At 1:17 on the DVD, Dopey's bleat is heard, though he is
never seen.
This episode introduces a fire-breathing Dimetrodon. The
Marshalls refer to the creature as Torchy, though when they
first encounter him in front of the Lost City Jack calls him
Flash! Was that an alternate name suggested for the beast by
the writers?
When Will is struck by Torchy's tail and his leg swells up,
Jack says "the spikes on his tail must be poisonous." I
never noticed before, but it can be seen in some shots that
Torchy has a spade or arrowhead-like tip on his tail.

When Enik tells the Sleestak leader, "We must learn how to
rid the valley of this creature," there is a ding in the
background music...like a cartoon character who suddenly
gets an idea! Listen:
ding
At 18:02 on the DVD, there is some nice detail in the
animation of Torchy eating chunks of coal as we see pieces
of coal fall out of his mouth as he chews.
At 20:28 on the DVD, it can be seen that the moon Speedy has
gone back to it's one-minute orbital period. In
"Survival
Kit" it was seen in a slow orbit.
Selections from the Repertoire
Will sings a song at the end of the episode. I am
arbitrarily calling it "The Color of my Dreams".
It's the sunshine in the morning
The color of my dreams
It keeps me ever searchin'
For tomorrow and it seems
I found myself a life
I've never known before
It keeps me ever mindful
Of what I'm lookin' for
Memorable Dialog
hot claw.wav
maybe Grumpy can handle him.wav
Flash.wav
fire-spouting dinosaur.wav
voice of
wisdom.wav
better
is gooder.wav
half-monkey.wav
whole
monkey.wav
pretty as a Sleestak.wav
until the end of time.wav
free
tickets.wav
not that
good.wav
good, healthy bickering.wav
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