Super Dinosaur

• Title: Super Dinosaur – Battle Shock
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Earthcore’s plans on reopening the gate to Inner Earth doesn’t go as planned thanks to General Casey’s (Dean Redman) prankster son Elliot (Tevon Herbert) who sneaks aboard the Dynamo Dome to wreak havoc, not realizing that he’s putting everyone in serious danger. In the kind of coincidence you are likely to find in a 20-minute cartoon, Super Dinosaur’s (Mac Heywood) fear of spiders is introduced and then immediately expanded on when the creature from Inner Earth that sneaks inside the Dome turns out to be a giant spider. The episode does give both Erin (Shannon Chan-Kent) and Erica (Shannon Chan-Kent) larger roles as Erica helps the team keep safe from the security drones Elliot (AKA Battle Shock) unleashes on them, and Erin’s knowledge of spider’s helps get their unwanted guest home without resorting to violence against the scared creature. As for Inner Earth, thanks to Battle Shock’s pranks, any exploration will have to wait.

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• Title: Super Dinosaur – Rise of the Shark Men
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“Rise of the Shark Men” centers around the growing pains of the Kingstons moving into the Dynamo Dome and an attack on an Earthcore station in the Arctic. We get even more petulant Derek (Valin Shinyei), although, to be fair, neither Erin (Shannon Chan-Kent) nor Erica (Shannon Chan-Kent) are considerate of how their actions affect the status quo their introduction has disrupted. The tension culminates in a tense dinner party with neither side looking to comprise (although the burping contest Derek starts to show off does end up paying dividends later on). The other storyline introduces Squidious (Brian Drummond) and his Shark Men who have mistaken the platform as another act of pollution by those who live on the land. Given the Kingston’s help with defeating the Shark Men, and the entire family making a more concerted effort to fit in to their new surroundings after dinner, here’s hoping we’ll be seeing less of Derek’s petulant side in the episodes to come.

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