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The [[Ratchet
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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** 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
* [[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.)
** The arthopods from Sargasso make a reappearance in Terawatt Forest, too. There are even mentions of creatures whose habitats are scattered throughout Polaris (Reepor, Sargasso, etc)
** The escape pod used to leave Dr. Croid's lab is the same model used in [[Ratchet and Clank Future Tools of Destruction|Tools of Destruction]] to get from The Hall of Knowledge on Kortog to Fastoon. It, like the pod before it, {{spoiler|crashes}}. Much more spectacularly, though.
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{{quote| ''"Ladies and gentlemen, your president!"''}}
** The act of sticking the playable characters in the same area is basically guaranteeing monumental levels of snark.
* [[Deflector Shields]]: The [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Derelict Graveyard]]: The latter half of Octonok Cay.
* [[Dreamworks Face]]: Very noticeable on Nefarious in 'A Nefarious Affair' after Qwark asks "You would've done the same for me, right?" Quite interesting to see on a robot.
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* [[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
* [[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.
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* [[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
** For the Norwegians, Ratchet now has Erik Skøld as James Arnold Taylor's replacement, who also voiced Sly Cooper in all his appearances.
* [[Hoist
* [[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
* [[Kill It
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Ratchet's response to the Plumber's appearance. [[Fridge Brilliance|Makes sense]] that it was ''Ratchet'' who was puzzled by the lack of "cryptic advice that will help us beat {{spoiler|Nevo}}", considering how that turned out [[Ratchet and Clank Future A Crack In Time|last time]].
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: {{spoiler|Of course the Plumber doesn't have any advice for beating Nevo. You never fight Nevo.}}
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* [[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 (
** Also a different AI, at one point, lies about cake.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: The Arc Lasher and Thundersmack
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* [[Splash Damage]]: Whenever overload occurs.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: The tutorials through Luminopolis. Particularly jarring, since it freezes gameplay and only goes away when its good and ready.
* [[Strawman News Media]]: Kip Darling and Pepper Fairbanks make their return on the airways of Luminopolis, continuing the not-so-proud tradition set by Darla Gratch way back in [[Ratchet
* [[Take That]]: See [[Voice
{{quote| '''Kip''': The depravity of this creature knows no bounds, folks. He just destroyed Rusty Pete's Healthy Hamburger Shack! His wheat grass and tree bark burger was a favorite of hipsters everywhere!}}
** 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
* [[Tempting Fate]]: The Tharpod who steered the boat toward the lighthouse in Octonok Cay. Here's the gist of what he says:
{{quote| '''Tharpod''': Well, I'm off to go live a life free of Sepiads and [[Lampshade Hanging|tragic irony!]]}}
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* [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: Again, Uzo City
* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: It's a co-op game, and you're handed vacuums that let you suck up your friends early on. People are going to go flying ''everywhere''. Including the into incinerator. <ref> And you get a skill point for it, if it's Clank or Nefarious you toss in.</ref> Not to mention that if you turn "grief mode" on you can suck up other players whether they want to or not. <ref> Otherwise the sucker must stand still and the suckee must be in the air.</ref>
* [[Voice
{{quote| '''Cronk''': [[Take That|No, I]] ''[[Take That|don't]]'' [[Take That|want to receive exciting offers from outside vendors!]]}}
* [[Weapons That Suck]]: The Vac-Us, which play a major role in gameplay.
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