Ravage (ROTF)
| The name or term "Ravage" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ravage (disambiguation). |
- Ravage is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
Ravage specializes in infiltration. A frequent partner of Soundwave, he does the dirty work of the larger Decepticon. Ravage's body and armament are all dedicated to hitting the enemy before they even know what hit them. He can be orbitally inserted at fifteen times the speed of sound, spy inside highly secure locations using swarms of microcons, and generally ruin your day. He respects the danger humans present though, as they were the ones who managed to kill Megatron.
Some doubt Ravage's sentience, and there is debate on the degree to which he is a distinct entity, rather than an extension of Soundwave's will.[1]
Fiction
The Veiled Threat prequel novel
After the crab spy successfully infiltrated NEST headquarters at Diego Garcia, it made its way back to the sea where Ravage was waiting to pick it up. The Veiled Threat
Revenge of the Fallen film
- Voice actor: Frank Welker
 Plot details for Revenge of the Fallen (film) follow. |
From his vantage point high in orbit above Earth, Ravage's master Soundwave located the last remaining shard of the All Spark in a NEST holding facility on Diego Garcia, and dispatched Ravage to retrieve it. Launched from Soundwave's chest, Ravage plummeted through Earth's atmosphere in re-entry mode and impacted just off Diego Garcia's shore, bounding to land in the blink of an eye. Quickly and stealthily, the feline Decepticon knocked several of the base's security sensors offline to cover his approach, then proceeded to vomit a large quantity of small, metallic spheres down a ventilation shaft. Once inside the base, the spheres transformed and combined into "Reedman", who successfully stole the shard and returned to the surface to reunite with Ravage so the pair could make their escape.
Ravage and the Constructicons traveled by barge to the area of the sea in which Megatron was buried. After diving over the side of the barge and reaching the bottom where Megatron's body rested, Ravage ejected the Doctor from a compartment in his chest. While the Constructicons began to tear apart the "little one", Ravage was going for a swim, apparently enjoying the water. After the Doctor resurrected Megatron using the All Spark shard, Ravage and the Constructicons swam up to the surface following their revived leader.
Some time later, Ravage joined the other Decepticons in searching for Sam Witwicky amid some Egyptian ruins. The forces of NEST soon arrived, and battle broke out, during which Ravage attempted to take Bumblebee by surprise following the Autobot's battle with Rampage. Unfortunately for Ravage, Bumblebee still had plenty of fight left in him, and he promptly dispatched the killer kitty by tearing out Ravage's own goo-covered spine. Ouch. Revenge of the Fallen
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Deluxe Class Toys
- Soundwave (Deluxe Class, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: RD-04
- Accessories: 1 Ravage missile
- Soundwave comes with an intricately sculpted missile that appears to represent Ravage in transition form. He can't transform, though. Bummer.
- Ravage (Deluxe Class, 2009)
- Japanese ID number
- Part of the third wave of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class toys, Ravage transforms from "panther mode" into a "reentry mode." (The "reentry mode" is exactly as involved as it looks.) By pulling back on a lever located on the small of his back, Ravage's head will snap forward and his jaws will open; sliding the lever back and forth will reverse and reactivate the gimmick.
Merchandise
- Ravage Reveal Burger King free toy (2009)
- Ravage is revealed from his
hand grenadekitty toypod (presumably representing his reentry mode) with a flick of the wrist. Or by manually holding the two halves of the pod apart so that Ravage pops out. Oddly there are what appear to be four holes on either side of the pod, perhaps so Ravage has air holes to breathe through.
Robot Heroes
- Jolt & Ravage (2009)
- D'awwwwww.
Notes
- Ravage and Soundwave were part of an early draft for Transformers. However, when Soundwave was changed to Blackout and the initial jungle setting was replaced with a desert, Ravage was changed to Scorponok.
- Whether through misinformation or to hide his identity, the Ravage deluxe figure shows up in the Wal-Mart computers as "TRA DLX WOLF". Of course, they're not the first to make this mistake.
- In the Revenge of the Fallen novelization, Ravage has a flying alternate mode. He flew out to the freighter where the four Constructicons were waiting and transformed on deck. While descending into the ocean, he was described as a sphere, so he might have two alternate modes. (His Burger King toy perhaps?)
