Song Parodies

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

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List by authors

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• Mama Told Me Not To Come (Eric Burdon & the Animals/Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come)[1]
• Der Chipper's Face (Der Führer's Face))[2]
• Gadget's Machine (The Beach Boys – Custom Machine)[3]

Bubbles' Big Brother

• I'm Bubbles (P!nk – I'm Trouble)[4]

CD

• Acorn Cafe (Barry Manilow – Copacabana)[5]

Gyrotank

• The Rescue Rangers (a-ha - The Living Daylights)[6]
• Like a Gyrotank (Like a Gadgephile by Midnight Man, which is in turn based on Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone)[7]
• On a Wing-Nut and a Prayer Theme Song (Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer)[8]
• Poke Thread Theme Song (Madonna - Vogue)[9]

• Captain Wroongel's Greeting for the Rescue Rangers (Theme from The Adventures of Captain Wroongel)[10]

Dr. Indy

• Wouldn't It Be Ran-ger-y (Wouldn't It Be Love-r-ly from My Fair Lady)[11]

L. Cranston

• Foxy Pie (Warrant – Cherry Pie)[12]
• Grab Those Rescue Rangers (Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music)[13]
• I'll Try (Jonathan Brooke – I'll Try)[14]
• Some Kind of Mystery (Sinoa – Some Kind of Mystery)[15]
• Big Force for Animal-kind (Billy Joel – Big Man on Mulberry Street)[16]
• A Matter of Trust (Billy Joel – A Matter of Trust)[17]
• Chipmunk Girls (Aqua – Barbie Girl)[18]
• Monty Jack (Black Sabbath – Iron Man)[http://www.theacorncafe.org/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22778
• Ranger (Kid Rock – Warrior)[19]
• Turn the Plane (Bob Seger – Turn the Page)[20]

Live2dream

• Union of Hearts (HIM – Funeral of Hearts)[21]

Mayhem

• The Riddle (of the Rangers) (Nik Kershaw – The Riddle)[22]
• Your Woman (Gadget's Lament) (White Town – Your Woman)[23]
• (Here's To You) Gadget Hackwrench (Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson)[24]
• The Importance Of Being 'Phile (Oasis – The Importance Of Being Idle)[25]
• (Keep A) Rescue Ranger In Your Soul (They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In Your Soul)[26]
• Breakfast (With Gadget) In America (Supertramp – Breakfast In America)[27]
• Cafe's My Home (The Living End – Carry Me Home)[28]
• (Acorn!) Cafe! (Blondie – Call Me)[29]
• Hackwrenchian Like You (The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You)[30]
• We Keep Alive The Fire (Billy Joel – We Didn't Start The Fire)[31]
• Gadget Hackwrench Eyes (Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes)[32]
• Ranger! High Voltage! (The Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage!)[33]
• Nothing Is Strange (The Doors/Echo and the Bunnymen – People Are Strange)[34]
• One More Time (See Them In Action) (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)[35]
• 1989 (James Blunt – 1973)[36]
• The Airman (James Blunt – Wiseman)[37]
• You Could Be Mine (Guns N' Roses – You Could Be Mine)[38]
• I Kissed Gadget (And I Liked It) (Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl)[39]
• Blame It On The Brie (The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie)[40]
• (She'll Head Off To) California (Toto – Africa)[41]
• (I'm a) Rescue Ranger (The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band – Urban Spaceman)[42]
• Useless Ones Killed The Rescue Rangers (The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star)[43]

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)[44]

Neal_Wolf

• Mama We're All Rangerphiles (Slade/Quiet Riot – Mama Weer All Crazee Now)[45]
• Friends in Web Spaces (Garth Brooks – Friends in Low Places)[46]
• Rangerphile Love Song (Edwin McCain – I'll Be)[47]
• The Acorn Cafe (Barry Manilow – Copacabana)[48]
• Something New... (Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)[49]
• Miss Lawhinie (Sammy Hagar – Mas Tequila)[50]
• 1989 (Bowling For Soup – 1985)[51]
• Joy to the World (Three Dog Night – Joy to the World)[52]
• Mr. Nimnul (Ozzy Osbourne – Mr. Crowley)[53]
• Thank God I'm a Rangerphile (John Denver – Thank God I'm a Country Boy)[54]
• I Want to Be a Witch (Calloway – I Want to Be Rich)[55]
• Nameless Pirates of Penzance parody (Animaniacs parody on Pirates of Penzance)[56]

Nyperold

• Willkommen[57]
• The Twelve Days of Waiting (The Twelve Days of Christmas)[58]

PensacolaRanger

• Rangerphile Club March (Mickey Mouse Club March)[59]
• Go Speed Gadget! (Speed Racer Theme)[60]

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)

Racebest

• Stars in Their Lives (Foreigner – Juke Box Hero)[61]
• C-A-F-E (The Kinks – Lola)[62]
• Welcome to the Cafe (Guns N' Roses – Welcome to the Jungle)[63]

RangerReady23

• The Ballad of Eddie Dixon (The Ballad of Davy Crockett)[64]

RedneckBadgerDrizzt

• Old Dale Oakmont (The Monroe Brothers – Old Joe Clark)[65]

RR-Crusader

• The Theme Song For Knight Rangers (Shirley Bassey – Goldfinger)[66]

Hondo I. Sackett

• The Rescue Ranger Wing (The Wabash Cannonball)[67]
• Gadget: Ranger Rose of NYC (Little Georgia Rose))[68]

Schroeder

• Hotel Rangerphilia (The Eagles – Hotel California)[69]

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)[70]

Sinclair

• It's a Long Way to New York City (It's a Long Way to Tipperary)[71]
•  Rangers (Helloween – Windmill)[72]
• Rangerverse (Manowar – An American Trilogy)[73]
• Acorn Cafe (Scott McKenzie – San Francisco) (cooperation with Midnight Man)[74]

Stainless Steel Rat

• Who'll Come A-Hunting[75]
• Who Do You Think You Are? (Sailor Moon – Luna Rock)[76]
• What Would The Rescue Rangers Do? (What Would Brian Boitano Do?)[77]

Supercheese

• The Day The Rangers Died (Don McLean – American Pie)[78]

Yunkel

• 12 Days of Xmas[79]

zaptiftun

• That Night at the Drive-in (The Monkees – Sometime in the Morning)[80]
• Ballad of the Hackwrenches (Ballad of the Green Beret)[81]
• The Night Gadget Went Crazy (Weird Al Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy)[82]

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