Raptor

Raptor is a villain from Johnny and the Warriors of Chronos and one of the two henchmen of Shang-Tsei. He was created by Dr. Rodent when he mixed his DNA with dinosaur DNA; Raptor often refers Dr. Rodent as his dad.

Like villains Luna and Kryll, Raptor was shown to be a villain despite him being soft, but unlike Luna and Kryll, Raptor's wild side forced him to be aggressive and destructive, and every attempt of his to become good failed.

## Development

Raptor was created by Zaid Campbell and was in the original Warriors of Chronos comic that was released before the series. In the comics, he was, like Ragnar, one of the two generals of Shang-Tsei, their role was kept almost the same in the series, the change being that instead of being referred to as "generals", they were referred to as "henchmen". According to Zaid Campbell, writer Jamie-Leigh Gale who had previously worked on Captain Galaxy, was put in charge of the show by Clover, and he thought that calling Raptor and Ragnar "generals" would imply that they are smart and cunning. Gale believed that making them "goons" would be better for the show, if Shang-Tsei was the brain, Raptor and Ragnar would naturally be the muscles. Campbell was strongly against making Raptor and Ragnar "stupid goons", he had more serious roles for them in mind, but Clover ultimately had the last word on the matter, and since Gale had worked on successful cartoons before, Clover took his side. On the matter, Zaid Campbell claims that this happened a lot: "Most of my ideas were dumbed down by Jamie. I wanted to make a smart fantasy series but he was still in his men in thighs, he wanted something cheesy, something for children. But there ain't no hard feelings, some bad things happened to Warriors of Chronos, but Jamie wasn't one. I might have hated him back then, but he's the reason why the show did great in the end."

In episode "Good Raptor" and "Scaly Friend", Raptor was shown to have a soft side, but Jamie-Leigh Gale admitted that having two episodes where Raptor tries to be good was a coincidence. While writing the episodes, very short deadlines meant that some writers didn't get much time to consult each other, so it sometimes lead to some repetition between episodes, and even contradictions.

## History

Raptor is a the result of Dr. Rodent's human DNA mixed with dinosaur DNA; Raptor was the first successful hybrid created by Dr. Rodent, which makes him the favorite creation of Dr. Rodent. Because of the nature of his creation, Raptor regards Dr. Rodent as his father, and Dr. Rodent treats Raptor as his son. In exchange of using Shang-Tsei's labs, Dr. Rodent had to let Shang-Tsei use Raptor as one of his henchmen, which shows that Dr. Rodent's love for science overpowers any affection he has towards Raptor.

Despite being used for war and destruction, Raptor was shown more than once that he was more peaceful than his fellow villains. In episodes "Good Raptor" and "Scaly Friend", he tries to be nicer and help the warriors but he always end up giving in to his violent urges.

In "King Raptor", Raptor takes Excalibur and the Hyperstone and becomes the new King of Camelot. With machines made by Dr. Rodent, Raptor claimed the throne and populated Camelot with uncontrollable destructive dinosaurs, renaming the Kingdom to Dinoland. Raptor shortly occupying the throne was the only time Raptor was independent and got to make his own choices. With this episode, Raptor have shown that he feels alone without any other dinosaurs like him.