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Gigantosaurus - Born Tree (S1E36)
Tiny grows attached to a sapling tree and isn't ready to let go when the tree is ready to be planted.
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| Runtime (min) | 12 |
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| Air Date | 2019-07-12 |
| Genres | Kids, Family, Animation |
| TV Rating | TV-Y |
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In the episode 'Born Tree' of Gigantosaurus, Tiny forms a deep attachment to a small sapling tree that represents growth and change. As the other dinosaur friends prepare to plant the tree, Tiny struggles with the idea of letting go, showcasing her emotional journey and connection to nature.
The episode beautifully illustrates Tiny's conflict between holding on to her beloved sapling and understanding the importance of nurturing it for its future. Through playful interactions and gentle encouragement from her friends, Tiny learns valuable lessons about friendship, growth, and the cycle of life.
What Parents Say
Parents appreciate how 'Born Tree' tackles themes of attachment and letting go in a relatable and age-appropriate manner. Tiny's emotional struggle resonates with young viewers, and it provides a great opportunity for discussions about feelings and change. Many parents find the episode uplifting as it encourages children to understand the importance of sharing and nurturing.
Additionally, the episode emphasizes the support of friends during tough emotional moments, reinforcing the value of teamwork and empathy. Parents may find it delightful to see their children learning about nature and the life cycle in a fun and engaging way.
What Children Can Learn
In 'Born Tree', children learn about the natural world and the importance of plants in our ecosystem. The episode encourages curiosity about how trees grow and the role they play in supporting life. Tiny's journey teaches kids about the emotional connections they can form with living things and the significance of caring for them.
Furthermore, the story highlights the concept of change and growth, helping children understand that sometimes letting go is necessary for new beginnings. Through Tiny's experience, kids learn the values of friendship, support, and the joy of nurturing something they love.
Five Most Asked Questions
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| What message does Tiny’s attachment to the sapling convey? | Tiny's attachment to the sapling highlights the emotional connections children can develop with nature. It conveys the message that while it's natural to form bonds with living things, understanding the need for change and growth is equally important. This helps children recognize their feelings and learn that sometimes, letting go can lead to new opportunities. |
| How do Tiny's friends support her during her struggle? | Tiny's friends play a crucial role in supporting her as she grapples with her feelings about the sapling. They encourage her to see the bigger picture and help her understand the importance of planting the tree for its future. Their teamwork exemplifies empathy and shows children how friends can uplift each other during emotional challenges. |
| What educational aspects about nature are presented in this episode? | The episode introduces children to the concept of plant growth and the life cycle, emphasizing how nurturing a sapling is essential for it to thrive. It encourages curiosity about the environment and promotes an understanding of how plants contribute to the ecosystem, making it an educational experience woven into the narrative. |
| How does Tiny ultimately resolve her conflict with the sapling? | Tiny resolves her conflict by learning to embrace change and understanding that planting the sapling is an act of love. With her friends' encouragement, she comes to realize that by letting go, she can help the tree grow and thrive, which brings her joy and a sense of accomplishment. |
| What emotions does Tiny experience throughout the episode? | Tiny experiences a range of emotions, including joy, attachment, fear of letting go, and ultimately acceptance. Her journey through these feelings is relatable for young viewers, as it mirrors their own experiences with change. The episode effectively portrays emotional growth, helping children understand and articulate their feelings. |
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| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
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| 1 | 1 | Mazu must do the impossible to protect a helpless dragonfly from raptors! |
| 1 | 2 | Rocky suppresses his “tough dino” side and learns to be gentle with an egg he’s found. |
| 1 | 3 | When Ayati loses her balance and falls over, Mazu must come up with a big idea to help. |
| 1 | 4 | A large crevice rips through the ground and traps the four little dinos in Giganto's path. |
| 1 | 5 | Timid Bill and brave Rocky end up stranded on an island, however Rocky suddenly becomes the scared one! |
| 1 | 6 | Trey warns the little dinos about a cave monster named “Shriekasaurus”. |
| 1 | 7 | Tiny performs a triceratops rite of passage! |
| 1 | 8 | Rocky sets out to prove that he's the ultimate tough guy, like Giganto, but discovers that everyone needs help sometimes. |
| 1 | 9 | Mazu makes Archie a pair of wings to help him fly. |
| 1 | 10 | Marsh copies Rocky's every move while Rocky copies Giganto. |
| 1 | 11 | Rocky gets jealous when Tiny suddenly becomes the go-to hero! |
| 1 | 12 | Mazu may be a slow runner but is a quick thinker. |
| 1 | 13 | Bill accidentally changes Cretacia’s ecosystem when he eats too many rare swamp flowers. |
| 1 | 14 | Dilo pulls pranks on the dinos! |
| 1 | 15 | Mazu and her three besties map the stars. |
| 1 | 16 | Tiny’s artistic skills are put to use when the dinos are lost in the desert. |
| 1 | 17 | Tiny and Mazu treat Giganto's toothache. |
| 1 | 18 | Every dino in Cretacia tries to claim a beautiful pebble! |
| 1 | 19 | Bill's friends pretend he is invisible so he can win at hide-and-seek. |
| 1 | 20 | Mazu invents eyeglasses to help nearsighted Patchy. |
| 1 | 21 | When a runaway boulder ruins Mazu's invention, she sets out to find what set it in motion. |
| 1 | 22 | Bill is tired of being a little brachiosaurus, so he looks for the secret to growing big. |
| 1 | 23 | Rocky decides not to practice for a talent show but his partner in the show is Giganto. |
| 1 | 24 | Marsh is tricked by raptors to play a game, but they're really trying to sabotage Giganto. |
| 1 | 25 | Rocky has to get nectar from a special flower to get his Giganto cards back from the raptors. |
| 1 | 26 | Tiny and Bill accidentally clog up Cretacia's water source while playing in the cave. |
| 1 | 27 | Mazu invents the world's first go-carts to beat Giganto in a race. |
| 1 | 28 | When Bill's food stash is raided, he makes it his mission to find the culprit. |
| 1 | 29 | When everyone blames Giganto for damaging the lake, the Dinos try to prove his innocence. |
| 1 | 30 | Rocky wants to roar like Giganto, so he sets out to capture the beast's roar in a coconut. |
| 1 | 31 | Turf rights to the playground are at stake when the raptors challenge the four Dinos to a game of basketball. |
| 1 | 32 | Rocky tries to convince everyone that he's the Giganto-Whisperer. |
| 1 | 33 | Rocky gets carried away being the leader in a game. |
| 1 | 34 | Tiny helps Trey find his inner artist when Trey injures himself in a tree toppling accident. |
| 1 | 35 | Bill is tasked with inviting Giganto to Rocky's birthday party. |
| 1 | 36 | Tiny grows attached to a sapling tree and isn't ready to let go when the tree is ready to be planted. |
| 1 | 37 | Rocky wants a tail as powerful as Giganto's, but with great power comes great responsibility! |
| 1 | 38 | Bill discovers that 'crying wolf' lets him avoid doing things he doesn't want to do. |
| 1 | 39 | The dinos have a falling out. |
| 1 | 40 | Tiny, the little dino must repay the favor and honor Triceratops Code. |
| 1 | 41 | When Rugo tries to collect all of the coconuts in Cretacia, Bill sets out to get them back! |
| 1 | 42 | Tiny and Totor discover they have a lot in common. |
| 1 | 43 | After they interrupt her meditation, Terminonator keeps Tiny and Bill hostage until Rocky and Mazu bring her a mythical floating stone. |
| 1 | 44 | Bill and Marsh get separated from the others in the fog, and a storm is on the way. To make matters worse, Bill lacks confidence in himself as a leader |
| 1 | 45 | When Giganto makes a long absence, the ecosystem order spirals out of control, sending the friends on a hunt for the large dino in the frozen lands. He turns out to be frozen by an avalanche, and their mission? Melt the ice around him. |
| 1 | 46 | Ayati directs the friends to Dinosia for new things to discover, only to find that it was only a fib to lead them on a new adventure in Cretacia. |
| 1 | 47 | Tiny sets out to plan a party on the shortest day of the year. |
| 1 | 48 | Mazu is determined to see her comet, but when things take a rough turn, she gets help from those she had helped before. |
| 1 | 49 | An incident with coconuts and tar leaves Mazu and Cror stuck back-to-back. The two end up sharing an unusual bonding experience as they try to get unstuck. |
| 1 | 50 | Rocky rushes the crew to get the best spots to watch the winter lights, but his impatience gets the better of him and his shortcuts lead to disaster. Luckily, taking it slow got them a good spot. |
| 1 | 51 | Mount Oblivion gets clogged with a meteorite and, fearing a lava eruption, the herd is forced to move, with Giganto left behind. They friends decide to prevent this by breaking the meteor. |
| 1 | 52 | Giganto leaves for parts unknown. The Terminonator then takes over Cretacia, leading the friends to rebel. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
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| 2 | 1 | Termy leaves Cretecia which the locals briefly enjoy, but they soon want her back when her absence causes problems in the pond. |
| 2 | 2 | When the young dinosaurs finds a tablet about someone who holds many records, Rocky tries to break any of them. |
| 2 | 3 | Bill is less interested in change, and is declining any invitation from his friends who want to show him something new. |
| 2 | 4 | Tiny gets jealous when Marsh's art starts getting more attention despite not being as good as hers. |
| 2 | 5 | In a multi-sporting event featuring teams of two dinosaurs, Cror encourages Bill to employ illegal tactics to gain some advantage. |
| 2 | 6 | Mazu creates mobile phones out of coconuts, and gives one to every dinosaur in Cretacia. |
| 2 | 7 | Rocky has a statuette of Giganto which he no longer plays, and his friends suggest he should give it to someone, but Rocky finds it hard. |
| 2 | 8 | Cror and Trey need to get over their differences as they are selected to sing together at the show. |
| 2 | 9 | Rocky, Bill, Tiny, and Mazu befriend a sea turtle named Leon, and try to find him a home in their neighborhood. |
| 2 | 10 | Tiny becomes addicted looking at her face on a reflective rock. |
| 2 | 11 | Tiny ponders on how to spend Togetherness Day with Giganto. |
| 2 | 12 | Hegan and Trey teach Rocky, Bill, Tiny, and Mazu about keeping Cretacia safe for its inhabitants, but an impatient Rocky unwittingly makes things worse. |
| 2 | 13 | The four little dinos want to give Ayati presents for her 200th birthday. |
| 2 | 14 | The Raptors bring T-Rex to Cretacia and Rocky finds him good fun to play with. |
| 2 | 15 | Tiny becomes the Top Dino for the day. |
| 2 | 16 | Mazu creates a rocket to fly to the moon. Unfortunately, her failed attempt to fly to the moon lands herself, her friends, and Rugo in an unknown part of Cretacia. |
| 2 | 17 | Bill runs off with Marsh when Mazu showcases the bugs. T decides to follow them and scare Bill by pretending to be a bug. |
| 2 | 18 | Marsh admires the four little dinos and their incredible talents that are like super powers. |
| 2 | 19 | When Rocky is unhappy with his present from Tiny, he gets rid of it. |
| 2 | 20 | Bill tries to have a party to celebrate getting the first coconuts of Spring, but his friends decide to take it over. |
| 2 | 21 | The four young dinos create a new board game. While going out to build the volcano, Tiny and Mazu disagree on whether it should be artistic or scientific. |
| 2 | 22 | The snow is melting. Mazu and Trey have different ideas on how to prevent Cretacia from being flooded. |
| 2 | 23 | When T-Rex teases Archie about being unable to fly, Mazu comes to his defense. |
| 2 | 24 | Giganto starts a trend when a banana peel gets stuck to the top of his head. |
| 2 | 25 | The four dinos meet three new friends named Plink, Plonk and Plunk. |
| 2 | 26 | The dinos have a contest to see who can take care of their caterpillar the best. |
| 2 | 27 | Mazu wants to be the first to find a meteorite that landed in the desert. |
| 2 | 28 | Leon likes to help Bill, but realizes he has to learn to do things for himself. |
| 2 | 29 | When Rugo's burrow floods, the four dinos invite her to live with them temporarily. |
| 2 | 30 | Tiny has hidden colored, egg-shaped stones around Cretacia for a treasure hunt. |
| 2 | 31 | Iggy is the proud caretaker of a berry bog but must challenge T to a game of Capture the Flag to remain in charge. |
| 2 | 32 | Rocky has to watch his baby cousin for the day. |
| 2 | 33 | Tiny writes a musical called "Mighty Dinosaurs" but she can't find the right dino to play the lead, until she finds out that Bill can sing very well when he is preparing food. |
| 2 | 34 | Hegan is jealous of Mazu's drone that can fly anywhere in Cretacia. |
| 2 | 35 | Bill ventures out into the scary darkness to find ingredients for his pumpkin bread. |
| 2 | 36 | After helping Mazu win hide-and-seek, Rocky names himself the greatest dino finder ever. |
| 2 | 37 | Bill, Mazu and Rocky head to the Frozen Land in search of a snow cave just as a blizzard comes. |
| 2 | 38 | Tiny wants to create a statue of Cretacia's greatest hero out of a big boulder. |
| 2 | 39 | When Rugo accidentally unearths a time capsule Ayati made with her friend 100 years ago, the four little dinos decide they want to make one too. |
| 2 | 40 | Marsh wants to be like Giganto. |
| 2 | 41 | A great chase ensues when T takes the sled filled with gifts for himself. |
| 2 | 42 | Rocky, Mazu Tiny and Bill find themselves with little siblings, and Mazu thinks she can watch them all. |
| 2 | 43 | When Rocky learns that no one has made it to the end of the maze, he's determined to be the first! |
| 2 | 44 | The four little dinos open a school to share their knowledge with all Cretacians, but Cror decides to send Totor in to ruin the school. |
| 2 | 45 | Tiny mourns the loss of her favourite paintbrush when it falls apart. |
| 2 | 46 | The dinos imagine what the world would be like if they were allowed to do whatever they wanted. |
| 2 | 47 | Bill is known for having the best sniffer in town. |
| 2 | 48 | When Tiny's little sister comes along, Trey spends a great deal of time playing with her -- and not much time with Tiny. |
| 2 | 49 | When Giganto assists the kids, Tiny wants to thank him by throwing a tea party. |
| 2 | 50 | Trey and T both think they're the toughest. |
| 2 | 51 | When a big, new dinosaur arrives in Cretacia, Bill's instincts are telling him to stay away. |
| 2 | 52 | Spino, the massive villain, is intent on terrorizing. |
| Season # | Episode # | Episode Name |
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| 3 | 1 | The baby dinos are proving to be a handful, especially when Ayati tries to care for them. |
| 3 | 2 | The horseshoe crabs treat Rocky like a king after he inadvertently does them a favour. |
| 3 | 3 | When Bill realizes just how indestructible weird fish bubbles are, he decides to live inside one. |
| 3 | 4 | Rugo and Ignatius each find the same, perfect, semicircle-shaped bone. |
| 3 | 5 | The four little dinos are tasked with watching Hegan's eggs, which are soon to hatch. |
| 3 | 6 | When the dinos learn about a treasure at the end of a rainbow, Rocky is determined to find it! |
| 3 | 7 | Termy wants to visit her good friend Hegan's new babies, Pride and Joy. |
| 3 | 8 | Rocky is excited when Giganto loses a tooth because that means the tooth fairy will visit and leave loot. The Raptors decide to have him lead them to Giganto's lair so they can take his bone. |
| 3 | 9 | Tiny, Rocky and Bill have a hard time being patient waiting for the lulu fruit to change color. |
| 3 | 10 | Mazu borrows Rocky's kart and flies it as a plane, but he doesn't know how to fly. |
| 3 | 11 | Tiny likes the attention she gets from announcing the news so she starts a news service. Unfortunately, she soon starts getting carried away with her tall tales, and Spino soon shows up to cause more trouble. |
| 3 | 12 | The dinos have to find another place to sleep for the night, but Mazu can't sleep. |
| 3 | 13 | Tiny wants to help the dinos get along, so she invents a game to pair one dino with another. Mazu is partnered with Totor, Rocky with Cror, Bill with T-Rex and Tiny with Patchy. |
| 3 | 14 | Mount Oblivion seems like it's going to blow, and Mazu needs to find her book to stop it. |
| 3 | 15 | Bill starts to feel like his sister might like Rocky more than him. |
| 3 | 16 | Missy is good at magic tricks, so they encourage her to do a magic show. |
| 3 | 17 | When a spot opens on the council, Mazu applies. |
| 3 | 18 | Rocky becomes so fixated on helping that he doesn't stop and think about what he is doing. |
| 3 | 19 | Bill realizes bravery is doing something you're afraid of to help someone else. |
| 3 | 20 | After Mazu's science experiments backfires, the dinos have to evacuate the den for the night. |
| 3 | 21 | Bill teaches Missy how to bake a pie, but Missy's pie turns out better than Bill's. |
| 3 | 22 | When Totor sees other dinos get awarded for their talents, he sets out to find his talent. |
| 3 | 23 | The little dinos go sledding and Marsh wants to join them, but he hasn't had his nap yet. |
| 3 | 24 | On the way to visit Hegan, Bill and Tiny find a walnut field and they search for nuts. |
| 3 | 25 | The dinos discover Marsh can sing lullabies that put dinos to sleep. |
| 3 | 26 | When Rocky sees all the attention the babies give to Giganto, he gets a bit jealous. |
| 3 | 27 | While out for a stroll one evening, Mazu's brother wants to know about a glowing rock that they encounter. |
| 3 | 28 | Rocky has to clean up his act in order to save his friends from danger. |
| 3 | 29 | Bill harvests cycad leaves the Bill Way. |
| 3 | 30 | The dinos are excited to see the Empress butterflies as they pass by but when Rocky throws them off course they are in trouble. |
| 3 | 31 | When word of a monster reaches the dinos, Mazu is determined to find it. |
| 3 | 32 | When the raptors swipe pies from the dinos, they get more than they expected when they swipe Leena too. |
| 3 | 33 | Rocky plays with Tiny's cymbal shell without asking and breaks it. |
| 3 | 34 | The four dinos think Dilo is quite the hero when he protects them from Spinosaurus. |
| 3 | 35 | Trey assigns Tiny the task of creating a triceratops training course for their baby sister Tory. |
| 3 | 36 | Marsh wishes he had a little brother or sister, so he makes some out of rocks. |
| 3 | 37 | Bill enlists Totor to do juggling act with him to win a trophy at the show. |
| 3 | 38 | Rocky is excited to run in the race, but when Rolo decides to run the race too, Rocky gets annoyed. |
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| 3 | 43 | Termy is coerced into babysitting Pride and Joy. |
| 3 | 44 | Mazu invents a projector where she can show the shadows of puppets up on the wall. |
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