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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot "medic"|his heroic Autobot medic counterpart|Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet}}
:''Ratchet is an evil [[Autobot]] "medic" from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ratchetsgd&d.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It brings on many changes, and you can take or leave it if you please.]]
To say '''Ratchet''' is the [[Autobot]]s' medic would be a falsehood. Ratchet ''is'' where [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] sends the wounded from battle, but not for ''repairs''. No, they are sent there for ''punishment''. Any Autobot ordered there has to be dragged kicking and screaming.

It's not that Ratchet wants to terrorize his patients. In fact, he honestly believes that he's doing them a great favor! Who wouldn't want some rusty old equipment replacing their head? That would look so cool! And he really doesn't understand why they get so upset after seeing the result of his loving care. But Ratchet shrugs off their cries of protest and confusion. They'll come around eventually. [[Blurr (SG)|Some]] may say his morbid operations as a result of a past trauma, that his methods are an attempt to ''prove'' something, but no one can quite say for sure.

{{quote|You don’t like it? But almost everyone has two hands! Five digits? Pffff. How boring! You, now... you're interesting now!|Ratchet is hurt that [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] doesn't appreciate his work|"[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
[[Mirage (SG)|Mirage]], a down-and-out bank robber volunteered for one of Ratchet's "upgrades" so he could gain permanent partial transparency. That was likely the last time anyone paid attention to Mirage. {{storylink|Around Cybertron issue 7|Around Cybertron #7}}

After a harrowing Dinobot Hunt, [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] woke up on Ratchet's operating table, having lost a hand in a battle with [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] and the [[Decepticon]]s. Rodimus, in a panic, immediately tried to leave, and objected to Ratchet's offer to add a second vocoder. It was then that Rodimus noticed that his hand had been not repaired, but replaced with a jagged [[saw]]blade. Ratchet was momentarily saddened by Rodimus's dissatisfaction with his "upgrade," but his grin of psychotic amusement returned quickly enough. 

[[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] was morbidly fascinated with speculating on what was likely to happen to [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] after Prime ordered that Ratchet should oversee Wheeljack's [[Earth]]-mode refit. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Ratchet was one of the many Autobots who supported Rodimus when he stole the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' and set out for Earth. While on Earth, the Autobots found themselves beset by [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]]'s new uncontrollable broadcasting powers overwhelming their emergency channel, Rodimus looked to Ratchet for a solution. The miserable medic perked right up at his abilities being needed, and said all it would take was a micro-laser. When he came up with a sonic jackhammer instead, and, when that was pointed out to him, asked if anyone really needed their personalities, Rodimus dropped the idea. Ratchet was too busy being enthralled by "{{w|Repo! The Genetic Opera|Zydrate Anatomy}}" to care overmuch. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

[[Image:DigitaldoomonthehighwaytodestructionSG.jpg|left|thumb|250px|In the negative universe, the Purple Cross is not a heavily enforced trademark.]]

Ratchet helped Wheeljack set up a work area when the Autobots captured [[Sephie Beller]], who had augmented herself with Cybertronian tech. As Wheeljack prepared for a vivisection, Ratchet handed him medical tools. The operation was suspended by the arrival of the Decepticons, whom the Autobots were able to take captive. Ratchet and [[Brawn (SG)|Brawn]] were soon kept busy restraining [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]] from attacking the prisoners. The arrival of [[R.J. Blackrock]] in a [[Centurion (SG)|giant mech]] delayed any executions. During the ensuing fight, Ratchet knocked Sephie out of the air with his crane boom, and she blindly retaliated by blasting him in the head, causing bits of his helmet to go flying. On seeing their medic was wounded, the Autobots retreated back to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

While working on his Transhuman subjects, [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]] cautioned them that they didn't want Ratchet working on their upgrades. The Autobot medic had a habit of getting...experimental with his patients. {{storylink|Coalescence}}

After the mass arrival of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|positive-universe]] Transformers, Ratchet enacted a plan to cheat his own mortality. To this end, he stole [[Crystalline containment vessel|Crystalline Containment]] technology from the heroic Autobots and used it to store a copy of his brain patterns, which would activate a new body in the event of his deactivation. {{storylink|Ratchet (SG)#Timelines|Customization class SG Ratchet bio}}

[[File:RatchetSG-whenshatteredworldscollide.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You... probably don't want to fight Marvel Ratchet, ''SG'' Ratchet, that rarely ends up well for anyone. Including Marvel Ratchet.]]

Following the Autobots' particularly bad defeat at [[Decepticon City (SG)|Decepticon City]] on [[Earth]] at the hands of the [[Decepticon]]s, Ratchet was among the Autobots who left for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Restoration}} When their ride announced they would have to lighten their load, Ratchet, being among the most badly wounded of the Autobots, was dumped out of the airlock along with Optimus Prime, Brawn, [[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]], and [[Inferno (SG)|Inferno]]. They subsequently found themselves in the presence of [[Unicron]], {{storylink|Familiar Reflections}} who reformatted them to serve his needs. Ratchet became one of the [[Autotrooper (SG Knights of Unicron)|Autotrooper]]s serving [[Prowl (SG)|Checkpoint]] among the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]]. After returning to Cybertron, he assisted Nova Prime in overthrowing Rodimus. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

Ratchet's reformatting triggered the activation of his "backup", whose new body was equipped with [[combiner]] technology, but suffered from freezing and rebooting issues thanks to compatibility issues with the extradimensional Crystalline Containment technology. Ever the mad doctor, Ratchet was able to plant viruses in and seize control of the brain functions of those unfortunates he combined with. {{storylink|#Toys|Customization class SG Ratchet bio}}

====''Recordicons''====
At some unspecified point in time, Ratchet and a team of Autobots somehow under the command of both [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] fought [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] and [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] in the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth, "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (SG)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." According to Ravage, anyway. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 3|Recordicons #3}}

====''SD SG''====
Ratchet visited a distant point in the timeline frequently in order to help out his fellow doc-bot, [[Rhinox (BWSG)|Rhinox]], fool his teammates into thinking that he had all sorts of miracle cures up his sleeve. On one such visit, Ratchet wondered aloud how his numerous trips into the time-stream hadn't muddle the whole thing to mush already. Rhinox assured him that he had taken measures to prevent such a thing from happening. Satisfied, Ratchet dropped off a cure for [[stasis lock]] before returning to his own time, wishing Rhinox good luck in keeping his teammates in the dark about their meetings. {{storylink|SD SG issue 6|SD SG #6}}

===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' comic===
[[File:ShatteredGlass4-RatchetGoldbug.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Upgrades, people, ''upgrades!'']]

At some point during the Great War, the loss of a close friend left Ratchet traumatized. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}}

Ratchet took part in the final battle for [[Earth]]; after defeating the Decepticons, he and the other Autobots pillaged the planet before they returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} On the way back to Cybertron, Ratchet was able to convince Optimus Prime to revive the critically wounded [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]], who'd taken severe damage from [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s [[fusion cannon]]. Using a spare [[protoform]], Ratchet rebuilt Bumblebee into [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], a faster, stronger, and outwardly more confident identity for the little warrior. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 4|Shattered Glass #4}}

At some point after the end of the war, Goldbug and [[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]] attempted to depose Optimus Prime.  Although the coup failed, Ratchet nevertheless sided with Goldbug's breakaway faction, and by the present day he had relocated to Goldbug's territory. As one of Goldbug's close associates, he spent most of his time working with Autobot [[bodyscrapper]]s based in [[Gold City]]. When not interrogating the Decepticon prisoners they brought back for him, he spent most of his time experimenting on unwilling victims, using the steady supply of spare parts guaranteed by his position to try and create unbeatable Cybertronian that wouldn't have died by his side. When [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] brought him [[Sixshot (SG)|Sixshot]]'s corpse, Ratchet told him that Goldbug had put out a contract on [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]], with express orders to bring him in alive. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 1|Shattered Glass #1}}

When [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] and his remaining followers launched a full-scale assault on Gold City, Ratchet took part in the battle, but paused when he overheard the sound of Starscream dying and [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] screaming in agony. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 3|Shattered Glass II #3}} {{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 5|Shattered Glass II #5}}}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:FtF SG Ratchet.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Sorry man. ''Doctor of Doom'' nickname has [[Stronger, Faster#Real-world references|already been used]] by another [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]].]]
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{{storylink|Shattered Bridges}}
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==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:BotCon2016toy-RatchetSG.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|"Do you ever think that you might be going ''mad''?!" <br> "Oh, all the time. I don't think that it's anything to worry about."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-sa|'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Deluxe, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Combiner hand/foot/gun, axe

: Exclusive to [[BotCon 2016]]'s customization class, ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' "Autobot Ratchet" is a [[redeco]] of the mass-retail [[First Aid (G1)#Generations|First Aid]] with a previously-unused pretooled head. Like all ''Combiner Wars''-style Deluxe Class toys, he can become an arm or a leg for any compatible Voyager Class torso figure. The toy came unassembled and unpainted (though pre-assembled unpainted versions were made available for sale later in the weekend), and the class attendees applied provided paint and stickers to complete the toy.

: While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also sticks out automatically if he collides with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Combiner Wars|Optimus Prime]]/[[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]]'s (or any of [[Hot Spot (G1)#Combiner Wars|Hot Spot]]'s redecoes/retools) protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem.

: ''Shattered Glass'' Ratchet was actually one of ''five'' different official decos for the unpainted "kits", the others being a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]]-inspired Ratchet, a [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]]-based Ratchet, a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)| Generation 2]]'' Ratchet deco, and [[Medix (G1)#Toys|Medix]], which used the automatically-included-in-the-sprues First Aid head. Four sticker sheets were available, but class participants were only allowed a G1 sticker sheet and one other of their choice. This was not a popular decision. Extra unpainted/unstickered pre-assembled versions of Ratchet with the Ratchet head were offered for sale at the convention to regular attendees.

: Class participants who finished creating their toy in-class were given an exclusive [[Enigma of Combination]] accessory that can be either held by Ratchet/Medix or fit into [[Ultra Prime#Toys|Ultra Prime]] or [[Optimus Maximus (G1)#Toys|Optimus Maximus]]'s chest. 
{{CWOffroadMold}}
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-SG-Ratchet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Sid from Toy Story had become what he fought against.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-sa|'''Shattered Glass Ratchet & Optimus Prime''' (2-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''
:*''ID number'': '''WFC-GS17'''
:*''Accessories'': Pistol, roof/shield, lightbar

: A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', "Shattered Glass Ratchet" is a redeco of [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Paradron Medics Ratchet]], itself a retool of ''Earthrise'' [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ironhide]], featuring a BotCon-inspired color scheme with the delicious purple Autobot insignia. Ratchet comes with a shield that forms his ambulance mode's roof and also comes with a miniature pistol that can be stashed away under the shield. The figure's feet stick out of the back of its ambulance mode, an issue shared with all iterations of this mold. Although stock photography depicts him with grey shoulder highlights, the final toy gives him purple ones instead.

: He is bundled with [[Optimus Prime (SG)#Generations Selects|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]]. Much like most 2020 ''Selects'' product, the toy is only branded as part of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' and not ''Earthrise''.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-corrupted form of [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic|Generation 1 Ratchet]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.
{{WFCSiegeIronhideMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Magic: The Gathering''===
[[File:MTG-SG-Ratchet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Ratchet, Field Medic / Ratchet, Rescue Racer''' (2022)
**''ID number:'' '''002/015''' 
**''Set code:'' '''BOT'''
**''Color identity:'' '''White'''
**''Casting cost:'' '''{2}{W}''' (front), '''{1}{W}''' (back)
**''Artist:'' [[Andrew Griffith]]
:"Ratchet, Field Medic" is part of the 2022 ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Universes Beyond|Universes Beyond]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Transformers|Transformers]]'' card set, found in Collector Booster packs of ''Magic''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> ''[[wikia:mtg:The Brothers' War|The Brothers' War]]'' set. It can be reversed to become "Ratchet, Rescue Racer", representing Ratchet in vehicle mode.
:A variant of this card was available in both Set Booster and Collector Booster packs, depicting [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Magic: The Gathering|"Generation 1" Ratchet]].
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==Notes==
[[File:SGRatchetFlatColors.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Damn you, situational lighting!]]
* In the original ''Shattered Glass'' continuity, Ratchet's first body is based on ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Combat Class [[Roadblock (Energon)|Roadblock]]'s, with a new head. The character was intended to have a scrubs-based mint green as his base color.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=These guys arrived today. That is a tasty minty green on Ratchet. Pity he's not supposed to be white... SG Ratchet is supposed to have a light scrubs-green base. Oh well.|link=https://twitter.com/MSipher/status/1340431087915257856|name=Greg Sepelak|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=12|day=19|defunct=y}}</ref> In [[Evan Gauntt]]'s pre-final "flat color" version<ref>{{citesocial|quote=and here's the rough layout based on the script, the line art, and the color flats for the piece.|link=https://twitter.com/evangauntt/status/1303498819750039553|name=Evan Gauntt|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=09|day=09|defunct=y}}</ref> of Ratchet's first appearance, Ratchet is mint green in the original image. However, the dynamic lighting from the scene's overhead lamp caused other creators to interpret him as being white with green highlights instead of his intended mint green coloration. This misinterpretation of his colors has been reflected by every depiction of the character since, including his much-later Hasbro toy release. Oops?
* Ratchet's Autotrooper body is based on ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxe Class [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Offroad]]/[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Trailbreaker]] with a [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Notes|Hoist]]-style head.
* In ''Forged to Fight'', evil Ratchet shares a CG model with [[Ratchet (G1)#Transformers: Forged to Fight|his regular counterpart]] as a heavily stylized version of the 2008 [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|''Universe'' Deluxe Class toy]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
 |charname=''Shattered Glass'' Ratchet
 |disambig=Ratchet (disambiguation)
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*[[Ratchet (SG Animated)|Ratchet]], the evil counterpart to [[Ratchet (Animated)|''Animated'' Ratchet]].}}

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