Midnight Man

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About

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Midnight Man works at the design department of an airplane industry supplier. His nickname is taken from a Flash & the Pan song and linked with the time when he took the final step into active Rangerphilia and registered at the Acorn Cafe—on March 1, 2006, at midnight (Central European Time); for now, he prefers keeping his real name mostly secret.

He is also a Ranger Wiki contributor.

Ranger Code

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Fan Fiction

The works are listed in chronological order of their release.

The Joyride

The Joyride was written and posted to test the author's capabilities of writing fan fiction, to find out the public's reactions, and to gain some first experiences. Save some contributions to spontaneous round robins at the Cafe, it was his first written work in script format.

First released: Midnight Man's first released piece of fan fiction was completely written on March 13, 2006, and released at the Acorn Cafe in the evening (CET) of the same day. Starting out nameless, this extremely short story was given the title The Joyride about two months later on May 7.

Title references: The title simply describes what the story is about.

Part of series: The Joyride is independent of any series or Rangerverse.

Length: 146 words.

Rating: All ages

Synopsis

The story is a spoof on a German radio commercial. After some improvements on the Ranger Mobile, Gadget invites her friends to a joyride. The latter, however, come up with excuses why not to enter the vehicle which they don't really trust.

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Devices

The Ranger Mobile

External Links

The Joyride at the Acorn Cafe

Midnight At The Café

Following the example of some other Rangerphiles, Midnight Man wrote a self-introducing fanfic for the Acorn Cafe. After a first draft which was written on March 5, 2006, but discarded soon after, the work on the longest non-round robin self-introduction so far started around the middle of the month.

First released: The five chapters were released at the Acorn Cafe independently on May 19, 21, 26, 30, and April 1, 2006.

Title reference: The title refers to both the main character and the time he arrives at the Acorn Cafe.

Part of series: Midnight At The Café opens Midnight Man's Rangerverse, but it's regarded as one of his self-insertion supplements.

Length: 9,812 words (the whole work), 9,778 words (the story text only); five chapters

Rating: All ages

Synopsis

While Midnight Man has joined the fandom at midnight CET, his self-insertion character, Midnight, steps into the famous Acorn Cafe for the first time at midnight local time. He meets a handful of Rangerphiles that night who invite him to come back the next day to have breakfast. Besides, after they have found out that he is a musician, they ask him to bring his instruments and play.

So he does—the next morning, he is back at the Cafe, bringing his instruments—a set of synthesizers—and not only meeting even more Rangerphiles, but also the Rescue Rangers themselves plus Foxglove and Tammy. But Gadget's reaction on meeting him for the first time makes some problems concerning the future occur, and it is his duty to get things right.

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Tammy

Inserted Rangerphile Characters

Midnight

Supercheese

AndY

Scifly

Mr. Spumoni

Campisi

Gwendolyn Katsche

Dr. Indy

Regrin

RangerReady23

External Links

The story at the Acorn Cafe:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Too Huge To Be True

The idea of crossing Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers over with TaleSpin is almost as old as the oldest online CDRR fan fiction. But due to the differences between the two universes—not only the periods of time—no CDRR/TaleSpin crossover has ever been entirely written, let alone published, until 2006 when Midnight Man used a trick to combine these two universes in a full-blown crossover—he made everything happen in a dream.

This story's working process started on April 1, just a few hours after the last chapter of Midnight At The Café had been released, and the last chapter was finished immediately before it was posted at the Acorn Cafe the night between May 20 and 21. New Year 2007 brought some slight improvements.

Something furthermore interesting about Too Huge To Be True is that Kevin Sharbaugh stated during the publishing process that he had more than just an idea concerning such a crossover, it was actually a story concept, and he even foresaw Geegaw Hackwrench appearing in the story.

First released: April 25 to May 21, 2006. The story was posted one chapter a day; days with no chapter were followed by days with two chapters and some hours between them. Only the last chapter was delayed a few hours.

Title reference: Huge refers to the aircraft engineer Howard Huge, his giant seaplane called The Marabou which plays a great role in the story, and the dimensions of the story itself which the author considers rather long for a crossover of that degree; To Be True means that almost the whole plot is a dream.

Part of series: Too Huge To Be True is the first regular story in Midnight Man's Rangerverse.

Length after (before) the refurbishment: 37,133 (37,025) words (the whole work), 36,977 (36,869) words (only the story text plus preface); 26 chapters and a preface

Rating: All ages

Synopsis

The Rescue Rangers have taken an afternoon off and spent it watching an 8-hour TaleSpin marathon. This doesn't lack consequences: That night, Gadget dreams herself and the other Rangers to Cape Suzette into the world of TaleSpin. This is where the problems start: The Rangers, about as tall as everyone else in this world, find out that they'll need money to get along. The Higher for Hire crew is in urgent need of help on a delivery for the preparations of a ball which Baloo and Rebecca will attend the same evening. And the crazy aircraft engineer Howard Huge has to retrieve the Marabou, the biggest bird he has ever designed, which has ditched in a desert on its second flight some years ago, and which has been so secret that nobody really believes in its existence.

Important Characters

Canonical (CDRR)

The Rescue Rangers

Lahwhinie – The correct spelling of her name is LaWahini in this story, and the pronunciation is a tidbit different, too. Unfortunately, no-one except herself knows that or can tell the difference, so she is being called Lawhiney all the time.

Geegaw Hackwrench

Canonical (TaleSpin)

Baloo

Kit Cloudkicker

Rebecca Cunningham

Molly Cunningham

Wildcat

Louie

Don Karnage

The Air Pirates

Howard Huge

Original (CDRR)

Dawn van Zant

Original (TaleSpin)

Ol' Rufus

Darren

Devices

Canonical (CDRR)

The Screaming Eagle – This story shows Geegaw's plane equipped with pontoons and converted into a seaplane, yet still capable of landing on solid ground.

Canonical (TaleSpin)

The Sea Duck

The Iron Vulture

The CT-37 Pirate Fighters

Original (TaleSpin)

The Rangergull

The Marabou

External Links

Too Huge To Be True's first release at the Acorn Cafe, interrupted by readers' comments

Too Huge To Be True at Chip 'n' Dale Online without interruptions

(These links will probably both be replaced with the RRDatabase link once the Database is back online)

A Hero That's None

The main purpose of A Hero That's None was to send Midnight, the author's self-insertion character, through a more Ranger-like adventure. The working process started on May 22, and the story was finished the evening before its release on the Acorn Cafe's story board.

First released: September 1, 2006, 12:00 am (Acorn Cafe server time). Originally, it was scheduled to be published together with its successor, Lost And Found. But Midnight Man decided against this and in favor of releasing it on his half-anniversary at midnight. The entire story was released at once.

Title reference: Midnight doesn't regard himself as a hero, no matter what he does.

Part of series: A Hero That's None is a part of Midnight Man's Rangerverse; the self-insertion subsection, to be more precise.

Length: 25,578 words (the whole work), 25,517 words (the story text only); 10 chapters

Rating: PG (I'm careful with the showdown. Correct this if I'm too careful.)

Synopsis

To make seeing the Rescue Rangers and their fans easier, Midnight has moved to New York City and found a simple dwelling-place opposite the meeting-place of the famous Cola Cult. One day, the Cult appears to be quieter than usual, and Midnight finds out that it has to do with Rat Capone who is about to enslave the whole Cult. Nevertheless, he tries to keep himself out of this case as far as he can. He alerts the Rangers—not by telling them, but by leaving anonymous hints for them. He then concentrates on the more beautiful things in life and sees a mouse girl he has met shortly before he moved. But this case won't leave him in peace...

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Tammy

Bink

Pop Top

The Cola Cult

Rat Capone

Rat Capone's Henchmen

Inserted Rangerphile Characters

Midnight

RangerReady23

Neal_Wolf

Supercheese

AndY

Rachel

Dr. Indy

Patchwork Hail

Regrin

bock's car

Several unnamed Rangerphiles

Original

Franklin van Zant

Suzanne Wheatfield van Zant

Dawn van Zant

Devices

Canonical

The Ranger Plane

The Ranger Wing

Dale's Hang Glider

The Rangermobile

The Ranger Skate and the Bagpipe Express are mentioned but not used.

Original

The Storm

External Links

A Hero That's None at the Acorn Cafe

First Date

Being worked on from May 23 to September 13, 2006, First Date was the second of three parallel works to be released in late summer 2006. It was also the first fanfic ever published on the Rescue Ranger Headquarters story board as a birthday present for Live2dream.

First released: September 8 to 13, 2006; again, one chapter a day.

Title reference: The title simply sums up the main part of the story. As an alternative, First Rendez-vous (after a piece of music by J. M. Jarre) has been considered, but this name has not been used in the final version.

Part of series: First Date belongs to Midnight Man's Rangerverse, though it takes place farther back in the past.

Length: 10,900 words (the whole work), 10,869 words (the story text only); six chapters

Rating: All ages

Synopsis

1990. The love triangle between Chip, Dale and Gadget is broken up since Foxglove has taken Dale out of it. Chip has realized this when the Rescue Rangers went on a night out without Dale because he had a date with Foxglove. Furthermore, he realizes that his way to Gadget's heart seems to be free, now that the competition between the chipmunks is gone. So he takes the next step and asks Gadget for a date.

Important Characters

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Devices

The Ranger Wing

External Links

First Date's first release at the Acorn Cafe, interrupted by readers' comments

First Date at Chip 'n' Dale Online without interruptions

(These links will probably both be replaced with the RRDatabase link once the Database is back online)

Lost And Found

Midnight Man came up with the idea of Lost And Found even before he started writing Too Huge To Be True. One of the most tempting challenges for a Ranger fanfic writer is creating a backstory for Gadget, and the ideas came to him shortly after he had joined the Ranger fandom. Long before a word was written, the project went through several working titles such as The Hackwrench Saga, but the Meat Loaf song Midnight At The Lost And Found finally brought the inspiration to what is the title today. On May 25, Midnight Man started writing what he always expected to be outstanding among his fanfics, despite already working on A Hero That's None and First Date.

First released: September 16 to October 3, 2006; again, one chapter a day with the exception of September 26 when the story release took a break and the song parody Don't Cry For Me Little Gadget was posted instead. Lost And Found was published at the Acorn Cafe and Chip 'n Dale Online simultaneously.

Title reference: The title describes what happened to the members of the Hackwrench family.

Part of series: Lost And Found belongs to Midnight Man's Rangerverse.

Length: 44,000 words (the whole work), 43,884 words (the story text only); 17 chapters + preface

Rating: PG

Synopsis

In November 1986, Gadget has lost her father, Geegaw, in a plane crash. At least she believes so. Almost exactly 20 years later, while she still mourns him, Zipper discovers Geegaw at his and Gadget's old place in the bomber plane. The Rescue Rangers meet up with him and take him to the Headquarters where he tells them that the reason why he has come back explains why he has staged his own death long ago. The Rangers join him on his mission which takes them not only through space, but in a certain sense through time as well...

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Geegaw Hackwrench

Lahwhinie

Hubba Hubba

Shaka Baka

Original

Stephanie Wheatfield Hackwrench

Captain Nicholas Stewart

Vincent van Thomas

Lucifer

Geoffrey and Gerald de Witte

Jenny Jameson

The St. Mary's Staff

Dr. Phoebe Maplewood

Devices

Canonical

The Ranger Plane

The Ranger Wing

The Plunger Harpoon

The Magno-Ray

Original

Beatrice

External Links

Lost And Found at the Acorn Cafe, interrupted by readers' comments

Lost And Found at Chip 'n' Dale Online, almost without interruptions

(These links will probably both be replaced with the RRDatabase link once the Database is back online)

Last Date

The idea of this story was to write a present-time counterpart to First Date. This story, however, is not written from one character's point of view, and the mood is somehow different, too. The first words were written down on June 25, 2006, but the more serious work started around the end of November, and the story was completed on December 22.

First released: December 3 to 22, 2006, at the Acorn Cafe.

Title reference: The title references to the idea of Chip and Gadget planning their last date.

Part of series: Last Date belongs to Midnight Man's Rangerverse.

Length: 24,240 words (the whole work), 24,169 words (the story text only); eleven chapters

Rating: PG

Synopsis

Recent developments, especially those described in Lost And Found, lead both Chip and Gadget to a decision. Independently, they decide to go onto one last date. If they finally manage to reveal their feelings to each other, they believe that the purpose of dating will be fulfilled. If not, they believe it shall not be. But first, the Rescue Rangers, being more than ever before, have to solve another case...

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Foxglove

Tammy

Lahwhinie

Sparky

Sergeant Spinelli

Kirby & Muldoon

Fat Cat

Fat Cat's Henchmen

Original

Mr. Jacob

Raoul

Tricia Taylor

Tanya Taylor

Franklin van Zant

Suzanne Wheatfield van Zant

Dawn van Zant

Devices

Canonical

The Ranger Plane

The Ranger Wing

The Plunger Harpoon

Dale's Hang Glider

External Links

Last Date at the Acorn Cafe, interrupted by readers' comments

Last Date at Chip 'n' Dale Online, without interruptions

(These links will probably both be replaced with the RRDatabase link once the Database is back online)

December

This self-insertion story leads the reader from the beginning of the last month of 2006 to Christmas Day in a number of episodes. Its writing was spread over almost the whole same month, from December 2 to December 31.

First released: December 9 to 31, 2006, at the Acorn Cafe.

Title reference: The title simply means the month in which the story takes place.

Part of series: December belongs to Midnight Man's Rangerverse; the self-insertion subsection, to be more precise.

Length: 16,820 words (the whole work), 16,746 words (the story text only); four episodes, nine chapters

Rating: G

Synopsis

The last month of the year brings some special events to the Rangerphiles aside Christmas and New Year's Eve. The Rescue Rangers need some help on a rescuing mission, Christmas presents have to be organized, and much more.

Important Characters

Canonical

The Rescue Rangers

Geegaw Hackwrench

Foxglove

Tammy

Lahwhinie

Inserted Rangerphile Characters

Dr. Indy

Midnight

Fernando

Jeanette Isabelle

Ronnie Rabbit

RangerReady23

Regrin

AndY

Tamira

Sajuuk

Neal_Wolf

BK

Rachel

Original

Stephanie Wheatfield Hackwrench

Dawn van Zant

Devices

Canonical

The Ranger Plane

The Ranger Wing

The Screaming Eagle

Original

The Storm

External Links

December at the Acorn Cafe, interrupted by readers' comments

Dinner For One Mouse

A spontaneous inspiration on New Year's Eve led to the writing of this adaptation of a comedy theater sketch named Dinner for One which is cult especially on German TV. It was written within a few hours by modifying some transcripts of the original, thus it is kept in script form.

Dinner For One Mouse is exceptional among Midnight Man's written works. It contains no canonical characters and none of his original characters either. The only two characters are borrowed from BOC42 as they fit perfectly into the roles.

First released: December 31, 2006, at the Acorn Cafe. Re-releases on every New Year's Eve are planned.

Title reference: The title is a play on the original's title.

Part of series: Dinner For One Mouse takes place in the same universe as BOC42's Closer Than a Brother, albeit earlier.

Length: 1,667 words

Rating: G

Synopsis

A while before the events of Closer Than a Brother, the Russian actress Sophia Marskov is invited by a rodent theater in Germany to play an interpretation of a piece that is being aired on TV every year. There are only two roles, so Sophia talks her butler Jules Crissen into playing the other.

In this piece, an elder English mouse lady named Miss Sophia (the actress has changed the names of the characters) celebrates her 90th birthday, and as every year, she has invited her four best friends. However, she has survived these gentlemen by years, so her butler Jules has to take over their usual parts which leads to quite funny consequences as a lot of wine is involved. However, it's "the same procedure as every year."

Important Characters

Original, borrowed from BOC42

Sophia Marskov

Jules Crissen

External Links

Dinner For One Mouse at the Acorn Cafe

(This link will probably be replaced with the RRDatabase link once the Database is back online)

Wikipedia article about Dinner for One

Midnight Man's Rangerverse

Characters

Notes to Canonical Characters

Like in many other Rangerverses, there have been some additions to what makes the canonical characters themselves in Midnight Man's Rangerverse, too. For example, the four male Rescue Rangers all have the same frequently used set of last names assembled by the J.A.M. for Death of a Comedian.

Chip

Not only has Midnight Man used the well-known last names established by Michael Demcio, but he has also declared "Chip" a nickname. So the full name of the Rescue Rangers' leader is Charles Maplewood.

Chip has started dating Gadget in 1990, shortly after Dale has met Foxglove. But it is hard for the two of them to reveal their feelings to each other and to establish a relationship.

Dale and Foxglove

Like Chip, Dale has the last name which had been given to him for the first time in Rhyme and Reason, Oakmont.

It was easy for Foxglove to conquer his heart after the events of Good Times, Bat Times. Dale and Foxglove have been a loving couple since then.

Gadget

Gadget Beatrice Hackwrench has the same romantic interests in Chip as he has in her; they have developed since he has started dating her. However, in a strong contrast to her technical and scientific knowledge, she has learned way too little about love in her youth to be able to judge her own feelings.

Monterey Jack and Zipper

They both have last names now, too. Colby (for Monterey Jack) has been used by several writers before and is based on the name of his ancestor, Sir Colby, whereas Lightringer (for Zipper) is a creation of Natasha Kashefipour.

Tammy and Bink

The two squirrel girls have grown up to be young women by the time most of Midnight Man's stories take place. Bink goes on living her obsession for the Ranger Plane: Gadget gives her flying lessons. Besides, Tammy and Bink have a last name, too: Chesnutt.

Important Original Characters

Midnight

Midnight is Midnight Man's self-insertion character. He appears in Midnight At The Café and A Hero That's None, but he has also been inserted by RangerReady23 into some of his Acorn Cafe Adventures.

Dawn van Zant

There are actually two Dawn van Zants. One of them appears in Too Huge To Be True only, and therefore, she is nothing but a creation of Gadget's subconsciousness. She is a young archaeologist striving for jobs in Cape Suzette and an almost exact Gadget look-alike.

The other one appears in A Hero That's None for the first time. She has a remote resemblance to Gadget, too, and although she is not yet another "Gadget clone", she is still cute enough to draw Midnight's attention. Her parents, Franklin and Stephanie van Zant, run a restaurant called The Morning Sun.

Vincent van Thomas

A villain from Lost And Found. Being a former Mouse of NIMH gave him a certain amount of extra intelligence. But he decided to use it in a not necessarily honest way. His name kind of reflects his attitude.

Devices

Rangergull

The Rangergull is a Conwing L-16 seaplane like Baloo's famous Sea Duck, but it lacks the countless nifty improvements, it even still has its old REV-1 engines. In fact, it hasn't been moved for years until the Rangers bought it for incredibly cheap. Although even Wildcat has pronounced it run down and damaged beyond repair, Gadget manages to get it running again and calls it the Rangergull for its white color. The plane serves the Rangers on several occasions throughout the story.

The Rangergull appears exclusively in Too Huge To Be True.

Marabou

Between the Spruce Moose and the Titanium Turkey, Howard Huge has conceived yet another oversized seaplane, even larger than his other two creations. The Marabou is a freight aircraft with two cargo decks which, due to the immense fuselage diameter, are big enough to carry a number of complete, ready-to-fly standard seaplanes such as the Conwing L-16 plus their cargo. The cockpit has seats for four pilots, and the twin-tailed behemoth is powered by a dozen 12-cylinder engines which are heavily modified former marine diesels made of aluminum to reduce their weight, running on gasoline and being aspirated by superchargers. Fitting its name, it is painted cherry red.

The Marabou project has been kept absolutely secret so that aviators are making fun of those who believe in it. This is why nobody has ever tried to retrieve it in the Great Uslandic Desert where it had to ditch on its second ever flight some years before. But now, Huge wants his plane back as he would be almost broke if there wasn't still a certain amount of cash hidden in that bird.

The Marabou appears exclusively in Too Huge To Be True.

The Storm

The Storm is a rodent-sized replica of a North American P-51D "Mustang" built in 1957 by the Ultra-Flite Laboratories. It used to be the property of Jefferson van Zant, but after his death, his son Franklin stored it. The old warbird-style plane hasn't flown since then, even after it has been passed on to Midnight.

Its hull, rudders and wings are all black, and the name is written in white letters under the canopy. The aircraft is powered by a genuine scaled-down Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 combustion engine. As it was never intended to be a fighter, it lacks any kinds of weapons. Instead, it has a baggage space behind the cockpit. Although it has spent most of its time under a cover and not been moved at all, time didn't pass by this old plane without leaving its marks.

The Storm premiered in A Hero That's None and is limited to self-insertion stories. Furthermore, it has been used in several round robins and roleplaying situations at the Acorn Cafe in which it has revealed that its technical equipment has decayed about as much as its exterior.

Beatrice

In the events explained in Lost And Found, Geegaw Hackwrench finds this former radio-controlled model airplane which a mechanically skilled rat is working on. Geegaw takes it over and gives it the same colors which his daughter Gadget wears and her second name, Beatrice.

Beatrice is modeled after a human aircraft. Her closed cabin contains two seats, one for the pilot, which are accessible via lateral doors. She is powered by one single electric motor.

So far, she only appears in Lost And Found.

Song Parodies

The works are listed in chronological order of their release. All first releases were at the Acorn Cafe.

My Head's In New York City

Just some random Rangerphile thoughts, kind of matching the original lyrics.

Parody of: My Head's In Mississippi by ZZ Top

First released: March 21, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Still On Duty

A song for the Rangers and the Rangerphiles. Highly re-written, yet highly recognizable.

Parody of: The Heart Of Rock'n'Roll by Huey Lewis & the News

First released: April 13, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Acorn Café

The Cafe needed a song of its own.

Parody of: Hard Rock Café by Carole King

First released: April 13, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Tad Gave Chip And Dale To You

A hymn for two chipmunks, and an incentive for fans to be creative.

Parody of: God Gave Rock And Roll To You by KISS

First released: May 26, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Lady Ranger

Dedicated to Gadget Hackwrench.

Parody of: Lady Writer by the Dire Straits

First released: May 26, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Clarice

Clarice isn't even a character from the show, it was the Rangerphiles who put her into the world of the Rangers in several ways. Nevertheless, changing only a handful of words in the lyrics of this song (the second verse stayed entirely untouched) made it a kind of hymn for the rabid stalking Claricephiles.

Parody of: Marliese by Fischer-Z

First released: June 10, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Monterey Jack Is Waiting

Monterey Jack deserved a song of his own. The idea came easy, and so did the chorus.

Parody of: Robert De Niro's Waiting by Bananarama

First released: June 17, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Fat Cat Fever

If there's a villain about whom a song should be written, it's Fat Cat.

Parody of: Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent

First released: June 29, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Widget Hackwrench

Something unusual: This is a song about a fan fiction character.

Parody of: Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie

First released: July 11, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe (Warning! This song parody is based on John Nowak's fan fiction Under the Bridge and contains spoilers.)

The Ballad Of Gadget Hackwrench

Midnight Man's 10th jubilee parody. Unlike most other song parodies, it is very moody as it deals with Gadget's suffering from the loss of her father.

Parody of: The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithfull

First released: August 16, 2006

Awards: 2006 Golden Acorn Awards: Best Song Parody

External link: Acorn Cafe

Don't Cry For Me Little Gadget

This parody on an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical song served as a song break in the publishing of Lost And Found, and it has been written to match said fanfic.

Parody of: Don't Cry For Me Argentina from the musical Evita

First released: September 26, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

They're All Coming Back To You Now

The parody of a song written in the early 80s, performed in the late 80s, and covered by the originally intended singer in the mid-2000s takes the reader back to the mid-90s.

Parody of: It's All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion

First released: November 01, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Welcome To The Café

Another song parody dedicated to the Acorn Cafe.

Parody of: Welcome To The Machine by Pink Floyd

First released: December 19, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Zanzibar

The second song parody based on the fan fiction Lost And Found.

Parody of: Cambodia by Kim Wilde

First released: December 19, 2006

External link: Acorn Cafe

Gypsy Moth

A parody about Cassandra.

Parody of: Crystal Ball by Styx

First released: January 29, 2007

External link: Acorn Cafe

I Heard It On The Oak Tree

The lament of a Foxyphile turned into song lyrics. Another spontaneous parody.

Parody of: I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye

First released: January 29, 2007

External link: Acorn Cafe

Die Retter gehen um/The Rangers Are In Town

The Rangers Are In Town was Midnight Man's first rap parody, his first parody on an Austrian song, and his first bilingual parody, because a German/Viennese version called Die Retter gehen um has been written simultaneously with the English version.

Parody of: Der Kommissar by Falco (Die Retter gehen um)/After The Fire (The Rangers Are In Town)

First released: February 19, 2007 (Falco's 50th birthday)

External link: Acorn Cafe

Nineteen Eighty-Nine

This was written spontaneously to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the first episode's airing. The title is spelled out to avoid confusion with Neal Wolf's song parody 1989.

Parody of: 1999 by Prince

First released: March 5, 2007

External link: Acorn Cafe

Awards

2006 Golden Acorn Awards: Most Helpful Rangerphile, Rookie of the Year