Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Autobot cars, Deluxe Vehicles |
Function | Medic |
Rank | 7 |
Partner | Flareup, Optimus Prime |
Motto | "You break it, I'll remake it." |
Alternate modes | Nissan Onebox Vanette Ambulance, Cybertronian Amblance, Medical Train Car, SUV ambulance |
Series |
Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Timelines Transformers: Universe |
Voiced by | Don Messick, Wally Burr (in the episode Masquerade) |
Japanese voice actor | Masashi Ebara |
Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Deluxe Vehicles |
Motto | "All life is precious." |
Alternate modes | Mercedes-Benz M-Class sports utility vehicle |
Series | Transformers: Universe |
Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Cyber Slammers, Fast Action Battlers, Micro Vehicles, Voyagers, Deluxe Vehicles |
Function | Medical Officer (2007-2014 films) |
Rank | 7 |
Partner | Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Jazz, Jetfire, Jolt, Hound, Leadfoot, Wheeljack, Mirage, Crosshairs, NEST, Sam Witwicky |
Motto | "If you can break it, I can remake it." |
Alternate modes | Cybertronian Entry Mode Protoform, Search and Rescue Sport Utility Truck, Thraal tank, Bulldog II Armored Truck Rescue Hummer H2. |
Series |
Transformers Cinematic Universe 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 |
Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Activators, Deluxe Vehicles |
Function | Medic, Mechanic, Veteran |
Rank | 5 (Takara) |
Partner | Prowl, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Optimus Prime, |
Motto | "Hold still. This won’t hurt a bit." "You break it, I'll remake it." "A little magnetism oughta do the trick!" (Bumper Battlers) |
Alternate modes | Cybertronian ambulance, Earth ambulance |
Series | Transformers Animated |
English voice actor | Corey Burton |
Japanese voice actor | Toru Okawa |
Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Deluxe Vehicles |
Alternate modes | Crane truck |
Series | Transformers: Timelines |
Autobot | |
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Information | |
Sub-group | Officer |
Function | Officer of Medical Affairs |
Rank | 8 |
Partner | Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide |
Motto | "I NEEDED THAT!" |
Series | Transformers: Prime |
English voice actor |
Jeffrey Combs (animated series) Fred Tatasciore (video games) |
Japanese voice actor |
Nobuo Tobita (Prime) Takehito Koyasu (Robots in Disguise) |
Ratchet is the name of several characters in the Transformers franchise. According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ratchet was named after the character of Nurse Ratched from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The name Ratchet is almost always portrayed as an Autobot physician and pacificist combat medic who turns into an ambulance. Ratchet is sometimes referred to by the trademarked names "Autobot Ratchet" or "Rescue Ratchet."
Ratchet (Mécano in Québec, Racsni in Hungary, Храповик in Russia and Doc in Italy) is the chief medic of the Autobots in the Transformers television and comic series based on the popular toyline produced by Takara and Hasbro. His vehicle mode is an ambulance. Named after Nurse Ratched by writer Bob Budiansky, who originally intended the character to be female, an idea rejected by Hasbro. Ratchet is well-remembered by fans of the original comic series, in which he played a major role.
Ratchet would transform into an ambulance (cargo van type) and was colored white with red stripes and emergency lights. Ratchet had two robot modes, though only one was usually seen in the comic run and the television cartoon. Ratchet was one of the original and the longest-lived of all Transformers in the Marvel Transformers comic series. Often a fan favorite, he was a healer first, but a soldier nonetheless. His courage and loyalty are demonstrated time and again.