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Dinotopia

Dinotopia

★ 5.1/10•2002•45m•PG•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Action & Adventure
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Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds, even as they struggle to adjust to life in their strange new world where talking dinosaurs live side by side in an uneasy alliance with humans.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 28, 2002

Episodes

Episode 1 - MaroonedE144m

Marooned

The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

Nov 28, 2002

Episode 2 - Making GoodE243m

Making Good

The two-hour opener begins a month after the plane accident that stranded Frank Scott and his sons, Karl and David, in Dinotopia. As they attempt to adjust to this new land, a renegade group, the Outsiders, discovers a mysterious amulet that allows them to control the Tyrannosaurs and the pteranodons. The rebels intend to capitalize on their good fortune, but Karl and David aim to stop them.

Nov 28, 2002

Episode 3 - Handful of DustE343m

Handful of Dust

A deranged alchemist named Cortez discovers a potion that restores youth, but it requires the tail spikes from stegosauruses, which he is systematically hunting and killing. While investigating the dinosauricides, Karl and Marion have a run-in with the Outsiders.

Dec 5, 2002

Episode 4 - ContactE443m

Contact

Karl discovers a radio in a wrecked ship and manages to get it to work, dreaming of using it as a way to leave Dinotopia. However, no one else agrees with him. Then the radio picks up a distress call from an outside world.

Dec 12, 2002

Episode 5 - The MatriarchE543m

The Matriarch

The theft of a dinosaur egg during a special celebration sparks an incident with the Outsiders and Le Sage when it's discovered a dinosaur egg has been switched with that of a T-Rex, which hatches and wreaks havoc at the dinosaur nursery.

Dec 19, 2002

Episode 6 - The Big FightE643m

The Big Fight

Frank arranges a boxing match between David and Alano, one of LeSage's Outsider crew. Meanwhile, Frank and LeSage become friends, and the senate tries to find a way to ban the fight.

Dec 26, 2002

Episode 7 - Night of the WartosaE743m

Night of the Wartosa

Karl must learn some lessons in love, when a toad, the Wartosa Vulgaris, sends him into a time loop. Stuck in time, he has to keep reliving the same passionate moment with Marion until he gets it right.

Jul 6, 2003

Episode 8 - Le SageE842m

Le Sage

Crop-harvesting dinosaurs are infected by a virus, and Le Sage has stolen the only medicinal plant that can help.

Jul 13, 2003

Episode 9 - Car WarsE943m

Car Wars

Frank creates a car but when it begins to pollute Dinotopia, Mayor Waldo bans it. Frank, out of revenge, runs for mayor and wins, and allows the car to continue. However Frank soon learns the error of his ways, and resigns, allowing Waldo to return to his job.

Jul 20, 2003

Episode 10 - Lost and FoundE1043m

Lost and Found

Karl finds a lost civilization within Dinotopia, who have never even heard of Dinotopia.

Jul 27, 2003

Episode 11 - The Cure (1)E1143m

The Cure (1)

When Karl is bitten by a poisonous mosquito, Dinotopia cannot provide him with an antidote, so David must embark upon a dangerous mission through a secret portal back to the world he used to call home.

Aug 3, 2003

Episode 12 - The Cure (2)E1242m

The Cure (2)

The rescue mission is thrown into chaos when David, LeSage and the Chasmosaur take a wrong turn: instead of arriving in New York, they find themselves in Budapest.

Aug 10, 2003

Episode 13 - CrossroadsE1343m

Crossroads

While trying to decide whether to return to their modern world, Karl, David and Frank must make even tougher decisions: will Marion go with them and who is plotting Dinotopia's downfall?

Aug 17, 2003

Actors

Erik von Detten

Erik von Detten

Karl Scott

Shiloh Strong

Shiloh Strong

David Scott

Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon

Frank Scott

Omid Djalili

Omid Djalili

Zipeau

Sophie Ward

Sophie Ward

Rosemary Waldo

Lisa Zane

Lisa Zane

Le Sage

Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde

Mayor Waldo

Georgina Rylance

Georgina Rylance

Marion Waldo

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