Tyrannosaurus rex

The Tyrannosaurus Rex (appearance as an Allosaurus) is a villain in the 1940 film, Fantasia. He is the main villain in "The Rite of Spring" segment. Like most none talking animal villians (such as The Rat from Lady and the Tramp, The Bear from The Fox and the Hound, all carnivores from Dinosaur, and Sabor from Tarzan) the T-Rex does not show off that it intends to kill for evil (like a wicked grin or a laugh), helping audiences to understand that it just wanted to eat, but it's horrifying looks answers to why it is a villian otherwise.

Fantasia
It attacks the herd of dinosaurs and a Stegosaurus fights it. After a long battle the Tyrannosaurus gains the upper hand and kills it by crushing it's throat by biting it. After the Stegosaurus dies, with all the other dinosaurs watching, the Tyrannosaurus roars in victory and then it eats. Near the end of the segment, it dies along with the rest of the dinosaurs do to mass dehydration as the earth climate changes.

Disney Parks


Tyrannosaurus Rex is seen as The Disneyland train travels to the Primeval World on it's tour of the magic kingdom. In it he is seen reenacting his battle from Fantasia.

In Real Life
In real life, Tyrannosaurus lived in the late Cretaceous Period 68-65 million years ago. Thus, it did not coexist with Stegosaurus, which lived in the Jurassic Period from 150-145 million years ago. Unlike in Fantasia, it did not have three fingers; it had two. Why it had three fingers is because Walt Disney reported to Barnum Brown, the discoverer of Tyrannosaurus, that it looked better that way.

Gallery
For information on the real dinosaur, click here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus

Trivia

 * During the production of DINOSAUR, then called Countdown to Extinction, original plans called for Tyrannosaurus Rex, but Disney decided to incorporate the then newly discovered Carnotaurus instead.
 * The Tyrannosaurus Rex made a cameo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as a silhouette on the wall while Eddie Valiant and Judge Doom are battling.