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* SpaceWhale: The last job Monkey Wrench had before "The Ghost Egg" was removing ticks from a space whale's hide. Shrike does not have fond memories of the experience.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Upon meeting Nobert and learning what he wants them to do, Shrike bets Beebs ten thousand pixels that "this'll be boring as all hell". Cue the door literally exploding off its hinges as a mob of Tyneen's pirates barge in to try and claim Nobert.
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* DressedToPlunder: Ricket and the Fodders dress like stereotypical shirtless buccaneers, and even their guns look like they came out of the Age of Sail.
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: In the big fight at Oberon Station, Tyneen snares Nobert with her GrapplingHookPistol arm and swings him into Scratch like a wrecking ball.
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Nobert is a very odd fellow, and his fearful ramblings about the "Ghost Egg" seem like pure nonsense at first. But as it turns out, an invisible, egg-shaped craft really ''is'' pursuing him. When it finally reveals itself at the end of the episode, Beebz and Shrike are left dumbstruck that the Ghost Egg is real.
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* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. Shrike's gun runs out of ammo at a critical moment, forcing him to try to stop Kara by throwing a roll of duct tape at her.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''hrike '''S'''anchez and '''B'''ulldog '''B'''rowns.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Shrike is highly irritable, greedy, whiny, and constantly trying to find shortcuts for his work. But as the big battle between him and the other bounty hunters shows, he's an incredibly resourceful and effective combatant when the chips are down, being an expert sharpshooter and one slippery bastard to pin down.
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* CatsAreMean: Scratch, full stop. He's introduced talking to Shrike in the [[FauxAffablyEvil phoniest]] NiceGuy attitude possible and threatens to upend him if he doesn't hand over Nobert. [[SmugSnake Too bad he doesn't really have the skill or firepower to back his attitude up.]]
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* CloneArmy: The appropriately-named Fodders are apparently very easy to create, and are impossible to tell apart save from the color of their bandanas.
* CuteMute: Scritch, Scratch's partner in crime, is an adorable kitten who doesn't speak a word.
* CuteMute: Scritch, Scratch's partner in crime, is an adorable kitten who doesn't speak a word.
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* DropTheHammer: Beebs' preferred weapon is a [[HardLight hard-light]] hammer that packs a hell of a wallop.
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* FatAndSkinny: Shrike is rail-thin, while Beebs is quite rotund.
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* GratuitousSpanish: Shrike peppers his speech with Spanish words and phrases, [[ForeignCussWord some more profane than others]].
* GunsAkimbo: Shrike is pretty handy with two pistols.
* {{Hammerspace}}: The back of Shrike's head functions as an extradimensional storage space, where he keeps weapons, ammunition, spare rolls of duct tape, and Lord knows what else.
* GunsAkimbo: Shrike is pretty handy with two pistols.
* {{Hammerspace}}: The back of Shrike's head functions as an extradimensional storage space, where he keeps weapons, ammunition, spare rolls of duct tape, and Lord knows what else.
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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[HenchmenRace Fodders]] shoot about as well as you'd expect from a species that [[EyelessFace doesn't have eyes]].
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* MoneyFetish: Shrike has what can be called a minor one (understandable given his current status)--he even ''drools'' a little when he thinks of Nobert's 10 million pixel bounty.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Beebs full name is only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus--nobody calls him "Bulldog".
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Beebs full name is only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus--nobody calls him "Bulldog".
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* RedOniBlueOni: Shrike's the neurotic, loud red to Beebs' professional, level-headed blue. It also helps that Shrike dresses in red while some of Beebs' clothes are blue.
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* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Beebs is grounded and professional, while Shrike is a neurotic mess.
* SideBet: Shrike's fond of making these.
* StoutStrength: Beebs is a hefty guy, and he's got plenty of power. Kara's dossier even describes him as the bigger threat of the duo.
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* StoutStrength: Beebs is a hefty guy, and he's got plenty of power. Kara's dossier even describes him as the bigger threat of the duo.
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* ArtificialGravity: A common but expensive feature of spaceships and stations in this setting. Monkey Wrench can't afford to install it on their ship, forcing them to walk around in magnetized boots and duct tape themselves to the bed whenever they want to sleep.
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* {{BFG}}: Relatively speaking. During the big fight over Nobert, Scritch wields a laser cannon that's as long and wide as his entire body... which is about the same size as a normal housecat.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Scratch insists on calling Shrike his amigo while trying to shake him down.
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* MeleeATrois: Scratch and Tyneen's crews ambush Monkey Wrench right as they're about to complete their contract with Nobert. Then Scratch and Tyneen's second-in-command Ricket start arguing about which group has a better claim to the bounty on Nobert's head, leading to a three-way fight for possession of the bird.
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* TemptingFate: As they're preparing to drop off Nobert at the space station terminal, Shrike asks Beebs what he'd bet that Scratch or Tyneen will show up at the last second. A bewildered Beebs asks why he'd want to win that bet. Cue last second ambush, and Beebs shoots a dirty look at a rather sheepish Shrike.
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* TemptingFate: As they're preparing to drop off Nobert at the space station terminal, Shrike asks Beebs what he'd bet that Scratch or Tyneen will show up at the last second. A bewildered Beebs asks why he'd want to win that bet. Cue last second ambush, and Beebs shoots a dirty look at a rather sheepish Shrike.Shrike.
* VerbThis: Scratch insists on calling Shrike his amigo while trying to shake him down for Nobert. Shrike's response upon finally getting rid of Scratch is as follows:
-->'''Shrike:''' Amigo ''that'', pendejo!
* VerbThis: Scratch insists on calling Shrike his amigo while trying to shake him down for Nobert. Shrike's response upon finally getting rid of Scratch is as follows:
-->'''Shrike:''' Amigo ''that'', pendejo!
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* MistakenForMasturbating: Shrike walks in on Nobert while the latter is seemingly masturbating. He is understandably disgusted at first, until he realizes that Nobert is just playing with some action figures. Then he becomes annoyed.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Shrike walks in on Nobert while the latter is seemingly [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating]]. He is understandably disgusted, until he realizes that Nobert is just playing with some action figures. Then he becomes annoyed.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Shrike walks in on Nobert while the latter is seemingly [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating]]. He is understandably disgusted, until he realizes that Nobert is just playing with some action figures. Then he becomes annoyed.
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* MoneyFetish: Shrike has what can be called a minor one (understandable given his current status)--he even ''drools'' a little when he thinks of Nobert's 10 million pixel bounty.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''hrike '''S'''anchez and '''B'''ulldog '''B'''rowns.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Beebs full name is only revealed in a FreezeFrameBonus--nobody calls him "Bulldog".
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** "Rickets" is a childhood bone disease, and Ricket is a living skeleton.
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** Kara's comscreen gives her target's name as "Nobert [[spoiler: Potoo]]". [[spoiler: Queen Tyneen later says the Potoos are the ones who put out Nobert's bounty, which should clue eagle-eyed viewers in on the twist of the episode]].
** Kara's comscreen includes Nobert's last name, while the contract he gives Monkey Wrench doesn't. [[spoiler: Something to hide, Nobert?]]
** Kara's comscreen gives her target's name as "Nobert [[spoiler: Potoo]]". [[spoiler: Queen Tyneen later says the Potoos are the ones who put out Nobert's bounty, which should clue eagle-eyed viewers in on the twist of the episode]].
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** "Nobert" sounds like "No Bird." He is a bird who says "No" a lot.
** Scritch and Scratch are both sounds a cat makes while sharpening their claws.
** A potoo is a really dopey looking bird, [[spoiler: which fits Nobert and his mother to a T]].
** Kara is a feline with a long face and long, tufted ears--in other words, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracal caracal]].
** "Nobert" sounds like "No Bird." He is a bird who says "No" a lot.
** Scritch and Scratch are both sounds a cat makes while sharpening their claws.
** A potoo is a really dopey looking bird, [[spoiler: which fits Nobert and his mother to a T]].
** Kara is a feline with a long face and long, tufted ears--in other words, a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracal caracal]].
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* FunnyAnimal: Many of the characters resemble anthropomorphic animals, playing off that classic sci-fi trope of aliens resembling earth species. Examples include Scratch (a cat), Tyneen (a lizard/dinosaur), Nobert (a bird), and Kara (a lynx).caracal).
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* RedOniBlueOni: Shrike's the neurotic, loud red to Beebs' professional, level-headed blue.
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* FictionalCurrency: All transactions in this universe are paid with something called "pixels".
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* FourFingeredHands: Almost all characters are rendered like this, even the human-looking Beebs.
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* ChekhovsSkill: The fact that Shrike and Beebs are accustomed to living on a ship with zero gravity at all times leaves them better prepared when the space station they're fighting in has its gravity shut off.
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* FriendlyEnemy: Shrike and Ricket pause in the middle of a firefight between their two sides to chat with each other about Nobert's bounty, Ricket revealing that there's a massive reward for turning the bird in which hooks Shrike.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Shrike is highly irritable, greedy, whiny, and constantly trying to find shortcuts for his work. But as the big battle between him and the other bounty hunters shows, he's an incredibly resourceful and effective combatant when the chips are down, being an expert sharpshooter and one slippery bastard to pin down.
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* CatsAreMean: Scratch, full stop.
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* ShaggyDogStory: "The Ghost Egg": [[spoiler: After suffering through 6 days of Nobert, delivering him to the agreed spot, fending off Scratch and Tyneen's forces, and cornering Kara, Monkey Wrench's contract is rendered void when Nobert's mother Queen Potoo arrives and aggressively convinces him to return to his princely duties. Kara leaves, having completed her bounty, while Shrike is left distraught and Beebs needs to carry him away.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The intrepid crew of the Bucket. [[note]]Shrike Sanchez on the left, Bulldog "Beebs" Browns on the right[[/note]] ]]
A web animation released in June 2022 by Joshua Palmer, better known online as Zeurel, following the misadventures of [[HiredGuns cut-rate mercenary]] [[BashBrothers duo Shrike and Beebs]] as they cruise the galaxy in search of decent-paying contracts. Unfortunately for them, there's plenty of heavily-armed psychopaths standing between them and their next big payout, not to mention hints of nefarious happenings going on way above their paygrade.
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!!Tropes regarding ''Monkey Wrench'' are:
* BountyHunter: The Monkey Wrench crew end up fighting their way through quite a few when the client requesting an escort turns out to have a ten million-pixel bounty on him.
* CatsAreMean: Scratch, full stop.
* CloneArmy: The appropriately-named Fodders are apparently very easy to create, and are impossible to tell apart save from the color of their bandanas.
* CuteMute: Scritch, Scratch's partner in crime, is an adorable kitten who doesn't speak a word.
* DemBones: Ricket's species resembles nothing quite so much as an ambulatory skeleton.
* DropTheHammer: Beebs' preferred weapon is a [[HardLight hard-light]] hammer that packs a hell of a wallop.
* DuctTapeForEverything: It doubles as a safety restraint ([[ArtificialGravity artificial gravity]] not being in the budget) and as a surprisingly effective [[BattleBolas bolas]].
* FatAndSkinny: Shrike is rail-thin, while Beebs is quite rotund.
* TheFederation: The League of Aligned Worlds, or [[FunWithAcronyms L.A.W. for short]]. Shrike takes a rather dim view of it, suggesting that a high-profile murder victim had it coming by dint of being a supporter.
* FlatWhat: Scratch lets one fall when he realizes that Shrike is ''not'' sending him the bounty, and is [[ISurrenderSuckers instead drawing a bead on his ship with a turret]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: Several, but most noticeably with the Merc Rankings leaderboard, including #51867 - [[LampshadeHanging HOPEUPAUSED2READTHIS]]
* GratuitousSpanish: Shrike peppers his speech with Spanish words and phrases, [[ForeignCussWord some more profane than others]].
* GunsAkimbo: Shrike is pretty handy with two pistols.
* {{Hammerspace}}: The back of Shrike's head functions as an extradimensional storage space, where he keeps weapons, ammunition, spare rolls of duct tape, and Lord knows what else.
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: L.A.W. considers terrans extremely dangerous, and a wanted poster warns citizens to contact the authorities if they see one.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[HenchmenRace Fodders]] shoot about as well as you'd expect from a species that [[EyelessFace doesn't have eyes]].
* LookADistraction: When cornered by both Scratch and Tyneen's gang, the Monkey Wrench duo get free when Beebs points and shouts "look, the ghost egg!"
-->'''Tyneen:''' Can't ''believe'' I fell for that.
* MacGuffinMelee:
* ProfessionalKiller: Kara, a feline masked assassin introduced to the audience in the middle of completing a contract. L.A.W. is apparently quite powerless to stop her.
* SayingTooMuch: Ricket cheerfully lets slip to Shrike and Beebs that their client has a bounty of ten million, [[OhCrap only to immediately realize he probably shouldn't have told them that]].
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Beebs is grounded and professional, while Shrike is a neurotic mess.
* SideBet: Shrike's fond of making these.
* StoutStrength: Beebs is a hefty guy, and he's got plenty of power. Kara's dossier even describes him as the bigger threat of the duo.
* TemptingFate: As they're preparing to drop off Nobert at the space station terminal, Shrike asks Beebs what he'd bet that Scratch or Tyneen will show up at the last second. A bewildered Beebs asks why he'd want to win that bet. Cue last second ambush, and Beebs shoots a dirty look at a rather sheepish Shrike.
[[caption-width-right:350:The intrepid crew of the Bucket. [[note]]Shrike Sanchez on the left, Bulldog "Beebs" Browns on the right[[/note]] ]]
A web animation released in June 2022 by Joshua Palmer, better known online as Zeurel, following the misadventures of [[HiredGuns cut-rate mercenary]] [[BashBrothers duo Shrike and Beebs]] as they cruise the galaxy in search of decent-paying contracts. Unfortunately for them, there's plenty of heavily-armed psychopaths standing between them and their next big payout, not to mention hints of nefarious happenings going on way above their paygrade.
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!!Tropes regarding ''Monkey Wrench'' are:
* BountyHunter: The Monkey Wrench crew end up fighting their way through quite a few when the client requesting an escort turns out to have a ten million-pixel bounty on him.
* CatsAreMean: Scratch, full stop.
* CloneArmy: The appropriately-named Fodders are apparently very easy to create, and are impossible to tell apart save from the color of their bandanas.
* CuteMute: Scritch, Scratch's partner in crime, is an adorable kitten who doesn't speak a word.
* DemBones: Ricket's species resembles nothing quite so much as an ambulatory skeleton.
* DropTheHammer: Beebs' preferred weapon is a [[HardLight hard-light]] hammer that packs a hell of a wallop.
* DuctTapeForEverything: It doubles as a safety restraint ([[ArtificialGravity artificial gravity]] not being in the budget) and as a surprisingly effective [[BattleBolas bolas]].
* FatAndSkinny: Shrike is rail-thin, while Beebs is quite rotund.
* TheFederation: The League of Aligned Worlds, or [[FunWithAcronyms L.A.W. for short]]. Shrike takes a rather dim view of it, suggesting that a high-profile murder victim had it coming by dint of being a supporter.
* FlatWhat: Scratch lets one fall when he realizes that Shrike is ''not'' sending him the bounty, and is [[ISurrenderSuckers instead drawing a bead on his ship with a turret]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: Several, but most noticeably with the Merc Rankings leaderboard, including #51867 - [[LampshadeHanging HOPEUPAUSED2READTHIS]]
* GratuitousSpanish: Shrike peppers his speech with Spanish words and phrases, [[ForeignCussWord some more profane than others]].
* GunsAkimbo: Shrike is pretty handy with two pistols.
* {{Hammerspace}}: The back of Shrike's head functions as an extradimensional storage space, where he keeps weapons, ammunition, spare rolls of duct tape, and Lord knows what else.
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: L.A.W. considers terrans extremely dangerous, and a wanted poster warns citizens to contact the authorities if they see one.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[HenchmenRace Fodders]] shoot about as well as you'd expect from a species that [[EyelessFace doesn't have eyes]].
* LookADistraction: When cornered by both Scratch and Tyneen's gang, the Monkey Wrench duo get free when Beebs points and shouts "look, the ghost egg!"
-->'''Tyneen:''' Can't ''believe'' I fell for that.
* MacGuffinMelee:
* ProfessionalKiller: Kara, a feline masked assassin introduced to the audience in the middle of completing a contract. L.A.W. is apparently quite powerless to stop her.
* SayingTooMuch: Ricket cheerfully lets slip to Shrike and Beebs that their client has a bounty of ten million, [[OhCrap only to immediately realize he probably shouldn't have told them that]].
* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Beebs is grounded and professional, while Shrike is a neurotic mess.
* SideBet: Shrike's fond of making these.
* StoutStrength: Beebs is a hefty guy, and he's got plenty of power. Kara's dossier even describes him as the bigger threat of the duo.
* TemptingFate: As they're preparing to drop off Nobert at the space station terminal, Shrike asks Beebs what he'd bet that Scratch or Tyneen will show up at the last second. A bewildered Beebs asks why he'd want to win that bet. Cue last second ambush, and Beebs shoots a dirty look at a rather sheepish Shrike.
