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|name = Ridley | |name = Ridley | ||
|image = {{tabber|title1=Super Metroid|content1=[[File:Ridley sm Artwork.png|250px|Official artwork of Ridley from ''Super Metroid'', the basis of his appearance in most ''Super Smash Bros.'' games.]]|title2=Other M|content2=[[File:MOM Ridley Concept Art.png|250px|Concept art of Ridley's clone from ''Metroid: Other M'', the basis of his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.]]}} | |image = {{tabber|title1=Super Metroid|content1=[[File:Ridley sm Artwork.png|250px|Official artwork of Ridley from ''Super Metroid'', the basis of his appearance in most ''Super Smash Bros.'' games.]]|title2=Other M|content2=[[File:MOM Ridley Concept Art.png|250px|Concept art of Ridley's clone from ''Metroid: Other M'', the basis of his appearance in ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''.]]}} | ||
|caption = [[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert]]<br>Official artwork of Ridley from ''[[Super Metroid]]'' and his clone from ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''. | |caption = [[File:MetroidSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Official artwork of Ridley from ''[[Super Metroid]]'' and his clone from ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid: Other M}}''. | ||
|firstgame = ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986) | |firstgame = ''{{b|Metroid|game}}'' (1986) | ||
|games = ''[[SSB]]''<br>''[[Melee]]''<br>''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | |games = ''[[SSB]]''<br>''[[Melee]]''<br>''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]'' | ||
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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
[[File:Ridley.gif|thumb|left|Ridley as he appears in ''Super Metroid'', which inspired his design in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.]] | [[File:Ridley.gif|thumb|left|Ridley as he appears in ''Super Metroid'', which inspired his design in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series.]] | ||
Ridley, also known by the identifier "Geoform 187", is a recurring | Ridley, also known by the identifier "Geoform 187" or his title "The Cunning God of Death", is a recurring antagonist in the ''Metroid'' series. His design varies across the series, but he is generally a large, winged alien that resembles a dragon or pterosaur. Despite his bestial appearance and fearsome mannerisms, he is by no means a mindless animal, but a high-ranking {{s|metroidwiki|Space Pirate}} that is sapient and, in some appearances, capable of speech. | ||
Ridley is directly connected to [[Samus Aran]]'s past. In the ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid e-manga}}'', he led a Space Pirate ambush on an Afloraltite mining colony on {{s|metroidwiki|K-2L}}, where the young Samus lived. He attacked her, inadvertently killing her mother {{s|metroidwiki|Virginia Aran}} when she attempted to save her daughter. {{s|metroidwiki|Rodney Aran}}, Samus' father, then sacrificed himself by detonating the Afloraltite to destroy the Space Pirates, momentarily defeating Ridley. A decade later, Ridley met a teenage Samus on her new home of planet {{s|metroidwiki|Zebes}}, murdering one of her adoptive {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} guardians, {{s|metroidwiki|Gray Voice}}, during the Space Pirate invasion. | Ridley is directly connected to [[Samus Aran]]'s past. In the ''{{s|metroidwiki|Metroid e-manga}}'', he led a Space Pirate ambush on an Afloraltite mining colony on {{s|metroidwiki|K-2L}}, where the young Samus lived. He attacked her, inadvertently killing her mother {{s|metroidwiki|Virginia Aran}} when she attempted to save her daughter. {{s|metroidwiki|Rodney Aran}}, Samus' father, then sacrificed himself by detonating the Afloraltite to destroy the Space Pirates, momentarily defeating Ridley. A decade later, Ridley met a teenage Samus on her new home of planet {{s|metroidwiki|Zebes}}, murdering one of her adoptive {{s|metroidwiki|Chozo}} guardians, {{s|metroidwiki|Gray Voice}}, during the Space Pirate invasion. | ||