Ricky Owens

Ricky Owens, formerly known as Mr. E, is a supporting villain turned anti-villain of the 2003 anime film Transformers: Trouble in San Diego. He is a scientist and former paranormal investigator who worked with named Irene Weatherly (the youngest of the three Weatherly sisters) and Sector 73. Most importantly, he is also the former best friend of Professor Pericles (Udo Kier), Bradley "Brad" Chiles (Tim Matheson), and Judy Reeves (Tia Carrere). He was voiced by Lewis Black in the American English dub, and Jin Urayama in the Japanese dub.
==Description==
Following Wasp Stinger's crash-land to earth in 1986, Owens was told of Wasp Stinger's presence by Weatherly before they meet up with two Decepticon spies named Razor Wing and Electric Shocker, who disguised themselves as peacekeepers and told them that Wasp Stinger is a war criminal.
Deciding to take action, Owens lets Razor Wing and Electric Shocker enter into Sector 73's base so that they can use their intel and gain access to his satellites to pinpoint Wasp Stinger's location; he even convinced their superiors to utilize the new Cybertronian technology that Razor Wing and Electric Shocker have for their own ambitions, despite Weatherly's objections.
After Wasp Stinger is captured and placed inside a warehouse for interrogation, Owens watches as Razor Wing and Electric Shocker torture Wasp Stinger for information. It wasn't until they learned that Wasp Stinger received a message from Autobot commander Supreme Thunder that they're planning to make earth their new refuge and protect it from Decepticons, otherwise they (along with the rest of the lifeforms on earth) would be destroyed.
Upon witnessing the message and overhearing Razor Wing and Electric Shocker plotting to gather all Decepticon troops to earth, Owens realized and gasps in horror that he and Sector 73 made a horrible mistake and that Wasp Stinger is not the hostile invader as Weatherly thought him to be. To that end, Owens flips his walkie-talkie on and frantically warns Weatherly about the Decepticons' true plot, telling him that they must stop the Decepticons at once. However, Razor Wing spots Owens warning Weatherly, so he has Electric Shocker to kill Owens through electrocution, the deed in which the black Decepticon executed with eagerness. Eventually, the death of Ricky Owens was avenged when Wasp Stinger managed to kill both Razor Wing and Electric Shocker after foiling their evil plan to contact the other Decepticons.
==Personality==
While not being a full-fledged villain, Owens is very obsessed with the Cybertronian technology, as he was the first one to eagerly accept their plans at face value, without thinking of potential repercussions. However, unlike Irene Weatherly (the youngest of the three Weatherly sisters), whose distrust towards Decepticons was perfectly rational, Owens misunderstood the consequences as he didn't expect the fact that Decepticons are deceitful and evil in nature until it was too late for him. Owens all in all was too excited and eager for the technology Razor Wing and Electric Shocker had to offer to even consider the possibility that the two Decepticons were potential threats to the humans.
==Trivia==
*Unlike Irene Weatherly (the youngest of the three Weatherly sisters) who has qualms in forming an alliance with the Decepticons, Owens does fully admire the Decepticons as he is very much obsessed with using their technology until the end.
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