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*** Even in ''Fusion'', the worn-out, dead, frozen husk of his ''clone'' is suitable for X parasite cloning. Yes, a clone of a clone, and he's still an endgame boss.

*** Let's put it this way: Adam Malkovich expressly considers Ridley to be just as much of a threat as a station full of ''invincible Metroids''. He is probably the only thing in the universe that can ''scare Samus stiff'' (though that has been attributed to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). That is how dangerous this guy is.

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: And fly, and survive re-entry without issue. His species is known as "the ''Space'' Dragons", suggesting they have adapted to vacuum environments.

* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]

* [[Big Eater]]: {{spoiler|In ''Other M'', he eats constantly as "Little Birdy" in order to hasten his metamorphosis.}}

* [[Breath Weapon]]: What did you expect from a dragon? Ridley can spit plasma hot enough to melt through spaceship hull.

* [[Breath Weapon]]

* [[Brown Note]]: In ''Other M'', it's revealed that {{spoiler|the frequency of Ridley's voice drives space pirates and some other creatures into a murderous battle frenzy, essentially making Ridley a perfect military commander. It also may have had something to do with Samus' mental breakdown.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Creepy Child]]}}: In ''[[Other M]]''. {{spoiler|Somehow ironic how Ridley seems to be creepier when he's a cute newborn chicken thing.}}

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* [[Joker Immunity]]: {{spoiler|Officially averted in ''Super Metroid,'' where he canonically died. The ones in ''Fusion'' and ''Other M'' are clones.}}

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: He cruelly mocks Samus for her PTSD-enduced memories of her mother being killed by Ridley, as well as that he absorbed a bit of her cells.

* [[Lean and Mean]]: Except the ''Metroid: Other M'' clone, who is more muscular but no less mean.

* [[Lean and Mean]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBMSZpWPvDI The most memorable one] in the series.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Able to tear around the screen at an amazing speed given his size, as well as deal out considerable damage to Samus.

* [[Might Makes Right]]: In the manga: "In battle, nature sides with the strong! You shall realize just how worthless your ideals and such are -- AH HA HA HA HA HA!"

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Hilariously, he is a [[Recycled in Space|space]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]] who is the leader of the Space Pirates and often comes back from the dead, sometimes as a cyborg. If you count that he is capable of invisibility in Super Metroid, he is a literal Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: He is anorexic and can fly in space here.

** [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The Manga and some of the Data Logs in ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' imply that his reason for being with the Space Pirates boils down to a sadistic love of killing other beings.

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* [[Robot Me]]: Mecha-Ridley in ''Zero Mission.''

* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: His appearances in spin-off material give him the ability to speak. He never speaks in-game.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: ''Metroid Prime'' was the first game to even make mention of his recovery, and the explanation for it was not very detailed.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]

* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]: Meta-Ridley and later Omega Ridley.

* [[Your Size May Vary]]: This led to discussions about whether he wasn't a playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' because he was [[Memetic Mutation|"too big."]]