History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal

* ThousandYardStare: The arena announcer says Ratchet has one of these.

* VideoGameSettings
** Veldin: DoomedHometown
** Florana: JungleJapes
** Starship Phoenix: PlayerHeadquarters / CoolStarship
** Marcadia: FirstTown
** Annihilation Nation : MinigameZone / DeathCourse
** Aquatos: UnderwaterBase / DownTheDrain
** Tyhrranosis: MonsterTown / [[spoiler:AdvancingWallOfDoom]]
** [[ShoutOut Da]][[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter xx]]: IslandBase / PortTown
** Obani Gemini: LethalLavaLand
** Blackwater City and Aridia: RemilitarizedZone
** Holostar Studios: SetBehindTheScenes
** Obani Draco: BossCorridor / NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom
** Zeldrin Starport / [[spoiler:Leviathan]]: [[spoiler:OneTimeDungeon]]
** Metropolis: HubCity
** Crash Site: BleakLevel / [[spoiler:DerelictGraveyard]]
** Qwark's Hideout: SlippySlideyIceWorld
** Koros: DungeonTown
** Command Center: [[spoiler:TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]]

* HiddenDepths: Lawrence [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments plays bass guitar]].

%%* HurricaneKick: Courtney Gears and her backup dancers.

%%* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Courtney Gears.

* OrwellianEditor: In-Universe, Qwark attempts this with the Vid-Comic series, either altering or taking out parts where he was less than heroic, going as far as attempting to eliminate the [[OldShame fifth episode]] entirely.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Beating the game while ''only'' using the wrench. [[https://youtu.be/Pw_gzDmU6f0 Yes, its been done]] (although using the lightsaber cheat code makes it significantly easier).

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Aside from what's in [[Radar/RatchetAndClank this page]]:
** "I can't! You're my cousin's uncle's son...!" *slap* LIES!! [[note]]While there are numerous relational positions that would fit, the simplest makes it an ExpospeakGag for [[IncestIsRelative "You're my brother!"]] [[/note]]
** And having a [[StealthPun Morph-O-Ray go off in your pants.]]
** Up your ''Arse''nal.

->''"Well, he got ''that'' monkey off his back. Heeheeheeheeheehee!"''

** If you have a [[OldSaveBonus memory card with a completed save file]] of ''Going Commando'', you get early access to two (out of five) of the previous weapons from that game (the Miniturret Glove and the Lava Gun) for ''free'' on Aquatos, a fairly early level in the game. Both are every bit as useful as they were in that game, and the Lava Gun's mediocre Meteor Gun upgrade has been replaced with the souped up Liquid Nitrogen Gun upgrade.

** During the first trip to Aquatos, Ratchet and Clank get a call from the ''Secret Agent Clank'' director, who tries to get Clank to come back to the studio to film some more. Ratchet responds by doing this, to which the director points out that he can see Ratchet. Ratchet then does the obvious thing and hangs up on him.
** During one of missions on Aridia, one of [[LovableCoward Galactic Rangers]] asks by microphone if you need some support only to pull this off afterwards.

* OldSaveBonus: If you import a ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet & Clank]]'' save, you get the 10% Gadgetron employee discount mentioned in said game (the one that takes two years to kick in). Also, having a ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'' save with certain guns obtained in it will let you get those guns for free.
** Having a ''Ratchet & Clank'' save will also unlock the "Old School Ratchet" skin for free, which gives Ratchet his HalfDressedCartoonAnimal design from the first game.

!!This game contains examples of:

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* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Heavily downplayed. While the game's weapons can still get rather pricey (particularly in regards to the R.Y.3.N.O.), especially during [[NewGamePlus Challenge Mode]], the game's bolt economy is far more generous here than in previous games. The [[CashGate cash gates]] have been completely abandoned (the only gadget that needs to be bought is the optional Gadgetron PDA), arena challenges, missions and the Qwark Vid-Comics provide ample oppurtunities to quickly farm lots of bolts, and the OldSaveBonus helps mitigates the high prices for the new weapons and allows the old and otherwise pricey Megacorp weapons to be bought for free. Challenge Mode also generously carries over the Bolt Multiplier from Going Commando, making it even easier to build up bolts, and even in normal play the Jackpot Crate allows for quick bolt farming as well. And as with the other two games, a handful of optional arena challenges aside, the game never forces you to buy a weapon, meaning a player can save up for a preferred weapon and pass up buying certain weapons until later.

** Some music tracks were used in previous games. [[spoiler:The Leviathan's crash site]] reuses the music from the Blargian Snagglebeast boss battle from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the original game]], normal arena challenges use the one from Aranos after you escape from prison from the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando previous installment]], boss battles here has the same track as the jet fighter Segment on Pokitaru and finally, the last planet has the same track as the jet fighter segment on Drek's Fleet (both first game). And, of course, Metropolis and Blackwater City keep their themes. Even more themes from the previous games are used in the game's multiplayer mode.

* CheatCode:
** There are some in the original and HD remake of the game, all of which are entered in the Pause Menu.

** Qwark in a Tutu: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Circle, Square, Square while being in a Qwark vidcomic (not select screen, the vidcomic itself). This one is also referenced by Al InUniverse.

** The Tyrrha-guise is only used in a single area, then comes back in the final level, where the Tyrrhanoids are back, and a lot smarter.

* FanDisservice: Qwark when he's disguised as a maid delivering a pizza to Dr. Nefarious in the third vidcomic. The pic gives you a clear view of his fishnet stockings and undergarments. This happens again later when Qwark disguises himself as a top-heavy woman while calling a Taxi Cab, and again with the Tutu cheat code for the Vid-comics.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: One side-mission in Metropolis requires Ratchet to stop explosive devices around the city. You're given a hovership to do this, meaning Ratchet disarms the highly dangerous, volatile bombs by [[ViolationOfCommonSense by blasting missiles at them]].

** The game also tries to make you think the fourth Vidcomic is the last one. However, in the vidcomic selection you have five slots, and like the previous example, there is a skill point to be obtained in the last comic.

** The Bouncer, the Plasma Coil and the Shield Charger can't be accessed from Slim Cognito's vendor until you reach Thran, Koros and Mylon respectively, and theyre priced at a whopping 250,000 bolts apiece. Mitigating this is that you can get all three for free if you have a ''Going Commando'' save file with them.

* MagikarpPower: Most weapons count, but the crown would probably go to Disc Blade Gun, which is pretty weak at the start, but its attack power more than doubles when passing from V2 to V3 and its discs gain the ability to bounce from enemies, meaning that while V2 is hardly usable, V3 ''will'' wreak havoc.
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: Ratchet goes undercover with the Tyrrhaguise.

--->'''Tyrrhanoid Guard:''' You have no clearance. How do I know I can trust you?\\

* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Failing the conversation minigame while wearing the Tyhrraguise can result in Ratchet saying, among other things, "Orange croutons zoom zoom butterscotch" and "[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail I emit a noxious effluvium in your general direction]]!"
* {{Nerf}}: The Shield Charger and Bouncer both have less ammo capacity so they cannot be used as deliberately. Inverted with the Lava Gun, which gets a ''much'' better upgrade at V5, and Plasma Coil which, while no slouch in the previous game, gets a major power boost and more ammunition for its final version. [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with the Miniturret Glove, which gets less ammo but gains new abilities, such as turrets being capable of teleporting to get enemies within its range.

* WidelySpacedJailBars: There is a containment area on the Starship Phoenix with bars like these. The PlayerCharacter actually can walk between the bars, but the [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]] in there never think of escaping this way. To be fair though, the area is used to contain Qwark, who is much bigger than Ratchet and can't escape from it, meaning it's also TailorMadePrison.

Ratchet and Clank have [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando put an end to the Protopet plot in the Bogon Galaxy]] and are enjoying their newfound downtime, but it doesn't last, as they learn that the planet Veldin is under attack by a new villain known as Dr. {{N|amesToRunAwayFromReallyFast}}efarious, a MadScientist and robot supremacist who also happens to be a former foe of Captain Qwark. Ratchet's unwilling to allow his homeworld to come to destruction, and the two heroes promptly return to the Solana Galaxy to stop the attack. Upon learning of Qwark's history with Dr. Nefarious, they reluctantly track down and team up with the disgraced superhero in order to thwart the doctor's scheme to turn everyone in the galaxy into his robotic slaves.

->"You're pathetic, Qwark. [[DissapointedInYou I can't believe I used to look up to you.]]"

->"You're pathetic, Qwark. I can't believe I used to look up to you."

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: One of the vid-comics shows Qwark stowing away on Nefarious' spaceship by clinging onto it for dear life, and survives the six-day space travel by ''holding his breath the whole trip.'' While it sounds like something Qwark would embellish, the (non-canon) game ''Size Matters'' would retroactively reveal that he could actually do this.

---> '''Tyrrhanoid Guard:''' You have no clearance. How do I know I can trust you?
---> '''Ratchet:''' Because I'll give you my sister's phone number, and because I'm certainly not a Lombax.

* {{Nerf}}: The Shield Charger and Bouncer both have less ammo capacity so they cannot be used as deliberately. Inverted with the Lava Gun, which gets a ''much'' better upgrade at V5, and Plasma Coil which, while no slouch in thw previous game, gets a major power boost and more ammunition for its final version. [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] with the Miniturret Glove, which gets less ammo but gains new abilities, such as turrets being capable of teleporting to get enemies within its range.

* NoOSHACompliance: In the ''Shadow of the Robot'' vid-comic, Qwark has to trek through Dr. Nefarious' secret base on planet Magmos, which looks like a factory with lava randomly pouring everywhere. Nefarious himself [[LampshadeHanging ponders why the base is so needlessly unsafe]] ([[HypocriticalHumor ironic considering its probably Nefarious himself who did]]).
-->'''Nefarious''': "Who designed this place, anyway?!"
-->'''[[GentlemanSnarker Lawrence]]''': "Doesn't seem very practical, does it sir?"

* PaperTiger: The [[FakeUltimateMook King Amoeboids]] may ''look'' imtimidating, but theyre ridiculously easy to kill, even with base level weapons.

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The third game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series.

* SetAMookToKillAMook:The Infector shoots green blobs that brainwashes enemies to fight their comrades.