Doraemon: Nobita’s Dinosaur (2006) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Nobita decides to keep Piisuke hidden because he wants to prove to Suneo that he can find a living dinosaur after being mocked about the fossil. He makes a deal with his friends to wait until Piisuke grows bigger before showing him, believing this will give him more credibility. However, as Piisuke grows larger than expected, Nobita struggles with the burden of hiding him and eventually has to reveal the truth when his friends confront him.

• nobita
• piisuke
• secret
• hiding
• friends

The mysterious buyer is a representative from the 24th century who learns about Piisuke and wants to acquire the dinosaur. This individual appears near the lake where Piisuke is hidden and approaches Nobita with an offer to purchase the creature. This encounter signals that Piisuke has value to collectors in the future, which sets up the later conflict with the dinosaur hunters working for Dollmanstein.

• 24th century
• buyer
• dinosaur
• purchase

When Nobita and Doraemon attempt to send Piisuke back to the Late Cretaceous using the time machine, they are attacked by the same pursuer from the 24th century. During the chaotic attack, the time machine's trajectory is disrupted, and Piisuke is accidentally transported to the North American shore instead of his intended destination in the prehistoric past.

• piisuke
• north america
• time machine
• Cretaceous

The time machine becomes overloaded and gets destroyed during the group's arrival on the North American shore. Doraemon explains that the machine must be returned to Nobita's desk in Japan for repairs. This forces the group to travel across the ancient land bridge to find another way home while the time machine sits broken in the present day.

• time machine
• broken
• repair
• Doraemon's gadgets

Doraemon uses his Momotaro Dango, a special gadget that can calm aggressive creatures. When the massive Tyrannosaurus emerges from the forest at night, Doraemon feeds it the Momotaro Dango, which pacifies the dinosaur and allows him to guide it back into the wild. This clever use of Doraemon's technology saves the group from a deadly encounter.

• tyrannosaurus
• momotaro dango
• calm
• Doraemon's gadgets

Beringia was an ancient land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the Cretaceous period when sea levels were lower. The group must cross this land bridge to travel from the North American coast toward where Piisuke was originally meant to be returned. This journey exposes them to various dinosaurs including Brontosaurus and Ornithomimus, while forcing them to defend against Pteranodons attacking their bamboo-powered craft.

• beringia
• land bridge
• dinosaurs
• journey

The dinosaur hunters are agents from the 24th century working for a fossil collector named Dollmanstein. They track down Piisuke because a living dinosaur from the Cretaceous period would be incredibly valuable to collectors in the future. The hunters offer to return the children home in exchange for handing over Piisuke, but the kids refuse the deal.

• dollmanstein
• dinosaur hunters
• fossil collector
• 24th century

When the hunters capture Gian, Suneo, and Shizuka and use them as bait for a Tyrannosaurus, Nobita and Doraemon craft a clever escape plan. They sculpt mud statues of the hunters and place them in cars as decoys, then escape by raft. Later, after being separated and having Piisuke left behind for safety, they locate the hunters' camp and manage to free their friends before the Time Patrol arrives to stop the hunters.

• escape
• hunters
• trap
• decoy
• mud statues

The dinosaur hunters use the captured children as bait to lure a wild Tyrannosaurus into a trap, presumably to capture the predator or use it to force Nobita into handing over Piisuke. This cruel tactic puts the children's lives in grave danger, but it also leads to the hunters' downfall when the Time Patrol arrives and intervenes.

• gian
• suneo
• shizuka
• bait
• tyrannosaurus
• hunters

The Time Patrol is a temporal law enforcement agency from the future that monitors and intervenes in illegal time travel activities. They arrive at the hunters' camp to stop the poachers who have been illegally hunting dinosaurs and attempting to profit from time-traveling to the Cretaceous period. The Time Patrol seals the hunters' fate and helps ensure Piisuke is safely returned to his own time.

• time patrol
• law enforcement
• future
• dinosaur poachers

Piisuke is a Futabasaurus, a species of dinosaur that actually lived in what is now Japan during the Late Cretaceous period. The Time Patrol ensures he is returned to his proper homeland in the Late Cretaceous of Japan, which is where the species naturally belongs. This brings the story full circle, returning Piisuke to the correct time and place where he originally came from.

• piisuke
• japan
• late cretaceous
• futabasaurus
• return

Doraemon uses a Time Cloth (time wrap) on the egg-shaped stone that Nobita finds while digging as punishment. The time wrap reverses the fossilization process, restoring the ancient egg to its original state. When Nobita warms the egg, it hatches into a living Futabasaurus named Piisuke. This gadget is key to the entire story as it brings the dinosaur back to life.

• time cloth
• egg
• fossil
• revive
• Doraemon's gadgets

When Nobita, Doraemon, and Piisuke fall over a waterfall during the chase, Doraemon uses a gadget to save Nobita and himself. However, they must leave Piisuke behind for his own safety because continuing to carry him makes their escape impossible and puts him at greater risk from the hunters. They slip away and regroup downstream, eventually returning to save their captured friends and Piisuke.

• piisuke
• waterfall
• leave behind
• safety