Courtney Gears

Courtney Gears is a pop star gone bad

Up Your Arsenal
She is the pop star of the universe (which resembles Britney Spears) who gives out the awards when participants reach the end of Annihilation Nation. Courtney grabs Ratchet's attention with her stunning looks, not for her singing ability. Ratchet and Clank must go to her for information about Nefarious even though she clearly hates him because he's an organic life form.

Two-Faced
They soon realize that Courtney has joined allegence with Dr. Nefarious and is using her music to convey his plots. She may seem sweet on the outside but she is hell to beat as a Boss and also responcible for kidnapping Clank to replace him with Klunk.

Deadlocked
Courtney Gears is recovering after she was nearly killed last year by Ratchet and Clank. Her career hit an apparent low point last year after spurious allegations that she was conspiring with Dr. Nefarious to destroy all organic life in the galaxy. It was bad enough that she was left in a smoldering pile of scrap, but then her record label had the nerve to dump her and replace her with Skidd McMarxx! Oh, the horror! Sure, Skidd's latest album of spoken word poetry is profoundly moving, but he just doesn't appeal to the all-important teenage robot demographic.

Reconstruction
Mr. Vox personally oversaw the careful reconstruction and rehabilitation of Ms. Gears by his own team of specialist robotic surgeons. In exchange, Mr. Vox has merely asked that Courtney Gears sign over all past and future rights to her music, her image, her name, her likeness, and her personal collection of Secret Agent Clank memorabilia.