*credit to the art goes to aindroidparanoid

Zoe Drake (Tatsuno Malm for a Japanese dub name) is one of the three main heroes in Dinosaur King, being one of Max Taylor's best friends along with Rex Owen. She is voiced by Tomoko Kobashi in the Japanese version, and by Kether Donohue in the English dub.

"Name"

In her Japanese name, her family name, Tatsuno (竜野) contains the characters for dragon (竜) and field (野). Malm (マルム) is derived from the name for Upper Jurassic series of rock formations[1].

The name Zoe means "life" in Greek, while "drake" can be used to refer to dragons, who share a word with dinosaurs in Japanese.

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Main article: Paris

She owns a Parasaurolophus named Paris. Paris often mimics Zoe's behavior and occasionally bosses Ace and Chomp around, similar to Zoe's bossing Max and Rex. However, the D-Team would have lost many battles without her. Paris is also shown to be playmates with Chomp, because they're herbivores from the Cretaceous Period. In the arcade games, Zoe like the other D-Team members can use all the elements from the dinosaurs, but will usually use Grass Dinosaurs, but also uses Lightning Dinosaurs to destroy the Alpha Base Fortress in a cutscene.

Trivia

• Zoe's age is only given on NagoyaTV's website, where it is listed as XX in the context of Mesozoic Meltdown. As Rex had a birthday in the first season and the passage of time isn't certain, Zoe may also have been XX at some point during the series, but it isn't specified.

• She and Ursula are the only characters to have clearly different appearances between the anime, and the DS and arcade games. In the manga, Ursula also has her game appearance, meanwhile, Zoe's character is completely absent.

• She ranked 71st with 12 votes in Group 5 of the

Official Anime Saimoe Tournament 2009.

• She ranked 48th in the Dinosaur King Ranker.

• Zoe's arcade and DS game outfit resembles that of Runo Misaki's from Spin Master's Bakugan Battle Brawlers.

• Zoe's hairstyle is a common type of style seen in a few anime involving characters with a domestic nature. This is hairstyle is most notably seen in Shugo Chara when Amu Hinamori transforms with guardian character, Su.