Pepper Fairbanks is a character in A Crack in Time and All 4 One. She serves as an anchor for Polaris News, often accompanied by her senior co-anchor, Kip Darling, and their producer, Harvey.[1][2]
Pepper is only ever heard in voice and never seen in person.
History[]
Before A Crack in Time[]
Prior to becoming a news anchor, Pepper was known as the weather girl for Vox News. During this time, she was featured in a pictorial in Women of Igliak magazine, which attracted a significant male fanbase who often inquired about her relationship status.[3]
Dr. Nefarious was also a long-time listener of the show.[4]
A Crack in Time[]
On space radio news segments, Darling and Fairbanks reported on major events across Polaris during A Crack in Time, especially the crisis caused by Dr. Nefarious' damage to the Great Clock. They covered time-related phenomena, including Polaris Defense Force installations frozen in temporal rifts,[5] Rykan V's sudden Ice Age,[6] and the resurgence of long-extinct Slug-Guzzling Swamp Weasels consuming gelatonium stockpiles on Sargasso.[7]
Darling and Fairbanks also covered Ratchet's activities throughout the Breegus System, including his appearance in the Phylax Sector and rescue of the fongoids,[8] his defeat of the VX-99 in Axiom City,[9] repelling the agorian assault on Krell Canyon,[1] and winning the Bronze Tournament at the Agorian Battleplex.[2] Pepper developed an infatuation with Ratchet during these events, wondering if he was single.[8][1][9]
Other news segments included reports on the escape of Flint Vorselon from Zordoom Prison using a recovered starship,[10] a Captain Qwark holo-recording scandal from the set of My Blaster Runs Hot,[11] controversy over the Lance and Janice tenth season finale (with Dr. Nefarious expressing his disappointment),[4] the debate surrounding Gimlick Valley's historical significance,[3] and the three-year disappearance of Angela Cross. They also interviewed Ace Hardlight after his release from prison, discussing his rehabilitation.[12]
After the events of A Crack in Time, they reported on the disappearance of time-related phenomena following the destruction of Dr. Nefarious' space station.[13]
All 4 One[]
When Dr. Nefarious unleashed a Light-Eating Z'Grute on Luminopolis, Darling and Fairbanks provided live coverage of the crisis. A portrait of Pepper appeared on a flying bot associated with "Channel 7."
Characteristics[]
Pepper's holographic portrait shows her with mid-length dark hair, light skin, and two antennae, indicating she is of the same species as Abercrombie Fizzwidget, Billy, and the Megacorp Scientist—a species prominent in the Bogon Galaxy. She is considered attractive by several callers who often inquire about her relationship status.[3]
Pepper and Darling have a strained relationship, often belittling each other on-air. Darling has described Fairbanks as being "mildly talented" and vacuous, while Fairbanks abhors Darling's conceited attitude and describes him as a "rusty old has-been" and "dried up know-it-all".[8][2] Fairbanks has at times displayed a lack of professionalism, dawdling on-air,[6] and showing an infatuation with Ratchet.[8][1][9]
Behind the scenes[]
Pepper's voice actress, Vanessa Marshall, also voiced the Nefarious computer in A Crack in Time.
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 A Crack in Time script § "Assault on Krell Canyon"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Crack in Time script § "Tournament Won by a Lombax"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 A Crack in Time script § "Gimlick Valley"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Crack in Time script § "Lance and Janice Uproar"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Time Phenomena"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 A Crack in Time script § "Rykan V Ice Age"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Sargasso Swamp Weasels"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 A Crack in Time script § "Ratchet Spotted in the Phylax Sector"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 A Crack in Time script § "VX-99 Defeated"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Flint Vorselon"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Holo-recording Scandal"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "Angela Cross"
- ↑ A Crack in Time script § "End Credits"
References[]
- Video games
- Insomniac Games (2009). Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
- Insomniac Games (2011). Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One [Game]. Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation 3.
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