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.

Episode 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)

Tue, Dec 24 6:00 A.M. Trains, Submarines and Zeppelins: Part 1/Part 2     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Dec 24 6:30 A.M. Dinosaurs in the Snow/Cretaceous Conifers     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Dec 24 7:00 A.M. Don's Winter Wish/Festival of Lights     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Dec 28 6:30 A.M. Dinosaurs in the Snow/Cretaceous Conifers     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Dec 29 6:30 A.M. Hootin' Hadrosaurs!/Hatching Party     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Jan 4 6:30 A.M. Classic in the Jurassic: Turtle and Theropod Race/Hungry, Hungry Carnivores     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 5 6:30 A.M. The Old Bird/Diamond Don     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Jan 11 6:30 A.M. Classic in the Jurassic: Ultimate Face-off/Back in Time     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 12 6:30 A.M. The Burrowers/Shiny's Sea Shells     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Jan 18 6:30 A.M. Classic in the Jurassic: Air Obstacle Race/King & Crystal Live!     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 19 6:30 A.M. One Big Frog/Caving with Vlad     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Jan 25 6:30 A.M. King Cryolophosaurus/Buddy The Tracker     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 26 6:30 A.M. Classic in the Jurassic - Air, Water and Land/Desert Day and Night     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Feb 1 6:30 A.M. Zeppelin: Waterfalls/Zeppelin: Atoll     NH Kids (11.5)


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