Ratchet (WFC)

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.

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Forehead crest = Awesome.

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.Ratchet, Exodus

Fiction

Aligned novels

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

Don't worry, you won't see me as dirty later. Except that one time...

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 (comic)

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Jeffrey Combs (English), Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), José María Carrero (Spain-Spanish), Seong-yong Ha (Korean), Claudio Moneta (Italian), Jan Spitzer (German), Mario Arvizu (Latin American Spanish), Jarosław Boberek (Polish), Luiz Antônio Lobue (Brazilian Portuguse)

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 after—though 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

He performs surgery with these. Carefully.

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 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

I was busy pushing bodies around as you well know and what would a note say, Dan? "Cat dead, details later"?

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

My kingdom for a Charlie Fong!

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 the mercy of the metal-eating monsters. Jack used a fire extinguisher to freeze the 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 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 and—under protest—working with Raf to GroundBride Miko and Jack onto a moving track so they could stop the forces of MECH from stealing the device.

"I've heard that humans quite often wake up late with black eyes. They call the condition 'a hangover'."

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 was able later to produce a cure for Optimus. Sick Mind

Ratchet:Megatron, prepare to be unplugged!
<Raf looks at him>
Ratchet:What, too corny?
Raf: JUST PULL IT!!!

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

Due to his experience with Dark Energon, Ratchet—much to his own surprise—was 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

A rare sighting.

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

Stronger, faster, squatter

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 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 formulae were for Synthetic Energon, 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

Professionals never look directly into the camera, Ratchet

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 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

"And if you think that's bad, you should see what I did to Injector!"

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 T-cog 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 Airachnid's status and the presence of an Insecticon on Earth. Crossfire When Fowler was 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 MECH-created clone of Optimus, and Ratchet patched up the Autobots after they defeated Silas and Nemesis Prime. Nemesis Prime Ratchet dispatched Optimus, 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

"Hey Wheeljack, do you think it looks weird when I cross my legs? I mean, I can't help if I have such girly legs."

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 kept Soundwave occupied, and managed to keep out of sight when Soundwave arrived to retrieve his pet. He attempted to convince Wheeljack to return to base for repairs, and thanked 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

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 found—a 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

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 the others being defeated by a bunch of humans in robotic battle suits. Mad Dogs & Autobots

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Ratchet operated the GroundBridge so the other Autobots could take the kids onto the Nemesis to search for Bulkhead. The Battle for Bulkhead

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

Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore (English), Stefano Albertini (Italian)

"Just let me patch you up with my ENORMOUS HEALING CANNON!"

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-establish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. Hitting serious resistance, including 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

"Doctor, are you sure this will work?"
"I HAVE NO IDEA!"

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.

Ratchet would go on to become a member of Optimus' inner circle. Following the retaking of Iacon, he reported that the Data-net was back online and Zeta Prime could contact them again. He later worked with Jetfire to analyse core samples, and 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

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)

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Fall of Cybertron

Transformers Prime: The Game

Voice actor: Jeffrey Combs (English)

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Transformers Prime: The Game

Toys

Prime

• Autobot Ratchet (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
  • Series/Number: 2/004
  • Japanese Number: EZ-06
  • Accessories: Battle blade

Autobot Ratchet is part of the first wave of Series 2 Cyberverse Legion figures. He transforms from robot to ambulance and back, and comes with a translucent battle blade weapon which can be held in robot mode or mounted in vehicle mode. The ambulance mode has pegholes on the sides and roof for additional Cyberverse weapons, and the blade itself has additional pegs to attach to other Cyberverse weapons.

His blade mold is also used with Cyberverse Cliffjumper.

I'm a doctor, not a swordsman, DAMMIT!!!

• 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)

Autobot Ratchet is part of the second wave of Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class. He transforms from robot mode to ambulance and back, and comes with a pair of battle blades. His robot-mode head is spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. While the blades are being held in robot mode, the hands can either grasp them like normal blades, or the hands can be folded down so that it appears the blades are sprouting out of his wrists as seen in the cartoon. While in vehicle mode, the blades can either peg into his front bumper, creating a battle mode, or they can store underneath him out of sight.

His instructions depict an alternate head for the mold that belongs to somebody currently unknown.

The Japanese release of Ratchet omits an incredible number of robot-mode 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 most other toys in the line) on his vehicle-mode roof, doors and side-panels, which 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 the blades, and can still work as a "wrist-mounted" weapon.

• Arms Micron Ratchet at Alfes's blog

Merchandise

Mcdonald's

Good practice for the Arms Micron version.

• Ratchet (Happy Meal, 2012)

• McNumber: 7

Happy Meal Ratchet is a nontransformable ambulance! 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!

Notes

• 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.

Arms Up Modes

In the Japanese Prime toyline, Ratchet has several powered-up modes when given various Arms Microns in certain configurations:

• Destroy Mode (デストロイモード desutoroimōdo)
  • 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 (接近戦連斬モード sekkensenrenzanmōdo)
  • Arms Microns: C.L., Gora, O.P. (x2), R.A. (x2)

Roughly translated as "Close Combat Group Decapitation Mode" (hooooleeee), 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
  • Arms Microns: R.A. (x4!), Zori (x2)

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, 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 (ラチェット Rachetto)