#asteroid puppet

We hear the beats of the song "Asmodeus" (A-S-M-O-D-E-U-S) (Demonic Possessions of Loudon) at the end of the finale song (and right as we see Ryan grab the lamp, alluding to the Genie and his previous deal - and thus Asmodeus), ending RIGHT BEFORE the asteroid is supposed to have hit the Dino-family

The Dreadful Demise of the Dinosaurs

I think this either alludes to the fact that Asmodeus was the original means of getting The Professor to the Cretaceous Period (via forced Genie wish) AND/OR that Asmodeus somehow also got them out of there, which is where my theory begins

The Genie himself said that wishing to bring them back should've worked, meaning that whatever wish was made was not able to be granted

But what if it didn't work (at least immediately) because they were already somehow on their way back? That, by bringing them back by themself, Asmodeus voided that that wish could be granted in the first place because The Professor was already out of the Cretaceous?

Another note of interest is that The Professor himself didn't find a way to get out of the Cretaceous Period on his own. Even he's confused when he appears back in modern times, meaning he didn't time travel his way back - we know that he has something in his satchel that allowed him to time travel, but 1) he has a new satchel and 2) he didn't reach inside it to time travel (like he did in The Great Molasses Flood)

Asmodeus themself said they were born "in the time before time," (Demonic Possessions of Loudon) meaning that Asmodeus still existed back in the Cretaceous Period, meaning this could be plausible

This would also explain how the Dino-parents are also in modern times alongside The Professor, because Ryan couldn't have wished for them to come back - he didn't even know about them. Maybe, if Asmodeus was involved, they also brought the Dino-parents back because they noticed The Professor being close with them (hugging in what they believed were their last moments) or they were just in the same vicinity as The Professor and got picked up by being nearby him

Another small note that may or may not be important is the constant referencing to the bird that's chirping, first brought up by Dino-mom. It's what sings the last 2 notes of Asmodeus perfectly in-time with what it had been doing in previous episodes (America's First Black Aviatrix) and was drawn to attention when we first cut to The Professor being already hatched (Vietnamese Sisters). Maybe Asmodeus had been posing as or possessing that bird in order to keep watch over The Professor (and thus the Dino-family)?

Tl;dr: The likelihood of Asmodeus being involved in saving The Professor and his Dino-family is definitely a possibility and is alluded to by the end of the finale song beats, bird chirps, and context clues