Ratchet (Transformers)

Ratchet is a major protagonist from the Transformers franchise. He is one of the followers of Optimus Prime and a friend to humans Spike Witwicky, Rafael Esquivel and Sam Witwicky. Ratchet is their medic and mechanic of the Autobots, helping their wounds and injuries. Like the other Autobots, Ratchet had sworn to protect the human race. 
==History==
Many millennial years ago, Ratchet was one of the most influential politicians on the planet Cybertron. He was raised in Iacon, the planet's capital. During his youth, Ratchet befriended the Autobot, Orion Pax, who would one day, go on to be Optimus Prime. He also knew Megatronus before he became the leader of the Decepticons and was friends with other Autobots such as Ironhide and Bumblebee. When Orion was reborn as Optimus, Ratchet stuck by his old friends, acting as his herald between the Autobots and the Cybertronain council. However, Ratchet grew disillusioned with his own ideology and decided to become a medic instead. 
Six million years ago, Ratchet was one of the several thousand Autobots on the Ark when it was heavily damaged by the Decepticons aboard their ship. Their ship collided onto the planet Earth, and Ratchet, like the others, was forced in stasis. At least six million years, Ratchet and the other Autobots slept within a dormant volcano, which erupted and all the Autobots, including Ratchet, were restored. 
==Personality==
Ratchet tends to avoid violence, something he has dispised. Nevertheless, he has been forced to fight in combat when necessary, even if it means to defend his friends, both human and Cybertronian alike. The comic tie in to the movie revealed he was fairly close to his fellow Autobots, especially Optimus Prime and Arcee. It is also shown that ratchet can be a bit of a mother hen, as he took overprotectiv precautions when he rejuvenated Bulkhead and Bumblebee from their Adventure in the Arctic Circle, as not even Autobots are quick to handle extreme cold temperatures for long. In the comic book times to the Transformers film series, he even told Sam and Mikaela to stay away from sweets because it could lead to serious problems in the future. 
===View on humans in Transformers: Prime===
Ratchet used to think lowly of humans, not even bothering to research human physiology when he is on Earth. Even when Optimus chose tto save humans over Cybertron, Ratchet did not hide his disgust that Prime had sacrificed their home over Earth. However, his friendship with Raf changed his views on them. Because of this, Ratchet feels guilty for never learning medical skills for humans when Raf is injured and he is unable to save him. Ironically, he was the one to stay behind on Earth while the others departed for Cybertron. 
==Physical Appearance ==
=== Generation 1 ===
In the original cartoons and comics, Ratchet is a White Autobot, with a red waist and hands. Most of his platings include a white helmet, silver face and blue eyes. He also has two red crosses on each of his shoulder plating, and the Autobot insignia in the front of his chest is red as well. His Prime and live-action reboot form also retain this white and red appearance. 
=== Transformers live-action film series ===
In the 2007-2017 film continuity, instead of being white and red, Ratchet is yellow green and red. He also has broader and wider shoulders, very light blue eyes. In some lighting, Ratchet's colors alternate between green and yellow. 
=== Transformers: Prime ===
The Prime version of Ratchet is slightly modified, matching both his classic and movie appearance. In Prime, instead of having silver blue eye brows, Ratchet has red, as well as a red stripe running down horizontally down his helm. Instead of having just a Red Cross, ratchet has red and white arms as well as AKG-like red waves designed on i the side. His shoulders are also broad, like his live-action counterpart. 
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
* Cybertronian Physiology:
===Abilities===
* Medical Skills: Ratchet is the CMO of the Transformers, meaning it is his duty to tend to their wounds. He presumably helped heal Optimus after his battle with Megatron and even repaired Bumblebee's legs when they were blown off during the battle. He was still trying to find ways to restore his friend's vocal communication system. He did, however, have a limited knowledge of human physiology in the Transformers film series, enough to know that Sam's pheromone levels were rising and easily deduced his attraction to Mikaela. However, inTransformers: Prime, Ratchet did not bother to learn human biology. This came at a terrible price, because he couldn't save his human companion, Raf from Dark Energon poisoning and needed Jack's mother, June Darby to help him because she was a human nurse. 
* Multilingualism: Ratchet is capable of speaking both Cybertronian and a planet's native language. According to Optimus they were able to learn Earth's languages through the internet. However, in the novel, Ratchet and the others spoke in Japanese when conversing with Sam Witwicky and his girlfriend, Mikaela Banes before they spoke English. 
==Gallery==
===Transformers film series===
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TransformersRatchet3.jpg|Ratchet tells Sam and Mikaela to call them Autobots. 
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===Transformers Prime universe===
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===Transformers Generation 1===
====Cartoon====
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====Comics====
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==Trivia==
* Ratchet's name was inspired by an actual ratchet, which is a tool used to fix things, and meant to be a pun on the antagonistic Nurse Ratched from the horror novel. 
* His appearance in the films is vastly different from his Generation 1 counterpart's appearance. In the live-action films, Ratchet is red and yellow green while in the cartoons and comics, he is usually depicted with white armor. However, in the 2018 film, Bumblebee, Ratchet takes on his classic appearance in the reboot series. 
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