05x07 - Underwater Race/Buddy Wants to Fly

[bunniefuu]

- Hello, folks. It's me, the Conductor.

Today the Pteranodon family and I take on Thurston Troodon

in a race with the Dinosaur Train submarine,

so come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

- ♪ Dinosaur Train, 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, one, two, three ♪

- I'll name you Tiny, Shiny, and Don.

- ♪ But Tiny said ♪ - Wait, there's one more, Mom.

- ♪ The 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 ♪

[train whistle toots]

- ♪ The Dinosaur Train ♪

- [roars]

[triumphant music]

♪ ♪

- Well, Pteranodon family, who's ready for today's

underwater adventure on the--

[together] Dinosaur Train Submarine!

We are!

- Yup, I've been busy

tuning up and spiffing up the sub.

It's never run better, so let's go take her for a spin.

[all cheering]

[water splashing]

All aboard the submarine!

both: Yeah! Let's take her for a spin!

[horn blares] all: Huh?

[dramatic music]

- [gasps]

♪ ♪

- Hello!

Yes, it's me, Thurston Troodon,

everyone's favorite conductor!

[together, glumly] Hi, Thurston.

- Hi, Thurston!

- Oh, hello, Mr. Conductor.

Taking your old...[coughs] Very old sub for a spin?

Which is all your subpar sub can do--

spin around and around. [laughs]

- Spin? Subpar? [growls]

[clears throat] Well, Thurston,

a pleasure to see you, as always,

- Wow, Mr. Thurston, is your submarine brand-new?

- Yes, very brand-new. It's fierce and toothy.

Oh, and very fast.

My sub is ultra up-to-date,

the most advanced in the Mesozoic:

fast, swift, speedy, and problem-free.

I call it the SUB.

That stands for Super Ultimate Best,

and I assure you, it is.

- Wow. Super Ultimate Best?

- Yes. Oh, and did I mention it's fast?

- I seem to recall you did--a few times.

- Now, you and I have run many races

in the past, Mr. Conductor.

But I just realized

we have never raced under the sea.

[gasps] Say, shall we have an underwater race?

- Hmm. Interesting.

- Yes. What will be... [mockingly] interesting

is to see if your ancient,

about-to-fall-apart, and extremely slow submarine

can even compete against my Super Ultimate Best sub.

- Actually, Thurston, the Dinosaur Train Submarine

is tuned up, spiffed up, and running better than ever.

[together] Yeah! - [laughs]

Yes, well, that aside,

Mr. Conductor, shall we race today?

- I am delighted to race but propose we do so

in the North Atlantic Ocean in the Jurassic time period.

- Ooh, Jurassic. Challenging. [chuckles]

Sounds good. - Well, then let's race!

To the Underwater Time Tunnel and the North Atlantic Ocean

in the Jurassic time period!

[together] Whoo! Yeah!

- ♪ Oh, once upon a time in the deep blue sea ♪

♪ A seafaring Troodon said to me ♪

♪ "If you want to see things you've never seen ♪

♪ Come on along with me in my green submarine" ♪

[together] ♪ So many oceans to explore ♪

♪ Reptilians and plesiosaurs ♪

- ♪ Crocodilians and ichthyosaurs ♪

- ♪ Great big hungry carnivores ♪

Rawr!

[together] ♪ We'll see things we've never seen ♪

♪ Diving down in our green submarine ♪

♪ Down in the sea so green ♪

♪ Deeper than we've ever been ♪

♪ We'll see things we've never seen ♪

♪ Diving down in our green submarine ♪

[all cheering]

- Let's go!

- Hello, Leo.

- Hello, Thurston.

I recognized your horn.

Hi, Mr. Conductor.

Hi, I'm Leo Liopleurodon.

[together] Whoa! - Hi, Leo!

I'm Tiny Pteranodon, and this is my sister, Shiny,

and my brothers, Buddy and Don.

- And this is our mom and dad.

[together] Hi, Leo!

- Leo, do you mind if we take

a closer look at some of your features?

- [chuckles] - You have amazing--

uh, what are they called?

- Flippers! - And you have four of them.

- And they're long and kind of flat.

- And see? I use them all at once.

My front flippers push the water hard,

and my back flippers can push it even harder!

It helps me swim really fast!

- [squawks] Pteranodon wings are like our flippers.

They push air so we can fly.

And Buddy has big stomping feet.

- We are all creatures with different features.

La-la-loo! [rumbling]

- Oh-ho-ho. That was my belly! Time to eat! See ya!

Enjoy the Jurassic ocean!

all: Bye, Leo!

- So, Mr. Conductor, shall we decide on a race course,

or do you have cold feet?

Hmm? Too scared to race?

- Oh, my feet are warm and comfy. [chuckles]

Let's set a race course, Thurston.

We'll race over this spiky hill,

through the sea grass forest,

through this deep cave, then around the red tunnel

to the finish line at the coral ridge.

- Right! - Yeah!

- Cool!

- And I advise that you go around,

not through, the red tunnel

'cause it gets narrower as you go.

- Hmm? Yes, yes, yes. Good to know.

Now, which of you lucky creatures

wants to ride in my SUB?

- Ooh, ooh, ooh, pick me. Can I?

- Well, of course, Don.

- Dad and I have decided we'll also ride with Thurston.

both: We'll stay with Mr. Conductor.

- Count me in too. - Wonderful!

Now, of course, we do all agree that this race

will be run fair and square.

That means we'll follow the rules.

[together] Yes! - Hmm?

Yes, yes, of course. Fair and square.

[tense music]

[together] On your mark. Get set. Go!

[jaunty music]

♪ ♪

- Friends, this race will be a snap.

Enjoy the ride.

- There's the spiky hill!

- Around the hill we go!

♪ ♪

- Wow, the sea grass is thick.

- I assure you, we'll go slow and steady

and get through it.

- Slow and steady.

That's always how you win your races, Mr. Conductor.

- Exactly!

- Doh!

[yelps]

[horn blares]

- Hey, Thurston. How's it going?

- Leo, Leo! I need your help to get out of here.

- Okay.

Ho-ho!

♪ ♪

both: Yeah! Way to go, Leo!

♪ ♪

[jaunty music]

♪ ♪

- Should we go left? Right?

- Oh, right. - Right.

- I say left. - Left?

- Leo's pointing left. - Told ya.

- [chuckles]

Thanks for the tip, Leo.

You see, Don, piloting my SUB is a major event.

Possibly life-changing. A huge responsibility.

Now, stay focused. - Okay. [giggles]

This is so fun! - [laughs nervously]

- [mimics engine revving] - Steady.

Left. Right.

Okay, it's time to let the amazing me take over.

♪ ♪

[together] We go left!

- Left it is! [laughs] Thank you, crew!

- I don't see Thurston's sub anywhere.

He must be way ahead!

- And into the red tunnel we go.

- Uh, remember what the Conductor said

about not going through the tunnel?

It gets narrower as you go.

- Oh, please. What does the Conductor know?

This is an excellent shortcut.

- All right, whatever you say, chief.

- Look, Thurston, the tunnel is not wide at all here.

- Doh!

[metal crunches]

[horn blares]

- Heard your horn.

I swam right over super fast with these flippers.

[chuckles] So...problem?

- [muffled] Over here. Stuck.

- Oh, okay. I'm on it. Hold on, g*ng!

- See ya later, red tunnel!

And here we come, finish line!

- Ho-ho, that's some great piloting, Tiny.

How about a turn for Buddy?

- [squawks] - Yes!

Full steam ahead to the finish line!

♪ ♪

[submarine whooshing] - [both cheering]

♪ ♪

- Ha! We are the champions!

Hip, hip--

Hey, where's my hooray?

- Um, Mr. Thurston, I'm sure the race was a tie.

Both subs crossed the finish line at the same time.

- Mm-hmm. That's how I saw it too.

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You see, I had the best view from my seat. [laughs]

I won fair and-- - B-b-b-but, Thurston,

was it square?

- [stammers]

- Oh, hi, Leo!

Wow, it's too bad you didn't see the end of the race.

You could have been the judge. - Uh, race?

- Don't you remember?

We were racing Mr. The Conductor's sub

when you led us through all that sea grass--

- [coughing] Quiet, quiet.

- And then remember in the cave when you told us

which way to go? - [humming]

- And then Leo pushed us out of the red tunnel.

That really helped.

- Truly, Thurston? Truly?

- [stammering] Now, come on, none of that happened.

Okay, some may have happened.

- Actually, Thurston, all of that happened.

I had no idea your subs were racing.

- [squawks] - But--but...[sighs]. True.

I was wrong, very wrong, in getting you to help us, Leo.

And, Mr. Conductor, I apologize for anything wrong

I did during the race or said about your sub.

It is indeed an excellent craft.

- Well, all right, then.

I accept your apology, Thurston--yet again.

B-b-but, Thurston... [laughs]

You do have a fine-looking sub.

- Mr. Thurston, why don't you ever just race fair and square?

- It's always more fun that way.

- [laughing] "It's always fun."

- Oh, good. Next up, vacuuming!

[groans]

Play by the rules fair and square.

Oh! When will I learn!

♪ ♪

- Hi there, I'm Dr. Scott the paleontologist,

and I'm at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

Have you ever wanted to see a real, live dinosaur?

Well, you can, because all birds alive today

are actually dinosaurs,

and they came from little feathered theropods.

[bird chirping] [dinosaur roars]

- ♪ Have you heard the word that every single bird ♪

♪ In the world is a dinosaur ♪

- ♪ What ♪ - ♪ Over , kinds ♪

♪ That should blow your mind ♪

♪ That you're walking with dinosaurs ♪

- ♪ What ♪ - ♪ The birds you see ♪

♪ Are from the family tree of ancient dinosaurs ♪

- ♪ What ♪ - ♪ So you can truly say ♪

♪ That you're living in the age ♪

♪ Of real, live dinosaurs ♪

- Eagle! - ♪ You're a dinosaur ♪

- Hummingbird! - ♪ You're a dinosaur ♪

- Heron! - Well, you're a dinosaur ♪

- Robin! - ♪ D-d-d-dinosaur ♪

- Duck! - ♪ Well, you're a dinosaur ♪

- Jay! - ♪ Yeah, you're a dinosaur ♪

- Dr. Scott! - ♪ Not a dinosaur ♪

♪ But he sure knows a lot about dinosaurs ♪

♪ Cardinal, crane, and parakeet ♪

♪ Woodpecker, stork, and wild turkey ♪

♪ Every single bird you meet ♪

♪ Is a real, live dinosaur ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[bird chirping] [dinosaur roars]

- Okay, remember, get outside, get into nature,

and make your own feathered dinosaur discoveries.

- Hello, folks. It's me, the Conductor.

Today we'll learn all about Pteranodon wings--

what makes them work and what makes them fly.

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train.

All aboard!

[upbeat music]

- Okay! Go long!

- [grunting] La-la-loo!

♪ Da-da, da-da, da, da ♪

♪ Da-da, da-da, da, da ♪

- You don't have to rub it in, Don.

I caught it the last four times.

- Uh-huh. That's why I'm celebrating. [giggles]

- Hi. Do you want to play with us?

♪ ♪

- Hi, my name is Jackson.

- Hey, Jackson, I'm Buddy, and this is my brother, Don,

and my sisters, Tiny and Shiny. both: Hi, Jackson!

- We're playing toss and catch. Ever played?

- It's super easy.

I throw the stick and then you guys fly up

to see who can catch it first. Simple.

- Oh, maybe I'll just watch, then.

- You don't want to play?

- It's just, well, I can't fly.

- [squawks] Oh! What happened?

Were you in an accident?

- Did you lose part of your wing?

Oh, we could help you look for it.

- Does it hurt? - No, I was just born this way.

It's always been like that.

- That's okay. We can take turns tossing the stick.

I mean, if you want to. Only if you feel like it.

- Sure! Yeah, that would be great.

Mom, can I go play?

- Of course, dear. - Yay!

[grunts]

[together] Whoa!

- Good throw, Jackson!

- Mine!

- Yah!

- [grunts]

- [grunts] - [grunts]

- Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don!

Time to head back to the Dinosaur Train.

[together] Aw!

- Thanks, Jackson. That was so much fun!

- Thanks for letting me play with you.

Can we do it again sometime?

- For sure!

all: Bye, Jackson!

See you soon!

[peaceful music]

- [struggling] Boy, Buddy,

you sure are getting heavy.

- Yeah, if you keep growing,

we won't be able to carry you much longer.

- Then how will you get around?

- I guess I'll just have to walk everywhere.

But I'm still gonna be a kid for a while.

- And when you do get big,

I get to ride around on your head.

La-la-loo!

I wish we could figure out a way for Buddy to fly.

Then nobody would have to carry him.

- [giggles] Yeah, it would be really fun

if we could all fly together. [together] Yeah!

- Maybe just try flapping your arms really, really fast.

[arms swishing] - [grunting]

- Faster.

No, faster!

Huh. Well, it works when I do it.

- What if you tried swallowing a bunch of air?

Maybe it will help you float up in the sky.

- [inhales deeply]

[burps] [coughs]

Excuse me.

- [laughs] I think Buddy needs wings

if he's gonna fly.

- But how can I get wings?

all: Hmm.

♪ ♪

[all yawn]

- Hey, where's Buddy?

- Look!

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[arms swishing]

- [squawks] Hey, Buddy! You're up early.

What ya doing?

- I have a hypothesis

that if I can build my own set of wings,

I can fly just like you.

[together] Ooh.

- See, since I wasn't born with wings,

I'm gonna make my own.

- [squawks] Cool!

What can we do to help?

- Well, I want to make sure the design

is just right so it'll work.

Can I get a closer look at your wings, please?

- [humming] - Hmm.

They're pretty long,

and they get kind of narrower at the end.

- And this part goes past the rest of the arm.

- They're wide and leathery.

- And they go all the way down to here.

- Hmm. - Buddy!

Those look just like Pteranodon wings!

- [squawks] What now?

- I guess we'll need some things to make them with:

some sticks, vines,

and the biggest leaves we can find.

Oh, and something sticky to hold the leaves together.

Hmm.

- Ooh, ooh,

I have some sticky tree sap

in my collection section. - Perfect!

Let's go!

[adventurous music]

Now I got to test them.

[arms swishing]

♪ ♪

- You can do it, Buddy.

Fly, fly like the wind!

Wait, that's not right. Fly like a Pteranodon!

- [squawks] Don, Stop! - Let go, Don!

- Huh? Oops.

Sorry, Buddy! - I'm okay!

[together] One, two, three!

- I'm flying! I'm flying!

Oh, no, no, wait, I'm falling! Aah!

[leaves rustling]

Aw, nuts.

- Maybe the wings need to be wider?

- Maybe the leaves need to be bigger?

- Maybe the sap needs to be stickier?

- I bet the Troodon engineers

at Dinosaur Train Industries could help.

Why don't we take the Dinosaur Train

to Troodon Town and ask them?

all: Yeah! To the Dinosaur Train!

[brakes squealing]

[together] Whoa. - Hello? Is anyone here?

- Well, hello, Pteranodon family.

What brings you to Dinosaur Train Industries?

[together] Hi, Tricia! - We're looking for an engineer

to help me fix these wings I made.

- Well, you're in luck.

You just so happen to have found one: me.

- Tricia, you're an engineer?

- I double majored in Train Conducting

and Engineering at Troodon Tech.

Come with me to the lab,

and let's take a look at those wings.

♪ ♪

Now, Pteranodon wings are thicker in front

and thinner in back, so air flows faster

above the wings and slower below.

That's what generates lift.

[together] Lift.

- But keep in mind that Pteranodons

also have hollow bones, which makes them lighter,

and a more aerodynamic body.

"Aerodynamic" means the air flows around them better,

and that makes it easier for them to fly.

Since you're a T. rex and your body

is heavier and bulkier,

we're going to need to make a few changes

to your wing design.

both: Cool!

- Let me know how those work out for you, Buddy.

Good luck! - Thanks, Tricia! I sure will!

all: Bye, Tricia!

- See you soon! - See you next time!

♪ ♪

- The Big Pond has the best air currents, Buddy,

which should help you stay in the air.

I'll fly you up to get you started

and then let you go, okay?

- Don't worry, kiddo, I'll be flying right below

to catch you, just in case.

- Thanks, Mom and Dad.

I know nothing bad will happen with you around.

- Yeah, and we'll be flying with you too,

Buddy, my buddy.

- You've got this, Buddy! [squawks]

- Okay, I'm ready for takeoff!

Whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!

♪ ♪

- Are you good, Buddy?

- Let's do it, Mom.

[together] One, two, three!

♪ ♪

- [gasps]

- Whoo-hoo!

- Buddy, you're doing it!

- You're the first flying T. rex ever!

Whoo-hoo!

- Way to go, son!

- I can't believe I'm actually flying!

Whoo-hoo!

[all cheering]

- [laughs]

♪ ♪

Whoops! Sorry! [laughter]

♪ ♪

- [panting] - Wow, Buddy.

Now you can fly everywhere with us.

- We're so proud of you, son.

You put your mind to something and made it happen.

♪ ♪

[together] Hi, Jackson!

- Wow, Buddy, how did you do that?

Where did you get those wings?

- I made 'em myself.

Well, with a lot of help from my family

and Tricia Troodon.

She's an engineer at Dinosaur Train Industries,

and she helped me design 'em.

- Those are the coolest things I've ever seen!

- Yup. They're aerodynamic.

- [squawks] "Aerodynamic" means it's easy

for air to move around them.

- I call them the "Model T,"

for T. rex!

Rawr!

- [sighs]

I wish I could fly.

♪ ♪

- Jackson, you should have these.

- Huh? I-I couldn't. They're yours.

- I don't think I'd use them much.

T. rexes aren't supposed to fly.

But you're supposed to fly.

You're a Pteranodon.

Besides, I want you to have them.

- Th-thank you, Buddy!

I don't know what to say!

- [squawks] Just say yes.

- Come on, Jackson, we'll help you put them on.

♪ ♪

- Yeah!

[all cheering]

- Whoo! Whoo-hoo!

- Way to go, Jackson!

♪ ♪

[all giggle]

♪ ♪

- [laughs]

Mom! Mom! Look at me!

I'm flying! I'm flying!

- Jackson?

- Up here, Mom! I'm doing it!

- Jackson is--

But how?

- Whoo-hoo! [laughs]

- Oh, Jackson, my boy.

I never thought I'd see you fly.

- I did it, Mom. I really did.

I flew. My friends helped me.

- Thank you.

Thank you so much for helping my son.

[all cheering]

♪ ♪

- Hi there, I'm Dr. Scott the paleontologist.

During the Mesozoic Era, above the heads of dinosaurs,

there were lots of different kinds of birds,

but there were also flying reptiles

that were not birds and not dinosaurs.

We call them pterosaurs,

and pterosaurs came in all shapes and sizes.

Some of them were huge, like Quetzalcoatlus,

with a wingspan about feet wide,

the size of a small aircraft.

And some were really small, like Nemicolopterus,

only about ten inches tall,

that were a lot like small birds,

say ravens, little predators.

And these larger pterosaurs were kind of like

the albatrosses we see fly across oceans.

These animals were phenomenal.

They had hollow bones,

so they were light and they could fly easily.

And many of them were huge.

Some, like Pteranodon, had big crests on their heads,

and we all know Pteranodon from the Pteranodon family.

All of the Pteranodons

fall into this group called pterosaurs.

And they lived in the Triassic, the Jurassic, the Cretaceous,

and the very last pterosaurs

d*ed out million years ago.

So the next time you look up into the sky

and see a small airplane flying overhead,

imagine instead that is a giant flying reptile,

a pterosaur, cruising above you.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪