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| 6 | [[caption-width-right:350:''Turning overflowing courage into magic!'']] |
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| 8 | ->''Magic. It is a sacred power.''\ |
| 9 | ''Magic. It is an adventure into the unknown.''\ |
| 10 | ''Magic. It is the proof of courage!'' |
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| 12 | ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger'' (Magical Squadron Magiranger) is the twenty-ninth program in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise, airing for 2005 to 2006. The TitleThemeTune was performed by Takafumi Iwasaki. |
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| 14 | Years ago, a war broke out between the heavenly plane of Magitopia and [[{{Hell}} the hellish underworld of Infershia]]. The divine warriors of Magitopia were victorious, and placed a [[SealedEvilInACan great seal]] on the gate to Infershia. Now in the modern day, that seal has begun to weaken and the demonic hordes within have put into motion a plan to revive their god, [[BigBad N Ma]]. |
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| 16 | Fortunately, a human woman named Miyuki Ozu has been preparing for this for the last fifteen years and teaches her five children to become magicians... only for her to be [[SacrificialLion killed right in front of their eyes]]. Armed with their newfound magic fueled by "courage", the five siblings transform into the Magirangers to protect their home from the Infershian threat while also [[OrphansOrdeal helping each other cope with their mother's death]]. What's more, their DisappearedDad turns out to have been [[SecretLegacy a famed Heavenly Saint warrior from Magitopia]], and soon more and more figures from Magitopia and Infershia start getting involved with their lives, revealing the truth behind their SecretLegacy. |
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| 18 | The motif this time around is "Magic", and the themes of "Courage" and "[[ThePowerOfFamily Family]]" are also strong all over. While it's the third Sentai series to feature a SiblingTeam (following ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' and ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV''), it's notable for having a much stronger focus on ThePowerOfFamily as its core theme, as well as having its Red be TheBabyOfTheBunch (the youngest Red in the franchise at the time of its airing) going through a ComingOfAgeStory. Also the first Sentai team to [[BadassCape don capes]] since... [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger around the]] [[Series/JAKQDengekitai first time]]. |
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| 20 | The series was adapted in the Western ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise as ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''. |
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| 22 | Partnered with the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' before concluding its airing alongside the first episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block. |
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| 25 | !!Recurring ''Super Sentai'' tropes: |
| 26 | * AbandonedWarehouse: The Magirangers take refuge in one during Stage 37, when they are being hunted down by the Hades God Cyclops. |
| 27 | * ActionGirl: Urara, Houka, and Lunagel. |
| 28 | * AllYourColorsCombined: Jinga Majuna, the Magical Curtain spell which all five Magirangers use together to create a multicolored barrier. |
| 29 | * AllYourPowersCombined: The Legend Finish and the Five Fantastic Super Attack. |
| 30 | * AllUpToYou: Just about every episode. |
| 31 | * AnAssKickingChristmas: A two-parter pitted against the two Ultimate Gods. |
| 32 | * AssKickingPose: "''[=MagiMajin=], on stage!''" |
| 33 | * {{BFS}}: [=MagiKing=]'s King Calibur, with a touch of ReverseShrapnel for the [[FinishingMove final strike]]. |
| 34 | * BossSubtitles: The last Super Sentai to make use of this trope, until [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger eight years later]]. |
| 35 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: "M" is for Magiranger. |
| 36 | ** "W" is for Wolzard. |
| 37 | ** And "S" is for Shine, as in [=MagiShine=]. |
| 38 | * ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Mahou Henshin! ''Ma-gi Magi Magiro!''" The full version adds "Heavenly Saints, grant us the power of magic!" when inputting the code for transformation spell. |
| 39 | ** "Tenku Henshin! ''Golu Golu Goldiro!''" |
| 40 | ** And then the [[HumongousMecha Majin]] spells... |
| 41 | * CallingYourAttacks: Always with the finishers. |
| 42 | * CatchPhrase: "Checkmate!" First used by Miyuki, then taken over by her kids. It doubles as a PreMortemOneLiner. |
| 43 | ** Nai and Mea have their own: "Shall we?" (''yacchou ka?''; always said before they fuse back into Vancuria) |
| 44 | * ClipShow: One that not only introduces the Infershia Pantheon, [[spoiler:but also confirms that Miyuki is alive but being held prisoner by them.]] |
| 45 | * ColorCharacter: Another "[team prefix] [English color]" Sentai. Though the FiveManBand play this trope straight, it is subverted in the case of the extras, from the golden [=MagiShine=] to the the white [=MagiMother=] to [[spoiler:Wolzard Fire, the second Red hero]]. |
| 46 | * CombinationAttack: Several examples throughout the series, but most frequently the Five Fantastic Kick. |
| 47 | * {{Crossover}}: ''Magiranger vs. [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]''. Also, like the Dekarangers, [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureMaxHeart Honoka and Nagisa]] drop in for a visit in an Audio Drama. Later, the series has the honor of being the first to get a dedicated episode tribute in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]'', with Kai showing up with Flagel to represent his family. |
| 48 | * CustomUniform: The siblings have matching outfits in their respective colors with black plaid patterns, implied to be standard wear for magicians (which is supported when Hikaru shows up wearing a similar outfit in navy and gold). They also have pendants that symbolize their status and color alignment as magicians, as well as black robes to wear on top of them when doing more dedicated work in the magic room. The events of Stage 24 have Hikaru gift the siblings with rings that were heirlooms from his own family, which end up being used to help prove their worthiness of their [[SuperMode Legend powers]] to Snowgel [[spoiler:(and later serve as Urara and Hikaru's engagement rings upon their marriage)]]. Even when they do sometimes change clothes to go out, they continue to wear the pendants and rings; Kai is seen still sporting the robe, pendant, and ring in his ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]'' appearance. |
| 49 | * DarkestHour: [[spoiler:By the time of the finale, N Ma has seemingly killed [[BigGood Magiel]], has ''definitely'' killed Sungel and Blagel, and has eaten ''all of time itself'', punting the siblings into a BadFuture where the entire world is ground down to nothingness. This ends up sending [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Kai of all people]] into a HeroicBSOD that his siblings have to pull him out of.]] |
| 50 | * EvolvingCredits: Hikaru enters the opening credits starting in Stage 21. Unusually, the footage for the other five members is redone from scratch as well, possibly because the first version had the actors smiling very awkwardly and stiffly, while the new footage has them acting more naturally after having settled into their roles more. |
| 51 | * {{Eyecatch}}: Showing whichever Magiranger is the primary focus of that episode. |
| 52 | * FantasticFirearms: [=MagiShine=]'s weapon is a magic lamp-shaped firearm that can shoot bolts of golden energy after he rubs it first. It comes complete with a [[GenieInABottle genie]] who is shot out of the lamp as the finishing move. |
| 53 | * HenshinHero: Beyond the general application of this trope, both Blagel and Sungel refer to themselves as "Heavenly Heroes". |
| 54 | ** It's also notable for being a rare Sentai series that actually uses the word "henshin", since Sentai's preferred word is usually the GratuitousEnglish "change", or if it's Japanese "henge". |
| 55 | * HomeBase: The Ozu family's home, more specifically the SecretRoom in the back, although Makito and Urara sometimes go out to use the kitchen. |
| 56 | * HumongousMecha: The Ozu siblings ''actually'' turn into mecha through magic. When they combine, they share a single mindspace. [[SixthRanger Hikaru]] plays it straight however with Travelion. |
| 57 | ** AMechByAnyOtherName: The [=MagiMajins=]. |
| 58 | ** AnimalMecha: [[OurDragonsAreDifferent [=MagiDragon=]]], [[HellishHorse Barikion]], [[{{Unicorn}} Unigolon]], [[ThePhoenix [=MagiFirebird=]]], and [[KingOfBeasts [=MagiLion=]]] |
| 59 | ** TransformingMecha: Travelion can switch from train mode to giant robot mode. |
| 60 | ** CombiningMecha: |
| 61 | *** [=MagiGaruda=] (Yellow) + [=MagiMermaid=] (Blue) + [=MagiFairy=] (Pink) + [=MagiTaurus=] (Green) = [=MagiDragon=] |
| 62 | *** [=MagiPhoenix=] (Red) + [=MagiGaruda=] + [=MagiMermaid=] + [=MagiFairy=] + [=MagiTaurus=] = [=MagiKing=] |
| 63 | *** [=MagiPhoenix=] + Barikion = [=FireKaiser=] |
| 64 | *** Saint [=MagiPhoenix=] + Unigolon = [=SaintKaiser=] |
| 65 | *** [=MagiFirebird=] + [=MagiLion=] = [=MagiLegend=] |
| 66 | *** Wolzard + Varikion = Wolcentaurus or Wolkaiser |
| 67 | ** MechaExpansionPack: Varikion and Unigoruon can be considered upgrades to Magi Phoenix. |
| 68 | * InterdimensionalTravelDevice: Aside from turning into [=MagiShine=]'s mecha, Travelion can take its passengers freely between different worlds. |
| 69 | * IntangibleTheft: Gaston the Thief is capable of stealing intangible things, like Kai's courage. |
| 70 | * InTheNameOfTheMoon: Although the record has been long broken since, ''Magiranger'' had one of the longest sequences at its time, roughly on par with ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]''. But length-wise, it still outdraws the others due to ending with what was the largest roster in Super Sentai history at the time[[note]]The record would be broken eight years later with ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]''[[/note]]. |
| 71 | -->[[spoiler:'''Isamu''': "The raging fire element! Heavenly Hero, ''Wolzard Fire''!"]] |
| 72 | -->[[spoiler:'''Miyuki''': "The sparkling ice element! The White Magician, ''[=MagiMother=]''!"]] |
| 73 | -->'''Hikaru''': "The shining solar element! Heavenly Hero, ''[=MagiShine=]''!" |
| 74 | -->'''Makito''': "The howling earth element! The Green Magician, ''[=MagiGreen=]''!" |
| 75 | -->'''Houka''': "The blowing wind element! The Pink Magician, ''[=MagiPink=]''!" |
| 76 | -->'''Urara''': "The swaying water element! The Blue Magician, ''[=MagiBlue=]''!" |
| 77 | -->'''Tsubasa''': "The galloping thunder element! The Yellow Magician, ''[=MagiYellow=]''!" |
| 78 | -->'''Kai''': "The burning flame element! The Red Magician, ''[=MagiRed=]''!" |
| 79 | ---> All: "Our overflowing courage changes into magic! ''Mahou Sentai Magiranger''!" |
| 80 | ** In addition, two of the Heavenly Saints also perform one of these speeches when they get to fight. |
| 81 | -->'''Rin''': "The serene moon element! Heavenly Saint, Lunagel!" |
| 82 | -->'''Snowgel''': "The sparkling ice element! Heavenly Saint, Snowgel!" |
| 83 | ** According to ''Film/GoGoSentaiBoukengerVsSuperSentai'', the Ozu family residence is located in "Tokyo-to Kanza-su Doro-shi 5-2-13". Kanza-su and Doro-shi, or, that is to say, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Kansas and Dorothy]]. |
| 84 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Pretty much everything since the series finished has been very open about the fact the series ends with Isamu and Miyuki alive and Hikaru marrying into the family, resulting in a complete eight-person Ozu family. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/powerrangers/images/0/0f/Ozu_Family.jpg One of the more prominent series photos]] is of the entire family together in the rubble of the final battle.]] |
| 85 | * LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The series has a rather unusual approach to this trope; instead of being TheLeader (that's Makito) or the most powerful (he does have the occasional burst of power and two unique mechs, but his access to these is quite unreliable), Kai is actually TheBabyOfTheBunch, and the series functions as his ComingOfAgeStory. This is reflected in him being ''last'' in the roll call, an unusual position for Sentai Reds. Since the series is about ThePowerOfFamily, most of its episodes focus on the relationship between two characters instead of just one, so episodes that focus on Kai's CharacterDevelopment also contribute to characterizing one of his siblings or Hikaru since they each have their own way of interacting with him and giving him support (or even getting advice from him in turn). This allows Kai to be at the center of the narrative without overshadowing the others, since his successes and growth reflect back on his family helping him bring out his potential. |
| 86 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: When they need to up the ante, Wolzard (Vancuria temporarily assumes the duty about halfway through the second arc) or Meemy chant the BlackMagic spell "Douza Uru Ugaro" (or, in Meemy's case, "Douza Meru Megaro") to enlarge the beasties. The members of the Pantheon, on the other hand, invert the trope, as they're naturally giant... though they can grow and shrink at will without the use of magic. |
| 87 | ** Oddly enough though, there are a few early monsters who spontaneously become giant sized without the use of magic. These monsters are noted by [[CreepyTwins Nai and Mare]] as having "special bodies" like them. |
| 88 | * MarketBasedTitle: The Korean dub refers to the show as ''Power Ranger Magic Force''. |
| 89 | * MidSeasonUpgrade: The [[SuperMode Legend Mode]] and [[HumongousMecha [=MagiLegend=]]]. |
| 90 | * MiniDressOfPower: Part of the Magiranger girls' suits. |
| 91 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: The Hades Beasts, and later on the Hades Beastmen, [[JustifiedTrope who have to be sent to the surface one at a time due to the seal placed on Infershia before the start of the series.]] |
| 92 | * TheMovie: ''Magiranger the Movie: Bride of Infershia'' |
| 93 | * TheNarrator: Creator/TesshoGenda narrates the series. He mostly narrates two-parters. |
| 94 | * PowerLimiter: It was supposed to be a spell to stop the siblings from turning to Heavenly Saints and lose all their memories, but had a certain side effect of weakening the Legendary Power Mode. Stage 47 implies that the limiter can still fail if they're emotionally compromised past a certain point, but this never happens within the series. |
| 95 | * PowerUpLetdown: [=MagiLegend=] has the bad luck to have been introduced right when the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil starts drastically escalating, meaning it ends up so subject to TheWorfEffect that it only wins a measly ''five'' out of thirteen battles it's involved with. Combined with some overcomplicated gimmicks required to put together the toy and a high price that discouraged parents from getting it for their kids, it's no wonder it ended up completely passed over in favor of the more iconic [=MagiKing=] in terms of public memory and future crossovers. |
| 96 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: Both [[BigGood Magiel]] and [[BigBad N Ma]] are the most powerful beings of their respective domains. |
| 97 | * RightMakesMight: Infershia operates like this. [[spoiler:Sphinx takes over at the end of the series in the hopes of making it a better place.]] |
| 98 | * RuleOfCool: While they ostensibly increase their magic power, the real purpose of the cloaks is to be dramatically unfurled just before transforming. |
| 99 | * SecretLegacy: Pretty much what the siblings are thrown into in the beginning. |
| 100 | * StrictlyFormula |
| 101 | ** Unbeatable monster of the week that requires a new HumongousMecha configuration, Stage 9 |
| 102 | ** Sixth Ranger appears, Stage 20 |
| 103 | ** Extra strong monster necessitates new mecha, Stage 31 |
| 104 | ** Hero who falls in tragic love, Stage 28 |
| 105 | ** Monster of the week who doesn’t want to hurt anyone, Stages 45 and 46 |
| 106 | ** Heroes fight while dressed as Samurai and Ninja, Stage 22 |
| 107 | ** The FreakyFridayFlip, Stages 39 and 40 |
| 108 | * SuperMode: The Legend Forms. |
| 109 | * SupervillainLair: The court of Infershia. |
| 110 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: Common throughout the series, with notable examples in Stages 7, 38, 42, 46, 48, and 49. |
| 111 | * TransformationNameAnnouncement: ''[=MagiKing=], Number One!'' |
| 112 | * TransformationTrinket: The Magi Phones, Hikaru's [=GripPhone=][[spoiler:, and Isamu's Fire [=WolzaPhone=]]]. |
| 113 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Following up from [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger its predecessor]], the main team consists of two girls as usual, Pink and Blue, making Magiranger the fourth Sentai team to have a female Blue, as well as the second team where she was not the lone girl. [=MagiMother=] joins her children towards the end of the series as well, serving as the team's third female member. Half of the Heavenly Saints were also women and all of them were in high positions of authority. |
| 114 | * VillainsActHeroesReact: As is the norm for ''Super Sentai'', we generally have Infershia sending out a MOTW with an EvilPlan OnceAnEpisode, with our heroes then arriving on the scene to stop them. In fact, the early episodes had the siblings worrying less about the ongoing Infershian war than they were trying to figure out this whole magic thing and survive any attacks near them. |
| 115 | * VillainTeleportation: Provided by Wolzard and Meemy's magic, and in fact the only way for the vast majority of the Infershian forces to even reach the surface. |
| 116 | %%** MagicWand: The siblings and their mother's [=MagiSticks=].[[note]]It also doubles as the female Magirangers' default weapon, though Miyuki's is longer then her children's[[/note]] |
| 117 | %%** MorphWeapon: The brothers' [=MagiSticks=] are able to change into a weapon for them to use: |
| 118 | %%*** Kai: [[CoolSword Sword]] |
| 119 | %%*** Tsubasa: [[AutomaticCrossbows Crossbow]] |
| 120 | %%*** Makito: Axe |
| 121 | %%** RedBoxingGloves: The [=MagiPunch=]. |
| 122 | %%** Hikaru: MagiLamp Buster |
| 123 | %%** [[spoiler:Isamu: [[CoolSword WolSabre]] and [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Jagun Shield.]]]] |
| 124 | %%** Legend Magiranger: [[MagicStaff DialRod]] |
| 125 | %%*** Legend [=MagiYellow=]: [[{{BFG}} DialRod BowGun]] |
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| 127 | !!Tropes specific to ''Magiranger'': |
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| 129 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: Shichijuurou of the four Hell Kings can set his sword to slice through intangible concepts like the bonds between family. |
| 130 | * AccidentalKidnapping: Hades God Toad had no idea that the "special soul" he'd stolen from the Flower Garden of Souls was [[spoiler:Miyuki]]. |
| 131 | * AccidentalPervert: In one episode where Houka is attempting to help Kai on a date with his love interest, Yuka Yamazaki, ends up knocking him over, and causes him to see up his crush's skirt. |
| 132 | ** [[TeamPet Smoky]] becomes one at the end of Stage 26 when he accidentally gropes Urara. Cue Urara's MegatonPunch. |
| 133 | * AchillesInHisTent: Following the [[spoiler:apparent]] death of their mother in Stage 2, Tsubasa and Houka abandon the fight against Infershia, pissing off Kai. They get their spirit back after hearing the message their mother left for the siblings in the Magic Room. |
| 134 | * ActionMom: Miyuki. |
| 135 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Heavenly Saints' human forms seem to be this; Blagel, Sungel, and Lunagel's human forms are mainly used for human interaction, most of the others aren't seen with them at all, and [=MagiShine's=] transformation sequence has him briefly turn back into his Heavenly Saint form before putting on the armor (with very rare exceptions done obviously for production convenience). Strangely, Magiel is ''only'' shown with a humanoid form, but she also happens to be [[OurGiantsAreBigger far more giantic than any ordinary human]]. |
| 136 | * AgainstTheSettingSun: Inverted in Stage 6, played straight in Stage 36. |
| 137 | * AgonyBeam: N Ma pulls this on Kai in Stage 33. |
| 138 | * ALadyOnEachArm: Belbireji pulls this with Nai and Mare. They're not amused. |
| 139 | * AlienBlood: [[HellishHorse Valkyon]] bleeds green, as does the Hades God Wyvern. |
| 140 | * AllThereInTheManual: Victory General Branken was once a mere High Zobil, while the Hades Beastmen were humans who'd sold their souls to N Ma. |
| 141 | * AllTrollsAreDifferent: The Hades Beast Troll is of the big, rocky variety. |
| 142 | * AmplifierArtifact: The sword Hell Fang and the Jagun Shield, crafted from N Ma's fang and eye, respectively. |
| 143 | * AmusingInjuries: Nai and Mea suffer from this during the last arc of the series, as they are either stepped on by their new bosses, or swatted like flies when said bosses get angry. [[{{Immortality}} Since they can't die]], they get better. |
| 144 | * AndIMustScream: Depending on how you interpret what Urara says, the people who got turned into stone by the MOTW in Stage 4 were still fully aware of everything happening around them. |
| 145 | ** Also Raigel, during the time he was turned into a mummy and sealed in a cave by Sungel for fifteen years. Hikaru presumably didn't have it much better as a frog, but he never particularly complains about it. |
| 146 | * AngelicBeauty: Both [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Hikaru and Rin]] are regarded as especially attractive in their human forms. |
| 147 | * AngstComa: Kai falls into one after getting his ass thoroughly kicked by Wolzard and having the [=MagiKing=] magic stolen from his family. |
| 148 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: The mythological variation. |
| 149 | * AnAesop: The "courage equals magic" rule is typically expressed with one of these. |
| 150 | * ApocalypseHow: Each member of the Infershia Pantheon is capable of performing their own variation of a Class 4 or 5 apocalypse. [[spoiler:N Ma himself was on the verge of achieving a Class X-4 in the final episode, before Kai's timely intervention.]] |
| 151 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: In Stage 6, the siblings don't believe Kai when he tells him that Wolzard contacted him in his dreams, despite the fact they should be well aware Wolzard can do things like that ''and'' more (although it may not be about whether it's theoretically possible as much as there not being any real known reason for Wolzard to single out Kai specifically). Meta-wise, the main reason for this is to facilitate him going against Wolzard alone. |
| 152 | * ArcWords: "You may also create a new legend". Hikaru says this with regard to each sibling from Stages 25 through 29, [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]] their obtainment of the [[SuperMode Legend Mode]]. |
| 153 | * AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Other than "Primordial" Heavenly Saints like Snowgel, the first generation of Heavenly Saints was made up of human magicians who attained so much magical power that they ascended, at the price of losing all memories of their earthly lives. The rings Hikaru gives the Ozu siblings were originally owned by five such magicians. The siblings end up almost reaching this point themselves, but Hikaru puts a PowerLimiter on them so they can remain human and keep their memories of their family, although it's implied there's still a small risk of their powers going out of control. |
| 154 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: The key to defeating Hades God Drake. |
| 155 | * AttackReflector: Kai uses this tactic against the MonsterOfTheWeek in Stage 4, although Urara is the one who comes up with the idea. |
| 156 | * AutomaticCrossbow: Vancuria uses a magic one twice, in Stage 9 and Stage 15. |
| 157 | * AvengingTheVillain: While Hades God Drake was already raring to go to the surface and rampage, the death of Hades God Gorgon makes him even more so. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], it is [[AntiVillain Hades God Sphinx]] who callously dismisses his anger on Gorgon's behalf. |
| 158 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: At the time ''Magiranger'' aired, the idea of having a Red being a KidHero and the ''youngest'' of the group was completely unheard of for a Sentai series; while Sentai had been no stranger to teenage members, they would usually be treated as a TagalongKid, not the Red. Even previous SiblingTeam series ''[[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Fiveman]]'' and ''[[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV GoGoV]]'' had their Reds be the oldest and therefore TheLeader. At 17 years old, Kai was the youngest Red in the entire franchise when ''Magiranger'' aired, a distinction he kept even years after the series ended; barring [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger a technicality]] or [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger two]], it would take '''fifteen years''' for someone to truly contest Kai's title as youngest Red (Juru from ''[[Series/MashinSentaiKiramager Kiramager]]'', a series that shared a producer with ''Magiranger'' and [[FleetingDemographicRule deliberately took cues from it]]). Even then, Kai still continues to stand out among Reds by symbolically being ''last'' in the roll call instead of first. |
| 159 | ** Kai's association with being a KidHero going through a ComingOfAgeStory is so strong that his ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]'' guest appearance has him come off as one of the most drastically changed in personality among all of the returning characters, simply because it wouldn't make sense for him to still be acting like a teenager after all those years. In fact, the reason he was made TheBabyOfTheBunch in the first place was that a younger and more immature character was easier to get extensive CharacterDevelopment out of. |
| 160 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Hikaru, Isamu, Miyuki, and Sphinx.]] Vancuria is basically immortal and [[DeathIsCheap comes back every time she dies]]. |
| 161 | * BadassBoast: Miyuki delivers one in a flashback in TheMovie, in order to convince [[Creator/MachikoSoga Magiel]] to let her become a magician. |
| 162 | -->'''Miyuki''': I am the wife of Heavenly Saint Blagel! If it's courage you want, I have more than anyone! |
| 163 | * BadassCape: |
| 164 | ** For the ''third'' time in Super Sentai history. When the core team uses Legend mode, however, they lose the capes. Also, [=MagiMother=] and [[spoiler:Wolzard Fire]] don't wear them. |
| 165 | ** And on the villainous side, the Hades God Ifrit wears one. |
| 166 | * BadassFamily: Five siblings, their teacher ([[spoiler:and eventually in-law after marrying Urara]]), and retroactively their parents, [[spoiler:all of whom get to fight together as a complete family in the finale]]. |
| 167 | * BadassFingersnap: Typically accompanies the declaration [[PreMortemOneLiner checkmate]]. |
| 168 | * BadassLongRobe: Blagel wears a fur lined one in his human form. [[spoiler:This gets passed down to Kai in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue.]] |
| 169 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: Kai pulls one against Wolzard in the first episode. |
| 170 | * BarrierMaiden: Lunagel |
| 171 | * BadBoss: The Ten Hades Gods. Mostly to [[AmusingInjuries Vancuria, who gets stepped on even by the nicer ones.]] [[spoiler: The exception is Sphinx, which is probably a big part of the reason [[BackFromTheDead Vancuria revives her after she's killed by Dagon.]]]] |
| 172 | * BashBrothers: Not surprising considering the heroes are siblings, but there's a villainous example in Hades Gods Drake and Slepnir, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast who are collectively known as]] [[RedBaron The Two UltimateGods.]] |
| 173 | * BatmanGambit: Meemy pulls one off in Stage 33, provoking [=MagiShine=] to use Travelion's [[KillItWithFire Destruction Fire Reverse Spray]] against him so he can drain that power to create the [[HybridMonster Gestalt Hades Beast Chimera]]. |
| 174 | * BattleAmongstTheFlames: Kai creates this effect during the FinalBattle against N Ma. |
| 175 | * BeamOWar: Snowgel vs. Hades God Drake. |
| 176 | * BeamSpam: Hikaru tends to pull these, especially when in his [[OneWingedAngel Heavenly Saint form]]. |
| 177 | * BigDamnHeroes: [=MagiMother=], [=MagiShine=], and [[spoiler:[=WolzardFire=]]], at various points throughout the series. |
| 178 | * BigFancyHouse: The Ozu residence, complete with hidden magic room. That said, the house isn't big because the family is particularly rich, but because it has to sustain a whole five children. |
| 179 | * BigNo: Urara lets one out when in Stage 26 when it appears that Smoky's fallen victim to his curse and died (fortunately, he turns out to be fine), and later in Stage 47 [[spoiler:when N Ma shows her Hikaru's corpse]]. |
| 180 | * BlackSpot: Well, a red skull mark on your arm, but it has the same fatal consequences. |
| 181 | * BladeRun: Hades God Wyvern pulls this against [[spoiler: Hades God Drake]]. |
| 182 | * BlessedWithSuck: Invoked by Nai and Mare, who turned a group of people into vampires so that they could be killed by sunlight. |
| 183 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Hades God Wyvern [[spoiler: following his fight against Wolzard]]. |
| 184 | * BloodKnight: Hades God Drake. Guy was itching for a fight, he even went off before it was his turn to take on [=MagiShine=]. |
| 185 | * BookEnds: The first scene of the family is everyone eating together, minus Kai who was late getting back. The same goes for the final scene, [[spoiler: with the addition of Hikaru as Urara's husband and Isamu restored to the family.]] |
| 186 | * BodyHorror: [[BigBad N Ma]] emergence from [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan Titan's body]] begins with his tentacles bursting out of his body. |
| 187 | * BowChickaWowWow: Houka creates this sort of music to set the atmosphere for Kai and Yamazaki in Stage 5. [[HilarityEnsues Kai was not amused.]] |
| 188 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Tsubasa teaches Kai how to box in order to fight the MonsterOfTheWeek in Stage 14. |
| 189 | * BrainwashedBride: In The Movie, Groom Do Bridon kidnaps Yuka Yamazaki with the intention of making her his bride, but she rejects him due to his ugly appearance. So, he decides to place a ring on Yuka that has the power to manipulate people's hearts and proceeds with a wedding ceremony. However, just as they are about to exchange vows with a kiss, [=MagiRed=] intervenes and destroys the ring. |
| 190 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: [[Creator/MachikoSoga Magiel]] addresses the audience directly near the end of TheMovie, and near the end of the series itself. |
| 191 | ** In Stage 19, after Smoky first comes out of his genie lamp, he sniffs Kai. Smoky turns to the camera and says, "Not the master." |
| 192 | * BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Deconstructed and eventually averted. [[spoiler:Stage 47 has Hikaru attempt to abruptly cut the Ozu family off because [[ForeseeingMyDeath he's aware he's probably going to die the next day]], with his reasoning being that they should just forget about him and move on -- failing to take into account the fact that he's already bonded with the family so deeply that there's no way this would make it any better. Urara, who's particularly distressed because she's fallen in love with him, tries to point this out during her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove, but he continues pushing her away despite the fact he's obviously fallen in love with her in turn. Miyuki ends up having to intervene and inform a guilt-ridden and miserable Hikaru that Urara probably considers "losing his love" to be much more painful of an outcome than anything else that could happen to him.]] Ultimately, he acknowledges that attempting to pull this is basically the same as demeaning her by assuming she can't handle it. |
| 193 | --> '''Hikaru:''' I was afraid that I might hurt you. I thought it would be better if I wasn't attached. But I was wrong. I let my imagination run wild and frighten me. I never fully realized how strong you really are. |
| 194 | * BreatherEpisode: After the very intense psychological battle against the Hades God Cyclops, the focus of the fight against the Hades God Gorgon is on a FreakyFridayFlip between Kai and Houka which is mostly played for laughs. |
| 195 | * BrickJoke: During one Omake segment, [[TeamPet Mandra Boy]] swears revenge upon [[TeamPet Smoky]]. In a later Omake segment, he succeeds. |
| 196 | ** In Stage 5, Houka attempts to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting disguise herself as a post box]], and when Kai sees through her, she responds "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I am just an ordinary post box]]. She does the same thing in Stage 39, Kai sees through her disguise again, and she responds "As before, I am just an ordinary post box." |
| 197 | * BrokeEpisode: Stage 13, after Makito loses the earnings he'd gotten for the month, causing Urara to have a mental breakdown from the stress of trying to keep the family afloat. |
| 198 | * BrokenFaceplate: A variation on this in the last episode, where Kai manifests his helmet with the faceplate empty. |
| 199 | * CampStraight: Houka's love interest and SpearCounterpart Tetsuya. |
| 200 | * CapeSwish: The [=MagiRangers=] do this during their role call. |
| 201 | * CastFromHitPoints: Using magic beyond your abilities quickly drains your stamina, as seen with Kai in Stages 6 and 7, and [[spoiler:Miyuki in Stage 46]]. |
| 202 | * CatchAndReturn: Tsubasa thoroughly stomped Wolzard in Kai's dream in Stage 7, starting with a Hadouken-style return. |
| 203 | * CellPhonesAreUseless: On two separate occasions the Magirangers find themselves in a PocketDimension where their [=MagiPhones=] will not work. |
| 204 | * CentralTheme: Courage and family can overcome anything. |
| 205 | * CharacterDevelopment: EVERY episode. |
| 206 | * ChekhovsArmoury: Most everything in the show gets introduced before their full importance is apparent. |
| 207 | * ChekhovsBoomerang: Urara's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes phobia of frogs]] is introduced in Stage 19, plays a significant part in Stage 20, and returns in Stage 43. |
| 208 | * ChekhovsGun: Many examples throughout the series, [[spoiler:with the ice-bolt in Wolzard's armor after he defeats Magi Mother being among the most important.]] |
| 209 | * ChekhovsGunman: Rin/Lunagel is introduced at the end of Stage 15, with the full scope of her true identity and role not revealed until the next episode. |
| 210 | * ChekhovMIA: Raigel and Sungel. |
| 211 | * ChekhovsSkill: In Stage 9, Kai's ability to teleport objects proves key to befriending Varikion. Later on, [[DualWielding the Fatal Blade stance]] shown to him by [[spoiler:Blagel]] in Stage 48 shows its worth in Stage 49. |
| 212 | * ChessMotif: The Magirangers turn into chess pieces while controlling [=MagiKing=], and later [=MagiLegend=]. Notably, not even the Magirangers know why this happens, [[HandWave it's just magic.]] |
| 213 | * ChestBlaster: Travelion has one that can either absorb the enemy, or spew fire at them. |
| 214 | * ClimacticBattleResurrection: [[spoiler: Vancuria extends her immortality to Sphinx, Sungel, and Blagel to revive them for the final battle as part of her HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 215 | * ClippedWingAngel: Groom Do Bridon after fusing with the Ultra Hades Beast Living Sword. |
| 216 | * ColdSniper: Cyclops, one of the Hades Gods. |
| 217 | * CombatTentacles: Several monsters exhibit these, most notably [[spoiler: N Ma.]] |
| 218 | * CombatPragmatist: On two occasions, the MonsterOfTheWeek will attempt to step on the heroes upon turning giant. Subverted when the heroes turn into their [[HumongousMecha Majin forms]] and flip the poor monster over. |
| 219 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: In Stage 9, Kai uses his magic to finish [[TheSmartGuy Tsubasa's]] 'ship in a bottle' and then remove it from the bottle. [[IdiotHero He has no idea why Makito smacked him on Tsubasa's behalf.]] |
| 220 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Downplayed; while the term "Magirangers" shows up here and there, the word is used less often than an equivalent would be used in some other series, with the siblings mostly being referred to as "magicians" or, well, siblings. It makes sense that the family would refer to each other in terms of their familial relationships before identifying as Rangers, so the term "Magirangers" mainly comes up when the siblings are specifically bringing up their role in the war against Infershia, but even the Infershian side prefers to refer to them as "the five-colored magicians". |
| 221 | * ConstantlyCurious: Snowgel acts like one when the Magirangers first meet her, before Smoky reveals her true identity. |
| 222 | * CoolHorse: Wolzard has one and combines with it to form a centaur-like mecha. [[spoiler:Kai later gets temporary access to it and can also combine with it. The movie also reveals that Blagel had a different one in Magitopia, which Kai also gets to use for a bit.]] |
| 223 | * CoolTrain: Hikaru's mecha, Travelion. |
| 224 | * CoolVersusAwesome: Beyond the general premise of [[FluffyCloudHeaven heavenly]] [[MagicKnight magicians]] vs. [[PhysicalHell Infershia's]] [[MonsterMash legions]], Stage 42 features a giant mecha centaur vs. a giant mecha chariot. |
| 225 | * CornerOfWoe: Kai ends up in one for Stage 14's {{Omake}}. |
| 226 | * CrashingDreams: Tsubasa invokes this after entering Kai's mind during his AngstComa to get him to realize he's trapped in a dream. |
| 227 | * CreepyTwins: Nai and Mea; they're not technically twins as much as they are SelfDuplication, but they hit every other criteria on spot. Vancuria has no reason to use that {{Goth}} getup besides doing it [[ItAmusedMe for the hell of it]]. |
| 228 | * CrucifiedHeroShot: Lunagel is caught in this position in Stage 18. |
| 229 | * CrutchCharacter: Miyuki is very much this. She manages to easily defeat a Monster of the Week on her own, can grow to giant size at will, is the one who gave the FiveManBand their powers and has knowledge that would probably solve all of the series' problems in no time. Because the series is probably aware of her status of CrutchCharacter, she is removed from the plot by the Dark Magician Wolzard in the second episode. [[spoiler:She does return near the end, and while she does manage to make significant contributions the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil has now escalated so much that she can't automatically win everything for them.]] |
| 230 | * CueTheSun: Inverted in Stage 11, as the rising sun proves very bad for [[spoiler:Houka, who had been turned into a vampire without realizing it.]] |
| 231 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 232 | ** The Mecha fight between [=MagiKing=] and Belbireji in Stage 24 is one of the more notable examples of a heroic beatdown. |
| 233 | ** A more traditional villainous one takes place in Stage 6, with the [=MagiKing=] magic stolen and Kai stuck in an AngstComa afterwards. |
| 234 | ** [[spoiler: Wolzard Fire]] introduces himself by single-handedly destroying [[spoiler: Wyvern]] in less than a minute. This was after [[spoiler: Wyvern declared he was going to pay Wolzard back for humiliating him earlier.]] |
| 235 | %%* CuriosityCausesConversion: [[spoiler:Hades God Sphinx.]] |
| 236 | %%* DamselInDistress: Yuka Yamazaki for the movie. |
| 237 | %%* DanceBattler: Urara and Houka during Stage 8. To top it off, they even sing the ending theme. |
| 238 | %%* DancingTheme: The ending theme. |
| 239 | * DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The punishment of using Chronogel's forbidden time spell is death. [[spoiler:Tsubasa uses it and would have almost died if it wasn't for Hikaru who also would have almost died if not for Wolzard.]] Hikaru also implies that using dark or forbidden magic has a risk of making you DrunkWithPower, which seems to have happened with Raigel/Meemy. |
| 240 | * DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler:In the end, Infershia isn't inherently an evil place, just one ruled by leadership that was willing to sacrifice everything to an EldritchAbomination. After all is said and done, Sphinx takes over to be its BigGood, and Kai becomes an ambassador hoping to have Magitopia and the Surface World establish a good relationship with them.]] |
| 241 | * DeadManWriting: When the siblings enter the Magic Room for the first time, they find that Miyuki left a message behind for her children, anticipating that she would likely be killed once Infershia began its invasion. |
| 242 | * DeadPersonConversation: There are certain instances when the siblings are in a fix, their mom comes to help them out. [[spoiler:It's actually a clue that she wasn't exactly dead to begin with.]] |
| 243 | * DeathByIrony: Bullrates exploited the deaths of his fellow Hell Kings to increase Zee's power, and suffers the same fate at Meemy's hands. |
| 244 | * DeathFakedForYou: [[spoiler:In a short moment of FightingFromTheInside, Wolzard faked Miyuki's death and teleported her away to safety. Interestingnly enough, the "death" convinced his own brainwashed self too, so ''nobody'' in the plot was aware Miyuki was actually alive until Isamu is brought back to normal in Stage 34.]] |
| 245 | * DeceptiveDisciple: [[spoiler:Raigel/Meemy betrayed Blagel, Sungel, and Lunagel in a past battle. Lunagel later admits that he'd probably been intending to backstab them from the start.]] |
| 246 | * DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler:Lunagel, Eriko and Snowgel.]] |
| 247 | * DepravedBisexual: Belbireji the Incubus. |
| 248 | * DeusExitMachina: Inverted in Stage 21 and TheMovie, where Hikaru sends the Magirangers off on sidequests while he deals with the main threat. |
| 249 | * DiagonalCut: Shichijuurou of the four Hell Kings pulls these off on skycrapers. |
| 250 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Seven times total. [[spoiler:Out of N Ma and the ten Hades Gods, three are killed by their own members while one undergoes a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 251 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Branken. Meemy later shows up as a Disc Two Final Boss. |
| 252 | * DisguisedInDrag: Hikaru and Tetsu get in on it during ''[[Film/MahouSentaiMagirangerVsDekaranger Magiranger vs. Dekaranger]]'' to rescue Urara and Jasmine from Babon, who apparently [[HasAType likes girls around their height]]. Hikaru's not enthusiastic about it at first, but after some encouragement from Tetsu (who is, shall we say, "[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger experienced]]" in this area) he ends up getting into the role. |
| 253 | * DisneyDeath: Sets some kind of record. [[spoiler: Hikaru, Sphinx, Magiel, Miyuki twice, Isamu three times, and ''the entire earth'' in the finale.]] |
| 254 | * DistantFinale: The final scene of Stage 49 takes place one year after the final battle. |
| 255 | * DivineParentage: The Magiranger's father is a high ranking Heavenly Saint, the setting equivalent to an Arch Angel or Demigod. |
| 256 | * DopeSlap: [[TheLancer Tsubasa]] delivers these to [[TheHero Kai]]. |
| 257 | * DragonRider: [=MagiPhoenix=], when mounting the [=MagiDragon=]. |
| 258 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: In Stage 43, both Urara and Tsubasa have the same dream of when their mother rescued them when they were young, which they take as a sign [[spoiler: that they will soon rescue her from the Hades Gods. It also turns out that Miyuki also had the same dream.]] |
| 259 | * DualBoss: In Stage 42, Hades God Sleipnir is sent to the surface to join Drake's side in battle. [[spoiler:This forces Blagel to reveal himself, all according to Dagon's plans.]] |
| 260 | * DualWielding: The Fatal Blade stance. |
| 261 | * DubNameChange: All but Kai get one in the Korean dub: Jonah (Tsubasa), Miho (Urara), Lucy (Houka), Eugene (Makito), Shine (Hikaru), Marie (Miyuki) and Roscoe ([[spoiler:[=Wolzard Fire/Isamu.=]]]) |
| 262 | * DuelToTheDeath: The Bond Duel between Sungel and Meemy. |
| 263 | * TheDutifulSon: The series plays with this concept; the siblings' devotion to their family is treated as nothing short of admirable, but sacrificing their own personal aspirations and shouldering huge burdens for the sake of the family is also treated as unhealthy. The ideal is for the family members to be able to follow their own dreams while still staying connected. |
| 264 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: BIG TIME. [[spoiler:By the time of the finale, the family has had to cope with both Miyuki and Isamu being nearly killed twice each, Isamu being ReforgedIntoAMinion and made to fight his wife and children, plus Isamu and Hikaru ''actually'' being killed at one point, along with all the grief and loneliness that came with it -- but once all is said and done they're finally able to be together as an eight-person family.]] |
| 265 | * EldritchAbomination: N Ma, whose true form is reminiscent of Cthulhu. |
| 266 | * ElegantGothicLolita: Nai and Mea. Even in ninja outfits. |
| 267 | * ElementalArmor: Makito gains a spell that lets him create a suit of rock armor. |
| 268 | * ElementalBarrier: Hades God Ifrit can burn and evaporate any attack directed at him. [[spoiler:But only if he can see it coming.]] |
| 269 | * ElementalPowers |
| 270 | ** PlayingWithFire: Kai and his father Blagel/Isamu. The former took the trope literally when he got his Legend powers by pressing his hot fired hands on Tsubasa. |
| 271 | ** ShockAndAwe: Tsubasa. Raigel is also aligned with this element, but there doesn't seem to be any connection between the two (probably for the better, since Raigel's a DirtyCoward and a traitor). |
| 272 | ** MakingASplash: Urara. |
| 273 | ** BlowYouAway: Houka, usually in the form of a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting pink electric fan]]. |
| 274 | ** GreenThumb[=/=]DishingOutDirt: Makito, [[MundaneUtility which also helps with his garden]]. |
| 275 | ** ThePowerOfTheSun: Hikaru. |
| 276 | ** {{Lunacy}}: Rin/Lunagel, though only thematic and not personality-wise. |
| 277 | ** AnIcePerson: [[spoiler:Snowgel and Miyuki (though not personality-wise in the latter's case).]] |
| 278 | * EliteMooks: High Zobils to the Zobils, the Solitary Confinement beasts to the regular Hades Beasts, the Hades Beastmen Hellish Kings to the regular Hades Beastmen. |
| 279 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Kai's first scene establishes both his good-hearted nature, and his reckless impulsiveness. |
| 280 | * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Both Rin and Hikaru's transformation sequences make extensive use of sparkles, and the Magi Shine suit is covered in glitter to make it, well, sparkle. |
| 281 | * EveryoneJoinTheParty: In the second half of the final battle, every significant supporting character, [[spoiler:including the recently [[HeelFaceTurn heel face turned Sphinx and Vancuria]],]] shows up to help out. |
| 282 | * EvilCanNotComprehendGood: The Hades Gods simply do not understand the concept of bonds and courage against impossible odds. [[spoiler: Titan and Sphinx, along with Vancuria, try to figure it out, resulting in their HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 283 | * EvilCounterpart: Groom Do Bridon acts and fights like an evil version of Kai; the clincher is their mutual desire for Yuka Yamazaki. |
| 284 | * EvilIsNotAToy: Hikaru explains this to Tsubasa that no matter how well intentioned, [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique using forbidden magic]] invariably leads to becoming [[TheDarkSide a dark magic user]]. He uses Wolzard as an example, [[spoiler:which is ironic because Wolzard turns out to ''not'' actually be an example of this trope]], but he's likely thinking of what happened with Raigel. |
| 285 | * EvilLaugh: Nai and Mea. |
| 286 | * EvilWeapon: [[spoiler:Shichijuurou's true form.]] |
| 287 | * FaceHeelTurn: Raigel during the GreatOffscreenWar. |
| 288 | * FailedASpotCheck: Stage 20 has the Ozu siblings find a frog, who saves them from an accident with a flash of light. The siblings find nothing strange about the fact that a frog is capable of ''emitting light'', despite Houka even calling attention to it by naming it Hikaru and bringing it home (a strange choice of action on her part, since she should be well aware her sister has a phobia of frogs). Then Urara hears the frog telepathically trying to communicate with her, asking her to kiss it, but instead of wondering if something is strange about this frog even being able to do that, she leaves it behind. Then the frog follows her all the way over to the battle scene and saves her life, but despite the fact Urara had enough consideration to take pity on the frog and grant its request for a kiss, ''nobody'' seems to have considered the possibility that something was strange about the frog itself until the curse is broken and the frog reveals himself as Heavenly Saint Sungel. To the siblings' credit, Urara herself completely admits that she has no idea why she's talking to a frog and even acts as if she can sense how it's feeling ("don't look at me like that!" when the audience only sees a completely expressionless frog face), and on Hikaru's end he's clearly able to ask for the curse-breaking kiss but seems to be unable to provide details that would explain his situation better, so there may be some PerceptionFilter-esque shenanigans going on, possibly due to the nature of Hikaru's curse or his limited ability to communicate. |
| 289 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Titan suffers as [[BodyHorror graphic]] a one as you'll get on a children's show. |
| 290 | * FantasyPantheon: The Infershia Pantheon and the Heavenly Saints of Magitopia. |
| 291 | * FightingFromTheInside: Houka when she's briefly turned into a vampire, [[spoiler:and Isamu/Blagel as Wolzard for a little over half the series]]. |
| 292 | * FigureItOutYourself: In stage 41, Snowgel tells Hikaru/Sungel that he must learn an important lesson from [[IdiotHero Kai]], and refuses to tell either of them what that lesson is on the grounds that Hikaru has to, well... |
| 293 | * FinalSpeech: Meemy delivers an ominous one regarding the imminent awakening of the [[OhCrap Infershia Pantheon.]] |
| 294 | * FinishingMove: The Magirangers do not gain a set finishing move until [[MidSeasonUpgrade they gain their]] [[SuperMode Legend Modes]]. |
| 295 | * FishOutOfWater: As a Heavenly Saint, Hikaru is a downplayed case of this; he's not ''completely'' incapable of getting around in human society, but he doesn't tend to hang around with humans besides the Ozu family, so he's still not entirely used to how the human world works and tends to be more curious than usual about what he sees there. Stage 26 has him staring at conveyor belt sushi like a kid in a candy shop, and then when the food turns to dust, he briefly asks if that's supposed to happen. He also shows shades of a particularly curious attitude when Houka takes him to a train museum in Kyoto and Urara takes him on an outing to the zoo. |
| 296 | * FleetingDemographicRule: The last Super Sentai to to have a BadassFamily team was ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'' in 1999, six years earlier. |
| 297 | * FlamingSword: While both Kai and Blagel make use of this, the most notable example is with [=FireKaiser=], who's weapon is actually set on fire. |
| 298 | * {{Flashback}}: Mostly used to showcase [[PosthumousCharacter Miyuki or Blagel]] before the start of the show. |
| 299 | * FluffyCloudHeaven: Magitopia, seen directly in TheMovie. |
| 300 | * FlungClothing: On occasion the Magirangers will put on their cloaks, simply to toss them away [[RuleOfCool dramatically]] before transforming. |
| 301 | * FlyingBroomstick: Each sibling has their own dedicated one; they can transform into cool hoverbikes called Sky Hokies. |
| 302 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The two oldest siblings, Houka and Makito. Younger siblings Kai and Tsubasa seem like this at first, but later episodes imply that Tsubasa isn't as mature as he would like to be seen. |
| 303 | * FoodPorn: The sushi served in Stage 26 looks absolutely delicious. |
| 304 | * ForcedTransformation: After [[spoiler:battling the traitorous Raigel]], Hikaru is turned into a frog, only to turn back into a human after Urara kisses him 15 years later. |
| 305 | ** In addition, Meemy, upon revival, turns Nai and Mea into centipedes to show them who's boss. |
| 306 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 307 | ** You can figure out [[spoiler:Wolzard is actually the siblings' father]] early if you pay attention: |
| 308 | *** Pay close attention to [=MagiMother's=] fight with Wolzard in Stage 2; she suddenly gets very emotionally shaken and asks why he'd use dark magic for Infershia. Wolzard then defeats her, sending her off in PGExplosives, and he momentarily glances at a magical arrow she'd managed to hit him with. [[spoiler:Miyuki had recognized him as her husband, and her arrow had managed to break his brainwashing for a moment, which he'd used to [[DeathFakedForYou quickly teleport her away at the last minute]] before anyone (including his own brainwashed self!) could notice. If you [[FreezeFrameBonus look closely]], you can actually see the moment Miyuki DisappearsIntoLight before it's directly pointed out later in Stage 35. Without knowledge of future events or the lore behind magic, a first-time viewer is likely to mistake Miyuki's statement as IncorruptiblePurePureness trying to reach out to a fallen magician with potential, or the DisappearsIntoLight as simply stylistic tokusatsu effects.]] |
| 309 | *** Kai is the one with the most personal vendetta against Wolzard and seems to have some kind of connection to him, to the point of Wolzard's own horse Barikion temporarily allowing him to ride him. Wolzard, for his part, seems to be most particularly interested in Kai's growth out of all the siblings. But that's just LawOfChromaticSuperiority at play, right? [[spoiler:Remember how everyone keeps pointing out that Kai is the one most like his father? Notice how members of Kai's family tend to be the most concerned about him out of his other siblings due to him being TheBabyOfTheBunch? Funny how Kai also bonds with his father's horse in the movie, a horse that suspiciously resembles a PaletteSwap of Barikion down to mechanics...]] |
| 310 | *** [[spoiler:If you're perceptive enough, you might be able to catch that Blagel/Isamu is played by Wolzard's voice actor Tsutomu Isobe in all of his flashbacks (Blagel/Isamu is uncredited until Stage 34, presumably to prevent people from catching onto the SignificantDoubleCasting too easily).]] |
| 311 | *** Most glaringly, Wolzard keeps displaying incomprehensible behavior of ''helping'' the Magirangers, which characters from both the Magiranger and Infershian side catch onto and are perplexed by; he'll suddenly let them off the hook instead of killing them by using some narrowly specific justification of HonorBeforeReason, and he seems to have an obsession with making them into [[WorthyOpponent Worthy Opponents]] to the point his "taunts" sound like actual advice at times. [[spoiler:It's because he's FightingFromTheInside and wants to help his children, so he was unconsciously trying to come up with excuses to not hurt them and give them advice as a StealthMentor.]] |
| 312 | ** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it FreezeFrameBonus in Stage 15: [[spoiler:Urara is the one to catch the bouquet at Houka's wedding. Guess who's the one who gets married next?]] |
| 313 | ** There are smaller examples in individual episodes, especially when it comes to Urara's FortuneTeller abilities; for instance, Stage 14 has Urara see [[BarrierMaiden the shadow of a woman]] while trying to find the [[MacGuffin Key to the Gate of Infershia]], two episodes before they meet "Rin". Stage 19 has Urara find an ill omen of disaster ahead that has a shining presence "like the sun" to offset it, and sure enough, while the siblings are tricked into unsealing Meemy, they also get Smoky and Hikaru after it (the latter of whom had been briefly seen as [=MagiShine=] at the beginning of Stage 19, but is properly revealed to be the true identity of the "frog" in the cave one episode later). |
| 314 | * FourIsDeath: The Four Hell Kings, most powerful of the Hades Beastmen. |
| 315 | * FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler:Urara and Hikaru had been building up quite a bunch of ShipTease since Stage 19, and they'd apparently gotten close enough to each other both on and offscreen to the point [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the entire family was shipping them]], but they still hadn't openly acknowledged their feelings for each other until Urara breaks out a LoveConfession in Stage 47 and (after some consideration) Hikaru responds with his own that also doubles as a marriage proposal. The family is so excited that Isamu conjures up a marriage ceremony ''on the very spot''. It's implied part of the reason for the rush is that everyone knows [[LastWishMarriage Hikaru is likely to die very soon]], and given that the very next day has Hikaru be killed as predicted and N Ma causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, they weren't exactly ''wrong'' -- but thanks to Nai and Mea resurrecting him and the Magirangers defeating N Ma, Urara and Hikaru move to Magitopia together and remain HappilyMarried by the time of the epilogue a year later. Or even [[https://twitter.com/sentai_official/status/1373438610716852224 around sixteen years later]], if crossover material is to be believed.]] |
| 316 | * FragileSpeedster: Hades God Wyvern. Said to be the fastest by their leader, Dagon, but proves to be really bad at taking hits. [[spoiler: Wolzard demonstrates this twice, the second time leading to Wyvern's death.]] |
| 317 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Kai and Houka. HilarityEnsues when Kai finds out that Houka had 15 dates that day. His solution? Breaking up with them all at once! |
| 318 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: A mild example in Stage 14; Kai has to choose between going on his date with [[SchoolIdol Yamazaki]], or finishing his TrainingFromHell under Tsubasa to face the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 319 | * FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: A heroic example played for mild laughs, Makito's "big brother salad" is made with vegetables he grows himself. On a somewhat less comedic note, Stage 13 implies that this is the only real source of income for the five-sibling Ozu family, and Makito losing the month's earnings sends them into a BrokeEpisode. |
| 320 | * FunctionalMagic: A combination of inherent gift (only Heavenly Saints, those descended from Heavenly Saints, or those chosen by Heavenly Saints can wield magic), rule magic (good magicians must have courage, evil magicians must swear themselves to N Ma), and device magic (most magicians use phones or other tools to assist in their spell casting). |
| 321 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: During Stage 13, as Makito and Urara argue about money woes in the foreground, Tsubasa chases Kai with a broom in the background while Kai uses Mandra Boy as a shield. |
| 322 | * GagSub: TheMovie, re-imagined as [[http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v158356834GaeCwxr Steedergon Fury IGNITES!!]] |
| 323 | * GatlingGood: The Exploding Turret Gun of Destruction, featured in Stage 16. |
| 324 | * GenerationXerox: All of the siblings are noted to take traits from their parents and often accidentally do things very similar to what they would do, but particular attention is paid to Kai and Urara, who resemble their father and mother respectively to extreme degrees and actively use them as role models to imitate: |
| 325 | ** Kai shares a flame element with Blagel and is most proud of his father's legacy; certain key points in the story even have him accidentally unleashing some of Blagel's famous techniques. It's also implied some of his more impulsive tendencies are undeveloped or immature versions of his father's more noble philosophies. |
| 326 | ** Urara is the TeamMom who willingly takes on a [[PromotionToParent mother figure role]] to the other siblings after the loss of their mother, and she exhibits the same SilkHidingSteel behavior her mother was known for. She also deliberately applies some of her mother's parenting techniques, such as using an apple pie to get people to stop fighting. [[spoiler:The later episodes of the series have her romancing her father's disciple Hikaru for what's implied to be [[LikeParentLikeSpouse the same reasons as her own parents]]; Miyuki notices the similarity and uses her perspective to convince Hikaru to not give up on his love for Urara.]] |
| 327 | * GenieInABottle: Smoky, a [[MegaNeko cat-djinn]] in a lamp. |
| 328 | * GeniusLoci: The Heavenly Saint Chronogel transfered his being into a mountain. |
| 329 | * GiantMook: The Hades Beast Troll, which is larger than the average monster of the week, but smaller than a giant monster. |
| 330 | * GirlsNightOutEpisode: Stage 8, complete with the girls having to rescue the boys. |
| 331 | * {{Golem}}: The Hades Machine Beast Golem, which required a soul over 300 years old to fuel, [[spoiler:much to Bururatesu's horror]]. |
| 332 | ** [=MagiShine=]'s [[CoolTrain Travel]][[TransformingMecha ion]] can also be considered one. |
| 333 | * GossipyHens: Early episodes feature them discussing rumors concerning the latest monster attacks. |
| 334 | * GratuitousEnglish: Hikaru's [=MagiTickets=] have English text on them. |
| 335 | ** In Stage 28, when Nai and Mea start singing, Meemy lets out a very shrill "''Shut up!''" |
| 336 | * GreatOffscreenWar: The much spoken of war between Magitopia and Infershia in the past; we the viewers only get to see bits and pieces of the last battle. |
| 337 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: In stage 25, Kai throws the MonsterOfTheWeek at Meemy, while unmorphed and with his courage stolen from him. |
| 338 | * GripingAboutGremlins: The first Hades Beastman to be pitted against the Magirangers is Garim the Gremlin. |
| 339 | * HandsomeLech: Hikaru is initially introduced in a way that suggests this in his first two episodes, but this never shows up again afterwards as his HiddenDepths become more apparent. [[spoiler:It's also later revealed by the time of Stage 47 that he'd been in love with Urara for a long time, implying that his initial teasing of her may have been a ''little'' more than just a joke.]] |
| 340 | ** On the Infershian side, Belbireji ''loves'' to flirt with girls; it's implied Vancuria had something going on with him in the past (which she doesn't want to talk about). |
| 341 | * HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Peewee Harpy. |
| 342 | * HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster: Titan. |
| 343 | * HealingPotion: Tsubasa brews these on occasion. |
| 344 | * HeartbrokenBadass: |
| 345 | ** Tsubasa, [[spoiler:when Rei was turned into voice medicine]]. |
| 346 | ** Snowgel also counts, less in a romantic sense and more from having lost her TrueCompanions. [[spoiler:Fortunately, she at least gets Miyuki and Blagel back by the end.]] |
| 347 | ** [[spoiler:Hikaru and Urara get dangerously close to this by the end, with Hikaru trying to deny his own feelings for Urara for fear of getting her attached to [[YourDaysAreNumbered someone about to die soon]], while Urara is fully aware of what might happen but considers it preferable to never getting to be with him at all. Both of them spend a good portion of Stage 47 completely miserable about it until Miyuki intervenes and reveals that this exact situation almost happened with her and Blagel in the past, convincing Hikaru to act on his feelings and accept Urara's love. Hikaru ''does'' end up dying in battle shortly after, and Urara is as upset as you might expect at the sight of his corpse, but she manages to keep it together until Nai and Mea unexpectedly revive him anyway.]] |
| 348 | * HeavenVersusHell: Magitopia is portrayed with "heaven" imagery, with the Heavenly Saints being [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angelic beings]], while Infershia is treated like "hell" with it being treated as a dog-eat-dog underworld trying to invade the human world. It's not ''technically'' this as far as the siblings themselves are concerned, since Infershia is invading the Surface World and not Magitopia, but the human members of the main cast have Heavenly Saints as their patrons to use magic while the prominent Heavenly Saints are breaking policy to be NeutralNoLonger and help them. [[spoiler:Eventually, N Ma ends up becoming a [[GodzillaThreshold threat to all three worlds]], forcing all of them to band together to defeat him, and in the end Sphinx and Vancuria start reforming Infershia to be a better place while Kai serves as an ambassador to assist in the process.]] |
| 349 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Sphinx, Titan and Vancuria.]] |
| 350 | * HellGate: The Hades Gate. |
| 351 | * HeroicBSOD: Tsubasa, of all people, has one in Stage 38, after Cyclops pops caps on three of his siblings, leaving only him and Kai left to try to escape him. At one point, he gives up on running away because he couldn't uphold the promise he had made to Makito to stand in for them when he was out. He only gets back on his feet and devises a [[OutGambitted plan]] to beat Cyclops when Kai pulls a GetAHoldOfYourselfMan on him. |
| 352 | ** However, this pales in comparison to the [[HeroicBSOD Mass BSOD]] that all five siblings have when [[spoiler: [[IfICantHaveYou Hades God Toad seemingly murders their comatose Mother in front of them because he doesn't want them to have her]]]] It's enough to completely break their [=MagiLegend=] fusion. |
| 353 | ** Kai also gets very close to it [[spoiler:during their DarkestHour when N Ma has eaten time itself and flung them into a BadFuture, but he's pulled out of it by his siblings reminding him about all the support he has and everything he'd learned over the course of the series]]. |
| 354 | * HeroicResolve: The source of power that drives the magic used by the Magirangers. |
| 355 | * HiddenDepths: A recurring theme with each individual character is that the first impressions they give off don't reflect how they are when it comes to other people; even at their worst, all of the main characters do everything for the sake of their loved ones. |
| 356 | * HiddenElfVillage: Humans are not allowed to set foot in Magitopia, and Heavenly Saints are not allowed to interfere in Surface World matters beyond being patrons for human magicians (the idea being that human magicians can use magic to protect their own world themselves). Or at least, those were ''supposed'' to be the rules, but then Blagel decided to be NeutralNoLonger for the sake of protecting his wife and children, Miyuki went up to Magitopia to support his decision, and Blagel's disciples followed him into the war. Then, later, the Ozu siblings go up to Magitopia to request that Kai be able to use Unigolon to rescue Yamazaki, while Sungel (Hikaru) ''definitely'' continues breaking neutrality to fight directly alongside the siblings and teach them magic via instruction. Magiel is not particularly ''happy'' about all of this rule-breaking going on, but she's at least enough of a ReasonableAuthorityFigure to be sympathetic to their cases. |
| 357 | * HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Vancuria and Sphinx]]. |
| 358 | * HonestAxe: In the [=MagiRed=] vs. [=MagiShine=] Special. Kai, of course, completely fails. |
| 359 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end of Stage 46, it appears that everyone's efforts to get [[HeelFaceTurn Titan]] to the Lake of Slumber so that [[EldritchAbomination N Ma]] can't be reborn will succeed. Then [[GodOfEvil Dagon]] shows up and stabs Titan through the gut, bringing about [[FromBadToWorse N Ma's rebirth]].]] |
| 360 | ** And then in Stage 48, Kai leads his siblings to defeat Hades God Sleipnir by following his father's example. [[spoiler:Cue N Ma arriving and casually tossing down Blagel's and Hikaru's corpses.]] |
| 361 | * HopeSproutsEternal: During the final episode, [[spoiler:a single flower is all that remains in N Ma's desolate BadFuture]], which is one of the factors that convinces Kai to snap out of a HeroicBSOD. |
| 362 | * HostageForMacGuffin: Urara is taken hostage in Stage 22, with Hikaru's Travelion [=MagiTicket=] as the [=MacGuffin=]. |
| 363 | * HotBlooded: Kai, [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance probably owing to]] [[PlayingWithFire his element]]. |
| 364 | ** And Makito, especially [[BigBrotherInstinct when his siblings are concerned]]. Hikaru's evaluation of him in Stage 22 is "surprisingly spirited". |
| 365 | * {{Housewife}}: This is Miyuki's main specialty; in her mind, being a magician is mainly a [[{{Understatement}} rather helpful skill]] to protect her family. |
| 366 | * HumanShield: Vancuria uses Houka as one after turning her into a vampire. Fortunately, Houka manages to signal to Tsubasa that she's FightingFromTheInside, allowing Tsubasa to confidently shoot at Vancuria while Houka successfully ducks out of the way. |
| 367 | * HumiliationConga: Kai suffers from this during Stage 25 after his courage is stolen. |
| 368 | * HybridMonster: The Gestalt Hades Beastman Chimera, created from the souls of all 1000 Hades Beastmen than Blagel had sealed away. |
| 369 | * HypnoTrinket: The Puppet Ring which facilitated the above trope, fueled by countless human souls. |
| 370 | * IdentityAmnesia: "Rin", who's actually Lunagel, having lost her memory after sealing the Gate. She recovers her memory with help from one of Tsubasa's potions. |
| 371 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode is called "Stage", with a magic spell following the title. |
| 372 | * IdolSinger: Rei, [[spoiler:Before she was killed by Neries.]] |
| 373 | * IfItSwimsItFlies: Averted by [=MagiMermaid=]; it doesn't fly, and it can freely switch between legs and a tail. |
| 374 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Groom Do Bridon to Yamazaki |
| 375 | * IKnowMaddenKombat: The Majin Shoot is pulled off that effectively mainly due to Kai being a soccer player. |
| 376 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: It's a series about magic powered by courage and ThePowerOfFamily, so this trope naturally happens a few times: |
| 377 | ** In Stage 12, Houka's vampire condition progresses far enough to make her effectively a complete slave to Vancuria, but Tsubasa keeps trying to reach out to Houka even when she's beating him up. This initially doesn't seem to work, and when Vancuria uses Houka as a HumanShield, Tsubasa is given a SadisticChoice between being killed by a brainwashed Houka or killing Vancuria and taking Houka down with her... until Houka quietly flashes her trademark VSign, something Tsubasa knows [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Houka wouldn't do if Vancuria were still controlling her]]. Tsubasa shoots, and as he'd expected, Houka jumps aside at the last second; Tsubasa's appeal to her ''had'' worked, and Houka was [[PretendToBeBrainwashed pretending to still be under Vancuria's mind control]] to give Tsubasa an opening. |
| 378 | ** Stage 27 has all of the siblings besides Makito lose interest in each other due to Shichijuurou cutting through their familial bonds. Makito tries to appeal to them all by bringing them on an outing and showing them all of their old family photos as proof of what they used to have. While it initially seems to bring results, it doesn't work completely until Shichijuurou [[WeaponWieldsYou hijacks Makito's body]] and starts destroying everything he'd brought, including said photos; the sight of this is so painful that the siblings run over to the Shichijuurou-possessed Makito and start demanding their brother back. |
| 379 | ** A particularly heartbreaking one occurs in Stage 34, [[spoiler:when Isamu/Blagel is brainwashed into being Wolzard again. Makito, Houka, Urara, and Tsubasa can't bring themselves to fight their father, but Kai, who hates Wolzard so much [[YoureNotMyFather he refuses to acknowledge him as his father]], starts off trying to engage him in one-one-combat. As the evidence of Blagel having been FightingFromTheInside becomes too strong to deny, Kai's "fight" with Wolzard slowly turns into Kai grabbing him and crawling on the floor over to him, reduced to a sobbing wreck and begging his father to come back because unlike his siblings, he was too young to remember anything about his father and is now stuck with only the memories of fighting him as Wolzard. The sight of it is so miserable that it's hard for his siblings to even watch, but it gets through to Blagel enough for him to break the Reincarnation Curse once and for all.]] |
| 380 | * ImpossibleThief: Gaston the Thief. |
| 381 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Hikaru with his [=MagiLamp=] Buster. |
| 382 | * IndyPloy: Hikaru learns an aesop about using these in Stages 40-41, on the grounds that sometimes it's better to just go for it and [[ImprovisationalIngenuity watch for opportunities to come out of it]] instead of being too overly cautious. |
| 383 | * IneffectualLoner: Lunagel; it didn't help that Wolzard had spent the past four episodes powering up before the fight. |
| 384 | ** Also, Shichijuurou of the four Hell Kings turns Kai, Tsubasa, Houka, and Urara into this by severing their familial bonds. They have enough sense of duty to do the bare minimum to fight together in combat, but they lose any interest in each other as people and attempt to move out of the house (Kai ends up unable to do so, since he's still in high school). Makito convinces them to snap out of it by sheer force of will. |
| 385 | * InMediasRes: The start of TheMovie. |
| 386 | * InspirationNod: To serve as a contrast to the [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger previous series]] being heavy on sci-fi, ''Magiranger'' was made with Western fantasy in mind, with works such as ''Literature/HarryPotter'' (which was reaching its first major boom at the time), ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', and various classic fairy tales (especially ones popularized by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm) directly cited as inspirations for the series. Naturally, the series likes to drop references to its influences from time to time: |
| 387 | ** In Stage 2, when Houka and Tsubasa enter the secret room in their house, they [[Literature/HarryPotter exit from a fireplace]]. The reference is topped off with a blinking portrait in the room, and the siblings later learn how to summon their broomsticks telepathically. |
| 388 | ** Stage 12 has a mind-controlled Houka try to give her siblings [[Literature/SnowWhite poisoned apples]]. |
| 389 | ** In Stage 19, [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Smoky]], upon being released by the Magirangers, introduces himself with a [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} big, bombastic song and dance number]]. |
| 390 | ** Stage 20 is a WholePlotReference to ''Literature/TheFrogPrince''. |
| 391 | ** The end of Stage 33 is a giant reference to Franchise/StarWars, mixing pivotal scenes from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', particularly [[spoiler:TheHero finding out [[BrokenPedestal the hard way]] that the father he'd [[TellMeAboutMyFather always respected but never gotten to meet]] is actually the villain he'd been up against this whole time]]. |
| 392 | ** The Ozu family's names and residence address are a play on ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. |
| 393 | ** N Ma being a giant red eye recalls the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Eye of Sauron]]. The rings Hikaru gives the siblings also evoke the Rings of Power (although they thankfully have a more benevolent purpose here). |
| 394 | * InstantExpert: Upon first receiving their powers from their mother, the Magirangers figure out how to operate them fairly quickly. That said, this only applies as far as basic things go, because Miyuki's death leaves them stuck with self-study and a minimal amount of guidance from Mandra Boy for a while; by the time Hikaru shows up in Stage 20, one of the first things he does is call out how obviously their lack of training shows. (In fact, some of the earlier MonsterOfTheWeek problems in the early episodes, most particularly Houka's vampirism, could have potentially been solved more quickly if an experienced magician like Miyuki, Lunagel, or Hikaru had been present at that point in the series.) |
| 395 | * InstantRunes: Averted in Stage 20, when the MonsterOfTheWeek has to draw key runes at several key points in the city, otherwise played straight. |
| 396 | * InsubstantialIngredients: One of Tsubasa's potion ingredients requires, among other things, the honey of a queen bee that gathers no honey. |
| 397 | * InterspeciesRomance: The siblings' father, Isamu, is a Heavenly Saint, and their mother is just a human magician. |
| 398 | ** [[spoiler:Same deal with Hikaru and Urara, who get married towards the series' end.]] |
| 399 | * {{Invisibility}}: It requires the [=MagiHat=], and [[GlamourFailure you can still be seen in mirrors]]. |
| 400 | * IronicEcho: [[spoiler:Wolzard repeating Blagel's words after Makito invokes them in an RousingSpeech.]] |
| 401 | * ISurrenderSuckers: Garim the Hades Beastman Gremlin pulls this to sneak in an attack on the [=MagiRangers=] |
| 402 | ** Meemy later tries this against Sungel and Lunagel, but they were much too GenreSavvy for it to work. |
| 403 | * ItOnlyWorksOnce: Many spells are dropped after their debut, but notably, Makito's Rock Armor is defeated ''the very first time'' it's used, and is never spoken of again. |
| 404 | ** Averted just as often, both with staple spells and the more specialized ones. |
| 405 | * ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: In backstory, Blagel/Isamu initially was hesitant to acknowledge Miyuki's feelings for him because he was afraid of how his life as a Heavenly Saint Warrior would impact her. Miyuki assured him that the only thing that scared her was the idea of losing his love. [[spoiler:She uses this story to convince Hikaru to change his mind when he tries to push Urara away for similar reasons.]] |
| 406 | * ItWasADarkAndStormyNight: When Sungel confronts Raigel after his betrayal. |
| 407 | * IWillOnlySlowYoudown: Kai says this to his siblings in Stage 38 after he has been shot in the leg by [[ColdSniper Hades God Cyclops]]. |
| 408 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Tsubasa, whose cold exterior is really just a front for him being intensely compassionate. |
| 409 | * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Tsubasa performs one to save Kai from his AngstComa in Stage 7. |
| 410 | * {{Kawaiiko}}: Houka, as well as Nai and Mea. |
| 411 | * KickTheDog: Hades God Wyvern normally [[PetTheDog dotes on Nai and Mea like treasured pets]], but when he gets mad, they are the first to suffer his wrath. |
| 412 | * KingMook: Hades Beast Stone Troll, which is a regular troll infused with Magi King magic. |
| 413 | * LargeAndInCharge: Heavenly Saint Magiel, who puts the Big in BigGood... but [[OhCrap is herself dwarfed by the Infershia Gods]]. |
| 414 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: A one-time case: Houka, when she stumbled upon the MacGuffin and the bad guys found this to be the best way to prevent her from telling. She keeps all her memories up until the part where she learned about the existence of magic and became a Magiranger, and on top of that, she even [[FromBadToWorse re-loses any new memories]] at the end of each hour. |
| 415 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Peace in Heaven, Miyuki's theme and "The Prologue of Magitopia", according to [[MrExposition Mandra Boy]] |
| 416 | * LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Tsubasa decides the only way to counter a boxing monster is with boxing. Everyone agrees. |
| 417 | ** Tsubasa also pulls this against the Hades God Cyclops, with epic results. |
| 418 | * LineOfSightName: Kai dubs the [[IdentityAmnesia amnesiac]] Lunagel Rin, after the bell she wore on her bracelet. |
| 419 | * LockedOutOfTheFight: Lunagel traps the Magirangers in a PocketDimension so that she can fight Wolzard on her own. It works [[IneffectualLoner about as well as you'd expect]]. |
| 420 | * LovableCoward: Kai becomes one when [[ImpossibleThief Gaston the Thief]] steals his courage. |
| 421 | * LoveConfession: Kai confesses his love to Yuka in a surprisingly straightforward manner in Stage 5, only to be turned down in favor of [[LovesMyAlterEgo [=MagiRed=].]] [[spoiler:Urara and Hikaru confess their feelings to each other in Stage 47 and marry shortly thereafter]]. |
| 422 | * LovesMyAlterEgo: Hilariously done with Kai and Yamazaki. [[spoiler:Subverted starting with the movie halfway through the series, in which she figures it all out, but [[SecretSecretKeeper never outright tells him that she knows]].]] |
| 423 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Wolzard]]. |
| 424 | * MagicAIsMagicA: This show does a fantastic job of making sure each and every magic spell is consistent in design, intent, and casting, even near the end of the series when [[spoiler:the heroes are getting so powerful that they start crossing spell tiers]]. The show doesn't tend to go over this in detail though; if you want to see how coherent the spell system is, [[AllThereInTheManual you're going to have to do some research]]. |
| 425 | ** To give a quick summary, the ten buttons on the Magiphone each have a specific function, and spells are made by combining them, and the series sticks with this. For example, with the transformation call Maaji Maji Majiro, the words mean (in order) "self", "magic boost", "change". |
| 426 | * MagicAndPowers: Each of the Ozu siblings have their own unique magic abilities that they can use even in their civilian forms: |
| 427 | ** AlchemyIsMagic: Kai |
| 428 | ** MagicPotion: Tsubasa |
| 429 | ** FortuneTeller: Urara |
| 430 | ** VoluntaryShapeshifting: Houka |
| 431 | ** GreenThumb: Makito |
| 432 | * MagicalIncantation: Each spell in the series is constructed from these. The Magirangers have one set of words, the Heavenly Saints another, and Meemy and Wolzard each have their own with some crossover. |
| 433 | * MagicKnight: Basically what all the Rangers here are. |
| 434 | * MagicMirror: Two examples, one being a device to alert the Magirangers to Infershia's attacks, and the other created by Kai on the spot to reflect a MOTW's attack back at it. |
| 435 | * MagicMusic: The Hades Beast Manticore creates music with its body to compel its victims to dance until they are exhausted, and then into its mouth. |
| 436 | ** Nai and Mare also do this to lull their victims into a daze, allowing them to convert them into vampires. |
| 437 | * MagicWand: In the shape of cellphones. |
| 438 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: At the low end of this trope, there are five Ozu siblings. |
| 439 | * MasterApprenticeChain: Blagel was Hikaru's mentor, and he in turn becomes the mentor for the Magirangers. Part of Hikaru's character arc involves his insecurity about whether he's as good of a teacher as Blagel was. |
| 440 | * MasterOfIllusion: Belbireji the Incubus specializes in this, while Hades God Gorgon dabbles in it. |
| 441 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: A romance between a Heavenly Saint and a human, such as that between Blagel and Miyuki, is inherently this due to Heavenly Saints living for [[Really700YearsOld hundreds of years]] (if not being outright immortal). However, the usual lifespan disparity angst associated with the trope is inverted, since Blagel's dangerous life as a Heavenly Saint warrior meant he was just as likely to die before Miyuki; this, plus the fact [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Miyuki was likely to get pulled into the danger]], led Blagel to initially try to push Miyuki away. Indeed, even after they do get married, Blagel pulls a HeroicSacrifice to protect his human family. [[spoiler:He turns out to be alive later, but it rears its ugly head again when Hikaru has to contend with the idea of accepting Urara's feelings when he's destined to die the very next day.]] The ultimate conclusion Miyuki [[spoiler:(and by proxy Urara)]] makes is that it's more worth it to accept each other's feelings and have the strength to overcome things than it is to have never loved at all. |
| 442 | * MeaningfulName: Quite a lot, in fact. They can also double as ThemeNaming. |
| 443 | ** The whole Ozu family, for one thing. |
| 444 | *** "Kai" means "taking the charge", and it's written with the Japanese character for "fire". |
| 445 | *** Tsubasa means "wings"; his Majin form is the Garuda, a mythological bird. |
| 446 | *** Urara's name means "bright" and also a pun on "uranai"; "fortune-telling," which happens to be her talent. |
| 447 | *** Houka, TheHeart of the group, means "fragrance.". |
| 448 | *** Makito, an earth magic user as well as a farmer, means "sower." "Maki" refers to "firewood," linking him to [[GreenThumb his element]]. |
| 449 | *** Finally, take the first syllable of each sibling's name in order of birth[[note]]'''Ma'''kito, '''Ho'''uka, '''U'''rara, '''Tsu'''basa, '''Kai'''[[/note]] and you get "''Mahoutsukai''"[[note]]Magician[[/note]]. |
| 450 | *** And their mother? Mi'''yuki'''[[note]]Snow[[/note]]. |
| 451 | *** They are all technically "Ozu no Mahotsukai"; "Wizard(s) of Oz." |
| 452 | *** Even Kai's love interest Yuka Yamazaki gets in on it; her name roughly means "gentle flower on the mountain top", which is how Kai describes her when she first appears. |
| 453 | ** And of course, the Heavenly Saints. |
| 454 | *** '''Mag'''iel, the arch-saint of all magic |
| 455 | *** '''Sun'''gel and '''Hikaru''' both have something to do with light. |
| 456 | *** '''Luna'''gel is obviously the Heavenly Saint of the Moon. |
| 457 | *** '''Rai'''gel, the Heavenly Saint of Lightning[[note]]''rai'' is an alternate reading of the kanji ''ikazuchi'', which means "thunder"[[/note]]. |
| 458 | *** '''Snow'''gel, the Heavenly Saint of Ice. |
| 459 | *** '''Chrono'''gel, the Heavenly Saint of Time. |
| 460 | *** [[spoiler:Isamu's Saint name is '''Bla'''gel, the Blazing Fire Heavenly Saint. Furthermore, Isamu means "Bravery", and he's universally acknowledged as the bravest of the Heavenly Saints.]] |
| 461 | ** Hell, even the villain of TheMovie gets in on this. His desire is to marry Yamazaki, and his name is Groom Do Bridon. |
| 462 | * MeaningfulRename: The Heavenly Saint Raigel renames himself as the Dark Priest Memmy upon being revived by N Ma. |
| 463 | * MetaphoricalMarriage: [[spoiler:Putting [[UndeadTaxExemption any potential logistics questions]] of marrying a Heavenly Saint aside, Hikaru and Urara's "marriage" is just a small at-home ceremony officiated by Smoky done [[LastWishMarriage the day before Hikaru potentially goes off to die]]. Of course, the family considers them to be married for all intents and purposes, and by the time of the epilogue a year later they're HappilyMarried enough for Urara to even move out to go live with Hikaru in Magitopia.]] |
| 464 | * MerlinAndNimue: Hikaru and the Ozu siblings, [[spoiler:with Urara fitting the most as she starts developing an outright romance with him]]. |
| 465 | * MeteorMove: Hikaru's Prominence Drop. |
| 466 | * MindControlEyes: Those under Vancuria's control gain vertical slits in their eyes. |
| 467 | * MindRape: The Hades God Cyclops pulls the mundane version on Tsubasa, N Ma the supernatural variety on [[spoiler:[=MagiShine=].]] |
| 468 | * MomentKiller: Hikaru and Urara get possibly one of the most drastic ones ever when [[spoiler:''[[AlmostKiss their marriage kiss]]'' is interrupted by a severely injured Lunagel coming in to tell them that N Ma has destroyed Magitopia]]. |
| 469 | * MonsterMash: The leaders of Infershia follow this general motif. |
| 470 | * MoodWhiplash: The whiplash isn't always to the same degree as [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger its predecessor]], but the shift between tones as things go FromBadToWorse can get drastic (with one of the biggest ones being the aforementioned infamous MomentKiller). |
| 471 | * MookCarryover: Vancuria/Nai and Mea last through all three arcs, although the fact they're immortal and literally ''can't'' die is probably goes a long way in explaining why they're kept around in Infershia. [[spoiler: In fact, if they didn't, they likely would have never had their HeelFaceTurn]]. |
| 472 | * {{Motif}}: Magic, as well as circus acts, legends, prophecies, and heaven vs. hell. Parallels between family issues and the war with Infershia are also frequent. |
| 473 | * MundaneUtility: There's no particular rule against this as long as they don't break TheMasquerade. Even in the first episode, Miyuki uses magic to kill a troll, then uses it to pour tea and make a cake. |
| 474 | ** The [=MagiPhones=] also function as completely normal phones, and at one point Houka uses her [=MagiPhone=] to schedule dates for herself. |
| 475 | * MusicalAssassin: The Monster Siren Neries uses her voice to kill, though she has to use the spirit of a deceased pop singer [[spoiler:for whom Tsubasa falls in love with]] to do the job for her. |
| 476 | * MySisterIsOffLimits: Makito does ''not'' approve of Houka rushing into marriage, and doesn't care what her excuses may be; that said, it's done mostly out of reasonable concerns about her going into a FourthDateMarriage with a near complete stranger without thinking it through. After she convinces him she'll be happy, he's willing to support her, but it ends up moot as it doesn't pan out anyway. |
| 477 | ** In Stage 22, Urara sees what looks like Hikaru kissing Houka in Kyoto (in actuality, [[NotWhatItLooksLike he was just reading her memories]]), and while her brothers point out that Houka's track record as TheCharmer means it's possible she's the one trying to seduce Hikaru, Urara is ''insistent'' that Hikaru is the perpetrator and drags her brothers with her to Kyoto to do something about this. [[spoiler:Later events retroactively imply that this incident was probably Urara exhibiting early ClingyJealousGirl tendencies over Hikaru, and once the relationship between both of them starts escalating, the ''entire'' family, including Makito and Houka, is full-on EveryoneCanSeeIt.]] |
| 478 | * MythologyGag |
| 479 | ** Sungel/Hikaru is a special Ranger who wears dark blue (mainly as accents on gold, but nevertheless) and happens to form a romantic relationship with Urara, the female Blue Ranger. In ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'', Isshuu was a special ranger who wore dark blue and happened to love Nanami, who was the female Blue Ranger. |
| 480 | ** Also, the ninja MonsterOfTheWeek is described in a flashback as "[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Unknown to the people, unknown to the world...]]" |
| 481 | ** And then there's the way [=MagiKing=] gets assembled, with [=MagiTaurus=] serving as the core that gets armored up by the other mechs, not unlike [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger [=DaiRenOh=]]]. Plus, the four non-red mechs combine into [=MagiDragon=] which can be [[DragonRider used as a mount by]] [=MagiPhoenix=], similar to how Ryou's [=RyuSeiOh=] rides the Heavenly Chi Palace. |
| 482 | ** In the movie, the siblings perform the [[CombinationAttack Five Fantastic Fire]] technique, in which they leap into the air and transform into a giant fire bird. The [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Jetman team]] uses a very similar attack in the penultimate episode of their series. |
| 483 | ** The [=SaintKaiser=] resembles a non-evil version of the first form of [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Dora Talos]]. Highly appropriate, considering that BigGood Magiel is played by the same actress as Zyuranger's primary BigBad. This particular nod even carries over to the Franchise/PowerRangers adaptation. |
| 484 | ** Hikaru and Memmy engaging in a ChainedHeat duel to the death is similar to the duel between Gaku and Chevalier in Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman. |
| 485 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Beast Emperor/Absolute God N Ma. |
| 486 | ** Also, the Infershia Pantheon, which serves N Ma directly. |
| 487 | * {{Narm}}: In-universe example; in flashback it is revealed that Kai was mauled by a bear that had escaped from the zoo while Tsubasa was out hanging with his friends, and when he finds out, his first response is to laugh at the absurdity of it all. Makito did not think this was funny. [[MyGreatestFailure At all.]] |
| 488 | * NinjaPirateRobotZombie: In one episode the MonsterOfTheWeek is a ninja and the [[ZombieMooks Zobiru]] working under him are ninja-themed as well. |
| 489 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Justified, as the Magirangers earn their spells through their [[HeroicResolve courage]] from the Heavenly Saints who watch over them. |
| 490 | * NoblewomansLaugh: Kai performs one while in Houka's body. Note that Houka herself never does this. |
| 491 | * NonActionGuy: Mandra Boy. |
| 492 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: A couple of the monsters differ from the usual Super Sentai mold: |
| 493 | ** Worm Hell Beast, an elaborate puppet instead of a person in a suit. |
| 494 | ** Troll Hell Beast, who ''is'' a person in a suit, but is about 30-40 feet tall, instead of either human-sized or 30 stories tall. |
| 495 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: Miyuki, [[spoiler:though that's because she didn't actually die]], the victims of the [[BlackSpot Red Skull Curse]] in stage 15. |
| 496 | * NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: Groom Do Bridon does this against [=MagiShine=], twice. |
| 497 | ** [=MagiShine=] later pulls this off against the Hades God Ifrit, [[BattleCouple with help from Urara]]. |
| 498 | ** And in the finale, the Hades God Sphinx does this against [[spoiler:Hades God Dagon.]] |
| 499 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Averted in Stages 25 and 27, where a separate spell is needed to undo the damage wrought by the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 500 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: [[ElegantGothicLolita Nai and Mare]] attempt to use their ZettaiRyouiki against Kai and Makito. They respond by invoking their love interests. |
| 501 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Mostly applies to Miyuki and later Raigel, but Blagel/Isamu ends up in this position when he ends up having N Ma extracted from him and is near the brink of death.]] |
| 502 | ** Also, Vancuria at the end of Stage 12 (refer to BackFromTheDead earlier). |
| 503 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: While trying to find the temple in Houka's memory, Urara mistakes Hikaru for kissing Houka, practically zooming to Kyoto and almost [[DynamicEntry drop kicking]] Hikaru for it. Thankfully, she calms down the moment she realizes what Houka was actually there for. |
| 504 | * ObviouslyEvil: Subverted, as Blagel's Heavenly Saint form is reminiscent of most popular depictions of Satan, while [[TheStarscream Raigel]] looks very similar to the obviously holy Sungel. |
| 505 | * OcularGushers: Urara has these shortly after obtaining her [[SuperMode Legend Mode]] powers. |
| 506 | * OfficialCouple: Isamu and Miyuki, naturally. [[spoiler:Hikaru and Urara get married at the near finale.]] |
| 507 | * OhCrap: Right from the first episode, when Wolzard transforms into [[OurCentaursAreDifferent [=WolKentauros=]]] while our heroes have yet to gain their giant forms. |
| 508 | * {{Omake}}: During which Mandra Boy (usually) talks about whatever new spell was introduced in the episode, and frequently suffers some manner of comic hijinks. |
| 509 | ** Same goes for Nai and Mare, if the spell is used by the enemies. |
| 510 | * OminousOperaCape: Both Meemy and [[TheMovie Groom Do Bridon]] wear this variety of cape. |
| 511 | * OnceMoreWithClarity: Stage 35, which partially functions as a ClipShow, goes back through all of the earlier scenes relevant to Miyuki's appearances in the series [[spoiler:to directly point out all of the {{Foreshadowing}} that she's actually alive]]. |
| 512 | * OneHitKill: Hades God Sphinx likes to pull these off with her {{BFG}}. |
| 513 | * OneWingedAngel: A rare heroic example, with the core Magirangers ability to transform into the Majins, while Sungel and Blagel have their Heavenly Saint forms. |
| 514 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: N Ma spends most of the series sealed away. [[spoiler:Once the seal is finally broken, he wastes no time in laying waste to the heavens and earth.]] |
| 515 | * OrphansOrdeal: The siblings' mother dies in the first episode, while their father was considered dead fifteen years prior. This causes Makito and Urara to experience dual PromotionToParent. [[spoiler:Their father turned out to be the BrainwashedAndCrazy [[TheDragon Dragon]], while their mother is actually NotQuiteDead.]] |
| 516 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: They're not called angels, and they don't have wings, but otherwise, the Heavenly Saints have some imagery related to classic Biblical angels (with some ElementalPowers and Myth/ClassicalMythology thrown in). |
| 517 | * OurGargoylesRock: The Demon Gate Guard Gargoyle. |
| 518 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: One of the featured guest characters, Rei, is trapped in the world of the living by a powerful monster. Miyuki also appears a few times to help the children in need, [[spoiler:but in this case, it's because she's not actually dead and is astral projecting herself from the Garden of Souls]]. |
| 519 | * OurGhoulsAreCreepier: The Solitary Confinement Beast Ghoul, who can stretch his arms great distances and turn his fists giant. |
| 520 | * OurGodsAreDifferent: The Infershia Pantheon is extremely powerful, but is bound by the Dark Precepts, preventing its members from attacking the surface all at once. |
| 521 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: The Hades Beast Worm is a mass of giant worms shaped like a hydra...which fires laser beams. |
| 522 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: The Zobils. |
| 523 | * OutOfSightOutOfMind: On multiple occasions, the Magirangers will hit the enemy with a powerful attack that sends them flying off camera, and then they act as though the battle was already won. The most notable example of this is [[spoiler: the final battle against N Ma.]] |
| 524 | * OutOfTheInferno: Well, more like ''through the inferno''; [[TheMovie Groom Do Bridon]] leaps through an explosion to get an attack off against [=MagiShine=] |
| 525 | * PainfullySlowProjectile: Hades God Cyclops' bullets are generally slow enough for the [=MagiRangers=] to block and deflect. |
| 526 | * PaperFanOfDoom: Houka turns into one in Stage 45 to knock some sense into Makito. |
| 527 | * PaletteSwap: Varikion and Unigolon, with the latter also having a form. By extension, [=FireKaiser=] and [=SaintKaiser=]. |
| 528 | * PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: Pulled off spectacularly with each hit in "''[[CombinationAttack Majin Shoot]]''". |
| 529 | * PensieveFlashback: Hikaru does a series of these in Stage 35 to help determine [[spoiler:whether or not Miyuki really is alive.]] |
| 530 | * PepperSneeze: Houka turns into a giant salt and pepper shaker in Stage 2 to force a monster to sneeze out Kai, Makito, and Urara. |
| 531 | * PersonalityPowers: There's even a song in Stage 3 sung by Mandra Boy about how the Magirangers' elemental powers and personalities match, as well as their roles in the FiveManBand. |
| 532 | * PetTheDog: Hades God Wyvern generally dotes on Nai and Mea like beloved pets. [[spoiler:This makes his KickTheDog moments all the harsher.]] |
| 533 | * PhlebotinumOverload: [[spoiler:How N Ma is defeated.]] |
| 534 | * PhysicalHell: Infershia. [[spoiler:Becomes closer to DarkIsNotEvil once Sphinx takes over in the finale.]] |
| 535 | * PlayingPossum: [[TheMovie Groom Do Bridon]] uses this to get in an attack against [=MagiShine=]. |
| 536 | * PocketDimension: The Marudeyona worlds. |
| 537 | * PokemonSpeak: Solitary Confinement Hades Beast Ogre engages in this. |
| 538 | * PowerAtAPrice: The Ozu siblings could become Heavenly Saints themselves, but would lose all memory of their human existences in the process. |
| 539 | * PowerIncontinence: In Stage 31, the Ozu siblings experience an overflow of power in their civilian forms as a side effect of their unrestrained [[SuperMode Legend Modes]]. |
| 540 | * PowerOfLove: Invoked by [[TeamDad Makito]] in front of [[LoveInterest Eriko]]. [[DefrostingIceQueen She is not impressed.]] |
| 541 | ** Played straight in Stage 28, where Tsubasa's love for Rei allows him to [[spoiler:free her soul from the Hell King Neries and let her move on to the afterlife]]. |
| 542 | * PrecursorHeroes: Blagel, Sungel, and Lunagel. Also Raigel, before he betrayed the first three. Snowgel is an even bigger precursor to them, as she's said to be the eldest Heavenly Saint. |
| 543 | * PresentAbsence: The repercussions of Miyuki's defeat in Stage 2 are keenly felt throughout the series. |
| 544 | * PureMagicBeing: The Heavenly Saints; humans have to contract with a patron in order to use magic. |
| 545 | * QuirkyHousehold: The siblings belong to one. |
| 546 | * RaceAgainstTheClock: Tsubasa has very little time to rescue Kai from his AngstComa before becoming trapped in it himself. [[spoiler:They end up running out of time, but are rescued by their mother's spirit.]] |
| 547 | ** Later, Hikaru has to undergo a dangerous ordeal to save Tsubasa from a curse. |
| 548 | * ReallyGetsAround: Houka. In case you wonder, she's gone as far as to juggle with at least 15 boyfriends at a time. |
| 549 | -->'''Houka:''' I really like her [wedding] dress! |
| 550 | -->'''Tsubasa:''' [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten You already wore one.]] |
| 551 | -->'''Kai:''' It's Houka. She'll probably wear a ''bunch''. |
| 552 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Hikaru is at least 500 years old, and the other Heavenly Saints are likely to be in the same vein. |
| 553 | * RecapEpisode: Most of Episode 35 is this. |
| 554 | * RedBaron: The four Hell Kings are introduced with these by Wolzard. |
| 555 | ** Later on, [[TomesOfProphecyAndFate the book of prophecy]] applies this sort of appellation to every Hades Beast and Hades Beastman. |
| 556 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Inverted and subverted with Bullrates the Kobold; a side-effect of a spell that Meemy casts on him to restore his youthful strength was to turn his red eyes white, and while he does become much more powerful, [[CurbStompBattle he is still effortlessly defeated]] [[SuperMode by the Magirangers Legend Mode.]] [[spoiler: This was exactly what Meemy wanted all along, as this let him use Bullrates's soul to fuel the Hades Beast Machine Golem.]] |
| 557 | * RedOniBlueOni: Kai and Tsubasa. The latter's personal color does not match this trope, but his personality does, to the point that in ''[[Film/MahouSentaiMagirangerVsDekaranger Magiranger vs. Dekaranger]]'', Tsubasa is paired off with Hoji, a textbook Blue. |
| 558 | * RedSkyTakeWarning: A variation; if the sky suddenly turns dark and an aurora appears, that means a Hades God is about to administer a [[ApocalypseHow Divine Punishment]]. |
| 559 | * RedemptionDemotion: [[spoiler:Hades God Titan]] seems to lose much of his power following his HeelFaceTurn. Justified, [[spoiler:as he is having to restrain N Ma's soul within himself, which was specifically noted to weaken Blagel when he did the same thing.]] |
| 560 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Titan.]] |
| 561 | * RedemptionEqualsLife: [[spoiler:Blagel, Sphinx.]] |
| 562 | * RedemptionPromotion: [[spoiler:Isamu gains considerable power after changing from Wolzard to Wolzard Fire, most significantly because he doesn't have to spend power on being N Ma's SoulJar.]] |
| 563 | * ReplacementMooks: The Hades Beast Men to the Hades Beasts. |
| 564 | * RescueArc: The bulk of the Pantheon of Infershia arc is comprised of the Magirangers trying to rescue [[spoiler:their mother]]. |
| 565 | * RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:Rewatching the series with the knowledge Wolzard is actually a brainwashed Blagel adds a whole new layer to basically all of his dialogue prior to Stage 34, with how much of it is actually coming from a father FightingFromTheInside to help his children. This also adds a layer to {{Irony}} to scenes where people trash-talk Wolzard or up-play Blagel in front of him, not realizing whom they're talking about -- for instance, Hikaru in Stage 24 telling Tsubasa "your mother didn't raise you to become someone like ''him!''", referring to Wolzard, completely unaware that he's actually talking about his own respected mentor and Tsubasa's father, whom Miyuki definitely ''did'' want her children to have as a role model...]] |
| 566 | * RevealingSkill: Inverted; Houka is [[OutOfCharacterAlert too considerate]] (she doesn't normally make a habit of bringing food home for everyone) and skilled (she's too much of TheKlutz to cut apples neatly) while under Vancuria's control, so Urara catches onto her quickly. |
| 567 | * RiddlingSphinx: In Stage 46, the Hades God Sphinx questions the Magirangers on how they've been able to keep defeating the Hades Gods despite the power gap between them. |
| 568 | * RightHandVersusLeftHand: Wolzard could have killed the Magirangers in Stage 9 if Branken hadn't chosen then to have Vancuria make an assassination attempt against him right then. |
| 569 | * RingOfPower: The Oath Rings, passed down from the Legendary Magicians to the Magirangers through Sungel. [[spoiler:They allow the Magirangers to prove to Snowgel that they are worthy of the [[SuperMode Legend Mode]].]] |
| 570 | * RingsOfActivation: The combination sequence of the [=MagiFirebird=] and [=MagiLion=] involves the lion jumping through three rings of fire, the third of which is generated by the firebird's wings, triggering the combination. |
| 571 | * RobeAndWizardHat: The black robes they're given are meant to invoke this; it's mostly used just so they can dramatically throw it off just before entering battle, but they're sometimes seen wearing them when doing trickier magic in the Magic Room. |
| 572 | * {{Roboteching}}: Hikaru can control the path of his shots through will alone. |
| 573 | * RomanceInducingSmudge: Stage 36 has one between Urara and Hikaru. Urara doesn't actually wipe it off herself, but Hikaru's momentarily flustered reaction and the atmosphere of the resulting conversation make up one of the more prominent ShipTease moments between them. |
| 574 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Meemy/Raigel is basically Lucifer, while Hikaru/[=MagiShine=]/Sungel is basically the Arch Angel Michael. |
| 575 | * SadisticChoice: To escape Lunagel's pocket dimension, one of the Magirangers has to willingly enter a column of fire and stay there. [[spoiler:Subverted; she is in truth too kind, for a real SadisticChoice, so just diving in is enough to save everyone.]] |
| 576 | * SayMyName: [[TheMovie YAMAZAKI-SAN!]] |
| 577 | * ScrewDestiny: The Magirangers are told in Stage 36 that if they try to fight back against the Infershia Pantheon, it will result in the destruction of the surface world and Magitopia. [[spoiler:It does, but they fix it in short order.]] |
| 578 | * SdrawkcabName: Neries from Act 28, who is a Siren (which is pronounced ''seiren'' in Japanese). |
| 579 | * SealedArmyInACan: The whole of Infershia, [[TheMovie Groom Do Bridon's soul berseker army]]. |
| 580 | * SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:After the second time Blagel seals N Ma, he takes his soul within his body to make sure he can't revive again.]] |
| 581 | * SecretIdentity: Humans aren't allowed to know about magic, so the Magirangers have to keep their civilian identities secret (although [[Film/MahouSentaiMagirangerVsDekaranger other Ranger teams]] seem to be fair game). Within the story, this mostly serves to create a LovesMyAlterEgo scenario between Kai, [=MagiRed=], and Yuka Yamazaki, but it also means that the Magirangers' identities are fairly hidden compared to that of most other Sentai teams and have to keep most of what they do within the family. |
| 582 | * SecretRoom: The siblings study magic in a secret hidden room of their house. After Hikaru moves in, he spends most of his time there when not in Magitopia or going out with the siblings. [[spoiler:Miyuki later reveals there's ''another'' hidden room behind even that, which she uses to perform her own magic.]] |
| 583 | * SecretWar: The great battle between Magitopia and Infershia 15 years ago happened without any humans being aware of it, with the exceptions of any human magicians like Miyuki. [[spoiler:This does ''not'' happen in the finale, with civilians in the town (including Yamazaki) witnessing the final battle against N Ma.]] |
| 584 | * SeeTheInvisible: Hikaru was able to spot an invisible monster through ordinary concentration and focus. |
| 585 | * ShipTease: Kai/Lunagel, which receives LampshadeHanging by Houka, but it ultimately is a result of TheNotLoveInterest due to Kai only being interested in Yamazaki and thus treating "Rin" like a CoolBigSis after all is said and done. They still manage to get a last one in there in Stage 47, [[spoiler:when Kai runs over to pick up an injured Lunagel in his arms]]. |
| 586 | ** Urara and Hikaru's first encounter in Stage 20 is loaded with this, with an episode plotline that invokes ''Literature/TheFrogPrince'' complete with MagicKiss and ends with Hikaru teasing Urara about whether she likes him. It only keeps escalating from there, ranging from subtle (Hikaru giving Urara an AffectionateGestureToTheHead with rather high frequency) to not subtle at all (Hikaru and Urara having an ''extremely'' loaded moment [[ThroughHisStomach bonding over her apple pie]]) for the next half a series. [[spoiler:Stage 47 finally drops the "tease" and conclusively reveals that, yes, they were so much in LoveAtFirstSight with each other that [[EveryoneCanSeeIt the entire family has been waiting for the shoe to drop]]; the threat of N Ma causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt at any moment and Hikaru [[ForeseeingHisDeath having a vision of his impending death]] pushes them both over the edge to go right into a LastWishWedding in the span of [[FourthDateMarriage one episode]].]] |
| 587 | ** Kai and Yamazaki don't initially start off this way, since Kai is immediately clear about his LoveConfession to her while Yamazaki likewise makes it clear [[LovesMyAlterEgo she's more interested in [=MagiRed=]]]. The part where it ''does'' go into ShipTease is [[spoiler:after Yamazaki figures out his identity in the movie but [[SecretSecretKeeper chooses not to tell him]], resulting in nothing getting off the ground... but she refers to Kai as "my beloved magician" in Stage 40, and she's spotted by [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger some pirates six years later]], still carrying around her [=MagiRed=] plush...]] |
| 588 | * ShirtlessScene: The start of Stage 10. |
| 589 | * ShoutOut: |
| 590 | ** In Stage 6, Nai and Mare provide Branken and Wolzard's [[Manga/DragonBallZ power levels]]. |
| 591 | ** Stage 10 has Makito raising a cactus trying to win the heart of a girl and even naming it "Petit Eriko" after her, unaware that the plant is secretly turning monstrous and carnivorous, bringing to mind [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey II]]. |
| 592 | ** And then there's the movie, where the Heavenly Temple [[Anime/DragonBallZ should seem familiar]]. |
| 593 | ** Stage 14, the episode featuring the [=MagiPunch=] gloves, has Kai lament losing Yamazaki to [=MagiRed=] with the familiar pose from ''Manga/TomorrowsJoe''. |
| 594 | ** Stage 15 features the [[EliteMook Solitary Confinement Hades Beast Skeleton]], which has a red skull and can reassemble itself after being destroyed indefinitely. [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Sound familiar?]] |
| 595 | ** Stage 19, where Smokey, the ''genie'' introduces himself, and his powers, through a big, flashy musical number. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Aladdin Where have we seen that before?]] |
| 596 | * ShyFingerTwiddling: Kai does this on occasion when the subject of [[LoveInterest Yuka Yamazaki comes up.]] |
| 597 | * SiblingTeam: As they are all siblings (except for Hikaru). This is the third Sentai in this respect too, predated by ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' and ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'', although it features the theme of ThePowerOfFamily more prominently than either. |
| 598 | * SingleMindedTwins: Nai and Mea; they're actually a form of SelfDuplication via Vancuria splitting herself into two halves, but the majority of Mea's dialogue is repeating what Nai says or finishing her sentences, making them come off as this. |
| 599 | * SceneryPorn: Stage 22 features many lingering shots of temples in Kyoto. |
| 600 | * SleepCute: A familial version between Makito and Houka during a flashback to when they were children. |
| 601 | * SleepModeSize: Snowgel, when not in her battle form. |
| 602 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Very idealistic, as it ends with [[spoiler:Infershia being redeemed]]. |
| 603 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: [[TheLancer Tsubasa]] vs. [[IdiotHero Kai]], with the expected results. |
| 604 | * SolarAndLunar: Sungel and Lunagel, who were both fellow disciples of Blagel; perhaps it's no surprise that OddNameOut Raigel was the one to betray them. |
| 605 | * SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Hoo boy. |
| 606 | ** First, you have the Basic [[MonsterOfTheWeek Hades]] [[LegionsOfHell Beasts]] lead by [[FrankensteinsMonster Branken]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Wolzard]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vancuria]]. |
| 607 | ** [[RockBottom And then]] they summon the [[GiantMook Solitary Confinement Hades Beasts]] and the [[ThresholdGuardian Guardian Beast]] of Infershia. |
| 608 | ** [[FromBadToWorse And then]] Branken dies and [[{{Mummy}} Meemy]], a PhysicalGod [[RivalTurnedEvil Turned Evil]] takes over, and summons the [[EliteMooks Hades Beastmen]], humans who [[DealWithTheDevil sold their soul for power.]] The team needs the SixthRanger, another PhysicalGod, to defeat them. |
| 609 | ** And then Meemy summons the [[KingMook Four Hellish Kings]], who beat the rangers so bad they need to develop a SuperMode. |
| 610 | ** [[SerialEscalation And then]] Meemy starts using [[TheDarkSide forbidden magic]] - that's magic so bad that ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards even the legions of Hell won't go near it]]'' - to create his monsters, to the point where the rangers need another HumongousMecha. |
| 611 | ** ''And then'', once Meemy is defeated, the true bad guys are revealed as the [[GodOfEvil Pantheon of Hell]], a [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad team of]] ten [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever giant monsters]] - meaning they start big and [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrink to human size]], not [[MakeMyMonsterGrow the other way around]] - who [[ApocalypseHow play a few games with the mortals.]] |
| 612 | ** '''[[DespairEventHorizon And then]]''' at the end, all of the above leads to releasing [[EldritchAbomination Great]] Beast Emperor [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast N. Ma]] from the [[SealedEvilInACan Hades Gate]] to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all the magic in the world.]] He pretty much crushes the rangers, and they have to [[GondorCallsForAid call in every ally they made across the entire series.]] [[spoiler:Including their [[BackFromTheDead mother]] and [[HeelFaceTurn father]].]] |
| 613 | * SpearCounterpart: Tetsuya, Houka's love interest in stage 15, is basically the male version of her. |
| 614 | * TheSpeechless: The Hades Beasts are pretty much animals, and only grunt and growl. |
| 615 | * SpeedBlitz: Hades God Wyvern uses this. |
| 616 | * SpellBlade: In stage 29, Houka casts a spell to make [=MagiKing=]'s sword King Caliber hundreds of times sharper. |
| 617 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Groom Do Bridon, the villain from TheMovie, sports these, and when he gets really mad, more sprout up all over his body. |
| 618 | * SpinningPiledriver: Tsubasa's Meteorite Magi Punch. |
| 619 | * SpiritAdvisor: In Stage 7, Miyuki's spirit appears to Kai and Tsubasa to give them important advice. Her spirit returns in Stage 18, this time to provide the magic necessary to defeat [[TheBrute Branken]]. [[spoiler:It's actually her ability to make an AstralProjection of herself from where she is in the Garden of Souls.]] |
| 620 | * {{Squee}}: [[NonActionGuy Mandra Boy]] tends to react this way whenever the Heavenly Saints show up. |
| 621 | * SquishyWizard: Inverted. Magic makes characters, good and bad, physically powerful. |
| 622 | * StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy: Before the arrival of the Infershia Pantheon, the Hades Beast Empire has this structure. |
| 623 | ** TheEmperor: N Ma. |
| 624 | ** The Right Hand: Wolzard. |
| 625 | ** The General: Branken, replaced by Meemy following his death. |
| 626 | ** The Oddball: Vancuria. |
| 627 | * StatusBuff: Wolzard gives Vancuria one when she goes after Rin, while in the middle of applying a four-episode long buff to himself. |
| 628 | * StealthMentor: [[spoiler: Wolzard. He was so damn good at it, even '''he''' didn't know he was doing it.]] |
| 629 | * StormOfBlades: [=MagiKing's=] Phantom Illusion attack. |
| 630 | * SuperSenses: One spell enhances the Rangers' sense of smell, to the point that they could actually ''see'' the trail. |
| 631 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In Stage 27, Kai finds out the hard way that, contrary to what many anime series might lead you to believe, no, high school students can't rent their own apartments (and even if he ''had'' tried, he probably wouldn't have had the money to pay for it anyway). |
| 632 | * SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:Kai's tears during his IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight are what ultimately return Wolzard back to Blagel, although it's implied to be less because of anything magical about the tears itself and more the last straw in Blagel seeing his son so miserable that he succeeds in FightingFromTheInside.]] |
| 633 | * TakeAThirdOption: [[spoiler:Instead of leaving Hikaru or Tsubasa to die from using Chronogel's forbidden spell, Wolzard blasts Chronogel and completely cancels the dangerous side effect.]] |
| 634 | * TakenForGranite: Urara in Stage 4. Lots of people, in fact. |
| 635 | ** Also, the Hades Goddess Gorgon's Divine Punishment is to inflict this on all living things on Earth at the same time. |
| 636 | * TakeThat: In the opening fight of ''[[Film/MahouSentaiMagirangerVsDekaranger Magiranger vs. Dekaranger]]'', Ban shows up in a [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Battlizer]]...and proceeds to horribly screw up, healing the enemy and let it escape with Urara. Whoops. |
| 637 | * TakingTheBullet: Urara does this to save Kai in Stage 4, resulting in her [[TakenForGranite being turned to stone]]. |
| 638 | ** Hikaru does this for an anmesiac Houka in Stage 29, getting himself dumped in the water and spending the whole next episode in recovery afterwards. |
| 639 | ** She repeats this in Stage 38, only with an actual bullet. [[spoiler:In Stage 48, the favor is returned by Smoky, [[SerialEscalation followed almost immediately after by Miyuki.]]]] |
| 640 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:N Ma and Blagel do this to each other, once before the series begins, and again in Stage 34.]] |
| 641 | * TeamHandstack: [[spoiler:The whole Ozu family does one just before the final battle in Stage 48.]] |
| 642 | * TellMeAboutMyFather: Spoken word-by-word by Kai to Lunagel and Hikaru in Stage 33. Kai is the sibling most interested in and admiring of his father's legacy, partially due to him being told they're so similar and partially due to Kai being so young when his father disappeared that he never really got to know him for any period of time. [[spoiler:This leads to him getting hit the worst by the revelation his father is actually Wolzard.]] |
| 643 | * TemptingFate: In Stage 37, Kai openly proclaims to Cyclops that it'll be easy to find him from where he's shooting at them from. [[OhCrap Then he shoots Kai in the back of the leg from the opposite direction from which he'd been firing up to that point.]] |
| 644 | ** Stage 20 is a double-whammy TemptingFate for Urara. Urara initially refuses to kiss the frog with the statement that she can't kiss anyone unless she likes them. Not long after, she caves out of pity and does, indeed, kiss the frog after it saves her life. The frog turns out to be Hikaru, who teases Urara that this must mean she came to like him at some point; an embarrassed Urara attempts to slap him in response. [[spoiler:27 episodes later, Hikaru finds himself on the receiving end of a LoveConfession from Urara at a time he has to worry about [[YourDaysAreNumbered potentially dying on her]] if he accepts her feelings. Oh, and she ''does'' end up trying to kiss him again... at their wedding.]] |
| 645 | * ThanksForTheMammary: Smoky does this to Urara by accident and... is sent flying to the window. |
| 646 | * ThePromise: [[spoiler:Before the final battle, the Ozu family promises to return home together. They get [[EarnYourHappyEnding very dangerously close]] to not pulling it off, but they do.]] |
| 647 | * ThePsychoRangers: Hades God Toad creates a set of fake Magirangers to pit against the genuine articles. |
| 648 | * TheReveal: Rin is the Heavenly Saint Lunagel, [[spoiler:Wolzard is Blagel, and Miyuki is alive]]. |
| 649 | * DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Houka and Urara use the closing theme of this season to defeat the Monster Of The Week in Stage 8. |
| 650 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Houka does this sometimes as part of her cutesy act. |
| 651 | * ThisIsADrill: Both [=MagiLegend's=] Screw Caliber, and one of Urara's attack spells. |
| 652 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: Kai takes this stance after Wolzard killed his mother, [[spoiler: making it all the more tragic when it is revealed that Wolzard is his BrainwashedAndCrazy father]]. |
| 653 | * TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Powerful and skilled magicians like Miyuki, Rin, Hikaru, and Wolzard are able to innately detect powerful beings and magicians. |
| 654 | * TheTrickster: Smoky, in spades. |
| 655 | * ThroughHisStomach: One of Urara and Hikaru's more prominent ShipTease moments has them bond over Urara's homemade apple pie; the recipe is originally Miyuki's, but it's described as being so light and delicious that it gets people to stop fighting. In Hikaru's case, it's enough to make him back down from his AngerBornOfWorry (one that had been bad enough to probably be his worst outburst in the series) and apologize to the family. [[spoiler:Urara later brings up the pie after their wedding when Hikaru goes off to fight N Ma, telling him to come back alive so he can eat it.]] |
| 656 | * TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Stage 30 has the Magirangers go on a quest to find the Heavenly Saint Snowgel and convince her to unlock their inner power, which they succeed at thanks to their [[RingOfPower oath rings]], which shine with the [[CharacterDevelopment Cour]][[HeroicResolve age]] they'd demonstrated over the preceding five episodes. |
| 657 | * TimeTravel: Possible, but only through [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique a forbidden spell]]. |
| 658 | * TomesOfProphecyAndFate: The Book of Prophecy that [[ElegantGothicLolita Nai and Mare]] discover after N Ma is sealed once again. |
| 659 | * TookALevelInBadass: Invoked by Houka with "Version Up." Played straight with [[MidSeasonUpgrade Magi Legend powers.]] |
| 660 | * TrainingFromHell: What do you call having soccer balls shot at you at around 200 kilometers per hour so that you can learn how to dodge a monster's punches? Something that should've killed him or at least given him massive internal bleeding. Hope he was wearing a cup. |
| 661 | * TragicKeepsake: Miyuki's [[MagicWand [=MagiStick=]]] and her compact. [[spoiler:Subverted when the siblings find out she was alive all along, after which she takes them right back.]] |
| 662 | ** The Flower of Heaven in ''[[Film/MahouSentaiMagirangerVsDekaranger Magiranger vs. Dekaranger]]'' also counts; part of the reason the siblings are so unwilling to part with it (well, besides its [[MacGuffin world-destroying capabilities]]) is its importance to their mother. |
| 663 | * TrashOfTheTitans: Houka's room. |
| 664 | * TwoScenesOneDialogue: In Stage 46, with Titan to Houka and Makito, Dagon and Wyvern, and Sphinx and the rest of the Magirangers. |
| 665 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The first two times Houka tries to help Kai woo Yuka Yamazaki, she outlines exactly how her plan should go. [[SubvertedTrope The third time, she just skips straight to the action, and still fails.]] |
| 666 | * UnusualEuphemism: Makito declaring that he won't be distracted by Nai and Mare's "Venus Flytrap". |
| 667 | * UrbanFantasy: The premise of the setting. It's a series about magical worlds, but most of the action takes place in the Magirangers' home town. |
| 668 | * VampiresOwnNightclubs: Vancuria does, and she uses it to convert large numbers of people, [[spoiler:including Houka.]] |
| 669 | * VerbalTic: Mandra Boy's "de gozarimasu desu" which, considering its length[[note]]It's a combination of "''de gozaru''", "''-(i)masu''" and "''-desu''", which, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment in their own ways]], ''are'' applicable {{Verbal Tic}}s[[/note]], borders on parody. |
| 670 | ** Smoky has this by way of being a Cat Person. |
| 671 | --> [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Nyaamen."]] |
| 672 | * VillainSong: Nai and Mea have "Bloody Friday Nightmare" in Stage 11, which they use to hypnotize people so their MonsterOfTheWeek can turn them into vampires ([[spoiler:though it's them, rather than the monster, who do it to Houka]], which extends the episode's plot into the next one). Listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHU-5H16SU here]]. |
| 673 | ** Later at a certain point, they even consider making another gig ([[spoiler:after Meemy's defeat and Infershia's apparent destruction, before they meet the Pantheon]]). |
| 674 | ** Wolzard also gets a rather impressive one, which never gets played during the actual series. |
| 675 | * VillainousBreakdown: Hades God Sphinx suffers a nasty one [[spoiler: when ordered to attack the surface while in the middle of her HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 676 | * WartimeWedding: [[spoiler:While it's not a full-on BreatherEpisode, Urara and Hikaru marry between N Ma's resurrection and his siege on Magitopia (to the point [[AlmostKiss they only barely manage to get the minimum done]] before Lunagel bursts in). As the usual associations with the tropes go, they do it particularly because they know Hikaru may die the next day (and if things go ''really'' wrong, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt so will everyone else]]).]] |
| 677 | * WeddingSmashers: [[spoiler:Lunagel interrupts Hikaru and Urara's wedding [[AlmostKiss right in the middle of their altar kiss]], but "coming to warn them about Magitopia being destroyed" was a pretty good reason to warrant that, so nobody holds a grudge. Hikaru and Urara still consider themselves married by the next morning.]] |
| 678 | ** Kai also performs one in TheMovie to prevent a hypnotized Yamazaki from being married to Glum do Bridon, literally smashing through the altar with a magical soccer ball-shaped kick. |
| 679 | * WhamEpisode: Stages 33, 34, and 35. |
| 680 | ** Stage 33: [[spoiler: Wolzard is in fact Isamu[=/=]Blagel, the Magirangers long presumed dead father.]] |
| 681 | ** Stage 34: [[spoiler: Miyuki is alive, and the Gods of Infershia will soon rise.]] |
| 682 | ** Stage 35: [[spoiler: Miyuki is being held prisoner by the Infershia Pantheon, which has now risen to subject the surface to their "divine punishment".]] |
| 683 | * WhamLine: Keeping in line with them being part of a series of [[WhamEpisode Wham Episodes]] in a row, Stages 32-34 give us one each: |
| 684 | ** Stage 32: [[spoiler:"Be strong." They're the words Makito remembered his father saying to encourage him as a kid, so [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay what are they doing coming out of Wolzard's mouth]]?]] |
| 685 | ** Stage 33: [[spoiler:"Kai!" Which normally wouldn't be much of a WhamLine by itself if it weren't for the fact it's coming from Wolzard, the Magirangers' ArchEnemy [[INeverToldYouMyName who had never bothered to call him anything but "the red magician" up until now]], and moreover why is there so much panic in that voice...]] |
| 686 | ** Stage 34: "[[spoiler:Children, can you hear me? Your mother is alive.]]" |
| 687 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Book of Prophecy, an ancient tome that perfectly and accurately describes everything that happens throughout the course of the series. [[spoiler:It flies away after the second time Nai and Mea try to read it, and is never mentioned again.]] |
| 688 | ** Also, in the first episode, we can see flying minions in Infershia. They are never used or seen again. |
| 689 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Stage 45 introduces the idea that not everyone in Infershia is AlwaysChaoticEvil, which Makito stubbornly resists well into Stage 46. |
| 690 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: Kai is an envoy to Infershia, Urara lives in Magitopia with Hikaru, Makito studies overseas, Tsubasa is a boxer, and Houka lives with Isamu and Miyuki.]] |
| 691 | ** The Final Live Tour, which takes place between the final episode and the epilogue, expands on this a little more: [[spoiler:Makito started studying Spanish and Portuguese for his dream of expanding his farm work in Brazil, Houka seems to be dating someone (''one'' person) and is working on improving her cooking skills in Urara's absence, Tsubasa is aiming for the championship, and Hikaru and Urara are working to rebuild Magitopia. Kai came up with the idea of being an Infershian envoy around the time of his high school graduation, reasoning that he wanted Infershia to form a good relationship with the other two worlds and that he wanted to pass on the courage he was given by his family.]] |
| 692 | * WhiteVoidRoom: All interior architecture in Magitopia is like this. Also, the PocketDimension that Lunagel seals the Magirangers into in Stage 17. |
| 693 | * WholePlotReference: Stage 28 (see HeartbrokenBadass entry above) to the '80s Hong Kong [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot period/horror/romance]] ''Film/AChineseGhostStory''. |
| 694 | ** Stage 20 is, naturally, one to ''Literature/TheFrogPrince''. [[GenreBlindness Poor Urara seems to not be aware of its storyline in advance.]] |
| 695 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: Houka turns herself into Frederic Chopin (basically Houka in a silly wig, moustache and pink tuxedo) to improve her piano playing. It doesn't work. |
| 696 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Urara and frogs, which causes her trouble when Hikaru's curse requires her to kiss him in frog form (Stage 20), and when she offends Toad with her disgust for frogs, angering him enough to completely ''barrage'' her with them in revenge (Stage 43). |
| 697 | * WingedHumanoid: [=MagiKing=] and [=MagiLegend=] |
| 698 | * WingShield: [=MagiKing=] can use the Gardua's wings as a shield. |
| 699 | * WizardDuel: The [=MagiRangers=] engage in one against Meemy when he first shows up. [[CurbStompBattle It does not go well.]] |
| 700 | * TheWorfBarrage: [[ThePowerOfTheSun Prominence Flare]], Hikaru's most powerful Heavenly Saint attack, never works. |
| 701 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Inverted; Lunagel loses against Wolzard after the latter spent four straight episodes increasing his power exponentially. |
| 702 | * TheWorfEffect: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] with regards to [=MagiShine=]; when first introduced he is the great heavenly hero who nigh effortlessly defeats all those who oppose him. However, as the forces of Infershia wise up and and send out enemies not even he can handle, he begins to suffer considerable doubts in his own abilities, especially in the face of his pupil's ever increasing power. [[{{Reconstruction}} Ultimately]], he comes to terms with his doubts, realizes how to overcome them, and [[spoiler:defeats the Hades God Drake who'd previously defeated him in a devastating CurbStompBattle.]] |
| 703 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Raigel pulls a variation on this to lure Blagel into a trap during the final battle of the [[GreatOffscreenWar great war.]] |
| 704 | * WreathedInFlames: Most of Kai's attacks involve this. |
| 705 | * WreckedWeapon: Inverted, Kai destroys Wolzard's sword in Stage 18 with Magi Magi Magi Magika. A few episodes later he makes a new, even stronger one from Branken's sword. |
| 706 | * YouAreNotAlone: [[TeamMom Urara]] receives one to show her that she doesn't need to take on all the responsibility of taking care of the family herself. |
| 707 | * YouAreNotReady: Miyuki refused to give Kai magic at first on the grounds that he was too reckless and did not understand what true courage was. He becomes ready when he performs a BareHandedBladeBlock against [[BlackKnight Wolzard]] to defend his siblings. |
| 708 | * YouSeeImDying: This is why Houka agrees to a LastWishMarriage with a fling named Tetsuya. Once the MonsterOfTheWeek is defeated and Tetsuya's survival is ensured, they both call off the wedding as quickly as they declared it because [[CommitmentIssues normal commitment sounds boring to them]]. |
| 709 | * YouCantFightFate: This gets played with, as while all the prophecies mentioned on the show, [[spoiler:including the one about how if the surface world fights against the Hades Gods both Magitopia and the surface world will be destroyed]] do come to pass, their consequences can still be undone. |
| 710 | * YouHaveFailedMe: In Stage 3, a [[EliteMook High Zobil]] flees battle and returns to Infershia, only to be skewered by Branken for his troubles. |
| 711 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: Victims of the [[BlackSpot Red Skull curse]] have only a week to live before [[NoBodyLeftBehind vanishing, never to be seen again.]] |
| 712 | ** [[spoiler:LWhen N Ma is reborn, Snowgel declares that the whole world has only three days left before he destroys everything.]] |
| 713 | * YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: You didn't really think that they were going to permanently prevent N Ma's rebirth in Stage 46, with three more episodes to go, did you?]] |
| 714 | * XanatosGambit: In Stage 42, Dagon sends Sleipnir to the surface to join Drake's battle against the Magirangers, either killing them all or [[spoiler:flushing out [[PapaWolf Wolzard]], who is currently holding N Ma's soul captive within himself.]] |
| 715 | * XRayOfPain: When Tsubasa gets into a PunchParry with MonsterOfTheWeek Ghoul, we're treated to an x-ray close-up of the bones in his hand shattering. |
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| 717 | ''Finishing the trope page with seriousness, Magiranger!'' |
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