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Zurkon may refer to:

Zurkon Family

Mr. Zurkon, with his wife and son from Into the Nexus

Zurkon is a recurring family of synthenoids in the Ratchet & Clank series comprising Mr. Zurkon, Mrs. Zurkon, and Zurkon Jr. The Zurkons have appeared both as weapons, enemies, and characters encountered by Ratchet and Clank.

Mr. Zurkon was first introduced in Tools of Destruction as one of the devices, later reappearing in games beginning with A Crack in Time as a weapon. The Zurkon family were introduced in Into the Nexus, accompanying Mr. Zurkon after the weapon is upgraded. The family reappear in later titles in their various forms.

Weapon and device[]

As a weapon, Mr. Zurkon is a synthenoid that hovers around Ratchet and fires at enemies. Notably, Mr. Zurkon has unique lines of dialogue for enemies encountered, making snarky remarks and insults at their expense.

Mr. Zurkon first appeared as a device in Tools of Destruction. In A Crack in Time, Mr. Zurkon is introduced as a weapon, but only upgrades to "Zurkon the Destroyer". In Into the Nexus, Mr. Zurkon upgrades to have Zurkon Jr. accompany him at level 2, and then introduces the entire family at level 3.

Mr. Zurkon first appearing as one of the devices in Tools of Destruction. He later returned as a full weapon in A Crack in Time. Into the Nexus introduced the family, as the Mr. Zurkon weapon's first upgrade brings his son Zurkon Jr. to accompany him, while the third upgrades the weapon to Zurkon Family as Ms. Zurkon appears. Mr. Zurkon is also a weapon in Ratchet & Clank (2016 game).

Enemies[]

Zurkons as an enemy were introduced in the Ratchet & Clank comic series, deployed by Artemis Zogg.

The Ratchet & Clank (movie) once again features the Zurkons as enemies. The accompanying 2016 video game, as well as featuring Mr. Zurkon as a weapon, also features Zurkons as an enemy, and a boss battle against a large Mrs. Zurkon.

Characters[]

In Rift Apart, the Zurkon family appear as full characters in the game. Mrs. Zurkon and Ms. Zurkon (where Ms. Zurkon is the counterpart in Rivet's dimension) is the game's vendor, while the alternate counterparts of Mr. Zurkon, named Zurkie, and the alternate Zurkon Jr., named have other roles in the story as seen in Zurkie's, where Zurkie is the owner of a gastropub and Zurkon Jr. is the announcer at the arena.

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