7.3/1015 votes#1 - 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 votes#2 - 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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6.9/109 votes#3 - The Call of the Wild Corythosaurus
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2009
The family surprises Mom for her birthday with a 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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7.6/1014 votes#4 - 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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6.9/1010 votes#5 - Beating the Heat
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/9/2009
Buddy and Tiny travel to the Jurassic to make a new friend, Morris Stegosaurus, and discover how this huge dinosaur keeps cool in the heat.
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6.5/1011 votes#6 - Flowers for Mom
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2009
The kids go to the Big Pond to look for flowers to give to Mom on her special Mothers Day. They find many different flowers while following a very busy bee.
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6.6/109 votes#7 - I'm a T. Rex!
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2009
Buddy travels to Rexville on the Dinosaur Train and meets Delores Tyrannosaurus and her daughter Annie. When he sees that he shares all the same features, Buddy learns that he is a Tyrannosaurus rex!
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6.4/109 votes#8 - Ned the Quadruped
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/10/2009
Buddy and Tiny tour the Dinosaur Train and earn their Junior Conductor hats while their friend Ned, a four-legged, long-necked Brachiosaurus and regular Train rider, tags along.
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7.2/1010 votes#9 - 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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7.7/1025 votes#10 - 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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6.9/1011 votes#11 - Fast Friends
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/17/2009
Buddy, Tiny, and Mom ride the Dinosaur Train to meet Oren and Ollie Ornithomimus, some of the fastest dinosaurs ever! The kids love meeting the fast-moving and fast-talking twins.
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6.4/106 votes#12 - T. Rex Teeth
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/17/2009
When Buddy loses a tooth, Mom takes him to Rexville to ask his Tyrannosaurus friends all about T. rex teeth. They explain that he’ll grow new teeth to replace the old ones.
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7.0/106 votes#13 - Now with Feathers!
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2009
Dad gives Tiny and Buddy a mystery feather and the kids become “detectives,” riding the Dinosaur Train to meet Valerie Velociraptor, who shows the kids what it’s like to be covered with beautiful feathers.
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8.2/107 votes#14 - 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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6.4/106 votes#15 - One Big Dinosaur
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/21/2009
Tiny and Buddy visit a dinosaur family called Argentinosaurus, some of the biggest land creatures ever! The kids find out there are great things about being really big, and that it’s also great being their own size.
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6.4/106 votes#16 - 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. After Tiny feels left out, Buddy and Annie show her that they can all be friends!
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7.3/109 votes#17 - 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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7.4/108 votes#18 - 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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7.8/1011 votes#19 - 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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7.3/1010 votes#20 - 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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6.9/1014 votes#21 - 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!
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7.2/107 votes#22 - 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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6.8/106 votes#23 - One Small Dinosaur
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/1/2009
Mrs. Pteranodon takes Buddy and Tiny to visit a Microraptor named Mikey. Microraptors were one of the smallest dinosaurs ever. Tiny is annoyed that Mikey is even smaller than she is, but Mikey looks up to Tiny as a role model.
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6.2/106 votes#24 - T. Rex Migration
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/1/2009
Buddy and Tiny go to visit their friend Annie Tyrannosaurus and discover she isn’t home, so they follow clues and find her on a migration with her family.
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7.1/108 votes#25 - Hootin' Hadrosaurs!
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 11/9/2009
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.
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The Best Episodes of Dinosaur Train Season 1
Every episode of Dinosaur Train Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dinosaur Train Season 1!
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Valley of the Stygimolochs" is the best rated episode of "Dinosaur Train" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/7/2009. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Tiny Loves Fish".