Editing Dinosaur Land

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|width=250px
|greaterloc=[[Mushroom World]]
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|inhabitants=[[Yoshi]]s, [[Rex]]es
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' ([[2011]])
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'''Dinosaur Land''' (also known as '''Dinosaur Island''' on the [[remake]]'s official site, and '''Dinosaur World''' in the [[Super Mario World (television series)|cartoon]]), is a land in the [[Mushroom World]] and the region in which [[Mario]], [[Luigi]] and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] go on vacation in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. As usual, [[Bowser]] kidnaps Peach, and Mario and Luigi must defeat him to rescue her.

==Locations==
*[[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] 
*[[Donut Plains]]
*[[Vanilla Dome]]
*[[Twin Bridges]]
*[[Cookie Mountain]]
*[[Soda Lake]]
*[[Forest of Illusion]] 
*[[Chocolate Island]]
*[[Valley of Bowser]]
*[[Star Road]]
*[[Special World]]

==Species in Dinosaur Land==
Like in Yoshi's Island, this land has [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] living here. Despite the name, ''Super Mario World'' features only a few other dinosaur species: [[Blargg]], [[Dino Rhino]] and [[Dino-Torch]], [[Eerie]], [[Rex]], and [[Reznor]].  All are rarely encountered; Dino Rhino and Dino-Torch are found only in [[Chocolate Island]], Eerie only in [[Ghost House]]s, Blargg in three levels, and Reznor are boss characters.  Most of the inhabitants are [[Koopa]]s, [[Piranha Plant]]s, and other ''Mario'' game staple enemies.

==Politics and Culture==
[[Image:DinoLandflag.jpg|thumb|right|Princess Toadstool and her class pledge to Dinosaur Land's flag, as seen in the ''Super Mario World'' episode "A Little Learning".]]
In ''Super Mario World'', Dinosaur Land was more or less devoid of culture and even people, although it was known to be at least partially populated by [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] (who were known to be able to speak, but had not yet developed a distinctive, established culture). Later, in the ''Yoshi'' series (which presumably takes place on Dinosaur Land, although, as stated above, the actual setting is unconfirmed), Dinosaur Land was shown to have more intelligible inhabitants (who were confirmed to be the Yoshis on at least Yoshi's Island) who built [[Yoshi's House|tree-like hut]]s and lived together in villages. These games, which gave Dinosaur Land much more culture and limited politics, showed that most of the Yoshis trusted in the main [[Green Yoshi]] (for an unknown reason) and had great togetherness, being able to always depend on each other for help.

The [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' television series]] was one of the earliest forms of media to show an inhabited Dinosaur Land (though here known as '''Dinosaur World''') in-depth, and it revealed that the world was inhabited by [[human|cavepeople]] (oddly, Yoshi himself was the only Yoshi to ever appear in the show). These cavepeople were seen to have limited togetherness and intelligence, and had even built [[Dome City|at least one city]]; they were, however, rather stupid and seemed to care little about culture and organization. Because of this, several ''Super Mario World'' show episodes dealt with Mario and Luigi attempting to popularize modern items among the cavepeople and help them in vaguely political things, although their plans most often went wrong. One of the most interesting and one of the few successful of their capers, though, involved [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] [[A Little Learning|opening up a school]]; this episode even revealed that Dinosaur Land had a flag (a red, yellow, and blue one depicting what appears to be a Yoshi) and a pledge to it. This pledge, which largely parodied the [[United States]]' [[Wikipedia:Pledge of Allegiance|Pledge of Allegiance]], went like this: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Lands of Dinosaur World, and to the repulsiveness for which he stands: [[Bowser|one Koopa]] underground, reprehensible, with lizards and [[Goomba]]s for all." It is likely that the second half of this pledge, which was awkwardly stated by [[Lemmy|Hip]] and [[Iggy|Hop Koopa]], is the [[Koopa Troop|Koopa]]s' answer to the pledge, though, as it deals with the Koopa Troop and evil in addition to the fact that the other students gave Lemmy and Iggy odd looks as they said it, although this could have also been due to the fact that the two Koopa enemies had merely just arrived at their school.

The ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic also gave Dinosaur Land a surprising quantity of politics and culture even at the age of the ''Super Mario World'' game; it introduced [[Yoshi Village (Super Mario Adventures)|Yoshi Village]] (a Yoshi-inhabited village eerily similar to the one seen in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'') and even stated that Yoshi was the "Chairman of the [[Dinosaur Chamber of Commerce]]"; he presumably earned this title through election or another type of political gathering. A sign in the [[Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'' mentions a governor named B. Ron Tosaur.

Finally, [[Dinohattan]] of the [[Super Mario Bros. (film)|''Super Mario Bros.'' film]] was inspired by Dinosaur Land, though takes more from the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] and [[Subcon]].

==Names in Other Languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=恐竜ランド
|JapR=Kyōryū Rando
|JapM=Dinosaur Land
|Fra=Dino Land
|FraM=Dino Land
|Por=Terra do Dinossauro
|PorM=Dinosaur Land
}}

==Trivia==
*In issue 4/1992 of the official German [[Club Nintendo|Club Nintendo magazine]], it is noted that Dinosaur Land is located somewhere in the [[Wikipedia:Pacific Ocean|Pacific Ocean]]. This implies that Dinosaur Land is a place on [[Earth]], contradicting the common view that it is located in the [[Mushroom World]].
*The entrance to The [[Valley of Bowser]] resembles the entrance to the dungeon [[Catfish's Maw]] from the ''Zelda'' game [[Link's Awakening]]
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