Denver, the Last Dinosaur first aired in 1988 as an American French animated series following a gentle Corythosaurus released from a tar pit by a group of California teenagers. The French broadcast, titled Denver, le dernier dinosaure, became especially beloved in France, where its translated theme song was released as a single and charted with young audiences. Shared later on video sites and soundboards, the chorus stayed alive as a shorthand for late eighties and early nineties childhood television, long after reruns ended for many European viewers who remembered it fondly.