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Dinosaur Train

2009 • PBS
4.3
49 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (7)

1 Great Big Stomping Dinosaur Feet!/Hornucopia
10/6/10
From PBS KIDS - Great Big Stomping Dinosaur Feet!: Tiny is very worried after she loses Shiny's favorite shiny shell, and enlists Dad and Buddy to help find a new one. Tiny becomes more frantic and stomps around. Then the kids meet Daphne Daspletosaurus who shows the siblings how to make stomping a fun dance instead of an mad romp.
Hornucopia: At the Big Pond, Tank introduces the Pteranodon family to his friend, Stacie Styracosaurus, a fellow Ceratopsian with a crown of elaborate horns on her head. Everyone attends Stacie's "Hornucopia" celebration, where she reveals her new big horns and then performs a moonlit shadow show with her Styracosaurus family.
2 The Good Mom/Diamond Anniversary
1/17/11
From PBS KIDS - The Good Mom: "Mom's" the word when Mrs. Pteranodon meets fellow mom Millie Maiasaura, who is a little too over-protective of her kids. The two moms compare mothering methods in a play date at the Big Pond.
Diamond Anniversary: Buddy, Tiny, and Shiny explore a local cave with Dad to help him find a sparkling mineral to give to Mom as a wedding anniversary present.
3 Elmer Elasmosaurus/Dinosaur Block Party
9/28/10
From PBS KIDS - Elmer Elasmosaurus: The Pteranodon family travels on the Dinosaur Train with the Aquacar to an underwater train station to transport Elmer Elasmosaurus back to his home in the ocean. At first Buddy is not enthusiastic about travelling underwater, but quickly becomes a convert when he sees the spectacular sights under the sea.
Dinosaur Block Party: The Pteranodon family hosts a block party to introduce their new neighbors, the Lambeosaurus family, to all the other neighborhood creatures. The different species all join together to fly, dive, fish, race and especially, to rock the block!
4 Carla Cretoxyrhina/Train Trouble
10/11/10
From PBS KIDS - Carla Cretoxyrhina: On this underwater excursion, the Pteranodon family meets up with Carla Cretoxyrhina, a young shark who turns out to be much nicer than her reputation suggests. She introduces the family to her dad, bringing them face to face with the "Big Fish in the Sea."
Train Trouble: The speedy dinosaur brothers Oren and Ollie join our kids on a train trip to Troodon Town, but unplanned engine trouble sends Oren and Ollie sprinting the Roundhouse to bring back another engine to save the day!
5 The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers/Dads' Day Out
11/19/10
From PBS KIDS - The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers: The Pteranodon family travels deep underwater on the Dinosaur Train to view two backwards-bounding brothers named Max and Mitch Michelinoceras. The kids are delighted to see that Max and Mitch put on a synchronized swimming show.
Dads' Day Out: Buddy, Tiny, and Mr. Pteranodon join Annie Tyrannosaurus and Leroy Lambeosaurus and their dads for a Dads' Day at the Big Pond. It's all fun and games until it starts to rain, and they all have to take cover in a cave they've never noticed before.
6 Paulie Pliosaurus/Elmer Visits the Desert
8/23/10
From PBS KIDS - Paulie Pliosaurus: The Pteranodon family takes the Dinosaur Train underwater to visit a marine reptile called Paulie Pliosaurus, a creature known as the "T. rex of the Ocean." Buddy and Paulie compare features and find that they actually have a lot in common.
Elmer Visits the Desert: Our Pteranodon family takes their ocean friend Elmer Elasmosaurus on the Dinosaur Train to a place he's never been before: the desert! Once there, the kids compare the sandy terrain to Elmer's ocean, and they meet a local lizard named Percy who tells the tale of his desert home.
7 Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day
5/11/11
From PBS KIDS - Junior Conductor Jamboree: Our kids ride the Dinosaur Train from one end of the line to the other, through all three Time Periods -- from the Cretaceous, through the Jurassic, to the Triassic. All along the way, they pick up friends who join them for a Junior Conductor Jamboree!
Troodon Train Day: The Pteranodon family rides to Troodon Town to celebrate Troodon Train Day, where the main event is a concert by King Cryolophosaurus, giving his first performance in years! When King comes down with some last-minute jitters, Buddy and Tiny help him overcome his stage fright and he sings a medley of his hits, including the Dinosaur Train theme song!

About this show

Dinosaur Train is seen through the eyes of Buddy, a preschool-aged Tyrannosaurus Rex. Buddy and his adoptive family of Pteranodons go for adventures on the Dinosaur Train to meet all kinds of dinosaurs in different eras and learn fascinating new facts about these incredible creatures.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
49 reviews
Mark Bennett
March 23, 2018
If you're kids are into dinosaurs, they'll love this show. I've recommended this to friends and their kids enjoyed it too! The kids enjoy the dinosaurs, and the characters, along with the real kids at the end of each episode. As a parent, the narrative is reasonable, the content is also relatively educational, with a strong focus on the scientific method and exploration along with a nice summary at the end of each episode. I only wish there were more episodes as the quality of the animation hasn't aged well and looks blurry on larger modern TVs.
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Adam Philippe
August 28, 2016
My six year old has been a fan of this show for several years now. It's innocent, educational, friendly, but sometimes the overly cuteness of it all gets nauseating for adults.
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Jamal Jayden
August 24, 2015
More like what's was from long time ago in history. And dinosaurs can't talk. That is a stupid thing people had made.
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