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Ace Rimmer is a character appearing in the UK science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf. He is played by Chris Barrie.
Ace's full name is Commander Arnold Judas Rimmer - he is an alternate version of the Rimmer character who features more regularly in the series, from a parallel dimension. Ace first appears in the episode "Dimension Jump", the 5th episode in series 4 of Red Dwarf.
Rimmer has a number of nicknames for himself, none of which have been used by any other character (save for his clone in the episode "Me Squared"): these include Ironballs, I.B. (a derivative of the former) and Ace. Ace Rimmer became known as Ace at school, when he was kept back a year at the age of 7. He says that being a clear foot taller than the rest of his class inspired him to buckle down and work hard, and it is this which makes him so different from the regular Rimmer.
While Rimmer is a snivelling coward, Ace is a hero who travels from planet to planet wearing a gold, fur-lined flight suit and saving the lives of beautiful women. He was originally a test pilot for the Space Corps in his own universe, when he was offered the chance to pilot a brand-new kind of spacecraft, one that can cross dimensions. The first dimension he encountered happened to be the one in which Red Dwarf is set.
Since then, he went on an adventure through the universe, adventuring, being a hero, and meeting all the many alternate versions of himself. When he finally became unable to carry on, he passed his wig and his legacy on to another version of himself, who became the new Ace. Previous Ace Rimmers are sent when they finally die to orbit a planet in an unknown location, and by the time Red Dwarf's Rimmer takes on the mantle, the billions of Ace Rimmers who have come before him have formed a ring around the planet.
His catchphrase is, "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!" and it is a running joke in the series that everyone who comes into contact with Ace Rimmer exclaims "What a guy!" Unlike Rimmer, who complains that his short, curly hair is "unmanageable", Ace wears a blonde blow-dried wig.
Rimmer himself is the only one who refuses to see Ace as a hero, and he makes frequent references to Ace being gay or Ace and Lister being in love. However, in the episode "Stoke Me a Clipper" in series 7, Rimmer has to overcome both this jealousy of Ace's success and his own fear when Ace confides in him that he is a hard-light hologram, and that he is dying. Ace recruits Rimmer to be the next Ace, and with a little encouragement from Lister, Rimmer leaves. However, he still manages to mess up the catchphrase - before taking off (or trying to - he hits the ejector seat instead) the new Ace Rimmer's last words are "Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas!" ...followed by, as he realises his mistake, "Whatever." It is unknown how this edition of Ace Rimmer fared.
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