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{{quote|"...the first game to truly deliver the long-sought 'You are playing a [[Pixar]] movie' experience." |'''''The New York Times''''', regarding this game.}}
The first game of the ''[[Ratchet & Clank|Ratchet and Clank]]'' series on the [[
The duo faces off against Percival Tachyon, self appointed Emperor of the Polaris Galaxy, who is set upon the extermination of all Lombaxes. Being a Lombax himself, Ratchet naturally doesn't take kindly to that. The game goes a lot into how the rest of the Lombaxes <s> died</s> disappeared.
This includes a downloadable game ''Quest for Booty'' on the [[
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* [[Action Girl]]: Talwyn Apogee
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** According to several NPCs, the Drophyds are almost as bad, though it is mentioned that Tachyon [[Every Man Has His Price|bought their loyalty with Raritanium.]] And then there's the Kerchu, whose position is ambiguous. (They mercilessly attack anyone who enters their territory, and there isn't a single species in the universe that isn't violently allergic to them.)
* [[Beam Spam]]: The RYNO IV
* [[Book Ends]]: The game begins and ends on the same musical riff. {{spoiler|It makes for one heck of a [[Tear Jerker]] ending.}}
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:
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* [[Crate Expectations]]: Lampshaded.
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* [[Development Gag]]: "In the unlikely event the Dimensionator creates a time-space singularity and tears the fabric of the Universe asunder, please log an "A" bug and notify a programmer immediately." -- Even yellow furry aliens follow Sony's QA procedures.
* [[Difficult but Awesome]]: Two weapons fit firmly into this category, the Tornado Launcher and the Razor Claws. The former is controlled using [[Scrappy Mechanic|Sixaxis]], but is very powerful and has a wide variety of uses, some of which aren't immidiately obvious. (like keeping it stationary to act as a makeshift shield, controling it while using a different weapon, or simply bringing bolts and raretanium closer to you.) The latter gains power the more enemies you kill in a row without taking damage, and as it is a melee weapon, this is easier said than done. It also boosts both Bolt AND Raretanium drop rates, and since it runs off the same principle as the Challenge Mode multiplier, you can rack up HUGE amounts of cash with it provided you're good at [[No Damage Run|No Damage Runs.]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Max Apogee, Talwyn's father. [[What Happened to the Mouse?|We end up never finding out what happened to him.]]
** {{spoiler|We do, however, learn that Angela (from the second game) was seen with him before he vanished.}}
*** {{spoiler|However, in the [[Ratchet and Clank
* [[The Dragon]]: A strange case. IRIS reveals that the Pirates were built by Tachyon when he was a child, to help scavange materials for his army. After they had [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived their usefulness]], he abandoned them on a remote planet, after which they kind of acted on their own from then on. So technically speaking Captain Slag is a fomer Dragon gone rogue. It's clear Tachyon never trusted him from the start though, as he built the Holo-Pirate Disguise so he could spy on Slag and make sure he wasn't pulling a [[The Starscream|Starscream]] on him. He would later offer the disguise as an arena prize in hopes of [[You Have Failed Me...|luring Slag to his death.]]
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Tachyon's first name is "Percival".
* [[The Emperor]]: Emperor Tachyon.
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Kerchu City is an entire level centered on this. Of course, both sides will attack you mercilessly, but until they see you they'll focus in beating the crap out of each other.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The following transmission from Captain Slag:
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* [[Haiku]]: Courtesy of Tachion:
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A fiery, awful death
Cupcakes are yummy }}
* [[Heel Face Mole]]: {{spoiler|Rusty Pete}} joins Ratchet after {{spoiler|Slag}}'s defeat, mostly so he can quickly double-cross him in ''Quest For Booty''. He lampshades the shameless insincerity of his [[Heel Face Turn]] when asked about his motives.
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* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Mr. Zurkon (From ''Tools'' and ''Crack'') takes great delight in destroying his enemies, and will grumble and complain if there is no one on screen to kill. In ''Crack'', he even wants to take shots at NPCs:
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Ratchet pokes fun at the fact that the Lombaxes' greatest, most dangerous creation is {{spoiler|a hat}}, claiming that there's ''no way'' a Lombax would create something so ridiculous. Clank then goes on to list all of ''Ratchet's'' boneheaded inventions, including electro-shock undergarments (Ratchet tries to justify that last one as "Stunderwear", claiming it to be a huge seller on Umbris).
** A bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] here: from [[Ratchet & Clank (video game)|what we have seen of Umbris]], the inhabitants there may have... ''uses'' for "Stunderwear"
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]]: The Grummels. Explained by stating that they are clones of the last Grummel.
* [["Join the Army," They Said|Join The Army, They Said]]: Emperor Tachyon's recruitment video.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The music for the pirate levels contains a ''very'' [[Pirates of the Caribbean]]-esque riff.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: In ''Tools Of Destruction'', after Emperor Tachyon reveals that the Lombaxes fled their own dimension to escape his wrath, with the hope he would spare Fastoon if they did so, he continues with this; "Only two stayed behind... The keeper of the Dimensionator... and his infant son. " *waits a moment to let to the realization sink in for Ratchet* "I took great pleasure in destroying ''your father'', Lombax- pity he sent you to Solana before we could meet."
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** {{spoiler|Not really. After the end of Crack in Time, a news broadcast mentions that Angela Cross is, in fact, a Lombax... and was last seen with Max Apogee. Sequel hook?}}
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Delivered by the Plumber; "Almost didn't recognize you boys in high def."
** And then there's the description for the RYNO 4-Ever, which states that it is "too gameplay-destabilizing to ever be used. Ever."
* [[Let's Play]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEPFKU8FnI8 One of the funniest ever recorded.]
* [[Man Hug]]: Ratchet and Clank ''almost'' have one on Reepor before they realize that Talwyn is watching. They settle for a brofist instead.
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** And then there's the [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|absolutely massive list of questions you can ask the IRIS supercomputer]], many of which are obscure trivia from earlier games only the most devoted fans will know.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: What Ratchet was thinking when he invented the Anti Matter Bathroom Buddy or electroshock undergarments, the world will never know. All Ratchet has to say for himself is that "Stunderwear" was a huge seller in Umbris.
* [[
* [[Recurring Riff]]: There's at least one that can be tracked through the game-- [[Book Ends|in the opening cutscene]] [[Ironic Echo|all the way through the ending.]].<ref>It's very obvious right before the credits</ref> If you're listening, you can even hear it in Quest For Booty after being shot to Hoolifar, while Ratchet's still waking up.
* [[Repurposed Pop Song]]: The Groovitron tracks (1 and 11) have been heard being used by Rite Aid and even ''[[The Daily Show]]''.
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* [[The Starscream]]: Quest for Booty reveals {{spoiler|Captain Slag was one to Captain Darkwater. And he succeeded. [[Hilarity Ensues|And then the two end up sharing a body...]]}}
* [[Take That]]: In ''Tools of Destruction'', Talwyn's two robot pals have the following conversation poking fun at the [[Xbox 360]]. Roughly paraphrased:
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'''Cronk:''' "Yeah, too bad your CPU has a 43% failure rate." }}
* [[Teleport Spam]]: {{spoiler|The Cragmites. A variation, they're phasing in and out of the dimension. You can see them moving, you just can't damage them until they fully re-emerge.}}
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