RR fanfiction tropes

Like all forms of art, Rescue Ranger fanfictions have a few clichés that are often used. This page tries to list some of them, but will probably never be really complete. If you're a writer you should know that clichés aren't bad in and of themselves, but you should try to make the trope you use your own.

Non-standard Rangers

• Foxglove joins the Rangers.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by Chris Fischer

• Tammy joins the Rangers.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by Chris Fischer

• Sparky joins the Rangers.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by Chris Fischer

• Mary Sue/ Marty Stu joins the Rangers

Story examples:

• RAS (from 'The Rescuers') is mentioned or featured.

Story examples: Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio, The Wild Blue Yonder, gPod by Charlie Price,

Gadget lookalikes

May or may not be part of her extended family, the Gadget-lookalikes will either feature traits similar to Gadgets or traits almost completely opposite (Widget may count as an example of that).

Gadget lookalikes:
*Widget
*Lawhiney (canon character)
*Bridgett image

Injuries and drama

• Chip getting physically hurt.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by Chris Fischer, Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio

Gadget angst

• Geegaw's death

Most violent in stories set near the beginning of the Rescue Rangers' history, but frequently shows up in other stories too. Geegaw's death is most often a plane crash.

Story examples: Icarus by John Nowak, The Return by Charlie Price

General comedy tropes and running gags

• Gadget's cooking.

In fanfics, Gadget is shown to have extraordinary cooking power, capable of making anything inedible. Her food usually tastes of motor oil and can sometimes have nonstandard properties.

• Should work with no problems

When Gadget says that something "should work with no problems", the results are almost certain to be exactly opposite. A plane would crash, a vehicle would spin out of control, a device would go haywire. Some authors actually consider it to be a curse running in the family for generations.