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Crankrats can be read [[http://crankrats.com/ here]] or on [[http://sio64.deviantart.com/gallery/30131127 DeviantArt]], and also on Website/{{Webtoon}} [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/crankrats/list?title_no=345026 here]]. You can also support the artist on [[https://www.patreon.com/Sio64 Patreon]], or by purchasing the first three chapters in hardcover format from the [[http://crankrats.com/shop Crankrats shop]].

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Crankrats can be read [[http://crankrats.com/ here]] or on [[http://sio64.deviantart.com/gallery/30131127 DeviantArt]], and also on Website/{{Webtoon}} Platform/{{Webtoon}} [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/crankrats/list?title_no=345026 here]]. You can also support the artist on [[https://www.patreon.com/Sio64 Patreon]], or by purchasing the first three chapters in hardcover format from the [[http://crankrats.com/shop Crankrats shop]].
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* SlaveRace: The Altavians are this to the Bantarians. Maddy [[DeliberateValuesDissonance disapproves]].

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* SlaveRace: The In the city, Altavians are this to the Bantarians. Maddy [[DeliberateValuesDissonance disapproves]].disapproves]].
* SpiritedYoungLady: Maddy. Young woman, ImpoverishedPatrician, very witty and confident (this sometimes comes back to bite her, though), a quick thinker, a talented singer, willing to wear trousers and fight for her life, frank and outspoken, she pretty much checks all the boxes. Maddy will not hesitate from stating her, rather unpopular, opinions on Altavians. She goes to the city in the first place to get a job and provide for her mother, and isn't very interested in marriage.

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this is not an alternative-to-our world, the zeppelin thing is about protagonist telling they're somewhere ELSE by zeppelins, not zeppelins in themselves


Now years later, a grown-up Madelene has returned to [[CityOfAdventure Banemberg]] to find work as a bar singer and support her family, while in Banemberg, Jack has managed to escape the extermination of the rest of the crankrats to work at the very same bar. Maddy believes that Jack died in the bombing all those years ago. Jack on the other hand, believes that he has already found Maddy, living in the smog in the lower levels of Banemberg, now driven insane by the haze.

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Now years later, a grown-up Madelene has returned to [[CityOfAdventure Banemberg]] to find work as a bar singer and support her family, while in Banemberg, Jack has managed to escape the extermination of the rest of the crankrats to work at the very same bar. Maddy believes that Jack died in the bombing all those years ago. Jack on the other hand, believes that he has already found Maddy, living in the smog haze in the lower levels of Banemberg, now driven insane by the haze.
insane.



* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lady Idonia Biffen has... [[SexSlave impure intentions]] concerning Jack. %%does she?
* TheAce: Harley. He was the youngest gunner ever to serve, he made his first kill when he was fifteen, and he retired after only five years with a stellar reputation [[spoiler: which he earned by slaughtering all the crankrats except Jack.]]

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Lady Idonia Biffen has... [[SexSlave impure intentions]] concerning Jack. %%does she?
Or she's just messing with him. In any case, Jack would rather stay as far away from her as possible.
* TheAce: Harley. He was the youngest gunner ever to serve, he made his first kill when he was fifteen, and he retired was invalidated out of service after only five years with a stellar reputation [[spoiler: which he earned by slaughtering all the crankrats except Jack.]]



* FakeOutMakeOut: To keep Silas's attention away from Jack, Maddie pulls him behind the bar and kisses him, so Silas thinks it's just debauchery.

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* FakeOutMakeOut: To keep Silas's attention away from Jack, Maddie pulls him behind the bar and kisses him, so Silas thinks it's just debauchery.debauchery going on and turns away in disgust.



* FearOfThunder: Maddy explains that she is afraid of thunder because it reminds her of the air raids from her childhood.

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* FearOfThunder: Maddy explains that Maddy. As she is afraid of thunder because explains, it reminds her of the air raids from her childhood.



* GoneHorriblyRight: Creating a bunch of [[PsychoElectro walking electrical storms]] in order to [[BloodKnight Mercilessly slaughter your enemies]]? WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Creating a bunch of [[PsychoElectro walking electrical storms]] in order to [[BloodKnight Mercilessly mercilessly slaughter your enemies]]? WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong



* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Harley, with shades of VitriolicBestBuds in the mix.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jack and Harley, with shades of VitriolicBestBuds in the mix.VitriolicBestBuds.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The reason for Jack’s EmergencyTransformation.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The reason for Jack’s EmergencyTransformation.EmergencyTransformation into a Crankrat.



* OfficerAndAGentleman: Harley.

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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Harley.Harley is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure for his employees and a retired officer (who may or may not have a hand in city politics).



* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Named Hazers.
* ProperLady: Mrs Crosham, as well as Maddie’s mother. They both seek to turn Madeline into one of these as well.

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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Named Hazers.
Hazers, they're people caught in the haze (smog that fills the lower levels) and driven insane by it.
* ProperLady: Mrs Crosham, as well as Maddie’s mother. Mrs Crosham thinks that of herself, although she's mostly a judgemental old hag. They both seek to turn want Madeline into one of these to be a Proper Lady, as well.



* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Poor [[RaisedByNatives Jack]]...

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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Poor [[RaisedByNatives Jack]]...Jack]] has a moment after Maddie reminds him of the altavian belief that StarsAreSouls. The heavens remain unmoved.



* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall Dark]] [[TallDarkAndSnarky And Boozy]]: Jack.

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* [[TallDarkAndHandsome Tall Dark]] [[TallDarkAndSnarky And Boozy]]: Jack.TallDarkAndSnarky: Jack is definitely tall and good-looking. He also snarks like there's no tomorrow. Maddy, who can take it and dish it out, calls him "tall, dark and ''boozy''".



* TortureTechnician: Silas really gives off this vibe. The blood on the beak of his mechanical bird doesn’t exactly help either.

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* TortureTechnician: Silas really gives off this vibe.Silas, who is introduced complaining that he had to cut the torture short. The blood on the beak of his mechanical bird doesn’t exactly help either.



* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[GoneHorriblyRight The crankrats.]]

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* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[GoneHorriblyRight The crankrats.]]crankrats]] were supposed to ShockAndAwe Altavians, but turned out [[PsychoElectro uncontrollable]], in addition to the more mundane problems doomsday weapon causes to its owner.



* UhOhEyes: Another effect of "cranking" on the body. It can range from subtle SupernaturalGoldEyes when warming up or cooling down to full-on GlowingEyesOfDoom when fully charged.
* [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld Valkyries From Another World]]

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* UhOhEyes: Another effect bodily symptom of "cranking" on the body. "cranking". It can range ranges from subtle SupernaturalGoldEyes when warming up or cooling down to full-on GlowingEyesOfDoom when fully charged.
* [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld Valkyries From Another World]]
charged.

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* EinsteinHair: Lettie's father, a somewhat MadScientist, has had MessyHair that has to be seen (in {{flashback}}s) to be disbelieved, even before [[spoiler: going on the run to save lil' Jack from the authorities]].



* FateWorseThanDeath: The Hazers. The smog in the lower levels of Banemberg slowly strips people of their humanity and turns them into mindless walking horrors.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: The Hazers. The You don't want to become a Hazer, driven to madness by the smog in the lower levels of Banemberg slowly strips people Banemberg. [[spoiler: Altavians seem to know a cure, or at least a preventive drug.]]
* FatherlyScientist: Lettie's (biological) dad was the creator
of their humanity and turns them into mindless walking horrors.crankrats, or at least Jack, whom he has pretty much adopted.


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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Jack and Lettie consider themselves siblings. He has been pretty much adopted by her FatherlyScientist dad.

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