At one point he was able to calculate the final digit of pi, which is supposed to be an infinite number.
He was fitted with the Heli-Pack, Thruster-Pack, Hydro-Pack, and a Jetpack.Ĭlank is incredibly intelligent. While normally rather unimpressive, Clank's strength came from his highly modifiable body. This is much more expressed in Secret Agent Clank, as he was able to convince Ivana Lottabolts & Courtney Gears to give him information on the Eye of Infinity.Ĭlank was a standard model 7.66 robot and ran on XP-88 sisterboards. Clank also appeared to be more of a ladies man than Ratchet, as shown in Up Your Arsenal, where he was easily able to convince Courtney Gears to give up some information about Nefarious, whereas Ratchet struggled, despite volunteering to do the talking. Also, in Secret Agent Clank, Clank refused to believe that Ratchet was the evil mastermind behind the Eye of Infinity theft and work tirelessly to find the real mastermind and clear his name.Īdditionally, in Deadlocked, when the Battledome was about to explode, when Ratchet told Clank to leave, he told Ratchet that he was not leaving without him. He also gave up his position as Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock to Sigmund to stay with Ratchet, saying he couldn't just leave him on his own when he had yet to find his family.
While at first not as willing to go on adventures with Ratchet in Going Commando, as the series progressed, he had found himself more accustomed to being a hero to the point that he was at first not as comfortable retiring from the hero business.Īlso, his devotion to Ratchet has also grown stronger to the point where he broke his father's one rule about the Great Clock: Do not use as a time machine, to travel six minutes into the past to save Ratchet from being killed by Alister Azimuth thanks to the Plumber's hint. While as knowledgeable and composed since the beginning of series, Clank has seemingly also developed a more daring side to himself. Clank seems to have feelings, In Size Matters, Clank felt sad about Ratchet when he was in Dreamtime. He thought that was his sister until Ratchet said that Qwark was alive. Clank has shown to be somewhat slower to realize certain things than Ratchet in certain scenarios for example, in Ratchet & Clank, he mistook the Captain Qwark robot for the real Captain Qwark and only realized that it was a robot after Ratchet told him so and in Zeldrin, in the video of Qwark dressed as a woman asking for a ride, Clank didn't realize that it was really Captain Qwark.
He was quite knowledgeable in a variety of subjects, which he never hesitated to show. In the Japanese dub from the game and movie, he was voiced by Tōru Ōkawa.Ĭlank often acted as Ratchet's voice of reason against Ratchet's brash personality. After finding himself in a gigantic Zoni-made machine known as the Great Clock, Clank became the Senior Caretaker of the Great Clock, but eventually promoted Junior Caretaker Sigmund to be the Senior Caretaker in his place, so that he could reunite with Ratchet.
Clank's creator was a Zoni named Orvus, who regarded his creation as a son. The Zoni refer to Clank as the " Chosen One".
This became his nickname throughout his adventures with Ratchet, protecting the universe from numerous evil-doers and becoming legendary heroes who always have each other backs, metaphorical and literally speaking.
While Clank's serial number was B5429671, the name "Clank" emerged when Ratchet's homemade ship rocked while flying to Planet Novalis, causing the small robot to hit the side of the ship and making a clank sound. He was created in the Great Clock by his father, Orvus. He then landed on Veldin and met Ratchet. He is the main deuteragonist of the Ratchet and Clank franchise and was born at the Robot Factory on the Planet Quartu, where he awoke and ended up escaping. My son's name is XJ-0461, but the universe knows him as Clank!Ĭlank, real name XJ-0461 is a small defective Sentry-botrobot (later revealed to have a Zoni soul) and Ratchet's long-time companion and friend. Quite smart! He was born in a robot factory in the Solanna Galaxy, but to be precise, he was 'created' much farther away. Have I ever told you about my son? Remarkable boy.