History Headscratchers / RatchetAndClank

* I know it can be chalked up to release order, but the fact that Ratchet's character seems to reset for Size Matters after Deadlocked (which is probably where [[NotSoDifferent a lot of it came from]]) drives me up the wall-- particularly since it's just that one game, and he's back to normal again, once Tools of Destruction starts up. Maybe it's intentional, since he was acting pretty much the same as the first game, and there were an awful lot of throwbacks to it, but that doesn't really change much.

* What's with Orvus' ambiguous fate? He just vanished to prevent Nefarious from exploiting his knowledge (as stated above), and we never hear of him again. Not even a hint of where he went, or how he pulled that off. That's a strangely inconclusive send-off, especially considering A Crack in Time was meant to be the last game in the series. Even more baffling, Ratchet doesn't mention this to Clank, and when he apologizes to him for failing to save Orvus, he acts as if he had died.

* What's with Orvus' ambiguous fate? He just vanished to prevent Nefarious from exploiting his knowledge (as stated above), and we never hear of him again. Not even a hint of where he went, or how he pulled that off. That's a strangely inconclusive send-off, especially considering A Crack in Time was meant to be the last game in the series. Even more baffling, Ratchet doesn't mention this to Clank, and when he apologizes to to for failing to save Orvus, he acts as if he had died.

* What's with Orvus' ambiguous fate? He just vanished to prevent Nefarious from exploiting his knowledge (as stated above), and we never hear of him again. Not even a hint of where he went, or how he pulled that off. That's a strangely inconclusive send-off, especially considering A Crack in Time was meant to be the last game in the series. Even more baffling, Ratchet doesn't mention this to Clank, and when he apologizes to Clank for failing to save him, he acts as if Orvus had died.

* What's with Orvus' ambiguous fate? He just vanished to prevent Nefarious from exploiting his knowledge (as stated above), and we never hear of him again. Not even a hint of where he went, or how he pulled that off. That's a strangely inconclusive send-off, especially considering A Crack in Time was meant to be the last game in the series. Even more baffling, Ratchet didn't mention this to Clank, and instead acted as if Orvus had died when he apologized for failing to save him.

* What's with Orvus's ambiguous fate? He just vanished to prevent Nefarious from exploiting his knowledge (as stated above), and we never hear of him again. Not even a hint of where he went, or how he pulled that off. That's a strangely inconclusive send-off, especially considering A Crack in Time was meant to be the last game in the series. Even more baffling, Ratchet didn't mention this to Clank, and instead acted as if Orvus had died when he apologized for failing to save him.

* Why did the Zoni resort to abducting Clank to bring him to the Great Clock? And what did they do to him to make him say "Yes. Time to come with you?" And why couldn't Ratchet come along? Shame on you, Zoni, shame on you!

** Well, the first case is plainly literal -- the servomotors in Clank's arm need repair. The latter is likely a bit of slang for GettingCrapPastTheRadar, given just how biological these robots tend to act.

** Considering that Gadgetron also made a ''Black Hole Gun'', robot suicide drones and whatever else, the {{Mega Corp}}s of Franchise/RatchetAndClank are basically [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Umbrella]] played for laughs.

* In the original game, who shot down Skidds ship and why? Hoverboard match fixing?

*** In Up Your Arsenal, Skid McMarx was turned into a robot by the Biobliterator and Al said he would find a way to change him back. If Al was able to do that, he probably did the same thing to himself after Deadlocked.

** Ratchet was only trying to protect him. The fact that Clank is small and yet was easily struck by a bolt of lightning shows that he is vulnerable. The killer robots and machinery are much larger and stronger and have probably got used to the constantly lightning affecting the city, whereas Clank is an outsider, and could have easily been struck by a worse bolt of lightning and suffered far worse damage as a result.

* In Deadlocked, why does the Harbinger clearly have missiles in it if it's supposed to be a KillSat?

*** I always thought Ratchet was 14 in the first game. Well, I can say that Ratchet was no older than 2 when he was sent to Veldin. This makes sence, as very few people have memories from even the age of 3 (and if we remember the [[Franchise/JakAndDaxter rival series]], the hero was barely 3 when he was sent to safety, but does remember "the light").

** Maybe the RYNO Salesman sold them to Ratchet? After all, the Levitator blueprints were in Blargian. Alternately, Ratchet might've started on the warpdrive before heading for Bogon, and finished it there. Remember that [=MegaCorp=] allowed him to bring some of his old gadgets (such as the swingshot and graveboots) into Bogon.