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 fish, Last Date by Midnight Man

• Tammy joins the Rangers.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by fish, Last Date by Midnight Man

• Sparky joins the Rangers.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by fish, Last Date by Midnight Man

• Mary Sue/Marty Stu joins the Rangers

Story examples:

• The Rescue Aid Society (from The Rescuers) is mentioned or featured.

Story examples: Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio, The Wild Blue Yonder, gPod by RangerReady23, Lost And Found by Midnight Man, Out of Range by Gerrard Andrews

Gadget lookalikes

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

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

Injuries and drama

• Chip getting physically hurt.

Story examples: Of Mice and Mayhem by fish, Rhyme and Reason by Michael Demcio, Closer Than a Brother by BOC42

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 RangerReady23

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.