History YMMV / DinoRiders

* HilariousInHindsight: The color scheme of the rare Rulon ''Quetzalcoatlus'' ([[http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/60205-1/Quetzalcoatlus+with+Algar+top+view.jpg black blots on yellow ground]]) resembles the fur pattern of a leopard - or a giraffe. We now know that pterosaurs of this kind were [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.de/2013/08/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-giant.html quite giraffe-ish]] when walking on the ground.

* TheScrappy / CreatorsPet: Llahd and Yungstar.

* WhatAnIdiot: Krulos in the finale. [[spoiler: He finally has the STEP crystal and can return to the future, but he decides to remain so he can destroy the Dino-Riders before leaving. It never crossed his mind that he could do both: return to the future to get reinforcements, then go back to the past and destroy the Dino-Riders with the armada.]]

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually teamed up with Tyco (who had stocks of unsold toys; all they needed to do was make some minor modifications to remove the accessories and in some cases, remove tabslots and/or motors and battery areas) and sold them in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''Dino Riders'' franchise had died.

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually teamed up with Tycao (who had stocks of unsold toys; all they needed to do was make some minor modifications to remove the accessories and in some cases, remove tabslots and/or motors and battery areas) and sold them in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''Dino Riders'' franchise had died.

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually purchased the rights to the molds and sold them as toys in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''Dino Riders'' franchise had died.

** In regards to the ArtisticLicensePaleontology in the two-part episode involving ''Brontosaurus'', which was described as "the largest dinosaur in the world" and was giant-sized to boot. Why couldn't they have used ''Brachiosaurus'' instead?

** In regards to the ArtisticLicensePaleontology involving ''Brontosaurus'', a ''Brachiosaurus'' would have been a much better choice due to its reputation as the largest dinosaur at the time.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The cartoon briefly featured the club-tailed glyptodont ''Doedicurus'', which would have been perfect as a Dino-Rider mount, but it only serves as an animal in distress which the Dino-Riders save.

* InferredHolocaust: Krulos deemed the Valorians as "useless to him", since they are immune to the effect of the [[MindControl Brain Boxes]] and can't be used as slaves. Only Questar and his crew escaped Valoria, meaning that the rest of the planet's population were being exterminated by Rulon's armada... unless with Krulos missing, a civil war erupted within Rulon and that put a hold on the genocide.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** The Rulons' base/ship was called Dreadlock. Cool name, until hear more about hairstyles. Were the other ships in the armada named the Cornrow and the Afro?
** The color scheme of the rare Rulon ''Quetzalcoatlus'' ([[http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/60205-1/Quetzalcoatlus+with+Algar+top+view.jpg black blots on yellow ground]]) is resembling the fur pattern of a leopard - or a giraffe, if you consider that we now know that pterosaurs of this kind were [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.de/2013/08/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-giant.html looking quite giraffe-ish]] when walking on the ground.
* InferredHolocaust: Krulos deemed the Valorians as "useless to him", since they are immune to the effect of the [[MindControl Brain Boxes]] and can't be used as slaves. Only Questar and his crew escape Valoria, meaning that the rest of the planet's population were being exterminated by Rulon's armada... unless with Krulos missing, a civil war erupted within Rulon and that put a hold on the genocide.

** The color scheme of the rare Rulon ''Quetzalcoatlus'' ([[http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/60205-1/Quetzalcoatlus+with+Algar+top+view.jpg black blots on yellow ground]]) looks like the fur pattern of a leopard - or a giraffe, if you consider that we now know that pterosaurs of this kind were [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.de/2013/08/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-giant.html looking quite giraffe-ish]] when walking on the ground.

** The color scheme of the rare Rulon ''Quetzalcoatlus'' ([[http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/60205-1/Quetzalcoatlus+with+Algar+top+view.jpg black blots on yellow ground]]) looks like the fur pattern of a leopard - or a giraffe, if you consider that we now know that these kind of pterosaurs were [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.de/2013/08/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-giant.html looking quite giraffe-ish]] when walking on the ground.

** The color scheme of the rare Rulon Quetzalcoatlus ([[http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/60205-1/Quetzalcoatlus+with+Algar+top+view.jpg black blots on yellow ground]]) looks like the fur pattern of a leopard - or a giraffe, if you consider that we now know that these kind of pterosaurs were [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.de/2013/08/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-giant.html looking quite giraffe-ish]] when walking on the ground.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Rulons' base/ship was called Dreadlock. Cool name, until hear more about hairstyles. Were the other ships in the armada named the Cornrow and the Afro?

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually purchased the rights to the molds and sold them as toys in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''DinoRiders'' franchise had died.

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually purchased the rights to the molds and sold them as toys in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''DinoRiders'' franchise had died.

* InferredHolocaust: Krulos deemed the Valorians as "useless to him", since they are immune to the effect of the [[MindControl Brain Boxes]] and can't be used as slaves. Only Questar and his crew escape Valoria, meaning that the rest of the planet's population were being exterminated by Rulon's armada... unless with Krulos missing, a civil war erupted within Rulon and put a hold on the genocide.

* InferredHolocaust: Krulos deemed the Valorians as "useless to him", since they are immune to the effect of the [[MindControl Brain Boxes]] and can't be used as slaves. Only Questar and his crew escape Valoria, meaning that the rest of the planet's population were being exterminated... unless with Krulos missing, a civil war erupted within Rulon and put a hold on the genocide.

* WhatAnIdiot: Krulos in the finale. [[spoiler; He finally has the STEP crystal and can return to the future, but he decides to remain so he can destroy the Dino-Riders before leaving. It never crossed his mind that he could do both: return to the future to get reinforcements, then go back to the past and destroy the Dino-Riders with the armada.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Krulos in the finale. He finally has the STEP crystal and can return to the future, but he decides to remain so he can destroy the Dino-Riders first. It never crossed his mind that he could do both: return to the future to get reinforcements, then go back to the past and destroy the Dino-Riders with the armada.

* FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually purchased the rights to the molds and sold them as toys in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''DinoRiders'' franchise had died.

* SoCoolItsAwesome: Aliens tool up dinosaurs with lasers and missiles and fight with them! How did that not catch on?

**** FairForItsDay: Most of the toyline was praised for being so detailed and realistic for the time, that the Smithsonian Institution actually purchased the rights to the molds and sold them as toys in their official Smithsonian gift shops for almost a decade after the ''DinoRiders'' franchise had died.

* MemeticMutation: Images of the show are usually added to things like a FauxtivationalPoster with captions like "Holy shit, this is awesome!"