Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Dino Babies

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.4
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron7.4
7.4
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

7.2/10
TV

Genre
  
Cartoon

First episode date
  
28 September 1994

Language
  
English

Networks
  
BBC One, BBC Two

7.5/10
IMDb

Also known as
  
Dinobabies

Created by
  
Fred Wolf

Final episode date
  
2 May 1996

Number of seasons
  
2

Dino Babies: (left to right) Stanley, LaBrea, Truman, Franklin, and Marshall are all smiling

Written by
  
Ken KoonceMichael Merton

Directed by
  
Gary BlatchfordTony LoveBill Wolf

Starring
  
Kathleen BarrMatt HillAndrea LibmanScott McNeilSarah StrangeSamuel Vincent

Cast
  
Andrea Libman, Kathleen Barr, Sarah Strange, Matt Hill, Samuel Vincent

Similar
  
Ovide and the Gang, Ox Tales, Popples, The Adventures of Teddy, Bobobobs

Dino Babies is an Irish children's animated television series spotlighting six young dinosaurs who share stories and adventures.

Contents

Production and airings

(Upper left) LaBrea, Dak, Truman, (lower left) Stanley, Franklin, Marshall, the Dino Babies, are all smiling while talking to each other

Dino Babies first aired on the BBC from 1994 to 1996. It comprised 26 20-minute double episodes. Dino Babies found a welcome home on many international stations, but the show had little luck getting noticed in the United States. In 1996, however, the series was syndicated across the country. The show had somewhat better success in Canada, where it aired on YTV from 1994 until 1999.

Overview

Stanley, Franklin, Marshall, Truman, (left to right) are smiling while looking at Dak (top) in the Title poster of the 1994 children's animated television series, Dino Babies

In most episodes, the Dino Babies put their own imaginative spin on a classic tale, from "Dak and the Beanstalk" to "The Abominable Snowbaby". As fun as these flights of fancy were, they always had something important to say about the dinosaurs themselves and the world around them. By acting out classic tales, the dinosaurs learned valuable moral lessons.

Characters

Dino Babies: Franklin, Marshall, LaBrea (top, left to right), Stanley, Truman, and Dak (bottom, left to right)

  • Truman (voiced by Kathleen Barr) - The group’s unofficial leader and chief storyteller, a bespectacled blue brainiac with a tuft of orange hair.
  • LaBrea (voiced by Andrea Libman) - The only female Dino baby. A headstrong pink dinosaur, often challenged Truman’s authority, but she was a good friend at heart. Probably best known for saying the phrases "I told you so.", and "Would you evolve."
  • Stanley (voiced by Matt Hill) - A green dinosaur with red spots. He is a bragger who often runs into danger. He also likes collecting rocks.
  • Franklin (voiced by Sarah Strange) - A timid, hesitant purple dinosaur. He occasionally shows signs of bravery.
  • Marshall (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - Franklin’s little brother. A brown, diaper-wearing daredevil. He sometimes gets upset due to being the smallest.
  • Dak (voiced by Scott McNeil) - A blue, attention-starved pterodactyl. While he often plays tricks on the group, they remain friends all the same.

    • Episodes

    Season 1 (1994)

    Season 2 (1996)

    Truman, Franklin, Stanley, Marshall, LaBrea are all smiling in a scene from the 1994 children's animated television series, Dino Babies

    LaBrea, Marshall, Franklin, Truman, Dak, and Stanley (left to right) are all smiling in the title poster of the 1994 children's animated television series, Dino Babies

    LaBrea and Truman with a cover on their faces in a scene from the 1994 children's animated television series, Dino Babies

    References

    Dino Babies Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA