List of Dino Dan episodes

Dino Dan is a Canadian television series that was created and directed by J. J. Johnson. The series premiered on TVOKids in Canada on January 4, 2010 and on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. Channel in the United States on October 17, 2010. A third season of the series, Dino Dana, has been aired on TVOKids in Canada and instead of being aired on Nick Jr. in the United States it is streamed on Amazon.com.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 
! Episode # !! Title !! American Premiere (Nick Jr.) !! Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids) !! Dinosaurs !!  Description !! Dino Dan’s Field Guide (Nick Jr.) !!
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| 1.1 || The Chicken or the Dino/Bones in the Backyard || Oct. 17, 2010 || Jan. 4, 2010 ||Dromaeosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Baby Brachiosaurus/Stygimoloch, Brachiosaurus
|The Chicken or the Dino: When Dan's class studies eggs in science, Dan finds a Brachiosaurus egg among the many chicken eggs.

Bones in the Backyard: Dan's little brother Trek finds a Stygimolcoch fossil in the school sandbox at recess, and the school art class soon assists in making a model of the dinosaur to identify the bone.
|Dromaeosaurus
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| 1.2 || Masked Confusion/Trouble Clef || Oct. 18, 2010 || Jan. 18, 2010 ||Edmontosaurus, Baby Edmontosaurus/Corythosaurus, Dromaeosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
|Masked Confusion: After a failed attempt to infiltrate an Edmontosaurus herd, Dan uses his art class resources to upgrade his disguise with a better mask.

Trouble Clef: Dan's music class allows him to understand the world of Corythosaurus communication when he learns to play the French Horn.
|Dromaeosaurus
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| 1.3 || There's a Compsognathus Under My Bed/Art for Pterosaurs' Sake || Oct. 27, 2010 || Jan. 25, 2010 ||Compsognathus/Quetzalcoatlus
|There's a Compsognathus Under My Bed: Dan employs Trek to help him study a Compsognathus before bedtime, and also liberate their pet pug Doug when their mom accuses him of stealing her shoes.

Art for Pterosaurs' Sake: During his art class, Dan inspires the class to make a kite that looks like a Quetzalcoatlus.
|Brachiosaurus
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| 1.4 || Tooth or Consequences/Dinosicles || Jan. 16, 2011 || Feb. 1, 2010 ||Edmontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex/Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex, Dromaeosaurus, Spinosaurus
|Tooth or Consequences: Dan tries to identify the Edmontosaurus's diet while he, Trek and Ricardo take their dentist appointments.

Dinosicles: Dan and his family join Cory and Jordan at a sledding hill, while he discovers the T-rex's scavenger side with a snow Triceratops.
|Brachiosaurus
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| 1.5 || The Case of the Mystery Dino/Gas-o-saurus || Oct. 19, 2010 || Feb. 14, 2010 ||Spinosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, Pterodactylus/Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus
|The Case of the Mystery Dino: Dan's science class is learning about coprolites, and he teams up with Jordan to learn the identity of a fish-eating dinosaur.

Gas-o-saurus: Dan, Kami and Ricardo do a science presentation on the Brachiosaurus, and how the sauropod's flatulence potentially caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
|Brachiosaurus
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| 1.6 || He Shoots, He Roars/A Winter Tail || Oct. 25, 2010 || Feb 8, 2010 ||Dromaeosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus/Euoplocephalus
|He Shoots, He Roars: Dan sets on a quest to find out which dinosaurs are warm-blooded.

A Winter Tail: Dan sets out to see the Euoplocephalus use its tail in self-defense, but the ankylosaurid is not easily intimidated.
|Dromaeosaurus
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| 1.7 || A Pterosaur in the House/A Model Dino || Oct. 17, 2010 || Apr. 11, 2010 ||Pterodactylus, Quetzalcoatlus/Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex, Baby Triceratopses
|A Pterosaur in the House: Dan's mom finds a Pterodactylus in the attic, prompting the whole family and the visiting Angie to attempt to lure it outside.

Model Dino: Dan uses art class as a chance to disguise his remote controlled car, allowing him to film inside a Triceratops nest.
|Brachiosaurus
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| 1.8 || Copy Dino/Lunch Bag Bandit || Oct. 19, 2010 || Apr. 18, 2010 ||Spinosaurus, Triceratops, Baby Triceratops/Dromeosaurus, Diplodocus
|Copy Dino: Dan has to teach a baby Triceratops the art of self defense to get it past a preying Spinosaurus.

Lunch Bag Bandit: Dan utilizes his mother's finger dusting trick to find the Dromeosaurus that stole Cory's snack.
|Brachiosaurus
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| 1.9 || Dino Dent/Active Imagination || Jan. 9, 2011 || May 15, 2010 ||Stygimoloch, Stegosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Tyrannosaurus rex/Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus rex
|Dino Dent: Dan recruits Angie to help him find the dinosaur that dented a school bus.

Active Imagination: During a meeting in the park, Dan struggles to understand why despite being a larger opponent, the T-rex backs down from a Triceratops.
|Dromaeosaurus
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| 1.10 || Dino Trap/Big Bad Spinosaurus || Oct. 26, 2010 || Jun. 12, 2010
|Compsognathus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Baby T-Rex/Spinosaurus
|Dino Trap: A Compsognathus is ruining flowers in the Henderson backyard, and Dan is set on trapping it.

Big Bad Spinosaurus: Dan tells a dino-fied story of Little Red Riding Hood.
|Dromaeosaurus
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| 1.11 || Name-a-saurus/Where's Dino? || May 8, 2011 || Jun. 19, 2010
|Diplodocus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus, Dromeosaurus, Brachiosaurus/Dromeosaurus
|Name-a-saurus: Dan struggles on deciding on what to name the new dinosaur, but then it was actually a Diplodocus which he have seen for the first time and mistakes it for a new dinosaur.

Where's Dino?: While at the park with Trek and Uncle Jack, Dan finds a feather that he believes to be from a Dromeosaurus, though the whole family is on a chase when Doug runs off trying to look for it.
|Corythosaurus
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| 1.12 || Stop Motion Dino/To Flee Or Not To Flee|| Jan. 15, 2011 || Sept. 25, 2010
|Tyrannosaurus rex/Corythosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Stygimoloch
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Stop Motion Dino: Dan's art class is learning the art of Stop Motion, but things come to a head when Dan and Angie quarrel about how the T-rex model is supposed to look. To Flee or Not to Flee: The class uses an acting lesson to help Dan figure out if a Stygimoloch would run or charge at a T-rex.

|Quetzalcoatlus (Moody Dino/Stop Motion Dino)
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| 1.13 || Moody Dino/Twas a Dinosaur || Dec. 12, 2010 || Aug. 27, 2010
|Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus/Compsognathus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Dromeosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Corythosaurus, Triceratops,
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Moody Dino: 
Dan gets intrigued by the sight of a Stegosaurus changing the colors of its plates, and sets out to find what it does by doing so. Twas a Dinosaur: The class has to rewrite their favorite Christmas poems, but Dan has trouble rewriting Twas The Night Before Christmas.
|Euoplocephalus (Twas a Dinosaur/To Flee or not to Flee)
|}

Season 2 
! Episode # !! Title !! American Premiere (Nick Jr.) !! Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids) !! Dinosaurs !!  Description !! Dino Dan’s Field Guide (Nick Jr.) !!
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| 2.1 || Fishing For Dinos/Dino Trackers || March 15, 2014 || Oct. 21, 2010||Spinosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus/Stegosaurus
|Fishing For Dinos: The Hendersons go on a picnic, and Dan goes fishing with his Uncle Jack.

Dino Trackers: Dan embarks on a dino tracking adventure to track a Stegosaurus, but he also needs to take his little brother Trek with him.

|Tyrannosaurus Rex (Fishing For Dinos/Dino Doug)
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| 2.2 || Dino Doug/T-Rex Bedtime || Sept. 21, 2013 || Oct. 26, 2010||Edmontosaurus baby, Dromeosaurus, Edmontosaurus/Tyrannosaurus rex, Corythosaurus
|Dino Doug: While Dan goes shopping with his mom, he leaves a dinosaur egg he found under the care of Doug.

T-Rex Bedtime: Dan uses a sleepover with Cory and Ricardo as a chance to see if the T-rex is nocturnal.

|Brachiosaurus (Dino Trackers/T-Rex Bedtime)
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| 2.3 || Dino Party/Training Wings || Sept. 30, 2015 || Oct. 28, 2010||Dromeosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Stygimoloch/Pterodactylus baby, Compsognathus
|Dino Party: On Dan's birthday, Dan and his friends must follow clues to find out what dinosaur is the shape of Dan's birthday cake.

Training Wings: Dan finds a baby Pterodactylus while biking in the park, and has to multitask between teaching it to fly and to teach Trek how to bike without training wheels.
|Tyrannosaurus Rex
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| 2.4 || Prehistoric Zoo/Cops and Dinos || March 8, 2016 || Nov. 3, 2010||Tyrannosaurus rex baby, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Corythosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex/Dromeosaurus
|Prehistoric Zoo: While at the zoo with his grandma, Dan finds a baby T-rex lost, and while finding its mother, sees several similarities between dinosaurs and modern-day animals.

Cops and Dinos: Dan gets a chance to test the speed of a Dromeosaurus when his mom visits his class at school.

|Dromaeosaurus (Prehistoric Zoo/Ready? Set? Dino!)
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| 2.5 || Ready? Set? Dino!/To Catch a Dino || March 9, 2016 || Nov. 4, 2010||Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus, Stygimoloch/Tyrannosaurus rex, Tyrannosaurus rex baby, Stygimoloch
|Ready? Set? Dino!: Dan sets to find out if a T-rex is faster than a Spinosaurus.

To Catch a Dino: To help Cory sleep, Dan tells him a bedtime story starring 2 cavemen trying to catch a pet dinosaur.

|Corythosaurus (To Catch A Dino/Cops & Dinos)
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| 2.6 || The Dino Did it/Air Dino || April 27, 2016 || Nov. 6, 2010||Stygimoloch, Euoplocephalus, Diplodocus, Quetzalcoatlus/Dromeosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
|The Dino Did it: Dan tells a story starring Ricardo as a world class private eye looking to find which dinosaur stole a bouquet of prized flowers from a dinner party.

Air Dino: While playing basketball against Mr, Drumheller, Dan uses the teamwork tactics of three Dromeosauruses to score the winning shot.
|Triceratops
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| 2.7 || Dino Watering Hole/Dino Dance ||  || Nov. 8, 2010||Dromeosaurus, Edmontosaurus baby, Triceratops baby, Brachiosaurus baby, Edmontosaurus, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus/Edmontosaurus, Edmontosaurus baby, Tyrannosaurus rex, Quetzalcoatlus, Brachiosaurus
|Dino Watering Hole: Dan and Trek are banned from going outside until they clean their rooms, but things go haywire when several baby dinosaurs end up trapped in the backyard and are about to be eaten by a hungry Dromeosaurus.

Dino Dance: Mr. Drumheller has the class split into separate groups to work out their own dance routines, and Dan is inspired to incorporate dinosaur moves in his group's.
|Edmontosaurus
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| 2.8 || Captain Cory/Dino Race ||  || Nov. 10, 2010||Tyrannosaurus rex, Compsognathus, Dromeosaurus, Pterodactylus/Stygimoloch, Triceratops, Edmontosaurus
|Captain Cory: Dan tells a dinosaur-themed pirate story starring Cory, Angie and Ricardo as a pirate crew searching for treasure.

Dino Race: On a visit to a go-kart track with Trek and their grandma, Dan ponders on the speed of a Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, and Stygimoloch.
|Stygimoloch
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| 2.9 || Hard Hat, Long Neck/Roaring Good Time || March 10, 2016 || Feb. 17, 2011||Brachiosaurus baby, Triceratops baby/Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Diplodocus
|Hard Hat, Long Neck: Dan's Uncle Jack takes him, Jordan and Kami on a trip to the beach, but Uncle Jack's sand castle keeps getting wrecked by baby dinosaurs. They soon find out how similar dinosaurs are to construction vehicles.

Roaring Good Time: While trying to get a Triceratops snort on tape, Dan finds out several differences about the sounds made by dinosaurs.
|Quetzalcoatlus
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| 2.10 || Mini Dino/Three Little Paleontologists || April 25, 2016 || Feb. 22, 2011||Compsognathus, Dromeosaurus, Pteradactylus/Diplodocus
|Mini Dino: At a mini golf course with Cory and his dad, Dan finds his dinosaur egg-themed golf ball under constant theft from several dinosaurs.

Three Little Paleontologists: While trying to figure out what materials to make a fort with, Dan tells a story about the three little pigs, only this time, it stars Kami, Jordan and Angie as three Paleontologists attempting to build forts to let them pet a Diplodocus.
|Spinosaurus
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| 2.11 || Dino Strike/Nothing but the Tooth || April 4, 2015 || Feb. 24, 2011||Stygimoloch, Compsognathus/Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
|Dino Strike: While at a bowling alley with Trek and his Uncle Jack, Dan finds himself protecting Stygimoloch eggs from a hungry Compsognathus.

Nothing but the Tooth: Dan's Grandma takes him with her on the way to the veterinarian's office for her dog's checkup, allowing him to find out if a tooth he found belonged to either a Spinosaurus or T-rex.
|Diplodocus
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| 2.12 || Down on the Farm/Time Traveller's Dino || March 29, 2014 || March 2, 2011||Compsognathus, Stygimoloch, Edmontosaurus,/Tyrannosaurus rex, Compsognathus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Euoplocephalus, Edmontosaurus, Corythosaurus
|Down on the Farm: The Hendersons go on a shopping trip at a farmer's market, and Dan is convinced that some down he found belongs to a Compsognathus.

Time Traveller's Dino: While trying to take a picture of a T-rex, Dan encounters Cory and his dad making a time machine, enveloping the entire group in a chronological adventure through the entire Mesozoic.
|Stegosaurus
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| 2.13 || Where the Dinosaurs Are || March 8, 2014 || March 8, 2011||Dromeosaurus, Stygimoloch, Pterodactylus, Compsognathus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Corythosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus, Edmontosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Spinosaurus
|On Barnum Brown day, Dan gets to take care of a T-rex claw fossil while on a sleepover at the Royal Ontario Museum, and find out why the T-rex had short arms. Unfortunately, the claw is stolen by wily dinosaurs in the process, and Dan must get it back before the museum opens in the morning!
|Unknown
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Season 3 (Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures)

Season 4 (Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures)

Season 5 (Dino Dana)

Season 6 (Dino Dana)

Season 7 (Dino Dana)

Season 8 (Dino Dana)

References

Lists of Canadian children's television series episodes