Ruination (RID)

2009-07-01T03:21:19Z

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{{disambig2|the combiner from [[RID]]|the Decepticon from ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''|Ruination (ROTF)}}
:''Ruination is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ruination.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ow, my thumb clipped into my shoulder!]]
'''Ruination''' is the combined form of the [[Commando|Commandos]], the Decepticons' military squad. While the minds and bodies of all five Commandos come together to make him, [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Movor]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] cede all control to their leader [[Mega-Octane]] to make Ruination a more coordinated, intelligent and deadly warrior, whose only interest is in fighting. Ruination is so fierce that even [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] is wary around him.

On an unrelated note, Ruination is powered by coffee milk.<ref>Valdigus's bio card.</ref>

:''Japanese name:'' '''Valdigus''' (バルディガス ''Barudigasu'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bob Papenbrook]] (English), ? (Japanese)

The Decepticon Commandos were in the process of sabotaging [[Sherman Dam]], when they were interrupted by the Autobots. Quickly subduing them, they were further interrupted by [[Team Bullet Train]], who, being faced with the superior firepower of the Decepticons, combined to form [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]]. Anticipating this turn of events, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] ordered his unit to merge into Ruination.

The shock of their ability to combine, combined with Ruination's firepower and strength, had Rail Racer on the defense until the [[Autobot Brothers]] distracted Ruination with laser fire and less than snappy one-liners. Rail Racer used this opportunity to defeat Ruination, forcing the Decepticons into a tactical retreat. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Ruination attempted to fight the [[Spy Changer|Spy Changers]] on [[Montrose Island]] and was promptly tipped over. He quickly recovered and blew a chunk out of the side of the volcano, causing lava to flood out. He was subsequently restrained by [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] while the Spy Changers dealt with the lava. {{storylink|Volcano}}

[[Image:The Test Scourgeruination.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There's someone I'd like you to meet. His name is Depth Perception.]]
As part of a ruse to make the Autobots believe they'd defected, the Commandos formed Ruination to fight Sky-Byte. However the game was blown by Scourge, and Ruination was forced to retreat under fire from an outraged Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

In an attempt to stop Optimus Prime delivering the [[O-Part|O-Parts]] to Sky-Byte, Ruination and Scourge confronted the Autobot en-route. Optimus kicked Ruination into the air and blew him to pieces with one shot from his blaze blaster. How the mighty have fallen. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

During an attempted energy heist, Ruination fought with Rail Racer a second time. Unfortunately the fight was used as a diversion by the [[Build Team]] to steal back the Commandos' hard-worn energy, a fact they didn't discover until after the Autobots retreated. The Commandos goaded the Build Team into facing them in person and easily gained the upper hand, even after both teams merged into their respective combiner modes. [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] frantically dug a tunnel into the ground to escape but Ruination followed him in and slammed him against a wall. The impact caused the tunnel to begin filling with oil. Ruination pleaded with Landfill to refrain from firing but Landfill fired anyway. The explosion blew Ruination into his component parts which crashed blazing into the sea. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|left|200px|thumb|And that settled the matter of children.]]
Scourge and the Commandos confronted [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] who was newly arrived on Earth. The act of the Commandos combining merely amused Magnus and he promptly blew Ruination into bits. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Their second battle, facing Magnus and the energy-depleted Optimus on an island, went little better. After igniting the island's oil deposits, Ruination was witness to the first merging of [[Omega Prime]] and soon retreated under the Autobot's awesome firepower. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Ultra Magnus refused Scourge's offer to join the Decepticons, leading Scourge and Ruination to fight [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], whom Magnus had abandoned to their own devices. The brothers were no match for the Decepticons, even when [[X-Brawn]] joined in. The arrival of Optimus Prime, however, turned the tide of the fight when he swiftly defeated Ruination. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

When Fortress Maximus was finally found in a cavern beneath Metro City, the Commandos combined into Ruination to wrest control of the location from the Autobots, but was soon repelled by the power of Maximus' defences. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Scourge made another attempt to access Maximus, while Ruination kept Rail Racer busy. The two combiners had a prolonged battle in the middle of the city until Scourge called a retreat. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Ruination.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Doggy mode!]]
After the loss of Megatron and the obtaining of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the Decepticons located the place where the Autobots had concealed Maximus. An attack was launched, with Scourge and Ruination facing the majority of the Autobot forces. Despite being outnumbered, the battle went reasonably well, especially after the arrival of a resurrected Megatron in a new form, now calling himself Galvatron. Once Maximus was activated, he proved impossible to control—for the Decepticons at least. After Koji stopped Maximus, the Autobots fired on Ruination and the combiner retreated with Megatron. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Ruination later held off the Autobots in the desert long enough for Scourge to take control of Fortress Maximus. The battle went well until the arrival of Team Bullet Train and the Build Team with a large number of children who commanded Maximus to stop. Defeated once more, Ruination fled with Scourge. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

[[Image:Surprise Attack Ruination.jpg|left|200px|thumb|His guns have guns on them.]]
Following the revelation of Scourge's betrayal, Galvatron reprogrammed the Commandos and, by extension, Ruination to obey his will. Ruination subsequently joined the attack on the Autobot base, which Sky-Byte had located. When their firepower drew out Optimus Prime, the Commandos separated to pursue the Autobot leader and found themselves led into a trap. They combined again to fight the Autobots. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Despite the loss of the ''[[Megastar]]'', the Decepticons gained the upper hand and the Autobots were forced to retreat into their space bridge. Galvatron blew the entrance to the space bridge open, allowing Ruination and Scourge to enter the tunnel in pursuit. Their leader saw it as a chance to get rid of two birds with one stone and ruptured the tunnel wall to flood it with lava. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Ruination and Scourge, like the Autobots, survived the lava but still retained their loyalty to Galvatron. They again faced the Autobots in battle and were overcome by superior firepower, eliminating them from the rest of the battle.

The Commandos were later taken to the [[asteroid prison colony]] by Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Universe===
Ruination was sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to stop a team aiming to help victims who Unicron had transported from other dimensions. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the Autobot and Maximal forces. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:CR Valdigus toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Hey, where'd my gun go?"]]
*'''Valdigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-011'''

: Valdigus/Ruination is a [[redeco]] and slight [[Retool|retooling]] of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] molds from [[Generation 1]]. The five components that form the giant robot—[[Mega-Octane]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]], [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Movor]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]—were available both as individual releases, or in a five-robot multi-pack. However, the multi-pack version came only with the bio card for the combined form, available nowhere else, and had none of the individual cards.

: For the normal [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' line, Ruination could only be assembled by buying the individual robots, most of which have deco differences from the [[Takara]] versions.

: The main retooling to Ruination involved him now being able to assemble two super-weapons using the smaller weapons from Mega-Octane and the other members of the team. He also has a back now owing to be able to store his ramp on his backpack. It's spiffy. Though not actually a retool, this mold also has Armorhide facing the opposite direction in combined mode.

*'''Ruination''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] set of five robots, the Ruination molds were further redecoed into an "urban camouflage" scheme, primarily shades of gray and stony-blue.

===Universe===
* '''Ruination''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: The Urban Camo version of the Ruination molds were further redecoed in desert camouflage colors, again sold only as a Wal-Mart exclusive gift-set. This set's combiner [[kibble]] is in generally the same colors as the original Takara version of the team.

==Trivia==
[[Image:RID dcons.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Swindle: Hey! We actually look like our toys right now. Anybody wanna buy our old bodies?]]
* ''Robots In Disguise'' has been the only time that the original Combaticon molds have appeared onscreen using animation models that look very close to their toy bodies. (''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' is close, but the toys in question are always shown in combined mode, never as individuals. Plus, well, that was never animated.) In the original Generation 1 television series, the animation models of the individual Combaticons, as well as [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], were quite different from the actual toys.
* Ruination has two distinct configurations.
** Right arm: Movor, left arm: Ro-Tor, right leg: Rollbar, left leg: Armorhide. In ''Car Robots'', this was known as his "Aerial Mission" mode.
** Right arm: Armorhide, left arm: Rollbar, right leg, Ro-Tor, left leg: Movor. In ''Car Robots'', this was known as his "Ground Mission" mode.
* His original Japanese name, ''Valdigus'', likely derives from ''Bruticus''. The two names have similar pronunciation in Japanese, except for "va" and "bu".
* The awesomeness of Ruination's name is second only to [[Sinnertwin]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Ruination/ruination.htm Ruination at TFU.info]

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