Shout Out / Power Rangers: Guardians of Gaia

The writer, J.A. Phillips, has a bit of a love for referential humour. As such, a LOT of it is tossed about in this story, at least once per chapter, along with callbacks to various seasons of Power Rangers.

Chapter 01

• "What are you even doing, playing WoW?!"
• "GERONIMOOOOOOOOOOO!"
• "Didn't anyone ever tell you not to kick a lady there?! Especially not a lady who beats suckers on Halo for a hobby!"

Chapter 02

• A number of different callbacks to Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers are established this chapter, from the Viewing Globe, to the team's mentor being a wizard, to calls such as "It's Morphin' Time!", "Make my monster grow!", and "We need ____ Zord power, now!"

Chapter 03

• "And THAT's what I call 'gettin' 'er done'!"
• "This thing has a STEREO?! How did I not notice that before?!"
• "Hippogriff Flop!"

Chapter 04

• The title: Just Communication.
• "...You aren't honestly gonna tell me you never noticed? C'mon, every time we do our roll call, there's all these lights that go off around us, followed by these gigantic explosions! How am I the only one to notice that?"

Chapter 05

• Man, look at her, acting all awesome by keeping a constant vigil over Gaia, like she was Batman or something.

Chapter 06

• "Wait, can't do that, we need to study how this brand new creature interacts. Now, try not to move around much. This is for science, after all."
• "Let's croak this toad!"

Chapter 07

• The title: Ten Rangers Enter, Five Rangers Leave.
• "Seriously, sweetie, pink is out!"

Chapter 08

• The Rangers end up having a battle with Blots in a quarry for seemingly no reason other than every season of Power Rangers must have a quarry battle.

Chapter 09

• The title: Knight of the Wind.
• "The answer is blowing in the wind, 'Mr. Skullhead'!"

Chapter 10

• "Congrats, 'Kevin', I'm sure the enemy is impressed with your advanced trap-setting skills."
• "KNEEL before me..."
• "That's ENOUGH, Walker! You shall not pass!"
• "...I can't fight Walker...He's my son."

Chapter 11

• "D'oh, I missed!"

Chapter 12

• "I dunno, I just like being mean to people?"
• "Back off, fang face!"
• "My friends believe in me, and I believe in them...So I'll believe in me too!"

Chapter 13

• "We just need to find Drayden, and then we're rolling in puppies."
• "Sphantis SMASH!"
• "We'll finish off the Doduo wannabe!"
• The Megazord battle is an homage to the first episode of Power Rangers that the writer had ever seen: A Pressing Engagement.

Chapter 14

• "Dargoon shoulda checked himself, and now he's gonna wreck himself!"

Chapter 15

• "...Oh, sugar honey iced TEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
• Dirk: Think that's the Well of Regret?
  Madilyn: I'd say that's a safe bet. Unless it's really a time portal to the Sengoku period.
• "...What kind of...stupid question is THAT?!"

Chapter 16

• "And Thunderbird is go!"
• "I need Dragon Zord power!"

Chapter 17

• None. Which may seem bizarre, since a lot of the plot centers around Madilyn, but there's a reason there's less humour: IT'S SAD AS ALL HECK.

Chapter 18

• "Waiting until I'm one move away from checkmate and then turning the board around isn't a win."
• "Well, getting a little tired of the sympathetic head tilt."

• Darkea: Oh, just great! First there was five, then six, and now seven!

  Walker: It won't matter if we exterminate them here and now!

  Sphantis: Exterminate! EXTERMINATE!

Chapter 19

• The entire chapter is one big tribute/Mythology Gag to Super Sentai, and even has a less-than-subtle friendly jab at TV-Nihon's subbing peeves.
  • There are even direct references to past Sentai Ranger catchphases, such as "Maitaze" and "Hade ni ikuze".

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