History Webcomic / OfMiceAndMayhem

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The Arabian dictator [[spoiler:whom Gadget kills]] ''really'' deserves it.

It is a WebComic, or rather a [[WebComic Web]] GraphicNovel: It follows a comicbook page layout and, unlike the serial format of most web fiction, the entire story--all 232 pages, including a front and back cover--was published at once.

Instead of throwing the show's concept over and making up something entirely new, ''Of Mice and Mayhem'' picks up where the show left off, and that is presumably after the episode "Good Times, Bat Times". Three of [[EnsembleDarkhorse the most popular one-shot characters]] have joined the Rescue Rangers (giving at least two of them an extra popularity boost), and this extra personnel, together with their individual abilities, is direly needed on the case the Rangers are thrown into, a case that doesn't only [[DarkerAndEdgier go beyond anything ever seen in official material]], but also takes several months to solve. Since the target audience isn't the same as the show's at that time—the first generation of fans who had all grown up by then rather than the kids who watched ''CDRR'' on
[[Creator/DisneyXD Toon Disney]]—the author could increase the overall intensity by multiple notches.

[[http://cdrrhq.ru/comics/?author=Fischer&comics=mom_eng Click here]] to read this fan crafting (or view it on the comic's [[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Of-Mice-and-Mayhem/362610840482581?sk=photos_albums Facebook page]]). Prepare for a sleepless night or two after taking it in. [[note]]Sadly, the artist's original site, http://www.electricfishmusic.com/001.html, appears to be down permanently.[[/note]] A colorized (albeit edited-down) version has been posted on [[http://deviantart.com DeviantArt]] and can be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/rozumek1993/gallery/38448851/Of-mice-and-Mayhem-english-version here]].

** [[spoiler:Gadget mops the floor with the rangers when her programming takes control]]. When Chip checks on Foxglove, she quips [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "'Tis but a flesh wound."]]

* OutOfFocus: Both Monterey Jack and Zipper, who in the series had major roles but are mostly backround characters here.

From 1989 to 1993, ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' aired on American free TV. Also in the 90s, several more or less official comics were released for young readers (and, unbeknownst to the House of Mouse, the growing ranks of dedicated fans). In January 2003, however, one guy from New York City outdid it all single-handedly when he published a fan work he had created over the course of three years: ''Of Mice and Mayhem''.

Instead of throwing the show's concept over and making up something entirely new, ''Of Mice and Mayhem'' picks up where the show left, and that is presumably after the episode "Good Times, Bat Times". Three of [[EnsembleDarkhorse the most popular one-shot characters]] have joined the Rescue Rangers (giving at least two of them an extra popularity boost), and this extra personnel, together with their individual abilities, is direly needed on the case the Rangers are thrown into, a case that doesn't only [[DarkerAndEdgier go beyond anything ever seen in official material]], but also takes several months to solve. Since the target audience isn't the same as the show's at that time—the first generation of fans who had all grown up by then rather than the kids who watched CDRR on Toon Disney—the author could increase the overall intensity by multiple notches.

While some accuse it of being a bad excuse for blatant {{Shipping}} promotion, most fans regard ''Of Mice and Mayhem'' as one of the greatest creations ever done by a Rescue Rangers fan and "up there" together with Mike Demcio's FanFiction epic ''Fanfic/RhymeAndReason''. It is often considered superior to the show as well as the official comics, both story-wise and artwork-wise, and it received fandom awards by the dozen.

* DovesMeanPeace: In order to signify the new peaceful relations between the United States and the unnamed middle eastern nation [[spoiler:whose former dictator Gadget killed while under mind control]], a "Dove of Peace" is planned to be released at a large event. Humorously, said dove is a foul-mouthed jerk who makes [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Pesto]] look tame.

* IWasNamedMyName: The president's daughter names Chip... Chip. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters.

** The first daughter shares her first name with Creator/TressMacNeille (voice of both Chip and Gadget on the series).

** Roy Batty, the leader of the movie-addicted bat clan, is named after Rutger Hauer's character, the sort of BigBad, in ''Film/BladeRunner''. The movie-addicted bat in question might indeed have watched ''Film/BladeRunner'' once too often and decided to adopt the name.

** Dale shouts "[[Film/{{Titanic|1997}} I'm king of the world!]]" when the Rangers are flying to Washington by bat. [[TakeThat Foxglove immediately chastises him.]]

[[http://cdrrhq.ru/comics/?author=Fischer&comics=mom_eng Click here]] to read this fan crafting (or view it on the comic's [[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Of-Mice-and-Mayhem/362610840482581?sk=photos_albums Facebook page]]). Prepare for a sleepless night or two after taking it in. [[note]]Sadly, the artist's original site, http://www.electricfishmusic.com/001.html, appears to be down permanently.[[/note]] A colorized version has been posted on [[http://deviantart.com DeviantArt]] and can be found [[https://www.deviantart.com/rozumek1993/gallery/38448851/Of-mice-and-Mayhem-english-version here]].

* InterspeciesRomance: Well, this is bordering on a shipping fic. The pairings are the usual: Chip×Gadget and Dale×Foxglove. This is actually why Chip never confessed his love to Gadget: He wanted her to find another mouse as a mate because a chipmunk and a mouse could never have kids. However, [[spoiler:ever since "A Fly in the Ointment" when Gadget and Dale switched bodies, Gadget has had [[LegoGenetics enough chipmunk DNA]] to have Chip's children.]]

* BetaCouple: Dale and Foxglove isn't overtly shown, but it's made clear that they've become this when Dale tells Chip that he's over Gadget because of her when their past rivalry comes up. Chip decides to {{troll}} him by suggesting he ought to become interested in Foxglove as well to keep it going.

* ExactWords: What the Rangers assume when Gadget [[spoiler: tells them her programming will cause her to kill a leader]], making everyone think [[spoiler: she will kill Chip.]] [[SubvertedTrope It's more specific then that]].

* FunetikAksent: Monterey Jack's extreme (yet fake) [[LandDownUnder Aussie]] speak.

* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: One reason why Chip CannotSpitItOut: He believes Gadget would be happier with another mouse because she may want to start a family some day, and their genetics are not compatible. [[spoiler:Ultimately it turns out to be a moot point: Gadget [[LegoGenetics has enough chipmunk DNA after the incident in which she was Body Swapped with Dale to be genetically compatible.]]]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Gadget]].

* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: President Logan, the President Personable who is actually unaware of the GovernmentConspiracy.

* BigBad: The Black Table, mainly MacMillan and Dr. Snow.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: [[spoiler:Subverted. MacMillan, Dr. Snow, and Ferrante are all working for the Black Table which happens to have ties to the C.I.A., and therefore, the U.S. government]].