Ruckus (G1)
| This article is about the evil Decepticon Triggercon. For his heroic mirror-universe counterpart, see Ruckus (SG). |
- Ruckus is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
RUCKUS IS A SHOUTING, FIGHTING, CLAMOROUS COLLECTION OF COLLECTED JUNK AND LOOSE BOLTS. A BOLD AND DARING WARRIOR, HE IS TOTALLY DEVOTED TO WINNING AND MAKING A LOT OF LOUD, LOUD NOISE WHILE DOING IT, ESPECIALLY THE NOISY BIT. HE LOVES TO PLUNGE INTO THE THICK OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAUSES A GREAT BIG CRASH, AND CARES VERY LITTLE HOW INTACT HIS CHASSIS IS WHEN THE COMMOTION IS OVER. HE MAY BE CRAZY OR JUST ADDICTED TO THE TRANSFORMER EQUIVALENT OF ADRENALINE, BUT WHAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT HE IS TOTALLY LOYAL TO THE DECEPTICON CAUSE, AND EVEN IF HE WERE SMASHED INTO LITTLE PIECES THEY'D EACH BE LOYAL LITTLE PIECES. SURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGE!
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Ruckus was one of Megatron's minions since the early days of the war, working with him along with his fellow Triggercons in an attempt to acquire the knowledge and power of the Underbase. They failed. Spectacularly. The Flames of Boltax!
Many millions of years later, Ruckus and the Triggercons were serving a rather unfulfilling duty under the Triumverate on Cybertron. When Megatron arrived and offered them a better way, they quickly agreed and executed their current leaders. The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire. After Megatron was disposed of by his predecessor, the original Megatron, Ruckus began working for the Decepticon High Council. Leading a team of Quake, Flamefeather and his fellow Triggercons to Earth, Ruckus was meant to retrieve Thunderwing, an ambitious Decepticon looking to be crowned new leader of the armies. Having been defeated by a small party of Autobots in his previous bid, however, Thunderwing was in no mood to meekly return to the council for instructions. He commandeered Ruckus and his crew for a direct assault on the Ark in order to get revenge for his humiliating defeat. Rage! It was suicide — a half-dozen Decepticons in a shuttle against dozens of Autobots aboard their flagship, but Ruckus and his crew were forced to go along. After Thunderwing confronted Optimus Prime directly, only to be blasted off by a group of Targetmasters, Ruckus managed to convince him to put the vendetta on hold, at least for a little while. (And Decepticon politics being what they are, Thunderwing ended up being promoted for his lunacy, anyway). Assault on the Ark!
As Lord Thunderwing rose to power, Ruckus was recruited into the Mayhem Attack Squad. When the Mayhems learned of a series of Autobot teams being launched into one small cluster of the universe, Thunderwing had them investigate and they learned of the Matrix Quest, which Thunderwing eagerly became involved with. Ruckus had the rather short-sighted idea that the Mayhems were only looking for the Matrix to destroy it before it fell back into Autobot hands, but Thunderwing was planning to claim its power as his own. Ruckus's disrespect for the Matrix and Thunderwing's quest eventually provoked the Decepticon leader into backhanding Ruckus across the bridge of their ship. After Thunderwing was possessed by the corrupted spirit of the Matrix and cast out of the Ark during his attack on the Autobots, Ruckus and the other Mayhems surrendered peacefully. All Fall Down
Marvel UK future timelines
In 2009, Ruckus and the Triggercons joined Galvatron in dismantling an Autobot resistance cell. Literally. Aspects of Evil!
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Classics
Hungry for revenge, Ruckus blamed Nightbeat and friends for his capture aboard the Ark. He went to elaborate efforts to gain vengeance against the Autobots, hiring a new Mayhem Attack Squad of Needlenose, Octopunch, and Stranglehold, then kidnapping a transport pilot named Phyrion to lure the Autobots into a fight. The Autobots could barely believe Ruckus had been nursing this grudge for nearly twenty years, and Ruckus's "leadership" of the Mayhems bordered on the pathetic. It hardly mattered that Nightbeat now travelled with two Dinobot bodyguards, although it certainly didn't improve Ruckus's chances any.
Ruckus sealed his fate when he tried taunting the Autobots with his hostage Phyrion, bringing the human out into the open. With that, Slag simply cut off Ruckus's arm with his energon sword, rescuing the hostage at the same time. With Phyrion free, and his heavily-armed ship Amory no longer interested in holding back, the other Mayhems decided to cut their losses and leave Ruckus to his fate. Ruckus prepared to flee, but Slag made it clear the Decepticon could go, but the arm belonged to him now. Ruckus made his first wise decision of the night and didn't press the point. Cheap Shots
Regeneration One
Ruckus was one of the "Neo-Decepticons" that joined Soundwave's insurgency at Fort Scyk after twenty-one years of peace on Cybertron. He took part in the stealth assault on the Kalis Baird Beaming Transmitter, but had serious problems with the "stealth" part. Counterpoint
When the resurrected Scorponok returned to Cybertron with a Gene Key capable of turning Autobots into Decepticons, Soundwave was off-planet and the former Headmaster ordered the assembled troops at Fort Scyk to follow him instead. Ruckus readily agreed, after witnessing Misfire's summary execution for questioning those orders. Natural Selection, Part Three
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity
Ruckus was among Shockwave's forces on Cybertron, and was standing around while his commander mocked Perceptor. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Ruckus was on the rampage when Megatron's gladiators broke out of Kaon's security services and lay siege to the city. Megatron Origin #4
In modern times, Ruckus was a part of the Decepticon infiltration team based on Nebulos under the command of Darkwing. He reported on the arrival of Thunderwing to this world, to the Decepticons' horror. Stormbringer #2 As Thunderwing began his mindless devastation of Nebulos, the Decepticon infiltration team moved out in a futile attempt to stop the monster. Ruckus attacked from the ground along with Crankcase and Skullcruncher, but was crushed by the giant monstrosity. His corpse was then used to destroy the airborne Roadgrabber. Stormbringer #3
TransTech
In the TransTech city of Axiom Nexus, Ruckus, Needlenose and Crankcase assaulted what they thought was an energon refinery, but it turned out to be a waste fuel storage depot. Eyuw. Around Cybertron
Transformers vs. G.I. Joe
Games
Transformers Legends
Ruckus was part of a Decepticon raiding party who scoured a human military base in order to retrieve the MacGuffin Generator. Though the Autobots showed up to interfere, Ruckus was ultimately able to find the generator, and handed it to Blitzwing. The Decepticons activated the device, and though it supercharged them at first, the MacGuffin Generator proved to be more volatile than they anticipated. It exploded, sending Ruckus and the rest of the Decepticons flying off into the distance. Raiding Party
Toys
Generation 1
- Ruckus (Triggercon, 1988)
- Ruckus transforms into an indigo and tan Baja buggy. Like the other Triggercons, Ruckus has a pair of twin flip-out cannons as his focal gimmick. The cannons are the unchromed gear-deploying style, like those of Crankcase and the Autobot Triggerbot Dogfight. In vehicle mode, the cannons deploy either side of the driver's cabin, while in his robot form they're mounted atop his shoulders.
Timelines
- Ruckus (2016)
- Part of the Figure Subscription Service 4.0, Ruckus is a redeco of Decepticon Offroad (who was designed after him) from the Combiner Wars subline of Generations.
Notes
- Mystifyingly, Ruckus was featured in a character lineup on Hubworld.com's original The Transformers cartoon page, visually represented by his Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye art.[1]
- Ruckus nearly got a new Generations toy as one the Combiner Wars Stunticons; however, name unavailability and doubt as to whether he actually made sense as a member of that team led to the toy getting a new deco and identity as Offroad.[2] Whilst the final toy transforms into a relatively straightforward pickup truck, early design sketches suggest that buggy-type vehicles, closer to Ruckus's alt mode, were intially considered.
Foreign names
- French: Grabuge (Canada)
- Hungarian: Zörej ("Noise")
