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** In a recent episode, they look for a Diplodocus. Don finds a "hill" , Buddy rests on some "trees", Shiny meets a "snake"., and Tiny finds a "bridge". After meeting, it doesn't take long to figure ot the are all parts of a Diplodocus.
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** For starters, ''Eoraptor'' probably isn't a theropod after all, but ''[[http://news.discovery.com/animals/running-dinosaur-ancestor-carnivores-110113.html a sauropod ancestor]].''
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** For starters, ''Eoraptor'' probably isn't might not be a theropod after all, , but ''[[http://news.discovery.com/animals/running-dinosaur-ancestor-carnivores-110113.html a sauropod ancestor]].''
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** ''Brachiosaurus'' never lived in Africa. That was ''Giraffatitan''.
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''Dinosaur Train'' is a [=CGI=] animated Jim Henson Company series airing on Creator/{{PBS}}Kids created by Craig Bartlett, best known for the series ''HeyArnold''.
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''Dinosaur Train'' is a [=CGI=] animated Jim Henson Company series airing on Creator/{{PBS}}Kids Creator/{{PBSKids}} created by Craig Bartlett, best known for the series ''HeyArnold''.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Played with - Don calls the Conductor "Mr. The Conductor" even though he never asked him to call him this and in return, he has taken to calling him "Mr. The Don."
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* ShoutOut: Several come to mind:
** The usage of "time tunnels" to travel through time might be a reference to classic 60s TV show ''TheTimeTunnel''.
** Ned in the episode "Night Train" notes "dinosaurs come and go so quickly here," similar to Dorothy's remark about Munchkins in ''{{Film/The Wizard of Oz}}''
** The usage of "time tunnels" to travel through time might be a reference to classic 60s TV show ''TheTimeTunnel''.
** Ned in the episode "Night Train" notes "dinosaurs come and go so quickly here," similar to Dorothy's remark about Munchkins in ''{{Film/The Wizard of Oz}}''
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** Recent studies show ceratopsians might have had quills on their backs.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Shiny, Don & Mr. ''Pteranodon'' receive the focus of a few episodes.
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* HalloweenEpisode: "Haunted Roundhouse" and "Big Pond Pumpkin Patch".
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* [[ImagineTheAudienceNaked Imagine The Audience With Clothes On]]: Buddy says something like this to King ''Cryolophosaurus'' in "''Troodon'' Train Day".
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** Also, in the geyser episode, the conductor seems a little [[ADateWithRosiePalms too happy]] in the hot springs.
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->''"People, there is an episode with [[SeldomSeenSpecies Therizinosaurs]] doing Tai-chi. There are Therizinosaurs and they are in a cartoon for kids [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot AND THEY ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS]] '''AND THIS IS AWESOME!!!''' Also, [[ShownTheirWork they have feathers.]]"''
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->''"People, there is an episode with [[SeldomSeenSpecies Therizinosaurs]] doing Tai-chi. There are Therizinosaurs and they are in a cartoon for kids [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot AND THEY ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS]] '''AND THIS IS AWESOME!!!''' Also, [[ShownTheirWork they have feathers.]]"'' ]]"''
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''HeyArnold''.
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Not related to [[EngineSentaiGoOnger other]] [[PowerRangersRPM dinosaur trains]] you may have heard of.
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** May qualify as {{Aesop Amnesia}}, as Laura taught him that birds are theropod dinosaurs in a previous episode.
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** May qualify as {{Aesop Amnesia}}, AesopAmnesia, as Laura taught him that birds are theropod dinosaurs in a previous episode.
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*** "Bless my scales and feathers!"
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* HappilyAdopted: Despite the fact that Buddy is a completely different species than the rest of his family, they love each other the same.
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* MundaneUtility: The Conductor, a ''Troodon'', uses his hindclaws for punching tickets.
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* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: Maniraptors with feathers[[hottip:*: Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
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* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: Maniraptors with feathers[[hottip:*: feathers[[note]] Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]].[[/note]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
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* ParentalBonus: The episodes featuring King ''Cryolophosaurus'' are chock full of references to ElvisPresley.
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Killing misuse. Sorry, but \"if dinosaurs are essential to the plot, it\'s not an example\"
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
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* EverythingsWorseWithBees: Averted in "Tiny Loves Flowers."
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** Also, Shiny and Perry Parasaurolophus (the dirty two-timer)
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** Also, Shiny and Perry Parasaurolophus ''Parasaurolophus'' (the dirty two-timer)
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* InterspeciesRomance: Shiny and Gilbert; Mr. Conductor and Erma Eoraptor
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**Also, Shiny and Perry Parasaurolophus (the dirty two-timer)
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** Mr. Conductor: Many, including "Time Tunnel Approaching!"; "Tickets Please!"; and "All aboard!"
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** Mr. Conductor: Many, including "Time Tunnel Approaching!"; "Tickets Please!"; and Approaching!"
*** Tickets Please!"
*** "Allaboard!"aboard!"
*** "Bless my scales and feathers!"
*** Tickets Please!"
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*** "Bless my scales and feathers!"
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**Mr. Conductor: Many, including "Time Tunnel Approaching!"; "Tickets Please!"; and "All aboard!"
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* InterspeciesRomance: Shiny and Gilbert; Mr. Conductor and Erma Eoraptor
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Buddy and Don
* BigEater: Tank Triceratops. Also most of the giant herbivores.
** May qualify as {{Aesop Amnesia}}, as Laura taught him that birds are theropod dinosaurs in a previous episode.
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* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however. Strangely, the show's website actually says that ''Utahraptor'' probably had feathers.
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* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however. Strangely, the show's website actually says that ''Deinonychus'' was a feathered dinosaur and ''Utahraptor'' probably had feathers.feathers.
** Also averted with the northern ''Troodon'' from ''Dinosaurs in the Snow''.
** Also averted with the northern ''Troodon'' from ''Dinosaurs in the Snow''.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Most of the major characters have their own specific theme that plays when they talk.
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* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Maniraptors with feathers]][[hottip:*: Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
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* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Maniraptors with feathers]][[hottip:*: feathers[[hottip:*: Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
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* CanadaEh: In the episode where they go to the North Pole, the Northern Troodons behave very much like stereotypical Canadians.
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* CanadaEh: In the episode where they go to the North Pole, the Northern Troodons ''Troodons'' behave very much like stereotypical Canadians.
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** The occasional anonymous small mammal is also shown being eaten, such as by Travis, the northern ''Troodon'' seen in one episode.
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* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Train Conductor]]: The Conductor's mother was the Dinosaur Train's previous conductor. Also, the Conductor's nephew Gilbert is a junior conductor in training.
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* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: "Hi, I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist. Do you remember what type of dinosaur Buddy is?"
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* [[JustForFun.DrinkingGame Drinking Game]]: Take a shot every time you hear the word "hypothesis." Don't plan on driving afterwards.
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* [[SeldomSeenSpecies Seldom Seen Genera]]: ''Masiakasaurus'', ''Confuciusornis'', ''Avisaurus'', ''Daspletosaurus'' ''Adocus'', ''Proganochelys'', ''Paramacellodus'', ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Palaeobatrachus'', ''Zhejiangopterus'', ''Einiosaurus'', ''Oryctodromeus'', ''Chirostenotes'', ''Kosmoceratops'', ''Shonisaurus'', ''Volaticotherium'', ''Raptorex'', ''Sinovenator'', ''Sanajeh'', ''Saurornitholestes'', ''Cimolestes'', ''Jeholornis'', ''Ptilodus'', ''Megaraptor'', ''Hadrosaurus'', ''Fabrosaurus'', ''Lesothosaurus'', ''Jaxartosaurus'', ''Nodosaurus'', ''Qantassaurus'', ''Rhabdodon'', ''Wannanosaurus'', ''Xenotarsosaurus'', ''Yangchuanosaurus'', ''Zigongosaurus'', and ''Michelinoceras''. Good luck finding these in a normal documentary.
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* [[SeldomSeenSpecies Seldom Seen Genera]]: ''Masiakasaurus'', ''Confuciusornis'', ''Avisaurus'', ''Daspletosaurus'' ''Daspletosaurus'', ''Adocus'', ''Proganochelys'', ''Paramacellodus'', ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Palaeobatrachus'', ''Zhejiangopterus'', ''Einiosaurus'', ''Oryctodromeus'', ''Chirostenotes'', ''Kosmoceratops'', ''Shonisaurus'', ''Volaticotherium'', ''Raptorex'', ''Sinovenator'', ''Sanajeh'', ''Saurornitholestes'', ''Cimolestes'', ''Jeholornis'', ''Ptilodus'', ''Megaraptor'', ''Hadrosaurus'', ''Fabrosaurus'', ''Lesothosaurus'', ''Jaxartosaurus'', ''Nodosaurus'', ''Qantassaurus'', ''Rhabdodon'', ''Wannanosaurus'', ''Xenotarsosaurus'', ''Yangchuanosaurus'', ''Zigongosaurus'', and ''Michelinoceras''. Good luck finding these in a normal documentary.
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* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however.
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* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'' ''Troodon'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however.however. Strangely, the show's website actually says that ''Utahraptor'' probably had feathers.
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* StockDinosaurs: ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Deinonychus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Oviraptor'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Elasmosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Styracosaurus'', ''Giganotosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', ''Gallimimus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Corythosaurus'', ''Maiasaura'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Quetzalcoatlus''.
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* [[SeldomSeenSpecies Seldom Seen Genera]]: ''Masiakasaurus'', ''Confuciusornis'', ''Avisaurus'', ''Daspletosaurus'' ''Adocus'', ''Proganochelys'', ''Paramacellodus'', ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Palaeobatrachus'', ''Zhejiangopterus'', ''Einiosaurus'', ''Oryctodromeus'', ''Chirostenotes'', ''Kosmoceratops'', ''Shonisaurus'', ''Volaticotherium'', ''Raptorex'', ''Sinovenator'', ''Sanajeh'', ''Saurornitholestes'', ''Cimolestes'', ''Jeholornis'', ''Ptilodus'', ''Megaraptor'', and ''Michelinoceras''. Good luck finding these in a normal documentary.
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->''"People, there is an episode with [[SeldomSeenSpecies Therizinosaurs]] doing Tai-chi. There are Therizinosaurs and they are in a cartoon for kids [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot AND THEY ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS]] '''AND THIS IS AWESOME!!!''' Also, [[ShownTheirWork they have feathers.]]"''
->-- [[http://babbletrish.blogspot.com/2010/12/never-mind-terra-nova-lets-watch.html Babbletrish]]
''Dinosaur Train'' is a [=CGI=] animated Jim Henson Company series airing on {{PBS}}Kids created by Craig Bartlett, best known for the series ''HeyArnold''.
The show focuses on the adventures of a family of pteranodon and Buddy, a dinosaur who was adopted by them as an egg. Buddy initially doesn't know what species he is, but is determined to find out. To this end, Buddy and his adoptive family go on adventures in - we promise you we are not making this up - [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a time-traveling train run by dinosaurs]]. Turns out early on that Buddy's a ''TyrannosaurusRex'', and he and his family and friends continue having trips through the Mesozoic to "meet ''all'' the species".
''Train'' sports strong educational content with a focus on the basics of paleo-zoology, but also a lot of humor and fun. It is a Henson series after all. And even though the main cast is made up of [[FunnyAnimal cartoony creatures]], the show goes way the heck out of its way to avert SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying. It's gained quite a [[PeripheryDemographic cult following]] among older dinosaur fans.
Not related to [[EngineSentaiGoOnger other]] [[PowerRangersRPM dinosaur trains]] you may have heard of.
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!!'''Tropes''':
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The Conductor's mom only wears a collar around her neck and his nephew, Gilbert only wears a conductors' hat. All the other Troodons who operate the [[TitleDrop Dinosaur Train]] or work at the stations wear hats.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The ''Pteranodon'' are lime green, Buddy is safety orange, and even the more realistic (relatively speaking) animal characters can get downright psychedelic.
* AnachronismStew: ''Far'' milder than most (it helps to have a time-traveling train) but still present. To start with, although both ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'' were from the Late Cretaceous, ''Pteranodon'' is not known from the very end of the Late Cretaceous as ''Tyrannosaurus'' is.
* ArtEvolution: A mild example, but it's still there.
* BrokenAesop: The show continually enforces the {{Aesop}} that birds are dinosaurs. In the episode "Dinosaur Camouflage", Buddy explicitly states that a bird is not a dinosaur.
* CarnivoreConfusion: One of the major educational aspects of the show is that as the main characters travel and meet various dinosaurs, they discuss with them whether they're herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. That said, we never see any animals eating other animals. Except when those other animals are fish or insects. So the show generally follows the "fish and bugs are okay to eat" rule. Except for the "meat", which is, eerily, large piles of carrion lying around.
* CartoonCreature: Mostly averted, to a point. That said, eh, we'll just take it on good faith what species the ''Pteranodon'' family and (to a lesser extent) Buddy are.
* CatchPhrase: Buddy: "I have a hypothesis!"
** Don: "La-la-LOOP!"
* ConstantlyCurious: Buddy.
* CoolTrain: The Dinosaur Train featured in the program is a {{Time Travel}}ing train that utilizes time tunnels to take its dinosaur passengers to various locations throughout the Mesozoic Era.
* EdutainmentShow
* ElvisImpersonator: King ''Cryolophosaurus''.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Averted in one episode when Buddy and friends meet a friendly shark.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: ''Michelinoceras''.
* ExpositoryThemeTune & TitleThemeTune: "Come on, Buddy, we'll take a vacation. I'll get us a ticket at Pteranodon Station. We'll travel the world in sunshine and rain and meet all the species on the... [[EarWorm Dinosaur Train. Dinosaur Train! Dinosaur Train! Dinosaur Train! We're gonna ri-i-i-de the Dinosaur Train!]]"
* FatherNeptune: The old ''Spinosaurus''.
* FrogsAndToads: ''Palaeobatrachus''.
* FunWithAcronyms: Carla ''Cretoxyrhina'''s father is described as a "B.F.I.S." (Big Fish In the Sea).
* FurryConfusion: The tiny green snake in one episode doesn't talk, but Sana the ''Sanajeh'' in the same episode can talk.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Literally. There's an episode that not only talks openly about poop, it actually shows a dino dropping a loaf.
* GiantFlyer: The main characters are ''Pteranodon'', after all. Makes sense they'd want to meet other big pterosaurs.
* HappilyAdopted: Despite the fact that Buddy is a completely different species than the rest of his family, they love each other the same.
* HeyItsThatVoice: IanJamesCorlett as the Conductor.
* IAmWho: The first few episodes of the program focus on Buddy trying to figure out just what type of dinosaur he is. It didn't help, though, that his species was revealed in the general press for the show and was given away in the title of the story where he finds it out.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Just the Conductor and a few other ''Troodons'' on the train.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Buddy is a ''T. rex'' raised by ''Pteranodons''.
* TheMoreYouKnow: "Hi, I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist. Do you remember what type of dinosaur Buddy is?"
* MundaneUtility: The Conductor, a ''Troodon'', uses his hindclaws for punching tickets.
* {{Nephewism}}: During the World Tour series, Mr. Conductor is suddenly assisted by his nephew, Gilbert.
* NoAntagonist
* NoCartoonFish: Ray-finned fish, coelacanths, and some insects are okay to eat (makes sense as the main characters are ''Pteranodon''). Gets a little awkward in the episode where Buddy and company meet a friendly shark.
* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' family is... a little more "cartoony" than almost all of the other animal characters. You almost have to take it on good faith what they are.
** For those not well aware of pterosaur anatomy, [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2hK_oCmhqUY/Tlv4RMMNH5I/AAAAAAAABXs/ELw_b5dqNso/s1600/dt.png here's a picture]] to simply it to you (plus more anatomically accurate dinosaur characters).
** Turned UpToEleven in a recent episode. The Conductor claims that they're cold-blooded.
* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however.
* RunningGag: The Conductor's mother.
* ScienceMarchesOn: The show does its best to stay on top of current discoveries, but sometimes it finds itself the victim of this.
** For starters, ''Eoraptor'' probably isn't a theropod after all, but ''[[http://news.discovery.com/animals/running-dinosaur-ancestor-carnivores-110113.html a sauropod ancestor]].''
** ''Stygimoloch'' may not represent a distinct creature after all, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYbMXzBwpIo the subadult form]] of ''Pachycephalosaurus''. Whether or not it is different, young pachycephalosaurs [[http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/pachysmanyone.gif probably had flat (if somewhat knobbly) heads, growing domes as they aged]].
** ''Brachiosaurus'' never lived in Africa. That was ''Giraffatitan''.
* [[SeldomSeenSpecies Seldom Seen Genera]]: ''Masiakasaurus'', ''Confuciusornis'', ''Avisaurus'', ''Daspletosaurus'' ''Adocus'', ''Proganochelys'', ''Paramacellodus'', ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Palaeobatrachus'', ''Zhejiangopterus'', ''Einiosaurus'', ''Oryctodromeus'', ''Chirostenotes'', ''Kosmoceratops'', ''Shonisaurus'', ''Volaticotherium'', ''Raptorex'', ''Sinovenator'', ''Sanajeh'', ''Saurornitholestes'', ''Cimolestes'', ''Jeholornis'', ''Ptilodus'', ''Megaraptor'', and ''Michelinoceras''. Good luck finding these in a normal documentary.
* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Maniraptors with feathers]][[hottip:*: Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
** Many of the enantiornithines correctly have a pair of ribbon-shaped tail feathers instead of a modern-style tail fan, and the ''Hesperornis'' has lobed instead of webbed feet.
** In "Dinosaur Block Party", all the animals that attend the party ([[AnachronismStew ironically aside from the main characters]] and Laura ''Giganotosaurus'') are known contemporaries (in fact, specifically representing the Dinosaur Park Formation) or at least from the same time range.
* [[TurtleIsland Spinosaurid Island]]: Happens when the family visits the Misty Sea.
* SteamNeverDies: The train is a green steam locomotive shaped like a ''Triceratops'' head.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Deinonychus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Oviraptor'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Elasmosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Styracosaurus'', ''Giganotosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Quetzalcoatlus''.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Point of Fact guy. Of course, he's there to well, make a point. His character is listed as Mr. Disclaimer in the closing credits and he is played by Joe Purdy, a key writer and story editor for the program, whose other work includes episodes of ''HeyArnold'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.[[invoked]]
* TalkingAnimal: Basically everything with a brain aside from certain fish and insects.
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: The characters say "species" when "genus" would be more appropriate.
* TurtlePower: ''Adocus'' and ''Proganochelys''.
* YouMeanXmas: Dinosaurs celebrate Winter Solstice.
* YoutubePoop: By none other than JitteryDragon. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K018jlEUZhs Enjoy!]]
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->''"People, there is an episode with [[SeldomSeenSpecies Therizinosaurs]] doing Tai-chi. There are Therizinosaurs and they are in a cartoon for kids [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot AND THEY ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS]] '''AND THIS IS AWESOME!!!''' Also, [[ShownTheirWork they have feathers.]]"''
->-- [[http://babbletrish.blogspot.com/2010/12/never-mind-terra-nova-lets-watch.html Babbletrish]]
''Dinosaur Train'' is a [=CGI=] animated Jim Henson Company series airing on {{PBS}}Kids created by Craig Bartlett, best known for the series ''HeyArnold''.
The show focuses on the adventures of a family of pteranodon and Buddy, a dinosaur who was adopted by them as an egg. Buddy initially doesn't know what species he is, but is determined to find out. To this end, Buddy and his adoptive family go on adventures in - we promise you we are not making this up - [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a time-traveling train run by dinosaurs]]. Turns out early on that Buddy's a ''TyrannosaurusRex'', and he and his family and friends continue having trips through the Mesozoic to "meet ''all'' the species".
''Train'' sports strong educational content with a focus on the basics of paleo-zoology, but also a lot of humor and fun. It is a Henson series after all. And even though the main cast is made up of [[FunnyAnimal cartoony creatures]], the show goes way the heck out of its way to avert SomewhereAPaleontologistIsCrying. It's gained quite a [[PeripheryDemographic cult following]] among older dinosaur fans.
Not related to [[EngineSentaiGoOnger other]] [[PowerRangersRPM dinosaur trains]] you may have heard of.
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!!'''Tropes''':
* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The Conductor's mom only wears a collar around her neck and his nephew, Gilbert only wears a conductors' hat. All the other Troodons who operate the [[TitleDrop Dinosaur Train]] or work at the stations wear hats.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The ''Pteranodon'' are lime green, Buddy is safety orange, and even the more realistic (relatively speaking) animal characters can get downright psychedelic.
* AnachronismStew: ''Far'' milder than most (it helps to have a time-traveling train) but still present. To start with, although both ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Pteranodon'' were from the Late Cretaceous, ''Pteranodon'' is not known from the very end of the Late Cretaceous as ''Tyrannosaurus'' is.
* ArtEvolution: A mild example, but it's still there.
* BrokenAesop: The show continually enforces the {{Aesop}} that birds are dinosaurs. In the episode "Dinosaur Camouflage", Buddy explicitly states that a bird is not a dinosaur.
* CarnivoreConfusion: One of the major educational aspects of the show is that as the main characters travel and meet various dinosaurs, they discuss with them whether they're herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. That said, we never see any animals eating other animals. Except when those other animals are fish or insects. So the show generally follows the "fish and bugs are okay to eat" rule. Except for the "meat", which is, eerily, large piles of carrion lying around.
* CartoonCreature: Mostly averted, to a point. That said, eh, we'll just take it on good faith what species the ''Pteranodon'' family and (to a lesser extent) Buddy are.
* CatchPhrase: Buddy: "I have a hypothesis!"
** Don: "La-la-LOOP!"
* ConstantlyCurious: Buddy.
* CoolTrain: The Dinosaur Train featured in the program is a {{Time Travel}}ing train that utilizes time tunnels to take its dinosaur passengers to various locations throughout the Mesozoic Era.
* EdutainmentShow
* ElvisImpersonator: King ''Cryolophosaurus''.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Averted in one episode when Buddy and friends meet a friendly shark.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: ''Michelinoceras''.
* ExpositoryThemeTune & TitleThemeTune: "Come on, Buddy, we'll take a vacation. I'll get us a ticket at Pteranodon Station. We'll travel the world in sunshine and rain and meet all the species on the... [[EarWorm Dinosaur Train. Dinosaur Train! Dinosaur Train! Dinosaur Train! We're gonna ri-i-i-de the Dinosaur Train!]]"
* FatherNeptune: The old ''Spinosaurus''.
* FrogsAndToads: ''Palaeobatrachus''.
* FunWithAcronyms: Carla ''Cretoxyrhina'''s father is described as a "B.F.I.S." (Big Fish In the Sea).
* FurryConfusion: The tiny green snake in one episode doesn't talk, but Sana the ''Sanajeh'' in the same episode can talk.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Literally. There's an episode that not only talks openly about poop, it actually shows a dino dropping a loaf.
* GiantFlyer: The main characters are ''Pteranodon'', after all. Makes sense they'd want to meet other big pterosaurs.
* HappilyAdopted: Despite the fact that Buddy is a completely different species than the rest of his family, they love each other the same.
* HeyItsThatVoice: IanJamesCorlett as the Conductor.
* IAmWho: The first few episodes of the program focus on Buddy trying to figure out just what type of dinosaur he is. It didn't help, though, that his species was revealed in the general press for the show and was given away in the title of the story where he finds it out.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Just the Conductor and a few other ''Troodons'' on the train.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Buddy is a ''T. rex'' raised by ''Pteranodons''.
* TheMoreYouKnow: "Hi, I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist. Do you remember what type of dinosaur Buddy is?"
* MundaneUtility: The Conductor, a ''Troodon'', uses his hindclaws for punching tickets.
* {{Nephewism}}: During the World Tour series, Mr. Conductor is suddenly assisted by his nephew, Gilbert.
* NoAntagonist
* NoCartoonFish: Ray-finned fish, coelacanths, and some insects are okay to eat (makes sense as the main characters are ''Pteranodon''). Gets a little awkward in the episode where Buddy and company meet a friendly shark.
* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' family is... a little more "cartoony" than almost all of the other animal characters. You almost have to take it on good faith what they are.
** For those not well aware of pterosaur anatomy, [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2hK_oCmhqUY/Tlv4RMMNH5I/AAAAAAAABXs/ELw_b5dqNso/s1600/dt.png here's a picture]] to simply it to you (plus more anatomically accurate dinosaur characters).
** Turned UpToEleven in a recent episode. The Conductor claims that they're cold-blooded.
* RaptorAttack: Averted by the ''Velociraptor'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Saurornitholestes'' and ''Microraptor''; the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' really lack plumage, however.
* RunningGag: The Conductor's mother.
* ScienceMarchesOn: The show does its best to stay on top of current discoveries, but sometimes it finds itself the victim of this.
** For starters, ''Eoraptor'' probably isn't a theropod after all, but ''[[http://news.discovery.com/animals/running-dinosaur-ancestor-carnivores-110113.html a sauropod ancestor]].''
** ''Stygimoloch'' may not represent a distinct creature after all, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYbMXzBwpIo the subadult form]] of ''Pachycephalosaurus''. Whether or not it is different, young pachycephalosaurs [[http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/pachysmanyone.gif probably had flat (if somewhat knobbly) heads, growing domes as they aged]].
** ''Brachiosaurus'' never lived in Africa. That was ''Giraffatitan''.
* [[SeldomSeenSpecies Seldom Seen Genera]]: ''Masiakasaurus'', ''Confuciusornis'', ''Avisaurus'', ''Daspletosaurus'' ''Adocus'', ''Proganochelys'', ''Paramacellodus'', ''Cryolophosaurus'', ''Palaeobatrachus'', ''Zhejiangopterus'', ''Einiosaurus'', ''Oryctodromeus'', ''Chirostenotes'', ''Kosmoceratops'', ''Shonisaurus'', ''Volaticotherium'', ''Raptorex'', ''Sinovenator'', ''Sanajeh'', ''Saurornitholestes'', ''Cimolestes'', ''Jeholornis'', ''Ptilodus'', ''Megaraptor'', and ''Michelinoceras''. Good luck finding these in a normal documentary.
* ShownTheirWork: Putting aside the fact that there are a few [[FeatherFingers anatomical brain-farts]] and the main cast is a bit [[AmbiguousSpecies cartoony]], let's just paraphrase a sentiment from the page quote: [[AndTheFandomRejoiced Maniraptors with feathers]][[hottip:*: Although the plumage of the ''Troodon'' and ''Deinonychus'' are still, shall we say, a bit wanting.]]. Heck, the fact that birds are a kind of dinosaur is a given in this series, so the show isn't [[SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying making ornithologists cry]] either.
** Many of the enantiornithines correctly have a pair of ribbon-shaped tail feathers instead of a modern-style tail fan, and the ''Hesperornis'' has lobed instead of webbed feet.
** In "Dinosaur Block Party", all the animals that attend the party ([[AnachronismStew ironically aside from the main characters]] and Laura ''Giganotosaurus'') are known contemporaries (in fact, specifically representing the Dinosaur Park Formation) or at least from the same time range.
* [[TurtleIsland Spinosaurid Island]]: Happens when the family visits the Misty Sea.
* SteamNeverDies: The train is a green steam locomotive shaped like a ''Triceratops'' head.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Troodon'', ''Deinonychus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Oviraptor'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Archaeopteryx'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Elasmosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Styracosaurus'', ''Giganotosaurus'', ''Ornithomimus'', and ''Quetzalcoatlus''.
* StopHavingFunGuys: Point of Fact guy. Of course, he's there to well, make a point. His character is listed as Mr. Disclaimer in the closing credits and he is played by Joe Purdy, a key writer and story editor for the program, whose other work includes episodes of ''HeyArnold'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''.[[invoked]]
* TalkingAnimal: Basically everything with a brain aside from certain fish and insects.
* TaxonomicTermConfusion: The characters say "species" when "genus" would be more appropriate.
* TurtlePower: ''Adocus'' and ''Proganochelys''.
* YouMeanXmas: Dinosaurs celebrate Winter Solstice.
* YoutubePoop: By none other than JitteryDragon. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K018jlEUZhs Enjoy!]]
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