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** Episode 23: BigBad Kuroto is finally defeated, only for co-BigBad Parado to [[VillainsDoTheDirtyWork kill him]] and take the reins of his EvilPlan himself.
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** Episode 23: BigBad Kuroto is finally defeated, only for co-BigBad Parado to [[VillainsDoTheDirtyWork [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork kill him]] and take the reins of his EvilPlan himself.
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* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon in trouble, the Zords destroyed, and the BigBad launching an assault on the Power Chamber. Part ''two'' ends Zordon captured, The Power Chamber destroyed and the big Bad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. The CousinOliver talks [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
* Part of the reason later seasons would end with the good guys winning is because "...in Space" would bring the continuous storyline of the first six seasons to a close, with later seasons adopting the new-cast-and-story-every-season formula of the ''Super Sentai'' series upon which they are based, with later seasons having only minimal connection to the original six-season continuous plot.
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** "The Mutiny" from Mighty Morphin season
** "The Ninja Encounter" is the first time outsiders learn of the Rangers' secret identities, when the Rangers are forced to unmask before Rocky, Adam, and Aisha.
** In "The Power Transfer" the aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini.
** "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, along with the destruction of the Ranger powers themselves, forcing them to find a new power source.
** "Climb Every Fountain" ends with the destruction of the Power Coins, along with the hope of restoring the rangers back to normal.
** "Hog Day Afternoon" is the finale of ''Mighty Morphin'' which ends with Rito and Goldar [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up the Command Center]]''.
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* ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''
** "The Secret of the Locket" reveals Astronema is actually Karone, the long lost sister of the Red Ranger Andros.
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** Lessened in the ''RPM-Samurai'' crossover, where RPM is stated to take place in a completely different dimension.
* "The Mutiny" from Mighty Morphin season 2 was a Wham Episode aired in prime time. Synopsis: Rita's boss, Lord Zedd has come do what she didn't and take out Rangers once and for all. The Dinozords are frozen. The Tyrannosaurus and Dragonzords are under his control. The monsters are stronger. And even if it did end with eventual triumph, we learn that resurrected Green Ranger power will never be viable again leading us to "Green No More" with the Dragonzord coin's eventual end.
* Others include "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hog Day Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. "The Power of Pink." After a kickass teamup with the Space Rangers in the previous episode, Psycho Pink manages to do what no other villain before or after her could ever do, and ''[[spoiler: kill one of the Rangers.]]''
* "The Mutiny" from Mighty Morphin season 2 was a Wham Episode aired in prime time. Synopsis: Rita's boss, Lord Zedd has come do what she didn't and take out Rangers once and for all. The Dinozords are frozen. The Tyrannosaurus and Dragonzords are under his control. The monsters are stronger. And even if it did end with eventual triumph, we learn that resurrected Green Ranger power will never be viable again leading us to "Green No More" with the Dragonzord coin's eventual end.
* Others include "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hog Day Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. "The Power of Pink." After a kickass teamup with the Space Rangers in the previous episode, Psycho Pink manages to do what no other villain before or after her could ever do, and ''[[spoiler: kill one of the Rangers.]]''
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* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' takes what ''Return of Ultraman'' did UpToEleven by [[spoiler:killing [[spoiler:kills off '''ever single character except''' Gen and Tohru]] in the first [[ArcNumber seven]] minutes of Episode 40.
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** Episode 23: BigBad Kuroto is finally defeated, only for co-{{Big Bad}} Parado to [[VillainsDoTheDirtyWork kill him]] and take the reins of his EvilPlan himself.
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** Episodes 13 through 16 turns the entire show's premesis on its head before majorly shaking up the status quo. Blood Stalk is revealed to be Soichi Isurugi, who's been manipulating the heroes into completing Faust's work under the guise of heroism. Sento's true identity turns out to be Katsuragi Takumi, the scientist who founded Faust and created both the Smash and the Rider System. Gentoku is exposed as Night Rogue, but Blood Stalk poisons his father before he cna take back his position as Prime Minister, leaving Gentoku free to openly declare civil war against the other two Japanese territories, who, thanks to Nanba Heavy Industries, not only have their own Smash, but also ''Kamen Riders''.
** Episode 21 deconstructs the DangerousForbiddenTechnique when Sento uses the Hazard Trigger to fight Kamen Rider Grease and his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hokuto Three Crows]], only for the Trigger to drive Sento into a mindless berserker who ''kills'' of of the Crows, which absolutely ''traumatizes'' Sento once he snaps out of it.
** Episode 27: The heroes win the proxy battle against Seito, which promises an end to the civil war, and Sawa decides to fully break away from being a Nanba Industries spy, but Blood Stalk kills the Seito Prime Minister and helps Nanba replace him, and Nanba is [[WarForFunAndProfit more]] than willing to continue the war and orders the release of the [[EliteMooks Hard Guardians]].
** Episode 21 deconstructs the DangerousForbiddenTechnique when Sento uses the Hazard Trigger to fight Kamen Rider Grease and his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hokuto Three Crows]], only for the Trigger to drive Sento into a mindless berserker who ''kills'' of of the Crows, which absolutely ''traumatizes'' Sento once he snaps out of it.
** Episode 27: The heroes win the proxy battle against Seito, which promises an end to the civil war, and Sawa decides to fully break away from being a Nanba Industries spy, but Blood Stalk kills the Seito Prime Minister and helps Nanba replace him, and Nanba is [[WarForFunAndProfit more]] than willing to continue the war and orders the release of the [[EliteMooks Hard Guardians]].
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** Episodes 13 through 16 turns the entire show's premesis on its head before majorly shaking up the status quo. Blood Stalk is revealed to be Soichi Isurugi, who's been manipulating the heroes into completing Faust's work under the guise of heroism. Sento's true identity turns out to be Katsuragi Takumi, the scientist who founded Faust and created both the Smash and the Rider System. Gentoku is exposed as Night Rogue, but Blood Stalk poisons his father before he cna can take back his position as Prime Minister, leaving Gentoku free to openly declare civil war CivilWar against the other two Japanese territories, who, thanks to Nanba Heavy Industries, not only have their own Smash, but also ''Kamen Riders''.
** Episode 21deconstructs {{deconstruct}}s the DangerousForbiddenTechnique when Sento uses the Hazard Trigger to fight Kamen Rider Grease and his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hokuto Three Crows]], only for the Trigger to drive Sento into a mindless berserker who ''kills'' of of the Crows, which absolutely ''traumatizes'' Sento once he snaps out of it.
** Episode 27: The heroes win the proxy battle against Seito, which promises an end to thecivil war, CivilWar, and Sawa decides to fully break away from being a Nanba Industries spy, but Blood Stalk kills the Seito Prime Minister and helps Nanba replace him, and Nanba is [[WarForFunAndProfit more]] than willing to continue the war and orders the release of the [[EliteMooks Hard Guardians]].
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* ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' has the appearance of Kamen Rider Ark-One. It was known through toy catalogue leaks and previews that the BigBad [[AIIsACrapshoot Ark]] had another form beyond the already monstrously powerful Kamen Rider Ark-Zero. However, in one of the most shocking twists in ''the franchise'', the host of the new form ends up being [[spoiler: [[FallenHero Hiden]] [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis Aruto]], who in a first in Kamen Rider history, ''[[NotBrainwashed willingly]]'' accepts the Ark's power after being pushed past the DespairEventHorizon by the death of Is in order to sate his malice against her killer Horobi.]]
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* ''Series/UltraSeven'': In "the Ultra Garrison goes West" Part 1, Robot King Joe defeats Seven after all of the hero's attacks were useless against the alien creation.
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* ''Series/UltramanAce'': Episode 26, all the Ultra Brothers up to that point (even Ace) were defeated, [[spoiler:first covered in tar, then turned into statues.]]
* ''Series/UltramanTaro'': Episode 18, [[spoiler:where Taro dies from his injuries after a savage attack from Birdon, who then killed Zoffy during his BigDamnHeroes moment.]]
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' takes what ''Return of Ultraman'' did UpToEleven by [[spoiler:killing off '''ever single character except''' Gen and Tohru]] in the firstseven [[ArcNumber seven]] minutes of Episode 40.40.
* ''Series/UltramanEighty'': Princess Yullian arrives from M-78, and soon after [[spoiler:UGM member Emi Johno dies.]]
* ''Series/UltramanTaro'': Episode 18, [[spoiler:where Taro dies from his injuries after a savage attack from Birdon, who then killed Zoffy during his BigDamnHeroes moment.]]
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' takes what ''Return of Ultraman'' did UpToEleven by [[spoiler:killing off '''ever single character except''' Gen and Tohru]] in the first
* ''Series/UltramanEighty'': Princess Yullian arrives from M-78, and soon after [[spoiler:UGM member Emi Johno dies.]]
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** Pretty much ''everything'' after Episode 28 is one big WhamEpisode after another, but to sum up the most important point: Blood Stalk ''actually'' turns out to be Evolt, an planet-destroying alien who hijacked Soichi's body and masterminded the events of the entire show in a bid to reclaim him his planet-destroying power after he lost much of it in a battle when he destroyed Martian civilization. The rest of the show becomes a CosmicHorrorStory as the heroes desperately try to stop Evolt before he starts TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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** Pretty much ''everything'' after Episode 28 is one big WhamEpisode after another, but to sum up the most important point: Blood Stalk ''actually'' turns out to be Evolt, an a planet-destroying alien who hijacked Soichi's body and masterminded the events of the entire show in a bid to reclaim him his planet-destroying power after he lost much of it in a battle when he destroyed Martian civilization. The rest of the show becomes a CosmicHorrorStory as the heroes desperately try to stop Evolt before he starts TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has over ''half'' of the episodes contain plot twists that would make them examples in other Kamen Rider series, but of the most notable:
** Episode 12 confirms that Poppy is a Bugster...which isn't [[TheUnreveal that much of a twist]] even InUniverse. The ''really'' big twist, however, is the BigBad Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Gemn gaining a powerful new form that far outclasses everyone else at the time and [[AnyoneCanDie killing Lazer]].
** Episode 14 reveals that the reason that Emu can transform into Ex-Aid without compatibility surgery the other Riders need to withstand the Bugster infection is because ''he's already infected''. The rest of the cast tries to hide this from Emu out of fear that the resulting stress would cause the virus to flare up, only for Kuroto to reveal to his face that he's not just any Bugster virus patient, but Bugster virus ''PatientZero''.
** Episode 23: BigBad Kuroto is finally defeated, only for co-{{Big Bad}} Parado to [[VillainsDoTheDirtyWork kill him]] and take the reins of his EvilPlan himself.
** Episode 29 reveals that Parado is the Bugster that was formed from Emu's infection, a twisted manifestation of his childhood desire to have a friend to play with. He also manages to trick Emu into giving him the ability to use the Gamer Driver, which allows him to transform into his SuperMode. And to combat him, Poppy starts considering bringing Kuroto BackFromTheDead.
** Episode 32: The FinalBattle between the Doctor Riders and the Bugster Executives is interrupted by Masamune Dan, Kuroto's father, who reveals that he manipulated the villains from behind the scenes to create [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]] and made himself the second PatientZero of the Bugster virus so he could swoop in and claim the power of the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, Kamen Rider Cronus. He promptly does so and demonstrates its power to [[TimeStandsStill "pause" time]] and permanently kill Bugsters, which he promptly demonstrates and Loverica.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', much like its predecesor Ex-Aid, is filled with plot twists in most of its episodes, but of the most prominent ones:
** Episodes 13 through 16 turns the entire show's premesis on its head before majorly shaking up the status quo. Blood Stalk is revealed to be Soichi Isurugi, who's been manipulating the heroes into completing Faust's work under the guise of heroism. Sento's true identity turns out to be Katsuragi Takumi, the scientist who founded Faust and created both the Smash and the Rider System. Gentoku is exposed as Night Rogue, but Blood Stalk poisons his father before he cna take back his position as Prime Minister, leaving Gentoku free to openly declare civil war against the other two Japanese territories, who, thanks to Nanba Heavy Industries, not only have their own Smash, but also ''Kamen Riders''.
** Episode 21 deconstructs the DangerousForbiddenTechnique when Sento uses the Hazard Trigger to fight Kamen Rider Grease and his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hokuto Three Crows]], only for the Trigger to drive Sento into a mindless berserker who ''kills'' of of the Crows, which absolutely ''traumatizes'' Sento once he snaps out of it.
** Episode 27: The heroes win the proxy battle against Seito, which promises an end to the civil war, and Sawa decides to fully break away from being a Nanba Industries spy, but Blood Stalk kills the Seito Prime Minister and helps Nanba replace him, and Nanba is [[WarForFunAndProfit more]] than willing to continue the war and orders the release of the [[EliteMooks Hard Guardians]].
** Pretty much ''everything'' after Episode 28 is one big WhamEpisode after another, but to sum up the most important point: Blood Stalk ''actually'' turns out to be Evolt, an planet-destroying alien who hijacked Soichi's body and masterminded the events of the entire show in a bid to reclaim him his planet-destroying power after he lost much of it in a battle when he destroyed Martian civilization. The rest of the show becomes a CosmicHorrorStory as the heroes desperately try to stop Evolt before he starts TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
** Episode 12 confirms that Poppy is a Bugster...which isn't [[TheUnreveal that much of a twist]] even InUniverse. The ''really'' big twist, however, is the BigBad Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Gemn gaining a powerful new form that far outclasses everyone else at the time and [[AnyoneCanDie killing Lazer]].
** Episode 14 reveals that the reason that Emu can transform into Ex-Aid without compatibility surgery the other Riders need to withstand the Bugster infection is because ''he's already infected''. The rest of the cast tries to hide this from Emu out of fear that the resulting stress would cause the virus to flare up, only for Kuroto to reveal to his face that he's not just any Bugster virus patient, but Bugster virus ''PatientZero''.
** Episode 23: BigBad Kuroto is finally defeated, only for co-{{Big Bad}} Parado to [[VillainsDoTheDirtyWork kill him]] and take the reins of his EvilPlan himself.
** Episode 29 reveals that Parado is the Bugster that was formed from Emu's infection, a twisted manifestation of his childhood desire to have a friend to play with. He also manages to trick Emu into giving him the ability to use the Gamer Driver, which allows him to transform into his SuperMode. And to combat him, Poppy starts considering bringing Kuroto BackFromTheDead.
** Episode 32: The FinalBattle between the Doctor Riders and the Bugster Executives is interrupted by Masamune Dan, Kuroto's father, who reveals that he manipulated the villains from behind the scenes to create [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame Kamen Rider Chronicle]] and made himself the second PatientZero of the Bugster virus so he could swoop in and claim the power of the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, Kamen Rider Cronus. He promptly does so and demonstrates its power to [[TimeStandsStill "pause" time]] and permanently kill Bugsters, which he promptly demonstrates and Loverica.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'', much like its predecesor Ex-Aid, is filled with plot twists in most of its episodes, but of the most prominent ones:
** Episodes 13 through 16 turns the entire show's premesis on its head before majorly shaking up the status quo. Blood Stalk is revealed to be Soichi Isurugi, who's been manipulating the heroes into completing Faust's work under the guise of heroism. Sento's true identity turns out to be Katsuragi Takumi, the scientist who founded Faust and created both the Smash and the Rider System. Gentoku is exposed as Night Rogue, but Blood Stalk poisons his father before he cna take back his position as Prime Minister, leaving Gentoku free to openly declare civil war against the other two Japanese territories, who, thanks to Nanba Heavy Industries, not only have their own Smash, but also ''Kamen Riders''.
** Episode 21 deconstructs the DangerousForbiddenTechnique when Sento uses the Hazard Trigger to fight Kamen Rider Grease and his [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hokuto Three Crows]], only for the Trigger to drive Sento into a mindless berserker who ''kills'' of of the Crows, which absolutely ''traumatizes'' Sento once he snaps out of it.
** Episode 27: The heroes win the proxy battle against Seito, which promises an end to the civil war, and Sawa decides to fully break away from being a Nanba Industries spy, but Blood Stalk kills the Seito Prime Minister and helps Nanba replace him, and Nanba is [[WarForFunAndProfit more]] than willing to continue the war and orders the release of the [[EliteMooks Hard Guardians]].
** Pretty much ''everything'' after Episode 28 is one big WhamEpisode after another, but to sum up the most important point: Blood Stalk ''actually'' turns out to be Evolt, an planet-destroying alien who hijacked Soichi's body and masterminded the events of the entire show in a bid to reclaim him his planet-destroying power after he lost much of it in a battle when he destroyed Martian civilization. The rest of the show becomes a CosmicHorrorStory as the heroes desperately try to stop Evolt before he starts TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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* Part of the reason later seasons would end with the good guys winning is because "...in Space" would bring the continuous storyline of the first six seasons to a close, with later seasons adopting the new-cast-and-story-every-season formula of the ''SuperSentai'' series upon which they are based, with later seasons having only minimal connection to the original six-season continuous plot.
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* Part of the reason later seasons would end with the good guys winning is because "...in Space" would bring the continuous storyline of the first six seasons to a close, with later seasons adopting the new-cast-and-story-every-season formula of the ''SuperSentai'' ''Super Sentai'' series upon which they are based, with later seasons having only minimal connection to the original six-season continuous plot.
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* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon in trouble, the Zords destroyed, and the BigBad launching an assault on the Power Chamber. Part ''two'' ends Zordon captured, The Power Chamber destroyed and the big Bad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. The CousinOliver talks [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
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* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon in trouble, the Zords destroyed, and the BigBad launching an assault on the Power Chamber. Part ''two'' ends Zordon captured, The Power Chamber destroyed and the big Bad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. The CousinOliver talks [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
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* ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'': Episode 33 reveals that Wolzard is actually [[spoiler: the Magirangers' brainwashed father]]. This is followed by 34, which sees him do a full HeelFaceTurn, followed by a HeroicSacrifice against the recently unsealed N. Ma. Just before he charges into battle, he also reveals that Rangers' mother [[spoiler: is still alive]].
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* Episode 30 from ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' shows the BigBad Messiah being destroyed. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, the Busters' parents, whom they spend the entire series trying to save, were completely assimilated by Messiah, meaning they also had to die.]]
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This page lists all examples of {{Wham Episode}}s in Tokusatsu shows.{{Toku}}satsu shows, like ''Franchise/KamenRider'', ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', and the ''Franchise/UltraSeries''.
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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': Low-stakes example compared to most others, but Part 1 of the two-part episode "The Monster Prince" shocked viewers across Japan in 1967 because it was the first time that Ultraman was defeated by a monster '''ever'''.
* ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'': Episode 37 when Ken and Aki Sakata [[spoiler:are KilledOffForReal by the alien Nackle]] -- the first of a very rare instance in the franchise
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' takes what ''Return of Ultraman'' did UpToEleven by [[spoiler:killing off '''ever single character except''' Gen and Tohru]] in the first seven minutes of Episode 40.
* ''Series/UltramanNexus'' kills off [[spoiler:Nexus' human host Jun Himeya about two-thirds of the way into the show]] -- the only time it has ever happened in Ultra Series history. But as Jun says to Komon before leaving:
-->"The Light is a bond someone will inherit, and it will shine again"
* ''Series/UltramanMebius'': The two-part episode "Day of Farewell" and "Flames of Promise", in which Mirai/Mebius is given orders from M78 to leave Earth due to the upcoming arrival of a dire threat. Mebius doesn't obey them and ends up facing the immensely powerful HumongousMecha Imperiser. [[spoiler:And soon things get so bad that Mirai, for the first time ever in franchise history, reveals his SecretIdentity to his friends some good twenty episodes ''before'' the finale when it usually happens.]]
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* ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'': Low-stakes example compared to most others, but Part 1 of the two-part episode "The Monster Prince" shocked viewers across Japan in 1967 because it was the first time that Ultraman was defeated by a monster '''ever'''.
* ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'': Episode 37 when Ken and Aki Sakata [[spoiler:are KilledOffForReal by the alien Nackle]] -- the first of a very rare instance in the franchise
* ''Series/UltramanLeo'' takes what ''Return of Ultraman'' did UpToEleven by [[spoiler:killing off '''ever single character except''' Gen and Tohru]] in the first seven minutes of Episode 40.
* ''Series/UltramanNexus'' kills off [[spoiler:Nexus' human host Jun Himeya about two-thirds of the way into the show]] -- the only time it has ever happened in Ultra Series history. But as Jun says to Komon before leaving:
-->"The Light is a bond someone will inherit, and it will shine again"
* ''Series/UltramanMebius'': The two-part episode "Day of Farewell" and "Flames of Promise", in which Mirai/Mebius is given orders from M78 to leave Earth due to the upcoming arrival of a dire threat. Mebius doesn't obey them and ends up facing the immensely powerful HumongousMecha Imperiser. [[spoiler:And soon things get so bad that Mirai, for the first time ever in franchise history, reveals his SecretIdentity to his friends some good twenty episodes ''before'' the finale when it usually happens.]]
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** Episode 20 reveals that the EldritchLocation has already overrun a civilization and turned all living creatures into MOTW, and Earth will be taken over in ten years. Subsequent episodes reveal that, in order to make things easier, the MegaCorp is willing to completely destroy the CityOfAdventure and kill 6 billion people to make things easier for the 1 million able to survive in the EldritchLocation.
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** Episode 20 reveals that the EldritchLocation has already overrun a civilization and turned all living creatures into MOTW, and Earth will be taken over in ten years. Subsequent episodes reveal that, in order to make things easier, the MegaCorp is willing to completely destroy the CityOfAdventure and kill 6 billion people to make things easier for the 1 million billion able to survive in the EldritchLocation.
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* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon captured, the Command Center and Zords destroyed, and the BigBad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. Part ''two'' ends with the CousinOliver talking [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle with a ToBeContinued message beneath it, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
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* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon captured, in trouble, the Command Center and Zords destroyed, and the BigBad launching an assault on the Power Chamber. Part ''two'' ends Zordon captured, The Power Chamber destroyed and the big Bad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. Part ''two'' ends with the The CousinOliver talking talks [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle with a ToBeContinued message beneath it, shuttle, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
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* Others include a "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hydrohog Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
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* Others include a "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hydrohog "Hog Day Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
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This page lists all examples of {{Wham Episode}}s in Tokusatsu shows.
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* ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' has an episode that reveals that the powers of the eponymous character are in fact a gift gained from {{God}} (well, sort off). Also, there is the reveal that the equivalent of {{Satan}} created humanity, but his counterpart gave humanity the Seed of Agito, so that one day humanity may break free from "Satan's" rule.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has the sudden appearance of Kamen Rider Leangle. He pummels The Hero and the Anti-hero with relative ease. Later there is the big reveal that one of the anti-hero is in fact a being that can cause the end of the world as we know it.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' has a Wham ending arc. Tsukasa, the eponymous character, spend an entire series on a mission to prevent the multiverse from collapsing. He does so by helping the Riders of other dimensions, thinking its the right thing to do, only to see his new friends killing each other on the battlefield. To add more injury to the insult, Kurenai Wataru, the one who send him on his mission, reveals that he had to kill all the riders instead of helping them, so as a punishment, Tsukasa would get killed. The final episode ends with him getting shot at point-blank range and a trailer for a new sequel movie
* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'':
** As early as episode 14, we learn that the MonsterOfTheWeek tropes are heavily deconstructed. Every monster that has been killed may have likely been a human that ate the fruit from the Helheim Forest. That's right, the Kamen Riders in this show have been killing '''humans'''.
** Episode 20 reveals that the EldritchLocation has already overrun a civilization and turned all living creatures into MOTW, and Earth will be taken over in ten years. Subsequent episodes reveal that, in order to make things easier, the MegaCorp is willing to completely destroy the CityOfAdventure and kill 6 billion people to make things easier for the 1 million able to survive in the EldritchLocation.
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[[folder:Power Rangers]]
* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon captured, the Command Center and Zords destroyed, and the BigBad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. Part ''two'' ends with the CousinOliver talking [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle with a ToBeContinued message beneath it, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
* Part of the reason later seasons would end with the good guys winning is because "...in Space" would bring the continuous storyline of the first six seasons to a close, with later seasons adopting the new-cast-and-story-every-season formula of the ''SuperSentai'' series upon which they are based, with later seasons having only minimal connection to the original six-season continuous plot.
* Then we have ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', a wham ''season''. The ''premise'' kills off 99.9% of humanity (including [[EverybodysDeadDave anyone from previous seasons not dead of old age and all of their descendants]]). There are not-so-subtle hints throughout that the entire planet has been ''nuked'' (as in with ''actual nuclear weapons''). One of (if not the first) episodes involves a ''prison brawl''. We see people actually die onscreen with alarming regularity (although [[NeverSayDie they don't use the word]]). And so on. Describe the plot to anyone for the first time and they generally refuse to believe you.
** Lessened in the ''RPM-Samurai'' crossover, where RPM is stated to take place in a completely different dimension.
* "The Mutiny" from Mighty Morphin season 2 was a Wham Episode aired in prime time. Synopsis: Rita's boss, Lord Zedd has come do what she didn't and take out Rangers once and for all. The Dinozords are frozen. The Tyrannosaurus and Dragonzords are under his control. The monsters are stronger. And even if it did end with eventual triumph, we learn that resurrected Green Ranger power will never be viable again leading us to "Green No More" with the Dragonzord coin's eventual end.
* Others include a "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hydrohog Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. "The Power of Pink." After a kickass teamup with the Space Rangers in the previous episode, Psycho Pink manages to do what no other villain before or after her could ever do, and ''[[spoiler: kill one of the Rangers.]]''
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* The ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' episode "The Greatest Treasure In The Universe" has the team finally obtaining the treasure, only to learn everything is not hunky-dorey: [[spoiler:It has the power to erase the Zangyack Empire from existence, but in return it would remove the 34 Super Sentai teams from existence as well]].
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* ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' has an episode that reveals that the powers of the eponymous character are in fact a gift gained from {{God}} (well, sort off). Also, there is the reveal that the equivalent of {{Satan}} created humanity, but his counterpart gave humanity the Seed of Agito, so that one day humanity may break free from "Satan's" rule.
* ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' has the sudden appearance of Kamen Rider Leangle. He pummels The Hero and the Anti-hero with relative ease. Later there is the big reveal that one of the anti-hero is in fact a being that can cause the end of the world as we know it.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' has a Wham ending arc. Tsukasa, the eponymous character, spend an entire series on a mission to prevent the multiverse from collapsing. He does so by helping the Riders of other dimensions, thinking its the right thing to do, only to see his new friends killing each other on the battlefield. To add more injury to the insult, Kurenai Wataru, the one who send him on his mission, reveals that he had to kill all the riders instead of helping them, so as a punishment, Tsukasa would get killed. The final episode ends with him getting shot at point-blank range and a trailer for a new sequel movie
* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'':
** As early as episode 14, we learn that the MonsterOfTheWeek tropes are heavily deconstructed. Every monster that has been killed may have likely been a human that ate the fruit from the Helheim Forest. That's right, the Kamen Riders in this show have been killing '''humans'''.
** Episode 20 reveals that the EldritchLocation has already overrun a civilization and turned all living creatures into MOTW, and Earth will be taken over in ten years. Subsequent episodes reveal that, in order to make things easier, the MegaCorp is willing to completely destroy the CityOfAdventure and kill 6 billion people to make things easier for the 1 million able to survive in the EldritchLocation.
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[[folder:Power Rangers]]
* Season 5, ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', got rid of ''everyone'' in the CompetenceZone (almost to the point of a ReTool) just before the halfway mark, replacing them with a [[TVGenius kid genius]] CousinOliver and a new Alpha robot who said [[TotallyRadical "Yo, yo, yo!"]] instead of "Ay-yi-yi-yi!" so they ''needed'' a WhamEpisode for the season finale. Part one of "Chase Into Space" ends with Zordon captured, the Command Center and Zords destroyed, and the BigBad crowing in triumph... until TheManBehindTheMan's messenger requests her company. Part ''two'' ends with the CousinOliver talking [[FictionalCounterpart NASA -- er, NASADA]] into loaning the Rangers a space shuttle and choosing to stay on Earth with his wayward father while the others... well, the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin title is pretty self-explanatory]]. To drive the point home even further, the credits run next to a still shot of the Rangers' shuttle with a ToBeContinued message beneath it, rather than the then-usual outtakes reel. While it was followed by fan favorite ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', which verges on a Wham Season, ''Turbo'' remains the only season in the franchise after the original ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' (when the seasons ended on cliffhangers) where the villain wins in the end.
* Part of the reason later seasons would end with the good guys winning is because "...in Space" would bring the continuous storyline of the first six seasons to a close, with later seasons adopting the new-cast-and-story-every-season formula of the ''SuperSentai'' series upon which they are based, with later seasons having only minimal connection to the original six-season continuous plot.
* Then we have ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', a wham ''season''. The ''premise'' kills off 99.9% of humanity (including [[EverybodysDeadDave anyone from previous seasons not dead of old age and all of their descendants]]). There are not-so-subtle hints throughout that the entire planet has been ''nuked'' (as in with ''actual nuclear weapons''). One of (if not the first) episodes involves a ''prison brawl''. We see people actually die onscreen with alarming regularity (although [[NeverSayDie they don't use the word]]). And so on. Describe the plot to anyone for the first time and they generally refuse to believe you.
** Lessened in the ''RPM-Samurai'' crossover, where RPM is stated to take place in a completely different dimension.
* "The Mutiny" from Mighty Morphin season 2 was a Wham Episode aired in prime time. Synopsis: Rita's boss, Lord Zedd has come do what she didn't and take out Rangers once and for all. The Dinozords are frozen. The Tyrannosaurus and Dragonzords are under his control. The monsters are stronger. And even if it did end with eventual triumph, we learn that resurrected Green Ranger power will never be viable again leading us to "Green No More" with the Dragonzord coin's eventual end.
* Others include a "The Ninja Encounter" (Rocky, Adam, and Aisha's introduction which ends with the first identity reveal in PR history), "The Power Transfer" (The aforementioned three replace Jason, Zack, and Trini), "Ninja Quest" which shocked fans with the sight of the Zords blowing up and falling to pieces, and "Hydrohog Afternoon" (which setup Zeo and had Billy's retirement by [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs blowing up]] ''[[TrashTheSet the Command Center]]'').
* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy''. "The Power of Pink." After a kickass teamup with the Space Rangers in the previous episode, Psycho Pink manages to do what no other villain before or after her could ever do, and ''[[spoiler: kill one of the Rangers.]]''
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[[folder:Super Sentai]]
* The ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' episode "The Greatest Treasure In The Universe" has the team finally obtaining the treasure, only to learn everything is not hunky-dorey: [[spoiler:It has the power to erase the Zangyack Empire from existence, but in return it would remove the 34 Super Sentai teams from existence as well]].
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