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Crankrats (Webcomic)

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Crankrats is the title of a Steampunk webcomic begun in 2011 written and illustrated by Katherine Ellis.Maddy and Jack were the best of friends, until the Altavian bombing of Banemberg forced them apart. Maddy’s left hand was shattered while flying with her family to the countryside. Jack was impaled in the bombing and was rescued by means of a generator surgically implanted into his body, turning him into a Crankrat.Eventually, the Altavians and Bantarians signed a tenuous cease-fire. However, the treaty was conditional on the extermination of all the crankrats.Now years later, a grown-up Madelene has returned to Banemberg to 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 haze in the lower levels of Banemberg, now driven insane.When Maddy’s airship comes under assault by an Altavian gunrunner, Jack drives the gunrunner away. However, the emergence of a crankrat after all these years threatens the already tenuous cease fire...Crankrats is not updated on a regular schedule, but Kathy’s Tumblr has plenty of extra goodies to keep everyone satisfied. Crankrats also has an official Twitter to keep everyone up to date.Crankrats can be read here or on DeviantArt, and also on Webtoon here. You can also support the artist on Patreon, or by purchasing the first three chapters in hardcover format from the Crankrats shop.
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Applied Phlebotinum
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Applied Phlebotinum: The mechanics behind the eponymous Crankrats.
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Stars Are Souls
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Stars Are Souls: The Altavians believe this.
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Gone Horribly Right
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Gone Horribly Right: Creating a bunch of walking electrical storms in order to mercilessly slaughter your enemies? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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The Glomp
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The Glomp: Lettie has a bad habit of facegrabbing people.
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Heterosexual Life-Partners
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Heterosexual Life-Partners: Jack and Harley, with shades of Vitriolic Best Buds.
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
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With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: The eponymous Crankrats. It turns out, having your internal organs scooped out and replaced by a bunch of infernal machines actually tends to drive you mad with power. Who’d have thunk it?
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Ambiguously Brown
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Ambiguously Brown: Altavians have a Magical Native American shade to them.
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Alpha Bitch
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Alpha Bitch: Myrtle Hennesy.
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Mechanical Animals
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Mechanical Animals: Joey the mechanimal. He has a built in two-way radio! His tail is a screwdriver! He irritates Harley when he's working! He tastes like oil! Ain't he cute?
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Loyal Animal Companion
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Loyal Animal Companion / Canine Companion: Dachi and Toogie; Altavian Wargs.
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Raised by Natives
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Raised by Natives: Inverted (hmm?) with Jack. He was raised by Bantarians, and therefore does not speak Altavian, or have traditional clan markings.
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Shipper on Deck
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Shipper on Deck: When Lettie learns that Jack and Maddie are long lost childhood friends, she goes positively catatonic with delight.
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Proper Lady
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Proper Lady: Maddie’s mother. Mrs Crosham thinks that of herself, although she's mostly a judgemental old hag. They both want Madeline to be a Proper Lady, as well.
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Official Couple
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Official Couple: Maddy and Jack. Don't believe us? Just have a look through Kathy’s Tumblr. Plus, Word of God all but confirms it.
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Hangover Sensitivity
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Hangover Sensitivity: Jack. Frequently.
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Chekhov's News
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Chekhov's News: On page 135, a random newspaper blows across a panel with the headline: "Coronation of Prince Elliot. The End of General Mayfax's Reign?"
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Spirited Young Lady
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Spirited Young Lady: Maddy. Young woman, Impoverished Patrician, 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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Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
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The first thing we see Hunter doing is tracking a band of slavers against the orders of his superior.
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Facial Markings
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Facial Markings: Altavian Clan Markings.
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jack. He might be an abrasive, chain-smoking drunk, but he cares deeply for Lettie and the Hazer girl that he thinks is Maddy.
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Glamorous Wartime Singer
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Glamorous Wartime Singer: Myrtle Hennesy. Desperately believing she's glamorous, anyway.
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Third Line, Some Waiting
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Third Line, Some Waiting: We have Plot A - Maddy's daily life, with working and snooping and Jack; Plot B - Hunter doing whatever he's doing; and Plot C - the politics. Plot C later forks into C1 - Mayfax's scheming and C2 - Eva's blundering.
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Shock and Awe
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Shock and Awe: The main manifestation of a crankrats ability.
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Tall, Dark, and Snarky
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Tall, Dark, and Snarky: 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".
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
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Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Maddy is 5'5" and Jack is 6'6" (except when he's 6'7").
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Fantastic Racism
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Fantastic Racism: Bantarians regularly enslave Altavians, and generally think of them as little more than animals. There are exceptions, such as Eva (who taught herself the language), her brother Elliot (who's fascinated by them and also learned some altavian), Maddie (ditto, since her childhood best friend was Altavian), and Harley.
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"Uh-Oh" Eyes: Another bodily symptom of "cranking". It ranges from subtle Supernatural Gold Eyes when warming up or cooling down to full-on Glowing Eyes of Doom when fully charged.
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Foreign-Looking Font
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Foreign-Looking Font: The Altavian language is represented by a serifed font, while Bantarian's sans serif.
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Friend to All Children
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Also, the first time we see Jack is when he rescues a small child.
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Belligerent Sexual Tension
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Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Maddy and Jack. You love it. Don't deny it.
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Like Brother and Sister
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Like Brother and Sister: Jack and Lettie consider themselves siblings. He has been pretty much adopted by her Fatherly Scientist dad.
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Armor-Piercing Question
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Armor-Piercing Question: "Do you miss your parents?"
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The Alcoholic
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The Alcoholic: Jack. A Functional Addict, but for all the silly moments it brings, Harley has serious worries about Jack's stability. He's self-medicating the understandable psychological problems, but still.
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Establishing Character Moment
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Establishing Character Moment: The first thing we see of Lettie is her rushing towards Harley, all in a panic about forgetting to pick up The New Girl from the Valkyrie station ...until she is reminded that the arrival isn't until the next day. Also, the first time we see Jack is when he rescues a small child. The first thing we see Hunter doing is tracking a band of slavers against the orders of his superior.
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Super-Soldier
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Super-Soldier: The Crankrats were created as Bantarian super-soldiers, with their implanted generators giving them extreme strength and speed as well as spectacular Shock and Awe powers. Only six were made, but they were a terror in battle. However, eventually they either rebelled or went mad with power, and the war "ended" with a treaty requiring the Bantarians to execute all the Crankrats. The discovery that a seventh Crankrat was made and is still alive threatens to reignite the war.
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Fear of Thunder
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Fear of Thunder: Maddy. As she explains, it reminds her of the air raids from her childhood.
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World of Snark
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World of Snark
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Badass Boast
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Badass Boast:
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Abhorrent Admirer
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Abhorrent Admirer: Lady Idonia Biffen has... impure intentions concerning Jack. Or she's just messing with him. In any case, Jack would rather stay as far away from her as possible.
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Our Zombies Are Different
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Our Zombies Are Different: Named Hazers, they're people caught in the haze (smog that fills the lower levels) and driven insane by it.
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Symbol Swearing
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Symbol Swearing: Bolgrim, loudly and at lenght, after Hunter's hung up on him to disobey his orders in peace.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
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Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_97d54bb0
type
Tragic Keepsake
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_97d54bb0
comment
Tragic Keepsake: The photo of young Maddy and Jack. Subverted as Jack is not actually dead (Not that she knows it just yet...)
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_97d54bb0
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-0.3
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_97d54bb0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
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Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_97d54bb0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9e943076
type
One-Man Army
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9e943076
comment
One-Man Army: A single Crankrat is capable of taking on entire battleships or troop formations. It's outright stated that they were the only Bantarian weapon that the Altavian army feared.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9e943076
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9e943076
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9e943076
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9f9540ae
type
We Can Rebuild Him
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9f9540ae
comment
We Can Rebuild Him / Emergency Transformation: The Crankrats were originally soldiers (and one little boy) who had been fatally wounded.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9f9540ae
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9f9540ae
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_9f9540ae
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
comment
Mood Whiplash: This page. In a single panel, the atmosphere switches from disgustingly cute to flat out terrifying.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_aacc7ea6
type
Tyke-Bomb
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_aacc7ea6
comment
Tyke-Bomb: Young Jack, post-upgrade.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_aacc7ea6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_aacc7ea6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_aacc7ea6
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ab5eea65
type
Dramatic Irony
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ab5eea65
comment
Dramatic Irony: Lots. For a good couple of chapters, Maddie and Jack have no idea they're each other's childhood friend. When this is resolved, Jack has already yelled at Harley for arranging the whole situation, but Maddie still thinks this is an accident. Jack doesn't, however, know why Harley's done it... The Altavians have no idea that the mysterious crankrat is (ethnically) Altavian. Or that he has no intention whatsoever of hurting anyone, least of all them. Elliot doesn't know a good lot of things the reader does.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ab5eea65
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ab5eea65
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ab5eea65
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b1346878
type
Fate Worse than Death
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b1346878
comment
Fate Worse than Death: You don't want to become a Hazer, driven to madness by the smog in the lower levels of Banemberg. Altavians seem to know a cure, or at least a preventive drug.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b1346878
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b1346878
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b1346878
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025
type
Genki Girl
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025
comment
Genki Girl: "Hurricane" Lettie.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
type
The Ace
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
comment
The Ace: Harley. He was the youngest gunner ever to serve, made his first kill when he was fifteen, and was invalidated out of service after only five years with a stellar reputation which he earned by slaughtering all the crankrats except Jack.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b077
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5c56995
type
Corrupt the Cutie
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5c56995
comment
Corrupt the Cutie: Turned into a Crankrat, Jack was essentially being molded into a Child Soldier before the government decided to kill him instead. Yup, just ruined pages 229-32 for you!
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5c56995
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5c56995
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b5c56995
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b7c53a22
type
Blood Knight
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b7c53a22
comment
Blood Knight: The crankrats were created by the Bantarians for the express purpose of slaughtering Altavians. In hindsight, they may have been a bit too successful.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b7c53a22
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b7c53a22
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b7c53a22
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b82ca416
type
Rage Against the Heavens
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b82ca416
comment
Rage Against the Heavens: Poor Jack has a moment after Maddie reminds him of the altavian belief that Stars Are Souls. The heavens remain unmoved.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b82ca416
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b82ca416
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b82ca416
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b9fc31d3
type
Victoria's Secret Compartment
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b9fc31d3
comment
Victoria's Secret Compartment: It doesn't work.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b9fc31d3
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b9fc31d3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_b9fc31d3
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_bb0c0a4d
type
Fiery Redhead
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_bb0c0a4d
comment
Fiery Redhead: Lettie, an unending bundle of energy.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_bb0c0a4d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_bb0c0a4d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_bb0c0a4d
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c0594195
type
Through His Stomach
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c0594195
comment
Through His Stomach: Maddy made a bacon sandwich to help with Jack's hangover. 18 pages later, Jack imparts some advice about how to deal with customers.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c0594195
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c0594195
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c0594195
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c4942576
type
Cunning Linguist
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c4942576
comment
Cunning Linguist: Maddy taught herself to speak Altavian. Unfortunately Jack can't speak it, since he grew up in the city.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c4942576
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c4942576
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c4942576
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c93a6560
type
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c93a6560
comment
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The reason for Jack’s Emergency Transformation into a Crankrat.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c93a6560
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c93a6560
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_c93a6560
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ca895242
type
Officer and a Gentleman
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ca895242
comment
Officer and a Gentleman: Harley is a Reasonable Authority Figure for his employees and a retired officer (who may or may not have a hand in city politics).
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ca895242
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ca895242
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ca895242
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cb360726
type
Einstein Hair
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cb360726
comment
Einstein Hair: Lettie's father, a somewhat Mad Scientist, has had Messy Hair that has to be seen (in flashbacks) to be disbelieved, even before going on the run to save lil' Jack from the authorities.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cb360726
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cb360726
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cb360726
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cddc61ac
type
Fake-Out Make-Out
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cddc61ac
comment
Fake-Out Make-Out: To keep Silas's attention away from Jack, Maddie pulls him behind the bar and kisses him, so Silas thinks it's just debauchery going on and turns away in disgust.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cddc61ac
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cddc61ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_cddc61ac
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ce104b8e
type
Serial Escalation
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ce104b8e
comment
Serial Escalation: When Jack gets into the new brandy shipment, we are treated to this little gem.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ce104b8e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ce104b8e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ce104b8e
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d001c42c
type
Anti-Villain
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d001c42c
comment
Anti-Villain: Hunter and Mayfax have been deeply scarred by the war, and are willing to do anything to protect their respective countries, and Colonel Ruxton is little more than a Punch-Clock Villain in that respect. On the other hand, Word of God utterly Averts this in the case of Silas.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d001c42c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d001c42c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d001c42c
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d355ba37
type
Turned Against Their Masters
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d355ba37
comment
Turned Against Their Masters: The crankrats were supposed to Shock and Awe Altavians, but turned out uncontrollable, in addition to the more mundane problems doomsday weapon causes to its owner.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d355ba37
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d355ba37
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_d355ba37
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_db38d6ca
type
Torture Technician
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_db38d6ca
comment
Torture Technician: 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.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_db38d6ca
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_db38d6ca
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_db38d6ca
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e0309d03
type
Slave Race
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e0309d03
comment
Slave Race: In the city, Altavians are this to the Bantarians. Maddy disapproves.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e0309d03
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e0309d03
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e0309d03
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e2e69f43
type
Tainted Veins
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e2e69f43
comment
Tainted Veins / Volcanic Veins: One of the effects that "cranking" has on a person's body.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e2e69f43
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e2e69f43
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e2e69f43
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd
type
Art Evolution
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd
comment
Art Evolution: Compare page 1 to page 132. Also check out this doodle for a more specific example of how the design of the two main characters have evolved.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e5c9dde9
type
Mechanical Horse
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e5c9dde9
comment
Mechanical Horses: They're sort of hidden in the background, and they have yet to be relevant to the plot (and that's even assuming they will be relevant at all) but goddammit, they're just so awesome! Since Eva got one of those for her escape and it carried her to a very plot-significant place, the Mechanical Horses are officially important! Yay!
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e5c9dde9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e5c9dde9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e5c9dde9
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e6c88e42
type
Old Shame
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e6c88e42
comment
Old Shame: invoked The crankrats are this to the Bantarian military In-Universe.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e6c88e42
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e6c88e42
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_e6c88e42
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_eb81c601
type
Big Damn Heroes
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_eb81c601
comment
Big Damn Heroes: Deconstructed. Jack’s rescue of Maddy's Valkyrie in chapter 4 ends up almost (or not-so-almost) destabilizing a fragile peace treaty.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_eb81c601
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_eb81c601
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_eb81c601
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
type
One-Steve Limit
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
comment
One-Steve Limit: In-universe, Jack believes it.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
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Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_ee7a60e9
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_f2bf7993
type
Psycho Electro
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_f2bf7993
comment
Psycho Electro: The Crankrats. With particular emphasis on the "psycho" part.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_f2bf7993
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_f2bf7993
featureConfidence
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_f2bf7993
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
comment
Brick Joke: On page 195, Jack tells Maddy that a certain regular patron will forget that he made an order as soon as he made it. Sure enough, eleven pages later he has forgotten it.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe48cea2
type
Lady of War
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe48cea2
comment
Lady of War: Lady Torren.
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe48cea2
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1.0
 Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe48cea2
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1.0
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Crankrats (Webcomic) / int_fe48cea2
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ItemName
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Chekhov's News / int_37293c06
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Enter Stage Window / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
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Facial Markings / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Fake-Out Make-Out / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Like Brother and Sister / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Mechanical Horse / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Psycho Electro / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Super-Soldier / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
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Tragic Keepsake / int_37293c06
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Volcanic Veins / int_37293c06
 Crankrats (Webcomic)
hasFeature
We Can Rebuild Him / int_37293c06