The Assassin (TotTL)

The Assassin is the fifth vignette in the Tales of the Terrible Lizards series. In this vignette, a male Allosaurus follows a bloddy trail to confront the one who's been raiding his territory.

## General Info

### Characters

The AssassinMomma and Poppa Bronto

Buck

Opal

## Characters

* The Assassin
* Momma and Poppa Bronto
* Buck
* Opal
* Tyrannosaurus

## Synopsis

In the jungles of Pangea, a male Allosaurus returns to an old corpse of his, only to find it stripped to the bone. Enraged by the recent shortage of food, he comes to the conclusion that his territory is being raided.

The Allosaurus notices a trail of blood leading away from the jungle and decides to follow it in hopes of finding the raider. The other dinosaurs tense up at the sight of the Allosaurus, but the carnivore takes no notice.

On the top of a steep bluff, he hinds another patch of blood. Unbeknownst to him, the Pachycephalosaurus he passed had been killed nearby. The mysterious raider places its foot down on the corpse as it feasts.

Buck the Stegosaurus and his family nibble away at some tender plants on the other side of a dry basin. The Allosaurus approaches the Stegosauruses to investigate. Buck and Opal usher their young behind them as they take a defensive stand. The Allosaurus notices the blood Buck's spiky tail, indicating that he had a run-in with the raider. The Allosaurus sniffs the air and heads further down the basin, leaving the Stegosaurus family in peace.

The Allosaurus reaches the bottom of the basin to find a small patch of water. He hadn't had a decent meal or drink for several days. The carnivore decides to bend down for a sip of water. However, he's quickly interrupted as the roar of an oncoming Tyrannosaurus is heard. Noticing the blood scattered all over the giant carnivore, the Allosaurus concludes that this was the one who had raided his territory. As the Tyrannosaurus bends down for a drink, the Allosaurus charges toward his enemy.

At sundown, the bottom of the basin is littered with pools of blood as well as a set of crimson tinted footprints leading out of the dry basin.

## Trivia

* The Assassin is one of two vignettes to only use music from a single piece of media. In this case, the music used was featured in the 2003 Disney animated film Brother Bear.
	+ The Next Generation vignette had done something similar by using music from Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular.
* The ending of the vignette is left ambiguous, as it's never revealed who won or lost the fight.
* The Assassin is considered to be a spiritual sequel to The Night Stalker vignette. Showing a carnivorous dinosaur hunting in the daytime, as the Night Stalker was shown hunting at night.
* The Assassin was the first vignette to be released after TotTL's two year hiatus.
* When the video was first uploaded to YouTube, the title in the thumbnail was accidentally misspelled as 'Asassin.' This was later corrected.
* The Assassin is the first vignette to be filmed in the 4096x2160px format, as the previous for were filmed with the 1080x1920px format.
	+ It is also the first vignette to feature 1080p quality.

## External Links

* The Assassin YouTube video.
* Tales of the Terrible Lizards YouTube playlist.