02x01 - Dinosaur Big City Part One/Dinosaur Big City Part Two

[bunniefuu]

Hello, folks. It's me the conductor. Today, the pteranodon

Family starts out on a trip to the theropod convention in the

Dinosaur big city, so come on along with me on the dinosaur

Train. All aboard!

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ [whistle blows]

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ once upon a time

There was a mom her name was mrs. Pteranodon

Sitting on her nest she heard a scratching

And said... ♪ Oh, boy! My eggs are

Hatching!

♪ One by one her kids popped free

Baby pteranodons , , ♪

I'll name you tiny, shiny, and don.

♪ But tiny said... ♪ Wait! There's one more, mom!

♪ Last little baby was a different size

With teeth and a tail and big green eyes

He didn't look anything like the rest ♪

What am I doing in a pteranodon nest?

♪ But dear, old mrs. Pteranodon said... ♪

Oh, this is your family, and I'm your mom. You may be

Different, but we're all creatures. All dinosaurs have

Different features. 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...

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

[Whistle blows] ♪ the dinosaur train ♪

[Roaring] [captioning made possible by

The jim henson company]

♪ There's no place

Like our nest no place like our nest

We've been around the mesozoic and pretty much seen the rest

We might as well face it we never could replace it

There's no place no place like our nest

I dug lots of holes today I think that I have plenty

Oh, don, I think it's possible

You've dug one hole too many I like it in my tiny place

Up here, no one can bug me hmm?

Except for cindy cimolestes who just came by to hug me

Our beach is full of pretty shells

Some are big and some are small I really like the shiny ones

Too bad I found them all ooh! Another one!

A dinosaur moved in next door he's always asking favors

He's running out of leaves to eat ♪

Hey, how you doin', neighbor?

Out of my tree!

Hon, be nice to the neighbors.

Ok.

So, can I borrow some leaves?

Um, no.

♪ We've been all over the cretaceous

And haven't found a place more spacious

This cliff top is the best we might as well face it

We never could replace it 'cause there's no place

No place like our nest there's no place

No place like our nest ♪ take it away, buddy! Buddy!

♪ There's no place no place like our nest ♪

[All squawk] hey, buddy? Buddy. You ok,

Buddy? You seem like you're thinking about something else.

Well, I guess I am. I was just thinking, what's going to

Happen to me when I grow up?

Hmm?

I mean, I'll be a giant t. Rex. I'll be huge. I won't

Even fit in the nest, and I love our nest.

Hmm. That's no good. I want to stay tiny. Let's just not

Grow up, buddy.

Awk! Everybody is going to grow up, tiny, even you.

It's ok if you grow up to be a giant t. Rex, buddy. I can

Ride around on your head.

Ha ha! Well, sure, don.

Buddy, you may not be able to fit in our nest one day when

You're older, but you'll always be my son.

Hey, I have an idea. Maybe we can build a giant nest for buddy

To fit in.

Awk! Good idea, don.

But I still really do want to know what I'll be like when I

Grow up. I'll have to migrate and find my own food. I'm

Different from the rest of the family.

Yeah. Pteranodons are pterosaurs, and t. Rexes are

Theropods.

Hey, that reminds me, the conductor told me and mom about

A really big theropod club meeting. It's called a

Convention.

He certainly did, buddy.

Wait. What's the theropod club?

It's a club for theropods.

And any creature that likes theropods, like me. I'm club

Secretary.

And I'm a theropod because-- should we do the cheer?

--Big legs with -toed feet!

--Lots of teeth for eating meat! --A long tail for

Balancing low! And -- theropods have a great sense

Of smell!

Feet, meat, tails, smell.

Anyway, the conductor told me that it's the biggest

Get-together of the theropod club ever, and it's called a

Theropod convention. Maybe we could go, and I could ask my

Theropod friends about what they think it'll be like to grow up

To be a giant t. Rex.

You know, I remember that the tyrannosaurus family told me

That they plan to finish their migration at the convention.

[Gasps] really? Annie and boris and delores

Tyrannosaurus?

You could meet up with them at the convention and ask them

All your questions about growing up.

That sounds like fun!

Yeah! Can we come, too?

Could we, mom and dad?

[Sighs] it would be nice for buddy.

He just wants to be around other t. Rexes.

Yeah, but you know me. I kind of like to stay near the nest.

Can't buddy just play with the t. Rexes round here?

Hon, buddy's the only t. Rex around here.

Well, we could use a vacation. We can relax by the

Pond while the kids do their convention stuff. I guess we're

Going to the theropod convention then. It'll be a pteranodon team

Adventure!

Yay! Whoo! Thanks, mom!

[Squawks] hey, where you goin',

Neighbor?

Uh, nowhere important, really. Got a big meeting or

Convention. To the dinosaur train!

Don't eat my tree.

Tickets! Tickets, please.

Well, hello, pteranodon family.

Hello, mr. Conductor.

Aha! Going to visit some t. Rexes at the theropod

Convention, eh, buddy, my fellow theropod?

Yup.

Where is the theropod convention?

Well, tiny, this year it's in laramidia, the dinosaur big

City.

Wait. Did you say dinosaur big city?

Indeedy do I did, mr. P.

I was hoping for somewhere quiet with a little pond.

I've never been to a big city.

Me, neither.

What's the big city like?

Glad you asked, miss shiny!

[Lively music playing] ♪ laramidia

The dinosaur big city it's really, really big

Not itty bitty where the streets are wide

And the skies are pretty and dinosaurs

Are smart and witty laramidia

The dinosaur big city it's an urban sensation

A favorite destination home of the biggest

Dinosaur population ♪ like what kind of species?

♪ Well, there's long-necked sauropods

Meat-eating theropods herds of -legged quadrupeds ♪

With giant necks!

And tiny heads!

♪ I probably don't need to tell you more

But you'll see more dinosaurs than you've seen before

Ceratopsians with horns galore

Take a look at this kosmoceratops

Ooh, kosmoceratops!

We'll compare features till our heads are sore

And dig holes till we can't dig anymore

In laramidia laramidia!

Laramidia, I wouldn't kid ya laramidia

The dinosaur big city ♪ [all cheering]

Yes, it is. Thank you! Ha ha!

Any questions?

I have a question. What will I be like when I grow up?

I mean, I'll be gigantic.

He won't fit in the nest.

He'll have a huge appetite.

And he'll have to migrate to find enough to eat.

That's an excellent question and some astute observations.

And I'll bet the convention will be a great place to talk to some

Big theropods and find out what it feels like to live like

A t. Rex all the time.

Yeah, like my friends, annie tyrannosaurus.

And her dad, boris.

And her mom, delores.

They're going to finish their migration at the convention.

That's right, tiny. All the t. Rexes will be there.

This is going to be the best trip on the dinosaur train ever.

[All cheer] oops, I almost forgot. One

More unexpected theropod is coming along to the convention--

My nephew, gilbert.

Gilbert?

Gilbert!

Good morning, everyone.

My uncle conductor is right.

Troodons are also theropods.

Ahem. Room for one more, miss shiny?

[Giggling] yes, gilbert.

[Bell chimes] time tunnel! Time tunnel

Approaching!

[Train bell ringing]

Next stop, allosaurus acres.

Allosaurus acres in the jurassic time period.

[Brakes screech, steam hisses] hi, alvin!

Hello, theropods.

Awk! Ok, theropod club.

Everyone gather together in the observation car for a club

Meeting.

Hmm. Not enough room in the observation car.

Oh, looks like we'll need to add another observation car to

The train.

Oh, looks like we'll need to add another observation car to

The--oh! Mother!

Oh, son! Did you miss me?

Oh, now, where did you come from?

Oh, I've been in the caboose the whole time. Wouldn't want to

Miss the big theropod club convention.

Yay! Hello, mrs. Conductor.

Hello, kids. Well, what are you waiting for? Let's get that

Extra observation car hooked up!

Now, mother, that's my job to say that. Ahem! Right! Let's get

That extra car hooked up posthaste!

[Overlapping chatter] I can help, too. Come on,

Laura.

[Thundering footsteps] [all grunting]

[Both roar] wow. The longest dinosaur

Train I've ever seen, with the most theropods ever.

And we're all riding together to laramidia, the dinosaur big

City. Life is good.

Yes, sirree, buddy.

All aboard!

[Train whistle blows] hey, everybody, come here.

Yeah, you know, it's great for buddy to be around the other

Theropods.

Awk! And just wait till we get to the big city. We'll be

Around other t. Rexes.

Yeah! I can't wait to get to the theropod convention in the

Dinosaur big city. Woo hoo!

Go, theropods!

Woo hoo!

[Train whistle blows] hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the

Paleontologist, and I'm here at my favorite museum, the utah

Museum of natural history. Utah is famous for its dinosaur

Discoveries because we find so many fossils in the dry desert

Terrain, but way back in the cretaceous time period millions

Of years ago, things looked very different around here. Back

Then, north america was split in two by a shallow sea that went

Right down the middle. We called the chunk of land that was left

In the west laramidia. When utah was part of laramidia, it looked

More like this, a warm, wet, swampy place on the coast of the

Sea. How do we know? Because paleontologists, scientists

Like me, find not only dinosaur bones but many other kinds of

Fossils from small fishes and turtles to giant crocodiles and

Other water-loving creatures. We even find plant fossils.

Laramidia was home to many, many different kinds of dinosaurs.

For example, there were duckbilled dinosaurs like

Lambeosaurus and parasaurolophus and horned dinosaurs liked

Einiosaurus and kosmoceratops.

No question, laramidia was an amazing place. Ok. Keep watching

For more dinosaur discoveries.

Hello, folks. It's me, the conductor. Today the pteranodon

Family gets to the big city, and they're bringing their

Friend king cryolophosaurus, so come on along with me on the

Dinosaur train. All aboard!

Rawwk!

All right, theropod club!

The meeting has come to order!

We're all here to ride to the big theropod convention, so I

Say we start off with our theropod cheer! Ready?

One! Big legs with -toed feet! Two! Lots of teeth

For eating meat! !

A long tail for balancing well, and ! Theropods have a

Great sense of smell!

[All cheering] that takes care of old

Business.

Now, on to new business: I think we need a new

Theropod cheer!

Huh? What? A new one?

Yeah! I mean, does our cheer really have the facts right?

There are some theropods who like bugs--

Brawk! Like me!

And some who like meat-- but I even met a confuciusornis

Who ate fruit!

Whoa! Really? A what?

Who thinks we need a better cheer?

[All talking at once] good. So let's all get to

Work on those theropod rhymes!

Next stop, cryolophosaurus crest station,

In the jurassic antarctic!

Cryolophosaurus crest station?!

That's where king cryolophosaurus lives!

There's king!

But who are all those other dinosaurs?

[Dinosaurs screaming] ha ha hoohah!

Hoohoo ha ha!

[Dinosaurs shouting at once] [chanting "king!"]

Hit it, man! Ha ha ha!

Ohh!

All aboard! And...ahem.

"Hit it, man!"

[Train's whistle blows] king! Remember me?

We used to eat bugs together when we was kids!

Uhh.

Hi, king!

Raawk! It's so great to see you!

Oh! Hey, buddy! Hey, tiny!

It's good to see you, too.

Uh, hi, laura-- sorry I almost landed on you

When I jumped into your car.

Oh, king, don't worry at all.

I'm happy to see you!

Welcome aboard!

Thank you, senorita!

I'm glad to be here--it's my first-ever theropod convention.

Mine too!

So, uh, when's the convention start?

Right now, here on the train?

Actually, king, we're picking up theropod friends throughout

The mesozoic, then we're taking all of you to the convention

In laramidia!

Lara-what-ia?

Laramidia!

The dinosaur big city!

That's where the theropod convention is--

In the dinosaur big city!

Whoa, wait a minute, time out, man.

Did you say "big city"?

That sounds...big.

Well, it is!

After all, it's a big city!

I don't think I can do the big city.

Yeah, I know I can't.

Better say good-bye right now.

Return to sender, baby!

Wait, king!

You can't just jump off the train!

Oh, yeah? Watch me!

But, king, you can't leave.

The theropod club needs you!

I need you!

You do?

Yeah! You're my friend!

I've never been to the big city, either, but I bet it'll be

Great to go with all my friends!

But I bet there's no wide open spaces.

I like wide open spaces.

But, king--think of all the fun we'll have!

You'll love meeting the other theropods! Just like buddy!

You think so?

I know so!

Buddy will be comparing so many features there!

And you can compare all of them, too!

Teeth, and toes, and tails!

The city will be full of dinosaurs that look like

You guys!

I'm going to the convention to try to figure out what I'll

Be like when I'm a grown-up t. Rex.

I used to wonder about those same kind of things when I was a

Kid.

Really?

That's right, buddy.

I dunno, maybe it's a theropod thing.

High !

High two!

Hyyahh!

And we can sing songs together, on the way!

You know how much you love to sing.

I do love to sing, tiny!

Hoohah!

Well, what better place to sing your songs than on the

Dinosaur train?

Am I right?

[All cheering] looks like we have

The makings of a big ol' whistle-stop rock 'n' roll

Dinosaur tour, king!

Now, you know I got a song about that, don't you,

Mr. Conductor?

You've got a song about it?

A song? Sing it! Please?

Should I count it off?

Yeah!

♪ Well, it's a one for the triassic, two for the

Jurassic, for the cretaceous, c'mon, ya wanna

Race us? All up and down the mesozoic

When we hit your town you're gonna know it!

It's a party, that's for sure it's a big ol' whistle-stop

Rock' n' roll dinosaur tour!

We're ridin' the rails fillin' our sails

Everybody's rockin' and shakin' their tails

We're dancin' to some syncopation

Get your ticket right down at the station!

It's a party--that's for sure it's a big ol' whistle-stop

Rock'n'roll dinosaur tour! Ha!

Buddy! Tiny!

Don and shiny!

Jurassic! Triassic!

Man, it's fantastic!

All up and down the mesozoic when we hit your town

You're gonna know it!

It's a party, that's for sure it's a big ol' whistle-stop

Rock 'n' roll dinosaur tour!

Dinosaur tour! Ha!

[All cheering] thank you,

Thank you very much.

That song gets me every time--time?

Time tunnel!

Time tunnel approaching!

[Bell ringing]

Next stop, ornithomimus orchards, in the

Cretaceous time period!

Oh, boy!

Oren and ollie ornithomimus!

[Train's brakes screech] oh!

Hi, all aboard guy!

All aboa--oh, I guess I am the all-aboard guy.

Aah!

Hello, giganotosaurus, deinonychus, avisaurus,

Archaeopteryx, velociraptor, troodon,

Allosaurus, cryolophosaurus, and t. Rex!

Hi, theropod club!

Oh, goody-goody-meatdrops!

It's those speedy, little ornithomimus kids!

Hi, mrs. Conductor!

We're oren and ollie!

Hello!

Still as fleet-footed as ever, I see!

Wish my old legs moved that fast!

Well, I can try--let's run!

Come on, legs, make me proud!

Ha ha ha!

[Laughter] mother, I must

Insist you stop running around and bothering other passengers!

Oh, lighten up, sonny boy!

We're just having a little fun!

Blooouuugh!

Blooouuugh!

[Laughter] moth-er!

Hi, king!

We're big fans of your work!

Oh, man. There's a whole lotta theropods in here.

Hi, king. Are you ok?

Uh, sure, buddy.

I'm just trying to work on a new song, but it's so noisy and

Crowded in there, I can hardly hear myself think.

Would you rather be by yourself?

No, man! Stick around, buddy!

In fact, maybe you could help me figure out the rhymes.

Ooh! Figure out rhymes?

Can I help, too?

Ha ha! Sure thing, tiny!

I jus' thought up a title: "whole lotta theropods!"

Because I'm lookin' around, and there's a whole lot of kinds of

Them, y'know?

Sounds great, because the theropod club needs a new

Cheer, anyway--our cheer could be your new song!

Is it gonna be about their features?

A whole lotta features on a whole lotta creatures!

Hey man, that's good-- and it rhymes!

Y'know, buddy, since we're both theropods, maybe we could sing

The song together!

Really? We can?

Yeah! And I'll dance! Raawk!

[Laughter] ♪ well

I've met a lotta creatures with some interesting features

And some of them are pretty odd, but all I know

Is everywhere I go I find a whole lotta theropods!

Well, some have teeth, and some have beaks, and some have

Beaks with teeth, but every theropod walks on two big legs

And those legs have -toed feet! Ha!

All of them walkin' on two legs

And all their toes are clawed a whole lotta features

A whole lotta creatures there's a whole lotta

Theropods!

Well, some eat fruit and insects

And some eat only meat but all theropods walk on

Two big legs and they come with -toed feet!

I've met a lotta creatures with some interesting features

And some of them are pretty odd

But all I know is everywhere I go I

Find a whole lotta theropods!

There's a whole lotta theropods!

[Crowd chanting "king!"]

[Breathing heavily] great job, as usual, king!

Uhh, thank you!

Now, please just get me on that train and let's get outta here!

All aboard! Hit it, man!

[Train's whistle blows]

Well, this sure isn't pteranodon terrace.

Where's don?

Has anyone seen don?

[Laughing] [breathing]

Hi, king. Are you ok?

Oh, hey, buddy...tiny...

I just don't like crowds.

Makes me wonder what it's gonna be like when we get to the

Big city. So many dinosaurs.

King, everything's gonna be great,

Because we'll stick together!

Yeah, it'll be amazing to see so many cool kinds of dinosaurs

All in one place!

Y'know, when I was a little cryolophosaurus, living

With my mama and my papa, I never imagined I'd grow up to

Sing to crowds of dinosaurs.

I just liked hidin' and playin' in the woods.

I really loved being a kid.

It was fun, man!

So don't forget to have fun, just bein' what you are now:

A kid!

And sure, you may grow up to be a huge ol' t. Rex, but deep

Down, you're just you, man!

Buddy!

And you'll always be my friend.

Rawk! That's what I keep telling him!

We're friends, and we'll always stick together!

Next stop, laramidia-- the dinosaur biiiiig city!

[Train's whistle blows] [all cheering]

Man, that is a whole lot of theropods!

Wow!

Double wow!

Laramidia!

Hi, there. I'm dr. Scott the paleontologist. Do you know what

Kind of dinosaur this big guy is? It's called allosaurus, and

It was discovered right here in utah. Allosaurus was a giant

Carnivore about feet long. It was bipedal, which means that it

Walked only on its back legs, and allosaurus is part of a

Famous group of dinosaurs called theropods. Let's take a look at

Some of its features-- -toed feet, large claws on its

Hands, plenty of sharp teeth for eating meat, and a long tail to

Help this predator stay balanced. Can you name a few

Theropods? Giganotosaurus, ornithomimus, troodon, and of

Course tyrannosaurus, and don't forget my theropod friend here

Allosaurus. Ok. Get outside, get into nature, and make your own

Discoveries.

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♪ Dinosaur train ♪ ♪ dinosaur train ♪

♪ We're gonna ride ♪ ♪ ride, ride, ride, ride ♪

♪ The dinosaur train ♪