In the 2007 live action film, Ratchet appears as a tìm kiếm 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 Người vận chuyển - Meet The Autobots bởi Jennifer Frantz, Ratchet has X-ray vision. According to the Người vận chuyển U.K. magazine Ratchet can produce a "chameleon" effect with his surface photo-electric cells allowing him to blend with his environment.

According to an early interview with Michael Bay, Ratchet stands about 24 feet tall (8m),[11] but the scale of his Voyager class toy suggests he stands 19 feet tall. The official guide to the Người vận chuyển video game says he's 20 feet tall. The Người vận chuyển U.K. magazine states he is 20 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 6.7 tons and has a maximum speed of 230mph. 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 bởi GM at the 2007 Detroit River Walk Festival a little over a week before the U.S. release of the film.[12]

One early concept sketch of Ratchet shown bởi Hasbro at BotCon 2007 had him as a red xe cứu thương with white and black detail.[13] This concept was later used for the character of Inferno.

For the upcoming sequel Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Ratchet's color scheme is revised, sporting green and white màu sắc with "E4" printed on his side panels.

Ratchet (rach-it) (Ratchet/Mécano in Canada, Racsni in Hungary, Храповик in Russia and Doc in Italy) is the chief medic of the Autobots in the Người vận chuyển ti vi and comic series based on the được ưa chuộng toy line produced bởi Takara and Hasbro. His vehicle mode is an ambulance. Named after Nurse Ratched bởi writer Bob Budiansky, who originally intended the character to be female, an idea rejected bởi Hasbro. Ratchet is well-remembered bởi những người hâm mộ of the original comic series, in which he played a major role.

Ratchet would transform into an xe cứu thương (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 ti vi cartoon. The Ratchet toy transformed into the một giây form. Ratchet was one of the original and the longest-lived of all Người vận chuyển in the Marvel Người vận chuyển comic series. Often a người hâm mộ favorite, he was a healer first, but a soldier nonetheless. His courage and loyalty are demonstrated time and again.

Ratchet was voted the hàng đầu, đầu trang Transformer who was bad đít, mông, ass in the comics bởi Topless Robot.