Ratchet

"Typical Lombax... So noble. So courageous. AND SO VERY DEAD!!!"

- Emperor Percival Tachyon

Ratchet was a Lombax native to Kyzil Plateau on the planet Veldin. In Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet is voiced by Mikey Kelley. In the following Ratchet & Clank games, he is voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Ratchet was 5 feet tall and, as of Ratchet: Deadlocked, weiged 97.5lbs (44.3kgs).

Ratchet & Clank
Before the beginning of his first adventure, Ratchet was finishing the construction of his ship. Dreaming of wild adventures in the galaxy, the Lombax was quite disappointed when HelpDesk informed him that he needed a robotic ignition system to start his ship, something he did not have. However, Ratchet noticed a ship falling from the sky and crash-landing onto the Kyzil Plateau, and upon exploration of the debris found Clank. The diminutive robot showed Ratchet an Infobot video of Supreme Executive Chairman Drek's plans of destroying planet Novalis to make a new planet for his species, the Blarg. Clank helped Ratchet start his ship in return for a trip to Novalis, where the little robot would begin looking for the hero Captain Qwark, in order to stop Drek's plans. Ratchet decided to come along for the adventure. The duo were shot down over Novalis and talked to the planet's chairman in order to borrow his Courier Ship and obtain coordinates for the capital city of the planet Kerwan, Metropolis. After talking to the Plumber, they also received an Infobot of Skid McMarx and his agent being shot down over the planet Aridia. Ratchet completed Captain Qwark's physical fitness course and won a Swingshot from Helga for his efforts. After finding out that Captain Qwark was no longer on Kerwan, Ratchet received an Infobot for planet Eudora.

The pair had several adventures together and generally got along well, until they met Captain Qwark at his base on Umbris. Ratchet felt that something wasn't quite right, but Clank was eager to trust the Captain. Qwark betrayed them and left them for Blargian Snagglebeast food. Ratchet was furious at Clank and only came with him to the besieged planed Batalia because it was his only way off the planet. Only after fighting Qwark in a Blarg ship at the Gemlik Moonbase and seeing a Channel 2 News report of the devastation on planet Oltanis caused by Drek did Ratchet realize the importance of stopping the chairman and reconcile with Clank. On planet Quartu, the duo found another Infobot showing a video of the Deplanetizer destroying planet Veldin. Enraged, Ratchet flew home with Clank to stop Chairman Drek. After a fierce battle, Ratchet sent the chairman flying up to his newly-created planet and destroyed it.

Going Commando
Ratchet and Clank are doing an interview with Behind the Hero talking about what had happened after Drek was defeated. Ratchet said their were parades, press confrences, Fancy dress balls then clank mentioned the wiener roast at Al's then everything returned to normal. Suddenly he and Clank are transported to the Bogon Galaxy by Fizzwidget the president of Megacorp UNFINISHED

Up Your Arsenal
In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet hastily flies back to the Solana Galaxy to help defend his homeworld of Veldin, where he is mistaken for a Galactic Rangers sergeant and quickly pulled into the story. Captain Qwark often places Ratchet in the more dangerous scenarios in his Q-Force plans, although Ratchet never receives any credit. Most people who have never heard of the Lombax simply remember him as Secret Agent Clank's chauffeur. In this game, Ratchet becomes romantically involved with the Galactic President's daughter Sasha, who is also the captain of the Starship Phoenix.

Deadlocked
Before the beginning events of Ratchet: Deadlocked, Ratchet had been commended as the new captain of the Starship Phoenix, as Sasha had become the Mayor of Metropolis. However, he is kidnapped by the Vox Empire along with Clank and Big Al. All three are then suited with Deadlock Collars, designed to self-destruct on Gleeman Vox's command if the need arise. Eventually, Al finds two combat bots, Merc and Green, to help Ratchet in his adventures as a forced contestant at DreadZone, forming the complete Team Darkstar. Later, Ratchet kills Ace Hardlight, leader of the Exterminators, and Vox offers him the chance to become their new leader. Ratchet denies the offer, telling him that he was not just corrupt, but also stupid. In the final evens of Deadlocked, despite Vox's attempts to kill the Lombax, Ratchet, Clank, and Big Al escape DreadZone Station right before it explodes, destroying all those left behind, including Gleeman Vox.

Throughout Deadlocked, Ratchet is continually slandered by Vox News anchormen Dallas and Juanita, who depict Ratchet as a malicious villain who has little to no moral decency. However their attitude towards him changes by the end of the game when Vox locks both of them and the rest of DreadZone fans in a Battledome that was meant to explode, leaving everybody's fate in the hands of Ratchet.

Going Mobile
In Going Mobile Ratchet & Clank are transported into a Secret Agent Clank holovid by the MCGuFIN and they have to fight their way back out. They communicate with Big Al in Communication Station and he tells that they have to find the MCGuFIN pieces and go to Central Receiver Uplink so they can use it in order to get back to the analog world. Ratchet & Clank find the MCGuFIN pieces. But Maximillian wants also the MCGuFIN so he can go to the analog world. Ratchet then defeats Maximillian and Clank uses the MCCuFIN and they teleport to the analog world.

''Secret Agent Clank
In Secret Agent Clank Ratchet is framed for a crime he didn't commit and it's up to Clank to prove him innocent.

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
In Tools of Destruction Ratchet is once again the lead character. Ratchet and Clank start off working on this hoverbike-like object, only to be interrupted by Captain Qwark calling from the planetary defense center. Quark informs them that he is under attack by thousands of heavily armed commandos. Ratchet crashes his vehicle on the way there forcing them to go on foot. He then meets the main villain in the game, Emperor Percival Tachyon, but as usual manages to escape. He then finds out about something called "the Lombax Secret" and goes to the moonbase where is thought to hold key information.

At the moon base Ratchet meets a girl named Talwyn and her two war bots Cronk and Zeypher. They then find a room on a lava planet the contains an old holo-vid player showing a video about the Dimensionator (the Lombax secret). Ratchet then managed to find this device but only to have it taken away by a pirate named Captain Slag. After defeating Slag, Qwark then snatches the Dimensioner to try to be come a superhero once again but Tachyon winds up with it. He then starts to bring back the Cragmites (Tachyon's race) using the Dimensionator, which was used in the Great War to vanquish them from their universe. At the end of the game he finds out that his father was the only Lombax not to flee but stayed behind to hide the Dimensionator. Tachyon then offers Ratchet one chance to join him, but Ratchet refuses knowing that no one will be safe if he does and then defeats Tachyon. Ratchet then starts to question his true purpose but Clank reassures him that he has already fulfilled it. Finally, Clank is taken away by the Zoni (little robots only he can see) saying that it is time to come with them, most likely to find out about his own true purpose.

Personality
Ratchet is a fun-living, wrench-swinging guy who always loves to get into an adventure without really thinking about the risks and odds. He makes many sarcastic comments or jokes and can take things personally, but over the series of the games Ratchet seems to mature and become more serious. He enjoys swinging down Zip-lines and using his Swingshot.

Other Information
In Captain Qwarks plans he often refers to Ratchet as Deadmeat. Also according to a Insomniac personal Ratchet stands at 5' with his ears and weighs 147 pounds. Ratchet is also not his real name as you find out in "Tools of Destruction".Ratchet is also possibly 18 years old in Ratchet:Deadlocked due to a translation in Jak X.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
 * Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Secret Agent Clank