Mom Was A Kid Once
dinosaur train

After Shiny and Annie have a disagreement while exploring a local cave, Mom recalls a similar disagreement with her best friend when she was a kid, Tilly Pteranodon. Tilly happens to be visiting that day and the kids get to meet her for the first time. Mom and Tilly have a great reunion, yet they have very different memories of what their childhood disagreement was about-except that it was about an adventure in a swamp and a swamp-dwelling creature. To clear things up, Mom, Tilly, Tiny, Shiny, and Annie go back to Mom and Tilly's old neighborhood and the swamp. / Mom and Tilly (along with Tiny, Shiny, and Annie) return to their old neighborhood to explore the swamp where they used to play as kids and had a disagreement. The disagreement was about a swamp creature - was it a friend or foe? Mom and Tilly discover the creature, who is still there, is a friend! She is GOLDIE the GLOBIDENS, a marine creature who eats mostly shellfish. Mom recalls that she was scared of Goldie as a kid. and that that was the crux of her disagreement with Tilly. But, that was then, and now their friendship is patched up and strong again - a good example for Shiny and Annie.

Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 502

About Dinosaur Train:

"Dinosaur Train" is an animated series for 3-to-6 year olds.

The series features a curious young T-rex named Buddy who, together with his adopted Pteranodon family, takes the Dinosaur Train to meet, explore, and have adventures with all kinds of dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.


Future Broadcast times for "Dinosaur Train": (show all)

Sat, Aug 15 6:30 A.M. Crystal and King Benefit Concert: Part One and Two     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Aug 16 6:30 A.M. Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Aug 22 6:30 A.M. Junior Conductors Academy: Part One/Junior Conductors Academy: Part Two     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Aug 23 6:30 A.M. Where Have All The Lizards Gone?/Conductor's Sleepover     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Aug 29 6:30 A.M. What's at the Center of the Earth? Layers!/What's at the Center of the Earth? Fossils!     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Sep 5 6:30 A.M. Triassic Turtle/Tank's Baby Brother     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Sep 6 6:30 A.M. Erma Eoraptor/Under The Volcano     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Sep 12 6:30 A.M. Tiny and the Crocodile/Meet The Grandparents     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Sep 19 6:30 A.M. Dinosaur Camouflage/Family Scavenger Hunt     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Sep 20 6:30 A.M. Have You Heard About The Herd?/Jess Hesperornis     NH Kids (11.5)


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