History MoralEventHorizon / RatchetAndClank

* As they are AlwaysChaoticEvil, all Cragmites are beyond this line upon birth. However, Emperor Tachyon, the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsofDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'', crosses this line by [[spoiler:waging genocide against the lombaxes out of anger for them banishing his own race. Oh, and some of the lombaxes ''raised him'']]. Tachyon's subsequent iron-fisted rule over Polaris, countless offscreen genocides[[note]]his first scene states that he will be ruler of the universe pending the extinction of several species[[/note]], and engaging in terrorist attacks against [[RecurringLocation Metropolis]] and [[LaResistance Meridian City]] have indicated that he ''enjoys'' crossing the MEH--pretty much every time Tachyon appears onscreen, he crosses the MEH [[UpToEleven even more]].

->''"The Lombaxes [[spoiler:raised you]]! How could you do this to them!?"''
-->-- '''Ratchet''', to [[spoiler:'''Emperor Percival Tachyon''']]

* [[spoiler:Emperor Nefarious]], the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]'' who has spent the entire game already being an insufferably arrogant piece of work, crosses it when he decides to overclock the Dimensionator to destroy all of reality just because [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum he can't handle losing for the first time]].

* [[spoiler:Emperor Nefarious]], the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]'', crosses it when he decides to overclock the Dimensionator to destroy all of reality just because [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum he can't handle losing for the first time]].]]

** Even if Drek is more affable in this version, he still crosses the line during the game when he [[spoiler:sadistically brags about his intention to repeat the process of planet-building on the rest of the galaxy to create a Blarg-owned empire, shoving off the fact that untold trillions across the galaxy would be left homeless or dead.]]

-->-- '''Ratchet''', to [[spoiler:Emperor Percival Tachyon]]

->''"The Lombaxes [[spoiler:''raised'' you]]! How could you do this to them!?"''

->''"The Lombaxes [[spoiler: ''raised'' you]]! How could you do this to them!?"''

** Surprisingly, Ratchet himself nearly crosses this in the same game, being perfectly willing to leave an abandoned commando for dead on a war-torn planet, as well as become apathetic to Drek destroying other worlds, just because he's become [[SkewedPriorities obsessed with getting revenge with Captain Qwark for stabbing him in the back.]] Fortunately, Clank strongarms him into helping the commando by only agreeing to start his ship if he goes to help him, and Ratchet is ''still'' pissed off about the matter. Ratchet eventually puts things in perspective later in the game.

** Captain Qwark nearly crosses this line when [[spoiler:he fakes his death, and cowardly refuses to rejoin the fight]]. He manages to avoid this line in the end.

** At the end of the game, [[spoiler: Alister Azimuth ''kills Ratchet''. Shortly afterward, he becomes the final boss and nearly destroys the entire universe. However, since Ratchet's death is undone by Clank and Alister finally sees the error of his ways, sacrificing himself to prevent the destruction of the universe he almost brought upon it, fans generally don't consider him too far-gone to be denied [[RedemptionEqualsDeath posthumous redemption]].]]

** Her sister, Carina, crosses the MEH when she attacks Ratchet to prevent him from reaching the planet where Cassiopeia is stationed, [[WeHardlyKnewYe leading to her imminent]] KarmicDeath.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 film]] and its [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 tie-in game]], Dr. Nefarious crosses this line when he [[spoiler:betrays Chairman Drek and attempts to use the Deplanetizer to destroy Umbris, as doing so would cause a chain reaction that would ultimately destroy the rest of the solar system with it.]]

* The BigBad of [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game]], Chairman Drek, has the intention of creating a new planet for his race by stealing parts from others because their homeworld of Orxon is badly polluted. As we find out at the end, [[spoiler:[[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Drek ''himself'' had polluted the planet]] so he could sell homes to his race on his artificial planet... and he intends to do this ''again'']]. In-universe, the moment where Ratchet finally considers Drek as having crossed the line is when [[spoiler:Drek intends to destroy Veldin for its orbit]].

* Gleeman Vox of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked Deadlocked]]'' runs a major criminal organization with Ace Hardlight as his [[TheDragon Number 2]], and has heroes kidnapped all over the universe and forced to fight to the death on television. Note that two of these heroes were ''teenage girls'', too! But if all this mass kidnapping isn't enough to cross the line, [[spoiler:him blowing up the [=DreadZone arena=] with everyone (including children) inside, all for ratings, while he watches from the sidelines]], definitely ''is''.

* As they are AlwaysChaoticEvil, all Cragmites are beyond this line upon birth. However, Emperor Tachyon, the BigBad of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsofDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'', crosses this line [[spoiler:by waging genocide against the lombaxes out of anger for them banishing his own race. Oh, and some of the lombaxes ''raised him'']]. Tachyon's subsequent iron-fisted rule over Polaris, countless offscreen genocides[[note]]his first scene states that he will be ruler of the universe pending the extinction of several species[[/note]], and engaging in terrorist attacks against [[RecurringLocation Metropolis]] and [[LaResistance Meradian City]] have indicated that he ''enjoys'' crossing the MEH--pretty much every time Tachyon appears onscreen, he crosses the MEH [[UpToEleven even more]].
* In ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'', "Unnecessarily Evil Initiative Omega 91" is this for Cassiopeia, given she spends the entire time trying to kill Ratchet and orders the other Valkyries [[spoiler:to execute Clank]]. And like Courtney Gears before her, Cassiopeia is quite a sadist over this. Carina crosses this as well when she attacks Ratchet to prevent him from reaching Valpedia, [[WeHardlyKnewYe leading to her imminent]] KarmicDeath.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 film]] and its [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 tie-in game]], Dr. Nefarious crosses this line when he [[spoiler:betrays Chairman Drek and attempts to use the Deplanetizer to destroy Umbris, as doing so would cause a chain reaction that would ultimately destroy the rest of the solar system with it.]]

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