"DinoSquad: Dawn of Extinction"

Prompt: Write a remake of DinoSquad (a 2007-2008 American animated television series), but with a more compelling and interesting story, as well as having all dinosaurs, pterosaurs, marine reptiles, and other extinct animals having paleo-accurate designs (for example, replace the highly inaccurate Jurassic Park-styled quote-on-quote Deinonychus-like Velociraptors with fully-feathered and paleo-accurate Dakotaraptors) whilst retaining the show's unique art style and colors. The plot of this show, like the original show, is about five teenagers, each with the power to turn into a respective dinosaur (and a pterosaur in one case). They use this power to fight the evil Daniel Dakota, who is intent on returning the world to the age of dinosaurs by turning humans and animals into new mutant prehistoric animals (for example, turning humpback whales into Basilosaurus, turning rhinos into Elasmotherium, turning Asian elephants into mammoths, turning leopards into saber-toothed cats, turning humans into either neanderthals or Australopithecus (depending on a certain human), turning dogs into Repenomamus, turning ducks into Gastornis, turning seriemas into terror birds, turning parakeets into Archaeopteryx, turning eagles and hawks into (accurate) Deinonychus and (accurate) Velociraptors respectively, turning chickens into Gallimimus, turning turkeys into Deinocheirus, turning ostriches into Triceratops, turning marine iguanas into Liopleurodon, turning Komodo dragons into Mosasaurus, turning American alligators into Deinosuchus, turning great white sharks into Megalodon, and many more) and accelerating global warming. The series is also used to help teach viewers about many life lessons, such as how to deal with bullies, the effect humans have on the environment, and responsibility. The premise is that onn a school field trip to the tide pools, five teenagers, Max, Roger, Caruso, Fiona, and Buzz, leap into the ocean to save a dog, Rump, from a shark attack. However, Daniel Dakota, the owner of a biogenetics company called Raptor Dyne and a shapeshifting Dakotaraptor disguised as a human, releases a substance called primordial ooze into the tide pools with the goal of reverting every living thing back to their early evolutions. The ooze mutates the DNA of the five teenagers, giving them the unique ability to, unlike every other humans in the series (which can only turn into neanderthals or Australopithecus), turn into dinosaurs and a pterosaur. Their mysterious science teacher, Ms. Moynihan reveals herself as another shapeshifting Dakotaraptor and telepathically shows the teens that when the asteroid that killed 75% of life on Earth (including the non-avian dinosaurs) hit the Earth, she and Victor survived, trapped in a cave. Over millions of years, their DNA mutated and gave them shapeshifting powers, and they integrated themselves into society, keeping their identities secret. Daniel Dakota ultimately seeks to take advantage of global warming and return the earth to the Mesozoic era under the belief that dinosaurs are superior. Ms. Moynihan believes that humans are superior because they gained dominance, evolved for reason and love rather than brute force and does what she can to hinder Victor from the shadows. Daniel seeks to capture the Dino Squad in their dinosaur (and pterosaur) forms because they are perfectly formed dinosaurs (and a pterosaur) rather than temporary mutations, however, he doesn't know that they have human forms, and so he continuously mutates wild animals into various prehistoric animals (extinct mammals, birds, non-avian dinosaurs, and so on) with his primordial ooze to draw them out and try to capture them. Besides their world-saving duties, Max, Rodger, Caruso, Fiona, and Buzz also need to deal with high school and typical teenage drama. To turn modern animals and other living things back to normal from the primordial ooze, they use the DNA Chiller, which causes the mutant DNA to come out from freezing, and then using the Spiller to vacuum it out. Dakota's plans are always thwarted and thus the return to the age of the dinosaurs was not meant to be. Dino Squad is set in Kittery Point, Maine. Here are the show remake's major characters; Ms. Moynihan (Joanne Moynihan) - a science teacher who is a Dakotaraptor that survived extinction and gained a human form. She can communicate telepathically with the teens. Max (Rolf Maxwell) - a hunky, 18-year-old high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is the team leader and captain of the football team. His Dino form is a green Tyrannosaurus with brown spots and small dark brown feathers on his head and neck. Roger (Roger Blair) - an African-American high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is very smart and has a prankster streak. He is able to come up with gadgets even though his creations fail at first. He is somewhat arrogant like Caruso, but always helps the team when duty calls. He has a younger brother named Mikey. His Dino form is a gray Styracosaurus with brown blotches as well as large frill horns and an elongated nose horn. Caruso (Erwin Caruso) - a handsome high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is vain and obsessed with the idea of fame, as well as his "good looks". He can be a pain sometimes though as his selfishness and arrogance hurt the team. Though he did prove himself worthy to the squad in episode 23. In that same episode he is revealed to have created his own line of moisturizers. He also practices yoga. His Dino form is a dark blue Stegosaurus with brown plates, gray beak, flat teeth and four tail spikes (with the tail spikes, like real stegosaur tail spikes, being known as thagomizers). Fiona (Fiona Flagstaff) - a high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. She is the only female on the Squad (with the exception of Ms. Moynihan), and has a penchant for fast things like rollerblades or race cars. What grosses out Fiona entices Buzz (spiders, insects, etc.). She is allergic to spider bites, as revealed in "Never Judge a Dinosaur by its Cover". Fiona is the squad's resident mechanic and gear head, and is also a tomboy. Max and Buzz may have a crush on her, but she doesn't seem to notice. Her Dino form is a yellow Spinosaurus with a brown sail, brown paddle-like tail, and orange crest. Fiona has a younger sister named Terri. Buzz (Neil Buzmati) - another high school senior in Ms. Moynihan's class. He is 17, then turned 18. He is the youngest member of the team. He's the "punk" kid, who is scared of his own shadow. He is an animal lover, as shown several times throughout the series, and especially shows affection for small animals traditionally considered "gross", such as rats, snakes, cockroaches, and spiders. Buzz is anything but a coward when he is needed in action. His alternate form, a lime green Pteranodon with yellow underbelly (unlike in the original series, where his pterosaur form was portrayed as bipedal, the remake's version is a quadruped, much like real pterosaurs), is one of the two non-dinosaur forms in the Dino Squad. Rump - Rump is the Dino Squad's mischievous pet bull terrier. He can transform himself into a large Repenomamus, which looks like a hybrid between an opossum, a reptile, and a modern dog. Rump usually gives Caruso a hard time from when he took his jacket in "The Beginning" as a stray dog, up until the episode "Runaway Ugly" when he ate Caruso's cupcake. Daniel Dakota is the main antagonist of the series and a business magnate who owns Raptor Dyne. He wants to revert Earth back to the way it was millions of years ago in order to facilitate the return of dinosaurs (and other extinct fauna) as the dominant species on the planet by using his primordial ooze. He also wants to capture the Dino Squad members as dinosaurs (and a pterosaur) not knowing they are really humans because they are perfectly formed dinosaurs (and a pterosaur). His dino form is a Dakotaraptor. He and Ms. Moynihan were the only survivors of the asteroid that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs.