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The Best Episodes of Dino Dan Season 1

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Join paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson as he takes kids on a Jurassic journey to the land where lizards were as long as three school buses and terrifying T-Rex’s ruled.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 1 - The Chicken or the Dino / Bones in the Backyard
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    #1 - The Chicken or the Dino / Bones in the Backyard

    S1:E1

    Ms. Carver's class gets a new addition in the form of mystery eggs, and Dan just knows one of them is a dinosaur egg! When Trek and Tristan find a bone in the schoolyard, Dan uses a papier-mâché skull in Mrs. Hahn's art class to figure out if it came from the Stygimoloch.

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  2. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 2 - Masked Confusion / Trouble Clef
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #2 - Masked Confusion / Trouble Clef

    S1:E2

    Dan makes a mask in Mrs. Hahn's art class to get closer to the Edmontosaurus herd but he needs Angie's help too. Dan uses a French horn to communicate with a couple Corythosauruses.

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  3. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 3 - There's a Compsognathus Under My Bed / Art for Pterosaurs' Sake
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #3 - There's a Compsognathus Under My Bed / Art for Pterosaurs' Sake

    S1:E3

    At bedtime, Dan is more interested in proving that there's a Compsognathus under his bed than in going to sleep. In art class, Dan and his friends are making a kite inspired by the Quetzalcoatlus. The big question is . . . will the kite fly?

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  4. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 4 - Tooth or Consequences / Dinosicles
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Tooth or Consequences / Dinosicles

    S1:E4

    A routine visit to the dentist's office becomes a dinosaur experiment when Dan learns how the shape of dinosaur teeth can help prove if the dinosaur was a carnivore or a herbivore. Dan tests the attack patterns of the Dromaeosaurus, Spinosaurus and a T. rex by using a snow Triceratops as a decoy.

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  5. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 5 - The Case of the Mystery Dino / Gas-o-saurus
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #5 - The Case of the Mystery Dino / Gas-o-saurus

    S1:E5

    Dan figures out which dinosaur left a prehistoric "droppings" with the help of his friends Jim the reptile expert and Denny the Dromaeosaurus. Kami, Ricardo, and Dan learn that dino gas might have helped cause the extinction of the dinosaurs, and can't wait to share that info with the class.

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  6. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 6 - He Shoots, He Roars / A Winter Tail
    9.2/10(12 votes)

    #6 - He Shoots, He Roars / A Winter Tail

    S1:E6

    Dan figures out how to prove if dinosaurs were warm-blooded from Jim the reptile lizard and his puppet Denny the Dromaeosaurus. Dan wants to see the Euoplocephalus use its powerful tail while Trek wants to see it snow. Can both Henderson boys get their wish?

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  7. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 7 - A Pterosaur in the House / A Model Dino
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #7 - A Pterosaur in the House / A Model Dino

    S1:E7

    When a Pterodactylus gets stuck in the house it's up to Dan, Mom, Angie, and Trek to get it out. Dan uses the art of disguise to get his Remote Dino Cam into a Triceratops nest, but the real test comes when a T. rex threatens the safety of the babies.

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  8. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 8 - Copy Dino / Lunch Bag Bandit
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #8 - Copy Dino / Lunch Bag Bandit

    S1:E8

    Dan teaches a baby Triceratops defensive moves to help it get around a meat-eating Spinosaurus. When Cory's snack goes missing, Dan knows who took it... a Dromaeosaurus. Now he's just got to track it down and get Cory's snack back.

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  9. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 9 - Dino Dent / Active Imagination
    8.6/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Dino Dent / Active Imagination

    S1:E9

    The school bus has a huge dent in it. Dan has three suspects: the Euoplocephalus, the Stegosaurus, or the Stygimoloch. When a T. rex backs down from a Triceratops, Dan learns that there's more to the T. rex than he knows.

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  10. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 10 - Dino Trap / Big Bad Spinosaurus
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Dino Trap / Big Bad Spinosaurus

    S1:E10

    Dan tries to save his Mom's garden from a sneaky Compsognathus by dino-trapping it, but ends up trapping a baby T. rex instead. Dan makes reading buddy time more interesting by turning the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood into a dinosaur epic featuring the Spinosaurus.

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  11. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 11 - Name-a-saurus / Where's Dino?
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Name-a-saurus / Where's Dino?

    S1:E11

    Dan learns how dinosaurs get their names when he discovers what he thinks is a new dinosaur but is actually the Diplodocus. While at the park with Uncle Jack, Dan finds a feather that he thinks belongs to a Dromaeosaurus. But, before he can prove it, his dog Doug goes missing. Uh-oh.

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  12. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 12 - Moody Dino / Stop-Motion Dino
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Moody Dino / Stop-Motion Dino

    S1:E12

    Jim the reptile expert, returns to Mrs. Carver's class with a chameleon prompting Dan to question if the Stegosaurus could change the color of its plates. The kids make a stop-motion animation movie for art class that features the T rex, but Angie and Dan can't seem to agree about certain T. rex "facts."

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  13. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 13 - 'Twas a Dinosaur / To Flee or Not to Flee
    9.0/10(8 votes)

    #13 - 'Twas a Dinosaur / To Flee or Not to Flee

    S1:E13

    A Christmas Special: Dan takes the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and gives it a dinosaur spin. Dan learns whether or not the Stygimoloch would flee from a Tyrannosaurus rex or stand and fight.

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  14. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 14 - Fishing for Dinosaurs / Dino Doug
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Fishing for Dinosaurs / Dino Doug

    S1:E14

    While Uncle Jack teaches Dan to fish, Dan teaches Uncle Jack all about dinosaurs and pterosaurs. When Dan goes to the grocery store with Mom, it's up to Doug to save a baby Edmontosaurus from a Dromaeosaurus.

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  15. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 15 - Dino Trackers / T-Rex Bedtime
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Dino Trackers / T-Rex Bedtime

    S1:E15

    Dan is trying to track a Stegosaurus when Trek wants to join his game. Dan learns sometimes two brains are better than one. During a campout in his backyard with Cory and Ricardo, Dan learns whether the T rex was nocturnal.

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  16. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 16 - To Catch a Dino / Cops & Dinos
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - To Catch a Dino / Cops & Dinos

    S1:E16

    Dan tells a story of two cavemen, who look a lot like Cory and Ricardo, and their quest to catch a baby T. rex and keep it as a pet. Dan's police officer mom comes to school, and Dan uses some of his mom's cool police gear to find out how fast the Dromaeosaurus could run.

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  17. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 17 - Dino Party / Training Wings
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Dino Party / Training Wings

    S1:E17

    It's Dan's birthday and Mom and Trek have a dinosaur surprise for him: a dino scavenger hunt with all his friends! Dan teaches Trek how to ride a bike while teaching a baby Pterodactylus how to fly.

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  18. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 18 - Prehistoric Zoo / Ready? Set? Dino!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Prehistoric Zoo / Ready? Set? Dino!

    S1:E18

    When Grandma takes Dan to the zoo, Dan finds a baby T. rex and tries to get it back to its mom. During gym class, Dan races a T. rex and a Spinosaurus to see who's the faster carnivore.

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  19. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 19 - The Dino Did It / Air Dino
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Dino Did It / Air Dino

    S1:E19

    Dan tells a story of how Detective Ricardo solved "The Case of the Missing Flowers" with a little help from a dame named Kami and her butler, Cory. In gym class, Dan learns a bit about teamwork and planning from the Dromaeosauruses when he and his friends play Mr. Drumheller in a friendly came of basketball.

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  20. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 20 - Dino Watering Hole / Dino Dance
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Dino Watering Hole / Dino Dance

    S1:E20

    Dan builds a watering hole to see if different kinds of dinos took water breaks together, and when three baby dinos get stuck in his backyard, it's up to Dan to save them. Dan learns how to make his gym class dance unit fun by incorporating different dinosaur movements into his dance routine.

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  21. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 21 - Captain Cory / Dino Race
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Captain Cory / Dino Race

    S1:E21

    Dan tells the story of how the brave pirate Captain Cory, his first matey, Jordan, and his pirate cook, Ricardo, find treasure on Dino Island. Grandma takes Dan and Trek go-karting and Dan figures out which herbivore is the fastest: the Stygimoloch, the Triceratops, or the Edmontosaurus.

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  22. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 22 - Hard Hat, Long Neck / A Roaring Good Time
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Hard Hat, Long Neck / A Roaring Good Time

    S1:E22

    Dan, Kami, Jordan, and Uncle Jack build a sand castle and learn that some dinos were a lot like construction vehicles. Dan explores dinosaur sounds when he tries to get a Triceratops' snort on tape.

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  23. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 23 - Mini Dino / The Three Little Paleontologists
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Mini Dino / The Three Little Paleontologists

    S1:E23

    When Dan goes mini-golfing with Cory and his dad, some pesky dinosaurs steal Dan's lucky ball and Dan has to get it back. Based on the "Three Little Pigs," Dan tells the story of The Three Little Paleontologists Kami, Jordan, and Angie, and what material would make the best dino-watching fort.

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  24. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 24 - Dino Strike! / Nothing But the Tooth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Dino Strike! / Nothing But the Tooth

    S1:E24

    Uncle Jack takes Dan and Trek bowling and Dan protects some Stygimoloch eggs from two hungry Dromaeosauruses. Dan finds a large dinosaur tooth and tries to figure out if it belongs to a T. rex or a Spinosaurus, with the help of his vet.

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  25. Dino Dan Season 1 Episode 25 - Down on the Farm / The Time Traveler's Dino
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Down on the Farm / The Time Traveler's Dino

    S1:E25

    When Mom takes Dan to the farm, he finds some downy feathers and sets out to prove that they belong to the Compsognathus. Dan tells the story of how Time Traveler Cory and his trusty robot D.A.D. (Cory's Dad) go back to three ages of the dinosaurs (the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) to find the T. rex and get a photo of it.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Chicken or the Dino / Bones in the Backyard" is the best rated episode of "Dino Dan" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/25/2009. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Masked Confusion / Trouble Clef".