History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction

* PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Tachyon does this to Qwark near the end of the game.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The game ends with Tachyon banished and the Cragmites defeated for good, freeing the galaxy from their tyranny, but may potentially terrorize the galaxy again. But then [[{{SuddenDownerEnding}} Clank is taken by the Zoni]] and is soon revealed to be in a coma, while under the care of Dr. Nefarious. HappilyEverAfter for Polaris, DownerEnding for Ratchet and his allies]].

* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: Clank is taken away by the Zoni at the very end of the game.]]

* DisneyVillainDeath: The Kerchu Guardian [[spoiler: and Tachyon]] end up falling to their deaths. [[spoiler: Of course, it's subverted in the latter's case, as he's revealed to be alive in the comic series]].

* FantasticRacism: Tachyon's hatred towards the [[{{AlwaysLawfulGood}} Lombaxes]], [[spoiler: [[{{SelfMadeOrphan}} despite being raised by them]]]], is so huge, that you can often hear [[{{PropagandaMachine}} anti-Lombax propaganda]] throughout the game.

* SkywardScream: [[spoiler: Rusty Pete does this after Ratchet destroys Captain Slag.]]

* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: Emperor Tachyon has finally gotten ahold of the Dimensionator, a device that will allow him to free the cragmites, the imprisoned race of which he's a member. He says, "The time has come for the cragmites to rise again!" puncuating the last word by pulling the lawnmower-like ripcord on the device. Nothing happens.

'''Tachyon:''' ''(TwitchyEye)'' '''To rise AGAIN!''' ''(pulls the cord, portal opens)''

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Ratchet and Clank are listening to Captain Qwark's plan to bust into Zordoom Prison:
-->''It is here he will be confronted by an army of Tachyon troopers, a battalion of embattled bandits, and an entire school of Zombie Ninja Panda Bears!''

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The game ends with Tachyon banished and the Cragmites defeated for good, freeing the galaxy from their tyranny. But then [[{{SuddenDownerEnding}} Clank is taken by the Zoni]] and is soon revealed to be in a coma, while under the care of Dr. Nefarious. HappilyEverAfter for Polaris, DownerEnding for Ratchet and his allies]].

* BiggerBad: The Cragmites are this, having an empire that terrorized the universe for a long time, until the Lombaxes imprisoned them. Their legacy lived on through Emperor Tachyon's empire. Later on, they join BigBad Emperor Tachyon to finish what they started.

* [[{{PuttingAHandOverHisMouth}} Putting a Leg Over His Mouth]]: Tachyon does this to Qwark near the end of the game.

* [[spoiler:SuddenDownerEnding: Out of nowhere, Clank gets kidnapped by the Zoni at the end of the game for unknown reasons.]]

* BiggerBad: The cragmites are this, having an empire that terrorized the universe for a long time, until the Lombaxes imprisoned them. Their legacy lived on through Emperor Tachyon's empire. Later on, they join BigBad Emperor Tachyon to finish what they started.

* EvilerThanThou: According to Aphelion, the cragmites were this, and Tachyon did not know how evil his race was. Averted however, because once Tachyon released the cragmites from their imprisonment, they accepted him as their emperor.

* LastOfHisKind: In ''Tools Of Destruction'', Ratchet is revealed to be the last of the Lombaxes (though see SeriesContinuityError below) and Tachyon is the last of the Cragmites which, by happenstance were exterminated by the Lombaxes. [[spoiler:All this is revealed to be false by the end of the game. Or at least true for their home universe. Later on, the cragmites are now back in their universe]].

* RecurringRiff: There's at least one that can be tracked through the game-- [[BookEnds in the opening cutscene]] [[IronicEcho all the way through the ending.]] [[note]] It's very obvious right before the credits[[/note]]. If you're listening, you can even hear it in Quest For Booty after being shot to Hoolifar, while Ratchet's still waking up.

* ShoutOut: This game's shout-outs are listed on [[ShoutOut/RatchetAndClank this page.]]

* ShoutOut: A lot of the [[IncrediblyLamePun (non-punny)]] skill points. Examples include:
** [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "We Don't Need No]] [[BeamMeUpScotty Stinkin' Bridges!"]]
** [[Franchise/StarWars "What's That, R2?"]]
** "Dancin' With the Stars"
** [[Music/MCHammer "Can't Touch This"]]
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "Gotta Catch]] [[GottaCatchEmAll 'Em All"]]
** "Everybody Dance Now"
** [[WesternAnimation/HappyFeet "Happy Feat"]]
** "Disco Inferno"
** [[Film/{{Scarface 1983}} "Say Hello to My Little Friend"]]
** There's also an internal ShoutOut in the point [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal "No, Up YOUR Arsenal"]].

%%** To be totally fair to Qwark though, he wasn't exactly in good shape - he's still totally at Tachyon's mercy. We don't know if he offered it up himself or if Tachyon simply stole it from the inept superhero and was threatening him anyway.

* HesBack: Arguably, the whole game is a setup to reveal the [[spoiler:return of Dr. Nefarious]].

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Captain Angstrom Darkwater.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Its possible to try to leave Talwyn behind in the cave when you get separated. However she manages to escape on her own and will be pretty pissed at you about it. She also claims [[WhatTheHellHero she now knows how Clank must feel.]]

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->"...the first game to truly deliver the long-sought 'You are playing a {{Pixar}} movie' experience."

The first game of the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series on the {{PS3}}, and (officially) the fifth game of the series.

This includes a downloadable game ''Quest for Booty'' on the PS3 network. [="QfB"=] takes place directly after the end of [="ToD"=], and [[spoiler: centers around Ratchet's search for a missing Clank]].

* BeamSpam: The RYNO IV

* DevelopmentGag: "In the unlikely event the Dimensionator creates a time-space singularity and tears the fabric of the Universe asunder, please log an "A" bug and notify a programmer immediately." -- Even yellow furry aliens follow Sony's QA procedures.
** The Groovitron was born from a scrapped gadget (known as the Rainbow Afroliser) from 2 and was mentioned in 3, due to the fact that the PS2 wouldn't have been able to handle enemies dancing and growing afros on their heads.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The following transmission from Captain Slag:
--> Attention lads! Usage of IRIS supercomputer is restricted to educational purposes only. Do not download games, music or... [[TheInternetIsForPorn alternative cinema]] without me approval!
** During the arena battle, Captain Quark who is commenting, may randomly start plugging an ad for adult diapers.
---> Quark: Incontinence happens to the best of us.
-->'''Captain Slagg:''' [[GroinAttack Arrrr, me wee cannonballs!]]

* {{Haiku}}: Courtesy of Tachion:

* NamesTheSame: Both ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''A Crack in Time'' have a skill point called "I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick".

* SeriesContinuityError: ''Tools of Destruction'' reveals Ratchet to be the last of the Lombaxes... but in ''[[RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'', Angela Cross is one too. Whoops.

*** [[spoiler:FlipFlopOfGod. As of ''[[RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack In Time]]'' Angela has been confirmed as a Lombax (apparently females don't have tails).]]

** [[StarWars "What's That, R2?"]]

** [[{{Pokemon}} "Gotta Catch]] [[GottaCatchEmAll 'Em All"]]

** [[HappyFeet "Happy Feat"]]

** There's also an internal ShoutOut in the point [[RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal "No, Up YOUR Arsenal"]]

* [[spoiler:SuddenDownerEnding]]
* SymbolSwearing: The European release of ''Quest For Booty'' had Ratchet's dropping of "awww, crap" - [[spoiler:when tricked by one of Captain Darkwater's traps mere inches away from the Fulcrum Star]] - completely bleeped out. If subtitles are turned on, it's censored with symbols too.
* TakeThat: In ''Tools of Destruction'', Talwyn's two robot pals have the following conversation poking fun at the XBox360. Roughly paraphrased:

** To be totally fair to Qwark though, he wasn't exactly in good shape - he's still totally at Tachyon's mercy. We don't know if he offered it up himself or if Tachyon simply stole it from the inept superhero and was threatening him anyway.

* DemotedToExtra: As the game is about the search for Clank, it stands to reason that he only appears in the final cutscene.

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* TemptingFate: "Qwark may be a lot of things, but I'm sure he wouldn't surrender the Dimensionator just to spare his own life."

*** [[spoiler:However, in the [[RatchetAndClankComic comics]] Zogg tells Talwyn that her father (paraphrased) "... abandoned you, fleeing into another dimension, to save a lombax he barely knew!"]]

* [[JoinTheArmyTheySaid Join The Army, They Said]]: Emperor Tachyon's recruitment video.

* LetsPlay: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEPFKU8FnI8 One of the funniest ever recorded.]]

** And then there's the [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything absolutely massive list of questions you can ask the IRIS supercomputer]], many of which are obscure trivia from earlier games only the most devoted fans will know.

* CallBack: One of the Skill Points in this game is called "Wrench Ninja 3." The last two Wrench Ninja Skill Points were back in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]''.

* MythologyGag: Several in Zordoom Prison. Listening carefully to the announcer reveals that Slim Cognito and Ace Hardlight are inmates. There's also a bit of foreshadowing in the mention of a [[RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime Vorselon, Flint.]]

* PaperThinDisguise: The tournament in this game is held by the antagonist, so Qwark rigged the teleporter that takes Ratchet into the arena to equip him with a disguise, said disguise being pink glasses and a pink-tinted mustache.

* PaperThinDisguise: The tournament in this game is held by the antagonist, so Qwark rigged the teleporter that takes Ratchet into the arena to equip him with a disguise, said disguise being [[ratchet.wikia.com/wiki/Mustachio_Furioso_(disguise) pink glasses and a pink-tinted mustache.]]

* KeepItForeign: A subtle reference during the cutscene "Radioactive Amoeboids... Please Press Two". The fourth option on Captain Qwark's answering machine is for him to answer in Spanish. In the Spanish dub, this is changed to Castilian.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Barnabus Worley.

** Hovever, given that Angela Cross fled with Max Apogee, and Max Apogee was in posession of the dimensionator. It's possible they could have used it to flee to another dimension, perhaps joining the other lombaxes. This would leave Ratchet the only lombax in his dimension [[spoiler:apart from Alister Azimuth]].

-> "...the first game to truly deliver the long-sought 'You are playing a {{Pixar}} movie' experience." \\
-- '''''The New York Times''''', regarding this game

** [[TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "We Don't Need No]] [[BeamMeUpScotty Stinkin' Bridges!"]]

** [[MCHammer "Can't Touch This"]]

** [[{{Scarface}} "Say Hello to My Little Friend"]]