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Mushrambo, also known as Shinzo, is a 32-episode Shounen series that aired on Fox Kids/Jetix some time ago.
The human girl Yakumo wakes up in a post-apocalyptic world where mankind has been destroyed by a genetically engineered race, Enterrans/Matrixer. Yakumo heads out to find Shinzo/Center, the place where the last humans are supposed to be, and bring peace between them and the Enterrans/Matrixer. A few Enterrans/Matrixer accompany her on the way, starting with Mushra/Mashura. Except they just go around and save Yakumo a lot, don't look for clues and twice leave a territory without really having verified Shinzo/Center is not there. The story really is about winning battles.
The various adaptions differ per country, but generally are rather cut up, some more than others. However, the dub also attempted to fix some illogical things, and at least there's no smooth jazz during dramatic scenes.
- After The End - 300/500 years after the end in the 21th Century, depending on what version you watch.
- Alas Poor Scrappy : This troper has seen several members of the Anti Yakumo faction admit they cried when she died.
- All Your Powers Combined - Mushrambo
- Always Chaotic Evil - The Kadrians and any Enterran that doesn't look human or huggable. If an enemy does look human, they will undergo a transformation that makes sure you know they're evil. Unless they're female, in which case they'll only die in a degrading way.
- Applied Phlebotinum - All those pretty cards.
- Bad Boss - All villains who have servants will be seen harming/killing said servants for no apparent reason, often they didn't even fail them.
- Balance Between Good And Evil - Dub only.
- Barrier Maiden - Yakumo
- Biological Mash Up
- Bishonen - Hyper Mushra, Mushrambo, Hyper Sago and Ryuma.
- Broken Aesop - They're trying to say that racism and such is bad and forgiveness is good, yet Enterrans outside of the three heroes are at the best depicted as greedy, sneaky and deceiving, and with one mild exception all of the villains are pure, sadistic evil. If Yakumo forgives someone, they will endanger her life shortly after. The real message becomes : forgiveness is stupid and you can totally judge people on their appearance.
- Card Carrying Villain
- Damsel In Distress - Poor Yakumo, A LOT.
- Distant Finale - Manga only Five years into the future, Sago and Kutal return to a small village where Matrixer live peacefully with humans and are greeted by a girl who the daughter of Mushra and Yakumo.
- Deader Than Dead - With difficulty and the right tech, an Enterran reduced to End Card form can be revived. Cut the card, however, and that's that.
- Devour The Dragon
- Elemental Powers - Fire, water, earth, time, darkness, light, web, ice and ghost.
- Eternal English
- Fighting Series
- Frills Of Justice - Pink ones. One the male hero.
- The End Of The World As We Know It - Prior to the series' first timeline, there was global genocide on the human race, leaving the world to the Enterrans. In the second time line, Lanancuras threatens it as well.
- Deus Ex Machina - Yakumo in the second season more or less counts, as does Hakuba. The card that turned Mushra back into a god is deus ex machina incarnate, as is the random power-up of pink light in the final episode.
- Did Not Do The Research : The Statue of Liberty is made of stone.
- Double Standard - Ill Girl Yakumo can't save a life without being shown collapsing afterward/losing consciousness/needing help herself/dying from exhaustion, the male heroes save lives looking all heroic. Similarly, female antagonists will either be absorbed by someone with only their face sticking out and get Mushra's speer shoved in said face, another died by having Mushra fall on her from high altitude, the last was killed by Yakumo (who collapsed afterward). Where as pretty much all main male enemies died in combat with the heroes in full battle mode and got epic deaths. Also, the very same powers that make Mushra a god and boosted Sago and Kutal are apparently too much for Yakumo to handle and they end up killing her.
- Earth Shattering Kaboom - Mercury, Venus and almost Earth.
- Empathic Environment
- Everythings Cuter With Kittens - Este/Sanju, Rei, and Sen.
- The Farmer And The Viper - Yakumo saves an Enterran child. Once the villagers find out she's human, they try to burn her. Oh, and every single villain Yakumo forgives.
- Genetic Engineering Is The New Nuke - Somehow, mixing the DNA of humans with those of animals granted the resulting creatures magical powers of the elements, the spirit world and the time-space continuum.
- Girl In A Box - Yakumo
- God Mode Sue - Mushra is the reincarnation of an actual galaxial god, and guess what form he returns to at the end of the series? It's even called God Mushra in the original version.
- Heroic Bystander - Sago and Kutal, as Mushra returns to godhood.
- I Have You Now My Pretty - Ryuma with Yakumo
- Kick The Dog - Specifically, kill the kittens.
- Jerk Ass Facade - the local Tin Man, King Niper.
- Last Of His Kind - Last of her kind.
- Lawful Good - The Guardians. In the dub they pass into Lawful Stupid territory due to not being dead, as they stand around for quite some time watching Lanancuras wreak havoc because the planet apparently did not allow them to interfere. Granted, them getting over it does provide a better explanation for that pink light at the end.
- Light Is Good - Yakumo and Mushra
- Lego Genetics
- Mac Guffin Location
- Mega Neko - Kutal
- Monumental Battle
- Merchandise Driven - A defeated monster will turn into a card.
- Not So Fast
- No Holds Barred Beatdown - That's how Mushrambo appears, after Mushra gets beaten up and Sago and Kutal die into cards.
- Older Than They Look - Yakumo looks 16, is 6, but she's been in suspended animation for 500/300 years. Similarly, Mushra is 12, but grows to look 18 upon transforming.
- Ominous Latin Chanting - Not ominous, bet definitely Latin when the gang meets Yakumo again in the second timeline.
- Promotion To Parent - Yakumo pretty much adopts little Binka
- Plucky Girl - Both Binka and Yakumo, though in the latter's case the dub cranks it up a bit too much sometimes...
- Purity Sue - Not so much in the original, but the dub will go on and on about how Yakumo's so loving and the embodiment of love and how her love will illuminate the world, blablabla. We know she's great, people, but *please*...
- Sidekick Glass Ceiling - Sago and Kutal get to keep their powers for most of the series, however then ,aside of Mushra still being stronger all the time, all three of them lose their powers through a trick of the villain, Mushra finds out he actually still has another power and can keep going, while Sago and Kutal become useless.
- Time Paradox - Rusephine for inexplicable reasons sends Mushra, Sago and Kutal back to the past, getting rid of Yakumo's guards. In the past, they destroy Mushrambo and save Yakumo's life, leading to Yakumo in the future gathering them together to the point of being sent back in time. In order for this time loop to occur, Yakumo should've been able to survive Mushrambo's visit without anyone's help.
- Timey Wimey Ball - What do you expect from a series where time is an element alongsider spiderweb and phantom energy?
- The Smurfette Principle - Even more grating since the first half of the series takes place in areas dominated by mutants based on animals were normally the females are stronger and bigger, yet they encounter only 2 females.
- Plot Coupon - Yakumo in the first season.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent
- Small Girl Big Gun - Binka
- Soundtrack Dissonance - Smooth jazz when people are being beaten up or lying on the ground nearly dead. Why, why?
- Squick - The Saban dub, particularly towards the end, likes the imply that Yakumo and Mushrambo are destined lovers. Mushrambo is either three people at once : a kid, a teen and a fat anthropomorphic cat merged together, or the guy who wiped out the human race and is three times as old as her toddler self. It kinda helps she looks older than she is, but still ...
- The Powerof Love - And the dub added some extra sugar too.
- The Scrappy : Poor Yakumo seems rather hated by those who met her through the English dub.
- We Have Reserves : Makes one wonder how the Enterrans/Matrixer won the war when several generals don't even get the idea to order their troops to stand aside before attacking the enemy.
- What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic? Mushra, angel wings and crosses.
- You Fail Biology Forever - Just how does the ecosystem function if all death results in the body vaporizing, leaving no biomass at all, just a card?
- You Fail Geography Forever - 300 years into the future, the statue of liberty is partially buried and surrounded by forest, with miles and miles of land around. At the same time, Egypt has become an ocean. Global warming apparently is only regional.
- Younger Than They Look - Yakumo was placed in suspended animation at the age of 6 or 7, which for some reason made her wake up as a 16 year old. Then there's the little fact Mushra's actually a reincarnated god, and is about as old as the galaxy.
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