History YMMV / KyoryuSentaiZyuranger

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Zyurangers themselves, thanks to the show's decision to focus more on Bandora's child-hating antics shifting the focus to the [[VictimOfTheWeek kids of the days]] mostly, [[StaticCharacter they generally stayed as they are from the start:]] Noble fighters that protect people, especially kids. The world-building, however, fared a little better, but even there are a lot more that could be explored from the tribes the Zyuranger originated from. The Yamato Tribe enjoyed most of the backstory thanks to the Geki-Burai conflict, followed by the Lithia tribe's mysticism affecting several of Mei's episodes. The Sharma tribe didn't have much, but Goushi makes it up with strong character devotion for Geki. The Etoffe and Dime tribes, however, didn't get mentions in the world building, leaving Dan and Boi feeling like they're just 'kinda there'.

* AssPull: Bandora's backstory, tragic as it is, comes so late in the narrative (during the final episodes) that it comes across too late to have any proper impact and would make her less sympathetic than was probably intended.

* BrokenBase: Between those who thinks the series on its own is awesome, links with ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' notwithstanding, and those who think that the series qualities decrease because they are going to see a lot of helpless little kids considered TheScrappy series-wide because [[ChildHater Bandora]] specifically targets them.
** There's also a group who considers them on the same level of quality, both good and bad in different ways.
* BizarroEpisode[=/=]BigLippedAlligatorMoment:

** In another episode, Barza allows the Zyurangers to have jobs, this is quickly forgotten and never mentioned again.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Burai. He's one of the most memorable aspects of the show, and all Sixth Rangers to appear later in the franchise owe their existences to how much the fans loved him.
** It's the same deal with [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers his American counterpart]].
** Exemplified with the Zyuranger Toys/SHFiguarts release - while typical Sentai Sixth Rangers are either Web Exclusives or are released after the Reds, Dragonranger was released at retail [[CueTheFlyingPigs before Tyrannoranger]].
** Appearance-wise Daizyuzin gets hit with this, to the point of being the second Sentai Robo to get a Soul of Chogokin treatment after the [[Series/BattleFeverJ Battle Fever Robo]], mainly due to [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers its MMPR counterpart]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff being the first and most memorable of the Megazords]], and the first of the Sentai Robo to be included in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' (and need we remind you that [[NoExportForYou the game was never exported to English language]], so it's all on Daizyujin, no Megazord influence involved).

** The show gets a lot better when Burai turns up.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal Kill Burai for real.]] Oh yes, they would.]]

* {{Narm}}: So, so much. It doesn’t help (or rather, ''[[SoBadItsGood does]]'' help) that ''bandora'' is Arabic for ‘tomato’, and Witch Bandora’s VillainSong is clearly influenced by Arabic music (she even does a little shoulder shake!).
** NarmCharm: Considering how big a cult classic it is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff in America]] (enough to the point where it got an American DVD release), the series' [[SpecialEffectsFailure low budget scale]] and all other {{Narm}}-ish qualities are more than likely seen past due to its more epic storyline than [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers its American counterpart]].

* SavedByTheFans: {{Averted}}. [[spoiler:When Burai was killed off, fans sent in letters begging for him to be brought back. The creators refused, because they wanted to show children that sometimes even heroes die]].

** One of the most absurd instances is in episode 48, at the climactic moment when [[spoiler:King Brachion]]is seemingly destroyed by Bandora. There is a brief distance shot of [[spoiler:King Brachion]] falling into the bottomless pit that Bandora has created, but it is very clear even without pausing that the shot is crude stop motion in which a photo cutout of [[spoiler:King Brachion]] wiggles along the background, a photo of an obviously not-bottomless crater composited onto a city shot.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The first segment of the full opening theme (which isn't played on the TV version, curiously enough) rips off various notes from the original ''Film/{{Total Recall|1990}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsUZ1aIp4OE theme]].
** This makes a lot of sense when you learn that the arrangements of the opening and ending themes were done by Kenji Yamamoto, whose serial plagiarism got him fired from his role as composer for ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' and got his soundtrack for the ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'' games replaced in the HD rerelease.

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Burai. To the point where fans ''tried to start a letter writing campaign to bring him back''. It didn't work.]]

* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Again, Burai. Even long after his HeelFaceTurn, it is revealed that he was killed by natural disaster while suspended in animation and given only a temporary extra life by Clotho under Daizyujin's orders. And if that isn't depressing enough, we soon learn that, for unknown reasons, he could not be revived after dying a second time, despite his efforts to stay alive while using up the remainder of his life outside the Lapseless Room where he could remain alive, only to have it destroyed by Bandora. Burai could easily have the most tragic life in the entire Super Sentai franchise. However, even if Burai is pretty justified for angsting about that, he instead takes the path of IronWoobie, he'll use his short time to help Geki when he can, and when he's nearly dying for real, he uses his time to befriend and protect a similarly dying boy even at cost of his... limited time.]]
** By extension, this would make [[spoiler:Geki]] one as well.

** In a sense, for a series that is known for aiming 'kids of the week' thing for 'kid appeal', it somehow makes the trope a lot more blatant. Yes, we get focuses on kids a lot, but when that entails to 'kids about to suffer whatever nasty plans Bandora had on them, some satanic rituals involved at times'... Toei, are you trying to actually attract or scare kids?
*** [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Short answer]]: [[MathematiciansAnswer Yes]]. Long answer: considering that the season is heavily inspired by fairy tales, it makes sense to include some of the darker elements from those stories (Hansel and Gretel, anyone?). Whether or not this is a ''good'' thing is up to interpretation.

** Hisashi Sakai, who plays a young Burai in flashback, would play Kou in ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' the following year. Both characters were adapted into Tommy Oliver in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Dora Sphinx, who fell for the Zyurangers tricking him into revealing that the snake head on his crown was his weak spot.
** Burai's awakening could've been entirely avoided if Gnome had the common decency to tell his grandson that, if he opened the door, something extremely terrible would happen afterwards. Or alternatively, if his grandson had realized that if the villains were encouraging him to open the door, he shouldn't.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: [[spoiler:Burai's death]] was supposed to show that, sometimes, the heroes really can die in battle (and that the viewer, even the kids, shouldn't expect PlotArmor to be guaranteed and, yes, [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt they really will do it]], because violence will kill people, even people you like).

** Hisashi Sakai, who plays a young Burai in flashback, would play Kou in ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' the following year. Tommy Oliver plays both roles in ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.

** Appearance-wise Daizyuzin gets hit with this, to the point of being the second Sentai Robo to get a Soul of Chogokin treatment after the [[Series/BattleFeverJ Battle Fever Robo]], mainly due to [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers its [=MMPR=] counterpart]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff being the first and most memorable of the Megazords]], and the first of the Sentai Robo to be included in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' (and need we remind you that [[NoExportForYou the game was never exported to English language]], so it's all on Daizyujin, no Megazord influence involved).

** Unlike most other Sentai, ''Zyuranger'' did not get TheMovie. However, as a result of being adapted, Zyuranger-derived suits and characters took the lead both in the [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie first ''Power Rangers'' movie]] and TheRemake [[Film/PowerRangers2017 ''Power Rangers'' film]], both of which were imported to Japan. The latter's Japanese premiere was even attended by Yuta Mochizuki (Geki) along with Takumi Kizu (Lucky), the Red actor of the contemporary ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger''.

** Appearance-wise Daizyuzin gets hit with this, to the point of being the second Sentai Robo to get a Soul of Chogokin treatment after the [[Series/BattleFeverJ Battle Fever Robo]], mainly due to [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers its [=MMPR=] counterpart]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff being the first and most memorable of the Megazords]].

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Zyurangers themselves, thanks to the show's decision to focus more on Bandora's child-hating antics shifting the focus to the [[VictimOfTheWeek kids of the days]] mostly, [[StaticCharacter they generally stayed as they are from the start:]] Noble fighters that protect people, especially kids. The world-building, however, fared a little better, but even there are a lot more that could be explored from the tribes the Zyuranger originated from. The Yamato Tribe enjoyed most of the backstory thanks to the Geki-Burai conflict, followed by the Lithia tribe's mysticism affecting several of Mei's episodes. The Sharma tribe didn't have much, but Goushi makes it up with strong character devotion for Geki. The Etoffe and Dime tribes, however, didn't get mentions in the world building, leaving Dan and Boi felt like just 'kinda there'.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Zyurangers themselves, thanks to the show's decision to focus more on Bandora's child-hating antics shifting the focus to the [[VictimOfTheWeek kids of the days]] mostly. There are a lot that could be explored from the tribes the Zyuranger originated from. At least Geki has his conflict with Burai for the Yamato tribe, which is followed by some of the mystical powers of the Lithia tribe for Mei. The Sharma tribe didn't have much, but Goushi's strong devotion with Geki still managed to give him enough characterization. Dan and Boi, on the other hand, felt very underused, both their characters and their tribes (Etoffe and Dime).

* Burai's awakening happened on June 19th, and needless to say their first encounter with him does not go well for the Zyurangers, with things only getting worse as the story arc goes on. Nearly 20 years later, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared uses that exact same date as their ArcNumber, with progressively more messed up things happening to the protagonists as things go on. What's more, in the very first episode the villain decries green as uncreative. What color does Burai, the first sixth ranger in all of Sentai, wear?

* SoOkayItsAverage: The show isn't ''bad'', but there are much better Sentai series. The general consensus is that Burai and the mecha designs are great, but the story and other characters are underdeveloped. It ''does'' have a strong cult following in America, [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers for obvious reasons]]. Grown-Ups In Spandex's fansub release also helped in this regard.

* ValuesDissonance: In "Become Small!", [[OneShotCharacter Toshio's]] overly strict teacher kicked him out of the school building for not doing his homework again. While it's true that in Japan, students are usually sent out of the classroom for misbehaving, but being kicked out of the school building just seemed a bit excessive.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: In Episode 17, Barza and Gnome try to stop his bratty grandson from reawakening Burai. Gnome's solution to the problem is to try to ''murder his own grandson''. At first, Gnome tries to run him over with a bulldozer. When that doesn't work, Barza and Gnome decide to ''murder him using assault rifles and grenades''.

* WhatAnIdiot: Dora Sphinx, who fell for the Zyurangers tricking him into revealing that the snake head on his crown was his weak spot.

* BizarroEpisode[=/=]BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point Dan and Mei turned into punks, and they suddenly attended gambling joints and assaulted mafias, ''actually killing them''. When they returned to normal Dan and Mei felt [[AngstWhatAngst more embarassed about it than anything else]]. Then they get chased by some punks they had harassed earlier, who want to work for them. Then the episode ends, and it's never brought up again.

* AngstWhatAngst: None of the Zyurangers seem to care at all that the dinosaurs have been wiped out and their friends and family are all dead. JustifiedTrope, since they had to have known going into suspended animation that they would never see their loved ones again.

** Appearance-wise Daizyuzin gets hit with this, to the point of being the first ever Sentai Robo to get a Soul of Chogokin treatment, mainly due to [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers its [=MMPR=] counterpart]] [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff being the first and most memorable of the Megazords]].

* HilariousInHindsight: The first closing theme was deliberately Latino-styled, almost like a foreshadowing of the also dinosaur-themed ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' which had a heavy Latino-style to it.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The show isn't ''bad'', but there much better Sentai series. The general consensus is that Burai and the mecha designs are great, but the story and other characters are underdeveloped. It ''does'' have a strong cult following in America, [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers for obvious reasons]]. Grown-Ups In Spandex's fansub release also helped in this regard.

* ToughActToFollow: Part of the reason why the season was considered SoOkayItsAverage by Japanese viewers was because it was the first Sentai season to come out after ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', which is considered one of the greatest seasons in the franchise.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Zyuranger'' didn't exactly set the world alight when it was originally released, to the point that the SixthRanger tropes was implemented specifically to bring the viewers back in. After a couple of decades (and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers an American adaptation that took the world by storm]]), the series is looked on much more fondly for its incredible mecha designs and action.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Zyuranger is often considered LighterAndSofter than ''Jetman'''s drama-ladden story. Of course that's without taking consideration of some REALLY creepy stuffs Bandora go through in order to terrorize the children that she hates. Which up and up including snatching them outta nowhere as long as there's a reflection, [[AndIMustScream putting them in a suspended state inside a pillar with their faces visible, conscious all the time]], as they're to be sacrificed with the giant laughing head of a demon known as ''Dai Satan''. [[NightmareFuel Uh... yikes?]]