Die Halbbrüder Karl und David Scott sind mit ihrem Vater Frank im Flugzeug unterwegs, als ein heftiger Sturm aufzieht. Die Maschine hält den starken Böen nicht stand und stürzt ab. Während Frank mit dem Flugzeugwrack in den Fluten versinkt, werden Karl und David an den Strand einer vergessenen Insel gespült, wo sie eine große Überraschung erwartet: Auf dem idyllischen, auf keiner Karte verzeichneten Eiland namens Dinotopia leben Menschen – allesamt Nachfahren von Schiffbrüchigen – und Dinosaurier in friedlicher Eintracht zusammen. Die Brüder sind sofort fasziniert von diesem Paradies, müssen aber schon bald erfahren, dass nur die pflanzenfressenden Dinosaurier friedlich sind – die Fleischfressenden müssen mittels der Sonnensteine unter Kontrolle gehalten werden
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Die Outsider
Waterfall City ist in Gefahr! Sonnensteine regelten bislang das friedliche Zusammenleben zwischen Menschen und Sauriern. Doch sie haben ihre Macht über die Tyrannosaurier verloren. Diese greifen nun die Stadt an. Bürgermeister Waldo muss die Bewohner evakuieren. Was er nicht weiß: Quattrone und seine Outsider sind per Zufall auf eine Lösung für die Misere gestoßen …
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Wahlkampf
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.
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Der Wettkampf
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.
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Versuchung
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.
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Das Virus
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.
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Das Portal
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.
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Episode 7
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.
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Episode 8
Crop-harvesting dinosaurs are infected by a virus, and Le Sage has stolen the only medicinal plant that can help.
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Episode 9
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.
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Episode 10
Karl finds a lost civilization within Dinotopia, who have never even heard of Dinotopia.
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Episode 11
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.
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Episode 12
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.
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Episode 13
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?