When disreputable treasure hunters kidnap a valuable dolphin from a marine research facility and use him to locate sunken treasure, Denver dives in to save the dolphin.
Denver falls in love with a mechanical dinosaur and follows her into the Big Deal Movie Studios. His friends must get him home without being discovered.
On a visit to Aunt Shadie's ghost town, the kids and Denver go on a wild mining car ride while trying to retrieve the deed to the town from some thieves who had stolen it.
Denver and Mario take a job as children's entertainers only to incur the wrath of Douggie, the Dancing Clown, who tries to sabotage Denver and Mario's entertaining efforts.
A boy genius, Freddy Facknitts, invents a time machine that sends Denver and Morton Fizzback into the past and into the middle of a crazy caveman competition called Mammothball.
When Heather and Wally's parents inform the two that they are expecting guests from out-of-town, they must hide Denver that the local movie theater, which is believed to be haunted.
When Heather gets a job at a Dinosaur theme amusement park, Denver roams freely around the park and fits right in with all the dino-costumed employees.
Casey's movie-star cousin, Lana Lake, invites Casey, the boys and Denver to watch the filming of her latest sci-fi movie, "Leapin' Lizards on the Loose".
The kind-hearted Denver rescues one of the boy's arch rivals, Scott, winning his heart and killing his plans to expose Denver to the media in order to gain publicity and votes for the upcoming student election.
It is late Spring when Wally, Jeremy, Shades and Mario are at the La Brea Tar Pits working on a school research project and discover a mysterious tar egg that cracks open to reveal a friendly dinosaur.