You know you're a Galaxy Rangers Fan When

Take One

This was inspired by a similar post on the Sliders list, though a few of these have been circulating around my head (and in my life) for a while.

... You ever got up at an obscene hour in the morning to tape episodes.
... You find it impossible to watch Clint Eastwood westerns without grumbling something about "bio-defense" under your breath.
... Sliders gives you a profound sense of deja vu.
... Your first thought at seeing Star Trek: Voyager is "What? Doc's horse got a spin-off?"
... The very mention of "Bravestarr" makes you nausous.
... You can't watch "Dirty Dancing" or the Animated "Beauty and the Beast" without snickering.
... You have ALL the episodes taped on SP.
... You recieve packages in the mail with the words "No Guts, No Glory" written on the top.
... You create a GR website
... You find yourself repeating some of Doc's one-liners.
... You make a GR costume (bonus if it involves facepaint and freeze- framing episodes).
... You're fully profienient in the use of the term "MF" (a common term in the GR chat room).
... You get so desparate for episodes that you can sit through "Mothmoose," "Rogue Arm," and "Tortuna Rock"
... You've memorized "Endgame."
... Even your parrot can quote the opening speech.
... You watch S:AAB, but slip and call the in-vitros "Supertroopers"
... If you've ever role-played out the series (bonus if you're a girl who played in drag)
... You actually look up Doug Pries, Laura Dean, Jerry Orbach, and Hubert Kelly in the Internet Movie Database.
... You actually KNOW who did which voice on the show.
... You hook up audio cables from your VCR to your stereo and rig up a way to tape the soundtrack from your collection of VHS tapes.
... You have GR fan art on your wall
... You're on concom, and you absolutely DEMAND a GR marathon in the video rooms.
... You went to the 4-9AM GR Marathon at Geocon 5 and stayed awake through it all, loading up on caffeine in Hostility JUST for that purpose.
... You got really pissed when you found out it didn't get a toy deal.
... You bought the lunchbox and used it to hide the GR tapes from your mom.
... You actually sit down and write out a story where the Rangers rescue Eliza's Crystal.
... You're working on a sequel.
... When you accidentally type "G/N" on a document.
... When you watch Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders JUST because Robert Mandell produced it, and you recognize the voice talent.
... You watch "Scarecrow" and wonder if Chris Carter got his inspiration for the X-files from this show
... You have really wild dreams about the characters* ... (Especially after some of the chat sessions!)
... You are desperate enough to *audio* tape episodes so you can listen to them in the car!
... When asked by a certain Mr. Morden (check my spelling here), "What do you want?" and you respond, "GR! GR! GR!"
... You start a mailing list dedicated just to the show! (Thanks, LJC!!!)
... You start a "weekly" chat session on IRC for the show!
... You can start quoting almost *all* the episodes word for word* ... Even "Tortuna Rock," "Mothmoose," and "Battle of the Bandits!"
... You go to other mailing lists and start recruiting people for the GR list!
... You use lines from GR in your e-mail signature.
... Your handle/nickname is from a character on the show.
... Every time you watch Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi and Lando comes up on the screen you find yourself murmuring "Doc"
... You find yourself laboring over sketches of the main characters so that when you start to make the comic book you will allready be familiar with the character!
... You have ever walked into a Postal office carring a box of ten blank tapes and asked how much it would cost to send them all the way across the country and back :)
... You can stay up all night discussing G/N :)
... Even in speech you start referring to them as "GR eps"
... You hear the name "Buzzwang" and wince
... You have a piece of tape on your old bike that says "Mel"
... You watch "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego" just to listen to the voice actors
... You photograph it off of your TV
... You put said photos on your desk blotter at work
... You make postcards out of the photos
... You are willing to spend hundreds of dollars to get ahold of the tapes
... You try to convert all of the animation fans you know
... You actually consider getting a badge tattoo
... everytime the Sci-Fi channel advertises their Original Movie, you hope it's GR related
... You read the TV guide just in case the show suddenly resurfaces
... You watch "Doug" just to listen to Doug Preis
... You are offended by the Power Rangers
... You look up all the character names in the name books
... and you get annoyed because Niko is never listed
... You play the Top Gun soundtrack when you can't watch your tapes
... every time you watch an action cartoon, you come up with a crossover
... the same thing happens when you watch live action
... You buy a Lando Calarissian action figure and convert it into a Doc figure
... You write top ten lists for GR* ...
... When you pick up an animation book, you check for GR in the index
... and you bemoan the fact that it's never there
... You've seriously considered writing a book about GR
... You spend your break time at the library looking up books written by people who wrote eps for the show
... You've always wanted a pet Lycan* ...
... You dress your teddy bear in Basuti clothing
... You think this stuff up!
... You wake up at 5:30am on Saturday and Sunday morning because you forgot to set you VCR to tape the program 3 hours earlier.
... A lifelong ambition is to develop an RPG for several computer platforms based on the series and not have a real ending.
... You think Elizabeth in England wants to attract tourists for the Psychocrypt.
... one of your top songs in your library is Psychocrystal. (the song sung by Nimrod in the Battle of the Bands episode)
... Bought someone a new sewing machine in order for them to make 3 GR shirts for a small-time club function.
... Gone in Blackface and without glasses so everthing is a blur, but cool.
... You're playing AD&D, and you ask the GM if you can play a new type of Ranger, a Series 5 Ranger.

Jayce - Take Two

... You become a world-class fencer.
... You can say ANYTHING sarcastic and get away with it by using your charm.
... You can recite your favorite episodes straight from memory.
... You learn to shoot with both hands.
... You make a special holster for your shotgun and wear it everywhere.
... You start swearing other shows are ripping off GR ideas...
... You throw heavy objects (tables, people, etc.) using your left arm -- and never strain your body.
... You utter a Rangerism every few minutes.
... You write GR crossovers/alternate-universes for every other show/movie/game you like!
... You're an expert hacker -- complete with your own tweakers!
... You become infamous at music stores for demanding the GR and Slaverlords' music.
... You bring charges of libel against those infidels who DARE claim GR's "only a cartoon!"
... You buy a huge mountain in Arizona and convert it into BETA headquarters a century early.
... You can recite ALL the episodes from memory.
... You earn a Ph.D. in genetics for the sole purpose of creating Supertroopers.
... You eat, drink, sleep, think, breathe, daydream, visualize, and (fill-in-the-blanks) GR.
... You live to write G/N, Z/E, and/or D/M romance.
... You make it your life's work to educate and convert family, friends, acquaintances, co-workers AND perfect strangers to GR.
... You make video stores across the planet cringe when you pester them for more GR tapes.
... You name your horse/pet/familiar/significant-other after a cybersteed.
... You start sensing things out of the blue -- and they aren't delusions...
... You take advanced courses in electronics and go on to make working Series 5 badges, cybersteeds, and Andorian hyperdrives.
... You wonder if you're an ancestor of any of the GR characters...
... You're always surprised to discover that in real life kiwis are birds instead of aliens.

History

I believe the original "Take 1" list, or parts of it, were from the Mailing List and put together for the GRCD1. "Take 2" I believe to be Jayce's list.

You know you're a Galaxy Rangers Fan when

From Betamountain.org

Contents

Take One

Jayce - Take Two

History