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[[caption-width-right:281:Fan art of Widget Hackwrench.]]

'''The Nowakverse''' is probably the most famous FanVerse in the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' fandom. It started with John Nowak's FanFic ''Under The Bridge'' which was followed by another two stories by the same author, ''Icarus'' and ''Sovereign''. Several other authors at least used elements from the ''Nowakverse'' in their stories, be it only the main original character, Gadget's [[LongLostRelative long lost sister]] Widget Hackwrench, be it Widget's self-made submarine Albacore including the entire crew, [[spoiler:her husband]], Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Jürgen, [[spoiler:and their son, Gimcrack]]. Widget actually managed to build up so much of a fame of her own that no other original character from ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' FanFic has ever been subject of more FanArt.

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

* ArtificialLimbs: Widget was born without a left arm. Fortunately, she grew into a [[WrenchWench skilled mechanic]] and made herself a spring-driven artificial arm.
* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: These stories hammer ''heavily'' on "Byronic" and "pelagic" (the latter of which is [[YouKeepUsingThatWord completely misused]]).
* {{BFG}}: The Darned Nearly Recoilless Rifle is pretty huge if operated by mice. .22 rimfire cartridges might be small for humans, but for rodents they're large enough to require a big weapon which, despite Widget's efforts, isn't entirely recoilless.
* ByronicHero: Widget [[HeelFaceTurn turns into one]] in ''Under The Bridge''. She also refers to herself as one over and over and over again.
* CatsAreMean
* CoolBoat: Albacore is so this.
* CharacterDevelopment: In particular, Widget in ''Under The Bridge''.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: [[spoiler:Gadget's raid on the prison]] in ''Sovereign''.
* CryForTheDevil: Widget's past is a really tragic one.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Widget's {{Backstory}}.
* DarkerAndEdgier: A lot.
* EnemyMine: Widget when she needs Rescue Rangers help in ''Under The Bridge''.
* EvilCounterpart: That's what Widget starts as.
* EvilAlbino[=/=]HeroicAlbino: Widget has been both.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Darned Nearly Recoilless Rifle. Except that what recoil is left will still knock a single gunmouse over backwards.
* ForeignSoundingGibberish: Appears in ''Sovereign''.
-->"Ich bin Muenster von Kublewagen-Nebelwerfer, der family solicitor."
* FurryFemaleMane: Widget has got white fur but long gray hair tied up in a ponytail.
* GondorCallsForAid: The massive help mission which the Rangers launch in ''Under The Bridge'' after they've received Widget's call for help.
* GratuitousGerman: Despite speaking English fluently, Jürgen keeps slipping back into his native German.
* HeelFaceTurn: During the fateful events of ''Under The Bridge'', Widget develops from the BigBad to a ByronicHero.
* KillItWithFire: Gadget's choice of a self-defense weapon against Widget is a disposable lighter, modified so that she can hold and operate it horizontally and use it as a flamethrower.
-->'''Jürgen:''' "Flammenwerfer!"
* LongLostRelative: Gadget didn't even know she has a sister until Widget showed up. On a similar note, neither did Widget for quite a long time.
* MeaningfulName: [[{{Canon}} Hackwrench]], Jürgen, etc.
* {{MST}}: ''Under The Bridge'' was [=MSTed=] by Nowak himself, along with a coauthor.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Gadget is pretty much [[{{Fanon}} addicted to the stuff]].
* OldShame: John Nowak has since described himself as "someone who should never have written Rescue Rangers stories", and this series is a punchline in his MST works.
* PowerFist: Widget's spring-loaded left hand.
* RedRightHand: Widget's mechanical left arm which she hides under a black cloak and in a black glove.
* RepetitiveName: Kapitänleutnant Jürgen. His family name is Jürgen, his first name is Jürgen, [[spoiler:and his middle name happens to be Jürgen, too]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: Two-fold, even. Widget built a sophisticated attack submarine, hired a crew for it and even sinks a rodent ferryboat just to exact revenge on her sister Gadget. [[spoiler:Gadget, in turn, after finding out that Widget is out to kill her, builds a torpedo out of an illegally imported Russian machine gun round to sink Widget's submarine with everyone aboard.]]
* RuleOfCool: All over the place.
* SelfDeprecation: In the aformentioned MSTing,(which, remember, Nowak himself co-wrote) Mike & the Bots frequently poke fun at the story's dark tone and the overuse of Technobabble. Later, Nowak shows up and depicts himself as a guy who always over analyzes things.
* SharedUniverse / FanVerse: No Rangerverse saw as many guest writers as the ''Nowakverse''.
* ShoutOut: The Exterminator is based on a [[Series/DoctorWho Dalek]] toy.
** Kapitänleutnant Jürgen could be one to ''Film/DasBoot''.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: In ''Under The Bridge''.
* SpyCatsuit: Widget's black wetsuit.
* StuffBlowingUp: Especially in ''Sovereign'', but also the remarkable scene in ''Under The Bridge'' when [[spoiler:Widget tries to kill the Rangers for the first time]].
* SubStory: ''Under The Bridge''.
* TankGoodness: The Exterminator from ''Under The Bridge''.
* TechnologyPorn: John Nowak managed to describe the contraptions in his stories at such a high level of detail that it's almost possible to rebuild them in RealLife unless the RuleOfCool is involved.
* {{Thememobile}}: What'd Widget be without Albacore?
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The Darned Nearly Recoilless Rifles designed by Widget. .22 Rimfire might be small for humans, but they are described in ''Under The Bridge'' as the rodent equivalent of 150mm artillery. Nevertheless, they were conceived and are used mostly as anti-personnel rifles.
** Also in ''Under The Bridge'', Gadget herself builds [[spoiler:a magnetic homing torpedo out of an illegaly imported Soviet 14.5×114 anti-tank machine gun round to sink her sister's submarine]].
* ThoseWackyNazis: Averted. Using a surprisingly subtle bit of character reference, Nowak makes it clear Jurgen wasn't one.
* TheUnFavorite: Widget thinks she is one.
* WrenchWench: Widget, maybe even more so than Gadget.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Pelagic" means an open zone in the deep ocean. It has nothing to do with cats. Given that Nowak cowrote the MST of ''Under the Bridge'', presumably he looked up what the word meant at some point after writing the story, because the MST beats him up ''heavily'' for misusing the word.
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