Line #24 Film/RollingBomberSpecial


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3	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rolling_bomber_special.png]]
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5	->''My best friend in high school once told me this..."You're a nice guy." I never thought I was a nice guy, but I never thought I was a bad guy, either. Especially not one bad enough to destroy the Earth.''
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7	''Rolling Bomber Special'' is a ShortFilm directed by Tetsuya Nakashima that tells the story of Shintaro Katori, and his quest to destroy the world...if the "heroes" of this story are to believed. See, a {{Sentai}} team calling themselves Earth Defender Freshman is onto his schemes and will stop at nothing to protect the world and everyone in it. There's only one problem with all of this...
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9	Shintaro Katori has absolutely ''no idea'' what they're talking about.
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11	And even worse, the Freshmen are so hilariously inept, if ''that's'' all that will stand against the forces of evil, the world is doomed anyway.
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13	A hilarious jab at all things Franchise/SuperSentai and widely believed to be a WebOriginal, the short actually dates back to 2001 as part of an anthology of short films done by members Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi of the long running Japanese BoyBand SMAP, titled ''SMAP Short Films''. You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juRZY3g8gi0 here.]]
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16	!!This work provides examples of:
17	%%* AdorableEvilMinions: Zarray, the Army of Evil, [[spoiler: a.k.a. Katori's minions]].
18	%%* AffectionateParody: Of Franchise/SuperSentai
19	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie / TomatoInTheMirror: The short ends with Katori [[spoiler: erupting in armor, spikes, and a [[NestedMouths nested, xenomorph-like jaw]]]] and still confused about what's going on.
20	* ArrowsOnFire: How both the Freshmen and Zarray deliver their messages to Shintaro
21	%%* BelligerentSexualTension: Katori and Pink Fresh.
22	%%* {{BFG}}: The titular Rolling Bomber.
23	* BlandNameProduct: "Popsi" (from Pepsi) is seen as a soft drink.
24	%%* CoolestClubEver: When Katori [[spoiler: and his minions]] go out drinking.
25	%%* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler: Katori to his minions at the end. ''Nome ko ka?'' (Literally, ''Wanna go drinking?'' "YEAH!")]]
26	%%* EdibleAmmunition: A bag of groceries. (Edible grapeshot?)
27	%%* HeroBall: Each member of Earth Defender Freshman is holding on to one.
28	%%* InsaneTrollLogic: How the Freshmen justify wanting to destroy him.
29	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The second time the team yells out their battle cry, Katori turns to the camera and does a (less enthusiastic) version of it.
30	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The Freshmen are capable of growing to giant proportions at will. Well...[[spoiler: more like their heads grow at will and replace the torso, leaving [[{{Cephalothorax}} a giant head with stubby protruding limbs]].]]
31	%%* MsFanservice: Pink Fresh
32	* NoSell: The first encounter with the Freshmen is a series of these, although mostly because of the team's own apparent incompetence. It also happens in the end, with Katori blocking a much more powerful Rolling Bomber Special and much more concerned with [[spoiler: the sudden metamorphosis taking his body]]
33	%%* PainfullySlowProjectile: "Hurricane Beam Attack!"
34	* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Both the Freshmen and Zarray apparently turn out to be right about what Katori's supposed to be, except he's ''still'' very scared and confused about the whole thing.]]
35	%%* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: For Katori, from the look of the ending. Though he explains he's just using what he has. In this case, using his minions to go drinking together. Even when it comes his sudden powers, he's obviously terrified about them.]]
36	%%* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: After seeing the ending and maybe watch it again, can you really believe the Freshmen were ''that'' inept?]]
37	%%* TwistEnding: Welp, the {{Deconstruction}} ends being [[SubvertedTrope deconstructed]].
38	%%* VillainProtagonist / DesignatedVillain: Katori

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