Happy Chinese New Year. It is the year of the rat and to celebrate we have Carbine of Biker Mice from Mars series has been kidnapped in a Cheongsam dress. The Chinese New Year uses fireworks to scare away evil spirits, maybe someone considers Gadget to be an evil spirit. A really big evil spirit it seems.

Ranking the first in the Chinese zodiac, rat represents wisdom. Personality traits for the people born in the year of the Rat are intelligent, charming, quick-witted, practical, ambitious, and good at economizing as well as social activities. The weaknesses are that the Rats are likely to be timid, stubborn, wordy, greedy, devious, too eager for power and love to gossip.

Carbine is a character in the show. She is a General of the Martian Mice Freedom Fighters. She's also a trusted ally to Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie. Tough-as-nails and sometimes over-assuming. Though Carbine has a bit of a soft spot for Throttle, as they have a sort of relationship.

The tough, sometimes over-assuming leader of the Freedom Fighters on Mars. She has gray fur and black hair. Tough-as-nails General in the Martian Army, Carbine joined Stoker's Freedom Fighters when she realized the army wasn't doing any good. She's Throttle's girlfriend, although their relationship is sometimes fragile due to the long distance between them. In the 2006 revival, she is revealed to be Stoker's niece.