Editing Dino-Torch

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMW Art - Dino Torch.png|140px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario World''
|variant_of=[[Dino Rhino]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#1990|1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2001|2001]])
}}
'''Dino-Torches''', sometimes called '''Mini-Dinos''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=51|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Mini-Rhinos''',<ref>''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' instruction booklet, "Denizens of Dinosaur Land" poster.</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 28|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|page=19|date=September 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> are large-eyed turquoise dinosaurs encountered in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They appear only in [[Chocolate Island]] levels.

==History==
===''Super Mario World''===
In ''Super Mario World'' and its [[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2|Game Boy Advance port]], Dino-Torches attack by either charging at [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] or attempting to burn them with their [[Fire Breath|fire breath]], which can be sprayed upward or forward. A Dino-Torch can be defeated with a [[stomp]] or [[Super Star]], but care must be taken that Mario or Luigi does not [[jump]] into its flames. When a [[Dino Rhino|Dino-Rhino]] is jumped on, it transforms into a Dino-Torch. While Dino-Rhinos are immune to fire, their smaller counterparts are not. The Dino-Torches are also more agile and mobile; they can jump higher and move faster.

There is a [[List of Super Mario World glitches|glitch]] in ''Super Mario World'' where if a Dino-Torch hits Mario with its flame while he is riding [[Yoshi]], Mario will lose his power-up if he has one but will keep Yoshi. If Mario is hit by the flame without a power-up, he will lose a life while still riding Yoshi.<ref>{{cite|author=Rulumi|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWCb6Ca19c|title=¿Bug Super Mario World Dino Torch?|publisher=YouTube|date=February 21, 2014|language=en|accessdate=February 17, 2023}}</ref>

===''Super Mario World'' television series===
Dino-Torches appear quite frequently in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]].

A Dino-Torch first appeared in the episode "[[The Wheel Thing]]," where one is used by [[Ludwig von Koopa|Kooky von Koopa]] as a welding torch flame while he is building his [[Mega Mechanasaur]]. Later in the episode, it is revealed that the source of the Mega Mechanasaur's fire breath is an oddly winged Dino-Torch hidden in its mouth; this Dino-Torch is not seen again after the destruction of the Great Mechanasaur.

In "[[Send in the Clown]]," two Dino-Torches are shown to inhabit a cage with a Dino-Rhino in [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s "Koopa kid Bros. Circus"; after Mario is forced into this cage by Koopa, the chair he is given to defend himself with is burnt to a crisp by these Dino-Torches, which Mario later defeats by blasting them with [[fireball]]s as [[Fire Mario]].

In "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]," several Dino-Torches, along with some [[Rex]]es, are shown to be employed as chefs at Koopa's fast-food stand. Later in the episode, Mario, after breaking into Koopa's stand, is attacked by Koopa, who wields a Dino-Torch as a flamethrower. After he is defeated by [[Cape Mario]], Koopa and his Dino-Torch and Rex minions manage to escape down a [[Warp Pipe|Warp Tube]]. Occasionally, the dark green Rex in the episode is mistakenly shown with a Dino-Torch's head.

In "[[Party Line]]," one Dino-Torch is briefly seen pulling a caveman's vehicle.

===''Dinosaur Dilemma''===
In ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'' of the ''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]'', a Dino-Torch appears to attack Mario riding [[Yoshi]] when they first enter the Valley of Bowser, spewing fireballs. If the duo decides to hide from the Dino-Torch instead of fleeing from it, it will find and singe the two with its fire, sending them running and causing Mario to lose his items when they fall out of his charred pocket.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
*'''''[[Super Mario World]]'' instruction booklet:''' ''These are dragons from Chocolate Island. Jump on Dino-Rhino and it becomes Mini-Rhino. Watch out, they breathe fire.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario World'' instruction booklet|page=25|date=1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>
*'''''[[Mario Mania]]'':''' ''Mini-Dinos have hot tempers and foul breath. They shoot jets of fire when they're not moving, so when they stop, get ready for a heat wave.''<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=51|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref>

====''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====
*'''''Denizens of Dinosaur Land'' poster:''' ''Chocolate Island is home to these dinosaurs. Dino Rhinos change into Mini-Rhinos when stomped on, but the little ones breathe fire, so be careful.''<ref>{{file link|SMW SMA2-Protional Flyer.png|''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'' promotional flyer}}</ref>

===''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]''===
★ライタとチビライタ<br>
火を吹く点から、インド系ヨッシーと関係が 深いと考えられているが、どう深いのかは不 明。彼とヨッシーのイキサツについては秘密。<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=February 1, 1992|isbn=4-09-104196-5|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　ヨッシーのたまご」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]'')|page={{file link|Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 61.jpg|61}}|language=ja}}</ref>

★'''Dino Rhino & Dino Torch'''<br>
''Due to their fire-blowing points, they're thought to be closely related to the Indian Yoshi, but how deep is unknown. The history between them and Yoshi is a secret.''

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Dino-Torch SMW sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World]]''
Dino-Torch SMW fire-breathing sprite.png|''Super Mario World''
SMW Art - Chocolate Island.png|''Super Mario World''
Super Mario World desk commercial 03.jpg|Japanese commercial for a ''Super Mario World''-themed desk from Kurogane
File:Pepsi NSS cards Dino Torch.jpg|[[Nintendo Super Secrets cards]]
SMWTV Mario In A Cage.jpg|''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]''<br>("[[Send in the Clown]]")
Rhinot at all.png|''Super Mario World''<br>("[[King Scoopa Koopa]]")
Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 11.jpg|''Original Story'' illustration, ''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – [[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi's Egg]]''
Yoshi no Tamago Shogakukan 61.jpg|''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Yoshi's Egg''
Mario Undōkai sports event 08.png|''[[Mario Undōkai]]''
Mario Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' puzzle
Mario Christmas Puzzle Artwork 3.jpg|Artwork used for a ''Super Mario'' Christmas-themed puzzle
SMMPB4 Activity8.jpg|''[[Super Mario Maze Picture Book 4]]: Princess Peach Disappeared''
SMGPB3 Activity5.jpg|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 3]]: Mario and Yoshi''
SMWGPB1 Mario Meeting Yoshi.png|''Super Mario Wisdom Games Picture Book 1: Search for the Dragon Coin''
SMAGPB2 Cover.png|''Super Mario Adventure Game Picture Book 2: Mario and Baby Yoshi''
SMPBS1 Activity8.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 1: Get Yoshi Back''
SMPBS4 Activity2.jpg|''Super Mario Picture Book with Peel-and-Release Stickers 4: Protect Your House!''
Dino-Torch SMA2 sprite.png|''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=チビライタ
|JapR=Chibi Raita
|JapM=Mini Dino Rhino
|Spa=Dino-Antorcha
|SpaM=Dino-Torch
|FreA=Mini-Rhino
|FreE=Dino-Torche
|FreEM=Dino-Torch
|Ger=Mini-Rhino
|Por=Mini-Rhino
|ChiS=小打火龙<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/mqqDbdkb_LE?t=8m47s|timestamp=08:47|author=iQue Research Group|date=October 12, 2018|accessdate=May 20, 2024|title=Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World Credits (iQue version)|publisher=YouTube}}</ref>
|ChiSR=Xiǎo Dǎhuǒ Lóng
|ChiSM=Tiny Lighter Dragon
|Ita=Mini-Rino<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=55}}</ref>
|ItaM=Mini-Rhino
}}

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