects of Stripe in Gremlins, The Big One and her pack in Jurassic Park, Megatron/Galvatron in Transformers Cinematic Universe, Sharptooth in The Land Before Time, Barn Owl in Once Upon a Forest, Scar Snout in The Rugrats Movie, Sabor in Tarzan, Barracuda in Finding Nemo, Rudy in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the Harvesters in Independence Day, Ludmilla in Bartok the Magnificent, Rhino in James and the Giant Peach and Mor'du in Brave.

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Personality[]

Although they serve as the film's antagonists, Carnotaurs are simply carnivores who require meat to survive, and have no real malicious intent. Like most natural predators, they see prey creatures as little more than food. Though they have no dialogue in the film, they are not without a certain level of intelligence, as they were smart enough to follow the herd's footprints to find food and water.

The two in the movie might be a mated pair or perhaps siblings, as they have a very strong bond, and the surviving one shows a powerful grudge against Aladar, trying to drag him over a cliff, and avenge the death of his companion.

Carnotaurs are extremely vicious, dangerous, bloodthirsty, and feared by most other dinosaurs. Eema describes them as a "mouthful of teeth with a bad attitude", but it is important to note that, like most predators, they are best at picking off weak and/or solitary prey. Their favourite quarry would have been stragglers or much smaller creatures, as even these powerful predators could not contend with an entire herd.

Appearance[]

The Carnotaurs are large, bipedal, muscular, fearsome-looking theropod dinosaurs with red scales, long tails, razor-sharp teeth, and short horns. Their arms are stubby and vestigial, as the bipedal predators no longer require them for locomotion. The two Carnotaurs in the film are noticeably different in size to their real-life counterparts, though it is unknown whether they are a mated pair or just relatives. Both Carnotaurs are ambiguous in regards to their genders and it is never stated whether either is male or female.

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Appearances[]

Dinosaur[]

A Carnotaurus first appears at the beginning of the film where a young Parasaurolophus chases a flying lizard into the jungle. The flying lizard eventually landed on what appeared to be the bark of a large tree. The young dinosaur looks up to where the reptile is, but before it can get close, saliva falls on the branch next to it, causing the young dinosaur to look up where the lizard landed: the nose of a carnotaur, which quickly awakens. The young Parasaurolophus runs out of the jungle in terror, getting the attention of many of the herbivorous dinosaurs. The Carnotaur bursts out of the treeline and lunges after the dinosaurs, smashing all but one of the eggs in an Iguanodon's nest in the process. Ultimately, the chase ends when the Carnotaur runs down and kills an unfortunate Pachyrhinosaurus, the slowest herbivore of the group.

Like the other dinosaurs of the film's migration, the Carnotaurus have been driven out of their usual habitat by the meteor strike, and a pair of them have decided to follow the herd so as to obtain food in the arid landscape. Near the middle of the film, two Carnotaurus scare off a pack of likeminded Velociraptors from the remains of a Struthiomimus. The hunters then continue tracking the herd that Aladar and his lemur family have recently joined, feeding on the dead, weak, wounded and stragglers.

Later, Bruton and a scout are ambushed by the Carnotaurus while searching for water. Bruton escapes, albeit injured, to warn Kron while the scout is dragged off and devoured. Kron leaves the injured Bruton behind to fend for himself, blaming him for unintentionally leading the predators to the rest of the herd. That night, the Carnotaurs stop for water before noticing new tracks in the distance and resuming their hunt.

Later, as Aladar, his family, friends and Bruton take shelter from a rainstorm in a cave, the Carnotaurs inevitably discover them and attack. Bruton comes to the rescue and sacrifices himself by causing a cave-in, burying the smaller Carnotaur. The larger Carnotaur survives, however, roaring in vengeance, before setting off after the herd.

After Aladar and company find the Nesting Grounds, Aladar rushes back to warn Kron's herd about the rock pile and ravine blocking the main entrance. On the way there, he sees a dead Stygimoloch and quickly hides when he hears the Carnotaur coming to eat the Stygimoloch. Aladar manages to escape shortly after, unintentionally drawing the Carnotaur's attention.

Carnotaurus (Dinosaur) — Male Carnotaur preparing to attack the herd for his revenge.

The next day, Aladar reaches the herd and tries to warn Kron about the approaching Carnotaur. Kron refuses to listen, and berates Aladar for leading the carnivore to them. After his battle with Kron, Aladar assumes the herd's leadership. Unfortunately, the Carnotaur arrives shortly after and the cornered herd begins to panic. Aladar orders the herd to stand together rather than scatter, so as to avoid being picked off. Aladar bravely takes the lead, confronting the larger predator head-on. He is joined by Neera, and other members of the herd soon join in. Finding itself overwhelmed by the herd's combined strength, the Carnotaur backs down. However, it spots Kron, who has stubbornly scrambled off on his own, and chases after him, with Neera and Aladar not far behind. After Kron climbs the rocks only to find himself facing a cliff, the Carnotaur corners him. Kron fights back, but the Carnotaur sinks its teeth into his back and hurls him against a rock, mortally wounding him. As it is about to finish him off, Neera comes and assaults the Carnotaur in an attempt to save her brother, but is quickly overpowered. The Carnotaur then prepares to finish Neera, but Aladar arrives and manages to push the Carnotaur to the edge of the cliff. As the Carnotaur faces Aladar, its massive weight causes the cliff ledge to crumble. As the ledge starts to crack, the Carnotaur grabs Aladar and tries to pull him down along with it, but fails, and the Carnotaur falls off the cliff to its death in the jagged rocks below.

Video games[]

Disney's Dinosaur[]

The Carnotaurus return as the main antagonists in the video-game of the movie: they are unkillable and can only be defeated by completing a set of tasks that lures them into deadly traps.

Disney Parks[]

DINOSAUR[]

In the ride DINOSAUR at Disney's Animal Kingdom, a Carnotaurus is encountered four times, in addition to a Carnotaurus sculpture appearing on the sign for the attraction, and the animal's presence can be felt early on in the queue.

Within the Dino Institute there is a giant (replica) Carnotaurus skeleton that is the centre-piece of one part within the queue. It is likely that this skeleton is intended to be of the dinosaur encountered in the ride. A sign underneath of the skeleton explains its beefed up size and misplaced location through a museum sign labeling it as a Floridian subspecies known as "Robustus Floridaensis".

The first time the Carnotaurus is directly encountered is when the Time Rover's computer locks onto a large dinosaur, although he's not the Iguanodon, the dinosaur meant to be captured. When the Time Rover reached the targeted dinosaur, the computer identified it as a Carnotaurus. He roars at the riders, but they safely get away.

In the second encounter, lightning flashes to reveal the Carnotaurus. As he runs towards the guests, the Time Rover flees. After turning left and right many times to avoid meteor strikes, the Carnotaurus is encountered again, rearing to its full height and roaring loudly. Luckily, the riders in the Time Rover escape.

The last encounter is just seconds before the killer asteroid hits the Earth. The Carnotaurus lunges at the guests just as they make it through to the present day as the asteroid marks the extinction of the dinosaurs, including the Carnotaurus.

Trivia[]

Deleted scenes depicting Bruton and his scouts' attack by the Carnotaurus indicate that there was originally supposed to be three Carnotaurs instead of two.
Original storyboards also indicate that the Carnotaurs were responsible for the deaths of the discarded characters that were Noah's (an old name concept for Aladar) grandparents. The creatures also were originally given a much more uncanny role as almost a dinosaur Grim Reaper, some notes saying they'd almost never vocalize and have a habit of sneaking up on characters.
Some people have believed that the Carnotaurus aren't villains, although they were villains because they're sapient predators. Male Carnotaur also seeks revenge on Aladar and the herd for murdering his companion.
Carnotaur serves as a "grim reaper" for the fans when they had enough of Kron abusing Aladar and the herd like a selfish, overconfident, aggressive coward he truly is and deserves to be punished by someone more dangerous than him.
To make the Carnotaur's vocalizations, the filmmakers used a mix of animals by recording sounds of big cats such as lions, tigers and leopards as well as pigs, macaws, alligators, wild boars and elephants to create the dinosaur's roars, growls, snarls and bellows.

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