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- "Rudy? Are you joking? He's relentless. He knows all. Sees all. Eats all."
- ―Buck to Crash and Eddie about Rudy.[src]
Rudy was a gigantic albino Baryonyx that lived in the underground world during the Ice Age and the bane of the weasel Buck's existence.
Biography[]
A massive apex predator, Rudy was feared by all creatures in the underground world where he lived, save for Buck, who relished the challenge of dueling the carnivorous dinosaur.
Meeting Buck[]
Rudy appears through mist to Buck.
When Buck, a weasel, had fallen into the dinosaur world, Rudy emerged from the shadowy jungles and attacked Buck, with his claw blinding Buck's right eye. To escape the dinosaur, Buck climbed a tree that reached a massive height above the clouds of the dinosaur world, but Rudy managed to catch Buck and swallowed him. Before Buck fell into the dinosaur's stomach, he managed to crawl his way out of Rudy's throat, holding onto his uvula, and launched himself from Rudy's mouth, knocking out one of his teeth. Buck used the tooth as a weapon from there on and the encounter left Rudy to reoccur in Buck's dreams and thoughts continuously.
Rudy since then held a grudge against Buck for taking his tooth: the dinosaur loathed Buck, who, in turn, saw Rudy as a challenge of the greatest kind, a worthy opponent.
Hunting[]
Rudy appears in the shadows.
Rudy had discovered that a herd of mammals had entered the dinosaur world, led by Buck himself; with that, Rudy began to track them down, first finding clues as to the whereabouts of Sid, a ground sloth and one of the mammals that was in the dinosaur world: Sid had been abducted by a Tyrannosaurus named Momma.
Rudy had followed Sid through the Plates of Woe, a rock formation consisting of massive rock plates, and had, in the pursuit, broken his way through the plates, leaving a vast field of rubble and broken rock behind.
Revenge[]
Rudy eyes Buck while cornering the Herd.
Rudy had managed to track down the herd of mammals, hiding in a cave that formed the entrance to the dinosaur world. Exhaling softly, Rudy alerted Buck to his presence and emerged from the cave before the mammals. With a roar, Rudy moved forward, snapping his jaws to attack the mammals. With that, Rudy cornered them all before Buck called out to him, brandishing his tooth. Recalling how Buck had taken his tooth, Rudy moved forward to attack the weasel and chased him, pinning him down to the ground with his claw.
Rudy brought down by Buck and the mammals.
Buck escaped but Rudy slammed his tail onto the ground, flinging Buck into the air and towards his mouth, when a saber-tooth tiger named Diego, one of the herd of mammals that reached the dinosaur world, saved Buck at the last minute, pulling him away from Rudy. With that, Buck scattered a swarm of giant flying insects, which clouded Rudy's face as Buck and the mammals worked together to tie up Rudy with a number of vines, bringing him down to the ground, stunned and tied.
Rudy falls down the cliffs.
Buck knew that the vines would not hold and urged the mammals to leave quickly, among them a ground sloth named Sid, who tripped over one of the vines, snapping it and waking Rudy. Rudy broke free of the vines and moved forward to attack Sid, but was stopped by Momma, who rushed forward, pushing Rudy away from the mammals and towards nearby cliffs. Rudy lost his footing and fell down the cliffs, roaring all the way to his presumed death.
Survival[]
Buck riding Rudy
Despite the seemingly fatal fall, Rudy had survived, much to Buck's joy. He had previously decided to leave the dinosaur world should Rudy die. Buck was, from that point forward, often seen fighting Rudy in any number of ways, including riding his back, much to Rudy's chagrin.
Not long after, Scrat, having fallen through the Earth's crust, fell through the dinosaur world and glimpsed Buck once more riding Rudy in Ice Age: Continental Drift.
Personality and Traits[]
Rudy was vicious, fearsome, ill-tempered, vengeful, relentless and hostile. He was a giant Baryonyx that had pursued the weasel named Buck in the past, his attempts having left a lasting impression on Buck, who had since revered Rudy as a worthy opponent. Because of this rivalry with Buck, he showed great hostility towards him and he can easily fly into a rage upon meeting him.
Like other dinosaurs, Rudy didn't speak the language of other animals, though he had no need to, as he could easily be read by his actions and the expressions on his face. He eyed all other creatures that he encountered as prey. Extremely vicious and malevolent in nature, Rudy was constantly on the hunt and quick to attack others and is also known to be a stalker. Few creatures were brave enough to attack Rudy, though some, such as Buck and Momma, would step up to face him if forced to.
A massive albino dinosaur, Rudy's scaly hide was thick, whitish-grey and tough, and had three massive claws on each forearm used in stunning, or in Buck's case, severely wounding prey. Rudy's eyes, being an albino, were bright red and surrounded by sagging skin, and the skin on the end of his snout, missing a tooth, was somewhat cracked where a tooth had once been. Rudy stuck to darker places in the dinosaur world, usually coming out at night to hunt. Despite Rudy's enormous size, he was capable of speed and flexibility. His gigantism combined with his albinism allows him to use his looks for psychological warfare.
In Ice Age: Collision Course, he isn’t present with Buck and it’s quite likely that he could have got killed either due to being attacked and eaten by one of the other big dinosaurs in Dino World or losing a fight against Buck and that could be the reason in which Buck went to Herd Valley and stayed with the Herd.
Appearances[]
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (First appearance)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift (cameo)
Behind the Scenes[]
- As he appears to be about a quarter to a third larger than the size of Momma Dino, who is already about twice or over twice the size of the largest known real T. rex specimens, this would make him 42 feet (12.8 meters) tall and 125 feet (38 meters) long.
- When Rudy is compared to Manny or Ellie (who are both about 11 ft tall and 21 ft long), he is nearly six times their size. This would make Rudy 30 feet (10 meters) tall and 98.4 feet (30 meters) long (his length is longer compared to his height proportionally than Manny's and Ellie's, but shorter than in real life dinosaurs).
- Although it is controversial, many viewers of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs believe that the design for Rudy may have inspired Indominus Rex for the Jurassic Park Franchise.
- When Rudy is compared to Manny or Ellie (who are both about 11 ft tall and 21 ft long), he is nearly six times their size. This would make Rudy 30 feet (10 meters) tall and 98.4 feet (30 meters) long (his length is longer compared to his height proportionally than Manny's and Ellie's, but shorter than in real life dinosaurs).
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs[]
