| “ | I NEEDED THAT! | „ |
| ~ Ratchet whenever someone breaks his equipment, his most famous quote |
Ratchet is a major character in the Transformers Aligned continuity, serving as one of the main protagonists of Transformers: Prime and a supporting character in Robots In Disguise and Rescue Bots Academy.
He was voiced by Jeffrey Combs.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Background[]
- When the war began, he was among the first Autobots to serve and according to Optimus he proved himself in both the battlefield and the medical sense.
- After Bumblebee's capture at Tyger Pax, he put him back together and started researching possible ways to fix his voice box.
- He modified Fowler's jet, allowing him to fly on it with no flight suit.
Season 1[]
- After Cliffjumper sent a distress signal, he along with the rest of Team Prime assisted it and after finding he had passed, they held a funeral for him.
- He went with Optimus to investigate an ancient battle site on Earth after they discovered Megatron's usage of Dark Energon, he then helped fight off the massive horde of Terrorcons.
- After being given the schematics for the Decepticon Space Bridge, he instructed Arcee on how to destroy it and prevent Megatron from bringing forth a Terrorcon army into Earth.
- After the Scraplet invasion on Omega Outpost, he patched himself and Bee and Bulkhead up as well as checking up on Optimus and Arcee after they nearly froze to death on the artic.
- When Optimus was infected with the Cybonic Plague, he groundbridged both Bee and Arcee into the Nemesis, instructing them to use a cordial psychic patch on Megatron to get him to reveal the cure, which he succeded in obtaining and using to cure Optimus and save his life.
- When Bumblebee was possesed by Megatron, he followed the scout unto the Nemesis and tried to prevent Megatron from ressurecting his original body, afterwards checking up on Bumblebee for any lasting damage from Megatron's possesion.
- When the kids were stuck in the Shadow Zone, he was able to recreate a signal that allowed them to escape while also leaving the zombified Skyquake behind.
- He and the other Autobots went to rescue Breakdown from being tortured by M.E.C.H.
- He was able to repair the immobilizer and return Optimus and Bulkhead to normal after Airachnid hit them with it.
- He began experimenting with Synthethic Energon and after creating a possible working formula, tested it on himself which boosted his combat performance and allowed him to save the team on a few occasions.
- While he did get incredibly arrogant and lethal, it was because his mind was clouded by the Synthethic Energon and he could only focus on his wrath against the Decepticons, which he used to track down Megatron and attempt to finally kill him.
- When Raf was injured by Megatron, he tried to operate however he could despite his lack of knowledge on human biology and managed to save the boy's life by injecting Energon into him, later allowing June to take him to a human hospital to receive more qualified treatment.
- He used the coordinates that Megatron provided him in order to bridge him and the Autobots to Earth's core so that they could defeat Unicron.
Season 2[]
- After being contacted by Starscream, he agreed to treat his wounds and fix him in exchange for information on the location of a space bridge so he could use it to reach Cybertron and reactivate Vector Sigma in order to restore Orion Pax's memories.
- He monitored Arcee and Jack's journey to Cybertron and later tried holding off Megatron when he arrived.
- When Bee's T-Cog was stolen, Ratchet took care of Raf and told him how Bee lost his voice box.
- After Fowler was attacked by Nemesis Prime, Ratchet protected Optimus' reputation from the others' accusations and was later able to prove his innocence by tracking Optimus' signal.
- Despite disaproving of Wheeljack's methods, he teamed up with him in order to retrieve another relic. During the mission, he implanted a virus on Laserbeak that allowed him to access the entirety of the Iaconian Database on the Decepticons' ship.
- After a fatally injured Bulkhead returned to base, he inmediately got to work on him and managed to save his life, though he was rendered comatose.
- He went with the others to investigate a Cybertronian crash landing where they encountered Smokescreen. He later allowed Smokescreen to use the phase shifter to defeat Starscream and retrieve the Apex Armor.
- After Smokescreen sent him the location of the Star Saber, he groundbridged the Autobots to retrieve it.
- He monitored the Team's mission to Cybertron to reactivate the Omega Lock.
- After the Decepticons discovered the location of Omega Outpost, Ratchet bridged everyone out to safety and then said farewell to Optimus before bridging out himself.
Season 3 & Predacons Rising[]
- Though he became despondent and hid in a trash heap, refusing to help Raf and Bee after they came for him, he got over his sadness over losing his home and followed the to the Harbringer, where he fixed the Ground Bridge for them, allowing them to track down their allies as well as Ultra Magnus
- He used Decepticon frequencies to contact Fowler and let him know of their survival, allowing the human military to make a strategy against Megatron.
- He and the kids then used the Ground Bridge to lure most Decepticon forces away from Darkmount, allowing the Autobots and the newly revived Optimus Prime to strike.
- After salvaging from their old base, Ratchet was able to make a new Ground Bridge.
- He repaired Wheeljack and Magnus after they were nearly killed by Predaking, giving Magnus his new artificial claw.
- When Soundwave was captured, he tried to extract info from him before the Decepticon deleted it all and subsequently captured him.
- Though he agreed to help Megatron perfect the Synthethic Energon formula to create Cybermatter, he only did so for the possibility of restoring Cybertron, and after finishing it, he stole the formula and sabotaged Shockwave's lab in an attempt to escape before being attacked by Predaking.
- He revealed the truth over how Megatron had intentionally allowed the Predacons to die to Predaking, causing him to defect and attack Megatron, which gave Ratchet the chance to get the Nemesis' shields down and inform all the Autobots of Megatron's plans.
- During the final battle, he fought Shockwave and kept him occupied until Megatron was killed and the Autobots used the Cybermatter to restore Cybertron.
- In spite of how much he longed for his home planet, he ultimately chose to stay on Earth to take care of his human friends.
- He bridged himself over to Cybertron to repair Ultra Magnus after he was wounded by Darksteel and Skylynx.
- After Unicron arrived in Megatron's form, he was able to track the Death God down and give the Autobots the chance to take on his Terrorcon army and prevent him from poisoning Cybertron.
Robots in Disguise[]
- He supported Optimus and was in change blacklisted by Cyclonus' High Council.
- After being exiled, he teamed up with Undertone to capture rogue Decepticons.
- Upon his arrival to Earth, he helped Team Bee capture many Decepticons and then left with Optimus to attempt to overthrow the High Council and restore order to Cybertron.
- After Cyclonus' defeat, he became a mentor to the young cadets on the Rescue Bots Academy.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- Even though he has gotten much better over the years, he is still a massive cranky jerk who often chastises his allies and friends if they get even slightly close to his workspace, no matter if it's justified or not and often snaps at others.
- His stunt of getting high on Synthethic Energon was insanely reckless and nearly cost him his own life, not to mention how aggresive he acted towards all the other Autobots, even calling out Optimus for not killing Megatron despite knowing of the Prime's benevolent nature and remorse over the war.
- Though he has grown to accept Jack, Miko, Raf, June, and Fowler, aside from that, he still holds certain disrespect for humankind, disregarding them as a weak species that he doesn't want to get involved with.
External Links[]
- Ratchet on the Heroes Wiki
- Ratchet on the TFWiki.net
- Ratchet on the Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki
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