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* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 First game]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek]], at first seemingly well-intentioned in finding his species, the Blarg, [[FightingForAHomeland a new home]], [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is revealed]] to have been the one who [[ToxicInc polluted]] their homeworld in the first place. Drek's real motive is to [[PlanetLooters loot and destroy numerous planets]] due to the fact that he gets paid for every square inch of the new Blarg homeworld, with plans to begin polluting the new homeworld to start the process over again. Needing a place to put the new planet, Drek attempts to destroy Ratchet's home planet of Veldin, with the implication that he does so just to spite Ratchet for interfering in his plans.
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* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 First game]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek]], at first seemingly well-intentioned in finding his species, the Blarg, [[FightingForAHomeland a new home]], [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is revealed]] to have been the one who [[ToxicInc polluted]] their homeworld in the first place. Drek's [[EcocidalAntagonist Drek]]'s real motive is to [[PlanetLooters loot and destroy numerous planets]] due to the fact that he gets paid for every square inch of the new Blarg homeworld, with plans to begin polluting the new homeworld to start the process over again. Needing a place to put the new planet, Drek attempts to destroy Ratchet's home planet of Veldin, with the implication that he does so just to spite Ratchet for interfering in his plans.
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* Tachyon''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'': [[TheNapoleon Emperor Percival Tachyon]], the diminutive, tyrannical dictator of the Polaris Galaxy, is one of the most personal foes Ratchet ever faced. A Cragmite who was found and taken in by the Lombax people, [[UngratefulBastard Tachyon]] repaid their years of compassion and care by tricking them into giving him an arsenal, which he used to carry out a bloody genocide against the very people who raised him. Hundreds of Lombaxes died at Tachyon's hands in his purge, with the survivors forced to flee to another dimension. As he ruthlessly conquered the Polaris Galaxy by staging brutal invasions and enslavements of entire planets, Tachyon instituted GladiatorGames and repurposed Zordoom Prison into his own personal torture and execution station for any rebels. [[BadBoss Regularly threatening his minions with death]] for the slightest of failures, Tachyon schemes to tear open dimensional gateways and recreate the Great Cragmite Empire under his banner so he can [[MultiversalConqueror conquer all dimensions]]. Though sometimes [[LaughablyEvil amusing in his villainy]], Tachyon is a merciless, [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]], and psychopathic despot whose greatest moment of cruelty comes when he sadistically mocks Ratchet over his parents' deaths at Tachyon's hands.
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->'''Rivet:''' Enough, Nefarious! You're tearing reality apart! If you don't stop—\\
'''Emperor Nefarious:''' Oh no! The thankless, uninspiring dimensions are collapsing?! Oh, how could I?! (...) Enough! I will collapse every dimension into nothingness! A vapid, empty void! Say goodbye!
-->--''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]''
Our [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank titular gun-toting Lombax and robot]] have come across [[Characters/RatchetAndClankVillains many tough cookies]] over the course of their adventures, but their universe's tongue-in-cheek humor and social {{satire}} hasn't stopped [[CompleteMonster quite a few ne'er-do-wells]] from committing crimes beyond the scope of the cosmos.
![[Administrivia/SpoilersOff All spoilers are unmarked]]. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 First game]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek]], at first seemingly well-intentioned in finding his species, the Blarg, [[FightingForAHomeland a new home]], [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is revealed]] to have been the one who [[ToxicInc polluted]] their homeworld in the first place. Drek's real motive is to [[PlanetLooters loot and destroy numerous planets]] due to the fact that he gets paid for every square inch of the new Blarg homeworld, with plans to begin polluting the new homeworld to start the process over again. Needing a place to put the new planet, Drek attempts to destroy Ratchet's home planet of Veldin, with the implication that he does so just to spite Ratchet for interfering in his plans.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]]'': [[{{Fembot}} Courtney Gears]], [[EvilDiva pop sensation]] of the Solana Galaxy, doubles as TheDragon to Dr. Nefarious and is the one carrying out his goal of [[FinalSolution destroying all organic life in the galaxy]]. Courtney Gears operates Nefarious's Biobliterator--a device that subjects any organic to UnwillingRoboticisation, reducing them to mindless murder-bots--and tests it out on Skidd. Not only intending to use the Biobliterator on a much larger population, Courtney turns her latest hit into a sensation to encourage her loyal fans to kill any "squishies" that Nefarious doesn't convert with the Biobliterator.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked Deadlocked]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gleeman Vox]] is the greedy owner of Vox Industries who came up with the idea of ''[[SadisticGameShow DreadZone]]'', a game where he kidnaps heroes across the galaxy and forces them to [[InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath fight for survival in gladiatorial combat]]. Even before then, Vox was a [[BadBoss cruel boss]] who had fed his weapon design team to a leviathan after they disagreed with a weapon proposal and used the Fusion Rifle on his employees if he was ever interrupted. Vox keeps the heroes imprisoned with [[ExplosiveLeash Deadlock collars]] that will shock them or explode if they don't participate or try to escape, and makes them participate in challenges such as putting the entire planet of Stygia in danger by sabotaging the force fields that protect it from meteor storms. When Ratchet declines his deal, Vox personally tries to kill him brutally and reveals he had a self-destruct device that would blow up the station with everyone on it. Finally, when everyone except him and Ratchet manages to escape, Vox gloats to Ratchet on how he will die along with him and get the highest ratings ever on television.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters Size Matters]]'': [[TheEmperor Emperor Otto Destruct]] is the supreme leader of the Technomites, using the illusion of gaining respect and prosperity for his people to [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist mask his own selfish agenda]]. Technology developed by himself and his people having killed the legendary parents of Captain Qwark years ago, Otto takes advantage of this to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] the pliable Qwark into his abused stooge, uncaring of the emotional trauma he inflicts upon the man. After performing nightmarish experiments on Ratchet that make even the lighthearted Lombax feel violation and hatred, Otto reveals his final goal: to use an army of Ratchet clones to round up every last intelligent life form in the galaxy and transfer their minds into himself, leaving him as the most knowledgeable being in the universe while [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring]] about what becomes of his victims and fellow Technomites, so long as [[ItsAllAboutMe he has all the power]].
* ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'': [[EvilKnockoff Klunk]] is the EvilCounterpart of Clank, out to replace his heroic foe and become worshipped by the galaxy. After [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal a failed attempt]] to murder Ratchet and ensure Dr. Nefarious's attempted genocide of organics came to pass, Klunk returns as his own mastermind, framing Ratchet for the theft of the Eye of Infinity and getting him thrown into a HellholePrison. Klunk then threatens a scientist into weaponizing the Eye and reveals his plan to threaten the entire Solana Galaxy with it, then "[[EngineeredHeroics save the day]]" after murdering Clank to make himself into a hero. When his plans are jeopardized, Klunk spitefully tries to annihilate the Solana Galaxy with the laser out of sheer refusal to be one-upped.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'': [[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Loki Master]] is the true mastermind of the Collectors. Hailing from a destroyed planet, the Loki Master arrived on planet Magnus and possessed the body of Mr. Dinkles, the eventual pet of Dr. Frumpus Croid. Betraying Croid, the Master took his colleague Nevo as a hostage, threatening his life to have him work for the Loki Master. Stealing dangerous creatures from throughout the galaxy, the Loki Master dumped them on Magnus, altering various habitats to suit them better, devastating the ecosystem while also having its Collectors terrorize the inhabitants of the planet to keep them in line for over a hundred years. Its master plan is to use Croid's technology to force its own and its fellow Lokis beings into more dangerous creatures with the goal of leaving Magnus and [[OmnicidalManiac ripping the universe apart]] until there is only dust left.
* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 2016 remake]] & [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 animated film]]: [[MadScientist Dr. Nefarious]] is a [[AdaptationalVillainy much darker character]] than in the original series. Starting off as Drek's engineer, Nefarious built the Deplanetizer that allowed Drek to [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy planets]] and use their land masses to build his new world. After the pair destroy Novalis and five other planets, Nefarious [[TheStarscream betrays Drek]] and takes over his operation, intending to destroy Umbris, a volatile planet which could set off a chain reaction and destroy the entire solar system. When he hears that Ratchet and Clank are thwarting the attempt to destroy Umbris, Nefarious goes to stop them himself and ensure Umbris's destruction, despite knowing [[TakingYouWithMe he'd die too]].
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]'': [[DimensionLord Emperor Nefarious]] hails from an alternate dimension where he successfully achieved his goals of [[GalacticConqueror conquering the galaxy]]. Ruling his dimension as a dictatorship by imprisoning anybody for the pettiest of reasons, while [[UnwillingRoboticisation robotizing]] those who dare refuse to serve him, Nefarious also sends Warbots out to depopulate planets to make them easier to conquer. Returning after a conquest trip to find Dr. Nefarious having assumed command, Nefarious chooses to partner with him to wipe out the resistance, before attempting to destroy Rivet's home planet afterwards. Once Nefarious finds [[VictoryIsBoring victory to be boring]], he gets the idea to use his new Dimensionator to instead rule over every single dimension so that he will always win. Tricking Ratchet and friends into helping him locate the Dimensional Map by invading the planet Savali, Nefarious thanks his alternate counterpart for assisting him by setting out to conquer his dimension first against his partner's wishes. When he looks to be losing for the first time in his life, Nefarious tries to overclock the Dimensionator in [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum an attempt to undo all of reality itself]].
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->'''Rivet:''' Enough, Nefarious! You're tearing reality apart! If you don't stop—\\
'''Emperor Nefarious:''' Oh no! The thankless, uninspiring dimensions are collapsing?! Oh, how could I?! (...) Enough! I will collapse every dimension into nothingness! A vapid, empty void! Say goodbye!
-->--''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]''
Our [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank titular gun-toting Lombax and robot]] have come across [[Characters/RatchetAndClankVillains many tough cookies]] over the course of their adventures, but their universe's tongue-in-cheek humor and social {{satire}} hasn't stopped [[CompleteMonster quite a few ne'er-do-wells]] from committing crimes beyond the scope of the cosmos.
![[Administrivia/SpoilersOff All spoilers are unmarked]]. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 First game]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek]], at first seemingly well-intentioned in finding his species, the Blarg, [[FightingForAHomeland a new home]], [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is revealed]] to have been the one who [[ToxicInc polluted]] their homeworld in the first place. Drek's real motive is to [[PlanetLooters loot and destroy numerous planets]] due to the fact that he gets paid for every square inch of the new Blarg homeworld, with plans to begin polluting the new homeworld to start the process over again. Needing a place to put the new planet, Drek attempts to destroy Ratchet's home planet of Veldin, with the implication that he does so just to spite Ratchet for interfering in his plans.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]]'': [[{{Fembot}} Courtney Gears]], [[EvilDiva pop sensation]] of the Solana Galaxy, doubles as TheDragon to Dr. Nefarious and is the one carrying out his goal of [[FinalSolution destroying all organic life in the galaxy]]. Courtney Gears operates Nefarious's Biobliterator--a device that subjects any organic to UnwillingRoboticisation, reducing them to mindless murder-bots--and tests it out on Skidd. Not only intending to use the Biobliterator on a much larger population, Courtney turns her latest hit into a sensation to encourage her loyal fans to kill any "squishies" that Nefarious doesn't convert with the Biobliterator.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked Deadlocked]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Gleeman Vox]] is the greedy owner of Vox Industries who came up with the idea of ''[[SadisticGameShow DreadZone]]'', a game where he kidnaps heroes across the galaxy and forces them to [[InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath fight for survival in gladiatorial combat]]. Even before then, Vox was a [[BadBoss cruel boss]] who had fed his weapon design team to a leviathan after they disagreed with a weapon proposal and used the Fusion Rifle on his employees if he was ever interrupted. Vox keeps the heroes imprisoned with [[ExplosiveLeash Deadlock collars]] that will shock them or explode if they don't participate or try to escape, and makes them participate in challenges such as putting the entire planet of Stygia in danger by sabotaging the force fields that protect it from meteor storms. When Ratchet declines his deal, Vox personally tries to kill him brutally and reveals he had a self-destruct device that would blow up the station with everyone on it. Finally, when everyone except him and Ratchet manages to escape, Vox gloats to Ratchet on how he will die along with him and get the highest ratings ever on television.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters Size Matters]]'': [[TheEmperor Emperor Otto Destruct]] is the supreme leader of the Technomites, using the illusion of gaining respect and prosperity for his people to [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist mask his own selfish agenda]]. Technology developed by himself and his people having killed the legendary parents of Captain Qwark years ago, Otto takes advantage of this to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] the pliable Qwark into his abused stooge, uncaring of the emotional trauma he inflicts upon the man. After performing nightmarish experiments on Ratchet that make even the lighthearted Lombax feel violation and hatred, Otto reveals his final goal: to use an army of Ratchet clones to round up every last intelligent life form in the galaxy and transfer their minds into himself, leaving him as the most knowledgeable being in the universe while [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring]] about what becomes of his victims and fellow Technomites, so long as [[ItsAllAboutMe he has all the power]].
* ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'': [[EvilKnockoff Klunk]] is the EvilCounterpart of Clank, out to replace his heroic foe and become worshipped by the galaxy. After [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal a failed attempt]] to murder Ratchet and ensure Dr. Nefarious's attempted genocide of organics came to pass, Klunk returns as his own mastermind, framing Ratchet for the theft of the Eye of Infinity and getting him thrown into a HellholePrison. Klunk then threatens a scientist into weaponizing the Eye and reveals his plan to threaten the entire Solana Galaxy with it, then "[[EngineeredHeroics save the day]]" after murdering Clank to make himself into a hero. When his plans are jeopardized, Klunk spitefully tries to annihilate the Solana Galaxy with the laser out of sheer refusal to be one-upped.
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'': [[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Loki Master]] is the true mastermind of the Collectors. Hailing from a destroyed planet, the Loki Master arrived on planet Magnus and possessed the body of Mr. Dinkles, the eventual pet of Dr. Frumpus Croid. Betraying Croid, the Master took his colleague Nevo as a hostage, threatening his life to have him work for the Loki Master. Stealing dangerous creatures from throughout the galaxy, the Loki Master dumped them on Magnus, altering various habitats to suit them better, devastating the ecosystem while also having its Collectors terrorize the inhabitants of the planet to keep them in line for over a hundred years. Its master plan is to use Croid's technology to force its own and its fellow Lokis beings into more dangerous creatures with the goal of leaving Magnus and [[OmnicidalManiac ripping the universe apart]] until there is only dust left.
* [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 2016 remake]] & [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 animated film]]: [[MadScientist Dr. Nefarious]] is a [[AdaptationalVillainy much darker character]] than in the original series. Starting off as Drek's engineer, Nefarious built the Deplanetizer that allowed Drek to [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy planets]] and use their land masses to build his new world. After the pair destroy Novalis and five other planets, Nefarious [[TheStarscream betrays Drek]] and takes over his operation, intending to destroy Umbris, a volatile planet which could set off a chain reaction and destroy the entire solar system. When he hears that Ratchet and Clank are thwarting the attempt to destroy Umbris, Nefarious goes to stop them himself and ensure Umbris's destruction, despite knowing [[TakingYouWithMe he'd die too]].
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart Rift Apart]]'': [[DimensionLord Emperor Nefarious]] hails from an alternate dimension where he successfully achieved his goals of [[GalacticConqueror conquering the galaxy]]. Ruling his dimension as a dictatorship by imprisoning anybody for the pettiest of reasons, while [[UnwillingRoboticisation robotizing]] those who dare refuse to serve him, Nefarious also sends Warbots out to depopulate planets to make them easier to conquer. Returning after a conquest trip to find Dr. Nefarious having assumed command, Nefarious chooses to partner with him to wipe out the resistance, before attempting to destroy Rivet's home planet afterwards. Once Nefarious finds [[VictoryIsBoring victory to be boring]], he gets the idea to use his new Dimensionator to instead rule over every single dimension so that he will always win. Tricking Ratchet and friends into helping him locate the Dimensional Map by invading the planet Savali, Nefarious thanks his alternate counterpart for assisting him by setting out to conquer his dimension first against his partner's wishes. When he looks to be losing for the first time in his life, Nefarious tries to overclock the Dimensionator in [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum an attempt to undo all of reality itself]].
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