Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (often simply referred to as Going Commando) is a 3D platform game for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony in 2003. It is the second game in the Ratchet & Clank series.

For it's North American release by SCEA, the game was given the title of Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. Since the "Going Commando" subtitle was deemed too rude for releases outside North America, SCEE gave it the title Ratchet & Clank 2 for the European release, while the UK release received a new subtitle: Locked and Loaded. The Japanese release of the game went by the name ''Ratchet and Clank 2: GaGaGa! Commandos of the Galaxy''.

Story
After defeating Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek, Ratchet and Clank became celebrities. However, things started cooling down after a while. After an interview with Behind the Hero, Ratchet and Clank are transported to the Bogon Galaxy by the founder and CEO of Megacorp (a company that makes everything from household appliances to heavy weaponry), a man by the name of Abercrombie Fizzwidget (who has a tendency to use malapropisms and often makes up words). It appears that a masked "dupliferous criminal mastermind" has stolen a valuable experiment-a cute blue fuzzball.

Clank is reluctant to partake in another adventure, so Ratchet goes solo while infiltrating the thief's ship. The Thief then hires Thugs-4-Less (their motto is "If it ain't broke, we'll break it") for protection. The dastardly thief also kidnaps Clank! After Ratchet comes to Clank's rescue, Clank has no choice but to go along with Ratchet.

Ratchet confronts the thief on planet Siberius. He defeats the thief, reclaims the Experiment, and returns it to Mr. Fizzwidget. After Mr. Fizzwidget accidentally ejects our heroes from his ship, the thief approaches, demanding the experiment, not realizing that Ratchet doesn't have it. When the thief falls off of his ship (falling about 5 feet), his mask comes off, and it's revealed that he is... a she! And a Lombax to boot! Angela (that's her name) warns that the experiment will ultimately doom the galaxy.

On planet Dobbo, Ratchet and Clank discover that Angela's claims are true, and try to persuade Fizzwidget to destroy the experiment, but their efforts are in vain. The duo then stumble across an ad for the "Protopet" (the experiment), which is being prepared for mass release. At this point, it is revealed that Thugs-4-Less terminated their contract with Angela and have been hired by Megacorp to "protect" Mr. Fizzwidget.

On planet Boldan, Ratchet and Clank are captured for "attempting to bump off" Mr. Fizzwidget. They are sent to a prison on Planet Aranos. After being freed by one of Clank's admirers (a pink female robot, which is also revealed later on as an Infobot), they head to Thugs-4-Less HQ to free Angela, who was also captured by the thugs. Our heroes vanquish the thug leader and free Angela. Eventually, the three of them go to Megacorp HQ to end the Protopet menace once and for all.

After they get there, the female Infobot reveals that Captain Qwark (the disgraced superhero from R&C1) created the Protopets to restore his reputation. Fizzwidget appears, and in a surprising plot twist, he is actually Qwark in disguise! He takes Angela's Helix-o-morph (a gadget that will repair the fatal flaw in the Protopet) and zaps the original Protopet. But something goes wrong, and the original Protopet mutates into a gigantic monster. When Ratchet finally defeats the Protopet, Clank discovers that the batteries are in backwards in the Helix-o-morph. Angela corrects this also via amplifying the device with Megacorp's TV transponders and zaps the original, ending the threat once and for all. The real Fizzwidget appears. It turns out he's been tied up in a closet this whole time, and he speaks perfect English as well (no malapropisms, no made-up words).

Everyone else lives happily, except Qwark. He gets a job in the Megacorp Testing Facility, acting as a test dummy for gadgets like the Crotchitizer.

Characters

 * Ratchet: A Lombax from planet Veldin, Ratchet is good with his wrench and is skilled with heavy weapons. He's energetic and craves adventure.
 * Clank: An error in a production facility resulted in Clank's creation. He's intelligent but also very naive.
 * Abercrombie Fizzwidget: Founder and CEO of Megacorp. He seems absentminded and easily distracted. He also has a tendency to use malapropisms and make up words.
 * Angela Cross: A former Megacorp employee in the genetics department. She worked on the original Protopet but quit after Megacorp decided to release the Protopet, even with its flaws. She then put on a mask equipped with some kind of voice-distorting device (her voice sounds like a male robot's voice with the mask on) and steals the protopet in hopes of obliterating it before it can be mass-produced. A female Lombax.
 * Captain Qwark: A down-and-out superhero. After his defeat at the hands of Ratchet and Clank, he sold gadgets he claimed were from Gadgetron, but a flaw in the Personal Hygienator caused severe irritation in sensitive areas. He was imprisoned for his crimes, but flushed himself to freedom. He's out there, somewhere, plotting his comeback.
 * Slim Cognito: A merchant who deals in "legally ambiguous" modifications to weapons and spaceships. All you see are his eyes.
 * The Plumber: A recurring character in the Ratchet & Clank series. The first time you meet him in any of the games, he's showing off his plumber's crack. He also seems to be aware of the fact that he appears in every game except for Deadlocked.

Bogon Galaxy Bosses

 * Swamp Monster 1 (Planet Oozla, Megacorp Outlet)
 * Chainblade (Maktar Nebula, Maktar Resort)
 * B2 Brawler (Maktar Nebula, Maktar Resort)
 * Thugs-4-Less Leader: Chopper (Planet Endako, Megapolis)
 * Mysterious Thief (Planet Siberius, Frozen Base)
 * Thugs-4-Less Leader: UltraMech 1 (Dobbo Orbit, Lunar City)
 * Arachnoid (Planet Joba, Megacorp Games)
 * Megapede (Planet Joba, Megacorp Games)
 * Swamp Monster 2 "Argus" (Planet Oozla, Megacorp Outlet, after returning with the Gravity Boots)
 * Thugs-4-Less Leader: UltraMech 2 (Planet Snivelak, Thug HQ)
 * Alien Saucer (Damosel Orbit, Moon City)
 * Mutant Protopet (Planet Yeedil, Protopet Factory) (This one is the final boss)