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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' (1990)

|notable=[[Duke, Lulu and Rockman|Duke]] <br> [[Duke, Lulu and Rockman|Rockman]]<br>[[Tyrannosaurus Twins]]

|latest_appearance=''[[Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]'' (2018)

'''Rexes''' are purple and orange dinosaurs who inhabit [[Dinosaur Land]] and other places. They are dinosaur like dragons because they have wings which they have yet to be seen to be able to fly with. They are notable for their horn and fang, and they also wear big red shoes, similar to [[Yoshi]]. A recurring trait with all Rexes are their compressive bodies, as their stature becomes flatter when jumped upon. They first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

===''Super Mario'' series===

====''Super Mario World''====

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===''Super Mario World'' television series===

Rexes, though simply referred to by the generic term '''Dinosaurs''', make several appearances in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' animated series. The Rexes of ''Super Mario World'' come in different colors, such as green, red and yellow.

===="Send in the Clown"====

Rexes first appeared in the episode "[[Send in the Clown]]", where several are shown disguised as clowns in [[Bowser|King Koopa]]'s "Koopaling Bros. Circus". After several misadventures in their circus act, that the clowns are accidentally revealed to be Rexes, who, upon tearing off their costumes, begin to herd all the circus audience members into a large pit.

===="King Scoopa Koopa"====

In "[[King Scoopa Koopa]]", several multi-colored Rexes are shown to be working as employees at King Koopa's fast-food stand. After it is revealed that King Koopa had planned on mutating the inhabitants of [[Dome City]] into [[Chickadactyl]]s, which he plans on deep-frieing and selling to Rexes, King Koopa sends several Rexes to capture Mario and [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]]. Mario and Princess Toadstool escape using the [[Star World|Star Path]], only to return later to defeat the Rexes using a cape. The Rexes that were not defeated by [[Cape Mario]] later escaped down a [[Warp Pipe|Warp Tube]], along with King Koopa.

===="Born to Ride"====

In the episode "[[Born to Ride]]", two Rex bikers named [[Duke, Lulu and Rockman|Duke and Rockman]] appear. Duke and Rockman, along with their ally, Lulu, attempted to manipulate Yoshi into capturing Mario and Luigi for them, only to be beaten in the end.

===="Rock TV"====

In a later episode entitled "[[Rock TV]]", two other Rex characters named the [[Tyrannosaurus Twins]] appear. The Tyrannosaurus Twins, who were wrestlers, after pummeling Mario and Luigi for sometime, are eventually defeated by Cape Mario.

===Nintendo Adventure Books===

In ''[[Brain Drain]]'', Mario and Luigi, while looking for [[Iggy Koopa]] in his base, pass a Rex that has had its mind switched with a German opera singer's due to the [[Synapse Switcher]].

===''Super Mario-Kun''===

A Rex has appeared in volume 3 of ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===

Rexes also appear in the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, where several of them are seen among the attendees at Bowser's wedding to a brainwashed Princess Toadstool. Later on, after Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and a herd of [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] crashed Bowser's wedding, a lone Rex is seen among the creatures trying to defeat the Yoshis, only to be trampled by them.

===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===

In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film, a building with a neon sign displaying the word REXX can be seen in [[Dinohattan]].

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|item=[[Syrup]]<br>[[1-Up Mushroom]]/[[Green Pepper]] (flattened)

|location=[[Hoohoo Mountain]]

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===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===

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|item=[[Syrup]]<br>[[1-Up Mushroom]]/[[Green Pepper]] (flattened)

|location=[[Hoohoo Mountain]]

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|caption1=A Rex.

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|caption2=A [[Sad Rex]].

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===Other Appearances===

[[Image:Minecraft_Wii_U_Rex.jpg|thumb|right|A Human Rex]]

In the [[Nintendo Monopoly]], Rexes only make a very small cameo. They appear on the background of the board, in a screenshot, where Mario is riding a [[Green Yoshi]] that is spitting out fire at the Rex. They appear in ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]'' as a playing card when the player plays Go Fish with Mario.

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Rexes are obviously dinosaur-like dragons as you could probably tell by looking at the image above with single nasal horns, large fangs, and small dragon wings. They have purplish bodies with an orange pattern that covers their bottom jaw and runs down from the sides of their mouths to underneath their bellies (there is no known orange pattern on the bottom of their tails). The main color of the Rexes' bodies varies between games and official artwork: the official artwork for ''Super Mario World'' shows them having dark blue bodies, but in games the color is often violet or purple (with the exception of ''Super Princess Peach'' which is a solid cobalt blue). There are three rib patterns on the orange part of their bellies. Their tails have two small spines down the center. Rexes wear big red shoes similar to the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]], but are more simplistic in design and have smaller beige soles underneath. Rexes have no nostrils and the backs of their heads do not have any distinguishing traits.

==Sub-Species==

*[[Sad Rex]] &ndash; Rexes who are often found sobbing and crying.

*[[Shroob Rex]] &ndash; A Rex that has been [[Shroobified]] by the [[Shroob]] alien race.

*The name "Rex" is most likely a reference to [[wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus Rex|Tyrannosaurus Rex]], a dinosaur species.

[[Category:Super Mario World (television series)]]