Rusty Pete

"With him was Rusty Pete, a noble and true corsair, adored by women 'cross the galaxy."

- Rusty Pete

"Arr, this be a work of fiction."

- Romulus Slag

Rusty Pete was a space pirate, and the first mate of Captain Slag's pirate crew. He usually appeared alongside his captain singing an off-key Pirate melody.

Stealing the Dimensionator
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, he accompanied Slag in his campaign to find the fabled Lombax Secret. After many fights against the Space Pirates, Ratchet and Clank found the Lombax Secret on Jasindu. However, when Slag and Rusty Pete appeared and demanded that he give it to them, Ratchet was forced to due Pete's threat of killing Clank. The duo soon infiltrated Slag's Fleet in Ublik Passage and defeated him. Slag's body exploded and his head landed in Pete's hands. After briefly mourning his Captain, Rusty Pete named Ratchet new Pirate captain. At the end of the game he tried, to no avail, to teach Qwark to talk like a pirate.

Plan to resurrect Slag
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, Rusty Pete and Captain Slag were the narrators. Ratchet searched for Angstrom Darkwater so he could attempt to reach the Zoni dimension using Darkwater's Fulcrum Star. Rusty Pete accompanied Ratchet and Talwyn Apogee in their attempt to find the Star. Throughout the game, Pete carried Slag's head around on a stick. Later he betrayed Ratchet and resurrected Captain Slag by attaching Slag's head to Darkwater's decapitated body.

Stranded
After Ratchet defeated Slag and Darkwater and Slag's head fell to the depths, Rusty Pete dove into the water to save him, unwittingly throwing the Fulcrum Star to Ratchet. He and Slag were last seen on a crate stuck in the middle of the ocean.

Pirate Radio
Before the events of A Crack in Time, Pete and Slag had somehow returned to Ardolis and became hosts of the Space Radio Station, Pirate Radio. The two plugged advertisements, played songs, took requests, and often bickered. Despite their new jobs, the two still upheld their relationship as Captain and First Mate. Rusty Pete also made his own school called Rusty Pete's School of Piracy.

Rusty Pete's Healthy Hamburger Shack
Sometime prior to the events of All 4 One, Rusty Pete opened up his own burger shack in Luminopolis on Planet Igliak. According to Kip Darling, Pete's veggie-burgers were beloved by hipsters everywhere. In a failed attack by Dr. Nefarious, a Light Eating Z'Grute was unleashed and destroyed much of the city, including the Shack.

Trivia

 * Pete was at one point a vegetarian.
 * The name Rusty Pete gives Ratchet in Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction after defeating Slag—"The Dread Pirate Ratchet"—could be a reference to the Dread Pirate Roberts from The Princess Bride.
 * Rusty Pete was revealed to be Jewish in a Quest for Booty. It is stated in Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty that his pirate skiff's GPS was given to him by his mother as a Hanukkah gift.
 * Pete was also an unlockable skin for Ratchet in Tools of Destruction.
 * Rusty Pete has been known to hiccup in, before and after almost every sentence, possibly due to all the Grog he drinks with Slag.
 * After helping Slag hide the body of Captain Darkwater in Morrow Caverns, he claimed to have woken up three days later, wearing an evening gown while spooning a Kerchu.
 * In Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, when Talwyn threw a smokebomb between Pete and Slag, Pete tried to hit Ratchet, Clank, and Talwyn, but he ended up hitting Slag. Slag proclaims "Ooh, me wee cannonballs!", implying that Pete hit Slag between the legs.
 * In the holo-film My Blaster Runs Hot, Rusty Pete played the role of District Attorney Slate McSteel, who is heard proclaiming during the radio commercial: "I don't want excuses, I want-hic-results!". Pete's character was also playable in the tie-in video game.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
 * Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
 * Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus

Non-canon

 * Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
 * PlayStation Home