DreadZone

DreadZone was an illegal combat show similar to Annihilation Nation, Galactic Gladiators, Megacorp Games, and the Agorian Battleplex. Formed by Gleeman Vox, DreadZone began with two guys fighting over a breakfast burrito (according to Dallas) and slowly evolved into the illegal combat sport it is today. Gleeman Vox witnessed the conflict of breakfast nutrients and thought that forcing heroes to fight one another would be great and a few phone calls later DreadZone was born. The contestants can advance to a new planet or tournament by collecting enough Dread Points. In each battle, they had to fight thousands of Gleeman's forces or each other in order to achieve their freedom from Vox. All contestants were forced to wear Deadlock Collars to keep themselves in line with Vox's demands.

The contestants who participated in this combat sport often were forced to do so against their will. This was the case with the untold dozens of superheroes who Gleeman Vox systematically captured during the later years of the show's run. Using his vast army of private forces to capture these heroes, Vox forced them to wear the dreaded Deadlock Collars and pitted them against each other and Vox's minions. This scheme gave DreadZone numerous boosts in the ratings, and resulted in the deaths of dozens of beloved superheroes.

The series was so popular among the Solanian fans that Dallas claimed that the show had acquired six trillion (6,000,000,000,000) fans across the galaxy.

Filmed live in the Shadow Sector, DreadZone’s numerous battles and campaigns were reported by Vox News' anchormen Dallas and Juanita.



DreadZone Staff

 * Gleeman Vox
 * Dallas
 * Juanita
 * Test Bots
 * Vernon, Eugene and Lucy

Contestants

 * Agent Bizarro
 * Agent Zero
 * Battle-Hawk
 * El Mustachio
 * Gammatron
 * Grey Gunner
 * Grey Thunder
 * Hydro Girl
 * Kid Nova
 * King Claude
 * LandShark
 * Captain Lightspeed
 * Mad Monkey McKnight
 * Mobius Man
 * The Muscle
 * Captain Nightingale
 * The Omega Twins
 * Orange Comet
 * Plasma Man
 * Plasma Ray
 * Plasma Woman
 * Plutonium Jones
 * Purple Comet
 * Quasar Flare
 * Quaternion X
 * Squidzor
 * Starshield
 * The Brown Ranger
 * Uranium Man

Exterminators

 * Ace Hardlight
 * Dull "Reactor" Bookworm
 * Eviscerator
 * Ivan Von "Shellshock" Shellshocktonberg

Team Darkstar

 * Ratchet
 * Merc
 * Green
 * Clank
 * Al

The End of DreadZone
DreadZone was finally destroyed by the very man who had created it. When Ratchet became a contestant on the show, he managed to defeat all of the Exterminators and became the grand champion. After a rejected media deal, Vox personally attempted to kill Ratchet in the arena, rigging the entire DreadZone station to explode if Ratchet failed his objective. Ratchet, the heroes and the spectators escaped, leaving Vox to die in the Battledome alone.

Trivia

 * Although at the time, Ratchet was the only known Lombax, the logo appeared to be in the shape of a Lombax head.
 * According to Dallas, DreadZone started with two guys fighting over a breakfast burrito, but according to the Ratchet:Deadlocked Manual, Vox started it when he saw the heros on the news, when he called. Which means that either the manual or Dallas was wrong.

Appearances

 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (mentioned only) 


 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (  mentioned only)