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"Alright. So, we're gonna die."

With Dr. Nefarious reclaiming the spot of Big Bad for this title and Captain Qwark being a dunderhead as usual (with the added bonus of space radio commercials), A Crack in Time continues the series' usual tradition, as epic a finale to the Future saga it may be.

As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.


  • At the beginning of the game, Ratchet and Qwark are flying through space looking for Clank, and Qwark decides to monologue about the adventure, placing heavy emphasis on the fact that Ratchet's alone. Ratchet promptly reminds Qwark that the ship has an ejection function, with a tone that explicitly states he's about five seconds from using it on Qwark if he doesn't shut up.
    • And, of course, there's the crash sequence (pictured above) that follows that.
      Qwark: Oh no! We're going to die! We're going to die! Good thing I'm wearing clean underwear!
      Ratchet: Will you shut up? We're not gonna die! Aphelion, engage grav-o-metric stabilizers!
      Aphelion: Negative. Stabilizers offline. Thrusters offline. Landing flaps offline.
      Ratchet: All right, so we're gonna die.
      (Ratchet and Qwark scream as their ship hurtles down towards the planet. The ship bounces across the landscape, losing pieces each time. Then, as the go over a cliff...)
      Ratchet: Hang on!
      (Cut to black. Fade In to the ship floating in some sort of energy field)
      Ratchet: (looking around in the time rift) Whoa.
      Qwark: I know. (Beat) So much for clean underwear.
      (The airbags go off)
      • The best part is, without a doubt, the face that Ratchet makes after Qwark says that. Someone get that lombax some Brain Bleach...
  • One of the Fongoid kids you have to save in Zolar Forest simply tells Ratchet that he’d like to go home now... as the structures around him break and re-construct themselves.
  • After saving the Fongoids on planet Zanifar, you hear this exchange:
    Fongoid: Boy, I can't wait to get home and see my wife!
    Fongoid #2: Yeah! Me too!
  • Another one from the Fongoids.
    Fongoid: My brother is still stuck on the oil derrick. He's kind of a jerk, but we should probably still save him.
  • Everything said by Dr. Nefarious in this game. Large Ham at its absolute finest, catapulting him straight to Ensemble Dark Horse status... If he didn't already have it.
    • The entirety of the scene where he forces his robots to put on a play.
    • Not to mention his proclamation of the Great Clock being positioned in "THE EXACT CENTER OF THE UNIVEEERRRRRRRSSE!! *calmly* Give or take fifty feet."
    • Shortly before his boss fight, Nefarious rants to Ratchet about how he has always seen Clank as a sidekick and nothing more. Cut to Lawrence saying that he and Clank should hang out sometime.
    • Hell, even the way he (apparently) dies is pretty funny. As well as retaining his habit of transmitting a soap opera when he gets too worked up, he breaks down and goes through various radio channels upon being defeated. Ratchet trying to slap some sense into him only makes him start dancing before he flops over.
  • Mr. Zurkon. His little remarks are always good for a laugh.
    Mr. Zurkon: (After Ratchet picks up nanotech health) Ha! Mr. Zurkon requires no nanotech to survive, Mr. Zurkon lives on fear!
    Mr. Zurkon: I shall let you live little alien...psych! Mr. Zurkon lives only to kill.
    Mr. Zurkon: Are you ready to die? Because Mr. Zurkon is definitely ready to kill you.
  • Nefarious' robot minions can often be heard shouting things like "We come in peace." while shooting everything they have at you or "Ouch. That hurts." when hit.
    • "I’m just kidding. Would you like to go get some pie? Or perhaps take in a holo-film?"
    • During the first visit to Vorselon’s warship, one robot appears in an elevator and delivers this gem of a line right before firing at you:
    Nefarious Robot: I am an engineer. I fix stuff.
  • The sheer ridiculousness of the RYNO V. Larger than Ratchet? Check. Massive ammo clip? Check. Burns through said ammo clip within a minute? Check. Kills almost everything that it's pointing at? Check. Plays the finale of the 1812 Overture while you fire it? Check.
  • Speaking of Qwark, several of his appearances in this game push him straight into this territory. One that stands out in particular:
    Qwark: ...being a hero is 45% strength, 60% bravery, and 10% raw intelligence.
    Ratchet: (From the jaws of a War Grok) That's 115%!
    • Even better: Qwark demonstrates his "raw intelligence" by pointing his blaster at his noggin.
    • Qwark constantly narrating Ratchet’s actions in Zolar Forest, making him out to be his sidekick.
  • Ratchet gets a nice one in before the battle against Cassiopeia:
    Cassiopeia: I'm actually happy you survived the training course. It would have been a shame to lose such a worthy opponent to some cheap machine.
    Ratchet: Speaking of cheap machines, how much is your boyfriend paying you to do his dirty work?
  • Before Qwark gets executed by the Agorians, he has one request:
    Qwark: All I ask is that you name something impressive in my honor! Perhaps a school, or a food court.
  • The Pollyx Omnitech ad on Space Radio. Comedy gold.
    • The radio in general gets a lot of good lines. Especially Pirate Radio.
      Pete: Hey! Let's take a request!
      Slag: This next one comes from a young lass named Talwyn... Pete? Where do I know that name?
      Pete: I think you tried to kill her once.
      Slag: Well, that'll do it. This one goes out to Ratchet, from Talwyn. Ratchet? Didn't we try to kill him too?
      Pete: Oh indeed sir, indeed! Twice!
      Slag: Small world, Pete. Small world indeed.
    • The entire ad for the movie "My Blaster Runs Hot".
  • The "Orientation video" Sigmund plays for Clank. It looks like a home movie, with the camera constantly shifting and going in and out of focus. It even starts with Orvus and Sigmund being confused on whether or not the camera is recording, with the view going on its side. And of course, this exchange when Orvus explains how the Fongoids caused a Time Crash:
    Orvus: Eons ago, our kind entrusted the Fongoids with a special gift. the gift of time travel. We had hoped it would enrich their lives as it did ours, but unfortunately-
    Sigmund: They loused it up!
    Orvus: (Stammers) Sigmund! Ahem. Let's just say they were overzealous in its use.
  • The loading trivia states that after their colony was atomised in the Erebus supernova, the Valkyries embarked on a 30-year pilgrimage to Vapedia, then became an Amazon Brigade by banishing the male Valkyries for failing to ask for directions.
    • Becomes even funnier when you realise that the Valkyries would have had access to warp technology that would enable them to make the journey in minutes. A trip that should have only taken minutes lasted decades. Epic. FAIL.
  • Qwark finds out that the Agorians aren't on the best of terms with Nefarious. Logic dictates that would mean they would want to ally with him and Ratchet who are against Nefarious, so he goes off on his own to recruit them. Then he calls Ratchet to give him an update:
    Ratchet: I read you, Qwark. How are things with the Agorians?
    Qwark: Ehhhh... not so good. Somehow they got the impression I'm some thrill seeking warrior with a thirst for battle!
    Ratchet: Well, did you tell them you're a thrill seeking warrior with a thirst for battle?
    Qwark: I was trying to make friends!
  • There are two rooms in the Insomniac Museum that are apparently restrooms. The ladies' is full of the ocular scanners from the Great Clock. And we do mean "full", far too many to be any kind of subtle. But that still pales in comparison to what's in the men's restroom: a giant picture of a cat... that shoots lasers from its eyes.

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