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Power Rangers AVX is a fanfiction by Androzani84, based off Kousoku Sentai Turboranger. It is the second instalment in his “Sentai Adaptation” trilogy (though the third to be completed, due to a Schedule Slip), which includes Power Rangers Wing Force and Power Rangers Cosmic Defenders.

When ancient demons are unearthed, a high-school teacher aligns with a gryphon and a group of students at his school to fight them back.

Can be found here, and also cross-posted here.

The Rangers:

The Boma Civilisation:

Recurring Super Sentai tropes:

  • All Your Powers Combined: The original finishing move, wherein the 5 Rangers all fire their blasters at once.
  • Bifurcated Weapon: Raquel and Artie can combine their Vroom Blasters with their personal weapons to form stronger weapons. The other get this as part of the Armour of the Gryphon.
  • By the Power of Grayskull!: “Start Up! Ready, Go!”, for the Rangers. Damos has “Darkness Overflow” while Hana has “Moonlight Envelop!”
  • Calling Your Attacks: Best demonstrated through this scene in “Damos Rising, Part 3”
    Ricky: Red Auto Crash!
    Drew: Black Convoy Slam!
    Artie: Blue Double Safari Blast!
    Roland: Yellow Dune Arrows!
    Raquel: Pink Spinning Staff!
  • City of Adventure: Averted. Crosslands is described as a town and much of the fighting takes place away from the city, in either the forest or a BBC Quarry.
  • Color-Coded for Your Convenience: This is Power Rangers, after all.
  • Combination Attack: One of their team attacks is this. It’s Sentai equivalent was even called "Combination Attack!"
  • Cool Bike: The five Accel Runner bikes, one for each member.
  • Cool Car: The team's own vehicles served as components for their Giant Robot.
    • Flying Car: The Auto Zord can fly, though it doesn’t come up much.
  • Crossover: With Power Rangers Wing Force in “Spread Your Wings”.
  • Finishing Move: In addition to individual attacks, the team has two joint ones, initially using a combined beam attack, succeeded by the Drive Cannon.
  • Five-Man Band:
  • Home Base: Highway Base, which later upgrades to a Humongous Mecha
  • Humongous Mecha:
  • In the Name of the Moon: In a rare case, this one is unique to this story.
    Ricky: Racing to the Finish, AVX Red Ranger!
    Drew: Kicking into Overdrive, AVX Black Ranger!
    Artie: Shifting into Turbo, AVX Blue Ranger!
    Roland: Going for the Gold, AVX Yellow Ranger!
    Raquel: Driving for the Thrills, AVX Pink Ranger!
    All: On the Road, Power Rangers A! V! X!
  • Law of Chromatic Superiority: Downplayed compared to the Sentai. Ricky has killed a main villain on his own, but so has Drew. And he only has one vehicle to his name, like the others and has the least amount of focus episodes to his name early on. The last one changes as the series enters Cerebus Syndrome.
  • Lighter and Softer: Compared to the author’s other works, there is less angst for the protagonists and the story is less serialised, instead focusing more on a Myth Arc.
  • Make My Monster Grow: Unusually, every major bad guy has this power, all of them using a tornado to restore their monsters. All have different methods and catchphrases attached.
    • Malchemist plays a tune on his staff, shooting down a tornado that revives and enlarges the monster.
    Winds of Rebirth, blow!
    • Hellivore points his hand to the sky to call down a tornado.
    Winds of Revival, blow!
    • Reptillia summons an energy snake from her mouth to resurrect the monster.
    Winds of Renewal, blow!
    • Bugroth blows on his dried-out blowfish to summon a blue tornado (anyone sensing a pattern here?) that revives and enlarges his monsters.
    Winds of Resurrection, blow!
    Winds of Reconstruction, blow forth and recreate my servant with the power to crush my enemy!
    Winds of Reincarnation, blow forth and give new life to my subject so that they may crush our enemy.
  • Mini Dress Of Power: Part of Pink Ranger’s costume.
  • Mooks: The Savants
    • Elite Mook: a pair of Red Savants fill this role normally, but one episode has a King Mook known as the Advanced Savant.
  • Monster of the Week: The Boma Warriors
  • Sealed Evil in a Can: The Bomas were defeated this way 3000 years ago.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Downplayed. Raquel is the lone girl who is a Ranger, but Kalia and Raquel’s mother are allies.
    • Played straight with the Bomas, with Reptillia filling the role at first, before Hana takes on the role.
  • Super Mode: The Armour of the Gryphon. 5 unique pieces that can combine into one.
  • Supervillain Lair: The Boma Palace, an underground structure. It later gets destroyed and replaced with the Flying Fortress.
  • Swiss-Army Weapon: The Vroom Blasters, which house the Gearshift Sabers.
  • Transformation Trinket: The AVX Morpher. Unique in that there are two components, with one creating the suit, and another giving them unique colours and powers.
  • Villains Act, Heroes React: As is the norm for Power Rangers, we generally have the Boma sending out a MOTW with an Evil Plan Once an Episode, with our heroes then arriving on the scene to stop them.

Tropes Exclusive to AVX include:

  • 20 Minutes into the Past: Implied with “The Bomas’ Last Day” giving all the Rangers birthdates between 1974 and 1975 and outright confirmed with “Chloe’s Secret Past” dating ten years ago as “1983”.
  • Abusive Precursors: As the contemporaries of ancient humanity, the Bomas who declared war on them count as this.
  • Adaptational Heroism:
    • Kirika in Turboranger was a Jerkass to everyone but Yamimaru. Her counterpart Chloe/Hana, starts out as an ally to the Rangers and even after making a Face–Heel Turn, remains a Friendly Enemy at worst. It goes full-force when it turns out she was never evil to begin with, merely brainwashed.
    • Amulet Bouma and her skull monsters were straight up adversaries to the Turborangers. Here, Grimelda and her two goblins are manipulated into fighting them by Damos. The same also holds true for Skeledor, whose counterpart Fossil Bouma was a Category Traitor gunning for both sides.
    • Mirror Bouma’s counterpart Reflekta is a Villainy-Free Villain, who never actively harms anyone and detests the lengths Malgramon’s warriors go to.
  • Adaptational Villainy: Ruffian Bouma and Bellchime Bouma, both non-malicious monsters in Turboranger, become unrepentant bad guys Bashmouth and Ringella here. Word of God is that this was to avoid oversaturating “good” monsters.
  • All Deaths Final: Zigzagged. Anyone can normally be resurrected once. But once they get defeated again, then they’re Killed Off for Real.
  • Ascended Extra:
    • Pallagos’ counterpart Lakia was only in one episode of Turboranger, whereas Pallagos appears often enough to be a recurring ally.
    • In Turboranger, Hyouma and Enma were tragic Monsters of the Week. Here, Cryos and Pyros return to help the rangers in their attack on the Boma Palace.
  • Been There, Shaped History: The mysterious character Walking the Earth over the centuries pushed Eric the Red to head towards America.
  • Broken Masquerade: As of “The Cursed Armour”, the existence of the Bomas and the Rangers fighting them is public knowledge.
  • The Bully: Christopher’s role in the school prior to becoming Damos.
  • Butt-Monkey: Bugroth takes the brunt of abuse from everyone on both sides.
  • Call-Back: In “Losing Control of Yourself”, Artie borrows Mrs. Collins’ car to give chase. A while later in “1000 Words”, Beck brings this up again when Artie can’t find a vehicle to give chase with, while Mrs. Collins is in the room.
    Mrs. Collins: He did what?
  • Cerebus Syndrome: Starts out fairly light-hearted, but things take a swing into the author’s Signature Style in “Chloe’s Secret Past”. Though as of “Damos Rising”, things seem to be going back to where it started.
  • Composite Character: Episode 37 of Turboranger has Zulten bring out a mechanical duplicate, Zulten Metal Type, while Episode 37 of AVX has Bugroth transformed into a cyborg, Mecha Bugroth. The author did this to give Burgroth a more dignified death than the kamikaze attack Zulten perished in during Turboranger.
  • Cool Big Sis: Ricky, Drew and Roland theorise this to be Raquel’s relationship with Artie. Helps that they’re respectively the oldest and youngest on the team.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Almost any fight with Damos inevitably becomes this, Before the Mid-Season Upgrade is acquired, at which point his is reversed. Hana goes through the same deal.
  • Deconstructed Character Archetype:
    • Christopher/Damos is one to Bulk and Skull’s initial role as the bully who gets humiliated by the heroes. Unlike Bulk and Skull, Christopher is NOT a Harmless Villain and doesn’t take the humiliation well at all, eventually becoming a Boma purely to get revenge on Ricky.
    • The Morphin’ Masters appear to deconstruct the All-Powerful Bystander trope. They are shown to not actually have much power to intervene and while they can provide assistance, past experiences has convinced them that they shouldn’t do this, as it only leads to disappointment.
  • Deconstruction: “Raising the Dragon” deconstructs the notion of a villain having Hidden Depths that make them sympathetic, reminding us that they’re called “hidden” depths for a reason. The Rangers are unaware of Reflekta’s noble goals until after he gets destroyed by them, with Hana promptly reading them the riot act.
  • Demoted to Extra: Dango Bōma, Mansion Bōma, Noppera Bōma, Gruelling Bōma and Seal Bōma’s counterparts, Feedor, Houser, Face Snatcher, Whiplash and Trunkor don’t receive full focus episodes. The first two are killed unceremoniously, while the others disappear just prior to the finale.
    • The Cool Car Red Turbo drove only appears here to be dismantled to build the Drive Cannon.
    • Whereas Kirika was prominent enough to be a Big Bad Duumvirate with Yamimaru, Chloe/Hana returns to being an ally of the Rangers very quickly, with Damos taking the full Big Bad role after Malgramon’s defeat.
  • Designated Girl Fight: Notably averted. Raquel and Reptillia have all of one short fight between the two in the entire fic while her fights with Chloe have her aided by Drew.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: Malgramon in “Damos’ Devious Scheme”, though the author points out that anyone Genre Savvy enough knows it won’t stick. Sure enough, he’s back in “The Return”.
  • Downer Ending: “Chloe’s Secret Past” and “Raising the Dragon” both end on these.
  • Drunk on the Dark Side: Ingesting Malgramon’s power makes a Boma stronger, But results in Loss of Identity that turns the Boma into a second Malgramon.
  • Face–Heel Turn: “Chloe’s Secret Past” has the title character undergo this, following a misunderstanding with the Rangers. Subverted, as it turns out that she was Brainwashed.
  • Fake Crossover: “Rise of the Savants” features a British boy referred to as Gabriel from a rich family.
  • The Fellowship Has Ended: At the end of the story, everyone goes off to separate colleges, with the exception of Ricky and Chloe, who decide to ensure that humans and Bomas can live in peace. Meanwhile, Kalia heads off to become an ambassador to the Morphin’ Masters.
  • Foil:
    • Ricky and Drew. The former has recently moved to Crosslands, while the latter has lived there his entire life. Ricky is not the brightest bulb in the box, while Drew is very much the smart guy. And while Ricky is the target of Damos’ obsessions, a rivalry he doesn’t return, Drew has a grudge against Damos that the latter doesn’t acknowledge (to be fair, most of the school have one with Damos, from back when he was Christopher).
    • Ricky and Chloe also have this relationship, with both being new students who met each other 10 years ago. While Ricky has seen much of the world, Chloe has spent her entire life as a shut-in. While both find friends in the other Rangers, Ricky is a member of them, while Chloe is not. And while Ricky is responsible for Damos’ Start of Darkness, Chloe’s own Start of Darkness was kicked off by Damos.
    • Hellivore and Damos as humans who became The Heavy for the Bomas. Whereas both transformed out of revenge, Hellivore was motivated by love, while Damos was Driven by Envy. And while Hellivore has a Worthy Opponent relationship with Ricky, Damos and Ricky have no respect for each other. And whereas Hellivore’s fall was the result of manipulation by Reptillia, Damos’ turn was his own fault.
  • Forgotten First Meeting: Ricky and Chloe first met each other 10 years ago, but since both were on a trip to the city and never learned each other’s ’ names, they remain unaware of this until “Raising the Dragon”.
  • Foreshadowing:
    • Chloe’s intro has her stating that she’s forced to learn etiquette ( much like a Princess), while Monster of the Week Suckupede recognises her two bodyguards by sight, which they reciprocate, hinting that the two are also part of the Boma civilisation.
    • In Hellivore’s Troubled Backstory Flashback, it’s noted that his wife’s face was removed. Reptillia turns out to have taken it for herself, having arranged the death. In a similar vein, Malchemist points out that Reptillia shouldn’t be able to adopt a human face, as she isn’t an elite. This hints that not only is Reptillia using a face that isn’t her own, but subtly sets the stage for Chloe’s reveal as an elite Boma.
    • After destroying the Boma Palace, Damos rationalises it as the place symbolising the stagnation that led to the Bomas’ previous defeat. He later kills Malgramon, the one who led them to this defeat, for much the same reason.
  • Fun with Acronyms: AVX stands for “Action Vehicles X”.
  • George Lucas Altered Version: Chapters 2 and 3 were edited once the author got access to the fight scenes from the Sentai.
  • Go, Ye Heroes, Go and Die: In the “The Bomas’ Last Day” three-parter, Malgramon tells all of his minions who come up with a plan to not come back alive if it fails. None of them survive the three-parter.
  • Good Counterpart: Or rather, “Good by Comparison Counterpart”. Hana’s monster-revival speech and A Mother To Her Men attitude are the exact opposite of Damos’ and his It's All About Me attitude.
  • Graduate from the Story: Averted. The Rangers graduate several episodes before the finale.
  • Grand Theft Me: Damos’ fate, courtesy of Malgramon. Until it wasn’t.
  • Happily Adopted: Artie’s sister Yuki, though she misses her old parents, never displays any dissatisfaction with her current family.
  • Hate Sink: Among the Bomas, Reptillia is the only one never given any sympathetic moments or redeeming qualities.
  • Innocuously Important Episode: “Rise of the Savants” seems like a filler episode, with Ricky befriending a young boy and a monster that isn’t part of the regular roster showing up, with the plot resuming at the end with Christopher being bitten by the mutated spider he created. But the lesson Ricky teaches the boy about respecting others sets up the major theme that comes up with Princess Hana’s appearance.
  • Irony:
    • Roland spends a lot of his time pining after Samantha Collins and trying to confess to her. “Misfortune Telling” reveals that she actually does like him and wishes he would confess.
    • Chloe’s secret past is revealed in the episode prior to the one entitled “Chloe’s Secret Past”.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Damos helps Ricky overcome his weaknesses in dealing with Metalner, as an excuse to ingratiate himself into the Bomas with his newfound knowledge.
  • Jerkass Gods: The Morphin Masters, mixed with The Gods Must Be Lazy.
  • Louis Cypher: Miles Gorman turns out to be an aspect of Malgramon.
  • Loophole Abuse: The Phantom World prevents the Rangers from morphing with their own magical energy. But Roland takes some energy from Damos to morph.
  • Mentor Occupational Hazard: Pallagos pulls a Heroic Sacrifice to restore the Rangers’ powers and give them a Heroic Second Wind.
  • Mythology Gag:
  • Names to Run Away from Really Fast: “Boma” translates from Japanese as “Violent Demon”. Get the picture.
  • Never Trust a Title: “The Boma’s Last Day” is not the Series Finale. It’s the Mid-Season Upgrade arc.
  • No Celebrities Were Harmed:
    • Retired pop star Alvin Wheates was based on Paul Simon and John Oates.
    • “1000 Words” has Mr. Johnson, head of the Vision Group, an obvious play on Virgin Group founder Richard Branson.
  • Obfuscating Stupidity: The Rangers often pretend to be ignorant when matters relating to the weird goings on in Crosslands come up among them and their friends.
  • One-Winged Angel:
    • In “The Bomas’ Last Day”, Reptillia ingests part of Malgramon’s power to attain a stronger version of her Reptilliattack form.
    • Malgramon attains one first upon being freed from his seal and another one when reunited with the rest of himself.
  • Orcus on His Throne: Justified. Malgramon is fused to his throne and lacking his power, preventing him from fighting the Rangers directly.
  • Redemption Earns Life: It can’t be a coincidence that Damos gets spared, albeit de-powered, after standing up against Malgramon with the Rangers.
  • Screaming at Squick: Raquel’s reaction to the Savage Boma eating Akairos.
  • Secret Identity: Played straighter than usual. The only character in the know outside of Beck and Kalia about the Rangers’ human identity is Chloe. Then Damos learns it after he becomes a Boma. Reptillia then figures it out based on some name drops and deductive reasoning, though she doesn’t live to make much of it, followed by Mrs. Collins finding out and becoming the new Secret-Keeper after Chloe has a Face–Heel Turn.
  • Significant Birth Date: Ricky’s birthday is the day the first episode of Gorenger, and thus the first episode of Super Sentai aired.
  • Significant Double Casting: Invoked. The only casting specification the author has for an English cast is that Miles Gorman’s actor also provide the voice for Malgramon, hinting at The Reveal.
  • Shout-Out: The above mentioned Fake Crossover is one.
  • Spared by the Adaptation: Cryos and Pyros are much luckier here than in Turboranger where their counterparts, Hyouma and Enma, are tragically killed off. Here though, not only do they survive, but they help the rangers with the attack on the Boma Palace and the ending has them returning as statues.
  • Taken for Granite: Cryos and Pyros’ plot line begins… and concludes… this way.
  • There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Malgramon is defeated by being blasted with two finishers to destroy his body, and then each of the Rangers attacks individually to destroy his heart. Justified, as since his soul was sealed away, he could simply return to his body when he broke free, and even if it was destroyed, his heart acted similarly to a Soul Jar.
  • Wham Episode: For a Lighter and Softer series, there are several.
    • “Damos Rising” features Christopher becoming a Boma and managing to not only defeat the Rangers soundly, but also take their identities as his prize.
    • “The Bomas’ Last Day”: Three of the villains die, Mrs. Collins discovers the Rangers’ identities, Highway Base moves to a new location, Pallagos gives a new power to the Rangers and Chloe discovers that she is the Boma Princess.
    • “Chloe’s Secret Past”: Chloe’s household are killed by the Rangers, and she herself ends up turned against the Rangers by Damos, embracing her identity as Princess Hana.
    • “Raising the Dragon”: The Rangers realise the true horror in indiscriminately killing every Boma that attacks them, Ricky and Chloe knew each other in the past and Hana vows to destroy humanity.
    • “Damos’ Devious Scheme”: The Boma Palace is destroyed, Malgramon falls in battle to the Rangers, Damos goes Dragon Ascendant and Chloe gets Put on a Bus.

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