Max Taylor

Maximus Taylor, also known as Max Taylor and Ryuuta Kodai, is the main protagonist from the Dinosaur King series.
== Charactah Account ==
Max Taylor is the son of a paleontologist Dr. Spike Taylor and is the unofficial leader of D-Team.
Max is happy-go-lucky, much like his father, Spike Taylor. He loves dinosaurs, like his father, who is a paleontologist. His favorite foods are hamburgers and vegetables[2], especially carrots and peppers. He is really bad at math, and Rod and Laura say that his brain is on par with a dinosaurs'. Much like his father, Max is known to be quite clumsy which can be supported by frequent times of crashing or falling from certain areas. Max is known to be quite manipulative at times. It has been shown many times where he uses these opportunities to get out of trouble even going beyond on the point of putting his teammates in danger, which also shows at times he is highly selfish and puts his priorities first before anything else at times. Max seems to take pride in himself often and is very cocky (sometimes) and when drawn into an event that involves his fame it goes far to him to become self-absorbed, but when criticized about his intellect and feats, his cocky personality immediately vanish and Max's pride and ego get the better of him which goes so far for him to jeopardize or forget his missions with his rash thinkings.
Caring for the dinosaurs, Max has devoted his life to save them. When he encountered with the Alpha Gang, he dislikes how the Alpha Gang abuse dinosaurs that uses them for evil biddings. Max is very vain to the extent when dinosaurs, sentimental to his companion, Chomp are taken away that feels it is his dire responsibility and will save this particular dinosaur. However, this goes far beyond his extent when he has a dream of experiencing the dinosaurs' extinction. By this instance, he becomes vainer and makes this his solace reminder to save all the dinosaurs from any villains they come cross against. Max seems to hold sentimental values at points which can be referred to as childish (especially towards food), as far to the point when his long wait for a favorite dish has been interrupted or given the first by someone else, Max loses his complete control and goes berserk, acting without complete hesitation and becoming temporarily insane (this was shown when Rod and Laura were the first to taste Jonathan's (known under the identity of Johnny Cook) famous, crab and egg fried rice, Max goes into a complete rage and after defeating their dinosaurs, he laughs in pleasure). Max is oblivious, brash, lovable, clumsy, caring, dinosaur-loving, happy-go-lucky.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Dinosaur King
* Dinosaur King D-Kids Adventure: Pterosaur Legend
=== Manga ===
* Dinosaur King
=== Video Games ===
* Dinosaur King
* Dinosaur King DS
== Trivia ==
* Max's age is only given on NagoyaTV's website, where it is listed as 12 in the context of Mesozoic Meltdown. As Rex had a birthday in the first season and the passage of time isn't certain, Max may also have been 11 at some point during the series, but it isn't specified.
* Max may have a crush on Zoe, like Rex. For example, when Jimmy kisses Zoe, both Max and Rex look jealous, and Max was the first to ask Zoe about the kiss. Even when Zoe asked Max whether he's jealous, he said he wasn't, even though it's quite obvious that he was.
* During their mission to find the Red Cosmos Stone in Ancient Persia, he developed a huge crush on Zahrah, like Rex which has caused them to fight over who should protect her. Zahrah is presumably Max's first kiss.
* In the arcade and DS games, he is seen with a bandage on his nose all the time, a trope for an active youth character. In the anime, he is only seen with one in the first episode, after Chomp bit him.
* In the 4koma manga on Kyoryu-King.com, he occasionally becomes half-human, half-Triceratops. This form also allows him to use Lightning Moves.
* Max is the first one to use the term 'Dino Slash'. He used it in episode 2, but he only added 'Triceratops' without 'roar' (which later becomes his summoning phrase).
* His full name is Maximus, but he was only called that in episode 35 by his mom, to which he complains, "Mom, I thought you promised never to call me that again!".
** "Maximus" was also the name of a formerly-recognized species of Triceratops (T. maximus), likely the inspiration for his name and that of Maximus, the altered Triceratops used by the Space Pirates.
* While Rex's true name in the dub is Rex Ancient, in the Japanese version, Max's last name is Ancient (Kodai means Ancient).
* Max's voice actress (yes, a woman), Veronica Taylor, originally voiced Ash Ketchum in the first few seasons of the Pokémon series when it was being dubbed by 4Kids. Ursula also has the original voice of the Team Rocket trio's leading female member, Jessie. This may be a further reference to how similar Dinosaur King is to Pokémon in almost every medium (especially the anime and DS game), to the point that some people consider Dinosaur King to be a ripoff of the former (but by no means the only one, it was quite a popular trend for a while).
== Gallery ==
File:Max Taylor Render 01.png
File:Max Taylor Render 02.png
File:Max Taylor 01.png
File:Max Taylor 02.png
File:Max Taylor 03.png
== External Links ==
* Max Taylor at Dinosaur King Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Dinosaur King