Hello, folks! It's me,
The conductor. Today, we're
Going to meet one of the first
Dinosaurs that ever was, the
Eoraptor. 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]
Tickets. Tickets, please.
I'm the conductor. Next stop,
Stegosaurus forest. Next stop,
Velociraptor valley. Next stop--
Is there a stop where there
Are no dinosaurs?
What? No dinosaurs? Aren't
There dinosaurs everywhere?
I guess there could be a
Place somewhere before dinosaurs
Were even around.
Before dinosaurs?
But, buddy, the conductor
Says that the dinosaurs have
Been around for a really long
Time.
[Squawks]
Those are very good questions,
And it's true; there weren't
Always dinosaurs around.
Wow. Does that mean that
There was once a very first
Dinosaur?
Hmm. I suppose so.
A first dinosaur. Whatever
Species it was, it probably
Lived a long time ago, maybe in
The triassic.
[Squawks]
You know who would have the
Answer? The conductor.
Yeah. We could ask him and
Take the dinosaur train to meet
The very first dinosaur.
Could we, mom? Please?
That sounds like a wonderful
Expedition. Let's take the
Dinosaur train.
Hooray!
Shiny and don?
We have a plan with dad.
Yeah! We're going to stay and
Explore the beach.
Ok, kids. We're off to the
Dinosaur train. See you later!
Bye!
[Train whistle blows]
Tickets! Tickets, please!
Well, hello, buddy, tiny,
Mrs. P.
Hello, mr. Conductor.
Where to today?
We're on an expedition,
Looking for the first dinosaur
Ever.
The very first. Was there
One?
Super-duper scientific
Question, my friends. Now, first
Of all, no one knows for sure
Who the very first dinosaur was,
But I know a species called
Eoraptor. It lived long ago and
Far away in the triassic time
Period.
The triassic. You were right,
Buddy.
Now, since eoraptors are one
Of the first dinosaurs, not many
Other creatures have even seen
Them.
Have you ever met an
Eoraptor, mr. Conductor?
Never, but I've heard
Stories.
Ooh! I love stories.
Well, the story goes that an
Eoraptor named erma lives way
Out in a remote ravine, far from
Most other creatures.
Can we meet her?
Well, to get there, we'll
Have to travel all the way to
The beginning of the line.
Are you up to it?
Yeah!
I knew it, pteranodon family.
I like your spunk. Time tunnel!
Time tunnel approaching, folks!
[Bell ringing]
Ooh!
Next stop, eoraptor ravine
Station in the triassic time
Period. Here we are--the
Roundhouse at the beginning of
The train line, folks.
A roundhouse? All right!
Everybody off the train.
We're turning it around.
Laura! Ready to push the train
Around?
Yes, mr. Conductor.
I'm ready.
Well, pteranodon family,
We're going to take on water and
Supplies. You've got plenty
Of time to find erma eoraptor
Before the train heads back the
Other way.
How do we find her?
Well, erma lives even further
Than the dinosaur train goes,
So your journey isn't quite
Finished yet. Come with me. From
Here, you ride this handcart.
[Squawks]
We ride that?
Cool!
[Both laughing]
When does it start moving?
How does it start moving?
Well, a handcart has to be
Pumped by hand. You grab the
Handles and push them up and
Down. It's an adventure.
Hmm. It sure is. Let's go,
Kids. Oh!
[Both laughing]
Do you know how far to where
Erma lives?
Not far at all. Just ride
Till there's no more tracks.
You'll be where erma lives--
Eoraptor ravine. Hope you find
Her! See you soon!
Woo hoo! Are we there yet?
Not yet.
Are we there yet?
Not yet.
Are we there yet?
[Squawks]
I guess we are. This must be
Eoraptor ravine.
I wonder where erma is.
[Birds screeching]
Maybe it is just a story.
Well, let's get looking,
Kids.
I wonder if she's big.
She's one of the first
Dinosaurs. She must be huge.
I sure don't see any huge
Dinosaurs right now.
Yeah, just a few birds and
Lizards.
Hey, look. Maybe that
Creature knows where erma
Eoraptor is. Let's follow it.
So, what'd you want?
[Squawks]
Hi. I'm tiny pteranodon, and
This is my mom and my brother
Buddy.
Hi!
Um, we were looking for
A dinosaur named erma eoraptor.
Erma eoraptor. Yeah, I heard
Tell of her. What'd you want to
See her for?
We want to meet her because
We heard she was one of the
First dinosaurs.
Mmm. That so?
Yeah. She kind of looks like
You, but erma's really, really
Big.
Really, really big? Well,
That's not what I heard 'cause
I'm erma eoraptor, don't you
Know? I was just having some fun
With ya.
[All laugh]
Well, it's great to meet you,
Erma.
Well, it's nice to meet you,
Too. I'm guessing that you do
Not live anywhere around these
Parts.
We don't. We're from the
Cretaceous time period, a long
Way from here.
The cretaceous time period?
Oh, now that is a mouthful of
Fancy words. I reckon I've never
Been there, but I ain't been far
From here ever, and I ain't seen
Many other dinosaurs. 'Course,
I've seen members of my own
Family. That's just about it.
Well, that makes sense. You
Are, like, the first dinosaur
After all.
Ha ha ha! Me? The first? Oh,
I'm definitely not the first
Dinosaur. I have a mama and a
Papa, and they had a mama and
A papa, too, don't you know?
I think what you mean, tiny, is
That eoraptor may be the first
Kind of dinosaur.
Right, the first species.
Yes, siree. So, do you
Cretaceous critters want the
Grand tour?
So this is the ravine and some
Of our trees, and these are
Ferns.
Do you eat ferns, erma?
Ferns? No. I'm a meat-eating
Gal.
Meat? Just like me? But I
Observe that you have fingers.
Yep, . But two of them are
Kind of small. Don't help much.
And you have -toed feet,
Like me.
What do you know? And looky
Here--i got a mouthful of
Choppers just like you, buddy.
I have a beak.
And it's quite a pretty one,
Tiny.
[Squawks]
Thanks.
I didn't ask you and your ma.
What do you like to eat?
Fish!
So, you're fish-eaters, eh?
I never met a fish-eater that I
Know of. I don't have a taste
For fish. Tell you the truth,
I don't even know what a fish
Looks like.
Oh, fish is the best! We go
To the big pond near where we
Live and fish all day long.
Big pond, eh, don't you know?
You'd love it, erma. There
Are so many species of dinosaurs
There.
Yeah. Big, long-necked
Quadrupeds and hooting
Hadrosaurs.
And there are sea birds and
Turtles and icthyosaurs and
Plesiosaurs.
Whoa, nellie! Slow down,
Partners. I'm getting
Overheated.
Mom, tiny, I think erma
Should come and see all of them
On the dinosaur train.
The dinosaur what? A train?
The dinosaur train travels
All around the world.
Through all different time
Periods, and we ride it.
You ride it?
Yeah! You can visit all kinds
Of places and dinosaurs and
Other creatures. We do it all
The time.
Mercy! What a notion. Sounds
Mighty interesting. Oh, sure.
Why not? Let's do it.
Really? You mean you want to
Ride the train with us right
Now, erma?
That's exactly what I mean--
Today. If I don't do it now,
I may never do it, right?
Right!
Well, what are we waiting
For? Let's go catch the train.
To the handcart!
Are we there yet?
Not yet.
Are we there yet?
Not yet.
Are we there yet?
[Buddy and tiny laugh]
Well, land sakes alive! Why,
I've never seen something so
Big.
It's the dinosaur train!
Well, hello, pteranodon
Family. Oh! And you must be erma
Eoraptor. I'm the, uh,
Conductor. I, uh--ahem!--
Basically run the train. At your
Service, ma'am.
Aw, shucks!
Welcome, miss eoraptor.
All aboard!
[Train whistle blows]
What do you call these?
Lights.
And this pretty, soft thing
On the ground?
That's the carpet.
And would you look at the
Size of that dinosaur? What
Species are you again?
Brachiosaurus, ma'am.
Oh, I love the view. I still
Can't believe this train moves
By its own self.
Snack cart.
Oh, you'll love this, erma.
Just pick any snack you like.
Carrion kabob? Meat treat?
Mmm mmm mmm! Mercy!
What a train! And charming new
Dinosaurs I've never even heard
Of before today, like troodon.
The pleasure is all mine,
Ma'am.
And ours.
[Bell rings]
[Watch ticks]
Well, you're in for a treat,
Erma. Time tunnel! Time tunnel
Approaching!
[Bell rings]
Time tunnel? What now?
We're traveling through time.
My, oh, my, oh, my. This is
Stranger than anything I have
Ever done seen.
[Bell rings]
Next stop, pteranodon terrace
Station in the cretaceous time
Period.
[Steam hisses]
Well, erma, this is our stop.
Want to come see our nest?
Oh, no, thanks. I just love
This train. I'm going to ride it
All the way to the end of the
Line, to the roundhouse at, uh,
What's it called?
Troodon town, ma'am.
Yeah, troodon town. Then I'm
Going to ride it all the way
Back to the triassic, don't you
Know, with this charming
Conductor feller. Well, thanks
For showing me the wide world,
Kids! See you soon! Yee-ha!
[Train whistle blows]
Bye, erma!
Hi there. I'm dr. Scott, the
Paleontologist, and this is
Eoraptor.
Eoraptor.
Eoraptor.
Eoraptor.
Eoraptor lived way back in
The triassic time period, and we
Think it's one of the first
Dinosaurs in the dinosaur family
Tree. Your ancestors are people
That lived in your family
A long, long time ago, and
Dinosaurs had dinosaur
Ancestors, too. After eoraptor
Came many other theropod
Dinosaurs; you know, the
Meat-eaters, like allosaurus,
Velociraptor, and tyrannosaurus,
Like buddy. And there were also
Plant-eating dinosaurs, and they
All had their own place on the
Dinosaur family tree.
Brachiosaurus.
Triceratops.
Right, and pteranodons are
Not part of the dinosaur family
Tree, but they're close cousins.
Every time a paleontologist like
Me finds a new dinosaur, one of
The first things we do is try to
Figure out where it fits in the
Dinosaur family tree. You know,
There's more room on that tree.
Maybe one of you will grow up to
Discover a dinosaur that's even
Older than eoraptor. Hey! I see
You have a family tree of your
Own. Ok, keep watching for more
Dinosaur discoveries.
Buddy has a hypothesis. What
Do you use your feathers for?
I have a hypothesis.
I have a hypothesis.
I have a new hypothesis to test
Out.
Tiny, I have a hypothesis.
You mean an idea you can
Test?
I have a hypothesis.
I think you guys are faster
Because your legs are longer, so
I have a hypothesis.
But how can you test that?
It was an interesting
Hypothesis.
Buddy really likes the word
Hypothesis. It means an idea you
Can test.
♪ Every day I go down
To the station
And look on down
The shining tracks
When I hear that old
Lonesome whistle blowing
[Toot toot]
Then I'm so glad that old train
Is coming back
'Cause I love trains ♪
Whoo whoo!
♪ I just love trains
Well, I can't explain
But I won't complain
I only know that I love trains ♪
Hello, folks. It's me,
The conductor. Today, we're
Going to visit a volcano. That's
A mountain that can blow its
Top. So come on along with me on
The dinosaur train! All aboard!
[Squawks]
A volcano?
We're going to visit
A volcano?
Yeah, a volcano.
What's a volcano?
Well, it's a mountain that
Sometimes has smoke and hot,
Melted rocks coming out the top.
That's called lava.
Our local volcano, old smoky,
Has been rumbling lately and
Making even more smoke than
Usual. That means maybe some
Lava might come out of it soon.
Whoa!
And that's why I think team
Pteranodon should go take a look
At old smoky for today's family
Adventure.
[Whimpers]
Um, I think the family adventure
For the two of us is going to be
Here at the nest with mom.
Right, and no red-hot
Volcano. That sounds a little
Scary to me.
[Squawks]
Oh, we'll be watching the
Volcano from a good, safe
Distance, kids.
Oh, we can stay here, you
Two. That's fine with me.
I don't think it will be
Scary. I think seeing a volcano
Sounds fun.
Me, too! Can we go, dad?
[Chuckles]
All right, buddy and tiny.
To the dinosaur train!
Yay! Bye!
Bye!
Tickets! Tickets, please!
Hello, mr. Conductor.
Hello, buddy and tiny.
You seem very excited today.
We are!
Can you guess where we're
Going?
We'll give you a hint.
It's shaped like this.
And dad says that hot, melted
Rocks can sh**t out of its top.
Hmm.
I don't suppose you're going to
See a...volcano?
Yes! You're always right.
We are going to a volcano.
I'll bet you know a lot about
Them.
I know a thing or two. My
Guess is you're going to see our
Local volcano, old smoky, the
One we can see from this very
Train.
That's the one. Right, dad?
That's right, tiny. I was
Telling the kids that old
Smoky's been smoking more than
Usual lately.
Good observation.
I've noticed that, too,
Mr. Pteranodon. I think more
Than smoke is going to come out
Of old smoky, and very soon.
What does come out of
A volcano?
Why does anything come out
Of a volcano?
Excellent questions. You see,
Deep under the surface of the
Earth, it's really, really hot.
So hot that it melts rocks?
Exactly, and the heat pushes
Those melted rocks, called lava,
Up, up until they erupt out of
The top of the volcano. Huzzah!
Erupt?
Yep. Erupt means to sh**t up
And out, like when the lava
Blasts out of the volcano.
It erupts. Heh!
Ahem! Oh, your dad is, uh,
One smart pteranodon. Heh heh!
You know, I've traveled this
Train line every day past old
Smoky, and for years it's just
Made smoke. But I think it's
About to erupt, and today could
Be the day.
[Gasps]
Ooh! I hope we get to see it
Erupt.
It could happen, tiny. We
Could get lucky and old smoky
Might show us more than smoke.
We want lava! We want lava...
Well, brush my paws and trim
My claws! There's old smoky now.
Whoa!
Next stop, volcano valley!
Volcano valley station, folks!
[Brakes creak, steam hisses]
There's the path up to the
Volcano valley viewing point,
Folks.
Thanks, mr. Conductor.
We'll tell you all about it
On the way back!
Whoa. It's beautiful.
It's amazing.
It's pretty special, kids,
Like nothing I've ever seen
Before.
You know who else has never
Seen anything like this before?
Mom and shiny and don?
That's exactly what I was
Thinking. I bet they'd love to
See this.
I agree, kids. This is a
Once-in-a-lifetime chance to see
Old smoky erupt. I bet we still
Have time. Let's hurry back to
The nest and get the rest of
Team pteranodon.
Hooray!
Don's holding the fruit,
Thinking about it. Finally, he
Decides to...squish it!
Eww! Some of it splattered
On me!
Hee hee! Did you see that,
Shiny? Boy, did I squish that
Fruit. It blew up. It went all
Over the place.
[Laughter]
That's kind of like what
A volcano does, don.
Really?
Sure. When a volcano erupts,
It sh**t rocks and lava out its
Top.
Wow! Mom, I changed my mind.
Can we go find dad and buddy and
Tiny?
Yeah, and see the volcano?
[Squawks]
Heh! I hoped you two would want
To go after all. Let's go catch
The dinosaur train.
[Squawks]
[Giggles]
Dad and buddy and tiny will be
So surprised to see us.
[Train whistle blows]
Oh, there's the train, kids.
Come on!
Pteranodon!
[Humming a tune]
[Train whistle blows]
All aboard!
Well, what are we waiting
For? Let's go find mom and shiny
And don!
Right, team! Let's go!
Hey, where is everybody?
[Squawks]
Hello again. Forget something?
Huh?
Wait a minute. Didn't you
Have wings a few minutes ago?
I've never had wings.
I could have sworn I saw
Pteranodons, not two
Pteranodons and a t-rex.
Hey, maybe you saw our mom
And brother and sister.
Um, could be. Well, they went
That-a-way, toward the train
Station.
The train station?
[Squawks]
[Squawks]
Excuse me. Mr. Stationmaster,
Have you seen the rest of our
Family?
Why, I sure have, tiny. Heh!
I just sold them tickets to
Volcano valley. I believe they
Just got on the train when you
Got off.
What?
[Squawks]
Ok, we got off the train...
And mom and shiny and don
Must have gone into the other
Coach.
Sheesh! What a mix-up, kids!
I, um--
[Train whistle blows]
No problem. Here's the next
Train. We'll head back to
Volcano valley and catch up
With them.
Yeah!
Looking for someone?
You know who we're looking
For.
Indeedy doo. Your mom, shiny,
And don just got off at volcano
Valley and are headed out to the
Viewing point. I believe they're
Looking for you.
[Chuckles]
[Squawks]
If we hurry, we can catch them
So we can all see the volcano
Together. All aboard!
Mmm! All aboard.
[All panting]
Oh, here we are, kids. Oh!
Isn't it spectacular?
But where's buddy, tiny, and
Dad?
Oh, no! Don, mom, you don't
Think they went back to get us,
Do you?
Hmm. You know what? That is
Exactly what I think. Come on,
Kids!
[Squawks]
We have to go back down now?
[Train brakes creaking]
[Steam hisses]
Come on, kids.
Wow. Listen to that rumbling
Noise. It's louder than ever.
I hope mom and don and shiny
Are still up there.
I hope we can find dad and
Buddy and tiny before the
Volcano erupts.
Oh, no! Not again! Stop the
Train!
[Panting]
Mr. Conductor!
Huh?
Mr. Conductor! Stop the
Train!
Oh, nellie!
[Brakes screeching]
Pteranodons, all off board.
There's the rest of your family.
Yay!
[All laugh]
[Squawks]
Dad! Tiny! Buddy!
Hey!
Hoo hoo!
Hi, dad!
Ha ha ha!
Oh!
What a mix-up. We just about
Missed each other, again.
Yeah, for a second time, or
Was it the third?
Hey! What are we doing
Standing around hugging each
Other? Come on! The volcano's
About to erupt!
Yeah! Let's go as a family.
Ahem! I'd certainly hate to
Miss out on the big event. Heh!
Mind if I join you?
Come on, mr. Conductor.
All right, team. To the
Volcano!
[All clamoring]
[Rumbling]
Buddy, did you feel the earth
Shake, too?
Yeah.
We all did, don.
And look. Wow. It's making
More smoke than ever.
There's a rumbling noise. The
Ground is shaking. The volcano
Is looking hotter and hotter.
Old smoky looks like it really
Wants to erupt.
Look! It's--it's--
It's erupting!
Whoa! Ooh! Ahh!
[Squawks]
It's spectacular!
Yeah, the most amazing thing
I've ever seen.
Bless my scales and feathers!
What a magnificent sight!
The best volcano ever.
Let's hear it for the
Volcano!
Volcano! Volcano! Volcano!
[All cheering]
, , , , Pteranodons,
One t-rex, and one troodon.
Just making sure.
That's right. The whole
Family is on the dinosaur train,
Going one way only--home!
[All cheering]
Home sweet home!
Hi there. I'm dr. Scott, the
Paleontologist, and this is a
Volcano.
Volcano.
Volcanoes happen when melted
Rocks deep underground burst
Through the earth's surface,
Causing an eruption. After that
Melted rock erupts out of the
Earth, we call it lava.
Kaboom!
Now, many volcanoes form
Cone-shaped mountains like this
One, with a huge crater at the
Top where the lava comes out.
Once the lava cools off, it
Looks like this.
Wow!
Volcanoes are found all over
The world, even underwater.
Some islands, like the hawaiian
Islands, are actually made from
Lava that erupted from volcanoes
At the bottom of the ocean. You
Can still see lots of old lava
Today all over hawaii. Well,
That's all for now. Remember,
Get outside, get into nature,
And make your own discoveries.
Volcano!
[Train whistle blows]
Did you know that the
Dinosaur train travels
Everywhere in the mesozoic era?
Let's look at the map. There was
The triassic, jurassic, and
Cretaceous time periods. Let's
Visit the triassic. It was the
First age of dinosaurs and was
Mostly a dry and warm climate.
Many of the first-known
Reptiles, like frogs and
Turtles, lived in the triassic
Time period. And that's just one
Of the stops on the dinosaur
Train.
[Train whistle blows]
♪ ...and we figured it out ♪
♪ We figured it out
We worked together
And figured it out! ♪
[All laughing and clamoring]
♪ Dinosaur train
Dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train
Dinosaur train
We're gonna ride
The dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪
♪ Dinosaur train ♪
♪ We're gonna ride ♪
♪ Ride, ride, ride, ride ♪
♪ The dinosaur train ♪
01x24 - Erma Eoraptor/Under The Volcano
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Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train
Set in a whimsical prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes and oceans, all filled with dinosaur and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known eponymously as the Dinosaur Train