Ravage was Soundwave's deployable jaguar spy, and a recurring antagonist of the Transformers Generation One cartoon.
History[]
Generation One[]
Season 1[]
In More Than Meets the Eye, Ravage was among the Decepticons that attacked the Autobot ship the Ark, and after being crashed on Earth for 4 million years, Ravage was reformatted as an audiocassette to better blend in. Ravage served loyally as a Decepticon spy. He was one of the first Transformers to have been encountered by a human, as workers investigating a destroyed power station fell foul of Ravage who pounced upon them and frightened them away.
Shortly thereafter, Ravage accompanied Soundwave on an infiltration mission to gather data from Teletraan I. Though Soundwave was discovered, Ravage was captured in an energy net and held captive. The Decepticon spy figured into a disinformation plot hatched by the Autobots, who purposely leaked the presence of a rocket fuel depository in the outlying desert. In truth, there was no rocket base as the Autobot Hound projected a holographic illusion in the hopes of luring the Decepticons into a trap. The Autobots allowed Ravage to escape and report back to Megatron, who saw through the ruse.
Ravage would go on to aid his master and the Decepticons in their war with the Autobots on many occasions, often being deployed to spy on the Autobots. He shared a strong bond with Soundwave, who treated him affectionately like a pet, and Megatron.
The Movie[]
Ravage was still present with the Decepticons in 2005. During the Battle of Autobot City, he was dispatched along with Rumble, Frenzy, and Ratbat to take out Blaster's communication tower and instead were pitted against his own cassette Autobots. After the battle, Ravage helped fight for Soundwave's bid for leadership of the Decepticons.
Season 3[]
Ravage was still with the Decepticons after they were exiled to Chaar, and would continue to aid the Decepticon cause. Notably, in Call of the Primitives, he, along with several other "primitive" Transformers, were summoned to fight Tornedron. Although Ravage was defeated by the energy monster, he and all the other drained Transformers were restored back to normal thanks to the efforts of Grimlock.
Ravage was a major antagonist of Marvel's the Transformers comics. Unlike the cartoon version, this Ravage spoke regularly.
History[]
UK only stories will be in italics.
Backstory[]
As revealed in State Games, Ravage was a loyal bodyguard for the Overlords, the Autobots that once ruled Cybertron, for generations. He witnessed their rule crumble into a loose collection of feuding city-states, with the autocracy being held together through gladiatorial games. A war broke out between Vos and Tarn, and Ravage and his partner Nightstalker attempted to escort the elderly Overlord to safety. Joined by the gladiators Megatron and Optimus Prime, their journey was perilous. After Prime raced ahead to get help, Nightstalker self-destructed in a final act to defend the Overlord, leaving the ruler alone with Megatron and Ravage. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to help the Overlord, allying with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron.
Marvel's the Transformers[]
Early battles on Earth[]
As a member of the Decepticons, as seen in The Transformers Ravage aided in hijacking the Ark four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep until 1984. The detonation of the volcano, Mount St. Hilary, reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. The two factions soon found themselves battling on the site of a drive-in movie theatre, where Ravage was able to distract Hound from finding Bumblebee, who had gone missing. The Decepticons in need of energy, in Power Play, Megatron ordered Ravage to investigate Harrison Nuclear Power Plant. Jumping into one of the plant worker's cassette recorders, he learned of the energy-harnessing technology of Earth, and that its primary inhabitants were the organic beings, rather than the machines. Ravage and the other Decepticons immediately attacked Harrison Nuclear and claimed it for themselves. Afterwards, Ravage concealed himself within the boom box of "O", the friend of Buster Witwicky, and learned that Buster had allied himself with the Autobots. He quickly returned to Megatron to report this information, and the Decepticons launched another attack, this time on Buster's neighborhood. Ravage jumped Mirage, and the reluctant Autobot wrestled with the Decepticon until Ravage was knocked away by Brawn. The Decepticons retreated after kidnapping Buster's father, Sparkplug. to be added
The New Order[]
Robot Master's handler[]
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Time Wars[]
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Megatron's return[]
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Original future (UK)[]
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Regeneration One[]
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| “ | Decepticons forever! | „ |
| ~ Ravage, The Agenda |
Ravage returned as an one shot antagonist of Beast Wars.
Beast Wars[]
Given that Beast Wars references both the Sunbow cartoon and the Marvel comic, it can be seen as a continuation of both the cartoon and comic.
After the Autobots won the war, Ravage was granted amnesty, and was reformatted as a Predacon. He worked for the Tri-Predacus Council as an agent.
The Agenda[]
Ravage was sent by the Council to retrieve the Predacon Megatron, and deal with the rest on Earth. Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth transwarp cruiser. He successfully contacted the Maximals and allied with them to capture Megatron. Due to the stealth capabilities of his ship, and the fact that Tarantulas was also an agent of the council, Ravage and the Maximals easily captured Megatron and imprisoned him.
Ravage argued with his prisoner, telling him he was inferior to his namesake. Megatron knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the stranded Transformers live, and Ravage admitted to this, arming the vessel's autoguns. Megatron revealed he had an ulterior motive for stealing the Golden Disk, and using a fragment, showed him a message from the Decepticon Megatron. As a safeguard against potential defeat, Megatron had left instructions for the Decepticons decendants to use transwarp technology to return to prehistoric Earth. Although the message cut out before it was finished, Ravage, moved by the sight of his former master, released Megatron. After Megatron explained the rest of the message, to kill Optimus Prime before he was revived, Ravage joined the Predacons and turned on the Maximals. Megatron and Ravage attacked Cheetor and Optimus Primal, at which point he transformed into his old mini-cassette alternate mode, jumped into the tape player on his ship and took full control.
Ravage aided in assaulting the Axalon, the Maximals ship. Rattrap infiltrated his ship and used fusion grenades to cause an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself. Ravage accepted his death with a stoic cry of Decepticons forever!" as he was destroyed, along with his ship.
Trivia[]
- In Beast Wars, Ravage was able to speak, with a Russian accent.
- Ravage's reputation bears resemblance to the comic.