History Series / SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' was announced, with the title also paying homage to the american series. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Now ''here's'' an odd part of Creator/TimCurry's resume.]]

** To wit, an episode where Malcolm turns people into data via a virus-possessed camera has him "store" the people in CDs dangling from strings in his bedroom. [[AndIMustScream The trapped students can be heard screaming from the struggling, twitching discs.]]

** To wit, an episode where Malcolm turns people into data via a virus-possessed camera has him "store" the people in CDs dangling from strings in his bedroom. [[IHaveNoMouth The trapped students can be heard screaming from the struggling, twitching discs.]]

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' was announced, wit the title also paying homage to the american series. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman'' [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2018-08-17/ssss.gridman-with-trigger-masaru-sakamoto-and-masato-takeuchi/.135594 (short for Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad.Gridman)]]. The series will borrow elements from both series. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', though there is not official confirmation what the SSSS stands for, yet. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''SSSS.Gridman'', though there is not official confirmation what the SSSS stands for, yet. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

Yet another in the wake of post-''Franchise/PowerRangers'' superhero shows adapted from Japanese ''tokusatsu'' series. Adapted from ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' ("Electric Superhuman Gridman"), ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad'' (yes, that is [[XtremeKoolLetterz "Syber" with an "S"]]) tells the story of Sam Collins, a high school student, guitarist and video game programmer who, after being hit by a power surge through his guitar, briefly vanishes, only to reappear with a wrist-mounted doohickey!

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Kilokhan's counterpart in the original Gridman is called Khandigi[[TheDevil fer]]. Also, see the acronym under AIIsACrapshoot; his name practically ''screams'' "five minutes after you switch me on, I'm going to pull a Skynet."

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad Gridman'' (''SSSS.Gridman'') , bringing the Syber-Squad name along with the Gridman. On December 1, 2017 a teaser trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]]. On March 28, 2018 the first trailer for the series was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiOUwl0vm9o released]]. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

* RecycledTheScript: Several plot points, such as the heroes needing to [[HamsterWheelPower use an exercise bike to power the computer]] and being inspired by a sandwich to create Servo's Battle Shield, also happened in ''Gridman''.

* StockFootage: Naturally.

** In one episode, Malcolm calls Sydney a "ginch" after she runs into him in the hallway. [[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ginch Take a look at what some of the slang terms for "ginch" are]].
** In the very same episode, Sydney's [[PeoplePuppets virus-controlled hand]] gropes Jennifer's butt on camera.

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad Gridman'' (''SSSS.Gridman'') , bringing the Syber-Squad name along with them. On December 1, 2017 trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]].

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad Gridman'', bringing the Syber-Squad name along with them. On December 1, 2017 trailer was released on [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGw4SmxkryU YouTube]].

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad Gridman'', bringing the Syber-Squad name along with them.

Later, Sam, still having an unknown phlebotinum attached to him at the wrist, tries to call a girl he recently met, only to be interrupted when a Megavirus Monster attacks the phone company, disrupting every telephone on the planet. Dejected, he notices strange activity on his computer in the form of a model called the Servo Program. While he checks it out, yet another power surge hits, this time drawing him into {{Cyberspace}}. He takes the form of Servo, and is forced to fight the Megavirus, which he has been transported to. Later, the rest of the band, Syd, Tanker, and Amp, later replaced by Lucky, assist using 'helper programs', taking the form of various 'samurized attack vehicles' that can fight the Megavirus independently, join together into a single robot, called Xenon, or able to combine with Servo to from Synchro. Later, they gain another set of vehicles, able to transform into Drago, and to combine with Servo to form Phormo.

* BigDamnVillains: In one episode where Servo was BrainwashedAndCrazy and actually began working with the virus, the rest of the Squad came in to stop him with Xenon. Xenon was winning against both Servo and the virus until Kilokahn intervened, using his powers to banish the rest of the Squad from Syberspace.

* {{Expy}}: Servo and Xenon bear a striking resemblance to Series/{{Ultraman}} and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] respectively. This is not a coincidence, since the original Japanese series (''Gridman'') was a co-production between Tsuburaya and Takara.

* RocketPunch: Xenon could fire its hands as missiles.

* PaperThinDisguise: The episode "The Taunt Heard Round the World" featured a news anchor interviewing people on the street about their opinion on what was going on. Each "interviewee" though, was actually the news van driver in an absurdly thin disguise, including GrouchoGlasses for one. When called out he explained it was because they couldn't find anyone to interview.

* ProductPlacement: Did ''COMPAQ'' hope this show would help drum up business? Possibly not, as in one of the early episodes Sydney remarks Sam's computer was a piece of crap until becoming Servo somehow turned it into a supercomputer.
** Younger tropers might not remember, but around the time this show was being made, Compaq were as ubiquitous as Dell are in 2013, and offered similar bulk discounts for corporate and public-sector clients. Chances are the producers simply phoned up someone in the IT office and asked them if they could borrow a few [=PCs=] for props, and Compaq-branded kit was all they had on hand.

* GenderScoff: After obtaining a small victory against Sam Collins in "Samurize", Malcolm subverts the usual frase by saying "can't throw them at a nuclear reactor" instead of "can't live without 'em".

Yet another in the wake of post-''Franchise/PowerRangers'' superhero shows adapted from Japanese ''tokusatsu'' series. Adapted from ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' ("Electric Superhuman Gridman"), '''''Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad''''' (yes, that is [[XtremeKoolLetterz "Syber" with an "S"]]) tells the story of Sam Collins, a high school student, guitarist and video game programmer who, after being hit by a power surge through his guitar, briefly vanishes, only to reappear with a wrist-mounted doohickey!

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragon: The Drago mecha, and some of the monsters.

* EverythingsBetterWithDragons: The Drago mecha, and some of the monsters.

* CompositeCharacter: While [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman Naoto Sho and Gridman]] were separate characters who merged together, Sam Collins and Servo are one and the same.