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Thugs-4-Less, also known as Goons-4-Less, is a mercenary organization, originating in the Bogon Galaxy that appear as secondary antagonists in Going Commando, Into the Nexus and Rift Apart, with minor appearances in other titles. It consists entirely of a species of reptilian creatures from their homeworld of Snivelak, and was led by the Thug Leader. The Thugs offer their services to the highest bidder, and appear to be motivated primarily by profit, although the Thug Leader had a personal vendetta against Ratchet and Clank.

During Going Commando, the Thugs-4-Less were hired by Angela Cross initially for her protection, though they were later hired by Megacorp to defend Abercrombie Fizzwidget. In Into the Nexus, they were hired by Neftin Prog to help free his sister Vendra Prog, and began to operate in the Polaris Galaxy. This made them partially responsible both for the Protopet crisis in Bogon, and the nether attack in Polaris. In Rift Apart they are hired by Dr. Nefarious to attack Ratchet and Clank and help him in his theft of the Dimensionator in Megalopolis, after he put his assistant Lawrence on paid paternity leave. They continue pursuing Ratchet and Clank through dimensional rifts and also Rivet, as they are unable to differentiate their Lombax target from the two of them. They are broken out of Zordoom Prison along with all the other inmates by Rivet and assist her and her allies in the fight against Emperor Nefarious.

They have more recently rebranded themselves to Goons-4-Less, possibly because their numerous contract failures due to Ratchet and Clank have left them uncredible and damaged their reputation. They have since moved their business model to a mobile app, in which anyone can now take out hits on their adversaries at competitive prices.