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'''Writing credits:''' [[BOC42]]

'''First released:''' At [[the Acorn Cafe]] from May 4 to 29, 2006

'''Title reference:''' Proverbs 18:24 - "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."

'''Part of series:''' Not yet. A sequel is being worked on, though.

'''Length:''' 30,358 words (the text only), 30,857 words (the complete work); 15 chapters

'''[[Rating]]:''' PG (for some violence and intense situations)

Being worked on in autumn 2005 already, ''Closer Than a Brother'' is one of 2006's most remarkable stories. One thing that makes it special is that it is told from [[Gadget Hackwrench|Gadget's]] point of view.

==Synopsis==
A quarrel between [[Chip]] and [[Dale]], caused by Gadget who has fallen asleep on Chip's shoulder after a movie marathon, is soon being displaced by a new case when an apparently British mouse named [[Jules Crissen]] demands the help of the [[Rescue Rangers]]. He introduces himself as the butler of the Russian actress [[Sophia Marskov]] (actually should be Marskova according to Russian grammatics) and tells the Rangers that an assassin is after her. But as soon as the Rangers start working on the case, they learn the hard way that hardly anything about it is the way it looks like.

==Important Characters==
===Canonical===
The [[Rescue Rangers]]

[[Bubbles]]

===Original===
[[Jules Crissen]]

[[Sophia Marskov]]

[[The Assassin (Closer Than a Brother)|The Assassin]]

==Devices==
The [[Ranger Wing]]

==Awards==
[[2006 Golden Acorn Awards]]: Best Use of a Recurring Series Character (Gadget), <font color="white">Best Original Villain (Jules Crissen)</font>, Best Original Female Character (Sophia Marskov), Best Romance, Best Drama (spoiler blanked)

==External Links==

Closer Than A Brother can be found on the Acorn Cafe, as well as the RRDatabase.

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12859 Chapter 1]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12889 Chapter 2]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12909 Chapter 3]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12950 Chapter 4]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=12994 Chapter 5]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13008 Chapter 6]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13010 Chapter 7]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13038 Chapter 8]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13067 Chapter 9]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13080 Chapter 10]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13090 Chapter 11]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13104 Chapter 12]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13125 Chapter 13]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13142 Chapter 14]

[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=13151 Chapter 15 and Credits]

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