Clank

As the robotic counterpart of the hero duo, Clank is the more intelligent of the two and is not much of a fighter.

Creation
Clank was originally created in a factory as a destroyer for assisting Chairman Drek, however, he turned out somewhat smaller and with more of a conscience and escaped to seek help from someone, to which he met Ratchet. He has many gadgets imbedded into him as well as the ability to transform into Giant Clank and fight off large monsters. It is later revealed clank was not a mistake but rather created by the Factory Motherboard with hopes she would prevent Chairman Drek and his plans. After defeating Drek alongside Ratchet, Clank went on to work in Metropolis in a distant galaxy, however when Ratchet started pursuing the theif of the stolen Protopet he was kidnapped and tortured by the theif to try and convince Ratchet to back off. After another completed mission and saved galaxy Clank was offered a movie career as Secret Agent Clank. After becoming a famous galactic hero somewhat like James Bond, Clank was pulled into another adventure with Ratchet to stop Dr. Nefarious. He was again kidnapped, this time by Courtney Gears, where Dr. Nefarious attempted to convince Clank to join his forces, quite positive he was the real Agent Clank. After being declined Nefarius trapped Clank and sent a counter part, Klunk, out to spy on Ratchet. After being freed by Ratchet after battle with Giant Klunk Clank went on to destroy to Bio-Bliterator and save the planet-or so it seemed.

Heroic stand in Ratchet Underocean

Clank, the hero and defender of Ratchet becoming a robot. He knew Ratchet was turning into a robot soon enough. He managed to find the computer that evil Dr. Nefarious was hacking into to make Ratchet like himself, destroy all Squishies. But instead, Clank's buddy turned into an ugly Lombax that had gills and steroidic flexable tentacles as arms. How sick, you may think. But Ratchet's this nice hot colour. My favorite colour, the colour that made Ratchet feel sick in public for the ladies, e.g. Captain Sasha.

Ratchet & Clank
Clank is an idealist. Well, he's a robot, isn't he? When Chairman Drek's army processing plant spewed out Clank, questions where asked. Why did the computer malfunction? How did rebooting the process create such a brainy robot? Who pushed the red button? Questions that not even Clank could answer. But an afternoon's detective work yields more than enough reason for Clank to realise he was meant to be part of an evil scheme to bring the galaxy to it's knees. Clank's conscience overwhelms him and being the overly analytical, honest, responsible robot he is, he jumps into the nearest escape rocket and jets out of the factory and into an adventure beyond the stars. (From The Ratchet & Clank manuel.)

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
While small in size and stature, Clank can handle himself on the battlefield. Still equipped with the mulitple backpack enhancments made by the fine craftsmen of the Roboshack locations, Clank can help Ratchet reach high places, leap large gaps and, on occasions, venture out on his own for a little "me" time. Clank can also enlist the aid of Megacorp Microbots. These robots operate on the same frequency as Clank,and can help him attack enemies, build bridges and even lift heavy items. Clank can command Microbots using the Microbot Command Menu. To access the menu while playing as Clank, hold down the triangle button and then choose a command using the left analog stick or directional button. (from The Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando Manuel.)

Ratchet: Deadlocked
Clank was aboard the Phoenix when DreadZone agents came to kidnap Ratchet. He was fitted with a Deadlock collar and was forced to become the Mission Engineer for Team Darkstar. Along the way, he helped Al with disabling the collars and formulating a plan to escape. He even went so far as to rescue Dallas and Juanita when DreadZone Station was about to explode. This is the only game in which Clank is not a playable character, though there is an "Alpha Clank" skin.

Ratchet Underocean
Clank, the hero and defender of Ratchet becoming a robot. He knew Ratchet was turning into a robot soon enough. He managed to find the computer that evil Dr. Nefarious was hacking into to make Ratchet like himself, destroy all Squishies. But instead, Clank's buddy turned into an ugly Lombax that had gills and steroidic flexable tentacles as arms. How sick, you may think. But Ratchet's this nice hot colour. My favorite colour, the colour that made Ratchet feel sick in public for the ladies.

Facts

 * Clank is voiced by a man named David Kaye, who also voices a character named Blondie.
 * 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
 * Ratchet: Underocean