Qwark

Copernicus Leslie Qwark, most commonly known as Captain Qwark or simply Qwark, is a support character in the Ratchet & Clank series. He is one of the most frequently recurring characters, first as an antagonist in Ratchet & Clank and Going Commando, though later as a support character following Up Your Arsenal, with playable roles in Secret Agent Clank and All 4 One. Captain Qwark is an intergalactic celebrity from Kerwan in the Solana Galaxy, who is portrayed, marketed and revered by the populace as a superhero who is brave, noble, strong, and has defeated many intergalactic villains. In reality, Qwark exhibits traits of cowardice, delusion, selfishness and arrogance, with several moments of stupidity.

Captain Qwark was marketed as a superhero in the Solana Galaxy, who had allegedly fought and defeated countless villains, including Dr. Nefarious, his archnemesis. Ratchet originally idolized Captain Qwark and Clank sought his help to defeat Chairman Drek. However, after they met him, Qwark betrayed them and revealed he was being paid by Drek, causing the two to defeat him before defeating Drek themselves. He later took over MegaCorp by masquerading as its CEO, Abercrombie Fizzwidget, and spreading the Protopet menace so that he could pose as the hero to redeem himself and save the Bogon Galaxy, though he was once again stopped by Ratchet and Clank. When Dr. Nefarious returned to the Solana Galaxy, Captain Qwark, after being returned from exile, led the Q-Force in the fight against Nefarious, and upon being convinced by Ratchet and Clank, became a much more moral, if still highly arrogant and unintelligent, hero who would support the duo on their many adventures. Aside from continuing to sell his own brand of merchandise, Qwark became elected as the President of the Polaris Galaxy.

Captain Qwark is a deluded superhero who often provides comic relief. While he has become more moral following Up Your Arsenal, and he has proven far more willing to aid Ratchet and Clank on their adventures, his arrogance, stupidity and cowardice not only undermine his image as a hero, but have caused them grief. At times, Qwark has been known to surrender to the villain in order to save his own skin, while at others he has unintentionally provoked an enemy. Nonetheless, Qwark has been willing to accompany and support the two, and has often requested their help in defending the universe from threats. Much of his past prior to Ratchet & Clank is ambiguous, as it's implied he either highly exaggerated or made up most stories about his alleged heroic adventures.

Early history
Qwark never knew his parents, and they were killed at a young age by faulty Technomite technology. He was put up for adoption, and raised by the cyclophic monkeys on Florana from a young age.

Later, Qwark attended the Kerwan Learning Annex school where he learned to draw schematics. He attended high school and remained in the ninth grade at 26 years old, and would often bully Nefarious in his biology class, who still considered him a friend in spite of poor treatment. Following this, Qwark attended a three-week superhero correspondence course, and became known as "Captain Qwark". Qwark allegedly faced many villains throughout his career, told through vid-comics among other media, though it is implied that many of these stories are exaggerated or false. Al described one story in which he had an evil twin brother Quasar Qwark, who he defeated in battle. Qwark claimed that he had embarked on many adventures for which he accepted hundreds of awards, and "only two" had involved a confrontation with a Z'Grute. He had written a book documenting his adventures entitled Muscles, Memories, and Masks: My Life as a Legend, which was handed out for free at the Intergalactic Museum of History.

In one story, he defeated the ghost pirate robot Captain Blackstar, for which he received 1,000,000,000,000 bolts, donated to the Qwark for Tots Scholarship Fund. After this, he encountered Dr. Nefarious on Rilgar, fighting off his army of Amoeboids, and confronted him later at his base after unsuccessfully trying to sneak in, where he threw Nefarious into machinery that would transform him into his robotic form. Qwark later fought the robotic Nefarious on Kerwan, thwarting an attempt to attack the city of Metropolis, though Nefarious' butler Lawrence incapacitated and imprisoned him; he managed to escape, and fled to his hideout on the Thrann Asteroid, returning when assuming Nefarious' inactivity meant he was gone for food.

Qwark became an intergalactic celebrity, and made many public appearances, including endorsing Big Al's Roboshack for commercials, and announcing winners for the Blackwater City hoverboard races.

Ratchet & Clank
Qwark was hired by Chairman Drek as the spokesperson for his new planet. Drek tasked Qwark with stopping the defect warbot Clank and his accomplice Ratchet, who posed as threats to Drek's plans. As Qwark predicted they were seeking his help, he spoke to them in his trailer on planet Rilgar in Blackwater City, and offered to train them. When they reached his headquarters on Umbris, after surviving his training course, he revealed his true intentions to them and dropped them in a pit to face the blargian snagglebeast, leaving them there to die. Ratchet was left furious by the encounter, and he no longer sought Drek's defeat but revenge against Qwark.

Ratchet and Clank later caught up to Qwark in the Gemlik Base in the orbit above planet Oltanis, where he shot Qwark's ship down using a Jet Fighter, and claimed victory. Qwark then went into hiding on Oltanis, posing as Steve McQwark, and sold Ratchet the PDA, a product that he claimed was a Gadgetron Corporation product, which was used to remotely purchase ammo from Gadgetron vendors for a higher price. As Steve McQwark, he would continue to sell bogus merchandise claiming to be Gadgetron products, including the infamous Personal Hygenator, used to fund his comeback.

Between Ratchet & Clank and Going Commando
Due to his sale of illegal merchandise, Qwark was ordered by the Galactic Court to pay 6,000,000,000 bolts to those suffering from Personal Hygenator Syndrome that caused users severe irritation and itches. Qwark kept his funds and fled to planet Pokitaru, but was placed in jail for attempting to flee the courts, before he escaped trial by flushing himself down the toilet, after which his whereabouts were unknown. He fled to the Bogon Galaxy kidnapped Abercrombie Fizzwidget, the CEO of MegaCorp, and locked him in the supply closet. He then pushed up the release date of MegaCorp's Protopet, then known as the "Experiment", before Angela Cross could tame its flaws, setting up his big comeback.

Going Commando
Disguised as Fizzwidget, Qwark attempted to oversee mass production of the Protopet, though employee Angela Cross, disguised as the "Unknown Thief", stole the Protopet and took it to her Flying Lab on planet Aranos. In response, Qwark enlisted Ratchet and Clank and transported them to the Bogon Galaxy, providing Ratchet with commando training and hiring him to chase after the thief.

Ratchet and Clank eventually acquired the Protopet from Angela and returned it to Qwark on planet Tabora, where he crushed their ship with his own and left them stranded on the planet, but made it appear accidental. After this, Qwark became less responsive to Ratchet and Clank, when they tried in vain to warn him about the dangers of the Protopet, unaware that they were intentional. Qwark invited them to meet him at his Deep Space Disposal Facility with the password "Qwarktastic", though the password simply caused the facility's defenses to attack Ratchet; Qwark again made it appear as if this were due to his incompetence implying that the password only works on certain days. Following this, Ratchet and Clank, along with Angela Cross whom they had teamed up with, gave up on contacting Fizzwidget, and thus, Qwark remained out of sight.

When they chased down the Protopet at the MegaCorp Headquarters on planet Yeedil, the female infobot warned Ratchet and Clank that Qwark was still at large, and Qwark revealed his disguise to them; he had created the Protopet menace in order to save the galaxy from them and redeem himself as a hero. When trying to use Angela's Helix-O-Morph to fix the original Protopet, he accidentally enlarged it, forcing Ratchet and Clank to defeat the Protopet, while Angela freed the real Fizzwidget and then fixed the Helix-O-Morph and transmitted its signal across the galaxy to cure other Protopets and effectively end the threat.

After this, Qwark was made to work at MegaCorp testing gadgets with other Test-Bots, and was last seen testing the Crotchitizer. However, he later returned to Solana in exile on planet Florana among the monkey tribes, becoming the Florana Tree Beast.

Up Your Arsenal
When Dr. Nefarious attacked the Solana Galaxy, President Phyronix requested Ratchet and Clank track down the Florana Tree Beast advertised in Nature's Mysteries, which was Qwark, as Qwark was the only man to have faced Nefarious and lived. When they found Qwark, he had lost his memory and believed he was a monkey, leading the two to escort him back to the Starship Phoenix where he was briefly housed with his monkey friend Skrunch. After Ratchet completed a Qwark vid-comic in front of him, Qwark regained his memory and founded the Q-Force, a team consisting of himself, Sasha Phyronix of the Starship Phoenix, his former fitness instructor Helga, racer Skidd McMarx, Big Al from the Roboshack he had formerly endorsed in his career, Skrunch, Ratchet and Clank.

Qwark coordinated several Q-Force missions, including the mission to infiltrate Nefarious' base on planet Aquatos and to defeat the Tyhrranoids on Tyhrranosis. Ratchet and Clank were often on the front lines of these missions, though he claimed to credit for the defeat of the Momma Thyrranoid in an interview with Darla Gratch. When Ratchet learned that Nefarious was hiding out in his star cruiser, the Leviathan in the Zeldrin Starport, Qwark led the mission to confront Nefarious on the ship. The ship self destructed and crashed on the planet, with Qwark going down alongside it, and was presumed dead.

Later, Ratchet and Clank reached the crash site on planet Zeldrin, they found a data disk containing the plans for the Biobliterator, Dr. Nefarious' superweapon, where Qwark's escape pod had landed. After playing through Qwark vid-comic Issue 5: The Shaming of the Q, they learned that Qwark had a hideout on the Thran Asteroid, and found him there, learning he was in exile. Qwark declined to help them defeat Nefarious, and was presumed inactive afterwards, though he later flew in on his shuttle to help Ratchet and Clank destroy the second Biobliterator on planet Mylon, saving them at the last minute. Finally, Qwark was seen watching the Secret Agent Clank movie premier along with Skrunch.

Deadlocked
Qwark did not feature in Deadlocked, though he made a cameo appearance at the end delivering a message to Ratchet and Clank, in which he claimed to still be living in blissful ignorance along with Skrunch.

Size Matters
Qwark was noticed by Clank on Pokitaru, and after Clank questioned if he should instead be with his family, Qwark explained he never knew them, and was adopted and raised by monkeys on Florana. When Luna, a girl interviewing Ratchet, was kidnapped by robots, Qwark followed Ratchet and Clank after grabbing onto their ship and following them to Ryllus. He gave them advice on their next destination in return for being allowed to use the ship's computer to research his family tree. The three later left to planet Kalido, and Qwark claimed he had found his parents on a website named "Faux-Family.com". Qwark then ran off to a Technomite factory to search for his father.

During Ratchet's time in the Dreamtime, he encountered many chainsaw wielding Qwarks as enemies.

When Ratchet and Clank caught up with Otto Destruct, the leader of the Technomites, it was revealed that Otto Destruct had fooled Qwark into believing he was his father, and Qwark closely followed his father, though Skrunch arrived with a newspaper that showed that Qwark's parents were once great heroes who had been killed by defective Technomite technology. Qwark tried to use Otto's Intelligence Machine to swap intelligence, though after Otto shrunk Qwark with a Shrink Ray, Skrunch operated it instead, swapping Otto's intelligence with Skrunch's. The miniaturised Qwark was later seen in Clank's apartment on Endako, explaining his "heroic deeds" on planet Oceana 8 to three miniature Ratchet clones.

Secret Agent Clank
Klunk anonymously paid Qwark a large sum of money to write his autobiography, leading Qwark to travel with the biographer B.A.R.N.E.Y.. Qwark then provided false stories about his heroism for the biography while following Clank with a tracking device, which would allow Klunk to keep tabs on Clank.

Qwark told B.A.R.N.E.Y. several stories, including fighting a giant robot, matching wits with the Jack of All Trades, singing in an opera house about his adventures, rescuing space nuns, and fighting wild western Cactus Beasts. Later, after Clank fought Klunk in his underwater base, Qwark arrived on scene, and accidentally activated a teleporter from which he pulled the Eye of Infinity from Klunk's satellite laser, destroying it. As B.A.R.N.E.Y. was programmed to kill Qwark if anything happened to Klunk, B.A.R.N.E.Y. transformed into an Ultra-Mech to kill Qwark, though Clank saved him.

Tools of Destruction
Qwark worked within the Planetary Defense Center on Kerwan, and following an attack from drophyd commandos led by Emperor Tachyon, requested the urgent help from Ratchet and Clank. While Ratchet and Clank tried to reach the Planetary Defense Center to defend the city, Qwark had in fact surrendered to Tachyon and went with him to the Polaris Galaxy.

While Ratchet and Clank explored Fastoon, the received a holo-vite from Qwark using an alias, encouraging them to visit the Imperial Fight Festival on Mukow, in which Qwark was now serving as the announcer. Qwark allowed Ratchet to enter using a disguise, and referred to him in the arena as "Mustachio Furioso". He would continue to serve as the announcer for the Fight Festival and allow them to anonymously compete for more prizes, and contacted them on planet Sargasso to ask them to compete for the Holo-Pirate Disguise as the next prize. He also gave them an infobot that he had found in Tachyon's underwear drawer, which featured an episode of the Polaris Compendium of Historical Importantness explaining the IRIS supercomputer.

Later on, Qwark helped Ratchet and Clank from his "Townhouse of Solitude" and provided information to help break into the Zordoom Prison to free Talwyn Apogee. After freeing her, Qwark sent them coordinates for Kerchu City on planet Jasindu that he had stolen from Tachyon's computer, where the Dimensionator was located. After Ratchet and Clank defeated Captain Slag on the Ublik Passage and siezed the Dimensionator, Qwark took the Dimensionator before the two could decide what was best to do with it, and promised to prove his worth as a superhero by hurling it into a black hole. He failed, crashed on planet Reepor, and was captured by Tachyon, who took the Dimensionator and brought the cragmites back.

Qwark had been taken to Meridian City on planet Igliak, where he had hidden and was released by Ratchet and Clank. Qwark was then freed, and returned to the Apogee Space Station where he learnt to speak pirate with Rusty Pete. After Clank was taken by the Zoni, Qwark was as surprised as the others.

Following the events of the game, Qwark recorded a movie titled My Blaster Runs Hot. Though he did not appear in Quest for Booty, near the beach on Hoolefar Island, a golden Qwark statue can be found half-buried along with copies of his book, Body By Qwark.

A Crack in Time


After joining Ratchet in his search for Clank, Qwark was soon kidnapped along with some Fongoid citizens of Zolar Forest by Lord Vorselon. He assisted Ratchet in his search to find Clank. He and the Fongoids were later freed by Ratchet. After that, he went searching on his own for alien races that could assist him and Ratchet in their search for Clank. To Qwark's misfortune, this only resulted in his kidnapping again, now by the Agorian race. Ratchet soon came and freed Qwark at the Agorian Battleplex after defeating the War Grok.

Afterwards, Qwark went his separate way again and disguised himself as a nurse named Shannon to attempt to gain Dr. Nefarious's trust at Nefarious's headquarters. Qwark then gave Ratchet, who had recently reunited with Clank, the coordinates for the headquarters. Qwark, Ratchet and Clank infiltrated Nefarious's headquarters. Qwark gave Ratchet and Clank a device that allowed Ratchet to copy the appearance of Dr. Nefarious, which allowed him to sneak into Nefarious's chamber and use Nefarious's cannon to destroy his army of ships.

Nefarious captured the three and ejected Ratchet and Clank into deep space via an asteroid, but Qwark managed to escape and, with Snowball (who he had brought along as his "pet") commenced the battle against Nefarious's troops. Returning some hours later, Ratchet and Clank defeated Nefarious and escaped to the Great Clock while Nefarious's headquarters was being blown up. Qwark, on the other hand, ended up stranded by the explosion on a small piece of rock with Snowball, who he had brought along as his "pet." Unfortunately for Qwark, Snowball began to get hungry. The game ends with Qwark running in the small piece of rock.

Issue 1: Ears of War


Captain Qwark revealed himself to have survived the War Grok's hunger and had become the new Galactic President of the Polaris galaxy.

In Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War, Captain Qwark, the new Galactic President of the Polaris Galaxy due to him taking the credit for Nefarious's defeat, arrived in a ship and the three of them go inside the garage to talk after Ratchet was saved by Clank. Ratchet then asks him if they have found Nefarious and Lawrence yet. While Qwark says Lawrence did teleport the doctor off the ship before it crashed, they have so far been unable to find him. Qwark claims his administrators can handle it. The new President then informs the heroes that they have a more serious issue: they seem to be "losing" planets.

The 3 of them go into Qwark's planet room with Ratchet puzzled as to how a planet could be lost. Qwark simply says he cannot find them, prompting the Lombax to ask what planets were missing. Terachnos, Sargasso, Cobalia, and Aranos were all confirmed to be gone. However, Ratchet wonders why Aranos from the Bogon Galaxy would be affected which leads Clank to believe it is not isolated to just Polaris. Clank then spots something on the planet room map that refers to something called the "Helios Project" and asks Qwark what it is. Qwark denies any knowledge of it, claiming it is top-secret. Ratchet then turns his attention to Talwyn, wondering if her space station has been affected as well. Qwark confirms that she is fine and wonders if Ratchet will go see her. Strangely, Ratchet pauses in a deep thought with a sad expression on his face. He says that he is not going to help them, saying he has allot of work and that someone was coming over to check the Skyburst in the morning and he had too much to do. Clank looks on at him as he walks away with a worried expression. Qwark then flew away from Veldin to an unknown location, finished trying to convince Ratchet to help out.

Issue 2: Friends With Benefits
Captain Qwark was not featured in this issue; although he was mentioned twice. The first time was when Ratchet and Clank became imprisoned by Artemis Zogg. When Ratchet and Clank were taken to their jail cell, Ratchet said, "That's it. I'm going to kill Qwark." Clank replied, "You say that at least once a year." The second time was when Ratchet was taken to be executed for getting in a fight with an Agorian. As Ratchet was being pulled away, Ratchet shouted, "Everything's gonna be fine, pal! Just do me a favor!" Clank responded, "Anything!" Ratchet ended the scene with, "Kill Qwark for me!"

Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
The comic begins with a flashback taking place ten months in Meridian City before the current events. Qwark is taken to Artemis Zogg during his campaign trail for Galactic President of the Polaris Galaxy. Artemis asks Qwark to support Qwark during his campaign trail, and Qwark agrees. Artemis accidentally drops a few papers, and Qwark offers to pick them up. He asks what the first paper is, and Zogg replies, "I call it the Helios Program." The flashback ends and soon after Ratchet walks into a room with Qwark arguing with Sasha of how Artemis Zogg stole half of the galaxy. When Ratchet enters with Talwyn and Clank Qwark tries to sneak his way out. Ratchet stops Qwark, mentioning he lied to Ratchet. Qwark then says it's part of his job as president to lie. Before Qwark tried to leave again, Clank mentioned, "Zogg would like to know what you think of the Helios Project." Qwark attempted to lie again, but then finally admitted, "Alright. I may have some idea." The flashback continued, from Zogg presenting Qwark a comet shard, falling through Fastoon hundreds of years ago. Qwark asks what it is, and after Zogg replies, Qwark mentions, "Those words were very sciency." Zogg continued, saying how it can travel through space and time, and the exact shard Zogg had was used for Dimensionators by the Lombaxes during the Great War. Vorn told Zogg they were ready to begin the Helios Program, as Zogg continued explaining. Once they arrived, Zogg presented Helios to Qwark. The flashback ended again, Qwark nowhere to be found. Sometime later, the flashback continued, taking place nine months ago. Qwark was by himself, as his director for Unicop, Cyrus came in. He persuaded Qwark to take position of Galactic President while the election was still running, describing Zogg as "old," also mentioning "We need new blood, not some delusional Markazian who thinks that he is going to save the Galaxy." Cyrus continued, "Say it out loud and tell me it does not sound right." "Galactic President Captain Qwark." Qwark thought aloud. "Close enough." Cyrus stated. As Artemis Zogg was giving the crowd his speech for Galactic President, Qwark stepped in, giving his own speech. Artemis continued his speech to the crowd after Qwark spoke, saying, "People of Polaris, as your savior, I would like to offer my humble endorsement…" Qwark interrupted, "to myself! Captain Qwark! Your next Galactic President!" Qwark presumably became Galactic President a while after, as the flashback ending.

All 4 One
"There is no danger, everything is under control."

- Qwark on the Nefarious situation

After he became president, Qwark was interviewed by Kip Darling on the search for Dr. Nefarious, whose status had been upgraded from 'dead' to 'alive and at large'. Qwark explained his search method to be a matter of simply looking out his office and asking anyone he saw about Nefarious, and demonstrating with a passing Zephyr. As a result of this 'investigation', Qwark confidently assured the viewing public that there was no danger.

Later on, Qwark received an call that he was to receive the 'Intergalactic Tool of Justice award' for defeating a Light-Eating Z'Grute. In spite of the "cloak and dagger-y" nature of the caller, the fact that he had done no such thing, and that there was no such award before, Qwark went to the city of Luminopolis with Ratchet and Clank to accept an Intergalactic Tool of Justice award from an anonymous character. Qwark dismissed Ratchet and Clank's concerns and suspicious as them being unused to "the spoils of do-goodery," and arrived at where the award ceremony was to take place; at a poorly built podium underneath the Z'Grute sealed in cryosleep. It was revealed to be a trap set up by Dr. Nefarious, who planned on reanimating the Z'Grute and having it eat the heroes. However, Lawrence made a strategic retreat and Qwark, Nefarious, Ratchet and Clank banded together to bring down the beast. After the battle, Qwark confronted Nefarious for his actions. Then, a mysterious ship appeared in the skies of Luminopolis, something that Nefarious admitted to having no connection to. There was a flash of light, and Qwark lost consciousness. The group awoke in an unfamiliar facility, hanging upside-down from the ceiling. Qwark in particular had been roped together rather crookedly, tangled in the energy-streams. On Ratchet's suggestion, he used his free hand to smack Nefarious, who had once again frozen up and playing soap operas. A little girl named Susie freed the group, and the four of them made their way through the facility. In one room they came across several more of the tool Susie used; a letter Qwark discovered ("And it's been written in macaroni!") told them that the tools were Vac-Us. Absent-mindedly pushing the trigger, Qwark ended up suctioning and shooting Nefarious across the room. The evil doctor was furious, but Clank insisted that the four of them needed to work together to survive, which Qwark agreed with; "For the sake of own survival, and for drama, we must set aside our petty squabbles and act as a singular unit!" But Nefarious refused to accept Qwark's offer of a handshake, adding, "For now."

Escaping the lab, the gang received a call from Cronk and Zephyr; they had been taken to a planet called Magnus, and the two robots had followed them from Luminopolis. Qwark eagerly asked how soon he would be rescued, belatedly adding the rest of the group. Unfortunately, the robotic duo's ship was now trapped in Magnus's asteroid belt, and they would be unable to actually provide any more help than info and beamed-down weaponry.

Making their way to Susie's village, the gang learned that they ship that took them to Magnus was called Ephemirus, and it had been bringing dangerous predators to the planet for years. Although reluctant to help with the problem at first, Ratchet agreed when he learned that Susie had lost her parents because of Ephemirus's actions. Qwark on the other hand was even more reluctant to journey into the dangerous jungles before them, but recanted when Ratchet pointed out that saving the planet would improve his approval rating by a few thousand voters.

As they made their way across the planet, they learned that the troubles with Emphemirus had begun when a Dr. Croid's experiments in creatures had been stolen by his partner, Dr. Nevo. While exploring Dr. Croid's old Paradoxology lab for his help, Nefarious tried to push Qwark into a pit, but missed and almost fell, ironically saved by Qwark himself, who felt that given the circumstances, the doctor would have done the same for Qwark. Nefarious was unsure how to respond.

When they became stranded in a frozen tundra with apparently no way to escape, Qwark fell and apologized for picking on Nefarious in high school, to which Nefarious admitted to thinking, in spite of hoping the Blarg would kill him, as a friend, giving Qwark a wrench the Captain assumed was an Intergalactic Tool of Justice Award. The wrench turned out to be a tool of The Plumber, who fixed a railway that would take the four to Uzo city, where Dr. Nevo was located.

In Uzo City, they learned that the true villain wasn't Nevo, but Mr. Dinkles, Croid's pet that had been possessed by the Loki. Upon defeat, The Loki attempted to possess Qwark, but was knocked back by Nefarious. After Croid and Nevo rekindled their friendship, the group met up with Cronk and Zephyr, who had been saved by Lawrence. Lawrence hoped go back to working for Nefarious again, but Qwark butted in, declaring that by fighting against an enemy that was neither robot or squishie, they had developed a bond that went beyond good or evil, realizing too late that Nefarious had stolen Cronk and Zephyr's ship with Lawrence. Still trapped on Magnus, Ratchet announced his intention to use Ephemirus. Clank pointed out that it was illegal to pilot weaponized drones in Luminopolis, but Ratchet replied that the penalty wasn't too bad, and that Qwark could pardon them, which Qwark declared were, "Perks of the job!"

What Qwark didn't realize that his little speech might of had a sliver of truth to it, as Nefarious kept the group picture taken upon their victory.

Full Frontal Assault
Qwark, no longer Galactic President due to his defeat at elections, had retired, devoting his life back to whatever heroic work needed, and reforming the QForce. He spent much of his time on the Starship Phoenix II with Ratchet and Clank, searching for something he could shoot. Ratchet pretended that the cleaner bots in the hold were rouge to cheer him up. He was then contacted by a disguised Stuart Zurgo via holo-graphic projection, a former fan who was captain of the Qwark Cadets Fanclub, who Qwark had let down and who wanted revenge. He told Qwark that he had disabled the Planetary Defence Centers on three planets in the sector he was in. Zurgo also informed them that he would deactivate all the Planetary Defence Centres in the Polaris Galaxy if he found so much as a single Polaris Defence trooper on any of the planets, and would only permit Ratchet, Clank and Qwark being present. Once the first Planetary Defence Center was activated Zurgo contacted the group again, with a moving holo-projector with a message. After Ratchet challenged Zurgo to reveal his identity Zurgo removed his mask and Qwark realised his identity. After saving all the Planetary Defense Centers Qwark, Rachet, and Clank received a distress signal on the first planet they saved, and found that The Plumber was in trouble there, with a broken ship. They immediately realised that someone up to no good was on the Starship Pheonix II, as they thought The Plumber was there before they saw him crashed on the planet. It turned out to be Zurgo, who revealed his intentions for wanting to kill Qwark as being "good for the universe," describing his emotions as feeling Qwark should not be able to cause harm to the universe and get away with it. Zurgo then impersonated Qwark in a phone call to the Polaris Defence Force while activating the Galactic Weather Grid to cover the entire planet of Ebaro in a giant snowstorm and frame Qwark for it. Once the team destroyed the Planetary Defence Center on Ebaro to stop the snowstorm, they traced Zurgo to his Lair of Doom and confronted him, eventually defeating Zurgo. While taking Zurgo away Qwark persuaded Ratchet to allow him to go "Yay, QForce," but Qwark raised his arms up while doing so, which threw Zurgo off the bridge they were walking along. The game ended with Qwark talking with Ratchet about trying to deal with pirates, and receiving a response of needing to clear Qwark's name first.

The "Savior" Arrives
"Did someone say something about a savior?"

- Captain Qwark

"No… Actually, yes! That was us that said that!"

- Ratchet

When Ratchet and Clank ended up planet Yerek in the Zarkov Sector following the destruction of the Cronk, Zephyr and Nebulox Seven Prison Ship during the escape of Vendra Prog by her brother Neftin Prog with the aid of Thugs-4-Less, Talwyn Apogee sent Captain Qwark to assist and bring the duo's ship, the Aphelion.

Rushing toward Yerek as fast as possible in his ship. Towing Aphelion, Qwark contacted Ratchet and Clank that he was coming to assist them. Ratchet dismissed Qwark's support while he fled Nethers in some caves below the Meero Orphanage. Qwark; however, insisted he was coming, anyway, and continued to race toward the planet.

Once he entered Yerek's atmosphere, he searched for the duo within Meero Ruins. He quickly spotted them near a cliff, unable to flee and being chased by two Netherwarriors. Qwark moved in on their position and quickly hit the brakes on his ship, causing Aphelion to bump into his ship. Open the cockpit canopy of his ship, Qwark boldly asked who had asked for a savior. Ratchet admitted (grudgingly) that the duo had called for the "savior" Qwark. With that, Qwark activated a tractor beam that grabbed Ratchet and Clank, and he took off to find a landing spot to disembark.

Eventually, he landed his ship in the Meero City Center, and he and Ratchet and Clank all disembarked to talk. Qwark gave his condolences to Ratchet, knowing how much Cronk and Zephyr had meant to him and noted they were true heroes. Ratchet to thanked Qwark for showing sympathy, but Qwark then grabbed Ratchet in a big bear hug. He told Ratchet that it was okay to cry about the loss of his friends while Ratchet struggled to breathe. Eventually, Ratchet was able to free himself from Qwark's grasp, and he told Qwark he had enough of the hug.

Ratchet informed Qwark that the Progs were using a crudely built Dimensionator, and asking Qwark whether the real (and broken) Dimensionator was safe, as he feared the Progs would make an attempt to take the real one. Qwark insisted that the real Dimensionator was being displayed at the Intergalactic Museum of History, adding it was nearly impossible to steal. Clank suggested to Ratchet and Qwark that they should destroy the Prog Dimensionator in order to prevent the Progs from bringing in any more Nethers, believing the Progs took it to planet Silox.

Trouble on Igliak
He then later helped Neftin Prog and Pollyx fix the Dimensionator while the Nethers invaded planet Igliak. During the fight with Mr. Eye, Qwark gave Ratchet some "helpful" advice, which was basically combat moves Ratchet already knew and was using.

Muscles, Memories, and Masks: My Life as a Legend
Muscles, Memories, and Masks: My Life as a Legend was a book made by Qwark.

This book was handed out for free at the Intergalactic Museum of History.

Appearance
Qwark is a large human-like person who constantly wears his green Q-Force Uniform, even going so far as to wear it under his president suit dueing his time as president. The uniform consists of green tights with a blue stripe down the middle and a blue and black atom with a lightning bolt that vaguely resembles the letter Q. He also wears a yellow belt on his waist and has an antenna on his head. During a cutscene in A Crack in Time, Qwark mentions a tribal tattoo he received while he was on Planet Florana.

Personality
Qwark is a selfish coward, who would do whatever it takes to keep his status of a "superhero." For example, he takes credit for things he has not done, as seen in his interactions with B.A.R.N.E.Y..

Early in his career Qwark was an undeniable fraud, being totally unethical and willing to kill and betray others for the sake of his endorsements and publicity. He was perfectly willing to endorse Drek's new planet despite the obvious devastation the harvesting process was crating, and the fact that some planets were even doomed to fall out of orbit and into their respective suns, potentially killing billions.

After his defeat at the hands of Ratchet and Clank, Qwark's personality did not improve. He attempted to sell fraudulent Gagetron products that were not only defective but also dangerous. In an effort to restore his media image stole the identity of Abercrombie Fizzwidget and published the dangerous Protopet just so that he could then destroy it and "save the galaxy."

Because of his low intelligence and greed Qwark was very dull and easy to manipulate, as shown in his interactions with Drek, Otto, and even Ratchet. The simple act of promising him an increase in favor is often enough to convince Qwark to brave great dangers in pursuit of glory, although he usually takes the easy way to it, often relying on others to accomplish the mission while he takes the credit. These same traits also tend to win Qwark enemies due to his egotistical blundering, best shown in his relationship with Dr. Nefarious, whom he had bullied as a child and inadvertently drove him down the path to villainy.

Following his spell of amnesia and recovery in Up Your Arsenal, Qwark's personality seemed to change for the better. While still egotistical, selfish and moronic, he was no longer malicious and any negative outcomes from his actions tended to be from ineptitude or sheer accident. In spite of this he did prove to be useful on occasion. He aided Ratchet and Clank by spying on Emperor Tachyon as his "confidant" and attempting to aid citizens affected by alien invasions, although it was largely in an effort to avoid danger and gain publicity.

However, on several rare occasions, Captain Qwark would act like a true hero without any ulterior motive or gain in the process. When Ratchet and Clank were about to be killed by Nefarious inside his Biobliterator for example, Qwark arrived out of nowhere in his starship to save the duo from being killed. He also refused to kill Snowball the War Grok despite the beast's previous attempts at devouring him and Ratchet, going so far to put his life on the line at the hands of the Agorians, merely asking that they name a building, such as school after him. He even saved Dr. Nefarious from falling to his death, even though Nefarious was his nemesis (and had in fact, had attempted to kill Qwark during that same moment). He had also saved Ratchet and Clank from the Nethers on Yerek.

Qwark's ego probably betrayed him the worst when he became Galactic President, making him a dangerous enemy in the form of Artemis Zogg and attracting the attention of Dr. Nefarious, who attempted to lure him into a trap with the fictitious "Tool of Justice" award, wherein he was almost killed by a Light-Eating Z'Grute.

Names
"Subject 23A please report for crotchitizer testing."

- MegaCorp testing facility announcer.


 * Names
 * Steve McQwark
 * Abercrombie Fizzwidget
 * Florana Tree Beast
 * Nurse Shannon
 * Strong Jaw
 * Stefan Qwarkanopolus
 * Finnegan O'Qwarksalot
 * Walter Qwarkowski
 * Herschel Qwarkenstein
 * John Quincy Qwark
 * Lucius Von Qwark
 * Shirley Bigguns
 * Porky Qwarky


 * Titles
 * Captain Qwark
 * Galactic President Qwark
 * President Captain Qwark
 * Former President Qwark
 * Nt nt wak wak (Translated from the Nabla Native's tongue as "He With Mighty Pecks Who Hath Delivered Us From Serenity")


 * Other
 * Subject 23A - Qwark's designation while working for MegaCorp.

Steve McQwark
Steve McQwark was one of Qwark's more infamous aliases. Steve McQwark was apparently a Gadgetron seller who once sold a PDA to Ratchet on Planet Oltanis after his first defeat by Ratchet, Ratchet knew he was Qwark but Qwark insisted he was "Steve." He then donned a pink mustache to better his disguise and went on to sell 1,000,000 faulty Personal Hygenators, he claimed that they were Gadgetron products but this was a lie. Qwark abandoned his disguise as Steve when he had earned enough bolts to finance his return as Captain Qwark, by causing a threat to appear in the Bogon Galaxy and thus earn a new fanbase.

This name is presumably a reference to American actor Steve McQueen.

Nurse Shannon
Perhaps Qwark's most famous disguise was as "the lovely Nurse Shannon." Qwark utilized this disguise to "infiltrate" the Nefarious Space Station, Qwark believed that Nefarious fell for it, but in reality Nefarious's eye dropped out in shock at Qwark's sheer stupidity. Qwark's Nurse Shannon disguise would go on to appear as a skin in All 4 One and Full Frontal Assault.

Crotchitizer
During the events of Going Commando, Captain Qwark participated in an experiment at the Testing Facility owned by MegaCorp, in which a device known as the Crotchitizer was used on him. Why this device was made or what it does is unknown, but Qwark may have an addiction to it considering that there is evidence of him using it throughout the series. E.g., Ratchet and Clank found a still-warm pocket Crotchitizer in Qwark's escape pod Zeldrin in Up your Arsenal and in All 4 One Qwark claimed to have modified his Crotchitizer with a vibrate setting called "the happy platypus."

Skills, abilities, and weapons
"Ah! Pain; my Achilles Heel!"

- Qwark

Although Qwark was cowardly and feared fighting, he was a fairly powerful character. Qwark had a high degree of superhuman strength, as he was able to throw Ratchet on the floor with one hand and smash through a wall with a single kick. In his video explaining his HQ in Ratchet & Clank he was shown lifting ten tons with a single arm, and also hold back a large boulder while on a cliff. By the time of Ratchet & Clank Qwark avoided ground combat; however, by the time of All 4 One his combat skills had improved greatly. He favored the "crouching kitten style of fighting" in combat, and his "fighting style" combined with his physical strength allowed him to take down large robots, monsters, and vehicles with just his punches. Qwark managed to face off against the likes of great fighters like Ratchet and Nefarious and survive the battles, with him being noted as the only person by the time of Up Your Arsenal to have faced Nefarious in combat and lived.

Qwark was also apparently capable of flying, or at least used to be. He was shown flying away from a Snagglebeast in his video explaining his HQ, and flies into his starfighter just as he is about to fight Ratchet. However, he is shown to be unable to fly anymore in later games.

Besides his on-ground abilities, he has skills piloting ships, with him being a surprisingly competent pilot. He was given a large and powerful starfighter by Drek, although it was shot down by Ratchet. His favored ship is green (or sometimes orange) with a Q logo on it, much like his blaster. He also owned a blarg helicopter which had an automated machine gun turret on the bottom of it, as shown in the first game.

Qwark claimed to be a master of disguise, although he was often noted to be terrible at it, using disguises and personas that made it clear that he was Captain Qwark, including his "Steve McQwark" and "Nurse Shannon" personas. Qwark's failure at disguising himself was in part due to never removing his signature Q-Force uniform, even while disguised. He did; however, one manage to pull off a disguise efficiently, when he masqueraded as the MegaCorp CEO Abercrombie Fizzwidget, he was able to pull this off near effortlessly, tricking everyone on the Bogon Galaxy into thinking he mas Mr. Fizzwidget, his only faults were that he would say incoherent words in an attempt to copy Fizzwidget's speaking pattern, and also said "Qwarktastic" on occasion.

Qwark also claimed to be a master "strategerist" (strategist). He would often form plans he considered efficient and elaborate via drawing out the plan using crayons on paper, these plans were often exaggerated, crazy, and occasionally featured unrelated and random additions. However, despite this Qwark's plans had a high success rate, though this was entirely due to the fact that they were undertaken by the highly skilled intergalactic heroes Ratchet and Clank, as Qwark would almost always make the two of them the only people to partake in the plan, the only actual usage of Qwark's plan being that Qwark knew the layout of the area the operation would take place in.

Qwark had numerous weapons, he was seen often with his personalized blaster painted orange (or green) with his Q logo on it, he also a Taunter as shown in the first game, and a Lancer as shown in the second game. As the Florana tree beast he possessed a boomerang and a chieftain mask that allowed him to command the Nabla Natives. In Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, he obtained a large arsenal of weapons, including his own RYNO VI Protosuit. His special weapon in All 4 One was his Quantum Deflector.

Arguably one of Qwark's greatest traits was his uncanny ability to survive. Qwark has survived being eaten alive on at least three separate occasions, being attacked by highly dangerous creatures like the Grivelnox, and combat built robots like the Collector Minions, he also somewhow managed to survive his battle with Nefarious in the past, and also his ship being sent spiralling from the Moonbase to Oltanis's Gorda City after he was defeated by Ratchet, and crashing into the planet's surface. In Ratchet & Clank Qwark is shown to be able to survive in space, and does not need an oxygen mask to breathe, (later claiming that this is due to being able to hold his breathe for long periods of time), and is even able to talk normally while in space. In A Crack In Time Qwark and his pet War Grok Snowball survived the explosion of the Nefarious Space Station unharmed (though he was not in the station he was on a nearby asteroid, so only some of the blast would still have hit him), and afterwards survived being attacked and also eaten by the War Grok long enough to be saved by Galactic forces. In All 4 One, Qwark was capable of surviving several bolts of lightning - as shown during the Fearsome Foursome's attempt to destroy the W.A.S.P.

Qwark also somehow has the ability to shrink down to a small size, and then regrow back to his normal size. When he is small he is able to attach himself to Clank's back like a backpack.

Qwark was also able to speak the language of the Cyclophic monkies.

Mini Qwark
Qwark possessed the ability to shrink himself down into a Mini Qwark, in this state he was small enough to fit in the palm of someone's hand and was able to attach himself to the likes of Clank as a backpack (similar to Clank with Ratchet).

As an enemy
Qwark appears as a boss in the first Ratchet & Clank game, piloting Captain Qwark's Ship at the Gemlik Base. He was also a boss in Up Your Arsenal, as the Florana Tree Beast on Florana.

Qwark appeared as a regular enemy in the Dreamtime level of Size Matters. Mini Qwarks later appeared as enemies in Clank's subconscious in A Crack in Time.

Character Summaries
"Captain Qwark: not the brightest star in the universe."

- Survival Guide Character Description

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Qwark appears again in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale on the Metropolis stage. He will walk around flexing his muscles and admiring the golden statue of himself. When the Hydra comes up and destroys many buildings, it will throw Qwark away. Qwark later returns and battles the Hydra, Qwark manages to defeat the Hydra.

Qwark is also mentioned by Ratchet and Clank at the end of their story in Arcade mode, stating Qwark would have loved the little tournament that the duo found themselves in, but mentioned it probably was for the best he was not there, since he was most likely still mad at Ratchet for packing him a pair of Stunderwear before the events of the game.

Action figure
An action figure of Qwark was released January 22, 2010 along with Skrunch.

Behind the scenes
Qwark was voiced by Jim Ward. Ironically, Armin Shimerman (the voice actor of Qwark's nemesis, Nefarious) once played a character in Star Trek named Quark.

Quarks are elementary particles that make up protons and neutrons in atoms, hence the Q logo resembles a molecule.

Ratchet & Clank (movie)
Qwark made his first appearance on the big screen in April 2016 in the Ratchet &amp; Clank movie.He appeared in the announcement teaser. He keeps the Future series style model.

Species
Qwark's species is unknown, although many people have suggested species, and there is ongoing speculation about what planet or race he originated from. In the first Ratchet & Clank (2002 game) game, he was thought to be Blarg, due to the fact his nose was barely visible, he has an "antenna" and had a similar figure to the Blarg Commanders and other enemies and he has 3 fingers. This remained unlikely, because his eyes did not glow, and in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, his image was updated to prove he had a nose. He also had hands with three fingers on each of them, which humans do not have. In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, while Qwark is in his living area, looking closely at his face shows that he has a large blond beard, meaning he has blond hair like his parents. On some screens however, his hair appears to be near white in color.

Trivia

 * At the end of the first Qwark vid-comic it was revealed that he is allergic to prunes, though this could have been a lie that he made up to trash the complimentary gift basket that he was awarded with.
 * At the Zeldrin Starport, Captain Qwark and Skrunch had an argument over an incident back on Florana. During the first part of the exchange, Qwark stated "I thought we left that monkey business back in the jungle?" After Skrunch got even more furious, Qwark yelled in exasperation that "It was the mating season! How could I have known she was your sister?" Implying that he tried to copulate with a monkey.
 * In Ratchet: Deadlocked, there was an unlockable cheat called 'Kill Qwark!', which turned DZ Strikers into Qwark-looking robots.
 * Although Captain Qwark is a major character in the Ratchet &amp; Clank series, in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Ratchet: Deadlocked, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction he appears only in cutscenes.
 * When Qwark dropped Ratchet and Clank into the snagglebeast's chamber he said: I love it when a plan comes together, a reference to Hannibal's famous catchphrase off The A-Team.
 * Qwark owned his own channel that featured shows starring him. He also appears on Blarg TV in Galaxy's Funniest Superhero Bloopers falling down a flight of stairs in Metropolis, as well as regularly appearing on the radio.
 * Qwark did not know how to swim and revealed it in Zolar Forest. Strangely, in one of the scenes in Secret Agent Clank he dived into Hydrano's water and started to swim, his suit must of been occupied at the time.
 * Qwark was Number 97 of Solana's 100 most eligible bachelors.
 * Qwark tested the Crotchitizer in Going Commando. The fact that he has a portable version on him in Up Your Arsenal indicated he might be addicted to it.
 * During Quest for Booty Qwark was filming his holo-film, My Blaster Runs Hot and during A Crack in Time he was advertising My Blaster Runs Hot on Holo-Vision and on Space Radio.
 * Also advertised on Space Radio was the film Unicop also starring Captain Qwark.
 * Qwark seemed to have the ability to breathe in space which was shown through some of the games. An example of this was when he confronted Ratchet and Clank on Drek's Gemlik Moonbase orbitting Oltanis. While Ratchet had to wear an O2 Mask, Qwark was completely comfortable without any sort of breathing apparatus. Also in Size matters, Qwark hung on to Ratchet's ship while in space. This trend continues as shown in the ending of A Crack in Time when he was floating through space on a chunk of rock. He claims he can hold his breath for a long time in the Qwark Vid comics, when he follows Dr Nefarious to his lair on Magmos by clinging onto the side of his shuttle.
 * A Qwark themed drive through could be seen in Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War.
 * Captain Qwark once challenged a seven-year-old to a spelling bee and lost.
 * His laser pistol seemed highly effective against Agorians, as most times he could score one-shot kills on Agorian enemies, despite generally not being an effective combatant.
 * Qwark has the power to shrink in All 4 One. This is presumed to be an after effect from Size Matters.
 * If you walked through the wall near Qwark's trailer in Blackwater City, you could see a model of Qwark standing on floor.
 * According to Nefarious in Qwark's vid comics, Qwark was still in the ninth-grade at age 26.
 * During the cutscene named The last Holo-Diary in Ratchet and Clank: All for One, Qwark falls down due to lack of energy after defating the Wigwump. When he falls down, two gold Qwark logos like the one on his chest are visible on the bottom of his shoes.
 * On the nosey news magazine in Ratchet & Clank (2002 game) Qwark's name is incorrectly spelled "Quark."
 * President Qwark used taxpayer money to ad a Weather Grid to the Planetary Defense Centers across the Polaris Galaxy,to make the weather nice whenever he visited them. Ironically, Zurgo used the Weather Grid againest Qwark in a plot to frame Captain Qwark as an insteller terrorist.
 * Early in development, demonstrated by the concept art on the right, Qwark originally wore a red suit, and Dave Guertin was choosing between a lightning bolt emblem, a happy face emblem on his chest, or his "Q" symbol, which succeeded in his decision. He was also choosing between blue and red luminescent eyes. However, this was all dropped, and he was given his trademark green suit, Q emblem, and normal eyes. This was because at the time, Blasto was a popular franchise on the original PlayStation, and Insomniac wanted to avoid having too many comparison between Qwark and Blasto's title character.
 * In the PDA Cutscene from the Ratchet & Clank Collection, due to a graphic error at the end of the cutscene, Qwark's pupils inexplicably disappear.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank (2002 game)
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
 * Ratchet &amp; Clank comic series
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 2: Friends with Benefits
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 5: Multiple Organisms
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 6: Bros Before Foes
 * Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
 * Ratchet & Clank Collection
 * Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
 * Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus
 * Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus
 * Ratchet & Clank (2016 game)
 * Ratchet & Clank (2016 movie)


 * Other
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
 * Secret Agent Clank


 * Non-canon
 * Ratchet & Clank Manga: Volume 1
 * Ratchet & Clank Manga: Volume 2
 * 8-bit Mini-Mayhem
 * Copernicus Qwark's Awesomely Epic 3D Adventure Through Time & Space