This odd connection has been stuck in my head for a while
no but like seriously, its weird that Clank and Daxter both have this happen to them. Daxter is actually turned into a Precursor, a race of people that created of the Jak and Daxter world and eco, in the first game instead of being some weird fuzzball that everyone thought it was and Clank's dad is Orvus the Zoni, a race of aliens that keep the timeline in check in the Ratchet and Clank universe (at minimum, not a clue if they go for the other dimensions/universes but that's a different discussion). For Clank, his whole world was turned upside down when he met the zoni and learned that he wasn't a mistake like he thought he was and was actually destined to keep the Great Clock (where the zoni live) protected and the timeline, while for Daxter...the most meeting the Precursors amounted to was a jaw drop and a laugh (and pants later). One was meant to happen originally meant as a mistake while the other was just the equivalent of jumping into a pool of goop and coming out changed to look like god without knowing. Both first games in their respective series make it seem like the sidekicks origins aren't all that important only for it to turn out to be extremely connected to some of the most powerful beings in their universe. This is just something I wanted to yap about cause its something I noticed while writing a fic and couldn't stop thinking about it.