Clank

"I understand. I too am of a series designed to destroy."

- Clank to a mutant creature on Smolg

Clank was a robot created at the Robot Plant on the planet Quartu. While his complete serial number is unknown (only the first part is disclosed - B5429671), the name "Clank" emerged when Ratchet made his handmade ship rock while flying to planet Novalis, causing the small robot to hit the side of the ship and making a clank sound. This became his nickname throughout his adventures with Ratchet, his longtime companion.

Creation
Originally, Clank had been part of a production line of sentry-bots at the Robot Plant of planet Quartu, sentry-bots that were meant for Drek's assistance. However, due to what was believed to be a mishap, but may actually have been the manufacturing robot gaining a conscience, Clank appeared on the conveyor belt as a small, harmless robot, instead of a large, dangerous sentry-bot. Clank watched an Infobot video of Drek's plans to create a new planet using other planetary components, and was then forced to rush off Quartu - sentry-bots had begun chasing him, classifying him as an production error. Clank seized control of a spaceship and took off in space, but was shot down and crashed on the Kyzil Plateau of planet Veldin, where Ratchet found and took him back to his handmade ship. Clank showed the Lombax the infobot video of Chairman Drek and informed him that he wanted to contact Captain Qwark - Clank believed that only the famous Captain would be able to stop Drek's menace over the galaxy. Clank proposed to start Ratchet's ship using his latest robotic ignition system, in exchange for a ride to planet Novalis where he would begin tracking down Captain Qwark.

Overview
After crashlanding at the Tobruk Crater of planet Novalis, Ratchet and Clank were forced to go looking for a new ship together. They acquired one from the Planetary Chairman, who gave them a courier ship and an Infobot that showed Captain Qwark advertising Al's Roboshack on planet Kerwan. This becomes the duo's next destination. However, Big Al informs them that he had not seen Qwark since the video. Nevertheless, he fits Clank with a special Heli-Pack upgrade. Ratchet and the robot eventually found Captain Qwark at Blackwater City, where he hands them out a brand new Platinum Zoomerator for winning the Hoverboard Race. Then, at his trailer, the Captain told Ratchet and Clank to come to his headquarters, where they would become a team to stop Drek. However, Captain Qwark betrayed them by setting his Blargian Snagglebeast on the duo. From this point on, Ratchet became slightly hostile toward Clank, who he blamed for taking them into the trap. The lombax wanted to chase after Qwark, but cannot start his ship. Clank agreed to start it for him but only if he agrees to fly to planet Batalia instead, where they would be able to help out a commando who was having trouble with Blarg attacks. Clank, due to the lethal levels of pollution in the atmosphere, had to go out on his own on the Blarg homeworld Orxon. He found a pair of magnetic boots there and an Infobot for the planet Pokitaru. There, he was fitted with a Thruster-Pack upgrade by Bob at the latter's Roboshack. The duo made up after shooting down Captain Qwark at the Gemlik Moonbase, after which Ratchet and Clank watched an Infobot video depicting news of yet another planet being ravaged by Drek's troops. Ratchet agreed that they shouldn't lose sight of what is important after seeing the destruction of Allgon City. They later proceeded to planet Quartu, where a scientist was able to transform Clank into Giant Clank. Ratchet and Clank also encountered Clank's creator on this planet, after sneaking by sentry-bots using the Hologuise to eventually arrive at Clank's original place of creation. Clank was deeply moved by this, and vowed to make his mother proud. Unbeknownst to him, however, the words appeared on the screen: "You already have." Ultimately, Ratchet and Clank came back to planet Veldin and fought Drek on the Deplanetizer. When he was defeated and the Deplanetizer was fired at the Chairman's artificial planet, however, debris fell down from the sky to Veldin, and the two were propelled over the edge of the Deplanetizer. Clank managed to hold on to it, and Ratchet grabbed his leg. However, the impact of grabbing the ledge damaged Clank's servos in his arm, meaning that Clank couldn't pull both him and Ratchet up to safety. The duo fell, but Clank used his Thruster-Pack to catch Ratchet and break both of their falls. Exhilarated by the survival of his planet, Ratchet nearly left Clank behind, wounded, but then came back and told the robot he'd fix his arm. Then they both left off in the Veldin sunset. After the game credits end, they are both seen watching a video of "Steve McQwark" advertising the Personal Hygenator. The video proves to be too gruesome to watch, however, and they turn off the screen.

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
In the aftermath of Chairman Drek's defeat, Ratchet and Clank did an interview for Behind the Hero stating what they've been doing since then. They claimed that not a lot had happened and Clank cleaned out his radiator core, since he had nothing else to do. But suddenly, they were transported to a Megacorp ship where they were greeted by a hologram of Abercrombie Fizzwidget. He explained why he had brought them here because he wanted Ratchet to recover a stolen experiment which was stolen by a mysterious thief. While Ratchet was eager to join Megacorp and be trained as a commando, Clank was apprehensive. Fizzwidget offered him a job as head accountant for Megacorp on Yeedil, a pent house suite in Megapolis and a daily massage. While Ratchet was at the Maktar Resort Clank was at his apartment when an Female Infobot who had taken a fancy to Clank knocked on his door, but then the thief came along and scared her away. When Clank opened the door the thief grabbed Clank by the neck and took him. Later on Ratchet was going to take a photo of himself when the screen he was using showed a clip of the thief having Clank strapped onto a table linked to a machine. The thief warned Ratchet that if he didn't leave the Bogon Galaxy he would do this to Ratchet and the pressed a button (after pressing the wrong one) causing Clank to deactivate. So Ratchet went to Megapolis and found a lifeless Clank and used his Electrolyzer to reactivate him. When Clank woke up he was about to reveal the final digit of pi, but was interrupted by Ratchet. The two were then stuck in the room so Clank had to venture out himself through a small hole and then opened the door on the other side. Clank then decided he would help Ratchet. During their journeys between planets they watched episodes of Behind The Hero showing the story of Captain Qwark after Ratchet & Clank. Clank also seemed fond of a show called Robochef as he tuned into it after Behind the Hero. The two then went to Barlow to track down the Desert Riders. When they found a member of the riders he threatened to squash Clank, but Ratchet threatened him making the Rider cry, but Clank explained that they were only there to race. So the rider let them borrow his Hoverbike, "Bluebell". After the pair won the qualifier the Rider gave Clank a helmet (although it was closer to Ratchet's size) that showed they were official desert riders. The Rider then showed them an incoming message from the Thugs-4-Less Leader telling the Thugs-4-Less to rendezvous at the Feltzin Space System. So they went there, but they were immediately attacked by Thugs-4-Less Ships. The pair was engaged in a space battle and won. Afterwards Ratchet began shouting out he had "Mad Skills" causing Clank to give him a look of disbelief. They then intercepted a Movie for planet Notak featuring the Thugs-4-Less Leader. They traveled to Notak and narrowly missed the thief who was just taking off. Ratchet and Clank for the only time yet broke the Fourth Wall by looking into the camera and asking why they are always late. They then on to explore Canal City and eventually came to a factory. After fighting and swimming there way through the factory they met three Factory robots who only spoke in robot. Ratchet asked pathecaticlly if they had seen the thief and got no response, so Clank took over speaking in robot and he learned that they had an order from the thief for numerous acids and the robots sold them a chance to see the clip. The robots then made a joke about Ratchet making Clank laugh and Ratchet annoyed. So the pair traveled on to where the thief was on Siberius and the thief fought Ratchet and Clank on a train like vehicle which eventually crashed. They then fought the thief and reclaimed the experiment. The pair then contacted Mr Fizzwidget and he told them to meet him on planet Tabora. After they landed Fizzwidget landed his ship right on top of there ship. Fizzwidget told them not to worry as the ship was insured. Clank then gave Fizzwidget the experiment that had attached himself on Clank's head. The three then got into Fizzwidgets ship and when turning on the radio Fizzwidget (apparently accidently) pressed the eject button. Ratchet and Clank both went flying and landed in a cave. While trying to find a way out, they came across an Carbonox UltraWrench 8500 in a glass case and a rock in another. Clank tried to figure it out as he loved logic puzzles, while Ratchet had already smashed the glass with his Omniwrench 8000 and claimed his new wrench. After they escaped the cave they were confronted with the thief who demanded the experiment. After saying she didn't have it the thief fell over, knocking her mask off, revealing a female Lombax. She then told them that they had put the galaxy in danger and she gave them a movie for the Dobbo Megacorp Testing Facility and flew off. They then found the broken remains of there ship in the hands of a New Age Mystic. The mystic claimed that he could repair the ship through the power of Desert Crystals so the pair go into the desert to find some. When they returned with some the mystic repairs the ship with an unknown magical force. The two then flew to planet Dobbo. After some exploring they came across the Mathematician who told them if they went to the nearby moon called Lunar City and fought against someone they could qualify for the Megacorp Games on planet Joba. Clank then found an Enlarging Machine and turned into Giant Clank and then flew to the moon with Ratchet on his back. When they arrived they found the challenger was the Thugs-4-Less Leader in a mech about the same size as Giant Clank. After a fight which nearly destroyed most of the city Clank defeated the leader, but not killing him. The two then returned to Dobbo where the Mathematician gave them the coordinates for planet Joba. They then entered the facility and found the computers core which wasn't working so they called a Matinence Bot who then flew away so the two followed it with the Glider. They then repaired the computer which charged them 10,000 Bolts to show a clip of the experiment. Angrily Ratchet payed and the two were shown a clip of the experiment eating its handlers. The pair then contacted Fizzwidget to tell him how dangerous the experiment was. Unfortunately Fizzwidget seemed oblivious of Ratchet and Clank so Ratchet told him to meet at the Megacorp Deep Space Disposal unit at the Hrugis Cloud. Fizzwidget told them its heavily armed and the password was "Qwarktastic". The pair then went to Joba and battled there way through the native Joba Tribesmen until they came across Shady Salesman Billy who told them they needed a Levitator to get in. He then sold one to them and goes away. Ratchet then realized that the instructions are in Blargian so Clank walked off only to be stopped by Ratchet who quickly installed it into him (and in the process removes Clank's left arm). Clank then became proud and claims that Ratchet has got skills. After Ratchet gets into the stadium and wins prizes, the two go to the Deep Space Disposal and Clank puts in the password, but it doesn't work so the two have to hold off the defenses until Fizzwidget arrived. But Fizzwidget didn't turn up as he was doing an advert for a Megacorp Armory on planet Todano. They contacted him and he showed them the advertisement so the two thought they could find him on Todano. The pair explored the facility and found a die-hard Qwark Fan-Boy who hated Ratchet and Clank for humiliating Qwark and would give them something if they found something to do with Qwark. Later on they found a screen where the thief was trying to contacting them. She revealed her name as Angela Cross and told them Megacorp was going to mass produce the experiment that they were now calling the Protopet and were going to sell it as a monster. Clank felt he had to stop it and asked her if she knew where Fizzwidget was. She told them to go to Planet Boldan where Fizzwidget was giving them out free if they still wanted to bother with Fizzwidget. So they there and it was revealed that the Thugs-4-Less were no longer with Angela, but working for Fizzwidget. After fighting through the thugs they found that it was only a Fizzwidget Bot there. The Thug Leader then came in and arrested Ratchet and Clank for trying to hurt Mr. Fizzwidget. The Thug Leader then showed them where they were going, which was there new prison which used to be Angela's Flying Lab on planet Aranos. He showed them an ad which made it seem more like a holiday. Clank then asked whether they had vegetarian meals and made the Thug Leader get carried away talking and eventually takes them to the prison. In there cell Ratchet was trying to sleep while Clank was banging a cup against the forcefield. He had scanned the cell finding no way out. However, the female Infobot that seemed to follow Clank burst through a ventilation shaft and told Clank to follow. Clank then adventured with the help of Gadgebots and turned off the power to Ratchets cell so he could escape. Clank never met up with the Infobot, but he was reunited with Ratchet in the hangar. The two explored the hangar and met the Plumber again who gave them a Qwark Statue in a pipe which they gave to the Fan-Boy for an Armor Magnetizer. They then found a communications screen showing Angela sneaking on board a Thugs-4-Less ship and being captured by the leader after pretending to be a cat. Clank pointed out that she does a terrible cat impression after Ratchet asked him what he noticed. They then went to the Thugs-4-Less Fleet on planet Gorn. After shooting down the ships and finding out they didn't have Angela, they intercepted a communication from the leader telling them that if they didn't leave he would kill them. Clank realized that he gave away his location. The two traveled to planet Snivelak where they were confronted the Leader in a massive mech suit, with Angela in the middle in a cage. The two eventually blew up the leader with defense turrets and freed Angela who stole a log entry from the leader showing planet Smolg's Megacorp Distribution Center containing millions of Protopets. They went there while Angela went to Grelbin to find her old Megacorp ID Badge as she used to work there. At the center they came across an intelligent Two-Headed Smolgian Snapper who wanted them to kill him. Clank then sympathizes with him as he too was built/bred for a race to destroy (Clank was supposed to be a SentryBot). So the Snapper sold Ratchet a news report by Darla Gratch for planet Damosel. The two then went through the center until a Galactic Greeting landed near them. It was from Angela who told them to meet her on Grelbin. They also found a Hypnomatic part there. The two then went to Grelbin where they met the New Age Mystic who told them he would give them another Hypnomatic part for Moonstones. They then found some and got the part. The two then went to Allgon City on Damosel. Clank then found another Enlarging Machine and turned into Giant Clank and flew to Moon City. When he arrived he battled a Mothership that was invading the moon. After defeating it he received a Mapper for Ratchet. Ratchet then went down a Grind Rail and found another Hypnomatic Part and Clank did a dance which was a reference to Jak & Daxter when Jak found an object causing Daxter to dance in joy. Later on they met The Hypnotist who put all the Hypnomatic parts togther for them. After it was completed Ratchet glanced down to Clank and Clank told Ratchet not to dare (as the Hypnomatic hypnotizes robots). They then returned to Grelbin where they battled through hordes of Protopets and got to Angela's House. She apparently had the ID Card, but Clank pointed out it was actually a voucher for Groovy Lube so Angela went in again and found the ID card. The three then went to Yeedil and battled there way through all the defences when eventully they came to the Protopet Room, but they were stopped by the Female Infobot who showed a clip of Captain Qwark selling his Personal Hygienators and earning enough money to finance the return of Captain Qwark. She is then shot by Mr. Fizzwidget who unzipped himself to reveal he is actully Captain Qwark. Qwark then claimed that it was Ratchet, Clank and Angela's fault on live TV and uses Angela's Helix-O-Morph to try to fix the Protopets' monstrosity, but something went terribly wrong and made the Protopet turn into a giant mutant Protopet which swallowed Qwark whole. Ratchet and Clank then fought and defeated it making it spit out Qwark and the Helix-O-Morph. Angela returned with the real Mr Fizzwidget and looked at the Helix-O-Morph claiming it will take months to figure out what went wrong; however, Clank pointed out that the batteries were in backwards. While Angela turned all the Protopets normal again, Clank found the remains of the female Infobot and Ratchet claimed he could fix her. Later on Clank is in his apartment with the Infobot asking what she liked to do for fun and she showed a clip of something apparently quite rude, making Clank giggle.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
We first see Clank in his apartment in the Bogon Galaxy with Ratchet playing a chess like game. Clank makes a move which Ratchet claims is cheating and Clank explains that a Blargian Snagglebeast is allergic to Swamp Flies which lasts two turns. Then a series called Secret Agent Clank appears on the screen. Its shows Clank dressed in a tuxedo (left) in Maktar Casino winning a game and a robot called Maximillian who appears to be losing. He then brings two Ninja-Bots into the room and Secret Agent Clank defeats them and electrocutes Maxmillian. He then exits the Casino with a female robot and asks Jeeves (played by Ratchet) to bring the car around without crashing it. Clank then claims that that episode was terrific and an annoyed Ratchet changes the channel. The pair then watched a news report where a Dr. Nefarious was using Tyhrranoids to destroy Veldin which made Ratchet compelled to go. Ratchet then went to his ship with Clank in tow. Clank then claimed that Veldin was in the Solana Galaxy (as they were in the Bogon Galaxy) and it would take them ages to get there. Ratchet then brings out his Gravometric Warp Drive and a worried Clank points out that it was made out of Blargian scrap metal and claims they were doomed. The two then race back to Veldin where they are greeted by the Galactic Rangers. Ratchet then fights his way through Veldin and eventully group with the rangers at a dropship. The two then receive a transmission from The Galactic President who congratulated Clank for his good work on Veldin (even Clank was on Ratchet's back all this time) and also seemed to think Clank really was Secret Agent Clank. The president then told them to go to Florana to search for the fabled "Tree Beast". While on Florana a one-eyed monkey called Skrunch had jumped on Clank while he was on Ratchets back. They then found the "Tree Beast" and Ratchet claimed "This guy is as stupid as...", then Skrunch pulled of his mask making Clank gasp "Captain Qwark!" and Ratchet agreed before seeing it was actually Qwark. Qwark then told them to go down the "Path of Death". After completing it the pair then fought Qwark making him lose his mask and more of his memory. Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Skrunch all squezed into the Star Explorer. They then got a message from captain Sasha, who told them to go to the Starship Phoenix. The four arrived and Ratchet and Clank put Qwark and Skrunch in a cage. They then met with Sasha and they got a message from the President saying Marcadia was under attack. The pair then left for Marcadia which was being attacked by Tyhrranoids. They fought there way through until they met the President who was thrilled to meet Secret Agent Clank in person. He then told them to go to the Laser Defence Facility where they met Al who was using the city's defences to play a Captain Qwark Vid-comic and Clank then told Al how to fix the defences. The two returned to the Phoenix where they played the Vid-comic which triggered Qwarks memory and then Sasha tells the pair to go to Annihilation Nation to win the Tyhrraguise. The pair won the Tyhrraguise which was given to them by Courtney Gears. When they returned to the Phoenix it seemed Qwark had taken over command of the Phoenix and formed the Q-Force. Qwark then drew up a plan (using crayons) in which Ratchet and Clank had to break into Dr Nerfarious Secret Underwater Base on planet Aquatos. When they arrived they met up with Skid McMarx who went along with the pair until he was scared by Slim Cognito. The pair then spilt up and Clank found a suitcase containing Skrunch, the BGAMD and a banana. Clank used Skrunch to distract guards and extend bridges. Clank arrived first in Nefarious's Control Room much to Ratchet's surprise. While searching Ratchet found that Nefarious had every HoloVid of Secret Agent Clank, which Clank found disturbing. Clank then found plans for the Bio-Bliterator. When they returned to the Phoenix Qwark had made another plan in which the pair had to destroy the heavy cannons on planet Tyhrranosis. The pair went to Tyhrranosis and skydived through missles with the Galatic Rangers. When they reached the ground they took out the heavy cannons (with the help of Skrunch in the Turbo Slider). They then went on to fight the Momma Tyhrranoid and killed it. They then went back to the Phoenix and while Ratchet was telling the story how he defeated the MT when holograms of Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence.

Unfinished

Ratchet: Deadlocked
Clank was aboard the Starship Phoenix when DreadZone agents came to kidnap Ratchet, and was kidnapped himself. He was fitted with a Deadlock collar and became the Mission Engineer for Team Darkstar. He also acquainted with the female robot known as Venus, who helped Big Al and Clank to disable the collars and to formulate a plan to escape DreadZone Station. In the final events of Deadlocked, Clank helped rescue Dallas, Juanita, and DreadZone contestants in time before the station exploded. This is the only game in which Clank is not a playable character, although there is an "Alpha Clank" skin.

Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Clank plays his role as always: the faithful sidekick. Yet, somehow through the developments of the various games, Clank has developed into his own hero, and now in Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters, he's out to prove his metal (pun definitely intended). At several points in the game, Clank takes on the main role and has to fight his own battles. At one point in the game, after the duo finds out that their so-called ally is part of the Technomites (verifying Clank's ongoing suspicions), Ratchet ends up getting kidnapped, and Clank must put on his best, shiny, metal, robot shoes to set out and save his buddy. Then, later on in the game, after defeating Luna, Clank tries to get the clone factory coordinates from Luna's head. However, he gets zappified and Ratchet is forced to go inside Clank using his shrink ray.

Personality
Clank often acted as Ratchet's choragos, acting as the voice of reason against Ratchet's brash personality. He was quite knowledgable in a variety of subjects, which he never hesitated to show.

Appearance
Clank was diminutive in size. He had green "eyes" and is made entirely out of metal.

Powers and Abilities
Clank was a standard model 7.66 robot and ran on XP18 sisterboards. He was fitted with the Heli-Pack, Thruster-Pack, and Hydro-Pack upgrades. He seemed to have some sort of device for shrinking devices in his torso. He was upgraded with a weapon called the Clank Zapper which allowed him to damage enemies from his place on Ratchet's back. Shady Salesman Billy sold Ratchet the Levitator, a device which enabled Clank to fly.

Clank's Soul and the Zoni
In Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Clank is visited by the Zoni and they reveal that he has a soul. The Zoni are mystical, ghost-like robots that only he can see. Once the Zoni reveal that he has a soul they begin to give him special abilities, in the "Playable Clank" Gamestop trailer it shows that the Zoni give Clank the Robo-wings and the probable ability to slow down time. Other powers are probable but at this point unknown.

Behind the Scenes

 * Clank is voiced by a man named David Kaye, who also voices a character named Blondie and Megatron.
 * Clank seems to have had a love romance with a local robot in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, however she is nowhere to be seen in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. Perhaps it wasn't meant to be.

Appears in

 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters