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''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 [http://home.mindspring.com/~allronix/galaxy_rangers/gr_fic/grfan.htm Jayce's list].

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