Dino Riders

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Dino Riders
The Dino Riders from the Super Mario World episode "Born to Ride"
The Dino Riders; Duke (left), Rockman (middle), and Lulu (right)
First appearance Super Mario World ("Born to Ride") (1991)
Species Dinosaurs
Leader Duke
Members
Lulu
Rockman
Yoshi (formerly)
“Oh, you wanna be a biker, kid?”
Duke, "Born to Ride"

Duke, Lulu, and Rockman, collectively known as the Dino Riders, are three bikers encountered and the main antagonists of the Super Mario World episode "Born to Ride." Their name may be a reference to the Dino-Riders animated series.

Duke is the apparent leader of the Dino Riders and is what appears to be a dark-green Rex wearing a leather jacket and brown helmet; he is also the shortest member of the gang. Rockman is Duke's righthand man and is exceptionally huge and menacing-looking. Lulu is the final member of the gang and the only female member in it; she appears to be some kind of lizard. She wears an orange leather jacket and wears lipstick with Cupid's-bow lips.

History[edit]

The Dino Riders are first seen when Yoshi is running away from home; the Dino Riders drive up to Yoshi on their motorcycles and begin to question him. After learning that Yoshi knows Mario and Luigi, Duke allows Yoshi to join the Dino Riders; secretly though, the Dino Riders simply want to use Yoshi to bait the Mario Bros., who they plan to capture and sell to King Koopa.

Manipulating Yoshi, the Dino Riders have the oblivious reptile commit several bad deeds such as graffiti and stink bombing a house before granting him "full membership" into the gang. Duke then has Yoshi tell Mario and Luigi to meet with the Dino Riders at the Tar Pit Milk Bar. Venturing to the bar, Mario and Luigi are captured by the Dino Riders, who set off to Bowser's Neon Castle to turn the Bros. in.

While on their way to Neon Castle, the Dino Riders are ambushed by Yoshi and Princess Toadstool, who rescue Mario and Luigi from the Dino Riders. Stealing Lulu's motorcycle, Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Princess Toadstool took off, with the Dino Riders on their trail.

The Dino Riders are eventually defeated when, during a high-speed chase, Rockman is blasted into and deep-fried in a lava pit, while Duke and Lulu crash into a wall. Duke, Lulu and Rockman are last seen staring into the Warp Tube that Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Princess Toadstool had escaped down.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Italian Motodino[1] -
Romanian Dino-ciclist[2] Dino-biker
Spanish (NOA) Dino Motorciclistas[3] Dino Motorcyclists
Spanish (NOE) Dino Motoristas[4] Dino Riders original dub
Dino Riders[5] - re-dub

Duke[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Croatian Duke[6] -
Greek Ντούκ[7]
Ntoύk
Duke
Italian Duca[1] -
Portuguese Duke[8] -
Romanian Duke[2] -
Spanish Duke[5] -

Lulu[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Albanian Lulu[9] -
Croatian Lulu[6] -
German Lulu[10] -
Greek Λούλου[11]
Loύloe
Lulu
Hungarian Lulu[12] -
Italian Lulu[1] -
Korean 루루[13]
Lulu
-
Polish Lulu[14] -
Portuguese Lulu[8] -
Romanian Lulu[2] -
Spanish Lulu[5] -

Rockman[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Croatian Rockman[6] -
German Rockman[10] -
Hungarian Rockman[12] -
Italian Rock[1] -
Korean 록맨[13]
Rokmaen
Rockman
Polish Rockman[14] -
Portuguese Rockman[8] -
Romanian Rockman[2] -
Spanish Rock[5] -
Spanish (NOE) Hombre Piedra[4] Rock Man original dub

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