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* BoringButPractical: Vulcans. They may be the absolutely ''weakest'' weapon, but they have a ''great'' range and attack [[DeathOfAThousandCuts so quickly]] that when they start getting damage upgrades, will have little to no trouble taking out standard enemies. Expect them to make up the most of your gunners.


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* LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Of a sort. Early game in ''Dead heat Breakers'', Dillon and your Amiimal will probably be doing most of the work while the towers are just there to weaken enemies so Dillon and the amiimal can finish them off, ''occasionally'' scoring a few kills. However, your towers will start taking down as many as a ''third'' of the wave once you obtain the long shot and place long-range weapons in overlapping areas to assist the ever-useful Vulcans.
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* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Miss Eliza compared to Deputy Daley, both raccoons. While neither appear in the same game together, Miss Eliza from ''The Last Ranger'' is a lot more humanoid compared to the more raccoon-shaped Deputy Daley from ''Dead-Heat Breakers''.

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** The Motogrocks, which are [[FragileSpeedster very quick on the map but nothing special in combat]].

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** The Motogrocks, which are [[FragileSpeedster very quick on the map but nothing special in combat]]. In ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', this applies to '''every''' grock when the first Death Charge goes off.



* SpeakingSimlish: Unlike the first two games (Where dialogue text was completely silent), ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' has the characters speak in a manner similar to the "voice"-acting in other Nintendo games such as the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series and the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]''.

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* SpeakingSimlish: Unlike the first two games (Where dialogue text was completely silent), ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' has the characters speak in a manner similar to the "voice"-acting in other Nintendo games such as the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' and ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' series and the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]''.



* TimeLimitBoss: Fail to destroy a Megagrock before its timer expires and it will shoot down all your towers!

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** In ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', the first Death Charge turns every grock on the field into a Motogrock variant, which starts charging energy as they roll; the time limit before they finish charging is shown, and they transform further when that time elapses.
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* SpeakingSimlish: Unlike the first two games (Where dialogue text was completely silent), ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' has the characters speak in a manner similar to the "voice"-acting in other Nintendo games such as the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series and the original ''[[VideoGame/StarFox1 Star Fox]]''.
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* {{Animorphism}}: In ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', this is what happens to your Mii. A barrel drops onto the Mii and traps them until the player pushes the A button multiple times. Upon successfully escaping the barrel, the Mii can transform into four of ten animals (Which animals they can be is based entirely on the Mii's face), called "Amiimals".

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* IncrediblyLamePun: The animal versions of the Miis in ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' are called "Amiimals".



* PunnyName: Given that the series takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, most of the characters' names are based around their species.
** Dillon's name is a pun on the last 2 syllables of "armadillo". His Japanese name, Jiro, can literally be translated to "Dillo".
** Russ' name is a pun on the Japanese word for squirrel, "risu". This is more apparent in his Japanese name, "Riisu".
** Sal's name is literally the first syllable of "salamander".
** In ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', the Mii characters are referred to as "Amiimal", a portmanteau of "animal" and [[VideoGame/{{Mii}} "Mii"]].



* TheWestern: With spades of LethalLavaLand in the second half of the game.

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* TheWestern: With spades of LethalLavaLand in the second half of the game.game.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: One of the few Nintendo [=IPs=] to feature a cast almost entirely of FunnyAnimals and PettingZooPeople, along with ''VideoGame/StarFox'' and ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''.

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* ItemGetIncrediblyLamePun: The animal versions of the Miis in ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' are called "Amiimals".
* ItemGet: Dillon does this whenever he finds some treasure or a heart piece/container from a treasure chest.



* LostTechnology: People are struggling to find adequate defense measures, but the levels are littered with ancient columns, defense walls and fast-travel catapults made by the {{Precursors}}, along with ancient ruins full of gems and HeartPieces.

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* LostTechnology: People are struggling to find adequate defense measures, but the levels are littered with ancient columns, defense walls and fast-travel catapults made by the {{Precursors}}, along with ancient ruins full of gems and HeartPieces.[[HeartContainer Heart Pieces]].

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** Otis (A lemur who sells stars to the player if they do not have enough to access a stage) from ''The Last Ranger'' only wears a bowler hat and a blue scarf. In his reappearance in ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', he becomes a BarefootCartoonAnimal, instead.



* BadassBiker: The Motogrocks, which are [[FragileSpeedster very quick on the map but nothing special in combat]].

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** Dillon himself, in ''Dead-Heat Breakers'', gives off this vibe, thanks to his leather clothing.



* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Some of the cast, with Russ and Sal the Arms Dealer being the most notable examples.

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Some of the cast, with Russ and Sal the Arms Dealer being the most notable examples.examples.
** Any [=NPC=] Amiimal in ''Dead-Heat Breakers'' that is not the playable character (Though there are some exceptions. See HalfDressedCartoonAnimal below) usually wears a shirt and a pair of pants, but always goes barefoot.



*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Some of the [=NPC=] Amiimals (Such as Niko (An [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen) and [=NPC=] Amiimal villagers (Such as the ones that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages where the group meets the mayor of the town)) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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*** When you create an The player Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start Breakers'' starts off by wearing a yellow bandana and a brown an orange jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Some of the [=NPC=] Amiimals (Such as Niko (An [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen) and [=NPC=] Amiimal villagers (Such as the ones that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages where act as gunners if the group meets player has not hired any in the mayor of the town)) hotel) also wear a jacket without any pants.
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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Niko (An [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen), as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Some of the [=NPC=] Amiimals (Such as Niko (An [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen), as well as the Startsen) and [=NPC=] Amiimals Amiimal villagers (Such as the ones that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where where the group meets the mayor of the town) town)) also wear a jacket without any pants.
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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Niko, an [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen, as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Niko, an Niko (An [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen, Startsen), as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.
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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Niko, Niko, an [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen, as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. Niko, Niko, an [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen, as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.
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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. The [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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*** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. The Niko, Niko, an [=NPC=] mouse Amiimal child who asked Dillon and the gang to help out at Startsen, as well as the [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.

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** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants.

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** ''Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers'' has quite a few of these:
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When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants. The [=NPC=] Amiimals that are shown in opening cutscenes of stages (where the group meets the mayor of the town) also wear a jacket without any pants.
*** Deputy Daley, a raccoon who is the (Deputy) Mayor of Splitshare, wears a green coat and a hat, but wears no pants.
*** Oakley, a bird that begs the player to give him clay figures won by Anton Ball, wears a short-sleeved tartan shirt, a teal scarf, and a bowler hat, but no
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''Dillon's Rolling Western'' is an ActionAdventure and TowerDefense mixture game developed by Vanpool (who also made VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland) for Nintendo and available as a downloadable game for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Things aren't looking good in TheWildWest: weird rock monsters called Grocks recently started emerging from the ground to raid the local livestock, and the current defenses are not enough to stop them. It's up to the player character, an armadillo ranger named Dillon, to protect villages with towers and hand-to-grock fighting while gathering resources to fortify the village gates, increase the livestock population, and gather money to upgrade towers and weaponry.

The sequel, known as ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available. Another sequel, titled ''Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers'', was made available in Japan in 2018. It was eventually confirmed to get a localized release in May.

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''Dillon's Rolling Western'' is an ActionAdventure and TowerDefense mixture game developed by Vanpool (who also made VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland) for Nintendo and available as a downloadable game for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS eShop. Things aren't looking good in TheWildWest: weird rock monsters called Grocks recently started emerging from the ground to raid the local livestock, and the current defenses are not enough to stop them. It's up to the player character, an armadillo ranger named Dillon, to protect villages with towers and hand-to-grock fighting while gathering resources to fortify the village gates, increase the livestock population, and gather money to upgrade towers and weaponry.

The sequel, known as ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available. Another sequel, titled ''Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers'', was made available in Japan in 2018. April 2018, and was the first installment to get a physical release. It was eventually confirmed to get a localized release released in May.North America and Europe a month later, though it remained a Nintendo eShop exclusive in North America.
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** Boone from ''The Last Ranger'' wears even less clothing than Dillon, wearing only a yellow bandana and a belt. This completely contrasts with the other two ranger partners (Gallo and Boone) in ''The Last Ranger'', who are both fully-clothed.

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** Boone from ''The Last Ranger'' wears even less clothing than Dillon, wearing only a yellow bandana and a belt. This completely contrasts with the other two ranger partners (Gallo and Boone) Nomad) in ''The Last Ranger'', who are both fully-clothed.
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** Dillon himself is a rather exaggerated example. He wears such gear such as a cowboy hat, a pair of fingerless gloves, a pair of boots, a bandana, and a belt, but wears neither a shirt nor pants.
** Boone from ''The Last Ranger'' wears even less clothing than Dillon, as he only wears a bandana and a belt.

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** Dillon himself is a rather exaggerated example. He wears such gear such as a cowboy hat, a pair of fingerless gloves, a pair of boots, a teal bandana, and a belt, but wears neither a shirt nor pants.
** Boone from ''The Last Ranger'' wears even less clothing than Dillon, as he wearing only wears a yellow bandana and a belt.belt. This completely contrasts with the other two ranger partners (Gallo and Boone) in ''The Last Ranger'', who are both fully-clothed.
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** Most of the cast, the most notable characters being Gallo and Nomad from ''The Last Ranger''.

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** Most of the cast, the most notable characters being with Gallo and Nomad from ''The Last Ranger''.Ranger'' being the most notable examples.



** [[spoiler: King Ron from the first game wears a hat, a tie, and what appears to be a sleeveless coat, but wears no pant.]]

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** [[spoiler: King Ron from the first game wears a hat, a tie, and what appears to be a sleeveless coat, but wears no pant.pants.]]
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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Some of the cast, with Russ being the most notable example.

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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Some of the cast, with Russ and Sal the Arms Dealer being the most notable example.examples.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal:
** Dillon himself is a rather exaggerated example. He wears such gear such as a cowboy hat, a pair of fingerless gloves, a pair of boots, a bandana, and a belt, but wears neither a shirt nor pants.
** Boone from ''The Last Ranger'' wears even less clothing than Dillon, as he only wears a bandana and a belt.


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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Some of the cast, with Russ being the most notable example.


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* FullyDressedCartoonAnimal:
** Most of the cast, the most notable characters being Gallo and Nomad from ''The Last Ranger''.
** Dillon becomes this in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'' by gaining a leather sleeveless shirt and pants.


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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal:
** [[spoiler: King Ron from the first game wears a hat, a tie, and what appears to be a sleeveless coat, but wears no pant.]]
** When you create an Amiimal in ''Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers'', they start off wearing a yellow bandana and a brown jacket (And depending on the Mii chosen, a pair of glasses and/or a hat), but no pants.
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* FurryConfusion: Further into the 1st game, Dillon is able to upgrade his gear, such as his boots. The Level 2-4 boot upgrades are implied to be made out of the hide of animals. Levels 2 and 3 are respectively called "Warthog Hide Boots" and "Buffalo Hide Boots"...Which both just so happen [[FridgeHorror to be the species of the very first two mayors in the game]].
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* GenreShift: The third game moves away from a Western aesthetic to a more post-apoclyptic Mad Max style setting, notably ditching the "Rolling Western" part of the title along the way.
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* HellBentForLeather: Dillon seems to have taken a page from ''Film/MadMax'' and decked himself out in full black leather for '' Dead Heat Breakers''.
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The sequel, known as ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available. Another sequel, titled ''The Dead Heat Breakers'', will be available in Japan in 2018. No word has been confirmed that it will see a Western release.

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The sequel, known as ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available. Another sequel, titled ''The ''Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers'', will be was made available in Japan in 2018. No word has been It was eventually confirmed that it will see to get a Western release.localized release in May.
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** Hell, Dillon [[VoiceGrunting grunts]] like Link. Listen closely after a combo and it sounds like they just lifted Link's "hyah" yell and put it in the game.
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''Dillon's Rolling Western'' is an ActionAdventure and TowerDefense mixture game developed by Vanpool (who also made VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland) for Nintendo and available as a downloadable game for the Nintendo3DS. Things aren't looking good in TheWildWest: weird rock monsters called Grocks recently started emerging from the ground to raid the local livestock, and the current defenses are not enough to stop them. It's up to the player character, an armadillo ranger named Dillon, to protect villages with towers and hand-to-grock fighting while gathering resources to fortify the village gates, increase the livestock population, and gather money to upgrade towers and weaponry.

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''Dillon's Rolling Western'' is an ActionAdventure and TowerDefense mixture game developed by Vanpool (who also made VideoGame/FreshlyPickedTinglesRosyRupeeland) for Nintendo and available as a downloadable game for the Nintendo3DS.UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Things aren't looking good in TheWildWest: weird rock monsters called Grocks recently started emerging from the ground to raid the local livestock, and the current defenses are not enough to stop them. It's up to the player character, an armadillo ranger named Dillon, to protect villages with towers and hand-to-grock fighting while gathering resources to fortify the village gates, increase the livestock population, and gather money to upgrade towers and weaponry.
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Dillon's Rolling Western is getting another sequel next year. It's gonna be Japan-exclusive, however.


The sequel, known as 'Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available.

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The sequel, known as 'Dillon's ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'', is also available.available. Another sequel, titled ''The Dead Heat Breakers'', will be available in Japan in 2018. No word has been confirmed that it will see a Western release.

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The livestock, called Scrogs, look very much like pigs. The game notes early on, however, that this is a portmanteau of "scruffle hogs."

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: The livestock, called Scrogs, look very much like similar to pigs. The game notes that early on, however, that this is a portmanteau of "scruffle hogs."



* TheTeam: Dillon is the Hero. Russ is his trusty Sidekick and TheSmartGuy. Gallo is a more proper Lancer. Boone is a DumbMuscle variety BigGuy. Nomad is TheUnintelligible and TheDrifter, being a foreigner who doesn't speak the language.

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* TheTeam: Dillon is the Hero. Russ is his trusty Sidekick sidekick and TheSmartGuy. Gallo is a more proper Lancer. Boone is a DumbMuscle variety BigGuy. Nomad is TheUnintelligible and TheDrifter, being a foreigner who doesn't speak the language.

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* EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels: Russ, even though he is [[IAmNotWeasel often mistaken for a mouse]].


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* IAmNotWeasel: Russ is a squirrel, though he is often mistaken for a mouse.
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A sequel called ''Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'' is also available.

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A sequel called ''Dillon's The sequel, known as 'Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger'' Ranger'', is also available.

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