Clank
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| Clank (serial number B5429671) | |
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 Clank artwork |
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| Game series | Ratchet & Clank |
| First game | Ratchet & Clank |
| Creator(s) | Insomniac Games |
| Voice actor(s) (English) | David Kaye |
| Voice actor(s) (Japanese) | Tōru Ōkawa |
Clank is a fictional character in the Ratchet & Clank series of video games, voiced by prominent voice actor David Kaye. He is a small, green-eyed robot who often travels on his friend Ratchet's back.
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[edit] Ratchet & Clank
Clank is introduced as an Idealist robot designed by a robotics war factory computer (his mother) to save the Solana Galaxy from Supreme Executive Chairman Drek. The computer was designed to produce worker drones, but some kind of system failure - maybe even intentional by the computer - made Clank brainy but small and weak in strength terms. Clank escapes from the factory in a small spacecraft, but is forced to crash-land on the planet Veldin. He is found by the Lombax mechanic, Ratchet, who agrees to go with him to Novalis, a planet under attack by Drek's forces, in exchange for starting a ship Ratchet had been building (requiring a robotic ignition system) and escaping Clank's pursuers. At first the duo attempt to find the intergalactic super hero Captain Qwark. After they find him they find out that Qwark has sent them into a trap and has been working for Drek "to make his comeback." Ratchet blames Clank (and his idealism) for their misfortune, but they are forced to stay together because the only working ship in the area requires a robotic ignition system to function, and so they continue on their journey. Ratchet eventually forgives Clank as he realizes the scope of Drek's destructiveness and malice, and the duo continues on to defeat Chairman Drek.
[edit] Going Commando (aka Locked and Loaded)
In the second game, Ratchet and Clank find themselves living a famed life of intergalactic heroes. The pair are giving yet another interview when suddenly Abercrombie Fizzwidget, Megacorps' founder and President, teleports the two aboard a ship and offers to make Ratchet an elite commando for Megacorp and Clank the head accountant of the company. Fizzwidget also gives Ratchet a mission: to rescue an experiment stolen from Megacorp headquarters. They both accept and are sent to the Bogon Galaxy. But early in the adventure Clank is kidnapped and seemingly killed by a mysterious thief in an attempt to force Ratchet to leave the Bogon Galaxy. Ratchet saves Clank after repairing him, thus the duo once again journey together, returning to Ratchet's main mission. Later the two are captured and taken to a prison run by Thugs-4-Less, a company hired by the thief (and later by Megacorp) for protection. However, a robot girl finds Clank and helps them escape from the prison. Later, on Planet Yeedil the robot girl finds Ratchet & Clank and tries to warn them of what's ahead. As soon as she can warn them, however, Abercrombie Fizzwidget appears and shoots the robot girl and captures Ratchet & Clank. Fizzwidget then takes off his disguise to show that he is the famed superhero Captain Qwark. Qwark is then eaten by the original Protopet which he accidentally mutated with Angela's Helix-O-Morph (a result caused by the battery for the device being in backwards). Ratchet defeats the Protopet which results in Qwark's return, being regurgitated by the Protopet. Ratchet sees Clank holding the girl robot, now dead, and promises to fix her. In a scene after the credits, Clank is shown blushing when the repaired robot girl shows Clank what she does for fun on a viewscreen.
[edit] Up Your Arsenal
In the third game, Clank seems to have been given a job as the starring role in the "Holovision" series "Secret Agent Clank", while Ratchet is just the chauffeur for Clank. In this game Clank seems to get more recognition from the characters, seeing as Clank is more famous. During the adventure, Clank is kidnapped by Dr. Nefarious (himself a big fan of the Agent Clank series and often calls Clank by his character's name) who offers him a seat of power in the galaxy if he helps him; Clank declines the offer and is replaced by Klunk, an exact evil copy of Clank. At times, the eyes change from Clank's green to Klunk's red. Ratchet defeats Klunk and sets Clank free. After that, Ratchet defeats Dr. Nefarious and Ratchet & Clank then both go to the premiere of "Secret Agent Clank: The Movie".
[edit] Deadlocked (aka Gladiator)
In the fourth game, Clank's role is somewhat limited compared to the other games. Although he doesn't join Ratchet in his adventure, he serves as his Mission Engineer, updating him with constant information and help via radio. He is also given the same treatment by the Announcers/Reporters of Dreadzone, Dallas and Juanita, that they give to Ratchet, though in a lesser degree. Also, he seems to have made yet another "girlfriend", a tech droid named Venus who he gets to help him in certain ways. There is also an unlockable 'skin' for Ratchet, called Alpha Clank. It is basically a large armored body with Clank's normal head on top.
[edit] Other Appearances
- Clank is a caddie In Hot Shots Golf Fore!
- Clank's head is an unlockable antenna in Jak X: Combat Racing
- Clank can also be unlocked as a backpack for ally soldiers in Resistance: Fall of Man as a reward for earning 100 skill points..
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Ratchet & Clank • Going Commando • Up Your Arsenal • Deadlocked • Going Mobile • Size Matters |
