Recap / Mashin Sentai Kiramager Ep 33 Giant Panic Big Clash

Giant Panic, Big Clash!

Original Airdate: November 29, 2020
Written by: Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by: Kiyotaka Taguchi

Summary:

The Kiramagers' toughest battle is underway as the Yodon Ivy is about to sprout, three Jamen Beasts are terrorizing the city, Galza is in Atamald intent on sealing Oradin, and Sayo is taken hostage by Yodonna's forces. All hands are on deck for this one as the team has to come up with a plan to handle all these threats at once.

Tropes:

• Actionized Sequel: In true Sentai fashion, #32 handled most of the plot and horrifying implications of the villains' plans while #33 significantly dials up the action as it focuses on the plan to take down the Jamen Beasts, Yodon Ivy, and save Sayo all at once.
• Bait-and-Switch: While it looks like Juru merely shot at the sky for no reason, it's revealed shortly after that he communicated to Oradin to transfer into the Kiraful Go-Arrow. From there, he actually shot at Galza all the way from Atamald with Oradin's power, thus letting Oradin transfer back into the Miracle Stone and head off to the Kiramagers.
• Beam-O-War: Oradin and Galza engage in this, with the latter attempting to defeat his older brother once and for all.
• Chekhov's Boomerang: The Crystalian royals' ability to transfer their consciousness into a gem (first demonstrated with Mabayuine and later used by Oradin himself) comes into play with Juru asking Oradin to transfer himself into the Kiraful Go-Arrow, allowing them to bypass Galza's attack. Oradin later transfers himself into the Go-Arrow again in order to increase it to giant size, allowing all four Grand Guardians to wield it and destroy the Yodon Ivy seed.
• Darkest Hour: Continuing on from the last episode, not only do the Kiramagers have to deal with three Jamen Beasts, but the Yodon Ivy about to sprout at any moment, leaving Earth at risk. Meanwhile, Galza is trying incapcitate Oradin with his Jamental, leaving the Kiramagers with one less option to take on the threats at hand.
• Defeat Equals Explosion: Oh heck yeah it does. Not only do the three Jamen Beasts go up marvelously, so does the Yodon Ivy, and it is marvelous.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: Galza can be seen holding onto Grateful Phoenix as it’s seen returning to Earth.
• It's All My Fault: Tametomo has a moment of this when he blames himself for pushing Sayo to go after Yujin.
• Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: To the 1976 film Violent Panic: The Big Crash (暴走パニック 大激突/Bōsō panikku: Dai gekitotsu).
• Shout-Out: The three Jamen Beasts unleash the Jet Stream Attack.
• Tactical Rock–Paper–Scissors: Invoked by Tametomo, comparing the three Jamen Beasts the team is up against with the proverbial game: the Shield Beast (paper) is defeated by Zabyun's blades (scissors), the Tank Beast (rock) is defeated by Kiramazin with Mashin Carry (paper), and the Samurai Beast (scissors) is defeated by Gigant Driller (rock).
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Yujin is never seen or mentioned directly again after his warning of the other Kiramagers in the previous episode.