Ratchet

Ratchet was a Lombax native to Kyzil Plateau, planet Veldin. In Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet was voiced by Mikey Kelley. In the following Ratchet & Clank games, he was voiced by James Arnold Taylor. Ratchet was 5 feet tall and, as of Ratchet: Deadlocked, weighs 97.5lbs (44.3kgs).



Ratchet & Clank
Before the beginning of his first adventure, players find Ratchet finishing the construction of his ship. Dreaming of wild adventures in the galaxy, the Lombax was quite disappointed when HelpDesk informed him that he needed a robotic ignition system to start his ship, something he did not have. However, Ratchet observed a ship falling from the sky and crash-landing onto the Kyzil Plateau, and upon exploration of the debris found Clank, who showed him an Infobot video of Supreme Executive Chairman Drek's plans of destroying planet Novalis to make a new planet for his species, the Blarg. Clank helped Ratchet start his ship in return for a trip to Novalis, where the little robot would begin looking for the hero Captain Qwark, who should normally stop Drek. Ratchet eventually tags along for the adventure. However, after Qwark betrayed them and left them for Blargian Snagglebeast food at his headquarters, Ratchet became obsessed with the sole idea of revenge. Only after fighting Qwark in a Blarg ship at the Gemlik Moonbase and seeing a Channel 2 News report of the devastation on planet Oltanis caused by Drek did Ratchet realize the importance of stopping the chairman. On planet Quartu, the duo found another Infobot showing a video of the Deplanetizer destroying planet Veldin. Enraged, Ratchet flew home with Clank and defeats Chairman Drek.

Up Your Arsenal
In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet hastily flies back to the Solana Galaxy to help defend his homeworld of Veldin, where he is mistaken for a Galactic Rangers sergeant and quickly pulled into the story. Captain Qwark often places Ratchet in the more dangerous scenarios in his Q-Force plans, although Ratchet never receives any credit. Most people who have never heard of the lombax simply remember him as Secret Agent Clank's chauffeur. In this game, Ratchet become romantically involved with the Galactic President's daughter Sasha, who is also the captain of the Starship Phoenix.

Deadlocked
Before the beginning events of Ratchet: Deadlocked, Ratchet had been commended as the new captain of the Starship Phoenix, as Sasha had become the Mayor of Metropolis. However, he is kidnapped by the Pox Empire along with Clank and Big Al. All three are then suited with Deadlock Collars, designed to self-destruct on Gleeman Vox's command if the need arise. Eventually, Al finds two combat bots, Merc and Green, to help Ratchet in his adventures as a forced contestant at DreadZone, forming the complete Team Darkstar. Later, Ratchet kills Ace Hardlight, leader of the Exterminators, and Vox offers him the chance to become their new leader. Ratchet denies the offer, telling him that he was not just corrupt, but also stupid. In the final evens of Deadlocked, despite Vox's best attempts to kill the lombax, Ratchet, Clank, and Big Al escape DreadZone Station right before it explodes, destroying all those left behind, includind Gleeman Vox.

Throughout Deadlocked, Ratchet is continually slandered by Pox News anchormen Dallas and Juanita, who depict him as a malicious villain who has little to no moral decency. However their attitude towards him changes in the end of the game when Vox locks both of them and the rest of DreadZone fans in a Battledome that was meant to explode, leaving everybody's fate in the hands of Ratchet.

Personality
Ratchet was a fun-loving, wrench-swinging guy who always loved to get into an adventure without really thinking about the risks and odds. He made many sarcastic comments or jokes and can take things personally, but over the series of the games Ratchet seemed to mature and become more serious.

Behind the Scenes
In the 2007 film TMNT, Mikey Kelley, who voices Ratchet in the first R&C game, provides the voice for Michelangelo, and James Arnold Taylor, who voices Ratchet in the rest of the R&C games, provides the voice for Leonardo.

Appears in

 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
 * Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home
 * Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Secret Agent Clank