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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Adventure for Treasure, Boukenger!"'']] |
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| 8 | ->"''Even today, there are those who risk their lives to adventure.\ |
| 9 | They overcome all troubles to secretly protect dangerous treasures.\ |
| 10 | Adventurers!''" |
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| 12 | ''[=GoGo=] Sentai Boukenger'' (Rumbling Squadron Boukenger[[note]]A combination of ''bōuken'' (adventure) and "ranger"[[/note]]) is the thirtieth program in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise, airing from 2006 to 2007. The TitleThemeTune was performed by Nobuo "[=NoB=]" Yamada. |
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| 14 | SGS ("Search Guard Successor") is a private philanthropic organisation dedicated to [[ItBelongsInAMuseum the preservation of historical artifacts and treasures]]. The most [[AncientArtifact dangerous of these relics]], possessing powers [[LostTechnology beyond that of modern human technology]], are designated as "[[MacGuffin Precious]]". |
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| 16 | To stop these artifacts from falling into the wrong hands, SGS have created the ''[=GoGo=] Sentai Boukenger'': an elite team of {{Adventurer Archaeologist}}s who channel the spirit of adventure as they search the four corners of the globe for the mythical Precious. Opposing them are the "Negative Syndicates", a designation that SGS gives to any hostile organisation that seeks to misuse the Precious for their own ends. |
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| 18 | ''Boukenger'' is based mostly on treasure hunting and the tales based on it as well as bringing some unique ideas to forefront such as different villain factions. There is also a bit of a personality change between the Pink and Yellow members as explained below. |
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| 20 | Partnered with the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' before concluding its airing alongside the first episodes of ''[[Series/KamenRiderDenO [=Kamen Rider Den-O=]]]'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block. |
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| 22 | It should be noted that every mecha and villain, from the lowest mook to the biggest bad, is a ShoutOut to various HumongousMecha from prior ''Super Sentai'' shows. |
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| 24 | Adapted for US audiences as ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''. |
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| 26 | |
| 27 | !!'''Recurring''' Super Sentai tropes: |
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| 29 | * AllYourPowersCombined: The Acceltector might be a realistic example, requiring the whole team to back up the main attacker ''already wearing the armor himself/herself'' from recoil. |
| 30 | * ArtifactCollectionAgency: The Negative Syndicate and the Search Guard Successor Foundation both qualify. |
| 31 | * ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "''Boukenger, Start Up!''". |
| 32 | ** Eiji has "''[=GoGo=]Changer, Start Up!''", but he just sticks to the others' later anyway. |
| 33 | * CallingYourAttacks |
| 34 | * CastingGag: Nobuo Tanaka, the voice heard in every episode of the original Super Sentai series, is now playing a character who is [[spoiler: seemingly]] just a voice that gets heard every episode. |
| 35 | * ColorCharacter: Another "[team prefix] [English color]" Sentai. |
| 36 | * CombinationAttack: pulled off by ''Ryuuwon'' and the [[spoiler:Questers]] to almost hilarious effect. What kept it from being funny was that it worked. The Boukengers did NOT see that coming... |
| 37 | * {{Crossover}}: ''Boukenger vs. Super Sentai''. Since this is another anniversary series, the crossover involved a team of assorted rangers, particularly from the previous four shows: [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Nanami Nono/Hurricane Blue]], [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Asuka/Abare Black]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Tetsu/Deka Break]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Tsubasa Ozu/Magi Yellow and Hikaru/Magi Shine]]. The movie also introduces [[OriginalGeneration AkaRed]], who can summons the spirit of every previous red warrior. He would go on to becoming a key supporting character [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger five years later]]. |
| 38 | ** They also had a radio play with ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''. |
| 39 | * CustomUniform: The Boukengers all wear color-coded uniforms. Eiji in particular has a shiny uniform. |
| 40 | * TheDragon: |
| 41 | ** Yaiba of Darkness and Shizuka of the Wind are CoDragons for Dark Shadow, although Yaiba is this moreso as Dark Shadow's deputy leader and toughest member. Although [[spoiler:after Yaiba defects, Shizuka becomes this to Gekkou by default.]] |
| 42 | ** Grand Beast Rei is Furious Demon God Gai's right-hand, though the two have a [[VillainousFriendship very informal]] relationship |
| 43 | * EvilPlan: The Negative Syndicates each have their plans for the Precious. Gajah wants to use them to TakeOverTheWorld, Ryuuwon wants to use them to KillAllHumans and then TakeOverTheWorld, Dark Shadow want to sell them and the Questers want to terrorize humans with them. |
| 44 | * {{Eyecatch}}: The camera pulls out to the Boukengers spinning around, stopping to show Satoru in Ranger form shooting the [=SurviBuster=] once. After the break, the camera passes the Boukengers in civilian form while they look at the camera, stopping with Satoru looking at the camera. |
| 45 | * FinishingMove: First the Boukengers use the mixer end of the Dual Crusher to encase the MonsterOfTheWeek in concrete. Then they use the drill end to fire a "Combination Crush at it and destroy it. |
| 46 | * HomeBase: The SGS Museum secret room. |
| 47 | * HumongousMecha: ''Boukenger'', for awhile, held the Sentai record for "Most Mecha Combined" at 10[[note]]At least until ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' comes along two years later with its Engine-O G-12...[[/note]] (both Ultimate Daibouken and Voyager Daibouken), with a 12-combination ''(Ultimate Daibouken with Police and Aider added on the back)'' seen in a bonus video. |
| 48 | ** AMechByAnyOtherName: The [=GoGo Vehicles=]. |
| 49 | ** CombiningMecha |
| 50 | *** Gogo Dump + Gogo Formula + Gogo Gyro + Gogo Dozer + Gogo Marine = Daibouken |
| 51 | *** Gogo Drill + Gogo Shovel + Gogo Mixer + Gogo Crane + Gogo Jet = Daitanken |
| 52 | *** Gogo Fire + Gogo Aider + Gogo Police = Siren Builder |
| 53 | *** Gogo Commander + Gogo Carrier + Gogo Fighter + Gogo Attacker + Gogo Roader = Gogo Voyager, which [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into the [=DaiVoyager=]. |
| 54 | ** MechaExpansionPack: The variations of the Daibouken due to the ''Gogo Buso'' system. |
| 55 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Drill = Daibouken Drill |
| 56 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Shovel = Daibouken Shovel |
| 57 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Drill + Gogo Shovel = Daibouken Drill & Shovel |
| 58 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Mixer = Daibouken Mixer |
| 59 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Drill + Gogo Mixer = Daibouken Drill & Mixer |
| 60 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Drill + Gogo Crane = Daibouken Drill & Crane |
| 61 | *** Daibouken + Gogo Drill + Gogo Shovel + Gogo Mixer + Gogo Crane = Super Daibouken |
| 62 | *** Super Daibouken + Gogo Jet = Ultimate Daibouken |
| 63 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Episodes are called "Tasks", and the titles are noun phrases, often the treasure of the week. |
| 64 | * IdiotBall: Gaja decides to revive the Ashu as the Questers, and he didn't even come up with a plan to keep them from turning on him. |
| 65 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Involves invoking their "title" and then crying out what color they are. Often enough, a speech will be involved with this somehow. |
| 66 | -->'''Satoru''': The fiery adventurer! ''[=BoukenRed=]''! |
| 67 | -->'''Masumi''': The fast adventurer! ''[=BoukenBlack=]''! |
| 68 | -->'''Souta''': The high-up adventurer! ''[=BoukenBlue=]''! |
| 69 | -->'''Natsuki''': The strong adventurer! ''[=BoukenYellow=]''! |
| 70 | -->'''Sakura''': The deep adventurer! ''[=BoukenPink=]''! |
| 71 | -->'''Eiji''': The dazzling adventurer! ''[=BoukenSilver=]''! |
| 72 | --->'''Satoru''': The endless adventure spirits! |
| 73 | --->'''All''': ''[=GoGo=] Sentai Boukenger''! |
| 74 | * LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Averted with this season: The Acceltector, which is usually the type of equipment exclusive to this trope, is usable ''and'' used by all team members. Also in the mecha department, everyone has 3 mecha exactly after everything is revealed. |
| 75 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: Most often used by Dark Shadow, who can invoke this trope directly with their Shikigami when Gekkou uses his "Shadow Ninpou" to enlarge. Ryuuwon can also do it by shooting his monsters with a gun, but when he's the villain most of the time it's on account of that episode's Precious. The Ashu can do this to themselves by ripping their skins open, but loose the ability once they are turned into Questers. Gajah is basically the only one who doesn't use this trope (the giant monsters he sends after the Boukenger are either naturally giant or grow on their own), untill the GrandFinale (in which he makes both his last monster and himself grow). |
| 76 | * MiniDressOfPower: Part of the Boukenger girls' suits. |
| 77 | * [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]]: Dark Shadow's Tsukumogami and Jaryu Tribe's Jakuryu. The Questers would have their new HumongousMecha in each episode rather than a proper monster, and when Gajah showed up the Precious of that episode itself was usually some kind of monster. |
| 78 | * {{Mook}}s: Gaja's Karths and Ryuon's Jaryu soldiers. The former are also occasionally borrowed by Dark Shadow. |
| 79 | * TheMovie: ''Boukenger the Movie: The Mightiest Precious'' |
| 80 | * OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase: No set phrase. The final lines show up as rather powerful ones in the following episodes. |
| 81 | * RegularCaller: Usually Mr. Voice. |
| 82 | * RobotBuddy: Zuban; not a robot per definition, but his role is pretty much a perfect fit. |
| 83 | * SerialEscalation: This is where Bandai's philosophy of "[[MerchandiseDriven How many mecha can we cram into a single formation]]" starts to peak. |
| 84 | * SuperMode: The Acceltector is arguably one, but it's used more as a FinishingMove. |
| 85 | * SupervillainLair: The Gordom island ruins for Gajah, though he makes use of several other temporary lairs throughout the series. |
| 86 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: Plays whenever the Boukengers are going to destroy a monster. In the final episode, the Boukenger theme starts up just as [[spoiler:the Boukengers are fighting a giant-sized Gajadom.]] |
| 87 | * TransformationNameAnnouncement: "''[=DaiBouken=]: Formation Complete!''"[[note]]It sounds better in Japanese (''Gattai kanryou!'').[[/note]] |
| 88 | * TransformationTrinket: The Accellulars and Eiji's [=GoGoChanger=]. |
| 89 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: The ninth Pink and Yellow duo. |
| 90 | |
| 91 | !!Tropes specific to ''[=GoGo=] Sentai Boukenger'': |
| 92 | |
| 93 | * AccidentalMisnaming: The mini-skirt Santa in episode 43 keeps calling Satoru, "Satorin". |
| 94 | * ActionBomb: One filler episode (Task 39) is notorious for having the Rangers try to defuse one of these ''by literally pacifying it''. The girls dress up as {{Meido}} while the guys perform [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Manzai]]. |
| 95 | * AllMythsAreTrue: Although some reveal a previously unknown side to the legend. Case in point, the episode with Cinderella's glass slipper... |
| 96 | * AllYourPowersCombined: During ''Boukenger vs. Super Sentai'', when the main five Boukengers are having trouble defeating Chronos, [=AkaRed=] asks Eiji and the five guest heroes to transfer a part of their spirits into him so that he could help power-up [=DaiVoyager=]. |
| 97 | -->'''[=BoukenSilver=]''': [[{{Determinator}} Hope!]] |
| 98 | -->'''[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger MagiShine]]''': [[ThePowerOfLove Love!]] |
| 99 | -->'''[=MagiYellow=]''': [[HeroicSpirit Courage!]] |
| 100 | -->'''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger DekaBreak]]''': [[JusticeWillPrevail Justice!]] |
| 101 | -->'''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger AbareBlack]]''': [[HotBlooded Passion!]] |
| 102 | -->'''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger HurricaneBlue]]''': [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship!]] |
| 103 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: '''S'''atoru, '''S'''outa and '''S'''akura are the three senior members; '''M'''asumi and '''N'''atsuki (and then '''E'''iji) are the rookies. |
| 104 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: Approriate given the adventure theme, the last episode of the series ends with the beginning of new adventures for everyone. [[spoiler:Satoru departs for space to hunt for Precious out there, Sakura tags along [[SubordinateExcuse in the hopes of spending time with him]], Masumi stays on and becomes [[RankUp the new chief]] of the remaining Boukengers, Dark Shadow and remnants of the Jaryuu Clan are still around and hunting down Precious. And with there being so many bad guy groups in one show in general, it's implied it won't be too long before another Negative Syndicate shows up, and the Boukengers will be ready for them.]] |
| 105 | * AntiHumanAlliance: #33 and #34 see the Jaryuu Clan and the Questers forming an "Another Species" alliance for the purpose of eradicating humanity. |
| 106 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: At the beginning of the Christmas episode, nobody believes Satoru when he says a miniskirt Santa fell from the sky and smashed the cake he bought. Keep in mind that these are the same people who had dabbled with people like (and related to) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Princess Kaguya, Issunboshi, Cinderella, Momotaro etc. And yet they say that the idea of Santa Claus existing, let alone not being like everyone thinks, is ''too much for them to grasp?!'' |
| 107 | * AssholeVictim: Subverted, The excavation group that Masumi was in was abusive to him, but Masumi himself never believed for a second that they deserved to be slaughtered by Yaiba and felt remorseful in using a few of them as living shields, as unlike Yaiba, they were hardly irredeemable monsters. |
| 108 | * {{BFS}}: Zubaan, even by GIANT MECHA standards. |
| 109 | * BigBadEnsemble: The first ''Super Sentai'' installment that have several main antagonists and evil organizations in the same row. The so-called Negative Syndicates are composed by four evil organizations each with their own malicious plans for the Precious. They function simultaneously throughout the story. |
| 110 | ** The Gordom Civilization, led by Arch Priest Gajah, who seeks to use the Precious to restore his lost civilization and TakeOverTheWorld. |
| 111 | ** The Jaryuu Clan, led by Creator King Ryuuwon, who seeks to [[KillAllHumans supplant humanity]] with his own race of genetically-engineered dragons. |
| 112 | ** Dark Shadow, led by Gekkou of Illusions, who seeks to steal Precious and sell them for money on the black market. |
| 113 | ** The Questers, led by Furious Demon God Gai and comprised solely of him and his cohort Grand Beast Rei. Both are Ashu given PoweredArmor by Gajah, although they're very quick to betray him, and seek Precious solely for the purpose of terrorizing humans. |
| 114 | ** Towards the end, a ''fifth'' BigBad player emerges when [[spoiler:Yaiba of Darkness, previously TheDragon for Gekkou, betrays Dark Shadow and goes rogue, hoping to engulf the planet in darkness.]] |
| 115 | * BigRedButton: [=SirenBuilder's=] self-destruct mechanism is triggered with one, appropriately labeled "SUICIDE". |
| 116 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: Female members of the Ashu tribe tend towards {{Cute Monster Girl}}s, while males are a lot more monsterish. |
| 117 | * BodyMotifs: Their roll call puts focus on each member making a specific gesture with their hands. |
| 118 | * BoisterousBruiser: Quester Gai is a villainous example. He takes things like evil with hearty fun and has a tendency to laugh while taunting the Boukengers whenever things go his way. |
| 119 | * BlingOfWar: [=BoukenSilver=]'s suit. Wonder if anyone has used his helmet as a mirror... |
| 120 | * BookEnds: Episode 1 is about finding the Heart of Gordom and Gaja wakes up out of a coffin. [[spoiler: In the last episode, Gaja was using the Gordom heart to fight the rangers. Having lost, he goes back to sleep in the coffin he was in at the start of the series.]] |
| 121 | * CantCatchUp: One thing that Masumi detests is his inability to surpass [[TheAce Akashi's]] level of skill. [[spoiler:This resentment adds to the inner darkness within him, which Yaiba takes advantage of]]. |
| 122 | * CatchPhrase: Satoru has his utterly-spammed "''Attack!''", and occasionally, "''Mission Start!''". |
| 123 | ** Souta's "''Sou sou Souta!''"[[note]]a pun on "sou sou sou da!", lit. "yeah, yeah, that's right!"[[/note]] also counts. |
| 124 | ** Sakura usually responds with "Use code names whenever in a mission" whenever she's called by name, not 'Pink', in missions. |
| 125 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 126 | ** [[spoiler:Natsuki's bracelet. If the ''camera'' shows it close-up in the first two episodes, we better remember that.]] |
| 127 | ** Also, in Task 7, [[spoiler: Natsuki's comment about Ryuuwon being the author of the notebook is shrugged of... until later, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight when it actually turned out to be true]].]] |
| 128 | * ChewToy: When Satoru is cursed with bad luck, he gets hit by a bus, a crane falls on him, chunks of building fall him, he catches on fire from the explosion that follows the roll call, a appears from nowhere rolls over him, and gets struck by lighting. |
| 129 | * ChristmasEpisode: #43, which sees Boukengers meeting Santa (who in the ''Super Sentai'' universe is implied to be a LegacyCharacter. Here "he's" shown to be a pretty looking GenkiGirl). |
| 130 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: '''Whenever''' Negative Syndicates work together... again and again and [[RuleOfThree again]] and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment again]]... [[OverlyLongGag and again]]. |
| 131 | * CompletelyDifferentTitle: The Korean dub refers to the series as ''Power Ranger Treasure Force''. |
| 132 | ** Further, the ''Super Hero Time'' block that Kamen Rider and Super Sentai share featured a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover between ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' and this series to signify that the other show was starting. These can be found on fansubs of Kabuto's episodes... and must be seen to be believed. |
| 133 | * CrossPoppingVeins: Mr. Voice has this for a second the first time he tried to have a conversation with Eiji. |
| 134 | * DarkSide: Yaiba is a representative of it, and keeps on telling Masumi to fall into it. |
| 135 | * DefrostingIceQueen: |
| 136 | ** Sakura, spends most of the series very prim and stern, but there are moments where she lets her emotions shine through (particularly [[SubordinateExcuse towards Satoru]]) and she gradually opens up more as the series goes on. |
| 137 | ** Eiji, who acts as a catalyst to this, goes through some defrosting of his own as he starts out the brooding loner, but warms up to his new family enough to address Sakura as [[CoolBigSis ''Nee-san'']] habitually. |
| 138 | * {{Determinator}}: The remaining five Boukengers fighting to free Natsuki from Ryuuwon and the Questers' clutches in Task 34. Masumi, during his henshin sequence, brushes his Accellular against a bullet fired by Ryuuwon, and the bullet is deflected. |
| 139 | * DubNameChange: In the Korean version the Boukengers become Keine (Satoru), Ray (Masumi), Ryuu (Souta), Hannah (Natsuki), Yumi (Sakura) and Jackie (Eiji). |
| 140 | * EarlyBirdCameo: As well as appearing in the opening since episode 1, episode 2 gives us a view of the hangar for the GoGo Vehicles, including Drill, Shovel, Mixer and Crane, which would debut gradually from episodes 4-9. |
| 141 | * ElementalPowers: The Boukenger's weapons are each powered by a different element. |
| 142 | ** PlayingWithFire: Akashi |
| 143 | ** ShockAndAwe: Masumi |
| 144 | ** BlowYouAway: Souta |
| 145 | ** DishingOutDirt: Natsuki |
| 146 | ** MakingASplash: Sakura |
| 147 | ** ExtraOreDinary: Eiji |
| 148 | * EmpathicWeapon: Zubaan can turn into a weapon ''and'' reacts empathically to those around him... |
| 149 | * EnemyMine: Discussed and ultimately averted in #42. The other Negative Syndicates don't want the Questers to win because of how big of {{Jerkass}}es they are, but at the same time can't bring themselves to root for the Boukengers either given how long they've been enemies. |
| 150 | * EvilCounterpart: Each of the Negative Syndicates mirrors a different Boukenger. |
| 151 | ** Creator King Ryuuwon is this for Satoru. Both are adventurers, but while Satoru cares for his comrades Ryuuwon shows what happens when an adventurer puts their ambition above all else. |
| 152 | ** Yaiba of Darkness is this for Masumi, showing what would happen if Masumi ever gave into his inner darkness. |
| 153 | ** Shizuka of the Wind is this for Natsuki. Both are childish {{Genki Girl}}s, but while Natsuki is sweet and cares for her friends, Shizuka is petulant and self-centered. |
| 154 | ** Gai is this for Eiji, continually trying to tempt the silver Boukenger into being just as untamed as he is. |
| 155 | * FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Happens in episode 25 when a monster who is simple minded ate a fruit of wisdom that he become super smart but cause more trouble. |
| 156 | * GenkiGirl: Natsuki, who's very sweet and hyperactive. ''In spades''. |
| 157 | * GentleTouchVsFirmHand: When raising Taro in Episode 36, Akashi is the Gentle Touch to Eiji's Firm Hand. |
| 158 | * GirlishPigtails: Natsuki again, complimenting her cheery and childish personality. |
| 159 | * {{Golem}}: A Jewish style golem is the MonsterOfTheWeek for the Christmas episode. It's even defeated in the traditional way when [=DaiBouken=] drills away the first letter on its forehead. |
| 160 | * GratuitousEnglish: It's not the first time the Rangers call each other by color ''in English'' in the field, but their pronunciation of 'Chief' stood out to the point of MemeticMutation. |
| 161 | ** Also Akashi's "Attack!" and "Good job!" |
| 162 | ** One of Ryuuwon's monsters also added 'baby' in his sentences. |
| 163 | ** Although Shinichiro Ohta outdoes them all by far, with his GratuitousEnglish voice coming out of nearly every piece of equipment they have. |
| 164 | ** But we have to conclude that it can't get any more gratuitous than [[http://www.supersentai.com/episodes/2006_boukenger/ep_2006_24/eppic36.jpg this]]. |
| 165 | * GreaterScopeVillain: There's two separate ones to compliment the series' BigBadEnsemble, each linked to a different Negative Syndicate. |
| 166 | ** Gordom is a "Destruction God" who fell to Earth from space and was worshipped by the Gordom Civilization, who formed their society around him. Both his Heart and Brain are powerful Precious, and in the finale [[spoiler:Gajah seeks to absorb both in order to recreate the God within him and conquer the world.]] |
| 167 | ** The Demon Bird is this for Dark Shadow, and is a [[spoiler:living calamity said to be capable of destroying the world. Gekkou of Illusions sealed it in the past by taking possession of its body and trapping its remaining power in a shrine, only for Yaiba to unleash it in #44.]] |
| 168 | * HalfHumanHybrid: |
| 169 | ** Eiji is half-human and half-Ashu. |
| 170 | ** [[spoiler:Ryuuwon turned out to be one ''very'' close to the end. The hints come somewhat earlier though.]] |
| 171 | * HandsomeLech: A mild version; Souta. He's got ''lots'' of girlfriends. The behavior also surfaces a tad when he's facing off against Shizuka. |
| 172 | * HeroicBSOD: Played for laughs. Satoru gets one after failing an adventure school's entrance exam and sat moping at a corner throughout the first half of the episode, as Eiji and Masumi tease him for 3/4 of the episode. [[spoiler:Actually he did pass, but the proctors made a mistake.]] |
| 173 | * IfItSwimsItFlies: [=GoGo=]Marine uses [=GoGo=]Gyro to cleverly avert this. [=GogoVoyager=] resembles a battleship but classifies as an amphibious vehicle by way of having wheels. |
| 174 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Shizuka, obviously, but Gajah too. Maybe it's because his actor is an old man, or because he puts more effort into his schemes than the other groups, but it's hard not to feel bad for him when they fail. |
| 175 | * KarmaHoudini [[spoiler:Gekkou went free.]] |
| 176 | * {{Kawaiiko}}: Kaze no Shizuka, who acts like a cheery kid most of the time and throws temper tantrums whenever things don't go her way. The {{Fanservice}} is just a secondary trait. |
| 177 | * LampshadeHanging: When Satoru is cursed with bad luck in one episode, the explosion that follows the Sentai roll call causes him to catch on FIRE. |
| 178 | * LargeHam: |
| 179 | ** Gajah, whose expressiveness compliments his showy hand movements. |
| 180 | ** ZUBAAAAN!! |
| 181 | ** Gai chomps on the scenery with as much vigor as he would if it were a human. |
| 182 | * LastPlanStanding: The main reason the FinalBoss ends up being [[spoiler:Gajah is because the Questers, Yaiba, and Ryuuwon all put their plans in motion before him. Because Gajah outlasts them all, he's the FinalBattle for the Boukengers as far as the series is concerned.]] |
| 183 | * LightningBruiser: Zubaan. This does NOT change when he shifts to HumongousMecha size. |
| 184 | * LightningGun: One of the Precious is actually called a Lightning Cannon. The Questers equip it to a giant mecha to go on a rampage. |
| 185 | * TheManBehindTheMan: #9 sees Dark Shadow employed to steal the Nami Uemono dolls by a mysterious businessman, who turns out to be an envoy of [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon another Negative Syndicate]], the Gordom Civilization.]] |
| 186 | * MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Pulled off with the movie ''Boukenger vs Super Sentai''. This crosses the series over with ''[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiranger]]'' (from which Tsubasa, Hikaru - along with his ainde Smoky - and Meemy were drawn), ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]'' (from which Tetsu was drafted), ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' (from where came Asuka), ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricaneger]]'' (from which Nanami and Furabijou returned) and even ''[[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger]]'' (from which no heroes came, but villainess Tsuetsue made her appearance) for one massively insane storyline. |
| 187 | ** The movie even includes a ShoutOut to every single team in the Super Sentai franchise, thanks to [=AkaRed=] - the man who can summon up the spirits of every Red Ranger ever... [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot but only bothers to use the guys from the previous five years]]. |
| 188 | * MookDepletion: Ryuuwon's MookPromotion process has the side effect of diminishing his forces. This really shows up when he has his entire army (about 3,000 soldiers) fight each other to create his most powerful monster [[note]]Who ends up being destroyed anyway[[/note]], then later on, is unable to make more. |
| 189 | * MookMaker: Gajah, a (re-)living example. He, and anyone else who has his white stones, can toss them on the ground to summon Karths. |
| 190 | * MookPromotion: Ryuuwon's method of creating his [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]] is to have his footsoldiers participate in a ritualistic fight to the death, then rewarded the SoleSurvivor with a transformation. |
| 191 | * TheMovie: While no attempt is made to link it to series continuity, it ''does'' provide an origin for the aux-mecha-only [=DaiTanken=]. |
| 192 | ** Introducing a mech in the movie that appears in the show with little to no explanation has been the norm ever since [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]. |
| 193 | * MsFanservice: Shizuka, hoo boy, Shizuka with her frequent sexy disguises. The Rainbow Cloth just cranks this up to eleven (well, unless she decides to turn into a truck and then a harpy-like monster...). |
| 194 | * MysteriousWaif: [[spoiler:Natsuki.]] |
| 195 | * MythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Has its own page.]] |
| 196 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: After seemingly exploding with the Precious Bank, Satoru appears safe on the [=DaiVoyager=] in time for the final battle due to Zuuban.]] |
| 197 | ** Also, the circumstances surrounding Gai and Rei's evolution into Questers. |
| 198 | * ObliviousToLove: Satoru, much to Sakura's dismay. |
| 199 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: ''Most'' of the main villians have it happen at some point, though Yaiba's is just his faceplate moving aside to reveal [[GameFace a different faceplate]]. A bit of a letdown after the big dramatic "nobody has seen my true face and lived" thing.]] |
| 200 | * OutsideContextProblem: Every now and then you get something that doesn't originate from the Negatives, although Gajya will attempt to control some of them. |
| 201 | * PantheraAwesome: The Ashu's entire schtick, which seeps into their Quester forms. |
| 202 | * PhotographicMemory: Gajah's previously hidden ability. |
| 203 | * PokemonSpeak: BAN BAN ZUBAAAAAAAAAAAN! |
| 204 | * PowerLevels: Each Precious has a Hazard Level measuring how dangerous its power is. It goes OverNineThousand in TheMovie. |
| 205 | ** [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Boukenger Vs Super Sentai]] gives us a Precious with a hazard level of [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]. |
| 206 | * PrincessProtagonist: [[spoiler:Natsuki. Or rather, she ''would'' be if her kingdom still existed...]] |
| 207 | * PunnyName: Each Boukenger has a name that has to do with his/her respective color: |
| 208 | ** Akashi Satoru (the Kanji for Satoru can be read as ''aka''tsuki or "red moon"/dawn) |
| 209 | ** Ma''sumi'' (sumi = black ink) |
| 210 | ** ''Sou''ta ("Sou" can be read as ''ao'' or blue) |
| 211 | ** Natsuki (Na can mean "cole blossom" and tsuki can mean "moon"; both of these are often seen as being yellow) |
| 212 | ** Sakura (cherry blossoms, which are pink) |
| 213 | ** Eiji (pronounced A-G, like Ag, the chemical symbol for silver) |
| 214 | * RichesToRags: A subversion of the Snow White type; [[spoiler:Natsuki is the princess and last living member of the Lemurian kingdom. Since said kingdom is long gone, she has nothing left to rule, which is good since her parents just wanted her to live a normal life anyway.]] |
| 215 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Masumi is the brooding guy and Natsuki is the energetic GenkiGirl. |
| 216 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Souta is an effeminite ladies man and Masumi is... [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Masumi]]. |
| 217 | * ShipSinking: Despite the ShipTease between Masumi and Natsuki, nothing comes out of it. The ship sunk when Masumi's actor, Yasuka Saitou, [[http://bouken-blogs.livejournal.com/24955.html explained]] that Masumi sees Natsuki as a [[MoralityPet little sister or a daughter he needs to protect]]. |
| 218 | * ShoutOut: The powerful artifacts referred to as "[[MacGuffin Precious]]" and all kinds of evil characters are after them. [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sound familiar]]? |
| 219 | * StealthPun: Kaze no Shizuka [[ItMakesSenseInContext as a truck]] going nuts when [=BoukenSilver's=] hand lands on one of her ''headlights''. |
| 220 | * StuffBlowingUp: Compared to the American adaptation, it's a bit more under control here- though silly explosions, such as the whole "bad luck" thing above and Natsuki's disastrous solo piloting of Ultimate [=DaiBouken=] have it in spades. |
| 221 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Sakura, who acts stern and professional most of the time, but gets much warmer around Satoru. |
| 222 | * SuperPrototype: Daivoyager was the first mecha created, but deemed ''too'' powerful to use, but eventually the villains got powerful enough that it was needed. Even then it's still used as a weapon of last resort with the Boukengers usually going for their other mecha first. |
| 223 | * TakingYouWithMe: Well he ALMOST did. |
| 224 | * {{Thememobile}}: the first five [=GoGoVehicles=] (Dump [truck], Formula [1 racing car], Gyro [kind of a helicopter], Dozer and [Sub]Marine) apparently have nothing in common apart from their windshields looking like the ones on our heroes' helmets, but vehicles appearing later start to take on themed motifs: |
| 225 | ** Drill, Shovel, Mixer, Crane - construction vehicles |
| 226 | ** Jet's ability to airlift smaller vehicles place it somewhere between construction and rescue |
| 227 | ** Fire [fire truck], Police, Aider [ambulance] - rescue service vehicles. Notable as the first time the designated pilot [=BoukenSilver=] shares none of their motif (or even base colors) in his design. |
| 228 | ** Commander, Carrier, Figher, Attacker, Roller (and their combined [=GoGoVoyager=] form) - armed combat vehicles. Notable as the first time Super Sentai has used such vehicles since ''Maskman'', in light of Japan's non-militant politics (see UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce.) |
| 229 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: When ''Start Up! ~Bonds~'' kicks in, you just ''know'' someone's gonna get their ass handed to them. |
| 230 | * ThemeNaming: On two levels: |
| 231 | ** Each Boukenger's family name is taken from that of a historical adventurer from Japan: |
| 232 | *** Satoru Akashi is named after Motojiro Akashi, who served as a spy during the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 233 | *** Masumi Inou is named after Tadataka Inou, the first cartographer to create a map of Japan using modern surveying techniques. |
| 234 | *** Souta Mogami is named after Tokunai Mogami, an 18th-century explorer who explored the islands north of Japan. |
| 235 | *** Natsuki Mamiya is named after Rinzo Mamiya, who discovered that Sakhalin was actually an island. As a bonus, Rinzo Mamiya was mentored by Tadataka Inou just as Natsuki was mentored by Masumi. |
| 236 | *** Sakura Nishihori is named after Eizaburo Nishihori, the captain of the Japanese Antarctica wintering party and the chairman of the Japanese Mountaineering Association. |
| 237 | *** Eiji Takaoka is named after Shin'ō Takaoka, a former crown prince of Japan who disappeared while sailing to India. |
| 238 | ** Each Boukenger's given name is a reference to their color: |
| 239 | *** Satoru Akashi's given name is written with the kanji for sunrise, and can be read ''akatsuki'', literally meaning "red dawn". |
| 240 | *** The second kanji of Masumi Inou's given name means "ink", specifically the black ink used in calligraphy. |
| 241 | *** The first kanji of Souta Mogami's given name means "blue". |
| 242 | *** The two kanji of Natsuki Mamiya's given name mean "cole blossoms" and "moon", which are typically yellow. |
| 243 | *** Sakura Nishihori's given name is written with the kanji for cherry blossoms, which are pink. |
| 244 | *** Eiji Takaoka's given name is pronounced like "Ag", the chemical symbol for silver. |
| 245 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Though Ultimate [=DaiBouken=] would later be overshadowed in terms of component parts, using it on ''normal-sized'' '''''mooks''''' (and friends) is overkill. All by Natsuki. |
| 246 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Natsuki always refers to herself as "Natsuki". |
| 247 | * ThisIsADrill: Go Go Drill and Dual Crusher's Drill Head Mode. |
| 248 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sakura, the stern proper tomboy, and Natsuki, the cutesy and childish girly girl. |
| 249 | * VillainTeamUp: The Negative Syndicates will very often form alliances with one another to retrieve a Precious or battle the Boukengers. Although they're just as likely to break up and betray each other when convenient. |
| 250 | ** In ''Boukenger vs. Super Sentai'', [[BigBad Time Demon God Chronos]] teams up with Gajah to resurrect three past {{Evil Sorcerer}}s in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series: [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Tsuetsue]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Furabiijo]] and [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Meemy]]. |
| 251 | * WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Gekko. [[ChekhovsGun A very subtle hint]] about Ryuon being one came very early in the series.]] |
| 252 | * WhereItAllBegan: [[spoiler:The FinalBattle with Gajah takes place on his island from the first episode, whre the Boukenger woke him up]]. |
| 253 | * WholePlotReference: |
| 254 | ** Task 8, which involves the team recovering a Precious that can morph into anything, is one for ''Film/TheThing1982''. |
| 255 | ** Task 26 is basically ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', minus over-abundent rose symbolism, plus giant robot battle. And it is awesome. |
| 256 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: According to TheMovie, it's bugs for Sakura. To her defense though, [[BigCreepyCrawlies they were huge.]] |
| 257 | * TheWorfBarrage: Ultimate Daibouken's [[ChestBlaster Ultimate Blaster]]. At least [=DaiVoyager=]'s finisher tended to ''kill'' the monster once they finally got it off. |
| 258 | * TheWorfEffect: Despite it being Boukenger's most powerful mecha, [=DaiVoyager=] tends to see action only when they're fighting something even it can't beat. |
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| 260 | ''[[GratuitousEnglish Bouken Dreams On...]]'' |
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