List of characters in the Ratchet & Clank series
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This is a list of characters from the Ratchet & Clank video game series universe.
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[edit] Main Character Heroes
- Ratchet
- Our protagonist. A Lombax from the planet Veldin who, at the start of Ratchet & Clank, was but a mere mechanic dreaming of adventure among the stars. His life changed when he met an abdorable little robot named Clank.
- Clank
- Ratchet's robotic sidekick and sometimes co-protagonist. Clank's escape from Chairman Drek's robot plant on planet Quartu—and subsequent arrival on planet Veldin—catalyzes Ratchet's adventure. He is serious about his mission and Ratchet just wants to blow s**t up.
- Big Al
- Yet another recurring character. He supplied Clank with the helipack in Ratchet & Clank. Big Al is chosen for the Q-Force in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal for his mastery of electronics. He oftens baffles Ratchet with his techno-speak and has to get Clank to "translate" for him since Clank speaks "Nerd". He is the classic pudgy computer geek with interests in electronics and all things Qwark. He has two siblings, Bob and Edwina (Ed), who, like him, own "RoboShacks". When you get to a certain point in the third game, you can hear Al profess his love for Helga over the intercom at the Phoenix... by accident. During the events of Ratchet: Deadlocked, he was shot and critically injured by Ace Hardlight for deactivating the Deadlock collars, and had to get extensive cybernetic repairs.
- Voiced by Chris Hatfield.
- Angela Cross
- A Lombax who masqueraded as a thief for around half of Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Angela used to work for Megacorp in the Bogon Galaxy. She is clumsy. Angela is notably much taller than Ratchet, either due to the fact that she is female, or born on another planet, or maybe different genes. She also does a terrible cat impression. She does curse once.
- Sasha
- She was first in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal as Captain of the Starship Phoenix. Sasha is also the daughter of the Galactic President. She seems to have an apparent crush on Ratchet, kissing him on several occasions and supplying him with a Personal Quarters. He seems to return her crush by giving her an embarrassed (first time she kissed him) and also a weak (second time) smile every time she kisses him, but he doesn't appear to love her as much.He hasn't exactly returned her kisses. She seemed to fancy him the moment she saw his face (her eyes widened). In Ratchet: Deadlocked, she was elected Mayor of Metropolis, letting Ratchet take her place as captain. Evidence of their relationship is still hinted (Ratchet is finding a way to keep chatting her up). Ratchet's says "will you marry me?" to Sasha the first time they meet on the Starship Phoenix.
- Merc
- One of Ratchet's DreadZone combat robots. Is much more gung-ho compared to his partner, Green. He provides tips in mutiplayer. He is completely Trigger-Happy, and looks for any excuse to blow something up.
- Green
- The other of Ratchet's DreadZone combat robots. Is somewhat of a rookie fresh out of Boot Camp and is rather naive and cowardly. Frequently on the final levels he'll say that if he doesn't make it out alive, he would like to say that it was an honor working with you. His girlfriend was xj39. He was once a member of the Qwark Cadets, and is owed one badge for (naturally) marksmanship.
[edit] DreadZone Heroes (from Deadlocked)
- Captain Starshield
- Former number one ranked contestant—killed by Ace Hardlight. He is not seen alot in the game. An official comic of this character can be found here.
- The Omega Twins
- Killed by Shellshock (when he called them wee little girly-men, Dallas revealed they were in fact two teenage girls).
- Hydro Girl
- As the DreadZone Station self-destructed, she escaped and returned to her home planet, Aquatos. Probably has a thing for Ratchet.
- Kid Nova
- Although he was a sidekick, he was one of the few heroes to survive Dreadzone, and escaped safely as the station exploded.
- Agent Zero
- One of the few heroes to survive DreadZone, he may have escaped when the station self-destructed. Purposefully named after lesser character from "Spyro 2: Gateway to glimmer", one of Insomniac's earlier games.
- Plutonium Jones
- Killed by Shellshock (Shellshock earned Extermination of the Day award for using his 360 Tomahawk finishing move on this hero).
- Uranium Man
- It's unknown if he survived the self-destruction of the station. He lets off dangerous radiation, so it isn't safe for anyone to get too close to him.
[edit] Q-Force Members
- Captain Qwark
- A self-proclaimed "Hero of the Galaxy", and staple of the Ratchet & Clank universe.
- Voiced by Jim Ward.
- Skidd McMarxx
- A recurring character. He is a professional hoverboarder. In Ratchet & Clank he lets Ratchet take his place in a big hoverboard race. Chosen for the Q-Force for his "nerves of steel" in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, despite chickening out and letting Ratchet do the work. He is a skateboarder/surfer dude archetype with a laidback attitude. Later on in Up Your Arsenal, he gets kidnapped by Courtney Gears and is taken to her home planet of Obani Draco—where he was used as a test dummy for the Biobliterator test and turned into a robot. How he was changed back from his robot state at the end of the game isn't revealed, but earlier on in Up Your Arsenal, Big Al said that it may be possible to reverse the transformation. He is, however, seen back to normal watching the Secret Agent Clank movie in the ending cinematic. Following Up Your Arsenal Skidd was picked up by Courtney Gears' old record label<ref name=news>Insomniac Games' Galactic News Update #5</ref>.
- Voiced by Neil Flynn
- Helga
- Another recurring character. She sold Ratchet the Swingshot gadget in Ratchet & Clank. Helga was chosen for her "sensual powers of seduction" in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, which is ironic since she is Captain Qwark's portly, brutish fitness trainer with a heavy German accent. She often thinks of Ratchet as a weakling due to his comparatively short height.
- Voiced by Mona Marshall.
- Skrunch
- Captain Qwark's cycloptic monkey sidekick. In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, he gets mad at Quark for fornicating with his sister, Qwark responds to this by saying: "It was mating season, how was I supposed to know it was your sister."
- Voiced by Jim Ward.
[edit] Exterminators (from Deadlocked)
- Shellshock
- A robot that specializes in ammunition. He uses the insults "Girly-men" and "Sissies" on almost everybody. He is based on Arnold Schwarzenegger. His AI chip was destroyed by a cruise missile in a battle long ago (the Obani Moon War) and it was replaced with the AI chip of a coffee maker, making him impervious to pain and incredibly thick-headed, but he now "makes a great cappuccino." He is the first Exterminator you face and is notably the slowest and stupidest of the Exterminators, as noted by Ace Hardlight. He quoted for the Harbinger (the equivalent of the RYNO for the game) in which he said that, compared to this weapon, the other weapons are "for sissies from the sissiest place in Sissyland." On an upgrade for Merc and Green, it is said that not even he would go near it.
- Reactor
- A robot with a nuclear reactor built into his body, he was once a high school maths teacher. He's friends with Shellshock (Dallas once mentioned that Reactor and Shellshock thought up the Air Drop challenge of the Vindicator Tournament), and once dated Courtney Gears. She ditched him as a teacher, then immediately ran back to him once he became rich. His brain and life seems to revolve around impressing people, either making good poses for his Exterminator trading card, or telling Ratchet to make the match a good one for his fans.
- Eviscerator
- An enormous insect-like alien with sharp, titanium blades on his arms. Juanita also exclaims that he is a fantastic chef. The Eviscerator is the only Exterminator who doesn't speak at all (although he seems to try speaking). In the Guidebook, it is said that a system of Speech has been developed for him, to say yes, he disembowels a robot, for no, he makes a robot eat its own left arm . Perhaps it would be better if he didn't talk...
- Ace Hardlight
- A former hero who sold himself to Gleeman Vox for money and fame, although not as popular as they previously thought he would be. Vernon and the Spokesman kids clearly prefer Ratchet over Ace, with Vernon even referring to Ace as a "Tool". After disintergrating Captain Starshield on Catacrom 4, he became Dreadzone Champion and leader of the Exterminator Crew. He has a crush on Juanita and vice versa. She is one of only 4 "fans" he has, the others including Gleeman Vox, Dallas, and Ace himself. Upon defeat, he is reminded of his past as a hero by Ratchet, whom he responds by telling him not to end up with the same fate as him.
[edit] Villains
- Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek
- The villain of Ratchet & Clank. Drek is a totalitarian capitalist Blarg who polluted his homeworld of Orxon (also featured in Ratchet: Deadlocked), and took parts from other planets—destroying them in the process—to build a new planet. Given the chance, he would in turn pollute the new planet, repeating the whole process over and over again for financial gain. Unfortunately, one planet already occupied the perfect orbit—Veldin, Ratchet's home. Drek was destroyed at game's end after slamming into the new planet he'd built, and being blasted (along with the new planet) by the very weapon of mass destruction he'd created. Many fans of the game consider him to be the best villain in the series
- Thug Leader
- A secondary villain in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, the Thug Leader is the boss of Thugs 4 Less. Although we never learn his real name, he mentions his ex-wife in the final boss battle against him. He is noticibly aggressive and quite gullible, falling for Angela's terrible cat impression. He will do almost anything for money, as his amny mottos state. He has about the intelligence of a tree stump, and appears to have no idea why he does many things.
- Dr. Nefarious
- The villain of Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. Dr. Nefarious is a stereotypical robotic mad scientist who has a hatred for all organic life (or "squishies"), despite formerly being one himself. He and Qwark have a deep history going back to when they were in high school where Qwark, being bigger and older (he was 26, according to Nefarious), bullied and humiliated him. His plan was to use the Biobliterator, a superweapon that turns all organic life into robots, to convert all under his "benevolent, iron-fisted rule". In the end, he ends up getting stuck on an asteroid with his servant Lawrence, unable to get out of their location (for 5 to 10,000 years, according to Lawrence). He has a strange habit of overloading in times of extreme stress, causing him to freeze up and pick up random signals of a soap opera in his head, and the only way to get him out of this state is to smack him heavily in his head, which Lawrence calls 'The best part of his day'. Early on in Up Your Arsenal, it is also revealed that Nefarious is Clank's biggest fan, thinking that the Secret Agent Clank series are real. Later on in the game, when Nefarious is about to activate the Biobliterator for the first time, Lawrence mixes up the controls, instead showing a humorous hologram of Nefarious poorly auditioning for an American Idol parody called "Galactic Idol". He does not appear to be very quick-witted, and his genius is commonly questioned by his stupid actions. He is clearly not proud of this. He makes a cameo appearance in Ratchet: Deadlocked alongside Lawrence still stuck on the same asteroid only to arrive at the ruins of the DreadZone Station. Nefarious reminded Lawrence that he said the two of them were coming within range of a space station. Lawrence said that they were, and questioning that how was he to know that it would suddenly explode, causing Nefarious to go into extreme stress again by shouting at Lawrence and, in turn, overload and freeze up yet again revealing a hilarious voiceover. In this very moment it is revealed that in his soap opera, Janice admits that she is a transexual.
- Voiced by Armin Shimerman.
- Lawrence
- Lawrence is Dr. Nefarious's robotic butler. His duties usually consist of "dirty laundry and what not", along with other menial tasks. He has a clear dislike for his boss, often pummeling him with subtle insults ("Even drooling imbeciles can achieve greatness in certain fields, sir. Mad Science, for example," "You put the 'wit' in 'twit,'") or purposely doing a bad job, though he seems to be scornful of essentially most around him (he cites the elimination of the Q-Force as a favor to the fashion world). Yet Nefarious, who either cannot fend for himself or doesn't catch on to Lawrence's true nature, still keeps him by his side. His hobbies include playing the bass guitar, in which his status as a guitar player is revealed just before the final battle. His apparent favorite song to play is called "Bass Odyssey".
- Voiced by Michael Bell.
- Courtney Gears
- Courtney Gears is a female pop star robot. She occasionally gives out prizes on the Solana Galaxy's favorite show, Annihilation Nation. Her music and videos are popular in the Solana Galaxy; even Ratchet is a fan of hers. Courtney is in league with Dr. Nefarious. She is interested in Clank and the star power she can gain from playing a role on his Secret Agent Clank series. At Holostar Studios, she knocks Clank out and kidnaps him for Dr. Nefarious, whom she is apparently in love with. When Skidd gets himself kidnapped, Ratchet travels to Obani Draco and defeats Courtney. Surprisingly, she survives and according to the Announcers in Ratchet: Deadlocked, she made a "miraculous recovery<ref name=news/>," and appears in the Reactor: Introspective cinematic. Her name is a parodic portmanteau of Britney Spears and Courtney Love.
- Voiced by Melissa Disney.
- Klunk
- Dr. Nefarious' doppelgänger of Clank he uses to learn what Ratchet and the Q-Force are planning (Klunk's eye's are red, disguised as Clank's green ones). When Ratchet goes to Metropolis, he finds out that Klunk is not Clank and that Clank has been captured by Nefarious. Ratchet then fights Giant Klunk on a hovertrain, defeats him, and rescues Clank. Klunk is very mean-spirited. When the Q-force thought Captain Qwark was dead and were each saying a few words about him, he went as far as to say, "What a load of bull–" (comically interrupted by Ratchet).
- Gleeman Vox
- The villain of Ratchet: Deadlocked. He kidnaps Ratchet, Clank and Al for his reality show DreadZone, where heroes must participate in life-risking challenges or else risk certain death—since all "contestants" are strapped with "Deadlock Collars" that will detonate at Vox's command. He is completely obsessed with the ratings of DreadZone and marketing of Ace Hardlight products. He is finally defeated when after his battle against Ratchet, he blows up the DreadZone Station, with everyone (including himself) on it. He does this because he truly believes that this is the greatest Ratings Booster that he can achieve. But as he activates the remote detonater, the last hovership lands to carry Ratchet to safety, leaving Vox behind at the station to perish in the very explosion that he initiated.
- Maximillian
- Secret Agent Clank's nemesis, and villain of Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile. Maximillian wants to leave his digitalizised form by using the MCGuFIN to enter the real world. He is the one Ratchet & Clank have to defeat in order to use the MCGuFIN themselves and be able to save the galaxy once more.
[edit] Other characters
- The Galactic President
- The president of the Solana Galaxy is Captain Sasha's father. As a sort of a joke, his voice is similar to that of former U.S President Bill Clinton's. Like Dr. Nefarious, the President believes Clank is really Secret Agent Clank in real life, and believes Ratchet to be a mere chauffeur of Clank. Voiced by Lindsay Schnebly.
- The Galactic Rangers
- In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, The Galactic Rangers are robots who work alongside Ratchet in the battlefield missions throughout the game. They are often cowardly, preferring to let Ratchet take care of the enemies himself. In some missions (Mission 3 both at the Metropolis Battle and on Planet Aridia), you can hear them joke about previous missions over the radio. Also from the start of the game the Rangers have mistaken Ratchet as their new sergeant and refer to him as "Sarge". At the battle with Dr. Nefarious, the Galactic Rangers appear and destroy some of the enemies in a few shots.
- The Plumber
- The Plumber is somewhat of a staple in the Ratchet & Clank series. He always appears with his rear end sticking out whatever he is working on ("Whoa, déjà vu!"). Insomniac Games brought back the 'mining' system from Going Commando into Up Your Arsenal, because the Plumber sets you a task in which if you find any Sewer Crystals in the Aquatos Sewers and bring them to him (they're fresh from the bowels of the King Ameboids), he'll "pay you for 'em in bolts", since he's making something special for the missus. Also, in Going Commando, he mentioned something along the lines of, "See you sometime next year..." He doesn't appear in Ratchet: Deadlocked because as the message at the end of the credits says, he was not able to appear in that game due to a "sump pump emergency in the Rygylian Nebula" he was assigned to. Voiced by Neil Flynn.
- Slim Cognito
- Slim is a black market arms dealer that made his debut in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. In Going Commando, he traded weapon mods (Acid Mods, Shock Mods, & Lock-On Mods) for Platinum Bolts, and ship mods for Raritanium. Apparently, in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, he had a run in with the cops about a Suck Cannon upgrade that was mistakenly sold to a minor. He claims that "the kid LOOKED eighteen". From then on, he is found in Planet Aquatos, selling Megacorp weapons from Going Commando, namely the Lava Gun, the Bouncer, the Shield Charger, the Mini-Turret Glove, and the Plasma Coil (all free for those who had a memory card from Going Commando with those weapons purchased). As in the last game, all you see are his eyes. He also owns a space station which offers ship upgrades (the Ship Shack).
- Dallas & Juanita
- Dallas and Juanita are announcers for DreadZone and reporters for Vox News. Dallas speaks in a sports announcer-like voice while Juanita speaks with a hispanic lilt. Throughout the game they announce Ratchet's stint at DreadZone, while making him out as a villain on Vox News, nicknaming him "The Butcher of Bogon." Although Dallas will often complement Ratchet's performance, Juanita, the more sadistic and maniacal of the duo, insults him frequently and often hopes that Ratchet dies inevitably. Dallas constantly flirts with Juanita, to which she replies with insults and disgust. On the character epilouge it says that they have their own T.V show together. Their first episode was a fake wedding as a way of attracting viewers but Dallas swapped in a real Justice of the peace. They now both spend time together in blissful marriage life.
- Vernon and The Spokesman Kids
- Vernon and the Spokesman Kids are three children (Two boys, one girl) that are used as spokesmen for DreadZone and the Gleeman Vox industry. They are seen in cut scenes for Ratchet: Deadlocked and are constantly cheering for Ratchet, while Gleeman Vox wants them to promote Ace Hardlight, the highest ranked gladiator in history. At the end of the game, it shows the three kids inside the last shuttle pod from the exploding DreadZone Station, after Ratchet was rescued by Clank. In the cut scenes Vernon's name is not said, but in the unlockable skins menu his character is revealed as Vernon.
- Slugha
- Gleeman Vox's pet. It resembles a rabbit-like slug. It is rescued at the last moment by Ratchet when a hovership comes to save him, leaving Vox to die alone.
- Darla Gratch
- Reporter for the intergalactic 'Channel 64 News' (or Channel 2 in Ratchet & Clank). Whether it be Ameboids, Protopets, or Tyrrhanoids, she is always there to happily cover whatever disaster threatens the galaxy. As she signs off, she is always seen as about to be attacked, and how she survives is a mystery. Since she is a robot, it is highly probable that she does not, in fact, survive but instead her memory matrix is downloaded into a new Darla Gratch.
- Jak
- In the 2 player co-operative mode of Ratchet: Deadlocked, Jak is selectable as a skin. The skin appears to be a modified version of the model used in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, with bigger hands and feet. Ratchet also appears in Jak X: Combat Racing.
- Lance and Janice
- The couple that play in the soap opera in Dr. Nefarious's head whenever he gets angry. It turns out that after two years of knowing about them, Janice is revealed (in Deadlocked) that she used to be a boy.
- Abercrombie Fizzwidget
- CEO of Megacorp in the Bogon Galaxy. Captain Qwark kidnapped Fizzwidget and posed as him to enact his evil plan in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. At the end of the game, Fizzwidget is found and restored to power. Fizzwidget is absent-minded, and frequently uses incorrect or made-up words.
[edit] References
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