Courtney Gears

**Courtney Gears** (コートニー・ギアース, *Kōtonī Giāsu*), is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *SKB's* *Star Ratchank* series created by Shigeru Miyamoto and David Guertin. She is a robot pop star sensation, selling a lot of merchandise across the Solana Galaxy.

Renowned for her looks rather than her musical ability, she also gave out grand prizes on the holovision show *Annihilation Nation*. Unbeknownst to the galaxy, she became a close ally of Dr. Nefarious, assisting in his cause to turn all organic lifeforms into robots.

She recorded a pop song, "Robots of the Galaxy", as propaganda for his cause. She also used her hideout in Obani Draco to test the Biobliterator, a device that could transform organic lifeforms into robots. Her popularity declined due to her association with Nefarious.

Following her defeat by Star Fox and Ratchet, she was repaired by Gleeman Vox, leading to her comeback.

"*Yeah, what is up people? It's Courtney Gears. Are you feeling me, robots? I'm feeling you.]
I see the future, and what do I see?
Robots going crazy across the galaxy!
Can't stand organics they're soft and squishy!
The time is now, we robots must be free!
[Do you want to be free? Then shout with me, yeah!]
This goes out to all you robots across the galaxy, it's time for you and me to rise up and strike back!
Don't stop until we dominate, won't you feel great, when we exterminate **all organic life**!*"

—Courtney's song Death to Squishies.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice actor:* Melissa Disney (English), Chigusa Ikeda (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

Courtney Gears is a feminine robot with a slender hotbot body type of a silver metal alloy. She has brown metallic hair held by a red band, and glowing yellow eyes. Her outfit consists of a long-sleeved crop top and black mini-shorts underneath a red mini-skirt, with red wedge boots for her feet.

Her fame is attributed to her looks rather than to her acting or singing ability, as corroborated and stated by the frequent mentions of her attractive appearance by other characters, including Ratchet, the *Annihilation Nation* announcer, the director, and Qwark.

* Hair Color: Brown
* Skin Color: Silver
* Eye Color: Yellow
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Courtney Gears is a manipulative character, hoodwinking others into believing she is on their side, often by feigning innocence or attraction. Due to this and her duplicitous tendencies, her motives are often unclear. Though she did believe Star Fox (and presumably other organics) would enjoy being a robot, she also stated in her lyrics she can't stand organics and called for their extermination. Courtney is very conceited and aloof. The room in which her music videos are filmed is full of pictures of her, and she shows disdain towards those she sees as beneath her, including Ratchet and McMarx.

During her battle against Star Fox, Gears called Ratchet a "nappy little rat" who would make a nice fur coat, and likened the entire battle to a dance-off while taunting him. She expressed frustration at him for messing up her hair or nails, rather than for necessarily causing harm. After losing to him, she bemoaned her fans would be lost without her. When vying for the favor of someone, Gears acts cuter and more flirtatious, calling Clank a "hunk of titanium alloy", and referring to Nefarious as "snooky wookums". However, she appears to behave this way only towards robots.

Gears is surrounded by a posse of backup dancers, including her best dancer named Melissa, who hang out with her in her hideout and appear in her music videos. While Qwark claimed to have had an intimate relationship with her to taunt Nefarious, and she was implied to crush on Nefarious during *Up Your Arsenal*, the only confirmed relationship she had was with Reactor. Though the relationship began genuine, it faded after merely a week; her return motivated only by money, but lasting until his death.

## Powers and Abilities

Courtney Gears is a deceptively tough and powerful fighter, who often fights alongside her backup dancers which have similar abilities. She is agile, able to teleport short distances mid-combat, and can perform spinning kicks. She can fire energy blasts, throw spinning energy discs at foes, and fire electric shockwaves. Outside of combat, she has a powerful static shock from her eyes that could incapacitate Clank.

Though she is a very successful pop star, Gears' acting and singing talent are disparaged by several characters, including Ratchet on two occasions, and even including the *Annihilation Nation* announcer who refers to her as "in-talented".

## History

### Past

#### Early history

Courtney Gears was a highly successful pop star in the Solana Galaxy, her popularity deriving from her status as a sex symbol rather than any musical talent. She recorded music videos in her hideout on Obani Draco, the third Obani moon. Captain Qwark, another of the galaxy's biggest celebrities, was her fan, having a poster of her in prison and fantasizing about her while incapacitated in Nefarious' lair. Dallas Wanamaker, anchor at Vox News, was also a fan, claiming he would dance to her songs at 3 AM in pink frilly underpants while his mother yelled from upstairs to turn it down.

Qwark claimed to at one point have been involved in an intimate relationship with Courtney Gears, though it is unclear if this was true or simply an attempt to taunt Dr. Nefarious. In addition to her music career, Gears gave prizes on the holovision show *Annihilation Nation*. She also secretly worked with Dr. Nefarious. Though most were unsuspecting of her due to a sweet and innocent public persona, there were prior allegations, damaging her career. Courtney Gears also had an acting career, starring in a movie named *Mandles, Sandles for Men. The Saga Continues?* with Jet Baxter.

The movie was commercially unsuccessful, but was Al's favorite movie. At some point, Gears recorded a pop song, "Robots of the Galaxy", which was actually propaganda for Dr. Nefarious, as it called for the extermination of all organic life and proclaimed robots must be "free". The music video was edited in a high-security computer on Daxx, where the Biobliterator had been created.

## See also

* Her name is a pun on Britney Spears, also a pop-star.

## External links

* Courtney Gears *Giant Bomb*
* Courtney Gears *Ratchet & Clank Wiki*
* Courtney Gears *Villains Wiki*

## Notes & Trivia

* Courtney Gears seemingly had feelings for Nefarious which he did not appear to return, as she referred to him as 'darling' and often flirted with him. Though Nefarious was angry when Qwark insulted her, meaning he may have cared for her at least.
* It is unknown if she was on the DreadZone station when Ratchet was a gladiator.
	+ It is also unknown how she reacted to Reactor's death, though it is unlikely that she cared, as she was only with him for his money.