Ravage (G1)

''Ravage is a Decepticon in the Generation 1 continuity and a Predacon in the Beast Era. He is a chronic time-traveler.''



No Decepticon has a stronger loyalty to Megatron than Ravage. Ravage believes unwaveringly in the Decepticon cause, and Megatron embodies that cause. To serve Megatron, Ravage has become the most efficient and deadly war machine under his command. He hides himself in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with grim accuracy. His name is synonymous with stealth. His survivors are few.

Ravage's only weakness is bright light, which can temporarily blind him. Perhaps his absolute loyalty to Megatron can blind him as well.

Japanese name: Jaguar Japanese name (Beast Wars Metals): Ravage X-9 Swedish name: Hund

Fiction
According to the UK book Dinobot War, Ravage's cassette tape mode is disguised as the soundtrack to Cats.

Marvel Comics Continuity
(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.) ''Ravage was loyal bodyguard for the Overlords, the Autobots that once ruled all of Cybertron, for Generations. He witnessed as their planet-wide rule crumbled into a loose collection of feuding city-states.''

During the Vos-Tarn war, Ravage, his partner Nightstalker, Megatron and Optimus Prime.

''While escorting the last Overlord, an enfeebled mechanoid who required constant re-energization to survive, out of the city of Tarn during the Vos-Tarn war, they were pinned down. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to give the Overlord any of his energy, instead allying himself with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron.''

Animated Continuity
Voice Actor: Frank Welker (US & Japan)

Beast Wars Cartoon
Voice Actor: Lee Tockar (US), Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japan)

Ravage is one of the few Decepticon warriors who was granted amnesty at the end of the Great War and reformatted into a Predacon. Sent by the Tripredacus Council to capture Megatron, clean up any messes he might of made, and deal with the rest of the Beast warriors. Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth Transwarp space ship. 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.

Megatron, however, had one more card to play. He knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the Beast warriors live, and also knew he had the one thing that would turn Ravage to his side. Using a fragment from the Golden Disk, Megatron played Ravage the message on it from the original Megatron. Ravage, perhaps still driven by loyalty to his Megatron, joined the Predacons and turned on the Maximals.

His latest treachery was short lived. During the assault on the Axalon, Rattrap infiltrated his ship and caused an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself.

IDW Beast Wars: The Gathering Comic
Despite being a continuity that borrows heavily from other G1 continuities, where it is suggested that Ravage is completely loyal to Megatron, Magmatron, before attempting to revive Ravage, suggests that Ravage's most important loyalty is to Ravage himself.

3H Primeval Dawn
An undead Vok-infested Tarantulas revived Ravage (in his Tripredacus Agent TM2 body) to help boost his forces.

Beast Wars Metals Manga
In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Metals Jaguar was portrayed as G1 Jaguar's homicidal son, with Jaguar taking the design of the Happy Meal Panther toy.

Kids Stuff Read-Along Book
Ravage immediately recognized what a hydro electric station was, a method of generating power used on Cybertron "way way back in the mists of time," when Transformers were not much more advanced in science than humans are now.

This indicates that Ravage is among the oldest of the Decepticons. Even Megatron only feigned familiarity with this form of technology.

Generation 1

 * Ravage
 * Japanese ID number: 19, D-59, D-104
 * Released with Rumble by Hasbro in 1984-1986, and by Takara from 1985-1987

Beast Wars

 * Panther (Happy Meal)
 * Shadow Panther
 * Jaguar (Metals)
 * Japanese ID number: X-9


 * Tripredacus Agent

Alternators

 * Battle Ravage
 * Japanese ID number: BT-11

Smallest Transformers

 * Jaguar