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| “ | I call him… Rudy! | „ |
| ~ Buck telling the Herd about his first experience with Rudy, when the latter swallowed his rival but Buck escaped. |
| “ | Hello, Rudy! | „ |
| ~ Buck when Rudy makes his entrance. |
Rudy is the main antagonist of Blue Sky Studios' 5th full-length feature film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and a minor character in its sequel Ice Age: Continental Drift.
He is an enormous albino Baryonyx who is feared throughout the subterranean dinosaur world and is obsessed in killing the heroic weasel Buck as revenge for knocking out one of his teeth from their previous confrontation. He is also Buck's personal arch-nemesis and is responsible for the loss of the latter's right eye in the first place.
His vocal effects were provided by Randy Thom.
Personality[]
Rudy is depicted as an aggressive, ruthless and brutal dinosaur who is viewed by every known character as a devastating, intimidating and bloodthirsty enemy. He has been shown to be sadistic and vengeful, on top of being constantly on the hunt and quick to attack others. A few creatures were brave enough to attack Rudy, though some, such as Buck and Momma, would step up to face him if forced to.
Appearance[]
Rudy is a large, slender, muscular albino Baryonyx. His head is similar to that of a Spinosaurus, but with a flatter snout that narrows around the middle area before the end grows more bulbous and larger, similar to crocodilians. Rudy's neck is long, thick, and strong, capable of supporting his larger head while his torso is much larger, and more thicker, with two rows of osteoderms (spikes) on his back, running down to his very long tail. Rudy's arms are long and lanky, ending in a hand that has three massive razor-sharp claws. His legs are large, muscular, and robust, before thinning down and becoming more like a bird's legs, which are still strong enough to support his body weight, with his feet ending in three massive talons. From estimates, Rudy is 82 feet at the hips when in the normal theropod posture, and 142 at the hips when he stands at a more bipedal posture, and over 200 feet in height when standing upright at the snout.
History[]
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[]
Not much is known about Rudy's origins beyond the fact that he was a giant albino Baryonyx living in the subterranean dinosaur world and is implied to be feared by all the other dinosaurs due to his bloodthirsty and violent nature. At some point, he encounters and attacks a weasel named Buck, scratching out his right eye in the process. Rudy then tries to devour Buck, but before he can swallow him whole, Buck manages to escape the dinosaur's throat, and rockets out of the dinosaur's mouth, knocking out one of his teeth, which the weasel later makes into a dagger. Ever since, Rudy has developed a grudge against Buck.
Throughout the movie until the climax, Rudy was only seen in the shadows to highlight his malevolence and massive appearance. Rudy follows the tracks of Buck and the herd, planning to ambush them at the right moment. Buck (as well as Momma) occasionally hear his loud roars coming from the forest, implying that the herd are being hunted down by Rudy.
After plowing through the Plates of Woe to Lava Falls (also scaring the Guanlong there into hiding), Rudy manages to catch up to Sid when he was accidentally left behind and abandoned by Momma. Chased by Rudy, the terrified sloth is able to make his escape from the rogue dinosaur's wrath by running onto an obsidian river. Before walking away, Rudy stomps on the ground, causing the lava underneath to reemerge and trap Sid. Unknown to Rudy, his nemesis Buck and the possums are on their way to rescue the sloth by riding a Pteranodon but a flock of Quetzalcoatlus causes a stall. After defeating most of the pack and leaving one predator blown up as a balloon, Sid is then caught just as he falls over the edge.
Once Sid is saved, the herd travels back, but as soon as they get to where they started, the group are confronted by Rudy, who, having been hiding inside the cave entrance that the herd used to travel to the dinosaur world, reveals himself to Buck and the herd before attempting to kill them all. Buck distracts Rudy, while Manny, Diego, and Sid proceed to tie the dinosaur up with vines. However, Sid accidentally trips over a vine, allowing Rudy enough time to recover and break free from the vines. Just as Rudy had Sid at his mercy and prepares to finish him since he failed to kill the sloth earlier, Momma, having heard Sid's screams of terror, suddenly appears and charges into Rudy before pushing him against a stone off a nearby cliff, sending the giant Baryonyx falling to his apparent death. Buck is shown to feel sorry for Rudy, because the only challenge in his life was gone. However, it is later shown that Rudy somehow survived the fall, and resumes his feud with Buck.
Ice Age: Continental Drift[]
Rudy and Buck make a cameo appearance in Ice Age: Continental Drift and Scrat's Continental Crack-Up Part 1, where Scrat witnesses Buck riding Rudy as he descends to the Earth's core.
Legacy[]
After the previous sequel, Rudy does not appear and is not mentioned in the following films for no apparent reason, his current status being unknown. In Ice Age: Collision Course he is replaced by Gavin and the Dino Birds family as Buck's enemies, although his tooth is still used as a weapon for Buck, later in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Rudy is not referenced again in any way (not even in the recap at the beginning), although Buck still has Rudy's tooth as a weapon, so Orson takes the role of Buck's dinosaur enemy.
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Other Media[]
Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Videogame[]
Rudy acts as the main antagonist just like in the original movie. He appears as an enemy in a level where Sid must flee from him through lava falls and as a final boss in which Buck must weaken him for Momma Dino to defeat him.
Ice Age Adventures[]
Rudy appears as one of the bosses that must be defeated.
Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure[]
Rudy will only appear sleeping in the Dinosaur World, so Scrat will have to get into his nose and sneeze out towards the Scrattazons' base.
Trivia[]
- For most part of the movie, Rudy appears at twilight, or at night, or in very cloudy places (like lava falls where smoke from the fire hides the sun). While this may seem to keep his identity hidden and add mystery to the character, it actually makes a lot of sense, since, given his albinism, Rudy's scales would probably get sunburned easily, and to avoid it he would have to spend most of the day in hiding. In fact, in the scene where he ambushes the herd, Rudy was sleeping in the darkness of the cave, probably to avoid the hours of the day when the sun is at its strongest.
- Rudy is possibly a reference towards Moby Dick. Both are albino predators who mutilated their respective enemies; Buck (who lost an eye) and Captain Ahab (who lost a leg). However, he is the rival of a hero, rather than the rival of another villain.
- Rudy is the second main antagonist of a Blue Sky Studios movie who does not die in his respective movie, the first being Sour Kangaroo.
- He is sometimes thought to be a Suchomimus or even a Spinosaurus, due to being far larger than the Tyrannosaurus in the film and because of the fact that the Baryonyx was a smaller dinosaur itself, while the Spinosaurus was a much larger predator.
- Despite being a predator, Rudy apparently had quick strategies and thoughts, as when he recognized Buck, he hesitated to attack the herd and preferred to attack Buck, and also hoped that the bonds would be loosened to attack.
- Rudy tends not to go to Lava Falls, as the obsidian floor breaks easily with his step.
- In an earlier concept, Rudy would have a more lasting and fair battle against Momma Dino, but the scene was dropped for the sake of the film's runtime, although they did battle in the video game adaptation of the film.
- Rudy is currently (so far) the only Ice Age main antagonist to not have any affiliate while enacting his villainous attempts.
- Soto is the leader of his predatory pack.
- Cretaceous and Maelstrom have each other as partners.
- Captain Gutt leads his own pirate crew.
- Gavin has his children, Gertie and Roger, as his henchmen.
- Orson is the emperor of his raptors.
External links[]
- Rudy on the Ice Age Wiki
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