History VideoGame / ChromaSquad

The game was funded through a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign. Its release date was listed as Summer 2014, but the game was subject to [[ScheduleSlip several delays]] and it didn't make the launch window. It was finally released on PC, Mac, and Linux on April 30th 2015, but backers of the campaign could play it a little bit earlier, on April 28th. It was later released on Android and iOS on May 18th 2017, UsefulNotes/Playstation4 and UsefulNotes/XBoxOne on May 19th 2017 and on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on August 1st 2019. The official website is [[http://chromasquad.com here.]]

* WeaponSpecialization: Each party member has a type of weapon they alone can use: spears for the Lead, axes for the Assault, rifles for the Techie, daggers for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* WeaponSpecialization: Each party member has a type of weapon they alone can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, axes for the Assault, rifles for the Techie, daggers for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* WeaponSpecialization: Each party member has a type of weapon they alone can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, rifles for the Techie, daggers for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each party member has a type of weapon they alone can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, rifles for the Techie, daggers for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each party member has a type of weapon they alone can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, [[CoolGuns/{{Rifles}} rifles]] for the Techie, [[DeviousDaggers daggers]] for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

** [[spoiler:Lord Gaga]] is particularly noteworthy for being a Flunky Boss whose flunkies are stronger versions of previous bosses ([[UpToEleven some of which are themselves Flunky Bosses]]).

** In mecha battles, if you accrue a high enough audience score, your health gauge will refill itself if it hits zero, giving you a second chance to win. [[spoiler:This is how the [[HopelessBossFight Hopeless]] FinalBoss [[HopelessBossFight Fight]] is won: with the power of fans from across the world, not only does your mecha's HP [[UpToEleven continuously refill]], but your hit rate will [[OffTheChart permanently exceed 1000%]].]]

* ThrowAwayGuns: [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven with Villain X, who states he only uses any weapon once. This is a literal gameplay mechanic during his boss fight, as he will take a weapon from one of his weapon bearers, use it, then only use the same attack again should he get another weapon of the same type.]]

* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[spoiler: Catnigiri]] calls Assault out on this in his solo chapter. [[spoiler: A talking cat fighting by their side shouldn't be surprising when they've just teleported onto an alien spaceship.]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Lord Gaga is the leader of the AlienInvasion and the direct villain responsible for all the conflicts from Season 3 onwards, and Tammy's ArchEnemy. Villain X, his boss, is a distant GreaterScopeVillain.]]
* BookEnds: One of the first craftable armor items is a Bucket Helmet. One of the pieces of armor craftable during the final season is The Helmet of Infinite Imagination, made from the absolute highest-tier crafting materials. (It's another Bucket Helmet.)
* BreakingTheFourthWall: There are actually TWO "fourth walls" that the characters aren't afraid to break at all.

** And the second is the game's fourth wall. Everyone talks about gameplay elements, like how "this boss is too overpowered", "maybe next turn =)" and "nerf this damage!". Sometimes even joking about the localization.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Naturally, given the genre the game references. [[spoiler:Night Driver's Driver Mode causes any defeated enemy to explode, which damages surrounding enemies. If done right, it can clear a large portion of the screen in one attack.]]

* DumbMuscle: The Assault tends to come across as this. [[spoiler:Causes problems in one episode of Season 5, where the Assault recklessly rushes ahead of the group and gets manipulated into knocking out their friends before the SixthRanger comes to the rescue. In the Night Driver route, (where the Assault is the only member of the squad available), the monsters tend to taunt them with this, claiming that without the rest of the squad, they're not much good for anything beyond hitting monsters.]]
* {{Engrish}}: The narrator software is a bit buggy, as a homage to similar... translation issues.

** Most bosses are surrounded by minions; some of them can even summon more minions if the fight goes on long enough. The rematch with the plant boss at the end of Act 3 is the first time a boss fights you alone (to compensate, he summons pods that explode one turn after being summoned).

** When the team first find Cerebro in Techie's uncle's warehouse, judging from the lighting and debris around it, it's situated below a hole in the ceiling. [[spoiler: Almost like it could have perhaps fallen into the warehouse from above. Like, say, from space...]]

* MundaneFantastic: The show you're making is a work of fiction. The battles are staged, teleportation is done with special effects, and the monsters are simply performers in suits... but your actors can include a sapient robot, a talking beaver, and a space alien. [[spoiler:But then, by the end of season 3, real monsters start appearing..]]

** [[spoiler:When Villain X arrives, he's a smug, confident EvilOverlord who views the heroes more as an annoyance than anything. By the end, he's gone into full, screaming, WhyWontYouDie mode.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Each unit has a type of weapon they, alone, can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, [[CoolGuns/{{Rifles}} rifles]] for the Techie, [[DeviousDaggers daggers]] for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* WeaponOfChoice: Each unit has a type of weapon they, alone, can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, [[CoolGuns/{{Rifles}} rifles]] for the Techie, [[KnifeNut daggers]] for the Scout, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Actress Mao Shinmei has green hair. [[spoiler:SixthRanger Tammy has pale blue hair.]]

** In the fourth season finale, [[spoiler:there are three ways the story can branch depending on your actions in the final battle. In one branch, you save a brainwashed Tammy and let her on as the SixthRanger. In the second, Tammy is saved but not brought onto the team, and your Sentai team is joined by a Series/MetalHeroes expy. In the third, Tammy dies during the final battle, Gaga kidnaps your entire team but the Assault, who must rescue the rest of the team with the help of a Franchise/KamenRider expy.]]

* TemptingFate: On a meta-level, the developers. Even after getting into an agreement with Saban over the game, the developers decided to hew so close to existing Sentai properties (even going so far as to cite certain ones) that after it's release, [[http://steamcommunity.com/app/251130/discussions/0/620712364044656952 the game wasn't allowed to be distributed in certain regions]]. Allegedly it's because Toei became involved.

* ThrowAwayGuns: [[spoiler:Taken UpToEleven with Villain X, who states he only uses any weapon once. This is a literal gameplay mechanic during his boss fight, as he will take a weapon from one of his weapon bearers, use it, then only use the same attack again should he get that same weapon again.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Right before the final fight, Villain X slays Lord Gaga for ([[NiceJobFixingItVillain unintentionally]]) guiding the heroes to his space battleship[=/=]homebase.]]

* DifficultySpike: Season 4 is harder than previous seasons. Every mission contains a boss, and each mission generally forces you to juggle the boss while completing side objectives and killing enough minions to get your viewer count up. It isn't exactly ''brutal'', but players who had been able to generally max their viewer count in all missions previously may find that to be harder to achieve.

* [[DoNotTauntCthulhu Do Not Taunt Colin's Bear]]: ...not unless you want him to go from ZeroEffortBoss to OneWingedAngel. Unfortunately, StupidityIsTheOnlyOption, as there is no way to complete the mission without angering Colin's Bear.

* [[YouLoseAtZeroTrust You Lose at Zero Fans]]: You need fans for your Sentai show to be a success. Failure to bring in a certain number of fans by the end of the season means [[GameOver contract cancellation]].

* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[spoiler: Catnigiri]] calls Assault out on this in his solo chapter. [[spoiler: A talking cat fighting by his side shouldn't be surprising when he's just teleported onto an alien spaceship.]]

* BadassBystander: While the Squad is joined by various Toku expies, they are more often joined by random passersby. [[spoiler:This holds true even after the threats become real, and one such helper is even a member of the team who preceded the Chroma Squad.]]

* BookEnds: One of the first craftable armor items is a Bucket Helmet. One of the last craftable armor items is The Helmet of Infinite Imagination....A bucket Helmet.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: There are actually TWO "fourth walls", that the characters aren't afraid to break at all.

* ButThouMust: During season 2, you receive an e-mail from someone named Gaga who offers to install a device that will help boost audience numbers for your studio. You cannot refuse this offer.
** There's also Dr. Soap's offer for either royalties, or a court battle in season 1. To a lesser extent, at least. (The game offers you a third choice, bringing him on and letting him take over the show, but if you choose it the option will be thrown out.)

** [[spoiler:Starting in season 3 and onwards, the game starts to shift from a light-hearted story about making a TV show to actually save the planet from a coming monster invasion.]]
** [[spoiler:Season 5 of the Night Driver route has a particularly noticeable shift in tone, with the Squad kidnapped except for the Assault, Tammy's father dying and the Assault having to fight on alone against Lord Gaga's monsters.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: One of the first e-mails you receive in a playthrough mentions a cat that hangs around at the studio. [[spoiler:The cat actually fought against Lord Gaga before, and assists the Assault in the Night Driver route.]]

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Naturally, given the genre the game references. [[spoiler:Night Driver's Driver Mode causes any defeated enemy to explode, which damages surrounding enemies. If done right it can clear a large portion of the screen in one attack.]]

* DieForOurShip: In-universe, one fanmail will be from an obsessive fan who's sure that two characters from the show are in love. Go against what she thinks in your reply, and she'll chew you out, [[ArmedWithCanon even though YOU are]] [[InsaneTrollLogic the one making the canon of the show]].
* DifficultySpike: Season 4 is harder than previous seasons. Every mission contains a boss, and generally force you to juggle the boss while completing side objectives and killing enough minions to get your viewer count up. It isn't brutal exactly, but players who had been able to generally max their viewer count in all missions previously may find that to be harder to achieve.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Lord Gaga is this. While he tries to make it out as him not really trying and finding the heroes NotWorthKilling, the final level suggests in actuality his first response to any situation where he might actually lose is to run away. In the Moonstone Ranger Route, Villain X even outright says he looks like he's running away, implying his superior is aware of this tendency of his. When Villain X finds out about his failures, the facade drops and he begs for another chance.]]
* [[DoNotTauntCthulhu Do Not Taunt Colin's Bear]]: ...not unless you want him to go from ZeroEffortBoss to OneWingedAngel.
* DumbMuscle: [[spoiler:Lord Gaga's monsters taunt Assault by calling them this in the Night Driver route, as without the rest of the Squad the Assault isn't really able to do much but beat up monsters]].
* {{Engrish}}: The narrator software is a bit buggy, as a homage to similar...translation issues.
* EvolvingMusic: At first the music starts off sounding 8-bit, however it turns to much more instrumental 16-bit later in the game to match with the production values going up.
* EndingTheme: [[https://beholdstudios.bandcamp.com/track/be-brave-feat-hitomi-go Be Brave]]

* FlunkyBoss: Most bosses are surrounded by minions. The rematch with the plant boss at the end of Act 3 is the first boss to fight you alone (to compensate, he summons pods that explode one turn after being summoned).
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One episode involves someone breaking onto the set and nailing their "lines" perfectly, followed by an address-less e-mail sent telling the team they are in danger. [[spoiler:This is the player's first glimpse at the larger plot behind the scenes of the actual sentai TV show.]]

* GuestStarPartyMember: But of course. There's standard SixthRanger characters, as well as non-ranger allies like ones that have shown up in Sentai/PR on occasion. There's also Series/MetalHeroes and a [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider]] who appears in some episodes. The game even lets you know beforehand if an episode will feature a guest.
* HelloInsertNameHere: ZigzaggedTrope. The actors have fixed real names, but you name the characters they play within the show. [[spoiler:Curiously, even after TheReveal of Season 3 they stick to their character names, likely because that's the names the audience knows them by.]]
* HeroAntagonist: The Red Samurai attacks your studio during Season 3. During Season 4, you learn [[spoiler:he was actually trying to prevent you from using the Audience Booster to open Gaga's portals all along and joins you as a GuestStarPartyMember.]]
* HeroicSecondWind: In mecha battles, if you accrued a high enough audience score, your health gauge will refill itself if it hits zero, giving you a second chance to win. [[spoiler:This is how the [[HopelessBossFight Hopeless]] FinalBoss [[HopelessBossFight Fight]] is won: with the power of fans from across the world, not only does your mecha's HP [[UpToEleven continuously refill]], but your hit rate will [[OffTheChart permanently exceed %1000]].]]

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:According to Tammy, Lord Gaga has killed many of Earth's heroes off screen and did something to her sister that left her permanently crippled. He also reduced Brain to the BrainInAJar Cerebro and manages to capture, brainwash Tammy into a mindless monster, and nearly forces the squad to kill her (he later succeeds in doing this to one of Tammy's friends). In the Driver Route he also kills Tammy's father, the original Night Driver (though he gets better due to time travel). When initially introduced, he's also more than powerful enough to take out the entire squad in one hit.]]

* HopelessBossFight: Subverted in the original release and averted in the Diractor's Cut when it comes to [[spoiler:the final battle. Villain X's kaiju form has an immense amount of HP but when it looks like it'll be game over for you, your fans' support revives you with infinite HP and accuracy. The gameplay changes introduced by the Diractor's Cut, however, make it possible to actually kill Villain X fair and square.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Subverted with Tammy if you fail to save her - while you'll miss out on the chance to recruit her as a proper ranger, TheStinger in the Night Driver route shows that she survived]].
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Lord Gaga has his comical moments, but his introduction takes the story in a much darker direction and raises the stakes from keeping your studio afloat to saving the entire world. He also actually murders people.]]
* LevelEditor: While it wasn't reached initially in the original kickstarter, one was added in 2018. Notably, it's the same one used to design the game itself, so it's fairly powerful, if somewhat unstable.
* MissingMainCharacter: As part of the Rider path. [[spoiler: Everyone but the Assault is captured by Gaga, leading to the Assault inheriting the Night Rider's motorcycle and belt, becoming the next Rider.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: One of the characters is unsubtly named [[Music/LadyGaga Gaga]]. Just take a look at the actors list and how they look, if that's not enough, the default is exactly the same.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes Wesley Stripes?]] [[Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Scar) Alert Johansen?]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson (Mike) Evan Tyson?]] (Jet) [[Creator/JetLi Dude]] [[Creator/BruceLee Lee?]] [[Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme (Claude) Von Andy?]]

* ThePowerOfFriendship and [[ThePowerOfLove Love]]: These are brought up many times throughout the series. [[spoiler:They become particularly important later in the game, when the exploits of your sentai team turn out to be RealAfterAll.]]

* PsychoForHire: [[spoiler:While Lord Gaga is the subordinate of Villain X, it's clear he loves every second of what he's doing and is a sadistic piece of work himself.]]

* PurelyAestheticGender: It doesn't matter if your actors are men or women, that makes no difference to the game. In fact, you can even play with a beaver, a robot or an alien and the game doesn't change.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In-Universe. One of the actors has to get to a dentist appointment. So they crew realizes that his/her absence would make for a good kidnapping story.
* RootingForTheEmpire : In-universe. Whenever you finish an episode, you might get the reaction of a fan who constantly complains that the villains never win.

* {{Shipping}}: In-universe, one of the mails you get is from a shipper sending you 32gb of fanfics and asking if Lead/Assist or Assault/Assist is canon. [[PurelyAestheticGender It doesn't matter if those actors have the same sex or aren't even human]].

** [[spoiler:Lord Gaga attempts to force the squad to do this to Tammy after brainwashing her into a mindless monster. Thankfully she survives regardless.]]
** [[spoiler:In the SixthRanger Route, he repeats this with one of Tammy's friends. This time the squad has to actually kill him.]]
* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/ChromaSquad Has it's own page]].
* SimulationGame: You manage the studio, including the purchasing, construction, and improvement of props and costumes. This also includes hiring marketing staff, buying health insurance, and deciding where to focus your advertisement efforts. The newest update even has you '''write your own episodes!'''

** In the fourth season finale, [[spoiler:there are three ways the story can branch depending on your actions in the final battle. In one branch, you save a brainwashed Tammy and let her on as the SixthRanger. In the second, Tammy dies during the final battle, and your Sentai team is joined by a Franchise/KamenRider expy. In the third, Tammy is saved but not brought onto the team, and your Sentai team is joined by a Series/MetalHeroes expy.]]

** [[spoiler:Tammy gains a white colored one during the FinalBattle via EpiphanyComeback.]]
** [[spoiler:Night Driver has Driver Mode, which powers up attacks at the cost of taking more damage and has the added bonus of causing slain enemies to explode and damage enemies around them. The Night Driver power up can be seen as one for the Assault as well, as it makes them ''much'' stronger and gives them both their own moves and the Night Driver moves.]]
* SuperSentaiStance: But of course! The most prominent ones are during the FinishingMove, and when using the Teamwork ability, but the heroes will also pose like this for their TransformationSequence, as well as just doing it randomly during their turns. During cutscenes, each hero has their own unique pose whenever they say something while in costume.

* ThreeLawsCompliant: The actor Asmibot is compliant with only two of the laws, though the game doesn't elaborate on which one he disregards.

* ThrowItIn: Happens frequently In-Universe. One SixthRanger and several guest allies are just random people who get caught up in the episodes and are able to play their parts perfectly.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The Leader of the squad becomes something of a self important jerk during the third season due to all the fame going to their head. [[spoiler:Really though, they are being mind controlled by Lord Gaga.]]

** [[spoiler:Lord Gaga seems to remain composed, but once alone shows he's very much having one of these, being frustrated and angry that the heroes keep 'ruining his fun.' He breaks down in complete fear and begging for his life when Villain X shows up.]]
** [[spoiler:When Villain X arrives, he's a smug, confident EvilOverlord who views the heroes more as an annoyance than anything. By the end he's gone into full, screaming WhyWontYouDie mode.]]

** Season 3 finale: [[spoiler: The enemies that the Chroma Squad has been fighting during Season 3 were actually real and Lord Gaga had mind-controlled the Lead to help him open up portals for his army. Cerebro is also revealed to not be a prop and has chosen the Chroma Squad to be the new defenders of Earth.]]
** Season 4 Finale: [[spoiler: Lord Gaga attacks Cerebro's room with a mind-controlled Tammy, but the Chroma Squad manages to push him away before being defeated by one of Lord Gaga's monsters. It is revealed that the original Chroma Squad team ''was'' real, but Lord Gaga managed to make everyone forget it.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: Each unit has a type of weapon they, alone, can use: [[BladeOnAStick spears]] for the Lead, [[AnAxeToGrind axes]] for the Assault, [[CoolGuns/{{Rifles}} rifles]] for the Techie, [[KnifeNut daggers]] for Scouts, and [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]] for the Support.

** Muscular Pigeon is a downplayed version of the trope. While technically ''capable'' of harming your team, it is unlikely to be able to do much except on Heroic Difficulty and will usually go down to a FinishingMove right off the bat. Given [[BossRush it comes right after]] the Red Samurai, which is very much not this trope, it is almost like an InUniverse BreatherBoss.

* FiveManBand: Being based on sentai shows, the five character classes appear to correspond to a slot on the typical Five Man Band.
** TheLeader: The Lead. The leader of the team who inspires the others to victory.
** TheLancer: The Scout. The agile FragileSpeedster.
** TheBigGuy: The Assault. The main damage dealer. [[spoiler: Is more of a second [[TheLancer Lancer]] as Night Driver, trading a conventional weapon attack for increased mobility and more skills, as well as becoming a largely solo hero for a chapter.]]
** TheSmartGuy: The Techie. A skilled long-ranged combatant that uses items intelligently.
** TheChick: The Assist. The healer and heart of the team. May or may not actually be female (or indeed, even human.)
** SixthRanger: Being a love letter to the TropeNamer, you can bet there are plenty of these, ranging from random schmucks who get caught up in the episodes, to guest star Sentai heroes. [[spoiler: The best example is Tammy, who is an {{Expy}} of the ''original'' sixth ranger.]]

** Season 3 finale: [[spoiler: The enemies the team has been fighting during this season were real and Lord Gaga had mind controlled the Team Leader to help him open the portals for his army. Cerebro is also revealed to not be a prop and has chosen the Chroma Squad to be the new defenders of earth]]
** Season 4 Finale: [[spoiler: Lord Gaga attacks Cerebro's room with a mind-controlled Tammy but the Chroma Squad manage to push him away before being defeated by one of Lord Gaga's monsters. It is revealed sentai/Power Rangers team ''were'' real, but Lord Gaga managed to make everyone forget it]]

** [[spoiler:Starting in season 3 and onwards, the game starts to shift from a light-hearted story about making a Tv show to actually save the planet from a coming monster invasion]]
** [[spoiler:Season 5 of the Night Driver route has a particularly noticeable shift in tone, with the Squad kidnapped except for the Assault, Tammy's father dying and the Assault having to fight on alone against Lord Gaga's monsters]].

** Muscular Pigeon is a downplayed version of the trope. While technically ''capable'' of harming your team, it is unlikely to be able to do much except on Heroic Difficulty and will usually go down to a FinishingMove right off the bat. Given [[BossRush it comes right after]] the Crimson Ronin, which is very much not this trope, it is almost like an InUniverse BreatherBoss.

* HelloInsertNameHere: ZigzaggedTrope. The actors have fixed real names, but you can choose a nickname for them; ingame, they'll only ever be referred to be either their nickname or their role.

* HopelessBossFight: Played with on multiple occasions.
** After defeating the Evil Television in Season 3, it uses CutscenePowerToTheMax to knock out Chroma Squad. A GuestStarPartyMember saves them.
** [[spoiler:Colin's Bear]] from Season 4 summons a massive army of {{mooks}} for its OneWingedAngel form which would normally overrun you in normal gameplay, until the Assault points out that it's not much of a 'second form' if it's going to make the minions do all the work. The boss agrees and promptly dismisses the army.
Subverted in the original release and averted in the Diractor's Cut when it comes to [[spoiler:the final battle. Villain X's kaiju form has an immense amount of HP but when it looks like it'll be game over for you, your fans' support revives you with infinite HP and accuracy. The gameplay changes introduced by the Diractor's Cut, however, make it possible to actually kill Villain X fair and square.]]

* SuperSentaiStance: But of course! The most prominent ones are during the FinishingMove, and when using the Teamwork ability, but the heroes will also pose like this for their TransformationSequence, as well as just doing it randomly during their turns.

* OneWingedAngel: Several villains [[MakeMyMonsterGrow: will turn giant]] after being defeated in 'regular' battle, making a Mecha fight needed to finish them off. A few also have multiple forms in tactical combat or during Mecha battles.

* AstralFinale

* HopelessBossFight: Subverted in the original release and averted in the Diractor's Cut when it comes to [[spoiler:the final battle. Villain X's kaiju form has an immense amount of HP but when it looks like it'll be game over for you, your fans' support revives you with infinite HP and accuracy. The gameplay changes introduced by the Diractor's Cut, however, make it possible to actually kill Villain X fair and square.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Villain X transforms from a TinTyrant to a hideous monster later into his boss fight.]]

* [[YouLoseAtZeroTrust You Lose at Zero Fans]]: You need fans for your Sentai show to be a success. Failure to bring in a certain number of fans by the end of the season means [[GameOver contract cancellation]].

* BigBad: Played with. [[spoiler:While Lord Gaga is the direct villain responsible for all the conflicts from Season 3 onwards, (as well as being Tammy's ArchEnemy) in the end he turns out to be [[TheDragon an underling]] of [[TheManBehindTheMan Villain X]], the REAL Big Bad.]]