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  • Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Anagmas really just loyal to Zeba out of duty? Considering he even goes as far as attempting to cover up Zeba's true identity and the grandiose speech he gives in #1, it may be that he's just as enthusiastic about invading the surface as Zeba is.
  • Anti-Climax Boss:
    • Lethal Doggler II's final fight against the Galaxy Robo... isn't very much different from your average Monster of the Week battle, only an evil face appears after he explodes—and then the face explodes, too. You'd think with them facing off against the Big Bad, they'd go all out and have both Great Five and Galaxy Robo team up against him!
    • In fairness to Emperor Zeba's true form, most of the Maskmen's attacks weren't working against him until they started using attacks that purely use Aura Power, like their Meditation abilities and the Jet Cannon at FULL POWER; energy which Zeba cunningly absorbed to instead grow by himself without the assistance of Okelampa. As befitting of a Final Boss.
  • Awesome Music:
  • Captain Obvious Reveal: You would be forgiven for believing Igam was always intended to be viewed as female and subbers were mistaken for using masculine pronouns. In fact, the Brazilian dub never used this angle, constantly applying the "Princess" title to Igam instead of "Prince", which ends up making the reveal in episode 45 fall flat, Spoiler Title and all.
  • Complete Monster: Earth Emperor Zeba is the tyrannical ruler of Underground Empire Tube, having usurped the Igam Family and transformed Tube from a pacifist kingdom into a militaristic dictatorship bent on invading the surface world. Secretly the child of Lethal Doggler, Zeba's first action upon being born was to cannibalize his parent to gain its powers. After becoming ruler, Zeba cements his control through slavery of the empire's human population and frequently tortures his own minions with lightning as punishment for their failures. In the finale, Zeba sacrifices his remaining subjects to raise the Underground Castle to the surface so he can blow it up and spread the evil particles packed inside across Earth, terraforming it into a cold and dark world hospitable by only him.
  • Fan-Preferred Couple:
    • There's a lot of fans who'd rather Takeru end up with Momoko eventually. Also an example of Ships That Pass in the Night since Takeru and Momoko don't get a focus episode together or even talk to each other very much.
    • Takeru/Haruka is also a popular pair, and might have more support in a way that Haruka was once a recipient of Takeru's Get A Hold Of Yourself Man.
    • A smaller but just as dedicated contingent of fans also prefer Takeru/Igam for Foe Yay Shipping over the Official Couple, seeing that Iyal wasn't even present in most episodes and her relationship with Takeru was mostly developed offscreen.
  • Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
    • One of the inexplicably popular Sentai series aired in the Philippines, including a Tagalog dub of the opening/closing themes done by former Boyfriends band member Norman Caraan.
      • Also reciprocated because Ryosuke Kaizu (Red Mask himself) now has a family with his Filipino wife. Said wife was even a Red Mask fangirl in the past.
    • It has a very strong fanbase in Brazil. Many fans hold the show dearly in their hearts as a very special memory.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Les Yay: Prince Igam’s interactions with the mermaid Lelai in the movie, when you consider the Sweet Polly Oliver reveal later on. Though it soon becomes No Yay when it turns out to be part of an evil plan.
    Igam: Let’s get married.
  • Magnificent Bastard: Earth Curiosities Beast Anagmas is the archivist and mystic of Underground Empire Tube and one of Emperor Zeba's most trusted minions. Stepping in to deal with the Maskman after Baraba and Igam's failures, Anagmas formulates a successful plan to weaken Momoko and cripple the Great Five, allowing Tube to capture the mecha. When the Maskmen and Ial obtain a crystal ball containing Zeba's secrets, Anagmas is able to get close and destroy it before they can learn Zeba's weakness, before staying behind to face the Maskmen in order to buy time for Zeba to complete his final plan.
  • Older Than They Think: Although Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger is the first series to have a full-time Sixth Ranger, The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia states that the concept was actually introduced here with X1 Mask. Coincidentally, Maskman and Zyuranger have the same ranger colors.
  • Retroactive Recognition:
  • Tear Jerker:
    • Episode 24, where a boy gets transformed into a monster by the Monster of the Week. The episode was clearly made to make viewers uncomfortable. The music is somber and sad. The kids where shown in lots of painful moments, terrified of the situation. An episode to remember, indeed.
    • Also in Episode 26, the one where Kenta meets Seira who dies in the hands of the Monster of the Week. The sad music did not help.
  • They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot:
    • We never do get much of an explanation about how Zeba was able to conquer the underground and usurp the Igam family.
    • We never see Great Five and Galaxy Robo team-up in order to take down the most powerful monster of Tube, Emperor Zeba/Lethal Doggler II. The producers of the Super Sentai series would later make up for it with the epic Grand Finale of Choujin Sentai Jetman.
  • Ugly Cute: Okelampa. For a weird mollusk looking thing that appears for all of a few seconds, it's surprisingly cute. Especially in the CS Central subs, which give it funny dialogue.
  • Values Dissonance:
    • The male Maskmen jokingly impersonate criminals to get the female members to strip. That strikes a modern viewer as rather creepy.
    • Takeru delivering a Get A Hold Of Yourself Man slap to Haruka makes perfect sense in context, though that still doesn't make it any less uncomfortable to watch.
  • Visual Effects of Awesome: A lot of the solo mecha component footage was pretty good looking, probably because they wanted to showcase the first 5-piece mecha. Even the carrier looked kickass, with the rolling tank treads on it. It's just too bad they didn't fight on their own more often.

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