History Characters / RatchetAndClankHeroes

* KickTheSonOfABitch: At the end of ''Deadlocked'', he decides to leave Gleeman Vox to die over evacuating him from his exploding station, saving his ''pet'' instead to rub it in his face before taking off. But considering how much [[HateSink of a scumbag he was]] and that Vox set off the explosion of the base [[TakingYouWithMe in one last attempt to kill Ratchet,]] [[KarmicDeath he more than deserves it.]]
** Also in the first game, [[{{NominalHero}} Ratchet]] spending the middle of the first game [[{{RoaringRampageOfRevenge}} hunting down]] [[{{FakeUltimateHero}} Captain Qwark]] might've been selfish, but given that Qwark had betrayed Ratchet and Clank and set them up to die, Qwark's [[{{HumiliationConga}} fate]] from [[{{FromBadToWorse}} that point on ]] was pretty well-deserved.

* DropTheHammer: Uses a hammer as opposed to an omniwrench. The opening cutscene has her using it to great effectiveness by smashing in a Nefarious warbot's head with it.

* MeaningfulName: Much like Ratchet, her name is based around construction; a rivet is a type of permanent mechanical fastener, often put into place with equipment such as rivet guns... or [[DropTheHammer hammers]].

'''English voice by:''' Creator/MichaelKelley ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 2002 game]]), Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''Going Commando'' onwards)\\

'''English voice by:''' Michael Kelley ([[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 2002 game]]), Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''Going Commando'' onwards)\\

* OWMyBodyPart: the first time she ueses the Hurl Shot she goes "My Spine!"

* GoodParents: Manages to be a great father to Clank despite the two never truly meetings face-to-face. The recordings he left for his son are loving, encouraging, and sweet, even assuring him he can live his life and not have to work on the great clock.

* WouldHitAGirl: He has no problem fighting female enemies. Courtney Gears, in particular, gets her head blown off by Ratchet without much consideration for the fact that she's a woman.

* WouldHurtAChild: He tries to have Ratchet (who is in his mid-teens) killed twice in the first game and in the beginning of ''Up Your Arsenal''.

* DistressedDamsel: Ratchet has to rescue her a few times.

'''Japanese voice by:''' Rina Honnizumi

** A particular point is the 2010 Ratchet and Clank comic series, where while [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Qwark inevitably turns out to be the main reason]] the BigBad of that series exists in the first place, his actual reasoning is marginally more justified than usual (the BigBad's project that they intended to use as President was just too dangerous, [[DumbassHasAPoint and Qwark, in a rare moment of intelligence, had it shut down]]). when he and the BigBad speak to each other, he actually ''apologizes'' for being part of the reason this whole mess occurred in the first place, something the narcissistic Qwark would have never done in the past.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Due to him giving to Tachyon the manpower to force the Lombaxes to flee the dimension and left behind as punishment, he is obsessed with fixing his past mistake. And he thinks the only way is to go back in time with the Great Clock to undo his past mistake, ignoring all else (Evident by ignoring the Vullards cry for help unless they helped him). And when Ratchet made it clear he understood the Great Clock should not be used, Allister attacked him, becoming the FinalBoss.

* CoolLoser: You think having awesome piloting skills, a huge arsenal of weapons, and saving several galaxies before breakfast makes you popular? Not Ratchet. Even after all his heroics, he's still seen as a sidekick to his buddy Clank or the glory-hog Captain Qwark, though this has slowly disappeared, as he's stated to have his own fan club between ''Deadlocked'' and ''Tools of Destruction'', and the games afterwards more or less play his and Clank's roles as celebrity heroes straight (though Qwark still gets the limelight). Subverted in the re-imagining of the first game, where he's quickly recognized as a hero by everyone.

* TeensAreShort: Ratchet's around 15 - 16 in the second game, and is quite short in comparison to Angela Cross. He's probably just short for his kind, however, as he hasn't gotten much taller over the years.

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: The nice to Qwark's mean and Ratchet's in-between. Clank is selfless, polite, and quite the good influence on Ratchet.

* YouUsedToBeBetterSpeech: Gave one of this to Captain Qwark [[spoiler:who chose to hide from Dr. Nefarious rather than stop him from conquering the galaxy]].

* LaughablyEvil: Downplayed in the first two games. While he has some moments of being humorous, they are outweighed by his more despicable actions.

* BreakTheHaughty: Being a self-absorbed egotist, Qwark definitely deserved to be taken down a few pegs, and he practically gets a ''conga line'' of these in the original trilogy. His selfish and greedy attitude bites him in the ass hard when his attempt to kill Ratchet and Clank for Drek's endorsement deal backfires horribly when Ratchet spends the entire second act gunning for him and effortlessly shoots down his starfighter, crash-landing him on Oltanis and costing him Drek's deal, leaving him destitute with his reputation in shambles, reducing him to selling bogus Gadgetron merch via Holovid under an alias. And ''that'' scam ends up getting him sued for 6 billion bolts and lands him in prison, forcing him on the lam once he escapes. And then the failure of his Protopet scheme afterward gets him reduced to being a test dummy for Megacorp, the painful results of which are implied to have driven him insane, leaving him an almost animal-like madman stranded on Florana. While he does get his reputation back in order in the third game, his attempt at faking his death out of cowardice earns him a brief but harsh dressing down by a disgusted Ratchet, which shakes Qwark enough that he finally gets his priorities straight, culminating in him ''finally'' putting others needs before his own and [[BigDamnHeroes saving Ratchet from being killed by the second Biobliterator in the nick of time.]]

* CasanovaWannabe: Because of his ego, he also thinks he's god's gift to women. Unfortunately for him, very few, if any, female characters have expressed any interest in Qwark.

-->'''Qwark ''[to Skrunch the monkey]'':''' It was mating season! How was I supposed to know she was your sister?

* DoesNotLikeShoes: He spends the entirety of the first game barefoot, unless you decide to equip some of the special boots you acquire over the course of the adventure. He wears shoes in basically every other game though, even the re-imagining of the first game.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Despite his characteristic cowardice and idiocy, Qwark has proven to be a hero and indispensable (if annoying) ally to Ratchet and Clank. He helped them destroy Doctor Nefarious' Biobliterator, worked as a mole against Emperor Tachyon to get vital information, aided in defending the Fongoids from invasion and helped them escape a warship after they (and he) are captured, went undercover to steal plans from Doctor Nefarious to help Ratchet find Clank, and is one of the playable heroes in ''All 4 One'' and ''Full Frontal Assault''.