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The Best Episodes of Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 7 - Changing Nature
    9.0/10(326 votes)

    #1 - Changing Nature

    S4:E7

    Efforts to solve an environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the road to doomsday.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Kirk R. Thatcher

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  2. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 17 - A New Leaf
    8.4/10(229 votes)

    #2 - A New Leaf

    S2:E17

    A wild plant has a weird effect on the dinosaurs--it makes them dopey and happy, to the exclusion of everything else.

    Director:Mark Brull
    Writer:Rob Ulin

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  3. Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 3 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold
    8.3/10(193 votes)

    #3 - The Greatest Story Ever Sold

    S4:E3

    Questions about life's meaning plague the population, so the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism."

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writers:Adam Barr, Peter Ocko

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  4. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 19 - Nuts To War (1)
    8.2/10(233 votes)

    #4 - Nuts To War (1)

    S2:E19

    The four-legged dinosaurs encroach on the pistachio-nut supply of the "normal" dinosaurs...and that means war.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Steve Pepoon

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  5. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 13 - What Sexual Harris Meant
    8.1/10(251 votes)

    #5 - What Sexual Harris Meant

    S2:E13

    Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no pushover when she's harrassed by a predatory male.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writers:Brian LaPan, David A. Caplan

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  6. Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 6 - Terrible Twos
    8.1/10(196 votes)

    #6 - Terrible Twos

    S4:E6

    Fran and Earl face an untimely extinction when the baby enters his "terrible twos."

    Director:Jeff McCracken
    Writer:Tim Doyle

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  7. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 1 - The Golden Child
    8.0/10(298 votes)

    #7 - The Golden Child

    S2:E1

    When the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, he is trumpeted as the prophesied King of the Dinosaurs.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Dava Savel

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  8. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 5 - Endangered Species
    8.0/10(267 votes)

    #8 - Endangered Species

    S2:E5

    Earl buys Fran two rare grapdelites for dinner, unaware that they are the last of their species.

    Director:Jay Dubin
    Writers:Brian LaPan, David A. Caplan

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  9. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 11 - Switched At Birth
    8.0/10(251 votes)

    #9 - Switched At Birth

    S2:E11

    The Sinclairs learn that the baby might have been switched with another.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Tim Doyle

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  10. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 15 - Power Erupts
    8.0/10(229 votes)

    #10 - Power Erupts

    S2:E15

    A power struggle erupts between the Wesayso Corp. and Robbie after he invents a way to generate energy as a science project.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Andy Goodman

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  11. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 18 - The Last Temptation of Ethyl
    8.0/10(230 votes)

    #11 - The Last Temptation of Ethyl

    S2:E18

    Earl thinks Old Ethyl has died, but she returns from the great beyond with the lowdown on the afterlife.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Dava Savel

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  12. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 20 - Nuts To War (2)
    8.0/10(233 votes)

    #12 - Nuts To War (2)

    S2:E20

    Earl, Roy and Charlene pose as entertainers and rush to the front to retrieve Robbie.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 1 - Monster Under the Bed
    8.0/10(193 votes)

    #13 - Monster Under the Bed

    S4:E1

    The Baby swears there's a monster under his bed, but no one believes him--until it starts dragging victims into its hole.

    Director:Brian Henson
    Writers:Adam Barr, Peter Ocko

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  14. Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 14 - Scent of a Reptile
    8.0/10(178 votes)

    #14 - Scent of a Reptile

    S4:E14

    Charlene's scent gland comes in and Fran explains the one boy who is attracted to her scent is the one she's destined to marry. But Charlene puts out fumes of burning rubber and attracts the school janitor who aspires to be a tree pusher.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Andy Goodman

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  15. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 2 - Family Challenge
    7.9/10(278 votes)

    #15 - Family Challenge

    S2:E2

    When the Sinclairs' TV is wrecked, Earl enters the family on a game show to win a new set.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Tim Doyle

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  16. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 7 - When Food Goes Bad
    7.9/10(251 votes)

    #16 - When Food Goes Bad

    S2:E7

    Lurking in the Sinclair refrigerator are delectable creatures that go bad, very bad, while Charlene watches the baby.

    Director:Patrick Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 1 - Nature Calls
    7.9/10(200 votes)

    #17 - Nature Calls

    S3:E1

    Earl is in charge of potty training the baby, who escapes to do his business any way he wants.

    Director:Brian Henson
    Writers:Andy Goodman, Kirk R. Thatcher

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  18. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 3 - Network Genius
    7.9/10(209 votes)

    #18 - Network Genius

    S3:E3

    Earl is hired as a network executive when his answers on a test for new television shows prove to be surprisingly accurate.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Tim Doyle

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  19. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 8 - License to Parent
    7.9/10(188 votes)

    #19 - License to Parent

    S3:E8

    When Earl is caught by the Parent Police losing his temper at the baby, he loses his parenting license.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Andy Goodman

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  20. Dinosaurs Season 1 Episode 3 - Hurling Day
    7.8/10(351 votes)

    #20 - Hurling Day

    S1:E3

    Earl has the honor of tossing his mother-in-law into the tar pits on "Hurling Day."

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Rob Ulin

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  21. Dinosaurs Season 2 Episode 21 - And The Winner Is...
    7.8/10(213 votes)

    #21 - And The Winner Is...

    S2:E21

    Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's likely to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B.P. Richfield.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 2 - Baby Talk
    7.8/10(205 votes)

    #22 - Baby Talk

    S3:E2

    Earl does the dirty work of organizing a civic protest against the TV powers-that-be when the baby repeats (constantly) a dirty word that he hears on the tube.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Victor Fresco

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  23. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 9 - Charlene's Flat World
    7.8/10(193 votes)

    #23 - Charlene's Flat World

    S3:E9

    Charlene is charged with heresy and jailed after submitting her homework assignment claiming that the world is round and not flat.

    Director:Mark Brull
    Writer:Tim Doyle

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  24. Dinosaurs Season 3 Episode 16 - Honey, I Miss the Kids
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    #24 - Honey, I Miss the Kids

    S3:E16

    Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household day shift and look after the kids.

    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Richard Marcus

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  25. Dinosaurs Season 4 Episode 4 - Driving Miss Ethyl
    7.8/10(179 votes)

    #25 - Driving Miss Ethyl

    S4:E4

    Earl drives Ethyl to her reunion, and the kids drive Fran crazy when she tries to get them to pose for a portrait.

    Director:Jeff McCracken
    Writers:Adam Barr, Jane Espenson, Peter Ocko, Tim Doyle

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Best Episodes Summary

"Changing Nature" is the best rated episode of "Dinosaurs". It scored 9/10 based on 326 votes. Directed by Tom Trbovich and written by Kirk R. Thatcher, it aired on 7/20/1994. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "A New Leaf".