Transformers
| Autobot | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Sub-group | Cyber Slammers, Fast Action Battlers, Micro Vehicles, Voyagers, Deluxe Vehicles |
| Function | Medical Officer |
| Rank | 5 |
| Partner | Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide |
| Motto | "If you can break it, I can remake it." |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Entry Mode Protoform, Hummer H2 Search and Rescue Sport Utility Truck, Thraal tank, Bulldog II Armored Truck |
| Series | Transformers film series Transformers (2010) |
| English voice actor | Robert Foxworth (films, 2009 game, (Transformers: The Ride) Fred Tatasciore (2007 game, 2011 game) Bronco O. Jackson (Cyber Missions) |
| Japanese voice actor | Jin Urayama |
In the 2007 live action film, Ratchet appears as a Search and Rescue Hummer H2. As always, Ratchet is the medical officer of the Autobots. According to the official movie site, Ratchet believes the conflict can be solved peacefully, without any violence. However he still carries out Optimus Prime's orders, even if it means use of force.
His weapons include a rotary saw that emerges from his left arm, and can transform his right and left arm into a machine gun. Ratchet also has an assortment of other tools at his disposal; in the movie, he uses a red laser to scan and try to calibrate Bumblebee's voicebox as they are introduced to Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes. He has an enhanced sense of smell. According to the book Transformers - Meet The Autobots by Jennifer Frantz, Ratchet has X-ray vision. According to the Transformers U.K. magazine Ratchet can produce a "chameleon" effect with his surface photo-electric cells allowing him to blend with his environment.
The official guide to the Transformers video game says he's 20 feet tall. The Transformers U.K. magazine states he is 20 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 6.7 tons and has a maximum speed of 230 mph. It also states he can "haul/push 20 times his own weight", which is 134 tons.
The vehicles used for Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz and Ratchet were put on display by GM at the 2007 Detroit River Walk Festival a little over a week before the U.S. release of the film.
One early concept sketch of Ratchet shown by Hasbro at BotCon 2007 had him as a red ambulance with white and black detail. This concept was later used for the character of Inferno.
In the sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ratchet's color scheme is revised, sporting green and white colors with "E4" printed on his side panels.
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