- 9.0/109 votesLoading...
#1 - How Many Horns?
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 8/26/2019
Tank Triceratops , who has 3 horns, wonders why Mayor Kosmoceratops has 15, and Protoceratops has only 1. The kids go on a quest to track down Ceratopsians with horns.
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- 9.0/106 votesLoading...
#2 - Mom Was a Kid Once, Part 2
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/26/2019
Mom, Tilly, Tiny, Shiny, and Annie visit the old neighborhood where they complete Mom and Tilly's unfinished adventure and meet Goldie Globidens.
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- 8.7/109 votesLoading...
#3 - Best Ever Babysitter
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/21/2015
Buddy, Tiny, Shiny and Don have fun when their babysitter watches them for a night
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- 8.2/107 votesLoading...
#4 - A Frill a Minute
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/18/2009
The kids help Tank Triceratops overcome his awkwardness with having a huge head by showing him how cool and amazing his features are, especially his frill.
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- 8.2/106 votesLoading...
#5 - Diamond Don
Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 2/16/2010
Shiny and Don stay at home. 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.
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- 8.2/106 votesLoading...
#6 - Trains, Submarines and Zeppelins: Part 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/7/2015
As the Winter Solstice Celebration approaches, Mr. Pteranodon, Larry Lambeosaurus, and their new friend Mr. Seastar still can’t seem to find a way home. As Mr. P and Larry continue to argue, Mr. Seastar tries to remind them of the true meaning of the Winter Solstice Holiday – spending time with family and friends.
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- 8.2/106 votesLoading...
#7 - Rollin' on The Riverboat Part 1
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/7/2016
The whole Pteranodon Family takes a rollicking adventure on the Dinosaur Train Riverboat! Buddy and Don vow to spend every minute together, but while Buddy wants to spend all his time investigating the creatures on the river, Don wants to spend all his time playing games and investigating the buffet. Can they come to some kind of agreement?
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- 8.2/106 votesLoading...
#8 - Rollin' on The Riverboat Part 2
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/2016
While still rolling down the river on the Dinosaur Train Riverboat, Grandpa Pteranodon tells Buddy about the Legend of Admiral Globidens – a HUGE Mososaur that supposedly lives on the river, but no one has ever seen. Buddy enlists Dad and Tiny’s help to look for Admiral Globidens, but they can’t seem to find him. Does Admiral Globidens really exist, or is he just a figment of someone’s imagination?
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- 8.0/106 votesLoading...
#9 - King and Crystal, Live!
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/19/2014
Buddy, Tiny and Mom are riding the Dinosaur Train when they bump into their old friend, Crystal Cryolophosaurus. She’s on her way to visit King Cryolophosaurus down in the Jurassic Antarctic and invites our family along. Mom and the kids jump at the chance, and upon arrival surprise King as he’s singing a brand new song, Top Carnivore. King and Crystal’s heartfelt reunion is marred when Crystal tries to convince a reluctant King to take this fantastic new song out on the road to share with his adoring Mesozoic fans. But King doesn’t like leaving home and excuses himself to do some thinking. Buddy and Tiny follow and King sings a song called Good ol’ Gondwana to explain his feelings about his home. Tiny has a great idea—King and Crystal can perform a live concert in Gondwana and invite dinosaurs from around the Mesozoic to attend! The concert is a huge success, and King is surprised and delighted when Crystal decides to stay there with him instead of going back out on the road.
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- 8.0/106 votesLoading...
#10 - Where Have All The Lizards Gone?
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2016
The Conductor takes the Pteranodon Family for a special trip to Lizard Island, where they discover that it’s been overrun by plants and bugs, and there are few precious lizards left. The Conductor concludes that the Changyuraptor Family (that he dropped off there awhile ago, and has since multiplied) has been eating all the lizards and throwing the entire ecosystem out of balance. Can the Pteranodon Family and Mr. Conductor convince the Changyuraptor Family to leave their home in order to get the island ecosystem back in balance?
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- 8.0/106 votesLoading...
#11 - Conductor's Sleepover
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2016
With a hurricane looming, the Pteranodon Family convinces the Conductor to leave his train for the night and come with them to the safety of their hurricane shelter (a large, underground cave). But the Conductor has a hard time getting comfortable away from his train. Can the family and the Conductor pull together and help a family of beached Ichthyosaurs back into the ocean after the hurricane leaves them beached on the shore?
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- 7.8/1011 votesLoading...
#12 - Laura the Giganotosaurus
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/29/2009
Buddy spends time with Laura Giganotosaurus, a large dinosaur who always rides the Dinosaur Train and, like Buddy, is a three-toed theropod! Buddy also discovers that Laura is an avid bird-watcher.
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- 7.8/1012 votesLoading...
#13 - 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!
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- 7.7/1025 votesLoading...
#14 - Petey the Peteinosaurus
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2009
Buddy and Tiny ride the Dinosaur Train to meet Petey Peteinosaurus, a “flying lizard,” who is fun, funny, and friendly, and has some features similar to both Buddy and Tiny!
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- 7.6/1014 votesLoading...
#15 - Triceratops for Lunch
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2009
Our Pteranodon family eats lunch with their friend Tank Triceratops and discovers that he and his family are all plant-eaters, with great leaf-eating teeth and giant appetites!
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- 7.4/108 votesLoading...
#16 - Campout!
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/22/2009
Our Pteranodon family goes to the Big Pond for their first overnight camp out and meets a small frog with a big voice!
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- 7.4/107 votesLoading...
#17 - Trains, Submarines and Zeppelins: Part 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/7/2015
When Mr. Pteranodon and Larry go out to the Big Pond to find some red platanoids for the Winter Solstice Celebration, they accidentally miss the last train home. Will Larry and Mr. Pteranodon stop bickering long enough to figure out a way home, or will they get stranded in the middle of nowhere and miss the family Winter Solstice Celebration?
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- 7.4/106 votesLoading...
#18 - Stop and Smell The Flowers
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/2016
Mom takes Tiny, Buddy, and Don on a super secret daytrip to Qianzhousaurus Pond, where they meet Quentin Qianzhousaurus – a Tyrannosaur with similar features to Buddy, except for one major thing – Quentin has a long, thin snout covered in tiny horns! The kids think that Quentin’s long snout gives him a super smelling sense, but after a series of tests, they realize that he and Buddy have the same sniffing power. Can Quentin and Buddy’s super sniffers solve the mystery of Mom’s secret daytrip?
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- 7.3/1015 votesLoading...
#19 - 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 Stygimoloch, who have really impressive horns.
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- 7.3/1012 votesLoading...
#20 - Tiny Loves Fish
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/2009
After Mr. Pteranodon teaches the kids his fishing method, Buddy and Tiny work together as a team to catch fish in the Big Pond.
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- 7.3/109 votesLoading...
#21 - Armored Like an Ankylosaurus
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/22/2009
The kids travel on the Dinosaur Train with Mr. Pteranodon to see his hero, Hank Ankylosaurus, play a game of Dinoball. Afterwards, they even get to play with Hank and learn what it’s like to be a dinosaur that is covered with armored plates and has a mighty club for a tail.
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- 7.3/1010 votesLoading...
#22 - Dinosaur Poop!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/29/2009
Buddy and Tiny learn that all creatures poop, even really big dinosaurs.
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- 7.3/1011 votesLoading...
#23 - Fossil Fred
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 11/12/2009
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.
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- 7.2/1010 votesLoading...
#24 - One Smart Dinosaur
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/11/2009
Buddy and Tiny want to test their memory, so they ride the Dinosaur Train and spend some time with the Conductor, since he’s a Troodon with a great memory. The kids get to meet the Conductor’s mom, Mrs. Conductor.
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- 7.2/107 votesLoading...
#25 - Don's Dragonfly
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/30/2009
Don makes a new friend with red feet, a dragonfly named Howard.
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The Best Episodes of Dinosaur Train
Every episode of Dinosaur Train ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dinosaur Train!
Join Buddy, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and his adoptive Pteranodon family on a whimsical voyage through prehistoric jungles, swamps, volcanoes and oceans, as they unearth basic...
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Best Episodes Summary
"How Many Horns?" is the best rated episode of "Dinosaur Train". It scored 9/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/26/2019. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mom Was a Kid Once, Part 2".