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{{disambig2|the Rescue Bots episode|the Rescue Bots book|Land Before Prime (book)}}
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{{episode|
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 53
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 53
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|caption="I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you all here today."
|caption="I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you all here today."
|title="Land Before Prime"
|title="Land Before Prime"
|season=3
|season ep=1
|airdate=[[November 1]], [[2014]]
|airdate=[[November 1]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]]<br>[[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}
}}
'''After discovering an island of dinosaurs, Optimus must embrace his primal side.'''
'''After discovering an island of dinosaurs, Optimus must embrace his primal side.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[File:LandBeforePrime Heatwave vs dino.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[File:LandBeforePrime Heatwave vs dino.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Heatwave: robot dental hygienist.]]
Outside the [[Griffin Rock]] fire house, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] gives a brief speech as a prelude to a routine inspection of how well the [[Rescue Bot]]s are acclimatizing. As Optimus observes with [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] move rocks into the shape of a Rescue Bot insignia. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] engage in a race with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]], though Heatwave "cheats" by using his boat form to take a short cut through a river. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] attempt a loop of the stone [[griffin]] atop [[Mount Griffin]], only to encounter a pterodactyl sitting atop the peak. Once the roads to the mountain are closed off, the team contacts [[Doc Greene]] to take a look at the creature. They speculate that it came up through one of the sinkholes that [[Rise of the Heroes|opened up recently]]. In the meantime, Cody is hunting for an idea for his [[Lad Pioneer]] merit project. Unfortunately his attempt at playing the bugle is a bust, so Heatwave suggests he teach Cody self defense. Cody's attempt at pushing over barrels is even less successful than his bugling. In the control center, Chief Burns and Optimus take an emergency call from Doc Greene, whose hang glider is being pursued by the pterodactyl. Dani and Blades soon catch the creature in a huge cage and deposit it on the fire station roof, where Doc Greene attaches a tracking device to its leg, and they release it. The pterodactyl heads off over the sea, leading to the team concluding that it originated from [[Wayward Island]].
Outside the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|Griffin Rock firehouse]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] gives a brief speech as a prelude to a routine inspection of how well the [[Rescue Bot]]s are acclimatizing. As Optimus observes with [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] and [[Graham Burns|Graham]] move rocks into the shape of a Rescue Bot insignia. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] engage in a race with [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and [[Kade Burns|Kade]], though Heatwave "cheats" by using his boat form to take a short cut through a river. [[Dani Burns|Dani]] and [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] attempt a loop of the stone [[griffin]] atop [[Mount Griffin]], only to encounter a pterodactyl sitting atop the peak. Once the roads to the mountain are closed off, the team contacts [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] to take a look at the creature. They speculate that it came up through one of the sinkholes that [[Rise of the Heroes|opened up recently]]. In the meantime, Cody is hunting for an idea for his [[Lad Pioneer]] merit project. Unfortunately his attempt at playing the bugle is a bust, so Heatwave suggests he teach Cody self-defense. Cody's attempt at pushing over barrels is even less successful than his bugling. In the control center, Chief Burns and Optimus take an emergency call from Doc Greene, whose hang glider is being pursued by the pterodactyl. Dani and Blades soon catch the creature in a huge cage and deposit it on the fire station roof, where Doc Greene attaches a tracking device to its leg, and they release it. The pterodactyl heads off over the sea, leading to the team concluding that it originated from [[Wayward Island]].


[[File:LandBeforePrime gameshow.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
[[File:LandBeforePrime gameshow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode!"]]
Kade and Doc Greene head out to Wayward Island in Heatwave, taking [[Trex]] along (towed behind in a rubber raft) as a bodyguard. Leaving Heatwave and Kade at the shore, Doc Greene heads inland riding on Trex. He soon stumbles on a clearing containing a handful of real live [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], and spots a rock-filled sinkhole. As he moves the rocks aside, he accidentally triggers a rockfall, and though Trex manages to nudge him out of the way, the robot dino himself becomes buried. At the mercy of the dinosaurs, Doc Greene calls for help, and Heatwave quickly arrives to lend a hand. Unfortunately the dinosaurs turn out to be too much even for Heatwave, who has to follow Doc Greene back to the beach, leaving Trex trapped. Back at base, Graham and Boulder try to interest Cody in some unsolvable equations courtesy of [[Gremsky Technical Institute|Gremsky Tech.]] but he declines and heads down to the bunker. There, Chase attempts to get Cody involved in a game show he's created called "Police Challenge". When Cody's not enthusiastic about that either, Optimus observes that no one's asked what he wants to do.
Kade and Doc Greene head out to Wayward Island in Heatwave, taking [[Trex]] along (towed behind in a rubber raft) as a bodyguard. Leaving Heatwave and Kade at the shore, Doc Greene heads inland riding on Trex. He soon stumbles on a clearing containing a handful of real live [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], and spots a rock-filled sinkhole. As he moves the rocks aside, he accidentally triggers a rockfall, and though Trex manages to nudge him out of the way, the robot dino himself becomes buried. At the mercy of the dinosaurs, Doc Greene calls for help, and Heatwave quickly arrives to lend a hand. Unfortunately the dinosaurs turn out to be too much even for Heatwave, who has to follow Doc Greene back to the beach, leaving Trex trapped. Back at base, Graham and Boulder try to interest Cody in some unsolvable equations courtesy of [[Gremsky Technical Institute|Gremsky Tech.]] but he declines and heads down to the bunker. There, Chase attempts to get Cody involved in a game show he's created called "Police Challenge". When Cody's not enthusiastic about that either, Optimus observes that no one's asked what he wants to do.


[[File:LandBeforePrime tar pit.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[File:LandBeforePrime tar pit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Don't worry, Toaster. I'm not scared.]]
Heatwave returns back with Kade and Doc Greene. As the [[Mayor Luskey|Mayor]] is making public noises about turning the pterodactyl into a tourist attraction, Chief Burns realizes they have to protect the dinosaurs by returning them underground. While Cody and Optimus observe from base, the team heads out to Wayward Island on the ''[[Darby Ava]]''. They locate Trex, but are immediately set on by the unhappy dinosaurs. Blades is damaged when one of them bites his tail rotor, resulting in Heatwave calling a retreat. Unfortunately the four Bots run straight into a tar pit and start sinking. Back at base, Optimus decides it's time for him to lend a hand, and takes Cody along. Driving along the ocean floor, they quickly reach Wayward Island and find the clearing full of dinosaurs. As the dinosaurs seem to object to anything which is not a dinosaur, Optimus scans Trex, taking on a new tyrannosaurus alternate mode. Cody deems this "cool".
Heatwave returns with Kade and Doc Greene. As the [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor]] is making public noises about turning the pterodactyl into a tourist attraction, Chief Burns realizes they have to protect the dinosaurs by returning them underground. While Cody and Optimus observe from base, the team heads out to Wayward Island on the ''[[Darby Ava]]''. They locate Trex, but are immediately set on by the unhappy dinosaurs. Blades is damaged when one of them bites his tail rotor, resulting in Heatwave calling a retreat. Unfortunately the four Bots run straight into a tar pit and start sinking. Back at base, Optimus decides it's time for him to lend a hand, and takes Cody along. Driving along the ocean floor, they quickly reach Wayward Island and find the clearing full of dinosaurs. As the dinosaurs seem to object to anything which is not a dinosaur, Optimus scans Trex, taking on a new ''Tyrannosaurus'' [[alternate mode]]. Cody deems this "cool".


[[File:LandBeforePrime baby dinosaurs.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
[[File:LandBeforePrime baby dinosaurs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''Come on, let's go and run around, run around'' <br> ''What a beautiful feeling'' <br> ''We finally found our peaceful valley'' <br> ''And everybody's having a good time now!'']]
The rest of the team is startled when dino Optimus arrives at the tar pit, but with his help, the Rescue Bots are extracted from their sticky predicament. Though Heatwave apologizes for failing the mission, Optimus asserts the mission isn't over yet, and they head back to the sinkhole. The dinosaurs are still hostile, but Cody suggests asking them what's bugging them. Optimus gets them to back off long enough for Cody to peer inside the sinkhole, and he spots baby dinosaurs, separated from their parents by the rockfall. Optimus unleashes a sonic blast that clears the rocks, reuniting the dinosaurs with their young. As the happy dinosaurs head back underground, the team starts sealing up the hole. Heatwave takes a moment to offer words of thanks to Optimus, only for the Autobot leader to briefly lose his composure and roar at Heatwave.
The rest of the team is startled when dino Optimus arrives at the tar pit, but with his help, the Rescue Bots are extracted from their sticky predicament. Though Heatwave apologizes for failing the mission, Optimus asserts the mission isn't over yet, and they head back to the sinkhole. The dinosaurs are still hostile, but Cody suggests asking them what's bugging them. Optimus gets them to back off long enough for Cody to peer inside the sinkhole, and he spots baby dinosaurs, separated from their parents by the rockfall. Optimus unleashes a sonic blast that clears the rocks, reuniting the dinosaurs with their young. As the happy dinosaurs head back underground, the team starts sealing up the hole. Heatwave takes a moment to offer words of thanks to Optimus, only for the Autobot leader to briefly lose his composure and roar at Heatwave.


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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] (3)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (5)
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*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (6)
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*[[Dani Burns]] (9)
*[[Dani Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (11)
*[[Alper]] (13)
*[[Alper]] (13)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (14)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (14)
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*[[Trex]] (12)
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"Where we're going we won't need boats."
"Where we're going we won't need boats."
:—'''Optimus''' channeling another Doc he knows.
:—'''Optimus''' channeling [[Doc Brown|another Doc]] he knows.


==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The [[Settlers' Bell]] is missing from the lighthouse in the picture Graham shows off of the docks.
===Continuity errors===
===Continuity notes===
===Continuity notes===
*Blades identifies the pterodactyl as the same one that attacked him back in "[[What Rises Above]]".
*Blades identifies the pterodactyl as the same one that attacked him back in "[[What Rises Above]]".
*The sinkholes in Griffin Rock were caused during "[[Rise of the Heroes]]".
*The sinkholes in Griffin Rock were caused during "[[Rise of the Heroes]]".
* Optimus briefly mentions that there are [[Unicron|many things]] beneath the Earth's surface that humans are not aware of.
*Optimus briefly exhibits primal behaviour foreshadowing the organic-scanning complications that will be explored further in "[[Big Game]]" and, to a lesser extent, "[[Quarry's Quarry]]".
*The dinosaur that each Rescue Bot is attacked by first on their mission corresponds to the primal mode they will scan in the future: a Brachiosaurus for Heatwave, a Triceratops for Boulder, and a Stegosaurus for Chase. The only exception is Blades, however he was attacked by a pterodactyl twice before, once in "[[What Rises Above]]" and once in the beginning of the episode.
 
===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime obliquely refers to [[Unicron]] when he tells Kade that "[[One Shall Stand|There are more things under this Earth than most humans know]]."
===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===
* The episode's title references the 1988 animated film ''{{w|The Land Before Time}}''.
*The episode's title references the 1988 animated film ''{{w|The Land Before Time}}''.
* Doc Greene says he's wanted to see a pterodactyl since he was the size of a "[[Wikipedia:Compsognathus|Compsognathus]]".
*Doc Greene says he's wanted to see a pterodactyl since he was the size of a ''{{w|Compsognathus}}''.
* Chase refers to Thanksgiving and [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]].
*Chase refers to [[Thanksgiving]] and [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]].
* Blades makes several references to ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', including having seen a movie about an island of dinosaurs, and the idea that a Tyrannosaurus can't see you if you're standing still.
*Blades makes several references to ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', including having seen a movie about an island of dinosaurs, and the idea that a ''Tyrannosaurus'' can't see you if you're standing still.
*Optimus paraphrases ''Back to the Future''.
*Optimus paraphrases ''[[Back to the Future]]''.
* Blades refers to Optimus as a "dinosaur whisperer", a reference to National Geographic series ''[[Wikipedia:Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan|Dog Whisperer]]'', and ultimately to the book and film ''[[Wikipedia:The Horse Whisperer|The Horse Whisperer]]''.
*Blades refers to Optimus as a "dinosaur whisperer", a reference to National Geographic series ''{{w|Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan|Dog Whisperer}}'', and ultimately to the book and film ''{{w|The Horse Whisperer}}''.
*In a deviation from the standard Jurassic Park references, Optimus' line "Cover your ears, Cody Burns" is likely a reference to a similar line given by Aslan in ''{{w|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}}''.
 
===Animation and technical errors===
*The [[Settlers' Bell]] is missing from the lighthouse in the picture Graham shows off of the docks.


===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*Cody rides inside Optimus while the latter is in robot mode, something common in ''Rescue Bots'', but not so much in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', where Optimus spends most of his time.
*Cody rides inside Optimus while the latter is in [[robot mode]], something common in ''Rescue Bots'', but not so much in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', where Optimus spends most of his time.
*This episode was later adapted into storybook form as ''[[Land Before Prime (book)|Land Before Prime]]''.
 
===Foreign localization===
===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinos en cavale'''" ("Dinos on the loose")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:**The episode was aired after ''[[Odd Bot Out]]''. Along with the following season 3 episode, ''[[Big Game]]'', it was likely placed into season 2 to fill the episode slots left by ''[[The Riders of Midwinter]]'' and ''[[Chief Woodrow]]'', two episodes that hadn't been released anywhere at the time.


'''Hungarian'''  
'''Hungarian'''  
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinókaland'''" ("Dino Adventure")  
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinókaland'''" ("Dino Adventure")  
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1|1 December]] [[2014]]
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 1|1 December]] [[2014]]
:** The episode was aired after ''[[The Griffin Rock Express]]''. Along with the following season 3 episode, ''[[Big Game]]'', it was likely placed into season 2 to fill the episode slots left by ''[[The Riders of Midwinter]]'' and ''[[Chief Woodrow]]'', two episodes that hadn't been released anywhere at the time.
:**The episode was aired after ''[[The Griffin Rock Express]]''. Along with the following season 3 episode, ''[[Big Game]]'', it was likely placed into season 2 to fill the episode slots left by ''[[The Riders of Midwinter]]'' and ''[[Chief Woodrow]]'', two episodes that hadn't been released anywhere at the time.
 
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'isola primitiva'''" ("The primitive island")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 12|12 August]] [[2017]]
 
'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Terra dos Dinossauros'''" ("Land of the Dinosaurs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)
 
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2015]] — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Dinobots!" ([[Shout! Factory]])


{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Latest revision as of 06:15, 3 July 2025

This article is about the Rescue Bots episode. For the Rescue Bots book, see Land Before Prime (book).
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"I suppose you're wondering why I've gathered you all here today."
"Land Before Prime"
Season 3
No. in season 1
Production company Hasbro Studios
Airdate November 1, 2014
Writer Nicole Dubuc
Director Nathan Chew
Animation studio DHX Media
Top Draw Animation

After discovering an island of dinosaurs, Optimus must embrace his primal side.

Synopsis

[edit]
Heatwave: robot dental hygienist.

Outside the Griffin Rock firehouse, Optimus Prime gives a brief speech as a prelude to a routine inspection of how well the Rescue Bots are acclimatizing. As Optimus observes with Cody, Boulder and Graham move rocks into the shape of a Rescue Bot insignia. Chase and Chief Burns engage in a race with Heatwave and Kade, though Heatwave "cheats" by using his boat form to take a short cut through a river. Dani and Blades attempt a loop of the stone griffin atop Mount Griffin, only to encounter a pterodactyl sitting atop the peak. Once the roads to the mountain are closed off, the team contacts Doc Greene to take a look at the creature. They speculate that it came up through one of the sinkholes that opened up recently. In the meantime, Cody is hunting for an idea for his Lad Pioneer merit project. Unfortunately his attempt at playing the bugle is a bust, so Heatwave suggests he teach Cody self-defense. Cody's attempt at pushing over barrels is even less successful than his bugling. In the control center, Chief Burns and Optimus take an emergency call from Doc Greene, whose hang glider is being pursued by the pterodactyl. Dani and Blades soon catch the creature in a huge cage and deposit it on the fire station roof, where Doc Greene attaches a tracking device to its leg, and they release it. The pterodactyl heads off over the sea, leading to the team concluding that it originated from Wayward Island.

"You get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode, you get a dinosaur mode!"

Kade and Doc Greene head out to Wayward Island in Heatwave, taking Trex along (towed behind in a rubber raft) as a bodyguard. Leaving Heatwave and Kade at the shore, Doc Greene heads inland riding on Trex. He soon stumbles on a clearing containing a handful of real live dinosaurs, and spots a rock-filled sinkhole. As he moves the rocks aside, he accidentally triggers a rockfall, and though Trex manages to nudge him out of the way, the robot dino himself becomes buried. At the mercy of the dinosaurs, Doc Greene calls for help, and Heatwave quickly arrives to lend a hand. Unfortunately the dinosaurs turn out to be too much even for Heatwave, who has to follow Doc Greene back to the beach, leaving Trex trapped. Back at base, Graham and Boulder try to interest Cody in some unsolvable equations courtesy of Gremsky Tech. but he declines and heads down to the bunker. There, Chase attempts to get Cody involved in a game show he's created called "Police Challenge". When Cody's not enthusiastic about that either, Optimus observes that no one's asked what he wants to do.

Don't worry, Toaster. I'm not scared.

Heatwave returns with Kade and Doc Greene. As the Mayor is making public noises about turning the pterodactyl into a tourist attraction, Chief Burns realizes they have to protect the dinosaurs by returning them underground. While Cody and Optimus observe from base, the team heads out to Wayward Island on the Darby Ava. They locate Trex, but are immediately set on by the unhappy dinosaurs. Blades is damaged when one of them bites his tail rotor, resulting in Heatwave calling a retreat. Unfortunately the four Bots run straight into a tar pit and start sinking. Back at base, Optimus decides it's time for him to lend a hand, and takes Cody along. Driving along the ocean floor, they quickly reach Wayward Island and find the clearing full of dinosaurs. As the dinosaurs seem to object to anything which is not a dinosaur, Optimus scans Trex, taking on a new Tyrannosaurus alternate mode. Cody deems this "cool".

Come on, let's go and run around, run around
What a beautiful feeling
We finally found our peaceful valley
And everybody's having a good time now!

The rest of the team is startled when dino Optimus arrives at the tar pit, but with his help, the Rescue Bots are extracted from their sticky predicament. Though Heatwave apologizes for failing the mission, Optimus asserts the mission isn't over yet, and they head back to the sinkhole. The dinosaurs are still hostile, but Cody suggests asking them what's bugging them. Optimus gets them to back off long enough for Cody to peer inside the sinkhole, and he spots baby dinosaurs, separated from their parents by the rockfall. Optimus unleashes a sonic blast that clears the rocks, reuniting the dinosaurs with their young. As the happy dinosaurs head back underground, the team starts sealing up the hole. Heatwave takes a moment to offer words of thanks to Optimus, only for the Autobot leader to briefly lose his composure and roar at Heatwave.

Back at base, Cody announces he's decided on a Lad Pioneer project: building a life-size dinosaur model, the head of which an indignant Blades discovers lying on his launch pad.

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Humans Others

Quotes

[edit]

"You say potato, I say solanum tuberosum."

—Doc Greene


"Time for the lightning round! Blades, is the lightning ready?

—Chase reaching Japanese levels of game show danger.


"What's our rule about television?"
"Even if it's a documentary, it's not always real!"

—Dani and Blades


"Where we're going we won't need boats."

—Optimus channeling another Doc he knows.

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • Blades identifies the pterodactyl as the same one that attacked him back in "What Rises Above".
  • The sinkholes in Griffin Rock were caused during "Rise of the Heroes".
  • Optimus briefly exhibits primal behaviour foreshadowing the organic-scanning complications that will be explored further in "Big Game" and, to a lesser extent, "Quarry's Quarry".
  • The dinosaur that each Rescue Bot is attacked by first on their mission corresponds to the primal mode they will scan in the future: a Brachiosaurus for Heatwave, a Triceratops for Boulder, and a Stegosaurus for Chase. The only exception is Blades, however he was attacked by a pterodactyl twice before, once in "What Rises Above" and once in the beginning of the episode.

Transformers references

[edit]

Real-world references

[edit]
  • The episode's title references the 1988 animated film The Land Before Time.
  • Doc Greene says he's wanted to see a pterodactyl since he was the size of a Compsognathus.
  • Chase refers to Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
  • Blades makes several references to Jurassic Park, including having seen a movie about an island of dinosaurs, and the idea that a Tyrannosaurus can't see you if you're standing still.
  • Optimus paraphrases Back to the Future.
  • Blades refers to Optimus as a "dinosaur whisperer", a reference to National Geographic series Dog Whisperer, and ultimately to the book and film The Horse Whisperer.
  • In a deviation from the standard Jurassic Park references, Optimus' line "Cover your ears, Cody Burns" is likely a reference to a similar line given by Aslan in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
  • The Settlers' Bell is missing from the lighthouse in the picture Graham shows off of the docks.

Trivia

[edit]
  • Cody rides inside Optimus while the latter is in robot mode, something common in Rescue Bots, but not so much in Transformers: Prime, where Optimus spends most of his time.
  • This episode was later adapted into storybook form as Land Before Prime.

Foreign localization

[edit]

French

  • Title: "Dinos en cavale" ("Dinos on the loose")
  • Original airdate: ?

Hungarian

Italian

  • Title: "L'isola primitiva" ("The primitive island")
  • Original airdate: 12 August 2017

Portuguese

  • Title: "Terra dos Dinossauros" ("Land of the Dinosaurs")
  • Original airdate: 1 June 2016 (Netflix)

Home video releases

[edit]
All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.

United States of America 2015 — Rescue Bots — "Dinobots!" (Shout! Factory)

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