Line #42 Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce


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3	->''"''Save the life!'' Rescue Force, explosively suppress the extreme disasters!"''
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5	A {{toku}} that serves as the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo'', taking the {{Rescue}} genre and [[SerialEscalation seeing just how outlandishly awesome it can make it]]. The plot centres on the titular Rescue Force, a team of [[{{Rescue}} rescue workers]] equipped with high-tech equipment designed to stop [[DisasterMovie extreme natural disasters]]. It carries a ''[[Series/MetalHeroes Rescue Police]]'' vibe in that their equipment is designed primarily for rescue efforts, not to fight evil. Despite this, the show slowly crept towards evil-fighting with antagonists Neo Terror artificially creating extreme disasters and sending {{Mooks}} to interfere with the rescue efforts.
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7	With the same writing staff, stunt crew and suit aesthetic, any fan of ''Ryukendo'' will probably like ''Rescue Force''. With the name of a toy company ''in the title of the show'', there should be no doubt that it's MerchandiseDriven all the way, due to Japanese toy company Takara Tomy creating the show.
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9	The show got a sequel with a new branch of Rescue Force in the form of ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire''.
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11	!!This show contains examples of:
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13	* ActorAllusion:
14	** The Three Great Executives of Neo Terror are an {{Expy}} of Yasuda Dai Circus, a Japanese comedy trio who actually voice their counterparts.
15	** The two Interpol agents and the cyclist who appear at the end of the movie and wave to Super Rescue Max are [[Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo Ryugunoh, Ryujinoh and Ryukendo]].
16	* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: At the start of every episode and occasionally at the end.
17	* AscendedFanboy: Hikaru Todoroki/R1
18	* AlternateContinuity: The movie (which introduces one of the vehicles and one of the characters before they were actually introduced in proper context).
19	* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted with Rescue Striker's AI. Even when it begins malfunctioning dangerously in one episode, it realizes what is happening and politely requests to be replaced if it keeps malfunctioning.
20	* BaseOnWheels: Rescue Phoenix (actually more of a "base on wings").
21	* BeachEpisode: Subverted in that it is a major part of the story and the typical tropes associated with it only make up a fraction of it's runtime.
22	* BewareTheSillyOnes: The Three Great Commanders of Neo Terror are largely treated as jokes for the first portion of the series. Then episode 13 happens and they actually ''fight'' themselves, and come within a hairsbreadth of winning using the End Crisis Maker.
23	* TheBigBadShuffle: The three executives are the villains at first until their creator Daen appears and takes direct control, up until [[spoiler:he goes through RedemptionEqualsDeath]] and his daughter Maen takes over. Eventually it's revealed [[spoiler:both were really pawns of Batsu, the super computer that created Neo-Terror]].
24	* BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Daaen, though sort of subverted in that said brainwashing actually amplified Oobuchi's hatred of humanity from the incident where he went AWOL, qualifying it partially as MoreThanMindControl.]]
25	* BreakingTheFourthWall: In episode 40 a couple of people try to put up posters and one suggests putting one ''on'' the fourth wall
26	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Eiji loses ''all'' his [[TheStoic stoic-ness]] when he dons the R5 suit, becoming ridiculously HotBlooded. He's also every bit as skilled and awesome at his job as he is hotblooded.
27	* {{Camp}}: It ''is'' from people who brought you ''Ryukendo'', after all.
28	* CarFu: Noticeably absent when it would make sense to run over the Mooks in the way.
29	* CelebrityStar: The episode with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke_Naito Daisuke Naito]], a real life boxing champion. Played ridiculously over-the-top: suddenly everyone (even the villains!) is enthralled with boxing, and constantly talk about how awesome Naito is. The man himself is introduced with a TwinkleSmile. It doesn't help that before that, he made appearances at the end of several episodes in a Rescue Force uniform to [[SesameStreetCred give encouragement messages]] to the kids watching at home.
30	* CharacterShilling: Episode 37 and 38 spent some time presenting us with Hikaru's [[InstantExpert sudden genius]] in regards to rescues, with both Eiji and Kyousuke, both of whom are well acquainted with his [[IdiotHero personality]] suddenly labelling him as the best choice for [[spoiler: next Captain]] because he figures stuff out a couple times. This is ignoring the fact that Hikaru would be hopeless at all other Captain duties, not to mention being the youngest, the [[RookieRedRanger the rookie]], and [[HotBlooded very reckless]]. While Hikaru might make good field calls, the show ignores the fact that the other candidate, Kyousuke himself, is far better at the administrative and core aspects of leading in favour of pushing [[TheHero the main character]] as the leader's successor.
31	* ChainsawGood: Rescue Crusher in Mantis Mode is fitted with one.
32	* ChewingTheScenery: Later episodes give the impression that the actors are ''trying'' to make each other corpse with their ridiculously over-the-top acting.
33	* CombiningMecha: The culmination of all these mecha is God Striker, a multi-armed vehicle that can ''fly'', despite all the weight on it. Like ''Ryukendo'', God is only the halfway mark. The new vehicles are added onto the old to create ''Great'' God Striker, a flying monstrosity of a mecha.
34	* CompanionCube: Juri's medical training dummy.
35	* CoolCar: The "Core" vehicles which form the cockpit of the HumongousMecha.
36	** In the movie, Core Striker Fire has a built in chamber for a TransformationSequence and a Javelin/Pickaxe weapon hidden underneath and is thus automatically the coolest.
37	** The Tomica company is ''primarily'' known for its' 1/64 scale diecast toys based on real cars. If you have a Japanese car that wasn't made [[strike: primarily]] entirely for export, chances are there's a Tomica model of it.
38	* CoolOldGuy:
39	** UFDA Director Reiji Osakabe (R0) in the movie. It certainly doesn't hurt that he's played by Creator/HiroshiFujioka. He later shows up in ''Rescue Fire'', where he takes on more of an OldMaster vibe.
40	** Juri's martial arts-practicing grandfather in one episode (who at one point even ''steals the R5 suit'' to help his granddaughter out).
41	* CrewOfOne: Rescue Striker and Rescue Saver. Their BaseOnWheels appears to have a crew of ''five''.
42	* CuteBruiser: Both the girls. ''"Kajiba no Super Power!"'', indeed.
43	* DancingTheme: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfWDuKXbNC8 In the movie.]]
44	* DeadlyGas: The final extreme disaster involves this.
45	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: In the movie, Neo Terror blows up a bridge, causing its car to fall out of the race while Rescue Force carries on.
46	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Daaen manages to be this twice-over. After his defeat, it is revealed that he indulged in BrainUploading to create AI Daaen, who only lasts one episodes before being destroyed for good.
47	* DoomsdayDevice: Instead of your typical MonsterOfTheWeek, these are the main threat each week (though some ''do'' have a combat mode as well). Machines causing 'mega disasters'.
48	* {{Doppelganger}}: Episode 40, which has Juri (played by Emi Hasegawa) meeting... famous [[IdolSinger idol]] Eri Haseyama. And then they [[SwappedRoles swap places]], so Eri Haseyama is acting as Juri and Juri, played by Emi is acting as... Eri... yeah, [[MindScrew don't think too hard about this episode]].
49	* EliteMooks: Maens personal bodyguard are completely black versions of the axts with horns and red bows as well as being armed with swords.
50	* EvilCounterpart: AI Daaen (and its Black Core Striker.)
51	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The seventh episode features a master thief as one of the victims of the week, who just happened to be the father of a rescue worker. The worker died saving others, and the thief felt he wasted his efforts doing so, and considers the act of rescuing someone to be infuriating and pointless nonsense. After seeing Hikaru and Kyosuuke in action, however, he undergoes a heelfaceturn and helps in the rescue operation, turning himself in to the authorities afterwards.
52	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Daaen/Oobuchi, Neo Terror's leader, was the previous R1. Now he's a WellIntentionedExtremist seeking to wipe out humanity to 'reset' the Earth.]]
53	* FanSequel: Some enterprising people decided to merge this show with ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet'', resulting in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XspU4ZxHkw 21 Jump Street Rangers]]'', which takes place years after the original team's adventures.
54	* FedoraOfAsskicking: Reiji Osakabe's skewed fedora in the movie. His signature move seems to be tweaking the brim downward with two fingers (though [[spoiler:he tosses the hat away before he Chakusous into R0]])
55	* FinishingMove: Final Rescue. Them being reserved for the killing blow is justified by the fact they need expressed permission to use them and if they were used at the wrong time, they could easily make the situation ''worse''.
56	* GenderBender: Episode 44 (Kyosuke Heartbroken: Who is the Number One Bro?) has Maaen creating some kind of virus to turn all men into women.
57	* GenreThrowback: Eiji as [[SixthRanger R5]] is basically a Showa Era Toku protagonist, complete with InTheNameOfTheMoon proclamations, [[LargeHam an abundance of ham]], and being as HotBlooded as they come.
58	* HeroicResolve: Known in the show as "Rescue Soul".
59	* HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: The team need to secure approval from either captain Eiji Ishiguro or commander Natsuno "Nancy" Nanbu before they are allowed to use a Final Rescue. This is explained as being because if used at the wrong time, it could easily make the situation ''worse''.
60	* HotBlooded: see HeroicResolve
61	* HumansAreBastards: Daaen's motivation.
62	* HumongousMecha
63	** Rescue Striker + Rescue Saver = Rescue Max
64	** Rescue Striker + Rescue Diver = Super Rescue Max
65	*** MechaExpansionPack
66	*** Rescue Max + Rescue Drill + Rescue Dozer = Rescue Max Drill Dozer
67	*** Super Rescue Max + Rescue Crane = Super Rescue Max Crane
68	* InstantAIJustAddWater: Maaen
69	* {{Joshikousei}}: When Neo-Terror release a virus that [[GenderBender turns men into women]] Hikaru ends up wearing this.
70	* {{Kawaiiko}}: Maaen, when she's [[{{Tsundere}} not in a bad mood]].
71	* TheLadette: Rei Kozuki.
72	* LighterAndSofter: Much goofier and more light-hearted than ''Ryukendo'' before it.
73	* MacrossMissileMassacre: [[spoiler:Baatsu launches several of these in the second-to-last episode.]]
74	* MechaExpansionPack: Several, including a shovel, a ladder, a crane, a bulldozer, [[BlowYouAway a fan]], and of course [[DrillTank a drill]].
75	* MissionControl: Eiji Ishiguro, the commander of Rescue Force who makes the final call regarding the use of a Final Rescue.
76	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Played With. While the villains do use a different Crisis Maker or other DoomsdayDevice each week, they're generally made to cause disasters first and many (especially early on) ''can't'' fight back if the Rescue Team manage to get past their disaster and get a bead on them.
77	* MsFanservice: A large number of the female cast, particularly Rei and Juri.
78	* NeverTellMeTheOdds: Less than 0.1% chance of winning? Pssh, whatever.
79	* NitroBoost: Rescue Drill's Final Rescue: Drill Boost.
80	* NonSerialMovie: Probably, no one's explicitly stated the canonicity of the movie but the Rescue Zamber, Rescue Diver and Zero Fire appear in different ways in the movie than they do in the series. Also one episode involves Rei winning a pair of tickets to ride the "Mach Train" which happens in the movie but with different results.
81	** [[spoiler:If it is canon it probably takes place between episodes 38 and 39.]]
82	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Maen]] seemingly dies in episode 38, only to return an episode later.
83	* OldSuperhero: Done in only a way Tokusatsu could: when Eiji dons his R5 suit and returns to action, the fact he's from the previous generation is played up...by having him act like a Showa Era tokusatsu superhero rather than a more modern one.
84	* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The BigBad dies in the penultimate episode, and afterwards, the final Super-Disaster is easily taken care of]].
85	* PowerGivesYouWings: Super Rescue Max. It's Rescue Max, but with wings!
86	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The Three Great Commanders of Neo Terror (and Maaen, though she's [[InstantAIJustAddWater technically not a robot]].)
87	* RoarBeforeBeating: Rescue Shovel and Rescue Dozer seem to have very animalistic A.I.
88	** Most of the sapient Extreme Disaster do this as well.
89	* RobotBuddy: The A.I. of the Rescue Commanders.
90	* RollerbladeGood: Rescue Max
91	* RuleOfCool: There is not a lot of explanation for how anything works really.
92	** A noticeable example is Mantis impact. How can a chainsaw create a cutting beam-wave?
93	* SerialEscalation: How [[MundaneMadeAwesome needlessly cool]] can this show make the {{Rescue}} genre? What kind of WaveMotionGun will be used to save the city this week?
94	** ''Delightfully'' subverted in the final episode as well. The big danger isn't solved by whipping out the biggest guns, but by [[spoiler: 'explosively suppressing' your fear and doing what has to be done]].
95	* ShoutOut: To ''Series/MadanSenkiRyukendo'', naturally.
96	* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''WesternAnimation/RescueHeroes'' in that it has personal antagonists and the heroes actually ''stop'' the disasters.
97	* SuperMode: R1 Max.
98	* StockFootage: In every episode, noticeable when characters are suddenly standing in front of an all black background.
99	* SwissArmyWeapon: In droves. You've got Rescue Breaker, which has eight modes[[note]]Mobile Mode, Break Ax, Break Hammer, Break Pick, Break Rope, Break Hand, Break Shot and Break Drill[[/note]] (granted, only seven of which are preserved in the actual toy); Rescue Crusher, which has three[[note]][[ChainsawGood Mantis Mode]], Whale Mode and Drill Crusher[[/note]] (one of which uses Rescue Breaker's Break Drill mode); and R1 Max's Max Divider, which also has three (well, five, if you count the three sub-modes of Divider Mode)[[note]]Sword Mode, Drill Mode and Divider Mode which is further split into Flame Divider, Sonic Divider, Aqua Divider[[/note]].
100	* TerribleTrio: Neo Terror's "Three Great Executives": Maaru, Saan and Shiika.
101	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Most episodes.
102	* ThisIsADrill: Obvious for a show like this. Rescue Breaker as Break Drill; Rescue Crusher in Drill Mode (which uses Break Drill as an attachment); the medium vehicle Rescue Drill (actually a DrillTank).
103	* TransformingMecha: The Rescue Vehicles.
104	* TransformationSequence (''"Chakusou!"'')[[spoiler:means Equip]]
105	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Rei and Juri are shown to follow this trope for more than one would expect for this series, having alternate outfits for two separate situations:
106	** In scenes where they are at the base's pool facilities, they wear one-piece swimsuits, but in the BeachEpisode they are seen in much more fanservice-typical bikinis, complete with skirts.
107	** their standard uniforms are also prone to variation, often switching between skirts and shorts within the span of a single episode.
108	* VerbalTic: Apparently being a Neo Terror android/virtual construct means you come with one of these. Great Commander Saan suffixes his sentences with "gansu"; Shiika suffixes them with "gossu"; Maaen has a habit of suffixing sentences with "no da;" the Axto Mooks only say "zansu!" over and over.
109	** Maaru is the only exception, though you might be able to present a good case in her habit of using "mou!" whenever she's disappointed. (Though it really doesn't happen ''that'' often.)
110	* VictoryPose: Upon learning that he is in consideration to be the driver of a new TransformingMecha, Kyosuke's first priority is...To decide on his VictoryPose.
111	** Another episode features Hikaru and Kyosuke spending their free time trying to synchronize their victory poses so that it'll look cooler when they complete something.
112	** Mere seconds after [[CombiningMecha Rescue Max's]] First victory Kyosuke realises that he and Hikaru need to update their ''"Bakushin Kanryou!"'' pose.
113	* VillainousHarlequin: Maaen, Daaen's "daughter" (and the next step up the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil).
114	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Batsu, who possesses Daaen and later assumes the guise of Maaen, is the true BigBad]].
115	* WaveMotionGun: Most Final Rescues. It's easier to list those which are not

Context Series / TomicaHeroRescueForce