The BEST episodes of Dinosaur Train season 1
Every episode of Dinosaur Train season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dinosaur Train season 1!
Friendly dinosaurs climb aboard a train to visit different times throughout the prehistoric age, learning about dinosaurs and having fun adventures.
#1 - Elmer Elasmosaurus
Season 1 - Episode 71 - Aired 9/28/2010
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.
#2 - Play Date With Annie
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/21/2009
Buddy is excited that his friend Annie Tyrannosaurus is coming to the Pteranodon nest to visit and play with them. After Tiny feels left out, Buddy and Annie show her that they can all be friends.
#3 - Diamond Don
Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/16/2010
Shiny and Don stay at home and we get to see that just because they don't always ride with Buddy and Tiny on the Dinosaur Train doesn't mean that they are not having fun. An adventure into a local caves leads to a marvelous and brilliant discovery.
#4 - Buck-Tooth Bucky
Season 1 - Episode 63 - Aired 9/27/2010
When Don finds a mystery tooth in Dad's old tooth collection, Dad decides to take the kids on an investigation. They discover that the tooth belongs to a dinosaur called Masiakasaurus, a creature with a mouthful of protruding buck teeth!
#5 - Pteranodon Family World Tour
Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 5/24/2010
The entire Pteranodon family embarks on a roaring, exploring, World Tour adventure! They meet the Conductor's nephew, Gilbert, who acts as their tour guide to meet Martin Amargasaurus, a spine-spangled quadruped with an intimidating sail.
#6 - An Armored Tail Tale
Season 1 - Episode 65 - Aired 11/8/2010
The Pteranodons tag along as Hank Ankylosaurus visits the Big Pond to scout a Dinoball talent named Eugene Euoplocephalus. Eugene is a smaller version of Hank, an armored dinosaur with a giant tail-club. Hank and Eugene really hit it off, and after they all play Dinoball, Hank recruits Eugene to play on his team!
#7 - The Amazing Michelinoceras Brothers
Season 1 - Episode 75 - Aired 11/19/2010
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.
#8 - Pterosaur Flying Club
Season 1 - Episode 66 - Aired 11/8/2010
Tiny and Shiny practice their swoop-de-loops and other flying moves in anticipation of their play-date with fellow Pterosaurs Petey Peteinosaurus and Quincy Quetzalcoatlus. With Buddy helping with the choreography, the Pterosaur Flying Club puts on a flying show!
#9 - The Burrowers
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 1/18/2010
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!
#10 - Surprise Party
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/10/2009
Shiny, Tiny and Don throw a surprise party for Buddy on the Dinosaur Train and invite a whole caboose full of his friends!
#11 - Flowers For Mom
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/7/2009
The kids go to the Big Pond to look for flowers to give to Mom on her special Mother's Day. They find many different flowers while following a very busy bee.
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#12 - Triceratops For Lunch
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/2009
The Pteranodon family eats lunch with their friend Tank Triceratops and discovers that he and his family are all plant-eaters.
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#13 - Long Claws
Season 1 - Episode 59 - Aired 6/28/2010
Buddy, Tiny, Don and Mrs. Pteranodon head to the thicket to ask a Therizinosaurus family about their colossal claws. They demonstrate how they use their claws for self-defense, while the daughter, Teri, shows the kids her favorite practice spot.
#14 - Valley of the Stygimolochs
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2009
Buddy wonders if he'll grow horns when he gets older, so Mrs. Pteranodon takes him to visit some dinosaurs called Stygimolochs, who have really impressive horns.
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#15 - Derek The Deinonychus
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2009
Buddy, Tiny and Mom visit a family of Deinonychus, dinosaurs with large, sharp toe-claws. They meet a kid named Derek who uses his toe-claws to not only hunt with but to carve great art!
#16 - Confuciusornis Says
Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 5/25/2010
The next stop on the Dinosaur Train World Tour takes the Pteranodon family to Confuciusornis Gardens, where they meet a very wise old dinosaur. They try some new foods and even learn to meditate.
#17 - The Call of the Wild Corythosaurus
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2009
The family surprises Mom with a birthday trip to a concert given by Cory and her family of Corythosaurus, who play music through the crests on their heads.
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#18 - Hatching Party
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/11/2009
Buddy, Tiny and Mrs. Pteranodon attend an egg hatching party and meet their friend Cory Corythosaurus’s new brothers and sisters.
#19 - Buddy the Tracker
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 2/15/2010
Buddy and Don are "footprint detectives" as they track and find creatures they know at the Big Pond. The plot thickens when they discover fossilized tracks that are millions of years old!
#20 - A Spiky Tail Tale
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/12/2009
Buddy and Tiny help settle an argument between Morris Stegosaurus and Alvin Allosaurus, two very big dinosaurs – one with a very spiky tail, the other with a mouthful of sharp teeth.
#21 - Fossil Fred
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/30/2009
Buddy, Tiny and Don play "detective" and search around the Big Pond for fossils. The kids end up finding an entire skeleton of a Jurassic dinosaur.
#22 - Shiny's Sea Shells
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 1/18/2010
The whole Pteranodon family has fun celebrating Mom's favorite holiday, Winter Solstice. Shiny, with help from Buddy, Tiny and Don, looks for the shiniest sea shells she can find, but ends up making a new friend named Henry, a hermit crab who lives in his own shell on the beach at the Big Pond.
#23 - Family Scavenger Hunt
Season 1 - Episode 42 - Aired 4/12/2010
The Pteranodon family travels to the Big Pond for a Scavenger Hunt. Using clues and rhymes, the kids solve word puzzles and finally glimpse a bug-eating plant they thought was mere make-believe.
#24 - Tank's Baby Brother
Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 5/3/2010
Tank Triceratops has a new baby brother that everyone dotes on, making Tank feel left out. Buddy, Tiny, and Tank play with some older kid Triceratops, and Tank learns the perks of being a big brother.
#25 - Under the Volcano
Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 5/4/2010
Buddy, Tiny and Dad take the Dinosaur Train to see Old Smoky, the local volcano. It’s such a spectacular sight that they go back for the rest of the family, only to discover they've already gone to see the volcano! The merry mix-up concludes as the whole family meets up just in time to catch Old Smoky erupting.