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-> '''Ratchet:''' "Where are we?!"\\
'''Clank:''' "It appears that the Bio Matter Converter technology, that we were invited to preview, has accidentally been triggered."\\
'''Ratchet:''' "And that means?"\\
'''Clank:''' "I believe we have been converted to digital information and stored within the conveter. Curious..."
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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening as an actual Goomba.

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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening as than an actual Goomba.

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic]], and Ratchet is still wearing his Adamantine armor from that game. Also, the game's promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''.

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic]], and Ratchet is still wearing his Adamantine armor from that game. game (albeit with a recolour). Also, the game's promo art reuses the box art for artwork from ''Up Your Arsenal''.Arsenal'' and the logo for ''Going Commando''.



** The game has a code that unlocks a new skin for ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'', which was released just a month before this game.
** The R.Y.N.O. used here is the same one from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the original game.]]

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** The game has a code that unlocks a new skin for multiplayer ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'', which was released just a month before this game.
** The R.Y.N.O. used here is the same one from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando the original game.]]second game]].



* InfinityPlusOneSword: The R.Y.N.O., which you unlock by collecting all 30 of the Titanium Bolts in the game.
* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The R.Y.N.O., which you unlock by collecting all 30 of the Titanium Bolts in the game.
game (10 in the shorter version of the game).
* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.Home'', so it's assumed the duo made it back safely.
* LooseCanon: Similar to the other non-Insomniac games, when Going Mobile occurs isn't established, if it even happened at all. Most fans place it somewhere around ''Deadlocked'', leaning towards sometime before simply due to the game's use of visuals from ''Up Your Arsenal''.



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* SilenceIsGolden: Played negatively: aside from the title screen music, the game has no soundtrack, and outside of firing guns and other occasional sound effects, there's no sound at all.
* UpdatedRerelease: The version 1.0.8 update, which supports phones with better graphic display, and version 1.9.8, for phones with weaker graphics.graphics.
* WinToExit: The point of the game, although Ratchet has to collect all the [=MCGuFIN=] pieces first.
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* NewGamePlus: After beating the final boss, you're given the option of replaying the game in Challenge Mode.

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* NewGamePlus: After beating the final boss, you're given the option of replaying the game in Challenge Mode. As usual, you get to keep your bolts and weapons upon starting it.
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''Ratchet And Clank: Going Mobile'' is a 2005 mobile phone game starring Franchise/RatchetAndClank, developed by Handheld Games.

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''Ratchet And Clank: Going Mobile'' is a 2005 mobile phone SpinOff game starring Franchise/RatchetAndClank, developed by Handheld Games.

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''Ratchet And Clank: Going Mobile'' is a 2005 mobile phone game, developed by Handheld Games.

Unlike other Ratchet and Clank games, this game is a side-scroller. There are 7 weapons to choose from that can be upgraded 3 times, and 4 kinds of enemies to fight.

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''Ratchet And Clank: Going Mobile'' is a 2005 mobile phone game, game starring Franchise/RatchetAndClank, developed by Handheld Games.

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Unlike other Ratchet and Clank games, which are three-dimensional, this game is a side-scroller. There are 7 weapons to choose from that can be upgraded 3 times, and 4 kinds of enemies to fight.



** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic]], and Ratchet is still wearing his Adamantine armor from that game. Also, the games promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''.

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic]], and Ratchet is still wearing his Adamantine armor from that game. Also, the games game's promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''. Arsenal''.



* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening as an actual goomba.

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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening as an actual goomba.Goomba.



* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.



* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.
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* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.
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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening threatening as an actual goomba.

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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening threatening as an actual goomba.
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* TheGoomba: Chickenbots, the most common enemy and only slightly more threatening threatening as an actual goomba.
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** Theres a few nods to ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. The Lancer, Gravity Bomb and Minirocket (Tube) are part of your arsenal, and one type of enemy from the game, the Chickenbots, pop up.

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** Theres a few nods to ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. The Lancer, Gravity Bomb and Minirocket (Tube) are part of your arsenal, and one type of enemy from the game, the Chickenbots, pop up. Your nanotech bar is styled in the same way as Going Commando. Maximillian's Casino level is clearly based on the Maktar Nebula level from that game. The title itself is a reference to ''Going Commando''.
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* FinalBoss: And the only boss in the game, at that. Its a short and easy fight against Maximillian in a ''very'' slow moving and firing security turret.
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* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the MCGuFIN to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the MCGuFIN [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device with an Infolink to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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* MacGuffin: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with the [[PunnyName MCguFIN device]], which splits into six pieces that Ratchet and Clank have to find to escape.

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* MacGuffin: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with the [[PunnyName MCguFIN MCGuFIN device]], which splits into six pieces that Ratchet and Clank have to find to escape.



* LeftHanging: This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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* NewGamePlus: After beating the final boss, you're given the option of replaying the game in Challenge Mode.
* LeftHanging: After Maximillian is defeated, Ratchet and Clank use the MCGuFIN to escape back into the real world, but Clank warns that ''where'' they'll pop up in it is unknown. This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.
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* FlunkyBoss: During the final fight against Maximillian, he constantly summons Chickenbots to harass you.


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* ShieldedCoreBoss: The final fight against Maximillian in his Security Cannon. Its an armored turret that you have to chip the armor off of before you can damage it.
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** The R.Y.N.O. used here is the same one from [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the original game.]]
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* MechaMook: All four of the types of enemies you fight (chickenbots, security bots, security tanks and explodos) are robots.
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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The R.Y.N.O., which you unlock by collecting all the Titanium Bolts in the game.

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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The R.Y.N.O., which you unlock by collecting all 30 of the Titanium Bolts in the game.
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* InfinityPlusOneSword: The R.Y.N.O., which you unlock by collecting all the Titanium Bolts in the game.
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* ExcusePlot: Ratchet and Clank are accidentally transported inside a Secret Agent Clank Vid-comic and have to find six parts of the [[PunnyName MCGuFIN]] to escape, so run around and shoot things!

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* ExcusePlot: Ratchet and Clank are accidentally transported inside a Secret Agent Clank Vid-comic and have to find six parts of the [[PunnyName MCGuFIN]] to escape, so run around and shoot things!things! The game doesn't even bother having an opening cutscene--everything is explained in text once you start a new game.
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* UpdatedRelease: The version 1.0.8 update, which supports phones with better graphic display, and version 1.9.8, for phones with weaker graphics.

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* FunWithAcronyms: The [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN's]] name is short for '''M'''acro '''C'''orporeal '''G'''eo '''F'''ragmentation '''I'''on '''N'''egator.

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* MacGuffin: Lampshaded with the [[PunnyName MCguFIN device]], which splits into six pieces that Ratchet and Clank have to find to escape.

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* MacGuffin: Lampshaded [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with the [[PunnyName MCguFIN device]], which splits into six pieces that Ratchet and Clank have to find to escape.



* PunnyName: The Boar-Zooka.

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** The [[MacGuffin MCGuFIN]] device.
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* ExcusePlot: Ratchet and Clank are accidentally transported inside a Secret Agent Clank Vid-comic and have to find six parts of the [[PunnyName MCGuFIN]] to escape, so run around and shoot things!


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* MacGuffin: Lampshaded with the [[PunnyName MCguFIN device]], which splits into six pieces that Ratchet and Clank have to find to escape.
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* PunnyName: The Boar-Zooka.

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* PunnyName: The Boar-Zooka.Boar-Zooka.
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** The game has a code that unlocks a new skin for ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'', which was released just a month before this game.

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Unlike other Ratchet and Clank games, this game is a side-scroller. There are 7 weapons to choose from that can be upgraded 3 times, and 4 kinds of enemies to fight.



** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic.]] Also, the games promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''.

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic.]] Vid-Comic]], and Ratchet is still wearing his Adamantine armor from that game. Also, the games promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''.

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* ActionBomb: The Explodo enemies, which detonate when close to Ratchet.
* BalefulPolymorph: The Boar-Zooka weapon, which turns all enemies except the Security Tanks and final boss into boars.



** Theres a few nods to ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. The Lancer and Gravity Bomb are part of your arsenal, and some enemies from the game, such as the Chickenbots, pop up.

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** Theres a few nods to ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. The Lancer and Lancer, Gravity Bomb and Minirocket (Tube) are part of your arsenal, and some enemies one type of enemy from the game, such as the Chickenbots, pop up.



* LeftHanging: This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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* LeftHanging: This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.Home''.
* PunnyName: The Boar-Zooka.

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic.]]

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** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic.]] Also, the games promo art reuses the box art for ''Up Your Arsenal''.
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* GenreShift: From a third person shooter with platforming elements to a side scrolling run and gun platform.
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''Ratchet And Clank: Going Mobile'' is a 2005 mobile phone game, developed by Handheld Games.

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* BigBad: Maximillian, who wants to escape from the video game into the real world.
* ContinuityNod:
** At the start of the game, Ratchet and Clank get sucked inside a [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Secret Agent Clank Vid-Comic.]]
** Theres a few nods to ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando''. The Lancer and Gravity Bomb are part of your arsenal, and some enemies from the game, such as the Chickenbots, pop up.
* LeftHanging: This was supposed to be a set-up for a cancelled sequel, ''Ratchet and Clank: Clone Home''.

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