Courtney Gears

Good "Well, she's not the hottest pop star in the Galaxy because of her singing."

- Ratchet

Courtney Gears is a robotic pop star and a minor antagonist in Up Your Arsenal. It was hinted that she was considered popular due to her form rather than her singing. and she was a big supporter of the "Destroying the Squishies" movement.

Working with Dr. Nefarious
When Courtney Gears was considered the sexy pop star of the galaxy, she starred in music videos and gave out awards to participants who won Annihilation Nation challenges. When Ratchet and Clank realised she had a connection with Dr. Nefarious, they attempted to obtain information from her about Dr. Nefarious's whereabouts. They quickly realized that Courtney had allied herself with Nefarious and that she was using her music to convey his plots. She was later responsible for kidnapping and replacing Clank with Klunk. She then turned Skid McMarx into a robot on Obani Draco as part of a test for the upcoming Biobliterator project. Ratchet confronted her and managed to defeat her and her Backup dancers.

Rehabilitation
After her defeat on Obani Draco, it was revealed in Ratchet: Deadlocked that Courtney Gears survived the confrontation against Ratchet and she later became Reactor's girlfriend. This was shown in the advertisement about his history, which also showed that she was not a caring girlfriend until he gave up being a teacher and became an Exterminator, earning alot of money which won her back. She was later involved in another scandal where she was known to have had an explicit video leaked onto the HoloNet. It was also stated that she had found time to record a new album, Don't Hurt Me Like That

Music Video
The only known Courtney Gears song to appear throughout the series is the "Anti-Squishy" song from Up Your Arsenal. It reappears in Deadlocked when Big Al is seen dancing to it, and in Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction on several screens on the IRIS computer.

Powers and Abilities
Outside of direct combat, she was shown to be able to use a powerful static shock to temporarily knock Clank unconscious.

In combat, despite being a singer and dancer, Courtney could hold her own in a fight. She could teleport around the room, fire energy blasts, throw energy discs and fire electric shockwaves. She could also perform sprinning kicks and was able to summon her Backup dancers to assist her.

Trivia

 * Courtney Gears is apparently a gold digger, going after anyone with money or power. She demonstrates this with Dr. Nefarious and later with Reactor.
 * In the European version of Up Your Arsenal, Courtney Gears and Clank were featured as the print on the actual disc, along with the game title.
 * Melissa Disney voiced Courtney Gears.
 * She was mentioned briefly by Cassiopeia in A Crack in Time on Vapedia when Dr. Nefarious was yelling at her for not yet killing Ratchet; as the two bickered, Cassy said, "Don't you treat me like one of your subordinates! I'm not Courtney Gears!"
 * In the Spanish, French, Italian, and German language dubs, the song is kept in English.
 * She was mentioned by Juanita Alvaro in Ratchet Deadlocked as having made a remarkable recovery after having been attacked by "two psychotic fans" last year, referencing Ratchet and Clank's fight with her in Up Your Arsenal.
 * It is hinted in Up Your Arsenal that Courtney Gears seemed to have some sort of crush on Nefarious, calling him names like darling, much to his irritation. This might be though to his plans for robot domination.
 * A poster of Courtney Gears, now with shorter hair, appears in Ratchet and Clank's cell in prison in the second issue of the Ratchet & Clank comic series.
 * In Secret Agent Clank, in the HIG impact treehouse, if one looked closely at a picture on a desk they could see a autographed picture of Courtney Gears. There is also a picture of her in the HIG treehouse in Size Matters as well.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (picture only)
 * Secret Agent Clank (picture only)
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (cameo)
 * Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 2: Friends with Benefits (picture only)