Bouncer

The Bouncer was a Megacorp weapon that fired a large bomb that released lots of smaller homing bombs when it exploded. The Bouncer upgraded to the Heavy Bouncer which shot an even bigger bomb that released even bigger bomblets. However, it had a very slow fire rate.

Similarities
Many games after Up Your Arsenal included mods could make other weapons work like the Bouncer or weapons that worked like the Bouncer. The Mini-Bomb Mod from Deadlocked added Bouncer functionality to some weapons, and there was a Barrage Upgrade for the Constructo Bomb in A Crack in Time that did the same thing. In Tools of Destruction the Fusion Bomb contained bomblets called Intelli-Seeking Pyrocidic Nitroballs.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
Slim Cognito managed to get a hold of a Bouncer and offered to sell it to Ratchet for 150,000 bolts on Aquatos after he had landed on the Thran Asteroid.

Ratchet & Clank (PS4)
The Bouncer will be given to those who pre-order the game.

Megacorp Weapons Emporium Description
Bouncer: Destroy your enemies with these elastically explosive bombs!

Weapons Description
''The Bouncer fires a big round ballistic bomblet which bursts into a barrage of smaller ballistic bouncy bomblets. Especially useful in situations where lots of enemies are huddled together.''

Trivia

 * In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the Bouncer's bomb looked different than in Going Commando. The bomb was also bigger and spawned more bomblets.
 * In Ratchet: Deadlocked, Shellshock had a very similar attack, but his attack automatically deployed the small bombs, instead of a single big bomb sending out the little ones.
 * In PlayStation Move Heroes, the bombs explode on contact with an enemy and doesn't release bomblets.
 * The Bouncer's unique trait proved to be a popular one. many weapons later have similar modifications added to their ballistics.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet & Clank (PS4) (Pre-Order Bonus)

Non-canon

 * PlayStation Move Heroes