Netflix's Dinotopia: The Origin of 26

Netflix's Dinotopia: The Origin of 26 is American kids tv special. It was based on the famous Dinotopia books by James Gurney. It was released on May 15, 2019. The film is created for Netflix, and produced by Universal Studios. The people who originally made the film in 2005 returned. The DVD version was released on November 2019.

This story takes place in Dinotopia, before Kex Bradley's arrival here.

Plot
26 tells her story to the audience of how she had her adventure in Dinotopia and how she met Mara, Shanise, Rhoga and Thudd.

And as the main titles and credits came into, it shows an island of Dinotopia, the locations, humans, and the dinosaurs.

It started a few years ago in Dinotopia, when John was a young adult. He was pulling a cart full of eggs with Adam Winston, one of his friends who's helping him. One day, they were talking to each other, when they stopped at a forest. John then sees one of the eggs being smashed. All except one, but it was left laying outside the nest. John went closer to the egg, when a Velociraptor jumped out of the Bush and tried to ambush him, but fails when it fell of a cliff. John was glad he's safe, but he looked at the egg, and looked worried. He told to Adam that he found the egg, must take it to the hatchery. Now there was a hatchery, and that's where dinosaur eggs are placed on a nest and where baby dinosaurs play. John and Adam placed the egg carefully on the nest. John told Adam that the egg looked very important to him, and Adam responded that John had to care for it since he found it first. But John wasn't sure how to care for an egg, but his mother remembered what she said, "An egg that you cared for with a number on it, it'll be yours for life". John thought he was about to cry, but kept it to himself.

A few weeks passed, and then that day came, when the egg finally began to hatch. John's wife Mary with her newborn daughter named Mara showed up to see the event, as well Adam. The egg finally hatched out, and the hatchling turned out to be a Chasmosaurus. Mary sees the hatchling, and cried a little. John picked up the hatchling carefully and hugged it softly. The dinosaur turns out to be a female, and Mary decided to give the little dinosaur a name, and her name is 26, based on her egg number. A few years later, when 26 was now like a 3 year old. John looked 26 to the beach for her first time. Mara was the first one to interact to her. One of the Pterodactyls scared 26, and jumped out of John's hands, and ran behind a Stegosaurus. One of the Pterodactyls named Screecher apologized to the hatchling, and Mara walked over to 26, and told her that the Pterodactyls only screech when they see anyone in trouble, and the Skybaxes comes to the rescue. John played a little with the other people and dinosaurs of volleyball. Mara and 26 watched them play.

A few years later, 26 was now in the fun of the beach. And when it was time to go, she went as fast as she could. And to think of that too, because 26 was running so fast, she bumped right to a young Corythosaurus named Shanise. Shanise looked back to see who bumped her, and looked down at 26, and waved her hand to say "hello". But 26 was a little frightened to say anything, and ran behind Mara, who was just a few miles away from her. Shanise came closer to both Mara and a frightened 26. She then introduced herself and to them. John came by and td them that they need to go home. He then saw the Corythosaurus, who just blushed right away. John introduced himself, then to Shanise. They later went on home. Three days later, John, Mara and 26 were walking to Waterfall City, when they saw two teenaged dinosaurs: Rhoga, one of the bossy dinosaurs, and Thudd, a dimwitted one. Rhoga saw them and insulted 26, but Thudd just stared at Mara, and said how cute she is. And that's when Mara accidentally slapped him. John consulted her, and they kept on walking. At the Hall of Reason, the mayor gave out a 12-minute speech about the event today. He said that there'll be a huge storm coming this way. Shanise, who was one of the crowd, said that she's having the same problem, too. The mayor had the case closed after the speech. John was worried that her kids won't be safe, so they went on home.

That evening night, the mayor was right: the storm became darker, and darker. Shanise knocked on the hatchery door, and John opened the door. Shanise told her that her home is being blown away, and ask if she could stay for a week. John agrees and Shanise sees 26 and Mara, who were having their supper. Shanise's supper were a bucket of leaves that she saved. After all, leaves are one of the herbivore's favorite snacks. She finished the leaves, and embarrassingly burped, and blushed. John settled the beds for 26, Mara, and Shanise. Mara and Shanise went to sleep, but 26 was outside the window crying. Shanise woke up and asked her why was she crying. And 26 responded that she misses her family. Shanise calmed her down by singing a song that she sang when she was little, and the song was called "Sleepy Dino". After the song, she told her that a family means being adopted, and adopted means that it's nice to be together, like a family. That calmed 26 down, and went to sleep. Next day, 26, Mara, and Shanise were having breakfast. John told Shanise that he needs to go to Waterfall City for the whole day to work with the mayor. For half the day, Shanise, Mara and 26 played a game of hide and seek. For the other half, they ate plants. At Waterfall City, John heard that a Carnotaurus is coming towards Waterfall City, and needs to be protected. The mayor send out the Skybaxes to see when the Carnotaurus is coming. "Jawbreaker " was the name for the Carnotaurus, and he's almost there to Waterfall City, so he can break through Waterfall City.

Back at the hatchery, 26 and Shanise were making funny faces, while Mara was waiting for her dad, John. Just then, they heard a loud noise, and it was Jawbreaker, coming towards the hatchery, but then he stopped. He came to the window where Mara was. Mara wasn't paying attention to what's behind her, and when she turned back, she saw the Carnotaurus, who smiled and waved his hand. But Mara, who was shaking a lot, screamed so loudly, that 26 and Shanise heard her scream. They both ran to the bedroom, and they saw Jawbreaker. They thought that he was about to attack them, but instead, he just sniffed the other two, and stomped away, snorting. Shanise didn't know what just happened, but when John came back, he told them to stay here until the Carnotaurus is gone, but 26 already went out. At Waterfall City, Jerome, one of the Troodons, was holding a bow and arrows to aim at the Carnotaurus. Jawbreaker was coming his way, and stopped, and glared at the other humans and dinosaurs angrily. Jerome then shot one arrow on Jawbreaker's feet, causing him to roar with pain, and ran away. The humans and dinosaurs cheered to see Jawbreaker gone.

Meanwhile, not that far, 26 was coming in the same direction. Jawbreaker then saw her, and stopped just a few feet from her. 26 sees the arrow between Jawbreaker's feet, she carefully pulled the arrow out with a leaf, mixed with some sap, which eventually got the arrow out. Jawbreaker thanked her, and told 26 that he needed some sap for his painful feet. 26 grabbed the leaf and told Jawbreaker that this may sting a little at first. She squeezed the sap out of a leaf, and into the Carnotaurus' feet. But he felt the pain, and he gave out the loudest screamed than a roar he had ever did. But he stopped when the pain was healed. He thanked 26 again, and gave her a kiss, and 26 blushed. John, along with Mara and Shanise, came to 26, and he was glad that 26 was okay. Then he saw the Carnotaurus and gasped, but Jawbreaker said that 26 helped him cure his feet, and Shanise, and was by John's side, was proud that 26 was the first dinosaur to help a carnivore. Because of 26's brave deed, she was awarded by the mayor for being a brave dinosaur to help Jawbreaker cure his feet. Rhoga and Thudd, who were watching the whole time, just smiled, and John, Mara and Shanise watched as 26 walked out of the Hall of Reason, smiling.

At the end, the audience that 26 is talking to, were Kex Bradley, Mara, Shanise, and John. And 26 walked out of the stage. And as the end credits roll, there were photos of all the times 26 had before Kex Bradley arrived.

Characters

 * 26 (voiced by Alyssa Milano; Andrea Libman as hatchling) the main character and narrator of this tv special.
 * Mara (voiced by Tara Strong) 26's friend, also the first girl she sees.
 * Shanise (voiced by Kate Higgins) 26's very "tall" Corythosaurus. Since she was a minor character from Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone, she is now one of the main character if the special.
 * John (voiced by Diedrich Bader) the owner of the hatchery and 26's sauropartner.
 * Rhoga and Thudd (voiced by April Winchell & Jim Cummings) two dinosaur bullies.
 * Jawbreaker (voiced by Brian Drummond) the main villain who wanted to destroyed Waterfall City, but was stopped after 26 help to heal his feet after an arrow struck him on his feet.
 * The Mayor (voiced by Alan Shearman) one of Dinotopia's important mayors.
 * Mary (voiced by Meghan Strange) John's wife.
 * Jerome (voiced by Jeff Bennett) one of the Troodons who shot Jawbreaker in the feet.
 * Kex Bradley (voiced by Alec Medlock; archival footage) one of 26's friends.

Songs

 * Sleepy Dino (performed by Kate Higgins)
 * The Dino Finale (performed by Haven Burton in the end credits)

In Other Languages (based on Netflix)

 * Arabic
 * Chinese (Hong Kong)
 * Chinese (Taiwan)
 * Czech
 * Danish
 * Dutch
 * Finnish
 * French (Quebec)
 * French (France)
 * German
 * Greek
 * Hebrew
 * Hindi
 * Hungarian
 * Indonesian
 * Italian
 * Japanese
 * Korean
 * Norwegian
 * Polish
 * Portuguese (Brazil)
 * Portuguese (Portugal)
 * Romanian
 * Russian
 * Spanish (Latin America)
 * Spanish (Spain)
 * Swedish
 * Thai
 * Turkish
 * Vietnamese

Release
This movie was released was released in Netflix on May 15, 2019, and the DVD version was released on November 2019.

DVD Bonus Features:

 * Deleted Scenes:
 * Mara's hiding place
 * Jawbreaker's lunch
 * The hatchery in danger!
 * Rhoga and Thudd's full scenes
 * Shanise's 10 minutes lines
 * 3 DVD games:
 * The Trivia Game
 * Mara's Puzzle Project
 * 26's Beach Hunt
 * The Character Slideshow
 * Extra Song: I'll take you there (using footages from Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone)
 * Languages: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Latin American Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0) European French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Brazilian Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0), & Russian (Dolby Digital 2.0)
 * Subtitles: English (for the hearing audience), German, Italian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, & Ukrainian

Trivia:

 * This may be one of the best dinosaur-based on movies on Netflix.
 * Some scenes were cut from Netflix due to some of them being too scary for young children. The scenes were included as deleted scene from the DVD version.
 * Spazz and Stinktooth don't appear in this special, even though this is a story of 26.
 * Shanise, who is a minor character from Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone, became the main character.
 * Kex Bradley appears at the end of the special, but didn't speak.
 * In the DVD game "
 * Some scenes from Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone are used.
 * To add to that: two scenes from the special were similar from the original animated movie:
 * Jawbreaker screaming so loud like Stinktooth.
 * Shanise blushing when John saw her, like 26 26 told her that she's too tall for Kex Bradley.
 * Alyssa Milano, Tara Strong, and Diedrich Bader respired their voices for 26, Mara, and John.
 * The three actors for Shanise, Rhoga and Thudd are: Kate Higgins, April Winchell, and Jim Cummings.
 * In most scenes, you can see that 26's toes are the same color as her skin color.
 * Error: Just after Jawbreaker thanked 26 for curing his feet, his eye on one shot is upside down.
 * Error: When Shanise talks to 26, her lip-sync when she said "it's nice for you to be that way, 26", gets a little crooked.
 * One of the characters Jawbreaker has three fingers, when actual Carnotaurus have two fingers.
 * Error: In the Dutch dubbing, Shanise's species is referred as Lambeosaurus.
 * In the Hungarian dubbing, Shanise is given a neutral voice unlike the original movie.