Skidd McMarx

Skidd McMarx is a supporting character in the Ratchet & Clank series. He originally started off as a professional hoverboarder, but later joined the Q-Force, assisting in their plans to put an end to Nefarious's threat on the Solana Galaxy.
He is voiced by Neil Flynn in the first game as well as Up Your Arsenal, and by Jess Harnell in the re-imagined game and Rift Apart.
==Biography==
===Ratchet & Clank (2002)===
Skidd is first seen on an infobot that the Plumber provides to Ratchet and Clank on Novalis, where he is seen flying in his spaceship with his agent by his side. Skidd is conducting a distress call in response to being targeted by missiles, coming from the surface of Aridia, forcing them to eject into an escape pod as they make contact with the spaceship.
On Aridia, he was separated from his agent, who was unable to establish contact with him. Ratchet and Clank would find him, and Skidd asked to be guided back to his ship by having the path of sandsharks cleared out, not participating in the action due to a "sprained ankle." In exchange, Skidd gave the duo a Z3000 Deluxe Hoverboard, which Ratchet would use to participate in the Hovercon Intergalactic Hoverboard Competition on Rilgar.
===Up Your Arsenal===
Skidd is selected by Captain Qwark to join the Q-Force, and participates in their plan to infiltrate Nefarious's base on Aquatos. Although Ratchet is more than confident that he can take on the mission without him, he produces a device known as the Hacker, and Ratchet accepts him tagging along. While Ratchet and Clank fight against amoeboids and Nefarious's bots, Skidd uses the Hacker to extend bridges and open doors. As they reached the main base, Skidd became scared off by an ominous voice, revealed to be Slim Cognito, with the excuse of "needing to feed his goldfish." 
When Ratchet and Clank succeed in the infiltration plan, Skidd is present in the meeting when Qwark reflects on the success of it, but does not participate in the next plan to assault the tyhrranoid base. He is also present when Ratchet tells the story of facing the Momma Tyhrranoid, and later gets placed in charge of the Starship Phoenix as Qwark and Sasha Phyronix head to a meeting with President Phyronix. When Ratchet asks Skidd to inform Sasha that they were heading to the Obani Moons, Skidd decides to follow, to the frustration of Ratchet and Clank.
After Ratchet and Clank explore two of the three moons, Skidd arrives late and they find that the third is protected by a forcefield. Skidd offers his help by using a crowbar to hack into the generator and shut the field down. As Ratchet and Clank receive a distress call from the Galactic Rangers to fight off the tyhrranoid attack on Blackwater City, he remains on the Obani Pollux, as an excuse not to participate in the combat. He is visited by Courtney Gears in a space limo, and lets his guard down by asking for an autograph, revealing his location and consequently leading to his kidnapping, as he communicates this to Ratchet.
Ratchet is forced to rescue Skidd, unaware that Clank has been replaced by an impostor. He witnesses Skidd have the Biobliterator tested on him by Courtney Gears, who Ratchet proceeds to fight and defeat in combat. Skidd is extracted by the Q-Force and taken back to Phoenix, placed in quarantine until Al examines what to do with him. Al learns that the transformation of the Biobliterator is reversible, which gets done, as Skidd is seen after Nefarious's defeat during the premiere of a new Secret Agent Clank episode.
===Rift Apart===
Skidd was among Ratchet's friends who hosted a festival in his honor. Phantom, his counterpart from Rivet's dimension, plays a bigger role in the story, and at the end of the game the two can be seen high-fiving each other.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*In the 2016 remake of the original game, Skidd McMarx is stated to be a nephew of the Novalis chairman Agnogg Buckwash.
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