In an alternate futuristic society where humans and
dinosaurs co-exist, a tough police detective named Katie Coltrane (
Whoopi Goldberg) is paired with a
Tyrannosaurus named Theodore Rex (
George Newbern) to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, leading them to a ruthless
billionaire bent on killing off humankind by creating a new
ice age. This is explained in the first 10 seconds by scrolling text. The film opens on a black and white scene, a dark villain, Mr. Edge (
Stephen McHattie), is chasing down someone in the "carnival graveyard". Upon locating the dinosaur, he releases a rainbow butterfly that explodes on their face. Teddy then wakes up in his room with his pet dog, Zippy, nearby. Using his phone he calls up the police department, explaining he had a bad feeling. He is informed of the murder we just witnessed as a dream. Teddy is told he doesn't need to be involved as a "public relationist". Teddy doesn't take this into consideration as he says he'll be by shortly. The scene then swaps to the second protagonist, Katie Coltrane. She is "busting" a moving body snatching ring that is in the back of a truck. She and her partner successfully steal the body back but the victim is not in their database. Teddy is now at the crime scene, explaining to officer that dinosaurs "feel" for each other, explaining his "weird feelings" about the dinosaur who was murdered. These feelings are not further explained, but it is shown that they have some sort of psychic link. Teddy heads to a party dinner held by Elizar Kane (
Armin Mueller-Stahl) where he can speak with the police commissioner. Coltrane is forced to work with Teddy by Commissioner Lynch (
Richard Roundtree) at the behest of Summers. Summers is secretly working with Kane to bring the end of the world into order and stop the two police officers from solving the crime. He believes Teddy is too stupid, and Coltrane is too old to keep pace with the energetic Teddy. It is then explained because every single dinosaur was hand made by Dr. Shade and Kane, they are able to identify the body through the clone database. The victim's name is revealed to be Oliver Rex, married with Molly Rex. The movie repeatedly mentions cloning being a common practice, not just with the dinosaurs but with other humanoid species. It is also mentioned that dinosaurs aren't typically on the receiving end of crime, and in fact perpetuate crime. This and many other conversations held in the span of the next ten minuets of film heavily imply a social hierarchy system in which there are negative race relations between the reintroduced humanoid dinosaurs and their human counterparts. Teddy bring Coltrane to a special dinosaur club named "The Extinct Species Club" where they drink water and the air is not cleaned like the rest of the city. Dinos call humans "soft skins" and Teddy has a conversation with Coltrane about interspecies relations. She is hit on repeatedly by a dino at the bar. They head outback to talk with Molly Rex, who reveals that Oliver was not her husband, but in fact her roommate. Molly invites both detectives to the funeral for Oliver being held the next day. == Cast ==