The Attempt at Recycling Once Again-kai!
- Original Airdate: May 30, 2021
Written by: Junko Komura
Directed by: Hiroyuki Kato
Summary
All the birds of a feather...wait a minute, robots of a feather...tickle people!
Setchan: Previously on… Zenkaiger!
To break the curse on their little brothers, the pirate family seeks to free SDTopia, which has been trapped in a Toziru Gear.
This reckless family, however, doesn't seem to care much about others!
...Wait, why am I only talking about Twokaizer?!
To break the curse on their little brothers, the pirate family seeks to free SDTopia, which has been trapped in a Toziru Gear.
This reckless family, however, doesn't seem to care much about others!
...Wait, why am I only talking about Twokaizer?!
The Zenkaigers' popularity among the people has grown, giving Gaon the opportunity to play with the local children. However, his excitement is short-lived when Recycle Wald makes his appearance, suddenly making everyone in the vicinity Kudacks! The Zenkaigers try to safely incapacitate the Kudacks, but Zocks puts a kink in their plans as he attacks them for the Toziru Gears. Unsure what to do, Gaon tries to get through to Zocks before it's too late.
Tropes
- Chekhov's Gag: Gaon getting tickled in the beginning of the episode teaches Kaito that Kikainoids are weak to tickles. This, and Vroon being "decorated" in his cleaning equipment, later on inspires the others to cover themselves in feathers like samba dancers to tickle their way through the Kudack-ified humans to get the Toziru Gears.
- Cliffhanger: Battle Caesar Robo comes on to the battlefield, only to destroy Great Recycle Wald with little fanfare. Stacaesar then sets his eyes on Twokaizer, setting up the events for the next episode.
- Insane Troll Logic: Despite finding all the Toziru Gears he retrieved from the Recycled Kudacks to be dummies, Zocks still heads on to continue attacking more of them for more Gears, arguing that even if the earlier ones were carrying fakes there is still a slim chance that at least one of the other ones could be carrying the genuine article. Gaon is rather displeased at this.
- Mythology Gag: When Juran sends Magine and Vroon to take care of Zocks, the two say "Roger" in the exact same fashion that the Dekarangers would say to Doggie Kruger.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Gaon goes after Recycle Wald after the human-Kudacks are taken care of, clearly pissed off at the Wald's antics.
- Stock Footage: Taken to its logical extreme when Great Recycle Wald conjures up Great Kinoko Wald, Great Koori Wald, Great Boxing Wald, and Great Sushi Wald. Up to the point where until the Walds conjure up their own Geartozinger to use against the Zenkaigers, they opt to reuse the footage from the respective Walds' mecha battles.
- Tickle Torture: How the team was able to make their way through the Kudack-ified humans without hurting them in order to get the Toziru Gears. Kikainoids are quite ticklish and the Zenkaigers cover themselves in feathers, (as in wearing samba dancer clothes) and holding paintbrushes, feather dusters, and feathered fans to tickle the humans-turned-Kudacks.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Turns out Kikainoids are very ticklish. This serves as a Chekhov's Gag when the Zenkaigers need to stop the Kudackfied humans without hurting them.
- We ARE Struggling Together: Barashitara reveals to Boccowaus that his plan involved planting dummy Toziru Gears on the Recycled Kudacks in order to spark a conflict of interests between the Zenkaigers, who want to save the Recycled Kudacks and revert them to civilians, and Twokaizer, who would outright kill them off if it could mean finding the Gear he needed. It does work, as despite the gang finding out the Toziru Gears they retrieved were dummies planted to spark their conflict, Zocks stubbornly still believed there was a small chance a real Toziru Gear could be thrown into the mix.
