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Ratchet (WFC)
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The name or term "Ratchet" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ratchet (disambiguation). Ratchet is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family. The Autobots' medical officer, Ratchet has a dry wit, often giving his wounded comrades a hard time for taking hits he somehow avoids. With the Energon supplies becoming less and less, he works to find new ways to make do, and he'd really prefer if the Autobots didn't risk injury (or worse) to protect humans. He'd also prefer the humans weren't brought back to Autobot Outpost Omega One but since he is unfamiliar with human tech, he needs Raf Esquivel to help him out. However, for all his views on humans, deep down Ratchet admires what the tiny fleshies bring to the fight.
In a contest between resources and ingenuity, never underestimate ingenuity.

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Contents
1 Fiction 1.1 Aligned novels 1.2 Prime comic 1.3 Prime cartoon 1.4 Titan Magazines Prime comics 1.4.1 Ratchet's Joke Page 1.5 Commercial appearances 1.6 Rescue Bots cartoon 1.7 Tales of the Beast Hunters 2 Games 2.1 Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC) 2.2 Transformers: War for Cybertron Autobots 2.3 Transformers: Cybertron Adventures 2.4 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron 2.5 Transformers: Prime - The Game 3 Toys 3.1 Cyberverse 3.2 Prime 3.3 Beast Hunters 3.4 Go! 4 Merchandise 4.1 Mcdonald's 5 Notes 5.1 Arms Up Modes 5.2 Foreign names
If we don't get Jeffrey Combs versus Lance Henriksen before this series ends, there will be much, much sobbing.
Fiction
Aligned novels
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Ratchet made his name during the Praxian stalemate. He and Bumblebee fought in a few battles together, during which he taught the younger Autobot how to apply first aid. He repaired his throat after Megatron destroyed it in revenge for ejecting the AllSpark into space, enabling Bumblebee to speak from time to time. After Megatron invaded Iacon and took the Plasma Energy Chamber, Ratchet welded Ironhide's face and stabilized Omega Supreme's condition. When Optimus Prime asked Ratchet if Omega was ready to fight again, the offended medic responded that if Optimus wanted Omega to fight after the Seekers blew him out of the sky, Dark Energon-infused gladiators attacked him and Megatron tore out the Chamber out of his chest, then he wanted another surgeon. Optimus knew he had to apologize but was too preoccupied with rescuing Sentinel Prime. When the Autobots left Cybertron on the Ark , Ratchet informed Optimus and Ultra Magnus that Omega was repaired and ready to distract Trypticon.
Exodus
Exiles
Prime comic
Ratchet was stationed at the Autobot base on Earth, opening the GroundBridge for Optimus to retrieve Arcee and Cliffjumper. He reattached her arm after Starscream had blown it off. Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)
Don't worry, you won't see me as dirty later. Except that one time...
Prime cartoon
Voice actor: Jeffrey Combs (English), more
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After Bumblebee was captured at Tyger Pax, Ratchet was the field medic who put him back together, but was unable to repair his voice box. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 At some point after Team Prime arrived on Earth, Ratchet modified Agent Fowler's jet, allowing him to fly without a flight suit.
Grill
You're drawn to his eccentric charm.
Ratchet was on patrol in a snowy region when news came in that Cliffjumper was battling a platoon of Decepticons solo. Ratchet and the other Autobots returned to base to GroundBridge to his location, but they were too late: Cliffjumper was nowhere to be found, and Ratchet confirmed that his lifesigns had ceased. It was Ratchet's belief that continuing to operate on Earth and aid humans would only result in more tragedy, and as such, it was no surprise that he vehemently objected to the Autobots becoming protectors for Jack Darby, Miko Nakadai and Raf Esquivel soon afterthough the kids' incessant questions didn't help their case, either. Darkness Rising, Part 1 Ratchet's mood was not improved when Bulkhead accidentally crushed an important piece of lab equipment, and things got even worse when he was instructed to stay at base and watch the children while the other Autobots investigated the reappearance of Cliffjumper's lifesign. He did, however, start to see the value in the kids' presence when Raf helped him in his continuing struggle to master the inferior human computer systems the Autobot
base ran on.
Darkness Rising, Part 2
The other Autobots returned from their mission with the news that Cliffjumper had been revived by the Decepticons as a zombie, and when Arcee began feeling dizzy, Ratchet examined her and discovered a trace of the mysterious substance that had reanimated Cliffjumper. While examining it, Ratchet inadvertently dripped some on the equipment Bulkhead had broken, transforming it into a vicious little monster. Darkness Rising, Part 2 Optimus Prime helped him destroy it, and both realized that they were dealing with Dark Energon. Realizing that Megatron planned to raise an undead army, Optimus took Ratchet to the site of an ancient Transformer battle on Earth, but they arrived too late to prevent Megatron from using Dark Energon to raise the buried corpses of the warriors as a legion of Terrorcons. Darkness Rising, Part 3 Ratchet quickly deduced that the best way to stop them was dismemberment, and he and Prime managed to cut down the entire army He performs surgery with these. Carefully. despite the debilitating effects of the Dark Energon. Ratchet sustained a wounded arm in the battle, and Megatron was able to escape. Returning to base, Ratchet examined some plans that Miko had obtained from the Decepticons in his absence, and speculated that the villains were building a space bridge so they could use Dark Energon to raise a zombie army on Cybertron and bring them to Earth. Darkness Rising, Part 4 Given his injuries, Ratchet stayed behind at the base to man the GroundBridge, sending the other Autobots to the orbiting space bridge for battle, and the kids to the Giant Sized Array radio telescope in Texas to cut off the Decepticons' targeting systems. While the kids failed in their endeavour, they did succeed in obtaining schematics for the space bridge, which Ratchet used to determine a means of destroying it. He instructed Arcee's team on sabotaging the space bridge, and bridged everyone back to base before the inevitable explosion. Darkness Rising, Part 5
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Ratchet was initially dismayed to learn that the kids were working on their school science projects in the Autobot base, but changed his tune in short order and actually turned down combat duty to stay and help them. Unfortunately for the kids, he completely took over their projects, building a large volcano for Raf, a model of Cybertron for Miko, and an advanced engine for Jack. None of the projects went down well at school, much to Ratchet's disappointment. Masters & Students Ratchet found another reason to be grateful to have the kids around when a Scraplet infestation in the base left the GroundBridge disabled, and Ratchet at I was busy pushing bodies around as you well the mercy of the metal-eating monsters. know and what would a note say, Dan? "Cat dead, Jack used a fire extinguisher to freeze the details later"? creatures, saving Ratchet's life, but the medic remained too badly wounded to effect repairs to the GroundBridge, and had to entrust the job to the humans. They succeeded, and Ratchet was able to patch up himself and his fellow Autobots. Scrapheap Problems with the GroundBridge lingered, however, and Ratchet continued My kingdom for a Charlie Fong! working on it during a visit by Bulkhead's old buddy Wheeljack, while trying to ignore the distractions caused by the other Autobots partying and Wheeljack and Bulkhead Lobbing. The delays caused by Ratchet's repairs resulted in "Wheeljack" being exposed as a Decepticon imposter. Unfortunately this also meant that when the real Wheeljack turned up, Ratchet was subjected to another round of partying. Con Job Ratchet continued to play the role of tech support over the Autobots next few missions. He remained in the base to monitor the Autobot convoy as they transported the Dynamic Nuclear Generation System across country, alerting them to an incoming Decepticon attack andunder protestworking with Raf to GroundBride Miko and Jack onto a moving track so they could stop the forces of MECH from stealing the device. Convoy The episode burnt Raf's laptop out, but Ratchet later helped fix it. Raf's Notes #5 When the Decepticons stole an Energon Harvester from a human museum, Ratchet manufactured a replica to replace it, despite Bulkhead breaking his frame welder. Deus ex Machina When Ratchet and Optimus Prime investigated a crashed Autobot vessel, they discovered that it was a plague ship carrying deceased victims of Cybonic plague, a pathogen created by Megatron himself. Optimus contracted the disease, which was beyond even Ratchet's ability to cure. In search of a treatment, he GroundBridged Arcee and Bumblebee to the Nemesis so they could obtain the cure from Megatron's mind via cortical psychic patch, a controversial procedure banned by Autobots but in which Ratchet was well-versed. While watching the link, Ratchet recorded the hologram of the plague antidote Megatron showed to Bumblebee, and
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with black eyes. They call the condition 'a hangover'."
was able later to produce a cure for Optimus.
Sick Mind
While Optimus was given a clean bill of health, Ratchet was more concerned about Bumblebee; learning that the scout was seeing visions of Megatron following their psychic link-up, Ratchet induced a shutdown to give his systems time to recover. The other Autobots soon left the base on a mission, and Ratchet was left with Raf, who was sitting by the unconscious Bumblebee's beside. Trying to explain to the boy that this was unnecessary only resulted in Ratchet being subjected to pictures of Raf's family. The discussion was cut off when Bumblebee suddenly reactivated, leading Ratchet to realize that Megatron had taken over his comrade's body. Unable to stop the Decepticon leader from escaped through the GroundBridge, Ratchet and Raf followed Bumblebee to the Decepticon ship. There, they tried fruitlessly to stop Bumblebee from restoring Megatron to life, and had to retreat under Vehicon fire after Megatron's resurrection. They found Optimus's team on the ground below and returned to base where Ratchet checked over Bumblebee's processor for any lingering traces of Megatron's influence. Out of His Head
I hope you've been practicing "The Man Who Sold the World", Megatron, because you're about to be unplugged!
Due to his experience with Dark Energon, Ratchetmuch to his own surprisewas tapped to take Arcee's place when the Autobots deployed to confront Starscream. He was attempting to use the evil substance to revive Skyquake. Discovering that the kids had followed them through the GroundBridge, Ratchet ordered them to head back through to base, only for a Decepticon GroundBridge to manifest at the same time, causing a disruption that hurled the children into a parallel dimension. Deducing what had happened, Ratchet was able to recreate the original feedback loop and create a portal the kids could escape through. Shadowzone Ratchet also went into the field on the Autobots' next mission: After patching up Bulkhead following a skirmish with Breakdown in which the 'Con was captured by MECH, Ratchet joined the effort to rescue the Decepticon. Following an Energon signature but finding only Breakdown's plucked-out eye, Ratchet attempted to extract images from the eye to help in the Autobots' search, but it turned out to be a MECH booby-trap, and the team only narrowly avoided the bomb explosion that resulted. They later tracked down Bulkhead in time to rescue him from Starscream and Breakdown. Operation: Breakdown Ratchet was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought Jack's mother June Darby in to introduce her to everyone. Crisscross When June next visited the base, the on-edge medic assumed her car was a Decepticon, though he didn't object to June, a nurse, respectfully calling him "doctor". While in conversation with June, Ratchet detected a magnetic anomaly and dispatched Bulkhead and Arcee to find it; when they returned magnetically stuck together, he realized they were dealing with a polarity gauntlet. Bulkhead and Arcee were eventually able to retrieve the device and present it to Ratchet back at base. Metal Attraction Ratchet's tech expertise came to the fore again when he detected the activation of a crashed Decepticon ship's computer system: when Bumblebee and Arcee returned from investigating with two frozen comrades and the pieces of the Decepticon weapon responsible, Ratchet was able to repair the weapon and use it to restore Prime and Bulkhead. Partners While most of the other Autobots went out to retrieve a Cybertronian data cylinder, Ratchet stayed at base to monitor them and annoy Bulkhead and
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Miko by interrupting their monster truck footage. After Bulkhead was called out to the field, Ratchet assigned Miko cleaning duties, only for her to rush off to the battlefield and inadvertently cause the contents of the cylinder to be downloaded into Bulkhead's brain. Ratchet initially gave Bulkhead a clean bill of health, but when Bulkhead started painting complex formulae, Ratchet made two discoveries: one, that the Stronger, faster, squatter formulae were for Synthetic Energon, A rare sighting. and two, that the data was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. After much of the formula had been transcribed, the data was beamed out of Bulkhead into space, leaving him comatose. Ratchet's suggestion that a familiar sound might rouse the Autobot led Miko to wake Bulkhead with her guitar playing. T.M.I. Working from Bulkhead's incomplete formula, Ratchet appeared to succeed in synthesizing a batch of the Synthetic Energon, and used himself as a guinea pig. Supercharged by the new substance at the expense of his mental stability, Ratchet was made strong enough to trash an entire squad of Vehicons on his own and to throw Bulkhead through a wall while sparring. When he went too far in interrogating a Decepticon Miner under the auspices of being more "proactive", Optimus was forced to confine him to base. Escaping, Ratchet went to confront Megatron on his own, infiltrating the Decepticons' Energon mine and making short work of Breakdown. Unfortunately, Megatron proved more formidable than expected, and Ratchet was seriously injured and left for Knock Out to extract a sample of Synthetic Energon from. Drained of the SynthEn and its effects, Ratchet managed to raise enough strength to fight back and destroy the sample, and was then rescued by the other Autobots and taken back to base for treatment. Ratchet apologized for his behavior, though at least they'd gained a supply of real energon from the mine out of it. Stronger, Faster When Optimus became interested in a prophecy from the Covenant of Primus, Ratchet worked out that the planetary alignment mentioned was mere days away. Shortly after, Raf was injured during a mission to stop the Decepticons from gathering space bridge components. Ratchet's lack of knowledge of human physiology left him unable to treat the boy, so June Darby was called in to help. Ratchet refused to allow Raf to be taken to a hospital, as human doctors wouldn't have any experience with Energon contamination, but it became apparent that this wasn't what was ailing Raf. He had been infected with Dark Energon. Ratchet took the risk of applying an infusion of regular Energon to neutralize the Dark, and Raf recovered. One Shall Fall Immediately thereafter, Ratchet joined Arcee and Bulkhead in rescuing Optimus from a battle with Megatron, then set about analyzing a series of natural disasters that began across the Earth, deducing that the tremors were the heartbeat of Unicron, slumbering within the Earth and threatening to destroy it with his awakening. One Shall Rise, Part 1 When Megatron approached the
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Autobots with the proposition of an alliance to stop Unicron from destroying the planet, Ratchet scoffed at the notion. He grew increasing incredulous to the idea that he would GroundBridge the others into the Earth's very core, following co-ordinates provided by Megatron, so the Optimus could use the Matrix of Leadership to deactivate Unicron, but was nonetheless forced to go along with the plan when Optimus accepted Megatron's offer.
One Shall Rise, Part 2
Remaining behind in the base with the kids and unable to contact the Autobots in the planet's depths, Ratchet passed the time telling the humans about the old days when Optimus was known as Orion Pax, and was shocked to discover that Optimus had entrusted Jack with the Key to Vector Sigma before departing. A final tremor that Ratchet shielded the kids from heralded Autobot victory within the planet, but when Ratchet GroundBridged the others back, they reported that Optimus had lost his memories and left with Megatron. One Shall Rise, Part 3 Ratchet reasoned that Optimus's amnesia must have been a result of emptying the Matrix, and that the solution involved the Key to Vector Sigma. He started tinkering with the GroundBridge to try and find a way to reach Cybertron, though when frustrations boiled over at their lack of success in getting Optimus back, Jack suggested they might use the Decepticon space bridge instead. Orion Pax, Part 1 Thought he continued his tinkering with the GroundBridge, Ratchet was demoralized after the first test with Raf's radio-controlled car resulted in the destruction of the toy. The real breakthrough came when Ratchet was able to trade Starscream medical attention for information on the location of the space bridge. Once Ratchet and the others secured the bridge, they sent Jack and Arcee through. Orion Pax, Part 2 Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Ratchet and the others were tossed around like rag dolls by the Decepticon leader. Luckily for them their plan worked out, and Ratchet and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. Orion Pax, Part 3 Optimus and Ratchet followed an ancient signal and tangled with Megatron in the process of retrieving the Spark Extractor. After another altercation, Ratchet discovered that Bumblebee's Tcog was missing. Ratchet was therefore forced to pick Raf up after school, and told the boy the story of how Bumblebee's voice box was damaged. Operation Bumblebee, Part 1 Guilty at his inability to do anything, Ratchet offered his own T-cog and, after talking Optimus into letting him do it, selected Arcee to perform the procedure. When he woke up, it was to find that the operation had been aborted, and Bumblebee had gone after MECH. Bumblebee returned with his lost cog, though in a damaged state, and Ratchet was able to repair it enough to restore Bumblebee's ability to transform. Operation Bumblebee, Part 2 Ratchet patched up Wheeljack after the Wrecker returned to Earth and was involved in a scrap with Dreadwing. Loose Cannons Receiving another coded signal, Ratchet and Bulkhead again found Starscream in need of medical attention. They were able to get information from him about "And if you think that's bad, you should see what I Airachnid's status and the presence of an Insecticon on Earth. Crossfire When Fowler was did to Injector!" attacked by a truck that resembled Optimus, Ratchet tracked Optimus's signal to confirm the offender wasn't their leader. They soon established that the truck in question was a MECHcreated clone of Optimus, and Ratchet patched up the Autobots after they defeated Silas and Nemesis Prime. Nemesis Prime Ratchet dispatched Optimus,
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Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate underground activity, and they returned with Airachnid in stasis lock.
Armada
Optimus's attempt to attack the Nemesis with the Spark Extractor failed, Ratchet returned the stasis-locked team to base and GroundBridged Fowler and the kids aboard the ship. With his guidance, they were able to shut down the intelligence guiding the ship, and he even stepped aboard himself to retrieve Jack and the transfer drive full of Project Iacon data. Flying Mind When Optimus decided they would need to secure all four relics at once, Ratchet pointed out that they were short-manned as it was. Tunnel Vision He was unimpressed when Optimus decided that Wheeljack would be called in to help him on his part of the mission since he was a capable warrior. Triangulation He disapproved of Wheeljack's behavior as they set off in the Jackhammer, particularly being called "Doc". He also was far from impressed with his methods when attacking Soundwave and Laserbeak before they crashed landed. When they noticed the downed Laserbeak nearby, he struck on the idea of implanting a virus into the disabled Laserbeak, which would upload the Iacon database to the Autobots. With Raf's help, Ratchet managed to do so while Wheeljack "Hey Wheeljack, do you think it looks weird when I kept Soundwave occupied, and managed to keep out of sight when Soundwave arrived to cross my legs? I mean, I can't help if I have such retrieve his pet. He attempted to convince Wheeljack to return to base for repairs, and thanked girly legs." him for his back-up. When he returned to base, he found the virus was downloading the Iacon database into the Autobots' mainframe, but his joy was shortlived, as Bulkhead came flying through the GroundBridge with a smoking back. Triage Ratchet worked frantically to stabilize Bulkhead and, with the help of the other Autobots, managed to succeed, though Bulkhead remained comatose. Hurt He continued to oversee Bulkhead's recovery, though when Miko started getting too rough with the patient, he insisted on Bulkhead taking a break. Out of the Past When Raf found a report of a Cybertronian escape pod, Optimus took a team including Ratchet to investigate. Ratchet was almost slagged by an Insecticon, but newcomer Smokescreen arrived and helped them win. Back at base, Ratchet was left in charge when Optimus went out to retrieve some Red Energon, and Smokescreen talked him into letting the new Autobot go to Optimus's aid with the phase shifter. New Recruit Bulkhead continued to try to pressure Ratchet into letting him go back out on missions. Ratchet finally gave in during a mission to protect a military base, though rather than sending him to the base, Ratchet sent him to protect Raf, who was hacking into a Project Damocles satellite. The Human Factor Ratchet chastised Smokescreen when the latter broke cover to scare a human driver. After Optimus Prime opined that Smokescreen needed a human to teach him local customs and rules, Ratchet grumbled in disgust at the idea of yet another human being included in their ranks, to the uncomfortable silence of the other Autobots. Shortly thereafter, Ratchet detected a homing beacon from an Iacon relic and a team led by Optimus was sent to investigate in China. However, a second signal was then detected elsewhere, and with Optimus's team unreachable, Smokescreen was sent in their steed. After discovering that the Decepticons have found the legendary Star Saber, Smokescreen was captured and Jack was pursued by Insecticons, but not before he managed to notify Ratchet of their findings, who GroundBridges to Optimus' position to fill him in. After the Autobots returned to base with
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their new prize, Ratchet sent Jack home at the request of a very angry Arcee and witnessed Optimus Prime enter a trance while communing through the Star Saber with Alpha Trion. Legacy Ratchet was happy at the news they would soon be able to return home to Cybertron, and when the other Autobots realized they would have to leave their human friends behind, Ratchet suggested they could sent texts. While he worked on a way for Optimus to properly wield the Star Saber, the weapon was later destroyed in battle against Megatron, though Ratchet reminded the other Autobots that Optimus didn't need a sword to be a great warrior. Alpha/Omega Ratchet found himself busy repairing the other Autobots after a number of failed missions to retrieve Omega Keys and monitored Optimus's work decoding coordinates, though it turned out that the final set were a picture of Smokescreen. Hard Knocks With Smokescreen a prisoner on the Decepticon warship, Ratchet was unable to track him, but once he freed himself, Ratchet provided a GroundBridge back to base. A short time later they were contacted by Starscream, who offered the final key they needed in exchange for the replacement of his TCog. Unfortunately it was a trap, and while Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead were examining the corpse of one of Starscream's clones, the real Starscream made off with the Omega Keys. Inside Job Ratchet was surprised to learn that Optimus had kept the existence of the Omega Lock a secret from everyone. After Optimus modified the GroundBridge into a space bridge, he sent the other Autobots to Cybertron and monitored their progress, though he had to field a phone call from Jack asking why no one had picked the kids up. Regeneration He had to field a further call from June Darby, and a power surge that disrupted the base computers. When the Autobots finally returned, it was with the news that the Omega Lock had been destroyed, much to Ratchet's shock. When the Decepticons attacked the base, the Autobots were forced to abandon it, and Ratchet GroundBridged to a location elsewhere in the US. Darkest Hour Despondent, Ratchet hid in a scrap yard outside Woodland Park. He was caught on camera, "And Optimus, before you come back to life, be enabling Bumblebee and Raf to track him down, but they were at first unable to convince him to sure to tell Cliffjumper he still needs to pay his help them fight back. After experiencing a change of heart, he followed them to the Harbinger to medical bills!" help get the ship working. Scattered He was able to get the ship's GroundBridge working and used the Decepticon frequencies to contact Fowler. The trio were shortly after joined by most of the other surviving Autobots, accompanied by the newly arrived Ultra Magnus. Prey Ratchet utilized the GroundBridge and communications systems to lure the Decepticons away from Darkmount, with the help of the kids. He monitored the Autobot attack on the fortress from the Harbinger, and was thus able to detect the incoming Optimus Prime, shortly before their leader turned up to save the day. The Autobots later assembled at a human military base, and Ratchet assured Smokescreen that he'd made the right choice in repairing Optimus with the Forge. Rebellion As the others salvaged technology from their old base, Ratchet set about getting it working in their new one and was able to make the GroundBridge
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functional again. He also restarted his work on Synthetic Energon, though he warned Optimus not to expect too much. Project Predacon While he continued his work, he also had to take time out to repair the other Autobots, such as when Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack came off second-best against Predaking.
Evolution
He did his best to replace Magnus's hand, but was only able to manage a claw. When the Decepticons began stealing technology, the Autobots captured Soundwave, but were unable to make him talk. Ratchet decided he would have to open the Decepticon up to examine his hard drives directly, but Soundwave merely erased the drives and crashed himself. A Decepticon attack on the Solaris particle collider led Ratchet to believe that the Decepticons intended to repair the Omega Lock, but while the ramifications were still sinking in, Laserbeak reactivated Soundwave with new orders to capture Ratchet. Minus One Ratchet awoke on the Nemesis and was subjected to a cortical psychic patch. Once the Decepticons realized that he had not completed the Synthetic Energon formula, Megatron revealed to him the reason why he had been captured. The threat of harm to the other Autobots was not enough, but when Megatron explained that the Synth-En was needed to restore Cybertron, and showed off the Omega Lock they'd restored, he reluctantly agreed to help. Persuasion With the help of Decepticon engineering, Ratchet completed the formula, but rather than hand Megatron the power to recreate Cybertron, he attempted to destroy it and escape. Unfortunately he was stopped by Megatron, who handed him over to Predaking as a plaything. Though Predaking was keen to avenge his lost species, Ratchet revealed what he'd overheardthat Megatron had allowed the Autobots to find Shockwave's lab. During Predaking's resulting rampage, Ratchet dropped the warship's shields and made contact with the other Autobots to let them know Megatron was planning to cyberform Earth. Synthesis
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Ratchet made his way to the Omega Lock control room, where he did his best to keep Shockwave occupied. He and the others present witnessed Bumblebee kill Megatron, and he was overjoyed to discover that Bumblebee's voice box had been restored as the result of exposure to the Omega Lock. The Autobot took control of the warship and used the Omega Lock to restore Cybertron, however Ratchet opted to remain on Earth to help the humans.
Deadlock
So long, farewell, to you my friend. Goodbye, for now, until we meet again.
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Titan Magazines Prime comics

In the lower levels of Outpost Omega One, Ratchet constructed a training room he dubbed the Safe, though the inferior Earth materials he was forced to use meant it wasn't as good as it could be. Indeed, Bulkhead began tearing his way merrily through it, only to uncover something Ratchet hadn't founda nuclear missile while promptly activated. Ratchet and Raf were assigned to deal with the bomb, however as Raf was the expert on Earth technology, Ratchet deferred to him. Luckily Raf managed to reverse the bomb's timer, and Fowler arrived with some scientists to take care of the rest. After Bulkhead apologised to Ratchet for smashing up the room, Ratchet suggested he and Raf design a new Safe.
The Safe and the Failsafe
Optimus took the Autobots and the kids on a trip to Valley of Fire State Park. When Raf impressed the others with his knowledge and worried it made himself sound geeky, Ratchet proclaimed himself Autobot geek and proud. War Story Ratchet alerted the others to the fact that Fowler was about to arrive at the base, and indeed, Fowler walked in moments later with the news that the Decepticons had hijacked a nuclear ship near Antarctica. When Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet arrived at the ship, they found the crew were unconscious. Ratchet wondered what could have done that, but he was answered moments later by Starscream, who knocked him out with a sonic lance. By the time Ratchet recovered, the fight was over, and as they returned to the base, he said he'd be fine so long as he stayed away from any ice. Unfortunately in their absence, the others had turned the base into an ice skating ring, and as soon as he stepped through the GroundBridge, Ratchet ended up flat on his back. Ice Breaker
Optimus! Check out my giant shoulder pads!!!
Raf was playing Invasionauts II at the base, Ratchet observed that the alien robots he was fighting in the game looked a lot like Autobots. After the game hypnotised Raf into operating the GroundBridge and letting in Vehicons, Ratchet initially blamed Bulkhead, but helped hold off the Decepticons until Raf recovered and reconfigured the bridge to suck the Vehicons back in. Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy! Ratchet approved of the way Jack was starting to sound as paranoid as him. School Is... Out! After the President of the United States was kidnapped by Starscream, Ratchet and the Autobots tracked the Decepticon to the Grand Canyon. Ratchet and Bulkhead protected Air Force One while the others rescued the President. All the President's 'Bots! When he lost contact with Optimus Prime while their leader was exploring a scrap-metal facility in Zhejiang Province, China, Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead and Arcee to help, but was forced to drop them ten kilometers from the target due to interference. The Mind Trap! Ratchet was forced to GroundBridge Agent Novo to China after the MECH operative took Miko hostage. To make up for it, he discovered a way to track Miko's phone, pointing the other Autobots to the location of MECH's base. The Novo Incident After deploying Optimus's team to the Deep Driller oil platform, Ratchet monitored the situation from base, and was amused by the sight of Prime and
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the others being defeated by a bunch of humans in robotic battle suits. Mad Dogs & Autobots Ratchet operated the GroundBridge so the other Autobots could take the kids onto the Nemesis to search for Bulkhead. The Battle for Bulkhead During a battle in The Wave, Bumblebee was injured by a sniper, so Ratchet patched him up and sent him back to base with Raf. When the Autobots later returned to base, Ratchet was surprised to find the pair had trashed the place. The Evil Shred Ratchet's Joke Page At some point Ratchet got a medical degree and began treating human patients.
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Commercial appearances
Ratchet was dismayed as the Joker, a criminal, stole the chorus of Jingle Bells as it was being performed by a group of carolers which included other Transformers, ponies, and an underage baker.
The Hub Carolers (Second spot)
Rescue Bots cartoon

When three of the Rescue Bots were stricken down with a mysterious virus, Optimus consulted Ratchet, who suggested that one of the antidotes from the Rescue Bots' ship would cure it. Bumblebee to the Rescue
Tales of the Beast Hunters

After Bumblebee and Wheeljack run into trouble in the asteroid belt, Optimus had Ratchet overload the GroundBridge. Despite protesting, Ratchet succeeded in bridging Optimus to the derelict ship the others were on. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5 Once the team successfully returned with mysterious Cybertronian weapons, Ratchet was put to work in his lab trying to make them function. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7 Smokescreen managed to retrieve some data discs from Shockwave's lab, which Ratchet found contained information on Shockwave's cloning process and the weapons Bumblebee had retrieved. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 13 He eventually managed to unlock the secrets of the weapons and power them up. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17
Games
Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), more
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During the Decepticons' siege of Iacon, Ratchet was assigned to Optimus, and helped him rescue a courier named Bumblebee, who informed Optimus that with the presumed death of Zeta Prime, the Council was putting him in command. The three of them headed back to the command center, receiving a message from Jetfire that the Aerialbots were being overwhelmed and needed support. It was decided that the planetary guns, disabled earlier by Megatron's forces, needed to be brought back online. Informing Jetfire that he was taking temporary command, Optimus took Ratchet and Bumblebee with him on the mission, though when Ratchet questioned the "temporary" part, Optimus brushed it aside. When that mission was completed, they decided their next stop was the Decagon, in order to re"Just let me patch you up with my ENORMOUS establish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. Hitting serious resistance, including HEALING CANNON!" several Decepticon war machines and more than a few damaged lifts which Ratchet puzzled out a way around, they nonetheless prevailed with help from Jetfire and Ironhide, before reaching the Decagon itself, where they encountered the former Autobot Sky Commander, Starscream. They managed to defeat him as well and retook the Decagon. After Optimus was named the new Prime, he went on a mission to free Cybertron's core of Megatron's Dark Energon corruption. In order to do so, however, he needed to open the Omega Gate, which would require freeing Omega Supreme from Decepticon captivity. Omega was still badly damaged from his battle with Megatron's forces, so Optimus called in Ratchet, whom Prime, Warpath, and Ironhide protected during his operation to repair Omega Supreme. After the Omega Gate was opened, Ratchet returned to base with Omega, as field repairs could only do so much. When Trypticon fell to the surface from orbit, Ratchet organized the rescue effort. After Trypticon was defeated, he praised Optimus on his success, but was the price paid was costly - many Autobots were lost, and those remaining were now forced to abandon Cybertron while the planetary Core repaired the damage. Ratchet was one of those who stayed behind with Optimus to resist Megatron's schemes, and to build an Ark to carry them from their home when the time came. Transformers: War for Cybertron
Transformers: War for Cybertron Autobots

When the Decepticons started poking around an Autobot base, Ratchet tracked their search patterns and instructed a rookie on where to go to find whatever it was they were looking for. Ratchet was in the control room to greet the rookie on arrival, and hand him over to Air Raid for basic training. Unfortunately the Decepticons destroyed the rookie and found the intel they were after. Following Zeta Prime's capture, the Autobot leader managed to contact Ironhide and Ratchet, but the data links powering the communications grid were severed. Ratchet greeted another rookie, who managed to repair the data links.
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"Standing near ze point does nothing! Get on ze point, dummkopf!"
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Ratchet would go on to become a member of Optimus' inner circle. Following the retaking of Iacon, he reported that the Data"Doctor, are you sure this will work?" net was back online and Zeta Prime could contact them again. He later worked with Jetfire to analyse core samples, and "I HAVE NO IDEA!" discovered that the core would be healing itself if it weren't for the influence of the Dark Energon corruptors. Optimus's team successfully freed the core, but the planet was no longer able to sustain them. When Ratchet asked what they'd do, Optimus responded that their new mission was to leave the planet. Ratchet was among the Autobots who defeated Megatron's secret weapon, the monstrous titan Trypticon. Upon Trypticon's defeat, Ratchet left the planet along with Optimus's team. Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

Ratchet attempted to aid and evacuate survivors from an orbital blast form Megatron's new weapon, Trypticon, when the Decepticon leader tracked him down. After exchanging gunfire, Ratchet was forced onto a ledge, and Megatron tauntingly kicked him off. The Autobot survived the fall, but was pinned down by debris. Fortunately Sideswipe was in the area and came to the rescue. As the two made their trek back to Iacon, Ratchet informed Sideswipe that he had information about the Decepticon superweapon that needed to get to Optimus right away... Transformers: Cybertron Adventures Note: Ratchet is not a playable character; he appears as a boss in the Decepticon campaign, and only in a single cutscene in the Autobot campaign.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English) During the preparations for the Ark's launch, Ratchet worked with Optimus Prime, Perceptor, and the other Autobots to recover the energon necessary for lift-off. Fall of Cybertron
Transformers: Prime - The Game

Voice actor: Jeffrey Combs (English) When Team Prime mobilized to untether the Dark Energon meteor that the Decepticons were towing into orbit via the Nemesis, Ratchet per usual stayed behind to run the GroundBridge. When the meteor fell to Earth, taking Team Prime with it, Ratchet left the human allies to man the Bridge in order to retrieve Optimus Prime, who was the only Autobot whose energy signature they were able to locate... before Ratchet teleported out, at least. Ratchet found Prime next to the largest surviving chunk of the meteorite, which also contained the colossus Thunderwing. The giant awoke, and quickly swatted Ratchet away with its one free arm. Ratchet made his way bac kto the ruins where Optimus and
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Thunderwing had landed, but the Nemesis had also arrived and began raining plasma fire into the area to subdue Thunderwing. Optimus and Ratchet bolted for a GroundBridge portal opened by Arcee (as she had luckily fallen close to Jasper and was able to make it back to the base on-wheel), but stray cannon-fire sent Ratchet flying away once again. The timed portal closed without him, and left Ratchet to be captured by the Decepticons. Onboard the Nemesis, Ratchet was forced to repair the giant Thunderwing, as the Decepticons had also kidnapped Miko and Raf and used them as hostages. Ratchet, indignant as always, performed just enough work to look like he was doing what he was told, but spent more time seeking out a weak point in the monster. When Megatron returned with the final major component to bringing Thunderwing back to full power, Ratchet looked to be out of options... until the Decepticon leader was momentarily distracted by the return of Starscream, who himself was being held hostage by Bulkhead. Ratchet took the chance to bolt from his cell and lock Megatron in, making his way through the security system and hordes of Vehicons to free Miko and Raf. Once the humans were free, they took a service elevator up to the main communications hub of the Nemesis in order to get word out to the other Autobots, and hopefully use the Decepticon SpaceBridge to escape. After taking out numerous Vehicons, the three made it to the main comm hub, only to find Soundwave at the controls. Raf patched into the room's defense systems to briefly drop energy shielding on four computer towers, allowing Ratchet to destroy them and drop the force field that surrounded the main comm console. Forced to fight one-on-one, Soundwave made clever use of the Space bridge to warp in and out of the control room, but eventually found himself bested by the veteran Autobot and was forced to retreat. Now in control, Ratchet was able to communicate with the other Autobots who had infiltrated the Nemesis, and successfully warped them off the ship as it collapsed due to the damage Thunderwing had caused in his escape. Back at the base, Ratchet informed the others that he could develop a siphon that could drain at least some of Thunderwing's Dark Energon, hopefully weakening the beast enough to allow them to destroy him. He stayed behind to work on the device as Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead mobilized near a Dark Energon volcano that Thunderwing was headed towards. Ratchet was forced to bring the incomplete device with him to the volcano upon Thunderwing's arrival. He informed the other Autobots that due to the short amount of time he had to work on it, the siphon would only be truly effective if it was practically inside Thunderwing. Things looked hopeless until stowaways Miko and Jack piped up, Miko showing thew Autobots a cel phone picture of a break in Thunderwing's chest armor that Ratchet had never repaired... a break just big enough for a human to fit into. Though reluctant to put the humans at risk, Ratchet handed over the siphon to Jack, who rode Arcee to the beast, and successfully installed the siphon, allowing Optimus Prime to finish Thunderwing once and for all. Transformers: Prime - The Game Note: Ratchet is only playable in a single stage of Story Mode: "The Escape!". He is available as a playable character in the game's multi-player battle modes from the start, however. In this game, Ratchet oddly does not have his blades. Instead, when he enters his "upgrade" mode, he deploys a massive wrench from his left wrist socket (seriously, it's as big as his forearm) which he uses to clobber opponents. This is also the only time we see Primecartoon-era Ratchet employ a blaster for combat.
Toys
Cyberverse
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Autobot Ratchet (Cyberverse Legion, 2012) Series / Number: 2 / 004 Japanese Number: EZ-06 Accessories: Battle blade Part of the first wave of Prime Cyberverse Legion Class toys, "Autobot Ratchet" transforms into an emergency vehicle, and comes with a translucent battle blade weapon. It can peg via its numerous 3mm posts onto his robot hands, arms/vehicle sides, and robot back/vehicle roof. Early versions of the mold oddly lacked an actual face but a running change (http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/cyberverse-prime-ratchet-receives-anupdate-aka-hasbro-i-needed-that-t86206s400.php) finally gave him one.
Let's go practice medicine.
His blade mold, in the same color, is also used by Cyberverse Cliffjumper and Dark of the Moon Mirage, while a green version is used by Quickblade Bumblebee, and a purple version is used by Knock Out. More information on Cyberverse Legion Ratchet at TFU.info (http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegRatchet/ratchet.htm)
Prime
Autobot Ratchet (Deluxe, 2012) Series / Number: 1 / 006 Japanese release date: 3-31-2012 Japanese number: AM-04 Accessories: Dual Battle Blades (Hasbro only), "R.A." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only) Part of the second wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale version of Ratchet has a "dramatic head reveal" gimmick, with his robot-mode head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. He features 5mm peg-holes for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof.
And that's how he lost his medical license.
He comes with a pair of battle blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists, as seen in the cartoon. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle
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mode, and the blades can store on tabs underneath his vehicle. His instructions depict an alternate head apparently intended for an as-yet-unreleased Gears. The sculpt was used as the basis for Prime Swerve. The Japanese release of Ratchet, part of the very first assortment of TakaraTomy Prime toys, omits an incredible number of paint operations, replacing them with customer-applied foil stickers. (On the other hand, this does give him his "lifeline" decoration missing from the Hasbro version.) As part of the "Arms Micron" gimmick, six 5mm peg-hole attachment points have been glued onto him (as opposed to having existing parts specifically retooled to include them like many other toys in the line) on his vehicle-mode roof, doors, and sidepanels, which respectively end up on his legs, forearms, and shoulders. The Hasbro version's twin blades have been replaced by the Arms Micron, R.A., who transforms into a considerably larger version of one of the blades, and can still work as a "wrist-mounted" weapon.
With all those craters on him, he'll probably need to see a dermatologist.
More information on Robots in Disguise Ratchet at TFU.info (http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/Ratchet/ratchet.htm) Arms Micron Ratchet at Alfes's blog (http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1464.html)
Beast Hunters
Autobot Ratchet (Deluxe, 2013) Series / Number: 2 / 010 Accessories: Dragonshredder Drill Part of the third wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Deluxe Class toys, "Autobot Ratchet" is a redeco and extensive retool of the "Robots in Disguise" Deluxe Class Autobot Ratchet toy, transforming into a heavily modified rescue vehicle that's covered with spikes, features an exposed engine block on its hood, and has a sculpted rocket booster at the back. He retains the peg-holes at the usual places, and gains additional peg-holes at the back and near the rear wheels. He now comes with the "Dragonshredder Drill", which spins when the plunger to the side is pushed, and mounts via 5mm post. The halves of the drill can be
"Alright, who's ready for some precision surgery?"
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pulled open to reveal a quad-barreled cannon inside. His head and chest greatly resemble Beast Wars Dinobot II, while his "Dragonshredder Drill" is reminiscent of the original Dinobot toy's Cyber-slash tail weapon. His instructions include the thirteenth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series.
Go!
Hunter Ratchet (083113) Japanese ID number: G19 Accessories: Drill Part of the fourth wave of TakaraTomy Go! toys, Hunter Ratchet is a green, black, and translucent-red redeco of the Beast Hunters Deluxe Class Ratchet toy. Unusually, he's identified as a Decepticon, complete with insignia! Wha...?
Merchandise
Mcdonald's
Ratchet (Happy Meal, 2012) McNumber: 7 Happy Meal Ratchet is a non-transformable emergency vehicle! Pushing on the back of his roof reveals the base of a cannon, and pressing the Autobot symbol on the roof causes the short barrel of the cannon to pop out. Ratchet (not "Autobot Ratchet", despite claim of trademark!) also comes with a sheet of stickers to complete his deco. Since the cannon gimmick and the "mCODE" coupon use up both sides of the usual instructions sheet, the sticker placement instructions are printed on the back of the sticker sheet itself. Efficient, but not terribly user-friendly!
The stickers are good practice for the Arms Micron version.
Notes
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Ratchet's model is usable in War for Cybertron multiplayer as the Medic Rig-type chassis for Leader-class characters. His parts are also available in Fall of Cybertron, now classified as Mercenary-type components for Destroyer-class characters. Transformers alumnus Michael Bell originally auditioned for the part of Ratchet in Transformers: Prime, but ultimately lost the role to Jeffrey Combs. In a number of episodes, mostly written by Nicole Dubuc, Ratchet's equipment gets damaged by a fellow Autobot, prompting him to utter "I NEEDED THAT!" each time. His license plate number in "Stronger, Faster" is 449 EPQ. Ratchet's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's Vector Sigma Bot Builder online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Ratchet parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
I'm feeling sad and blue.
Arms Up Modes
In the Japanese Prime toyline, Ratchet has several powered-up modes when given various Arms Microns in certain configurations: Destroy Mode ( Desutoroi Mdo) Arms Microns: B.2, C.L., O.P., R.A. Ratchet's rather uncharacteristically-named "Destroy Mode", as seen on his box-back photo, uses a combined-weapon made up of R.A. and B.2 in his right hand, O.P. on his left arm, and C.L. on his left leg. Sekkensenrenzan Mode ( Sekkensenrenzan Mdo) Arms Microns: C.L., Gora, O.P. (x2), R.A. (x2) Meaning "Close-combat Multi-slash Mode", and revealed in the "Cybertron Satellite" segment from "Infiltration Transformation! Battleship Nemesis", this "Anti-Terrorcon" mode is... just brutal. He's got an R.A. on each forearm, with an O.P. attached to the back of each, with Gora (?) on his right leg, and C.L. on his left. Stealth Mode ( Sterusu Mdo) Arms Microns: R.A. (x4!), Zori (x2)
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Four R.A.s are joined to create a super-large shuriken-like weapon that stores on Ratchet's back. A pair of Zoris hang from Ratchet's shoulders, with the claw-tails hanging down to create a "cloak of invisibility". This mode is for "stealthily backing up Optimus Prime and the others", according to the TakaraTomy developer video where it premiered (http://youtu.be/QJUMhgggH-Q) , hosted by TakaraTomy designer Hironori Kobayashi. There is also a variant configuration, Defense Mode , which opens up the panels on Ratchet's arms and moves the Zoris to the "wrist-mounted blade" positions, which cross in an "X" in front of Ratchet as a stealth shield. Kobayashi also made custom carbon-black stickers for Ratchet's shoulders and chest, and in the video shows viewers how to customize their own stickers.
Foreign names
Japanese: Ratchet ( Rachetto) Russian: Khrapovik (, "Ratchet") Retrieved from "http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_(WFC)" Categories: Character stubs missing fiction | Upcoming toy releases | Cyberverse | Fall of Cybertron Autobots | Go! Decepticons | Hall of Fame | Medics | Prime Autobots | Scientists | War for Cybertron Autobots This page was last modified on 6 August 2013, at 03:17. Content is available under Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
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