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Ryder is the main protagonist of the TV series PAW Patrol. He is the first member and leader of the PAW Patrol.

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Ryder, who is 10 years old, leads the PAW Patrol team. He manages the Lookout and has trained each pup for their specific roles. Upon receiving a distress call, he alerts the team using his PupPad and chooses the best pup for the task. He oversees the team's rescue missions and, despite his age, has been instrumental in numerous rescues in Adventure Bay.
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Ryder, a 10-year-old boy, is the leader of the PAW Patrol. He adopted and trained the original members, Skye, Zuma, Rubble, Chase, Marshall, and Rocky, forming the PAW Patrol team. He organizes and leads the team on rescue missions from the Lookout.
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Ryder, the PAW Patrol leader, calmly assigns tasks to the pups during emergencies, based on their unique skills and the equipment he's built for them. For example, he directs Skye to use her supersonic wings to reach a kite-surfer in distress, and Rocky to fix the surfer's harness. Ryder communicates these instructions through a pup-pad, even when it's attached to his ATV's steering wheel.
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Ryder, the main character in PAW Patrol, is 10 years old. He is the oldest member of the PAW Patrol and leads the team on numerous missions, demonstrating exceptional leadership skills despite his young age.
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Ryder, a 10-year-old boy, leads PAW Patrol with maturity, patience, and friendliness, earning the trust and loyalty of the pups. His tech-savviness is evident in the equipment and vehicles he builds for the team. He remains calm during missions, strategically selecting the appropriate pups for each task. Ryder's kindness extends to all, even assisting villains like Mayor Humd, underscoring his leadership.
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Bio

Ryder is a young, precocious, 10-year-old boy who is the leader of the PAW Patrol. During an emergency, he calls and leads the pups on missions to help the citizens of Adventure Bay.

Nick.com Description

No job is too big, and no pup is too small! Ryder is the human who rescued each of the pups, and he is the reason the PAW Patrol gang exists! Ryder knows all of his pups extremely well; he taught each of them everything they know. He’s a super enthusiastic leader and the go-to guy when things go wrong around Adventure Bay.

PAW Patrol.com Description

Ryder is a 10-year-old boy who runs the Lookout and serves as PAW Patrol's leader. Despite his age, he and the pups have saved every adult in Adventure Bay countless times! Ryder adopted each of the pups and trained them to be a part of PAW Patrol. When he receives a distress call, he summons the pups via his Pup Pad. Ryder picks the right pup for the job, organizes the pack, and supervises the team on their rescue missions. To the best of our knowledge, he's never been paid for all his hard work.

PAW Patrol LIVE! Description

Ryder is a 10-year-old boy who runs the Lookout and serves as the leader of the other PAW Patrol Live! characters. Ryder adopted each of the puppies and trained them to be a part of PAW Patrol. When he receives a distress call, he summons the pups by sounding the PAW Patrol Alarm from his PupPad. He functions as the team commander, picking the right pup for the job, organizing the pack, and – when the work is done – making sure they all get a healthy dog snack, a relaxing soak at his friend Katie's Pet Parlor, or a run out at the Lookout's Pup Park.

Personality

Ryder is very intelligent and creative. He trained each of the pups to their own specific job (e.g. Marshall as a firefighter dog, Chase as a police dog etc.), and he invented all of the gadgets used by the PAW Patrol team. He even taught each pup how to use their own gadgets. During an emergency, Ryder knows the solutions to each problem and he also knows which pups are needed in each mission. He is tech-savvy and has built the pups' equipment and vehicles.

During missions, Ryder is seen in all episodes as being very calm and collected. He is also very mature, patient, caring, and friendly, which earns him the loyalty of all the pups. He's always willing to help out someone with nothing in return, even if that someone happens to be a villain like Mayor Humdinger. He's quite reasonable and lenient, even to Mayor Humdinger, despite the latter's schemes. He along with the other members are deeply respected by the town because of their professionalism and saving the day multiple times.

Although Ryder is mature, he is still a child, and can be playful and childish, such as when he plays games on his Pup-Pad. He also plays with his pups in his spare time. Ryder does his best to keep his pups safe, even making decisions to keep them safe at the cost of their trust.

In PAW Patrol: The Movie, when he was a young kid, he saw the potential of Chase to be the bravest pup. He is also shown to be very resourceful since he handles the funds. He also drops his professionalism a little bit.

In PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, he reveals that he came up with the motto, "No job is too big, no pup is too small", after rescuing Skye, seeing how brave a small pup like her could be.

Appearance

Ryder has fair skin, gelled up spiky dark brown hair, and brown eyes. He wears a red, white, yellow, and blue vest, which contains the PAW Patrol logo, that covers a white long-sleeved shirt. He also wears dark blue cargos and has black, blue, red and grey sneakers. He is not as tall as the adult characters, since he is a child.

During water missions, Ryder's vest transforms into a high-tech lifejacket. During an underwater mission, Ryder wears a scuba diving wetsuit that also has the same colors as his vest. He also wears black diving fins and a belt, white gloves, a blue mask with a red strap, and air tanks with a long tube and rubber mouthpiece that covers his mouth and prevents him from talking (minus one scenario).

In "Pups and the Ghost Pirate", Ryder wears a knight costume for Halloween. Although different from what Ryder usually wears, the knight costume still contains his life vest, which inflates when Ryder was traveling over the water on his ATV.

Attires

Here is a gallery of Ryder's attires throughout the series.

Equipment and Gadgets

Pup Tag

Ryder's pup tag is used as an honorary status as the leader of the PAW Patrol, but sometimes uses it to communicate with the pups. His badge is the same as the main one used for the team, a big paw in the middle and red background. His Mighty Pups one looks the same, but the metal is a bit more darker and it has a gold background. His Dino rescue one is the same as Rex's but in red instead.

In "PAW Patrol: The Movie" his pup tag has the function to provide light as well as sending out a beacon for someone to find him.

Pup-Pad

The pup-pad (also known as a pup-tablet) is one of Ryder's gadgets. The appearance of the pup-pad resembles and has similar functions of a normal electronic tablet like an iPad; however, the pup-pad has the function to work as a cell phone and it is synced and connected to each PAW Patrol pup's collar. It has a special sliding mechanism, which Ryder uses this to call the PAW Patrol team to the Lookout, PAW Patroller, or the beach ("Pups Save a Mer-Pup" only) when an emergency arises. It is also connected to the projector in the Lookout and the PAW Patroller, Ryder's ATV, and Ryder's vest. It is seen in all episodes of PAW Patrol. It is also waterproof as seen in Sea Patrol and Aqua Pups sub-series.

Jacket

The jacket of which Ryder wears during a mission is a high tech gadget. The jacket can be transformed into a life vest during aquatic missions, and it is synced with Ryder's pup-pad.

Air Patrol Flight Suit

In the Air Patrol sub-series, Ryder wears a white flight suit with blue and red highlights that allows him to glide through the air. It is equipped with a jetpack that allows him to fly at faster speeds. He uses it to assist the pups in Air Patrol rescue missions.

Jet Rescue Flight Suit

In "Jet to the Rescue", Ryder wears another flight suit. This one, however, is red and black with white and blue highlights. It is equipped with a jetpack that allows him to fly at faster speeds. He uses it to distract the fleet of drones targeting Skye.

Mighty Pups Flight Suit

In the Mighty Pups special and sub-series, Ryder wears another flight suit. This one, however, is red with yellow, silver, light blue, and dark blue highlights. It is equipped with a retractable jetpack that allows him to fly at faster speeds. He uses it to travel around with the pups for Mighty Pups rescue missions.

Vehicles

Standard ATV

The standard ATV is Ryder's main vehicle. It is a very high-tech vehicle which can transform into three modes, ATV mode, Hovercraft mode and Snowmobile mode. The ATV mode is the default mode of the ATV. It is used as a form of transport to get around Adventure Bay during land-based missions. Its vehicle number is 01. In "Pups Go All Monkey", it was revealed that Ryder's ATV has autopilot.

The Hovercraft mode is the ATV's second mode. It is usually used in aquatic missions and Sea Patrol rescue missions.

The Snowmobile mode is the ATV's third mode and used in snow-related missions.

Mission PAW Skateboard

In the Mission PAW sub-series, instead of his standard ATV, Ryder has a four-wheeled skateboard that acts as a pack on his back until deployed. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Mission PAW rescues.

Ultimate Police Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Chase is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is blue with white and yellow highlights and has police lights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Police Rescue missions.

Ultimate Sky Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Skye is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is silver with white and purple highlights and has four retractable wheels that act as a propeller, allowing him to fly in the air. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Sky Rescue missions.

Ultimate Fire Pup Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Marshall is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is red with white and silver highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Fire Pup Rescue missions.

Ultimate Swamp Water Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Zuma is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is orange with white and blue highlights. Like his standard ATV, it has a hovercraft mode that allows him to traverse over water. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Swamp Water Rescue missions.

Ultimate Fix-It Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Rocky is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is green with white and orange highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Fix-It Rescue missions.

Ultimate Construction Rescue ATV

In the Ultimate Rescue sub-series, if Rubble is leading a mission, Ryder drives his standard ATV, but repainted. It is yellow with white, orange and silver highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Ultimate Construction Rescue missions.

Dino Rescue ATV

In the Dino Rescue sub-series, Ryder drives a dino-themed blue and red ATV with silver highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Dino Rescue missions.

Moto Pups Motorcycle

In the Moto Pups sub-series, Ryder drives a red motorcycle with white, blue and yellow highlights. Unlike the rest of the PAW Patrol's motorcycles, his has pedals for his feet to rest on. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Moto Pups rescue missions.

Rescue Knights Motorcycle

In the Rescue Knights sub-series, Ryder drives a red dragon-themed motorcycle with silver and blue highlights. It is equipped with two silver shields of the PAW Patrol's main symbol on its rear sides. Like his Moto Pups motorcycle, it has pedals for his feet to rest on. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Rescue Knights rescue missions.

Adventure City ATV

In PAW Patrol: The Movie, Ryder drives an ATV very similar to his standard one from the series, though much larger. It is red with white, blue, and yellow highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for rescue missions in Adventure City.

Aqua Pups Submarine

In the Aqua Pups sub-series, Ryder drives a whale-themed sub. It is red with white and blue highlights. The back is equipped with two propellers. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Aqua Pups rescue missions.

Jungle Pups ATV

In the Jungle Pups sub-series, Ryder drives a red wolf-themed ATV with white and blue highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Jungle Pups rescue missions.

Mighty ATV

In PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie and Mighty Pups sub-series (Season 10), Ryder drives a red ATV with blue and yellow highlights. He uses it to ride around with the pups for Mighty Pups rescue missions in Adventure City and Mighty Pups sub-series (Season 10) in Adventure Bay.

Rescue Wheels ATV

In the Rescue Wheels sub-series, Ryder drives his standard ATV with over-sized tires. Aside from being able to traverse bumpy terrains, it has no other unique functions as it is his standard ATV. It is currently unknown if it retains its hovercraft and snowmobile modes as he has not used them.

Skills and Abilities

Ryder possesses the skills and abilities of a leader. Ryder is very intelligent. He is able to solve any problem that occurs in Adventure Bay. Ryder is very organized and always prepared for any mission.

Ryder knows what to do for any kind of emergency. In the episode "Pups Save the Treats", Ryder was able to perform acrobatic somersaults to get back onto his ATV from the ice he was on and as stated by Chase, he along with the pups are formally trained.

Ryder is really skilled in inventing and repairing gadgets. He is seen in several occasions fixing up his ATV or the pup's gadgets along with Rocky. He also knows how to operate all of the PAW Patrol's equipment and gadgets, but he is too big to drive their vehicles. In later series, He can be fitted in other pup's vehicle (Zuma's submarine) as well as inventing a Pup-Pad from scratch that turns into a one way radio.

Ryder is also athletic that can keep up with the pups or climb from the Garage to the Observatory using his pole.

Ryder is also encouraging to the other pups that provides them a morale boost to know why they are important to him and the PAW Patrol, From Liberty, Chase, Rubble, Marshall and Skye.

Ryder is able to tactically defeat a villain using their personality such as playing onto their greed or personality or able to use all of the pups to defeat a single villain. He is also credited by someone for his quick thinking. He also has a sense of honor and gets credited for saving the day alongside the pups.

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References

Original PAW Patrol members
Chase | Marshall | Rocky | Rubble | Ryder | Skye | Zuma
Secondary/occasional PAW Patrol members
Al | Arrby | Cap'n Turbot | Coral | Ella | Everest | Liberty | Rex | Robo-Dog | Roxi | Sweetie | Tracker | Tuck | Wild
Cat Chase | Cat Marshall | Cat Rocky | Cat Rubble | Cat Skye | Cat Zuma | Mayor Humdinger | Meow-Meow
Ruff-Ruff Pack team members
Dwayne | Gasket | Hubcap
Cat Pack team members
Leo | Rory | Shade | Wild
Junior Patrollers team members
Mini | Nano | Tot
Auntie Crane | Charger | Grandpa Gravel | Mix | Motor | Rubble | Wheeler
Mini Patrol members
Alex Porter | Bunny | Cali | Chickaletta | Little Hootie | Squeak | Star
Mer-pups
Baby mer-pup | Coral | Kelp | Mama mer-pup | Moby
Other dogs
Apollo the Super-Pup | Barney | Captain Blackfur | Boomer | Claw | Delores | Gus | Harris | Penny | Pupaletta | Rocket | Skye's siblings | Sylvia | Timber | Tracker's great-grand-dog
Other cats
The Copycat | Henry and Elizabeth | Kassandra the Cruelest Kitten | Precious | Precious' brother | Unnamed black cat | Unnamed brown cat | Unnamed gray cat
Sea animals
Baby walrus pup | Baby whale | Crab | Dolphins (Baby dolphin | Dolphin) | Eel | Giant baby octopus | Giant octopus | Giant sea slug | Giant squid | Hammerhead | Lobster | Manta ray | McSquidly | Mother whale | Narly | Narwhal whale | Sawfish | Sea slug babies | Seahorse | Shark | Sherman | Tropical fish | Walinda | Wally
Farm animals
Baby goats | Benny | Bessie | Bettina | Bettina's calf | Ebenezer | Edwena | Emma and Corny | Garbie | Jenny | Lambs | Lenny | Marley | Mindy Moo | Moona Lisa | Mooreen | Piglets | Priscilla | Sheep | Truffles
Jungle animals
Baby snakes | Big Hairy | Friendly snake | Gigantopithecus | Gilda | Gilda's brother | Gilda's mother | Happy | Hidden jungle butterfly | Hidden jungle crocodiles | Hidden jungle elephants | Hidden jungle falcons | Hidden jungle hippos | Hidden jungle meerkats | Hidden jungle monkeys | Hidden jungle rhinos | Hidden jungle sloths | Hidden jungle snapping turtles | Hidden jungle tigers | Little Hairy | Mama Snake | Mammoths | Mandy | Mandy's father | Mandy's mother | Mandy's teenage brother | Matea | Matea's chick | Molly | Mula Terca | Panther | Patch | Quickly | Randy | Sabre-tooth tiger | Snort
Prehistoric animals
Baby stegosaurus | Baby triceratops | Benny | Brachiosaurus | Dream triceratops | Dream triceratops baby | Gigantopithecus | Pterodactyl (Maverick) | Sabre-tooth tiger | Stegosaurus | Terry | Terry's mother | Terry's siblings | Timmy | Triceratops | Tyrannosaurus Rex | Tyrese | Utahraptor | Velociraptors
Dragons
Blizzy | Draco | Dragon | Flame | Jade | Mama Dragon | Ruby | Scorch | Sparks | Unnamed Red Dragons
Other animals
Antelopes | Antony | Ants | Baby bat | Baby hippos | Baby ostriches | Bats | Bayberry | Bears (Benny (bear) | Spot) | Big Bill | Blue-beaked albatross | Blue-footed booby bird | Bruce | Buddy | Bullfrogs | Bunnies | Butterflies (Blue) | Captain Gordy | Catfish | Chicken guards | Chipmunks | Chompy | Crocodile | Crows | Crunchy | Daisy | Ducks | Ebenezer | Eunice and Ellie | Father wolf | Felicia | Frank | Frogusta | Frogs | Fuzzy | Geese | Gophers | Heidi Hopper | Hops | Jean-Claude | Jenny | Joey (kangaroo | turtle) | Jumpy Jumper | Leo | Little eagle | Little Wolfy | Loop | Male eagle | Mama eagle | Mama Hootie | Maynard | Mayor Goodwhiskers | Mice | Mindy | Mother wolf | Mountain goats | Mountain lion cubs | Mr. Ducky Doo | Mr. McTurtle | Myrna | Olivia | Oscar | Penguins | Polar bears | Queen bee | Roostario | Rumbletop white tigers | Rusty | Santa Claus' reindeer | Seagulls | Skunk | Smiley | Songbirds | Speedy Steve | Spider King | Squirrels | Super Squirrelly Whirly | Sweetfoot | Sweetie's pony | Tickle Spiders | Turtles | Unnamed baby deer | Unnamed female deer | Unnamed male deer | Unnamed worm | Waddle | Water snakes | Whiskers | White tiger cub | White tiger mom | White wolf cub | Wingsy | Wolf | Wolfette | Wolves | Xander
Adults
Adventure Bay residents | Adventure City prison guard | Arizona Goodway | Barkingburg residents | Beamy | Builder Cove residents | Butch | Butler of Barkingburg Castle | Café Carl | Cake judge | Cameraman | Camerawoman | Camila | Cap'n Turbot | Carmen | Cassie | The Cheetah | Chili and pizza judge | Cletus | Coach Karima | Cora Colors | Cowgirl Beryl | Dierdre | Dr. Tammy Turbot | Earl of Barkingburg | Farmer Al | Farmer Al's dad | Farmer Yumi | Farmer Zoe | Flight controller | Francois Turbot | Glasses Dude | Grocer Gabriel | Grover Goodway | Gus | Gustavo Goodway | Hailey Daily | Hank | Hank Hammer | Helga Humdinger | Hot air balloon pilot | Hurricane Harrigan | Inspector Inez | Jake | Janet | Juniper | Katie's grandmother | Kendra Wilson | Ladybird | Lionel Lightspeed | Luke Stars | Mailman | Marty Muckraker | Mayor Goodway | Mayor Greatway | Mayor Humdinger | Mr. Carter | Mr. Hudson | Mr. Porter | Mr. Wingnut | Mrs. Claus | Mrs. Wingnut | Ms. Marjorie | Omar | Otis Goodway | Park Ranger Rose | Percy | Precious' owner's father | Precious' owner's mother | Radio announcer | Raimundo | Ref | Riff Rockenbock | River | RoboCo Rep | Roger | Ron Rapidfire | Ruben | Sam Stringer | Santa Claus | Shopkeeper Shelley | Sir Harold of Hoppingtown | Sir Nigel of Oinkington | Speed Meister | Spud | Suzie | Syd Skedaddle | The Great Wendini | The Whoosh | Tilly Turbot | Tony | Toodles | Tough Guy | Traveling Travis | Victoria Vance | Wild Wilbur | Willy Widewheels Jr. | Winnie Winnington | Yoga Yvette
Kids and teenagers
Ace Sorensen | Alex Porter | Carlos | Codi Gizmody | Danny | Duke of Flappington | Eddie | Emmy | Foggy Bottom Boomers | Harold Humdinger | Henry | Jeremy the Genie | Julius Goodway | Julia Goodway | Katie | Lily | Little boy | Lucas | Precious' owner | Princess of Barkingburg | Ryder | Sarah | Shaw | Sid Swashbuckle | Sierra Sparkle | Taylor Turbot
Robots and machines
Busby | Digi | Earl | Elly-Dee | Lightning Bolt | Meow-Meow | Pupinator | Robo-Dog | Seabee | Smart Home 3000 | Tal | Waiter Bot
Miscellaneous
Adventure Bay Snow Monster | Baby Space Rocks | Frankie | Jim Gaffigan | Humsquatch | Purple Space Rock | Rubble-Double | Space Alien | Space Alien's mother | Yellow Space Rock