Line #52 YMMV/ResshaSentaiToQger


1	* AmericansHateTingle: In America, trains don't play nearly as big a role in transportation as they do in Japan and Europe, possibly making many viewers less nostalgic towards their use as a motif. It also wasn't as popular with non-Japanese fans for other reasons, though as VindicatedByHistory below says, it's enjoyed a bit of a redemption since.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** [[https://youtu.be/Y84miwEcAc8 The theme song]]. ''Especially'' the opening.
4	** "Byun! Byun! [=ToQger=]" is as catchy as it is cheery.
5	** Akira's theme as [=ToQ=] 6gou, titled Ame Nochi Rainbow.
6	** That BGM that's become as ubiquitous as Buchido Icchokusen from Shinkenger -- victory vibe from jump.
7	** To some extent, Akira's little "death requiem" on the harmonica. To a far greater extent, the TriumphantReprise version.
8	** In Korea, the toyline has a catchy remix tune, composed of various train station noises. Especially at the end of the song.
9	** The soundtrack includes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYHNzIj2pQ a Japanese heavy metal version of "I've Been Working on the Railroad"]]. It's as awesome as it sounds.
10	* BrokenBase:
11	** The suit designs and mecha. Are they an interesting throwback to 80's Sentai or idiotic designs that make the rangers look like a group of mooks?
12	** Much like with ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' and ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', when it was announced that ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' would skip adapting this series in favor of ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'', there was a similar debate about if it should've been skipped - ''[=ToQger=]'' proponents pointed out that ''Ninninger'' performed ''worse'' than ''[=ToQger=]'', whereas ''Ninninger'' fans pointed out that trains are not nearly as popular in the US as they are in Japan and Europe. Although with ''Gobusters'' itself being adapted OutOfOrder, it's possible that it's only a matter of when for an adaptation of ''[=ToQger=]''.
13	* CompleteMonster: [[TheManBehindTheMan Creator Devius]]. See [[YMMV/ResshaSentaiToqgerVsKyoryugerTheMovie here]] for details.
14	* EvilIsCool:
15	** Emperor Z, due to his AntiVillain status.
16	** Schwarz is getting this reaction, due to averting the OrcusOnHisThrone trope by actually confronting the rangers on his own, his NobleDemon traits, and his PetTheDog moments with Gritta.
17	* FanPreferredCouple: After episode 3, Right and Kagura started to develop a following. Tokkati and Mio are often paired together too.
18	* GrowingTheBeard: While the show was already good, episode 15 is where it starts to improve, and Akira's introduction is where it really starts to [[{{Pun}} shine]].
19	* HilariousInHindsight:
20	** Rangers run on imagination power, [[Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger huh?]]
21	** Years ago, Kobayashi once wrote a [[Series/KamenRiderDenO train-themed Rider]], and now she's writing a train-themed Sentai.
22	** Having the expressionless mascot announce that [[spoiler:our heroes are DeadAllAlong]] [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica should sound familiar to some.]] [[note]]Especially with Creator/GenUrobuchi's work on Series/KamenRiderGaim creating a sort of ColbertBump for his previous work.[[/note]]
23	** The probably non-canon special Farewell Ticket: The Wasteland Super [=ToQ=] Battle ends with [[spoiler: Wagon being upset because Ticket stuck himself on her hand. Much later, in Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super 7gou of Dreams, Wagon ends up being the new Conductor of the Rainbow Line and has Ticket on her hand, as it seems to be a pre-requisite for the job.]]
24	** The Stamp Shadow MonsterOfTheWeek appeared to be channeling the well-known "funyaa~" episode of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', but then the creature reveals that the victims will become too lazy to even ''keep breathing''. And you know it'll work because [[Film/{{Serenity}} it's been done!]]
25	** Zed's first appearance has him getting a balloon from a ''pink bunny'' mascot. The BigBad got a sneak peek at the BigGood!
26	** A more minor one; Conductor's actor, Tsutomu Sekine, appeared to have starred in an extremely obscure game show entitled [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745302/ "Quiz Ressha Shuppatsu Shinkou"]] in 1979.
27	* HoYay:
28	** Mio and Kagura are particularly close, even for a team as tightly-knit as the [=ToQgers=]. In any given group shot there's a good chance the two of them are side-by-side, especially in one shot where they're sharing the same seat in [=ToQ-Oh's=] cockpit (which has seats for all the [=ToQgers=]). They're actually holding hands in Station 21. [[spoiler:Becomes more obvious since they did first in their childhood.]]
29	*** The return movie even has a picture of Kagura kissing Mio on the cheek, which only adds to it.
30	** Right and Tokatti have their moments, especially in Station #6, which most of which focuses on their relationship and makes it obvious to the audience how much Tokatti admires Right.
31	** There are rumors that Akira Nijino is pressumed to be gay after the events of Station 34, where he kissed a man who had a crush on Mio[[spoiler:, and now said man is having a crush on him]].
32	*** Akira's sexuality is even more debatable thanks to the movie's reveal of [[spoiler:Tank Top Shadow]]
33	* MemeticMutation: [[Memes/SuperSentai See this page for examples.]]
34	* {{Moe}}:
35	** Tokkati. {{Adorkable}}? Check. [[PrettyBoy Cute face?]] Check. ShrinkingViolet? ''Check.''
36	** Kagura is also seen as cute by the fans.
37	** Gritta, [[UglyCute in a weird sort of way]].
38	* MoralEventHorizon: Zed crossed it when he [[spoiler: [[GrandTheftMe hijacked]] and killed Gritta, revealing that getting devoured by her was part of his plan]]. He remorselessly tells Schwarz that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness she has served her purpose]], and then [[spoiler: attacked Schwarz]] as he was grieving.
39	** Episode 41 pushes him even further over the horizon. He [[spoiler: kills Madame Noir in front of her daughter]], strikes down Nero and Morc for getting in his way when they were just trying to help him, and then [[spoiler: kills Schwartz]].
40	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: For train enthusiasts this is. The equipment speaks in a manner meant to sound like a train conductor, i.e. in a cheery monotone laden with excessive politeness and constantly repeating itself.
41	* OlderThanTheyThink: This isn't the first train-themed Tokusatsu show that's based around imagination. That honor goes to ''Series/KamenRiderDenO''.
42	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: #20 has Jack-in-the-Box Shadow make two sumo wrestlers dance to what sounds a bit like Music/CarlosSantana's "Smooth". It's the electric guitar that sells it.
43	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [=ToQ 7gou=], despite the fact that the V-Cinema release is named after him, gets nearly no usage throughout the movie. He shows in up in a brief scene to save the child [=ToQgers=] from Hei and appears to fight the final battle with everyone else. ''That's it.'' His identity [[spoiler: as the (former) Conductor]] ends up getting summed up in a couple of minutes, and is swiftly brushed off after that.
44	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
45	** The whole focus on imagination is this. Rather than having the Rangers display it by coming up with creative tactics in tough situations, the show’s use of the word mostly amounts more to “[[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve I think we’re gonna win, so we will win”]], with the fights being very by the numbers.
46	** The fact that [[spoiler: Zed's still at large after his final battle with the [=ToQGers=]]] is ''never'' brought up in any of the movies released after the series' conclusion. His actor having officially retired hasn't helped, either.
47	* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: When the [=ToQ-Oh=] toy came out, people realized that they could unfold the Red Ressha and give the robot a long red cylinder extending from its crotch. Just people being people and perverting anything they get their hands on into something dirty, right? Well, no. The function [[http://i.imgur.com/7DeUM4X.jpg shows up in-show]] in #3, where the [=ToQgers=] use it to, er, ''thrust'' Red Ressha out of the trap they're in. Some have even speculate that this is why this season has never been made into a ''Power Rangers'' season.
48	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The 4th-wall breaking narration during the opening mentions that Ressha Sentai [=ToQger=] will depart at 7:30. This is a reference to the show's timeslot, at 7:30am on a Sunday morning, which Super Sentai had held since episode 8 of Megaranger, all the way back on the 6th of April 1997. However, as of episode 32 of Kyuranger on the 1st of October 2017, Super Sentai now airs at 9am, meaning this reference will be lost on modern viewers of the franchise.
49	* TheUntwist: It seems that the [=ToQgers=] were the most surprised to learn that they were children. The show offered ample evidence to support this to the point where it became a common theory. Evidence of this is as follows:
50	** Their memories that come flooding back slowly feature them only as kids.
51	** They are wearing the same clothing in the first episode that feature in some of these flashbacks
52	** Their powers run on imagination and operate out of a train that can only be seen by those with moderately high imaginations which pretty much means only children (though there ''was'' that one time teens could see it too) can see it.
53	** Their behavior especially in early episodes is quite childish.
54	* VindicatedByHistory: The season has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity for the same reasons people derided it at first (being too different), especially that ''[[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Ninninger]]'' became a much worse season than this.
55	* TheWoobie: Gritta. She may be from the villain side but considering all the crap she ends up going through [[spoiler: like having your body taken over to seeing your own mother and romantic interest die as a result of rescuing her]], its not hard to feel sorry for her.
56	* WinBackTheCrowd: Because of the infamous SpotlightStealingSquad case in ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]'', Toei tried to balance things again (with mild results) in ''[=ToQger=]'', with emphasis on TrueCompanions. It didn't get the intended viewership back, but at least it played straight.

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