History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankFullFrontalAssault

While, like ''Quest for Booty'', the game was originally set to be download-only in North America, it's been set to receive a physical release as well as its original digital release in all regions. This is the first title in the franchise to be released on UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita (as well).

-->'''Zurgo:''' What ''are'' you?
-->'''Qwark:''' I'm the guy who ''doesn't'' live in his mother's basement!

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:The Qwark Fanboy of Going Commando.]]

** The main villain of the game turns out to be [[spoiler:the overzealous Qwark fanboy from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', an easily skippable NPC from a near-decade old game]].

** At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Zurgo claims that he got some explosive charges from]] the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Thugs-4-Less Jamming Array]].

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Zurgo apparently falls to his death after Qwark accidentally lets him go during the "Whoa, Q-FORCE" chant at the end of the game. Ultimately, though, this was subverted come ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'', which states that he survived with several broken bones. He was sentenced to 50 years of house arrest with his mother Lucille.]]

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: [[spoiler:Zurgo]] is full of them. He usually foils his own efforts at drama by spouting internet memes. Qwark also gets a moment in his half of this exchange:
-->[[spoiler:'''Zurgo:''']] What ''are'' you?

* ItsPersonal: The BigBad is, in fact, [[spoiler:Stuart Zurgo, otherwise known as the Qwark Fanboy from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]''. His motive is actually very similar to Ratchet's response to [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game's]] [[TheReveal reveal]] about [[FakeUltimateHero Qwark]].]]

** [[spoiler:Zurgo isn't any better, dropping memes like "you mad?" and calling himself "leet" frequently.]]

* {{Speedrun}}:
** You can unlock medals for meeting three different conditions. One of them is a challenge time that you have to beat the level in.
** There are skill points for beating each of the three non-medal times in each level. One of those times is the developer time, and you get a trophy for beating three of them.

* ItsPersonal: The BigBad is, in fact, [[spoiler:Stuart Zurgo, otherwise known as the Qwark Fanboy from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]''. His motive is actually [[NotSoDifferent very similar to Ratchet's response to]] [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game's]] [[TheReveal reveal]] about [[FakeUltimateHero Qwark]].]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title, as expected from the series.

!!This calls for... the Trope Force!

->[[spoiler:''"It doesn't make any sense! How can someone so dim-witted keep winning? What are you?" "I'm the guy who '''doesn't''' live in his mother's basement. HYAH!"'']]

->'''Qwark:''' "You know what this calls for?"\\
'''Ratchet:''' "Don't say it."\\
'''Qwark:''' "I'll tell you what this calls for!"\\
'''Ratchet:''' "...He's gonna say it."\\
'''Qwark:''' "THE Q-FORCE!"\\
'''Ratchet:''' ...He said it."\\
'''Qwark:''' "...HAIL!"

!! This game contains examples of:

->'''Qwark:''' You know what this calls for?\\
'''Ratchet:''' Don't say it.\\
'''Qwark:''' I'll tell you what this calls for!\\
'''Ratchet:''' ...He's gonna say it.\\
'''Qwark:''' THE Q-FORCE!\\
'''Ratchet:''' ...He said it.\\
'''Qwark:''' ...HAIL!

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[[caption-width-right:224:Call in the Q-Force!]]

The ninth (canon) game in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series and second downloadable title, celebrating the series' tenth anniversary. Much like [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One its predecessor]], it can be played solo or [[CoOpMultiplayer with a friend]]. Though advertised as going back to the core gameplay, a new twist has been added in the form of TowerDefense elements. The plot centers around a series of [[ContinuityNod Planetary]] [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Defense Centers]] across the galaxy that have been breached by a terrible [[ChekhovsGunman foe from the]] [[CallBack series' past]], putting said galaxy-- and its inhabitants-- in danger.

->[[spoiler:''"...What are you?" "I'm the guy who doesn't live in his mother's basement!"'']]

->[[spoiler:''"Woah, Q-FORCE! ...Yeah, we probably should've practiced that."'']]

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'''Qwark:''' The Q-Force!\\

'''Qwark:''' Yeah!

* JumpedAtTheCall: The game opens with Qwark in a funk over having lost his reelection bid for Galactic President. When Clank suggests that some of the ship's cleaner bots in the docking bay have gone rouge, Qwark dashes back there before Clank can even finish his sentence, and when the BigBad sends a transmission to the ship, Qwark is ''ecstatic'' over finally getting to fight again.

* TheCameo: Several supporting characters and villains from the series return as multiplayer skins, including [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 (Supreme Executive) Chairman Drek]], [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal a Qwark-bot]], [[VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked Alpha Clank]], [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Emperor Percival Tachyon]], [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime Sigmund, Azimuth]], and more.

* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Zurgo apparently falls to his death after Qwark accidentally lets him go during the "Whoa, Q-FORCE" chant at the end of the game.]]
** [[spoiler:''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'' states that he survived with several broken bones. He was sentenced to 50 years of house arrest with his mother Lucille.]]

* HoverSkates: Ratchet uses a pair of hoverboots to speed around and jump off ramps

* SpreadShot: Once you upgrade the Combuster to Level 3.
* SquashedFlat: Go ahead and stand in front of a moving Grungarian Tank. We'll wait.
* TowerDefense: Though the game goes back to the series' classic gameplay style, it also incorporates tower-defense-style gameplay.

While, like Quest for Booty, the game was originally set to be download-only in North America, it's been set to receive a physical release as well as its original digital release in all regions. This is the first title in the franchise to be released on UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita (as well).

* spoiler:TheMole: [[spoiler:The Plumber on board the Starship Phoenix II isn't the real one. He's actually Zurgo using a holo-guise.]]

While, like Quest for Booty, the game was originally set to be download-only in North America, it's been set to receive a physical release as well as its original digital release in all regions. This is the first title in the franchise to be released on PlayStationVita (as well).

** The main villain of the game turns out to be [[spoiler:the overzealous Qwark fanboy from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', an easily skippable NPC from a near-decade old game]]

** The main villain of the game turns out to be [[spoiler: the overzealous Qwark fanboy from ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando'', an easily skippable NPC from a near-decade old game]]

* ColorCodedMultiplayer: There are two teams in versus mode, the red team and the blue team. The red team's players have more red costumes, bolts they collect have a red hue around them, nodes they capture are red, allied Grungarians are red, heck, even the health and ammo crates in their base are red (and the blue team can't interact with them), and the inverse can be said for the blue team. Uncaptured nodes and unallied enemies are green.
* CoOpMultiplayer: As in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]'', the game is playable alone or with a friend.
* [[spoiler: DisneyVillainDeath: Zurgo apparently falls to his death after Qwark accidently lets him go during the "Whoa, Q-FORCE" chant at the end of the game.]]
** [[spoiler: ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'' states that he survived with several broken bones. He was sentenced to 50 years of house arrest with his mother Lucille.]]
* EscortMission: The Hidden City of Balkai [[spoiler: Snow Storm]] gets one at the end of the mission of the NitroExpress variant.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: [[spoiler: Zurgo]] is full of them. He usually foils his own efforts at drama by spouting internet memes. Qwark also gets a moment in his half of this exchange:
-->[[spoiler: '''Zurgo:''']] What ''are'' you?

* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you're just hanging around the Phoenix II prior to [[spoiler: Zurgo's takeover]] you can hear two [=NPCs=] wondering if [[spoiler: somebody has a holo-guise active]].

* ItsPersonal: The BigBad is, in fact, [[spoiler: Stuart Zurgo, otherwise known as the Qwark Fanboy from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]''. His motive is actually [[NotSoDifferent very similar to Ratchet's response to]] [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game's]] [[TheReveal reveal]] about [[FakeUltimateHero Qwark]].]]

* [[spoiler:TheMole]]: [[spoiler: The Plumber on board the Starship Phoenix II isn't the real one. He's actually Zurgo using a holo-guise.]]