Family Challenge

Dinosaurs
"Family Challenge"

Season 2

Number 2

Episode information

Production code

D311

Written by

Tim Doyle

Directed by

Bruce Bilson

Original airdate

September 25, 1991

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"Family Challenge" is the second episode of season two of the family sitcom Dinosaurs and the 7th episode overall.

Plot[]

After both of the Sinclairs' TV sets end up getting broken, the family tries their luck at a game show. But the questions all focus on everything related to television, the lack of which proves to be the Sinclairs' downfall.

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Media
Dinosaurs (episode list) • Videography • Creating Dinosaurs: The Sketches That Started It All • Dinosaurs (comic book) • Big Songs • I'm the Baby (Gotta Love Me) • Dinosaurs Live!

Characters

Main: Earl Sinclair • Fran Sinclair • Robbie Sinclair • Charlene Sinclair • Baby Sinclair

Supporting: Ethyl Phillips • Roy Hess • Bradley P. Richfield • Monica DeVertebrae • Spike • Mindy • Howard Handupme
Others: Mr. Ashland • Mel Luster • Gary • Buddy Glimmer • Predator • Sparky • General Chow • Cabby • Maurice • Caroline Foxworth • Solomon the Great • Ramona • Gus Molehill • Glenda Molehill • Al "Sexual" Harris • Otto Lynch • Mason Dixon • Barry Wolfe • Harold Heffer • Jerry Valentine • Grandpa Louie • Cookie Creature • General H. Norman Conquest • Edward R. Hero • Fox Jacket • Heather Worthington • André • Baby Cuddlebunny • Wereman • Dr. Ficus • Zabar • Wendy Richfield • Muse • Henri and Simone Poupon • Francois Poupon • Chief Elder • Dolf • Howlin' Jay • Igor • Winston • Dr. Herder • The Babysitter • Blarney • Dr. Elliott Piaget • Bert • Stan • Ray Gherkin • Georgie • Cavepeople • Cavelings • Ling Ling and Chang Chang • Miss Honeywell • Sir David Tushingham • Pearl Sinclair

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" • "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!" • "Changing Nature"

Locations
Pangaea • The Sinclair Home • Sinclair City • WESAYSO • B.P. Richfield's Trailer • Bob LaBrea High School • Mel Luster's Mating Dance Academy • Department of Marriage Vows • Absolute Proof Laboratories • Kave Mart • Le Predateur • Meteor Tiki Lounge • Silent Springs • Wesaysoland

Miscellaneous
Dinosaur TV • DNN • DTV • Antediluvian Broadcasting Company • The Great Potato