CATEGORIES AND NOMINEESHere is the list of nominees for the 2005 Golden Acorn Awards. Select one (1) winner for each category and send your votes to me at indy8@charter.net using the subject heading "GA Votes".
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Special Awards
Fanfics
Best Story
Clarice Returns, Rachel
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
C-G: A Romance, Ronnie Rabbit
Best Author –
Stainless Steel Rat
Kevin Sharbaugh
Indy and Chris Silva
Rachel
Loneheart
Most Improved Author
Rachel Gloess
JeffNindo
Ronnie Rabbit
Loneheart
Gwendolyn Katsche
Best Comedy
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Foxglove wa otaku desu, Stainless Steel Rat
Best Action-Adventure
Deleted Scene from ‘Last Train to Cashville’, Stainless Steel Rat
Troublesome Trucks, Blackadder
The Good, the Mad, and the Dale, Toni
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
The Iron Mouse, Red Sonic
Best Drama
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Clarice Returns, Rachel
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Fragile September, Gwendolyn Katsche
Gadget Until Proven Innocent, Morgan K
Best Romance
Clarice Returns, Rachel
C-G: A Romance, Ronnie Rabbit
If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It, Neal_Wolf
Best Mystery-Thriller
The Do-Nutters, Stainless Steel Rat
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Clarice Returns, Rachel
Best Short Story
The Do-Nutters, Stainless Steel Rat
On the Design of Rodent-Scale Pulse Drive Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) Vehicles, Stainless Steel Rat
Troublesome Trucks, Blackadder
Foxglove wa otaku desu, Stainless Steel Rat
Fragile September, Gwendolyn Katsche
Last Call at the Acorn Cafe , Ronnie Rabbit
Pinky’s Valentine, pupspals
Best Narrative Description
Liftoff sequence from On the Design of..., Stainless Steel Rat
Troublesome Trucks, Blackadder
Deleted Scene from ‘Last Train to Cashville’, Stainless Steel Rat
Opening of C-G: A Romance, Ronnie Rabbit
Clarice's performance, before and after in Clarice Returns, Rachel
Attack on the Duckstar in Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Entering Barbara’s Headquarters in Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Best Original Male Character
Ken Thunderbolt, Nothing But a Gadget
Dale Branchwalker, Space Wars
Best Original Female Character
Margo Haggs, Gadget in Chains
Bubbles, Gadget in Chains
Princess Luau, Space Wars
Barbara Hackwrench, Nothing But a Gadget
Best Original Villain
Stella, Clarice Returns
Margo Haggs, Gadget in Chains
Girth Vastcat, Space Wars
Best Character Interaction
The Do-Nutters, Stainless Steel Rat
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
C-G: A Romance, Ronnie Rabbit
Chip & Clarice, Clarice Returns, Rachel
Dale and Basil, Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Dale and Gadget Hackwrench, Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Best Characterization of the Rangers
The Do-Nutters, Stainless Steel Rat
On the Design of..., Stainless Steel Rat
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Clarice Returns, Rachel
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Best Use of a One Shot Series Character
Lahwhinie as Princess Luau, Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Lahwhinie, Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Foxglove, Foxglove wa otaku desu, Stainless Steel Rat
Flash The Wonderdog, Fragile September, Gwendolyn Katsche
Lahwhinie, Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Best Use of a Recurring Series Character
Gadget, Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
Nimnul, The Good, the Mad, and the Dale, Toni
Fat Cat/Girth Vastcat, Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Norton Nimnul/Grand Moff Nimnul, Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Gadget, Nothing But a Gadget, Indy and Chris Silva
Poetry
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Special Awards - E-mail sample list
Best Verse
100 Fanfics in Rhyme, the first ten... , SomeGhols
Rime of the Ancient Ranger , Wedge Trafalgar
On Gossamer Wings, Bock’s Car 509
What Mice Know, Ronnie Rabbit
Best Poet
Bock’s Car 509
Indy
Wedge
SomeGhols
Ronnie Rabbit
Best Poetic Imagery
100 Fanfics in Rhyme, the first ten... , SomeGhols
Rime of the Ancient Ranger , Wedge Trafalgar
On Gossamer Wings, Bock’s Car 509
What Mice Know, Ronnie Rabbit
Satire and Parody
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Special Awards
Space Wars, KS
Bock's Car's WTWs :), Bock’s Car 509
The Day Nothing Happened to the Rescue Rangers, AQD Robert
Stan Blather signs off! , Jeff Parkes
Best Song Parody
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 – Rescue Rangers Version, Gwendolyn Katsche
Ooh Golly, Neal_Wolf
Artwork
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Special Awards
RR logo mosaic, pupspals
Jeff's ranger mosaic, Jeff Parkes (big version, big and lossless, 7MB)
Clarice standing - Te'Targa
Clarice sitting - Te'Targa
Older Bink – Toni
Gadget in the Night, Mikhail
Gadget’s Cosmos, Mikhail
Resurrection, Mikhail
The Rangers of Oz, Fish
Fantasy Rangers Group Shot, Toni
The Poem, Bocks Car and Lotacats
Best Artist
Fish
Te'Targa
Toni
Artist
J
Mikhail
p.f.
Oleg
Best Color Image (Flat)
Gadget in the Night, Mikhail
Gadget’s Cosmos, Mikhail
Resurrection, Mikhail
The Rangers of Oz, Fish
Valentine's Day 2005, Fish (color by Obi-Wan Maplewood)
Mamaliens 3, Fish
Someday I'll learn hands, by E. D. Thweatt:
End of Work
Best Color Image (Rendered)
Ranger Emoticons, Toni
Fantasy Rangers Group Shot, Toni
Train Rescue, Ray Jones
Tammy Hackwrench, J (yes, that’s the whole name)
Sleepy Morning, Ruslan
Older Bink, Toni
Tammy the mage, Toni
Foxglove the thief, Toni
Ranger mosaic, Jeff Parkes
Ranger logo mosaic, pupspals
The Poem, Bocks Car and Lotacats
Tom vs Nimnul’s Robot Dog, Jon Lemerond
Halloween 2004, lotacats
Best Black and White Image (Greyscale)
Gadget on the railroad tracks, Oleg
Sparky and a exploded radio, Te’Targa and tetarga_monty_c.jpg () by Te'Targa
Monty cheeze attack!, Te’Targa
Medieval Princess Gadget, Artist:
Gadget’s Classroom, Artist:
Fat Cat’s Birthday Present, IP Guest
Clarice standing, Te'Targa
Clarice sitting, Te'Targa
Dale Proposing to Gadget, Chris Silva
Best Portrait of a Ranger
Tammy the mage, Toni
Monty cheeze attack!, Te’Targa
Older Bink, Toni
Gadget & The Way Things Work, Nathan
Kisses, Ruslan
Gadget experiences minor technical difficulties..., Jeff Pierce
Best Illustration Inspired by a Fanfic
Hack from Ronnie Rabbit’s “Broken Glass”, Te’Targa
Death of a Comedian, by Te'Targa
Death of a Comedian 2, by Te'Targa
Nightmares comic strip, Toni
Chip leaves, based on Jeff Parkes’ poll, Tanka
Gadget, Dale and Rainbows, Tkach T
Best Original Costuming
The Rangers of Oz, Fish
Fantasy Rangers Group Shot, Toni
Gadget models Penelope Pitstop's outfit - Jeff Pierce
Chip as a C.H.i.P. - pupspals
n a more RPG-type setting, Dale takes the role of a mage, Toni
The Five Mouseketeers, J
Tammy the mage, Toni
Foxglove the thief, Toni
Humanbat, Ray Jones
Animation (Flash, MPEG, AVI, GIF, etc)
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Special Awards
New Adventures of Gadget Hackwrench, The Russian animation team
New Year Clip, IP Guest
3D Modelviewer for CDRR RPG - Jon Lemerond & Foxhound
Gadget listening to music, p.f.
Smooth Criminal, Michael Chipson - lotacats
Websites
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Special Awards
Indy’s Ranger Museum
Tanka’s CDRR Pages
Best Website Maintainer
Ray Jones
Indy
Tanka
Best Website Content
Tanka’s CDRR Pages
Indy’s Ranger Museum
Russian CDRR Headquarters
Best Website Layout
WAM!
Indy’s Ranger Museum
JoneScientific
Most Informative Website
Indy’s Ranger Museum
The Acorn Café
Pupspals’ Acorn Café Guest Map
Best Original Website Section
Indy’s RR Episode Guide and Commentary
Tanka’s CDRR Mistakes Page
Pupspals’ Acorn Café Guest Map
Ray Jones’ RR Calendar
Outstanding Website Achievement
Tanka, for her CDRR Mistakes Page
Indy, for his Ranger Museum
Stephen C and Indy, for the Acorn Café
Ray Jones, for his RR Calendar
Special Awards
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Special Awards
Most Helpful
Dr. Indy
Jeff Parkes
Ronnie Rabbit and
Bock's Car
Best Nutcase
Greyhound Bus
Pupspals
Most Prolific Rangerphile
Andrew Langhammer (Stainless Steel Rat)
Te'Targa
Loneheart
Jeff Parkes
Framwinkle
Special Mention
The Russian animation team for the New Adventures of Gadget Hackwrench.
Toni for the Ranger Emoticons.
To all those who helped in the move from the old to the new café.
Lotacats for all the help she is.
Silent Shadow aka Prapor for leading the CDRR HQ team.
Jeff Pierce, for organizing the What’s My Plotline contest.
Best Caption
Week 137, Karl
Week 134, Stitch
Week 145, Fish
Week 152, Ray Jones
Week 157, Pupspals
Week 159, Jeff Pierce and Ronnie Rabbit
Week 151, The Shadow Nose
Week 143, Loneheart
Week 153, Rachel
Best All-Time Awards
2005 Best All Time Website
Russian CDRR Portal
Indy’s Ranger Museum
Russian CDRR Headquarters
The Acorn Café
The Foxglove Feature
The RR Database (Matt Plotecher)
2005 Best All Time Artist
Charles Williams
Fish
Te'Targa
Toni
Artist
J
Mikhail
p.f.
Oleg
2005 Best All Time Artwork
Of Mice and Mayhem, Fish
“Plots” and “The Times of Their Lives” Covers, Charles Williams
RR logo mosaic, pupspals
Jeff's ranger mosaic
Clarice standing - Te'Targa
Clarice sitting - Te'Targa
Older Bink – Toni
Gadget in the Night, Mikhail
Gadget’s Cosmos, Mikhail
Resurrection, Mikhail
The Rangers of Oz, Fish
Fantasy Rangers Group Shot, Toni
The Poem, Bocks Car and Lotacats
2005 Best All Time Author
Indy and Chris Silva
Fish
Stainless Steel Rat
Kevin Sharbaugh
Rachel
Loneheart
2005 Best All Time Fanfic
Of Mice and Mayhem, Fish
Rhyme and Reason, Mike Demcio
Nothing But a Gadget, Indy
Clarice Returns, Rachel
Space Wars: The Ranger Parody, KS
Gadget in Chains, Loneheart
C-G: A Romance, Ronnie Rabbit