Ratchet (G1)
War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon
- Voice actor: Rafael Goldstein (English), Hozumi Gōda (Japanese), Boris Rehlinger (French), Jaron Löwenberg (German), Raphael Rossatto (Portuguese), Eduardo Bosch (Castilian Spanish), Raúl Solo (Latin-American Spanish), Mukesh Pandey (Hindi)
Before he was a doctor, Ratchet was one of the most brilliant engineers on Cybertron. He was well known for his ability to put machines back together as well as designing weapons, his fame even reaching as far as Caminus. But when he saw what those weapons did during the war, he gave up engineering and devoted himself to medicine. Embittered by how Optimus Prime had only prolonged the conflict, he established a hidden clinic inside an abandoned theatre where he committed himself to helping anyone in need of his care,regardless of faction, and asked only that his patients pay this kindness forward by helping all the other patients. While searching the ruins of Iacon, Ratchet uncovered the Decepticon Impactor underneath a huge pile of rubble and took him back to the clinic for repairs.
When the Autobots discovered a disused space bridge, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack sought out Ratchet clinic and asked for his help to bring it back online. Ratchet initially refused, believing that this decision would only jeopardize his patients and potentially spread their war to other planets, but eventually pledged his support when Prime informed him that Megatron planned to weaponize the Allspark. Siege episode 3 After joining up with the Autobots, Ratchet and Impactor travelled to the spacebridge to try and bring it online; Impactor and the Autobots were able to draw Decepticon fire so that Ratchet could complete his work on the device during a brief lull in Decepticon activity. Siege episode 4
Ratchet soon brought the bridge back online, and Mirage was able to disguise the installation from another Seeker patrol. Siege episode 5 During the final battle for the Allspark, Ratchet was on hand to reactivate the bridge at the right moment—but when Optimus ordered him to activate it, he would've died if not for Impactor deliberately throwing himself into Starscream's line of fire and sacrificing himself to save his rescuer's life. As Omega Supreme joined the melee, Ratchet joined Prime and the others as they boarded the Ark and flew through the spacebridge to a distant corner of the galaxy. Siege episode 6 Though Ratchet had gone, Elita-1's Autobots used his clinic as their new base of operations while resisting Shockwave's regime. Earthrise episode 1
After the Ark and its crew escaped Deseeus on the planet Chaar, Ratchet informed Prime that they'd found the Allspark but lacked the energon to make the trip. Instead, he proposed travelling to the nearby Nebulon system and using the still-active space bridge there to reach the artifact. However, when they arrived and sent a reconaissance team to investigate, the Autobots found that an abandoned space station had blocked the portal; though Ratchet unsuccessfully tried to establish control over the old outpost, Wheeljack instead proposed sending an expedition to scuttle the vessel from within. Earthrise episode 3 Later, Ratchet took part in the final battle over Earth that ended with both the Ark and the Nemesis crash-landing on the primitive planet. Earthrise episode 6
The Autobots discovered that they weren't the only Cybertronians on prehistoric Earth—the Maximals, a group of Cybertronians from a dystopian alternate future, found the Ark first, and Ratchet was forced to intervene between Maximal commander Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime to tend to the still-wounded Autobot leader. Kingdom episode 1 Ratchet, Wheeljack, and Rhinox stayed behind to repair the starship and get a fix on the AllSPark's current position. Kingdom episode 2 After the heroes recovered the AllSPark, Ratchet and Wheeljack attempted to launch the vessel, but were unable to activate the ship before the Decepticons and their new Predacon used the Nemesis to launch a full-scale attack. Although the three struggled to repair the vessel, the day was saved when Teletraan I reconfigured their starship into a towering robot form and used this new body to defeat the Nemesis. Kingdom episode 5 After returning to a lifeless Cybertron, Ratchet took part in the final battle against a time-travelling Nemesis Prime and Galvatron and later watched as the AllSpark returned the planet to life, marking the end of the Autobot-Decepticon war. Kingdom episode 6
