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ABC
Nov 30, 2001
43 m

ABC
Nov 30, 2001
43 m

Summary Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds, even as they struggle to adjust to life in their strange new world where talking dinosaurs live side by side in an uneasy alliance wi...

Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

Written By: James Gurney, Raymond Khoury, Simon Moore

ABC
Nov 30, 2001
43 m

ABC
Nov 30, 2001
43 m

S1 • Episode 4

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Air Date: Nov 30, 2001

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Summary Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds, even as they struggle to adjust to life in their strange new world where talking dinosaurs live side by side in an uneasy alliance wi...

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Episode 1 • Nov 5, 2002 • 43 m

A band of marauding Outsiders discovers a lost T-Rex temple and in it an artifact that has the ability to cancel out the protective power of Sunstones. Meanwhile, Karl and his stubborn father concoct a risky new plan to leave the island.

Episode 2 • Nov 28, 2002 • 43 m

Catrone, the leader of the gang that found the artifact, realizes that he can now control T-Rexes and goes mad with power. Only his deputy, Le Sage, stands up to him. Marion and David must rescue Karl and his father, then save Dinotopia.

Episode 3 • Dec 5, 2002 • 43 m

Handful of Dust

Karl and Marion need Le Sage's help to stop Cortez, an Outsider who kills Stegosauruses to perfect his rejuvenation potion. Romana, David's second in command, warns him that Portia, a young cadet he fancies, cheated on her flying test.

Episode 4 • Nov 30, 2001 • 43 m

Karl and David find a shipwrecked dog and a boat stocked with cans of cola, burgers and a working radio that fascinates Dinotopians. Karl learns that the crew is still lost at sea, so he tries contacting the rescue party over the radio.

Episode 5 • Nov 30, 2001 • 43 m

A Chasmosaur egg from the hatchery has been replaced with a T-Rex egg. A distraught woman named Iridia claims an Outsider child did it. Le Sage denies it but refuses to cooperate any further. Matriarch Rosemary questions Iridia's story.

Episode 6 • Nov 30, 2001 • 43 m

An Outsider named Alano bullies David, so he plans to fight him. David's dad, Frank, who misses watching sports, suggests that they set up an actual boxing match. Rosemary agrees, after Le Sage promises she won't rig the fight.

Episode 7 • Nov 30, 2001 • 43 m

Night of the Wartosa

Karl's date with Marion doesn't go well. A jolly conservationist named Lok shows him a rare and supposedly magical frog called Wartosa. In an attempt to change the outcome of the date, Karl kisses Wartosa and becomes stuck in a time loop.

Episode 8 • Jul 13, 2003 • 43 m

A deadly virus spreads among the dinosaurs and the only cure is a plant called Jinca. Le Sage's men steal the cure, so Karl and Marion negotiate for its return. To make Marion jealous, Le Sage agrees, but only if Karl stays with her.

Episode 9 • Jul 20, 2003 • 43 m

Frank misses cars, so he builds one that runs on methane. It's a hit and everyone wants one, but the town bans them for making noise and polluting. To make his cars legal again, Frank joins the mayoral race but becomes corrupted by power.

Episode 10 • Jul 6, 2003 • 43 m

Karl tries to prove that he can be a skybax rider just like David, only to crash land in T-Rex territory. A rescue party goes to war with T-Rexes to find him, but xenophobic locals who think they're alone on the island capture him first.

Episode 11 • Aug 3, 2003 • 43 m

The Cure: Part 1

Karl is bitten by a prehistoric mosquito and falls seriously ill. Since all islanders are immune to its bite, they have no cure. Hoping that modern hospital might help him, Rosemary reveals that there actually is a way off the island.

Episode 12 • Aug 10, 2003 • 43 m

The Cure: Part 2

David contacts the American hospital in Budapest, Hungary. Le Sage sells Karl's baby Chasmosaurus named 26 to the shady head of the local Museum of Natural History to finance her new life in civilization. But there's a catch to her plan.

Episode 13 • Aug 17, 2003 • 43 m

David must help his Pteranodon skybax. Karl and Frank prepare for their return home. Le Sage reveals her history with Rosemary to distraught Marion in an attempt to turn her into a hellraiser like herself. The show ends on a cliffhanger.

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