8.9/10278 votesLoading...#1 - Changing Nature
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 7/20/1994
Efforts to solve an environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the road to doomsday.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Kirk R. Thatcher
8.4/10210 votesLoading...#2 - A New Leaf
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1992
A wild plant has a weird effect on the dinosaurs--it makes them dopey and happy, to the exclusion of everything else.
Director: Mark Brull
Writer: Rob Ulin
8.2/10213 votesLoading...#3 - Nuts To War (1)
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1992
The four-legged dinosaurs encroach on the pistachio-nut supply of the "normal" dinosaurs...and that means war.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Steve Pepoon
8.2/10165 votesLoading...#4 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/22/1994
Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Adam Barr, Peter Ocko
8.1/10169 votesLoading...#5 - Terrible Twos
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/13/1994
Fran and Earl face an untimely extinction when the baby enters his "terrible twos."
Director: Jeff McCracken
Writer: Tim Doyle
8.0/10267 votesLoading...#6 - The Golden Child
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1991
When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel
8.0/10234 votesLoading...#7 - Endangered Species
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1991
Earl buys Fran two rare grapdelites for dinner, unaware that they are the last of their species.
Director: Jay Dubin
Writer: David A. Caplan, Brian LaPan
8.0/10225 votesLoading...#8 - Switched At Birth
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1991
The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
8.0/10226 votesLoading...#9 - What Sexual Harris Meant
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1991
Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David A. Caplan, Brian LaPan
8.0/10207 votesLoading...#10 - Power Erupts
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1992
A power struggle erupts between the Wesayso Corp. and Robbie after he invents a way to generate energy as a science project.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Andy Goodman
8.0/10166 votesLoading...#11 - Monster Under the Bed
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/1994
The Baby swears there's a monster under his bed, but no one believes him--until it starts dragging victims into its hole.
Director: Brian Henson
Writer: Adam Barr, Peter Ocko
8.0/10153 votesLoading...#12 - Scent of a Reptile
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 11/10/1995
Charlene's scent gland comes in and Fran explains the one boy who is attracted to her scent is the one she's destined to marry. But Charlene puts out fumes of burning rubber and attracts the school janitor who aspires to be a tree pusher.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Andy Goodman
7.9/10247 votesLoading...#13 - Family Challenge
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1991
When the Sinclairs' TV is wrecked, Earl enters the family on a game show to win a new set.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Tim Doyle
7.9/10205 votesLoading...#14 - The Last Temptation of Ethyl
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1992
Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Dava Savel
7.9/10210 votesLoading...#15 - Nuts To War (2)
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1992
Earl, Roy and Charlene pose as entertainers and rush to the front to retrieve Robbie.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
7.9/10179 votesLoading...#16 - Nature Calls
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1992
Earl is in charge of potty training the baby, who escapes to do his business any way he wants.
Director: Brian Henson
Writer: Andy Goodman, Kirk R. Thatcher
7.9/10185 votesLoading...#17 - Network Genius
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1992
Earl is hired as a network executive when his answers on a test for new television shows prove to be surprisingly accurate.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
7.9/10169 votesLoading...#18 - License to Parent
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/20/1992
It's a nightmare for earl and Fran as parents when there parent license is being taken away from the Parent Patrol Officer Battleheim. fran and Earl feel very ashamed that they have disobeyed the rules and code of parenting; Also after the two's license was taken away, Robbie and Charlene with Baby are causing problems with Battleheim when he puts the gun onall of them, but Fran and Earl immediately rush to stop Battleheim from hurting and scaring the kids. Making sure he doesn't get caught about the situation, he gives back Earl and Fran there parent license and leaves.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Andy Goodman
7.8/10320 votesLoading...#19 - Hurling Day
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/10/1991
Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Rob Ulin
7.8/10224 votesLoading...#20 - When Food Goes Bad
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1991
Lurking in the Sinclair refrigerator are delectable creatures that go bad, very bad, while Charlene watches the baby.
Director: Patrick Johnson
Writer: N/A
7.8/10190 votesLoading...#21 - And The Winner Is...
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/25/1992
Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: N/A
7.8/10183 votesLoading...#22 - Baby Talk
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1992
Earl does the dirty work of organizing a civic protest against the TV powers-that-be when the baby repeats (constantly) a dirty word that he hears on the tube.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Victor Fresco
7.8/10158 votesLoading...#23 - Honey, I Miss the Kids
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1993
Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household day shift and look after the kids.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Richard Marcus
7.8/10144 votesLoading...#24 - Life in the Faust Lane
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/7/1995
Earl makes a deal with the devil (which is a wierd inconsistency in the show) after watching a late night show, "Lifestyles of Those We Envy".
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Mark Drop
7.8/10149 votesLoading...#25 - Earl and Pearl
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 11/9/1995
Robbie and Charlene go against Earl's orders and sneak out to see his estranged sister, Pearl, a country star, perform. Roy falls in love with Pearl and plans to settle down with her, despite Earl's protests.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: Tim Doyle
The Best Episodes of Dinosaurs
Every episode of Dinosaurs ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyFamily
Best Episodes Summary
"Changing Nature" is the best rated episode of "Dinosaurs". It scored 8.9/10 based on 278 votes. Directed by Tom Trbovich and written by Kirk R. Thatcher, it aired on 7/20/1994. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "A New Leaf".