Dino-Weapon

Dino-Weapon is the other titular character of The HV and Dino-Weapon Show, and is often considered the main character or protagonist of the show. He plays games, reacts to videos, goes on adventures, and does so much more. He also manages the channel's stats and analytics behind the scenes and develops video ideas more frequently than anyone else next to The Editor.

Appearance

Dino is a large robot tyrannosaurus rex with a mostly white, green and yellow head and a green body. He has 5 faceplates; 2 on the sides of his main head and 2 more on the sides of his jaw. His final faceplate is located on the top of his head, as to say it basically is the top of his head, brain and everything. His torso consists of a large central panel that opens to reveal Dino's SOUL container/heart mechanism. In front of this panel are 2 black sloped pieces, which house the jetpack and its various components using nanotech and atom compression. Dino sports a massive left claw, made of rib-shaped steel while his right claw is relatively normal for t-rex standards. His tail has been modified beyond recognition, although this was removed in his 150-subscriber special redesign. He also has the tail tip resembling that of a plane.

He was redesigned in mid-2023 as a celebration of the channel reaching 150 subscribers on YouTube. His legs became less detailed and his largest tail segment was overhauled completely, now resembling his older self. He also managed to remove every instance of blue from his body, as he wanted to be able to be blue screened sometime in the future.

Personality

Dino-Weapon has been shown to be a bit of a jerk and [possibly] sometimes prideful. One example is in the episode "Dino-Weapon Plays Blackjack," where he taunts Glue Bunny for losing against him. He also [accidentally] calls Glue Bunny a turd, which Dino then immediately apologizes for. Despite his flaws, he seems to be a very capable leader, and is very determined and knowledgeable. He also cares about his friends and will protect them from harm. As seen in the Dragon Date video, he is also honest and doesn't consider himself a romantic, while also seeing humanity as both good and evil. He is also shown to be able to feel love and affection for others.

In Season 5 of the Dino SMP, he appears to be more aggressive towards Piffle. This could be caused by his paranoia of losing his only life, as well as his fear of the season coming to an abrupt end like the previous 2 had.

Powers

Dino-Weapon has a vast assortment of hidden powers and tricks to keep his foes at bay. He has an incredibly strong jaw, a jetpack equipped with a laser, he can interrupt radio waves, and can even see the 4th Wall and interact with it. He can also extend his faceplates like the Funtime animatronics from FNaF: Sister Location, as seen in "Dino-Weapon's First Day at School." He can also interrupt videos and live streams, but that's mainly because he's the lead creator.

Origin & History

Dino-Weapon's past has not been fully revealed to the public yet, but there are some hints in the channel's videos that give us clues. In the Winter Games Completed episode, Dino reveals that he had an account on Scratch about 4 years ago, which would be around 2018 at the latest. He also heavily dislikes Robo-Weapon, calling him a demon in the same episode. It is confirmed in FNaW 2 that Dino was originally built in 1991 as a kid-friendly dinosaur version of Robo-Weapon. He then gets mutilated and transformed into a robotic abomination known as Wrangle, who appears in FNaW III. This series of events could have caused feelings of hatred and resentment towards Robo-Weapon and his various forms.

Trivia

• Dino-Weapon is the main character of the show, despite HV also being the other titular character and barely getting any screen time.

  • This is most likely due to HV's dislike of being on camera for long periods of time as it stresses him out.

• Dino-Weapon is most likely the most recognizable character, due to him being in nearly every episode.

• Canonically, he is meant to be very tall, or at least taller than the average human.

  • Interestingly, he never mentions his own height, weight, or most physical traits.

  • It seems as if his true height is hidden as most characters don't have canon heights and the ones that do never appear to scale with Dino (ex: HV).

• Dino-Weapon has discovered the true value of 0 divided by 0.

  • This is incredibly impressive, as most computers (and people) will say either infinity or ERROR, meaning that Dino-Weapon might be one of, if not the most intelligent AI in the entire HV and Dino-Weapon Show universe.

    • He is also able to rationally explain paradoxes and doesn't get easily confused with them. It is unknown why this is the case, as his original programming didn't even take paradoxes into account and no paradox-resolving scripting was coded.

• He is one of the characters featured on the channel banner.

  • He is also featured prominently along with HV, although he is more in the background.

• In the first few videos, his clawed hand was on his right arm, but is currently on his left.

  • This was updated in the channel banner months later, where he still retained his right arm claw.

    • Interestingly, the channel's profile picture is Dino-Weapon with his second design, even though it hasn't been updated since the beginning (with the exception of adding Dino-Rang to the picture).

  • This was changed because canonically, Dino is left-handed, but it is unknown if he was always left-handed.

  • His claws are actually made of ribs, although it is unknown if the rib claws are canonically correct.

• He is the first character to be able to switch Elements at will.

  • The only other character who has this ability is UXW, although he has yet to show his true power.

• He was a fan of popular Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade, and after making his brief "Technoblade" video, took a short break from YouTube altogether. Once he returned, he had The Editor make Technoblade's crown on Dino's own special Minecraft skin as a tribute to Technoblade.

• Dino-Weapon does have a SOUL, which is located underneath his back plate that supports his jetpack.

• The Editor has calculated about how long Dino-Weapon could canonically live for, and he stated that Dino could live for a maximum of about 150 years before either he has to update his AI and restart his existence or he deactivates permanently.

• His favorite Skylanders are Chopper and Thorn Horn Camo, but he has said that he likes Dino-Rang slightly more than the other two.

• Dino-Weapon could have slight athazagoraphobia, which is the fear of being forgotten, ignored, or replaced.

  • This could be why he never wants the channel to die out and will do everything in his power to keep it alive.

• He was awarded "Character o' Da Year" in 2022.

• He recieved a theme song called "Unearthing Revelations" on November 14, 2022.

  • In the background image of the song, Dino is seen extending his arms and revealing elbow-like joints, which haven't been seen before.

    • This became a core part of his character after that video, with this version of him appearing more frequently.

• Dino-Weapon has been known to sometimes glitch out, possibly due to his programming being nearly 30 years old.

• In the Dragon Date video, he is seen being nervous around the dragon in said game.

  • This could be due to him feeling some sort of love, which would be a first for him.

• For the channel's 150-subscriber special, Dino got a slight redesign, making his tail less bulky and removing most, if not all of the blue from his color scheme to make him able to be blue screened should the need arise.

• In recent videos, Dino has started to gain a very slight Australian accent.

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