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Jul 2023
1h 34m

Denver, the Last Dinosaur (1988)

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About this episode

This Saturday morning, for the FINAL episode of Cartoon Boom, Joseph and Chris watched Denver, the Last Dinosaur, from 1988.

When an unusually intelligent dinosaur unexpectedly hatches from a fossilized egg in 1980s California, a friendly group of human teenagers adopts him and teaches him how to hide from prying eyes and master skateboarding.

  1. Denver, the Last Dinosaur (S1E01)
  2. The Monster of Lost Lake (S1E04)
  3. Battle of the Bands (S2E13)

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