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A special kind of fan-made written works are Ranger-themed song parodies.

List by authors

8-Bit Star

• Everything's Rangers (Everything's Archie)[1]
• Everything's AC (Everything's Archie)[2]
• The Rangers: Some Real Rodentian Heroes! (G.I. Joe Theme)[3]
• Rangers in Charge (Charles in Charge Theme)[4]
• I Believe in Sappy Endings (Jem & the Holograms – I Believe in Happy Endings)[5]
• Ticks & Snails, Doggy Dangers (Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers Theme)[6]
• Mad (Michael Jackson – Bad)[7]
• Gadget's Mine (Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney – The Girl Is Mine)[8]
• Quick Animal (Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal)[9]
• I Am Not a Troll (Michael Jackson – You Are Not Alone)[10]
• New Eps (Atari Supersonic Jingle)[11]

bock's car 509

• I'm a Believer (The Monkees – I'm a Believer)[12]
• No Time (The Guess Who – No Time)[13]
• Mama Told Me Not To Come (Eric Burdon & the Animals/Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come)[14]
• Der Chipper's Face (Der Führer's Face))[15]
• Gadget's Machine (The Beach Boys – Custom Machine)[16]

Bubbles' Big Brother

• I'm Bubbles (P!nk – I'm Trouble)[17]

BW

• Let's Hear It for Dale (Deniece Williams – Let's Hear It for the Boy)[18]
• Whatta Munk (Salt-N-Pepa – Whatta Man)[19]

CD

• Monty the Musclemouse (Popeye the Sailorman)[20]
• Acorn Cafe (Barry Manilow – Copacabana)[21]

Chip ID

• Normy and Nimnul (Pinky and the Brain Theme)[22]
• Dale Dale (John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom)[23]

L. Cranston

• Foxy Pie (Warrant – Cherry Pie)[24]
• Grab Those Rescue Rangers (Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music)[25]
• I'll Try (Jonathan Brooke – I'll Try)[26]
• Some Kind of Mystery (Sinoa – Some Kind of Mystery)[27]
• Big Force for Animal-kind (Billy Joel – Big Man on Mulberry Street)[28]
• A Matter of Trust (Billy Joel – A Matter of Trust)[29]
• Chipmunk Girls (Aqua – Barbie Girl)[30]
• Monty Jack (Black Sabbath – Iron Man)[31]
• Ranger (Kid Rock – Warrior)[32]
• Turn the Plane (Bob Seger – Turn the Page)[33]

Cyber Damiyo

• Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal)
  • Gadget Hackwrench version[34]
  • Rescue Rangers version[35]
• Rescue Rangers Halloween (Gone Jackals – Legacy)[36]

Framwinkle

• Gadget's Got a Gun (Aerosmith – Janie's Got a Gun)[37]

Gyrotank

• The Rescue Rangers (a-ha - The Living Daylights)[38]
• Like a Gyrotank (Like a Gadgephile by Midnight Man, which is in turn based on Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone)[39]
• On a Wing-Nut and a Prayer Theme Song (Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer)[40]
• Poke Thread Theme Song (Madonna - Vogue)[41]

• Captain Wroongel's Greeting for the Rescue Rangers (Theme from The Adventures of Captain Wroongel)[42]

Dr. Indy

• The Day That RR Was Done (Don McLean – American Pie)[43]
• The Ballad of Dale Oakmont (The Ballad of Jed Clampett)[44]
• Wouldn't It Be Ran-ger-y (Wouldn't It Be Love-r-ly from My Fair Lady)[45]

Kongo

• Down With the Rangers (Disturbaed – Down With the Sickness)[46]

KS

• Gadget Shot the Salesman (Mark Chesnutt – Bubba Shot the Jukebox)[47]
• Chipmunks and Gadget (Garth Brooks – Cowboys and Angels)[48]
• Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) (Dan Seals – Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold))[49]
• Shrankshaw Prison Blues (Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues)[50]
• Tammy's Mom (Fountains of Wayne – Stacy's Mom)[51]
• Fat Cat Got Run Over by a Ranger (Randy Brooks – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer)[52]
• Should've Been a Ranger (Toby Keith – Should've Been a Cowboy)[53]
• Colette (Dolly Parton – Jolene)[54]

Live2dream

• Union of Hearts (HIM – Funeral of Hearts)[55]

Obi-Wan Maplewood

• Anything for Gadj (Meat Loaf – I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That))[56]

Mayhem

• The Riddle (of the Rangers) (Nik Kershaw – The Riddle)[57]
• Your Woman (Gadget's Lament) (White Town – Your Woman)[58]
• (Here's To You) Gadget Hackwrench (Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson)[59]
• The Importance Of Being 'Phile (Oasis – The Importance Of Being Idle)[60]
• (Keep A) Rescue Ranger In Your Soul (They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul)[61]
• Breakfast (With Gadget) In America (Supertramp – Breakfast In America)[62]
• Cafe's My Home (The Living End – Carry Me Home)[63]
• (Acorn!) Cafe! (Blondie – Call Me)[64]
• Hackwrenchian Like You (The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You)[65]
• We Keep Alive The Fire (Billy Joel – We Didn't Start The Fire)[66]
• Tammy, I'm In Love (The Cure – Friday I'm In Love)[67]
• Gadget Hackwrench Eyes (Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes)[68]
• Ranger! High Voltage! (The Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage!)[69]
• Nothing Is Strange (The Doors/Echo and the Bunnymen – People Are Strange)[70]
• One More Time (See Them In Action) (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me))[71]
• 1989 (James Blunt – 1973)[72]
• The Airman (James Blunt – Wiseman)[73]
• You Could Be Mine (Guns N' Roses – You Could Be Mine)[74]
• I Kissed Gadget (And I Liked It) (Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl)[75]
• Blame It On The Brie (The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie)[76]
• (She'll Head Off To) California (Toto – Africa)[77]
• (I'm a) Rescue Ranger (The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band – Urban Spaceman)[78]
• Useless Ones Killed The Rescue Rangers (The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star)[79]

Midnight Man

• My Head's In New York City (ZZ Top – My Head's In Mississippi)
• Still On Duty (Huey Lewis & the News – The Heart Of Rock'n'Roll)
• Acorn Café (Carole King – Hard Rock Café)
• Tad Gave Chip And Dale To You (KISS – God Gave Rock And Roll To You II)
• Lady Ranger (The Dire Straits – Lady Writer)
• Clarice (Fischer-Z – Marliese)
• Monterey Jack Is Waiting (Bananarama – Robert De Niro's Waiting)
• Fat Cat Fever (Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever)
• Widget Hackwrench (David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust)
• The Ballad Of Gadget Hackwrench (Marianne Faithfull – The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan)
• Don't Cry For Me Little Gadget (Don't Cry For Me Argentina from Evita)
• They're All Coming Back To You Now (Céline Dion/Meat Loaf – It's All Coming Back To Me Now)
• Welcome To The Café (Pink Floyd – Welcome To The Machine)
• Zanzibar (Kim Wilde – Cambodia)
• Gypsy Moth (Styx – Crystal Ball)
• I Heard It On The Oak Tree (Marvin Gaye – I Heard It Through The Grapevine)
• Die Retter gehen um/The Rangers Are In Town (Falco/After The Fire – Der Kommissar)
• Nineteen Eighty-Nine (Prince – 1999)
• Northern Flanders Song (The Doors – Alabama Song)
• Chip And Dale (Led Zeppelin – Rock And Roll)
• I Love Chip 'n Dale (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Love Rock'n'Roll)
• Gadget Hackwrench Clones (The Beach Boys – California Girls)
• Cover Of The Acorn News (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - Cover Of The Rolling Stone)
• Theme from Maplewood (Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft)
• Streets Of Fanon (Ralph McTell - Streets Of London)
• Rangerphile (Black Sabbath - Paranoid)
• The Rangerphile (Iggy Pop - The Passenger)
• Rangerphiles (New Model Army - Vagabonds)
• Rangerphilia (John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band - Instant Karma!)
• Like A Gadgephile (Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone)
• (Theme from) Diamonds In The Desert (Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever)
• The Chipmunk Divine (Yello feat. Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine)
• König der Retter (Rio Reiser - König von Deutschland)
• Geegaw, grüß mir die Sonne (Extrabreit - Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne)
• Ranger Plane (The Simple Minds - Belfast Child)
• The Witch Is Back (Elton John - The Bitch Is Back)
• She's Lawhiney (Robbie Williams - She's Madonna)
• Ranger Team (Robbie Williams - Supreme)
• Let Me Rangerise You (Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You)
• Sergeant Chipper's Rescue Rangers Bunch (The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
• With A Little Help From Our Fans (The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends)
• Sergeant Chipper's Rescue Rangers Bunch (Reprise) (The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise))
• Show's Gone (Alice Cooper - School's Out)
• Return Of The Matt (Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack)
• Alma (Hot Chocolate - Emma)

ModernTimes

• Year of the Cafe (Al Stewart – Year of the Cat)[80]

Neal_Wolf

• Mama We're All Rangerphiles (Slade/Quiet Riot – Mama Weer All Crazee Now)[81]
• Friends in Web Spaces (Garth Brooks – Friends in Low Places)[82]
• Rangerphile Love Song (Edwin McCain – I'll Be)[83]
• The Acorn Cafe (Barry Manilow – Copacabana)[84]
• Something New... (Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)[85]
• Miss Lawhinie (Sammy Hagar – Mas Tequila)[86]
• 1989 (Bowling For Soup – 1985)[87]
• Joy to the World (Three Dog Night – Joy to the World)[88]
• Mr. Nimnul (Ozzy Osbourne – Mr. Crowley)[89]
• Thank God I'm a Rangerphile (John Denver – Thank God I'm a Country Boy)[90]
• I Want to Be a Witch (Calloway – I Want to Be Rich)[91]
• Nameless Pirates of Penzance parody (Animaniacs parody on Pirates of Penzance)[92]

Nyperold

• Willkommen[93]
• The Twelve Days of Waiting (The Twelve Days of Christmas)[94]

PensacolaRanger

• Rangerphile Club March (Mickey Mouse Club March)[95]
• Go Speed Gadget! (Speed Racer Theme)[96]

Matt Plotecher

• A Fly from Heaven (Toad the Wet Sprocket – Fly From Heaven)
• C-N-D-R-R (They Might Be Giants – S-E-X-X-Y)
• Crash Into Trees (The Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me)
• Dale's Ode to Foxglove (Hootie & the Blowfish – I Only Wanna Be With You)
• Golly! Golly! Golly! ((Lolly, Lolly, Lolly from Schoolhouse Rocks)
• Mice In Black (Will Smith – Men In Black)
• No Plan (Blind Melon – No Rain)
• Rangers' Cast (Elvira – Monster Rap)
• Ranger Coffeehouse (Barry Manilow – Copacabana)
• The Old Aircraft (Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment)
• Theme from R.O.A.R. (Van Halen – Right Now)
• Theme from the Nowakverse (I'll Make A Man Out Of You from Disney's Mulan)

Ronnie Rabbit

• Bring Me to Life (Evanescence – Bring Me to Life)[97]

Racebest

• Stars in Their Lives (Foreigner – Juke Box Hero)[98]
• C-A-F-E (The Kinks – Lola)[99]
• Welcome to the Cafe (Guns N' Roses – Welcome to the Jungle)[100]

RangerReady23

• The Ballad of Eddie Dixon (The Ballad of Davy Crockett)[101]

RedneckBadgerDrizzt

• Old Dale Oakmont (The Monroe Brothers – Old Joe Clark)[102]

Rennod

• That Hackwrench Girl (Rick Springfield – Jesse's Girl)[103]
• Ms. Hackwrench is the Centerfold (J. Geils Band – Centerfold)[104]
• The Ranger (Kenny Rogers – The Gambler)[105]
• Romeos and Gadget (The Dire Straits – Romeo and Juliet)[106]
• Piano Munk (Billy Joel – Piano Man)[107]
• Gimme Three Eps (Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimme Three Steps)[108]

Johan Rhen

• The Best of One Old Show (Fat Cat – The Best of Everything)[109]
• Sweet Gadget (Blackadder Theme)[110]
• These Rangers Must Die (This Jesus Must Die from Jesus Christ Superstar)[111]

RR-Crusader

• The Theme Song For Knight Rangers (Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger)[112]

Hondo I. Sackett

• The Rescue Ranger Wing (The Wabash Cannonball)[113]
• Gadget: Ranger Rose of NYC (Little Georgia Rose)[114]

Schroeder

• Rangers on the Case (Yes – Yours Is No Disgrace)[115]
• Foxy (Jethro Tull – Ladies)[116]
• Hotel Rangerphilia (The Eagles – Hotel California)[117]

Severe Weather Eddie

• I Love This Cafe (Toby Keith – I Love This Bar)

Silver Shadow

• Another Case to be Solved (Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall Parts 1–3)[118]

Sinclair

• It's a Long Way to New York City (It's a Long Way to Tipperary)[119]
•  Rangers (Helloween – Windmill)[120]
• Rangerverse (Manowar – An American Trilogy)[121]
• Acorn Cafe (Scott McKenzie – San Francisco) (cooperation with Midnight Man)[122]

Stainless Steel Rat

• Who'll Come A-Hunting[123]
• Who Do You Think You Are? (Sailor Moon – Luna Rock)[124]
• What Would The Rescue Rangers Do? (What Would Brian Boitano Do?)[125]

Supercheese

• The Day The Rangers Died (Don McLean – American Pie)[126]

Yunkel

• 12 Days of Xmas[127]

zaptiftun

• That Night at the Drive-in (The Monkees – Sometime in the Morning)[128]
• Ballad of the Hackwrenches (Ballad of the Green Beret)[129]
• The Night Gadget Went Crazy (Weird Al Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy)[130]

Zipper

• The Battle of Chip Orleans (The Battle of New Orleans)[131]

(I've added links to those parodies whose writers don't have articles yet. –Midnight Man 01:21, 6 May 2007 (PDT))