Father's Day
dinosaur train

Sat, Apr 18 6:30 A.M. NH Kids (11.5)  

When the Pteranodon Family visits Troodon Town for a big Father's Day celebration, the Conductor sees Mr. Pteranodon enjoying being celebrated, and is compelled to ask his mother whatever happened to his father. She decides that he's ready to learn the truth and tells him the story about how his father was the bravest Conductor of them all and dared to build an experimental Drill Train and tunnel into the future -- she believes to the Cenozoic Era, which no dinosaur had ever seen. Unfortunately, the Conductor's father never returned, and is apparently lost. The Conductor decides to take the new Drill Train and tunnel into the future to rescue his missing father! / The Conductor, determined to find his missing father, takes the experimental Drill Train and drills a new Time Tunnel that goes as far into the end of the Mesozoic Era as possible, to drill farther into the future and find his father, Trevor Troodon. Once Dad and Buddy and Tiny get wind of this plan, they come aboard, too. So they all take the Drill Train and drill into the future. They come out in the Ice Age of the Cenozoic Era, where they meet a huge, furry Mastodon named Maurice. Maurice helps them search through the icy wastes until they find a feather-covered Northern Troodon who turns out to indeed be Trevor, the father of Mr. Conductor! A happy reunion for all, and they bring him home to the Age of Dinosaurs.

Duration: 28 minutes and 55 seconds

Episode Number: 508

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Sat, Apr 18 6:30 A.M. Father's Day     NH Kids (11.5)

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, Mar 14 6:30 A.M. Gilbert The Conductor/A Clubhouse of Their Own     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Mar 15 6:30 A.M. One Big Dinosaur/Play Date with Annie     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Mar 21 6:30 A.M. The Tiny-Saur Train/How Many Horns     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Mar 22 6:30 A.M. The Beelzebufo Cometh/Dennis Comes to Visit     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Mar 28 6:30 A.M. Armored Like An Ankylosaurus/Campout!     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Mar 29 6:30 A.M. Mom Was A Kid Once     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Apr 4 6:30 A.M. Don's Hole-Iday/We're Not All Dinosaurs     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Apr 5 6:30 A.M. Dinosaur Train Submarine: Shoshana Shonosaurus/All Kinds of Families     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Apr 11 6:30 A.M. King and Crystal Play Red Rock/Nick of Time     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Apr 12 6:30 A.M. Dinos A to Z, Part 1, The Big Idea/Dinos A to Z, Part 2, Spread The Word     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Apr 18 6:30 A.M. Father's Day     NH Kids (11.5)


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