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− | '''Mike Atagi''', more commonly known as '''Mike''', is a human male and [[Harry Dresden]]'s mechanic throughout the series. He is first mentioned in ''[[Fool Moon]]''. |
+ | '''Mike Atagi''', more commonly known as '''Mike''', or '''Mike the Mechanic''', is a human male and [[Harry Dresden]]'s mechanic throughout the series. He is first mentioned in ''[[Fool Moon]]''. |
==Description== |
==Description== |
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{{Quote|Mike is a super mechanic. He never asked questions about the burns that slagged a hole in the front hatch or the claw marks that ruined both doors. You can’t pay for service like that.|Dresden<ref name="DF01ch06">''[[Storm Front]]'', ch. 6</ref>}} |
{{Quote|Mike is a super mechanic. He never asked questions about the burns that slagged a hole in the front hatch or the claw marks that ruined both doors. You can’t pay for service like that.|Dresden<ref name="DF01ch06">''[[Storm Front]]'', ch. 6</ref>}} |
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+ | Mike is a lean man with shaggy gray hair, a black beard, and has looked like he has been in his mid-fifties by thirty and just stayed that way. He is the proprietor of ''[[Minor locations#Mad Mike's Motorcycle and Volkswagen Repair|Mad Mike's Motorcycle and Volkswagen Repair]]'' in Chicago and once claimed he could "build a Bug from raw steel if I had to".<ref name="DF-M">"[[Mike]]"</ref> |
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⚫ | [[Harry Dresden]] describes him as a miracle worker, keeping the ''[[Blue Beetle]]'' running "eight or nine days in ten",<ref name="DF02ch02">''[[Fool Moon]]'', ch. 2</ref> and never asking questions.<ref name="DF14ch36">''[[Cold Days]]'', ch. 36</ref> Mike seems to actively ignore the magical world, preferring a rational explanation to the Beetle's damage to the truthful answer. |
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==In the series== |
==In the series== |
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===''Storm Front''=== |
===''Storm Front''=== |
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{{Main|Storm Front}} |
{{Main|Storm Front}} |
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+ | In ''Storm Front'', Mike is mentioned as the mechanic responsible for repairing the damages inflicted upon [[Harry Dresden]]'s [[Blue Beetle]].<ref name="DF01ch06" /> When the car breaks down outside [[Bianca St. Claire's mansion]], Dresden has the guard get in touch with Mike's preferred wrecker.<ref name="DF01ch09">''[[Storm Front]]'', ch. 9</ref> |
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===''Fool Moon''=== |
===''Fool Moon''=== |
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{{Main|Fool Moon}} |
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+ | In ''Fool Moon'', [[Harry Dresden]] states that he drives a VW bug because Mike declared it as the easiest car in the world to repair.<ref name="DF02ch02">''[[Fool Moon]]'', ch. 2</ref> Dresden uses a pair of coveralls with the name "Mike" on it that he'd left in the trunk of the [[Blue Beetle]] as a disguise for sneaking into the police station.<ref name="DF02ch16">''[[Fool Moon]]'', ch. 16</ref> |
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+ | In "Mike", Mike Atagi admits that he'd be able to build a Volkswagen Bug from raw steel if necessary, but he only offers to Dresden a choice of two out of three among "cheap, fast and good".<ref name="DF-M">"[[Mike]]"</ref> |
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===''Cold Days''=== |
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+ | In ''Cold Days'', Mike works on [[Harry Dresden|Dresden]]'s current vehicle, dubbed the ''[[Munstermobile]]''. Mike delivers it to [[Molly Carpenter's apartment]] where [[Etri]], a [[Svartalf]], had it security screened.<ref name="DF14ch36"/> |
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Revision as of 12:05, 7 May 2020
Mike Atagi, more commonly known as Mike, or Mike the Mechanic, is a human male and Harry Dresden's mechanic throughout the series. He is first mentioned in Fool Moon.
Description
Mike is a super mechanic. He never asked questions about the burns that slagged a hole in the front hatch or the claw marks that ruined both doors. You can’t pay for service like that.— Dresden[1]
Mike is a lean man with shaggy gray hair, a black beard, and has looked like he has been in his mid-fifties by thirty and just stayed that way. He is the proprietor of Mad Mike's Motorcycle and Volkswagen Repair in Chicago and once claimed he could "build a Bug from raw steel if I had to".[2]
Harry Dresden describes him as a miracle worker, keeping the Blue Beetle running "eight or nine days in ten",[3] and never asking questions.[4] Mike seems to actively ignore the magical world, preferring a rational explanation to the Beetle's damage to the truthful answer.
In the series
Storm Front
- Main article: Storm Front
In Storm Front, Mike is mentioned as the mechanic responsible for repairing the damages inflicted upon Harry Dresden's Blue Beetle.[1] When the car breaks down outside Bianca St. Claire's mansion, Dresden has the guard get in touch with Mike's preferred wrecker.[5]
Fool Moon
- Main article: Fool Moon
In Fool Moon, Harry Dresden states that he drives a VW bug because Mike declared it as the easiest car in the world to repair.[3] Dresden uses a pair of coveralls with the name "Mike" on it that he'd left in the trunk of the Blue Beetle as a disguise for sneaking into the police station.[6]
"Mike"
- Main article: Mike
In "Mike", Mike Atagi admits that he'd be able to build a Volkswagen Bug from raw steel if necessary, but he only offers to Dresden a choice of two out of three among "cheap, fast and good".[2]
Turn Coat
- Main article: Turn Coat
In Turn Coat, after flattening Vincent Graver's tires, Dresden gets Mike to come out with his compressor to fill Vince's tires for him.[7]
Cold Days
- Main article: Cold Days
In Cold Days, Mike works on Dresden's current vehicle, dubbed the Munstermobile. Mike delivers it to Molly Carpenter's apartment where Etri, a Svartalf, had it security screened.[4]