Unisaurs

Unisaurs are the innumerable supporting characters on Dinosaurs. Rather like the Anything Muppets and Whatnots, the Unisaurs are recycled, with variations in costume and occasional cosmetic alteration, for the many guest characters, background extras, and minor recurring characters. These characters can be divided between full body puppets, of which there were only five or six, and hand puppets, of which there were a dozen or more.

Full-body Dinosaurs

 * Sid Turtlepuss-type-
 * The short, brown turtle-like dinosaur, used most frequently for Earl's co-worker Sid Turtlepuss. The body type was reused for the following characters: the ancient Dinosaur Chief (Episode 103: Hurling Day), the insurance agent Episode 201: Family Challenge), the folksinger (Episode 203: I Never Ate For My Father, Frank, General H. Norman Conquest,  Crazy Lou,  Myman, Larry, Bettleheim, Parish, Hank, Zabar, Ted, Jean-Claude, Muse, Clerk (Episode 311: The Son Also Rises), UFO! Show Host (Episode 320: We Are Not Alone).


 * Mr. Pullman type-
 * The tall, needlenosed, purple dinosaur used most often as Mr. Pullman the science teacher, and the Unisaur, outside of Mindy, most often used for female characters. Examples of this type include:

The doctor in Episode 201: Golden Child, Glenda Molehill, Hank the salesman (Episode 212: Refrigerator Day, Heather (dinosaur), Dr. Herder, the inspector (Episode 412: Working Girl)


 * Fat brown horned dinosaur-
 * This type, a bulky character with striped tail and back and a prominent nose horn, was first used, sans horn, for The Job Wizard. It also surfaces as the Grown Up Baby, Bob (DMV Worker), Gus Molehill, Al Harris, Lucius, Richard (dinosaur), Andre, Dolf, Ray Gherkin, and sans nose horn for Shelly


 * Green dinosaur-
 * This expressive, more lizard-like character was used most often as another of Earl's co-workers. However, he also surfaces as Mel Luster, Buddy Glimmer, Dr. Ficus, The Dinosaur Devil,

Walter Sternhagen, and interestingly, *every* character voiced by Thom Sharp in the final season (and always with the same two puppeteers, Dave Greenaway and Pons Maar).

This type, with detailed eyelashes, a smaller snout, a crest akin to hair, and lighter-hued skin, was used most often as Mindy, and also as Caroline Foxworth, Sally, and other specifically female characters. A fleshy pink with pastel stripes, the body type occasionally surfaces in a light green as well. Yet another female dinosaur, similar to this one but with speckled snout and other adornments, surfaced as Thighs of Thunder and Wendy Richfield.
 * Female dinosaur (Mindy type)-

Handpuppet Dinosaurs
The handpuppet dinosuar characters were used most often as television personalities, elders or officials, audience extras, and other characters who could legitimately be shown only from the waist up. There were at least a dozen or so of this type, in addition to Howard Handupme, but some of the more notable variations include the following:


 * Frilled dinosaur- Elder in Chief, Judge D. X. Machina, Mr. Harold Heffer, Elder #2 [[Episode ("Charlene's Flat World") and the shopper ("Power Erupts")
 * Crinkly, humanoid-faced dinosaur, used for the Chief Elder in several episodes (but with different voices), Mr. Ashland, Edward R. Hero, Winston, the judge in "Charlene's Flat World," and various
 * Gray, bronto-esque faced dinosaur used for Mr. Lizard and others
 * Cleft-chinned, tyronnosaurus rex-esque dinosaur, used for Captain Heroic and assorted newscasters or interviewers
 * Timmy-type- used for child characters, notably Mr. Lizard's assistant Timmy
 * Duckbilled blue dinosaur, used for the sitcom wife ("Dirty Dancing") and the Richard Simmons dinosaur
 * Stegosaurus -used mostly in background, notably as government clerk in "And the Winner Is," a newsboy in "Charlene's Flat World," USO soldier/stagehand in "Nuts to War," etc.

Handpuppet Prey Creatures
This class was used for the many refrigerator creatures, restaurant appetizers, and other food-related creatures, or for wild animals in forest scenes. These include variations on Arthur Rizzic, a mouse-like creature used for Kyle and General Chow's assistant Cupcake, and even [[Gunge from Fraggle Rock (with different eyes).

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