Doctor Nefarious
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This article is about the Ratchet and Clank villain. For the Crash Bandicoot villain, see Doctor Nefarious Tropy.
| Doctor Nefarious | |
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 Doctor Nefarious artwork from Ratchet and Clank Up Your Arsenal |
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| Game series | Ratchet & Clank |
| First game | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal |
| Created by | Insomniac Games |
| Voiced by (English) | Armin Shimerman |
| Voiced by (Japanese) | Fumito Yamano |
Doctor Nefarious is a character in the Ratchet and Clank universe, with a main role in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal and a cameo in Ratchet: Deadlocked.
Nefarious has a tendency to "crash" when he becomes extremely stressed, resulting in him being immobile until someone (usually Lawrence) strikes him rather sharply on the head. Nefarious does not seem to notice this, as he continues screaming as if nothing had happened and does not appear to feel the pain of the blow.
[edit] Fictional history
Most of what is known about Doctor Nefarious's past comes from the less-than-reliable Qwark comics featured in the third Ratchet and Clank game. Early in his career while still organic, he attempted to kill everyone in Blackwater City on Planet Rilgar with an Amoeboid army. This may have been occurring during the first game, as Ratchet has to fight the Amoeboids on the very same planet when he travels there to speak to Qwark. According to the Vid-Comic, Qwark saved the city and followed Doctor Nefarious to his lava base. On his lava base, Qwark encountered Doctor Nefarious on a bridge. The two flashed back to their biology classes, where Qwark constantly bullied Nefarious. Qwark tried to give Nefarious a wedgie for "old time's sake", which ended up with Nefarious falling into the machinery. As Qwark left the base, Nefarious's robotic arm was seen pulling itself out of the wreckage (completely unnoticed by Qwark); The machinery fused with Nefarious. Qwark fought Nefarious again on Kerwan, where he was again defeated and had his head thrown in a bin. Lawrence then knocked Qwark unconscious and took him to Nefarious' frozen base, from which Qwark soon escaped.
It is also revealed that Nefarious commanded an army of amoeboids which guard his base on Aquatos and once were sent to attack Blackwater City on Rilgar. They are seen there during the first game, while Qwark is acting as the announcer for the hoverboard races.
In Up Your Arsenal, Nefarious has taken command of the Tyrrhanoid race, and begins with an invasion of Veldin. In a fairly large backstory to the game, Ratchet and the Galactic Rangers fight the Tyrrhanoids across much of the galaxy. Nefarious himself appears in many cut-scenes, in which he is plotting the downfall of organic life. Courtney Gears appears to have an interest in him, though this is quite evidently not reciprocated. Dr Nefarious is Secret Agent Clank's biggest fan and captured Clank to try and get him on his side. When Clank refused he built a copy of Clank which he called Klunk. He spends most of the game on a star station which when Ratchet and the team arrive at he blows up to try and kill them all. Klunk's true identity is revealed soon after Doctor Nefarious turns all of Metropolis into robots. After he is defeated, the Bioblitorator blows up and leaves Doctor Nefarious and Lawrence stranded on an asteroid awaiting coming in range of a planet or space station. Since Nefarious and Lawrence are alive, it is possible, though unspecified, that they may return in a future sequel. Maybe the next Ratchet and Clank Future game.
[edit] Appearances as a Boss
- Nefarious first appears as the boss battle at the end of the Vid Comic "Deja Q All Over Again".
- Nefarious then appears as the penultimate boss of Up Your Arsenal.
- Finally, Nefarious pilots the Biobliterator with Lawrence against Ratchet as the final boss of Up Your Arsenal.
[edit] Other Appearances
Dr. Nefarious appears again at the end of the credits in Ratchet: Deadlocked, still floating on the same asteroid, now in range of the station, only to find it destroyed. He yells at Lawrence for this, resulting him once again crashing.
Nefarious also makes a cameo appearance in Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters inside Ratchet's mind.
In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Dr. Nefarious is mentioned by Qwark over the loudspeaker in the Planet Mukow Arena. Qwark announces "Will a 'Dr. Nefarious' please report to the concession stand. We recovered your wallet".
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