Line #12 YMMV/GekisouSentaiCarranger


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KtUMiP-gD8 The theme for VRV Robo.]]
2	** When the Carrangers finally get around to acting like honest-to-god heroes, a certain theme starts playing: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3gZCT6xuDwGekisou Accel Changer!]]" (specifically the second part, starting at 0:38).
3	** Signalman and Sirender's theme song is surprisingly cool, especially during Sirender's first fight: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tOvowN5as8 Shirobai Yaro Signalman]][[note]] Shirobai = a motorcycle cop's bike, universally painted white in Japan[[/note]]
4	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT8VvHLVKzU&feature=related Victrailer Kyodai-naru Machine]] (Giant Machine [=VicTrailer=]) has a ''ludicrously'' heroic theme. Godzilla meets a goddamn force of justice, really.
5	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T255hmj9_VU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Dakara Tatakau Carranger]] (Why Carranger Fights) plays while Red Racer mans (leaders?) up and steals back the stolen RV Robo.
6	* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:[[KnightOfCerebus Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus]] is the mastermind of the series' tragedies. Manipulating the Bowzock while disguised as "Fortuneteller Suzogue", Exhaus guided them to [[PlanetKiller destroy planets]] that stand in the way of his Evil Universal Highway plan killing countless innocents. Exhaus also [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaved]] the sapient Beagers race and drove all but one extinct from overworking and abuse. Secretly overlooking the events of the series at first, Exhaus takes center stage when he drives Signalman's son and people sick by unleashing a plague of [[DeadlyGas toxic gas]] on his planet and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashes]] him to believe the Carranger were responsible. Upon this being thwarted, [[BadBoss Exhaus]] outright moves to controlling the Bowzock, torturing and tormenting any members who fail or displease him, and even threatening those who try to defect with death. After the Bowzock decimate the Carrangers base when he seals their powers, Exhaus sets the Baribarian on fire with the remaining Bowzock inside, then [[ColonyDrop sends the planetoid crashing towards Earth]], hoping to [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness kill them off]] and end Earth all in one fell swoop before opting to just blow it up himself. In the final battle after defeating most of the Carrangers' mecha and having them at his mercy, Exhaus decides to take his time finishing them off to savor their hopelessness one last time.]]
7	* CrossesTheLineTwice: In episode 6, Zonnette complains of how QQ Kyutan mistook her drawing of a necklace for a bridge and Gynamo offers her a drink. What is noteworthy of the scene is why Grotch question why they sent a member of their gang to certain death on a mission doomed to fail from the start with Zelmonda telling him not to dwell on it and drink some booze. Overall, it goes from being a rather real reflective scene about a senseless loss of life for a few five seconds before the comedy resumes when everyone just shrugs off the worst implications of the fiasco.
8	* FetishRetardant: While Zonnette is intended to be MsFanservice, her bony pigeon-chest makes her this to some.
9	* HilariousInHindsight:
10	** Unlike the three series which came before it, ''Carranger'' did not get TheMovie. However, when the time came for the adaptation, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' was uniquely set up by [[Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie a movie]], which would be imported back to Japan.
11	** In his debut episode, Signalman declares himself as being strong. His voice actor later play [[Series/KamenRiderDenO another character whose partner uses that declaration as a catchphrase]].
12	** The fact that this series is an affectionate self-parody of ''Super Sentai'' (and the main page's image caption) becomes this when we now have ''[[Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger an official anniversary team which looks even less like a proper Super Sentai]]'', lampshaded in multiple media featuring it.
13	** The sheer hilarity of the MakeMyMonsterGrow method in this series apparently didn't go unnoticed by [[Creator/TsuburayaProductions Tsuburaya]] [[Franchise/UltraSeries Productions]]. In episode 22 of ''Series/UltramanZ'', Alien Barossa III instead of using anything alien in nature, enlarge himself by drinking bubble tea. Mind to remind you, both boba/bubble tea and imo-yokan contains significant amount of starch and bubble tea itself can be derived from sweet potato.
14	* HollywoodPudgy: Youko. A big deal is made in episode 11 about how overweight she is with everyone from PP Rappa, the monster of the week, to ''news reporters'' commending on it. When she is shown in a bikini, however, she is very slim (not helped by the fact that Natsumi is shown in a bikini besides her and looks EXACTLY THE SAME).
15	* MemeticMutation: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AS-8wsledg "Select Your CarRanger"]] [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic music]] from the Platform/SuperFamicom game has seen plenty of use in [[YouTubePoop YTPMVs]].
16	* MisBlamed: Or rather, Miscredited - as noted on the main page, western fans will often refer to this series as the one that saved ''Super Sentai''. However, toy sales for ''Carranger'' (11.8 billion yen) were lower than those of [[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger its predecessor]][[note]]''Ohranger''[='=]s toy sales are some of the highest in the franchise, at ''15.9 billion'', which is almost as much as ''Dairanger'' (7.8 billion) and ''Kakuranger'' (8.4 billion)''combined''[[/note]], and in terms of viewing numbers, for the majority of its run[[note]]up until around the time the VRV Master debuted[[/note]], ''Carranger'' had even ''lower'' ratings that ''Ohranger''[[note]]in fact, the lowest rated episode of ''Super Sentai'' in the entire franchise was episode 25 of ''Carranger'' (the one with the Zokurangers and White Racer's debut), and it wasn't until the VRV master showed up that the ratings began to increase, and even then, it was only by less than .3; although it's worth noting that, ever since ''Zyuranger'', Sentai ratings had been declining; it wouldn't be until ''Megaranger'' that a season would have overall higher ratings than the one before it; interestingly, the 90s season with the highest ratings was ''Gingaman'', despite said show largely being seen as SoOkayItsAverage[[/note]]. If one ''was'' to label one Sentai series with the title of "Franchise Saviour", then the series that would deserve the title [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman aired 5 years earlier]].
17	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: It's pretty basic but the Super Famicom game based on the show is a decent play.
18	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: One of the battle themes seems very much similar in tone of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars4'''s Time To Come.
19	* TearJerker: In a series usually full of parody, there are some shockingly heartbreaking moments in this series.
20	** The first episode opens on a pretty dark note as we watch Dappu's planet be decimated by the Bowzock while he can only watch in horror and remember the death of his mother in the chaos before he is forced to flee as the sole survivor of his planet.
21	** Another of these such moments is in Episode 9, when Zelmoda accidentally kills KK Esu... who is actually Dappu's brainwashed childhood hero, Speed King Max. It's not played for laughs at all, either, and it's ''heartbreaking'' to watch Dappu break down over his idol's body.
22	** Minoru has a pretty heartrending moment when OO Batton, the Gorotsuki he ''assumed'' was nice and was leaving the Bowzock, betrays him and is attempting to destroy him and the Carrangers in the badly damaged RV Robo. As Batton has them dead to rights, Minoru rants at Batton at how heartless he is, that when he showed him kindness (bandaging his bleeding arm, treating him to Osaka culture, etc.), he ''still'' turned on him. Surprisingly, this literally makes Batton ''stop'' what he's doing, and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the bat-like Gorotsuki looks as though he's regretting everything he's done in the recent past.]] Zelmoda, however, reminds Batton that Exhaus will kill him if he gets cold feet now, and Batton, out of fear, goes back to attacking the downed RV Robo. [[HeelFaceDoorSlam Batton eventually falls victim to the newly-combined Scramble Intersection Robo, and is given no chance to stop his course of action again before a combination of the Victory Twister and the Plugnado Spark obliterates him.]] Minoru, safe to say, is heartbroken after the fight.
23	** How about when the Pegasus Garage is destroyed by the Bowzock, and Signalman and Ichitarou are searching through its remains, crying out for the heroes? It's a painful moment that assumes that the Carrangers and Dappu were killed, and that Exhaus won...
24	* UnintentionallySympathetic: In the Christmas 3-parter, the Carrangers are treated as Jerkasses for not wanting to celebrate Christmas with Dapp, with the intended Aesop being that they shouldn’t neglect him since he’s an orphan. However, Dapp never indicated that he even wanted to spend time at Christmas with them, and the thing they get condemned for is wanting to spend time with their families: '''a normal Christmas tradition'''! Not to mention the one telling them this lesson is [[spoiler:Dapp’s own father, who refuses to divulge that he’s even alive to his own son]], making the latter come off as a {{Hypocrite}}.
25	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In the same three parter, Dapp. He acts like an EntitledBastard just because the others have families they want to spend time with instead of going along with his plans he never told them about, and is supposed to be in the right.
26	* ValuesDissonance: In episode 19, Kousuke strangling Natsumi upon overacting to her comment of him being oversensitive. It sparks a brief WhatTheHellHero moment as the others arrive before they continue as if nothing happened.
27	* WinBackTheCrowd: While many fans would argue if the series itself saved Sentai (granted, it was ''[[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Jetman]]'' who cleaned up the mess caused by the disastrous TV ratings and toy sales of ''[[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Fiveman]]'', and ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'' became a financial smash hit ''despite'' suffering from ExecutiveMeddling and TroubledProduction due to a real-life incident), they do agree that it played a part in giving Toei another shot in saving the franchise from cancellation, which is later filled in by ''[[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Megaranger]]''.
28	%%* TheWoobie: Naoki
29	* {{Woolseyism}}: The aliens of this season pronounce Earth ("chikyū) as "chīkyu" (extending the "i" sound instead of the "u" sound). In the Shout Factory [=DVDs=], this is shown in the subtitles by having them say "Earsh".

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