History Fanfic / EigaSentaiScanranger

*** Did he want dubbed {{Toku}} like we sometimes used to get like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''[[Manga/GiantRobo Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot]]''? That's hard to figure out from ''Scanranger'' being about a multi-racial team of heroes defending [[CreatorProvincialism the same state the author lives in]]. If anything, it sounds like ''Power Rangers'' instead ''inspired'' this story.

* [[Series/KamenRider Takeshi]] [[Series/Ultraman Hayata]]/'''Silverscanner''': Gin Hikari no Senshi. TheSixthRanger. CoolOldGuy. Adjunct professor of Asian Studies. Empowered by [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Tokusatsu]].

* Takeshi Hayata/'''Silverscanner''': Gin Hikari no Senshi. TheSixthRanger. CoolOldGuy. Adjunct professor of Asian Studies. Empowered by [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Tokusatsu]].

* ThePsychoRangers: The story has ''two'' groups seemingly meant to be the anti-Scanrangers, Benedict’s Brigade (led by Arno Benedict and made up of several [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]]) and Team Nightmare (made up of cyborg parodies of [[Franchise/ANightMareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], Film/{{Candyman}}, [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] and [[Film/{{Scream}} Ghostface]]) after Benedict's Brigade goes down once and for all.

* MagicAIsMagicA: How the characters' powers work can be inconsistent. Vin needs to be extremely specific about which ''Zorro'' movie he wants to use in one episode even though what he is copying is the [[ZorroMark Z-slash]] you'd see in any version. But in the next, Takeshi is getting away with basing an attack on the ''[[Franchise/MetalHeroes Space Sheriff]]'' series in general. Ug's genre is war movies but he uses his powers to whip up the spider-mech from ''Film/WildWildWest'', which most viewers would probably not call a "war movie". At one time Nick, using his special effects powers, taps into ''Film/RockyIII'' to use Hulk Hogan's wrestling moves.

** Also the episode "And Voodoo to You Too" has Nick decrying the American import of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and how the dialogue was rewritten so heavily to downplay all the death and destruction. B.C. counters that otherwise it would be too intense for kids, and the older fans have the original uncensored stuff they can still enjoy [[note]] Which begs the question of just who the author thinks the original version was meant for. [[/note]]. A couple episodes later we have the ClipShow, which is where the series makes its most blatant attacks on ''Power Rangers'' with B.C. singlehandedly defeating a group of PR-original villains. He makes fun of other aspects of the show, like how they [[NeverSayDie always have to say "destroy" instead of "kill"]]. Does he think censoring violent kids shows is a good thing or not?

* B.C. Shimamura/'''Bluescanner''': King of Comedy. Meant to be the PluckyComicRelief and TheHeart, but often ends up being TheLoad and TheScrappy. Empowered by clean comedy. Only clean comedy.

** Also one episode has Nick decrying the American import of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and how the dialogue was rewritten so heavily to play down all the death and destruction. B.C. counters that otherwise it would be too intense for kids, and the older fans have the original uncensored stuff they can still enjoy [[note]] Which begs the question of just who the author thinks the original version was meant for. [[/note]]. A couple episodes later we have the ClipShow, which is where the series makes its most blatant attacks on ''Power Rangers'' with B.C. singlehandedly defeating a group of PR-original villains. He makes fun of other aspects of the show, like how they [[NeverSayDie always have to say "destroy" instead of "kill"]]. Does he think censoring violent kids shows is a good thing or not?

** In episode 23 Key creates a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' character with his powers to menace the rangers, who is defeated by Yellow Scanner using his anime powers to explode the pseudo-Cartman's head with the power of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. With it being treated very much as one style being superior to another. The point the author was trying to make about super-violent anime vs. American adult comedy, in a story that tries hard to be family-friendly, we can only guess.

** Did he want dubbed {{Toku}} like we sometimes used to get like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''[[Manga/GiantRobo Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot]]''? That's hard to figure out from ''Scanranger'' being about a multi-racial team of heroes defending [[CreatorProvincialism the same state the author lives in]]. If anything, it sounds like ''Power Rangers'' instead ''inspired'' this story.

** In episode 23 Key creates a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' character with his powers to menace the rangers, who is defeated by Yellow Scanner using his anime powers to explode the pseudo-Cartman's head with the power of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. With it being treated very much as one style being superior to another. The point the author was trying to make, in a story that tries hard to be family-friendly, we can only guess.

** In episode 23 Key creates a ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' character with his powers to menace the rangers, who is defeated by Yellow Scanner using his anime powers to explode the pseudo-Cartman's head with the power of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. The point the author was trying to make, we can only guess.

* LostAesop: It's clear that the author intensely disliked how ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' was made. What isn't clear, and which would seem central to putting so much effort into calling out a show you don't like, is what kind of show he wanted instead, or what about ''Scanranger'' was supposed to be closer to the author's idea of how to do these shows right.

** Indeed, it seems to be generally noted that with its somewhat more lighthearted theme of saving the world with movies, American setting and [[EvilIsHammy incredibly hammy]], [[LaughablyEvil bumbling comedic villains]], ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. What's supposed to stand out when it feels like it's copying from the same thing it says is being done all wrong?
** The characters, costumes and mecha were all original to this story. Is that what the author wanted, for American creators to just take the ''idea'' of what a Sentai show's like and make all-original shows in the formula a la ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' and ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog''?
** And lastly the author's attitude toward various issues depicted in his story seems to have changed over the course of writing it. Understandable, people learn and change, but see BrokenAesop above: is he supporting or mocking censorship for violent children's shows? And despite admitting he doesn't really hate ''Power Rangers'' anymore in the liner notes when he reposted the story, he didn't take out any of the original sneering. [[note]] And despite it being the reason the series was written, bashing Power Rangers isn't that big of a plot element. It probably could've been taken out pretty easily with no effect on the plot. [[/note]] If the author doesn't say what he wants, it's even harder to tell after he changes his stance on things within the same work.

* ThePsychoRangers: The story has ''two'' groups seemingly meant to be the anti-Scanrangers, Benedict’s Brigade (led by Arno Benedict and made up of several [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]]) and Team Nightmare (made up of cyborg parodies of [[Franchise/ANightMareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], Film/{{Candyman}}, [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] and [[Franchise/{{Scream}} Ghostface]]) after Benedict's Brigade goes down once and for all.

* AllPartOfTheShow: In “Main Street Men” where the rangers impersonate a boy band and then transform and have a "pretend" fight with MAYHEM, with mecha and everything.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Carmen. Despite this Kunio’s affection seems to dissolve along with it, and by the time she starts reciprocating his feelings he’s said to be interested in another girl.

* DesignatedGirlFight: Played fairly straight, such as Toni and Kaori team up to fight Vixen and Maria in the crossover. Fairly because while the author has clearly seen this in action, the story hardly ever makes a point of Pinkscanner fighting Vixen. It's only when the second female Scanranger joins that Vixen has a grudge against a particular team member.

** Did he want dubbed {{Toku}} like we sometimes used to get like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''[[Manga/GiantRobo Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot]]''? That's hard to grasp from ''Scanranger'' being about a multi-racial team of heroes defending [[CreatorProvincialism the same state the author lives in]]. If anything, it sounds like ''Power Rangers'' instead ''inspired'' this story.
** Indeed, it seems to be generally noted that with its somewhat more lighthearted theme of saving the world with movies, American setting and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]], bumbling comedic villains, ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. What's supposed to stand out when it feels like it's copying from the thing it says needs to be done differently?

** Did he want dubbed {{Toku}} like we sometimes used to get like ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' and ''[[Manga/GiantRobo Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot]]''? That's hard to grasp from ''Scanranger'' being about a multi-racial team of heroes defending [[CreatorProvincialism the same state the author lives in]]. Heck, that sounds a lot more like the series it was created to vilify instead. (And to confuse things even more, despite the team being multi-racial an inordinate amount of the guys who've been Scanrangers have Japanese heritage: the blue, silver and original yellow ranger, and the red ranger had a Japanese mother).

** This confusion isn't helped by how despite writing the story in the first place to bash it, a lot of people who read it note that with its generally more lighthearted feel, American setting and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]], bumbling comedic villains, ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. What's supposed to stand out when it feels like it's copying from the thing it says needs improvement?
** And lastly the author's attitude toward various issues depicted in his story seems to have changed over the course of writing it. See BrokenAesop above: is he supporting or mocking censorship for violent children's shows? And despite admitting he doesn't really hate ''Power Rangers'' anymore in the liner notes when he reposted the story, he didn't take out any of the original sneering. [[note]] And despite it being the reason the series was written, bashing Power Rangers isn't that big of a plot element. It probably could've been taken out pretty easily with no effect on the plot. [[/note]] If the author doesn't say what he wants, it's even harder to tell after he changes his stance on things within the same work.

** The characters, costumes and mecha were all original to this story. Is that what the author wanted, for American creators to just take the ''idea'' of what a Sentai show's like and make all-original shows in the formula a la ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' and ''Series/MysticKnightsOfTirNaNog''?

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Maybe. Two with ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman''. Maybe, because the story wavers back and forth between ''Jetman'' really happening in the story's universe, and just being a TV show with the "real" Jetman characters living in an alternate dimension.

** The characters, costumes and mecha were all original to this story. Is that what the author wanted, for American creators to just take the ''idea'' of what a Sentai show's like and make all-original shows in the formula a la ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills''?

* AuthorTract: The entire thing, obviously. Besides the anti-''Power Ranger'' content there were some others scattered here and there like one episode having a subplot concerning the author's dislike for the raunchiness of modern comedy.

* LostAesop: It's clear that the author intensely disliked how ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' was made. What isn't clear is what kind of show he wanted instead, or what about ''Scanranger'' was supposed to be closer to the author's idea of how to do these shows right.

** Also one episode has Nick decrying the American import of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and how the dialogue was rewritten so heavily to play down all the death and destruction. B.C. counters that otherwise it would be intense for kids, and the older fans have the original uncensored stuff they can still enjoy [[note]] Which begs the question of just who the author thinks the original version was meant for. [[/note]]. A couple episodes later we have the ClipShow, which is where the series makes its most blatant attacks on ''Power Rangers'' with B.C. singlehandedly defeating a group of America-original villains. He makes fun of other aspects of the show too, like how they [[NeverSayDie always have to say "destroy" instead of "kill"]]. Does he think censoring violent kids shows is a good thing or not?

** This confusion isn't helped by how despite writing the story in the first place to bash it, a lot of people who read it note that with its generally more lighthearted feel, American setting and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy villains]] ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material. What's supposed to stand out when it feels like it's copying from the thing it says needs improvement?
** And lastly the author's attitude toward various issues depicted in his story seems to have changed over the course of writing it. See BrokenAesop above: is he supporting or mocking censorship for violent children's shows? And despite admitting he doesn't really hate ''Power Rangers'' anymore in the liner notes when he reposted the story, he didn't actually edit out any of the original sneering at it.

** This confusion isn't helped by how despite writing the story in the first place to bash it, a lot of people who read it note that with its generally more lighthearted feel, American setting and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy villains]] ''Scanranger'' reads more like a season of ''Power Rangers'' than the Sentai it's meant to glorify. Possibly due to it being written mainly in the mid-to-late 90's when ''Power Rangers'' was a lot more readily available than episodes of Sentai, never mind '''translated''' episodes. The author seems to have unintentionally used the show he was attacking as reference material.

** Also one episode has Nick decrying the American import of ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ]]'' and how the dialogue was rewritten so heavily to play down all the death and destruction. B.C. counters that otherwise it would be intense for kids, and the older fans have the original uncensored stuff they can still enjoy [[note]] Which begs the question of just who the author thinks the original version was meant for. [[/note]]. A couple episodes later we have the ClipShow, which is where the series makes its most blatant attacks on ''Power Rangers'' with B.C. singlehandedly defeating a group of America-original villains. He makes fun of other aspects of the show too, like how they [[NeverSayDie always have to say "destroy" instead of "kill"]]. Does he think censoring violent kids shows is a good thing or not?