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"Nature Calls" is the first episode of season three of the family sitcom Dinosaurs and the 30th episode overall.

Plot[]

Earl, Roy, Robbie and Baby are watching tv when Baby poops in his diaper. Earl calls Fran in to change the diaper. Fran, who is working out with Charlene, Ethyl and Monica, is about to go in to meet her husband’s needs until Ethyl and Monica (along with Earl constantly asking Fran to bring him things) convince Fran to stand up for herself and demand that Earl start changing Baby's diapers, which he hesitates at first, only to reluctantly agree to it. After changing Baby's diaper, Earl is horrified over the experience, but Fran tells him that he'd better get used to it, because changing the Baby's diaper will continue to be his responsibility until the baby is potty trained. This prompts Earl to decide that Baby should be potty trained right away. Fran is against this, and decides that if Earl wants Baby potty trained at such a young age, then he'll have to do it himself.

After a failed first try at potty training, Baby poops in his diaper during dinner, causing a frustrated Earl to take Baby back to the bathroom, and refuses to let him leave until he's potty trained. Later, Earl has a lot of snacks for Baby, as they watch a scary prison movie on TV. Earl leaves the bathroom to get the Baby some prune juice, but while he's gone, Baby escapes, using Ethyl's wheelchair to leave the house. When Earl comes back to the bathroom, he finds Baby missing, and quickly fears that Baby was flushed down the toilet.

The next morning, Robbie and Charlene wait impatiently to use the bathroom, while Fran suspects that Earl is hiding something. Charlene breaks down the door, and find out that Baby is gone. Ethyl, who was sleeping on the couch, yells because her wheelchair is missing, and the Sinclairs find tire tracks, as well as the Baby's bottle. Earl comes to a conclusion: "Some thief broke in, flushed the baby down the toilet, drank his juice, and then escaped in Ethyl's wheelchair." Noticing his wallet on the counter, Earl adds, "And he didn't even take my wallet. We're obviously dealing with somebody very stupid."

The Baby goes to the woods, where he meets some forest creatures, who inform Baby that in the woods they are free to do whatever they want, and all creatures live in perfect harmony. It is at this moment that a Pteranodon flies by, picks up Baby, and takes him to her nest. At first Baby is excited to have playmates, but his excitement turns to fear after the mother Pteranodon tells him that he will be the first meal for her babies, who are still in their eggs. She tells him not to even think about escaping, because the nest is high up in a tree, meaning he would have an unpleasant fall and then she flies away, leaving Baby to his demise.

Earl and Robbie follow the tire tracks, and find the chair. The forest creatures tell them what happened to the Baby, and point out the direction that the Baby was taken. Baby starts to be scared as the baby Pteranodons start to hatch. He sees Robbie and Earl, who tell him to jump and say that they'll catch him. Baby refuses because then Earl will make him go potty. Earl apologizes and admits that he was wrong. Baby says he'll think about it, but when one baby Pteranodon gets his beak out of the egg, the Baby jumps off. Earl promises the baby that he will continue changing Baby's diaper until he's ready to be potty trained.

That night, Earl teaches Baby how to pee, only for Baby to pee on him.


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Media
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Characters
Main: Earl SinclairFran SinclairRobbie SinclairCharlene SinclairBaby Sinclair

Supporting: Ethyl PhillipsRoy HessBradley P. RichfieldMonica DeVertebraeSpikeMindyHoward Handupme
Others: Mr. AshlandMel LusterGaryBuddy GlimmerPredatorSparkyGeneral ChowCabbyMauriceCaroline FoxworthSolomon the GreatRamonaGus MolehillGlenda MolehillAl "Sexual" HarrisOtto LynchMason DixonBarry WolfeHarold HefferJerry ValentineGrandpa LouieCookie CreatureGeneral H. Norman ConquestEdward R. HeroFox JacketHeather WorthingtonAndréBaby CuddlebunnyWeremanDr. FicusZabarWendy RichfieldMuseHenri and Simone PouponFrancois PouponChief ElderDolfHowlin' Jay • Sonny

Episodes
Season One: "The Mighty Megalosaurus" • "The Mating Dance" • "Hurling Day" • "High Noon" • "The Howling"

Season Two: "The Golden Child" • "Family Challenge" • "I Never Ate for My Father" • "Charlene's Tale" • "Endangered Species" • "Employee of the Month" • "When Food Goes Bad" • "Career Opportunities" • "Unmarried... with Children" • "How to Pick Up Girls" • "Switched at Birth" • "Refrigerator Day" • "What "Sexual" Harris Meant" • "Fran Live" • "Power Erupts" • "The Clip Show" • "A New Leaf" • "The Last Temptation of Ethyl" • "Nuts to War" • "And the Winner is..." • "Slave to Fashion" • "Leader of the Pack" • "WESAYSO Knows Best"
Season Three: "Nature Calls" • "Baby Talk" • "Network Genius" • "The Discovery" • "Little Boy Boo" • "Germ Warfare" • "Hungry for Love" • "License to Parent" • "Charlene's Flat World" • "Wilderness Weekend" • "The Son Also Rises" • "Getting to Know You" • "Green Card" • "Out of the Frying Pan" • "Steroids to Heaven" • "Honey, I Miss the Kids" • "Swamp Music" • "Dirty Dancin'" • "If I Were a Tree" • "We Are Not Alone" • "Charlene and Her Amazing Humans" • "The Clip Show II"
Season Four: "Monster Under the Bed" • "Earl, Don't Be a Hero" • "The Greatest Story Ever Sold" • "Driving Miss Ethyl" • "Earl's Big Jackpot" • "Terrible Twos" • "Changing Nature"
Unaired: "Scent of a Reptile" • "Earl and Pearl" • "Life in the Faust Lane" • "Variations on a Theme Park" • "Working Girl" • "Into the Woods" • "Georgie Must Die!"

Locations
PangaeaThe Sinclair HomeSinclair CityWESAYSOB.P. Richfield's TrailerBob LaBrea High SchoolMel Luster's Mating Dance AcademyDepartment of Marriage VowsAbsolute Proof LaboratoriesKave MartLe PredateurMeteor Tiki LoungeSilent SpringsWesaysoland
Miscellaneous
Dinosaur TVDNNDTVAntediluvian Broadcasting CompanyThe Great Potato
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