History Film / AvataroSentaiDonbrothersVSZenkaiger

!All spoilers for ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' and ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

In the time since Taro vanished, the team have mostly gone their separate ways. However, their time apart is cut short when Taro returns along with a new foe in the form of Kikai-ki!

Meanwhile, the Zenkaigers have returned from their latest journey, only to learn Kashiwamochi Wald is back and Zocks is now promoting himself as the world's new king. Just what has gotten into him?!

* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: The Donbrothers side of the V-Cinema is driven by [[spoiler: Jiro having become a such horrible ControlFreak between the finale and now that everyone's LosingTheTeamSpirit]]. Jiro spends the entire act trying to oppose, de-motivate and downplay Taro when he regains his memories and returns; barely stopped by Sonoi from [[spoiler: outright murdering him in the climax]].

* CoversAlwaysLie: The MirroredConfrontationShot of Don Momotaro and Zenkaiser on the film poster is misleading: The teams never fight one another and actually get along great during their short time together. Zenkaiser even remembers Taro as the "wahaha guy" and is ecstatic to see him. The only member with any hostility at all is Jiro and [[spoiler: Sonoi shoves him out of commission pretty quickly]].

* HappyEndingOverride: [[Recap/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersEpFinalWeHaveMadeTrueBonds At the end]] of ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'', the Donbrothers had all [[CharacterDevelopment grown as people]] and become a true team capable of working together, with Taro having [[TakeUpMySword designated Jiro as the team's new leader]] and, ([[BittersweetEnding though he had to lose his memories]] and [[ButNowIMustGo leave the team]]) starting a new life without fighting. By the time of ''Donbrothers VS Zenkaiger'', the team have regressed from their [[AesopAmnesia newfound leases on life to outright apathy]] thanks to Jiro's terrible leadership; forcing Master Kaito to drag Taro out of retirement to lead the team again, [[spoiler: which in turn reverts Jiro to his old homicidally-insecure self]].

* HijackedByGanon: Kashiwamochi Wald came to Zenkaitopia in the hopes of conquering it, only for [[spoiler: Zocks to have been controlled so thoroughly that he ended up taking the place for him]].

* LosingTheTeamSpirit: Jiro's ControlFreak leadership has sapped so much of the team's morale that by the time of the film, they're tired of the Donbrothers and are toying around with the idea of stepping down to live their lives. After talking with Taro, they do...until [[spoiler: [[TenMinuteRetirement he dies fighting a new Hitotsu-Ki and they return to the fold to avenge him]]]].

** One of the major elements of the trailer was delivering on a year-long RunningGag and finally revealing the identity of Master Kaito. [[spoiler: They don't reveal it here either, much less even try to explain why there are two Kaitos. He only calls himself "an eternal hero]]."
** The trailer frames the Donbrothers portion of the Cinema as though Taro is being shunned by the rest of the team for unknown reasons, then dying at the hands of a new enemy. The scene depicting this is [[spoiler: actually him protecting the de-powered team (who briefly retire from the strain of Jiro's leadership) from Kikai-Ki]]. Jiro is the only one actually trying to shove Taro out of the group dynamic and [[spoiler: he ultimately fails after Sonoi revives Taro a third time]].

** This is the '' '''fifth''''' time Minoru Ohno has become a Hitotsu-ki. In-universe however, he has been a recurring enemy as Ohsama-Ki for so long the team had lost track of the amount of encounters they had with him, and had only recently gained his Kikai-Ki powers after what seemed to be his mother's death.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Invoked. Despite all the vantages in life Jiro had provided them through his newfound wealth, the Donbrothers [[spoiler:decide to completely return to their old lives of being part of the team. This is especially explicit with Tsubasa, who despite being provided a stable career as a patisserie chef decides to give it all up just to frame himself and Sononi as criminals once more, simply because he feels he is at his happiest being on the run. The team then happily takes on Taro's TrainingFromHell after affirming their decision to stay on as Donbrothers.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: Sonoi [[spoiler: clashes with Jiro over his tyrannical leadership of the Donbrothers and loses, being exiled from the team]]. When the two Sentai teams unite later, Sonoi intercepts an attempt by Jiro to [[spoiler: attack Taro from behind during the final battle]], hospitalizing him.

* TookALevelInJerkAss: PlayedForDrama. Jiro's leadership of the Donbrothers is turbulent, [[{{Understatement}} to put it gently]]. Jiro has become a DrillSergeantNasty that dangles his newfound wealth over everyone's heads; having [[spoiler: kicked Sonoi off the team for criticizing his ControlFreak leadership]], threatening to [[spoiler: un-do the favors he's done for everyone to cling to his leadership position when Taro re-takes command]] and even trying to [[spoiler: attack Taro during the final battle instead of learning his lesson, only stopped by Sonoi's intervention]].

The annual crossover movie between ''Donbrothers'' and ''Zenkaiger''.

** Kashiwamochi Wald was revealed to be brought back by the previous BigBad, Dr. Kitsune.

* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: The Donbrothers side of the V-Cinema is driven by [[spoiler: Jiro having become a such horrible ControlFreak between the finale and now that everyone's LosingTheTeamSpirit]]. Jiro spends the entire act trying to oppose, de-motivate and downplay Taro when he regaisn his memories and returns; barely stopped by Sonoi from [[spoiler: outright murdering him in the climax]].

* HappyEndingOverride: [[Recap/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersEpFinalWeHaveMadeTrueBonds At the end]] of ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'', the Donbrothers had all [[CharacterDevelopment grown as people]] and become a true team capable of working together, with Taro having [[TakeUpMySword designated Jiro as the team's new leader]] and, ([[BittersweetEnding though he had to lose his memories]] and [[ButNowIMustGo leave the team]]) starting a new life without fighting. By the time of ''Donbrothers VS Zenkaiger'', the team have regressed from their [[AesopAmnesia initial bad habits to outright apathy]]thanks to Jiro's terrible leadership; forcing Master Kaito to drag Taro out of retirement to lead the team again, [[spoiler: which in turn reverts Jiro to his old homicidally-insecure self]].

* HappyEndingOverride: [[Recap/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersEpFinalWeHaveMadeTrueBonds At the end]] of ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'', the Donbrothers had all [[CharacterDevelopment grown as people]] and become a true team capable of working together, with Taro having [[TakeUpMySword trained Jiro to be his successor]] as the team's leader; and, [[BittersweetEnding though he had to lose his memories]] and [[ButNowIMustGo leave the team]], he was able to start a new life without fighting. By the time of ''Donbrothers VS Zenkaiger'', the team have regressed from their [[AesopAmnesia initial bad habits to outright apathy]]thanks to Jiro's terrible leadership' forcing Master Kaito to drag Taro out of retirement to lead the team again, [[spoiler: which in turn reverts Jiro to his old homicidally-insecure self]].

* HappyEndingOverride: [[Recap/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersEpFinalWeHaveMadeTrueBonds At the end]] of ''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'', the Donbrothers had all [[CharacterDevelopment grown as people]] and become a true team capable of working together, with Taro having [[TakeUpMySword trained Jiro to be his successor]] as the team's leader; and, [[BittersweetEnding though he had to lose his memories]] and [[ButNowIMustGo leave the team]], he was able to start a new life without fighting. By the time of ''Donbrothers VS Zenkaiger'', the team have all [[AesopAmnesia regressed back into their old bad habits]], and Jiro's terrible leadership forces Master Kaito to drag Kaito out of retirement to lead the team again, [[spoiler:which in turn reverts Jiro to his old homicidal self]].

* BreakingOldTrends: Unlike pasts Super Sentai crossovers, this is the first VS movie that featured separate storyline for each respective teams before it culminates to a proper crossover in the final act of the movie.

* ControlFreak: Jiro's style of leadership in contrast to Taro. Jiro insists the team go through pre-determined formations and stick to their places; reacting violently to any dissent on the matter. While tactically sound, it also takes away [[LosingTheTeamSpirit the team's camaraderie]] and by the time of the film, [[spoiler: has them all seriously considering stepping down]].

* DrillSergeantNasty: In contrast to Taro (who only really demands loyalty), Jiro is a iron-fisted leader that demands the team fight in specific formations and follows his strategic commands unquestioningly. This leads to [[spoiler: a tussle between him and Sonoi when the latter gets fed up with it, getting him kicked off the team]]. Taro acknowledges this change of operations as the source of the team's problems - their free-spiritedness is what gave them their strength.
--> '''Oni Sister''': Forget about formations! We just gotta fight like who we are!\\
'''Don Momotaro''': Correct. That is the strength of the Donbrothers.

* WeWereYourTeam: After Taro's [[spoiler: memory-induced stepping down]] in the Donbrothers finale, Jiro took over. Compared to their last leader, Jiro was[=/=]is a horrendous ControlFreak that's run the team into the ground and sapped their motivation to fight as Donbrothers. When Taro comes back, each of them react cautiously to mentions of Jiro and insist on "discussing" something with him at Cafe Donbura.

* ControlFreak: Jiro's style of leadership in contrast to Taro. Jiro insists the team go through pre-determined formations and stick to their places' reacting violently to any dissent on the matter. While tactically sound, it also takes away the team's camaraderie and by the time of the film, [[spoiler: has them all considering stepping down]].

* VillainTeamUp: Kikai-Ki and Kashiwamochi Wald decide to team up when everyone meets up in the third act, even swapping arsenals.

* CallBack: The Zenkaiger Part of the Movie makes several to the previous Zenkaiger Team-Up Move.
** Kashiwa Mochi World was revealed to be brought back by the previous BigBad, Dr. Kitsune.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: The movie delivers on the implication in the Donbrothers finale that Tsuyoshi and [[spoiler: Natsumi]] would continue "the dream" he and Miho started, establishing them as together.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Tsuyoshi and Tsubasa ended the show with [[WeUsedToBeFriends a broken friendship]] after the latter's inability to empathize with the former's [[spoiler: loss of Miho]]. By the time of the film they're on ''much'' better terms; Tsubasa withholding all of his store's sweets for Tsuyoshi specifically.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The MirroredConfrontationShot on the film poster is misleading: The teams never fight one another and actually get along great during their short time together. The only member with any hostility at all is Jiro and [[spoiler: Sonoi shoves him out of commission pretty quickly]].

* RunningGag: This is the '' '''fifth''''' time Minoru Ohno has become a Hitotsu-ki. In-universe however, he has been a recurring enemy as Ohsama-Ki for so long the team had lost track of the amount of encounters they had with him, and had only recently gained his Kikai-Ki powers after what seemed to be his mother's death.

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:It is not made clear whether Sonoi died at the end of the film from returning Taro the essence that had revived him, or simply passed out from the exhaustion of this event combined with fighting in the climax afterwards.]]