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Denver, the Last Dinosaur: Season 1

24 episodes Premiered Sep 12, 1988 Updated Oct 5, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Pilot

Sep 12, 1988 · 60 min

It is late Spring when Wally, Jeremy, Shades and Mario are at the La Brea Tar Pits working on a school research project and discover a mysterious tar egg that cracks open to reveal

S1·E2 Core

In the Chips

Sep 13, 1988 · 30 min

Denver follows Jeremy to his job at the supermarket, where he hides in the storeroom and stuffs himself full of potato chips.

S1·E3 Core

Videooh

Sep 14, 1988 · 30 min

Wally borrows his sister Heather's video camera and the starry-eyed kids set out to make a video starring themselves.

S1·E4 Core

The Monster of Lost Lake

Sep 15, 1988 · 30 min

While camping at a mountain lake with the boys, Denver is mistaken for a horrible lake monster.

S1·E5 Core

Denver Makes the Grade

Sep 16, 1988 · 30 min

Denver and the kids make friends with a circus owner's son and help him liven up a lackluster show with bicycle and skateboard stunts.

S1·E6 Core

Big Top Denver

Sep 19, 1988 · 30 min

The boys decide to do a science project on dinosaurs for the school science fair.

S1·E7 Core

The Misunderstanding

Sep 20, 1988 · 30 min

Wally and Heather panic when they hear their parents are planning an out- of-town move.

S1·E8 Core

Lions, Tigers, and Dinos

Sep 21, 1988 · 30 min

Wally's first day on the job at the zoo takes a turn for the worse when the self-serving Dr. Funt captures Denver for his new high-tech exhibit.

S1·E9 Core

Change of Heart

Sep 22, 1988 · 30 min

The kind-hearted Denver rescues one of the boy's arch rivals, Scott, winning his heart and killing his plans to expose Denver to the media in order to gain publicity and votes for

S1·E10 Core

Bronco-Saurus

Sep 23, 1988 · 30 min

While visiting Jeremy's Uncle Eli on his Nevada ranch, Denver and the boys attend a local rodeo.

S1·E11 Core

Denver, Dino-Star

Sep 26, 1988 · 30 min

Casey's movie-star cousin, Lana Lake, invites Casey, the boys and Denver to watch the filming of her latest sci-fi movie, "Leapin' Lizards on the Loose".

S1·E12 Core

Dinoland

Sep 27, 1988 · 30 min

When Heather gets a job at a Dinosaur theme amusement park, Denver roams freely around the park and fits right in with all the dino-costumed employees.

S1·E13 Core

Winning

Sep 28, 1988 · 30 min

Denver and Jeremy enter a wacky game show only to find they're competing against the team Morton Fizzback and Professor Funt.

S1·E14 Core

Enter the Dino

Sep 29, 1988 · 30 min

Shades develops a recent interest in karate. He is also very into Nikko, the daughter of his instructor.

S1·E15 Core

Radio Denver

Sep 30, 1988 · 30 min

Denver becomes a major radio star during a competition between KAY-HIP and KAY-LOUD radio stations.

S1·E16 Core

The Phantom of the Movie Theater

Oct 3, 1988 · 30 min

When Heather and Wally's parents inform the two that they are expecting guests from out-of-town, they must hide Denver that the local movie theater, which is believed to be haunted

S1·E17 Core

Missing Links

Oct 1, 1988 · 30 min

A boy genius, Freddy Facknitts, invents a time machine that sends Denver and Morton Fizzback into the past and into the middle of a crazy caveman competition called Mammothball.

S1·E18 Core

Dog Gone Denver

Oct 5, 1988 · 30 min

When the boys enter Wally's dog, Rocky, in a relay race for dogs, they also disguise Denver as a dog so that Rocky will perform well.

S1·E19 Core

Party Time

Oct 6, 1988 · 30 min

Denver and Mario take a job as children's entertainers only to incur the wrath of Douggie, the Dancing Clown, who tries to sabotage Denver and Mario's entertaining efforts.

S1·E20 Core

Aunt Shadies Ghost Town

Oct 7, 1988 · 30 min

On a visit to Aunt Shadie's ghost town, the kids and Denver go on a wild mining car ride while trying to retrieve the deed to the town from some thieves who had stolen it.

S1·E21 Core

Movie-Starus

Oct 10, 1988 · 30 min

Denver falls in love with a mechanical dinosaur and follows her into the Big Deal Movie Studios. His friends must get him home without being discovered.

S1·E22 Core

Denver at Sea

Oct 11, 1988 · 30 min

When disreputable treasure hunters kidnap a valuable dolphin from a marine research facility and use him to locate sunken treasure, Denver dives in to save the dolphin.

S1·E23 Mytharc

Ski Denver

Oct 12, 1988 · 30 min

Heather and the boys take Denver to a mountain ski resort.

S1·E24 Mytharc

Beach Blanket Dino

Oct 13, 1988 · 30 min

The secluded beach where Mario surfs and the kids play is taken over by Rad Tad and his group of Surf Dudes.

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