Plato Awards

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The Plato Awards Ceremony took place in 1999, on the 10th anniversary of Chip'N'Dale's Rescue Rangers TV Show appearing on broadcast television. The award ceremonies were written by Matt Plotecher. The Platos were the predecessors of the Golden Acorn Awards, which owe much to them in terms of inspiration, format and nominations structure, the majority of which are still a part of the show. In fact, only two of the nominations became history, namely Best Illustration - Solo (award for, according to Matt Plotecher, 'those illustrations depicting stories which do not currently exist, inviting the viewer to exercise their imagination as to what the tale might be to produce such an image') and Best Script (nod to, as Matt put it, 'the vast majority of Ranger fanfics to first arrive on the ‘Net which were meant to be proposals for new episodes' and the author of which need 'to create scenes just as real and intense as those found in prose, but must do so while juggling the technical jargon of camera directions, blocking, and character descriptions').


Artwork Awards:

Best Black & White Image - Line Art: Foxglove for the Bat Conservation International[1] by Charles Williams

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Best Black & White Image - Greyscale: Gadget Reclining[2] by Liz Kalter

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Best Flat Image - Colored: The Kiss - Colored[3] by Matt Plotecher (drawing) and Chip Lundsmark (coloring)

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Best Colored Image - Rendered: Foxglove Tapestry[4] by Charles Williams

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Best Portrait: Gadget Reclining[5] by Liz Kalter

Further nominees:

  • Deepsea picture by Charles Williams
  • Foxglove Tapestry by Charles Williams
  • We will fly together someday by Murad Ismailov
  • “Pistachio!” by Matt Plotecher


Best Dressing: Pirats' Bride[6] by Herwig 'Harry' Bartalszky

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Best Illustration from/inspired by a Fanfic: Natalie from Rhyme and Reason[7] by Charles Williams

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Best Illustration - Solo: I’m down the hallway[8] by Matt Plotecher

Further nominees:

  • How I hate to love you by Matt Plotecher
  • When the Chips Are Down by Matt Plotecher
  • R.O.A.R. picture by J.L. Solis
  • Root n' Tootin' Foxglove! by Charles Williams


Best Artist: Charles Williams

Further nominees:

  • Herwig 'Harry' Bartalszky
  • Larry deSouza
  • J.L. Solis
  • Matt Plotecher


Best Artwork: Gadget Reclining[9] by Liz Kalter

Further nominees:

  • GadgetCat_hb.jpg by Herwig 'Harry' Bartalszky
  • We will fly together someday by Murad Ismailov
  • Foxglove Tapestry by Charles Williams
  • Little Foxy by Charles Williams


Fanfics Awards:

Best Parody/MiSTing/Satire: The Rangers of NIMH - MiSTed by Hеkan Svensson and Kevin A. Pezzano

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Best Original Male Character: An Tham Sun from Fly to the Light by Matt Plotecher

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Best Original Female Character: Widget Hackwrench from John Nowak's stories

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Best Original Villain: Ivana M. Killjoy from Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio

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Best Interaction (SPOILERS BLANKED): Foxglove interacting with the "X-files" characters in Home is Where You Hang Upside Down by The Enduring Man-Child

Further nominees:

  • Gadget is “seeing Geegaw off” in Fly to the Light by Matt Plotecher
  • Monterey and Dale vs. Gadget’s thinking and Widget’s son in Icarus by John Nowak
  • Christmas love confession scene in Revelation by Christopher "Malachite" Sweeters
  • Chip and Gadget scene in Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio


Best Characterization: Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio

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Best Use of a Preestablished Character -- One Shot (SPOILER BLANKED): Foxglove in Home is Where You Hang Upside Down by The Enduring Man-Child

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  • Bubbles as The Hooded Menace in The Hooded Menace by Jeff Pierce
  • Foxglove in Consummation by The Enduring Man-Child
  • Sparky & Buzz in Somemouse to Watch Over Me by Matt Plotecher
  • Tammy in Rescue Rangers X: The Short Series Episode 101: A Force Reborn by Eddie Baird


Best Use of a Preestablished Character -- Reoccurring: Professor Norton Nimnul in There and Back...AGAIN? by Matt Plotecher

Further nominees:

  • Fat Cat in Consummation by The Enduring Man-Child
  • Mole in Consummation by The Enduring Man-Child
  • Fat Cat in Under the Bridge by John Nowak
  • Professor Norton Nimnul in Somemouse to Watch Over Me by Matt Plotecher


Best Comedy/Adventure: Home is Where You Hang Upside Down by The Enduring Man-Child

Further nominees:

  • Chariots of Fur by Matt Plotecher
  • There and back...AGAIN? by Matt Plotecher
  • Culinary Disaster by Meghan Brunner
  • The Hooded Menace by Jeff Pierce


Best Drama: Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio

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Best Short Story: Chip's One Year Vacation by Karl Schenk

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Best Script: Trite Fright Night by Matt Plotecher

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Best Author: Matt Plotecher

Further nominees:

  • Meghan Brunner
  • Michael Demcio
  • The Enduring Man-Child
  • John Nowak


Best Story: Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio

Further nominees:

  • Consummation by The Enduring Man-Child
  • Fly to the Light by Matt Plotecher
  • Home is Where You Hang Upside-Down by The Enduring Man-Child
  • Rainbow’s Gold by Meghan Brunner


Website Awards:

Best Content: The RRDatabase

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Best Layout: The Foxglove Feature

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Most Informative: The RRDatabase

Further nominees:

  • Everything Rescue Ranger
  • Foxglove Feature Page
  • Gadget Hackwrench and the Rescue Rangers
  • Julie’s Rescue Rangers Page


Best Original Section: Kat’s Tales from the Messageboards

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Best Web Site Maintainer: Honywumpus, for The DAFT Hatchlings page

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Best Website: The Acorn Cafe

Further nominees:

  • Everything Rescue Ranger
  • Foxglove Feature Page
  • Internet Gadget Archive
  • The RRDatabase


Special Award:

Honorary Ranger Award: Natasha Kashefipour - "for creating the Acorn Cafe - perhaps the single reason why the online Rangerphile community is so tightly knit today - and for her unparalleled love of the Rangers".

Further nominees:

  • Robert Hollingshead a.k.a. ‘Robo|\|erd’ - "for creating TAOGH, which inspired various people to take up pen and paper and write their own tales".
  • Matt Plotecher - "for creating The RR Database, and his contributions of artwork and stories".
  • Jeff Pierce - "for creating and running W.T.F.B., the Disney Zine which is over seven years old and was an inspiration for the creation of the DAFT list".
  • Julie Bihn - "for her hard work in spearheading the ROAR effort and now also carrying on the TAOGH series".


External Links

The Plato Awards home page on The Rescue Ranger Database

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