'''The Midnightverse''' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' FanFiction written by Tropers/MidnightMan. Most of them take place around the time when they were written, starting in 2006, so a lot of time has passed since the time when the TV show ended, but there isn't that much that has happened--that is, before the events of these stories. Within about a year, the Rangers' lives are turned upside-down.

'''The stories in chronological publishing order:'''
* ''Too Huge To Be True'' – The author's first {{novella}}-sized story was also the first ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' {{crossover}}. The reason this works out is because it's AllJustADream that Gadget has after a ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' marathon on TV. The Rangers take a vacation and travel to Cape Suzette where they are about as tall as the other animal citizens instead of tiny rodents. They help Higher for Hire on a cargo job and embark on a treasure hunt later on. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Too_Huge_To_Be_True RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3351741/1/Too_Huge_To_Be_True story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''First Date'' – This story takes the reader back to the year 1990, a few weeks after the events of "Good Times, Bat Times". Dale and Foxglove are a loving couple, and Chip doesn't have any competition for Gadget anymore, but he just can't get himself to take this chance and try to win her heart. It takes him some encouragement from his best friend. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=First_Date RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3388357/1/First_Date story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''Lost And Found'' – It has been almost 18 years since Gadget lost her father in a plane crash. While she still mourns him, Zipper finds out that Geegaw is well alive and back at his and Gadget's old home. When the Rangers go and meet him, the real adventure is just about to start, for Geegaw needs their help to get his wife, Gadget's mother, back. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Lost_And_Found RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3423106/1/Lost_And_Found story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''Last Date'' – Four old acquaintances have joined the Rangers and increased their number to nine. Meanwhile, Chip and Gadget have been dating for 16 years, but nothing has come out of it. Chip decides that if he still fails to win Gadget over on their 500th date, he'll quit dating her altogether. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Last_Date RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3484744/1/Last_Date story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''Diamonds In The Desert'' – A heist fic about twice the size of ''Lost And Found''. The theft of a set of fourteen different gems from an exhibition leads the Rangers to UsefulNotes/LasVegas where they have to steal them back. However, they're not the only ones after these glittering items, and someone whom the two chipmunks haven't met in a long time, while being a great help for them, is going to cause some trouble for them. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Diamonds_In_The_Desert RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3906948/1/Diamonds_In_The_Desert story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''A Matter Of Time'' – While the original five Rangers are on a series of cases and thus unavailable, the new Rangers rescue an unconscious mouse from the cold waters of the nearby river. He isn't as unfamiliar as they think, though, and his sudden presence will help the Rangers more than they can know as of then. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=A_Matter_Of_Time RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4248223/1/A_Matter_Of_Time story on FanFiction.net]])
* ''Little Bright Star – A Ranger Tale Of New York'' – A short [[ChristmasEpisode seasonal fic]] written for Christmas 2008. 20 years earlier, only a few months after the Rangers became a team, they're celebrating their very first Christmas together. For Gadget, this is the first Christmas in company in three years. At the same time, Nimnul is busy ruining the holidays. ([[http://rangerwiki.net/index.php?title=Little_Bright_Star_-_A_Ranger_Tale_Of_New_York RangerWiki entry]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4733213/1/Little_Bright_Star_A_Ranger_Tale_Of_New_York story on FanFiction.net]])

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!!'''The stories in the ''Midnightverse'' contain examples of:'''

* AccidentalMisnaming: Lawhiney, that is, [=LaWahini=] in ''Too Huge To Be True''. These two names are actually pronounced slightly differently.
* AcePilot: ''Too Huge To Be True'' has at least two. Geegaw and Baloo even dispute who of them is the greater ace.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: Dawn van Zant from ''Too Huge To Be True''.
* AirVentPassageway: ''Diamonds In The Desert'' is practically about this. Also, Zipper gets into and out of the National Institute for Mental Health via air vents in ''Lost And Found'', and the Rangers use the air-conditioning vents to get into Mr. Jacob's penthouse in ''Last Date''.
* AlliterativeName: Melissa Mayfield.
* AllJustADream: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Gadget knows all along that ''Too Huge To Be True'' is a dream.
* AllThereInTheManual: You'll be hard-pressed to find any background information about the ''Midnightverse'' stories outside this page which is mostly maintained by [[WordOfGod the author himself]].
* AlmostKiss: Twice between Chip and Gadget in ''Lost And Found''.
* AngryGuardDog: Lucifer in ''Lost And Found''.
* AnimalTesting: ''Lost And Found'' involves NIMH and even takes the Rangers to the institute to liberate Gadget's mother.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Nimnul's inventions in ''Diamonds In The Desert'' and ''Little Bright Star''. Also used to make a seaplane the size of the Marabou fly.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The Marabou is a typical Howard Huge construction. It is a seaplane large enough to hold entire seaplanes inside its cargo space, but due to its sheer size, it is practically unable to enter Cape Suzette Bay.
* {{Backstory}}[=/=]{{Flashback}}
** ''First Date'' is a {{Backstory}} in itself, ''Little Bright Star'' might count, too.
** ''Lost And Found'' has the members of the Hackwrench family tell what happened while they were separated, and not only them. Some of the [[{{Backstory}} Backstories]] span more than one chapter.
** ''Diamonds In The Desert'' contains its share of [[{{Backstory}} Backstories]], too.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''Too Huge To Be True'' when [[spoiler:Dale explains what the Rangers' real problems with babysitting were]].
* BigApplesauce: Yes, the Rangers are from New York City.
* BilingualBonus
** Readers of ''Lost and Found'' who watched (and understood) the German dub of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' might discover that the name of Geegaw's aircraft [[spoiler:and Gadget's second name]] Beatrice is derived from [[DubNameChange Gadget's German name Trixi]].
** If you know Dutch or German and pronounce Van Thomas (''Lost and Found'') in one of these languages, it might strike you how close the name sounds to Literature/{{Fantomas}}.
* BusmansHoliday: ''Too Huge To Be True''.
* CanNotSpitItOut: Chip has tried to tell Gadget how he feels for her for 18 years.
* TheCaper: There are two of them in ''Diamonds In The Desert'', [[spoiler:both of which go wrong]].
* ChristmasEpisode: ''Little Bright Star''.
* CompletedFic: All of them. Although it took the author a while to release ''Diamonds In The Desert'' and even the short ''A Matter Of Time'', he has never left a partially posted fic permanently incomplete.
* CoolPlane
** The Marabou which is clearly ''too huge to be true''. Aside from the usual ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' aircraft, that is.
** ''Diamonds In The Desert'' has [[spoiler:the "Nimnul Laser Cannon 14" which can both fly and hover]].
** The coolness of the Ranger Wing is increased in ''A Matter Of Time'' by [[spoiler:a touch screen and a Nimnul-made time machine on the future version]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Funny how common this is in the Hackwrench family.
* [[{{Doppelganger}} Dreifachgänger]]: Gadget, Lawhiney/[=LaWahini=], and Dawn in ''Too Huge To Be True''.
** Also Rat Capone (who is only mentioned, though), Francis, and Allan in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* DriverFacesPassenger: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
--> '''[=LaWahini=]:''' "Now would you please look where you're flying and steer around that trunk there before we hit it?"
** In fact, ''Diamonds In The Desert'' contains two instances of this.
* ElvisImpersonator: Norton Nimnul a.k.a. Elton Nimley in ''Diamonds In The Desert''. Before you ask, it's of course the rhinestone jumpsuit variant.
* EnergyWeapon:
** [[spoiler:The Nimnul Laser Cannon 14]] in ''Diamonds In The Desert'', the same story that declares that Nimnul is banned from using lasers in most U.S. Federal states.
** The Microwave Adaptive-Range Christmas Obliterator in ''Little Bright Star''. Needless to say that Nimnul is behind this one, too.
* EpicRocking: A ''Chipmunk Divine'' audience has to be patient, for the overture of the show is Maurice Ravel's "Boléro"--which is some fifteen minutes long.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Chip and Gadget's crush on each other. All the Rangers can see it, including the four new Rangers introduced in ''Last Date''. Needless to say that Chip and Gadget both can't, otherwise they wouldn't have gone on 499 unsuccessful dates. In fact, it gets so blatantly, painfully obvious for the other seven Rangers that they eventually decide to set the two up.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''First Date''. Whether or not this applies to ''Last Date'' as well is left unclear.
* FakeBand: The Destiny Unlimited Orchestra in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* FanFiction[=/=]OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: ''First Date'' provides an in-universe example. A squirrel in Britain, fan of both Sureluck Jones and the Rescue Rangers, sent Chip a copy of a story he wrote, a story about a Rescue Rangers adventure. [[InUniverse Within this universe]], it counts as a RealPersonFic.
* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler:Clarice]] in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** S.E.U.S.S. in ''Little Bright Star''. Seeing as Nimnul invented it and what Nimnul intends to do in this story, it doesn't really matter what S.E.U.S.S. means; it is explained nevertheless: Super Extremely Unadhesive Soft Soap.
** The same story gives us the M.A.R.C.O. (Microwave Adaptive-Range Christmas Obliterator).
* GenderBlenderName: "Mandy" for Armando in ''Diamonds In The Desert''; also a ShoutOut to ''Film/DickTracy''.
* GenreShift: If the story is more than 20,000 words long, you can expect it to shift genres. The longer the story, the more genres are shifted through.
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Todd and Armando from ''Diamonds In The Desert'' are never mentioned to wear pants.
* HeroicBSOD: ''Diamonds In The Desert''. Chip has one after ''The Chipmunk Divine'' when Allan continues to hit on Gadget.
* ICallItVera: Geegaw named his most recent aircraft Beatrice [[spoiler:after Gadget's second name]] as revealed in ''Lost And Found''.
* ImpossibleMission: ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Required to steer the Marabou into Cape Suzette's harbor in ''Too Huge To Be True''. Also required to fly any aircraft through that sandstorm.
* IntercontinuityCrossover:
** ''Too Huge To Be True'' is a full-blown {{Crossover}} of ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' and ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''.
** ''Lost And Found'' slightly mixes in ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' and ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH'' (better known to the target audience as the animated feature ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh''). None of the characters from these works appear in the story, though.
** In a sense, ''Diamonds In The Desert'' crosses [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers the Rangers]] over with the classic ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale''.
''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH''
* KidFromTheFuture: Edison is [[spoiler:the son of Sparky and [=LaWahini=] who aren't even dating yet in ''A Matter Of Time'''s present time.]]
* LamarckWasRight: [[spoiler:Gadget and [=LaWahini=] inherited a great deal of the "[=NIMH=] factor" from their mother]], as is revealed in ''Lost And Found''.
* LongLostRelative: ''Several'' members of Gadget's family return in ''Lost And Found'', all of whom haven't seen one another in decades.
* LoveHurts: ''Last Date''. Poor Chip.
* MadLove: What Todd thinks he feels for [[spoiler:Clarice]] in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* TheMatchmaker: ''Last Date'' has [=LaWahini=] and Tammy. And Foxy is dragged into that game, too.
* {{Novel}}: ''Lost And Found'' and ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* {{Novelette}}: ''First Date'' and the shortest story in the ''Midnightverse'' so far, ''Little Bright Star''.
* {{Novella}}: ''Too Huge To Be True'', ''Last Date'' and ''A Matter Of Time''.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Gadget, [=LaWahini=] (see LamarckWasRight), and Stephanie. And let's not forget the other Mice of [=NIMH=].]]
* ParentalAbandonment: ''Lost And Found'' takes Gadget's canonical ParentalAbandonment up to eleven.
* PlotBunny: According to WordOfGod, this was the main reason why he sometimes worked on up to four fanfics at the same time. He simple couldn't ''not'' write them.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Raoul from ''Last Date'' counts as a talking parrot. His owner's safe is programmed to recognize his speaking voice. Sort of parodied in that Fat Cat calls him Polly.
* PunnyName: Almost every restaurant or bar called by name in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* RoadBlock: ''Diamonds In The Desert''. The police install one in front of the Versailles Palace so that Nimnul can't escape.
* RecursiveFanfiction: ''Knight Rangers'' by RR-Crusader is based on the Midnightverse.
* ReversePolarity: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Little Bright Star''.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Edison. Or maybe the time he spends in the present isn't long enough.
* RuleOfCool: What half of ''Too Huge To Be True'' is made of.
* SceneryPorn: The small animal theater inside the Versailles Palace in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In ''A Matter Of Time'', Edison finds out he has the chance to [[spoiler:prevent a tragic accident in which Chip will be killed and Gadget will be knocked out into a coma]].
* SharedUniverse: ''Knight Rangers'' by RR-Crusader takes place in the Midnightverse and [[CrossOver crosses it over]] with Series/KnightRider.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Gadget, wearing Rebecca Cunningham's trademark evening gown in ''Too Huge To Be True'' and ''Last Date''.
* ShoutOut
** ''Last Date:''
*** Dale and Foxglove are obviously going to see something that looks like inspired by ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean 3'' at the DriveInTheater. It's not the real deal, though, because the story takes place half a year before ''[=POTC3=]'' was launched.
---->"Dale has asked me out to the drive-in tonight," Foxglove replied. "They're showing some pirate movie. A sequel of a sequel, and still it's said to be pretty good."
** ''Diamonds In The Desert:''
*** The Destiny Unlimited Orchestra is named after Music/BarryWhite's Love Unlimited Orchestra and one of the earliest songs the lead singer had performed in her younger years.
*** Its musical director and occasional piano player, Armando, called Mandy by said singer, is a nod to Creator/MandyPatinkin, starring as the piano player 88 Keys in ''Film/DickTracy''...
*** ...just like the solo violinist (and overall main character) Melissa Mayfield is one to Vanessa-Mae.
*** The finale of the overture was inspired by a piece of fan art featuring that self-same singer--pretty obviously to those who know the drawing.
*** Two musical-composing and songwriting spiders from New York City named [[Creator/AndrewLloydWebber Andrew & Lloyd Cobwebber]] are mentioned for having sent suggestions for a new stage show.
*** Two of the restaurant names mentioned in the story are [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to songs, namely "Cadillac Walk" by Mink de Ville and "Magic Carpet Ride" by Music/{{Steppenwolf}}.
*** The chapter "Casino Roy-Dale" not only borrows its title from ''[[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Casino Royale]]'' but also begins with Dale dreaming himself into the role of a [[TuxedoAndMartini super-spy]] investigating inside the Versailles Palace. According to WordOfGod (who maintains this page), the same scene is on the verge of shouting out to another ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' fanfic, ''Wolfsbane''.
** ''Little Bright Star:''
*** The idea of Nimnul trying to ruin Christmas, in combination with S.E.U.S.S., is a ShoutOut to ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
*** Nimnul got the M.A.R.C.O.'s main coil from [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Arkham, Massachusetts]].
* ShowWithinAShow:
** ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' in ''Too Huge To Be True''.
** The stage show ''The Chipmunk Divine'' in ''Diamonds In The Desert''.
* SloMoBigAir: If ''Diamonds In The Desert'' were a movie, this would clearly have been used in the scene when Nimnul jumps the RoadBlock.
* StalkerWithACrush: Allan Capone.
* StuffBlowingUp: The pine trees in ''Little Bright Star''.
* TimeTravel: Edison, unvoluntarily.
* VacationCrossover: In ''Too Huge to Be True'', the crossover with ''[=TaleSpin=]'', the Rangers vacation to Cape Suzette--where they get involved in a cargo job, and later, a treasure hunt with Higher for Hire.
* VivaLasVegas: ''Diamonds In The Desert''. 'Nuff said. Just about all that's missing are weddings.
** [=LaWahini=] even sings this song in one scene.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Gadget may be highly intelligent and quite well-educated, but in the first stories, it turns out that she doesn't know what love is--[[spoiler:despite having been in love with Chip ever since he started dating her in ''First Date'']].
* WronskiFeint: ''Diamonds In The Desert''. Foxglove tries to pull one with Erica chasing her, [[spoiler:Erica doesn't fall for it and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it, and Foxglove finally succeeds with the canyon by flying through a cactus]].
* TheXOfY: ''A Matter Of Time''.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Ye Olde Omelette Outlette in ''Too Huge To Be True''.
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