HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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Duckblur: A Fatal Fantasy by HoldReset
Fandoms: DuckTales (Cartoon 1987), Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy Series, DuckTales (Capcom Video Game 1989)
22 Apr 2026
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“Bless me bagpipes!”
Scrooge McDuck didn't travel to the lunar surface for scientific discovery or breathtaking views. He’s here for the Green Moon Cheese, and he’s brought along exactly enough gravity, oxygen, and ruthless capitalist ambition to get the job done.
When the logic of an 8-bit platformer collides with the high-stakes melodrama of a 16-bit JRPG, things are bound to get messy. Between abandoned mechanical allies, nephews who are mostly just confused, and a Paladin who really should have invested in better armor, Scrooge is about to prove that being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties works just as well in space as it does in Duckburg.
A tale of greed, cane-swords, and why you should never stand between a billionaire and his dairy products.
The Vibe: High-octane NES capitalism meets SNES existential dread. Physics are optional. Survival is unlikely. The Moon Theme is playing at 200% volume in the background.
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- Part 1 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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The Making of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’: An Entirely True Story by HoldReset
Fandoms: Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Sega Genesis - Fandom, Sega - Fandom
24 Jul 2026
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You think you know all about the development of Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3? You don’t know jack – or Yuji. Or Tom for that matter.
Discover the 100 percent historically accurate, not at all unhinged story of how the greatest 16-bit platformer of all time was brought into this world. Follow Yuji Naka as he defends his office mini-fridge from a chainsaw-wielding corporate mascot. Then join Tom Kalinske for a high-stakes boardroom standoff over the pronunciation of “Hydrocity.” Note: No popstars were hurt in the making of this deeply absurd, lore-heavy crack fic, unless you count the most famous singer of all time.
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- Part 2 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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Luck of the Irish by HoldReset
Fandoms: General Mills Cookie Crisp "Cookie Crook and Cookie Cop" Commercials, General Mills "Trix" Commercials, General Mills "Lucky Charms" Commercials, Keebler Company "Keebler Elves" Commercials, Quaker Oats "Cap'n Crunch" Commercials
02 Jun 2026
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I won’t sugar coat this.
Hiding out in a secluded treehouse, a terrified man in a green top hat waits for the inevitable. Alongside his closest allies – a baker elf and a seafaring captain – he realizes their defenses have completely failed. The charms, the gold, the rainbows... none of it was enough to stop the monster hunting them.
Decades of rejection and psychological torment have finally broken a relentless predator. He is at the door, his eyes bloodshot with vengeance, determined to take what he has been denied for a lifetime.
But the man in green didn't survive this long by accident. As the walls close in and the shadows lengthen, a desperate whistle into the crisp night air changes the rules of the hunt entirely. Because in this forest, cookies aren't the only thing that crunch.
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- Part 3 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 588
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 1
- Hits:
- 15
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Night Trapped by HoldReset
Fandoms: Luigi's Mansion (Video Games), Mario is Missing!, Night Trap (Video Game), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers
19 Apr 2026
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Searching for his brother in a foreboding mansion is nothing new for the man in green. But this isn't a ghost hunt, and it's certainly not another boring geography lesson.
Trapped in a web of 1990s FMV tropes and questionable casting decisions, Luigi discovers that the real horror isn't the dark; it's the contract negotiations. Between the pachinko machines, a "World Peace Conference" that sounds suspiciously familiar, and a woman who looks strangely like that one actress from Diff’rent Strokes, the man in green is about to find out exactly what happens when you get caught in the Night Trap.
A surreal, satirical crossover for anyone who still wakes up at night in a cold sweat over the Ranger replacement of ‘94.
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- Part 4 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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Return of the King by HoldReset
Fandoms: Mother 2: Gyiyg no Gyakushuu | EarthBound, Sonic the Hedgehog - All Media Types, Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Games), Michael Jackson (Musician)
05 May 2026
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The story ChatGPT doesn’t want you to read! Apparently, there’s such a thing as “too many jokes,” but we both know that’s a lie.
Thirty years after the glory of 1995, an old hero is a long way from Onett. He’s tired of being a Pollyanna. He’s ready for a silver lining, even if he has to dig it up himself.
Armed with a shattered baseball bat, a grime-caked backpack, and the forbidden fruit of a non-Nintendo console, he performs a grotesque ritual to bring back the only man who can help him reclaim the past. But the “king” who emerges from the dirt isn’t the same one the world once knew.
It’s a thriller, all right. Just not the kind he was hoping for.
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• Questionable jorts
• A “hee-hee” that will haunt your dreams
• “Stacking references faster than the reader can comfortably integrate them…The story risks becoming a sequence of gags instead of a rising arc.” – Official ChatGPT ReviewSeries
- Part 5 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 605
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Hits:
- 22
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Little Red Riding Hulk by HoldReset
Fandoms: Professional Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Little Red Riding Hood (Fairy Tale)
12 May 2026
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The woods are normally a place of quiet reflection, but today, the only thing reflecting is the light off a dozen porcelain foreheads. I’m running for my life in cement boots, pursued by a ceramic hit squad of garden gnomes. My only hope is the matriarch’s cottage. But when I burst through the door, I don't find a frail old woman in a nightcap.
I find Grandma Savage. And she’s brought Grandpa Hogan.
Forget the Big Bad Wolf, we’ve got neon bandanas, sequined robes, and the kind of flexing that makes the local wildlife deeply uncomfortable. The cream always rises to the top, brother. And today, we’re liquidating the gnomes.
"Oh yeah!"
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- Part 6 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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To Catch a Plumber by HoldReset
Fandoms: Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Super Mario Bros. (Video Games), Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (Cartoon 1989), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pokemon GO
19 May 2026
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Swimming through the aquatic hell of World 2-2 was supposed to be the hardest part of the day. But emerging from the grind isn't a relief – it's a trap.
Dragged into a subterranean nightmare miles beneath the Mushroom Kingdom, the plumber faces an entirely new kind of threat. There are no power-ups here. There is only an emaciated trainer clad in tattered red and white, an obsessed survivor who has traded his journey to be the very best for a descent into absolute madness. Haunted by the ruins of his past and a waterlogged phone scratched with the word "Go," this shadow of a hero isn't looking for a battle. He’s looking for looking for a new friend.
The ball is ready. The catch rate is 100 percent. And for one unfortunate plumber, the journey ends not with a castle, but inside a suffocating digital void.
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- Part 7 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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No Longer a Doctor by HoldReset
Fandoms: David el Gnomo | The World of David the Gnome, Wisdom of the Gnomes, The secret book of the gnomes
28 May 2026
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“It’s THE ONLY WAY, Lisa.”
Dorvid knew the risks. The humans had taken the trees, the peace, and the dignity of the forest. Now, he’s taking their pavement. From the cockpit of his state-of-the-art death tank, one gnome stands against the tide of extinction. A story of love, loss, and the fatal impact of a walnut.
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- Part 8 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 595
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 2
- Hits:
- 18
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Journey to the Cave of Monsters by HoldReset
Fandoms: Bubble Bobble (Video Games), Super Mario Bros. (Video Games), World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, Professional Wrestling, Puzzle Bobble | Bust-a-Move (Video Games)
27 May 2026
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A dense fog, a dimly lit pub, and a drink ordered mechanically. It was supposed to be a simple night out. But when you owe money to the underworld, there are no continues.
Willy Whistle is trapped in a dark, dripping alleyway, facing down his past mistakes, a crop-top that's far too small, and a strategically placed garbage can that defies the laws of physics. The cheery chords of an 8-bit soundtrack are echoing through the night air, a live backwoods string band is tuning up, and the double dragons are ready to descend. It’s Bub and Bob like you’ve never seen them before. And they’re not taking any crap.
The scent of violence swirls in the air. Also POPCORN.
Now it is the beginning of a fantastic story. Good luck, tightwad.
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- Part 9 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 774
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Hits:
- 11
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The Massive Effects of Love, IN SPACE by HoldReset
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types, Power Rangers in Space, Power Rangers
28 Apr 2026
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The galaxy is a vast, unfeeling abyss. But for two intergalactic soulmates, the darkness is about to get a lot more... squishy, I guess?
She is (apparently) a space Russian: a leathery, three-fingered enigma whose biological reality is hidden behind a respirator. He is a Power Ranger, IN SPACE: a spandex-clad sentinel whose primary form of protection is a seldom used Astro Blaster and letting the rest of the team take care of things while he’s making out with aliens.
In a cabin flooded by the light of a thousand stars, these two legends attempt to navigate the physical logistics of affection, complete with clinking headgear, questionable slurping noises, and the inability to recall seasons past Mighty Morphin’.
Forget the Reapers. Forget Dark Specter. This is about the massive effects of questionable choices and finding love in a vacuum.
“Let’s rocket… in my pants!”
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- Part 10 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
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The Other Side of the Flagpole by HoldReset
Fandoms: Super Mario & Related Fandoms, Super Mario Bros. (Video Games), Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (Cartoon 1989)
12 Jun 2026
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For decades, you’ve guided the man in red through the Mushroom Kingdom. You’ve smashed blocks, collected coins, and toppled flags, all in the name of heroism. But have you ever stopped to consider the devastating collateral damage left in your wake?
The broken families. The shattered infrastructure. The psychological trauma of a community that just wants to walk aimlessly back and forth in peace.
It's time to pull back the curtain on the plumbing industry's darkest secrets. This is a vital, unfiltered, and deeply emotional public address from a citizen who has finally had enough of the tyranny. Before you press start on your next playthrough, read the truth from the other side of the flagpole.
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- Part 11 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,127
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Hits:
- 18
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Long Day’s Desire Under the Horizon by HoldReset
Fandoms: Long Day's Journey into Night - O'Neill, Desire Under the Elms - O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh - O'Neill, The Hairy Ape - O'Neill, Anna Christie - O'Neill, Strange Interlude - O'Neill, Beyond the Horizon - O'Neill, Eugene O'Neill - Fandom
17 Jun 2026
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Think! (The word has a brazen, metallic quality as if their throats were phonograph horns. It is followed by a chorus of hard, barking laughter.)
It’s 4:51 p.m. on a Thursday in June, 1912, at the Tyrone Estate. Robert is farming with an active IV pole, Orin is singing the praises of the giant blue woman that is the sea, and a burly stoker named Yank is having an existential crisis over the anatomy of a cow.
When the long-lost Gordon returns from three days in the woods, he brings a devastating message: It's time to kill your pipe dreams. What follows is a rapid descent into absolute theatrical chaos, complete with secret whisky stashes, rocks for dinner, a circus ape named Mildred, and a very poorly placed fire escape.
An unhinged, satirical, and fast-paced parodic play mashup lampooning the heavy-handed misery, tragic tropes, and existential dread of Eugene O'Neill's greatest works: Long Day's Journey into Night, Desire Under the Elms, The Iceman Cometh, The Hairy Ape, and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.
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- Part 12 of HoldReset's Crack Fic Collection