Ratchet & Clank (series)

***Ratchet & Clank*** is a series of video games. As of 2013, there are 13 separate video games. In addition to the games, the characters are featured as action figures, in a manga, comic series and as cameo appearances in several other video games. An animated film has been announced for release in 2015.

The main characters of the series are Ratchet and Clank. Ratchet is a lombax, a type of alien made up for the game. Clank is his robot friend. They travel in spaceships through the universe on many adventures. In each game, Ratchet and Clank must work together to fight evil or bring cruel rulers to justice. The series is noted for using unique and extreme weapons and devices. Because of the popularity, the developer Insomniac Games added this feature to its other video games.

## Games in the series

_Ratchet and Clank_ was released on November 4, 2002 in North America.

- _Ratchet & Clank (2002)_
- _Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando_ (_Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded_ in Europe)
- _Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal_ (_Ratchet & Clank 3_ in Europe)
- _Ratchet: Deadlocked_ (_Ratchet: Gladiator_ in Europe)
- _Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters_
- _Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction_
- _Secret Agent Clank_
- _Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty_
- _Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time_
- _Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One_
- _Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault_
- _Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus_
- _Ratchet & Clank (2016)_
- _Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart_

### Major characters

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|scope="col" style="width:14%;" rowspan="2"|Character|scope="col" style="width:11.11%;" rowspan="2"|First Appearance|scope="col" style="width:14%;"|Ratchet & Clank|scope="col" style="width:12%;"|_Going Commando_|scope="col" style="width:16%;"|_Up Your Arsenal_|scope="col" style="width:13%;"|_Ratchet: Deadlocked_|scope="col" style="width:13%;"|_Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction_|scope="col" style="width:13%;"|_Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time_|scope="col" style="width:13%;"|_Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus_|scope="col" style="width:13%;"|_Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart_|
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|rowspan="3"|***Ratchet & Clank***|Mikey Kelley|colspan="7"|James Arnold Taylor||||||||||||||||
|colspan="8"|David Kaye|||||||||||||||||||
|colspan="7"|Jim Ward|Scott Whyte||||||||||||||||||
|***Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando***|colspan="1"style="background-color:lightgrey;"||Kath Soucie (line) Rodger Bumpass (The Unknown)||colspan="4"style="background-color:lightgrey;"|||||||||||||||
|**Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction**|colspan="4"style="background-color:lightgrey;"||colspan="2"|Tara Strong|Ali Hillis|||||||||||||||
|Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal||||||||||||||||||||
|***Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal***|colspan="2"style="background-color:lightgrey;"||colspan="2"|Armin Shimerman||Armin Shimerman||Armin Shimerman||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|***Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart***|colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;"||Jennifer Hale||||||||||||||||
|colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;"||Debra Wilson||||||||||||||||||
|colspan="7" style="background:#d3d3d3;"||rowspan="2"|Robin Atkin Downes|||||||||||||||||
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- **Note**: A dark grey cell indicates character did not appear in that medium.

## Other websites

- The Insomniac Games official website
- Official page (redirects to Sony site)
- The _Ratchet & Clank_ series at NeoSeeker

## Infobox (video game series)