History Series / SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad

* EverythingIsOnline: ''[[UpToEleven Everything]].'' Telephones, wristwatches, pompoms with lights in them, an alarm clock (not even a digital one!), and a ''windup cooking timer with no electronic components whatsoever'' have all been used to host Megavirus Monsters.

* KnifeNut: Hock had large knife-like blades on his hands, large knife-like blades in his tail and a large knife-like blade in the center of his face. Notice a pattern here?

* DarthVaderClone: Kilokhan

Years later, Creator/StudioTrigger produced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman''. The title pays homage to the American series.

Yet another in the wave of post-''Franchise/PowerRangers'' American superhero shows adapted from Japanese UsefulNotes/{{toku}}satsu series. Adapted from Creator/TsuburayaProductions' ''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!

->''"The evil [[SIPrefixName Kilokhan]] lives inside computer circuits! With the help of Malcolm Frink, he creates Megavirus Monsters to attack electronic systems! Meanwhile, a freak accident turns Sam Collins into Servo! His friends join forces in their samurized attack vehicles! Together, they transform into... the SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD!"''

Yet another in the wave 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!

At the same time, the same power surge, presumably, strikes a military base. Using it as a distraction, the AI Kilokhan escapes into the internet. He pops onto the monitor of Sam's classmate, Malcolm Frink. Malcolm enjoys designing monsters, and Kilokhan offers to bring his monsters to life as Megavirus Monsters to attack computers. Malcolm agrees, because he's just that kind of malcontent.

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. The rest of the band, Syd, Tanker, and Amp (later replaced by Lucky) assist using "helper programs" that take the form of "samurized attack vehicles" which can fight the Megavirus independently. They can join together into a single robot, called Zenon, or combine with Servo to form Synchro. Later, they gain another set of vehicles which can transform into Drago, and to combine with Servo to form Phormo.

* Sam Collins — Matthew Lawrence
* Tanker — Kevin Castro
* Sydney "Syd" Forrester — Robin Mary Florence
* Amp Ere — Troy Slaten
* Lucky London — Rembrant
* Kilokahn — Creator/TimCurry
* Malcolm Frink — Glen Beaudin

* The show was notable in that, unlike most other Tokusatsu adaptations of the time, Creator/TsuburayaProductions themselves had direct involvement with the production, resulting in some retained plot elements, similar characterisations and reused sound effects.

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman''. The title pays homage to the American series. A [[https://gridman.net/ website]] was also launched.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: One set of the helper programs formed Drago, a mecha dragon. Hey, why not? Several of the viruses were reminiscent of dragons, too.

* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: Malcolm variate between telling Kilokhan the practical applications of his viruses (which [[CutLexLuthorACheck he only ever uses for his petty grudges), other times he doesn’t.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Servo handed out the occasional german suplex and bodyslam.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In one episode, Amp, who always says something random when they do ByThePowerOfGrayskull, says "I'll show you yours if you show me mine." Yeah, that's backward, I know.
** The episode "An Unhelping Hand" has multiple examples. First, 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]]. Later, Sydney's [[PeoplePuppets virus-controlled hand]] gropes Jennifer's butt on camera. Then, after the virus is defeated, Tanker chases Sydney through the basement and ''spanks'' her, before throwing her over his shoulder and carrying her upstairs. The fact that this episode made it past the censors is mind-boggling.

* PeoplePuppets: One episode had the Skorn virus go into Sydney's wristwatch and begin manipulating her hand. Her hand did everything from commit petty thefts to throw a teacher's lesson plan out the window to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar grope Jennifer's behind]]. Skorn also cackled about how "the girl would be his", implying that eventually he'd have control over her whole body.

* 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. And that's not even going to the point that at one point in the show, even the laptops are made by Compaq.
** 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 a Compaq-branded kit was all they had on hand.

* The show was notable in that, unlike most other Tokusatsu adaptations of the time, Creator/TsubarurayaProductions themselves had direct involvement with the production, resulting in some retained plot elements, similar characterisations and reused sound effects.

* The show was notable in that, unlike most other Tokusatsu adaptations of the time, Creator/TsubarayaProductions themselves had direct involvement with the production, resulting in some retained plot elements, similar characterisations and reused sound effects.

* The show was notable in that, unlike most other Tokusatsu adaptations of the time, CreatorTsubarayaProductions themselves had direct involvement with the production, resulting in some retained plot elements, similar characterisations and reused sound effects.

* [[EveryoneOwnsAMac Everyone Owns A Compaq]]

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Elizabeth, Sam Collins's sister. Sam talks with her through the laundry chute, and she drops objects on Sam's head. We also never see ''or'' hear Sam's parents, though sometimes one of the team is heard talking to them on the way down.

[[caption-width-right:350: Creator/TimCurry adds "hammy virus villain" to his resume.]]

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

** Amp usually has a [[CouchGag random battle cry every episode]] he "samurized". Here's a few: "Two for a Dollar!", "Three for a Dollar!", "With a Cherry on Top!"
** What's funny is, it turns out the phrases are ''completely'' unnecessary. Miss Starkey finds herself in the digital world after ''pushing a button'' when she sees Drago (and the improvements Syd was making to it) onscreen and thinks it's part of a video game.

* MagicalComputer: This is the only explanation for some of the things Malcolm's able to do by infecting a computer with one of his viruses, like turning water into acid by infecting a computer at the water treatment plant, or how some of the viruses are able to get into sytems with nothing computerized to infect, like a wind-up alarm clock or cooking timer.

* SurferDude: Lucky London

* TeenGenius: Malcolm and Sydney both qualify.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Kilokahn will sometimes withdraw viruses if he thinks they're too valuable to lose, most notably Plexton and Hock. Sometimes they come back, [[OneWingedAngel with improvements]].
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* WhamEpisode: And in a ''ChristmasEpisode'' no less! See HeroicSacrifice.

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 Zenon, 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.

* Sam Collins -- Matthew Lawrence
* Tanker -- Kevin Castro
* Sydney "Syd" Forrester -- Robin Mary Florence
* Amp Ere -- Troy Slaten
* Lucky London -- Rembrant
* Kilokahn -- Creator/TimCurry
* Malcolm Frink -- Glen Beaudin

At Anime Expo 2017, Creator/StudioTrigger announced a remake of ''Gridman'' titled ''Anime/SSSSGridman'', with the title 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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** Elizabeth, Sam's little sister, calls him to the laundry chute and dumps something mesy on his head. The list includes ice cream, marshmallows, and on one rare occasion, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming her piggy bank]].

* AIIsACrapshoot: Kilometric Knowledge-base Animate Human Nullity (Kilokahn). Really, what were they thinking giving him a name like that?