Ripslinger
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| Color | Green | ||||||
| Occupation | Racing Plane | ||||||
| Main portrayer(s) | Roger Craig Smith
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Ripslinger is an black and green champion racer, who is a bully of the Wings Around the Globe racing circuit. Rude and obnoxious, he and Dusty are serious competitors, and Ripslinger will do anything to humiliate him. He is the main antagonist of the film.
Bio
With more wins than he can count and an abundance of fans, Ripslinger is wings-down the biggest name in air racing—and he knows it. But despite sky’s-the-limit funding and state-of-the-art equipment, the world champion still doesn’t play fair—especially when it comes to a small-town plane with zero racing experience. Dusty doesn’t belong in Ripslinger’s sport and his mere presence makes the pro’s fuel boil. And if Dusty’s inexperience doesn’t take him out of the race, Ripslinger’s vast empire includes a couple of underhanded sidekicks to take care of business.
Ripslinger is one of the contestants in the Wings Around the Globe racing competition. One of the most legendary names in racing, Ripslinger gets his wins by simply eliminating his competition. Once Dusty, whom Ripslinger calls Rusty, enters the competition, Ripslinger continues to pick on him about being a cropduster, and not fit for racing of any kind. He usually requires assistance from his two dumbstruck sidekicks, Ned and Zed, who help Ripslinger destroy the other competitors.
Ripslinger hates Dusty Crophopper, a cropdusting plane who wants to compete in the race but is seriously afraid of heights, out of the fact that he thinks that cropdusters are not meant to race. Because of this Ripslinger, along with Ned and Zed plot to disqualify Dusty by cheating in every race. Dusty loses his first race in Germany to save a British plane named Bulldog from suffering from an oil leak, much to Ripslinger's delight, but as Dusty begins to win more and more races during the competition and falling in love with an Indian plane named Ishani, Ripslinger becomes more and more jealous of the cropduster, so as a result during a race over the Pacific Ocean, Ripslinger orders Ned and Zed to destroy Dusty's radio in order to make him lose communication from the other racers and therefore making him get lost, and after he is rescued by some fighter jets aboard the Dwight D. Flysenhower, he orders Ned and Zed to crash into Dusty and knock him out of the sky but is given spare parts from the other racers including Bulldog, Ishani, and El Chupacabra, as well as his mentor, Skipper. Ripslinger and his henchplanes then try to attack both Dusty and Skipper on the way to the finish line of the final race, and once he thinks that he had finally gotten rid of Dusty once and for all, Ripslinger strikes a pose in front of the audience only for Dusty to overtake him and win the race without the villain noticing, but by the time Ripslinger knew what was going on he forgets about where he is going, and ends up crashing into some portable toilets. Because of this, Ripslinger's arrogance and cruel behavior ultimately led to his downfall.
Personality
Ripslinger has a self-centered and carefree personality, and loves to cheat his way into anything he wants to. He is often rude and likes to play dirty with his fellow racers, usually involving plane crashes. He is especially cruel to Dusty, who in his opinion should not be racing and just stick to what he is good at. Whenever he is busy, he usually seeks help from his two sidekicks, Ned and Zed. In the video game, he tries to get Dusty banned from the WATG Rally by causing destruction in Propwash Junction, painting graffiti of Dusty on the great wall in a Dusty disguise, as well as attempting to have the other racers turn against Dusty by spraying paint on them. He even causes trouble for Ishani by ruining her favorite holiday the "Festival of Colors", spiking her fuel with his own illegal mixture, and having the Diwali racing fesital sabotaged.
Livery
Ripslinger is painted green with black wings and fins, and a "flame" pattern on his headlights and doors.
Model
Ripslinger is based on the Racing Mustang "Precious Metal" which is a modified North American P-51D Mustang fighter with clipped wings and contra rotating propellers. He differs in having two bladed props instead of "Precious Metal's" three bladed props. His propeller is a Skyslycer Mark Five, and his wingspan is 26.2 feet (8 meters).
Occupation
Known all around the world for his enormous victory numbers, Ripslinger is a very famous racing plane, and captain of the RPX Racing Team.
Appearances
Feature Films
Video Games
Merchandising
Trivia
- Ripslinger is very similar to the character of Chick Hicks. Both are villainous racing vehicles with predominantly green paint.
- 13, Ripslinger's racing number, is considered an unlucky number, which is likely why it was chosen for him.
- His flying style is to take the lead early, and maintains pace from out in front.
- He is nicknamed the "Green Tornado" throughout the racing world.
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Ripslinger as Dusty in the video game.
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Diecast
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