Dink, the Little Dinosaur

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television Dink, the Little Dinosaur is an American animated series created by Karen Willson and Chris Weber, produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises. The series originally aired as part of CBS's Saturday morning line-up from 1989 to 1990.

Plot

The series followed Dink, a dinosaur, and his four friends as they explore and dwell in the volcanic landscape of prehistory in a place called Green Meadow. Designed to help children navigate the world of friendship and making friends, the stories fostered positive behaviors such as caring about oneself and others, tolerance, ecology, problem-solving and teamwork.

The second season introduced a weekly segment called "Factasaurus" that taught lessons and fun facts educating children about different dinosaur species.

Characters

Main characters
Name	Voice	Description
Dink	R. J. Williams	Kind, brave, smart and has a strong bond with his friends. Dink is a Brontosaurus, similar to Littlefoot from The Land Before Time franchise.
Amber	Anndi McAfee	Amber is a close friend of Dink's. She is like a big sister figure.
Scat	Frank Welker	Scat tends to be paranoid, but has a humongous appetite and he speaks in third person. Sometimes his appetite gets him in trouble, especially when it involves his favorite food called honey fruit.
Shyler	Ben Ryan Ganger	Shyler is Dink's shy friend, with a speech impediment and looks up to Dink and Amber as older siblings.
Flapper	S. Scott Bullock	Flapper tends to be a braggart and a jokester and he speaks with a slight lisp. He constantly tries to land in water, but always fails. He calls him Flap.
Crusty	Frank Welker	Crusty is a turtle who mentors the dinosaur youngsters and tells them stories that often help teach them valuable lessons.
Allies
Name	Voice	Description
Ariel	Jennifer Darling	Exceptionally courageous and self-sacrificing, Ariel lives at the Lake of Mists and is viewed by other dinosaurs as an almost supernatural figure.
Uncle Longbeak	Hamilton Camp	Longbeak is Flapper's uncle, whom he talks about a lot.
Pearl	Russi Taylor	Pearl is a female friend of Shyler's.
Scratcher	Dick Beals	Scratcher is a herbivore by his own choice.
Red	Hal Rayle	Red is sometimes called Thundermaker. He is actually a spirit who lived in the Cave of Spirits.
Earthshaker	Frank Welker	Shakes the ground when he walks and talks. None too fond of smaller creatures, but willing to return a favor.
Dippo	Dana Hill	Dippo is afraid of what other dinosaurs think of his kind. He is good friends with Shyler.
Opo		Opo is a friend of the gang who helps Ariel to escape from Tyrannor.
Dim		Dim is a dimwitted friend of the gang.
Tubble and Hubble	Tubble: Jim Cummings Hubble: Jack Angel	Tubble and Hubble are an old pair of pathfinders for their herd.
Squirt	Russi Taylor	Once thought Crusty was his mother.
Shortspike		Shortspike is a friend of Dink and separated from his parents due to a volcano trouble.
Cornelius		Cornelius was once a rival of Dink's.
Trail Blazer		Trail Blazer used his tail to create Green Meadow and Tarpit Pass (which protects Green Meadow from Hunters like Tyrannor).
Patch and Ridetail		Patch and Ridetail are Trail Blazer's children.
Strongfoot		Strongfoot was once Trail Blazer's rival.
Tiny	Joey Camen	Tiny is a friend in need, helped by Dink to get fruit guarded by a bullish Dicraeosaurus.
Brighteyes	Jodi Carlisle	Brighteyes is a mother to be helped by the gang to protect her eggs from Egghunters.
Buttercup	Billie Hayes	Buttercup is Crusty's childhood turtle friend.
Beast	Michael Bell	Beast has a disfigured body structure.
Iggy		Shyler helps Iggy find his way home.
Nobbie		Nobbie is a good friend of Shyler.
Daisy		Scar once had a crush on her.
Brusier		Brusier is Daisy's boyfriend.
Glowy		Shyler wanted to keep Glowy.
Melodi	Kath Soucie	Gang helps Melodi in saving her mate.
Forest	Cam Clarke	Forest once made Dink jealous one time.
Stormfoot	Dana Hill	Stormfoot fought Dink in the "Challenge of the Desert" duel.
Jerry	Kath Soucie	Tail gets stuck under a rock but is rescued by Crusty.
Mama Triceratops		Once thought Scat was her son.
Villains
Name	Voice	Description
Tyrannor		A Tyrannosaurus who chases Dink and his friends all over their prehistoric world. He is feared by every known dinosaur.
Hunters		Various carnivorous dinosaurs that mostly reside in Hunter's Grove.
Scavenger	Frank Welker	A troublesome flock of Pterodactylus.
Fleetfoot	Jim Cummings	Hunts Pterosaurs.
Honeyfruit Monster
Sharptooth		According to Crusty, he would even scare Tyrannor. He had fought Trail Blazer with the resulting fight creating Green Meadow and Tarpit Pass.
Snakenecks
Sandtooth
Watertooth
Shelleater		Known to prey on turtles.
Bolderbuns	Frank Welker
Waterhunters
Egghunters		A trio that targets Brighteyes' eggs.
Sharpmouth
Slidetooth

Cast

• R.J. Williams as Dink
• Anndi McAfee as Amber
• Ben Ryan Ganger as Shyler
• Frank Welker as Scat, Crusty
• S. Scott Bullock as Flapper

Additional cast

• Jack Angel as Hubble
• Richard Beals as Scratcher
• Michael Bell as Beast
• Joey Camen as Tiny
• Hamilton Camp as Uncle Longbeak
• Jodi Carlisle as Brighteyes
• Nancy Cartwright as Shortspike
• Cam Clarke as Forest
• Townsend Coleman as Shortspike's father
• Brian Cummings
• Jim Cummings as Tubble, Fleetfoot
• Jennifer Darling as Ariel
• Debi Derryberry as Ariel's mother
• Billie Hayes as Buttercup
• Dana Hill as Dippo, Stormfoot
• Kenneth Mars as Narrator
• Hal Rayle as Red
• Steve Schatzberg as Mike
• Kath Soucie as Melodi
• Russi Taylor as Squirt
• Janet Waldo as Woman Dinosaur
• Frank Welker as Earthshaker, Scavenger, Bolderbuns, Tyrannor, Slidetooth, Bilal, Johnny

Voice director

• Ginny McSwain

Home media

VHS release

Five years after its television broadcast, Dink, the Little Dinosaur was released on VHS by Turner Home Entertainment under the Hanna-Barbera label on September 14, 1994. Its six volumes are Land Of No Return, Shyler's Friend, The Sky Is Falling, Lights Out, Rivals and Phantom Of The Cave. Each Dink videocassette contains over five episodes from the series. Turner also distributed these videos internationally in different countries such as the United Kingdom through First Independent Films, in Australia through Rainbow Products, and in Germany through Fox Video.

DVD release

Warner Archive released the complete series on October 10, 2017 in Region 1.

External links

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