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{{quote|''"People, there is an episode with [[Seldom-Seen Species|Therizinosaurs]] doing Tai-chi. There are Therizinosaurs and they are in a cartoon for kids [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|AND THEY ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS]] '''AND THIS IS AWESOME!!!''' Also, [[Shown Their Work|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|PBSKids]] created by Craig Bartlett, best known for the series ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''.
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 - [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a time-traveling train run by dinosaurs]]. Turns out early on that Buddy's a ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'', and he and his family and friends continue having trips through the Mesozoic to "meet ''all'' the species".
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Literally. There's an episode that not only talks openly about poop, it actually shows a dino dropping a loaf.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: The main characters are ''Pteranodon'', after all. Makes sense they'd want to meet other big pterosaurs.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: Despite the fact that Buddy is a completely different species than the rest of his family, they love each other the same.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Ian James Corlett]] as the Conductor.
* [[I Am Who?]]: 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.
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* [[Interspecies Adoption]]: Buddy is a ''T. rex'' raised by ''Pteranodons''.
* [[The More You Know]]: "Hi, I'm Dr. Scott, the paleontologist. Do you remember what type of dinosaur Buddy is?"
* [[Mundane Utility]]: 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.
* [[No Antagonist]]
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* [[Running Gag]]: The Conductor's mother.
* [[Science Marches On]]: 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 ''[
** ''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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20111112055825/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''.
* [[Seldom-Seen Species|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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* [[Turtle Power]]: ''Adocus'' and ''Proganochelys''.
* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]: Dinosaurs celebrate Winter Solstice.
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