Rude Rude is a member of the Turks in " Final Fantasy VII " who also appears in several of the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " titles . He is a tall , bald man with a little goatee who always wears sunglasses and carries spares on him in case something happens to the pair he is wearing . Rude is rarely seen without his long - time partner Reno and is taciturn , tending to relegate the talking to Reno . Rude prefers to use his fists in battle . Rude has a soft spot for Tifa Lockhart , and will not attack her if she battles him in their many encounters in " Final Fantasy VII " . In one of his rare lines of dialogue in " Final Fantasy VII " , he reveals to Reno he has a crush on her . Profile . Appearance . Rude is a tall man with a stern expression and tanned skin . His head is shaved and he is rarely seen without his shades . Designer Tetsuya Nomura has stated Rude was designed to look South American . Rude wears the standard Turks uniform of a blue suit and black tie , and wears his uniform in a professional manner in contrast to his partner Reno ' s lackadaisical style . In " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " he has a small black goatee , but in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " field scenes and " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " he is clean shaven . Personality . Rude is serious and stern , unlike the laid - back Reno and inexperienced Elena . He rarely speaks , yet it ' s revealed Rude has a secret crush on Tifa , and in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " he had feelings for Chelsea . Although initially antagonistic towards the group in " Final Fantasy VII " , he has had a change of heart alongside the rest of the Turks in " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " and becomes an ally to Cloud and the party . Rude appears alongside Reno in " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " and is more talkative but compared to Reno , is still quiet and serious . Rude and Reno provide comic relief in the movie , mainly being troubled by Reno . Rude and Reno are dedicated to their boss Rufus Shinra . The film animators noted Rude was the easiest character to animate , as he had no hair and minimal facial expressions due to his sunglasses and character , although the animators did animate his eyes behind the sunglasses in case fans caught a glimpse of them in some scenes . Story . " Before Crisis " / " Crisis Core " . With President Shinra deciding to dedicate SOLDIER to deal with the threat of AVALANCHE , the Turks are instructed to locate new SOLDIER candidates . Reno , Rude and the Player Turk travel the globe employing potential fighters . In Costa del Sol , the Player Turk enters a fight club called Club Duel and captures him the strongest fighter , known as " King " , for the SOLDIER process . On the trip to Midgar the candidate population is killed by a sole candidate called Azul , whom the Player Turk confronts . Azul is eventually suppressed by Rude . While on the docks , the ship is attacked by a contingent of AVALANCHE soldiers lead by Shears . Shears boards the ship and frees the candidates , defeating Rude while the Player Turk attempts to recapture them . As the Player Turk returns , Rude goes after Shears and , partnered up with Reno , defeats the AVALANCHE commander while a freed Azul returns to the Shinra ship willingly to finish his fight with the Player Turk and become a SOLDIER to become stronger . Following the theft of confidential documents from the 45th floor of the Shinra Building , Reno and Rude guard the room and search for clues to the missing files . An intruder sets off the alarm and the Turks defend themselves against the building ' s security system , which had been sabotaged by the intruder . While Shuriken ( Female ) looks into the sabotage , Reno and Rude continue their investigation . When Reno notices a bearded man in a lab coat watching them from the shadows , the pair chase after him concluding the man was the person who stole the data , but the suspect escapes the building . Recalled by Veld , Reno and Rude are ordered to continue their investigation as well as help stop the malfunctioning security robots that have escaped onto the streets of Midgar and begun attacking civilians . On the streets of Sector 8 , Reno and Rude split up to find the machines . After finding and destroying a number of the machines , Reno helps out Rude and together the two make their way to LOVELESS Avenue where they find Shuriken ( Female ) cornered by two Genesis Copies . Tseng arrives , along with newly promoted First Class SOLDIER , Zack Fair , but Shuriken defeats the clones on her own . Continuing their hunt for rogue robots , Reno and Rude spot the man in the lab coat . Gaining Veld ' s permission to follow him , they chase him into the sewer systems where they are attacked by robots which seem to take orders from the scientist . Cornering the man , they discover him to be Professor Hollander . Two Genesis Copies appear from a hidden passage and distract the pair , giving Hollander time to escape . Veld orders the pair to return to Sector 8 as SOLDIER has taken over the investigation of the stolen documents . Curious over Rude ' s unexplained disappearances after work , Reno orders the Player Turk to follow after him in Sector 8 to discover he goes on dates with a woman named Chelsea . While the Player Turk deals with a monster infestation in the sector , Reno follows Rude to one of his dates and discovers Chelsea attempting to place a bug on his PHS . Reno follows her and discovers she works with AVALANCHE , but claims to her contact she was unable to place a wire tap on Rude ' s PHS in spite of Reno noting she had plenty of time to do it during the date . Reno informs Rude about his girlfriend ' s affiliations , but Rude already knows . When the Player Turk returns from destroying the monster nest they come across Chelsea attempting to quit AVALANCHE and defends her from her angered comrades . Chelsea asks the Player Turk to inform Rude she would not meet him anymore , stating that , although she wished it otherwise , the Turks and AVALANCHE are enemies and cannot be together . President Shinra grows impatient to destroy AVALANCHE and Veld sends Reno and Rude to gather information on Fuhito ' s new Ravens while the Player Turk is to gather new Turk candidates . The Turks turn against Shinra and decide to help a former SOLDIER member Zack Fair whom the Shinra wants killed , and want to find him before the Shinra military does . Scouting the areas around Midgar on a helicopter Rude looks for Zack but the Turks do not find him in time . Rude helps Tseng and Reno find where Veld is being held and free him . Fuhito of AVALANCHE summons Zirconiade and Tseng , Reno , Rude , Veld and Elfé are captured by the Shinra military . Shinra bargains that the Turks would be spared if Veld and Elfé are killed , and Tseng feigns to execute them . As Tseng leaves with Veld and Elfé , Reno and Rude wait for their remaining comrades who are fighting Zirconiade . The Turks destroy Zirconiade but the shockwave emitted from its destruction destroys the construct on which the Turks are standing . Reno and Rude watch in horror as the construction vanishes in an explosion of light . " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " . The " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " OVA illustrates the events surrounding Zack Fair and Cloud Strife ' s escape from Shinra Manor , overlapping with incidents depicted in " Final Fantasy VII " and " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . The OVA covers the Turks ' role during both the Nibelheim Incident and events leading up to Zack ' s Final Stand against the Shinra military , addressing the Turks ' pursuit of Zack and Cloud through the Mythril Mine and their ill - fated search for the pair in the Midgar Wasteland . " Final Fantasy VII " . Rude first appears at Shinra Headquarters to capture Cloud and his friends as they try to leave the building through an elevator . Sephiroth attacks the headquarters and kill President Shinra , and Cloud and his friends escape during the commotion . The Turks are assigned to hunt Sephiroth down , and gather info that he is heading for Junon . While on their way there they run into Cloud and his party in the Mythril Mine . In Gongaga Reno asks Rude who he likes and he reveals it is Tifa . Rude goes on a vacation in Wutai Village with his colleagues Elena and Reno where they spend their time drinking at the bar . Shinra notifies them of Don Corneo , a man wanted by Shinra , being in the area , but Reno and Rude ignore the orders as they are on vacation . Elena is kidnapped by Don Corneo which spurs Reno and Rude into action . They team up with Cloud ' s party and track him down on the Da - chao Statue . Rude surprises Don Corneo who loses his balance on the edge of the cliff and Reno finishes the job . Afterward they get a call from Shinra to capture Cloud , but let them go since they are not officially on duty . When Shinra plans to destroy the Meteor approaching the Planet by ramming a rocket loaded with Huge Materia into it , Rude oversees the launch . He protects the entrance to the Shinra No . 26 rocket , but is unable to stop Cloud and his friends from boarding the craft to steal the Huge Materia on - board . After a Weapon shoots down the aircraft carrying various Shinra weapons and it plummets to the Bottom of the Sea , Reno and Rude are sent there to investigate , but run into Cloud and are defeated by him . After Diamond Weapon has been killed and Rufus Shinra presumed dead , Professor Hojo takes over the Sister Ray cannon and Cloud ' s party storms Midgar to stop him . Rude , with Reno and Elena , intercepts Cloud and his friends in the Midgar sewers . Although not shown in " Final Fantasy VII " , Reno and Rude helped evacuate Midgar during Meteorfall . Reno oversaw the evacuation of Sector 4 , while Rude cleared Sector 2 and Elena cleared Sector 3 . Moving to clear Sector 5 together with Tseng , the four were met and assisted by the previous Turks from " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " and their former leader Veld . " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " . Rude works for Rufus Shinra alongside Reno , Tseng and Elena . Tseng and Elena were dispatched to the Northern Cave where they found Jenova ' s remains but were captured by the three Remnants of Sephiroth born from the Lifestream . Crippled by this loss , Rufus asks Cloud to join them but he refuses . The remnants ' search for Jenova ' s remains leads them to capture many children suffering from Geostigma and then infuse them with negative Lifestream to make them obey their orders . They bring the children to Edge and Kadaj summons Bahamut SIN . Rude and Reno fight to protect the children from the ensuing chaos and later pursue the remnants heading toward the Midgar ruins using bombs and a helicopter . Gameplay . " Final Fantasy VII " . Rude can be fought four times but only one of these fights is set . The rare Ziedrich armor can be stolen from Rude during the later encounters . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . Rude is fought in the Training Mode . Voice . Rude is voiced by Taiten Kusunoki in the Japanese versions of " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " , and " " . He is voiced by Crispin Freeman in the English versions of " Crisis Core " and " Advent Children " . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade " . Rude is an ally and a summonable Legend . His EX ability is Grand Spark . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Rude appears with cards from " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children Complete " .