Dino Riders
- "Rockman" redirects here. For Mega Man, who is known as "Rockman" in Japan, see Mega Man.
| Dino Riders | |||
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 The Dino Riders; Duke (left), Rockman (middle), and Lulu (right) | |||
| First appearance | Super Mario World ("Born to Ride") (1991) | ||
| Species | Dinosaurs | ||
| Leader | Duke | ||
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- “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. Duke is also abnormally short. Rockman is Duke's righthand man and is exceptionally huge and menacing-looking. Lulu is the final member of the gang and the only girl in it, she appears to be some kind of lizard. She wears an orange leather jacket and wears lipstick with Cupid's-bow lips.
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 (NOE) | Dino Riders[3] | - |
References[edit]
- ^ Le avventure di Super Mario - Episodio 7 - Centauro volante
- ^ May 20, 2015. "Born to Ride", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo. Odnoklassniki (OK.ru). Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ Super Mario World (Cap.7 - Nacido para conducir) Español
