The Bartender is a character in Quest for Booty. A space pirate loyal to Captain Angstrom Darkwater, the Bartender lived hanging from a tree in Darkwater Cove, Merdegraw.
The Bartender once served grog for Captain Darkwater,[a] and when guiding the cove thereafter required any who passed prove they were Darkwater by fetching a drink as he would. The Bartender survived the mutiny that killed Darkwater, but remained at the cove.
In "Solve the Riddles of Darkwater", many years later, Ratchet came to Darkwater Cove and pretended to be Darkwater so as to progress. To progress through the island, Bartender gave Ratchet clues in an "unnecessarily bizarre and cryptic fashion" to prove he could make grog as Darkwater did. When Ratchet did so successfully, he passed.[1]
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- ↑ The Bartender requires Ratchet to mix some grog in order to pass; if Ratchet mixes the grog incorrectly, the Bartender will drink it, spit it out, and make angry comments such as, "Are you trying to kill me?! Again?!" or, "Poison tastes better than this! And I should know—I've been poisoned!"[1] This suggests that Darkwater may have once tried to kill the Bartender by poisoning his grog.