Lawrence

"Oh, goody. I get to press a button. And they said my intellect would be squandered under your employ..."

- Lawrence on his service to Dr. Nefarious

Lawrence was Dr. Nefarious' robotic butler. His day-to-day duties usually involved "dirty laundry and whatnot". He had a clear dislike for his boss, whom he often pummeled with subtle insults ("Even drooling imbeciles can achieve greatness in certain fields, sir. Mad Science, for example", "If anyone can beat a moron at his own game, it's you sir.", "You put the 'wit' in 'twit’, sir.") or purposely did a bad job. Lawrence's favorite part of the day is when Nefarious freezes up and plays a radio soap opera in his head and Lawrence has to whack him on the head to get him unfrozen. Yet Nefarious, who either could not fend for himself or didn't catch on to Lawrence's true nature, still kept him by his side.



His hobbies included playing the bass guitar that he plays left handed like Paul McCartney or Jimi Hendrix. He plays an electric guitar that plays low notes in a rock song that made Lawrence a perfect bass player in a rock band. His status as a guitar player was revealed just before the final battle of Up Your Arsenal. This could mean he was the rocker of the series so far.

By the end of the game, Lawrence almost left Nefarious to fend for himself, but joined his master in the Biobliterator. Lawrence followed his master to the asteroid and assured the villain that something will come along... in five or ten ‘’thousand’’ years. This was not true of course as they were in the next game. He suggested that they play bass rock music to pass the time since they didn’t have a microphone, an electric guitar, or a drum set.

Lawrence made an appearance at the very end of Deadlocked. He was still drifting on the same asteroid strumming his bass guitar; it flew past the remnants of DreadZone Station. He failed to anticipate that the station would explode (Gleeman Vox had destroyed the facility within an hour beforehand).

Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time


Lawrence would keep on serving Nefarious right on through Ratchet's search for Clank. After Nefarious left the Great Clock for the Nefarious Space Station, Lawrence would follow and spy on a newly awoken Clank, waiting for him to open the Orvus Chamber so his boss could finish his plan.

During Ratchet's final battle against Nefarious, Lawrence was ordered to take the ship out of harms way. However, the ship became the final battleground between Ratchet and Nefarious. Lawrence manned a space laser and aided his master in attacking. After Nefarious was defeated and fell unconscious, Lawrence made away in the ship's escape pod, leaving his master's body on the ship which, due to a malfunctioning auto-pilot, would crash into the Nefarious Space Station, destroying it, just before the ship crashed into the station. Unbeknownst to anyone at the moment Lawrence teleported the doctor's unconcious body away. At this point, it's unsure where Lawrence and Nefarious escaped to.

Ratchet & Clank comic series
Lawrence managed to retreat to their main headquarters, where he got to work repairing Dr. Nefarious fully and waited until they were ready to make a comeback. In the Ratchet &amp; Clank comic series, Ratchet asked Qwark if they had found Nefarious and Lawrence yet. Whilst Qwark confirmed Lawrence did teleport the doctor off the ship before it crashed and also added that they had been unable to find him.[4] Qwark claimed his administrators could handle it.

Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Lawrence later appears in Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One after another one of Nefarious' evil plans backfire, and lands his master, Ratchet, Clank and Qwark into the trap of an evil machine, the Creature Collector. It is unknown if Lawrence was captured, or makes any physical appearence as well.

Trivia

 * Lawrence was familiar with sign language (or Ratchet's version of sign language, more of gestures with different purposes) as shown on a tele-broadcast cutscene, where he was prompting the hearing impaired with signs while Dr Nefarious was talking.
 * Lawrence also writes songs, most notably of which being 'Bass Odyssey'.
 * In A Crack in Time, throughout most of the Clank sections in the Great Clock, Lawrence could be seen spying on you, usually through a window. But if you want to see him better, before fighting the Hypersonic Brainwave Scrambler, move to the back ledge of the right side of the flooring before the bossfight area. Use 3 heli-pack boosts and stay next to the wall and he'll be standing on a ledge.
 * Lawrence's appearance has changed a little in A Crack in Time, as his collar is now black, his eyes shine brighter, and his shirt below the jacket has changed.
 * Lawrence is one of the only characters in the series to be left-handed.
 * Lawrence is the first sidekick villain to never be fought, followed by Rusty Pete.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked (cameo)
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (cameo)
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
 * Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War
 * Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One