Kyle Grant

Kyle Morgan Grant, better known online as either Shadow the Red Panda or formerly Hadrosaur838, is an African/American YouTuber, writer and the creator of the Hadrosaur838 Channel/Universe as well as Dino Island: Reborn.

## Personal Info

### Other Names

Hadrosaur838, Shadow the Red Panda (YouTube names)King of Waipahu High, King/Emperor/Lord (Self entitled)

Blazin' Blazian (alter ego)

## Additional Info

### Relatives

Father (non existent)Older Half-sister

Mother

Older Brother

Younger Brother

Younger Half-sister

His pets

## Early Life

Kyle was born into Filipino family, namely his mother's side. He is the middle child between his older brother and younger brother.

Kyle has had a fairly standard childhood. However, his creative mind ended up getting him into trouble. Despite fearing the consequences from his family, Kyle still loves them very much.

However, throughout his school years, Kyle never really felt like he fit in and was dull compared to his peers.

As a child, Kyle would often look up to celebrities and actors, sometimes viewing them as untouchable. He would also desire to be someone untouchable everybody looked up to.

## Personality

Kyle is often calm and collective. However, if put under enough stress, he often snaps into a fit of rage. This is possibly due to his own insecurities of being dull. In order to cope with this, Kyle has used comedy to calm himself down--this also applies toward sadness as well.

In his younger years, Kyle was also very flirtatious. He loves to toy with other peoples emotions, seeing it as a form of comedic relief. Sometimes he can develop a crush on someone--albeit, by accident.

Kyle was exceedingly greedy when it comes to resources like food and money, often hoarding it all to himself.

Both his seductive nature and greed apply to the fact that Kyle is also a vivacious egotist. He loves to brag about his self proclaimed titles such as a "King." He is also known for berating anyone who patronizes him, as he feels it puts a dent in his pride.

After his exile from Dino-Tube, Kyle often desires to better himself and grow out of his undesirable behaviors and "stand tall," seeing it as a form of atonement for his previous actions.

Despite his prideful, self-centered attitude, Kyle has a deep regard for Hawaii and others who live in it, especially the natives, and would even stand up for them against those who belittle their home and culture. Unfortunately, the loving care for his home would ultimately get Kyle kicked out of the Dino-Tube Community.

## Interests and Hobbies

### **Interests**

Kyle has had a variety of interests over the years.

On of his first interests was paleontology. This had started when Kyle was in 2nd grade. After watching the 2000 Disney film Dinosaur, Kyle gained interest in the prehistoric leviathans and wanted to learn more. This eventually led him to other forms of media like Walking with Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Revolution. As a result, Kyle had become relatively knowledgeable on prehistoric life.

Another one of Kyle's interests was Biology. This has sort of tied in with his love for paleontology, sparking an interest in paleobiology. His love for biology goes beyond the realms of paleontology and into that of marine biology and zoology--becoming knowledgeable in those realms as well.

However, since his exile from the Dino-Tube community, Kyle had given up his interests in science to the point where he has developed a deep resentment toward them, deeming them to be nothing more than neurotic nonsense, simply as a way to rebut their words of the Kingdom of Hawaii as "something he made up."

Outside the world of science, Kyle has an interest in Asian culture--namely China, Japan, and Korea (to which he calls "The Big Three"). This interest has managed to sink its way into the Hadrosaur838 Series, dedicating an entire saga to the Chinese aspect, albeit the settings and several characters. Kyle's interest in Japan is a lot more apparent outside his creations, sparking a love for anime and resulting in an alter ego.

### **Hobbies**

In terms of hobbies, Kyle has had a love for expressing his creative freedom through drawing, videos, writing, or acting.

As a kid, Kyle was extremely impressionable. He would base some of his drawing off of things he sees in movies or television. Sometimes he would act things out both with dialogue or physically.

Kyle has also had a love for toys and figurines. Resulting in him becoming overtly attached to them, even if he doesn't do much with them over time. Some of Kyle's characters have been based on his toys and drawings of them, like Butterbubble and Shadow the Red Panda.

Kyle surprisingly also has a passion for music and dance, which has resulted in his immense popularity in High School as well as a part of his ego.

## YouTube

Kyle was introduced to YouTube around 2009, via his older brother. Since then, Kyle's curiosity eventually led him to Hoopsanddinoman's "A Dinosaur Story." He has also found Raptorboy101's "Dino Island" as well as Gloppy605's "PREHISTORIC" series.

On May 6th, 2012, Kyle finally created his first YouTube channel, Hadrosaur838, where he's uploaded several videos with the the prime focus being on dinosaurs. Around 2013, the channel had gone onto hiatus due to the limited tools. Eventually, Kyle would upload again, this time a little less frequently.

In 2015, Kyle would release his first complete movie Dinosaur Watership, which was similar to Hoopsanddinoman's "A Dinosaur Story," focusing on a herd of mixed dinosaur species led by a Noasaurus. Kyle would later frown upon this movie.

In 2017, Kyle went on to create the shortly-lived Dino Island: Reborn. A series dedicated to the original Dinosaur Island type series he had watched. Most notably, Raptorboy101's Dino Island and Gloppy605's PREHISTORIC.

2017 also marks the year where Kyle had reached 100 subscribers on Hadrosaur838 and created his second channel, Shadow the Red Panda, named after one of his characters. However, the uploads there are a lot less frequent than those on the main channel. As of now, Kyle has decided to use the second channel for extra stuff, like behind the scenes, or just run-of-the-mill sillier videos.

As the years went on, Kyle became more and more familiar with tools like PowerDirector, in which he edits his videos, as well as the YouTube algorithm, which often annoys him. Later, he would become part of several sub-communities, like Dino-Tube.

On November 4th, 2019, Kyle released Dinosaur Watership 2, a sequel he had been working on since he finished the first Dinosaur Watership. This movie had a similar premise, but had a darker tone and was used to build up the Hadrosaur838 Series.

On October 25th, 2020, Kyle would end a seven month long hiatus with the release of the official pilot episode of the Hadrosaur838 Series, Dui's Big Space Adventure. This video also marks the end of Kyle's relations to Dino-Tube. Another video, simply titled "No more," amplifies his disconnection to the community.

Since his exile from the Dino-Tube community in 2021, Kyle has left the Hadrosaur838 YouTube channel in a decommissioned state, and has produced more videos on Shadow the Red Panda, this time featuring content revolving around Doki Doki Literature Club!.

## Health

Throughout his life, Kyle has remained persistently healthy, despite being born prematurely. Although, due to his fears, Kyle has been malnourished to the point of near collapse on several occasions. This has led to rare migraines and left Kyle's upper body relatively underdeveloped.

Although no one is entirely sure, Kyle may have a form of mild autism. Kyle often repeats certain phrases or movements, has difficulty with conversation as well as developing/maintaining relationships. This could also be a result of his insecurities, leaving his mind as underdeveloped.

Kyle has confirmed on his DeviantArt and on Shadow the Red Panda to have a form of low grade depression. Although, he has sought therapeutic help. Kyle has since been steadily regaining mental stability, however he does tend to act out various scenarios as a form of self entertainment. These scenarios are sometimes used as a basis for some of his videos.

## Trivia

* When making videos, Kyle is often limited to a smartphone or tablet camera, which explains each hiatus.
	+ In the case of this first few videos, he had used a Samsung Galaxy Tablet for a camera/uploader. The videos were never edited and were uploaded as is. The tablet eventually malfunctioned and later broke.
	+ Later, he used a Samsung S2 Phone where, again, the videos were almost never edited. Although, some were edited via Movie Editor. Like the tablet, the phone broke as well.
	+ Around 2017, Kyle used a Samsung S7 Edge as both camera and editor. The videos were edited with Movie Editor. But, this was around the time he first started to use PowerDirector.
		- The phone has survived several drops, one of which resulted in a cracked screen. However, the phone had also succumb to a malfunction.
	+ Kyle now uses a Samsung Galazy A71 5G, and has since started to use CapCut as a primary editor for his videos.
* Two characterized versions of Kyle are used in the Hadrosaur838 Series; Hadrosaur838 and the Blazin' Blazian.
	+ Hadrosaur838 is used for 4th wall jokes. However, Kyle has confirmed that Hadro is not an alter ego since the character is primarily used for jokes.
	+ The Blazin' Blazian is confirmed to be an alter ego--basically him as a rapper. Kyle has tried his hand at rapping, even writing a short song, but to no real avail. Although, Kyle does plan to pursue music through several song covers.
		- The Blazin' Blazian also appears as an overarching antagonist on the Shadow the Red Panda YouTube Channel. His name is also shortened to Blaze quite often.
* Kyle's flirtatious ego was the primary inspiration for Ahi and Zhang's personalities.
* Kyle has stated that the name Hadrosaur838 was, in fact an accident. The name was meant to be used as a test subject. Unfortunately when the channel was created, he had no idea as to how to rename it. Eventually, the name stuck with him.
	+ Kyle now views the name as something very shameful, but he keeps it to remind him of what had happened to him, even dreading the number 838 itself.

## External Links

* YouTube - Hadrosaur838 (discontinued)
* YouTube - Shadow the Red Panda
* DeviantArt - Hadrosaur838
* Instagram - kazuo.sama\_9476
* Instagram - keiboi.808 (decommissioned)
* Patreon - Kazuo Sama