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Y'know, maybe Drek was right. I am a mad scientist.
~ Dr. Nefarious

Dr. Nefarious is the main antagonist of PlayStation's second full-length animated feature film Ratchet & Clank, and its tie-in PS4 video game. Much like his original counterpart, Nefarious is an unstable mad scientist and the archenemy of Ratchet, Clank, and Captain Qwark. However, unlike the original, who had some good qualities, this version is far more evil and destructive, as he planned to destroy an entire galaxy simply out of spite.

He was voiced by Armin Shimerman, who also played his original counterpart in the Ratchet & Clank video games, Bractor and Letek in Star Trek: The Next Generation, General Reginald Skarr in the Grim & Evil franchise, Professor Milo in Justice League Unlimited, Emperor Sun Hai and The Keeper in Jade Empire, Andrew Ryan in the BioShock video game series, Psycho-Pirate in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Buttonwillow McButtonwillow in Regular Show.

Personality[]

Nefarious may be a homicidal maniac, but he sure can build a gun.
~ Captain Qwark foreshadowing Nefarious' nature.

Dr. Nefarious was a highly insane, twisted, unstable, and psychopathic scientist. He even went as far to destroy his former boss, Chairman Drek, and proved to be even more psychotic and dangerous.

Biography[]

Prior to the events of the film, Nefarious was a member of the Galactic Rangers who specialised in the invention and design of weapons. Captain Qwark, his leader, would constantly mistreat and tease him, as well as underfund his department. As a result, he betrayed the team and became imprisoned, but escaped, having Qwark fooled into believing he died trying.

In the film, he would work with Chairman Drek to supply him with the weapons he needed to complete his goal of harvesting chunks of planets to build a new world. He builds the Deplanetizer to accomplish this and supplies him with warbots in an attempt to destroy the Galactic Rangers in Aleero City.

When his plans are thwarted, he suggests exploiting Qwark's desire for fame to use him as their inside man, which they expected would give him the insight needed to defeat Ratchet and the Rangers. Drek succeeded in using the Deplanetizer to destroy Novalis, a habitable planet that was evacuated beforehand.

Later on, it is revealed that Nefarious had bigger plans above Drek, which was to destroy every planet in the solar system. He betrays Drek after preying on Qwark's guilt over betraying Ratchet and Clank, by turning him into a sheep and sending him to his newly formed home planet. He planned to use the Deplanetizer on Umbris, a planet composed of tetragen in which such an explosion would cause a chain reaction in the solar system.

The Galactic Rangers infiltrate the Deplanetizer and Ratchet confronts Nefarious directly. He nearly succeeds in hitting Umbris with the Deplanetizer, but hits New Quartu instead, and gets defeated by Ratchet in combat. He seemingly gets disintegrated when falling into the laser chamber, but lands on an unknown planet and becomes rebuilt into a robot, before descending into maniacal laughter.

Quotes[]

No! Get away from me! And..do not stick that thing in… (yelps and screams in pain) Quit…trying to repair me, you moron! (groans and grumbles in pain as Repairbots leave, then grabs one and pulls himself out) I AM NOT A ROBOT!!! (looks down at hands and starts laughing) Hehehehehahaha… Hahahahahahaha…Hahahahahahahahahaha!
~ Nefarious' Villainous Breakdown and evil laugh in the mid-credits scene of the 2016 film.

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Trivia[]

  • Nefarious' new personality in the reboots has gained quite a lot of criticism from fans, due to sharing very few similarities to his original counterpart, being a mad scientist actually being one of the few things they share in common.
    • This has also led some fans into comparing the original Chairman Drek to the new Nefarious and the new Drek being more similar to the original Nefarious.
    • It did have some similarities to his voice actor’s portrayal of General Skarr.

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           Ratchet & Clank Logo Villains

Original
Ratchet and Clank (2002): Chairman Drek | Captain Qwark
Going Commando: Captain Qwark | Thugs-4-Less Leader | The Unknown Thief | Slim Cognito
Up Your Arsenal: Dr. Nefarious | Lawrence | Courtney Gears | XJ-0461 2 'Klunk'
Deadlocked: Gleeman Vox | The Exterminators: Ace Hardlight | Shellshock | Reactor | The Eviscerator | Dallas Wanamaker and Juanita Alvaro
Size Matters: Emperor Otto Destruct | Luna
Secret Agent Clank: XJ-0461 2 'Klunk'

Future Trilogy
Tools of Destruction: Emperor Tachyon | Romulus Slag | Rusty Pete
Quest for Booty: Angstrom Darkwater | Romulus Slag | Rusty Pete
A Crack in Time: Dr. Nefarious | Lawrence | Alister Azimuth | Flint Vorselon | Cassiopeia

Post-Future Trilogy
All 4 One: Loki Master
Full Frontal Assault: Stuart Zurgo
Into the Nexus: Mr. Eye | Vendra Prog | Neftin Prog
Rift Apart: Emperor Nefarious | Dr. Nefarious | Zeta Virus

Ratchet and Clank (2016)/Life of Pie
Chairman Drek | Dr. Nefarious | Victor Von Ion | Zed

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