All 4 One script

All 4 One script comprises the full verbal transcript of All 4 One.

Notes

• Menu transcriptions are found on All 4 One menu transcript.
• Some scenes are interspersed within a mission, or are otherwise related, therefore some scenes may be placed non-chronologically but instead prior to or after their respective mission section.
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  • However, some dialogue is triggered only once upon introduction, despite technically being able to be triggered elsewhere if the introduction happened there. In these cases, the dialogue is placed in the earliest possible section.

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The Search for a Super-Villain

Kip Darling: Good evening, I'm Kip Darling, and you're watching continuing coverage of... The Search for a Supervillain!

Kip Darling: Joining us via satellite are Ratchet and Clank, the heroes who defeated Dr. Nefarious over two years ago. Ratchet, Clank—thank you for coming.

Clank: Thank you for having us, Kip.

Kip Darling: First, he was dead. Then, he was status unknown. Now authorities have upgraded Dr. Nefarious to "alive and at large." Will Ratchet and Clank join the search team?

Ratchet: Clank and I talked about it, and we both decided it's time to go back to the way things were, you know? Fixing ships, playing holo-games 'til three in the morning. Leave the hero stuff to the other guys.

Kip Darling: Like Galactic President Qwark?

Ratchet: Yeah. Or, anyone else.

Clank: Ratchet!

Ratchet: What? I didn't vote for the guy.

Clank: I believe what Ratchet is trying to say is, we have full confidence in President Qwark's abilites. And I am sure he will not rest until Nefarious is captured.

Kip Darling: Well, with that in mind, let's check in with President Qwark at the presidential compound in Meridian City!

Qwark: (snoring)

Kip Darling: President Qwark? President Qwark!

Qwark: Ugh! Egh! She was taking a memo! Huh? Oh, good morning, citizens. I was just er, heh... analyzing! Ah, yes. These figures seem optimal. Very promising!

Kip Darling: Sir, you're reading a cereal box.

Qwark: (chuckles) Ahh, is there something I can do for you, tax payer?

Kip Darling: The Polaris Defense Force claims Lawrence teleported Dr. Nefarious to safety prior to the destruction of his space station. What measures are you taking to track down this fugitive?

Qwark: Extreme measures, Kip. Every morning, I wake up, I look around, I ask everyone I see, and so far, no dice. Hey, Zeph, you seen Dr. Nefarious?

Zephyr: Nope.

Qwark: See?! The guy's a ghost!

Kip Darling: Then do you have a message for citizens who believe Dr. Nefarious is planning another attack?

Qwark: Absolutely. There is. No. Danger. Everything is under control. So relax, kick back, and put your faith in myself and Vice President Skrunch.

Kip Darling: Thank you, President Qwark. Coming up—ten million ways your loofah sponge... can kill you. Right after this.

Rooftop Amphitheatre, Luminopolis

Intergalactic Tool of Justice

On-screen: Luminopolis, Planet Igliak

Qwark: "In conclusion, I humbly accept this award for subduing the insidious light-eating Z'Grute against near-impossible odds." How's that sound?

Ratchet: Qwark, doesn't accepting an award for something you didn't do make you feel the slightest bit... deceitful?

Qwark: That depends. Does "deceitful" mean impressive? Heroic? Awe-inspiring? Fine, I don't care what it means! We're talking about a light-eating Z'Grute here! You know what this will do for my approval rating?!

Clank: I never even heard of an Intergalactic Tool of Justice Award. Who did you say invited you?

Qwark: I dunno, the guy was all cloak and dagger on the phone. But I'm sure the whole thing's on the up and up.

Qwark: Look at him. Peacefully slumbering in the warm embrace of cryosleep.

Ratchet: I don't know about this. Maybe we should call Cronk and Zephyr.

Qwark: Oh, Ratchet. So young. So unused to the spoils of do-goodery. Don't worry, when you're a hero, you'll understand! House lights!

Dr. Nefarious (megaphone): Well, hello Mr. President! So kind of you to accept my invitation.

Ratchet: Dr. Nefarious. I was wondering when you'd be showing up. Is that your new space station? Looks a little smaller than the last one.

Dr. Nefarious (megaphone): Oh, you're hysterical. Let's see you crack jokes from inside the digestive tract of a Z'Grute! Lawreeence!

Lawrence: Oh, goody. I get to reanimate something.

Light-eating Z'Grute: (groans and roars)

Dr. Nefarious: (laughs maniacally) Yes, it's alive! It's alive!! (laughs maniacally)

Dr. Nefarious: Son of a— baaaaaaaaaahhh!

Dr. Nefarious: Help me, Lawrence!

Lawrence: Apologies, sir. I think it's time to tender my resignation.

Light-eating Z'Grute: (roars)

Chase Down the Z'Grute (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a character depending on who is in the selected party.)

• Clank: We must stop the Z'Grute before he destroys the city!
• Ratchet: Nice job, Qwark. Someone you don't know invites you to receive an award you didn't earn and you just believe it?
  Qwark: For your information, I've accepted hundreds of awards I didn't earn, and only twice have I ever been attacked by a Z'Grute.
• Dr. Nefarious: How could someone so stupid be so impossible to kill?!

(Upon first gaining control of a character.)
On-screen: Luminopolis

On-screen: Move

(Upon approaching a broken obstacle in the way of the path forward.)
On-screen: Jump

(After jumping over the obstacle.)
On-screen: Sprint

(Upon passing the Z'Grute as it tries to eat Aphelion and throws the ship away.)

• Ratchet: Hey! That's my ship!
• Clank: Unhand the Aphelion right this instant!
• Dr. Nefarious: There goes your ride. (laughs)

(Upon reaching the base of a high ledge.)
On-screen: , then at peak to jump higher.

(Upon jumping up to the high ledge, two news satellites enter the area.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): Hello, I'm Kip Darling!

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): And I'm Pepper Fairbanks.

Kip Darling (broadcast): And we're coming to you live from Luminopolis, where Dr. Nefarious has just released a light-eating Z'Grute upon the city!

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): The latest attack from the diabolical doctor couldn't have come at a worse time. Currently the entire Polaris Defense Force is off on a field trip to the Single N' Hating It Speed Dating Convention in Meridian City.

Kip Darling (broadcast): Well let's hope they find love, Pepper. And now, back to the maulings!

(Upon jumping up to the next area whilst playing with other players.)
On-screen: To tether to a teammate.

(Upon jumping up to the next area and the camera zooms in on a stack of crates.)
On-screen: Collect bolts to buy weapons.

(Whilst playing with other players.)
On-screen: Compete for bolts.

(In the top right corner of the screen.)
On-screen: Bolts are displayed here.

(Whilst playing with other players.)
On-screen: Show Bolt Total

(Upon approaching the Swingshot target.)
On-screen: Hold Swingshot

(Upon approaching the crates.)
On-screen: Melee Attack

(Whilst hooked on to the Swingshot target.)
On-screen: to swing, release to detach.

(Whilst crossing the light bridge, the Z'Grute tears the sign off of Rusty Pete's Healthy Hamburger Shack.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): The depravity of this creature knows no bounds, folks. He just destroyed Rusty Pete's Healthy Hamburger Shack!

Kip Darling (broadcast): Its vegan-wheatgrass-and-tree-bark burger was a favorite of hipsters everywhere!

(Upon approaching the slam crates.)
On-screen: , Slam Attack

(Upon approaching the explosive boxes.)
On-screen: Watch out for exploding crates.

(After the Z'Grute rips out a conduit of lumenoids and they become hostile to the player.)
On-screen: Lumenoid

(Upon regaining control of the player character.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): It appears the Z'Grute has just ravaged one of the city's lumenoid conduits.

(Upon defeating the lumenoids whilst playing in 4-player mode.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): I don't believe it—look down there! It's Galactic President Copernicus Qwark! He appears to be working with retired heroes Ratchet and Clank, and... Dr. Nefarious?

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): This is an unusual turn of events.

(Upon approaching the lumenoids across the gap.)
On-screen: Hold + Throw Attack

(Upon crossing the gaps.)
On-screen: to call your companion

(After the Z'Grute throws the conduit of lumenoids at the player.)

• Ratchet: It's headed for the airway! C'mon, we gotta catch up!
• Clank: The Z'Grute is headed for the airway! We must catch up!

(Upon approaching the gap with the Swingshot target on the other side.)
On-screen: Hold Hookshot

(Upon approaching a nanotech crate.)
On-screen: Restore health with Nanotech.

(In the top left corner of the screen, by the character icons.)
On-screen: Health is displayed here.

(Upon approaching the air taxi bell.)
On-screen: Ring bell to call air taxi.

(Upon ringing the bell and calling the air taxi.)
Qwark: I'll teach you to assault my fair city! C'mon, team, we're commandeering this taxi.

Apprehend the Z'Grute Using the Air Taxi (gameplay)

(Whilst riding the air taxi.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): It looks like our heroes have commandeered an air taxi in order to catch up to the Z'Grute. A bold move. Let's hope it ends in something that boosts our ratings.

(As the air taxi begins heading down a traffic lane.)
On-screen: Shift weight to steer air taxi.

• Ratchet: Ugh! The steering's out! Shift your weight! It'll bend the gravity coils!
• Clank: This taxi's gravity coils appear to be operational. Perhaps shifting position will steer the vehicle.

(Following the previous dialogue.)
Qwark: This may be a bad time to mention this, but—I haven't driven in a while.

(As the air taxi begins heading through a tunnel against incoming traffic.)
Ratchet: Watch out for the air cars!

(As the air taxi flies through the airway tunnel.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Here's an interesting fact. This is the seventh massive creature of destruction President Qwark has helped unleash upon a major city since his inauguration.

(Upon hitting incoming vehicles and damaging the taxi.)
Qwark: Hey! Your president's driving here!

(Once the air taxi reaches the end of the tunnel and a building collapses ahead of the player.)

• Ratchet: He's destroying the city!
• Qwark: Oh, boy. My office is gonna get some calls on this one.

(As the air taxi heads towards the Z'Grute.)

• Ratchet: I see him! C'mon we're close!
• Clank: I have located the Z'Grute. We are almost there.

(Upon approaching the Z'Grute, multiple police air cars arrive in the area.)
Police (loudspeaker): Pull over! Pull! Over! Right! Now!

(After the Z'Grute destroys the air taxi and the player lands on a grind tube.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): Now that was a close one. This might be a good time to mention our sponsor—Proton Paul's Lunar Funeral Home. Don't settle for a boring afterlife. Spend eternity spinning in your grave, thanks to Proton Paul's zero-g coffins!

(Whilst riding the grind tube.)
On-screen: Lean

Fend off the Minions (gameplay)

(Upon opening the large door and being attacked by the cleaner minions.)
On-screen: Cleaner Minion

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): This is an interesting development. It appears that strange unidentified robots have teleported into city limits. I'm no expert, but they don't appear to belong to Dr. Nefarious.

Kip Darling (broadcast): One can only surmise that these robots have chosen to take advantage of our distraction with the Z'Grute and invade our city!

(Upon approaching the weapon kiosk.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Looks like our heroes found a weapon kiosk from the President's failed Friendship Through Firepower initiative.

(Upon accessing the weapon kiosk.)
Qwark (recording): Greetings, citizens! And thank you for taking part in Friendship Through Firepower! Are you ready to get certified? Since this is just a recording, I'll assume you said "yes."

(Whilst remaining idle on the weapon kiosk screen.)

Qwark (recording)

• Help yourself to one of our discounted police blasters!
• Come now, citizen. Surely you're not afraid to defend your city?
• Will you just buy the freaking blaster, please?

(Upon attempting to select one of the not yet available weapons.)
Qwark (recording): Oh, this is awkward. You don't have enough bolts for that one. Why not try one of our gently used police blasters?

Complete Weapon Certification Program (gameplay)

(Upon exiting the weapon kiosk after purchasing the Combuster.)
Qwark (recording): This automated training program will teach you how to use your new Combusters. Start by unholstering your weapons. Okay, safety precautions, disclaimers, warnings, yadda yadda yadda... A-ha! Okay, step one: fire!

(Training targets spawn into the room.)
On-screen: Press or Hold to Fire Weapon.

(Upon destroying the training targets.)
Qwark (recording): Impressive shooting, citizens! You mastered the same technique I employed when I vanquished Dr. Nefarious.

Qwark: Sorry! Guess I'm having a hard time listening to myself.

(Upon destroying the back and forth moving training targets.)
Qwark (recording): One thing that surprised me when I first became a hero was how much people don't enjoy getting shot. If your target refuses to stand still, try locking onto them with your weapon.

(Vertical and horizontal moving training targets spawn into the room.)
On-screen: Target Lock

(Upon destroying the vertical and horizontal moving training targets.)
Qwark (recording): If you're not me, chances are you'll need assistance from time to time. Try firing your Combusters at once to deliver a super-charged blast of power!

On-screen: A damage bonus is awarded for shooting the same target.

On-screen: Use weapons together!

(Upon using combined attacks to destroy the two targets and complete the weapon certification program.)
Qwark (recording): Congratulations, citizens! You are now certified to carry a weapon inside city limits. Thank you for your participation in the Friendship Through Firepower Initiative. Have a truly awesome day!

(The exit door opens and the camera zooms in on an ammo pad.)
On-screen: Ammo pads refill ammo.

(In the top left corner of the screen next to the player character icons.)
On-screen: Ammo count is displayed here.

Fend off the Minions (gameplay, cont.)

(After leaving the weapons training room and traveling down the right hallway.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): The Z'Grute has just been sighted making its way towards the Luminopolis Power Plant! And it looks like the unidentified robots are following! They must be here for the Z'Grute! Uh, Kip, you can come out from under your desk...

Kip Darling (broadcast): I follow the truth wherever it leads, Pepper.

(The Z'Grute knocks a scout minion through a window, which then attacks the players.)
On-screen: Scout Minion

(Upon destroying the scout minion.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Looks like our heroes have acquired some new firepower! Do you think they'll be able to ambush the Z'Grute?

Kip Darling (broadcast): If three marriages taught me anything, it's that deception and surprise are the key ingredients to any successful offensive.

(Upon approaching the Bolt Grabber powerup box.)
On-screen: The Bolt Grabber powerup lets you break crates upon touch.

(Whilst ascending on the elevator.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Let's take this moment to check in with Vorn Garblak about the mysterious robots tracking the Z'Grute. Minister Garblak, any ideas as to who owns these robots?

Vorn Garblak (broadcast): Our analysts are working on it, Pepper. It is quite possible the Z'Grute belongs to these robots, and that they've come to retrieve it. Until we learn more, I advise all citizens to remain in their homes!

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Oh, thank you, Minister Garblak.

Defeat the Z'Grute (gameplay)

(Upon reaching the Z'Grute and beginning the battle.)
On-screen: Z'Grute

Kip Darling (broadcast): And the fight is on! The entire city watches with bated breath as perhaps the strangest team in Polaris history works to defeat the deadly light-eating Z'Grute!

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Just a reminder, tonight's battle to the death is brought to you by Big Al's Robo Shack and Gaming Superstore. Pwning n00bs for over a decade.

(Upon a player character reaching low health in the fight with the Z'Grute.)

Kip Darling (broadcast)

• Younger viewers may want to leave the room for this. Ratchet appears to be in a bit of trouble.
• Things look grim for Clank. Let's hope he finds some nanotech soon.

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast)

• This is hard to watch. I haven't seen President Qwark take a beating like this since he challenged that seven-year old to a spelling bee.
• A punishing blow to Dr. Nefarious. Things do not look good for the would-be dictator.

(When the Z'Grute's health is reduced and it goes to a generator to heal.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): I might be mistaken, but I believe destroying those generators would prevent the Z'Grute from healing himself.

Kip Darling (broadcast): There's no room for speculation in this game, Pepper.

(Upon destroying the generator as the Z'Grute is using it to heal.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): And down he goes! The Z'Grute has been defeated! I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, this newsman hasn't seen anything like this in all his years in the industry.

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): And there has been a lot of them.

Kip Darling (broadcast): Our station patrols are still taking count, but it appears that we're looking at billions of bolts worth of property damage.

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): A city in shambles, a galaxy in debt, and a lavish Meridian City retreat forged from expensive raritanium. All this begs the question—Has the galaxy had enough of Copernicus Qwark?

(Upon a player character collecting nanotech after being critically damaged by the Z'Grute.)

Kip Darling (broadcast)

• Ratchet finds some nanotech!
• Clank found nanotech! You just can't keep a good robot down, folks.

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast)

• President Qwark found some nanotech. Good news for him, bad news for Vice President Skrunch.
• Dr. Nefarious evades death again. This has to be some sort of record.

(As the Z'Grute begins chasing the players along a grind tube.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): Wait—this fight may not be over! The Z'Grute is back and boy, does he look angry!

Kip Darling (broadcast): I can barely watch, folks. The monster is breaking through everything in its path with bloodthirsty resolve. It's like watching some elderly cat lady on Black Friday as she claws her way mercilessly towards the last pair of self-cleaning stunderwear.

(The Z'Grute becomes blocked by a grate and is unable to pursue the players further.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): Our heroes may be in real trouble. The Z'Grute does not seem to be giving up.

(After dismounting the grind tube, the camera zooms to the top of a nearby tower.)

• Ratchet: Look! The Defense Force installed fusion turrets on top of Zogg Tower!
• Clank: Hmm, perhaps we could make use of those fusion turrets.
• Qwark: Time to bring in the heavy artillery.

Access the Fusion Turrets atop Zogg Tower (gameplay)

(After regaining control of the player character.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): It looks like the heroes are attempting to use the fusion turrets on top of Zogg Tower.

Kip Darling (broadcast): Citizens will remember former Minister of Defense, Artemis Zogg, had them installed in the event of an attack by Dr. Nefarious. How's that for irony?

(Upon leaving a kiosk after purchasing a second weapon.)
On-screen: Select Weapon

(The Z'Grute begins hurling electric waves along the ground panels towards the players.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): I think it's safe to say the Z'Grute has found our protectors.

(Whilst ascending on the elevator to the top of Zogg Tower.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): The Z'Grute's taken a beating, but it's not ready to quit just yet! Let's hope it doesn't find another power source before our heroes can get their final licks in.

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): What's that, Harvey? Our station manager Harvey has just pointed out that a new lumenoid generator has been installed on that building.

Kip Darling (broadcast): Well, that certainly complicates things.

(Once the fusion turrets on the top of Zogg Tower are active.)
Kip Darling (broadcast): This is it, folks! The culmination of a city-wide pursuit between the heroes of Polaris and a light-eating Z'Grute. Can they survive a battle to the death with one of the galaxy's most dangerous predators?

Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): According to our office pool, the answer is "no." They can not.

(Upon accessing the fusion turrets.)
On-screen: ROCKETS FIRE AIM

(Upon defeating the Z'Grute.)
Pepper Fairbanks (broadcast): And the Z'Grute is down for the count. Absolutely incredible. We'll be right back after this word from our sponsor.

That's Not One of Mine

Dr. Nefarious: Well, it's been a lot of fun catching up, but I gotta bounce.

Qwark: Not so fast, Nefarious. You've done some underhanded things in your time, but this beats all! I'm starting to think there may not even be an Intergalactic Tool of Justice award!

Ratchet: Ladies and gentlemen, your president.

Dr. Nefarious: That's not one of mine.

Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious: (screams)

On-screen: Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One

Detention Cell, Aldaros Plains

Stuck Together

On-screen: Minion Training Center, Planet Magnus

Steward (loudspeaker): Disengaging primary cryofeed.

Ratchet: (yawns) Clank, get the light, wouldja? Huh?! Oh, boy...

Ratchet: Clank! Where are we?

Clank: I do not know. Have you located Qwark?

Qwark: Little help here! Someone? I think my thing is broken!

Ratchet: Oh, perfect. Can this get any worse?

Janice (radio): Oh, Lance! Kiss me! Love me! Hold me like you used to before you became a flesh-eating zombie!

Lance (radio): Narrrggghhh! (kissing noises)

Ratchet: Qwark, would ya?

Dr. Nefarious: You twit! You dare lay your squishy hands on me?! When I get down from here, I'll rip you in half!

Susie: 'Scuse me?! Whatcha doin' up there?

Ratchet: Hey! Hey, little girl! Can you get us out of here?

Susie: Aye, aye, lombax!

Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious: (screams)

Regroup with Susie at the End of Sector Seven (gameplay)

(Before gaining control of a player character.)
Susie: We should go before she finds out you're here. Come on! Head through the sector seven air vent and we'll rendezvous on the south side! A galactic scout never leaves before her mission is complete!

(Whilst heading through the tunnel after being catapulted over the gap.)
Ratchet: Where do you think we are?

Clank: This appears to be some sort of creature habitat. We must have been collected when that drone reached for the Z'Grute.

(Upon being scanned by the scanner minion when Ratchet or Qwark are in the party.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Organic life forms detected. Reroute to creature pen for probing and experimentation.

• Ratchet: Probing?! Whoa, whoa, wait. We're not test subjects, we're... erm... new trainees!
• Qwark: Whoa-ho-ho! Easy there, computer. We're actually, er... employees!

Steward (loudspeaker): Very well. Rerouting to training lab for gadget certification.

(Upon being scanned by the scanner minion when only Clank and Nefarious are in the party.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Synthetic life forms detected. Reroute to training lab for gadget certification.

Complete Gadget Certification (gameplay)

(Upon reaching a checkpoint.)
On-screen: Checkpoint

(Upon reaching the two Swingshot targets over the large gap.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Rotten bananas have been discovered under the air purification filter. Dispatching cleaner bots.

Ratchet: Sounds like that girl's a little saboteur.

(Upon reaching a closed door.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Excellent work. You will make fine minions.

(The door opens with Susie on the other side.)
Susie: Over here! You guys are pretty smart, she thinks you're one of them!

Regroup with Susie at the South Exit (gameplay)

(Upon entering the room through the open door.)
Steward (loudspeaker): An interloper has been located in the sector two training lab.

Susie: Aww, man. That's my cue. Head through the lab to the equipment room. I left you a present on the charging station.

• Ratchet or Qwark: What about you?
• Clank: Are you coming?

Susie: The minions are onto me. I'll lose 'em in the feeding station and meet you at the south exit.

(Upon destroying one of the non-hostile cleaner bots.)
Steward (loudspeaker): They have names, you know. You just destroyed Carl.

A Singular Unit

Qwark: Hmm, a letter. (gasps) And it's written in macaroni! "Dear lombax, these Vac-Us will come in handy. Love Susie."

Dr. Nefarious: (yells)

Dr. Nefarious: Let me go, you half-wit!

Qwark: I'm trying! Maybe if I just—

Dr. Nefarious: (yells)

Dr. Nefarious: Miserable! Stupid! Incompetent—

Clank: Please, we must all stay calm. We are going to have to work together until we find out where we are and how to get home.

Qwark: Clank's right. For the sake of our own survival, and for drama, we must set aside our petty squabbles and act as a singular unit.

Dr. Nefarious: For now...

Complete Gadget Certification (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon regaining control of a player character and acquiring the Vac-Us.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention minions. You have not been certified for Vac-U operation. Initiating tutorial program alpha-two-four.

(Upon entering the incinerator room.)
Steward (loudspeaker): The incinerator room has been locked down due to excessive messiness. Use your Vac-Us to deposit trash into incinerator.

(After regaining control of a player character.)
On-screen: Hold Vac-U

(Upon depositing the six spheres into the incinerator pit.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Incinerator room is clean. Congratulations, minions.

• Ratchet: Nice! I think I'm gettin' the hang of this thing!
• Clank: This Vac-U is quite handy.
• Qwark: Booyah! Score one for President Qwark!
• Dr. Nefarious: Stuck on some primitive planet throwing garbage around a factory! I'll be the laughingstock of the villain community if this gets out!

(Upon entering the next room containing the stacks of crates.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Your Vac-Us can also be used to suck up crates and bolts.

(Upon breaking the crates using the Vac-U.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Excellent work, minions.

(Upon entering the next room.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Vac-Us can interact with any machine equipped with a power plunger. Observe the training minions for reference.

(Upon opening the next door by using the Vac-Us on its two power plungers.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Well done, minions. You are almost ready to go forth and oppress the tharpods.

(Upon entering the next room containing the various critters.)
Steward (loudspeaker): These creatures have been released from their pens. Collect them using your Vac-Us.

On-screen: Unlock secret labs by collecting critters.

(Upon collecting all of the critters using the Vac-U.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Excellent work, minions. your Vac-Us will store creatures using the master's patented zepto-shrink technology.

(Upon depositing the three spheres into the incinertor pit and raising the container over the hero bolts.)
On-screen: Hero Bolt

On-screen: Unlock new skins with Hero Bolts.

(Upon reaching the large gap.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Your Vac-Us can also be used to hurl fellow minions across great distances.

On-screen: Stand still and hold to catch.

(When a teammate is stood still and using the Vac-U.)
On-screen: Jump in the Vac-U.

(When a teammate has jumped into your Vac-U and is ready to be launched.)
On-screen: to throw.

(Upon destroying another of the non-hostile minion robots.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention minions. You have now been scheduled for anger management class.

(Upon reaching the slambot, which must be activated with a mortar toss.)
On-screen: Mortar Toss

(Upon activating the slambot using a mortar toss.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Well done, minions. Your Vac-U training is almost complete.

(After using the teleporter to enter the next room.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Your Vac-Us contain a rechargeable nanotech dispersal unit. This enhances your ability to make fellow minions less dead. Be sure to use your Vac-Us quickly in order to restore a fellow minion's health.

(Upon entering the next area where a teammate will be zapped and knocked out.)
On-screen: Hold Revive

On-screen: Keep the whole team alive!

(If the player is playing with a bot on singleplayer.)
On-screen: Your teammate will revive you.

(Upon picking up a downed teammate with the Vac-U and reviving them.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Objective complete. Well done, minions. Your training is now complete. Gold stars for everyone.

Regroup with Susie at the South Exit (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon standing on the circular platform and being transported with Qwark in the party.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Congratulations on completing your training. You will now be transported to sector twelve for celebratory probing.

Qwark: Probing?! Can't we just get some sort of certificate? Maybe one of those little trophies they give you for participating? How about a cake?

(Upon standing on the circular platform and being transported with only Clank and Nefarious in the party.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Congratulations on completing your training. You will now be transported to sector eleven for disassembly and maintenance.

• Clank: Um, excuse me. I believe there has been some sort of error. Reroute, please.
• Dr. Nefarious: I will not be disassembled! Computer, I command you to reroute at once.

(Susie uses her Vac-U on a power plunger to bring the platform to a stop.)
Susie: Don't worry! A galactic scout never leaves an ally behind!

Steward (loudspeaker): Intruder alert. Intruder alert. All units converge on the minions in sector three.

Susie: Mission complete! Come on, it's time to escape!

Defeat the Minions (gameplay)

(The door opens to a room full of rift-jumper minions.)
On-screen: Rift-Jumper Minion

(Upon destroying all of the rift-jumper minions.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention interlopers. You have been found guilty of impersonating a minion. You are hereby ordered to stand down and prepare to be executed.

(Upon entering the room with the blade minion.)
On-screen: Blade Minion

• Qwark: Why does every evil villain have to design a bad guy with a giant blade?! What is wrong with you people?!
• Dr. Nefarious: Attack from above. This tin can has a weak spot.

(Upon destroying the blade minion.)
Steward (loudspeaker): You must comply with my stand down order, or I will be forced to take drastic action.

(Upon destroying the rift-jumper minions and blade minions in the next room.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Remember those gold stars I gave you for gadget certification? Look—no more gold stars. Try putting that on the fridge.

(Upon destroying the scout minions in the next room.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention interlopers. Your gadget certification diplomas now bear the shameful mark of the frowny face. Feel the agonizing sting of disapproval.

(The final door opens with a scanner minion on the other side, ending the segment.)
On-screen: Scanner Minion

Outside Receiving Station, Aldaros Plains

(Upon making it outside of the training center, a cutscene plays.)

• Ratchet: Whoa... Check this place out. The gravity here's... broken.
• Clank: Interesting. Something appears to have disrupted the gravity in this region.
• Qwark: Guys, I don't think we're on Igliak anymore.

On-screen: Aldaros Plains

Cronk (hologram): Hello, rookie!

Ratchet: Cronk? Zephyr? Man, it is good to see you guys!

Zephyr (hologram): It's good to see you too, kid! How's everything going with N-E-F-A—

Dr. Nefarious: I can spell, you morons.

Ratchet: What is this thing?

Cronk (hologram): This doo-wa-hickey is an Apogee Industries Communication Pod! We deployed them all around the planet so we can communicate and send supplies!

Qwark: So you know where we are?! That's great! You can come down and rescue me— er, us! Collectively.

Zephyr: Err, no can do, Mr. President. See, we tracked your nav unit to planet Magnus, but someone fell asleep and piloted us into a durn asteroid field!

Cronk: We're sort of stranded above the stratosphere awaiting rescue. But don't worry! When they get us, we'll get you!

Cronk (hologram): In the meantime, we've hacked into an old spy satellite to monitor your positions.

Zephyr (hologram): And, we've set up a com-link with GrummelNet. If you need weapons, just access one of these pods and wire us some bolts! We'll teleport the supplies to the surface.

Cronk (hologram): Find a safe spot and hang tight, rookie. We'll get you off this rock. And you—I'm watching you!

Cronk (hologram): Whippersnapper.

Traverse Aldaros Plains (gameplay)

(Whilst traversing the floating rock formations and encountering Susie.)
Susie: I wouldn't stay here if I were you, misters! The gravity machines are pulling the plains apart. Follow me—I'll lead you out of here!

(Upon defeating the wave of cleaner minions.)
Zephyr (communicator): Hey, rookies—good news! Cronk is signing us up for an online subscription to the Hall of Knowledge galactic database.

Cronk (communicator): Entering credit card information, and... No, I do not wish to receive exciting offers from outside vendors! Denied! Ha-ha! Alright, we now have unlimited access to historical archives, wildlife studies, and points of interest. Everything you need to know in order to survive a hostile alien environment!

(Whilst traversing the rock formations just past the teleporter to the Croid weapons lab.)
Zephyr (communicator): According to our geo-scan, you're standing on top of some unstable ground. Try not to disturb anything as you make your way across.

(Upon hookshotting onto the rotating Swingshot targets.)
On-screen: Wind the

(A stack of explosive crates explode and collapse the lava rocks beneath them.)
On-screen: Lava Rocks break if damaged.

(Whilst traversing across the lava rocks, self-destructing pyromite enemies are deployed.)
On-screen: Pyromite

Defeat the Gravity Bot to Restore Gravity (gameplay)

(Upon encountering the gravity minion as it lowers the gravity in the area.)
Cronk (communicator): Wow. Wouldja look at that? There appear to be fluctuating gravity indexes all across your sector.

Zephyr (communicator): Why would anyone want to disrupt gravity on a planet? The damage to the ecosystem alone would be disastrous!

• Ratchet: Dangerous or not, I gotta admit, this is pretty cool.
• Clank: Hmm. Well, this is interesting.
• Qwark: I never cared much for gravity.
• Dr. Nefarious: Ha! These gravity machines are a stroke of diabolical genius!

(Upon traversing the low gravity rock formations and confronting the gravity minion.)
On-screen: Gravity Minion

Cronk (communicator): Sweet criminy! That squeaky blue alien was right! An illegal gravity reflux generator. Take it down, rookies!

(Upon defeating the gravity minion.)
Cronk (communicator): Good going! That'll show it. Messing with the laws of nature. For shame!

Archipelago, Aldaros Plains

Trek to Susie's Village (gameplay)

(After attaching to the heli-hookshot target and flying by Susie.)
Susie: Watch out, misters. These gravoids are super-mean. And they hate when you throw rocks at 'em.

Qwark: Cute girl. She's obviously star-struck at the sight of her president, otherwise I'm sure she would've said something.

Dr. Nefarious: (grumbling) What I wouldn't give for an anti-matter pulse cannon with one round. Just one round...

(Upon using the bounce pads to reach the voltergeist.)
On-screen: Voltergeist

Zephyr (communicator): That voltergeist should pack enough power to activate the bridge. All you need is an open socket and some good aim!

(Upon crossing the activated bridge and encountering a gravoid.)
On-screen: Gravoid

Cronk (communicator): A gravoid? I thought those things were indigenous to the black rock moons of Ebaro. What are they doing all the way out here?

Zephyr (communicator): Someone must be using those darn gravity machines to simulate their natural habitat.

(Upon hookshotting over to the gravoid.)
On-screen: Shoot the Gravoids!

(Upon destroying the two pyromite generators and being attacked by a gravoid brute.)
On-screen: Gravoid Brute

Cronk (communicator): Be careful, rookies! Looks like that gravoid has learned to cobble together rudimentary weapons to defend itself!

(Upon defeating the gravoid brute and encountering Susie again.)
Susie: Through solar winds or supernovas! A Galactic Scout will— Hey, you made it! Come on, my village is just ahead! (humming)

(The camera focuses on the nearby cluster cannon and demonstrates its use by launching a critter.)
On-screen: Cluster Cannon

Village Entrance, Aldaros Plains

Meet up with Susie (gameplay)

(Upon heading towards the base of the metallic ramp and encountering Susie.)
Susie: It's not much to look at. Our last village was a lot nicer, but you-know-what ran us out of the woods. I gotta go land my balloon. I'll be right back.

(Upon reaching the top of the metallic ramp.)
Zephyr (communicator): According to the database, these creatures are known as "Tharpods." They're a peaceful race that worships nature.

Cronk (communicator): Lousy hippies!

Zephyr (communicator): No, Cronk, they have a bond with the Magnus wildlife. It says here that each tharpod gets a creature companion as a rite of passage. They believe creatures serve as a source of inspiration.

(Upon approaching the tharpods cooking a thwog over a campfire.)
Tharpod (1): Is it done yet?

Tharpod (2): Quit asking me that! Will be done when I say it's done!

Tharpod (1): I'm sorry, I'm just hungry. I haven't had anything to eat since we split that old shoe last week.

(Upon approaching the tharpod on the other side of the wooden bridge.)
Tharpod (3): They ran us out of our homes so they could build their stupid creature pen! And a bowling alley! A bowling alley!

(Whilst crossing the second wooden bridge and encountering Susie again.)
Susie: Initiating landing protocols! All cadets clear the runway!

(A gravoid grabs Susie's balloon as she is landing and pulls it away.)
Susie: Oh, no! Gravoids! I wasn't trained for this!!

Cronk (communicator): That gravoid just kidnapped that little girl!

• Ratchet: Come on! We gotta save her!
• Clank: We must save Susie from the gravoids!
• Qwark: Never fear, future voter. President Qwark will save you.

Follow the Gravoid! (gameplay)

(Upon launching via Swingshot up to a rock formation near the Glob Lobber.)
On-screen: Glob Lobber

Zephyr (communicator): Look at that! It's an old-fashioned Glob Lobber! They fire out globs of viscous paste. The agorians used to use those to anchor their warships in low-gravity.

(Upon collecting the Glob Lobber.)
On-screen: You found the Glob Lobber gadget!

On-screen: / to switch selection wheels.

(Upon approaching Susie's balloon.)
Cronk (communicator): Well, there's her balloon. But no sign of Susie.

• Ratchet: Susie?
• Clank: Susie? Are you out here?
• Qwark: Hello? Future voter?
• Dr. Nefarious: Why are we out here looking for some pint-sized squishy? We should be looking for a way home!

Village Outskirts, Aldaros Plains

Search for Susie (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the tharpod by the ammo pad.)
Tharpod (1): The minions! They're after my friends! Please, ya have to help!

(Upon standing on the rock formation across from the two tharpods.)
Tharpod (2): Help! Help!

Tharpod (3): Over here! Help!

(Upon destroying the pyromite generator near the tharpods.)
Tharpod (2): You're heroes! Real heroes!

(Upon encountering Susie as she is carried away by a gravoid.)
Susie: Put me down, you stupid gravoid! I'm a galactic scout! I have a gold arrow in interstellar bugology!

(Whilst traversing a Swingshot path as Commander Spog hauls an octomoth in the background.)
Commander Spog: Weeks until retirement and I'm hauling around creatures like a day-old minion! What am I, an amateur?!

(Upon standing on the area in front of the octomoth.)
On-screen: Octomoth

(Upon reaching Susie as she jumps up and down on the gravoid.)
Susie: Did you see that?! That was so cool!

Susie: That was amazing! Thanks!

(A feathery flurkitten picks up Susie and begins flying her back to the tharpod village.)
Susie: Come on!

Susie

• This way, Mr. Lombax!
• This way, Mr. Robot!
• This way, Mr. President!

Follow Susie (gameplay)

(Upon returning to the campfire area of the tharpod village.)
Tharpod (4): Nice work! You saved us from the gravoids!

Tharpod (5): You have any food?

Parades and Groupies

Susie: (gasps) Get down, mister!

Tharpod Elder: We call it Ephemeris. The Creature Collector. Oh it's been around for over a hundred years. Snatching the universe's most dangerous beasts and bringing them here, to our planet.

Clank: Who is in control of the machine?

Tharpod Elder: Mmm. No one knows. But that tyrant you saw in our village was its emissary, Commander Spog. He has been protecting Ephemeris for years. But now that you're here—

Ratchet: Whoa—Look, I'm just trying to find my way home.

Susie: But... you're Ratchet! You saved the whole universe! You're not s'posed to— a-a-achooo! Aww, I sneezed in my mask.

Ratchet: Listen, kid, I'd love to help you and your dad, but my pal and I—we're retired. As soon as we're off the planet, we'll notify the defense force.

Tharpod Elder: Susie is not my daughter. I'm afraid her parents were lost during the Ephemeris raid on Tortem Fi. Like many other children here, she is an orphan.

Ratchet: Alright. So where do we find this "Commander Spog?"

Creature: (distant howling)

Qwark: Yeaaah, I'm not so big on the whole haunted forest thing.

Ratchet: Eh, it's cool. I just thought you'd want to raise your approval rating by saving a few thousand voters. I guess parades and groupies just aren't everyone's thing.

Qwark: Wait a minute—both of those are my things! Wait up!

Dr. Nefarious: Wait for me!

Orthani Gorge, The Deadgrove

Descend into the Deadgrove (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): According to this satellite feed, there's a large sorting terminal one sector north of the Deadgrove. I'd bet my original rotator cuff that's where you'll find Commander Spog.

Zephyr (communicator): This readout says it can only be accessed by a subterranean railway station. Oh sorry, rookies—looks like the only way through is down.

(Upon jumping onto a rock formation and encountering dreadgrubs.)
On-screen: Dreadgrubs

(Whilst traversing the path forward.)
Qwark: Ooh, I don't like the look of this place. Reminds me of Florana. Trees and rocks and nature. Ugh, I hate nature.

Dr. Nefarious: Ha! For once I agree. Give me steel and iron, and miles of fiber-optic cables.

Ratchet: Aww, how cute. You guys are totally BFF.

(Upon encountering a grove beetle.)
On-screen: Grove Beetle

Zephyr (communicator): According to the database, the Magnus grove beetle has an armored shell not unlike the sewer-dwelling razor ants of Ringus Minor. "If attacked, explorers should search for, and attack, its unprotected underbelly."

(Upon crossing a gap with the Vac-U and encountering another grove beetle.)
Cronk (communicator): Don't let that thing charge you, rookie!

(Upon the grove beetle being knocked onto its back.)
Zephyr (communicator): Its stomach is vulnerable! Fire!

(Upon encountering an operator robot getting a drink from a water cooler.)
Operator: (deep sigh)

On-screen: Proton Turret

(The operator robot spots the player character and panically rushes to man the nearby proton turret.)
Operator: Huh?! (screams)

Zephyr (communicator): Careful, rookies. That robot's using some sort of munition-resistant shield. Try to circle around him.

(Upon approaching the Quakehammer.)
On-screen: Quakehammer

Zephyr (communicator): The database refers to that gadget as a Quakehammer. Tharpod prospectors use 'em to mine for treasure.

Cronk (communicator): A mega-quake should take care of that rock fall. Try activating your Quakehammers at the same time.

(Upon collecting the Quakehammer.)
On-screen: You found the Quakehammer gadget!

Root Cavern, The Deadgrove

Locate the Path to the Mining Camp (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): We have a lead on the railway station. Our scanners picked up some collector activity in an old tharpod mining camp directly beneath your position.

Zephyr (communicator): The minions must be moving in and out via the rails. If you can find the camp, you should be able to find the station.

(Upon standing on the brittle ground breakable with the Quakehammer.)
Zephyr (communicator): The ground near your current position looks brittle enough to punch through. Try hitting it with a Quakehammer.

(Upon reaching the area with the high, out of reach blast bulb above the player.)
Cronk (communicator): Blast bulbs contain a natural pyrocidic chemical that can blast through rocks. See if that one's ripe enough to shake down with your Quakehammer.

(Upon reaching another area with a high, out of reach blast bulb above the player.)

• Ratchet: Looks like another one of those blast bulbs.
• Clank: Hmm. There appears to be another blast bulb here.
• Qwark: Heeey, it's one of those exploding flower thingies.
• Dr. Nefarious: There's another blast bulb over here!

(Upon destroying a proton turret, a wigwump emerges from a tunnel in the background.)
Qwark: Aaand I'm done with the wilderness.

Zephyr (communicator): Looks like a carnivorous wigwump. According to the database, they're native to Sargasso and extremely ill-tempered. Ephemeris must've brought it to the Deadgrove to simulate its natural habitat.

Cronk (communicator): I'd give that wigwump a wide berth if I were you. Those things use fourteen different stomachs to digest their prey.

Access Shaft, The Deadgrove

Locate the Path to the Mining Camp (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon standing on the brittle ground breakable with the Quakehammer.)
Cronk (communicator): To reach the camp, you'll have to travel down an access shaft. Only problem is, I'm not sure how you're gonna do it! I don't see any elevators or transport tubes or anything!

(After riding down the grind tube and collecting the jet pack.)
Zephyr (communicator): Ha! Wouldja look at that? Those crafty tharpods must've invented a short-range jet pack to travel up and down the access shaft.

On-screen: Jet Pack

On-screen: Thrust

Jetpack Down the Access Shaft (gameplay)

(Upon breaking more brittle ground with the Quakehammer and heading further down the access shaft.)
On-screen: Wall Slam

(Upon flying down near to the spinning blades.)
Cronk (communicator): Careful, rookies. Looks like the collectors left some of the machinery running.

(Whilst descending down the access shaft.)
Ratchet: How far down does this thing go?

Qwark: Don't look down, don't look down. Keep it together, Qwark.

Dr. Nefarious: Hey, fatty! Wanna keep the whimpering to a minimum? Some of us are trying to concentrate.

Clank: Safety first, everyone.

(Upon flying close to the back and forth spinning blades.)

• Ratchet: Watch out for that blade!
• Clank: We are not out of danger yet! There are more blades!
• Qwark: What kind of sadistic villain would install a spinning blade in a forest?!

(Upon maneuvering past the spinning blades and encountering an operator robot using a proton excavator.)
On-screen: Proton Excavator

(Upon reaching another area of brittle ground.)

• Ratchet: Come on! We gotta punch through!
• Clank: We must break through to the next cavern.
• Dr. Nefarious: I am not gonna die in this stupid forest! We must combine our Quakehammers!

(A large mass of spinning blades starts moving down the access shaft.)
Qwark: Uhh, please tell me I'm imagining that slow-moving spiky death mechanism.

Zephyr (communicator): Is everything alright down there?

• Ratchet: Uhh... Things could be better.
• Clank: We may have a bit of a situation here.
• Qwark: I don't wanna be here anymore...
• Dr. Nefarious: We're about to die, you imbecilic warbots! Of course we're not alright!

Mining Camp, The Deadgrove

Search for the Railway Station (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a player character after landing the jet packs in the mining camp.)
Zephyr (communicator): Alright, team, you're at the mining camp! The railway station should be due north of your position!

(Upon encountering the mortar minion.)
On-screen: Mortar Minion

(Upon reaching the railway station.)
Cronk (communicator): You made it! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Nice work! That railway platform should take you directly to Commander Spog.

• Ratchet: Good job, everyone!
• Qwark: Farewell, nature. Always remember how much I despise you.
• Dr. Nefarious: Off to confront a villainous warbot who preys on the innocent, and I'm all out of business cards.

Abyss, The Deadgrove

Defeat the Wigwump (gameplay)

(The wigwump bursts through a wall and breaks the rails ahead of the railway platform.)
Cronk (communicator): It's the wigwuuump!

On-screen: Wigwump

(After falling from the railway platform and equipping the jet packs.)
Zephyr (communicator): We're losing visual on the thermal scan! Keep heading down! There may be another railway station at the foot of the cavern!

Qwark: Did I hear that right? They want us to go towards certain death?!

(Whilst heading down into the tunnel.)
Cronk (communicator): Zeph! What do we do?! I don't want to have to tell Miss Talwyn we let her friends get digested by a carnivorous wigwump!

Zephyr (communicator): I have an idea! Next time that wigwump's distracted, try kicking into it using your jetpack!

(As the wigwump performs its rock spit attack.)

• Ratchet: Watch out for the rocks!
• Clank or Dr. Nefarious: Incoming rocks!

(Upon wall slamming into the wigwump.)

• Ratchet: Yeah! Got it!
• Clank: Apologies, Mister or Missus Wigwump. It is you or us.
• Qwark: Suffer the wrath of my Crouching Kitten style!
• Dr. Nefarious: Take that, you overgrown worm!

(Upon a teammate wall slamming into the wigwump.)
Ratchet: Nice moves.

(As the wigwump breaks through another cavern and begins attacking the party again.)
Qwark: Come, my compadres! Let us vanquish this foul creature forthwith!

(As the wigwump begins performing its bite attack from the background tunnels.)
Zephyr (communicator): That wigwump is getting awfully territorial. You must be getting close to its burrow.

(Whilst heading down past the spiky roots.)

• Ratchet: The wigwump's getting closer! Keep dropping!
• Clank: We must reach the floor of the cavern!
• Dr. Nefarious: I could've just set a bomb under Qwark's desk, but no, I had to get creative. Now I'm about to be digested by some fat, stupid squishy like a rank amateur.

(Upon heading past the background tunnel the wigwump is waiting to strike from.)
Cronk (communicator): We're picking up some strong seismic activity. You okay down there?

(The wigwump emerges from the tunnel and begins chasing the party down the abyss.)

• Ratchet: It's coming this way! Head into the abyss!
• Clank: Head into the abyss and keep moving!

(Whilst being chased by the wigwump down the abyss.)

• Qwark: President Qwark plunged courageously into the abyss. A mammoth Sargassian wigwump snarling from the— Oh, forget it! Outta my way!
• Dr. Nefarious: I'm gonna find out who owns this outpost and strangle him!

(Upon reaching the wigwump's burrow at the foot of the cavern.)

• Clank: Oh, dear. This does not look good.
• Ratchet: We must be in the wigwump's burrow. Maybe we can reason with it, you know? Bond with it or something.
  Qwark: As the highest-ranking member of our team, I believe I can handle this one. Fair wigwump! We seek peace with you! Please, accept this lombax as a sacrifice, and satisfy thy bloodlust!
  Ratchet: What?!
• Qwark: Ohhh, boy... Uh, Mister Wigwump? Ha. Sorry about all the kicking and shooting before. Ha-ha-ha. Old habits of a revered galactic savior, you know? Ha. Er, listen, we're on something of an epic quest here, so if you could just point us towards the exit, we'll be on our way.
• Dr. Nefarious: You don't scare me, wigwump! I've destroyed squishies larger, and meaner, and uglier than the likes of you! Show yourself!

(Upon stunning the wigwump.)

Ratchet

• Shoot it!
• It's stunned! Shoot it!

Clank

• The wigwump is stunned!
• Concentrate fire on the wigwump!
• Good work! The wigwump has been stunned!

Qwark

• Open fire!
• It's stunned! Open fire!
• It worked! Ha-ha! Take that, worm!

Dr. Nefarious

• It's stunned! Blast it!
• Annihilate the worm!
• Success! I take pleasure in your pain, worm.

(When the wigwump's health is low.)

• Ratchet: It's getting tired! Lay into it!
• Qwark: Keep going, cadets! We've got him on the run now!

(Upon defeating the wigwump.)

• Clank: Excellent work! The wigwump has been defeated!
• Qwark: Is it over? Is it dead? Please let that thing be dead.
• Dr. Nefarious: Victory! I gotta say, it feels good to kill something. Am I right? Huh? Am I right?! Yeah, I'm right.

(Upon heading towards the burrow exit.)

• Ratchet: Come on. I think there's a railway station through here.
• Clank: This way, please. We must find another railway station.
• Qwark: Let's move! We have to find one of those railway stations!
• Dr. Nefarious: Let's get outta here! I've had enough nature for ten super-evil lifetimes!

The Last Holo-Diary

Qwark (breathless): (panting) That's it! You all saw it! President Qwark felled the mighty... (panting) beast!

Dr. Nefarious: Someone want to get Fatty McMouth Breather an oxygen mask? I'm not gonna carry him if he passes out.

Loki: (ghostly whispering)

Clank: Ratchet? Ratchet?

Ratchet: Yeah, pal?

Clank: I believe I may have found something.

Loki: (ghostly whispering)

Ratchet: Whatcha got?

Frumpus Croid (recording): Holo-diary entry 0-0-5. They came during the night. Hundreds of them. And they attacked without warning. I stood atop Zuzzo Fields, and watched in horror as Commander Spog and his armies lay waste to Uzo City. Through ribbons of fire, I saw my creation; bloated and terrible, a deadly moon hanging silently amongst the destruction. Ephemeris. What plans does my enemy have for this ark? I can't explain it, but I feel as if some dark fate haunts us all from the future, and Ephemeris is the key. These... things will not stop with Magnus. We are simply the first steps. And I, Dr. Frumpus Croid, cannot shake the feeling that it was my work that made it possible.

Clank: According to this holo-journal, whoever is controlling Ephemeris has a plan for these monsters. Ratchet, I have a bad feeling about this. We must find Commander Spog at once.

Elerox Pass, N.E.S.T.

Find a Way Inside the N.E.S.T. (gameplay)

(As the railway platform enters the area.)
On-screen: N.E.S.T.

(Upon the railway platform coming to a stop.)
Cronk (communicator): Here we are! The Northern Extraterrestrial Sorting Terminal, or N.E.S.T.

Zephyr (communicator): This must be where Commander Spog tags and redistributes creatures around Magnus.

Cronk (communicator): Stay on alert, rookies. You're on his home turf now.

(Whilst crossing the wooden bridge.)
Cronk (communicator): Looks like the main road is blocked off. Spog's minions must be attacking that tharpod settlement.

Zephyr (communicator): There has to be another way into the N.E.S.T. We'll perform a satellite sweep of the sector. In the meantime, stay out of trouble!

(Upon approaching the tharpods in the area across the wooden bridge.)

• Tharpod (1): Commander Spog burned my home...
• Tharpod (2): Spog's minions have overrun the settlement!
• Tharpod (3): Help! We're under attack!

(Upon encountering the blobs of weevoid toxin on the ground.)
Zephyr (communicator): Oh, that's not good. That's weevoid toxin. Those nasty critters fling powerful binding agents onto their prey in order to trap them.

(After being catapulted across the chasm and encountering a weevoid.)
On-screen: Weevoid

Cronk (communicator): Yep, just like we suspected—weevoids. Watch out for their tails. Weevoids fight dirty.

(Upon encountering a hunter minion.)
On-screen: Hunter Minion

(Upon approaching the crank-powered elevator platforms.)

• Ratchet: Race you to the top?
• Qwark: May the best president win.
• Dr. Nefarious: How about a little race?

(Upon being the first to reach the top using the crank-powered elevator platforms.)

• Ratchet: You're just too slow.
• Clank: Do I win anything?
• Qwark: Another triumph to reflect on in my memoirs.
• Dr. Nefarious: Evil always triumphs.

Moktor Outpost, N.E.S.T.

Defend Moktor Outpost (gameplay)

(Upon reaching the tharpod at the entrance to the settlement.)
Tharpod (1): Spog's minions have overrun the settlement!

(Upon reaching the tharpod just before the mortar minion.)
Tharpod (2): It's firing! Take cover!

(Upon defeating the mortar minion.)
Tharpod (2): Well I woulda helped out, but I pulled a hammy.

(Upon heading further into the settlement.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention tharpods. By order of Commander Spog, this land now belongs to the master. Please, remain calm, gather your belongings, and relocate to the corner of "We Don't Care" and "Not Our Problem".

Zephyr (communicator): You know what? Forget what I said about staying out of trouble. Let those minions have it!

(Upon encountering another tharpod inside the settlement.)
Tharpod (3): Commander Spog burned my home...

(Upon defeating the mortar minions near the two tharpods.)
Tharpod (4): Nice work! Did the defense force send you?

(Upon defeating the two gravoid brutes.)
Zephyr (communicator): Good fighting, rookies! Now get to that track. It should drop you off right outside the sorting facility.

Find a Way Inside the N.E.S.T. (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon reaching the plateau area after the fight with the gravoid brutes.)

• Ratchet or Qwark: Is that the sorting facility?
• Clank: I believe we have located the sorting facility.
• Dr. Nefarious: I have the sorting facility in my sights.

Zephyr (communicator): Negative. According to this geo-scan, that building appears to be a... crate factory.

Cronk (communicator): Well, I suppose they have to come from somewhere.

Grind the Power Conduit into N.E.S.T. (gameplay)

(After using the crank-powered elevators to scale a cliff.)
Zephyr (communicator): The satellite feed shows some kind of power conduit that stretches from your sector to the N.E.S.T. loading bay. That could be your ticket into the compound!

(Whilst riding the grind tube.)
Zephyr (communicator): Stay sharp, rookies. We just got visual confirmation of Commander Spog.

Cronk (communicator): Strange... His design doesn't appear to be on file at the Hall of Knowledge. That's a violation of galactic statute thirty-nine-delta.

Zephyr (communicator): We'll issue a citation when we find out who built him. For now, let's concentrate on taking him down so the tharpods can return to their homes.

Vertigus Cliffs, N.E.S.T.

Infiltrate the Sorting Facility (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): The sorting facility entrance is just around the bend! You should be able to infiltrate through the main loading bay.

(Upon launching a voltergeist into a power socket and extending the bridge.)
Cronk (communicator): Nice job, rookie!

(Whilst traversing the metal platforms between the extended bridges.)
Zephyr (communicator): Ah, kid, I tell ya—I wish we were there with you right now. Exploring a strange world, off on a new adventure! Eh, Cronk and I don't get out much these days.

Cronk (communicator): Speak for yourself! Just yesterday I infiltrated the lair of the evil Count Microbolt. He had amassed an army of penguin cyborgs, and was planning an attack on the city of Meregon Nine!

Zephyr (communicator): That was a rerun of Unicop, ya darn fool! You fell asleep while it was on last night. Now will ya stay focused! Commander Spog could be anywhere!

(Upon first encountering a bouncer minion.)
On-screen: Bouncer Minion

(Upon first encountering a turret minion.)
On-screen: Turret Minion

(Once the turret minion stops moving and becomes vulnerable to a mortar toss.)
Zephyr (communicator): It's vulnerable, rookies! Hit it with a mortar toss!

N.E.S.T. Entrance, N.E.S.T.

Search the Facility for Commander Spog (gameplay)

(Upon launching a voltergeist into a socket and opening the entrance door to the facility.)
Cronk (communicator): You're in! Ha-ha! Good going! Commander Spog is in charge of this entire facility, so keep an eye out! He's bound to be around here somewhere.

(Upon going through the entrance door and first encountering a sentry minion.)
On-screen: Sentry Minion

(Upon approaching the sentry minion as it uses its scanner to sweep the area.)
Cronk (communicator): Don't let those sentries lock onto your position!

(Upon encountering the tank minion.)
On-screen: Tank Minion

• Ratchet: Oh, great... You're gonna try and kill us, aren't you?
• Clank: Oh, dear. Something tells me this warbot will not assist us in the search for Commander Spog.
• Qwark: Giant, stupid warbot, we come in peace!
• Dr. Nefarious: You think I'm afraid of you, warbot?! I eat tin cans like you for breakfast!

(As the party stands on a moving rail platform.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Warning. Unauthorized life forms detected in sector three.

(Commander Spog blocks the rail path and the platform stops moving.)
Commander Spog: Ahh, interlopers! You weren't on the master's list! Small and weak and fragile bodies. You are of no use to him! Steward, divert platform delta through the steam channel. (laughs)

Steward (loudspeaker): Yes, Commander. Diverting platform delta.

(The platform starts moving again in a different direction.)
Cronk (communicator): Oh, boy! Um... that's, um—that's not good. You're being diverted to the N.E.S.T. Rehabitation Center!

Qwark: I don't like this ride! I want to get off! I wanna get off!

• Ratchet: Keep it steady!
• Clank: We must keep the platform level!
• Dr. Nefarious: Stop tipping us!

Descend the Security Tower (gameplay)

(Upon ascending on an elevator after getting past the steam jets.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Steward, the interlopers are still alive. Send in reinforcements!

Steward (loudspeaker): Right away, Commander.

(Upon defeating the rift-jumper minions.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): For what purpose are you here? Is it to destroy my factory? To "save" this planet? There is no "saving this planet." Magnus belongs to the master!

(As the party descends on an elevator and it comes to a stop.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): I grow tired of this. Farewell, interlopers.

(The floor of the elevator falls out and the party are sent into a long freefall.)
Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious: (screams)

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): (laughs)

(As the party is suspended in the air by the fans.)

Ratchet

• We need to hold hands!
• Everyone, hold hands!

Clank

• We need to hold hands!
• We must all join hands!

Qwark

• Grab my hand, cadet!
• Hold hands, cadets! It's time to defeat gravity itself!

(When the party have all joined hands.)

Ratchet

• All together now! Move!
• Alright, move towards the fan!

Clank

• All together now!
• Now, move towards the fan!

Qwark

• All together now!
• Now, move towards the fan!

(If a teammate disconnects from the party.)

Ratchet

• Clank, grab on!
• Qwark, get back here!
• Nefarious, get back here!
• We need to get back together!

Clank

• Ratchet, take my hand!
• Captain, we must join hands!
• Dr. Nefarious, come back!
• We need to get back together!

Qwark

• Ratchet, come back!
• Take my hand, Clank!
• Dr. Nefarious, get back here! You're ruining my moment of leadership!
• We need to get back together!

(Upon the party holding hands and using the fans to return to the surface.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): (sighs) I am too old for this foolishness. Steward, alert all forces. I will not allow these interlopers to disrupt the rehabitation process!

(When standing near the inactive fan.)
Ratchet: We've gotta get this fan moving!

(Upon the party using a crank together to descend on an elevator.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Commander, the interlopers have accessed the sector four elevator.

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Three weeks until retirement and now this?! I will not accept a blemish on my record on account of your incompetence!

(Upon defeating the sentry minions and being granted access to another inactive fan.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Do not access that elevator. Don't do it!

(Upon the party using the crank together to descend on the second elevator.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): You did it! I told you not to do it and you completely disregarded me! You're pushing your luck, you are!

(Upon defeating the bouncer minions after using the elevator.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Our forces have been defeated, Commander.

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Not all of them, Steward. Send in Mr. Perkins.

(A tank minion begins slamming against a glass wall to get inside.)
Qwark: Guys, I think Mr. Perkins wants to get in!

(The tank minion breaks through the glass and prepares to battle the party.)
On-screen: Mr. Perkins

Defeat Mr. Perkins (gameplay)

(Upon starting the fight, Mr. Perkins raises an energy shield over himself.)
Zephyr (communicator): That robot's using an energy shield. There has to be a way to overload it!

(Upon using a mortar toss to activate the two switches on either side of Mr. Perkins and electrocute him.)
Zephyr (communicator): That's right, zap him!

(If Mr. Perkins defeats the party with Ratchet present.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Excellent work, Mr. Perkins!

(Upon defeating Mr. Perkins.)
Cronk (communicator): You got him! Excelsior! You guys actually make a darn good team!

Rehabitation Center, N.E.S.T.

Track Down Commander Spog (gameplay)

(Whilst riding the rail platform to the next area.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Who sent you? Was it that meddling little tharpod girl? The one who's been sticking chewing gum in all my machines?!

Steward (loudspeaker): I've detected a spike in your neural processing core, Commander. Recommend you count down from five to enhance your sense of calm.

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): (sighs) Five... Four... Three... You know what, I don't have time for this! I'm in the middle of combat here!

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Steward?! Where are my minions?!

Steward (loudspeaker): Most of them are afraid to fight, Commander. They are hiding in storage until the interlopers evacuate.

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Well, then, lie! Tell them there's a party in sector twelve, with cake, and presents, and—I don't know, just use your imagination!

Steward (loudspeaker): Attention minions. There is a party in sector twelve, with cake, and presents, and absolutely no threat to your life whatsoever. BYOB.

(After going up the metallic ramp.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, rookies! I got the thermal scan up and running! Looks like you're right on top of him! Or, he's on top of you. Er, someone has the drop on someone else! So, you know, plan accordingly.

(Whilst riding a grind tube, Spog confronts the party.)
Commander Spog: There you are! I'll show you how we deal with interlopers around here!

Commander Spog: Let's see how you handle this!

(After clearing Spog's mines, he begins launching spinning blades down the grind tube.)
Commander Spog: You've wasted enough of my time!

(After clearing Spog's spinning blades.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Commander. The interlopers are still alive.

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): I know they're still alive! I'm rectifying the situation right now!

Steward (loudspeaker): Are you sure? Because you said that a few minutes ago. Were you being humorous?

Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Can we talk about this later?!

(After reaching the end of the grind tube.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): Meddlesome interlopers! You cannot prevent the master's escape, his great crusade will recommence! The cragmites couldn't destroy him, and neither can you!

(Whilst ascending on an elevator, Spog appears and brings it to a stop.)
Commander Spog: Special delivery! (laughs)

(Weevoids are dropped into the elevator.)
Commander Spog: Let me introduce you to a few of Magnus's newest residents!

(Upon defeating all of the enemies on the elevator.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): How are you still alive?!

Defeat Commander Spog (gameplay)

(Whilst ascending on a platform to the roof.)
Commander Spog (loudspeaker): I will not permit a bunch of meddlesome interlopers to wreak anymore havoc on my factory!

(Upon reaching the roof, Spog appears and prepares to fight the party.)
Commander Spog: As the highest ranking warbot on site, I hereby declare you enemies of the master. Prepare to do battle!

On-screen: Commander Spog

(Once Spog first starts attacking.)
Commander Spog: I've yet to lose a battle!

(Upon damaging Spog.)

Commander Spog

• You're no warrior! How are you doing this?!
• I will not lose a battle this close to retirement!

(Upon Spog damaging one of the party.)

Commander Spog

• Prepare for the end!
• I cannot allow you to leave this place!

(Upon Spog launching his explosive mines onto the roof.)
Zephyr (communicator): Those explosives look powerful enough to breach his armor. Blast 'em back using your Vac-Us!

(Upon Spog changing attacks.)

Commander Spog

• Try this!
• Let's try a new approach.

(Upon Spog reaching 75% health.)
Steward (loudspeaker): I am detecting failure in three out of ten primary systems. Recommend retreat immediately.

Commander Spog: Retreat?! Never! I have them right where I want them!

(Upon Spog leaving the area and sending bouncer minions to attack the party.)

Commander Spog

• Destroy them!
• Leave none alive!
• Kill the interlopers!

(Upon Spog reaching 50% health.)
Steward (loudspeaker): I now detect failure in seven out of ten primary systems.

Commander Spog: I require no primary systems to perform my duties, Steward!

(Upon Spog reaching 25% health.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Commander, you do not look well.

Commander Spog: Don't worry about me, Steward. There's plenty of fight left in this old warbot!

Commander Spog

Commander Spog (speaking backwards): The end is coming. The spirits of Toranux will have their vengeance.

Clank: Your voice modulator is damaged, Commander. But if you tell us how to defeat Ephemeris, I believe I know someone who can fix you.

Qwark: Well, I don't like to brag, but I did modify my crotchetizer with a special vibrating function I call "the happy platypus."

Clank: Um, beg your pardon, Qwark, but I was referring to him.

Dr. Nefarious: Me?! Are you insane?!

Clank: If I may, being evil has not worked out well for you these last few years. Perhaps using your intelligence for good will yield better results.

Dr. Nefarious: Alright, fine! But speak of this to no one!

Dr. Nefarious: (clears throat)

Ratchet: Alright, Spog. We did our part. Now how do we defeat Ephemeris?

Commander Spog: Only the architect knows. He lives beyond the lighthouse, in the forest of the blue rocks.

Qwark: You did the right thing, Doctor!

Dr. Nefarious: Get bent!

Happier Times on Magnus

Frumpus Croid (recording): Holo-diary 0-0-1. Creatures! For years, they've been something of a rite of passage on Magnus. Their very presence seems to enrich, inspire, and motivate us all. It is a bond no one has ever sought to understand... until now. Using a complex array of technological thing-a-ma-doos, my colleague Nevo Binklemeyer and I, have been investigating the effect of creatures on their owners. Take my own companion, Mr. Dinkles. His mere presence seems to amplify my talents as a paradoxologist. But observe him through the lens of a vectomorphic tricilloscope! Heh-heh! What strange manifestation is this? Have we discovered some new form of cosmic radiation? We must learn more about this energy. Nevo believes he can modify the protomorphic energy extractors in order to separate the energy from its host. Tomorrow will be a great day for science!

Cove, Octonok Cay

Head into the Tharpod Fishing Village (gameplay)

(As the party enters the area riding on a rail platform.)
Zephyr (communicator): Good news, rookies! Thanks to you, Cronk and I may have discovered a clue. Commander Spog said something about a forest of blue rocks—he may have been talking about Terawatt Forest!

Cronk (communicator): There's a research lab over there run by a "Dr. Frumpus Croid." He might be the architect you're looking for.

Zephyr (communicator): Head into town and see if you can find a railway station to Terawatt. If Croid designed Ephemeris, he's your best shot at shutting it down!

On-screen: Octonok Cay

(Upon jumping onto a tortemoth's back and first encountering a flabberfish.)
On-screen: Flabberfish

(Upon a flabberfish jumping onto a player character.)
Zephyr (communicator): Better watch out for those flabberfish. They may be small, but they're aggressive when they're hungry. If they jump on you, shake 'em off quick!

(Upon reaching a sonic pylon at the end of a pier.)
Zephyr (communicator): Ah! Look, Cronk, it's one of those old sonic pylons!

Cronk (communicator): Oh, yeah, we used to go fishin' with those darn things. Try giving it a whack. The sound should attract a tortemoth.

(Upon hitting the sonic pylon and summoning a tortemoth.)
Zephyr (communicator): Good goin', rookies. Some tribes use sonic technology to call on creatures or activate machinery.

(Upon first encountering a slorg whilst traversing the boardwalk pathway.)
On-screen: Slorg

(Upon approaching the tharpod fishing village.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, where is everyone? There ain't a whippersnapper in sight!

Zephyr (communicator): Looks like everyone up and vamoosed. Oh, I don't like this one darn bit. Be careful, rookies. There's never a good reason to abandon a town.

(Upon first encountering an armored slorg.)
On-screen: Armored Slorg

(Upon jumping off of the raised crane and onto the boardwalk.)

• Ratchet: Hello? Anyone?
• Clank: Where are all the tharpods?
• Qwark: Hello? It's your president? Copernicus Qwark? Perhaps one or two of you voted for me?
• Dr. Nefarious: Knock, knock, morons! Get your butts out here!

(Upon heading up the boardwalk.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, rookies! We're picking up a heat signature nearby—looks like some sort of fishing vessel. There may be a tharpod left after all! Head towards the docks and see if they can help you find Terawatt Forest.

Ask a Tharpod for Directions to Terawatt Forest (gameplay)

(Whilst riding the moving crane with the W.A.S.P. seen in the background.)

• Ratchet: Whoa, what the heck is that thing?
• Clank: Hmm... That is quite an unusual device.
• Qwark: Holy moly! It's a giant electrical... science... thing, of some sort.

Zephyr (communicator): Hmm... Looks like some sorta weather transmogrification apparatus. That could be what ran the tharpods out of town! We'll do some digging, you just keep movin'!

(A giant tentacle smashes into the boardwalk.)

• Ratchet: Whoa! What the heck was that?!
• Clank: I do not believe that was a tortemoth.
• Qwark: Anyone else smell sushi?
• Dr. Nefarious: Not me! Kill one of the squishies!

(Upon first encountering a bomber minion.)
On-screen: Bomber Minion

(Whilst riding tortemoths between islands.)
Zephyr (communicator): I sent a holo-scan of that weather device to a terachnoid friend of mine, and he claims it's called a Weather Alteration Systems Platform, or W.A.S.P. Apparently it releases a burst of electrons into the clouds in order to create lightning storms. And get this—it was patented by one "Nevo Binklemeyer."

Cronk (communicator): Sweet criminy! That's Dr. Croid's old partner! You think he's the one controlling Ephemeris?

Zephyr (communicator): Now, now, let's not rush to judgement just yet. I'll see what I can dig up on this "Dr. Binklemeyer."

(Upon approaching the tharpod at the docks.)
Tharpod: Oh, hello there! I didn't think anyone was left in town. What can I do for ya?

• Ratchet: We're trying to get to Terawatt Forest so we can meet with Dr. Croid. Is there a railway station we can use around here?
• Clank: We are attempting to reach Terawatt Forest so that we may meet with Dr. Croid. Perhaps there is a railway station we can use?
• Qwark: Greetings, citizen. I'm President Qwark. My companion and I are trying to reach Terawatt Forest. Can you direct us to the nearest railway station and/or steak buffet?

Tharpod: Well, uh, there's a station over by the lighthouse. I'd take you over there myself, but the water's too dangerous for boating. Ephemeris hauled in that W.A.S.P. last month to create a "natural habitat" for the sepiads. Storm ran everyone outta town!

• Ratchet: Well, I think we can do something about that. How do we get up there?
• Clank: I believe we may be of assistance. How do we reach the platform?
• Qwark: Never fear, citizen. My companion and I can take care of your weather-thingy. How do we get there?

Tharpod: Well... the collectors use that cannon to launch food over to the sepiad. I suppose you could use it to reach the platform.

(Upon regaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): I thought those tentacles looked familiar! Sepiads are sea-dwelling predators indigenous to planet Reepor. They usually travel in packs and bring food back to their king.

Zephyr (communicator): Maybe we'd better perform a geo-scan of the area. I don't want the rookies running into a king.

Use the Feeding Cannon to Reach the W.A.S.P. (gameplay)

(Upon returning to the tharpod at the docks.)

Tharpod

• Try using that feeding cannon! That oughta get ya to the platform.
• Sorry, there's no way I'm taking my boat out on these waters. Not when that storm's movin' in!

(Upon first encountering a sepiad.)

• Ratchet: It's a sepiad!
• Clank: Oh, dear! This must be the sepiad!
• Qwark: Just let me live through this and I swear I'll never eat seafood again!
• Dr. Nefarious: You think I'm afraid of you, sepiad?!

On-screen: Sepiad

(Upon regaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): Stay calm, rookies! We know just how to take care of this creature. Don't tell the rookies, but I have no clue how to defeat this thing.

Zephyr (communicator): Darn it, Cronk, the button's still on! Hang on, rookies! We're looking 'em up right now in the database!

(Whilst fighting the sepiad.)
Zephyr (communicator): Good news! We checked online and found a walkthrough! It looks like the sepiad's shell is armored and resistant to gunfire, but his underbelly is unprotected. Find a way to get him to expose his stomach, then hit him with everything you've got!

(Upon hitting the sonic pylon to activate the crane and raise a fish over the sepiad.)

• Ratchet: Here ya go, pal! Feedin' time!
• Clank: Good work, team! Feeding mechanism activated!
• Qwark: Emboldened by his mastery of the feeding mechanism, President Qwark readied his weapon for the kill. Should he hesitate, even for a moment, the proverbial tide would turn against him, then they'd all be sleeping with the fishes!
  • Ratchet: Not the time, Qwark!
  • Dr. Nefarious: Will you shut up?! I can't take anymore of your stupid monologuing!
• Dr. Nefarious: Typical squishy. Stupid and predictable.

(When the sepiad rears up to eat the fish and exposes its underbelly.)

• Ratchet: He's vulnerable! Open fire!
• Clank: The creature is vulnerable!
• Qwark: Alright, team! Open fire!
• Dr. Nefarious: Annihilate the fish!

(Upon attacking the sepiad's underbelly.)
Cronk (communicator): Excelsior! Nice work, rookies! Keep feedin' him those fish!

(Upon defeating the sepiad.)

• Ratchet: Nice work, guys.
• Clank: Excellent work, everyone!
• Qwark: Good job, team. I'm proud to call myself your leader.
  Dr. Nefarious: Ugh! Will somebody please let me kill this guy?!

The Betrayal of Nevo Binklemeyer

Frumpus Croid (recording): Holo-diary 0-0-2. A heinous crime has been committed. This morning, I awoke to find my laboratory in shambles. The vectomorphic tricilloscope was smashed, the crack-resistant flume cannisters were cracked—and worst of all, an egregious theft had been committed! The plans for the protomorphic energy extractor—gone! All that was left behind was a recipe for drophyd stew. Mr. Dinkles! My friend. My muse! Someone had taken him, but it couldn't be. No... Nevo. What have you done?

Use the Feeding Cannon to Reach the W.A.S.P. (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon regaining control of a player character after the cutscene has played.)
Cronk (communicator): I think we may have our culprit. Listen to this: "Dr. Nevo Binklemeyer. Expert in robotics, avionics, and quantum mechanics. Partner at the Frumpus Croid Exploratorium of Scientific Wonderment." He and Croid were life-long friends!

Zephyr (communicator): Looks like they didn't stay friends for long. According to an article in the Magnus Inquisitor, Dr. Croid wanted the technology to remain with the tharpods—but I see several patent applications here signed by Nevo. He wanted to sell the technology to GrummelNet!

Cronk (communicator): An expert in space travel, corporate espionage—I detect copious amounts of whippersnapperism! Tread carefully, rookies. This tharpod's resume reads just like Tachyon's early years.

W.A.S.P., Octonok Cay

Destroy W.A.S.P. (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the cluster cannon at the end of the boardwalk.)
Zephyr (communicator): That must be the transport cannon to the weather platform. Hurry up before the king sepiad shows up.

(After being launched by the cluster cannon and landing on the W.A.S.P.)
Cronk (communicator): Zeph, look! They made it!

Zephyr (communicator): Nice job, rookies! Now, according to these plans, the only way to shut down the platform's power generator is to destroy three charging docks.

Destroy Charging Dock Alpha (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the first fan.)
Cronk (communicator): Watch out for those fans, rookies! It's a long way down!

(Whilst moving alongside the sliding panel to take cover from the fan winds.)

• Ratchet: All together now! Move!
• Clank or Qwark: All together now!

(Upon approaching charging dock Alpha.)
Cronk (communicator): Looks like you found one of the charging docks. Blast it!

(Upon destroying charging dock Alpha.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Charging dock Alpha deactivated.

Zephyr (communicator): One down, two to go!

Destroy Charging Dock Beta (gameplay)

(The camera focuses towards the nearby electrified floor panels.)
Zephyr (communicator): Those conductor panels seem to absorb the static electricity in the air. You may want to stay away from 'em, rookies. Where there's static electricity, there's lightning!

(Upon approaching charging dock Beta.)
Cronk (communicator): Alright, rookies. You're coming up on another charging dock. You know what to do!

(Upon destroying charging dock Beta.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Charing dock Beta deactivated.

Zephyr (communicator): Ha-ha! Way to go, rookies!

Destroy Charging Dock Gamma (gameplay)

(After charging dock Beta has been destroyed.)
Zephyr (communicator): Are we at all worried about what happens when this thing runs out of juice? Maybe we should look for some sort of exit strategy.

Cronk (communicator): Bah! Exit strategies are for sissies. In my day, we practiced a little thing we called "winging it!"

(A missile minion enters the area and attacks the party.)
On-screen: Missile Minion

(Upon entering the area containing charging dock Gamma.)
Cronk (communicator): You're approaching the last charging dock. Forge ahead, rookies! We're with you in spirit!

(Upon destroying charging dock Gamma.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Charging dock Gamma deactivated.

Cronk (communicator): You did it! Nice going! The W.A.S.P. is shutting down!

Destroy W.A.S.P. (gameplay, cont.)

(After charging dock Gamma has been destroyed.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Error. Error. Energy levels insufficient to maintain vertical thrust.

Cronk (communicator): Uh, oh. In my experience, vertical thrust is an essential soldier in the fight against gravity.

Zephyr (communicator): Ohh, darn it, Cronk, this is what I was talking about! Alright, rookies, just stay calm. We'll have a few moments before the fans shut down. Now, get across that bridge as quickly as possible. There should be some sort of escape vessel.

(Whilst crossing the bridge and heading towards the escape vessel.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Shutting down fan four... fan six... fan nine... fan twelve...

(Upon approaching the inflatable raft.)
Zephyr (communicator): Everyone, into the raft!

• Ratchet: Let's go! This place is gonna fall out of the sky any second!
• Qwark: A raft?! Where's the ship? The parachutes?!
• Dr. Nefarious: You call this an escape plan?! I knew I should've stayed in my evil lair this morning.

Reef Shallows, Octonok Cay

Navigate the Reef with Your Escape Raft (gameplay)

(After landing on the inflatable raft in the water.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, rookies! Come in! Everyone still in one piece?

• Ratchet: (coughs) Yeah, we're good! Weather platform's down!
• Clank: All systems are operational.
• Qwark: Your president is alive and victorious. Ugh, I think I swallowed a fish, though.
• Dr. Nefarious: Yes, we're alive, you miserable old warbots! No thanks to you!

Zephyr (communicator): Alright, you should have a clear path to the lighthouse. Cronk and I will keep a lookout for the king sepiad.

(If the player characters do not activate the turbines to move the raft.)

• Ratchet: Hmm... maybe our Vac-Us can get this thing movin'.
  Dr. Nefarious: Who made you captain of the SS Moron?
• Clank: Hmm. These turbines appear to be wind-powered. Perhaps we can activate them using our Vac-Us.
• Dr. Nefarious: These turbines are wind-powered. We should be able to engage them using our Vac-Us.

(When the raft is close to a mine.)

• Ratchet: Stay clear of the mines, guys!
• Clank: We must change course to avoid the mines!
• Qwark: Large explosive devices at, uh... something o'clock!

(Upon approaching the first tortemoth with coral shards on its back.)

• Ratchet: Keep the raft away from the tortemoth!
• Clank: We must stay clear of that tortemoth!
• Qwark: Are those giant spikes of coral on that tortemoth?
• Dr. Nefarious: Keep the raft away from those coral shards!

(As the raft collides with a water hazard.)

• Ratchet: Brace for impact!
• Clank: Prepare for impact!
• Qwark: Oh, that's not good.
• Dr. Nefarious: We're losing air!

(If the raft sustains too much damage and sinks.)

• Ratchet: We're goin' down!
• Clank: Oh, dear, we are sinking!
• Qwark: Abandon ship! Abandon ship!
• Dr. Nefarious: I really hate all of you!

(Upon approaching the first pyrocidic mine.)
Cronk (communicator): Those are pyrocidic sea mines, rookie! Take 'em out!

(Upon approaching a tortemoth from behind, prompting it to move forward.)

• Ratchet: Let's go, big fella, keep it movin'!
• Clank: Excuse me. Pardon me, please.
• Qwark: Man, I hate nature! Go on, shoo! Vamoose! Get outta here! What did you say to me? Come on back and say it to my face! That's what I thought. Keep swimmin', pal!
• Dr. Nefarious: That's right, scram!

Zephyr (communicator): That tortemoth may know a way around the mines. Try following him.

• Ratchet: Follow that tortemoth!
• Clank: We must follow that tortemoth.
• Qwark: Lost at sea with no chance of rescue, President Qwark knew his only hope was to pursue the vicious ocean-dwelling tortemoth. Its eyes gleamed like polished onyx, its fangs dripped with toxic acid, and its blood boiled like the hellfire pits of Hades! Still, this fearsome predator was his only chance at navigating the deadly waters of Octonok.
• Dr. Nefarious: You'll never escape! Not with Dr. Nefarious hunting you!

(As a tortemoth with sharp coral on its back heads towards the raft.)
Zephyr (communicator): That tortemoth is heading straight for you!

Cronk (communicator): Change course!

(Upon approaching the blockade of pyrocidic mines.)

• Ratchet: C'mon, let's clear out some of those mines!
• Clank: Hmm. Perhaps we should destroy a few of the mines.
• Qwark: Alright, team! Take out those mines and glory will be ours!

(Upon approaching one of the passing tortemoths.)
Dr. Nefarious: It's a shame I can't take a few of these home with me—so I can feed Lawrence to them!

(Upon encountering bomber minions.)
Zephyr (communicator): Incoming bombers at twelve o'clock!

(Upon docking the raft at a wooden platform.)

• Ratchet: Phew, we made it!
• Clank: We made it! Now I can dry out my sisterboard.
• Qwark: Dry land, oh, I never thought I'd see you again! Mwah! Mwah! Mwah-mwah-mwah!
• Dr. Nefarious: Finally! My fingers are starting to rust.

Poor Mr. Dinkles

Frumpus Croid (recording): Holo-diary 0-0-3. It has been twenty-two years since I lost Mr. Dinkles. I checked the fjords of Rank-Arun, the meadows of Tortem Fi, and even the bluffs of Vendros. Nothing. But I know he's out there. Oh, poor Mr. Dinkles. I shudder to think of the countless birthdays he's spent as a slave to Nevo's machinations. What plans does that traitor have for these creatures? I must act before it's too late. I have repurposed an old servitor drone to scour the planet for his whereabouts. Using a sample of Mr. Dinkles' DNA, Ephemeris will run a comparative analysis of every life form it encounters until it finds a match. Without Mr. Dinkles, Nevo's plans will crumble, and Magnus will be safe from his treachery.

Navigate the Reef with Your Escape Raft (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon a bomber minion dropping a mine into the raft.)

• Ratchet: It's in the raft!
• Clank: There is a mine in the raft!
• Qwark: Ah! A mine! Get it out!
• Dr. Nefarious: Get the mine out of the raft!

(As the raft is launched over a blockade of mines.)
Cronk (communicator): There's land up ahead, rookies! Keep pushing through!

(Upon docking the raft at the next wooden platform.)
Zephyr (communicator): Alright, rookies, keep your eyes peeled. According to the satellite feed, you should be close to the lighthouse.

Cross the Ship Graveyard (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the cluster cannon.)
Zephyr (communicator): That cluster cannon should get you over to the lighthouse.

Octonok Lighthouse, Octonok Cay

Go to the Octonok Lighthouse (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the Swingshot targets at the end of the boardwalk.)
Cronk (communicator): Alright. On the other side of that lighthouse is a hatch that leads directly to the railway station.

(The king sepiad takes a bite out of the boardwalk pathway leading to the lighthouse.)
Cronk (communicator): It's the king sepiad!

On-screen: King Sepiad

• Ratchet: That was our way across!
• Clank: Oh, dear. This is not good.
• Qwark: That is a big fish.
• Dr. Nefarious: Pity there's only one of you, sepiad!

(The tharpod pulls his boat up close to the party.)
Tharpod: Any of you guys need a lift?!

(The party latch onto the boats stern with their Swingshots and begin waterskiing away from the king sepiad.)
Tharpod: Hang on!

Tharpod: There I was, about to leave for Tortem Fi when I said to myself, "Self, you should help out those nice heroes who took out the W.A.S.P.!"

• Ratchet: Can you go a little faster, please?!
• Clank: Perhaps we can discuss this after you increase the speed of this vessel!
• Qwark: That is a remarkable story, now can you just hit the freaking gas, please?!
• Dr. Nefarious: Now you listen to me, you miserable tharpod! I will not go down in history as the villain who got swallowed by a fish! Now, hit the gas!

Tharpod: Heck of a skiff, isn't she? Won it off a buddy in a poker game a few years back. Her gel receptors lock up every now and again, but she hauls when it counts!

(Some seconds later.)
Tharpod: I think we may be in the clear. Hold on, I'll swing you back towards the lighthouse!

(Upon getting past the series of water hazards.)
Tharpod: Whoa! That was a close one!

(The king sepiad closes in and tails the boat.)

• Ratchet: He's right behind us!
• Clank: The sepiad is behind us!
• Qwark: Doesn't this thing move any faster?!
• Dr. Nefarious: Giant fish at six o'clock!

Tharpod: I'll steer you towards the shock towers! We used to use 'em to scare off the sepiads before everyone moved outta town!

Use the Shock Towers Against the King Sepiad (gameplay)

(The boat slows down and the king sepiad attempts to swallow the player characters.)
Tharpod: Woops, got a little problem with the intake manifold. Hold on, I'll give the ol' engine a kick!

(The boat speeds up again and pulls ahead of the king sepiad.)
Tharpod: There we go! See? Sometimes she just needs a little encouragement!

(As the party is pulled through a second series of water hazards.)
Tharpod: Heads up! We got a tortemoth ahead!

(If a player character hits a water mine and is damaged.)
Tharpod: Sorry about that! We dropped a lot of mines around the cay to ward off the sepiads. Didn't really work, but uh hey, it made waterskiing a lot more interesting!

(As the king sepiad closes in and tails the boat subsequent times.)

Tharpod

• I'll give him this—he is persistent! Probably hasn't eaten in a while!
• Uh-oh! I think he may have caught your scent!
• Watch out, everyone! The sepiad's back!

(As the boat speeds up and pulls ahead of the king sepiad subsequent times.)

Tharpod

• Sorry! That one was my fault! Forgot to change gears!
• Found the problem! You alright back there?
• Ah, dang it, not again! Lousy gel receptors!

(Upon the boat first approaching a shock tower during the first cycle.)
Tharpod: You'll have to activate the tower manually! Here we go!!

(If the party misses a shock tower during the first cycle.)
Tharpod: It's gonna take all of you to activate the tower! Hold on, I'll take us to the next one!

(Upon the boat again approaching a shock tower during the first cycle.)
Tharpod: We're coming up on a shock tower! Remember—latch onto the power crank and give it a good spin! Ready?

(Upon charging a shock tower and zapping the king sepiad the first time.)
Tharpod: Nice one! Nothing says "don't eat me" like five-thousand decatones of electricity coursing through your body!

(Upon the boat first approaching a shock tower during the second cycle.)
Tharpod: Alright, time to really get him angry. Ready to shock him again?

(If the party misses a shock tower during the second and third cycles.)
Tharpod: Woops! You missed it! Next time, hook up to the shock tower and charge it up! It's the only thing that'll scare off the sepiad!

(Upon the boat again approaching a shock tower during the second and third cycles.)

• Tharpod: Coming up on another shock tower! Get ready!
• Ratchet: Get your game face on! We're comin' up on the shock tower!

(Upon charging a shock tower and zapping the king sepiad the second time.)
Tharpod: Yeah!! That's for swallowing my neighbor!

(Upon the boat first approaching a shock tower during the third cycle.)
Tharpod: Another few thousand decatones of power and we'll be sepiad-free. Ready for another shock tower?

(Upon charging a shock tower and zapping the king sepiad the third time.)
Tharpod: I can't believe it! We killed the king sepiad! Wait until the guys at work hear this! Hang on while I swing you back to the lighthouse!

Go to the Octonok Lighthouse (gameplay, cont.)

(As the boat hauls the party back towards the lighthouse.)
Tharpod: That broken dock oughta give you enough lift to reach the lighthouse. You guys ready for some stunt-skiing?

(If the party misses the jump off the ramp.)
Tharpod: What's the matter, you scared? Come on, I'll take you around again. Just ski right into it and let physics do the rest!

(Upon launching off of the ramp and landing on the boardwalk leading to the lighthouse.)

Tharpod

• I'm off to Tortem Fi to let the townsfolk know they can come back home. So long, gang! And thanks for your help!
• Farewell, folks! I'm off to live a long, happy life free of irony or tragedy of any kind! Take care!

(After the tharpod speeds off on his boat.)
Zephyr (communicator): The railway station should be just on the other side of that lighthouse.

(Upon approaching the lighthouse, the king sepiad rears up from the water.)
Cronk (communicator): Sweet criminy! It's the king sepiad! He's alive!!

(The king sepiad grabs the boat and swallows the tharpod.)
Tharpod: Waaahhhhh!

(The king sepiad smashes the rest of the boardwalk.)
Zephyr (communicator): There's no time to waste! Get to the top of the lighthouse as quick as you can!

(As the party scale the lighthouse using a metallic ramp and the king sepiad attacks with its tentacles.)
Cronk (communicator): I can't look! Zeph, turn the monitors off!

Defeat the King Sepiad (gameplay)

(Upon reaching the top of the lighthouse.)
Cronk (communicator): Ohh, this looks bad. Uh, stare into his eyes, rookie! Establish dominance!

Zephyr (communicator): The only way to stop the king sepiad from attacking is to mesmerize him with light! I'm pulling up the lighthouse schematics!

(After avoiding the king sepiads attacks for about 20 seconds.)
Zephyr (communicator): Looks like the lighthouse beacon is powered by a biogenerator in the center of that platform. Try batting a few slorgs into it!

(Upon batting enough slorgs into the biogenerator.)
Cronk (communicator): The versa-crank's exposed! Activate the beacon!

(If the party does not turn the versa-crank.)
Zephyr (communicator): You have to activate the lighthouse beacon! Turn the versa-crank, rookies!

(Upon activating the lighthouse beacon and stunning the king sepiad.)
Zephyr (communicator): Hoo! He's hypnotized! Now's your chance! Pull his jaws open and feed him a slorg!

(Upon batting a slorg into the king sepiad's mouth to electrocute it.)

• Ratchet: Ooo, that's gonna cause a stomach ache.
• Clank: Oh, dear, how shocking. (chuckles)
• Qwark: Taste that, sepiad? That's defeat you're chewing on!
• Dr. Nefarious: Take one and call me in the morning! (laughs)

(Upon again powering up the biogenerator, the king sepiad puts its tentacle on top of the versa-crank.)
Zephyr (communicator): You gotta get him to let go of that versa-crank!

(Upon damaging the king sepiad's tentacle enough to force it to let go of the versa-crank.)
Cronk (communicator): Nice work! Now activate the beacon!

(The king sepiad starts choking on the slorgs and slumps over the lighthouse.)
Zephyr (communicator): He's down! Alright, rookies—hit him with everything you've got!

(Upon damaging the king sepiad's face enough and knocking it off of the lighthouse.)
Cronk (communicator): Good job, rookies. Without their king, the other sepiads will migrate away from Octonok. You saved the town!

Top of Lighthouse, Octonok Cay

Access the Lighthouse Railway Station (gameplay)

(Whilst riding the elevator down to the base of the lighthouse.)
Zephyr (communicator): Now it's off to Terawatt Forest. If this Nevo character really is in control of Ephemeris, Dr. Croid may be the only one who can help you stop him.

(Upon passing by the king sepiad's body, the tharpod forces his way out of its mouth.)
Tharpod: Urrgh! Ugh! (panting) T-that was horrible! (panting) You know where I just came from?! I've seen things! Terrible things!

(Whilst traversing the boardwalk towards the hatch to the railway station.)

• Ratchet: That guy is gonna need some serious therapy.
• Clank: Oh, dear. That poor tharpod.
• Qwark: Well, look at the bright side. At least he came out of the northern tunnel, if you catch my drift.

A Presidential Retreat

Qwark: You know I'm actually starting to like it here? Sure, it's a dangerous planet riddled with murderous robots and exotic predators. But take away all that and what do you have? A presidential retreat-slash-water park!

Dr. Nefarious: Can I kill him now?

Ratchet: No.

Dr. Nefarious: I can make it look like an accident.

Ratchet: How?

Clank: Ratchet!

Ratchet: Alright, no.

Kaleero Trail, Terawatt Forest

Explore the Forest (gameplay)

(As the rail platform ferrying the party enters the area.)
On-screen: Terawatt Forest

Zephyr (distorted communicator): Hang on, rookies. We're picking up some kind of electromagnetic interference. Switching to emergency channel.

Cronk (communicator): Sweet criminy, that was weird. What the heck was that?

Zephyr (communicator): Looks like those rocks are emitting some sort of aberrant energy signature. Look at these readings! 800 decatones, 1200 decatones...

Cronk (communicator): Son of a cragmite, you're right! Dr. Croid must've stumbled across a new form of energy.

(Upon first encountering an anthropod.)
On-screen: Anthropod

(Upon approaching the Orb-o-matic pod.)
Cronk (communicator): According to the database, this doo-wa-hickey is called an "orb-o-matic." Dr. Croid designed it as a children's play toy for use in hostile environments. Give it a try—it may help you through the forest!

(Upon entering a tesla-orb from the Orb-o-matic pod.)
Zephyr (communicator): Look at that—a durable, semi-toxic polymer alloy that even kids can enjoy! It says here those tesla-orbs conduct and emit powerful electrical charges. Just steer one near one of those power amplifiers to complete the circuit.

(Upon first encountering a shard beast.)
On-screen: Shard Beast

(Whilst in combat with the shard beast.)
Zephyr (communicator): Those fragments seem to be augmenting that creature's strength. Destroy 'em!

(Upon destroying the shard fragments and defeating the shard beast.)
Zephyr (communicator): Those creatures have the same energy signature as the rocks. Eating them must have caused some sort of mutation.

Cronk (communicator): Yeah, or Nevo experimented on 'em. I tell ya, I don't like the cut of this guy's jib! Pickin' on harmless animals. For shame, sir!

(A giant guardian robot traps a tank minion in its tractor beam and destroys it.)
On-screen: Guardian

Zephyr (communicator): Interesting. Those guardian bots have been modified with Omegatron tractor beams. Dr. Croid must have been expecting a serious assault.

(Upon encountering an operator robot as it jumps into and pilots a Croid bot.)
On-screen: Croid Bot

(Upon activating then ascending on the rising platform.)

• Ratchet: Bridge is activated. Let's move!
• Clank: The bridge has been activated. We must advance.
• Dr. Nefarious: The bridge is activated. Follow me!

(Upon first encountering a razormoth.)
On-screen: Razormoths

(Upon approaching the tour guide tharpod.)
Tharpod: Welcome, science fans, to the Frumpus Croid Exploratorium of Scientific Wonderment! It's... Well, it's not much to look at now, but years ago there was wonderment all up in this place! It was like "What did I just step in?" Oh, that's just wonderment. No big deal, we got more.

• Ratchet: Yeah, hi... We're hoping to see Dr. Croid. Is he in?
• Clank: Oh, I do enjoy a good science exhibit. But we have more pressing matters. Is Dr. Croid available?
• Qwark: Greetings, overenthusiastic tour guide. My constituents and I have ventured from afar for an audience with Dr. Croid. Is he around?
• Dr. Nefarious: Listen, moron. I'm having a real bad day, and upping the squishy ratio is only making it worse. We're looking for Dr. Croid. Is he around or not?

Tharpod: Sure he is! I mean, I think he is. Locked himself in the Hall of Paradoxology and I haven't seen him since. Of course, that was a long time ago. I should probably start looking for another job.

• Ratchet: Alright, so how do we get to this "Hall of Paradoxology?"
• Clank: Can you tell us how to access this facility?
• Qwark: Very well. How do I access this hall of some word I can't pronounce?
• Dr. Nefarious: Where is this "Hall of Paradoxology?" It sounds diabolical!

Tharpod: All you gotta do is take this tour cart over to Rossa Fields, then cross Gorthon Crater to the main campus. Of course, that crater's impossible to cross without a guardian bot, but maybe you can find a way to power it up.

(As the tharpod makes his way over to the tour cart.)
Tharpod: Right this way, right this way! Wonderment abounds!

Rossa Fields, Terawatt Forest

Cross Gorthon Crater (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the tharpod by the tour cart.)

Tharpod

• Hey, what gives? I thought you were taking the tour to the Hall of Paradoxology. You got something against wonderment?
• You'll love the Hall of Paradoxology. "The hall of stuff that is but shouldn't be!" Just hop on that tour cart, you can't miss it!

(Whilst riding the tour cart.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): Welcome to the Frumpus Croid Exploratorium of Scientific Wonderment! I am Dr. Frumpus Croid!

Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): And I'm Dr. Nevo Binklemeyer!

Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): And you are about to embark on an exciting odyssey through the world of science!

• Ratchet: Great, next stop: Nerd Heaven.
• Clank: A science tour! How delightful!
• Qwark: Whoa, whoa, whoa! No one said anything about having to learn stuff!
• Dr. Nefarious: A fellow scientist's secret lair. What an opportunity to learn from his wisdom, share in his knowledge, and then... kill him! (laughs)

(Upon the tour cart approaching the mining outpost.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): The first stop on our tour of discovery is the Rossa Fields Mining Outpost! Go ahead, Nevo, read from the prompter!

Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): Er, yes! Right! Eons ago, a class-D comet struck our planet with incredible force. The resulting fragments wound up in this very location! Dr. Croid and I immediately implemented numerous devices in order to collect and catalog these samples for science.

(Upon entering the mining outpost after disembarking from the tour cart.)
Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): These protomorphic energy repositories were designed to siphon and redistribute kinetic energy from the comet shards. However, the redistribution process is extremely unstable, and should only be attempted by a licensed technician.

(Upon using the Vac-U to move the carrier along with the comet shard.)
Cronk (communicator): Good thinkin'! Now try powerin' up that shard using the energy repository.

(Upon moving the comet shard to the energy repository.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Standby for energy dispersal.

(Upon fully charging the shard at the energy repository.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Sample has reached maximum energy threshold.

(Once the comet shard has been charged.)
On-screen: Venixx shrink in the light.

Cronk (communicator): Nice work! If you can keep that shard energized, you should be able to use it to power up one of Croid's guardians. Then it's smooth sailing to the Hall of Paradoxology!

Traverse Rossa Fields with the Comet Shard (gameplay)

(As the shard's energy level gradually depletes after moving it.)

Steward (loudspeaker)

• Energy level at seventy-five percent.
• Energy level at fifty percent.
• Energy level at twenty-five percent.

(When the shard's energy level is running low.)
Clank: We need more comet fragments!

(Upon the shard's energy level reaching 10%.)

• Ratchet: We're almost outta light, guys!
• Clank: We are doomed!
• Qwark: We're gonna die in the dark, cold and alone, and without cameras to capture every dramatic moment so I can be remembered forever!
• Dr. Nefarious: We're almost outta light! Someone find a fragment! Now!

(Upon the shard's energy level reaching 0%.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Energy depleted.

(Whilst pulling the shard along the path forward.)
Zephyr (communicator): That shard is losing power! Look for some smaller fragments—they may have some juice left in 'em.

Ratchet: You heard him, guys! Throw in as many fragments as you can!

(When near a comet fragment.)

• Ratchet: Qwark, grab those comet fragments!
• Clank: Doctor, collect those comet fragments!
• Dr. Nefarious: Grab those comet fragments!

(Upon picking up a comet fragment with the Vac-U.)

• Ratchet: Got one! Clear a path, guys!
• Qwark: Ooh! Shiny!
• Dr. Nefarious: Can't believe I'm out here collecting rocks.

Clank

• I do enjoy geology.
• Hmm. I have never seen a comet like this before.

(Upon a teammate picking up a comet fragment with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Good work, guys! Get those fragments into the carrier!

(Upon launching a comet fragment into the carrier to charge the shard.)

• Ratchet: It's working! Grab more fragments!
• Clank: Excellent work, team. The shard is powering up.

(Upon a teammate moving into the dark and away from the light of the comet shard.)

• Ratchet: Qwark, get back in the light!
• Clank: Doctor, you must get back into the light!
• Qwark: Stay in the light!
• Dr. Nefarious: Stay together, you fools!

(Whilst moving the shard through the first half of the segment.)
Cronk (communicator): Get a move on, rookies! That shard's runnin' out of juice! Find some comet fragments!

(Whilst crossing the wooden bridge at the half-way point of Rossa Fields.)
Qwark: Surrounded by deadly vegetables, President Qwark led his team of eager, but significantly less attractive cadets through the treacherous garden of doom. Only one question burns his professor-like brain. Did he remember to turn the oven off before leaving the compound this morning?

(Whilst moving the shard through the latter half of the segment.)
Cronk (communicator): You're doin' great, rookies! Keep goin'! You're almost through the field.

(Whilst crossing the wooden bridge towards the end of the segment.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): Beyond this field is Gorthon Crater—the very spot where the comet touched down ages ago! Toxic crabrock deposits made this area too treacherous to mine from, so we engineered friendly guardian bots to assist us.

Gorthon Crater, Terawatt Forest

Power up a Guardian (gameplay)

(After bringing the shard to the circular platform.)
Cronk (communicator): Searching patent archives for "Dr. Croid Guardian Bots" and... Excelsior! I got the plans! Alright, step one: "Activate your friendly guardian bot by installing power supply." Sounds simple enough.

(Upon using the cable cannon to launch the shard into the guardian bot's chest cavity.)
Cronk (communicator): Nice shot! Alright, now, step two—oh, wait, looks like I forgot to read the disclaimer. "Before proceeding to step one, be sure to reset the guardian's directive matrix to ensure it does not boot up in murder mode." Murder mode?

Zephyr (communicator): Ah, Cronk, ya darn fool! Now look what you've done! Hang tight, rookies! I think I have a cranial mood reshifter somewhere in the back of the ship!

(The party are caught in the guardian bot's tractor beam as it prepares to crush them.)

• Ratchet: Uh, Cronk, Zephyr, I don't know what plan you've cooked up to save us, but can you cook a little faster, please?!
• Clank: We are doomed!
• Qwark: If you two don't save my life right now, you are so fired! Do you hear me?!
• Dr. Nefarious: Ahh! What an unjust galaxy we live in! I never even got the chance to murder Lawrence for abandoning me!

Zephyr (communicator): Got it! Stand clear, rookies! I'm firing down the cranial mood reshifter!

(The cranial mood reshifter lands on the guardian bot's head and it becomes docile.)
Cronk (communicator): Phew! That was a close one.

Zephyr (communicator): According to our data feed, the Hall of Paradoxology is on total lockdown. Dr. Croid must've set up safeguards to keep the collectors away.

Cronk (communicator): We'll rewrite your guardian's directive matrix to transport you to the Exploratorium power station. If you restore the power, the system should reset and remove the lockdown.

Cross Gorthon Crater (gameplay, cont.)

(The cannons ontop of the party's guardian bot become activated.)
Cronk (communicator): Hmm, those guardian cannons should still work. Better hop on in case we get any visitors along the way.

(Upon the party manning the guardian bot's cannons.)
Zephyr (communicator): That barrier is being protected by two shield generators. Take 'em out and you should be on your way!

Qwark: Armed with nothing but raw intellect and nerves of steel, President Qwark saddled the mighty guardian, and named him Leon.

(Upon destroying the barrier with Leon's cannons.)
Qwark: Onward, Leon! Hyah! Hyah!

(As razormoths fly in and begin attacking the party.)
Ratchet, Clank, Qwark or Dr. Nefarious: Razormoths!

(Upon destroying the flying Croid bot.)
Zephyr (communicator): Looks like we found some more info on Dr. Croid. His original Ephemeris design was on file at the Magnus Hall of Records, but it was only built to carry a single occupant. Nevo must've made some modifications.

(As Leon passes through the open barrier.)
Dr. Nefarious: Doesn't this hunk of junk move any faster?

(An automated enemy fusion cannon is activated on a tower and begins charging to fire at Leon.)
Zephyr (communicator): Looks like Croid equipped those towers with fusion cannons. Neutralize 'em!

(When an enemy fusion cannon is activated.)

• Ratchet: Concentrate fire on the fusion cannons!
• Clank: We must neutralize those fusion cannons!
• Qwark: Alright, gang, take out those fusion cannons!
• Dr. Nefarious: Annihilate the fusion cannons!

(Upon destroying the second barrier with Leon's cannons.)
Qwark: Mush! Mush! Mush, Leon! Your master commands you!

(Upon destroying the third barrier with Leon's cannons.)
Cronk (communicator): The power station's just ahead! Keep going, rookies!

(Another guardian bot appears and attacks Leon.)
Cronk (communicator): Look out! That guardian's stuck on murder mode!

(As Leon and the enemy guardian bot struggle against eachother.)
Qwark: Get him, Leon! Rip his arms off!

(Upon the party and Leon destroying the enemy guardian bot.)
Leon: Okay.

• Ratchet: Whoa-ho! That was awesome! Clank, can we keep him?
  Clank: Ratchet, a guardian robot is not a pet.
• Qwark: Atta boy, Leon. Yet another problem solved with good old-fashioned violence.
• Dr. Nefarious: I gotta get me some of these. Can you imagine rolling up to the planetary defense center with ten or twelve of these things? Ha! I'd be unstoppable!

(After one of the previous lines of dialogue from a different character.)

• Qwark: That's it, Leon is coming home with me. Think of what he'll do for my morning commute.
• Dr. Nefarious: Would you be interested in a future in the evil mercenary field? Plenty of travel? Lots of needless killing? Dental?

(As Leon climbs a tower.)
Zephyr (communicator): Stay on alert! I'm picking up another guardian!

(Upon destroying the second enemy guardian bot on the nearby tower with Leon's cannons.)

• Ratchet: Yeah! This guardian is lethal!
• Clank: Exemplary work, Mr. Guardian.

(A third enemy guardian bot attacks Leon from behind.)
Qwark: Ohh, that's it. You've stirred the hornet's nest now, my friend. Sic him, Leon!

(Upon destroying the fourth enemy guardian bot, three more appear to pursue the party.)
Cronk (communicator): Uh-oh. Looks like this one brought some friends.

Zephyr (communicator): I think now would be a good time to get to that power station.

(As Leon leaps across to another tower.)
Ratchet: Hang on! He's going for it!

(After Leon launches the party to a platform.)

Leon

• Friend.
• So long.
• I go now.
• Goodbye.

(Leon leaps away to fight the pursuing enemies.)
Qwark: Leon! Nooooo!

Leon: Gooooo!

Exploratorium Power Station, Terawatt Forest

Nevo Strikes Again

Frumpus Croid (recording): Holo-diary 0-0-4. It has been fifty years since Mr. Dinkles was taken, and my rescue plan has backfired in a most disastrous way. The directive matrix that restricts Ephemeris to this planet has been deleted. The on-board surveillance camera shows that this was no accident—this was Nevo's doing. This is twice he has taken what does not belong to him. Only now, he has something that will allow him to expand his plan beyond the confines of Magnus. Even now, Ephemeris grows under Nevo's control. He's modifying it for interplanetary travel, extending his reach further and further into the cosmos. Soon, there will be no stopping him. I can wait no longer. I must venture to Uzo City for a long overdue confession, and to convince the tharpods to stop my old friend—at all costs. We must succeed. For if we fail, dark times will befall the planet. Or worse, the universe itself.

Restore Power to Hall of Paradoxology (gameplay)

(Whilst traversing the metal walkway.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): From portable singularity synthesizers to blue-matter particle generators, every Exploratorium project requires one thing—power.

Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): This station is equipped with a sophisticated A.I. we named "The Steward." Quite hepful, should a tharpod find him or herself without their companion creature.

Cronk (communicator): See if you can restore the power. That oughta reset the system and remove the lockdown.

(Upon reaching the next area using the tesla-orb catapult.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Exploratorium employees detected. Initiating energy restoration tutorial version two-point-one.

(Upon being given the first step of the energy restoration tutorial.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Place ion conduit securely in open power socket.

(When Qwark is near an ion conduit.)
Ratchet: Qwark, grab that ion conduit!

(Upon reaching the lower area by turning the versa-crank.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Redirect energy path using power director.

(When Ratchet is near a power director.)
Clank: Ratchet, can you grab that power director?

(When a power director is not facing the right direction.)

• Ratchet: Something doesn't look right.
• Clank: Hmm. I believe we have this lined up incorrectly. Perhaps we should rotate the power director.
• Qwark: I'm no scientist, but something here looks a little funky.
• Dr. Nefarious: Blasted contraptions. My intellect is far too advanced for such obsolete technology.

(Upon reaching the next area using the tesla-orb catapult.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Reconnect versa-plugs to restore power link.

(When Nefarious is near a pair of versa-plugs.)
Clank: Doctor, can you please connect those versa-plugs?

(Upon completing the power link to the cable cannon.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Fire cable cannon to distribute energy to main station.

Ratchet: Everyone grab the handle!

(If the player character does not go to use the cable cannon.)
Cronk (communicator): What are you waitin' for, rookies? Fire that cable cannon!

(Whilst moving a cable cannon into position.)

• Ratchet: Everybody, pull!
• Clank: Everyone, we must pull!
• Qwark: Muscles... aching! Pectorals... pectating!
• Dr. Nefarious: Nrgh! My poor metal arms!

(Upon firing the first cable cannon at station Alpha.)
Qwark: Ha-ha! Take that, technology!

Steward (loudspeaker): Station Alpha activated. Two stations remaining.

(Upon firing the second cable cannon at station Beta.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Station Beta activated. One station remaining.

(Upon firing the third cable cannon at station Gamma.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Station Gamma activated. Power core operational. Resetting security protocols.

Cronk (communicator): Ha-ha! Excelsior! You did it, rookies! The system is resetting.

Zephyr (communicator): The Hall of Paradoxology is officially open for business. Now, hop in that orb-o-matic and find Dr. Croid!

Confront Dr. Croid in the Hall of Paradoxology (gameplay)

(Upon reaching the next area using the tesla-orb catapult.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Warning. Critcal failure detected in outer security grid.

Zephyr (communicator): Ah, shoot. I knew this darn system was too old to handle a sudden burst of juice!

(Upon reaching the large circular platform on the way to the Hall of Paradoxology.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Detecting incoming enemies.

(Once the last of the minion enemies are defeated by Leon.)
Leon: (chuckles)

Cronk (communicator): Good going! Now, head for the Hall of Paradoxology before they send in reinforcements!

(Whilst crossing Leon's makeshift bridge towards the entrance to the Hall of Paradoxology.)
Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): You are now approaching the Hall of Paradoxology. The hall of stuff that is but shouldn't be!

(Upon approaching the entrance door to the Hall of Paradoxology next to Leon.)

• Ratchet: The door is still locked!
• Clank or Dr. Nefarious: The door is locked!

(As Leon fights with and destroys an enemy guardian bot.)
Qwark: Leon! You're back!

(Once Leon has made inputs on the keypad and the entrance door opens.)
Qwark: Thanks, Leon! Keep in touch! Captainpectoral33@q-force.com!

Hall of Paradoxology, Terawatt Forest

Confront Dr. Croid in the Hall of Paradoxology (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon going through the entrance door to the Hall of Paradoxology.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): Here at the H.O.P., Dr. Binklemeyer and I study the enigmatic physiological effect of creatures on their caretakers. Follow us, as we endeavor to unlock the mystery of augmented intelligence through irradiated organisms!

Nevo Binklemeyer (viewscreen recording): Not by us, mind you! I think our investors will be relieved to know these creatures were irradiated long before we tharpods came to Magnus!

(Upon going through the door leading to Croid's lab.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): Good evening, Nevo! I recorded this message in anticipation of your pathetic assassination attempt. This lab, as you've no doubt realized, is a decoy! I've already moved all our research to the Phonica Moon. I know what you're trying to do, and I will not let it happen!

A Nefarious Affair

Ratchet: Whoa... Yes! Now this is what I'm talking about! Look at this thing!

Clank: According to the archives, this is a prototype ornithopter designed for orbital travel.

Qwark: What is it with these guys and their pets?

Dr. Nefarious: (groans angrily)

Qwark: I don't know about you, but something about them gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Dr. Nefarious: Yaaah! Ahhh!

Qwark: Gotcha! I gotcha, Doctor!

Ratchet (in unison): Qwark, pull him up! Come on!

Clank (in unison): Hang on, Doctor! Do not let go!

Dr. Nefarious: Pull me up!

Qwark: (struggling)

Dr. Nefarious: Why did you save me?

Qwark: I dunno. You would've done the same for me, right?

Dr. Nefarious: Yeaaaaahhhh...

Ornithopter Ascent, Phonica Moon

Pilot Ornithopter through the Asteroid Field (gameplay)

(As the ornithopter ascends through the Magnus atmosphere.)
Cronk (communicator): Hang onto your sprockets, gang! You're punching through the Magnus troposphere!

Zephyr (communicator): I hope you have better luck than Cronk here. The entire quadrant is littered with those darn asteroids.

Cronk (communicator): In my defense, the Polaris Department of Transportation took away my license thirty years ago.

(As the ornithopter reaches outer space and separates from its boosters.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Lunar module separating. Switching to manual control.

(Upon gaining control of the ornithopter.)
On-screen: ROTATE THRUSTER THRUST

Zephyr (communicator): Well, that could be a problem. I don't think you have enough gelatonium to reach the moon. Try searching the debris field for stray gel tanks. An awful lot of ships crashed through here...

On-screen: Avoid asteroids.

On-screen: Collect fuel.

(Whilst navigating the asteroid field.)
Dr. Nefarious: Get your elbow out of my face!

Qwark: And do what? Where am I supposed to put it?

Clank: Ratchet, do not say a word.

Qwark: Can we get there already? I'm starting to cramp up and the throttle is sticking into my hip.

Dr. Nefarious: Yeah... throttle.

(Upon passing by Cronk and Zephyr's ship.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, rookies! We can see you!

Zephyr (communicator): Hey! Hit the horn, Cronk!

Cronk (communicator): Looking good out there! Yah-ha!

(Upon approaching the Phonica Moon surface.)
Zephyr (communicator): You're reaching the planet's perigee! Next stop, Phonica Moon!

Phonica Craters, Phonica Moon

Infiltrate Dr. Croid's Secret Lab (gameplay)

(Upon the Ornithopter lunar module landing on the Phonica Moon.)
Zephyr (communicator): Well, I'll be darned! It looks like Dr. Croid set up a secret lab up here. See if you can do some snooping—he's gotta be around here somewhere.

(Whilst following the pathway up the raised platforms.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): I knew you'd come for me one day. It's not enough to be a thief—no, no! You have to be an assassin! An errand-boy for those things!

(Upon first encountering a craterpede.)
On-screen: Craterpede

• Clank: Watch out for the craterpedes!
• Qwark: Ughh! Craterpedes!
• Ratchet or Dr. Nefarious: Craterpedes!

(Whilst fighting the craterpede.)
Zephyr (communicator): Fire at their tails, rookies!

(Upon defeating the second craterpede and activating the two nearby spinshots.)
Cronk (communicator): Look at that! Dr. Croid must've installed spinshots so he could avoid the craterpedes.

(After crossing the gap using the spinshots.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): What did they offer you for my energy extractor? Bolts? Power? Your greed is destroying Magnus!

(Upon encountering another two craterpedes.)
Ratchet: Heads up! More craterpedes!

(Upon first encountering a lurker.)
On-screen: Lurker

(Upon encountering the two Croid bots after swingshotting across the gap.)

• Ratchet: Hey, guys. We were hopin' to, uh, speak with Dr. Croid?
• Clank: Uh, pardon me. We are looking for Dr. Croid.
• Qwark: Greetings, warbots. We're looking for your master.
• Dr. Nefarious: Let's dance, warbots.

(Upon defeating the two Croid bots and gaining access to the Reflector.)
On-screen: Reflector

(Upon collecting the Reflector.)
On-screen: You found the Relector gadget!

(Upon approaching the operator robot manning the ion turret.)
On-screen: Ion Turret

(The operator robot jumps onto a button and activates the ion turret's lasers, destroying a Croid bot.)
Zephyr (communicator): Dr. Croid's using an ion turret! Engage your Reflectors!

(After getting past the first ion turret.)

• Ratchet: Use your Reflectors!
• Clank: Engage Reflectors.
• Qwark: For my next trick I will reflect this laser beam into your face!
• Dr. Nefarious: Engage your Reflectors.

(Upon falling though the trapdoor and entering a freefall.)
Cronk (communicator): Quick! Activate your jet packs!

(Once the jet packs have been engaged.)
Cronk (communicator): Phew! That was a close one.

Zephyr (communicator): Watch out for Croid's defenses. It doesn't look like he's the kind of tharpod who likes uninvited visitors.

Security Tunnels, Phonica Moon

Bypass Dr. Croid's Defenses (gameplay)

(Whilst traversing the metal walkway and passing a viewscreen.)
Frumpus Croid (viewscreen recording): Our planet's entire history is a fraud, and you're part of it. How could you, Nevo? You were—you were my friend.

(Upon reaching the first laser reflection segment.)
Zephyr (communicator): Try bouncing that laser across multiple Reflectors.

(After clearing the third laser reflection segment.)
Cronk (communicator): Amazing. To think, Dr. Croid's been up here all this time, setting up an entire research station by himself!

(After the moving platform the party are riding on flips over.)
Cronk (communicator): Quick! Activate your jet packs!

Confront Dr. Croid at his Moon Base (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the versa-crank across from Croid's lab.)
Zephyr (communicator): That must be Dr. Croid's laboratory. Oh, be careful, rookies. He's been up here a long time. There's no telling what he's capable of.

The Lombax Whisperer

Ratchet: Planet Toranux?

Frumpus Croid: Tricilloscope shows an increase in thermal-kinetic output around the anterior cingulate cortex, confirming my hypothesis that the answer is in the rocks. They can't survive outside, so they need vessels!

Ratchet: Dr. Croid?

Frumpus Croid: My stars! A lombax! What a remarkable specimen! And with such a shiny coat. You three brought him to the right place!

Qwark: Dr. Frumpus Croid. Astrophysicist, paradoxologist, and... lombax whisperer?

Ratchet (in unison): Dr. Croid, I don't need a translator. We're here because someone is using your work to bring monsters to Magnus, and we need your help to stop him.

Frumpus Croid (in unison): Uh-huh. I see. Yes. Uh-huh. Indeed.

Frumpus Croid: Uh-huh. He's saying he's hungry.

Ratchet: Oh, for the love of—

Qwark: Listen, doctor, I completely respect the fact that you're... insane. But I'm trying to boost my approval rating, so what say we dial down the crazy and tell us how to stop Nevo?

Dr. Nefarious: I think I have something over here!

Dr. Nefarious: Ephemeris uses a versatron energy dock to charge its power cells. It emits a high-frequency sonar ping to prevent ships from flying into it.

Ratchet: Right! And that frequency would do... what now?

Clank: It would allow us to triangulate the location of the charging dock.

Dr. Nefarious: Success! It's on the Vilerog Plateau!

Ratchet: I'm impressed, Nefarious. You did good.

Ratchet: Dr. Croid? We're going to stop Nevo from hurting anyone else, but we could really use your help. Do you understand what I'm saying?

Frumpus Croid: I think he needs to poo. I'll go get a baggy.

Qwark: Hey, Doc! Make it two! Been a loooooong trip.

Dr. Croid's Secret Lab, Phonica Moon

Launch Dr. Croid's Escape Pod (gameplay)

(On the way to the escape pod.)
Zephyr (communicator): Hey, rookies. I did some research on planet Toranux, and, well—I'm afraid it doesn't exist! It's a fictional planet from an ancient cragmite children's story called "Bagogg and the Loki." It's about a cragmite warrior who battled shapeless monsters on an alien planet.

Cronk (communicator): I'm downloading it to my GrummelReader right now, but it might take me a while to translate. My Cragmite's a bit rusty.

Zephyr (communicator): Just head for the Vilerog Plateau. We'll keep you posted.

Ephemeris Attacks

Ratchet: Everybody, hold on!

Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious: (panicked yelling)

Ratchet: We're going down!

Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious: (screaming)

Ratchet: (coughing) Everyone alright?

Janice (radio): Oh, Lance! You ate my entire family!

Ratchet: Qwark, could you—?

Qwark: On it.

Janice (radio): Now how are we supposed to get married?!

Dr. Nefarious: (groans)

Ratchet: Cronk, come in. Zephyr? Do you copy? Super...

Middle of Nowhere, Polar Sea

Investigate Collector Encampment (gameplay)

(Upon gaining control of a player character.)

• Ratchet: Look! Those buildings look like they belong to the collectors. How much you wanna bet they've built a railway station?
• Clank: Hmm... Those structures appear to belong to the collectors. Perhaps we can use them to locate a railway station.
• Dr. Nefarious: Those structures appear to be controlled by the collectors. They must have used a railway station to set up camp!

(Upon a grungoth escaping from its creature container.)

• Ratchet: Oh, boy. Was that a grungoth?
• Clank: Oh, dear. This sector may be overrun by grungoths.
• Qwark: Someone please tell me that wasn't a grungoth.

(Whilst sliding down the ice slope as sections begin collapsing.)

• Ratchet: The ice shelf is breaking!
• Qwark: What's happening to the ground?
• Clank or Dr. Nefarious: The ice shelf is collapsing!

(A grungoth begins following the party alongside the ice slope.)

• Ratchet: Grungoth!
• Clank: A grungoth is attacking!
• Qwark: It's a grungoth!
• Dr. Nefarious: Let's dance, grungoth.

(The grungoth slams down on the ground, causing snow boulders to roll down the ice slope.)
Ratchet, Qwark or Dr. Nefarious: Avalanche!

(Upon reaching the end of the ice slope, across from a groundpounder.)
Clank: Hmm. That mech appears to be destroying the ice shelf.

(Upon approaching the groundpounder.)
On-screen: Groundpounder

(Upon destroying the groundpounder.)

• Qwark: Farewell, groundpounder. It was nice vanquishing you.
• Dr. Nefarious: Shame about the groundpounder. I could've used it to crush every sprocket in Lawrence's traitorous body.

Polar Ice Floes, Polar Sea

Investigate Collector Encampment (gameplay, cont.)

(A scorch minion breaks through the ice wall.)
On-screen: Scorch Minion

(Upon coming in view of the collector outpost.)

• Ratchet: There it is—the collector outpost. Let's see if we can find a ride to Vilerog.
• Clank: The collector outpost is up ahead. Perhaps we can secure a ride to Vilerog from there.
• Dr. Nefarious: Finally! Come on, we have to find one of those infernal railway stations so we can get out of the cold!

Locate a Railway Station (gameplay)

(Upon jumping onto the floating ice block and alerting the pyromites.)

• Ratchet: Target the pyromite generators!
• Clank: They appear to be coming from those pyromite generators.
• Dr. Nefarious: Annihilate those pyromite generators!

(Upon first encountering a grungoth in combat.)
On-screen: Grungoth

• Ratchet: I think these grungoths are hungry.
• Clank: Oh, dear. More grungoths!
• Dr. Nefarious: Finally! Come on, we have to find one of those infernal railway stations so we can get out of the cold!

(Upon defeating the four grungoths.)
Zephyr (communicator): Rookies! Come in, rookies! If you can hear this transmission, we're sending down an Apogee Pod!

Valley Floor, Polar Sea

The Plumber's Back

Ratchet: Aw, no, no, no! Come on!

Qwark: This is it! The end of President Captain Qwark! I can feel death's icy grip! Nefarious, I'm sorry I pushed you around in high school. You were smart, and I was such a—

Dr. Nefarious: Moron?

Qwark: I was gonna say Adonis, but if you want to be a jerk about it.

Dr. Nefarious: I'm sorry too. You should know that even as I was wishing the blaarg would tear you apart limb from limb, so I could riverdance around your smoldering, squishy carcass—I still considered you a friend.

Qwark: (gasps) An Intergalactic Tool of Justice Award?

Plumber: If you fellas are done, I'm gonna need that wrench back.

Plumber: Yep, home office sent me out here to fix a broken versa-fuse. Usually I stick to the toilet-related catastrophes, but, you know, I'm filling in for a guy. (sighs) Well, there ya go! She's ready for one nonstop trip to Uzo City.

Ratchet: Wait, aren't you gonna give us some cryptic advice we can use to defeat Nevo?

Plumber: Ooh, sorry, friend. That kind of advice, I'm afraid I don't have. Good luck!

City Ruins, Uzo City

Trek through the Ruins of Uzo City (gameplay)

(As the railway platform ferrying the party enters the area.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, rookies. I was able to translate some of that children's story. According to the text, the Loki of Toranux were evil spirits who sought the end of all living things. Apparently, Bagogg crashed his ship there and spent years in hiding before he was able to escape. When he made it back to Reepor, he destroyed Toranux using a class three planet smasher.

Zephyr (communicator): Now why would Dr. Croid be so obsessed with a cragmite children's story?

On-screen: Uzo City

(Once the railway platform has come to a stop and control of a player character is gained.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Attention minions. An unscheduled railway platform has just arrived from the Polar Sea. Be on the lookout for interlopers.

(Upon approaching the tharpod after disembarking from the railway platform.)
Tharpod (1): (sighs) This city used to be so beautiful...

(Upon crossing the gap and reaching the retracted bridge.)
Zephyr (communicator): This holo-map says that Vilerog Plateau is just outside the city. Keep an eye out, rookies. These ruins are probably crawling with Nevo's minions.

(Upon approaching the tharpod next to the bridge.)
Tharpod (2): Someone needs to do something about Ephemeris.

(Upon crossing the bridge and first encountering a swarm beacon.)
On-screen: Swarm Beacon

Cronk (communicator): That beacon's calling in your position to the collectors! Take it out!

(Upon passing by the tharpod in the ruins, just before the rail.)
Tharpod (3): My favorite comic book shop used to stand right here. Oh, those were better days...

(Upon reaching the end of the rail, just before the next combat segment.)
Cronk (communicator): Detecting enemy encampments up ahead. Stay on alert, rookies.

City, Uzo City

Head to the Ephemeris Charging Dock at the Vilerog Plateau (gameplay)

(Upon encountering an ion turret.)
Zephyr (communicator): Those lasers will cut you in half! Engage your Reflectors!

(Upon using a mortar toss to deactivate a forcefield and open the path towards Ephemeris.)
Cronk (communicator): There it is—Ephemeris!

Into Ephemeris

Ratchet: Susie? What are you doing here?

Susie: Leading an assault!

Ratchet: I know how you feel, kid. A few years ago, I'd be doing the same thing. But running into something you're unprepared for isn't going to bring them back. Tell you what—why don't you and your friends guard this spot for us?

Susie: You mean, like, hold the perimeter?

Ratchet: Exactly. No one in, no one out.

Qwark: You guys want me to hold the perimeter too?

Ratchet: You're coming. And stop falling to the back of the group, you're not fooling anyone.

Vilerog Plateau, Uzo City

Ride the Tracks to Reach Emphemeris (gameplay)

(Upon approaching the catapult.)
Cronk (communicator): You've reached the main railway track. Hop on, rookies—you're almost inside!

(Whilst riding the grind tube after being launched by the catapult.)
Zephyr (communicator): I'm downloading schematics for the railway tracks in your quadrant. We should be able to guide you directly into the drone's core.

(Upon approaching and switching to a second grind tube.)
Cronk (communicator): Hang on, rookies. We'll help you bypass the outer defenses!

(Whilst riding a third grind tube.)
Zephyr (communicator): Darn it, Cronk, you switched them directly towards the defenses! How many times have I told you to get your visual receptors replaced?!

Cronk (communicator): So sue me for wanting to keep one original piece of my body!

(Whilst riding the fourth grind tube and approaching a fifth.)
Zephyr (communicator): Switch the tracks, Cronk!

Cronk (communicator): Execute! Execute! Execute! Ha-ha! Piece of cake.

(Whilst riding the final grind tube as it is being assembled ahead of the party.)
Qwark: Switch the track! Switch the track!

(Upon riding the final grind tube towards the end of the segment.)
Zephyr (communicator): Stand back, rookies—I'm sending down an Apogee pod!

(Upon reaching the end of the grind tube segment.)
Ratchet: We're almost at Ephemeris. Come on, guys! We can't let the tharpods down!

Fight through Ephemeris' Defenses (gameplay)

(Whilst fighting through the gauntlet of minions.)
Cronk (communicator): Never fear, rookies—we're sending you some backup right now. And you'll never guess who it is!

(Upon activating a shielded laser turret.)
Cronk (communicator): Those shields look pretty powerful. You may want to give your Reflectors a try.

(Upon destroying the shield and generators with the reflected laser, Commander Spog enters the area.)
Commander Spog: Greetings, interlopers. Your friends in the sky informed me that you'd like a word with the Master. I hope you'll permit me to facilitate an introduction.

• Ratchet: Commander Spog?
• Clank: It is good to see you again, Commander.

Proceed to Nevo's Inner Sanctum (gameplay)

(Upon approaching Spog after he places a transport container into position.)
Commander Spog: Come come, we haven't got all day. I assure you, I mean you no harm. I decided to retire a few weeks early!

(Whilst being transported to the inner sanctum after entering the container.)
Commander Spog: Amazing, isn't it? Over twenty-two thousand predators have passed through these walls since Ephemeris was created. Each one catalogued and studied. It's unfortunate that the Master wishes to use them for such a dark endeavor, but, I suppose that's just his nature.

(As the container approaches the end of the transport rail.)
Commander Spog: Farewell, interlopers. Should the Master fail to kill you, do me one small favor—destroy that annoying Steward!

Ephemeris, Uzo City

Proceed to Nevo's Inner Sanctum (gameplay, cont.)

(Upon gaining control of a player character.)
Zephyr (communicator): I'm detecting a large power spike just beyond your position. The core must be just beyond those security doors.

Hello, Nevo

Ratchet: Nevo?

Nevo Binklemeyer: Gaahh! How did you get in here?! You have to go! He's going to be upset—very, very upset!

Ratchet: Who's going to be upset?

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Nevo, Nevo, Nevo. You didn't tell me you were expecting guests.

Nevo Binklemeyer: I'm sorry! They must've circumvented the defense system—

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): A-tat-tat! Silence! You four have been quite meddlesome.

Clank: You stole the plans to Dr. Croid's protomorphic energy extractor?

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): You should've seen the look on Nevo's face! He even tried to stop me, if you can believe it.

Nevo Binklemeyer (Loki Master's memory): Stop!

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): I would've disposed of him, but he's actually been quite useful. Building my collectors, modifying Ephemeris. He's been a wonderful pet.

Qwark: What does a little furball like you need with a spaceship and a protoplasmic energy transdinger?

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Protomorphic energy extractor, you simpleton. And the answer is... freedom.

Loki: (ghostly wailing and whispering)

Ratchet: Guys, I don't think these are comet pieces. These are from a planet.

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Hmm... The smaller ones are easy to control, but, larger life-forms have always been... problematic. Ironic these slovenly bottom feeders succeeded in the one area we could not.

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): This is the future! A machine that can force our consciousness into vessels worthy of our intelligence! With this, Toranux will be reborn! And I can't have you lot ruining it.

Infiltrate Ephemeris and Defeat Nevo Binklemeyer (gameplay)

(As control of a player character is regained and minions are deployed into the arena.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Let's see how you buffoons fare against my collector minions!

(Whilst fighting the minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Impressive, aren't they? I admit, they're mostly Nevo's design. It's amazing what a tharpod can do when a blaster is pointed at him.

Ratchet: Seems like you've got a little bit of an inferiority complex. What, you can bring out the best in people, but have nothing special of your own?

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): How dare you?! We are super-intelligent beings!

Ratchet: I don't know. I recognise stupidity when I see it, I'm friends with Qwark.

Qwark: Yeah! Wait, what?

(Upon defeating all of the minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Urghh! Must I do everything myself?!

(Half of the arena platform breaks off.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): I've spent too long developing this machine to be stopped by the likes of you!

(A shield is raised over the Loki Master's hoverthrone and its weapons become armed.)
On-screen: Mr. Dinkles

(Upon the Loki Master knocking out a player character.)

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles)

• (Ratchet)
  I've never killed a lombax before. I like it!
• (Clank)
  Poor little tin can!
• (Qwark)
  I get no satisfaction from killing a simpleton, but, it had to be done.
• (Dr. Nefarious)
  Shame it had to come to this, doctor. I was such a fan of your work.

(Upon the Loki Master attacking and destroying a Doppelbanger.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Urghh! A Doppelbanger! I, uh, knew that wasn't real! I was just testing you!

(Upon the Loki Master firing his laser attack.)

• Ratchet: Use your Reflectors on him!
• Clank: Engage your Reflectors and direct fire at the hoverthrone!
• Dr. Nefarious: Engage Reflectors and annihilate the furball!

(Upon reflecting the lasers back at the hoverthrone to create an overload explosion and break the shield.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Oww! You'll pay for that!

(As the Loki Master works to reactivate the hoverthrones weapons.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Do you know how much work was put into this hoverthrone?!

(The hoverthrones weapons are reactivated, but not its shield.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Lousy shields!

(If the hoverthrone does not sustain enough damage and the Loki Master is able to reactivate its shield.)

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles)

• There we go.
• Ah, there we are!

(Upon again breaking the Loki Master's shield.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Urgh! Blasted shields! Nevo... Never send a tharpod to do a loki's work! (grunting) If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself.

(Upon the hoverthrone reaching 95% health.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Your hoverthrone has been damaged.

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): I know it's been damaged! I'm not blind!

(Upon the hoverthrone reaching 75% health.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Perhaps you should try killing them.

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): What does it look like I'm trying to do?! I'm not baking brownies here!

(Upon the hoverthrone reaching 50% health, the Loki Master leaves the arena and deploys more minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): I've had enough of this! Minions! Destroy them!

(Whilst fighting the bouncer minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Such arrogance this pathetic race had! They were crawling through the mud like worms before we arrived! Everything they have, they owe to us! Can you believe that insane paradoxologist described us as "protomorphic?" Ha! The loki are the most advanced race in the universe! It's a shame the cragmites won't be here to witness our glorious return. I would have enjoyed sending a few monsters back to Reepor. Ah, well. I'll have to start with a new planet. Say... Igliak.

(Upon defeating the first wave of bouncer minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): To think, we would have stayed trapped in these ridiculous bodies forever if Dr. Croid and his sniveling cohort didn't discover our presence. Remind me to thank them, will you? Ahh, ahh, and then there was the wonderfully naive Dr. Croid! It was deliciously easy, curled up on his lap, learning from his experiments, laughing at his theories. "What is this energy? What is this energy?" (laughs) Moron. No longer will our kind remain trapped on this primitive planet! No, we will spread out and rip this universe apart! Planet by planet, star by star, until nothing but dust remains!

(Upon defeating all of the minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Honestly, I was expecting a bit more of a fight than this.

(Upon the hoverthrone reaching 25% health.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): You're proving to be more trouble than you're worth! Steward! Fetch the grivelnox! We're stepping up our timetable!

Steward (loudspeaker): Yes, Master. Searching creature pens... found. Grivelnox. Apex predator of Rykan V. Redirecting to Ephemeris core.

Cronk (communicator): Uh-oh. A Rykan V grivelnox! What do you think he plans to do with that?!

Zephyr (communicator): Hang tight, rookies! I'm researching every wildlife database in Polaris!

(Upon defeating the last of the minions.)
Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Ah, there you are...

From Bad to Really, Really Bad

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): My, my, still alive? This is all pointless, you know. In a few hours, our kind will possess enough monsters to spread across this galaxy and— oww!

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): You! I don't think I need you anymore, little pawn!

Frumpus Croid: Get away from him! Woahhh!

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): What are you doing, you fool?! Let go! No!

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): Oh! Ugh!

Nevo Binklemeyer: Don't let him turn it on!

Loki Master (Mr. Dinkles): (laughs)

Loki Master: (screeches)

Mr. Dinkles: (meows)

Qwark: No! Bad Mr. Dinkles! Bad!

Loki Master (grivelnox): (roars)

Defeat the Loki Master (gameplay)

(After the cutscene has played, just before regaining control of a player character.)
Cronk (communicator): That does not look like something I'd like to keep as a pet.

On-screen: Grivelnox

Loki Master (grivelnox): (roars)

(Upon the Loki Master reaching 75% health.)
Cronk (communicator): I got something! According to the Polaris Database of Needlessly Violent Predators, the Rykan V grivelnox has the natural ability to augment his body through digestion. Huh, I wonder if that extends to digesting fire?

(The Loki Master swallows a wigwump and gains fire-based attacks.)
Cronk (communicator): Well, that solves that mystery.

(Upon the Loki Master reaching 20% health.)
Zephyr (communicator): You're doing it, rookies! Keep going!

(The Loki Master swallows a light-eating Z'Grute and gains electrical-based attacks.)
Zephyr (communicator): It looks like the grivelnox absorbed the Z'Grute's electrical and regenerative powers!

Cronk (communicator): Sweet criminy! That means he's invulnerable!

(Upon the Loki Master reaching 66% health, and stopping to recover using an electrical generator.)
Frumpus Croid: We need to separate the spirit from the grivelnox! Nevo, you've worked with the machine for years! You must know how to use it against him!

Nevo Binklemeyer: I can activate the extractor, but it'll only work if he's standing still. Pin him down using the pincers, I'll activate the machine!

(After regaining control of a player character and continuing the fight against the Loki Master.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: Priming up the extractor!

(Some seconds later.)
Steward (loudspeaker): Extractor is now ready.

(Upon stunning the Loki Master by destroying the generator as he recovers health.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: The trap is active! Pin it down!

(If the switches are not activated quick enough.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: I'll reset the pincers. Next time, trap it quickly!

(Upon using a mortar toss to activate the left switch.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: It has to be completely secure! Grab it with the other pincers!

(Upon using a mortar toss to activate the right switch.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: Secure its head while I prime up the extractor! We'll rip the spirit from its body!

(Upon using mortar tosses to activate the right and left switches by the Loki Master's head.)
Frumpus Croid: That's it, you've got him!

Nevo Binklemeyer: Good work! Here goes nothing!

(The extractor is activated and used on the Loki Master's head.)
Frumpus Croid: Good form, Nevo, good form!

Nevo Binklemeyer: He's fighting it! Give me a hand pulling him out!

(As the party use their Vac-Us to pull open the grivelnox's mouth.)
Ratchet: Everyone, pull!

(Upon pulling open the grivelnox's mouth and exposing the Loki Master's spirit form.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: Hurry! You don't have much time!

On-screen: Toranux Spirit

(As the Loki Master's spirit form hangs out of the grivelnox's mouth.)
Nevo Binklemeyer: He's out! Finish him!

Frumpus Croid: Destroy that foul creature! Everyone, fire!

The End of the Loki

Loki Master (grivelnox): (roars)

Loki Master: (sputters and shrieks)

Qwark: Ahhh!

Loki Master: (pained shrieks)

Susie: Say cheese!

Group: Cheese!

Qwark: Nefarious, old friend, you gotta admit. The sight of two dudes just hugging it out warms the cockles of your mechanical heart, huh?

Ratchet: Well, Dr. Croid seems to be doing better. Still keeps feeding me those treats, but, otherwise he's surprisingly sane. So, another world saved, another galactic disaster averted. Some retirement, huh?

Clank: This may sound strange, but I think I prefer hero work.

Ratchet: You know something, pal? So do I. You think the tharpods will be okay when Dr. Croid destroys these planet fragments?

Clank: Time will tell, I suppose. But I believe they will be just fine.

Cronk: Alright, Nefarious! Hands where I can see 'em!

Ratchet: Wait, how did you guys get down here?

Zephyr: Uhh, yes, uh, about that. Um, help finally arrived.

Lawrence: Good evening, sir. I hope you don't mind, but... well, it turns out the evil sidekick market is a bit thin these days. I don't suppose there's room in your employ for one more?

Qwark: Nice try, Lawrence. But today's been a day of revelations for all of us. Together, we faced a villain that was neither robot nor squishy. And we learned a little something about life, friendship, and the sticky connective tissue between right and wrong. So I'm afraid Dr. Nefarious isn't going to do anything but steal our ship!

Dr. Nefarious: What do you expect?! I'm a super villain! (laughs) Bon voyage, losers!

Ratchet: Sometimes it feels like the universe just rights itself.

Cronk: Yeah, but how do we get off this rock now?

Ratchet: I'll fly.

Qwark: I got shotgun!

Clank: I am not sure this vessel is ready for interplanetary travel.

Ratchet: Nevo flew it over here from Vilerog, didn't he? Besides, coupla new ion ducts, some hull sealant, maybe a new grav-thruster. We'll be off the planet in no time!

Cronk: What planet? Who the heck are you people?!

Clank: Ratchet, we cannot pilot a weaponized drone into Luminopolis!

Ratchet: Relax, I pilot weaponized drones into Luminopolis twice a week. It's like a fine of ten bolts and a class you take online. Qwark can probably pardon us.

Qwark: Perks of the job!

Clank: Oh, why do I even bother?

Back to Abnormal

Lawrence: The Polaris Defense Force has set up a perimeter outside the Vartan Nebula, so we'll have to take the Corvus exit until there's a change in patrols. I did manage to restock your dark-matter missile array, so if you'd like we can make a quick stop and retrieve it.

Miscellaneous

Apogee Industries Communication Pod

(Upon accessing a pod when the Plasmabomb Launcher has first become available.)
Cronk (communicator): Looks like GrummelNet just released the Plasmabomb Launcher!

(Upon accessing a pod when the Arc Lasher has first become available.)
Cronk (communicator): Hey, look, Zeph! It's one of them new Arc Lashers!

(Upon purchasing an Arc Lasher.)
Cronk (communicator): One Arc Lasher, comin' right up!

(Upon Ratchet or Clank purchasing a weapon.)

Cronk (communicator)

• You got it!
• Here you go!
• Nice choice, rookie!

Zephyr (communicator)

• It's all yours.
• Here you go, rookie!
• Now that's a weapon!

(Upon Qwark purchasing a weapon.)

• Zephyr (communicator): It's all yours, Mr. President.
• Cronk (communicator): Be careful with that, Mr. President!

(Upon Nefarious purchasing a weapon.)

Cronk (communicator)

• Don't forget—I'm watching you!
• Watch where you point that thing, Nefarious.

(Upon accessing a pod when the Warmonger has first become available.)
Cronk (communicator): (gasps) Ooh, looks like the Warmonger's available!

(Upon purchasing the Warmonger.)
Cronk (communicator): Careful with that Warmonger, rookie! She packs a wallop.

(Upon accessing a pod when the Blitzer has first become available.)
Cronk (communicator): Ooh, look! The Blitzer!

(Upon purchasing the Blitzer.)
Zephyr (communicator): That Blitzer packs a heck of a punch!

(Upon accessing a pod when the Critter Strike has first become available.)
Cronk (communicator): Wouldja look at that? Looks like the new line of Critter Strikes just came out.

(Upon accessing a pod when Mr. Zurkon has first become available.)
Zephyr (communicator): Looks like we got the new line of Mr. Zurkons. Give 'em a try, rook. They offer extra protection on the battlefield.

(Upon accessing a pod when the Pyro Blaster has first become available.)
Zephyr (communicator): Ooh, the latest Pyro Blaster is out! That darn thing is the deadliest flame thrower on the market!

(Upon accessing a pod when the Darkstar Fission Tether has first become available.)
Zephyr (communicator): A Darkstar Fission Tether. They create powerful arcs of energy that rip through enemies!

Upon purchasing the Thundersmack.)
Cronk (communicator): Here you go—one brand-new Thundersmack!

(Upon attempting to make a purchase at a pod without sufficient bolts.)

Zephyr (communicator)

• I think you're a few bolts shy, rook.
• Sorry, rook. I'd spot you if I could.

GrummelNet weapon previews

Doppelbanger

Cronk: If you're a lombax in need of a distraction, try throwing out a customized Doppelbanger.

Zephyr: It'll draw fire from your enemies, giving you time to make your escape, or plan your attack!

Zoni Blaster

Zephyr: The Zoni Blaster! An extremely rare and mysterious weapon rumored to have been constructed in the halls of the Great Clock!

Cronk: One pull of the trigger, and everything in its blast radius slows down. Amazing!

Quantum Deflector

Zephyr: With all due respect, Mr. President, there have been an awful lot of attempts on your life since you were voted into office.

Cronk: To help keep you safe, we had GrummelNet design a munition-resistant shield called the Quantum Deflector.

Zephyr: Once activated, you'll be safe no matter how many assassins try to kill you!

Cloaker

Cronk: If you're a no-good villain looking to keep a low profile, the Cloaker is just the tool you need. It renders its operator completely invisible!

Zephyr: Now you can sneak past enemies, or get the drop on 'em!

Cronk: Just remember, Nefarious, we're watching you.

Plasmabomb Launcher

Cronk: If your enemy refuses to come out from behind cover, try your hand at the Plasmabomb Launcher! This doo-wa-hickey lobs grenades armed with unstable plasma!

Zephyr: For an added kick, try firing multiple plasma bombs at the same target.

Arc Lasher

Cronk: The GrummelNet Arc Lasher is the most advanced kinetic energy whip on the market. A single flick of the whip stuns your enemies into submission!

Zephyr: Activating multiple whips will let out a blast of energy that stuns nearby foes!

Warmonger

Cronk: In the mood for extreme destruction? Try the Warmonger, a terraklon rocket launcher with only one setting: vaporize.

Zephyr: For added carnage, use multiple Warmongers on the same target.

Blitzer

Cronk: Looking to deliver a high-powered knuckle sandwich? Then try the Blitzer, a new weapon that makes you the projectile!

Zephyr: Using more than one pair of Blitzers will trigger a massive shock wave!

Critter Strike

Zephyr: The Critter Strike is the latest in molecular reconfiguration. It turns deadly enemies into harmless creatures.

Cronk: Focusing multiple Critter Strikes on the same enemy will create a powerful transmogrifying blast!

Mr. Zurkon

Zephyr: If you find yourself outnumbered by enemies, try deploying a Mr. Zurkon! This lovable robot protector will destroy anything that attacks you!

Cronk: Deploying multiple Mr. Zurkons will inspire teamwork amongst the synthenoids, making them even deadlier!

Darkstar Fission Tether

Zephyr: The Darkstar Fission Tether is perfect for electrifying enemies on the battlefield!

Cronk: Activating multiple tethers will trigger a lethal energy chain!

OmegaTech Frost Cannon

Zephyr: The OmegaTech Frost Cannon is perfect for turning enemies into frozen dinners.

Cronk: Use multiple Frost Cannons to unleash a devastating arctic blast!

Thundersmack

Cronk: The Thundersmack is one of my favorite weapons! It synthesizes traveling thunderstorms!

Zephyr: You can also combine thunderstorms to unleash a massive tempest!

Pyro Blaster

Zephyr: No arsenal would be complete without a kerchu flamethrower!

Cronk: Using multiple Pyro Blasters on the same target will cause it to explode in a fiery magma-blast!

RYNO VI Protosuit

Cronk: According to our intel, Dr. Croid invented these RYNO protosuits in order to save Magnus from Nevo Binklemeyer.

Zephyr: Be careful, rookies. Even we don't know what'll happen when you use your RYNOs at the same time.

Croid Labs (optional)

(Upon standing on a teleporter pad to a lab without a sufficient number of critters collected.)
On-screen: Sorry, you need more critters to enter Croid's lab.

(Upon completing the final lab when not at Croid Lab 6.)
On-screen: If you have all the RYNO parts, return to Croid Lab 6 in Uzo City to assemble the RYNO PROTOSUIT.

Croid Lab 1 (Outside Receiving Station)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome, explorers! I am Dr. Frumpus Croid, and you've discovered my secret weapons laboratory—ground zero for the tharpod war against Nevo's collectors!

On-screen: Guide the critter to the end to complete the puzzle.

On-screen: If the critter falls or gets hurt, the puzzle will reset.

Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Volunteers who complete my rigorous usability tests will be rewarded with bolts and access to my secret project, codenamed: Last Resort.

On-screen: Pull the power plunger to release the critter.

Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Ready to begin?

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Congratulations, test subjects! As a token of my appreciation, I would like to offer you a reward! Please be sure to get your frequent volunteer card punched on your way out!

On-screen: You unlocked a RYNO part!

Croid Lab 2 (Village Outskirts)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome to Weapons Lab Alpha. Are you ready to begin?

On-screen: Help the critter overcome obstacles.

(If the critter fails to make it to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): No harm done. Let's try again—this time with a bit more teamwork!

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): You've just completed another trial—and without any loss of limbs! Bravo, volunteers! You have much to be proud of!

Croid Lab 3 (Mining Camp)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome to Weapons Lab Beta. Let's begin!

(If the critter fails to make it to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): You did very well. But this time, try with a bit more teamwork!

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Good work, volunteers! You performed admirably! You've earned your reward today!

Croid Lab 4 (Reef Shallows)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome to Weapons Lab Gamma. Let's get started!

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Bravo, volunteers! A few more tests and you'll gain access to my Last Resort project. I can't say much about it, other than it's guaranteed to "rip you a new one!" (laughs)

Croid Lab 5 (Security Tunnels)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome to Weapons Lab Delta. Are you ready to begin?

(If the critter fails to make it to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): You're getting better! Don't give up!

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): You've just completed another trial—and without any loss of limbs! Bravo, volunteers! You have much to be proud of!

Croid Lab 6 (City)

(Upon entering the lab.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Welcome to Weapons Lab Epsilon. The test begins... now.

(Upon guiding the critter to the end of the puzzle and receiving the RYNO VI Protosuit.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Congratulations, volunteers! You've passed the final test! You are just the kind of candidates I've been waiting for.

Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): As a reward for your steadfast participation in our program, I would like to offer you a field test of my latest weapon. The original design was sold to me by a weapons smuggler, but I managed to make a few... improvements.

Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): I present to you... the RYNO VI Protosuit!

Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): High-velocity arm cannons, trillium shell, and a hacked GrummelNet smart chip that allows it to multiply its power exponentially when other protosuits are in use. With this weapon, Nevo and his collectors won't stand a chance!

On-screen: RYNO VI Protosuit

(Upon gaining control of the RYNO VI Protosuit against a gauntlet of minions.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Try it out on these minions!

(Upon destroying all of the minions with the RYNO VI Protosuit.)
Frumpus Croid (loudspeaker recording): Good work. Now, I must ask that you use the RYNO VI to stop the atrocities that have befallen Magnus. I had hoped to wear it myself, but after all these years, I fear my sanity is slipping. You are Magnus's last hope! Go forth, and destroy Ephemeris!

Character dialogue

Ratchet

(Upon calling a companion.)
Ratchet: I'm over here!

(Upon approaching an enemy.)
Ratchet: This one's mine!

(Upon enemies being alerted.)

Ratchet

• Take cover!
• These guys just don't quit!
• Look alive, guys! We got incoming!
• What are the chances these guys are not coming to kill us?

(Upon defeating an enemy.)

Ratchet

• Nice.
• Oh, yeah.
• Got him!
• He's down!
• I am on fire!
• Another one bites the dust.
• Not so tough now, are ya?

(Upon defeating an enemy with the Omniwrench.)
Ratchet: Ah, yeah. Ya just can't beat the old Omniwrench.

(Upon stunning an enemy with the Arc Lasher.)

Ratchet

• It's stunned! Shoot it!
• He's vulnerable! Open fire!
• I trapped him with the Arc Lasher!

(Upon Clank defeating an enemy.)

Ratchet

• Nice one, pal.
• Doin' good, pal.

(Upon Qwark defeating an enemy or inserting a voltergeist into an open socket.)
Ratchet: Not bad, Qwark.

(Upon Nefarious defeating an enemy.)

Ratchet

• Good job, Nefarious.
• Not bad for a diabolical supervillain.

(Upon defeating an enemy near Nefarious or reviving him with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: You owe me one, Nefarious.

(Upon defeating ten enemies without taking damage.)
Ratchet: Ten bad guys down, and not a scratch on me.

(Upon defeating fifteen enemies without taking damage.)
Ratchet: Fifteen bad guys down, and I'm still standin'.

(Upon defeating twenty enemies without taking damage.)
Ratchet: Twenty bad guys down? This has gotta be some kinda record.

(Upon health being low.)

Ratchet

• Mmm... I don't feel so good...
• Ughh... I'd better find some nanotech.

(Upon collecting nanotech.)
Ratchet: Yes!

(Upon collecting nanotech when low on health.)
Ratchet: Phew.. That was close.

(Upon encountering nanotech whilst already at full health.)
Ratchet: I'm good.

(Upon approaching nanotech when a teammate's health is depleted.)
Ratchet: Anyone need some nanotech?

(As enemies head towards Clank.)
Ratchet: Hey, get away from my pal!

(Upon being damaged by enemies.)

Ratchet

• Is that all ya got?
• Ohh, that might've been a bad idea.

(Upon Qwark being damaged by enemies.)
Ratchet: Qwark, get to cover!

(Upon Nefarious being damaged by enemies.)
Ratchet: Nefarious, find some cover.

(Upon being critically damaged by enemies.)
Ratchet: These guys are brutal!

(Upon being damaged by enemies near Clank.)
Ratchet: Clank, I need some help here!

(Upon being damaged by enemies near Qwark.)
Ratchet: Qwark, I'm in trouble!

(Upon being damaged by enemies near Nefarious.)
Ratchet: Nefarious, help!

(When the last of the enemies in an area have been defeated.)

Ratchet

• This way!
• Good work, guys.
• Phew, we made it!
• That wasn't so bad.
• All clear over here. C'mon.
• I think that's all of them.
• They're down. Everyone okay?
• Let's get outta here before back up arrives.
• Looks like we're clear. C'mon, let's keep moving.

(Upon Clank being knocked out.)
Ratchet: Clank!

(Upon attempting to fire a weapon with no ammo left.)

Ratchet

• I'm out!
• Oh, boy. Not a good time to run out of ammo.

(Upon refilling ammo at an ammo pad.)

Ratchet

• I found ammo!
• Nice. More ammo.
• We got ammo here!

(Upon going off-screen and about to time-out before being teleported back to the party.)
Ratchet: I'm on my way.

(Upon being ready to use a machine with the party.)
Ratchet: Ready!

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Clank or launch with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: You ready, pal?

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Nefarious.)
Ratchet: Waiting on you, Nefarious.

(Upon making a purchase at a weapons kiosk.)

Ratchet

• Yes!
• Nice.
• Let's do this.

(Upon purchasing a weapon.)
Ratchet: Gotta love these new toys.

(Upon hookshotting to a teammate.)
Ratchet: Hang on, guys!

(Upon Clank reaching low health whilst in a full party.)
Ratchet: Everyone, find some nanotech! Clank's in trouble!

(Upon Qwark respawning.)
Ratchet: Quit screwin' around, Qwark.

(Upon collecting bolts.)

Ratchet

• Nice. I know just what to spend it on.
• Better step it up, guys. This lombax is takin' home all the bolts.

(Upon collecting a critter.)
Ratchet: Hey, I caught one!

(Upon being ready to catch a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Hop in!

(Upon launching Clank into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Sorry, Clank!

(Upon launching Qwark into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: I was just startin' to like the big fella.

(Upon launching Nefarious into a chasm with the Vac-U.)

Ratchet

• Ooh, tough break, Nefarious.
• A tragic loss for the villain community.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Clank.)
Ratchet: Alright, pal. Fire when ready.

(Upon being ready to launch Qwark with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Sorry, Qwark. This is for your own good.

(Upon being ready to launch Nefarious with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: This is really gonna make my day.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Qwark.)

Ratchet

• Alright, Qwark. Your show.
• Qwark, remember to aim! Remember to aim!
• Alright, Qwark. Let's see what ya can do.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Nefarious.)
Ratchet: Remember the truce!

(Upon being launched across a gap by a teammate's Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Nice mortar toss.

(Upon being downed and needing revived.)
Ratchet: A little help here, guys!

(Upon a teammate being downed and needing revived.)
Ratchet: You are such a noob.

(Upon being revived by a teammate.)

Ratchet

• I'm good.
• Back in action!
• The lombax returns!

(Upon picking up Qwark with the Vac-U to revive him.)
Ratchet: Don't worry, Qwark. I've got your back.

(When needing help from Clank to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Ratchet: Clank, help me with this thing, huh?

(When needing help from Qwark to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Ratchet: Hey, Qwark, can ya gimmie a hand?

(When needing help from Nefarious to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Ratchet: Nefarious, help me get this thing open.

(Upon receiving help from an ally to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Ratchet: Yeah! Nice work!

(Upon approaching a gap that must be crossed by launching a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Looks too far to jump.

(Upon catching an object from a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Got it!

(Upon launching a voltergeist with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: Catch!

(Upon inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)

Ratchet

• Nice.
• Oh, yeah.
• Yeah! Got it!

(Upon Clank inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)

Ratchet

• Nice one, pal.
• Nice shot, pal.

(Upon Nefarious inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)
Ratchet: Good job, Nefarious.

(Upon deploying a doppelbanger.)

Ratchet (doppelbanger)

• Hey! Over here!
• Wow, you are ugly.
• Hey, bad guys! Over here!
• Come on, shoot me. I dare ya!
• Does your mom dress you like that?
• Wow. How shallow was your gene pool?
• You can't shoot me! You can't shoot me!
• You wouldn't shoot an endangered species, would you?
• I'll bet you a hundred bolts you can't hit me from there.
• With a face like that, you gotta be working for the bad guys.

(Upon picking up a blast bulb with the Vac-U.)
Ratchet: I'll just borrow this.

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched.)
Ratchet: We got incoming!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Clank.)
Ratchet: Clank, look out!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Qwark.)
Ratchet: Qwark, look out!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Nefarious.)
Ratchet: Nefarious, look out!

(Upon being paralyzed in a blob of weevoid toxin.)
Ratchet: Ew! Gross!

(Upon using the Warmonger.)
Ratchet: This Warmonger is sweet.

(Upon equipping the Blitzer.)
Ratchet: Let's see how you deal with the Blitzer!

(Upon using the Darkstar Fission Tether.)
Ratchet: Heh, I love this thing.

(Upon equipping the Thundersmack.)
Ratchet: Let's see what these guys think of the Thundersmack.

(Upon being the first one ready to use a cluster cannon.)

Ratchet

• Yes!
• I win!
• Oh, yeah.
• Whoa-ho! That was awesome!
• Score one for the lombaxes.

(Upon approaching a sentry minion's scanner.)
Ratchet: Take cover!

(Upon a tank minion using its laser sweep attack.)
Ratchet: Jump over the beams!

(Upon a teammate damaging a tank minion.)
Ratchet: Whoa-ho! That was awesome!

(Upon approaching a gap with a Swingshot target over it.)
Ratchet: Time to pull out the trusty Swingshot.

(Upon encountering enemy flabberfish.)
Ratchet: Watch out for the flabberfish!

(Upon approaching a sonic pylon.)
Ratchet: Looks like another one of those sonic pylons.

(Upon using the Vac-U on a fishing crane to rein in a box of bolts.)
Ratchet: Sweet. We oughta go fishin' more often.

(Upon jumping onto the back of a tortemoth.)
Ratchet: Thanks, girl! Or, boy.

Clank

(Upon remaining idle whilst Clank is in the party.)
Clank: Um, perhaps we should keep moving.

(Upon calling a companion.)
Clank: I am here.

(Upon approaching a robot enemy.)
Clank: My robotic friends, we do not wish to fight you.

(Upon defeating a robot enemy.)
Clank: Apologies, fellow robots. You have given us no choice.

(Upon enemies being alerted.)

Clank

• Stay behind cover!
• I detect trouble ahead.
• More enemies are on approach.
• These enemies are quite persistent.
• Watch out, everyone! More enemies are approaching!

(Upon defeating an enemy.)

Clank

• One down.
• Enemy down.
• Enemy defeated.
• Threat eliminated.
• Hmm. (chuckles) This is fun!
• Deploying offensive tactics.
• My father would be so proud.
• Now that is taking matters into my own hands. (chuckles)
• You have attempted to prematurely terminate the lifeforce of the wrong robot.

(Upon defeating an enemy ahead of Nefarious.)
Clank: You are all clear, Doctor.

(Upon attacking an enemy.)
Clank: Engaging target.

(Upon stunning an enemy with the Arc Lasher.)
Clank: This Arc Lasher is quite effective.

(Upon defeating fifteen enemies without taking damage.)
Clank: Fifteen enemies defeated and not a scratch on my sisterboard.

(Upon defeating twenty enemies without taking damage.)
Clank: Twenty enemies defeated. All systems operational.

(Upon being damaged by enemies.)
Clank: I could use some assistance.

(Upon Ratchet being damaged by enemies.)
Clank: Ratchet, take cover!

(Upon Qwark being damaged by enemies.)
Clank: You must take cover, Captain!

(Upon Nefarious being damaged by enemies.)
Clank: I suggest you take cover, Doctor.

(Upon a teammate beng on low health.)
Clank: Oh, dear. This does not look good.

(Upon defeating the last of the enemies in an area with a teammate.)
Clank: We are a good team.

(Upon Ratchet defeating an enemy.)
Clank: Well done, Ratchet!

(Upon Ratchet or Qwark defeating an enemy.)
Clank: Not bad for a carbon-based lifeform. (chuckles)

(Upon Qwark defeating an enemy.)

Clank

• Good shot, Captain.
• Excellent work, Captain. I mean, Mr. President.
• Excellent work, Captain— er, uh, President Qwark.

(Upon Nefarious defeating an enemy.)

Clank

• Good shot, Doctor.
• Admirable work, Doctor.
• You are a welcome ally, Dr. Nefarious.

(Upon approaching a gap with a Swingshot target on the other side.)
Clank: I am detecting a hookshot ahead.

(When the last of the enemies in an area have been defeated.)

Clank

• We should be safe for now.
• I believe we are all clear.
• All enemies have been destroyed.

(Whilst fighting enemies with Ratchet or picking him up with the Vac-U to revive him.)

Clank

• I will help you, Ratchet.
• I have your back, Ratchet.

(Upon being damaged by enemies.)
Clank: This is becoming dangerous.

(Upon health being low.)

Clank

• Hmm. I may need to repair.
• Perhaps I should acquire some nanotech.

(Upon health being low near Ratchet.)
Clank: Ratchet, I require assistance!

(Upon health being low near Qwark.)
Clank: Qwark, I require assistance.

(Upon health being low near Nefarious.)
Clank: Dr. Nefarious, I am in trouble!

(Upon collecting nanotech.)
Clank: Just what the technician ordered. (chuckles)

(Upon collecting nanotech when low on health.)
Clank: All systems are fully operational.

(Upon approaching nanotech when a teammate's health is depleted.)

Clank

• There is nanotech over here.
• Does anyone require nanotech?

(Upon Ratchet being knocked out.)
Clank: Ratchet!

(Upon refilling ammo at an ammo pad.)

Clank

• How convenient.
• Ammunition acquired.
• This will come in handy.

(Upon being ready to use a machine with the party.)
Clank: I am ready.

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Ratchet.)

Clank

• Get ready, Ratchet.
• Ratchet, can you help me?

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Qwark.)
Clank: Captain Qwark, I require your assistance.

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Nefarious.)
Clank: Dr. Nefarious, will you assist me?

(Upon attempting to fire a weapon with no ammo left.)

Clank

• Uh-oh. I am out of ammo.
• Oh, dear. I believe I require ammunition.

(Upon making a purchase at a weapons kiosk.)

Clank

• How convenient.
• This will come in handy.

(Upon Qwark respawning.)
Clank: Captain Qwark, you must be more careful!

(Upon going off-screen and about to time-out before being teleported back to the party.)
Clank: Wait for me, please.

(Upon a teammate respawning.)
Clank: Stand back, I will take this one.

(Upon collecting bolts.)

Clank

• It appears I am in the lead.
• Now I can purchase that new vector shell I have been admiring.

(Upon collecting a critter.)

Clank

• I caught one!
• We will not hurt you, little creature.

(Upon being ready to catch a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Hop in!

(Upon launching a teammate into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Oh, dear. That was unfortunate.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Ratchet.)
Clank: Go ahead, Ratchet.

(Upon being ready to launch Qwark with the Vac-U.)

Clank

• Prepare for blastoff, Captain.
• Try not to wiggle, Captain. It affects my aim.
• Eugh... Captain, I suggest you engage in more cardio.

(Upon being ready to launch Nefarious with the Vac-U.)
Clank: You will have to trust me on this, Doctor.

(Upon being ready to be launched by Qwark with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Uhh, you have used that thing before, right Captain?

(Upon being ready to be launched by Nefarious with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Do not forget to calculate trajectory.

(Upon approaching a power plunger locked crate.)
Clank: Hmm. This looks interesting.

(Upon needing help from a teammate to open a power plunger lock.)
Clank: A little help, please?

(Upon receiving help from an ally to open a power plunger locked crate.)

Clank

• We make an excellent team.
• Now that was good teamwork.

(Upon being downed and needing revived.)
Clank: I could use some assistance.

(Upon being revived by a teammate.)

Clank

• Now, where was I?
• Did I miss anything?
• I appreciate the assistance.
• All systems are fully operational.
• Just what the technician ordered. (chuckles)

(Upon being revived by Nefarious.)
Clank: You are a welcome ally, Dr. Nefarious.

(Upon picking up a downed teammate to revive them with the Vac-U.)
Clank: All in a day's work. (chuckles)

(Upon approaching a gap that must be crossed by launching a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Clank: I believe this situation calls for the Vac-U.

(Upon inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)

Clank

• Ingenious! (chuckles)
• Hmm. (chuckles) This is fun!

(Upon catching an object from a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Package received. You are becoming quite proficient with that Vac-U.

(Upon Ratchet picking up a voltergeist with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Good work, Ratchet. That voltergeist will do just fine.

(Upon Nefarious picking up a voltergeist with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Excellent work, Doctor. That voltergeist is just what we need.

(Upon launching a voltergeist with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Catch!

(Upon a voltergeist being launched into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Oh, that poor poor energy-based life form.

(Upon approaching an open power socket.)
Clank: Hmm. This receptacle requires some sort of energy source.

(Upon being the first one ready to use a cluster cannon.)

Clank

• I win! (chuckles)
• Hmm. (chuckles) This is fun!
• All in a day's work. (chuckles)
• First place? Me? My father would be so proud.

(Upon a teammate inserting a voltergeist into an open socket.)
Clank: Now that was good teamwork.

(Upon defeating an enemy with the Warmonger.)
Clank: This warmonger is fun!

(Upon equipping the Critter Strike.)
Clank: It is time for the Critter Strike.

(Upon Ratchet picking up a blast bulb with the Vac-U.)
Clank: Ratchet, those explosives are dangerous. Handle them with care.

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Ratchet.)
Clank: Ratchet, watch out!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Qwark.)
Clank: Qwark, look out!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Nefarious.)
Clank: Nefarious, be careful!

(Upon breaking out of a blob of weevoid toxin.)
Clank: That was unpleasant.

(Upon approaching a sentry minion's scanner.)
Clank: Stay behind cover!

(Upon a tank minion using its laser sweep attack.)
Clank: We must stay away from the beams!

(Upon a teammate damaging a tank minion.)
Clank: That was quite impressive.

(Upon encountering enemy flabberfish.)

Clank

• Watch out for the flabberfish!
• Those flabberfish appear to be hungry.

(Upon using the Vac-U on a fishing crane to rein in a box of bolts.)
Clank: I think I enjoy fishing. (chuckles)

(Upon jumping onto the back of a tortemoth.)
Clank: These tortemoths are quite helpful.

(Upon approaching a sonic pylon.)
Clank: It appears we have another sonic pylon.

(Upon Mr. Zurkon defeating an enemy.)
Clank: Well done, Mr. Zurkon.

Qwark

(Upon calling a companion.)
Qwark: Over here, cadets!

(Upon approaching a robot enemy.)

Qwark

• And now for something truly awesome!
• You, enemy. You look like you could use a good vanquishing.

(Upon defeating an enemy.)

Qwark

• Fist, meet face!
• And down it goes.
• Take that, evil doer!
• Qwark one, bad guy zero.
• Behold my fists of justice!
• Bring on the accolades, baby!
• The depths of my heroism know no bounds!
• Is it awesome in here or is it just me?!
• Another enemy vanquished by the forces of good.
• Time to crack open a galactic can of whoop-ass!
• Another enemy felled by my Crouching Kitten style.

(Upon Ratchet defeating an enemy.)
Qwark: Well played, Ratchet! I taught you well.

(Upon Clank defeating an enemy or launching a voltergeist into an open socket.)
Qwark: Pretty good, cadet!

(Upon Nefarious defeating an enemy.)

Qwark

• Good work, Doctor.
• Excellent work, Doctor. You'll make a fine addition to the Q-Force.

(Upon defeating an enemy near Clank or reviving him with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: You're welcome, little buddy.

(Upon enemies being alerted.)

Qwark

• Open fire!
• Great, more bad guys...
• Everyone! Take cover!
• Time to make history!
• Who wants a piece of ol' C.Q.?!
• Greetings, oppressors! We've come to destroy you!

(When the last of the enemies in an area have been defeated.)

Qwark

• Let's roll.
• Nice work, cadets!
• Well that wasn't so bad.
• Come! Evil sleeps for no one!
• Everyone, follow me! Adventure awaits!
• Another triumph to reflect on in my memoirs.
• Good work, team. You couldn't have done it without me.
• It's a shame we ran outta bad guys, I was starting to work up a sweat.
• Here we go again! Running head first into a blazing inferno of danger!
• Let us all stop and reflect on how amazing I was on the field of battle.
• A break in the action. A perfect time to start jotting down some new oneliners.

(Upon stunning an enemy with the Arc Lasher.)
Qwark: It's stunned! Open fire!

(Upon a teammate stunning an enemy with the Arc Lasher.)
Qwark: Excellent arc lashing, compadre.

(Upon attacking an enemy.)

Qwark

• How's my fist taste?!
• Suffer the wrath of my Crouching Kitten style!

(Upon being damaged by enemies.)

Qwark

• That is just rude!
• Unhand me, villains!
• Bring it on, pansies!

(Upon being critically damaged by enemies.)

Qwark

• Pain! My Achilles heel.
• Well, that didn't go as planned.
• I think I'm in a bit of trouble here.
• Hey, what gives?! I'm a civil servant!

(Upon being damaged by enemies near Clank.)
Qwark: Clank! I'm in trouble!

(Upon being damaged by enemies near Nefarious.)
Qwark: Nefarious! Save me!

(Upon encountering nanotech whilst already at full health.)
Qwark: Nanotech? Pfft, well I'm in peak physical condition.

(Upon collecting nanotech.)
Qwark: Nanotech. That's the stuff.

(Upon approaching nanotech when a teammate's health is depleted.)
Qwark: Anyone need some nanotech? We got a whole stockpile over here.

(Upon health being low.)
Qwark: I could really use some nanotech about now.

(Upon health being low near Ratchet.)
Qwark: Ratchet, your president needs you!

(Upon collecting nanotech when low on health.)
Qwark: Phew, Skrunch almost became president of the galaxy!

(Upon refilling ammo at an ammo pad.)

Qwark

• I got ammo!
• Hmm. Free ammo.
• Ammo. Stuff to kill stuff with.

(Upon going off-screen and about to time-out before being teleported back to the party.)
Qwark: Wait for me!

(Upon being ready to use a machine with the party.)

Qwark

• Let's roll.
• I'm ready!
• Let's do this!

(Upon being ready to use a machine with a teammate.)
Qwark: I need a sidekick over here!

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Nefarious or launch him with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Alright, Nefarious. Let's do this.

(Upon attempting to fire a weapon with no ammo left.)
Qwark: What does it mean when my blaster starts clicking?

(Upon Ratchet running out of health.)
Qwark: You shall be avenged!

(Upon Nefarious running out of health.)
Qwark: Farewell, my old nemesis.

(Upon making a purchase at a weapons kiosk.)

Qwark

• Booyah!
• Let's do this!
• Time to make history!
• Mmm, this looks useful.
• Now that's what I call awesome!

(Upon collecting bolts.)

Qwark

• Free money. The politician's favorite words.
• Do I have to declare any of this on my tax return?

(Upon collecting a critter.)

Qwark

• I'm gonna name you Philip.
• Fear me not, little woodland creature.
• Rest easy, my furry friend. I'll take good care of you.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Ratchet.)
Qwark: Can we talk about this?!

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Clank.)
Qwark: Put me down! Put me down!

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Nefarious.)
Qwark: Put me down! (yells)

(Upon being ready to launch a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: How do ya work this thing again?

(Upon being ready to launch Ratchet with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Fear not, Ratchet! I've mastered this device to the point of perfection!

(Upon launching Ratchet into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Sorry, Ratchet! That was my bad!

(Upon launching Clank into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Sorry, Clank. This thing is a hair-trigger.

(Upon launching Nefarious into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: See you next fall, Nefarious!

(Upon receiving help from an ally to open a power plunger lock.)
Qwark: Good work, cadet! Glory is ours!

(Upon collecting a hero bolt.)
Qwark: Ooh! Shiny!

(Upon being downed and needing revived.)
Qwark: Pain! My Achilles heel.

(Upon being revived by an ally.)

Qwark

• Let's do this!
• Pretty good, cadet!
• Your president has returned!
• Thanks. Thought I was a goner.
• President Qwark is back in the game!
• It'll take more than a few bullets to get past these abs!

(Upon being revived by Clank.)
Qwark: Good show, Clank!

(Upon being revived by Nefarious.)
Qwark: Good job, Doctor!

(Upon picking up a downed teammate to revive them with the Vac-U.)

Qwark

• Don't thank me. I'm just a hero.
• The depths of my heroism know no bounds!
• Commence rejoicing. President Qwark is here to save you.

(Upon approaching an open power socket.)
Qwark: Hmm. This receptacle seems to be missing its power supply.

(Upon inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)

Qwark

• Booyah!
• Ha-ha! Take that, technology!
• Another mystery solved with the power of my impressive brain.

(Upon being the first one ready to use a cluster cannon.)

Qwark

• I win!
• Booyah!
• Q-Force, activate!

(Upon a teammate inserting a voltergeist into an open socket.)

Qwark

• Way to go, cadet!
• Pretty good, cadet.

(Upon catching an object from Ratchet with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Thanks, Ratchet. I'll take it from here.

(Upon using the Quantum Deflector.)

Qwark

• Behold my giant ball of power!
• Look at that! Have you ever seen a force field this awesome?!

(Upon approaching a gap with a Swingshot target on the other side.)
Qwark: Everyone, onto the hookshot!

(Upon equipping the Warmonger.)
Qwark: Meet my friend, the Warmonger!

(Upon causing a mega-quake with a teammate using the Quakehammer.)
Qwark: Excellent quakehammering, compadre.

(Upon equipping the Blitzer.)
Qwark: Get ready for the Blitzer!

(Upon using the Blitzer.)
Qwark: That, my friend, was old school.

(Upon equipping the Critter Strike.)
Qwark: Get ready for the Critter Strike!

(Upon using the Pyro Blaster.)
Qwark: You're fired.

(Upon launching a blast bulb with the Vac-U.)
Qwark: Take that, nature!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Ratchet.)
Qwark: Look out, Ratchet!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched towards Clank.)
Qwark: Watch out, Clank!

(Upon being paralyzed in a blob of weevoid toxin.)
Qwark: Augh! That's awful!

(Upon approaching a sentry minion's scanner.)
Qwark: Everyone, take cover!

(Upon a tank minion using its laser sweep attack.)
Qwark: Stay away from the beams!

(Upon a teammate damaging a tank minion.)

Qwark

• Good job, cadets! We've got him on the run now!
• Nice explosion! Can we do that again in slow-mo so I can storm off dramatically?

(Upon jumping onto the back of a tortemoth.)
Qwark: Onward, colossal sea creature! Yah! Yah!

(Upon encountering enemy flabberfish.)
Qwark: Ugh! Flabberfish!

(Upon approaching a sonic pylon.)
Qwark: Look! It's one of those sonic hearing thingies!

(Upon using the Vac-U on a fishing crane with a partner to rein in a box of bolts.)
Qwark: Does this count as a bribe or can I file this under "finders keepers"?

(Upon Mr. Zurkon defeating an enemy.)
Qwark: Well done, Mr. Zurkon. You are a worthy sidekick.

(Upon a teammate being launched across a gap with a Vac-U.)
Qwark: Not bad. I give it an eight point five.

Nefarious

(Upon calling a companion.)
Dr. Nefarious: Hey! Over here!

(Upon approaching a robot enemy.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Blasted robots! I'll destroy every last one of you!
• Murderous robots, lay down your arms, for I am your master!

(Upon approaching an organic enemy.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Your body is weak, and frail, and squishy!
• I smell the awkward stench of organic lifeforms.

(Upon defeating an organic enemy.)

Dr. Nefarious

• I hate squishies!
• Take that, you stupid squishy!
• Typical squishy. Stupid and predictable.

(Upon enemies being alerted.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Incoming!
• Destroy them!
• Incoming minions!
• Time for more carnage.
• I'm going to enjoy crushing you!

(Upon defeating an enemy.)

Dr. Nefarious

• You're finished.
• Evil always triumphs.
• You've been atomized!
• You've been annihilated!
• Ah, it's good to be evil!
• Another imbecile destroyed!
• If Lawrence could see me now!
• Ahh, it feels good to annihilate.
• Bow to your egomechanical master!
• (laughs) Ahh, this is too much fun!
• The doctor is in. And he hates you!
• I haven't been on a killing streak in months!
• Who else wants to die by my cold, metal hand?
• I keep my friends close, and my enemies closer.
• Ha-ha-ha! Yes! Yes, crumble before your egomechanical master!

(When the last of the enemies in an area have been defeated.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Let's move!
• We're safe for now.
• Anyone else want a piece of Nefarious?!
• Success! Ahh, if Lawrence could see me now—I'd kill him.

(Upon defeating an enemy near Clank or picking Clank up with the Vac-U to revive him.)
Dr. Nefarious: Us robots have to stick together.

(Upon a teammate defeating an enemy.)
Dr. Nefarious: Took ya long enough!

(Upon stunning an enemy with the Arc Lasher.)

Dr. Nefarious

• It's stunned! Blast it!
• It's immobilized! Blast it!

(Upon transforming an enemy with the Critter Strike.)
Dr. Nefarious: Great... A weapon that makes more squishies.

(Upon collecting bolts.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Was my superiority ever in question?!
• A few billion bolts more and I'll have a new space station!

(Upon going off-screen and about to time-out before being teleported back to the party.)
Dr. Nefarious: Everyone, wait for me!

(Upon Ratchet or Clank running out of health.)
Dr. Nefarious: Ha! My day just got a whole lot better.

(If Qwark is off-screen and about to time-out before being teleported back to the party.)

Dr. Nefarious

• I say we leave him.
• Quit holdin' up the gang, Qwark!

(Upon being ready to use a machine with the party.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Ready!
• Let's move!

(Whilst waiting on a teammate.)
Dr. Nefarious: I say we leave him.

(Upon being ready to use a machine with Qwark.)
Dr. Nefarious: Quit holdin' up the gang, Qwark!

(Upon being damaged by enemies.)

Dr. Nefarious

• You'll pay for that!
• You dare attack me?!
• Not me! Kill one of the squishies!
• Better start bringing my A game here.

(Upon health being low.)

Dr. Nefarious

• No! It can't be!
• This can't happen! I cannot be defeated!

(Upon collecting nanotech.)
Dr. Nefarious: Yes! (laughs) Yes!

(Upon encountering nanotech whilst already at full health.)
Dr. Nefarious: I don't need any nanotech!

(Upon collecting nanotech when low on health.)
Dr. Nefarious: Death has released it's icy grip!

(Upon attempting to fire a weapon with no ammo left.)
Dr. Nefarious: I must rearm!

(Upon being critically damaged by enemies or downed and needing revived.)
Dr. Nefarious: Little help! I'm gettin' my can kicked here.

(Upon making a purchase at a weapons kiosk.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Victory!
• (laughs maniacally)
• Yes! (laughs) Yes!
• Victory. Ahh, victory!
• Time for more carnage.
• Heh-heh-heh! Now, where to fire.
• Bow to your egomechanical master!
• Heh-heh-heh. Maybe I should try this out on President Dorkwad.

(Upon collecting a critter.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Yeah! You're mine!
• You belong to me now!
• You can't hide from me, little squishy!

(Upon being ready to catch a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Dr. Nefarious: Trust me...

(Upon being ready to launch a teammate with the Vac-U.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Heh-heh-heh! Now, where to fire.
• Do ya trust me? (laughs maniacally)

(Upon launching Clank into a chasm with the Vac-U.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Bon voyage, loser!
• Evil always triumphs.
• Whoops! Butterfingers!
• These are the moments that make life worth living.

(Upon launching Ratchet or Qwark into a chasm with the Vac-U.)
Dr. Nefarious: That's one dead squishy.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Ratchet.)
Dr. Nefarious: You must be really enjoying this.

(Upon being ready to be launched from a Vac-U by Clank.)
Dr. Nefarious: Put me down! Put me down!

(Upon approaching a power plunger locked crate.)
Dr. Nefarious: Well, well! What do we have here?

(When needing help from a teammate to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Dr. Nefarious: Blasted crate! Need a little help here!

(Upon receiving help from an ally to open a power plunger locked crate.)
Dr. Nefarious: Victory!

(Upon being revived by an ally.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Yes! (laughs) Yes!
• Time for more carnage.
• You must be really enjoying this.
• Vengeance will be mine! (laughs)
• Death has released it's icy grip!
• The doctor is in. And he hates you!
• Better start bringing my A game here.
• Ha! You thought you saw the last of me!

(Upon being revived by Ratchet or Qwark.)
Dr. Nefarious: Not bad for a squishy.

(Upon being revived by Clank or him inserting a voltergeist into a socket to activate a machine.)
Dr. Nefarious: Not bad, Clank. You should consider coming to work for me.

(Upon picking up Qwark with the Vac-U to revive him.)
Dr. Nefarious: No one kills Qwark but me.

(Upon approaching an open power socket.)
Dr. Nefarious: This infernal contraption needs a power source.

(Upon launching a voltergeist with the Vac-U.)
Dr. Nefarious: Catch!

(Upon catching an object from a teammate with the Vac-U.)
Dr. Nefarious: Got it!

(Upon inserting a voltergeist into a socket and activating a machine.)
Dr. Nefarious: (laughs) Ahh, this is too much fun!

(Upon a teammate inserting a voltergeist into an open socket.)
Dr. Nefarious: Victory!

(Upon being the first one ready to use a cluster cannon.)

Dr. Nefarious

• Victory!
• Yes! (laughs) Yes!
• Victory. Ahh, victory!

(Upon using the Cloaker.)

Dr. Nefarious

• (laughs maniacally)
• Initiate invisibility cloak!
• You're so dead right now it's not even funny!

(Upon launching a blast bulb with the Vac-U.)
Dr. Nefarious: This one's for you!

(Upon a mortar bomb being launched.)
Dr. Nefarious: Take cover!

(Upon being paralyzed in a blob of weevoid toxin.)
Dr. Nefarious: That's disgusting.

(Upon equipping the Blitzer.)
Dr. Nefarious: Get ready for the Blitzer, you cretins!

(Upon Mr. Zurkon defeating an enemy.)
Dr. Nefarious: Impressive work, synthenoid. You'll make an excellent protégé.

((Upon approaching a sentry minion's scanner.)
Dr. Nefarious: Defensive positions!

(Upon a tank minion using its laser sweep attack.)
Dr. Nefarious: Keep away from the beams!

(Upon Ratchet or Qwark damaging a tank minion.)
Dr. Nefarious: Not bad for a squishy.

(Upon Clank damaging a tank minion.)
Dr. Nefarious: Not bad, Clank. You should consider coming to work for me.

(Upon attempting to use the Vac-U on a fishing crane without a partner.)
Dr. Nefarious: Blasted contraptions. My intellect is far too advanced for such obsolete technology.

(Upon using the Vac-U on a fishing crane with a partner to rein in a box of bolts.)
Dr. Nefarious: Success! Ahh, if Lawrence could see me now—I'd kill him.

(Upon jumping onto the back of a tortemoth.)
Dr. Nefarious: Giant squishy, I am your new master, and you are my new slave!

(Upon encountering enemy flabberfish.)
Dr. Nefarious: Infernal flabberfish. I'll teach you to mess with an evil, robotic mastermind!

(Upon approaching a sonic pylon.)
Dr. Nefarious: Primitive sonic pylons. What is this, the Stone Age?!

(Upon equipping the Thundersmack.)
Dr. Nefarious: Let's see how you twits deal with the Thundersmack.

(Upon defeating an enemy with the Thundersmack.)
Dr. Nefarious: Ha! You've been thundersmacked!

Mr. Zurkon

(Upon being deployed.)

Mr. Zurkon

• Death is too stupid for Mr. Zurkon.
• Mr. Zurkon has returned with a vengeance.
• You thought you had seen the last of Mr. Zurkon.

(Upon a player character collecting bolts.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon does not need bolts. His currency is pain.

(Upon a player character collecting nanotech.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon needs no nanotech to survive. Mr. Zurkon lives on fear.

(Upon about to self-destruct.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon will return.

(Upon being deployed by Ratchet.)
Mr. Zurkon: Do not worry, furball. Mr. Zurkon will protect you.

(Upon being deployed by Clank.)
Mr. Zurkon: Do not fear, measly robot. Mr. Zurkon will keep you safe.

(Upon being deployed by Qwark.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon did not vote for you.

(Upon being deployed by Nefarious.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon will enjoy protecting evil robot.

(Upon Ratchet being damaged.)
Mr. Zurkon: You dare to hurt measly furball?

(When multiple Mr. Zurkons are deployed.)
Mr. Zurkon: More Mr. Zurkon's to make death with.

(Upon another deployed Zurkon defeating an enemy.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon does not like other Mr. Zurkons stealing his kill.

(Upon resuming gameplay.)
Mr. Zurkon: Okay, Mr. Zurkon is reloaded now.

(Whilst on a tortemoth.)
Mr. Zurkon: Hello, stinky tortemoths. Mr. Zurkon dreams of killing you.

(Whilst on a boat.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon invites you to set sail across a sea of suffering.

(Whilst near a tharpod.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon hates tharpods.

(Whilst near Susie.)
Mr. Zurkon: Mr. Zurkon is not a role model. He is something to be feared!

(If the player character is defeated.)
Mr. Zurkon: Why do you die, wimpy creature?

(When there are no enemies around.)

Mr. Zurkon

• Why does Mr. Zurkon lack enemies to kill?
• Why do you hide, stinky aliens? Mr. Zurkon only wishes for to kill you.

(Whilst fighting enemies.)

Mr. Zurkon

• Hello, stupid aliens.
• Bow down to Mr. Zurkon.
• Flee. Flee before Mr. Zurkon.
• You are not fit to fight Mr. Zurkon.
• Stupid robot. Flee before Mr. Zurkon!
• Mr. Zurkon delivers a symphony of pain.
• Yoo-hoo. Mr. Zurkon is looking to kill you.
• You are a disease and Mr. Zurkon is the cure.
• Mr. Zurkon gives you a concerto of suffering.
• You used to be alive, then you met Mr. Zurkon.
• You would not like Mr. Zurkon when he is angry.
• Wimpy creature. You fight like an infant blurg fly.
• Mr. Zurkon has killed before, and he will kill again.
• Stupid robots. Have you not heard of Mr. Zurkon?
• You are dead, and you are dead, and you are dead.
• Show of hands. Who wishes to be killed by Mr. Zurkon?
• Do you have the time? Just kidding. It is time to die o'clock.
• Are you ready to die? Because Mr. Zurkon is ready to kill you.
• Mr. Zurkon has a present for you. It is called "Death by Mr. Zurkon."
• Mr. Zurkon still detects hearts beating. This is a problem for Mr. Zurkon.
• Mr. Zurkon does not discriminate. Mr. Zurkon hates all lifeforms equally.
• One little, two little, dead little aliens. Four little, five little, dead little aliens.
• Why are you not running? Did you not get the memo Mr. Zurkon would be here?
• Mr. Zurkon will read your fortune. Fortune reads, "Death by Mr. Zurkon." Ha-ha-ha.

(Whilst fighting specific enemies.)

Mr. Zurkon

• Mr. Zurkon hates sepiads.
• Mr. Zurkon hates Mr. Dinkles.
• Mr. Zurkon hates little gravoids.
• Stupid monster. Go back to Toranux.
• Mr. Zurkon hates the spirit of Toranux.
• Mr. Zurkon will destroy Commander Spog.
• Stupid wigwump. Mr. Zurkon will kill you now.
• Mr. Zurkon destroys flabberfish like it is going out of style.