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  • PBS
  • Nov 12, 2009
  • PBS
  • Nov 12, 2009

Summary It's a dream come true for all young dino-fans: a CGI-animated series called Dinosaur Train brings the natural sciences, including history and paleontology, to life. Aimed at preschoolers, this new PBS Kids series, co-produced by the Jim Henson Co., includes 40 half-hour episodes featuring live-action and paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson...

Directed By: Terry Izumi, Karl Toerge

Written By: Craig Bartlett

  • PBS
  • Nov 12, 2009
  • PBS
  • Nov 12, 2009
Dinosaur Train
S1 • Episode 16
Night Train/Fossil Fred (Halloween)
Air Date: Nov 12, 2009
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Summary It's a dream come true for all young dino-fans: a CGI-animated series called Dinosaur Train brings the natural sciences, including history and paleontology, to life. Aimed at preschoolers, this new PBS Kids series, co-produced by the Jim Henson Co., includes 40 half-hour episodes featuring live-action and paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson...

Created By: Craig Bartlett

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 7, 2009 • 29 m
Valley of the Stygimolochs/Tiny Loves Fish
Episode 2 • Sep 8, 2009 • 29 m
The Call of the Wild Corythosaurus/Triceratops for Lunch
Episode 3 • Sep 7, 2009 • 29 m
Beating the Heat/Flowers for Mom
Episode 4 • Sep 10, 2009 • 29 m
I'm a T.Rex!/Ned the Quadruped
Episode 5 • Sep 11, 2009 • 29 m
One Smart Dinosaur/Petey the Peteinosaurus
Episode 6 • Sep 17, 2009 • 29 m
Fast Friends/T.Rex Teeth
Episode 7 • Oct 18, 2009 • 29 m
Now with Feathers!/A Frill a Minute
Dad, Buddy and Tiny take a special ride on the Dinosaur Train at night, learning about animals that are active after dark, culminating at the Big Pond for a nature walk under the full moon.
Episode 8 • Sep 21, 2009 • 29 m
One Big Dinosaur/Play Date with Annie
Episode 9 • Sep 22, 2009 • 29 m
Armored Like an Ankylosaurus/Campout!
The kids travel on the Dinosaur Train with Mr. Pteranodon to see his hero, Hank Ankylosaurus, play a game of Dinoball.
Episode 10 • Sep 29, 2009 • 29 m
Laura the Giganotosaurus/Dinosaur Poop!
Buddy spends time with Laura Giganotosaurus, a large dinosaur who always rides the Dinosaur Train and, like Buddy, is a three-toed theropod!
Episode 11 • Sep 30, 2009 • 29 m
Derek the Deinonychus/Don's Dragonfly
Buddy, Tiny and Mom visit a family of Deinonychus, dinosaurs with large, sharp toe-claws.
Episode 12 • Oct 1, 2009 • 29 m
One Small Dinosaur/T.Rex Migration
Mrs. Pteranodon takes Buddy and Tiny to visit a Mikey Microraptor, one of the smallest of dinosaurs ever.
Episode 13 • Nov 9, 2009 • 29 m
Hootin' Hadrosaurs!/Hatching Party
Buddy, Tiny, Shiny and Don meet Perry Parasaurolophus, a dinosaur with a crest on his head who teaches them a new way to hoot some hip music.
Episode 14 • Nov 10, 2009 • 29 m
The Theropod Club/Surprise Party
Buddy's Theropod Club meets with other dinosaurs that walk on two legs, eat meat, and have three toed feet.
Episode 15 • Nov 11, 2009 • 29 m
The Old Spinosaurus & the Sea/A Spiky Tail Tale
Dad takes the kids on the Dinosaur Train to fish in a new place, where they meet a huge, grumpy old dinosaur, called a Spinosaurus, that doesn't want the kids in his Sea.
Episode 16 • Nov 12, 2009
Night Train/Fossil Fred (Halloween)
Episode 17 • Dec 14, 2009 • 29 m
Dinosaurs in the Snow/Cretaceous Conifers
Buddy and his Pteranodon family ride the Dinosaur Train to the North Pole - where it's cooler out and the skies are dark all winter long!
Episode 18 • Jan 18, 2010 • 29 m
The Burrowers/Shiny's Sea Shells
The Pteranodon family rides the Dinosaur Train to meet a family of amazing, burrowing dinosaurs that live in holes and put on a "Cirque de Soleil" kind of acrobatic show every evening!
Episode 19 • Feb 15, 2010 • 29 m
King Cryolophosaurus/Buddy the Tracker
Buddy, Tiny, Don and Mom meet a reclusive, singing dinosaur named King who has a big swooping crest on his head and a voice that sounds an awful lot like Elvis Presley.
Episode 20 • Feb 16, 2010 • 29 m
The Old Bird/Diamond Don
Buddy, Tiny and Mom make a play date with Petey Peteinosaurus to ride the Dinosaur Train to meet Arlene Archeopteryx, a bird from the family of the oldest birds ever!
Episode 21 • Apr 12, 2010 • 29 m
Dinosaur Camouflage/Family Scavenger Hunt
Buddy and Tiny meet a shy dinosaur, Leslie Lesothosaurus, who is very good at hiding.
Episode 22 • Apr 13, 2010 • 13 m
Have You Heard About the Herd?/Jess Hesperornis
Tiny and Buddy are psyched to go to the Cretaceous Picnic Grounds where they meet Ernie Einiosaurus, who shows them how he lives in a large herd!
Episode 23 • May 3, 2010 • 29 m
Triassic Turtle/Tank's Baby Brother
Don mistakes a shell for a rock and meets Adam Adocus, a turtle with a head he can pull into his shell.
Episode 24 • May 4, 2010 • 29 m
Erma Eoraptor/Under the Volcano
Buddy, Tiny, and Mrs. Pteranodon go on an expedition to find Erma Eoraptor, a member of the first species of dinosaur that ever lived.
Episode 25 • May 24, 2010 • 29 m
Pteranodon Family World Tour/Gilbert the Junior Conductor
The entire Pteranodon family embarks on a roaring, exploring, World Tour adventure!
Episode 26 • May 25, 2010 • 29 m
Confuciusornis Says/Tiny's Tiny Doll
The next stop on the World Tour takes the Pteranodons to Confuciusornis Gardens to visit a very wise, old dinosaur.
Episode 27 • May 26, 2010 • 29 m
Iggy Iguanodo/Shiny Can't Sleep
The Pteranodon family continues their World Tour and meets Iggy Iguanodon, a funny chap who shows them his unique way of walking while leading our family to some white cliffs where Dad is very excited to fish and dine!
Episode 28 • May 27, 2010 • 29 m
Kenny Kentrosaurus/Don and the Troodons
As the Pteranodon's World Tour nears its end, the Pteranodon family travels to Africa to meet a Stegosaur named Kenny Kentrosaurus.
Episode 29 • Jul 12, 2010 • 29 m
New Neighbors/Don's Collection
Mr. Pteranodon is annoyed when a new hooting family moves in next door! The new neighbors are a family of Lambeosaurus.
Episode 30 • Jun 28, 2010 • 29 m
Long Claws/Tank's Sleep Over
Buddy, Tiny, Don and Mrs. Pteranodon head to the thicket to ask a Therizinosaurus family about their colossal claws.
Episode 31 • Jun 22, 2010 • 29 m
The Wing Kings/The Big Mud Pit
The Pteranodon family stretches their wings at Quetzalcoatlus Canyon, where Mr. Pteranodon flew when he was younger and nicknamed, the "Wing King."
Episode 32 • Sep 27, 2010 • 29 m
Buck-Tooth Bucky/Tiny's Tiny Friend
Don finds a mystery tooth in Dad's old tooth collection, and the Pteranodon family goes on a fun investigation.
Episode 33 • Nov 8, 2010 • 29 m
An Armored Tall Tale/Pterosaur Flying Club
The Pteranodons tag along as Hank Ankylosaurus goes out to scout a Dinoball talent named Eugene Euoplocephalus.
Episode 34 • Jul 9, 2010 • 29 m
The Good Mom/Diamond Anniversary
Mom's the word when Mrs. Pteranodon meets fellow mom Millie Maiasaura, who is a little too over-protective of her kids.
Episode 35 • Oct 18, 2010 • 29 m
Great Big Stompin Dinosaur Feet/Hornucopia
Tiny is very worried after she loses Shiny's favorite shiny shell, and enlists Dad and Buddy to help find a new one.
Episode 36 • Sep 28, 2010 • 14 m
Elmer Elasmosaurus/Dinosaur Block Party
The family takes the Aquacar to an underwater train station to transport Elmer Elasmosaurus back home; a block party introduces the Lambeosaurus family to their neighbors.
Episode 37 • Oct 11, 2010 • 14 m
Carla Cretoxyrhina/Train Trouble
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.
Episode 38 • Nov 19, 2010 • 13 m
The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers/Dad's Day Out
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.
Episode 39 • Aug 23, 2010 • 13 m
Paulie Pliosaurus/Elmer Visits the Desert
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."
Episode 40 • May 6, 2011 • 29 m
Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day
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.
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Ian James Corlett

Conductor, Mr. Conductor, Troodon Waiter

Erika-Shaye Gair

Shiny, Annie, Cory

Claire Margaret Corlett

Tiny, Baby Corythosaurus

Ellen Kennedy

Mrs. Pteranodon, Grandma Pteranodon, Cousin Ralph Einiosaurus

Colin Murdock

Mr. Pteranodon, Enantiornithine, Grandpa Pteranodon

Alexander Matthew Marr

Don, Tank Triceratops, Quincy

Philip Corlett

Buddy

Scott Sampson

Self - Paleontologist, Dr. Scott the Paleontologist

Lee Tockar

Crab, Craig Cretoxyrhina

Tabitha St. Germain

Baby Stygimoloch, Mrs. Conductor, Shirley

Kathleen Barr

Ned Brachiosaurus, Laura Giganotosaurus, Trudy Triceratops, Delores Tyrannosaurus, Laura, Laura Giganotossaurus, Pauline Proganochelys, Velma Velociraptor, Avisaurus, Effie Effigia, Erma Eoraptor, Goldie, Mom Corythosaurus, Mrs. Corythosaurus, Ollie Omithomimus, Ollie Ornithomimus, Queen Regina, Styracosaurus Courtier, Tuck Triceratops, Velociraptor Mom

Chantal Strand

Valerie Velociraptor, Valerie

Keir Stewart

The Conductor - UK

Sean Thomas

Buddy

Laura Marr

Don, Tank

Ashleigh Ball

Gilbert, Lorraine Lambeosaurus, Arnie Argentinosaurus, Baby #1, Crystal Cryolophosaurus, Maiasaura Mom, Mrs. Therizinosaurus, Oren Orinthomimus, Oren Ornithomimus, Pterosaur Official

Brian Drummond

Larry Lambeosaurus, Albert Albanerpeton, Alvin Allosaurus, Sammy the Slug, Larry, Mr. Therizinosaurus, Styracosaurus, Train Troodon #2

Dayton Lewis

Buddy

Chance Hurstfield

Buddy

Alan Marriott

Mayor Kosmoceratops, Henry Hermit Crab, Herbie Hermit Crab, Iggy Iguanodon

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