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}} Clank was a robot created at the Robot Plant on the planet Quartu. While Clank's serial number is B5429671, the name "Clank" emerged when Ratchet made his handmade ship rock while flying to planet Novalis, causing the small robot to hit the side of the ship and making a clank sound. This became his nickname throughout his adventures with Ratchet, his longtime companion.
 * name = Clank
 * image = [[Image:Clank.PNG|250px]]
 * homeworld= (Manufactured) Quartu
 * species = Robot
 * gender = Male Robot
 * height = 2'2"
 * hair = None
 * eyes = Green
 * affiliation = Ratchet, Q-Force
 * appearances = All Ratchet & Clank series games.

Creation
Originally, Clank had been part of a production line of sentry-bots at the Robot Plant on planet Quartu, sentry-bots that were meant for Drek's assistance. However, due to what was believed to be a mishap, but may actually have been the manufacturing robot gaining a conscience, Clank appeared on the conveyor belt as a small, harmless robot, instead of a large, dangerous sentry-bot. Clank watched an Infobot video of Drek's plans to create a new planet using other planetary components, and was then forced to rush off Quartu - sentry-bots had begun chasing him, classifying him as an production error. Clank seized control of a spaceship and took off in space, but was shot down and crashed on the Kyzil Plateau of planet Veldin, where Ratchet found and took him back to his handmade ship. Clank showed Ratchet the infobot video of Chairman Drek and informed him that he wanted to contact Captain Qwark - Clank believed that only the famous Captain would be able to stop Drek's menace over the galaxy. Clank proposed to start Ratchet's ship using his latest robotic ignition system, in exchange for a ride to planet Novalis where he would begin tracking down Captain Qwark.

Overview
After crashlanding at the Tobruk Crater of planet Novalis, Ratchet and Clank were forced to go looking for a new ship together. They acquired one from the Planetary Chairman, who gave them a courier ship and an Infobot that showed Captain Qwark advertising Al's Roboshack on planet Kerwan. This becomes the duo's next destination. However, Big Al informs them that he had not seen Qwark since the video. Nevertheless, he fits Clank with a special Heli-Pack upgrade. Ratchet and the robot eventually find Captain Qwark at Blackwater City, where he hands them out a brand new Platinum Zoomerator for winning the Hoverboard Race. Then, at his trailer, the Captain told Ratchet and Clank to come to his headquarters, where they would become a team to stop Drek. However, Captain Qwark betrayed them by setting his Blargian Snagglebeast on the duo. From this point on, Ratchet became slightly hostile toward Clank, who he blamed for taking them into the trap. Ratchet wants to chase after Qwark, but cannot start his ship. Clank agreed to start it for him but only if he agrees to fly to planet Batalia instead, where they would be able to help out a commando who was having trouble with Blarg attacks. Clank, due to the lethal levels of pollution in the atmosphere, had to go out on his own on the Blarg homeworld Orxon. He found a pair of Magneboots there and an Infobot for the planet Pokitaru. There, he was fitted with a Thruster-Pack upgrade by Bob at the latter's Roboshack. The duo made up after shooting down Captain Qwark at the Gemlik Moonbase, after which Ratchet and Clank watched an Infobot video depicting news of yet another planet being ravaged by Drek's troops. Ratchet agreed that they shouldn't lose sight of what is important after seeing the destruction of Gorda City. They later proceeded to planet Quartu, where a scientist was able to transform Clank into Giant Clank. Ratchet and Clank also encountered Clank's creator on this planet, after sneaking by sentry-bots using the Hologuise to eventually arrive at Clank's original place of creation. Clank was deeply moved by this, and vowed to make his mother proud. Unbeknownst to him, however, the words appeared on the screen: "You already have." Ultimately, Ratchet and Clank came back to planet Veldin and fought Drek on the Deplanetizer. When he was defeated and the Deplanetizer was fired at the Chairman's artificial planet, however, debris fell down from the sky to Veldin, and the two were propelled over the edge of the Deplanetizer. Clank managed to hold on to it, and Ratchet grabbed his leg. However, the impact of grabbing the ledge damaged Clank's servos in his arm, meaning that Clank couldn't pull both him and Ratchet up to safety. The duo fell, but Clank used his Thruster-Pack to catch Ratchet and break both of their falls. Exhilarated by the survival of his planet, Ratchet nearly left Clank behind, wounded, but then came back and told the robot he'd fix his arm. Then they both left off in the Veldin sunset. After the game credits end, they are both seen watching a video of "Steve McQwark" advertising the Personal Hygenator. The video proves to be too gruesome to watch, however, and they turn off the screen.

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Clank plays his role as always: the faithful sidekick. Yet, somehow through the developments of the various games, Clank has developed into his own hero, and now in Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters, he's out to prove his metal (pun definitely intended). At several points in the game, Clank takes on the main role and has to fight his own battles. At one point in the game, after the duo finds out that their so-called ally is part of the Technomites (verifying Clank's ongoing suspicions), Ratchet ends up getting kidnapped, and Clank must put on his best, shiny, metal, robot shoes to set out and save his buddy. Then, later on in the game, after defeating Luna, Clank tries to get the clone factory coordinates from Luna's head. However, he gets zappified and Ratchet is forced to go inside Clank using his shrink ray. Clank takes his part of action while fighting against Emperor Otto Destruct too. The first battle with him is fought as Giant Clank.

Secret Agent Clank
This time is Clank's turn to be the main protagonist (although Ratchet, Qwark and Gadgebots are playable characters, too). He has to prove Ratchet innocent after being framed for crime he didn't commit: the theft of the Eye of Infinity! In this game Clank transforms into Giant Clank once, uses a snowboard, as well as other vehicles in many, many challenges, and even use agent-like weapons. Everything starts in Boltaire Museum. Clank comes through the roof silently and sees Ratchet stealing something. The Lombax steps to a laser beam and the guards manage to catch him. Clank retreats, and returns to his ship, given him by the agency. Clank's contact in the agency calls him about local news. She patches the news through about Ratchet going to jail (with a very strange attitude) on the ship's screen. She tries to comfort Clank for what happened, but he denies it all. After a specific identification it occurs that it was no one else but Ratchet. Clank leaves the ship to go look for clues inside the museum. He manages to find a clue that leads to Asyanica, to Number Woo. Clank got his background information from the agency, and went to look for the dragon-and-ninja-like gangster. He landed in the the city under Woo's command, but as soon as he stepped out of his ship, he went unconscious due to a water bucket waiting him to fall in. He woke up in front of Number Woo and a few of his servants. Once the villains left Clank alone, he contacted to three of agency's well-trained Gadgebots, which managed to rescue Clank. Clank runs after Number Woo, and after several ambushes and defeated ninjas he finds Woo and corners him. He tells Clank that he had the Eye, but gave it to a rich countess who lives on a comet-like planet, Glaciara.

Clank's Arsenal
Clank gets his arsenal from Deliveries from the Agency or buying it from the Agency's Vendor.

Weapons

 * Tie-A-Rang


 * Cufflink Bomb


 * Blowtorch Briefcase


 * Tanglevine Carnation


 * ThunderStorm Umbrella


 * Holo-Knuckles

Gadgets

 * Jet Boots


 * Holomonocle


 * Black Out Pen


 * Hypnowatch


 * Agency PDA


 * Bolt Grabber


 * Box Breaker


 * Therm-Optic Shades


 * Omni-Key

Ratchet's Arsenal
While Ratchet is in prison, Clank gives him "Birthday Cakes" including his old weapons for him to escape.

Weapons

 * Wrench


 * Dual Lacerators


 * Shard Gun


 * Walloper


 * Shock Rocket


 * Bee Mine Mk. II


 * Pork Bomb Gun


 * Plasma Whip


 * Mine Launcher


 * RYNO

Gadgets

 * PDA


 * Slim Cognito's Bolt Extractor

Other Playable Characters
Besides Clank, Captain Qwark, Ratchet and even Gadgebots are playable in the game. Qwark's gameplay segments are based on dubious accounts of his own exploits and are more action based. Ratchet's segments in prison force him to fight with enemies from previous games.

Story
This game focuses for the first time in the series on the adventures of the beloved robot sidekick, Clank, and his secret alter-ego, Secret Agent Clank. Set after Size Matters, but before the events of Tools of Destruction, the premise behind Secret Agent Clank surrounds Ratchet as he's framed for a crime that he didn't commit. Unfortunately for the hero the trial is skewed against him and he is found guilty. To save his friend, Clank dons his Secret Agent Clank persona and investigates who's behind the accusations. Along the way, he acquires new abilities, such as Clank-Fu. He'll also receive, find and buy new weapons, such as the Tie-A-Rang and Cufflink Bomb. While Clank investigates, Ratchet fights previous henchmen he defeated and Captain Qwark travels across the galaxy while having a reporter bot write his autobiogrphy. Ratchet was found guilty because of his "being a hero really doesn't pay" speech. The first area Clank will explore is the Boltaire Museum which is where Ratchet was caught.

As Clank goes to the Boltaire Museum to halt the theft of a priceless jewel known as the Eye of Infinity, he sees, to his shock, Ratchet fleeing the scene of the crime. Ratchet is promptly found and arrested by local law enforcement. While retinal scans prove that the thief was Ratchet, Clank is convinced of his friend's innocence. While Ratchet is sent to prison, Clank investigates the theft further, traveling to various locales until he comes across an enigmatic figure known only as the "Kingpin". While going through an abandoned space facility, the Kingpin reveals himself to be none other than Klunk, Clank's evil doppelganger first introduced in Up Your Arsenal. Klunk steals Clank's transport, forcing him to enlarge and track the vehicle.

In the meantime, Ratchet confronts some of his old enemies he has placed in prison while Captain Qwark travels around the galaxy to start his autobiography with a less-than-thrilled reporter-bot, Biographical Analysis Robot Neo Eight Yellow or B.A.R.N.E.Y., coming along for the ride. When Clank finally confronts Klunk, the evil mastermind reveals his plan: he had stolen the Eye of Infinity to use as a refractor for a massive laser system perfectly poised to destroy every planet in the galaxy within a single shot. Klunk, acting through Ratchet (via a mind-control helmet), would threaten to use the laser for a planet to rule. Just in time, Klunk, posing as Clank, would stop Ratchet from destroying the galaxy, placing the hero in jail forever while Klunk, as Clank, would be idolized by the populace.

Halfway through their battle, Klunk activates the laser, knowing that only he knows the password. Clank knocks out Klunk and manages to deactivate the firing sequence while Qwark accidentally beams himself aboard the satellite, retrieves the Eye of Infinity, and dismantles the device. Ratchet is exonerated of the crimes filed against him, B.A.R.N.E.Y., secretly working for Klunk, tries to assassinate Qwark, but is stopped by Clank, and Klunk is placed in Ratchet's custody, being turned into a new vacuum cleaner to use in the apartment. Spoilers

Planet Asyanica is a city planet with many buildings. Clank explores the rooftops of the planet in order to find the location of number Woo who has the Eye of Infinity. In the end he has sold it already to Kingpin.

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 * Secret Agent Clank

Planet Boltaire is the home of the Boltaire Museum. Clank needed to explore the outside Boltair inorder to find a way to the museum.

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Fort Sprocket is home to the bolt foundry where all of the galaxy's bolts are made. It was taken over by the Kingpin and replaced the usual guards with his Doppelgangers.

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 * Secret Agent Clank

Hydrano is a planet in Solana that is half water and half desert. Klunk's Secret Base is also there deep underwater. Clank explored here to find the underwater base's cordinates and he also defeated Klunk here. The climate is arid but only half of the planet is dry land because the other half is ocean because of the dam that stretches across the entire planet. It also here the Qwark made up a story about saving the fishmens dam from western Cactus Beasts in which he rode a rocket horse, dressed up like a cowboy, and even mowed a few of the beasts down with a lawn mower. The desert side of the planet is a strong resemblence of the wild west which is one of the reasons he made up the story like that.



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Le Paradis Des Tricheurs Casino, also called Monaco, was a high-security casino where the Eye of Infinity was taken for exchange with the Kingpin. Clank went there and gambled in the casinos High Stakes Room in order to win the Eye to him. When he won it was already taken away by the Kingpin to planet Venantonio.
 * Secret Agent Clank



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The Prison Complex is used as the Solana Galaxy's intergalactic prison protected by the shield generator, it also holds criminals from the Bogon Galaxy (like the Thugs), as well. All the criminals of Solana and Bogon are kept there.
 * Secret Agent Clank

In Secret Agent Clank, Ratchet was taken there by stealing the Eye of Infinity while he was mindcontrolled by Klunk. That wasn't good to Ratchet because all of his old enemies are kept there. Ratchet must survive many different attacks of Thugs and Tyhrranoids. Finally he is rescued by Clank.

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Planet Rionosis is well known by it's new year celebrations. Because of the planets rotation speed a new year comes in every 4.2 seconds. Clank followed the Kingpin in the Azcotal Alley in order to find the Eye of Infinity.
 * Secret Agent Clank

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The Spaceship Graveyard was visited by Clank in Secret Agent Clank. He searched Klunk here in order to catch him and prove that Ratchet is innocent to the crime of the Eye of Infinity.
 * Secret Agent Clank

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The High Impact Treehouse is a secret level in Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank.
 * Secret Agent Clank

In Size Matters, there are only 2 ways to get there. The first way is to go to planet Metalis between 2:42 AM and 2:47 AM, and a teleporter will appear at the Titanium Bolt location. The other way is to get all Skill Points. There is a weapon in the Treehouse that was cut in the game. It is called as the "CUT" and it's similar to the Mini Turret Glove. You can also play Clank Gadge-bot Traversal games. There is an elite ape-like Ratchet clone that is only seen in the final cinematic before the credits. Strangely enough, there is a Shrink Ray Grind-Lock on the final floor but when you complete it nothing happens.

In Secret Agent Clank, it can be accessed by finding all the alien codes.

Appears In

 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
 * Secret Agent Clank

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The Quasar Fields are area of space that Giant Clank flew while following the Klunk's Ship from the Spaceship Graveyard to Hydrano. The space combat there is similar to what he did on Metalis and Challax.
 * Secret Agent Clank

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 * Secret Agent Clank

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