History Series / DenjiSentaiMegaranger

* ThemeTuneCameo: In episode 8, Kenta sings the opening theme while playing the Megaranger arcade game. And in episode 24, Kenta hums the opening theme while riding his bicycle.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Surprisingly averted; the writers predicted the rise of digital technology. For example, Chisato was a photographer who specialized in using digital cameras. In 1997.
** Mega Red's and Mega Pink's forehead symbols are outdated however, Red's being a desktop PC with a CRT monitor, and Pink's being a cellphone which looks more like a pocket calculator then modern phones.

* TechMarchesOn: Surprisingly averted; the writers predicted the rise of digital technology. For example, Chisato was a photographer who specialized in using digital cameras. In 1997.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Kenta sings some of the opening theme to himself while playing the Megaranger arcade game in Episode 8.
** He hums it again again while riding his bike in Episode 24.

!!The heroes:

* '''Miku Imamura''' / '''Mega Pink''': [[BigEater A gluttonous female]]. She comes off as TheDitz, but like Kenta, she's also ObfuscatingStupidity.

* '''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.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Doctor Hinelar created Shibolena as a ReplacementGoldfish for his daughter, Shizuka, to ease the pain of her loss. Subverted in that it was a loss that he himself caused.]]

* CatharsisFactor: Some members of the Nezirejia are so callous and evil that you cheer when they are inevitably obliterated.
** 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, ensuring that his death will not endanger any more lives, which is something Poison Moth Nezire would've been happy about.
** Episode 23 has Anglerfish Nezire, who is on a pursuit for his little brother, Komutan, who has ended up in the real world. But he's not looking for Komutan because he cares for him; he's only looking for him to increase his power, and can care less if he is hurt. He doesn't even care that he's being protected by Kenta/Mega Red, and is disgusted that Komutan is friends with humans. Anglerfish Nezire does succeed in absorbing Komutan to gain the power to turn things to diamond, but Komutan eventually resists, escaping Anglerfish Nezire and attacking him to save Kenta. [[HeroicSacrifice But in possibly one of the biggest tearjerker moments of the series]], [[IHaveNoSon this results in Anglerfish Nezire declaring that Komutan is no longer his brother]], [[SiblingMurder before murdering his own sibling 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 bastard of a Nezire for killing his friend. Even after Kenta has Riser Punched him within an inch of his life, Anglerfish Nezire is subject to almost nothing else but ''pain'' in the kaiju fight; while he does overpower Galaxy Mega, it takes him losing his antennae to Delta Mega for the satisfaction to really hit, as he has no power left to stop the Megarangers from forming Super Galaxy Mega. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice All he has left is death by Super Galaxy Knuckle.]]
** Guirail's downfall is perhaps the crowning moment of catharsis in this series. 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.]]

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

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: All shout their respective names, followed by ''Denji Sentai! Megaranger!''
--> '''Kenta''': "[=MegaRed=]!"
--> '''Kouichiro''': "[=MegaBlack=]!"
--> '''Shun''': "[=MegaBlue=]!"
--> '''Chisato''': "[=MegaYellow=]!"
--> '''Miku''': "[=MegaPink=]!"
---> '''Megarangers''': "Denji Sentai... Megaranger!"

* SecretIdentity: As they're just highschoolers, the Megarangers keep their identities as secret as possible, rarely even transforming in front of a MonsterOfTheWeek. Dr. Hinelar advises against them using their [[TransformationTrinket Digitizers]] in public to avoid detection from anyone, even the Nezirejia. This is a point hammered home by the Nezirangers, who start attacking users of a popular wireless net access device, just because it made the same sound as their Digitizer. The Nezirangers had memorized the sound in order to locate the real Megarangers, and as a result, they end assaulting random civilians.

* SecretIdentity: As they're just highschoolers, the Megarangers keep their identities as secret as possible, rarely even transforming in front of a MonsterOfTheWeek - a point hammered home by the Nezirangers, who start attacking users of a popular wireless net access device, just because it made the same sound as their TransformationTrinket.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Multi-Attack Rifle. In a subversion, it is formed from all ''but'' Kenta's weapon.

* 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 choosing to die in his final suicide attack, having failed to take the Megarangers with him and with Shibolena and Yugande already dead.]]

* SuperWristGadget: The Battle Riser, which is assigned only to Kenta. It allows him to charge his fist up with powerful energy before executing a variety of incredibly powerful melee strikes. It also allows him to call Delta Mega. While Kenta is usually the only one who uses it, Miku gets an opportunity to try it out in Episode 29 against Pig Nezire.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Used from time to time

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hinelar (Silver and Purple), Shibolena (Blue), [[spoiler: Hizumina (Purple as well)]], and (if you count) Bibidebi (Green)

* KingMook: The MonsterOfTheWeek in Episode 14 was Boss Kunekune, identical to the other {{Mooks}} except for a black and golden 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 Galaxy Mega to deal with it.

* SuperWristGadget: The Battle Riser, which is assigned only to Kenta. It allows him to charge his fist up with powerful energy before executing a variety of incredibly powerful melee strikes. It also allows him to call Delta Mega.

* TransformationTrinket: A trope applying to all Super Sentai, but notable here in that Yuusaku's TransformationTrinket is the very first use of a cell phone as such in Super Sentai, which has since become ubiquitous to the point of absurdity. Justified here given that the show's entire theme is digital technology; later sentai completely lack any justification for their nature or magic based heroes using phones in defiance of their themes without even a HandWave.

* CreepyCentipedes: Centipede Nezire is not only creepy, but is a rather formidable foe as well, due to his ability to summon illusions of fallen Nezire Beasts.

* EggMcGuffin: Komutan in Episode 23.

* 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'.

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

** On the villain side, we have Bibidebi (perhaps one-sided) with Shibolena. Like with Shun and Miku, Shibolena

* ZettaiRyouiki:
** Chisato.
** If tall boots count, Shibolena.

* '''Miku Imamura''' / '''Mega Pink''': A [[BigEater gluttonous female]] 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: He was once friends with [[BigBad Dr. Hinelar]] when the latter was human.]]

* '''Evil Electro-King Javious I''': The [[spoiler:seeming]] GreaterScopeVillain. Ruler of the Nezirejia dimension.
* '''Dr. Hinelar''': The EvilGenius in charge of the invasion, and the ''de facto'' BigBad. [[spoiler: His real identity is that of Dr. Samejima, a human scientist who was once colleagues with Dr. Kubota.]]
* '''Shibolena''': A [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots gynoid]] 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 who appears in Megaranger vs. Gingaman. Shibolena's PaletteSwap, who attempts to [[AvengingTheVillain destroy the Megarangers for killing Dr. Hinelar.]]]]

* '''Shun Namiki''' / '''Mega Blue''': [[TheSmartGuy The Smart]] [[TheLancer Lancer]] and computer graphics artist. Aloof at first, but he gets better.

* '''Miku Imamura''' / '''Mega Pink''': A [[BigEater gluttonous]] [[TheChick female version]] of Kenta. She comes off as TheDitz, but like Kenta, she's also ObfuscatingStupidity.

** Episode 23 has Anglerfish Nezire, who is on a pursuit for his little brother, Komutan, who has ended up in the real world. But he's not looking for Komutan because he cares for him; he's only looking for him to increase his power, and can care less if he is hurt. He doesn't even care that he's being protected by Kenta/Mega Red, and is disgusted that Komutan is friends with humans. Anglerfish Nezire does succeed in absorbing Komutan to gain the power to turn things to diamond, but Komutan eventually resists, escaping Anglerfish Nezire and attacking him to save Kenta. [[HeroicSacrifice But in possibly one of the biggest tearjerker moments of the series,]] [[IHaveNoSon this results in Anglerfish Nezire declaring that Komutan is no longer his brother,]] [[SiblingMurder before murdering his own sibling 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 bastard of a Nezire for killing his friend. Even after Kenta has Riser Punched him within an inch of his life, Anglerfish Nezire is subject to almost nothing else but ''pain'' in the kaiju fight; while he does overpower Galaxy Mega, it takes him losing his antennae to Delta Mega for the satisfaction to really hit, as he has no power left to stop the Megarangers from forming Super Galaxy Mega. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice All he has left is death by Super Galaxy Knuckle.]]

** Delta Mega is armed with twin [[GatlingGood Gatling Blasters]] [[ArmCannon on each hand]], which it uses to barrage its opponents. It's not entirely a finisher move, but it can team up with Galaxy Mega to combine its Gatling Blasters with the Booster Rifle's firepower.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Kenta is [[spoiler:initially]] the only one with the Battle Riser, which allows, amongst other things, the formation of Super Galaxy Mega. We're [[InformedAbility also told his computer-symbol allows him]] [[PowersAsPrograms to program any skill into himself.]]

** Kenta: [[ThisIsADrill Drill]] [[CoolSword Saber]][[note]]Drill Saber + Mega Sniper = Drill Sniper. It is later upgraded into the Drill Sniper Custom after it was previously broken by Yugande.[[/note]]

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

* 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'.

-->'''Shibolena:''' [[BerserkButton Really?]] [[TranquilFury Well, this is the last thing you'll ever see.]] ''(raises her rapier)''

** The last scene of Episode 25 has Yuusaku on the beach like this as he looks to celebrate with them after having destroyed the Moray Nezires.

* HypocriticalHumor: With a FreudianSlip to match.
-->'''Kenta''': ''(seeing Miku'' ''[[BigEater eating a lot]])'' Miku, did you just get fatter?

-->'''Miku''': ''Fat?''

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

* JackOfAllStats: Kenta and Miku have the most versatile power sets of the five (later 6).

* 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.
* 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.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: After Yugande's power is reduced and he is about to be killed by Mega Red'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 Mega Red, despite no longer being in any condition to fight. As a result, Yugande is finally destroyed for good by Mega Red, 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]].]]

** Red's and Pink's forehead symbols are outdated however, red's being a desktop PC with a CRT monitor, and pink's being a cellphone which looks more like a pocket calculator then modern phones.

* '''Chisato Jogasaki''' / '''Mega Yellow''': TheHeart and aspiring (digital) photographer. She's basically a milder version of Kouichirou.

** Kenta gets a fair share of teases with both Chisato and Miku, and in the former case, the tease is almost equal to Chisato and Kouichirou. [[spoiler: The case involving Kenta and Chisato is even crazier if you've watched Power Rangers in Space, knowing that Andros and Ashley, the Red and Yellow Space Rangers (and Kenta and Chisato's PR counterparts), hook up themselves.]]
** On the villain side, we have Bibidebi (perhaps one-sided) with Shibolena.
* ShirtlessScene: The last scene of #25 has Yuusaku on the beach like this, and #27's last scene has Kenta, Kouichirou, and Shun enjoying the beach like this.

* SomethingAboutARose: Rose Nezire was based on a rose, and she turned people into plant people. Turning Chisato's best friend into a plant person and laughing about it in her face [[BerserkButton was not a good idea, as Shibolena found out first hand.]]

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

* HumongousMecha: After six straight shows that started with five-piece combinations, the Galaxy Mega was the first main robot since the [[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Five Robo]] that was combined from less than five mechas. In fact, the Galaxy Mega is the first main robot since the [[Series/ChoudenshiBioman Bio Robo]] that is formed from only two mechas. This was later remedied with the introduction of the Mega Voyager, in addition to support robots for both.