History Trivia / RatchetAndClankGoingCommando

* CreatorBacklash: One of the original ''Ratchet & Clank'' programmers, Tim Trzepacz, has stated that he was quite upset with the game's setup for the story.

** One of the original ''Ratchet & Clank'' programmers, Tim Trzepacz, [[https://youtu.be/3kD_QhYgIA4 revealed on YouTube]] [[note]]See the comment section[[/note]] that he had pitched a version of ''Going Commando'' that was ''substantially'' different from the final game, though a couple of his ideas were broadly worked into it.

*** Ratchet and Clank also start to build a larger spaceship that their tiny ship docks to. It starts with just a cockpit and a cargo module, and as they progress, new modules could be added to it that actually become locations where they can go, akin to building a stronghold in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]''. There would also be sections where you have to go outside and fix stuff on the ship (sometimes during battle, to give the Magneboots more time to shine, ala ''VideoGame/SundogFrozenLegacy''.

** Ratchet and Clank were originally going to have a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 that you could play or destroy in their Megapolis apartment, but it was changed to the Insomniac Game Pyramid due to Sony's TRC having a guideline that you couldn't have a [=PlayStation=] console in their games that you could hit or destroy. It was briefly replaced with an UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} [[TakeThat that you could destroy]], but that got cut because Sony also has a rule that competing consoles can't show up in their games.

* FanNickname: Likely due to the climate of Tabora, the Spitting Dune Crawlers are often known as [[http://www.frankerfacez.com/emoticon/239338-SandyBoys Sandy Boys]] in the speedrun community.

** The first line from the Thug Leader on Endako is "Greetin's, morons!" However, even though Clank isn't required to get there, the Thug Leader's line is in the plural anyway.
** The final scoreboards for the hoverbike races have two "8th Place" positions, with one replacing 9th.

** The interior of the Megacorp Factory on Todano was going to have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TiLA8Ks8Vs its own piece of music]] (used, but in the final game, the entire level uses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1DG9M-V_JY the exterior's song]]. That said, the interior song was only DummiedOut and still exists in the game's files.

* CreatorBacklash: One of the original Ratchet & Clank programmers, Tim Trzepacz, has stated that he was quite upset with the games setup for the story.

* CrossCastRole: When disguised as the Thief, Angela Cross is voiced by Creator/RodgerBumpass, but when shes unmasked, she is voiced by Creator/KathSoucie.

** One of the original Ratchet & Clank programmers, Tim Trzepacz, [[https://youtu.be/3kD_QhYgIA4 revealed on Youtube]] [[note]]See the comment section[[/note]] that he had pitched a version of ''Going Commando'' that was ''substantially'' different from the final game, though a couple of his ideas were broadly worked into it.

** There were at least five scrapped weapons: the Hound of Doom, the Laser Linked Mines, an item called the Fireboots and a turret upgrade for the Hydropack called the Gunsled that allowed it to shoot underwater. The Youtube developer commentary for Going Commando revealed that the Rift Inducer weapon was originally planned to debut in this game and not ''Up Your Arsenal'', but they either weren't able to get it working right or it was too overpowered at the time, so it was replaced with the Bouncer (Ironically, a major GameBreaker as well). Going from a later beta disc, the Bouncer was originally going to be called The F.I.D.O.

** The boss fight against the Thug Leader on Endako originally had audio for Clank and him bantering, but it was DummiedOut.

** Ratchet was originally going to have a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 that you could play or destroy in his Megapolis apartment, but it was changed to the Insomniac Game Pyramid due to Sony's TRC having a guideline that you couldn't have a Playstation console in their games that you could hit or destroy. It was briefly replaced with an UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} [[TakeThat that you could destroy]], but that got cut because Sony also has a rule that competing consoles can't show up in their games.

** The R.Y.N.O. Salesman (who makes a cameo on Joba) and Slim Cognito were originally written to be the same guy, but were split up into seperate characters for unknown reasons. They eventually became the same character in the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 2016 reimagining of the first game]].
** The Levitator was originally going to have unlimited fuel, but it quickly became clear that it just wasnt that fun to use that way, and it broke the game way too easily on top of that.

** The interior of the Megacorp Factory on Todano was going to have its own piece of music, but it was oddly DummiedOut of the final game.

** Angela [[PrecisionFStrike swearing]] near the end of the game originally didnt have a censor bar covering her mouth as she swore, but the scenes animator did too good of a job with the lip sync, to where you could clearly lip-read her dropping the F-bomb, so the mouth movements had to be censored in the final game.

* ChristmasRushed: The game had a surprisingly tight period of development compared to the previous game, having three months preproduction and nine months of full production. Surprisingly, the final game doesnt show many signs of being rushed or unpolished in spite of this.

** When you meet Angela on Grelbin, she mentions Yeedil having "nasty orbital defenses". This was meant to tie in to a final ship level that occurred there, but in the final game the orbital defenses are nil and you can just land without hazard.
** At the end of the game, it was originally going to be revealed that [[KillItWithWater the Protopets are weak to water]]. This is referenced in a room in the final level, Yeedil, that has a floor made of ice that you can melt into water with the Thermanator, killing several Protopets on it. However, the "weak to water" reveal was removed from the game, making this room come off as a weird NonSequitur since the Thermanator has no other uses but melting ice and freezing water, and it doesn't solve any puzzles or help with traversal in this room, unlike every other time you used it before.

* OrphanedReference: When you meet Angela on Grelbin, she mentions Yeedil having "nasty orbital defenses". This was meant to tie in to a final ship level that occurred there, but in the final game the orbital defenses are nil and you can just land without hazard.

* TheOtherDarrin: This game replaced Mikey Kelly with Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor as Ratchet's voice actor. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools This wasn't a bad thing, though]], for fans preferred James' performance enough that he would pretty much become ''the'' voice actor for Ratchet in all future games, and even [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 the film adaptation of the first one]].

** Because Tabora's map was [[EasterEgg designed to look like the head of]] Creator/JimiHendrix, there was originally a "Rave Cave" part of the level (meant to represent his hair pick), but it was removed from the final game.

* TheOtherDarrin: This game replaced Mikey Kelly with Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor as Ratchet's voice actor. [[TropesAreTools This wasn't a bad thing, though]], for fans preferred James' performance enough that he would pretty much become ''the'' voice actor for Ratchet in all future games, and even [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016 the film adaptation of the first one]].

** Grelbin was originally going to have a boss fight (similar to the helicopter fight on Megapolis) but it was cut because there was no memory left in the level to put it in. The DummiedOut Monstropedia image for it [[https://m.imgur.com/UlAI908 can still be found in the games files.]]

* TheOtherDarrin: This game replaced Mikey Kelly with Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor as Ratchet's voice actor. [[TropesAreTools This wasn't a bad thing, though]], for fans preferred James' performance enough that he would pretty much become ''the'' voice actor for Ratchet in all future games, and even [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank the film adaptation of the first one]].

*** Ratchet and Clank also start to build a larger spaceship that their tiny ship docks to. It starts with just a cockpit and a cargo module, and as they progress, new modules could be added to it that actually become locations where they can go, akin to building a stronghold in ''VideoGame/{{Morrowwind}}''. There would also be sections where you have to go outside and fix stuff on the ship (sometimes during battle, to give the Magneboots more time to shine, ala ''VideoGame/SundogFrozenLegacy''.

* ChristmasRushed: The game had a surprisingly tight period of one year of development compared to the previous game, having three months preproduction and nine months of full production. Surprisingly, the final game doesnt show many signs of being rushed or unpolished in spite of this.

*** Ratchet and Clank also start to build a larger spaceship that their tiny ship docks to. It starts with just a cockpit and a cargo module, and as they progress, new modules could be added to it that actually become locations where they can go, akin to building a stronghold in ''VideoGame/Morrowwind''. There would also be sections where you have to go outside and fix stuff on the ship (sometimes during battle, to give the Magneboots more time to shine, ala ''VideoGame/SundogFrozenLegacy''.