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Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and seek out new worlds to inhabit. One group, led by the scientist [[BigBad Oreana]], landed on Earth, [[{{SealedEvilInACan}} but was delayed from their mission]]. In the early 21st century, Oreana's group reawakens and begins their plan to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the Earth]].
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Thousands of years ago, the people of the planet Campbell decided to leave their planet and seek out new worlds to inhabit. One group, led by the scientist [[BigBad Oreana]], landed on Earth, [[{{SealedEvilInACan}} but was delayed from in their mission]]. In the early 21st century, Oreana's group reawakens and begins their plan to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the Earth]].
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The entire series follows the then-standard MonsterOfTheWeek format packed up in two {{story arc}}s. The first arc pit the Combattler team against Oreana and her protege Garuda and their Slave Beasts. The second arc switched the enemy into a greater force of Campbellians under Empress Janera and her generals, brothers Dungele and Warchimedes, who boast a new type of MonsterOfTheWeek called Magma Beasts.
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The entire series follows the then-standard MonsterOfTheWeek format packed up in two {{story arc}}s. The first arc pit pits the Combattler team against Oreana and her protege Garuda and their Slave Beasts. The second arc switched the enemy into a greater force of Campbellians under Empress Janera and her generals, brothers Dungele and Warchimedes, who boast a new type of MonsterOfTheWeek called Magma Beasts.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: For a while it seemed the trope was being played straight, but it was ultimately averted. The Campbellians that were attacking Earth were not representative of the entire race, but rather a radical faction that are more warmongering and adheres to the trope. Without the Nanbara Connection realizing, [[spoiler:there's actually a pacifistic faction of the Campbellians that successfully pulled a coup d'etat against these radical faction, which was also doomed the moment Janera chose to ignore their call for help in favor of completely beating the Combattler Team to dust, and they succeeded, and their leader, Deus, personally came to Earth to undo whatever damage Janera caused and planned to do on Earth, commending the human spirit for standing up against her and apologizing for his overall race's behalf.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: Hyoma Aoi got replacement arms after Garuda [[spoiler:shot his original arms off.]] Unlike from other examples of this trope, they did not grant him super-strength and they did not work perfectly at all. Several times they stopped working momentarily in ''very'' inopportune moments (such like when he was driving his car or fighting in his HumongousMecha).
* ArtificialLimbs: Hyoma Aoi got replacement arms after Garuda [[spoiler:shot his original arms off.]] Unlike from other examples of this trope, they did not grant him super-strength and they did not work perfectly at all. Several times they stopped working momentarily in ''very'' inopportune moments (such like when he was driving his car or fighting in his HumongousMecha).
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: For a while it seemed the trope was being played straight, but it was ultimately averted. The Campbellians that were attacking Earth were not representative of the entire race, but rather a radical faction that are more warmongering and adheres to the trope. Without the Nanbara Connection realizing, [[spoiler:there's actually a pacifistic faction of the Campbellians that successfully pulled a coup d'etat against these radical faction, which the radicals, who was also doomed the moment Janera chose to ignore their call for help in favor of completely beating the Combattler Team to dust, and they succeeded, and their leader, Deus, personally came comes to Earth to undo whatever damage Janera caused and planned to do on Earth, commending the human spirit for standing up against her and apologizing for on his overall race's behalf.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: Hyoma Aoigot gets replacement arms after Garuda [[spoiler:shot [[spoiler:shoots his original arms off.]] Unlike from other examples of this trope, they did do not grant him super-strength and they did not don't work perfectly at all. Several times they stopped stop working momentarily in at ''very'' inopportune moments (such like when he was driving his car or fighting in his HumongousMecha).
* ArtificialLimbs: Hyoma Aoi
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* BringItBackAlive: Tragically played with. In episode 10 Dr. Yotsuya and the team are studying an unknown creature hatched from a giant egg mysteryously appeared on the city. When the strange animal gets upset, it escapes its containment and starts to cause havoc, and [[TheLancer Juuzo]] wants to shoot it down instantly, much to the displeasure of [[TheProfessor Doctor Yotsuya]] that wants to study it and to the anger of [[TheHero Hyouma]] that is ConvenientlyAnOrphan who WouldntHurtAChild. Unfortunately, Juzo manages to kill it before they can stop him... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is exactly what]] TheDragon [[BatmanGambit wanted]].
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* BringItBackAlive: Tragically played with. In episode 10 Dr. Yotsuya and the team are studying an unknown creature hatched from a giant egg mysteryously which mysteriously appeared on in the city. When the strange animal gets upset, it escapes its containment and starts to cause havoc, and [[TheLancer Juuzo]] wants to shoot it down instantly, much to the displeasure of [[TheProfessor Doctor Yotsuya]] that Yotsuya]], who wants to study it it, and to the anger of [[TheHero Hyouma]] that who is ConvenientlyAnOrphan who WouldntHurtAChild. Unfortunately, Juzo manages to kill it before they can stop him... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is exactly what]] TheDragon [[BatmanGambit wanted]].
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* ChainsawGood '''Atomic Chainsaw'''. Combattler V can launch tank treads on back armed with spikes.
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* ChainsawGood '''Atomic Chainsaw'''. Combattler V can launch tank treads on from its back armed with spikes.
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* DeflectorShields: The [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]] was protected with a semi-spherical energy shield. Most {{Robeast}}s had a hard work breaking it, so TheDragon came up with plans to infiltrate the place and disable it.
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* DeflectorShields: The [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]] was protected with a semi-spherical energy shield. Most {{Robeast}}s had a hard work time breaking it, so TheDragon came up with plans to infiltrate the place and disable it.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hyouma Aoi. He is not a lousy driver but a BadassBiker, but he likes having ''a bit too much'' fun as he drives. In his first appearance, he caused a traffic accident because he broke the speed limit and several patrol cars were trying to catch him. All of his chasers crashed into each other, but of course, he avoided crashing.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hyouma Aoi. He is He's not a lousy driver but a BadassBiker, but he likes having ''a bit too much'' fun as he drives. drives a bit ''too much''. In his first appearance, he caused causes a traffic accident because he broke breaks the speed limit and several patrol cars were trying try to catch him. All of his chasers crashed crash into each other, but of course, he avoided avoids crashing.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: After Janera was defeated, the team found out that [[spoiler:they're too late to stop an eventual EarthShatteringKaboom devised by Janera on her defeat. Knowing that they're doomed, they chose to stand proud that they did their best to protect Earth, ItHasBeenAnHonor and they'll live and die together.]] But then, [[spoiler:cue [[DeusExMachina sudden interference by Deus to save the day]], so they end up subverting it.]]
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite of neither of them -but Chizuru- had seen them before or got pilot training. However it was later revealed there are computers located in their helmets that help them to handle their vehicles by giving instructions. However, in a later episode, a young boy, Kotaro, sneaks into the Nanbara Connection, hears about the helmets, steals Hyouma's helmet thinking he would also be able to pilot Combattler, and... almost got killed. This leads to him getting chewed out by Hyouma near the end of the episode in question.
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite of neither of them -but Chizuru- had seen them before or got pilot training. However it was later revealed there are computers located in their helmets that help them to handle their vehicles by giving instructions. However, in a later episode, a young boy, Kotaro, sneaks into the Nanbara Connection, hears about the helmets, steals Hyouma's helmet thinking he would also be able to pilot Combattler, and... almost got killed. This leads to him getting chewed out by Hyouma near the end of the episode in question.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: After Janera was is defeated, the team found find out that [[spoiler:they're too late to stop an eventual EarthShatteringKaboom devised by Janera on her defeat. Knowing that they're doomed, they chose to stand proud that they did their best to protect Earth, ItHasBeenAnHonor and they'll live and die together.]] But then, [[spoiler:cue [[DeusExMachina sudden interference by Deus to save the day]], so they end up subverting it.]]
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite ofneither the fact none of them -but Chizuru- but Chizuru had seen them before or got even had pilot training. However it was later revealed there are computers located in their helmets that help them to handle their vehicles by giving instructions. However, in a later episode, a young boy, Kotaro, sneaks into the Nanbara Connection, hears about the helmets, steals Hyouma's helmet helmet, thinking he would also be able to pilot Combattler, and... almost got gets killed. This leads to him getting chewed out by Hyouma near the end of the episode in question.
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite of
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: A partial one for the ending. [[spoiler:With Campbellian threat gone, the Battle Team disbanded and returned to their original lives. Juzo, Daisaku and Kosuke returned to their respective home towns, but Hyouma didn't return to Sun Academy; he opted to stay with Chizuru in Nanbara Connection, considering that she's by all means an orphan like him too and [[OfficialCouple having grown to also love her.]]]]
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: A partial one for the ending. [[spoiler:With the Campbellian threat gone, the Battle Team disbanded disband and returned return to their original lives. Juzo, Daisaku and Kosuke returned return to their respective home towns, but Hyouma didn't return to Sun Academy; he opted opts to stay with Chizuru in Nanbara Connection, considering that she's by all means an orphan like him too and [[OfficialCouple having grown to also love her.]]]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Empress Janera is the power behind Oreana and her son General Garuda and the eventual foe of the Battle Team. Additionally, [[spoiler:the head of the radical faction of Campbellians serve as this to Janera, as they were the ones that ordered Janera to go, but they're beaten off screen by someone else.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Empress Janera is the power behind Oreana and her son General Garuda and the eventual foe of the Battle Team. Additionally, [[spoiler:the head of the radical faction of Campbellians serve as this to Janera, as they were the ones that ordered Janera to go, but they're beaten off screen off-screen by someone else.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Deus' rebellion is done without any involvement of the Battle Team, so there are untold heroic stories of the heroic Campbellians under Deus.]]
* HomeBase: The Nanbara Connection, located in the coastline and protected by a BeehiveBarrier.
* IfItSwimsItFlies: The Battle Marine, one of the machines that forms the body of the HumongousMecha -to be specific, the legs- is able to swim and fly -and it also carries around the Battle Tank, which cannot fly on its own).
* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Battle Team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made and the Battle Team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Battle Team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking of ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
* HomeBase: The Nanbara Connection, located in the coastline and protected by a BeehiveBarrier.
* IfItSwimsItFlies: The Battle Marine, one of the machines that forms the body of the HumongousMecha -to be specific, the legs- is able to swim and fly -and it also carries around the Battle Tank, which cannot fly on its own).
* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Battle Team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made and the Battle Team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Battle Team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking of ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Deus' rebellion is done without any involvement of from the Battle Team, so there are untold heroic stories of the heroic Campbellians under Deus.]]
* HomeBase: The Nanbara Connection, locatedin on the coastline and protected by a BeehiveBarrier.
* IfItSwimsItFlies: The Battle Marine, one of the machines that forms the body of the HumongousMecha-to (to be specific, the legs- legs) is able to swim and fly -and fly, and it also carries around the Battle Tank, which cannot fly on its own).
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* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Battle Team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made up and the Battle Team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Battle Team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinkingof up ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
* HomeBase: The Nanbara Connection, located
* IfItSwimsItFlies: The Battle Marine, one of the machines that forms the body of the HumongousMecha
* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Battle Team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made up and the Battle Team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Battle Team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Professor Nanbara. He built Combattler, recruited four young teens and his granddaughter, taught them to handle the robot... and shortly after he died.
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* MentorOccupationalHazard: Professor Nanbara. He built builds Combattler, recruited recruits four young teens and his granddaughter, taught teaches them to handle the robot... and shortly after he died.dies.
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* NothingCanStopUsNow: This is used ''disturbingly'' frequently by Prince Garuda. When he [[spoiler:blew [[TheHero Hyouma's]] arms off]], when he blackmailed the Japanese Government in blowing up the Nanbara Connection -the HQ of the heroes-, when he deceived the Japanese police to get the Battle Team under arrest... You would think he would learn to STOP TemptingFate after the first time...
* OncePerEpisode: To combine their vehicles -needless to say, it happened every episode-, the team yelled "Let's combine", and if they were ready to combine correctly, [[RobotBuddy Ropetto]] authorized the combination repeating: "Combine OK". And then you have the FinishingMove ("Choudenji Tatsumaki" and "Choudenji Spin") that were used every episode.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Kiiru, the Slave Beast that showed up in episode 9 was Garuda's dragon pet (Let me stress this: Garuda's pet was A FREAKING DRAGON). And it was a {{Mama Bear}}, too.
* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentor figurehead of the Battle Team and inventor of Combattler V itself. Dr. Yotsuya is his replacement [[spoiler:after he died]].
* OncePerEpisode: To combine their vehicles -needless to say, it happened every episode-, the team yelled "Let's combine", and if they were ready to combine correctly, [[RobotBuddy Ropetto]] authorized the combination repeating: "Combine OK". And then you have the FinishingMove ("Choudenji Tatsumaki" and "Choudenji Spin") that were used every episode.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Kiiru, the Slave Beast that showed up in episode 9 was Garuda's dragon pet (Let me stress this: Garuda's pet was A FREAKING DRAGON). And it was a {{Mama Bear}}, too.
* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentor figurehead of the Battle Team and inventor of Combattler V itself. Dr. Yotsuya is his replacement [[spoiler:after he died]].
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* NothingCanStopUsNow: This is used ''disturbingly'' frequently by Prince Garuda. When he [[spoiler:blew [[TheHero Hyouma's]] arms off]], when he blackmailed the Japanese Government in blowing to blow up the Nanbara Connection -the HQ of the heroes-, Connection, when he deceived the Japanese police to get the Battle Team under arrest...arrested... You would think he would learn to STOP TemptingFate after the first time...
* OncePerEpisode: To combine their vehicles -needless to say, it happened every episode-, the teamyelled yells "Let's combine", and if they were ready to combine correctly, [[RobotBuddy Ropetto]] authorized the combination repeating: "Combine OK". And then you have the FinishingMove ("Choudenji Tatsumaki" and "Choudenji Spin") that were used every episode.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Kiiru, the Slave Beast that showed up in episode 9 was Garuda's dragonpet (Let me stress this: Garuda's pet was A FREAKING DRAGON).pet. And it was a {{Mama Bear}}, too.
* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentorfigurehead of the Battle Team and inventor of Combattler V itself. Dr. Yotsuya is his replacement [[spoiler:after he died]].dies]].
* OncePerEpisode: To combine their vehicles -needless to say, it happened every episode-, the team
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Kiiru, the Slave Beast that showed up in episode 9 was Garuda's dragon
* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentor
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Being given an invitation to the Nanbara Connections, passport and document included, meant that the Combattler team could not be arrested. That was how Hyouma got away with causing various accidents just to overspeed his bike at his excitement, how Juzo got away with pointing a real rifle with real bullet on a conductor in real train, how Daisaku managed to hitch a ride on a truck despite the regulations, or how Kosuke managed to bypass the airport security procedure despite his age.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Being given an invitation to the Nanbara Connections, passport and document included, meant that the Combattler team could not be arrested. That was how Hyouma got away with causing various accidents just to overspeed driving his bike at his excitement, bike, how Juzo got away with pointing a real rifle with real bullet on bullets at a conductor in real train, conductor, how Daisaku managed to hitch a ride on a truck despite the regulations, or how Kosuke managed to bypass the airport security procedure despite his age.
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* TechnoBabble: Plenty of blatant examples. In an episode, a court judges Combattler as too dangerous to be controlled because it is made of super-alloy (chogokin) and powered with electro-magnetic energy.
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* TechnoBabble: Plenty of blatant examples. In an one episode, a court judges Combattler as too dangerous to be controlled because it is made of super-alloy (chogokin) and powered with electro-magnetic energy.
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* TropeCodifier: For CombiningMecha anime. ''Manga/GetterRobo'' was the first CombiningMecha, but most of combining mechas copied Combattler-V's transformation.
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* TropeCodifier: For CombiningMecha anime. ''Manga/GetterRobo'' was the first CombiningMecha, but most of combining mechas copied copy Combattler-V's transformation.
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* VSign: Taken not as a hand gesture, but a symbolic phrase in ''Anime/CombattlerV''. Usually used to get spirits up.
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* VSign: Taken not as a hand gesture, but a symbolic phrase in ''Anime/CombattlerV''.phrase. Usually used to get spirits up.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In episode 16, Kotaro -a little kid and [[TheHero Hyouma]]'s acquaintance- visited the [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]]. When [[RobotBuddy Ropet]] shows him the team's vehicles, Kotaro can't help to get in Hyouma's jet fighter, point at a random button and ask what it does. Ropet tried to talk him out of touching it, but Kotaro pressed it anyway.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In episode 16, Kotaro -a Kotaro, a little kid and [[TheHero Hyouma]]'s acquaintance- acquaintance, visited the [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]]. When [[RobotBuddy Ropet]] shows him the team's vehicles, Kotaro can't help to get in Hyouma's jet fighter, point at a random button and ask what it does. Ropet tried to talk him out of touching it, but Kotaro pressed it anyway.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Hyouma grew up with a certain Kenji Kawakami, the son of the driver that caused the accident that killed his parents, so little Hyouma lashed out on Kenji's father, and then said father died out of grief and guilt, so Kenji also held Hyouma accountable for his father's death, and the two continued to bicker as bitter rivals. They reconcile [[spoiler:when Kenji pulled a HeroicSacrifice to save the Battle Team.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: Hyouma grew up with a certain Kenji Kawakami, the son of the driver that caused the accident that killed his parents, so little Hyouma lashed out on at Kenji's father, and then said father died out of grief and guilt, so Kenji also held Hyouma accountable for his father's death, and the two continued to bicker as became bitter rivals. They reconcile [[spoiler:when Kenji pulled pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save the Battle Team.]]
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* BringItBackAlive: Tragically played with. In episode 10 Dr. Yotsuya and the team are studying an unknown creature hatched from a giant egg mysteryously appeared on the city. When the strange animal gets upset, it escapes its containment and starts to cause havoc, and [[TheLancer Juuzo]] wants to shoot it down instantly, much to the displeasure of [[TheProfessor Doctor Yotsuya]] that wants to study it and to the anger of [[TheHero Hyoma]] that is ConvenientlyAnOrphan who WouldntHurtAChild. Unfortunately, Juzo manages to kill it before they can stop him... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is exactly what]] TheDragon [[BatmanGambit wanted]].
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* BringItBackAlive: Tragically played with. In episode 10 Dr. Yotsuya and the team are studying an unknown creature hatched from a giant egg mysteryously appeared on the city. When the strange animal gets upset, it escapes its containment and starts to cause havoc, and [[TheLancer Juuzo]] wants to shoot it down instantly, much to the displeasure of [[TheProfessor Doctor Yotsuya]] that wants to study it and to the anger of [[TheHero Hyoma]] Hyouma]] that is ConvenientlyAnOrphan who WouldntHurtAChild. Unfortunately, Juzo manages to kill it before they can stop him... [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which is exactly what]] TheDragon [[BatmanGambit wanted]].
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* TheDeterminator: Hyoma. What if [[spoiler:Garuda]] shot [[spoiler:his arms]] off? What if he is ill and dying? He'll still get on the Battle Jet and kick butt! And likewise, Chizuru. [[spoiler:Velvecular heart disease]]? What is that? She'll still get into Battle Marine to help the team!
* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName at the last minute]] before the Combattler Team do, the series would've been plunged straight into at best BittersweetEnding.]]
* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName at the last minute]] before the Combattler Team do, the series would've been plunged straight into at best BittersweetEnding.]]
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* TheDeterminator: Hyoma.Hyouma. What if [[spoiler:Garuda]] shot [[spoiler:his arms]] off? What if he is ill and dying? He'll still get on the Battle Jet and kick butt! And likewise, Chizuru. [[spoiler:Velvecular heart disease]]? What is that? She'll still get into Battle Marine to help the team!
* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName at the last minute]] before theCombattler Battle Team do, the series would've been plunged straight into at best BittersweetEnding.]]
* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName at the last minute]] before the
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hyoma Aoi. He is not a lousy driver but a BadassBiker, but he likes having ''a bit too much'' fun as he drives. In his first appearance, he caused a traffic accident because he broke the speed limit and several patrol cars were trying to catch him. All of his chasers crashed into each other, but of course, he avoided crashing.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hyoma Hyouma Aoi. He is not a lousy driver but a BadassBiker, but he likes having ''a bit too much'' fun as he drives. In his first appearance, he caused a traffic accident because he broke the speed limit and several patrol cars were trying to catch him. All of his chasers crashed into each other, but of course, he avoided crashing.
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* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite of neither of them -but Chizuru- had seen them before or got pilot training. However it was later revealed there are computers located in their helmets help them to handle their vehicles by giving instructions. However, in a later episode, a young boy sneaked into the Nanbara Connection, heard about the helmets, stole Hyoma's helmet thinking he also would be able pilot Combattler, and... almost got killed.
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* FallingIntoTheCockpit: An interesting instance. In the first episode, the team handles the vehicles forming Combattler reasonably well, in spite of neither of them -but Chizuru- had seen them before or got pilot training. However it was later revealed there are computers located in their helmets that help them to handle their vehicles by giving instructions. However, in a later episode, a young boy sneaked boy, Kotaro, sneaks into the Nanbara Connection, heard hears about the helmets, stole Hyoma's steals Hyouma's helmet thinking he also would also be able to pilot Combattler, and... almost got killed. This leads to him getting chewed out by Hyouma near the end of the episode in question.
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: A partial one for the ending. [[spoiler:With Campbellian threat gone, the Combattler team disbanded and returned to their original lives. Juzo, Daisaku and Kosuke returned to their respective home towns, but Hyouma didn't return to Sun Academy; he opted to stay with Chizuru in Nanbara Connection, considering that she's by all means an orphan like him too and [[OfficialCouple having grown to also love her.]]]]
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* TheFellowshipHasEnded: A partial one for the ending. [[spoiler:With Campbellian threat gone, the Combattler team Battle Team disbanded and returned to their original lives. Juzo, Daisaku and Kosuke returned to their respective home towns, but Hyouma didn't return to Sun Academy; he opted to stay with Chizuru in Nanbara Connection, considering that she's by all means an orphan like him too and [[OfficialCouple having grown to also love her.]]]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Empress Janera is the power behind Oreana and her son General Garuda and the eventual foe of the Combattler Team. Additionally, [[spoiler:the head of the radical faction of Campbellians serve as this to Janera, as they were the ones that ordered Janera to go, but they're beaten off screen by someone else.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Empress Janera is the power behind Oreana and her son General Garuda and the eventual foe of the Combattler Battle Team. Additionally, [[spoiler:the head of the radical faction of Campbellians serve as this to Janera, as they were the ones that ordered Janera to go, but they're beaten off screen by someone else.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Deus' rebellion is done without any involvement of the Combattler team, so there are untold heroic stories of the heroic Campbellians under Deus.]]
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Deus' rebellion is done without any involvement of the Combattler team, Battle Team, so there are untold heroic stories of the heroic Campbellians under Deus.]]
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* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Combattler team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made and the Combattler team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Combattler team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking of ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the Combattler team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking of ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
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* KangarooCourt: In one episode of the first season, the Campbellians built a {{Robeast}} disguised as Combattler and caused havoc with it. Professor Yotsuya and the Combattler team Battle Team were put under arrest and judged nearly instantly, and during the proceeding it was painfully obvious the minds of the courts were already made and the Combattler team Battle Team wouldn't be given a fair hearing.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and theCombattler team) Battle Team) recall seeing a yo-yo exhibition on TV earlier while thinking of ideas on how to defeat the acid-shooting MonsterOfTheWeek.
* KillerYoYo: '''Super Electromagnetic (Chodenji) Yo-Yo'''!.. Combattler V can release from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. It was actually inspired when Prof. Yotsuya (and the
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* LeaderFormsTheHead: Hyoma is the team's leader. Guess what body part his jet forms. No, seriously. Take a guess.
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* LeaderFormsTheHead: Hyoma Hyouma is the team's leader. Guess what body part his jet forms. No, seriously. Take a guess.
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* NothingCanStopUsNow: This is used ''disturbingly'' frequently by Prince Garuda. When he [[spoiler:blew [[TheHero Hyoma's]] arms off]], when he blackmailed the Japanese Government in blowing up the Nanbara Connection -the HQ of the heroes-, when he deceived the Japanese police to get the Combattler team under arrest... You would think he would learn to STOP TemptingFate after the first time...
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* NothingCanStopUsNow: This is used ''disturbingly'' frequently by Prince Garuda. When he [[spoiler:blew [[TheHero Hyoma's]] Hyouma's]] arms off]], when he blackmailed the Japanese Government in blowing up the Nanbara Connection -the HQ of the heroes-, when he deceived the Japanese police to get the Combattler team Battle Team under arrest... You would think he would learn to STOP TemptingFate after the first time...
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* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentor figurehead of the Combattler Team and inventor of Combattler V itself. Dr. Yotsuya is his replacement [[spoiler:after he died]].
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* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara is the initial mentor figurehead of the Combattler Battle Team and inventor of Combattler V itself. Dr. Yotsuya is his replacement [[spoiler:after he died]].
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: All Combattler team members but Kosuke are teenagers.
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* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: All Combattler team Battle Team members but Kosuke are teenagers.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In episode 16, Kotaro -a little kid of [[TheHero Hyoma]]'s acquaintance- visited the [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]]. When [[RobotBuddy Ropet]] shows him the team's vehicles, Kotaro can't help to get in Hyoma's jet fighter, point at a random button and ask what it does. Ropet tried to talk him out of touching it, but Kotaro pressed it anyway.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In episode 16, Kotaro -a little kid of and [[TheHero Hyoma]]'s Hyouma]]'s acquaintance- visited the [[HomeBase Nanbara Connection]]. When [[RobotBuddy Ropet]] shows him the team's vehicles, Kotaro can't help to get in Hyoma's Hyouma's jet fighter, point at a random button and ask what it does. Ropet tried to talk him out of touching it, but Kotaro pressed it anyway.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Hyouma grew up with a certain Kenji Kawakami, the son of the driver that caused the accident that killed his parents, so little Hyouma lashed out on Kenji's father, and then said father died out of grief and guilt, so Kenji also held Hyouma accountable for his father's death, and the two continued to bicker as bitter rivals. They reconcile [[spoiler:when Kenji pulled a HeroicSacrifice to save the Combattler team.]]
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* YouKilledMyFather: Hyouma grew up with a certain Kenji Kawakami, the son of the driver that caused the accident that killed his parents, so little Hyouma lashed out on Kenji's father, and then said father died out of grief and guilt, so Kenji also held Hyouma accountable for his father's death, and the two continued to bicker as bitter rivals. They reconcile [[spoiler:when Kenji pulled a HeroicSacrifice to save the Combattler team.Battle Team.]]
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!!''Combattler V''' provides examples of:
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!!''Combattler V''' V'' provides examples of:
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*AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In Arabic, because the series is called البطل خماسي (The Hero is a Pentagram), the theme song won't shut up about pentagrams.
->'''Arabic theme song for ''Anime/CombattlerV'':'''
--> ''Pentagram, pentagram, pentagram''
--> ''personality, pentagram, five scientific parts''
--> ''pentagram, personality pentagram five scientific parts''
--> ''five combat parts united in one body''
--> ''for humanitarian purposes, pentagram, pentagram, pentagram''
--> ''Pentagram is a proverb for strength.''
--> ''Pentagram is a proverb for strength.''
--> ''It gives us hope and strength.''
--> ''There is strength in unity!''
->'''Arabic theme song for ''Anime/CombattlerV'':'''
--> ''Pentagram, pentagram, pentagram''
--> ''personality, pentagram, five scientific parts''
--> ''pentagram, personality pentagram five scientific parts''
--> ''five combat parts united in one body''
--> ''for humanitarian purposes, pentagram, pentagram, pentagram''
--> ''Pentagram is a proverb for strength.''
--> ''Pentagram is a proverb for strength.''
--> ''It gives us hope and strength.''
--> ''There is strength in unity!''
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* PseudoSanta: The Campbellian aliens' true king is Deus. He is an old man who travels in a cart pulled by reindeer. Oddly, the most prominent Campbellian in the show, Garuda, is based on a figure from Hindu mythology.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The ''Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection'' has information about the anime not stated in the show.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The ''Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection'' has information about the anime not stated in the show.and ''[[Literature/TadaoNagahamaRobotRomanceAnimationChronicleInfobook Tadao Nagahama: Robot Romance Animation Chronicle Infobook]]'' reveal a lot of behind-the-scenes information.
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*AllThereInTheManual: The ''Literature/RomanRoboAnimeClimaxSelection'' has information about the anime not stated in the show.
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (formally, 超電磁ロボ コン・バトラーV or ''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (formally, 超電磁ロボ コン・バトラーV or ''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama Creator/TadaoNagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (超電磁ロボ コン・バトラーV or ''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (超電磁ロボ (formally, 超電磁ロボ コン・バトラーV or ''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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''Chōdenji Robo Combattler V'' (''Chōdenji (超電磁ロボ コン・バトラーV or ''Chōdenji Robo Konbatorā Bui'') is the first part of the ''Anime/RobotRomanceTrilogy'' of Super Robot series created by "Saburo Yatsude" and directed by Tadao Nagahama (the next ones being ''Anime/VoltesV'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''). The robot's name is a portmanteau of Combine, Combat and Battle, and the V is intended both as an abbreviation for "victory" and in reference to the five component machines that form the robot, as well as its five pilots. The V is proununced as the letter V, whereas in the follow-up series, ''Voltes V'', it is prounounced "5".
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* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName in the last minutes]] before the Combattler Team do, the series would've been plunged straight into at best BittersweetEnding.]]
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* DeusExMachina: If it wasn't for [[spoiler:Deus stopping Janera's bomb [[MeaningfulName in at the last minutes]] minute]] before the Combattler Team do, the series would've been plunged straight into at best BittersweetEnding.]]
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* TransformingMecha: In addition to combining, Combattler can fold itself up into a tank-like vehicle called the Grand Dasher, though this isn't used very often in the anime proper. Appears far more prominently in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' games, wherein Voltes V rides around on it like a skateboard during their combination attacks.
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%%* TheProfessor: Dr. Nanbara and Dr. Yotsuya. %ZCE
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* ShoutOut: The name "Campbellians" may be a reference to SF writer Creator/JohnWCampbell, who helped invent the [[ScienceHero Space Hero]] genre.
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The entire series follows the then-standard MonsterOfTheWeek format packed up in two seasons (but they didn't use the 'Season' moniker). The first season pit the Combattler team against Oreana and her protege Garuda and their Slave Beasts. The second season switched the enemy into a greater force of Campbellians under Empress Janera and her generals, brothers Dungele and Warchimedes, who boast a new type of MonsterOfTheWeek called Magma Beasts.
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The entire series follows the then-standard MonsterOfTheWeek format packed up in two seasons (but they didn't use the 'Season' moniker). {{story arc}}s. The first season arc pit the Combattler team against Oreana and her protege Garuda and their Slave Beasts. The second season arc switched the enemy into a greater force of Campbellians under Empress Janera and her generals, brothers Dungele and Warchimedes, who boast a new type of MonsterOfTheWeek called Magma Beasts.
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Has a [[Manga/VictoryFive sequel manga]].
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* ExpositoryThemeTune: Its song names several of the weapons it has ("Choudenji YOYO! Choudenji TA-TSU-MA-KI!!choudenji SPIN!!") while showing them on screen.
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* ExpositoryThemeTune: Its song names several of the weapons it has ("Choudenji YOYO! Choudenji TA-TSU-MA-KI!!choudenji SPIN!!") while showing them on screen.onscreen.
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* KansaiRegionalAccent: Two members speak with country-style accent: Juzo and Daisaku.
