Editing Ruination (RID)

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:''Ruination is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Ruination.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|"Movor, [[Animation error|stop distorting space and get back in proper]]"]]

'''Ruination''' is the [[combiner|combined]] form of the [[Commando (RID)|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.

Making things worse for his opponents is his ability to swap his limbs around to adapt to whatever combat situation he finds himself in. "Flight Mission" mode puts Ro-Tor and Movor in the arm sockets, enabling Ruination to fly. "Land Mission" mode has Armorhide and Rollbar in arm mode, giving him increased power on the ground. This deadly combination of brains and brawn makes Ruination so fierce and powerful that even [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] is wary around him.

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

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==Fiction==
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Bob Papenbrook]] (English), [[Holly Kaneko]] (Japanese)}}

The Decepticon Commandos were in the process of sabotaging [[Sherman Dam]], when they were interrupted by the [[Autobot]]s. 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]]s 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}}

[[File:The Test Scourgeruination.jpg|right|upright=1.1|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 (RID)|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]]s 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}}

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|left|upright=1.1|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 (RID)|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}}

[[File:Maximus Emerges Ruination.jpg|right|upright=1.1|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 Onishi|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}}

[[File:Surprise Attack Ruination.jpg|left|upright=1.1|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}}

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===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|Voice Actor Drama|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Car Robots===
[[File:RID-toy Baldigus.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|One way, or another, I'm gonna getcha, I'm gonna getcha getcha getcha getcha.]]
*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''ID number:'' '''D-011'''

: Baldigus is a [[redeco]] and slight [[retool]]ing of the [[Combaticon (G1)#Toys|Combaticon]] molds from [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]].  As the original mold set is a "[[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]" style of combiner, team leader [[Mega-Octane|Dolrailer (Mega-Octane)]] forms the super robot torso, while the four other robots —[[Armorhide (RID)|Dangar (Armorhide)]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Greejeeber (Rollbar)]], [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Hepter (Ro-Tor)]] and [[Movor|Shuttler (Movor)]]— can form any limb. There is, of course, a "default" configuration, or in this instance, two:
:*'''Flight Mission—''' ''Right arm'': Movor, ''left arm'': Ro-Tor, ''right leg'': Rollbar, ''left leg'': Armorhide
:*'''Land Mission—''' ''Right arm'': Armorhide, ''left arm'': Rollbar, ''right leg'': Ro-Tor, ''left leg'': Movor
: In the cartoon, he is usually depicted in the Flight Mission configuration.

: The main retooling to Baldigus involves him now being able to assemble two hand-held super-weapons using ''all'' of the weapons and accessories from all of the component robots. He also has a full back now owing to the ability to store his ramp on his cannon-backpack thanks to a new [[5mm post]]-hole in the cannon-base and new 5mm post on the ramp underside. It's spiffy. This same functionality also lets him use the ramp as a (somewhat awkward) hand-held shield.

: The five Baldigus components 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. This version of the team has mustardy-golden combiner [[kibble]] and a desert-deco tank component "Dangar".

: This mold set was also used to make [[Battle Gaia (OC)|Battle Gaia]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Ruination/ruination.htm More info on Ruination at TFU.info]''

===Robots in Disguise (2001)===
[[File:RID-toy Ruination.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Mega-Octane''' (Deluxe, 2001)
*'''Armorhide''' (Basic, 2001)
*'''Movor''' (Basic, 2001)
*'''Rollbar''' (Basic, 2001)
*'''Ro-Tor''' (Basic, 2001)

: For the normal-retail [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' line, "Ruination" could only be assembled by buying the individual robots, all of which have deco differences from the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions. Most strikingly, Ruination has stone-gray combiner kibble, and tank component "Armorhide" is now mainly light-blue. There are several other smaller deco and molding differences between the two releases, but we'll cover those on the individual components's pages.

: Although the Korean release of Ruination used the Japanese color scheme, it was made with the tweaked molds used for the US version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Ruination/ruination.htm More info on Ruination at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Walmart-exclusive-Ruination.JPG|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Ruination''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[September 26|9-26]]-2003'''

: A [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] set of five robots, the Ruination molds were further redecoed into an "urban camouflage" scheme, primarily shades of gray and stony-blue. This set also features some slight retooling to a few members, most notably Movor's more rounded-off nosecone.

: This set was made available in Japan as a "[[USA Edition]]" release, available only to retailers participating in [[Toy's Dream Project]]'s "Toy Card" program.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Ruination/ruination.htm More info on Wal-Mart Ruination at TFU.info]''
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===Universe===
[[File:TFU03-toy Ruination.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Ruination''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team, using the urban camo molding, was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Walmart exclusive set (why?), this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' banner, amusingly with the combiner [[kibble]] in roughly the same color as the original Baldigus release. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Walmart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Ruination/ruination.htm More info on ''Universe'' Ruination at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[File:RID dcons.jpg|right|upright=2.2|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.  (''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: 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.
* His original Japanese name, "Baldigus" (バルディガス ''Barudigasu''), likely derives from "Bruticus" (ブルーティカス ''Burūtikasu'').  The two names have similar pronunciation in Japanese.
* He has the most awesome name of any combiner, ever.  Well, technically, he's tied with the ''other'' [[Ruination (FOC)|combiner named Ruination]] on that front, but he had the name first.  How he ranks compared to [[Slayride]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in terms of best name ever is debatable, but he's up there.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Baldigus''' (バルディガス ''Barudigasu'')
*''Korean:'' '''Baldigus''' (벌디가스 ''Beoldigaseu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]