History Series / DenjiSentaiMegaranger

* [[spoiler:'''Hizumina''']]: [[spoiler:Technically another SixthRanger that appears in Megaranger vs. Gingaman. Shibolena's PaletteSwap that attempt to [[AvengingTheVillain destroy the Megaranger for Dr. Hinelar.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Even more sad as when Shibolena died, her body exploded before his eyes. He grieved for the loss of her ''and'' Yugande (who was killed shortly before she died), and during the final battle, with him the last villain standing, he called for them to watch him the same way the ''heroes'' are more prone to doing when avenging someone who suffered DeathByOriginStory.]]
** You'll feel bad for all of them (except Guirail) by the end, [[spoiler:as Yugande risks using an unstable powerup ''without being asked to'' due to his UndyingLoyalty toward Hinelar]]. Shibolena really cares for him and [[spoiler: takes a fatal blow to save him. However, ''he's so enraged at her injury'' [[SenselessSacrifice that he attacks the Rangers again though he's no longer in any condition to, and that's what leads to his death.]] ''Then'' we have Shibolena's last words before she dies, saying she wishes she could have stayed by Dr. Hinelar's side forever. ''Then'' he has to watch his daughter die ''again.'']] By the end when Hinelar has [[spoiler: lost everyone he cares about and finds his body is twisting upon itself due to his time in the Twisted Dimension]], it's no wonder he tries to pull a TakingYouWithMe. He really has nothing left. And on top of this, It's not (necessarily) like [[spoiler: Samejima]] ''asked'' to be [[spoiler: warped into an evil madman in the first place. Entering the Twisted Dimension was an ill-advised experiment but nothing evil... at least not in or of itself (after all, it's implied that he may have been a madman of sorts in the first place).]]

** In the 16th episode, the particularly despicable Poison Moth Nezire is disgustingly gleeful about poisoning people, then throwing around the sickly, untransformed Megarangers. So when the kaiju battle is more in the Megarangers' favor, they make sure Poison Moth Nezire can spread his poison nowhere else; they carry him into space and blow him up there with the Booster Rifle.
** Episode 23 has Kenta befriending Komutan, a baby Nezirejian who is trying to run from his brother, Anglerfish Nezire. Said Nezire Beast absorbs his brother to gain more power, but Komutan eventually resists, escaping Anglerfish Nezire and attacking him to save Kenta. [[HeroicSacrifice It results in Anglerfish Nezire murdering his own brother in response.]] [[LackOfEmpathy And the monster is so unfeeling about it that he]] ''[[CompleteMonster laughs at Kenta's despair.]]'' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Kenta proceeds to beat the ever living hell out of Anglerfish Nezire]], letting out all his rage at this complete piece of trash Nezire for killing his friend. Watching the Super Galaxy Mega blow a massive hole in his gut with the Super Galaxy Knuckle attack in the kaiju fight is also pretty satisfying, what with Anglerfish Nezire powerlessly collapsing to his knees and disappearing in the fireball of his own death.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: After Yugande's power is reduced and he is about to be killed by [=MegaRed=]'s Drill Saber, Shibolena runs in to take the damage instead, at the cost of her being mortally wounded. It's a SenselessSacrifice, however. Yugande is so enraged at what has happened to Shibolena that he blindly attacks [=MegaRed=], despite no longer being in any condition to fight. As a result, Yugande is finally destroyed for good by [=MegaRed=], rendering Shibolena's attempt to save him pointless. [[AlasPoorVillain To rub salt into the open wound, Shibolena retreats back to the Death Neziro, only to die soon after. Right in front of her father]].]]

** Episode 17. Miku is hyped for the field trip at the others' expense. She ends up getting Chisato wet and causing everyone to miss lunch... then Chisato that there's no way things coupd get worse, even if the Nezirejia showed up. Cue their Digitizers ringing.

* FinishingMove: The Megarangers have plenty. The '''Final Shoot,''' which consists of the Megarangers firing their Mega Snipers in conjuction at the Nezirejian in question. The '''Digital Combination''', which consists of the Megarangers all assaulting the monster at once with their assigned weapons. Later on, they use a combo attack with the Drill Sniper Custom and the Multi-Attack Rifle.
** Galaxy Mega has a whole array. The Mega Flying Cutter (the most frequently used), the Mega Side Cutter, the Mega Dash Cutter, the Mega Flash Arrow, the Galaxy Lance, the Electromagnetic Whip... in fact, it has the second highest amount of finishers used by any HumongousMecha in Super Sentai.

** Miku gets one for Episode 17, aptly named Super Miku, after being hit by a strengthening serum meant for the MonsterOfTheWeek. This gives her the ability to use all of her teammates' weaponry to maximum effectiveness, while enhancing her IQ to 800 points and turn her normally ditzy personality into a more calm and collected one. However, she had to turn back to normal, as these effects would ultimately kill her.

* SuperWristGadget: The Battle Riser.

* TransformationNameAnnouncement: "Complete! Galaxy Mega!"

** Kenta: [[ThisIsADrill Drill]] [[CoolSword Saber]][[note]]Drill Saber + Mega Sniper = Drill Sniper. It later upgrades into the Drill Sniper Custom.[[/note]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially in comparison to its predecessor, Carranger. In one episode, the Megarangers befriend Komutan, an ex-member of the Nezirejia. And then they watch him get killed in front of them by his elder brother, Anglerfish Nezire. Don't worry, they avenge him. Not to mention ''all'' of Guirail's plan involve despicable tactics such as human shields and mass poisonings. [[spoiler:Then towards the end, Nezirejia exposes the Megarangers' identities, which leads to their school and the entire town turning on them.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The last arc, in general. [[spoiler:The Nezirejia managed to expose the Megarangers' identity to the school, and this in turn causes ''everyone'' to drive the Megarangers away from their school, even if they're model students like Kouichirou or not-so-[[InsufferableGenius insufferable geniuses]] like Shun, and everyone lost their will to fight on. But the Nezirejia still continued their assault to humanity, so the Megarangers pick up their resolve to fight on, save mankind and in the same process, restore their reputation that they're not bad students, but fighting to save their asses. It ''works'' and they're welcomed back, and able to graduate.]]

** [[spoiler: Javious' death is pretty unnerving. When it reaches the point that too much of his energy has been drained, his CGI eyeball gets ''way'' too close to the screen (all the while screaming Hinelar's name) before he explodes into tiny pieces.]]

* TemptingFate:
** Episode 17. Miku is hyped for the field trip at the others' expense. She ends up getting Chisato wet and causing everyone to miss lunch...
--->'''Chisato''': Now all that's left is a Nezirejia attack to make things worse!
--->''(Their Digitizers ring. The whole team sighs in resignment.)''

* VillainousBreakdown: Nezi Blue is particularly fixated on attacking his counterpart. When [[spoiler:''five'' Mega Blues and one Nezi Silver]] show up, he attacks his own teammates to get at them. By the time he goes OneWingedAngel, transforming into Nezi Bizarre, he's completely lost it.

** Kouichirou and Chisato get an insane amount of this in Episode 7, from Chisato roping him into acting like her boyfriend, to Kouichirou even [[PantyShot getting a glimpse up her skirt at one point]].

* FiveManBand:
** Kenta is TheHero.
** Kouichirou is TheBigGuy and TheLeader[[note]]Mega Black's description is [[MightyGlacier "Powerful, but rather slow".]][[/note]].
** Shun is TheSmartGuy and TheLancer.
** Chisato is TheHeart.
** Miku is TheChick.
** Yuusaku is the SixthRanger.

** Kenta hums the shows theme song while riding his bike in episode 24.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Kenta and yakiniku.

** Buffalo Nezire has these for horns.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first couple episodes have the Megarangers bringing the Kunekune Soldiers and Nezire Beasts they fight into some weird virtual reality alternate dimension when they defeat them. This is never explained.

* SupervillainLair: The Death Neziro, a gigantic, satellite-shaped station in the middle of the Nezirejia dimension. [[spoiler: Hinelar modifies it for the finale to transform into a HumongousMecha called [[FinalBoss Grand Neziros]].]]

* CoolTeacher: Ken Ooiwa. While he first appears to be a slacker, who rather stays in bed than teach his students, he certainly cares for them and gives good advice about how to face life's problems. What really cements him as cool, is his attitude when faced by a MonsterOfTheWeek. Said monster, Mole Nezire, wanted to have a precious meteorite Ooiwa had in his possession, resulting in Ooiwa eating it to prevent said thing from happening. He is also one of the few teachers voluntarily staying at school after many other teachers left due to Nezirejia's more aggressive attacks. His reasoning was that there should always be someone looking out for the students still wanting to stay. [[spoiler:After the Nezirejia managed to turn almost the whole school against the Megarangers by revealing their identities, Ooiwa is the only teacher maintaining his trust in the team and even managed to rally his class to cheer for the Megaranger.]]

* EldritchAbomination: Javious. We don't find out his true nature until [[spoiler: after he's KilledOffForReal]], but it's a doozy. [[spoiler: After his death, the villains' fortress shakes a lot, and suddenly it's in real space instead of that swirly zone and it's no longer half TronLines. Shibolena asks what happened to the Twisted Dimension, and Dr. Hinelar tells her that it's ''gone.'' Javious ''himself'' was the whole dimension, a being so powerful and alien as to be a world unto himself. And now that he has been destroyed, the villains are now in the real world.]]

* MsFanservice: Chisato and Miku are quite attractive in their own rights, as both get thigh focus, [[PantyShot panty shots]], and swimsuit scenes each. Miku is more the small, slender girly-girl type. Chisato, however, is more mature in form, and is described as buxom by Miku. And when we see her in Episode 17 in a bathing suit, Chisato does have noticeable cleavage. But Shibolena ''especially'' qualifies with her skimpy outfit and DangerouslyShortSkirt. Yuusaku even agrees that she's quite stunning for a Nezirejian. But she ''is'' a gynoid.

** Miku gets one for an episode, aptly named Super Miku, after being hit by a strengthening serum meant for the MonsterOfTheWeek. This gives her the ability to use all of her teammates weaponry to maximum effectiveness, while enhancing her IQ to 800 points and turn her normally ditzy personality into a more calm and collected one. However, she had to turn back to normal, as these effects would ultimately kill her.

* MsFanservice: Chisato and Miku are quite attractive in their own rights, as both get thigh focus and [[PantyShot panty shots]] each, while Chisato is described as buxom by Miku. But Shibolena ''especially'' qualifies with her skimpy outfit and DangerouslyShortSkirt. Yuusaku even agrees that she's quite stunning for a Nezirejian.

* SecretIdentity: As they're just highschoolers, the Megarangers keep their identities as secret as possible, not even transforming in front of a MonsterOfTheWeek - a point hammered home by the Nezirangers attacking users of a popular wireless net access device, just because it made the same sound as their TransformationTrinket. Yuusaku, on the other hand, has no such reservations, and frequently doesn't bother. Probably because he has no life outside working for INET, so there are no consequences for him that the enemy knows he is Megasilver. Near the end of the series, Dr. Hinelar does find out who the Rangers are, and sends his last Psycho-Nezilar, Hell Nezilar, to attack them at school. This leads to them being ostracized and having to live in an old warehouse.

* TooLongDidntDub: The "twisted" bit, actually. Fansubbers usually leave the term "nezire"/"nejire" alone, but it does come from a word meaning twisted, and it's used a ''lot'' with no explanation in the dialogue because the target audience tends to know their own word for 'twisted.' When you know this, a lot of things suddenly make ''tons'' more sense. The villains come from the Twisted (Nezirejia) Dimension. That's why objects spontaneously become warped when a portal opens. That's why [[spoiler: Dr. Samejima went nuts and returned as Dr. Hinelar]]: his mind became ''warped.'' It's also why in the final episodes his body begins to [[spoiler: temporarily distort and then return. And once it gets so bad he can't take any more, combined with critical damage done to the Grand Neziros, he decides to self-destruct the Grand Neziros ti take the Rangers with him: his body was beginning to ''twist upon itself'' from being in the Twisted Dimension. He spent the last couple of episodes knowing [[TheLastDance he'd soon be dead]] or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]].]] It's also why the monsters are hideous even by monster standards and ''always'' have a spiral pattern somewhere: what else do you expect from Twisted (Nezire) Beasts? It's also why the villains' names are mainly puns on different words for twisted [[spoiler:(including Hizumina from the Mega/Ginga teamup: even if she's from a different series she's Dr. Hinelar's creation; Hizumu means distort.)]] However, since they are creations of [[spoiler: a former human rather than true natives of the Twisted Dimension]], the expected spiral pattern is absent from Shibolena [[spoiler:and Hizumina]]; they look human and their outfits better resemble the 'digital' look of the [[spoiler: other human creations such as the Megaranger tech.]]

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Bibidebi. His name even come from the word ''devil''(debi in japanese). Dr. Hinelar's appearance (specifically, his "horns") is also seem to be inspired by one as well.

** Mega Voyager has the Voyager Spartan, where it fires the Rocket Voyager-3's ''rocket silo'' as a missile!

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All episodes use [[ExcitedShowTitle excited episode titles]].

* KingMook: The MonsterOfTheWeek in one episode was Boss Kunekune, identical to the other {{Mooks}} except for a black head and PsychicPowers. His idea of MakeMyMonsterGrow was having his flunkies pile on top of him, forming a giant mass of Kunekune, big enough for the Rangers to call in their mecha to deal with.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially in comparison to its predecessor, Carranger. In one episode, the Megarangers befriend Komutan, an ex-member of the Nezirejia. And then they watch them killed in front of them by his elder brother, Anglerfish Nezire. Don't worry, they avenge him. Not to mention ''all'' of Guirail's plan involve despicable tactics such as human shields and mass poisonings. [[spoiler:Then towards the end, Nezirejia exposes the Megarangers' identities, which leads to their school and the entire town turning on them.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first couple episodes have the Megarangers bringing the Nezire Beasts they fight into some weird virtual reality alternate dimension when they defeat them. This is never explained.

* FairytaleWeddingDress: In Episode 16, Miku bought one when everyone thought they were going to die thanks to Poison Moth Nezire. After the plot was resolved, it was discovered by Chisato, who teases her on whom Miku planned to wear it for.

* MrFanservice: Yuusaku can qualify as one.

* '''Dr. Hinelar''': The EvilGenius in charge of the invasion, and the ''de facto'' BigBad.

** The surnames of the five main Megarangers ('''D'''ate, '''E'''ndoh, '''N'''amiki, '''J'''ogasaki and '''I'''mamura) form the word "DENJI".

* TooLongDidntDub: The "twisted" bit, actually. Fansubbers usually leave the term "nezire"/"nejire" alone, but it does come from a word meaning twisted, and it's used a ''lot'' with no explanation in the dialogue because the target audience tends to know their own word for 'twisted.' When you know this, a lot of things suddenly make ''tons'' more sense. The villains come from the Twisted (Nezirejia) Dimension. That's why objects spontaneously become warped when a portal opens. That's why [[spoiler: Dr. Samejima went nuts and returned as Dr. Hinelar]]: his mind became ''warped.'' It's also why in the final episodes his body begins to [[spoiler: temporarily distort and then return. And once it gets so bad he can't take any more, combined with critical damage done to the Grand Neziros, he decides to self-destruct the Grand Neziros ti take the Rangers with him: his body was beginning to ''twist upon itself'' from being in the Twisted Dimension. He spent the last couple of episodes knowing [[TheLastDance he'd soon be dead]] or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]].]] It's also why the monsters are hideous even by monster standards and ''always'' have a spiral pattern somewhere: what else do you expect from Twisted (Nezire) Beasts? It's also why the villains' names are mainly puns on different words for twisted (including Hizumina from the Mega/Ginga teamup: even if she's from a different series she's a Dr. Hinelar creation; Hizumu means distort.) However, since they are creations of [[spoiler: a former human rather than true natives of the Twisted Dimension]], the expected spiral pattern is absent from Shibolena and Hizumina; they look human and their outfits better resemble the 'digital' look of the [[spoiler: other human creations such as the Megaranger tech.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: Nezi Blue is particularly fixated on attacking his counterpart. When [[spoiler:''five'' Mega Blues and one Nezi Silver]] show up, he attacks his own teammates to get at them. He really loses his mind when he goes OneWingedAngel, however, transforming into Nezi Bizarre.

* WhamEpisode: The very first episode, where NASADA, the traditional Sentai base of this series is destroyed by the Nezirejia, forcing the crew (including Dr. Kubota, and the just-recruited Megarangers) to take the Mega Shuttle to the Mega Ship, which becomes the show's base from that point on.[[note]]Although it was meant to be an unexpected plot twist, North American viewers knew this would happen already, thanks to both the finale of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', and ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which it leads into.[[/note]]

* FinishingMove: The Megarangers have plenty. The '''Final Shoot,''' which consists of the Megarangers firing their Mega Snipers in conjuction at the Nezirejian in question. The '''Digital Combination''', which consists of the Megarangers all assault the monster at once with their assigned weapons. Later on, they use a combo attack with the Drill Sniper Custom and the Multi-Attack Rifle.

* EnemyCivilWar: Guirail and Yugande clash over Guirail's underhanded tactics vs. Yugande's more honorable methods. [[spoiler:It hits the fan when Guirail gets Yugande ''severely'' injured by using him as a HumanShield against the Super Galaxy Mega's finisher. Hinelar then decides to end it by offering Guirail a power-up in the form of a Nezire Capsule, promising Guirail that he will become incredibly powerful. But it turns out it's really a PsychoSerum that turns Guirail into a mindless OneWingedAngel. As a result, Guirail wreaks a lot of havoc, and trashes the Super Galaxy Mega but his reign of terror eventually comes to an end: he is soon the first to be killed by the Megarangers' MidSeasonUpgrade mecha, Mega Voyager.]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes All of this happened because at least Hinelar had formed a strong bond/companionship with his creations (Shibolena and Yugande)]] and would take care of them greatly. Guirail does not, so he learns the hard way what happens when some 'newcomer' not made by him tried to double-cross his 'family'.

* '''Emperor Javious I''': The BiggerBad. Ruler of the Nezirejia dimension.
* '''Dr. Hinelar''': The EvilGenius in charge of the invasion and the de facto BigBad.
* '''Shibolena''': A robotic woman who serves as TheDragon and DarkChick. Eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the {{Cyborg}} version of Hinelar's late daughter, Shizuka.]]

* [[spoiler:'''Hizumina''']]: [[spoiler:Technically another SixthRanger that appears in Megaranger vs Gingaman. Shibolena's PaletteSwap that attempt to [[AvengingTheVillain destroy the Megaranger for Dr. Hinelar.]]]]

Kenta Date is a high-school underachiever who enjoys two things: eating yakiniku and playing the "Megaranger" arcade video game. One day, a couple of recruiters show up. It turns out that the Megaranger game is really a simulation intended to recruit people to become ''actual'' Megarangers. Kenta is the first person to be good enough at the game to be recruited. While [[{{Mentors}} Dr. Eikichi Kubota]] tries to talk Kenta into accepting, the Earth is invaded by the Wicked Electric Kingdom of Nezirejia, [[AlienInvasion invaders from the Twisted Dimension]]. Due to the emergency, the Megaranger gear is given to Kenta and four of his classmates who happened to be in the area. And the battle begins...

** You'll feel bad for all of them (except Guirail) by the end, as Yugande [[spoiler: risks using an unstable powerup ''without being asked to'' due to his UndyingLoyalty toward Hinelar]], Shibolena really cares for him and [[spoiler: takes a fatal blow to save him. However, ''he's so enraged at her injury'' [[SenselessSacrifice that he attacks the Rangers again though he's no longer in any condition to and that's what leads to his death.]] ''Then'' we have Shibolena's last words before she dies, saying she wishes she could have stayed by Dr. Hinelar's side forever. ''Then'' he has to watch his daughter die ''again.'']] By the end when Hinelar has [[spoiler: lost everyone he cares about and finds his body is twisting upon itself due to his time in the Twisted Dimension]], it's no wonder he tries to pull a TakingYouWithMe. He really has nothing left. And on top of this, It's not (necessarily) like [[spoiler: Samejima]] ''asked'' to be [[spoiler: warped into an evil madman in the first place. Entering the Twisted Dimension was an ill-advised experiment but nothing evil... at least not in or of itself (after all, it's implied that he may have been a madman of sorts in the first place).]]

* EvilWillFail: [[spoiler:Hinelar successfully used the Nezirangers to kill Javious and take over Nezirejia. Unfortunately for him, it turns out the Nezirejia's home dimension was an extension of Javious, and anyone whose spends a notable amount of time in said dimension will eventually have their bodies collapse on themselves if they spend too much time away from it. Hinelar is unable to circumvent this and ends up dying of it after his final attack, having failed to take the Megarangers with him and with Shibolena and Yugande already dead.]]

** Koichirou is TheBigGuy and TheLeader[[note]]Mega Black's description is [[MightyGlacier "Powerful, but rather slow".]][[/note]].

** Chisato is TheHeart

** The entire Megaranger team gets the Mega Tector armor in ''Megaranger vs Carranger''.
* SupervillainLair: The Death Neziro, a gigantic, satellite-shaped station in the middle of the Nezirejia dimension. [[spoiler: It transforms into a HumongousMecha called Grand Neziros for the finale.]]

* BadassBookworm: Yuusaku. Designs mecha by day, beats down mooks ''barehanded and untransformed'' ...er, also by day. It helps that he works out.

** Episode 29 features the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6MKyHiWLwk Diet Crepe song]] and the stupid looking Pig Nezire. It takes place just before [[spoiler:Guirail's final battle and consequent destruction.]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Pig Nezire from Episode 29. He's goofy as all heck, but he still dominates the Rangers in every straight fight, even whacking Galaxy Mega with just a frying pan.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The last arc, in general. [[spoiler:The Neziregia managed to expose the Megarangers' identity to the school, and this in turn causes ''everyone'' to drive the Megarangers away from their school, even if they're model students like Kouichirou or not-so-[[InsufferableGenius insufferable geniuses]] like Shun, and everyone lost their will to fight on. But the Nezirejia still continued their assault to humanity, so the Megarangers pick up their resolve to fight on, save mankind and in the same process, restore their reputation that they're not bad students, but fighting to save their asses. It ''works'' and they're welcomed back, and able to graduate.]]

* EldritchAbomination: Javious. We don't find out his true nature until [[spoiler: after he's KilledOffForReal]], but it's a doozy. [[spoiler: After his death]], the villains' fortress shakes a lot, and suddenly it's in real space instead of that swirly zone and it's no longer half TronLines. Shibolena asks what happened to the Twisted Dimension, and Dr. Hinelar tells her that it's [[spoiler: ''gone.'' Javious himself was the whole dimension, a being so powerful and alien as to be a world unto himself. He/it no longer exists.]]

* EnemyCivilWar: Guirail and Yugande clash over Guirail's more underhanded tactics vs. Yugande's more honorable methods. [[spoiler:It hits the fan when Guirail ''severely'' injures Yugande by using him as a HumanShield against the Super Galaxy Mega. Hinelar then decides to end it by offering Guirail a power-up that's really PsychoSerum that turns Guirail into a mindless OneWingedAngel. Guirail is soon the first to be killed by the Megarangers' MidSeasonUpgrade mecha.]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes All of this happened because at least Hinelar had formed a strong bond/companionship with his creations (Shibolena and Yugande)]] and would take care of them greatly. Guirail does not, so he learns the hard way what happens when some 'newcomer' not made by him tried to double cross his 'family'.

* FairytaleWeddingDress: In Episode 16, Miku bought one when everyone thought they were going to die thanks to Poison Moth Nezire. After the plot is resolved, it was discovered by Chisato, who teases her on whom Miku planned to wear it for.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dr. Hinelar's creations, the Nezirangers, who paved the way for his ambitious utopia Hinelar City, [[{{Irony}} ended up being the cause of his ambition being undone]].

-->'''Kenta''': ''(seeing Miku'' ''[[BigEater eating a lot)]]'' Miku, did you just get fatter?
-->'''Miku''': ''({{Beat}})'' Fat?

-->'''Miku''': Shun, did I get fatter?

* IdiotHero: Megaranger began this trope in Sentai (in a non-[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger parodic]] way). It's now used at least every other series, but Megaranger is one of the only ones to actually justify it with ObfuscatingStupidity.

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Implied. Dr. Hinelar is Shibolena's father, but her mother never appears.]]

* RealityEnsues: The Megaranger arcade games were developed to find combatants worthy of the warrior program that Dr. Eikichi Kubota is developing. When they meet Kenta, the highest ranked player, Dr. Kubota is incredibly excited to meet Kenta in-person. However, Dr. Kubota comes to realize that for the mids 90's, a person extremely talented at an arcade game is so because that's all he does and Kenta seems lazy, ditzy, and is easily won over by free food. Kenta is a good person at heart and he makes a great Megaranger, but Dr. Kubota's expectations are off based on what he knows from Kenta's data only.

* StartOfDarkness: One would think that Dr. Samejima / Hinelar had this when he went to the Nezire dimension. However, it's implied that it may have started long before that; possibly even before [[spoiler:he sacrificed his own daughter for the sake of his experiment.]]

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* WouldntHitAGirl: Averted first in episode 50, when [[spoiler:Mega Red accidentally kills Shibolena]]. And then it's averted again in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman vs. Megaranger'', [[spoiler:where he intentionally kills Hizumina]].
* XanatosGambit: Dr. Hinelar pulls off one of these late in the series, when [[spoiler:he decides that he wants to be the actual leader of Nezirejia, not just the ''de facto'' one. Thus, he creates the Nezirangers, secretly using Javious' life force as their power source. He knows full well the Megarangers will eventually kill the Nezirangers, so he made sure that when the Nezirangers die, the backlash kills Javious too. Actually, both of the above happens. When the three remaining Nezirangers unleash an extremely powerful attack against the Megaranger's mecha, Javious, unable to take the strain, is destroyed. The energy surge caused by Javious' death leaves the Nezirangers stunned, allowing the Megarangers to use the Mega Voyager's Voyager Spartan - lent extra power from Mega Winger and Super Galaxy Mega, plus energy stolen from the Neziranger's last attack - to destroy them. Hinelar succeeds, becoming the new BigBad. It cosys him his PsychoRangers, but it's a successful plan in the end... [[HoistByHisOwnPetard or is it?]]]]

* CoolTeacher: Ken Ooiwa. While he first appears to be a slacker, who rather stays in bed than teach his students, he certainly cares for them and gives good advice about how to face life's problems. What really cements him as cool, is his attitude when faced by a MonsterOfTheWeek. Said monster wanted to have a precious meteorite Ooiwa had in his possession, resulting in Ooiwa eating it to prevent said thing from happening. He is also one of the few teachers voluntarily staying at school after many other teachers left due to Nejirejias more aggressive attacks. His reasoning was that there should always be someone looking out for the students still wanting to stay. [[spoiler:After the Nezirejia managed to turn almost the whole school against the Megarangers by revealing their identities, Ooiwa is the only teacher maintaining his trust in the team and even managed to rally his class to cheer for the Megaranger.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: The last arc, in general. [[spoiler:The Neziregia managed to expose the Megarangers' identity to the school, and this in turn causes ''everyone'' to drive the Megarangers away from their school, even if they're model students like Kouichirou or not-so-[[InsufferableGenius insufferable geniuses]] like Shun, and everyone lost their will to fight on. But the Neziregia still continued their assault to humanity, so the Megarangers pick up their resolve to fight on, save mankind and in the same process, restore their reputation that they're not bad students, but fighting to save their asses. It ''works'' and they're welcomed back, and able to graduate.]]

-->'''Shun''': ''Yep - I mean, just a little!

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Only for North American viewers who had already seen ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' (and by extension, the finale of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''). NASADA in this series is the traditional Sentai base[[note]]As opposed to the Power Rangers version, which is an actual {{Expy}} of NASA.[[/note]], which is [[spoiler:destroyed by the Nejirejia in the first episode, forcing everyone to take the Mega Shuttle to the Mega Ship, which becomes the show's base from that point onward.]]

* MightyGlacier: Koichirou, inherited from the Mega Black avatar.

* MsFanservice: All main female characters, but especially Shibolena.

* PaletteSwap: Perhaps an unintentional genius moment, but like in older video games, the Megarangers' suits are near identical save for color and a slight difference in vizor shape. [[spoiler:Hizumina is one to Shibolena as well.]]

** [[spoiler:Hizumina is a replacement of Shibolena.]]

* TheWorfBarrage: When fighting Mad Guirail, the Super Galaxy Mega is given a new uber attack. If anything, it only pisses him off more.
* TheWormThatWalks: The bad guy for episode 14 is the Boss Kunekune. Instead of actually becoming giant, a swarm of regular Kunekune Soldiers basically latch onto him.

* XanatosGambit: Dr. Hinelar pulls off one of these late in the series, when [[spoiler:he decides that he wants to be the actual leader of Neziregia, not just the de facto one. Thus, he creates the Nezirangers, secretly using Javious' life force as their power source. He knows full well the Megarangers will eventually kill the Nezirangers, so he made sure that when the Nezirangers die, the backlash kills Javious too. Actually, both of the above happens. When the three remaining Nezirangers unleash an extremely powerful attack against the Megaranger's mecha, Javious, unable to take the strain, is destroyed. The energy surge caused by Javious' death leaves the Nezirangers stunned, allowing the Megarangers to use the Mega Voyager's Voyager Spartan - lent extra power from Mega Winger and Super Galaxy Mega, plus energy stolen from the Neziranger's last attack - to destroy them. Hinelar succeeds, becoming the new BigBad. Until then, he had PsychoRangers working for him.]]

Kenta Date is a high-school underachiever who enjoys two things: eating yakiniku and playing the "Megaranger" arcade video game. One day, a couple of recruiters show up. It turns out that the Megaranger game is really a simulation intended to recruit people to become ''actual'' Megarangers. Kenta is the first person to be good enough at the game to be recruited. While [[{{Mentors}} Dr. Kubota]] tries to talk Kenta into accepting, the Earth is invaded by the Wicked Electric Kingdom of Nezirejia, [[AlienInvasion invaders from the Twisted Dimension]]. Due to the emergency, the Megaranger gear is given to Kenta and four of his classmates who happened to be in the area. And the battle begins...

* Kenta Date / '''Mega Red''': TheHero. Comes off as an IdiotHero, but he's really ObfuscatingStupidity out of laziness. He's not the official leader, but he takes point because he's the Red, and [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority that's just the way things are done in Sentai]].
* Koichirou Endoh / '''Mega Black''': TheBigGuy. The complete opposite of Kenta, as he is an overachiever who treats everything as SeriousBusiness. He's [[TheLeader the official leader]], but most people forget this since he's not Red.
* Shun Namiki / '''Mega Blue''': [[TheSmartGuy The Smart]] [[TheLancer Lancer]] and computer graphics artist. Aloof at first, but he gets better.
* Chisato Jogasaki / '''Mega Yellow''': TheHeart and aspiring (digital) photographer. She's basically a milder version of Kouichirou.
* Miku Imamura / '''Mega Pink''': A [[BigEater gluttonous]] [[TheChick female version]] of Kenta. She comes off as TheDitz, but like Kenta, she's also ObfuscatingStupidity.
* Yuusaku Hayakawa / '''Mega Silver''': SixthRanger, and {{Troll}} extraordinaire. His powers have a WeaksauceWeakness time limit [[spoiler:at first]].
* Dr. Eikichi Kubota: [[{{Mentors}} Their mentor]] and the creator of Megaranger suits [[spoiler:and was once friend with Hinelar.]]

* Emperor Javious I: The BiggerBad. Ruler of the Nezirejia dimension.
* Dr. Hinelar: The EvilGenius in charge of the invasion and the de facto BigBad.
* Shibolena: A robotic woman who serves as TheDragon and DarkChick. Eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: the {{Cyborg}} version of Hinelar's late daughter, Shizuka.]]
* Mobile Commander Yugande: A robotic warrior who serves as TheBrute. He is CoDragons with Shibolena, and WorthyOpponent to the Megarangers.
* Bibidebi: The Evil TeamPet. Responsible for making the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] grow giant via a special virus with which he infects Nezire Beasts and Psycho-Nezilar with by biting them.
* Guirail: The Evil SixthRanger for the Nezirejia, TheStarscream, and a BigBadWannabe. Introduced as a third [[TheDragon Dragon]], but has no loyalty to anyone but Javious, which results in him getting into an EnemyCivilWar with the honorable Yugande.
* [[spoiler:Hizumina]]: [[spoiler:Technically another SixthRanger that appears in Megaranger vs Gingaman. Shibolena's PaletteSwap that attempt to [[AvengingTheVillain destroy the Megaranger for Dr. Hinelar.]]]]
* The Jaden Sentai Neziranger: ThePsychoRangers, and the trope namers.
** Nezi Red: BigBad[[note]]Also another [[TheDragon Dragon]] to Hinelar.[[/note]]
** Nezi Black: TheDragon
** Nezi Blue: TheBrute
** Nezi Yellow: EvilGenius
** Nezi Pink: DarkChick
** Nezi Silver: SixthRanger[[note]][[SixthRangerTraitor Actually Yuusaku in a Neziranger costume.]][[/note]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Pig Nezire form Episode 29. He's goofy as all heck, but he still dominates the Rangers in every straight fight, even whacking Galaxy Mega with just a frying pan.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first couple episodes have the Megarangers bringing the Nezire monsters into some weird virtual reality alternate dimension when they defeat them.

--->'''Chisato''': ''Now all that's left is a Nezirejia attack to make things worse!''

** Keeping with their "twisted" theme, everyone in Neziregia (including Nezirejia itself) is named after either the Japanese word for "to twist" or a synonym.

* TooLongDidntDub: The "twisted" bit, actually. Fansubbers usually leave the term "nezire"/"nejire" alone, but it does come from a word meaning twisted, and it's used a ''lot'' with no explanation in the dialogue because the target audience tends to know their own word for 'twisted.' When you know this, a lot of things suddenly make ''tons'' more sense. The villains come from the Twisted Dimension. That's why objects spontaneously become warped when a portal opens. That's why [[spoiler: Dr. Samejima went nuts and returned as Dr. Hinelar]]: his mind became ''warped.'' It's also why in the final episodes his body begins to [[spoiler: temporarily distort and then return, and once it gets bad he decides to self-destruct his Grand Neziros and take the Rangers with him: his body was beginning to ''twist upon itself'' from being in the Twisted Dimension. He spent the last couple of episodes knowing [[TheLastDance he'd soon be dead]] or [[FateWorseThanDeath worse]].]] It's also why the monsters are hideous even by monster standards and ''always'' have a spiral pattern somewhere: what else do you expect from Twisted (Nezire) Beasts? It's also why the villains' names are mainly puns on different words for twisted (including Hizumina from the Mega/Ginga teamup: even if she's from a different series she's a Dr. Hinelar creation; Hizumu means distort.) However, since they are creations of [[spoiler: a former human rather than true natives of the Twisted Dimension]], the expected spiral pattern is absent from Shibolena and Hizumina; they look human and their outfits better resemble the 'digital' look of the [[spoiler: other human creations such as the Megaranger tech.]]

* XanatosGambit: Dr. Hinelar pulls off one of these late in the series, when [[spoiler:he decides that he wants to be the actual leader of Neziregia, not just the de facto one. Thus, he creates the Nezirangers, secretly using Javious' life force as their power source. He knows full well the Megarangers will eventually kill the Nezirangers, so he made sure that when the Nezirangers die, the backlash kills Javious too. Actually, both of the above happens. When the three remaining Nezirangers unleash an extremely powerful attack against the Megaranger's mecha, Javious, unable to take the strain, is destroyed. The energy surge caused by Javious' death leaves the Nezirangers stunned, allowing the Megarangers to use the Mega Voyager's Voyager Spartan - lent extra power from Mega Winger and Super Galaxy Mega, plus energy stolen from the Neziranger's last attack - to destroy them Hinelar succeeds, becoming the new BigBad. Until then, he had PsychoRangers working for him.]]

* TakenForGranite: The Ankou[[note]]Anglerfish[[/note]] Nezire Beast had this power.

* VillainousBreakdown: Nezi Blue is particularly fixated on attacking his counterpart. When [[spoiler:''five'' Mega Blues and one Neji Silver]] show up, he attacks his own teammates to get at them. He really loses his mind when he goes OneWingedAngel, however, transforming into Nezi Bizarre.

* WouldntHitAGirl: Averted first in episode 50, when [[spoiler:Mega Red accidentally kills Shibolena]. And then it's averted again in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman vs. Megaranger'', [[spoiler:where he intentionally kills Hizumina]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hinelar (Silver and Purple), Shibolena (Blue) and (if you count) Bibidebi (Green)

* FragileSpeedster: Chisato, which she inherits from the MegaYellow gear.

* MightyGlacier: Koichirou, inherited from the MegaBlack avatar.

* CatharsisFactor: In the 16th episode Poison Moth Nezire is so gleeful about poisoning people then throwing around the sickly, untransformed Megarangers. The kaiju battle is more in their favor and to make sure Poison Moth can spread his poison anywhere else they carry him into space and blow him up there.
** Guirail's downfall as well. After having to endure his most heinous schemes and even using Yugande as a human shield, it's safe to say that [[spoiler:when he was driven mad by the SuperSerum that Dr. Hinelar gave him, it was really fun to hear him scream in agony as he is betrayed, same as he did everyone else. This disappears when he becomes so insanely strong he can wreck Super Galaxy Mega, but it comes back when the Mega Voyager fires a freaking massive missile into him to destroy him for good.]]

* FinishingMove: A combo attack with the Drill Sniper Custom and the Multi-Attack Rifle.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially in comparison to its predecessor, Carranger. Two episodes deal with the Megarangers befriending Komutan, an ex-member of the Nezirejia. And then they watch them killed in front of them by his elder brother, Anglerfish Nezire. Don't worry, they avenge him. Not to mention ''all'' of Guirail's plan involve despicable tactics such as human shields and mass poisonings. [[spoiler:Then towards the end, Nezirejia exposes the Megarangers' identities, which leads to their school and the entire town turning on them.]]

** Kenta gets a fair share of teases with both Chisato and Miku and in the former case the times is almost equal to Chisato and Kouichiro.
** On the villain side we have Bibidebi (perhaps one-sided) with Shibolena.

* {{Mook}}s: The Kunekunes.

** Yugande gets one in the finale, called Burning Yugande, in which he literally TurnsRed. This upgrade increases his power, uses it up more almost immediately, causing him enough strain to potentially kill him. [[spoiler: And sadly, it does end up getting him KilledOffForReal.]]

* SupervillainLair: Grand Nejiro.

** Episode 29 features the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6MKyHiWLwk Diet Crepe song]] and a stupid looking pig monster. It takes place just before [[spoiler:Guirail's final battle and consequent destruction.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially in comparison to its predecessor, Carranger. Two episodes deal with the Megarangers befriending Komutan, an ex-member of the Neziregia. And then they watch them killed in front of them by his elder brother, Anglerfish Nezire. Don't worry, they abenge him. Not to mention ''all'' of Guirail's plan involve despicable tactics such as human shields and mass poisonings. [[spoiler:Then towards the end, Neziregia exposes the Megarangers' identities, which leads to their school and the entire town turning on them.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dr. Hineler's creations, the Nezirangers, who paved the way for his ambitious utopia Hinelar City, [[{{Irony}} ended up being the cause of his ambition being undone]].

-->'''Kenta''': ''*seeing Miku [[BigEater eating a lot]]* Miku, did you just get fatter?''
-->'''Miku''': ''({{Beat}}) Fat?''
-->'''Shun''': ''Kenta, you shouldn't bemean a woman's heart with words like that!''
-->'''Miku''': ''Shun, did I get fatter?''
-->'''Shun''': ''Yep - I mean, just a little!''

* IronicEcho: Guirail constantly claims that "to defeat the Megarangers, we must do whatever it takes." [[spoiler:This is exactly what Hinelar and Shibolena said after the SuperSerum Hinelar gave to Guirail is taking effect, and turning him into a mindless berserker at cost of power.]] Shibolena brutally reminds him of this before leaving him to go crazy.

* MidSeasonUpgrade: Mega Voyager was this for the heroes. Yugande's repaired form, and the switch from normal Nezire Beasts to the more cyborg-like Psycho-Nezilar [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] was this for the villains.

* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Shun & Miku]] and [[spoiler:Koichiro & Chisato]] are both heavily implied. Surprisingly, even [[spoiler:Shibolena and Yugande]] qualify this. This doesn't stop the ShipTease though.