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** With ''A Crack In Time'', you'll earn discounts in the weapon shop, and a pirate hat for Ratchet if you've completed ''Quest for Booty.''
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** With ''A Crack In Time'', you'll earn discounts in the weapon shop, shop if you've completed ''Tools of Destruction'', and a pirate hat for Ratchet if you've completed ''Quest for Booty.''
*** If you have a save file for ''Tools of Destruction'', you will also receive a discount in the weapon shop.''
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* FanDumb: The sequels, the Future titles in particular, have been known to cause certain fans to spontaneously develop rabies
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* BrickJoke: A subtle one. In ''Up Your Arsenal'', in the first vid-comic, it is stated that Quark fought a crew of "Robotic Pirate Ghosts". Cut to ''Quest for Booty'', guess what you're fighting? That's right, Robotic Pirate Ghosts.
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* BrickJoke: A subtle one. In ''Up Your Arsenal'', in the first vid-comic, it is stated that Quark Qwark fought a crew of "Robotic Pirate Ghosts". Cut to ''Quest for Booty'', guess what you're fighting? That's right, Robotic Pirate Ghosts.
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* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: Not only do several weapons come at rather insane prices, varying on game and level, the demands of the populace to get story-crucial information or gadgets is just plain brutal. It gets to a head in Going Commando:
--> "'''Ratchet:''' What?? Now even the COMPUTERS are charging us?! That's it, this galaxy (Bogon) blows."'''
--> "'''Ratchet:''' What?? Now even the COMPUTERS are charging us?! That's it, this galaxy (Bogon) blows."'''
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* InSeriesNickname: Since Tools of Destruction, Cronk and Zephyr seem to have dubbed Ratchet 'Rookie'. Occasionally, they'll shorten it to 'Rook'.
** Definitely an InSeriesNickname, bordering on AffectionateNickname-- Ratchet's been fond of calling Clank 'Pal' instead of saying his name for a long time, now. The 'Affectionate' part becomes rather obvious in A Crack in Time.
-->'''Ratchet:''' [[HeartwarmingMoments You think I'd leave my best pal out here alone?]]
** Definitely an InSeriesNickname, bordering on AffectionateNickname-- Ratchet's been fond of calling Clank 'Pal' instead of saying his name for a long time, now. The 'Affectionate' part becomes rather obvious in A Crack in Time.
-->'''Ratchet:''' [[HeartwarmingMoments You think I'd leave my best pal out here alone?]]
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*** There's also the skill point [[IndianaJones "It Belongs in a Museum"]]
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** In the same vein, the AI from [[RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One's]] training ground acts a lot like [[{{Portal}} GLaDOS]], down to [[DamnedByFaintPraise damning the PCs with faint praise]] and making idle threats.
*** On a similar note, more than one villain asks if/how the heroes are "Still Alive"-- sometimes several times in a row.
*** Also a different AI, at one point, lies about cake.
*** On a similar note, more than one villain asks if/how the heroes are "Still Alive"-- sometimes several times in a row.
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** [[TheWizardOfOz "Clank, I don't think we're in the Solana Galaxy anymore."]]
** The name of the comics' first issue is [[GearsOfWar "Ears of War"]]
*** Probably unintentional, but there's also this from the comic series:
-->'''Zogg:''' [[SarcasmMode Have you any]] ''[[SarcasmMode more]]'' [[SarcasmMode good news?]] Perhaps you'll tell me next that my parents were eaten by [[{{Pokemon}} wild Carnivines]]?
** During a 'slander campaign' by Dallas and Juanita, Dallas refers to Ratchet briefly as [[TheRunningMan "The Butcher of Bogon."]]
** Before Ratchet enters [[RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime the Zoni Temple]] alone, Qwark says "Operation [[Franchise/StarTrek Red]] [[RedShirt Shirt]] is a go".
** In A Crack in Time's [[DevelopersRoom Insomniac Moon]], there's a room called the [[{{Resistance}} Hale Conference Room]] among other conference rooms named after ''Ratchet & Clank'' characters. Also, it says the Tetramites were based on TheSwarm from Resistance 2.
** [[TheLoneRanger "High-ho, Snowball,]] ''away!''"
** The name of the comics' first issue is [[GearsOfWar "Ears of War"]]
*** Probably unintentional, but there's also this from the comic series:
-->'''Zogg:''' [[SarcasmMode Have you any]] ''[[SarcasmMode more]]'' [[SarcasmMode good news?]] Perhaps you'll tell me next that my parents were eaten by [[{{Pokemon}} wild Carnivines]]?
** During a 'slander campaign' by Dallas and Juanita, Dallas refers to Ratchet briefly as [[TheRunningMan "The Butcher of Bogon."]]
** Before Ratchet enters [[RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime the Zoni Temple]] alone, Qwark says "Operation [[Franchise/StarTrek Red]] [[RedShirt Shirt]] is a go".
** In A Crack in Time's [[DevelopersRoom Insomniac Moon]], there's a room called the [[{{Resistance}} Hale Conference Room]] among other conference rooms named after ''Ratchet & Clank'' characters. Also, it says the Tetramites were based on TheSwarm from Resistance 2.
** [[TheLoneRanger "High-ho, Snowball,]] ''away!''"
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** Attention is only called to it once-- [[IronicEcho by]] [[LampshadeHanging Nefarious]]-- but the series has a habit of stranding characters on asteroids in the middle of space. Nefarious and Lawrence in UYA ([[ContinuityNod shown again in Deadlocked and referenced in ACiT]]), [[spoiler: Tachyon]] in [=ToD=], [[TheStinger Qwark at the end of ACiT]], and then [[spoiler: Artemis Zogg]] at the end of the comic series, on the same asteroid as [[spoiler: Tachyon]], no less. Technically, it's happened to Ratchet and Clank, too, in the "Super Ironic Death Scenario" sense.
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Insomniac and DC comics have a comic book mini-series, with the first issue out in September 2010. It is set after the events of ''A Crack in Time''. After the defeat of Dr. Nefarious at Great Clock, Qwark is promoted to Galactic President and Ratchet and Clank return home for some rest and relaxation. However, something strange starts to happen, entire planets are beginning to disappear, and the Duo discover this to be the handiwork of Artemis Zogg, the planet thief. [[spoiler: WordOfGod also confirms that Lawrence saved Dr. Nefarious from the crashing space station at the last second, and have retreated to a currently unknown location.]] Another recent development is revealed in the final issue, where [[spoiler: Tachyon is revealed to be stuck in another dimension after Zogg is stuck there as well.]]
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Insomniac and DC comics Comics have a comic book mini-series, with the first issue out in September 2010. It is set after the events of ''A Crack in Time''. After the defeat of Dr. Nefarious at Great Clock, Qwark is promoted to Galactic President and Ratchet and Clank return home for some rest and relaxation. However, something strange starts to happen, entire planets are beginning to disappear, and the Duo discover this to be the handiwork of Artemis Zogg, the planet thief. [[spoiler: WordOfGod also confirms that Lawrence saved Dr. Nefarious from the crashing space station at the last second, and have retreated to a currently unknown location.]] Another recent development is revealed in the final issue, where [[spoiler: Tachyon is revealed to be stuck in another dimension after Zogg is stuck there as well.]]
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[[PlaystationMoveHeroes A crossover]] was released where Ratchet and Clank team up with ''SlyCooper'' and ''JakAndDaxter''.
''JakAndDaxter''. They're also going to be playable characters in ''VideoGame/{{PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale}}''.
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* BrickJoke: A subtle one. In ''Up Your Arsenal'', in the first vid-comic, it is stated that Quark fought a crew of "Robotic Pirate Ghosts". Cut to ''Quest for Booty'', guess what you're fighting? That's right, Robotic Pirate Ghosts.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Ratchet's "There are. No. TECHNOMITES!!" in ''Size Matters'' when they come across a so-called Technomite artifact.
** And in ''Deadlocked'' when you're battling Vox, at one point the announcer says to Juanita, "Don't pretend that you care...YOU...NEVER...CARED!"
** And in ''Deadlocked'' when you're battling Vox, at one point the announcer says to Juanita, "Don't pretend that you care...YOU...NEVER...CARED!"
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** And in ''Deadlocked'' when you're battling Vox, at one point the announcer says to Juanita, "Don't pretend that you care...YOU...NEVER...CARED!"
** And in ''Deadlocked'' when you're battling Vox, at one point the announcer says to Juanita, "Don't pretend that you care...YOU...NEVER...CARED!"
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* KillerRabbit: Ratchet himself could qualify, as he's a cute little furry cat... thing with a very, very, big arsenal. The Protopets from "Going Commando" are another example, considering they're basically carnivourous, foul tempered [[StarTrek tribbles.]]
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* KillerRabbit: Ratchet himself could qualify, as he's a cute little furry cat... thing with a very, very, big arsenal. The Protopets from "Going Commando" are another example, considering they're basically carnivourous, foul tempered [[StarTrek [[Franchise/StarTrek tribbles.]]
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A Ratchet and Clank Collection has been annonuced, which will feature the first 3 games in HD.
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** ''A Crack in Time'' has quite a few. After you beat the game, [[spoiler:Lord Vorselon taunts to by revealing that [[StarWars he is your father's]]... [[{{Spaceballs}} accountant]]]].
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** ''A Crack in Time'' has quite a few. After you beat the game, [[spoiler:Lord Vorselon taunts to by revealing that [[StarWars he is your father's]]... [[{{Spaceballs}} [[Film/{{Spaceballs}} accountant]]]].
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Sadly, the future of the series is in doubt, as, much like its fellow PlayStation2 mascots ''JakAndDaxter'' and ''SlyCooper'', it has been abandoned by its creator, Insomniac. However, it's for slightly more understandable reasons: Insomniac has split off from Sony to become a third-party multi-platform company. Hopefully, the series will fare better under any new developers than its predecessor, ''SpyroTheDragon'', initially did...
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** ''Deadlocked'' had one Ace Hardlight, a reference you might not get unless you're up on your [[RedDwarf British sci-fi comedies.]]
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The first game in the ''RatchetAndClank'' series, it was a modest hit for the {{Playstation 2}}.
The game is about how the titular duo meet and then team up to stop Chairman Drek and the Blarg from destroying planets across the galaxy in order to build themselves a new homeworld. In exchange for a chance to see the galaxy, Ratchet helps Clank look for the great hero, Captain Qwark.
The first game in the ''RatchetAndClank'' series, it was a modest hit for the {{Playstation 2}}.
The game is about how the titular duo meet and then team up to stop Chairman Drek and the Blarg from destroying planets across the galaxy in order to build themselves a new homeworld. In exchange for a chance to see the galaxy, Ratchet helps Clank look for the great hero, Captain Qwark.
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[[caption-width-right:231:What [[BadassAdorable adorable ass kickers]].]]
-->''One of X weapons and gadgets not fit for this world.''
The
The game is about how the titular duo meet
The series so far consists of:[[index]]
* ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 Ratchet
* ''RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''
* ''RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
* ''RatchetDeadlocked''
* ''RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''
* ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank''
* ''RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction''
* ''Ratchet & Clank
* ''RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime''
* [[RatchetAndClankComic The]] ''[[RatchetAndClankComic Ratchet & Clank]]'' [[RatchetAndClankComic comic]]
* ''RatchetAndClankAll4One''
[[/index]]
Insomniac and DC comics have a comic book mini-series, with the
Alongside the announcement of {{Resistance}} 3, Insomniac has revealed ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45_z6VlDWw Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One]]'', a new game that features Co-op play as its main draw, with it being easy to join and leave games at any time. Characters you can play as are Ratchet, Clank, (now Galactic President) Qwark and [[spoiler: Dr. Nefarious after they are all captured in a PeopleZoo, forcing an EnemyMine situation.]]
[[PlaystationMoveHeroes A crossover]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced was released where Ratchet and Clank team up with]] ''SlyCooper'' and ''JakAndDaxter''.
Sadly, the future of the series is in doubt, as, much like its fellow PlayStation2 mascots ''JakAndDaxter'' and ''SlyCooper'', it has been abandoned by its creator, Insomniac. However, it's for slightly more understandable reasons: Insomniac has split off from Sony to become a third-party multi-platform company. Hopefully, the series will fare better under any new developers than its predecessor, ''SpyroTheDragon'', initially did...
As per TheWikiRule, Ratchet and Clank have their own wiki at [[http://ratchet.wikia.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_wiki Ratchet and Clank Wiki]].
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* AcronymConfusion: Captain Qwark offers the heroes a PDA.
-->'''Ratchet:''' A Public Display of Affection?\\
'''Qwark:''' No, a Personal Delivery Assistant.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Blarg
* ArrowCam: The Visibomb Gun in this and the next game.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: This is the only game where Ratchet doesn't have shoes, aside from ''Size Matters''.
* BigBad: Chairman Drek
* BookEnds: The game begins and ends on Planet Veldin.
* BreastExpansion: Perform a few sideways flips in front of the girl who gets you into the hoverboard race in Blackwater City.
* BrickJoke: Hey, the plumber's back!
* CanCrushingCranium: In a cutscene after you buy some soda that increases your max health, to demonstrate your newfound strength.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman Drek.
* DeadpanSnarker: Drek.
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': This is your last chance! Stop this madness now!
-->'''Drek''': [[SarcasmMode Okay, wait. You're right. I WILL withdraw my troops!]]
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm Really?]]
* TheDragon: The Robot Lieutenant is this to Drek early on in the game, but he promptly [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears]] after the duo encounter him in the logging site on Eudora and gets replaced by [[spoiler:Qwark]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Drek's Planet Buster weapon.
* EvillyAffable: Chairman Drek.
* HeroicBSOD: Ratchet gets one after [[spoiler:Qwark's betrayal.]] At this point, the only thing keeping him from dumping Clank and packing it all in is a need for mutual cooperation. [[spoiler:He does become determined to get back at Qwark though.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Ratchet after [[spoiler:Qwark's betrayal]]. He gets better.
* MetalDetectorPuzzle: The Metal Detector Gadget allows you to find a few extra bolts, but it's never required to complete the game.
* MotiveMisidentification: When Ratchet and Clank corner Drek on top of the Planet Buster:
-->'''Clank''': [[spoiler:There must be a better way to find a home for your people.]]\\
'''Drek''':[[spoiler: You think ''that's'' what this is about? Who do you think polluted the ''last'' world? ''I did''. This is about one thing and one thing only: ''cash'', and lots of it. See, I've been ''paid'' for every square inch of my new world. Once the new inhabitants move in, I'll begin polluting this world as well, and the whole thing starts ''all over again''. Ah... brilliant.]]
* PlanetLooters: The Blarg, or at least Drek.
* PowerupLetdown: The Morph-O-Ray allows you to turn enemies too large for the Suck Cannon into chickens, allowing you to stock up on Suck Cannon ammo whenever you want. The giant chickens produced by the Gold Morph-O-Ray, however, are too big for the Suck Cannon.
** Plus, thanks to a GoodBadBug, Morphing and then Sucking an enemy will give you more bolts than just killing it.
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler: Qwark.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Captain Qwark.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Ratchet, only in this game and ''Size Matters''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Chairman Drek [[spoiler:is not one of these, as he is really just trying to exploit his own people at the cost of millions of lives.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Drek's lackey, the Robot Lieutenant all but vanishes from the game after you meet him on Eudora.
* WhereItAllBegan: The final battle with Drek takes place on Veldin-the first level of the game and Ratchet's home planet.
-->'''Drek''': "Imbeciles. After all the trouble you've gone to, you're about to die right where you started. *sniff* It's so...poetic."
* WrenchWench: Clank gets a new upgrade from one.
* AcronymConfusion: Captain Qwark offers the heroes a PDA.
-->'''Ratchet:''' A Public Display of Affection?\\
'''Qwark:''' No, a Personal Delivery Assistant.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Blarg
* ArrowCam: The Visibomb Gun in this and the next game.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: This is the only game where Ratchet doesn't have shoes, aside from ''Size Matters''.
* BigBad: Chairman Drek
* BookEnds: The game begins and ends on Planet Veldin.
* BreastExpansion: Perform a few sideways flips in front of the girl who gets you into the hoverboard race in Blackwater City.
* BrickJoke: Hey, the plumber's back!
* CanCrushingCranium: In a cutscene after you buy some soda that increases your max health, to demonstrate your newfound strength.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman Drek.
* DeadpanSnarker: Drek.
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': This is your last chance! Stop this madness now!
-->'''Drek''': [[SarcasmMode Okay, wait. You're right. I WILL withdraw my troops!]]
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm Really?]]
* TheDragon: The Robot Lieutenant is this to Drek early on in the game, but he promptly [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears]] after the duo encounter him in the logging site on Eudora and gets replaced by [[spoiler:Qwark]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Drek's Planet Buster weapon.
* EvillyAffable: Chairman Drek.
* HeroicBSOD: Ratchet gets one after [[spoiler:Qwark's betrayal.]] At this point, the only thing keeping him from dumping Clank and packing it all in is a need for mutual cooperation. [[spoiler:He does become determined to get back at Qwark though.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Ratchet after [[spoiler:Qwark's betrayal]]. He gets better.
* MetalDetectorPuzzle: The Metal Detector Gadget allows you to find a few extra bolts, but it's never required to complete the game.
* MotiveMisidentification: When Ratchet and Clank corner Drek on top of the Planet Buster:
-->'''Clank''': [[spoiler:There must be a better way to find a home for your people.]]\\
'''Drek''':[[spoiler: You think ''that's'' what this is about? Who do you think polluted the ''last'' world? ''I did''. This is about one thing and one thing only: ''cash'', and lots of it. See, I've been ''paid'' for every square inch of my new world. Once the new inhabitants move in, I'll begin polluting this world as well, and the whole thing starts ''all over again''. Ah... brilliant.]]
* PlanetLooters: The Blarg, or at least Drek.
* PowerupLetdown: The Morph-O-Ray allows you to turn enemies too large for the Suck Cannon into chickens, allowing you to stock up on Suck Cannon ammo whenever you want. The giant chickens produced by the Gold Morph-O-Ray, however, are too big for the Suck Cannon.
** Plus, thanks to a GoodBadBug, Morphing and then Sucking an enemy will give you more bolts than just killing it.
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler: Qwark.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Captain Qwark.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Ratchet, only in this game and ''Size Matters''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Chairman Drek [[spoiler:is not one of these, as he is really just trying to exploit his own people at the cost of millions of lives.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Drek's lackey, the Robot Lieutenant all but vanishes from the game after you meet him on Eudora.
* WhereItAllBegan: The final battle with Drek takes place on Veldin-the first level of the game and Ratchet's home planet.
-->'''Drek''': "Imbeciles. After all the trouble you've gone to, you're about to die right where you started. *sniff* It's so...poetic."
* WrenchWench: Clank gets a new upgrade from one.
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** It's also stated in the unlockable concept art of the first game: "Oh, and in case anyone asks you, Ratchet is a Lombax." ''A Crack In Time'' tries to make up for this by [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday calling him a Lombax at every opportunity]].
*** He's also referred to as a lombax several times in ''Up Your Arsenal'', mostly by the announcer of the death matches you can participate in.
** In ''A Crack in Time'', one can listen to a number of radio stations that broadcast music and news; amongst the news items are a few relevant details for long-time fans, including the [[PutOnABus fate]] of Angela Cross from ''Going Commando''.
** An unusual example is Ratchet's ''age'', which has only been featured in ''[[JakAndDaxter Jak X: Combat Racing]]'' if you had ''Deadlocked'' save data on your Memory Card. He's 18 in that game, released at the same time as ''Deadlocked'', so it's possible to work out his age in the other games, too.
*** That's assuming that the games' release dates correlate to the [[ComicBookTime passage of time in the games themselves]]. And assuming you don't count the BizarreAlienBiology he's [[WordOfGod stated to have in a E-mail answer to a fan]]: Lombaxes age five years for every one human year, sort of like a dog, but [[MethuselahSyndrome tend to live a fairly long time]]. Throwing in ''those'' makes the calculations a lot more complicated.
**** Lampshaded in one cutscene by the Prison Warden in Secret Agent Clank after the many cakes [[spoiler:(actually weapons Clank sends to Ratchet disguised as cakes)]] he gives to Ratchet.
* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: ''Three'' Galaxies, if you want to get technical. One line in ''Tools of Destruction'' references an "Andromeda System," but that's as close as the script gets to Earth. [[DontExplainTheJoke That is to say, not very.]] There are [[EarthDrift a few minor references]] to Earthly things, though, like '''Copernicus''' Leslie Qwark and the '''Tesla''' coil (and spikes in ''A Crack in Time''). Orvus also makes a reference to baseball during one of Clank's tutorial levels in ''A Crack in Time''. One of Merc's random comments in Deadlocked is to ask Ratchet if he's read '''Chaucer'''.
* AlwaysOverTheShoulder: The "Lock-Strafe" mode.
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The main characters are a little cuter/more disturbing in Japan.
** Or, in this case, Japanese Ratchet is Less Hardcore.
** In the Japanese release of ''Tools of Destruction'' Ratchet has a slightly-altered character model with green clothing, anime eyes and thick, black eyebrows which brings Ratchet's in-game look into line with the official Japanese art and Ratchet & Clank manga.
* BadassAdorable: The eponymous duo.
* BabyPlanet
* BagOfSpilling: Averted to some degree, as in the second game Ratchet returns to his apartment and picks up some of the items from the previous game, having memory card data from the previous game allows you to obtain weapons from it and Clank still has some of his upgrades.
** Played straight in the PS3 games even though they all take place in the same galaxy and very little time passes between the games.
* BalefulPolymorph: The Morph-O-Ray, the Sheepinator, the Quack-O-Ray, the Boar-Zooker, the Pork Bomb Gun, the Mootator, the Transmorpher and the Chimp-o-Matic, to date.
* BeamSpam: The RYNO IV locks on to enemies and blasts them with this until you let go of the button, while the Harbinger from ''Deadlocked'' is actually the targeting system for an ''orbital laser'' that rains down blast from the sky.
** The Harbinger's lasers might actually come from the things that it shoots into the ground.
* BenevolentArchitecture: The grindrails certainly count. Even in the parts where there's any practical reason for them at all, they're very conveniently navigable.
* {{BFG}}: Way, way too many to count--most games start you off with a basic rapid-fire gun and a slow-firing area effect weapon, but by halfway through you'll be toting half a dozen guns bigger than you are, with effects like "portable black hole launcher, aim away from face" or "fires missiles which split into mini-missiles which launch bomblets that squirt lightning". Then there's the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Gun]]...
** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome That plays]] ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny the finale of the 1812 Overture]]!''
** From the second game onward, this is practically Ratchet's stock in trade.
* BonusBoss: Several of the optional [[MonsterArena arena]] bosses throughout the series, and [[spoiler:The final battle with Lord Vorselon in "Crack in Time."]]
* BossBanter: Particularly in later entries. Gleeman Vox From ''Deadlocked'', Emperor Tachyon from ''Tools of Destruction'', [[spoiler:Klunk]] from ''Secret Agent Clank'' and [[spoiler:Azimuth]] in ''A Crack in Time'' talk up a storm while fighting you.
** The earlier bosses do so too, however they do so more between stages of their fight rather than in the middle of it.
* BrawnHilda: Helga, Qwark's "pleasantly plump" personal fitness trainer
* CameraCentering
* CaptainErsatz: Courtney Gears is a reference of Britney Spears.
* CaptainSuperhero: Qwark
* CerebusSyndrome: The first five games and "Secret Agent Clank" are episodic and have little continuity between them. The "Future" series is a long arc covering two full-length games and one downloadable game and deals with some fairly heavy issues.
* ChickMagnet: Clank seems to put no effort in attracting half the female {{NPC}}s he and Ratchet ever encounter, despite being a robot.
** It's gotta be the voice.
** Well, in the third game he is a movie star.
* CoolShip
** Ratchet's [[spoiler: stolen]] third ship in the first game.
** Ratchet's Star Explorer in ''Going Commando'' and ''Up Your Arsenal''.
** The ''Phoenix'' in ''Up Your Arsenal''.
** The ''Aphelion'' in ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''A Crack in Time''.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: It doesn't take much looking past the cute, cartoony art style and humor to realize that the entire universe from the ground up is deeply, horrifyingly dysfunctional and has only been getting better at all because the main characters keep killing the worst of the lot.
* CranialProcessingUnit: Played straight with most robots in the series, but the soldier robots on Damosel in the second game can function with only legs.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: Well, actually, Qwarktastic, but close enough.
* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler: Klunk disguised as]] Clank in ''Up Your Arsenal'' while the group is at [[spoiler: Qwark's memorial service]].
* CuteMachines: Clank.
* DeadpanSnarker: Lawrence.
* DeathCourse: Lampshaded... somewhat.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Played straight and avoided in equal measure: some enemies fit this perfectly, others get bits blown off them.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Many examples in the more recent games. Nearly all weapons have some sort of corresponding NPC commentary, and every enemy dances differently when you use the Groovitron. You can even defeat Nefarious with the Chimpinator/Chimpositron, and he turns into the wind-up monkey used for mechanical enemies (sadly not in the cutscene). In the first game, you can also blow up the Captain Qwark
-->'''Ratchet:''' A Public Display of Affection?\\
'''Qwark:''' No, a Personal Delivery Assistant.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Blarg
* ArrowCam: The Visibomb Gun in
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: This is
** The second game features a good example of just how much the Dev team thinks of every thing in one of the Megacorp weapons facilities. The level opens up with a guided tour of some of there rockets and missiles, where you can accompany a bunch of bots around to learn the history of Megacorp. You can [[DieChairDie destroy each of the rockets you're seeing, and they all get destroyed in different ways]]. The second rocket will hurt you if it falls on you, and can kill any enemies and/or tourists it lands on. The third one, the robot version of Mr Fizwidget, will tell you "sent Bobo the Squirrel into space" as a test, but they never saw said squirrel again. Blow it up and sure enough, a squirrel will appear. Finally the last one launches up into space, disappearing completely. Furthermore [[VideogameCaringPotential protecting all the tourists]] from the killer squirrels in the area nets you a skill point, but [[VideogameCrueltyPotential deliberately destroying tourists as they exit the bus]] (the tour won't start until there's a large enough group ready to go around) means you get [[EasterEgg a series of increasingly threatening warning messages]]. However, there's more to it than that. Then, later in the level, you'll encounter a very large and very tough security bot, who you will have
* TheDitz: Captain Qwark in ''Size Matters''.
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* DoubleEntendre: The titles for the second game
* BreastExpansion: Perform a few sideways flips
** The original name for "A Crack in
** This only applies to the American releases, at least for the PS2 games - ''Going Commando'' either had no subtitle or was renamed to ''Locked and Loaded'' in Europe, and ''Up Your Arsenal'' just became ''Ratchet & Clank 3''. ''Size Matters'' and the PS3 games have avoided the title changes, however, except for the removal of the
* BrickJoke: Hey, the plumber's back!
* CanCrushingCranium: In a cutscene after you buy some soda that increases your max health, to demonstrate your newfound strength.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Chairman Drek.
* DeadpanSnarker: Drek.
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': This is your last chance! Stop this madness now!
-->'''Drek''': [[SarcasmMode Okay, wait. You're right. I WILL withdraw my troops!]]
-->'''Novalis Chairman''': [[DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm Really?]]
* TheDragon: The Robot Lieutenant is this to Drek early on in the game, but he promptly [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse disappears]] after the duo encounter him in the logging site on Eudora and gets replaced by [[spoiler:Qwark]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Drek's Planet Buster weapon.
* EvillyAffable: Chairman Drek.
* HeroicBSOD: Ratchet gets one after [[spoiler:Qwark's betrayal.]] At this point, the only thing keeping him
* DoubleJump
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: Why Dr. Nefarious joins up with Ratchet, Clank, and
*
* EverythingsCoolerWithLava: The Lava Gun, natch.
* EvilLaugh: Shown off by most of the [[BigBad main villains]] at some point or another. Dr. Nefarious gets a particularly impressive one before the final battle in "A Crack in Time".
* EvolvingAttack: From the second game onward, weapons gain experience and level up as you use them.
* ExplodingBarrels: And crates and streetlights and...
* FakeDifficulty: More often than not, success or failure relies less on skill and more on how big your weapon is. That, plus the fact that despite having armorsuits (in later games) that are supposed to reduce damage, some enemies can still finish you off in a few hits.
** The B2 Brawler from Going Commando in the Galactic Gladiators embodies this trope. It's basically a brain on 4 giant legs with dual laser cannons. The lasers are easy to dodge, but your bullets go right through its legs more often than not. It gets really unfair when it lowers itself on the ground, spinning its legs and slowly chasing you down. This isn't so bad in and of itself, but if you get hit, Ratchet
* MetalDetectorPuzzle: The Metal Detector Gadget allows you to find a few extra bolts, but it's never required to complete the game.
* MotiveMisidentification: When Ratchet and Clank corner Drek on top
-->'''Clank''': [[spoiler:There must be a better way to find a home for
'''Drek''':[[spoiler: You think ''that's'' what this is about? Who do you think polluted
*** The above quote still holds here though, the
*
* PowerupLetdown: The Morph-O-Ray allows
* FakeUltimateHero: Qwark, who later on does try to make a few attempts at becoming a real hero, mainly by tagging along with Ratchet.
** Bizarrely, outside of the main characters, it seems the galaxy at large
** In the
** Plus, thanks
* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler: Qwark.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The RYNO, which stands for "Rip Ya a New One".
** Kept in
* {{Flanderization}}: Qwark gets [[TheDitz more and
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Chairman Drek [[spoiler:is not one of these,
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-->'''Drek''': "Imbeciles. After all
** Though the original name for ''A Crack In Time'', ''Clock Blockers'', didn't make it past Sony's PR (Aww...).
** Thinking too hard about ''[[BiggerIsBetter Size Matters]]'' will cause [[TooMuchInformation your brain]] [[YourHeadASplode to
** Klunk almost swears in ''Up Your Arsenal'', though he's hushed before he can get any further than "What a load of bull..."
** The Galactic President: "Sasha tells me you're a man who's good with his hands, Ratchet." Even Ratchet gets the wrong idea and starts to panic...
** One of the areas in ''Up Your Arsenal'' is called "Nefarious BFG". Now remember that we have a trope called {{BFG}}, which is rather fitting for this area, and what exactly BFG means...
** ''Quest for Booty'' has an exceptionally overt example, wherein SpacePirate Rusty Pete describes a NoodleIncident which heavily implies he went to a party and got extremely drunk, then... well...
--->'''Rusty Pete:''' Well, I was a bit sauced at the time. Woke up three days later wearing an evening gown and spooning a Kerchu.
** No mention of the following dialogue, from ''Tools of Destruction''?
--->'''Captain Slag:''' Pete! Skewer that saucy wench!
--->'''Rusty Pete:''' Aye, Cap'n! Skewering! (sounds of metal clashing)
--->'''Captain Slag:''' ''Arr!'' Me wee cannon balls!
*
** Creepy!? More like adorable!
** [[spoiler:He got it from his father, Orvus.]]
** Clank's evil doppelgänger Klunk has a variation of the laugh that actually ''is'' creepy.
* GirlOfTheWeek: Though Sasha, his love interest from the third game, has a brief cameo at the beginning of the fourth.
** Additionally, Talwyn (though not necessarily a love interest) has a large role in ''Quest for Booty'' as well as her first game, ''Tools of Destruction''. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse She disappeared sometime before ''A Crack in Time'', though.]]
* GlobalCurrency: Even the people over in the other two ''galaxies'' use Bolts. Though they're shiny golden bolts that look like currency from ''R&C2'' onward, rather than the large, prosaic bolt-ish ones of the first game, and undergo more insane inflation in each and every game.
** Examples of the inflation (which may or may not be intended by the developers): in the first game the R.Y.N.O., the most expensive weapon, cost 150,000 bolts (which was considered an insane number that most people would not acquire in one playthrough), while the most expensive weapon in ''Going Commando'', the Zodiac, cost 1,500,000 bolts. In perhaps the most extreme example, the Ryno IV's weapon upgrade in the NewGamePlus for Tools of Destruction costs '''''50,000,000''''' bolts.
* GrapplingHookPistol: Various forms throughout the games.
* GrindBoots: TropeNamer.
* HarmlessFreezing: Enemies in ''Deadlocked'' frozen with the Freeze Mod will break out and continue fighting if left unattended.
** In ''A Crack in Time'', a new weapon, the Cryomine glove, can freeze enemies and you can ''visibly see icicles forming on their bodies''. However, this weapon easily deals the least amount of damage of all weapons in the game. (Even the Groovitron deals damage when fully upgraded.)
** Well, most of them were robots.
* HeroicBSOD: Ratchet gets one after [[spoiler:Qwark tries to kill him in 1.]] He's eventually pulled out of it by the realisation that if he doesn't stop Chairman Drek, no one will.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Alister Azimuth at the end of A Crack in Time. See RedemptionEqualsDeath down below]].
** [[spoiler:Ratchet makes one prior to the fight with Tachyon in ''Tools of Destruction'', albeit without his death - Tachyon opens a portal with the Dimensionator to the Lombaxes current location and tells Ratchet that he can stay and die, or go through the portal and meet the rest of his species. Ratchet stays, knowing that Tachyon will just kill his friends once he's through the portal and that he can't trust Tachyon not to come after him and kill the rest of the Lombaxes later.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ratchet and Clank.
* HyperspaceArsenal
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in many battle arenas where the announcer asks how Ratchet can carry all his weapons.
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: The games are even hyped on this trope.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The Chopper from
* InevitableTournament: Every game from ''Going Commando'' onwards features at least one, including the entirety of ''Deadlocked''.
* [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One]] [[strike:Sword]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword Gun]]: One final, ridiculously powerful gun in each game: RYNO, RYNO II, [=RY3NO=]/RYNOCERATOR, Harbinger/Supernova, RYNO IV/RYNO 4-EVER, RYNO V/MEGA RYNO V, [[PoweredArmor RYNO VI Protosuit]]...
** The Golden Groovitron. Infinite uses of a disco ball that stops ''everything'' from attacking in range, except for Tachyon, Kerchu Guardian(They are stopped for far less time than normal), and dropships. Simply put, [[{{Gamebreaker}} it can turn the game into a cakewalk]]. It does cost so much that by the time you get it, it's just a time saver.
* InterspeciesRomance: All of Ratchet's love interests except Angela (although he only showed interest in one) plus Qwark mating with a one-eyed monkey.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll
* KentBrockmanNews: Darla Gratch of Channel [[strike:2]] 64 News in the first three games, Dallas and Juanita in ''Deadlocked'', Kip Darling and Pepper Fairbanks in ''A Crack in Time''.
* KillerRabbit: Ratchet himself could qualify, as he's a cute little furry cat... thing with a very, very, big arsenal. The Protopets from "Going Commando" are another example, considering they're basically carnivourous, foul tempered [[StarTrek tribbles.]]
** Also from ''Going Commando'', the prototype for the Protopet, the [[FluffyTheTerrible Gadgetron Hound of Cuddly Death]].
* LargeHam: In pretty much any scene with Dr. Nefarious in it, expect there to be a lot of scenery chewing. Lord Vorselon in ''A Crack in Time'' has his moments as well.
-->'''Clank:''' "Is (Vorselon) always this dramatic?"
-->'''Ratchet:''' "Yeah, it's kinda his schtick."
* LanternJawOfJustice: Captain Qwark.
* LaughablyEvil: Dr. Nefarious is this in spades. Every time he gets [[LargeHam hammy]], he'll likely malfunction and play a soap opera until one big knock to his head gets him back into consciousness.
* LevelMapDisplay: All the games have a map that you can look at when the game is paused. Each game also has a Mapper gadget you can find, which makes said map also show [[EasterEgg secret areas.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: The R.Y.N.O.
* MalevolentArchitecture: Present in all the games, although especially absurd in ''Secret Agent Clank''.
* Mascot with Attitude: In spades.
* MediumAwareness: After slightly denting the FourthWall on a couple of prior occasions, the Plumber finally cracks it in ''Tools of Destruction'', and "almost didn't recognize [Ratchet and Clank] in high-def."
** To be fair, the "high-def" part was also referring to the fact that the Plumber was wearing glasses (which he had never worn before).
** Captain Slag further demolishes it in ''Quest For Booty'', accusing Ratchet of unplugging his controller during their boss fight in the previous game.
*** "After several lucky shots and a few cheat codes..."
** [[spoiler:Klunk]] also yelled at Clank saying "No fair, you cheated!" when you beat him.
** [[spoiler:Dr. Nefarious]] gets a good one in ''A Crack in Time'': [[spoiler:Initiate super-wavy flashback effect!]]
** In ''Going Commando'', after Ratchet and Clank fail to catch up with [[spoiler:Angela]] again, they take a few seconds to wonder why they're always late. They both proceed to look at the player accusingly.
* MilesGloriosus: Qwark.
* MonsterArena: Gladiator Games and Megacorp Games in ''Going Commando'', Annihilation Nation in ''Up Your Arsenal'', the ''entire fricking game'' in ''Deadlocked'', the Imperial Fight Festival in ''Tools of Destruction'', Ratchet's segments in ''Secret Agent Clank'', the Battleplex in ''A Crack in Time''.
* MoreDakka: And then some.
* TheMusketeer: Ratchet wields his trusty [[WrenchWhack omniwrench]] on top of his {{Hyperspace Arsenal}}. Its quite useful early in the game, though it gets less and less relevant as things progress.
** Due to the way the hit points system operated in the first game, it was possible - though sometimes difficult - to progress through the whole game using only the wrench. In later installments it receives a number of upgrades to ensure that it remains useful for puzzle-solving even after it becomes redundant as a weapon.
* NameAndName
* {{Nanomachines}}: Used as healing items as well as the characters' health.
* NewGamePlus: Exists in every game except ''Quest for Booty'' - you keep all weapons, bolts and some gadgets and items, but lost everything else. From ''Going Commando'' onwards it's known as Challenge Mode and features a few more twists - the enemies are tougher, it's easier to score higher numbers of bolts, and you can purchase further upgrades for your weapons.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Zombie robots, ninja robots, zombie ninja robots, lawn ninjas, robot pirates, robot pirate ghosts--the list goes on.
* NoIndoorVoice: Dr. Nefarious neatly combines this with LargeHam.
* OldSaveBonus: You can often get weapons from previous games for free if you have a save from that game with the weapon obtained.
** Particularly interesting is ''Up Your Arsenal'' which doubles as a continuity bonus - you run into Slim Cognito who'll sell you Megacorp weapons from the previous game at a reduced rate because you're a "regular customer", and you'll receive a discount on Gadgetron weapons if you have a complete ''Ratchet & Clank'' save. Near the end of the first game, Ratchet and Clank actually get a job as publicists for Gadgetron devices, and are told that the employee discount won't kick in for two years - when, in real time, the third game was released.
** With ''A Crack In Time'', you'll earn discounts in the weapon shop, and a pirate hat for Ratchet if you've completed ''Quest for Booty.''
* [[OneManArmy One Lombax Army]]: And he has the weapons to count for it, too!
* PassThroughTheRings: ''Going Commando'', ''Deadlocked'', and ''Tools of Destruction''.
* PlanetOfHats: Most alien races seem to be homogenized groups who all do one particular thing. Terachnoids are brainy geeks, Grummels are merchants, even Lombaxes themselves are all inventors.
* PlanetVille
* PowerUpMagnet
* PunnyName: Slim Cognito, Otto Destruct.
* RealTimeWeaponChange: When the "Quick Select" menu is not set to pause when using.
* RecurringTraveller: The Plumber, lampshaded in the fourth game where he doesn't show up and is mentioned in the credits as such. A lesser example would be The Smuggler, who appears in all three of the "Future" games.
* RewardingVandalism: Almost everything can be smashed. Smashing almost anything gives you at least a few bolts. This means that randomly tossing explosives at scenery can result in profit.
** Just the opposite in the Great Clock, where you fix broken things.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Where to ''begin''?
* RobotBuddy: Clank.
* RPGElements
* RunningGag: Several, such as "No <animals of the game> were harmed in the making of this game.", the inclusion of Dan Johnson (before it became out of respect), Dr. Nefarious malfunctioning, Dr. Nefarious yelling someone's name (usually Lawrence or Qwark), Qwark's crudely drawn "plans," et cetera.
** The "No <animals of the game> were harmed" message takes it even further, being a gag in the credits for the original ''[[SpyroTheDragon Spyro]]'' trilogy before Ratchet and Clank!
** The Great Clock is located in the exact center of the universe!...give or take fifty feet.
* SawnOffShotgun[=/=]ShortRangeShotgun: The double barrel mod in ''A Crack In Time'' turns your Constructo Shotgun into this, doubling the spread at the cost of range. The Choke Barrel does the opposite.
* ScoreMultiplier: They've done this since the second game. The NewGamePlus mode gives a bolt multiplier that lasts until Ratchet takes damage.
* ServileSnarker: Lawerence, full-on. He takes Nefarious' crap with stride and passive-aggressiveness.
* SharingABody: [[spoiler:Captain Slag and Captain Darkwater]] in ''Quest For Booty''.
* ShoutOut
** ''Ratchet & Clank'' uses at least parts of the game engine from ''JakAndDaxter''. As such, both series frequently make shout outs to each other.
*** One of the best comes on planet Damosel in ''Going Commando'' when Ratchet and Clank perform same dance that Jak and Daxter did whenever they found a Power Cell in ''The Precursor Legacy''. Numerous posters of the duo are also found throughout the game.
*** Another clear one comes in ''Up Your Arsenal'' when Al informs Ratchet that he'll need to travel to planet Daxx (which is Daxter's nickname in Jak and Daxter series) - upon hearing the name, Ratchet pauses and says it to himself.
*** Jak is an unlockable skin in ''Deadlocked'' (and Ratchet is an unlockable racer in ''Jak X: Combat Racing'').
** And to another Naughty Dog franchise, when Qwark suggests "A leisurely stroll through this ''{{Uncharted}}'' jungle."
** In ''Ratchet: Deadlocked'', Green, a combat robot, sometimes yells "Wolverines!" while fighting. A literal ShoutOut to the movie ''RedDawn'' (1984).
** After defeating Captain Slag in ''Tools of Destruction'', Rusty Pete offers Ratchet a "gimmicky pirate name" since the code apparently says Ratchet is Captain now:
---> '''Pete''': "[[Film/ThePrincessBride The Dread Pirate Ratchet]]", perhaps?
** In ''A Crack in Time'', [[spoiler: [[RecurringTraveller The Plumber]] appears before Clank in a dream sequence, standing in front of a [[SuperMarioBros familiar looking green pipe]] which he encourages Clank to enter. Clank asks if the Plumber is coming too, but the Plumber points out that jumping down every pipe you see would be a ridiculous thing for a plumber to do.]]
** Due to ''A Crack in Time'' having a lot to do with time-travel, the PS3 trophy you get for beating it is called [[BackToTheFuture 88 MPH]].
** Also in ''A Crack in Time'':
---> '''Cassiopeia''': [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Still alive]]? Well, let's see how you handle this [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} deadly nerve toxin]]!
** And again in ''A Crack in Time''. Qwark's infiltration plan relies on a [[StarWars conveniently-exposed thermal exhaust port.]] While trying to pull it off, [[StarWars you're nearly crushed in a smelly, watery trash compactor]].
** Mr. Zurkon refers to robotic enemies as "[[BattlestarGalactica toasters]]."
*** Interesting, because Mr. Zurkon is voiced by Marc Graue, who played [[VideoGame/HotelMario another charater]] who talks about [[YoutubePoop toasters (toast toast)]].
** ''A Crack in Time'' has quite a few. After you beat the game, [[spoiler:Lord Vorselon taunts to by revealing that [[StarWars he is your father's]]... [[{{Spaceballs}} accountant]]]].
** In ''Deadlocked'', there's a combat jeep quite similar to ''{{Halo}}''[='=]s Warthog...called the [[RedVsBlue Puma]].
** And, yet again from ''A Crack In Time'': [[AustinPowers "That's CAPTAIN Qwark. I didn't take a two-week hero correspondence course just so I could be called 'Mister.'"]]
** The robots in the opening stage of ''Up Your Arsenal'' quote a number of lines from the ''{{Alien}}'' series. Including StayFrosty and "Game over man!"
** ''Deadlocked'' had one Ace Hardlight, a reference you might not get unless you're up on your [[RedDwarf British sci-fi comedies.]]
** Yet another possible one from ''A Crack in Time'': Lord Vorselon is an evil alien with green skin, pointed ears, prominent fangs, and a single large eye, and he's always seen with a glass dome encasing his head. In other words, he looks an awful lot like [[TheSimpsons Kang or Kodos]].
* [[ShowWithinAShow Show Within A Game]]: ''Secret Agent Clank'', which plays a large role in the third game and is the basis for the duo's second PSP venture.
** Also, the Captain Qwark-themed Games Within a Game in ''Up Your Arsenal''.
** And [=DreadZone=] from ''Deadlocked'', of course.
** There are dozens of others mentioned in dialogue, and many commercials for these shows are used to introduce new planets via Infobots and telescreens.
* SingleBiomePlanet
* SoapWithinAShow: Dr. Nefarious is prone to broadcasting such a show when he breaks down.
* SpaceOpera: especially in later games
* SquishyWizard: Clank is essentially one in his solo gameplay sequences - low HP, physically weak, and needs to rely on special abilities or commandable allies. (Somewhat ironic considering that "squishy" is an in-game nickname/insult for organic lifeforms...)
* StandardFPSGuns: Along with the crazy stuff like portable black hole launchers and devices that make your enemies dance uncontrollably, Ratchet's weaponry in each game usually includes a [[strike:knife]] [[WrenchWhack wrench]], a pistol (which eventually becomes an automatic), a grenade launcher, a rocket launcher, a shotgun, a gun that turns your enemies into animals and the [[{{BFG}} RYNO]] -- with the occasional sniper rifle or flamethrower thrown in. These guns usually also have their own quirks, such as ricocheting bullets or buckshot that freezes your enemies. [[StuffBlowingUp And then explodes.]]
* StealthInsult: Pretty much any other line Lawrence has about his boss.
-->'''Lawrence''' "If there's anyone equipped to beat an utter moron at his own game, it's you, sir."
* StopHelpingMe: In all of the games, the Helpdesk will inform you of the game's controls and give you hints and tips, although they can usually be disabled and some of the information is relevant. Possibly lampshaded by one of the very first help messages in the first game telling you how to interrupt the messages.
* StuffBlowingUp: Oh boy, is there ever.
* StylisticSuck: Captain Qwark's "video-comics" in "Arsenal", and the "My Blaster Runs Hot" arcade machine in "A Crack in Time.
** Averted with the SpaceInvaders and {{Asteroids}} mini-games (with sheep) in ''Going Commando'', which use the same modern graphics and sound effects as the main game despite featuring intentionally retro gameplay.
* TemptingFate: The writers love to punish those who tempt fate. Even Qwark's managed to catch on by ''A Crack in Time''
-->'''Qwark:''' The key to surviving situations like this is to avoid phrases like "It's too quiet in here" or "Everything is going to be alright."
** Though he goes ahead and does it to himself again later in the game...
-->'''Qwark:''' It usually results in catastrophe when I say this but, what the hey? Mission Accomplished!
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: About two thirds of every weapon in the series.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mr. Zurkon from ''Tools of Destruction'' and ''A Crack in Time''.
* ThisIsSPARTA: Ratchet's "There are. No. TECHNOMITES!!" in ''Size Matters'' when they come across a so-called Technomite artifact.
** And in ''Deadlocked'' when you're battling Vox, at one point the announcer says to Juanita, "Don't pretend that you care...YOU...NEVER...CARED!"
* TimePolice: The Zoni, to some degree.
* TopHeavyGuy: Qwark
* TotallyRadical: Skidd [=McMarxx=] personifies this trope - his ship is even called the Solarship Radical.
* UnreliableNarrator: Many times throughout the series, we find out about Qwark's latest endeavours via animations scripted and narrated by Qwark himself - needless to say, there's very little truth in Qwark's own words, though the accompanying images usually show the true story.
* VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: They've been getting better with each subsequent game. The Pyrocitor in the first game is your standard video game flamethrower: weak, short-ranged, and utterly useless. The Lava Gun in the later games acts like a real-life flamethrower, and is consequently quite effective.
** The Pyroblaster in ''Tools of Destruction'' functions just like the Pyrocitor...[[AvertedTrope but does so much damage you won't care]].
* VideoGameFlight
** In ''Going Commando'' you gain access to the Levitator which allows you to fly anywhere... but you can only take off from special pads, and your fuel decreases rapidly every time you ascend.
*** And from the same game, the Glider lets you fly forever - but again, it's only used in certain locations, and it can't be used to fly upwards unless you want to stall and crash.
** In ''Tools of Destruction'' the Robo-Wings let you fly anywhere without hindrance, but they're only used in a few stages, and even then you can usually only use them after you've already cleared most of the area.
* [[VideoGameAchievements Video Game Trophies]]: The Skill Points present in every game of the series can be considered an ancestor of the Trophies − entirely optional challenges with memetic or punny titles, that offer no reward but the satisfaction of succeeding. Except in ''Up Your Arsenal'', where completing them all is one condition to access the Insomniac Museum.
* VillainousBreakdown: Dr. Nefarious is prone to literal breakdowns. Whenever he gets too angry or excited, his robotic brain overheats causing him to seize up and begin broadcasting soap operas. It takes [[PercussiveMaintenance a hard whack to the head]] (usually courtesy of Lawrence) to get him back to normal.
-->'''Lawrence''': [[ServileSnarker "Oh, this is the ]]''[[ServileSnarker best ]]''[[ServileSnarker part of my day."]] *whack!*
* VillainsOutShopping: Your enemies seem to have a large number of hobbies. For example, Dr. Nefarious - when not plotting organic genocide or universal domination - Obsessively watches ''Secret Agent Clank'', plays video games, rehearses his epic romantic action comedy space opera, calls in to radio shows to bitch about the season finale of his favorite soap opera, and [[UnholyMatrimony hooks up with the leader of a robotic Amazon Brigade.]]
* WeaponsThatSuck: The Suck Cannon
** Don't forget the Rift Inducer in the third game (In A Crack in Time, it was changed so that it opened a portal for an EldritchAbomination to grab enemies).
* WhipItGood: Plasma/Quantum whip in ''Up Your Arsenal'', Lightning Ravager in ''Tools of Destruction''.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://ratchet.wikia.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_wiki Here.]]
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* BookEnds: The game begins and ends on Planet Veldin.
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