DINOSAUR TRAIN LORE (time travel dinos make me spiral)

[@AthenaPOfficial]

The cursed song is on Spotify 👀 open.spotify.com/album/1Ld5UzMBKrt8729XUvdIyf?si=wc8ihiX1RqKfEuhAY31CeA Links to the books I mentioned getting in the beginning (not sponsored people were just asking about them lol) DINOSAURS THE GRAND TOUR SECOND EDITION www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinosaurs-the-grand-tour-second-edition-keiron-pim/1128109874 & LOST ANIMALS www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lost-animals-john-whitfield/1136676359 PS I forgot Caillou was a PBS kids show AAAAND Dinosaur train mentioned repeatedly that pteranodons aren't actually dinosaurs

[@airsoftfatty1234]

you maid a rail her joke and not one on how the conductor not only runs the dino train but the train hes gona run on the misses later.

[@SpoonAtNoon]

Can you please cover Word World??? I know you would LOVE it

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

​@@SpoonAtNoon how did this comment come in .2 seconds

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

I'm planning to be a paleontology

[@SpoonAtNoon]

@@areallyshortbrontothere i dunno

[@MMumbles]

I was brought up in a radically christian household and wasn't allowed to watch this show. I babysat a kid who loved this series as a teen and finally got to see what I was missing out on.

[@catpoke9557]

Were... were you banished from learning it because the dinosaurs lived in different time periods?

[@jcage1022]

​@@catpoke9557 I would say that doesn't make sense, bc Christians learn ab that stuff all the time. It also doesn't make sense in general. Was there something specific that they didn't like ab the show? Was it any PBS kids show? Give us the deets.

[@lxmesoda]

​@@catpoke9557 they didnt want their special little jesus fanfic to be disproven 💔

[@AKdove]

@@lxmesoda Dude... Thats offense.

[@genericname2747]

​@@catpoke9557 It's unfortunately common for religious people to not believe in dinosaurs.

[@zareklordofthefries7858]

Fun fact: biologically speaking, chickens aren't "descended" from dinosaurs. They ARE dinosaurs. All birds are taxonomically dinosaurs. So dinosaur chicken nuggets are the meat of dinosaurs in the shapes of different dinosaurs.

[@negligible_reality]

very cool, but also lowkey disturbing to think about

[@patax144]

So I just ate dinosaur hearts

[@senacario5942]

​@@patax144 more so the co-

[@jeremyblade7561]

Yep. Dinosaur shaped dinosaur nuggets are the best.

[@jadetealaaron2003]

Cool but also slightly terrifying

[@UJEvans]

As a kid, I really thought that the girl t Rex would turn out to be Buddy's biological sister. But I guess that kind of plotline is reserved for soap operas.

[@bethanybrookes8479]

At least I wasn't alone in that theory...

[@UJEvans]

@@bethanybrookes8479 I was imagining such a dramatic reveal, too.

[@bethanybrookes8479]

@@UJEvans I even wrote fanfiction. Not that I knew what that was at the time, but 8yo me filled a notepad with the stuff, all about buddy and that t-rex i thought would turn out to be his sister. Sadly, I lost that notepad in the decade since...

[@Illiteratehistorian-Silvi]

WAIT SHE WASN'T HIS SISTER BUT I I ALWAYS THOUGHT SHE WAS

[@haloo_haybay]

So, did I 😅

[@murkysaltwater3646]

It’s weirdly sad thinking of the dinosaurs on the train knowing their fate and are just constantly time traveling so they can escape extinction

[@turkey4802]

Actually that’s a good theory

[@kaylee1769]

I never thought about that… I’ll never watch the show the same again 😐got the toddler I nanny into the show so I still watch it lol

[@veryhottstuff101]

The conductor always knew that dinosaurs were extinct. He had traveled to the end of the track and probably witnessed the asteroid impact. He built the train not to go forward in time but to go backwards to try to save everyone. When he could not stop the force of nature he decided to use his invention to educate his fellow dinosaurs.

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

Would explain why Mrs Pteranodon acted so sus when the topic of meteors came up.

[@shortbreadgirlscout3463]

I read a fanfiction about the end of the Dinosaur Train. They went to a forbidden closed down track tunnel that was boarded up, went through, and entered the last apocalyptic era of the dinosaurs where everyone was dying and there was no way home. And that's how the story ended.

[@wetheepiphany]

damn ;n;

[@bronwynibberson]

That is dark Send me the link please

[@shortbreadgirlscout3463]

@@bronwynibberson Will do!

[@bronwynibberson]

@@shortbreadgirlscout3463 :D

[@jasburger]

Sounds like a middle schooler wrote that

[@wigglytby]

I can't believe you didn't mention the best part of the show: Don keeps calling the Conductor "Mr. The Conductor" and it's just hilarious for no reason.

[@gloomiiii]

@KB IKR

[@elainad6728]

Man I loved the conductor as a kid! He was cool as FUQ!

[@uget-uget]

lol

[@uget-uget]

​@kbisahumanpffg

[@WhiffyInk]

​@@elainad6728Same, he was and IS my favorite "Dinosaur Train" character.

[@doodlebloom_]

when they were like "an asteroid would never hit us right" the reaction from the mom makes me think she's seen it before? like maybe they were just exploring through time on the train and they were like "hey i wonder why our era ends here lets go find out" and then just see the asteroid hit and everything fucking dying

[@negligible_reality]

oh my god 😰

[@senacario5942]

There is a chance (and this is just a theory) that the moms been raised in the train and thus has seen every tragedy the world has ever seen. Like, cmon, she's close friends with the train conductor so there is the chance she was adopted by the Trudons, making another reason for why she was so cool with adopting a child from another species.

[@amandahealey2216]

@@senacario5942 Although, ther was an episode where the kids are visiting their grandparents, but I forget whether it was the mom's or the dad's parents

[@shortbreadgirlscout3463]

I read a fanfiction similar to this about Dinosaur Train. They went to a forbidden closed down track tunnel that was boarded up, went through, and entered the last apocalyptic era of the dinosaurs where everyone was dying and there was no way home. And that's how the story ended.

[@theaveragecomment1014]

@@shortbreadgirlscout3463 OH MY GOD!? That’s dark as hell

[@keeganrankin2985]

I want a re-boot of “The Dinosaur Train” but it’s aimed at adult audiences, an existential comedy/terror series dealing with the impacts of time travel, ecological disturbance and the passage of geological history.

[@wornouthoodie]

SOMEONE MAKE A PETITION I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE

[@xeddylore2008]

SOMEONE HIRE THIS MAN

[@Lordodragonss]

Bro Dinosaurs tv series exist

[@notahumanbeing6892]

and super creepy dinosaurs too would make it even more uncomfortable

[@_eIIiot]

​@@Lordodragonss a time travel dinosaur series? where they watch their friends be born and then die? where they kill their intellectual equals to eat their flesh? where they accidentally introduce an invasive species into the wrong time period and cause mass extinction? where theyre aware of the impending doom of an asteroid that will kill off their entire species? name them right now.

[@carlolombardi1998]

This show actually gave me the idea for a children's program that also involves a time-travelling train; however, instead of the different dinosaur eras, it runs through the different music history eras (e.g. baroque, classical, romantic, etc.). If someone from the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority is reading this, I want this idea to be a reality.

[@Adamnunya]

So, “Little Einsteins” but time travel?

[@carlolombardi1998]

@@Adamnunya I suppose you could put it that way.

[@imnotcrazy7108]

Little Einstein would be a great lore video idea actually

[@adelinaarmstrong9423]

THAT WOULD BE. MY LITERAL ACTUAL CHILDHOOD DREAM please sign me up :]

[@turkey4802]

I do remember this show (I don’t remember the characters) but the whole plot was falling into a “secret museum” (I think that’s part of the name) and going back in time to witness important parts of history, I believe it’s only American history though, so I’m not sure if there’s a show that covers Human History in general

[@jacobcox4565]

I also had a theory that the Troodons know about the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and they don't tell anyone because that would cause mass hysteria and even potentially lead to the dinosaurs trying to stop the asteroid. The Troodons know it's for the best to not interfere with time too much.

[@samboi123]

Damn, they really are the smartest dinosaurs!

[@jacobcox4565]

@@samboi123 Troodon isn't a real genus anymore. The whole genus is based off of one tooth and all members of its taxon belong to different groups, Troodon is a dubious genus and a wastebasket taxon.

[@_.rainydays._]

​@@jacobcox4565 they may be genius, but theyre not genus!

[@Ttegegg]

What are they gonna do? Build a rocket

[@jacobcox4565]

@@Ttegegg Maybe riot against the Troodons for withholding the knowledge of their extinction and use stolen tech to try and change their fate, only to fail in stopping the asteroid and they eventually decide to travel into the future to find a new home.

[@ellendexter5580]

22:08 according to Wild Kratts (which I hope you do next lol) the deep sea is harder to explore than outer space so I’m not surprised

[@HozaL0za]

OMG YES- Wild Kratts universe is so interesting, i would love to see Athena review this

[@celebrityguest.9530]

that wild kratts episode was terrifying to me as a kid omg, and honestly i still don't like to think about deep sea exploration for that same reason

[@ellendexter5580]

@@celebrityguest.9530 Wild Kratts made me realize that I DID NOT want to be a marine biologist 😂

[@celebrityguest.9530]

@@ellendexter5580 literally 😭😭

[@digi4998]

I was just about to comment suggesting Wild Kratts

[@SpineBones]

I love that blind bag adoption is a thing in the Dinosaur Train universe

[@ImTheGuy]

That's how it should work in real life

[@AnAngryMagpie]

@@ImTheGuy brood parasites do that all the time! Cuckoo bird larvae ((im not calling them chicks)) even evolved a mouth pattern similar to the warbler hatchlings mouth so they'd stop getting kicked out of the nests ((warbler birds used to be able to tell which chick was theirs))

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@ImTheGuy natural birth kind of does work like that, in a way. you never know what you're gonna get. you can guess based on the series (which i guess would be the gene pool in this analogy) and some models are more rare than others (recessive genes) so. a pregnancy is a blind box and the baby is a very exhausting collectible

[@haka-katyt7439]

@@ps1hagridoufofcharacter forbidden loot crate

[@ps1hagridoufofcharacter]

@@haka-katyt7439 i choked on my waffle when i read this comment 😭thats hilarious

[@unstableratdog4179]

24:25 It’s simple, really. Mr. The conductor really wanted a sick ass tail piece for his sick ass time train

[@dominiklehn2866]

Honestly, considering the entire train is covered in dinosaur themed decorations that's an easy assumption to make. Especially for a unique attraction that's about having fun, not just a utilitarian transportation option

[@Zordlistair]

Still doesn't explain why it wiggles. The other dinosaur themed decorations on the train song

[@BuginaRiver]

Shiny looks like they’re the shiny Pokémon equivalent of that family, and I love how perfect that is.

[@jayrocks1203]

Athena: Is there any bad pbs kids shows? Caillou: Allow me to introduce myself

[@gabymo3375]

I enjoyed Caillou 😅 and never understood the hate, but then i realized I only have memories of the puppet parts of the show and people only ever talk about the animated parts so it seems I blocked out all the bad stuff

[@rosesrose4364]

@@gabymo3375 frfr

[@mynameisreallycool1]

It's quite impressive that despite how many PBS Kids shows have been made and how long PBS Kids has been making shows (I think since the 60s with shows like Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and Sesame Street), there are very few "bad" shows from this network. I think Caillou and Teletubbies are the only two PBS Kids shows that are truly bad, and even Teletubbies isn't really harmful, just stupid and boring.

[@artizzy2k2k]

Caillou is an annoying spoilt brat

[@RealLeFishe]

​@@gabymo3375 I used to enjoy it but looking back, it's down bad. Caillou's out there acting like a menace to society and his parents never punish him. Caillou's probably part of the reason why I was a menace to society as a little kid

[@jayisokay6975]

Dinosaur Train, Wild Kratts, Martha Speaks, and Word Girl we’re the greatest shows I had the pleasure to grow up with

[@LadyL2121]

Same

[@shewolfblacklink1062]

Same

[@Velociiraptor]

Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs was also awesome

[@dragonzrule7530]

Same for the first three, but I watched word world as a little kid, idk what that show was on but all I remember was a duck spelling a word and then flying off into the sun

[@jayisokay6975]

I can’t believe I also forgot Word World (now I do thanks to the future video she’s going to post on it); btw has there ever been other instances in which a live creature was created with words besides Dog being a god in the theme song and created his friends

[@Evan_L_Rodriguez]

Fun Fact: Stygimoloch may not have actually existed. A lot of studies have found that Stygimoloch was likely just a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus, but because of morphological change that comes with age, it was initially presumed they were different species because of variances between fossils. It’s a really good demonstration of how fast data on dinosaurs specifically can change, and probably why there’s so much dinosaur media for kids: someone’s gotta keep them updated lol

[@AthenaPOfficial]

You just BLEW MY MIND!!! Gotta keep my dinosaur research up to date

[@Skyypixelgamer]

@@AthenaPOfficial funny story but Troodon also didn’t exist. Now it’s been placed into two genuses so the troodons here can be interpreted as a hyper advanced time traveling species of Troodontid that some how either escaped the kpg or just decided to go back to when it didn’t happen. Edit: I just realized you mentioned that lol my bad.

[@Dracovenatrix]

True although the theory has been weakened since some stygi remains where found in older rock than draco or pachy reamains

[@tuxedotoad4160]

Y’know what’s ironic? They recently reclassified Stygimoloch to be a separate species of Pachycephelosaurus, but they kept the name as “The Demon Of The River Styx”, is a rather baddass name

[@Dracovenatrix]

@@tuxedotoad4160 badarse meaning the name isn’t so badass

[@crowMilatonin]

I once had a dream where I was in a school and I somehow noclipped out of the boundaries of the school and I found this "unused" untextured grey room and inside was the train conductor but he was evil and had hyperrealistic blood running from his eyes

[@peachtea7269]

Im???

[@AresHoax_9]

I’ve had weirder dreams

[@purplecobra52]

One time I had a dream where a Stegosaurus statue came to life and started slaughtering people in New York. I ran into a science center and hid above an exhibit. There were like 10 other people there with me and one of them fell and was immediately eviscerated.

[@Red-in-Green]

The vibe I get with the time travel is that it can be done completely freely, but the they’ve set up the stations and tunnels as consistent time points to make the infrastructure needed for commercialization. Helps prevent paradoxes. It kind of reminds me of the Doctor insisting “We’re part of events now!” as a reason they don’t leave when things get deadly. Once you touch a time, it gets made cotemporal with you.

[@blueizumi]

I can't look at this show the same anymore without thinking of the robot chicken gag where the dad kicked the mom out because he saw the T-Rex egg and thought she had an affair lol

[@jesseh.5223]

I mean…how did she not, look at that T. rex! Plot twist he isn’t bothered in the real show bc they are swingers 😊

[@Gloop4President]

“And one was probably from a different dad”

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I don't care liking trains is an autistic stereotype, I'm autistic and I loved train shows like this one and Thomas the Tank Engine. Because real talk: Trains are wonderful! I've only lived in the NYC metro area but wherever we went, we've made sure to live in an area close to trains. Whether it was riding the Metro-North's Hudson Line for the wonderful views of the Palisades or a bi-level/double decker NJ Transit or LIRR train, being in a train is an experience. Being able to zoom by cars and not have to worry about traffic jams is a sigh of relief. Trains go right into the soul of countries. Trains have kept the US moving, whether it's freight or historically settling the western states. And they deserve to be treated better!

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

Trains are inherently rad, so it doesn’t surprise me that a lot of autistic people like them I was more of a dinosaur and bug gal

[@negligible_reality]

y'know what? you're right. trains ARE wonderful! i'm also autistic and definitely had a big train obsession when i was a kid. now that i'm older i've transitioned from trains to boats, which is kinda ironic because i'm actually afraid of the ocean and any kind of deep/open water.

[@roxassora2706]

I was the horse girl...

[@drakeredwingofficial]

based, me too

[@fellinuxvi3541]

Trains are incredibly based, we should all love them.

[@Ghost5O5]

I used to go to a Christian private school & the teachers would play this show for the little kids, which I find very funny because the books they'd give us to read said dinosaurs never existed. Didn't stop me from loving Dinosaur Train lmfao

[@Tree_-wp5zn]

Red spy is in the base

[@Magical_LizardWizard]

There's an Imposter Among us

[@milkmoremilk]

I also used to go to a Christian school who hates magic and anything to do with magic including tv shows,books,and movies yet they had Harry Potter books and posters (same for Percy Jackson)💀

[@Ghost5O5]

@@milkmoremilk Harry Potter sorta makes sense bc of JK Rowling, but Percy Jackson?? Why are christian schools sending so many mixed messages 😭

[@milkmoremilk]

@@Ghost5O5 I know right 💀

[@The_KT_Catastrophe]

I think the tail is an aesthetic choice by whoever created the train

[@Antifearn]

“Are there any bad PBS Kids shows?” Yes there are. Booh-Bah, JayJay the Jet Plane, and Caillou were bad influences for children to begin with.

[@elsie8757]

What was the problem with JayJay the Jet Plane??

[@ToastyNoneofyourbusiness]

​@@elsie8757it looks terrifying

[@catpoke9557]

Chickens aren't the closest descendants to dinosaurs, they just straight up actually are dinosaurs (all birds are) so it is even more like turning people meat into neanderthal shaped meat than you thought lol

[@wildstarfish3786]

except humans are not descended from neanderthals

[@catpoke9557]

@@wildstarfish3786 Nor are birds descended from the dinosaurs the nuggets were shaped into. Point is that they were shaped into a related species that was part of the same clade. The same could be said for neanderthal nuggets, except that it's carving someone into a species of the same genus instead

[@That_One_Xatu]

​@@wildstarfish3786 We've actually been able to find pieces of DNA from Neanderthals in the human genome, so actually a few of us do have Neanderthal ancestors.

[@Regigigas_YT]

So I keep two Dinosaurs as pets? **(PARAKEET LORE)**

[@catpoke9557]

@@Regigigas_YT You do own dinosaurs! Now that you have that knowledge, have fun telling people about your two pet dinosaurs and seeing how they react, haha!

[@jackofdiamonds4351]

I had exactly two hyper-fixations as a child. Dinosaurs and trains. Suffice it to say, this show was like cocaine for little 6-year old Jack.

[@peppymations5379]

If you wanna check out more PBS Kids shows, I’d definitely recommend Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman. It was basically my entire childhood, the theme song slaps, and it was both educational and very entertaining. It’s basically about a reality/game show, except all the contestants are real-life children and the host is a cartoon dog. As a kid, I knew that all the characters I watched in tv weren’t actually real, but for some reason I was absolutely CONVINCED that Ruff and all his cartoon friends were real, maybe because of the format of the show having them interact with the real world so much. But there are some episodes I remember VIVIDLY to this day, and they really did teach me things sometimes. For another popular choice, I’d recommend Wild Krats, which is absolutely incredible. But Ruff is still my favorite, always was as a kid.

[@wildstarfish3786]

i don't think wild kratts is over yet

[@Rat-tat-two-eee3614]

THIS, BECAUSE I LOVED FETCH SO MUCH!!

[@cameronweaver2013]

I used to want to be on Fetch so bad lol

[@edgytoucan3444]

YEEEES

[@bails888]

I loved fetch!!! I remember on the pbs kids website back in the day, ruff ruffman would release mini podcasts that you could download and I was OBSESSED

[@Omniblox]

Athena: "Is there even a bad PBS kids show?" Cailou: "Allow me to introduce myself "

[@worm8396]

as a kid, i always assumed the time periods were not linear, but rather existing all at the same time. so the “present” in one period would align with the “present” in another. i thought of the time periods more as places rather than actual time in that sense. i don’t really have much evidence to support this since it was a while since i’ve watched it, but it’s mostly because when they would go to another period, it seemed like time resumed as normal there if that makes sense, so they were traveling more so to a place rather than a time

[@worm8396]

i think this was already brought up in the video but whatever enjoy my over-analysis anyways

[@whatalsaid]

I was a little too old for this show when it came out, but I WAS a big Dinosaur kid. And would have been obsessed with this show had it come out when I was younger.

[@lxmesoda]

you can never be too old to watch anything

[@mayweathergaming803]

Same, I was already a teen by the time this show first aired but my sister was young enough that she would watch it - became OBSESSED lol so I ended up watching pretty much the entire show anyways. Actually really good, I liked the characters a ton and the theme song stayed stuck in my head all the time

[@maxmyers2093]

I was in love with dinosaurs as a kid, and loved watching dinosaur train whenever it was on

[@Cholent_King]

How did the relationship work out?

[@sophiathekitteh]

I loved dinosaurs as a kid too! Also dragons and horses. 😅💯

[@HerresherOfTaza]

I use to hate it as a KID then ended love it

[@professorhaystacks6606]

Random rant: the theme song bothers me because I never saw the first episode and it made me think the t-rex wound up in the nest by accident. And I was like "Wait, are they not like... curious? Is someone not looking for him?" This is the first time I'm finding out that's not what happened.

[@daydreamfuel5781]

Dude same

[@DaNintendude]

Same here. A few years back I really started thinking about it, and started to realize he was obviously the son of that T-Rex family that lived nearby. Knowing now that he's adopted makes it all so much simpler.

[@moon4236]

Same I kinda of prefer it that way lmao

[@goldenwarrior1186]

@@DaNintendudeFun fact: it’s never actually been confirmed that he was part of that family, though it feels heavily implied

[@thespinodino]

Completely forgot Dr. Scott was in this show, and I started freaking out when I saw him. He was in Dinosaur Planet, the first dinosaur documentary I remember watching, and he has such enthusiasm about the animals he’s talking about. He was to me what Nigel Marvin was to the other half of dinosaur fans.

[@mynameisreallycool1]

Seriously, this show is so underrated. This show came out when I was around 10, so I think I was technically considered too old to watch it, but man, I think I learned more about dinosaurs from this show alone than I did at school.

[@Megaspinosaurusrex]

Same, I remember watching cinemawins video on Jurassic world 3, and he said that dino train didn't do it for his son after reaching 4, and that just baffled me. I started watching the show when I was 5 and kept watching it for years. I didn't get into Jurassic park and more "mature" dinosaur media until I was 11 or 12 and for me nothing still rival dino train, dino Dan and land before time, it's a shame how overlooked they are.

[@kirikat9365]

My guess with the tail is familiarity, like the way delivery robots make faces now. It's to simulate the emotions shown by dinos through their tails, making the train endearing.

[@notahumanbeing6892]

also because its the only thing like it that most of them interact with at all, like we dont see them with any other sorts of technology, a trail would definitely freak most of them out at least at first

[@yourfavoritesidequest]

My younger autistic self was obsessed with it, and it led me into a (further) spiral of wanting to learn? Now I'm becoming in college to become a teacher!

[@NocturnalButt3rfly]

Me too! PBS kids is all I watched as a child and it made me dive deeper into learning about everything. And I’m also now studying to become a teacher! Good luck in your journey!

[@mewmew6158]

This is awesome! Congrats!

[@mzrsespiritguard469]

Dr Scott: Dynonicus probably did use their terrible claw to catch other animals! Kids: *entirely cheerless yaaay* Athena, on the verge of tears: _why are you cheering-?_

[@bruhmoment5974]

*deinonychus 🤓

[@ildaargueta9]

3:25 "Yeah, he's always saying that" Tiny just fucking dissed the Conductor thats crazy💀

[@juliancaraveo5700]

3:25 😂 I laughed at that part as well .

[@Mad_scientist_huburis]

This show along with Dino dan and Harry and his bucket full of dinosaurs single-handedly launched me into a years long obsession with dinosaurs

[@BlueFlower___]

Omg that show was the best!!! What was your favourite episode? I liked the one where they went to get a cookie and Harry ate it in his sleep and they had a full blown investigation lol

[@thunderblaze9997]

Yes, Dino Dan!

[@allycat0136]

Shows that would be great for lore videos: Wild Kratts Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman Maya and Miguel Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat Wishbone The Magic School Bus

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

BRO I TOTALLY FORGOT SAGWA AND WISHBONE! THANK YOU FOR UNLOCKING THOSE MEMORIES OF MINE!

[@sytreviusgrant929]

Brooo I thought I was the only one that remembered wishbone and Sagwa

[@kalmeio_17]

The Magic School bus would be so fucking wild because Ms. Frizzle, the Bus and maybe Liz are such enigmas and there’s also the Producer and that one Ghost lady that gave me chills as a kid. Also wouldn’t Ms. Frizzle technically be committing multiple counts of Child Endangerment? I don’t know, something about sending Kids in a Volcano, some other kid’s digestive system and watching the bus slowly erode and a Car engine with them inhaling fumes (memory check me if they were actually doing safety precautions, it’s been a hot minute) just doesn’t feel right. I feel like I’m thinking too much but I can’t help but do. I need help.

[@kalmeio_17]

Also Sagwa and Maya and Miguel, damn it has been a hot minute.

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

@@kalmeio_17 Never watch Maya and Miguel. I've seen a VHS commercial of it though.

[@SmithPoster]

I think Athena should do a Lore Episode on Wild Kratts, I grew up on that show and I think it would be frickin epic if she made a video on it.

[@Armageddonwasaki8]

Stop I had a crush on those guys

[@haleyfromstardewvalley6003]

OMG SAME I THOUGHT THEY WERE HOT 😭😭😭

[@KitKat-xc1iu]

I was so sad when I found out they weren’t teenagers/young adults 😭

[@LadyL2121]

I think a lot of us had crushes on the brothers

[@manjotbali8985]

YES THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING! You learn shit and then theres also time travelling and a bunch of other physically impossible shenanigans

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Dinosaur Train wasn't the only dinosaur thing Craig did! He also animated the Jurassic Park music video for WEIRD AL YANKOVIC in 1993! I don't blame Buddy for being fascinated with trains! I love traveling by train. You just see so much stuff closeup by train, not to mention being able to stretch and walk around unlike a car! Trains take you to places that you'd just fly over if you were flying by plane. It's why I took the train to Vladivostok, Beijing, and Hanoi for summits with Putin, Xi Jinping, and Trump respectively. My family have our own personal train that was passed down to me. My grandpa visited every socialist state in Europe by train in 1984 from Pyongyang to East Berlin via China. And my dad died in one in 2011 while on his way for an inspection.

[@normanclatcher]

Your rail enthusiasm is inspiring, Supreme Leader.

[@bluetangsrock938]

Had us in the first half, ngl. Lol

[@dwn_to_clwn]

The Troodons really said “All dinosaurs are equal, but some dinosaurs are more equal than others” 😅

[@nightwolfgamer0341]

2:44 It warms my heart to know that Athena knows what stimming is. I love stimming.

[@fatcat1414]

This show always made little me a bit sad because I couldn't shake the fact that the Triassic and Jurassic characters were all dead relative to the main characters' part of the timeline.

[@qwasl8220]

Tiny "Ya, I don't like fighting buddy!" YOUR THE ONE WHO STARTED IT TINY. That had me laughing for a hot minute.

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

I can’t find the time stamp

[@TuesdaysArt]

@@JamboreeBlackberry About 8 minutes in

[@thewillofabeast9079]

@@JamboreeBlackberry 8:04

[@JamboreeBlackberry]

@@thewillofabeast9079 thank you so much

[@thewillofabeast9079]

@@JamboreeBlackberry I know it’s late but I’d though I’d do it to help you and others find that comedic moment

[@zacharywebb8512]

This show was my childhood and I don’t think I’ve clicked a notification so fast

[@_pachycephalosaurus_]

Same

[@Mira_Simmons05]

Same

[@darkrain1612]

Same

[@Belle_834]

Same

[@feliciabaxter6423]

i went through a massive dinosaur phase and this show was my everything

[@the_goofiest_whajje]

same

[@malekahmed7960]

it's so sad this show is very old because a lot and I mean a LOT of things have been outdated. like the existence of Troodon (they are an entire family called Troodontids with dinosaurs like Latenivenatrix) the designs of EVERY SINGLE PTEROSAUR IN THE ENTIRE SHOW and Buddy being a shrunk-down version of adult T. rex

[@elipitch5649]

This and Dino Dan made me want to become a palaeontologist as a child

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

I also wanted to be a palaeontologist

[@salliemagnaye1403]

I loved those shows and their movies

[@tfordham13]

Did you?

[@elipitch5649]

@@tfordham13 Unfortunately no, but I still have a massive love for dinos

[@tfordham13]

@@elipitch5649 than become one

[@MatecaCorp]

On the subject of The Tail; what if the train is itself a horrifically mutated living dinosaur that the Troodons either grew around machinery or dissected and combined with the machinery

[@kennethrex7822]

Idk why but this gived me hard "All tomorrow's" vibes

[@catgirl185]

Honestly, I always got neurodivergent vibes from the conductor, but that may just be projection.

[@bakedbaker9882]

Same, he does seem to behave a bit differently than the other dinos although I had no idea what neurodivergent meant when I watched this show as a kid.

[@brightboi4291]

Is THAT why I liked him so much!?

[@eyeball_freak]

This show actually gave me my first ever nightmare (it was surprisingly grotesque since I was only 5 years old when I had it) so growing up I had a love-hate relationship with the show. I’m glad to see it finally talked about lol

[@TheDarkVoxel]

What could it possibly have been, I only saw this show’s wholesomeness :(

[@Orange_Tree_]

23:05 Something about Athena talking about that fricking meteor while camera focuses on her noggin just gets me

[@Gravel_TheCart]

Im disappointed in myself. It took me until 11:39 to realize the makeup Athena is using has a meteorite crashing the dinosaurs and I'm CRYING

[@purplepitbullpuppy5669]

Sid the Science Kid was a mindful**k as well. The show takes place in a school but we only see like four students and one teacher. It also uses "digital puppetry" which makes the characters look like Pixar/Muppet hybrids. The songs are all earworms too.

[@peachtea7269]

The way the characters move terrifies me

[@Punk-possum]

Oh- oh god how did I forget about sid the science kid? I remember dinosaur train but although sid did exist in some vague form in my head I couldn’t remember that show. And now I looked it up and the animation terrified me so yay

[@allforone3427]

I always found it funny that none of the Dinosaurs questioned why people were going back in time to see them. Like they're straight up saying that they don't exist anymore. Because if some creatures from the future showed up and said they wanted to meet my species my immediate response after "What the Hell are you???" and "Wait Time Travel is real???" would be "Well why didn't you just visit us in your time?"

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

Dinosaur train just got me into palaeontology, I was just addicted to it that much it was one of my favorite shows, along with Octonaughts (yes, I was the kid who watched those "informative cartoons" as my favorites on our free to air child channel) I still have so many dinosaur books

[@Deceitful_Jester]

I did not expect muppets when you were about to reveal what you associate Jim Henson with, lol! Whenever I hear that name, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are the first things to pop into my head, and frankly, that makes it way more unnerving to see that name tacked onto this cute dinosaur show.

[@AnotherEmily]

I was too old for this show as a kid but I'm a palaeontologist so obviously I had to watch this video. Lemme know if you want any more dinosaur facts, Athena!

[@AthenaPOfficial]

Always want more dinosaur facts!!! 🤩

[@dwdxcz5414]

Your never to old for a show!

[@nashmcallister6671]

I actually got to meet Dr. Scott at a museum event when I was a kid, Jr was so nice and cool in person

[@aidansthoughts4820]

Same for me

[@shedaboi4452]

Maybe the Troodons are people. Like humans put themselves in the bodies of Troodons or something. That’s why they live in houses, have technology, could’ve brought other dinosaurs back to life, ect. Ps just recently discovered ur videos and it’s great to see how much a crazy channel like urs is growing!💓

[@amandahealey2216]

Why am I imagining the whole show being a plot that is puppeted by mad scientists now?

[@evanchismark3092]

So avatar with dinosaur bodies instead?

[@drakeredwingofficial]

Matrix type beat

[@socialgutbrain7774]

Either that, or they could be dinosauroids - basically what would happen if dinosaurs were around long enough to develop sapience

[@brookerickettson4950]

Or like panda caretakers, they are in suits to make careing for their charges easier on the animals?

[@jesustejeda6404]

Dinosaur Train slaps harder than the trauma this video reveals from my nostalgia.

[@akwrdalfredosauce2028]

This Brough back memories from a completely different show I have had hidden in my subconscious. Did anybody else watch DinoTrux when they were younger or was I literally the only one bc I would not be shocked. I remember there being so much lore that I couldn't understand bc I was 9 years old and stupid. I can only imagine the chaos of an analysis of that.

[@Lordodragonss]

I watched it like year ago first time solid show but shame some eps has really weak writing. Especialy at the end

[@E7XEE]

The hidden lore of Dinosaurs Train is that is actually a dinosaur themed retelling of animals farm pretending to be a regular learning show with troodons being the pigs

[@chaosbeam4654]

This show was responsible for my dinosaur phase

[@the_sky_is_blue_and_so_am_I]

Mine too

[@negligible_reality]

same lol

[@the_goofiest_whajje]

Same here.

[@LovingSkunks]

Potential explanation for the train having a tail: maybe it was used to maintain the balance of the train so it didn’t get derailed? With so many different dinosaurs of varying sizes on the train surely the weight distribution would get thrown off every now and again

[@jacksnow54104]

I feel the tail on the dinosaur train is for aesthetics and is designed to be that of a regular dino.

[@DevilSpider_]

same the train isn't actually alive, and the tail is just attached to an animatronic rig to give it that slow tail wag.

[@type0p0sitiv3]

13:13 i remember laughing at that asteroid joke in that episode, guess i was a pretty messed up kid lol

[@Fairygoblet]

I was always under the impression that the dinosaurs had a mutual understanding that they all needed to eat out of necessity, so hunting wasn't personal unless it was someone you knew. Glad I'm not the only one who thought the time-travel was weird though.

[@emcplantc4602]

I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the Dinosaur Train and All Tomorrows fandoms but the Troodons being aware of so much of the history of life at 19:45 gives me those vibes.

[@tylerthompson7461]

Oh my god I love all tomorrow’s!

[@stupidass69420]

my intense all tomorrows hyperfixation is coming back thqnks to this comment 😅

[@aino-kaisav5504]

When I saw the thumbnail, I took a deep breath. First Martha Speaks and now this, are you making videos about all of my most obscure childhood memories? Edit: This brings back so many memories! I remember being very invested in the relationship the Conductor had going on.

[@enderwalkgang]

She's been doing this

[@doesthisIookinfected]

The thing with Troedons that I find odd is how so many of them are more educated and "humanized" than the other dinosaurs. This reminds me of the ending of the book Animal Farm where, spoilers ahead, the pigs became the superior "race" on the farm due to the fact they only they were allowed to be educated while the other animals had to do slave labor and weren't able to take classes. It seems that Troedons have access to technologically advanced tools and live in normal buildings while the other dinos are in their natural habitats... Is there Troedon supremacy in the Dinosaur Train universe 🤔??!

[@letysenesi8278]

This video truly speaks to the younger version of me that was watching dinosaur train with my little brother and also spiraling trying to understand the lore

[@theoracle0914]

1:20 - One word: Caillou… Look it up, I will not resurface those horrid memories…

[@wyrmeleon2002]

Athena, PLEASE review the lore of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. This video made me suddenly remember it and it seems very up your alley. Edit: someone else suggested Wild Kratts. I strongly second this

[@HazbinCovenWitch]

OMG! YASSS! I LOVED MISS SPIDER!

[@zachduperron8543]

I think she should do vids on both

[@utigaraptorRARA]

Thank you for reminding me of Miss Spider

[@Lordodragonss]

Spiderus our beloved

[@lindensalter6713]

PLEASE

[@kgbofficer5629]

I'm so glad you're also appeasing to gen z nostalgia as well with the pbs shows Athena, I can't wait to watch! This also used to be my all time favorite show

[@phantomboba]

I remember that for some reason when I was a little kid, I found it really interesting that the animators gave the baby T-rexes a different head shape from the adult ones. Also, wasn’t there an ongoing joke in the show that the dad didn’t get along with one of their neighbors?

[@TaylorBarnes-hs5ot]

Oh my God I forgot all about that

[@theman6422]

I feel like we need to give dinosaurs general names because all of the names of these are basically just taxonomy names, so I think we need better names for them

[@noobed9646]

So many PBS kids shows go so hard and when the show ends, they make one of the most heart aching and satisfying endings in all of history.

[@quirkyeggmuffin]

I made a joke on Twitter that the world of Dinosaur train could honestly be a kid friendly version of possible prehistorical historical lore for the world of Beastars. Minus the time traveling junk obviously But think about it. They both have anthropomorphized animals with human like intelligence herbivores and other dinos don’t always feel comfortable with carnivore predators (with carnivores eating basically the rotting meat of other dinosaurs. I mean who knows they could’ve been eating a long lost friend and they didn’t even know it) and even Beastars kinda went over the concept of dinosaurs within their world building and how it differs compared to the discovery of dinosaurs within our own world. Even if it is a bit wonky at times like Rex-mas lol

[@nilladrawsstuff]

i- Oh my god it's Beastars

[@authorlacey]

I always wanted to eat the fish and meat in the show, it just looked so delicious. Also I still sing Tiny's song. "If I had one wish, my favorite dish, it'd be more-- FISH!!!"

[@fishkid1177]

_i remember loving the troodon's toe as a kid_

[@brookerickettson4950]

I wasn’t the intended demographic, but this show was a fun little way to brush up on my dino knowledge. Showing age, but it reminded me of Boneheads Detectives of the Paleoworld, in dino spirit at least. Perhaps Dinosaur Train technology came from beyond the mysterious beyond, and explaining it would be telling.

[@capybara2244]

Assigning the Pteranodon family the tropes: The Dad: Just here The Mom:Soccer Mom Tiny: The youngest child Shiny:The oldest/Material Gworl Don: Small thing that eats whatever it can fit in its mouth/ Rabid child Buddy: The cool nerd who likes food Edit:Ok but her makeup is fire - 8:28 sent me -If i remember right, we actually did see an episode where they all grow up,we see buddy as a adult (i only remember this cause i was disapointed that buddy looked like a borzoi)

[@zoguy6988]

I loved the show as a kid. I was adopted, and it was always nice to see a show with a family adopting a kid and the kid and the siblings just hang out.

[@kaydeejohnson2028]

I can’t wait for the day that you inevitably collab with matpat with how you both love LORE

[@That1TrashMan]

Maybe the dinosaur train's tail is just mechanical. I mean as a kid I always thought the train was alive somehow, I don't know why. I also had a weird thing against Shiny as a kid. Dawn has always been my favorite out of all of the main family.

[@jonymartinez7288]

I never realised most PBS kids shows had really wacky lore that no one really thinks about.

[@wafran3396]

8:33 I don't know how this woman manages to always get me to laugh until my chest hurts

[@Zarmdthecoolest]

21:40 love how she completely ignored the n

[@belughlegosi]

I never seen this one but I’m glad you’re here to explain it to me. I’d love a Wow Wow Wubzy video or Little Bear next😭

[@belughlegosi]

Maybe there’s a dinosaur prison and they eat the inmates that’s how they get their meat

[@Jollyinha]

Wow Wow Wubzy was such a banger

[@blossompoolofdramaclan8029]

*I never realized how dark this series was* Also as a kid I LOVED seeing the inside of the Time Tunnel! All those colors zooming and flashing by in a vast black background . . . mesmerizing.

[@grimoire636]

“I wanna be a palaeontologist!” - me at 21 with no pathway into the career at all

[@eclipsedmoon87]

It's a train for dinosaurs, the tail is simply esthetic

[@freshcupofangst]

True, but wouldn't that be the equivalent of our trains having hands since they're "trains for humans"?

[@eclipsedmoon87]

@@freshcupofangst fair, but that would make sense, now wouldn't it? And that's not what we do here

[@JNJNRobin1337]

theory: tails, being for a specific purpose (stabilization?], probably make more sense (to them?] than hands

[@juliomm590]

"Are there any bad PBS Kids shows?" Looks at Caillou

[@verylostdoommarauder]

The best part is that Troodons didn't actually exist, they've been invalidated as a genus.

[@anonymousdratini]

Though triodontids, the family are valid. Wild.

[@duckieradio]

I heard you start singing the t-Rex song and literally sang along for a second. I haven’t seen the show for at least 7/8 years.