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The [[Ratchet & Clank|series']] first foray into the world of [[Co-Op Multiplayer|co-op gameplay]], set after the [[Ratchet and Clank
Nefarious, eager to stir up trouble again, baits Galactic President Qwark out under the premise of an award ceremony where he will receive a 'Tool of Justice Award'. Qwark, being Qwark, drags Ratchet and Clank along with him. Eventually, Nefarious's plan to unleash a Light Eating Z'Grute goes pear-shaped as it draws the attention of the Creature Collector, which captures the four playable characters and strands them on planet Magnus.
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* [[Abandoned Laboratory]]: Not of the standard variety. There are several of Dr. Croid's labs scattered throughout the levels and, if you have enough creatures, you can enter them and complete challenges for RYNO parts.
** The {{spoiler|Exploratorium Power Station}} may count, as well.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: {{spoiler|The fairy tale about the Loki and the Cragmite hero.}}
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: {{spoiler|The Loki.}} Interestingly, the [[Big Bad]] goes on to ''subvert'' this where the [[Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction|Cragmites]] are concerned. During the final battle, he even laments the fact that they're gone. {{spoiler|He wanted to take revenge on them for the cragmite hero who sealed the Loki away in the first place.}}
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: The [[Buffy-Speak|egg-shaped... things]] are actually journal entries from Dr. Croid.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Qwark and Nefarious get a moment like this late in the game. [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in that Nefarious is insulting Qwark even as the latter is apologizing... and throughout his own apology. {{spoiler|Possibly played straight by the very end, when Nefarious is thoughtfully looking at a photo of the group.}}
** There's also an instance in the ending cinematic. {{spoiler|After the Loki is expelled from the Z'Grute enhanced body of the Grivelnox, he desperately looks for a new host and finds Qwark. Nefarious bats the Loki away from him without any visible hesitation.}}
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Turns out that {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] isn't Nevo. It's Mr. Dinkles, who's been using Nevo.}}
* [[BFG]]: The Warmonger.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Nefarious's trap for the heroes—a ceremony for Qwark to receive the Tool of Justice Award.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Ratchet comments on how well Dr. Croid seems to be doing, after {{spoiler|being reunited with Nevo.}}
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* [[Capital City]]: What Uzo seemed to be before Ephemeris attacked. Luminopolis may be Igliak's capital city (or that may be Meridian, which was capital of "Free Polaris" in ToD).
* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Happens a few times during combat, when characters will take the time to talk. Fairly common when the player characters are Ratchet and Clank.
** There are also one liners tossed about whenever a certain character achieves (or fails) something. For instance, every now and then you can hear Clank say "My father would be so proud" when he completes something first or kills ''x'' enemies. Once in a ''great'' while, Ratchet will tease Clank when he dies instead of shouting for him.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Lawrence, who comes back after his [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]] moment and helps Cronk and Zephyr down onto Magnus.}}
* [[Commuting on a Bus]]: Cronk and Zephyr make a reappearance.
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Even after it's become obvious that the Tool of Justice award was a fake, Qwark still thinks it's real fairly late into the game.
** Then there's Dr. Croid. Oh boy. {{spoiler|Turns out that he's not entirely sane, and fancies himself a Lombax Whisperer. [[Epic Fail|This ends as well as one might expect]]. He translates Ratchet's request for help as "He's hungry".}}
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Some of the throwaway lines during gameplay make nods to earlier installments. Somebody in Luminopolis makes a comment about [[Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction|Stunderwear]], for instance, and then there are a few of the trophies or skill points. ([[Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal|Upping Your Arsenal]] and [[Ratchet: Deadlocked|Deadlocked]] [[Ratchet and Clank Going Commando|and Loaded]] stand out, in particular.)
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* [[Cryptically Unhelpful Answer]]: Ratchet is puzzled by the lack of this when the Plumber makes [[Once an Episode|his appearance.]]
* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: For those already used to the controls from the Future trilogy, this game may be a pain to re-adjust to, such as the Triangle button being used for the swingshot instead of selecting a weapon, as that's assigned to the Right Stick instead, and the game won't pause when you select a weapon (unless you're playing in Single-Player mode).
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Ratchet demonstrates this even in the trailer.
{{quote|''"Ladies and gentlemen, your president!"''}}
** The act of sticking the playable characters in the same area is basically guaranteeing monumental levels of snark.
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* [[Dug Too Deep]]: The Access Shaft in the Deadgrove—the Wigwump was not amused.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: The basis of the game, with four 'enemies'. (Obviously averted in [[Adventure Duo|Ratchet and Clank's cases]], [[True Companions|being friends and all.]])
** Especially notable with Ratchet and Nefarious, who, at one point, seem to bond through a mutual hatred of Qwark.
* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. Mr. Dinkles himself isn't evil, he's just playing host to [[Sealed Evil in a Can|the leader of the Loki]].}}
* [[Foe Yay]]: By the ''ship load'' with Qwark and Nefarious.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: We're shown the last of Dr. Croid's logs first. It's kind of sad to find the first of the lot, knowing what's going to happen in the end.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In one of Dr. Croid's logs, he mentions using a "vectomorphic tricilloscope" on his pet, Mr. Dinkles, and discovers a strange form of energy inside of him. {{spoiler|It's actually the Loki Master, the final boss of the game, possessing the pet for now.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Friendly Enemy]]}}: Nefarious seems to be moving toward this. Particularly if [[The Stinger]] was anything to judge by.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: It really starts showing mid-way through the game that, after nine ([[Canon Discontinuity|ish]]) adventures, Ratchet's figured out how the games progress.
* [[Glory Hound]]: Qwark's reason for setting out to collect the 'Tool of Justice Award'. [[You Should Know This Already|Actually a trap]].
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Nefarious. {{spoiler|First he's evil, then he's forced into being not-so-evil, then he's just there, then he's helping to defeat another galactic threat, then he's evil again. [[The Stinger|And then maybe not]].}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Richard Steven Horvitz|Richard Horvitz]] is the voice actor for what seems like half of the Tharpods. Tropers may recognize him as [[Psychonauts|Razputin]], [[Invader Zim|Zim]], [[Playstation Move Heroes|Lunk]] or even [[Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction|the]] [[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time|Zoni]].
** For the Norwegians, Ratchet now has Erik Skøld as James Arnold Taylor's replacement, who also voiced Sly Cooper in all his appearances.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: The Light Eating Z'Grute's presence is what led the Creature Collector to Luminopolis. Well done, Nefarious.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In the final cutscene, it sounds like Ratchet is complaining about the whole {{spoiler|treats}} thing. Less than a minute later, {{spoiler|he steals the bag of treats from Dr. Croid}}.
* [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You]]: One of the skill points is "On Planet Magnus, Vegetables Eat You"
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: The Pyroblaster
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Doesn't show up often, but 'A Presidential Retreat' gives us Qwark, fantasizing about the eponymous retreat-slash-waterpark, Nefarious cajoling Ratchet to let him kill the Captain, Ratchet considering the plea and Clank trying to keep things moving along. Poor little guy.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: Appears to be part of how Nefarious {{spoiler|repaired Commander Spog.}}
** Applies to Nefarious himself, as per usual. Qwark is beyond willing to give him a smack when he freezes up.
* [[Port Town]]: What the Tharpod Fishing Village in Octonok Cay was before the W.A.S.P messed everything up.
* [[Power Fist]]: The Blitzer seems to fall into this category.
* [[Retirony]]: Subverted. The player is lead to believe they'll be doing this to Commander Spog, but {{spoiler|you end up fixing him after the boss fight.}}
* [[Rewarding Vandalism]]: As per usual.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The very instant things go bad, Lawrence runs away . . . then again, this wouldn't be the first time he's done it.
* [[Secret Weapon]]: Dr. Croid's "Last Resort" project. The game doesn't even try to hide the fact that you're just assembling a new RYNO.
* [[Shout-Out]]: One of the first levels you play through is a training ground monitored by an AI. If you listen to her for more than five minutes, she'll start to remind you of another [[Portal (series)|passive-agressive AI.]] Once she realizes that the players aren't trainees, but "interlopers" she even tries to deter them by [[Damned By Faint Praise|damning them with faint praise]] and making mostly-useless threats. ("You remember those gold stars I gave you? They're gone now. Try hanging that on the fridge.") On a similar note, more than one villain asks if/how the heroes are "Still Alive"—sometimes several times in a row.
** Also a different AI, at one point, lies about cake.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Arc Lasher and Thundersmack
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Magnus actually averts this—it's where most of the game takes place (with the exception of one segment up above the planet's stratosphere), but still features [[Video Game Settings|the usual array of themed levels.]]
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** Your reward skill point for beating the game in single player counts, too. {{spoiler|It's "Forever Alone"}}
* [[Techno Wreckage]]: Uzo City, the Exploratorium Power Station
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: The only ones who don't have some kind of issue with one another are Ratchet and Clank. Nefarious and Qwark butt heads, Ratchet and Nefarious briefly team up and entertain the idea of getting rid of Qwark (before being scolded by Clank) but end up on the same old footing once that fails, and even [[Only Sane Man|Clank]] [[Not So Above It All|scoffs at some of the dumber ideas or lines that come up.]]
* [[Ten-Minute Retirement]]: Difficult to say where this falls into this trope. Apparently, Ratchet and Clank are still retired throughout the game... but it doesn't seem like much of a retirement. {{spoiler|By the ending, Ratchet comments on how it didn't exactly work out and the both of them agree that they prefer hero work.}} [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Still, they claimed to be retired throughout two separate adventures...]]
* [[Tempting Fate]]: The Tharpod who steered the boat toward the lighthouse in Octonok Cay. Here's the gist of what he says:
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