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alt title(s): Gonter Verse 
David Gonterman (also known by his pen name of Daveykins FoxFire, or David Foxfire) is a long-running internet celebrity (for many negative reasons). He has also been known as 'The Ed Wood of the Internet' and 'The Internet's Most Dangerous Cartoonist'. Opinons vary on his work ranging from So Bad Its Good to So Bad Its Horrible.
A fanfic writer (or 'fanfict' as he spells it) and cartoonist, he first started posting on various websites sometime around 1995. His most famous works include Blood and Metal (a fanfic of the Archie Comics Sonic The Hedgehog series), Sailor Moon: American Kitsune (a crossover of Sailor Moon and Power Rangers, amongst others), and his original webcomic FoxFire (retroactively renamed Scarlet P.I.). Most of his fame comes from his outspoken views on several topics, such as race and sexual orientation, and his generally hostile demeanor towards criticism of his work. Other earmarks of his style include powerful Marty Stu characters, a Kudzu Plot that never follows through on important elements, and how his art style hasn't even evolved over more than a decade of drawing.
His biggest break was probably the guest strip ◊ he did for It's Walky! that appears to be a half-assed attempt at tying it to the plot of FoxFire. As usual, it makes no sense whatsoever.
David Gonterman remains probably the most well known internet celebrity to gain his position through notoriety. He is frequently cited when the topic of bad fiction and overreactive writers/cartoonists comes up. It feels like he has stumbled upon just the right formula to maintain a "prominent" image for over a decade without having anything really positive being said about him. For that, we salute him.
He seems to attend the Shoji Kawamori school of continuity, i.e. pick and choose whatever you want from the previous stories and throw the rest out, although several of his works can be assigned to several different 'verses.
The Davey Crockett Trilogy A trilogy of tangentially linked stories incorporating the character of David "Davey Crockett" Kintobor. Technically, Blood and Metal was released first, with The Piasa Monster being written as a prequel. Not to be confused with the historical figure of Davy Crockett. The Piasa Monster 
When a monster attacks St. Louis, local resident Davey Crockett fights and kills it. Less than 24 hours later, a black history teacher makes an attempt on Crockett's life, causing a racial riot in the process.
Blood and Metal
Davey Crockett gets sent off to Mobius to fight against Robotnik. Having lost an arm due to the racial riot in the previous story, he is given a cybernetic replacement. Using the abilities granted to him by this machinery, he racks up more kills than Sonic in a short period of time before taking down and defeating Robotnik once and for all.
This story was the "breakout" (such as it is) for Gonterman, having been decently popular within a couple online communities. It ended up incorporating a number of cameos of people Gonterman met and also inspired many collaborative projects.
A Remake of the story is currently in the works, though according to Gonterman the new story will not have any basis in the Sonic The Hedgehog universe.
Sailor Moon: American Kitsune
An important piece of Gonterlore, and the most infamous. A crossover of Sailor Moon, Power Rangers and everything else, including the kitchen sink. Many villains from the Sailor Moon and Power Rangers universes team up, and Sailor Moon is knocked clear over the Pacific and caught by Davey. As an interesting note, this is the same Davey who had lived a long, full life on Mobius... who has been reincarnated on Earth as a kitsune due to the interference of Old Man Coyote. Davey and company then go on a disjointed, near-plotless adventure to defeat the villains.
The infamy comes from the chapter where Davey goes on a long rant about how people kept on telling him he was gay during high school, and therefore he's justified in killing the homosexual villain and his minions (who are also gay). (Even politically incorrect gits thought it was offensive) All of the other heroes agree with his justification.
This story was abandoned after eleven chapters during a point when internal strife was breaking apart the makeshift alliance of good guys. Due to Gonterman's subsequent disownership of this work, it's unlikely we'll ever find out what happened next.
This trilogy provides examples of:
Scarlet P.I. Two separate but interrelated strips. The first series, which was named FoxFire , ran for 240 strips before being dropped without a resolution. After a recent comic convention, Jim Goodlow comes home to find a package with a fursuit in it. He's surprised to find out that it's a sentient creature and needs to a symbiotic relationship to survive. This female fox "Zoot", Scarlet (introduced as Susan for some reason), becomes Jim's crime fighting alter ego as he continues his career as a professional cartoonist. Things get a little confusing from that point on.
In 2004, a total Re Tool and reboot was started under the name of Scarlet PI, with there currently being 123 strips and counting. Jim Goodlow reappears, but is changed from a cartoonist to a prodigy cop that can't get a job. (Interestingly enough, he's also Straight Gay, but it instead just feels like repentance on Gonterman's part.) After failing to find a job, he happens upon a box dumped near his apartment. It contains an advanced prototype female fox fursuit, which was created by a corrupt corporation (not an Alien Invasion this time, Benevolent or not). Of course, he leaps right into it due to wanting to seduce men, investigating the corporation as an obligatory exchange.
This webcomic provides examples of:
'The Packbellverse' These stories and comics intially seem unrelated, but they are apparently set in the same universe due to the many crossovers of various characters. Most of them incorporate the character of Adam Packbell, if at least only tangentially. Lost Boy Found
A self-published Peter Pan fanfic(t) about a Lost Boy named Adam Packbell. The advertising blurb claims that it is "equal parts autobiography, adventure story, and Shrek-style parody of every recent novel set in Neverland including the official sequel". Adam Packbell is a central character in many of the Planewalker-verse comics and books.
Night Soldiers
A Sailor Moon inspired story about a young witch in a southern community. After Sue "comes out of the broom closet", life goes well for her as everybody accepts it. However, her lifestyle is threatened when a succubus attacks and kills a couple people, with only her able to stop it. It abruptly ends before she starts her journey, so what happens is unknown. Like Fauna Force, this was meant to steal the audience from its source of inspiration.
Baka Breakers
The plotless adventures of a robotic foxgirl and her boyfriend (three guesses as to who he's supposed to represent). Can't really describe it further than that.
Livewire Latte
A continuation of Baka Breakers, with Adam Packbell (yes, the one from Lost Boy Found) running a coffee shop in a small town roughly 70 miles from Vegas, or 'Sin City' as Gonterman loves calling it. Is mostly Slice Of Life, except for the android catgirl Tara and the anthropomorphic mice running around; as well as the hints to Adam's magical side. Arguably half-decent for the first three dozen pages or so, precisely due to its less ambitious, slice-of-life style... at least until the Token Minority Japanese girl comes in.
Planeswalker
An original story based loosely on Magic The Gathering done in a Magical Girl style. In ancient times, a portal between Earth and Dominaria was briefly opened and sealed off, leaving artifacts behind containing the souls of mages. In modern times, a young girl named Jamie came in contact with one of these books and became infused with a spirit of a Planeswalker. The symbiotic creature now act as a paragon of justice... when not just being a giant Jerkass. Adam Packbell appears in a Yu Gi Oh-esque tournament based on Magic, and Richard Kronos and Sue from Night Soldiers appear in the audience.
Other Gonterman Works Fauna Force Gontman's response to Sonic the Hedgehog, Fauna Force starred Johnathan Brisby, originally introduced in the Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers/Secret of NIMH crossover story The Rangers of NIMH. Johnathan, an accomplished street magician, stumbles upon a lion who has recently turned a small cadre of humans into animals via a process known as 'furricization' (a none-too-subtle play on roboticization from the Sonic universe) and takes them in to form a team that can fight against the unnamed villain. It was intended to "steal" the audience from Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog... So Yeah. The Kissing Contest
An inept Disney Script Fic of sorts, which includes Gonterman's self-insert being praised by Disney executives as an insightful genuis for portraying Pocahontas as a "donamatrix" in his fanfiction and a paragraph-long sidenote about how none of the Disney characters actually died in their films.
Kitsune .44
Scott Trucker, a Texas Ranger, gets sent back in time to Feudal Japan after a tornado scoops him up. He becomes part of a war against another time traveler that has taken over a sizable portion of Japan. As the site hosting the comic points out, the self-insert isn't named after Gonterman this time, but the hairstyle is a dead giveaway.
The Mobius Chronicles
Sort of the follow-up to Sally Protest, The Mobius Chronicles diverges from issue 47 of the official Sonic The Hedgehog comic book. Of course, Gonterman promptly makes himself the main character. MSTed here, here and here.
NiGHTS: The Third Dreamer
A rare Gontercomic about NiGHTs: Into Dreams, ostensibly a spinoff from Archie's own NiGHTs miniseries.. The plot does not seem to exist until about two pages before the comic abruptly stops, when the titular 'third dreamer' is revealed. Notable for containing the most strangely rugged Gonterman insert known to date. Who beats Charles Barkley in a one-on-one basketball game and dunks right over his head. Seriously. He also has an uncanny resemblance ◊ to Ali Al-Saacchez of Gundam00. Hide your women, lock your doors and get in the Gundam!
NiTRO
David Gonterman gets fed up with the MSTs of his work, creating a reactionary comic in which he
Medical equipment is being stolen by Nimnul. After meeting up with Johnathan Brisby, the Rescue Rangers go out to stop him. Pretty much the gold standard for both blind trust in the spellchecker and absolutely no proofreading whatsoever, its first sentence reads "The Ranger's where flowing a leaded of break-ins." Usual tripe that wouldn't be too exceptional except for the fact that it created Johnathan Brisby, who became Gonterman's mascot of sorts.
Sailor Moon USA
After the US cancellation of Sailor Moon, David ends up catching said character after an explosion in Japan launched her across the Pacific. An Adaptation Distillation of Sailor Moon: American Kitsune. Note: link is to a "Fan Art" MST, since the unaltered artwork is generally considered to be lost.
Sally Protest
A reactionary comic made when he discovered Archie Comics' plan to kill off Sally in the Sonic The Hedgehog comic continuity. After assigning his own sense of outrage at the idea to, uh, everyone else in the world, David consoles an outraged Sally, offering a solution.
The above and Gonterman's work in general provide examples of:
Websites detailing Gonterman's work:
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