History Characters / RatchetAndClankVillains

* BigFishInABiggerOcean: It's implied that beneath the pageantry and robot armies, Emperor Nefarious is no different than Dr. Nefarious, his successes being more a matter of just being in an "easier" universe than his mainstream counterpart. When we're first introduced to him, Emperor Nefarious had conquered most of the galaxy and the rebels are fighting an uphill battle against him, [[spoiler:Captain Quantum placing a bug on him]] more a matter of luck than anything else. When he tries [[spoiler:launching his campaign of conquest into Ratchet and Clank's dimension, he's surprised by how much of a fight the native heroes are able to put up with the rebel's help and [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool in the process]].]]
--> '''Emperor Nefarious:''' [[spoiler:Why will they not just SUBMIT?!]]\\
'''Dr. Nefarious:''' [[spoiler:SEE?! [[MachiavelliWasWrong THIS is why my dimension is hard to take over!]] It's not because of ME.]]\\
'''Emperor Nefarious:''' [[spoiler:That remains to be seen.]]

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Inverted. It's implied that beneath the pageantry and robot armies, Emperor Nefarious is no different than Dr. Nefarious, his successes being more a matter of just being in an "easier" universe than his mainstream counterpart. When we're first introduced to him, Emperor Nefarious had conquered most of the galaxy and the rebels are fighting an uphill battle against him, Captain Quantum placing a bug on him more a matter of luck than anything else. When he tries launching his campaign of conquest into Ratchet and Clank's dimension, he is surprised by how much of a fight the native heroes are able to put up with the rebel's help and [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool in the process]].
-->'''Emperor Nefarious:''' Why will they not just SUBMIT?!\\
'''Dr. Nefarious:''' SEE?! [[MachiavelliWasWrong THIS is why my dimension is hard to take over!]] It's not because of ME.\\
'''Emperor Nefarious:''' That remains to be seen.

%%* CuteIsEvil
%%* BrotherSisterTeam: With Neftin.

%%* BrotherSisterTeam: With Vendra.

%%* TheDreaded

%%* KnightOfCerebus: Every moment he's on screen is far darker.%%ZCE. A Knight of Cerebus is a character whose appearance marks a permanent shift to a darker tone. Is this the case?

* NormalFishInATinyPond: Inverted. It's implied that beneath the pageantry and robot armies, Emperor Nefarious is no different than Dr. Nefarious, his successes being more a matter of just being in an "easier" universe than his mainstream counterpart. When we're first introduced to him, Emperor Nefarious had conquered most of the galaxy and the rebels are fighting an uphill battle against him, [[spoiler:Captain Quantum placing a bug on him]] more a matter of luck than anything else. When he tries launching his campaign of conquest into Ratchet and Clank's dimension, he is surprised by how much of a fight the native heroes are able to put up with the rebel's help and [[VillainousBreakdown loses his cool in the process]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he does want to [[FinalSolution wipe out]] organics, he draws the line at slaughtering the ''entire'' universe. He was against the Loki Master in ''All 4 One'' because of this, and he was shocked when [[spoiler: Emperor Nefarious wanted to invade his universe]].

** It's hinted that his issues with Quark when he was a nerd and the latter was a bully drove him to lash out and value himself less, becoming a villain when Quark first became a Hero. After he [[StealthPun reinvents himself]] he views robotics as superior for saving his life, which leads to his master plan in his first appearance. In ''Rift Apart'' his scheme isn't so much fueled by ambition as it is wanting to feel like a winner and have the duo feel what it's like to fail. When the use of the Dimensionator works, he's ''elated'' and enjoys the perks, sending his forces and bounty hunters mainly so that this victory sticks. Contrast Emperor Nefarious, who achieves a total conquest but feels no joy in it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Nefarious has been acting as Drek's chief engineer and scientist. Although, he was responsible for creating the Blarg (and Clank), build the Warbots and Deplanetizer, and, bonus, manipulating Drek to target Umbris, which will destroy the entire system, meaning he was the real main antagonist the whole time.]]

* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To Captain Qwark prior to his HeelFaceTurn. Both were [[HumanAlien human-looking]] [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Captain Space]]-style superheroes who [[FallenHero turned corrupt]] and became [[TheDragon the top enforcers]] to {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s that want Ratchet and Clank dead, and end up ruining their reputations as heroes due to their wildly unheroic actions. The difference is that Qwark was a [[GreenAndMean green-clad]] [[DirtyCoward poltroon who would run away from any fight he didn't have an advantage in]], and worked under Drek [[OnlyInItForTheMoney purely for fame and merchandising potential]] while being ordered to kill Ratchet and Clank and was unwilling to just do it himself. Ace, on the other hand, [[RedIsViolent dresses in red]], [[BloodKnight delights in the carnage he gets to inflict on others as a [=DreadZone=] gladiator]], and makes perfectly clear he ''wants'' to kill Ratchet only to be refused from doing so by Vox, who preferred it if Ace was more marketable. Furthermore, while both ended up losing their status as heroes once their true colors were exposed to the public, Quark at least valued his reputation enough to put on a facade to make everyone see him for how he wished to be seen until his alliance with Drek was revealed, Ace had long since abandoned whatever scruples he once had by the time he's first introduced and is regarded with utmost contempt by the audiences of [=DreadZone=] for his despicable nature.

'''English voice by:''' Creator/BenDiskin (''Going Commando''), Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz (''Full Frontal Assault'')

--> '''Emperor Nefarious:''' Why will they not just SUBMIT?!\\

* NoNameGiven: Her name is never revealed.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: For all his villainy, he is much more personable than others due to being a more competent Saturday morning cartoon personality than other tragic, or irredeemable antagonists, which is most notably implied in ''Rift Apart'' during his stint impersonating his double. He's much more personable with his minions and the locals (i.e, letting the secretary laugh along with him - a trait Emps seems not to engage in too much, and one of his "fans," who smiles despite being stood on for a pose in a cutscene), Contrast with Emps, who's all business and who's funny moments are more to highlight how outlandishly snobby and cruel he is to everyone in comparison.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** ''"'''LAWWWWWWREEEENNCCCCEEEE!'''"''
** ''"'''ANNIHILATE THEM!'''"''

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:He derides Qwark over betraying the Galactic Rangers just because he was jealous of Ratchet and scoffs at Qwark valuing his fame over being a hero.]]

* BonusBoss: Fought by collecting all 40 Zoni.

* ZeroEffortBoss: He becomes this at the end of Ratchet's [[BonusBoss final rematch against him.]] After you finish the real part of the fight, his suit completely falls apart and he's reduced to a disembodied head. At this point, he can't attack and the only way to lose the fight is by quitting or getting a power outage. You don't even have to attack him--Ratchet kills him by simply stepping on him. He's as easy to beat as ''[[VideoGame/EarthwormJim Bob the Goldfish]]''.

->'''Otto:''' This isn't about credit for our work or respect or whatever nonsense you have come to believe. This is about ''power''! And what is more ''powerful'' than ''intelligence''?\\

* GoodColorsEvilColors: He has red eyes instead of Clank's green ones.

[[folder:Dr. Nefarious]]
!!Dr. Nefarious

!!''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002''

[[folder:Chairman Drek]]
!!Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman [[[NamedByTheAdaptation Alonzo]]] Drek
!!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002''\\
'''English voice by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (2002 game), Creator/PaulGiamatti (2016 film), Creator/EricBauza (2016 game)\\
'''Japanese voice by:''' Tetsuo Goto

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[[caption-width-right:250:''"And if you don't like it, you can take your whiny, sniveling, snot-nosed populations, form a line behind me, and kiss my–! [[IsThisThingStillOn ...We're still on? Well, turn it off, you idiot!]]"'']]
[[quoteright:250:[[labelnote:His appearance in the Remake]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drek_on_scooter.png[[/labelnote]]]]


->''"Using highly-sophisticated technology, which you couldn't possibly understand, we will be extracting a large portion of your planet [Novalis] and adding it to our new one. Unfortunately, this change in mass will cause your planet to spin out of control and drift into the sun which will explode into a flaming ball of gas, but of course, sacrifices must be made. Thank you for your cooperation."''

The villain of the first game, Chairman Drek is the leader of the Blarg. After their home world has become polluted beyond repair, he and Blarg out to find a new home for their race... by ripping apart other planets and creating a new one, destroying countless lives in the process.

!!Tropes applying to him in both the original game and re-imagining:
* AssholeVictim: Absolutely nobody mourns for Drek when he receives his fate at the end of the first game.
* BadBoss: He shows complete disregard for the safety of his troops and race, and openly insults and disrespects Captain Qwark ([[SellOut not that you could blame him]]).
* BigBad: He is the main villain of the first game.
* BilingualBonus: "Drek" is slang for feces in Yiddish and Slovenian. In the case of Yiddish, it's a bit more vulgar, more like "shit".
* TheCameo: Drek makes a brief appearance in ''Up Your Arsenal'' in Qwark's flashback sequence upon [[spoiler:regaining his memories]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: It doesn't get much more corrupt than using his company's resources to destroy planets for his own gain.
* DeaderThanDead: At the end of his boss fight, the HumongousMecha he's piloting is sent on a direct collision course towards the artificial planet he was building. [[EarthShatteringKaBoom Then the de-planetizer is fired at said planet]], [[NoKillLikeOverKill and the beam hits the very spot where Drek crashed in the first place]].
* EarthShatteringKaboom: His apparent modus operandi. After he uses planet looting to build his new planet, he tries to use the Planet Buster Maximus bomb and then the Deplanetizer to destroy [[spoiler:Veldin]] so he could move his new world into its orbit.
* EcocidalAntagonist: He's responsible for deliberately industrializing and over-polluting his home planet to the point of rendering it uninhabitable, forcing his people, the Blarg, to pay him a fortune to construct a brand new planet for them to live on, and overseeing an army of PlanetLooters who steal the best bits from other planets in the galaxy for him to use in his creation. He's also secretly planning to repeat the cycle all over again once the Blarg have settled their new planet.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Not that it's ever mentioned in-game, but [[AllThereInTheManual the manual for the first game]] says he "never forgets his mother's birthday".
* EvilIsPetty: Closer analysis shows that a lot of his KickTheDog actions in the original game seem crueler than they should be. Why wage war with countless other worlds to create a new planet out of bits a pieces of other populated worlds when you could spend all that time cleaning Orxon of its pollution or save money by invading one world and populate that instead? Why dump hundreds of gallons of toxic waste on a tropical vacation planet instead of the significantly less hard to find uninhabited planet? Why drop a PlanetDestroyer on an inhabited planet to take their orbiting space when you could just ''share'' an orbit with them? [[spoiler:Just the fact that he rendered his own home planet uninhabitable [[OnlyInItForTheMoney for the money]] just shows how few ethics he has. Actually, the pettiness [[FridgeBrilliance is probably]] ''also'' for the money. Less habitable planets left means that his will be that much more valuable.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Played straight for his [[Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson original voice actor]], who gives him a deep voice. Not so much in the reimagining, where Paul Giamatti and Eric Bauza's portrayals are significantly less deep.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Subverted in his address to the people of Novalis; he is polite and calm when explaining [[PlanetLooters his plan]], including the [[SarcasmMode teensy problem]] that the sudden change in mass will cause the planet to crash into the sun and explode, but drops it after the cut, resulting in an IsThisThingStillOn moment.
* FightingForAHomeland: He and the Blarg are trying to build themselves a new homeworld after they had to abandon their last one (Orxon) due to pollution and overpopulation, though unlike most examples this isn't really played for sympathy. [[spoiler:Then the FinalBoss battle completely subverts it with TheReveal that Drek was the one who polluted Orxon in the first place and plans on doing it ''again and again'' in a galaxy-sized real estate scam.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: His full title (minus the Chairman part) spells out USED, [[spoiler:which ties directly into his real estate scam--he played his entire race for saps by polluting his home world so they would loot other worlds to build a new one, which Drek planned to use to extort money and then recycle the whole scheme all over again.]]
* FinalBoss: Of the first game, [[ThatOneBoss and a very tough one at that!]] [[spoiler:Unless you bought [[InfinityPlusOneSword the RYNO]] beforehand.]]
* HateSink: In the original game, Drek is a completely irredeemable scumbag designed to be the type of character you'll want to see dead. The re-imagining downplays this by making him a more comical villain and giving him a ''slightly'' more sympathetic backstory. That being said, he's still a remorseless, genocidal maniac who has no qualms about killing billions of lives to make a new home for his race.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In both the 2002 game and the 2016 movie, [[spoiler:he is killed when the Deplanetizer fires upon his new planet while he's on it.]]
* {{Irony}}: After being defeated his mech causes the planetizer to spin- so he desperately tries to propel himself up to avoid being crushed... but he ends up being ejected to the new Blarg homeworld—with the planetizer aiming at him, giving Clank and Ratchet the opportunity to destroy him for good.
* {{Jerkass}}: Apart from having planets destroyed, he is also verbally abusive, cruel and condescending to everyone around him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk:
** In the original game. It says a lot that the ''only'' sympathetic quality he's given is that he [[AllThereInTheManual "never misses his mothers birthday."]] Even before TheReveal that [[spoiler:he was playing his entire race for saps as part of his galaxy scale real estate scam]], the game spells out in bright neon letters that he's a truly despicable person who could care less about both the people and planets he's looting and the safety of his own race, and that his ulterior motive is ultimately getting rich.
** In the 2016 game and movie, he's ''slightly'' more sympathetic, in that he seems sincere about his goals of making a new homeworld for the Blarg and honoring his father's legacy. But he's still quite gung ho about blowing up numerous planets to make his new world at the expense of billions of lives, and not once does he show remorse over what he's doing.
* KarmicDeath: Drek's abrupt, unceremonious death in highlights how he lived; as a cowardly, slimy rat undeserving of a dignified end. His mecha is sent flying out of control and crash lands on his new planet, which is immediately blown up by his own Deplanetizer weapon.
* LaserGuidedKarma: His actions end up leading to his well deserved defeat and DEATH. He is defeated by Ratchet-whom he incited to attack him (presumably with the intent of removing him off the equation) by making the Planetizer's target Ratchet's homeworld,Clank- a robot created by the program that oversees his own robot factory in his home planet with the very purpose of stopping him...Finally, he is utterly decimated along with the scam planet he created from pillaging at the hands of the same weapon he intended to destroy Veldin.
* LaughablyEvil: As evil as he is, most of his behavior is done in a way that's impossible not to get a laugh out of him.
%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
* MonochromaticEyes: A feature common to all Blarg in the original continuity. The remake gives him and the Blarg normal-looking eyes however.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The remake gives him the first name of Alonzo.
* TheNapoleon: He's short and a pretty aggressive fellow.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Compared to the villains that came later down the line, Drek plays things rather straight in the original first game. Despite the occasional comedic moments, he's still an amoral, ruthless business tycoon who destroys planets for money.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He poisoned his world in the first place to make money of the creation of a new one.]] Subverted in the remake, where [[spoiler:he's not responsible for wrecking his planet]].
* PlanetLooters: With the added bonus of [[spoiler:being the reason the Blarg are taking resources from others in the first place.]]
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: His [[http://www.ratchetandclankthemovie.com/characters/drek movie bio]] says "if Ratchet is checkers, Chairman Alonzo Drek is chess" when comparing Ratchet's straightforward approach to Drek's scheming.
* SmugSnake: He is a smarmy and arrogant sociopath, and gloats to Ratchet and Clank about his real estate scam and plan to blow up [[spoiler: Veldin]].
* StarterVillain: Serves as this to Ratchet in both the original game and the 2016 reimagining.
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: He's the one who destroyed Orxon in the first place]], his plan entails the destruction of several planets and the presumed deaths of ''billions'', and halfway through the game he starts plotting to destroy [[spoiler: Veldin]] just because it's in the way. [[spoiler: ''And he plans on doing it again and again'', because it will make him [[{{Greed}} incredibly wealthy]].]] He does not show an ounce of guilt, regret, or remorse for any of this.
* TakeThat: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxUfaZuGQKs In a video playthrough of the first game]], Insomniac CEO Ted Price said that Drek's appearance and personality was based off of executives he encountered while he made games with Universal as their distributor. He also added that he's his favorite villain in the series because of that.
* ToxicInc: Whatever his business did before he started waging war with the galaxy for its resources, it seemed to generate enough toxic waste that it rendered his planet uninhabitable [[spoiler:as he intended]]. Even afterwards they seem to generate tons of mutagenic waste that they dump onto the tropical vacation planet Pokitaru [[EvilIsPetty instead of the literal countless uninhabited planets in the universe]].
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Parodied. He started with "Chairman Drek" and added to his title at various points through the game, eventually becoming Ultimate Supreme Executive Chairman Drek.

!!Tropes applying to him in the reimagining specifically include:
* AdaptationalHeroism: [[DownplayedTrope Well, "Heroism" is a bit of a stretch.]] He is still a villain in the 2016 re-imagining. However, he is noticeably more well intentioned than he was in the previous game, with a genuine desire to create a new planet for his people rather than out of greed. And this time it's his father who polluted his original home planet instead of Drek himself. However (in the game, at least), he's still a BadBoss, even if his temper is more [[ComicBook/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson-esque]], and berates his employees for not killing the Galactic Rangers yet. The biggest counterpoint to him being more heroic in this game is probably a late-game line of dialogue which has him state that he wants to repeat the process of creating New Quartu, so as to create an empire of Blarg-owned planets across the galaxy:
-->'''Drek:''' After I've built us a new home world, I'll make another, and another! ''(chuckles)'' Can you imagine? Dozens of Blarg-owned planets, forged not by nature, but by ''my'' company. We'll create ''an entire empire'' using your galaxy's wasted planets! I suppose this will leave many of your citizens homeless or, well, dead... but sacrifices ''must be made!''
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to his counterpart in the original game, Drek is a lot more affable in the film and its tie-in. Though he is still a mass-murderer who destroys planets without any regret, and is still willing to kill his subordinates for even minor things like texting while he is talking, [[spoiler:or [[BlackComedy shunting an entire room of his subordinates out the airlock in an impromptu funeral for Vincent Von Ion]]]].
* AdaptationalWimp: Plus he's less outwardly aggressive and more bumbling than cunning [[spoiler:and he doesn't even get to fight Ratchet--he gets upstaged, transformed into a sheep and then offed by Dr. Nefarious.]]
* AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: The sheep staring blankly off into space at Zurkie's bar in ''Rift Apart'' is [[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/809765815447584788/855123530328440842/image0.png?width=830&height=619 off-handedly mentioned]] to be the parallel dimension's version of him.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Both he and Nefarious are this in the reboot, [[spoiler:until Nefarious turns him into a sheep and betrays him.]]
* BigBadWannabe: He becomes this in the movie and the 2016 game. For all his big ambitions, he is actually played for a sap by Dr. Nefarious the whole time and disposed of by being turned into a sheep and rocketed to New Quartu. After crash-landing there, he returns to his real form shortly before dying with New Quartu.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:Is betrayed and offed by Nefarious' actions, rather than by Ratchet and Clank.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: He gains humorous antics, particularly in how he has a thing about his employees texting when he told them not to, punishing such acts of disobedience by throwing them through an airlock or having Victor Von Ion eat their phone.
* FightingForAHomeland: Drek's father was the one who polluted the Blarg homeworld (which is now Quartu instead of Orxon) and Drek wants to fix his father's mistakes while [[WellDoneSonGuy still living up to his legacy]], but his methods are still unjustifiable.
* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Dr. Nefarious turns Drek into a sheep with the Sheepinator and sends him in a ship set to crash land on his new planet. However, it only proves to be temporary, and he changes back to his normal self long enough to watch the Deplanetizer fire upon the planet.]]
* KarmicDeath: Much like in the original, but differently just the same. [[spoiler:Dr. Nefarious turns him into a sheep and sends him off in a ship set on a crash course with New Quartu. He survives the landing and returns to normal--only for New Quartu to get vaporized by the Deplanetizer.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:Despite the destruction he's caused throughout the galaxy, he's the only villain Ratchet doesn't fight. He's replaced by Nefarious as both the BigBad and the FinalBoss.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Nefarious was just using him to destroy the entire system under the Rangers' watch as revenge.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: His father is the one who polluted the Blarg homeworld. This Drek wants to live up to his father's legacy.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's his father that polluted his planet (which is now Quartu instead of Orxon) and he really does want a new world for the Blarg. [[DownplayedTrope However, he's still gleeful over destroying the home planet of a Galactic Ranger, and wants to eventually repeat the process to create a Blarg empire.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Qwark]]
''Captain Qwark played a more villainous role prior to his redemption in the third game. To see tropes that apply to him, go to the [[Characters/RatchetAndClankHeroes Heroes]] page.''
[[/folder]]

!! ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''

[[folder:The Unknown Thief]]
!!Unknown Thief/[[spoiler:Angela Cross]]
!!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''\\
'''English voice by:''' Creator/RodgerBumpass\\
'''Japanese voice by:''' Creator/YukiMasuda

[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rc_thief_5994.png]]
[[caption-width-right:220:''"I see it's time to update my security."'']]
->''"You have no idea what you're involved in. Return to your own galaxy immediately, or '''this''' will happen to you!"''

A mysterious thief who stole the original Protopet a few weeks before the events of ''Going Commando''. She serves as the game's main antagonist until Mr. Fizzwidget's FaceHeelTurn.

* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Angela is merely a vigilante trying to prevent a dangerous experiment being exposed to the public, however under her disguise, she takes a bit too much to the sinister alter ego, using her hired goons to [[PokeThePoodle bully uninvolved people]] and just generally acting like a hammy CardCarryingVillain, to the point her unmasked form and the thief persona act like nearly two completely different people]],
* TheCameo: The thief is included in the cinema crowd at the end of ''Up Your Arsenal'', both to avoid a LateArrivalSpoiler on her true identity and, as the ''Future'' trilogy implies, [[spoiler:to conceal her identity from Tachyon]].
* CastAsAMask: [[spoiler: She has a male voice actor while in her disguise to hide the fact that the thief is really a female.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Once her intentions are revealed, Ratchet just ignores all of her previous actions which included threatening to kill Clank.]]
* GenderConcealingVoice: [[spoiler:The Thief is secretly Angela Cross in disguise. She's voiced by Creator/RodgerBumpass when disguised, but her real self is voiced by Creator/KathSoucie. However, both of her identities share the same voice actress in the Japanese version.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Turns out to have been trying to stop a threat to the entire galaxy.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Forced into an EnemyMine position with Ratchet and Clank when Mr. Fizzwidget seemingly pulls a FaceHeelTurn.
* TheKlutz: After meeting Ratchet & Clank, she clonks her head on a hatch cover while escaping. Even the Protopet laughs. Later, an inopportune faceplant [[spoiler: reveals her Lombax identity. She's... still pretty clumsy even without all that gear, though.]]
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:The thief is actually a woman.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: All she wanted was to stop the Protopet from being released, because [[spoiler:its feral programming could wipe out the galaxy]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Thugs-4-Less Leader]]
!!Thug Leader
!!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''\\
'''English voice by:''' Creator/SteveBlum\\
'''Japanese voice by:''' Creator/JinYamanoi
[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thugs_4_less_leader.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:240:''"Pay for six hits and the seventh is free!"'']]
->''"Thugs-4-Less! If it ain't broke, we'll break it!"''

The leader of Thugs-4 Less, hired by both the thief and Fizzwidget at different points during ''Going Commando''. Not so much a villain, as he's only in it for the bolts.
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* AffablyEvil: Looks out for all the men in the Thugs ensuring they are well cared for (offering pizza parties to the squad that bags Ratchet) and his prison even caters for vegetarians.
* BenevolentBoss: Treats his employees rather well, such as offering pizza parties to anyone who captures Ratchet as well as taking them out on picnics as bonding exercises, much to the Thief's frustration.
* TheDeterminator: He never gives up on trying to kill Ratchet but his determination only leads to defeat.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Subverted; upon learning of [=MegaCorp=]'s intentions with the Protopet, he himself states that they're clearly up to no good and intends to confront them to... demand a bigger cut of the action]].
* NoNameGiven: He is only known as the leader of Thugs-4 Less.
* PunchClockVillain: Though his enmity with Ratchet crosses the line into ItsPersonal later on.
* RecurringBoss: Is fought three times throughout ''Going Commando''; the first time in an attack helicopter on Endako, the second time in a HumongousMecha on the Lunar City moon orbiting Dobbo, and the final time [[spoiler:on Snivelak at the controls of an ''even bigger'' mech with [[DamselInDistress Angela]] held hostage]].
[[/folder]]

!! ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''

[[folder:Courtney Gears]]
!!Courtney Gears
!!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''\\
'''English voice by:''' Creator/MelissaDisney (''Up Your Arsenal''), Creator/NikaFutterman (''Deadlocked'')\\
'''Japanese voice by:''' Chigusa Ikeda

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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Don't be afraid, Ratchet. The transformation doesn't hurt... much."'']]
->''This goes out to all you robots 'cross the galaxy\\
It's time for you and me to rise up and strike back\\
Don't stop until we dominate, won't you feel great\\
When we exterminate... all organic life!''
-->--'''Courtney Gears, ''[[VillainSong Robots of the Galaxy]]'''''

An IdolSinger in ''Up Your Arsenal'' who was aligned with Nefarious.
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* RecurringBoss: Is fought three times throughout ''Going Commando''; the first time in an attack helicopter on Endako, the second time in a HumongousMecha on the Lunar City moon orbiting Dobbo, and the final time [[spoiler:on Snivelak at the controls of an ''even bigger'' mech with [[DistressedDamsel Angela]] held hostage]].

''[Camera dollies back to reveal boxes upon boxes of unsold Ace Hardlight merch taking up space in his office]''\\

* WouldHurtAChild: She takes sadistic pleasure in fighting Ratchet, who's only 16 in the third game.

->'''Zurgo''': I was in a different place back then. All I wanted was to be just like you. Then I watched as you were involved in scandal after scandal, and every time the Galaxy just '''''FORGAVE YOU!''''' You're nothing but one big epic fail, and this time you're going to pay! Colon, Closed Parentheses :(. I'm out.

* AdaptationalHeroism: [[DownplayedTrope Well, "Heroism" is a bit of a stretch.]] He is still a villain in the 2016 re-imagining. However, he is noticeably more well intentioned than he was in the previous game, with a genuine desire to create a new planet for his people rather than out of greed. And this time it's his father who polluted his original home planet instead of Drek himself. However (in the game, at least), he's still a BadBoss, even if his temper is more [[Franchise/SpiderMan J. Jonah Jameson-esque]], and berates his employees for not killing the Galactic Rangers yet. The biggest counterpoint to him being more heroic in this game is probably a late-game line of dialogue which has him state that he wants to repeat the process of creating New Quartu, so as to create an empire of Blarg-owned planets across the galaxy:

* DirtyCoward: Behind the bravado, Emperor Nefarious is this to the core. While a very powerful capable fighter, it's clear he only fights battles he's confident he can win. Two instances occure that reveal his true colors.

* CameBackWrong: While his transformation into a robot made him [[CameBackStrong a force to be reckoned with]], it's implied that it kind of messed him up mentally, and included a bizarre defect that shorts him out (and tunes in to soap operas) if he gets too flustered.

* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Thought Agent Clank was real, and it is why he abducted Clank to try and sway him to his side. Of course, Clank immediately corrects him, and after a moment of denial, Nefarious gets around to also considering Clank his nemesis along with Ratchet and Qwark.

* TheBrute: The video Ratchet sees while escaping the Medical Outpost not only confirms that Luna is TheDragon, but he is also the lieutenant of the technomite army.
* ClassicVillain: A bitterly envious villain who manages to befriend the heroes before capturing them and cloning one of them? Luna defiantly qualifies.

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Luna is without a doubt a kidnapping and homicidal lieutenant and [[TheBrute brute]] in the shape of an adorable girl. No doubt his appearance was what kept Ratchet fooled.

* SpaceshipGirl: The technomites also use Luna as a warship, as one cutscene shows a whole army boarding him and taking off to the Dani Moon. Again, Luna is not even female.

* TheKlutz: After meeting Ratchet & Clank, she clonks her head on a hatch cover while escaping. Even the Protopet laughs. Later, an inopportune faceplant [[spoiler: reveals her identity. She's... still pretty clumsy even as a good guy, though.]]