05x01 - The Tiny-saur Train/How Many Horns?

[bunniefuu]

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

Today, we'll meet a very tiny dinosaur

and learn some more about Tiny Power!

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, 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]

[train whistle blaring]

- Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Playdate!

- Yeah, I love it when a friend

comes to visit on the Dinosaur Train.

[tooting]

- [squawking] Speaking of trains--

both: It's the Dinosaur Train!

Whoo-hoo!

[chattering]

- Hmm... - Hey!

- Huh?

- Hey!

Ooh! Hello, everyone.

all: Mikey Microraptor!

- I am so glad to see you

and I can't wait to see your nest.

- It's great to see you too, Mikey.

- Yeah, we'll show you all around Pteranodon Terrace.

Come on!

- We've made some tiny party favors for you, Mikey.

- Ooh. Aah.

- And look, I made you a tiny chair

out of rocks from my collection section.

- Wow!

- You can sit on it while we have our afternoon snack.

- Ooh, which for us is fish.

- And for you is bugs, right?

- Yup. - [squawking]

Here you go, kids. Snack time.

Fish and bugs.

[cheering]

- Wow.

- [gasping]

- Ooh, ooh, ooh!

It's beautiful here.

I'm from a forest far away from the sea,

so I can't believe what a view you have.

- Yeah, it's great, isn't it?

- Will you guys take me for a tour of the cliff?

- Sure. Let's go!

- Ooh! First I better finish these bugs.

[crunching, swallowing]

I'm so tiny, I'm getting pretty full.

I don't know if I can eat this last one!

- Ooh, I'll eat it.

I love bugs.

- Okay, now let's go.

[cheering]

- Mikey, how does it feel to be a dinosaur

but be so tiny?

- Well, I'm pretty proud of it.

- Really? Why?

- Because we tiny creatures can get into really small spaces.

- [laughing]

- And grab tiny things

like this bug.

Oh, wait. I'm already full from our afternoon snack.

- Ooh! I'll eat it.

Thank you.

- And being tiny means I'm light.

Watch me scamper waaayyy up this tree

and glide down!

Anyway, we love being tiny.

Right, Tiny?

- Yeah, we call it--

both: Tiny Power!

- And don't forget, Mikey,

tiny creatures have great stealth.

- Stealth? - Yeah.

Stealth is sneaking around without being noticed.

- Ooh, that sounds fun. How does it work?

- Sometimes when the big dinosaurs

come stomping through the brush,

they don't even notice us,

'cause we're so low to the ground.

all: Yeah! Stealth!

- [laughing] That can be funny.

- But it can be dangerous too.

A giant dinosaur could step on you

if he didn't know you were there.

[rustling] [all gasping]

- [humming]

[all yelling]

- Ooh, sorry!

I didn't even notice you kids were down there.

- Hi, I'm Mikey!

I'm a Microraptor.

- Oh, hi!

Larry Lambeosaurus.

Wow. I can't believe how small you are.

- Yup, Mikey is the smallest dinosaur I know.

- Uh, no, Don, he can't be a dinosaur.

Dinosaurs are huge and tall and gigantic

like me.

- Actually, Mr. Lambeosaurus,

I am a dinosaur. Just a very small one.

- No, I'm pretty sure I'm right.

You can't possibly be a dinosaur.

- Yeah-huh. Not only am I a dinosaur,

but there are even smaller dinosaurs out there.

- What? That's not possible.

Why, if you show me a dinosaur

that's even smaller than you,

I'll--I'll--I'll eat this entire tree!

- Wow, I'd like to see that.

Can you, Mr. Lambeosaurus?

- Yes. - No, he can't. That's my tree.

- Sounds like a great challenge, Mr. Lambeosaurus.

We'll go find an even smaller dinosaur than Microraptor,

and bring him-- - Or her.

- Back to show you.

- And then you'll eat the whole tree, right?

- Like I promised.

- Wait, uh, what's happening?

- Hmm, an even smaller dinosaur than Microraptor?

Well, shall we go to the Triassic?

Ooh, the Cretaceous.

No, let's take the Dinosaur Train

to the middle of the Jurassic.

I bet I can find you a tinier dinosaur there!

[all whooping]

All aboard!

All right, for the tiniest dinosaur,

I'm thinking Yi qi!

- Yi qi? What a tiny name.

- But is it tinier than Mikey?

- Yes, it's even tinier!

Behold! - Ooh!

It does have a beautiful tail.

- Yeah, like mine! But he's different too.

Look at those wings. They don't have many feathers.

- Yes, Yi qi means Strange Wing,

because the wings of Yi qi are mostly leathery.

Kind of like your pteranodon wings, Tiny, Shiny, and Don!

- So, Yi qi might be more like me than you

even if he is a dinosaur.

- We'll see. Only time will tell.

[chiming] Oh, time? Time?

Time Tunnel!

Time Tunnel approaching!

[bell dinging]

[bell dinging]

Yi qi Yards Station in the Jurassic time period!

- Hmm. - Buddy,

why are you looking up?

- I have a hypothesis.

- Ooh, I have a hypothesis too!

Is my hypothesis the same as yours?

- [giggling]

Well, my hypothesis is

I bet that the Yi qi is arboreal.

- Uh, ar-bo-what?

- Arboreal means they live in the tops of trees.

- Yeah, uh huh, yup! Just like me!

That was my hypothesis, too.

Let's look up!

all: [gasping] Hello!

- Are you a Yi qi?

- Yes. My name is Yuan Yi qi.

- Hi, I'm Tiny

and these are my brothers and sisters and my mom.

We're Pteranodons, Buddy is a T. rex,

and this is my friend

Mikey Microraptor! - Hi.

We came on the Dinosaur Train to see if we could find

a dinosaur that's even tinier than me.

- Well, you came to the right place.

I am truly tiny.

- I see that you glide from the treetops, like I do.

Do you hunt bugs, too?

- Sure do.

- Ooh, more bug-eaters! Yay!

- And you both have beautiful tails.

both: Thanks!

- I bet it helps you steer when you're gliding down, right?

- Right again, Mikey.

- But check out these leathery wings,

like my family's Pteranodon wings!

- Amazing.

Oh, where did you creatures say you came from?

- We came from the Cretaceous time period

on the Dinosaur Train.

- Really? I've never left the Jurassic time period.

- [squawking] We can fix that.

Yuan, will you come visit us at our nest?

We want to bring you to meet our neighbor, Larry,

so we can prove to him that some dinosaurs

can be really tiny.

- And watch him eat a whole tree.

- I'd love to!

Everyone thinks dinosaurs are huge.

I may be tiny, but I'm still a dinosaur.

both: Yeah! We call it Tiny Power!

- [giggling] I love it.

Tiny Power!

- Well, bless my scales and feathers.

You did find a dinosaur that's even smaller than Microraptor.

Huh! It's a pleasure to meet you, Yuan!

- You too, Mr. Conductor.

Oh, this is amazing!

I knew that most dinosaurs were big, but--wow!

- [laughing] If you think these are big dinosaurs,

wait until I show you what's in the Observation Car!

- Oh...my gosh!

You're huge!

I mean, It's really nice to meet you, Mrs. Giganotosaurus!

- It's lovely to meet you too, Yuan!

Yes, I am so big they have to put me

in the Observation Car, which has no roof.

- It's pretty cool that the Dinosaur Train

has a car especially for the giant dinosaurs.

- Yeah! Too bad it doesn't have a car especially

for the tiny ones.

Hint-hint.

- You know what, Tiny? That gives me an idea.

- [squawking] It does?

- Presenting the Tiny-saur Train! Ha-ha!

[whistle blowing]

The latest design from Dinosaur Train Industries--

a steam locomotive created especially

for our tiniest passengers.

- Hi, everyone! Ooh!

Thanks.

- Whoa! Now, who do we have here?

- Hi, Mr. Lambeosaurus.

I'm Yuan Yi qi and I'm a dinosaur.

I may be tiny, but I'm powerful.

'Cause I have--

all: Tiny Power!

♪ Tiny Power ♪

♪ Tiny Power ♪

♪ We're the kids with Tiny Power ♪

♪ Well, we may be little ♪

♪ And not too tall ♪

♪ But we can get in places that are really small ♪

♪ We got stealth ♪

♪ It's better than wealth ♪

♪ Way up high is where we play ♪

♪ Staying out of your way, 'cause ♪

♪ Not getting stepped on is good for your health ♪

♪ Tiny Power, Tiny Power ♪

♪ Tiny Power, Tiny Power ♪

♪ We're the kids with Tiny Power ♪

♪ Being a big dino might be cool ♪

♪ Might be cool ♪

♪ But how about us little ones? ♪

♪ I think we rule ♪

♪ Tiny Power, we got the power ♪

♪ Tiny Power, we got the power ♪

♪ We're the kids with Tiny Power ♪

- Tiny Power!

- ♪ We got the power, Tiny Power ♪

♪ Tiny Power, Tiny Power ♪

♪ We're the kids with Tiny Power ♪

♪ Tiny Power! ♪

- Wow! It's nice to meet you too, Yuan.

And, uh, Tiny Power to you, too.

Well, you learn something new every day.

I guess I'm gonna have to eat that entire tree,

like I promised.

- Yes!

- Right. I mean, I--what?

No, no, no! No, you're not gonna eat my tree, Larry.

- But I have to. I promised. - No, you don't!

- Hey, Mr. Conductor?

Can we take another ride on the Tiny-saur Train?

- Absolutely, Miss Tiny! - [whooping]

- The Tiny-saur Train,

now departing for the Big Pond!

Aaaall aboard!

[whistle blowing]

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

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

Have you ever wanted to be as big as a dinosaur?

Well, you're not as big as Allosaurus,

but you're bigger than many dinosaurs

including the little feathered theropod called Yi qi.

[roaring]

- We are a third grade classroom from Oregon.

- And we're studying dinosaurs.

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- A lot of dinosaurs were big.

- This is a Titanosaur footprint.

♪ ♪

- But some dinosaurs were tiny.

♪ ♪

- We made models of a tiny dinosaur named Yi qi.

♪ ♪

- Yi qi was about the size of a pigeon.

It lived in the Jurassic period in the treetops.

Yi qi means Strange Wing

because it had leathery wings

and it could glide through the trees

like a flying squirrel or a bat.

both girls: Tiny dinosaurs have incredible tiny power.

♪ ♪

all: Tiny Power!

[roaring]

- Remember, get outside, get into nature,

and make your own discoveries.

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

Today, Buddy and t*nk get to meet a Ceratopsian Queen

with lots and lots of horns!

So come on along with me on the Dinosaur Train!

All aboooard!

[soft music]

- My dream last night was so weird

and amazing. Ha-ha!

I had so many horns!

Ha-ha, me with horns.

- Wow! I wish I had horns.

- Look, I do! I have a Pterano-horn!

- Did somebody say horns?

- t*nk Triceratops!

- Hi, everyone. Wanna play my new game?

It's called Poker.

Ha ha. And I'm the poker.

- [giggling] You're not gonna get me!

- Whoa! - Whoa!

[all laughing]

- What a silly name. A game called Poker.

Who knows? Maybe it'll catch on.

[squawks]

- I got to say, it does look so fun to have horns.

- [gulping] It's the best. Go, horns!

- Horns are pretty neat,

but don't forget us Pteranodons have these.

- I think wings and horns are both cool.

- I agree, Buddy.

Each one of us is unique, kids,

and that's what makes us interesting.

- You're right, Mom.

Hey, look, I invented a game too.

Ring Toss!

- [crunch, gulp]

- Uh, t*nk, it's Ring Toss not Ring Taste.

- Ha, okay. Hmm.

I wonder what it would be like to have even more horns.

- We know lots of dinosaurs with more horns

like Mayor Kosmoceratops.

Remember when you compared your three horns with his ?

- Huh. Oh, right. He has so many horns.

- Huh. I wonder if there are other Ceratopsians

with different numbers of horns than t*nk and the Mayor?

- Well, I know one way we could find out.

all: Could we?

- Go on the Dinosaur Train and find creatures

that have different numbers of horns?

all: Yes! To the Dinosaur Train!

- [giggling] - Whoo-hoo!

- [Don vocalizing] - [laughing]

[bright music]

♪ ♪

- Tickets. Tickets, please.

all: Hello, Mr. Conductor!

- Well, hello, Pteranodon family and t*nk!

Ready to help you with today's adventure--

finding dinosaurs with all different numbers of horns!

- Right, t*nk has three horns,

and I know one relative of t*nk's with less horns

than he has--Protoceratops!

- Right you are, Buddy.

- I have a very important question, Mr. The Conductor.

May I have a fishwich? Or two?

- You may, Mr. The Don! You're a growing Pteranodon.

- [vocalizing]

- Now, as far as these creatures

with different numbers of horns,

they're called Ceratopsians!

- Hey, I'm one of those!

- You certainly are, t*nk.

Let's take a look.

Ceratopsians all live in the Cretaceous time period

and are all from the same family.

Some early Ceratopsians started to develop horns,

and most have bony frills on the back of their heads.

And over millions of years,

the displays of frills and horns

have become grander and grander,

till finally, we get a very grand specimen, like--

Buddy and t*nk: Kosmoceratops!

- Oh, you two know your Ceratopsians.

- Wow, I really want to meet all the different Ceratopsians

with different frills and horns!

- Oh, I love a good Ceratopsian challenge.

But first, I think we should go visit our friend

Penelope Protoceratops.

She's from much earlier in this time period.

Oh, it's always wonderful to see Penelope.

- Mmm, do you know what's also wonderful?

These new spicy fishwiches.

Okay, I'm ready.

Let's go see other Ceratopsians!

- Affirmative!

Next stop, Protoceratops Sands Station!

all: Hi, Penelope!

- [gasps] Hi, kids!

It's been a while. Good timing.

I just made some new dishes.

Leaf Jerky, Leaf Stew, and Leaf Wowington.

- Ooh!

Are they like the spicy leafwich on the Dinosaur Train?

- Have a taste and see for yourself.

[all crunching, slurping]

all: Mmm!

- So, what brings you kids to my neck of the Cretaceous?

- We want to meet dinosaurs

with all different numbers of horns.

Ceratopsian cousins, like you and me, Penelope!

- Well, we are related, aren't we, Cuz?

- Yeah, and I've got a bony frill and three horns.

- While I only have one.

I also have a beak and frill, just like you do.

Ah? Plus we both have big chompers

to munch on plants.

Go, herbivores!

- Yeah! Go, herbivores!

[both crunching]

Did you know that we have Ceratopsian cousins

with even more horns? Up to !

- Pffffttt!

What? ?

- [squawking] Maybe you'd like to come with us

on the Dinosaur Train and meet some of those cousins!

- Hmm, cousins with lots of horns,

a ride on the Dinosaur Train,

and spicy leafwiches?

Let's ride the Dinosaur Train!

all: [cheering]

[train horn blows] - One,

two, three--

spicy!

- Mmm, yummy.

Ooh, care to join us, Mr. Conductor?

- Thanks, Penelope, but... [chuckling]

in my tum-tum, spicy is not always nicey.

[stomach grumbling] Ooh!

- Mr. Conductor?

Mom, t*nk, and I were wondering if we could

invite more Ceratopsians on to the train

and all have a big lunch together?

- Yeah, it can be like

a Cousins Born with Horns lunch party!

- Why, that's a fantastic idea!

all kids: [cheering]

both: Let's find more Ceratopsian cousins!

[train whistle blaring]

all kids: Hello, Mr. Einiosaurus!

all kids: Hello, Mr. Styracosaurus!

- Wow! What a great bunch of Ceratopsian cousins.

- And now, I think it's time you all met

the Queen of Ceratopsians!

all: The Queen?

- Wait. We know King Cryolophosaurus,

but who's the Queen?

- You'll see!

Next stop, Royal Regaliceratops Train Station!

In a later part of the Cretaceous time period!

- Behold-- Queen Regina Regaliceratops!

- Charmed to meet you. Delighted.

- Wow! Cool horns!

- Why yes, please be amazed at my crown.

all: Whoa!

- Look and be awed, gaze and admire,

and thank you for visiting.

- Um, Your Highness, we actually came to ask you

if you'd like to come on the Dinosaur Train with us

to meet other Ceratopsian cousins.

- Yeah, we're gathering as many cousins with horns as we can.

- And they all have horns?

How many are the cousins?

- There are a bunch of other cousins.

We're all Ceratopsians.

- Interesting.

You know, I have been told that I have the most horns ever.

- It's amazing to see all your horns.

- So many, cuz. I mean, Your Highness.

- Well, I have made a decision.

I rarely go on adventures,

but I have decided to go on your Dinosaur Train

and mingle with my cousins.

all: Yay!

- It shall be quite an adventure.

Follow me.

- Ceratopsian friends,

please welcome the Queen, Regina Regaliceratops!

- Huh?

all: [gasping]

- Queen Regaliceratops,

please meet Penelope Protoceratops,

Mr. Styracosaurus, and Ernie Einiosaurus.

- Greetings, cousins! So pleased to meet you.

- Hey, if we're related to the Queen,

we must all be in the royal family!

[ all laughing]

- It's time for the Ceratopsian horn count.

Penelope has one horn. t*nk has three.

- Ernie has five horns.

- [clears throat]

Before you count more, we have a surprise.

Don, Tiny, Buddy, here are your Ceratopsian horns.

- [gasping] - Thanks, Mom!

- The Don-oceratops has six horns.

The Tiny-osaurus has one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven--

eight horns. - Wow!

- And the Buddy-osaurus has ten horns.

Cool!

Mr. Styracosaurus has--

both: horns!

- Ooh, thanks.

Buddy and t*nk: And the Queen has--

, , , , , , , , , ,

, , , horns!

- , , , , -- uh, uh--!

[applause]

- Hi, everyone.

all: [gasping] Mayor Kosmoceratops!

- Sorry I'm late.

I rushed here so I wouldn't miss

the Cousins Born with Horns lunch. Yeah--Oh!

My goodness! Your Majesty!

- Charmed, Mr. Mayor. Charmed.

- Mr. Mayor? Can we count your horns too?

- Absolutely, Buddy.

kids: , , , , , ...

- Oh, dear.

kids: , , !

Wow!

- Oh.

- is a lot of horns too, Your Highness.

- Absolutely.

Plus, I'm merely the Mayor, not the Queen,

which you'll always be!

t*nk, Buddy, Tiny, and Don,

thank you for your amazing efforts

to bring us Ceratopsian cousins together!

I officially declare today

Born with Horns Day

throughout the Cretaceous time period!

all chanting: Whoo! Horns, horns, horns!

- Huzzah! Now, let us feast!

[triumphal music]

♪ ♪

- Ah, so many horns.

Can we please play Ring Toss, your Queenliness?

- Why, yes. - Ha ha ha!

Toss one other here. I'll catch!

all: [cheering]

[cheerful music]

♪ ♪

all: [cheering]

- Ha-ha! I haven't had this much fun in years.

What a royal fun time, cousins.

[laughing]

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

One of the most amazing things about dinosaurs

is that they're not only big but bizarre.

And some of the most bizarre, interesting dinosaurs

were horned dinosaurs like Triceratops.

Their heads are adorned with big, bony frills and spikes.

They've got horns over their eyes and over their nose.

We used to think that all horned dinosaurs

had these horns so they could fight with Tyrannosaurus

and other kinds of big predators.

But it turns out that's not the case.

If we look at animals today with horns,

things like deer and antelope,

they use them mostly to fight with each other

and to show off.

If you look at the horn of Einiosaurus curving forward,

that wouldn't be very good fighting against a predator.

And we think, instead, that these animals

used all this stuff to intimidate, to show off,

and sometimes to fight.

So they would drop their heads,

move them around to see who's the biggest,

then if they needed to fight, they could lock horns together

and have these wrestling contests

to see who was strongest.

So Triceratops, Einiosaurus--

all these animals are different.

Every species has a different set of bony bells and whistles

on their head.

So next time you go outside,

think about putting on a fancy hat

with big horns on it

and think about just how scary you'd look.

[cheerful music]

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