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Created in the Great Clock, born on Quartu. |
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Male |
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2'2" |
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- "Have I ever told you about my son? Remarkable boy. Quite smart! He was born in a robot factory in the Solana Galaxy, but to be precise, he was created much farther away. My son's name is XJ-0461, but the universe knows him as Clank."
- ―Orvus[src]
Clank, real name XJ-0461,[1] was a small robot (later revealed to also be a Zoni) and Ratchet's long-time companion and friend, and the deutragonist of the Ratchet and Clank series. He was born at the Robot Factory on the Planet Quartu he awoke in the factory then ended up escaping. He then landed on Veldin and met Ratchet. He was created in the Great Clock by his father, Orvus. While Clank's serial number was B5429671, the name "Clank" emerged when Ratchet's homemade ship rocked while flying to Planet Novalis, causing the small robot to hit the side of the ship and making a clank sound. This became his nickname throughout his adventures with Ratchet.
The Zoni referred to Clank as the "Chosen One". Clank's creator was a Zoni named Orvus, who regarded his creation as a son.[2] After finding himself in a gigantic Zoni-made machine known as the Great Clock, Clank became the Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock, but eventually promoted Junior Caretaker Sigmund to be the Senior Caretaker in his place so that he could reunite with Ratchet. He could also transform into an ultra-mech. In this form, known as Giant Clank, he could shoot missiles from his arms, launch energy bombs, and punch enemies.
Games
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Ratchet & Clank
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Originally, Clank had been part of a production line of sentry-bots at the Robot Factory on Planet Quartu, which manufactured sentry-bots to assist Drek. However, due to what was believed to be a mishap, Clank appeared on the conveyor belt as a small, harmless robot, instead of a large, dangerous sentry-bot. Clank watched an Infobot video of Drek's plans to create a new planet using other planetary components, and was then forced to escape Quartu; robots had begun chasing him, classifying him as a production error. Clank seized control of a spaceship and took off, but was shot down and crashed on the Kyzil Plateau of Planet Veldin, where Ratchet found and took him back to his handmade ship. Clank showed Ratchet the infobot and informed him that he wanted to contact Captain Qwark - Clank believed that only the famous captain would be able to stop Drek's menace over the galaxy. Clank proposed to start Ratchet's ship using his latest robotic ignition system in exchange for a ride to planet Novalis where he would begin tracking down Captain Qwark.
Overview
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Added by KrazyKatRatchet & Clank: Going Commando
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After Chairman Drek's defeat on Veldin, Clank slowly slipped into everyday life before the events of Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, the only remotely interesting things he did were flush out his radiator core and attend the grand opening of Groovy Lube.
During an interview with Behind the Hero, Ratchet was whisked away to the Bogon Galaxy by Abercrombie Fizzwidget. Since Clank did not want to take part in another adventure, he decided to reside in a luxurious apartment given to him by Fizzwidget. Not long after moving in, Clank was kidnapped by a thief. He was soon rescued by Ratchet, after which he decided to join the fight.
Ratchet and Clank soon retrieved the Protopet for Fizzwidget, but not after learning from the thief (now revealed to be Angela Cross) that the Protopet posed an immense threat to the galaxy.
At one point, Ratchet and Clank were kidnapped and put in the Thugs-4-Less Prison, but with help from Clank's friend, a Female Infobot, Clank escaped and freed Ratchet. Eventually, Ratchet, Clank, and Angela were able to infiltrate the Megacorp HQ, return the Original Protopet to a non-feral state, and foil Captain Qwark's plan once again. The galaxy was saved and the duo again had some time to relax.
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
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Clank became an intergalactic celebrity after Going Commando due to his hit TV show Secret Agent Clank. Ratchet and Clank remained in Bogon until Ratchet's home planet, Veldin, came under attack from the Tyhrranoids. Ratchet and Clank returned to the Solana Galaxy to help defend Veldin. Throughout the adventure, Clank was often treated like the main hero, even though he was strapped to Ratchet's back most of the time.
Shortly after becoming a member of Q-Force, Clank found out that evil genius Dr. Nefarious, the person the Q-Force was battling against, was Secret Agent Clank's biggest fan.
After filming an episode of Secret Agent Clank, he was kidnapped by robot pop-star Courtney Gears and taken to Nefarious, who gave him two choices: Join him and rule a galaxy of robots or die with all the organic life forms. Clank chose the latter and Nefarious placed him in a cage and replaced him with an evil clone named Klunk.
Clank was eventually freed by Ratchet in Metropolis, where he apologized for being captured in the first place. On the Planet Zeldrin, Clank discovered evidence that Captain Qwark had survived the crash of the The Leviathan and the duo proceeded to find Qwark at his secret hideout. Clank tries to encourage Captain Qwark to help them defeat Nefarious. After saving the Starship Phoenix, he and Ratchet traveled to Koros where the Biobliterator was docked. With Ratchet's help, Clank made it to an Ion Cannon and saved the lives of countless people by destroying the Biobliterator.
Ater receiving word of a second Biobliterator on Mylon, Ratchet and Clank fought through the Command Center, defeated Nefarious and destroyed the second Biobliterator with Captain Qwark's help.


Added by DrNefariousRatchet: Deadlocked
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Clank and Big Al were captured by Gleeman Vox in order to assist Ratchet in competing in DreadZone. He helped Ratchet by supplying him with information to give Ratchet an advantage over the harsh DreadZone competitions. DreadZone also built a robot that looked similar to Clank, called Alpha Clank. Alpha Clank was more powerful than Clank, and could fight alongside Ratchet in place of his Combat Bots.
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
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Added by HiQuRatchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
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The series' next generation installment began with Clank at Ratchet's side, helping him with a new high speed vehicle on Planet Kerwan. Captain Qwark then contacted the duo and told them about heavily armed robotic commandos attacking the Planetary Defense Center. At the Defense Center, attacking Drophyd walkers' sensors identified Ratchet as a Lombax and Clank as a toaster.
After being taken on the highjacked Emperor Tachyon's ship to the Polaris Galaxy, Clank met a race of interdimensional aliens called the Zoni that only he could see. Ratchet discounted Clank's mentioning of invisible aliens believing he had been damaged in the crash landing on Cobalia.
Throughout their travels in the Polaris Galaxy, the Zoni gave Clank more abilities to help him and Ratchet on their quest, such as the Geo Laser and Robo Wings. When Clank was sent off to venture without Ratchet in smaller places, the Zoni showed up to help him. Clank also gained the ability to slow time and could command the Zoni to manipulate their surroundings to help Clank progress, levitate Clank to glide across gaps, and energize machinery. The Zoni also gave Clank visions of the future which allowed him to foresee the Cragmite return. These visions also helped prevent Talwyn Apogee from perishing in Zordoom Prison. After he and Ratchet defeated Emperor Tachyon, destroyed the Dimensionator and saved the galaxy, the Zoni suddenly appeared, this time visible to all. They captured Clank despite Ratchet's best efforts to save him and disappeared through an interdimensional portal to parts unknown.
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
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Clank made only two appearances in Quest for Booty. The first was when Ratchet was washed up on the beach of Hoolefar Island, although it may have been a hallucination. Clank appeared, asked him if he was alright, and disappeared. The second time was when Ratchet was able to find Clank using the Obsidian Eye. Clank was unconscious in a dark room surrounded the Zoni, who said that "the doctor" would fix him. Shortly after that, Dr. Nefarious stepped into the room (and then fell down the stairs).
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
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Added by TigernoseClank would eventually enter a Mnemonic Chamber which would allow him to enter his own sub-conscious. Here, Clank learned he had a father named Orvus, and that he had become the Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock and had "inherited" the facility from Orvus. Clank was given a Chronoscepter by Orvus, allowing him to manipulate time in order to overcome the various obstacles that would eventually block his path.
Clank traveled around the Great Clock with Sigmund, fixing time anomalies of various planets before learning that Orvus had left for Dr. Nefarious's outpost on Zanifar two years prior and did not return. While in a mnemnoic chamber, Clank encountered the Plumber, who advised him not to "risk any more than 6 minutes". Shortly afterward, Ratchet contacted Clank using an Obsidian Eye. Clank had Sigmund synthesize a Time Portal and asked Ratchet to save Orvus.
Clank and Sigmund then made their way to the Orvus Chamber, the main control room for the Great Clock. On his way to the Orvus Chamber, Clank was sent into Mnemonic Chamber iota, where he met the Plumber. The Plumber told him that if Ratchet was really Clank's friend then he'd understand if Clank chose to stay in the Great Clock. The Plumber's parting comment was "I wouldn't risk more than six minutes" which then ties into the time jump ability in the Orvus Chamber. Clank then watched a message left by Orvus warning that misuse of the Clock would tear apart reality. However, before Clank could watch the entire message, he was captured by Lawrence and placed in custody of the Valkyries. Ratchet and Alister Azimuth battled the Valkyries at their citadel on planet Vapedia and set Clank free. After being re-united with Ratchet, Clank learned that Orvus had escaped from Nefarious to parts unknown. Clank managed to persuade Ratchet not use the Clock to save the Lombaxes with Azimuth, fearing it would be a repeat of the incident with the Dimensionator.
Clank then traveled with Ratchet to Nefarious' space station where they fought Dr. Nefarious and Lawrence. The duo emerged victorious and were narrowly saved from death themselves by Azimuth. Back on the Great Clock, Clank told Ratchet that he needed to stay at the facility as it was what he was built for. Ratchet reluctantly agreed and started to walk Clank in. Azimuth, outraged at Ratchet's unwillingness to turn back time, snapped and sent an energy blast from his wrench at Ratchet. Clank could do nothing as he watched his best friend die.
Clank managed to avoid similar attacks from Azimuth, race to the Orvus Chamber, and seal the room off from the General. Clank then remembered the Plumber's advice, realizing it was crucial advice about reversing the flow of time. Breaking Orvus' rule on not using the Clock as a time machine, Clank initiated a time shift to reverse time by 6 minutes. Clank tackled Ratchet to the ground just as the energy blast shoots overhead. After Azimuth beat the duo to the Orvus Chamber, the Lombax shifted time back drastically. Ratchet and Clank defeated Azimuth in a final battle while the Orvus Chamber collapsed around them.
After Azimuth sacrificed himself to repair the damage to the Clock, Clank bid Ratchet farewell before the Lombax sadly walked away. Clank, however, realized that finding his own family didn't mean that he could abandon Ratchet. As a recording of Orvus advised Clank to do what is meaningful to him, Clank promoted Sigmund to Senior Caretaker of the Clock by giving him the Chronoscepter and then chased after Ratchet, making it into Ratchet's ship just before the canopy closed. The two heroes then blasted off together.
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
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In All 4 One, Clank, Ratchet, Qwark, and Dr. Nefarious were captured b


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Added by DrNefariousRatchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
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Clank returned along with Ratchet and Qwark in Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault. He helped Ratchet and Qwark stop Zurgo and his Grungarian army. In this game, Clank told Qwark about "rogue cleaner bots" in the docking bay, just to give him something to destroy. Clank had a bigger role and had armor upgrades as well. He was only seen in his Metal skin in cutscenes. His melee actions resembled those of Qwark. His eyes where pale green instead of yellow green in All 4 One.
Added by LBPlombax7Spin off games
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Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
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Clank became trapped inside one of his Secret Agent Clank vid-comics. Alongside Ratchet, they defeated Maximillian.
Secret Agent Clank
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Added by Miles Tails Prower8000Clank began to work for the Agency, and performed many secret missions. In one of these missions, he explored the Boltaire Museum and witnessed Ratchet stealing the Eye of Infinity, before being caught by the security system. However, the Eye of Infinity had seemed to disappear. Upon investigating the Museum, he found a clue suggesting that the Eye was in possession of Number Woo on Asyanica.
There, he was immediately captured by Number Woo. However, Clank managed to get the upper hand using the Agency Gadgebots, and cornered Woo. Woo told him that he did have the Eye, but that he had given it to Ivana Lottabolts on Glaciara. On Glaciara, Clank danced with the countess and managed to find out that the "Kingpin" had the Eye. Clank found the Kingpin on Rionosis, but the Kingpin was able to escape when the Jack of all Trades interfered. Clank chased the Kingpin across multiple planets, before discovering at the Spaceship Graveyard that his real identity was Klunk.
Klunk stole Clank's ship and escaped, but Clank managed to follow him as Giant Clank to Hydrano, where he finally confronted the doppelganger. Klunk revealed that he planned to use the Eye of Infinity as a laser to blow up every planet in the galaxy and frame Ratchet. However, Clank managed to defeat Klunk and disable the laser with the help of Captain Qwark and Anastasia. He was then able to clear Ratchet's name and free him from prison.
PlayStation Move Heroes
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Added by Pencil10Clank and Ratchet were taken to the Inter-Universal Hero Games just as Tachyon began attacking Metropolis in Tools of Destruction. In the game, he was Bentley's rival, but they later became friends. Clank and Bentley were the first to figure out what was actually going on. Clank slightly irritated Daxter from time to time with his nerdy personality and antics. At the end of the adventure, he and Bentley were the ones who devised the plan for the final strike, which worked to perfection. The two appeared to have kept in contact after the adventure, as shown when Clank talked to Bentley on a communicator in Metropolis afterwards. At the end of the credits, a man in a Clank costume was seen playing in a bowling alley.
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
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Clank appears along with Ratchet as a playable character. Clank can use Time Bombs to stop his opponents and takes them down with his Chronoscepter during Ratchet's level 2 super move.
Ratchet & Clank movie
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Added by HunterjClank will appear in the Ratchet & Clank movie in 2015.[3]
Other
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Ratchet & Clank Manga
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In the Manga, Clank is saved by Ratchet at the end of the story due to being attacked several times.
Ratchet & Clank comic series
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Added by HunterjRatchet and Clank soon learned of a plot by Artemis Zogg to steal planets from the different galaxies. With the help of Talwyn, Cronk, Zephyr, Qwark, Sasha Phyronix, and the Solana Galactic Rangers, they were able to foil Zogg's plans and save these planets. Afterwards, Ratchet and Clank decided to return to Polaris.
Personality
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Clank often acted as Ratchet's voice of reason against Ratchet's brash personality. He was quite knowledgeable in a variety of subjects, which he never hesitated to show. Clank has shown to be somewhat slower to realize certain things than Ratchet in certain scenarios; for example, in Ratchet & Clank, he mistook the Captain Qwark robot for the real Captain Qwark, and only realized that it was a robot after Ratchet told him so and in Zeldrin, in the video of Qwark dressed as a woman asking for a ride, Clank didn't realize that it was really Captain Qwark. He thought that was his sister until Ratchet said that Qwark was alive.
Appearance
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Clank was diminutive in size; 2'2" and 17 lbs according to an Insomniac Games personnel.[source?] He had green eyes and was made entirely out of metal. His "eyes" had 2 eyelids. At some scenes (mostly in cutscenes of Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank) Clank's eyes were light blue, likely due to oversights or errors.
Powers & abilities
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Clank was a standard model 7.66 robot and ran on XP-88 sisterboards. While normally rather unimpressive, Clank's strength came from his highly modifiable body. He was fitted with the Heli-Pack, Thruster-Pack, Hydro-Pack.
He seemed to have some sort of device for shrinking objects that he puts in his torso. He was able to transform into a Giant Clank ultra-mech using an Ultra-Mech launch pad. He was also upgraded with a weapon called the Clank Zapper which allowed him to damage enemies from his place on Ratchet's back. Shady Salesman Billy sold Ratchet the Levitator, a device which enabled Clank to fly using boost pads.
During Going Mobile, Ratchet found a device called Clank's Grapple, which allowed Clank to extend his arms and use them as grappling hooks like the Swingshot.
The Zoni gave Clank the Robo-Wings, the ability to slow down time and the Geo-Laser. Clank also got a Heli-Pack boost in A Crack in Time, allowing him to quadruple jump. Sigmund also installed a Quantum Actuater in Clank's circuitry, allowing Clank to create and use time pads.
In All 4 One, Clank could throw time bombs which could slow down enemies. He also seemed to learn more advanced combat skills, including the ability to throw his Heli-Pack blades as boomerangs.[4]
Clank's Soul and the Zoni
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In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Clank was visited by the Zoni, mystical, ghost-like beings who could decide who saw them, and they revealed to him that he had a soul. Once the Zoni told this to Clank, they began to give him special abilities including time manipulation and levitation. The Zoni then kidnapped Clank at the end of Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and Ratchet searched for him in Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time.
In A Crack in Time, Clank learned that he had a father named Orvus, who was a Zoni. It was revealed that Orvus had created Clank in the Great Clock and personally took him to planet Quartu.
Zoni Commands
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This is a list of commands that Clank could order to the Zoni:
Behind the scenes
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Ratchet & Clank movie
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Clank will appear in early 2015 in the Ratchet & Clank movie.[3] He appeared in the announcement teaser.[5] He keeps the Future series style model for the movie.[3]
Trivia
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- Clank's favorite color was green.[6]
- Clank's favorite number was eighty-three billion and four point seven (83,000,000,004.7).[6]
- According to Insomniac personnel, Clank was about 17 lbs.
- Clank's birthday was on 26 October as shown in the Ratchet & Clank Future 2010 calendar.
- Clank made more appearances in Ratchet: Deadlocked than Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty, even though his name is only in the latter title.
- Clank is the icon for the original Ratchet & Clank on a PS2 memory card.
- According to the sketchbook in Ratchet & Clank, Clank was meant to be 3 mini-robots but eventually ended up being 1 robot because Insomniac Games felt it would be too difficult to animate three smaller robots during every scene.
- In addition, he was later on classed as a mechanical lizard, seen in the concept art to the right. Only his eyes and articulated legs were transferred to the final design.



Clank's mechanical lizard sketch.
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- In addition, he was later on classed as a mechanical lizard, seen in the concept art to the right. Only his eyes and articulated legs were transferred to the final design.
- Clank said his sprockets were responsible for laughing (especially when being teleported). His laugh was probably derived from Orvus who had an identical laugh to Clank.
- Clank made only two very small appearances in Quest for Booty, even though his name was in the title.
Guest appearances
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- Clank is an unlockable caddie in Hot Shots Golf Fore! (known as Everybody's Golf in Europe).
Clank in Resistance Fall of Man
Added by Marcaeg - A Clank costume is available as downloadable content for LittleBigPlanet 2.
- Clank, along with Ratchet, are also downloadable characters, for the racing game ModNation Racers. Unlike most DLC Characters, Ratchet and Clank come paired together, but at the cost of not having their own personal Karts for the game. Clank can be used in any game mode, but will never be referred to by name, only being called "Tag" in career mode (like all mods).
- In Daxter you can find and wear a Clank Mask.
- A Clank figure can be purchased from the PlayStation Home shop.
- In Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Clank appears as a collectible treasure. He appears in the Medieval England stage, wearing knight armor. The treasure's name is "Medieval Metal Man".
- In Resistance: Fall of Man, a Clank Backpack was available for the human soldiers and was unlocked with 100 points.
- In Resistance 2, the Clank Backpack was also available for the human soldiers and was unlocked at level 29.
Appearances
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- Ratchet & Clank (first appearance)
- Challenge Clank
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
- Ratchet: Deadlocked
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
- Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
- Secret Agent Clank
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
- Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
- Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
- Race Through Time
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 1: Ears of War
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 2: Friends with Benefits
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 3: Lost and Spaced
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 4: Thanks for the Armories
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 5: Multiple Organisms
- Ratchet & Clank: Issue 6: Bros Before Foes
- 8-Bit Mini Mayhem
- Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
- Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault
- Ratchet & Clank movie[7]
Non-canon
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- Hot Shots Golf Fore!
- Jak X: Combat Racing
- Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home (cut content)
- ModNation Racers
- Resistance: Fall of Man
- Resistance 2
- PlayStation Move Heroes
- Ratchet & Clank Manga
- PlayStation Home
- Copernicus Qwark's Awsomely Epic 3D Adventure Through Time & Space
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
- Ratchet & Clank 10th Anniversary Limited-Edition Poster Series
Sources and references
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- ↑ Orvus.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NPQ-ta3qV4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "First Video: Ratchet & Clank Movie Hits Theaters 2015" - James Stevenson, PlayStation Blog
- ↑ http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/13/ratchet-clank-all-4-one-terawatt-forest-and-the-mystery-of-the-creature-collector/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nefarious mentions this while trying to hack into Clank's subconcious.
- ↑ "Ratchet and Clank Animated Movie Headed to Theaters" APRIL 23, 2013