Archetypes: Native American shaman, African shaman, Zen master

Character antecedents: Yoda (small but powerful and wise)

Special abilities: Semi-flight, speed, "air dancing" (aerial choreography) , "Thumping" (martial arts)

Vocal style: Silent

  

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"THUMPING" : A NEW KIND OF ACTION

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We've seen lots of impressive Kung Fu-like action in both live action and animated films in recent years—for example, the fantastic acrobatics of 
Spider-Man, Captain America, and a plethora of other super-heroes, and the anime'-inspired "battle ballets" of the Kung Fu Panda films.

With SAURHEADS we introduce a new, never-before-seen fighting technique, offering opportunities for entirely new choreographies: the
"dinosaur martial art” known in the SAURHEADS world as "THUMPING".

THUMPING — a sort of “Saur-Fu” practiced by feathered dinosaurs like TYGA and DOOL—consists of a unique acrobatic fighting technique 
utilzing the 'secret weapons' of a dino-bird: the warrior's “FLAPPERS” (rudimentary wings).

 

 

"Flappers" enable the Thumper to propel, hover, pivot, spin, glide — as well as to divert the attention of a foe ("distract and destroy"),
as a matador does with his cape. 
THUMPING also utilizes the dino-warrior's tail, as: 

     A) a whip/club; 
     B) a counter-weight for aerial acrobatics; and 
     C) as a sort of "third leg” — enabling the combatant to spring forward suddenly, if knocked backwards or off-balance.  
     D) Thumping can also be a team sport. Tyga and DOOL are masters of chorographed attacks using bizarre Duo Acrobatics performed
          with 'tail locks' (below)
 



    Their dazzling blacklight colors are designed to do just that — dazzle a foe — and, with their equally dazzling speed and the 
razzle-dazzle of along fancy footwork (and claw, wing & tail-work), these saurian super-matadors are virtually "unbeatable and uneatable".

With their blazing colors, and some Avatar-esque design work — combined with inventive, never-before-seen choreographies, 
TYGA and DOOL  are sure to to dazzle (and delight) viewers as well.

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DINOSAURS AND BIRDS

Many species (including hypsolophodon) are now often portrayed by artists and paleontologists as having bright, parakeet-ike feathers.


ABOVE: A Bambi Raptor (i.e. a BAMBI THUMPER)

 



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