2004 Golden Acorn Awards

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The 2004 Golden Acorn Awards ceremonies took place at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City at December 29, 2004, starting at ca. 7:00 PM (Central Standard Time). Michael Demcio appeared as a special guest to honor the show's 15th anniversary and gave a speech to the audience; this was his first appearance in the Fandom since 1998.

The plaques have been created by Lotacats.

The artwork has been done by Jon Lemerond, Lotacats and Shelley Pleger.


Website Awards

Best Website: Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia

Further nominees: The Acorn Cafe, Winston's RRDatabase, The World Association of Montyphiles, The Acorn Cafe Guest Map


Best Website Maintainer: Winston

Further nominees: Tanka, Stephen Clouse, Dr. Indy, pupspals


Best Website Content: Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia

Further nominees: Winston's RRDatabase, The Russian CDRR Portal, The World Association of Montyphiles, The Rescue Ranger Calendar


Best Website Layout: The Russian CDRR Portal

Further nominees: Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia, Indy's Ranger Museum, The World Association of Montyphiles, Winston's RRDatabase


Most Informative Website: Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia

Further nominees: Winston's RRDatabase, The Russian CDRR Portal, The Acorn Cafe Guest Map, The Acorn Cafe


Best Original Website Section: Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia

Further nominees: pupspals' How to Rangerize your Mac and How to tell the difference between Chip and Dale, Ray Jones' Rescue Ranger Calendar, Jeff Parkes' Rescue Ranger Poll


Outstanding Website Achievement: Winston, for reviving the RRDatabase

Further nominees: Stephen Clouse and Dr. Indy, for keeping the Acorn Cafe going, Tanka, for her CDRR Mistakes and Trivia, Jeff Parkes, for The World Association of Montyphiles and the Rescue Ranger Poll


Artwork Awards

Best Artwork: Tie between Gadget of the Morning and Gadget through a Frosted Window by NN and 3D Rescue Rangers by Jon Lemerond

Further nominees: Monty KOs Mousenegger and The Ranger Villains by Jon Lemerond, Desiree DeLure by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Artist: Tie between fish and John Lemerond

Further nominees: NN, Tanka, Jdracous


Best Color Image (Flat): Gadget, Playing in the Snow by NN

Further nominees: Rescue Rangers Wall Mural by Ray Jones, Dale's Dream Come True by pupspals, Angel on My Table by Ruslan, Changes—When Did The Clothes Come On? by Lotacats


Best Color Image (Rendered): The Ranger Villains by Jon Lemerond

Further nominees: Desiree DeLure by Kevin Sharbaugh, Monty KOs Mousenegger and 3D Rescue Rangers by Jon Lemerond, Changes—When Did The Clothes Come On? by Lotacats, Gadget of the Morning by NN


Best B&W Image (Greyscale): RR Father's Day Card by fish

Further nominees: I Want to Believe by Ruslan, Spotted by The Gnome, Gadget, Wondering by Shredder, Smile in a Sweater by Artist


Best Portrait of a Ranger: Gadget of the Morning by NN

Further nominees: Chip, Dressed as Indy and Gadget's Happy New Year by Head, Yes, Dale by Loki, Gadget, Purely Happy (Color) by Shredder, Smile in a Sweater by Artist, Gadget In Love by Tanka


Best Illustration Inspired by a Fanfic: Theo and Bink by Shelley Pleger


Best Original Costuming: I Want to Believe by Ruslan


Best Animation: The trailer to The Collision of Minds and The New Year Clip by IP Guest

Further nominees: The RR Slide Show by Animated Malamute, Munks on Ice and Kissy Munks Revisited by Lotacats


Written Work Awards

Best Story: Tie between Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh and Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl

Further nominees: Gadget in Chains by Loneheart, A Ranger's Trek by The Gnome, A Romance for the Romantics by Rachel Gloess, Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva


Best Author: Kevin Sharbaugh

Further nominees: AQD_Robert, Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Morgan Kohl, The Gnome, Winston


Most Improved Author: AQD_Robert

Further nominees: pupspals, Foxhound, CD, Morgan Kohl, Thunderbolt


Best Comedy: Keep It Under Your Hat by Kevin Sharbaugh

Further nominees: Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Celebrity Toon Version and Gadget's Skirt by pupspals, Criss Cross Takes the Mary Sue Litmus Test by Morgan Kohl


Best Action Adventure: Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh

Further nominees: The Lost Rangers by UrthQuake, New York City Trilogy by Ulrik Raben, Theo's Origin by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva


Best Drama: Tie between Gadget in Chains by Loneheart and Dividing the Emptiness by Winston

Further nominees: Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh, Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, Theo's Origin by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva


Best Romance: A Romance for the Romantics by Rachel Gloess

Further nominee: Heart of Hearts by Rachel Gloess


Best Mystery/Thriller: Lost Rangers by UrthQuake

Further nominees: Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Short Story: Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva

Further nominee: Keep It Under Your Hat by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Narrative Description: Tie between the island in Theo's Origin by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva and the descriptions in Gadget in Chains by Loneheart (spoilers blanked)

Further nominees: The forest in Dividing the Emptiness by Winston, the Anticrisscross Virus in Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, the descriptions in Lost Rangers by UrthQuake


Best Original Male Character: Theo from Theo's Origin by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva

Further nominees: Crisscross from Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, the owl from Lost Rangers by UrthQuake


Best Original Female Character: Amanda Hawkfeather from Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Original Villain: Officer Margo Haggs from Gadget in Chains by Loneheart

Further nominees: Alexander Flaversham from Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, Tuffaz Nails from Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva


Best Character Interaction: Gadget and Doohickey in Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh (spoiler blanked)

Further nominees: Chip and Dale switch roles in Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Gadget, Widget, and a disassembled Crisscross in Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, the fight scene in Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh, Gadget and the Enterprise Crew in A Ranger's Trek by The Gnome, Chip and Gadget in A Romance for the Ages by Rachel Gloess (spoilers blanked)


Best Characterization of the Rangers: Tie between Gadget's Skirt by pupspals and Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva

Further nominees: A Valentine's Surprise by Rachel Gloess, A Ranger's Trek by The Gnome


Best Use of a One-Shot Series Character: Tammy in Dividing the Emptiness by Winston

Further nominees: Désirée in Redemption by BW, Tammy in Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Tammy's mother in Keep It Under Your Hat by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Use of a Recurring Series Character: Tie between Rat Capone in Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh and Dale in Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy

Further nominees: Gadget in Gadget's Skirt by pupspals, Chip in Theo's Origin by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva, Gadget in Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best Verse: The Gadgetclocky by bock's car

Further nominees: 2003 Halloween Poem by Cyber Damiyo, Reply to Cyber Damiyo's 2003 Halloween Poem by Ray Jones


Best Poet: bock's car

Further nominees: Cyber Damiyo, Ray Jones, Dr. Indy


Best Poetic Imagery: The Gadgetclocky by bock's car

Further nominees: 2003 Halloween Poem by Cyber Damiyo, Reply to Cyber Damiyo's 2003 Halloween Poem by Ray Jones


Best Satire: The Book Of Ranger Love by Rennod

Further nominees: We Need Censorship by CD, Should've Been a Ranger by Kevin Sharbaugh, The Ballad of Dale Oakmont by Dr. Indy, I'm a Believer by bock's car


Best Song Parody: I'm a Believer by bock's car

Special Awards

Most Helpful Rangerphile: Winston

Further nominees: AQD_Robert, Dr. Indy, pupspals, Ray Jones


Special Mention: Joseph Sturch for working on the sequel to Death of a Comedian (and a parallel story) while on duty in Iraq

Further nominees: Stephen Clouse for preparing a new Cafe, pupspals for her Guest Map, Winston for reviving the RRDatabase, Lotacats for her constand and excellent artwork


Best Nutcase: Tie between AQD_Robert, Foxhound, pupspals, Greyhound Bus

Further nominee: CD


Most Prolific Rangerphile: Tanka

Further nominees: Loneheart, CD, Dr. Indy, Winston


Best Caption: Week 118, Obi-Wan Maplewood

Further nominees: Week 104, Karl, week 117, Kevin Sharbaugh and Jeff Parkes, week 119, Stitch, week 125, Ronnie Rabbit


All-Time Awards

Best All-Time Website: The Acorn Cafe

Further nominees: Rescue Ranger Database (the original), Rescue Ranger Database resurrected by Winston, The Foxglove Feature, Tanka's CDRR Mistakes and Trivia, The World Association of Montyphiles, The Acorn Cafe Guest Map


Best All-Time Artist: fish

Further nominees: Charles Williams, Jon Lemerond, NN, Tanka, Jdracous


Best All-Time Artwork: Of Mice and Mayhem by fish

Further nominees: Plots and The Times of Their Lives covers by Charles Williams, Monty KOs Mousenegger, 3D Rescue Rangers and The Ranger Villains by Jon Lemerond, Gadget through a Frosted Window and Gadget of the Morning by NN, Desiree DeLure by Kevin Sharbaugh


Best All-Time Author: Dr. Indy and Chris Silva

Further nominees: fish, AQD_Robert, Kevin Sharbaugh, Morgan Kohl, The Gnome, Winston


Best All-Time Fanfic: Tie between Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio and Of Mice and Mayhem by fish

Further nominees: Gadget's Quest by Kevin Sharbaugh, Gadget Until Proven Innocent by Morgan Kohl, Gadget in Chains by Loneheart, A Ranger's Trek by The Gnome, A Romance for the Romantics by Rachel Gloess, Dale the Detective: Case of the Nabbed Necklace by Dr. Indy and Chris Silva


Miscellaneous Awards

Rookie of the Year: pupspals


Natasha Kashefipour Lifetime Achievement Award: Ray Jones


External Links

The 2004 Golden Acorn Awards page at Indy's Ranger Museum

The ceremonies at the Acorn Cafe:

First part

Second part

Third part