Matt Plotecher

About

The Ranger fandom has probably hardly never seen a Rangerphile showing as much creativity and proliferation in all its areas as Matthew Paul Plotecher. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, on June 7, 1974, he entered the active fandom in the mid-90s, long before the Acorn Cafe existed, so he was one of the fandom's pioneers. Today, Matt deals with about all kinds of media, and as far as the Ranger fandom goes, so he has done back then. His fame as both a fan fiction writer and a fan artist—and even more than all this—has not faded away a bit until today, and neither has his spirit. Although he has retired from the Ranger fandom, his influence can be found everywhere. Much of the Ranger Code has been thought up by him, he launched the Rescue Ranger Database, he was one of the two Rangerphiles behind R.O.A.R., he has both written or co-written a lot of famous standard MSTings of just as famous Ranger fanfics and invented the Ranger Science Theater, and his own fanfics are recommended to newbies in the fandom still today and will certainly always be.

Ranger Code

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Matt Plotecher, by the way, had a large influence on the Ranger Code itself.

Personal Trivia

Matt's last name is pronounced "Plo-teck-er."

Fan Fiction

The order and the subsections are taken over from Matt's website.

Mainstream

Bedbugs

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Rating: PG

External Links

Bedbugs at StrangeUnlimited.com

Chariots of Fur

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Rating: G

External Links

Chariots of Fur at StrangeUnlimited.com

Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers – The Movie: Somemouse To Watch Over Me

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Rating: PG

External Links

Somemouse To Watch Over Me at StrangeUnlimited.com

There and Back...AGAIN?

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External Links

There and Back...AGAIN? at StrangeUnlimited.com

Trite Fright Night

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Tright Fright Night at StrangeUnlimited.com

Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers

Fly to the Light

Written in June 1997, this fanfic started Matt Plotecher's Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers series.

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Title reference: Quote from the story itself.

Part of series: Fist story in the Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers series. The immediate sequel is Plots.

Length: 97,392 words (the complete work)

Rating: PG

Synopsis

When his journey around the world takes him to Japan, a stranger hands Cheddarhead Charlie a letter for Gadget. This letter reveals a secret to her and makes her decide to travel to Japan as soon as possible. The other Rescue Rangers join her, hoping to find out more about a group of organized criminal rodents which have just appeared in their hometown...

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Cheddarhead Charlie

Geegaw Hackwrench

Foxglove

Original

An Tham Sun

Kan Sune

Chan

Mel and Alice

Terica Hackwrench

Devices

The Ranger Wing

External Links

Fly to the Light at StrangeUnlimited.com

Plots

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Part of series: Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers. Sequel to Fly to the Light.

Length: 25,772 words (the complete work)

Rating: PG

Synopsis

Weird happenings at the laundromat which used to be Winifred's hideout lead the Rescue Rangers onto a mysterious case directly involving Foxglove. Previous events and finally the surroundings of where the case takes the Rangers bring painful memories back to Chip's mind, memories of when he was a school boy.

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Original

Marie Sunslope

Chip's schoolmates

Victoria

Devices

The Ranger Wing

Victoria's Mechanical Coffins

External Links

Plots at StrangeUnlimited.com

Color Me Confused

Following Jeff Pierce's advice, Matt wrote this story in 1999 to fill the gap between Plots and Swarm. It is one of the few fanfics to feature Cassandra, one of Matt's favorite characters.

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Part of series: Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers. Takes place between Plots and Swarm.

Length: 15,269 words (the complete work)

Rating: PG

Synopsis

A series of thefts in the carnival she is traveling with has the gypsy moth Cassandra call their friends, the Rescue Rangers, for help. But even after reducing the suspects to four, the mystery is far from solved.

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Cassandra

Original

Gary (by Matt Plotecher)

Bam Boozle

Tommy Knocker

Chris Well

Tore

Tad

External Links

Color Me Confused at StrangeUnlimited.com

Swarm

Written in 1998 and 1999, Swarm is another highly recommended story from the Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers universe.

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Part of series: Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers.

Length: 76573 words (the complete work)

Rating: M

External Links

Swarm at StrangeUnlimited.com

Wedding Bells Will Chime; Death Knells Shall Clang

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Part of series: Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers

Length: 44145 words (the complete work)

Rating: PG

External Links

Wedding Bells Will Chime; Death Knells Shall Clang at StrangeUnlimited.com

My Dinner with Monty

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Part of series: Chip Noir Dale's Rescue Rangers

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Rating: G

External Links

My Dinner with Monty at StrangeUnlimited.com

Payback

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Payback at StrangeUnlimited.com

Homefront

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Homefront at StrangeUnlimited.com

Song Parodies

A Fly from Heaven

Matt: "A song for Zipper."

Parody of: Fly from Heaven by Toad the Wet Sprocket

First Released: 1997

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

C-N-D-R-R

Matt: "Just another fan anthem."

Parody of: S-E-X-X-Y by They Might Be Giants

First Released: 1997

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Crash Into Trees

Matt: "Chip and Dale express their feelings for Gadget during a crash-landing."

Parody of: Crash Into Me by the Dave Matthews Band

First Released: 1997

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Dale's Ode to Foxglove

Matt: "Dale gives a serenade to Foxy, as only Dale can."

Parody of: I Only Wanna Be With You by Hootie and the Blowfish

First Released: 1999

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Golly! Golly! Golly!

Matt: "The jingle for Gadget's new store."

Parody of: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly from Schoolhouse Rocks

First Released: 1997

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Mice In Black

Matt: "What if the Rangers returned in a new TV series?"

Parody of: Men In Black by Will Smith

First Released: 1998

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

No Plan

Matt: "Dale's view on how he runs his life."

Parody of: No Rain by Blind Melon

First Released: 1997

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Rangers' Cast

Matt: "Something I wrote for the Rangers' 10th anniversary."

Parody of: Monster Rap by Elvira

First Released: 1999

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Ranger Coffeehouse

Matt: "A tune for the Ranger's Coffeehouse, where characters of all the different fanfic universes can mingle and meet."

Parody of: Star Wars Cantina by "Weird Al" Yankovic; Copacabana by Barry Manilow

First Released: 1998

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

The Old Aircraft

Matt: "Not quite a 'funny' parody, as Gadget visits her old home."

Parody of: The Old Apartment by Barenaked Ladies

First Released: 1998

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Theme from R.O.A.R.

Matt: "Theme for the R.O.A.R. effort."

Parody of: Right Now by Van Halen

First Released: 1998

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

Theme from the Nowakverse

Matt: "I was reading the MiSTing of "Under the Bridge" (see below) and ran across the short bit John had written for Part Three, and the tune stuck in my head until I wrote my own version."

Parody of: I'll Make A Man Out Of You from Disney's Mulan

First Released: 1999

External Link: StrangeUnlimited

External Links

Matt's main website Strangeumlimited.com

The section of his website where he still keeps all his Ranger-related works