History VideoGame / RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction

* TakeThat: Talwyn's two robot pals have the following conversation poking fun at the UsefulNotes/XBox360. Roughly paraphrased:

The first game of the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series to be released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, and the fifth mainline game of the series.

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-->The Lombax will die
-->A fiery, awful death
-->Cupcakes are yummy

* SeriesContinuityError: This game reveals Ratchet to be the last of the Lombaxes... but in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'', Angela Cross is one too. Whoops.[[note]]While there has been much debate on whether or not Angela is a Lombax over the years, both ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' and ''The Art of Ratchet & Clank'' book would confirm that she is in fact a Lombax and that female Lombaxes don't have tails[[/note]] Though seeing as this information is revealed by Tachyon (who is a mix of SmallNameBigEgo and an UnreliableNarrator), it's unclear how literal this was meant to be taken. Either way it was proven to be false with the introduction of Alister Azimuth in ''A Crack in Time''.

** [[spoiler:Not really. After the end of Crack in Time, a news broadcast mentions that Angela Cross is, in fact, a Lombax... and was last seen with Max Apogee. Sequel hook?]]

* SeriesContinuityError: This game reveals Ratchet to be the last of the Lombaxes... but in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'', Angela Cross is one too. Whoops.
** Apparently WordOfGod has said she's a separate but similar species. Regardless, in the prison in Tools of Destruction they mention "prisoners of Lombax descent", so Angela could also be half-Lombax.
*** [[spoiler:FlipFlopOfGod. As of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack In Time]]'' Angela has been confirmed as a Lombax (apparently females don't have tails).]]
** Hovever, given that Angela Cross fled with Max Apogee, and Max Apogee was in posession of the dimensionator. It's possible they could have used it to flee to another dimension, as suggested above on the DisappearedDad trope, perhaps joining the other lombaxes. This would leave Ratchet the only lombax in his dimension [[spoiler:apart from Alister Azimuth]].

* ThatOneAchievement: The skill point"Everybody Dance Now", which involves throwing the Groovitron to make every single enemy, NPC, and boss dance, barr a few exceptions. You'll have to finish the game once to even unlock and afford it on Cobalia. Not to mention the enemies and NPCs that only appear once and vanish after you save.

* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Emperor Tachyon's recruitment video.

* ThatOneAchcievement: The skill point"Everybody Dance Now", which involves throwing the Groovitron to make every single enemy, NPC, and boss dance, barr a few exceptions. You'll have to finish the game once to even unlock and afford it on Cobalia. Not to mention the enemies and NPCs that only appear once and vanish after you save.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: After [[spoiler: Ratchet]] trashes Captain Slag his first mate Rusty Pete mourns for a minute, then turns around and swears loyalty to [[spoiler: Ratchet]] under the pirate code. ''Quest for Booty'' shows that Slag [[KlingonPromotion offed]] his own captain, Darkwater, [[spoiler: but casts doubts on Rusty Pete's sincerity as he betrays Ratchet and revives Slag at the first opportunity.]]

* HandGagging: Tachyon does this to Qwark near the end of the game.

* HeelFaceMole: [[spoiler:Rusty Pete]] joins Ratchet after [[spoiler:Slag]]'s defeat, mostly so he can quickly double-cross him in ''Quest For Booty''. He lampshades the shameless insincerity of his HeelFaceTurn when asked about his motives.
-->'''[[spoiler:Rusty Pete]]:''' What? Can't a [[spoiler:pirate]] who's never told an honest truth in his life go blatantly out of his way to help the guy who killed his best friend and captain?

* HellholePrison: Zordoom Prison, run by Emperor Tachyon. People can be thrown in for slightest disobedience to his authority (and making fun of his EmbarrassingFirstName or [[TheNapoleon stature]] actually warrants a ''death penalty''), the pardons are extremely few and far between, the prison announcer mentions torture chambers and sensory deprivation tanks, the guards are numerous, sadistic, and armed to the teeth... overall, it's considered to be [[UpToEleven the worst prison in the universe]].

* UpToEleven: The Tempest Launcher boasts to have winds reaching F6 on the Fujita Scale and emits electrical bolts that reach up to 900 gigavolts.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Quest for Booty]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ratchet_clank_quest_for_booty_button_1547076726766.jpg The search is on for the most valuable treasure in the galaxy: Clank![[/labelnote]]]]

This page also includes the downloadable game ''Quest for Booty'' on the [=PS3=] network which takes place directly after the end of ''Tools of Destruction'' and catalogs Ratchet's search for the elusive Fulcrum Star - an item that will allow him to find Clank's whereabouts - all while having to deal with Captain Darkwater and his army of [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ghost robot pirates]].

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[[folder:''Quest for Booty'']]
* BigBadDuumvirate: Captain Slag returns when his head is fused to the body of Captain Darkwater. However, Darkwater's spirit still resides within his corpse and the two are forced to share the body, making them the dual antagonists of the game.
* TheCameo: Whilst he does not appear physically or through a voice role, you can still find a golden Captain Qwark statue under the sea near Hoolefar Island.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: While the "Booty is in the Eye of the Beholder" Qwark Vid-Comic about "robot pirate ghosts" in ''Up Your Arsenal'' was very likely embellished to make Qwark look cool (a fact that does not escape the narrator), this game reveals that's exactly what Darkwater and his crew are now.
* DemotedToExtra: As the game is about [[spoiler:the search for Clank]], it stands to reason that he only appears in the final cutscene.
* DragonAscendant: Slag is revealed to be this to Darkwater, having previously mutinied against him to become Captain.
* HesBack: The whole game is a setup to reveal the [[spoiler:return of Dr. Nefarious]].
* HijackedByGanon: The ending of the game reveals that [[spoiler:the reason the Zoni kidnapped Clank]] was because [[spoiler:Dr. Nefarious told them that he could "fix" him]], setting up ''A Crack In Time''.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Rusty Pete]].
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Captain Angstrom Darkwater and his crew of robot pirate ghosts.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mayor Barnabus Worley.
* SymbolSwearing: The European release of ''Quest For Booty'' had Ratchet's dropping of "awww, crap" - [[spoiler:when tricked by one of Captain Darkwater's traps mere inches away from the Fulcrum Star]] - completely bleeped out. If subtitles are turned on, it's censored with symbols too.
* VideogameCrueltyPotential: It's possible to leave Talwyn behind in the cave when you get separated. However, she manages to escape on her own and will be pretty pissed at you about it. She also claims [[WhatTheHellHero she now knows how Clank must feel.]]
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* DifficultButAwesome: Two weapons fit firmly into this category, the Tornado Launcher and the Razor Claws. The former is controlled using [[ScrappyMechanic Sixaxis]], but is very powerful and has a wide variety of uses, some of which aren't immediately obvious (like keeping it stationary to act as a makeshift shield, controling it while using a different weapon, or simply bringing bolts and raretanium closer to you). The latter gains power the more enemies you kill in a row without taking damage, and as it is a melee weapon, this is easier said than done. It also boosts both Bolt AND Raritanium drop rates, and since it runs off the same principle as the Challenge Mode multiplier, you can rack up HUGE amounts of cash with it provided you're good at [[NoDamageRun No Damage Runs.]]

* TheDragon: A strange case. IRIS reveals that the Pirates were built by Tachyon when he was a child, to help scavange materials for his army. After they had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]], he abandoned them on a remote planet, after which they kind of acted on their own from then on. So technically speaking Captain Slag is a fomer Dragon gone rogue. It's clear Tachyon never trusted him from the start though, as he built the Holo-Pirate Disguise so he could spy on Slag and make sure he wasn't pulling a [[TheStarscream Starscream]] on him. He would later offer the disguise as an arena prize in hopes of [[YouHaveFailedMe luring Slag to his death.]]