Dinosaur Train

Mom Was A Kid Once

Season 5, Episode 2 of 11

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.

When to Watch

Day
Time
Channel
5/9/2024
6:30 a.m.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
8/27/2019
4:30 p.m.
8/28/2019
12:30 a.m.
11/6/2019
4:30 p.m.
11/7/2019
12:30 a.m.
11/9/2019
4:30 p.m.
11/10/2019
12:30 a.m.
7/3/2020
3 p.m.
7/3/2020
11 p.m.
10/28/2020
10:30 a.m.
3/5/2021
10:30 a.m.
3/7/2021
10:30 a.m.
7/12/2021
10:30 a.m.
7/17/2021
noon
11/3/2021
10:30 a.m.
5/4/2022
10:30 a.m.
5/7/2022
7:30 a.m.
5/7/2022
noon
7/6/2022
10:30 a.m.
7/10/2022
7:30 a.m.
7/10/2022
noon
10/4/2022
10:30 a.m.
2/9/2023
7 a.m.
5/12/2023
7 a.m.
6/9/2023
7 a.m.
9/27/2023
7 a.m.
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