Dink, the Little Dinosaur

Dink, the Little Dinosaur
On-screen title card.
Created by	Chris Weber Karen Willson
Network	Syndication
Production company	Ruby-Spears Enterprises
Original release	September 16, 1989—November 3, 1990
Run time	23 minutes
Starring	R.J. Williams Anndi McAfee Ben Ganger Frank Welker S. Scott Bullock
Executive producer(s)	Joe Ruby Ken Spears
Producer(s)	Larry Huber
Music composed by	John Debney
Writer(s)	Karen Willson Chris Weber Ralph Sanchez
Director(s)	Bill Hutton Tony Love Ginny McSwain (voices)
Animation director(s)	Charles A. Nichols

Dink, the Little Dinosaur is an American animated fantasy television series created by Chris Weber and Karen Willson. It was produced by Ruby-Spears for CBS' Saturday morning children's programming. It ran from 1989 to 1990, airing 21 episodes that spanned two seasons. It was heavily inspired by Universal Pictures' film The Land Before Time in 1988.

In 1994, it was adopted by Hanna-Barbera via Turner Entertainment in syndication and Turner Home Entertainment's six VHSes, with the latter even giving the series its own then-current oblong logo.

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Music

The music was composed by John Debney. The director of music supervision was Joanne Miller.

Episodes

Episode	Air date
1x01 "The Shell Game" "Shyler's Friend"	September 16, 1989
1x02 "Dink, Come Home" "White Beauty"	September 23, 1989
1x03 "Crusty's Baby" "The Gentle Hunter"	September 30, 1989
1x04 "Phantom of the Cave" "Dry River"	October 7, 1989
1x05 "Tricera-Scat" "Search"	October 14, 1989
1x06 "Amber's Crusade" "Old Timers"	October 21, 1989
1x07 "Uncle Longbeak" "Surprise!"	October 28, 1989
1x08 "The Hollow Tree" "Badge of Courage"	November 4, 1989
1x09 "Wish Mountain" "Crusty's New Home"	November 11, 1989
1x10 "Small Stuff" "Lights Out"	November 18, 1989
1x11 "Mystery of the Broken Skull" "Encounter at Flat Rock"	November 25, 1989
1x12 "The Sky is Falling at Green Meadow" "Sea Rescue"	December 2, 1989
1x13 "Raiders of the Lost Nest" "Land of No Return"	December 9, 1989
2x01 "Scavenger" "Tar Troubles"	September 15, 1990
2x02 "The Honeyfruit Hero" "Tall Tale"	September 22, 1990
2x03 "Crusty's Reunion" "Tale of the Beast"	September 29, 1990
2x04 "Scat-ter Brained" "Fraidy Scat"	October 6, 1990
2x05 "The Reluctant Head-Banger" "Wrongs of Spring"	October 13, 1990
2x06 "Overrun" "The Last of Their Kind"	October 20, 1990
2x07 "Day of the Snake" "Rivals"	October 27, 1990
2x08 "Challenge" "The Secret"	November 3, 1990

Cast

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