Headscratchers / Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

• Related to the episode where the Animal Tamer Org controlled the power animals, why didn't the Org control Gao Silver's animals after Gao Silver got kicked out of Gao Hunter?
  • Did you not watch the episode? They tried to, but their status as lone wolves makes them Immune to Mind Control.
    • Yeah Silver's animals just kind of do whatever they want. They also defied GaoGod to return to help Silver in episode 40 after he forbade the Power Animals from helping the team again. Maybe it had something to do with being empowered by the mask for all those years?
• Why do they feel the need to use "code names"? Do they really think it does any good? The villains know what they look like in their civilian identities. It would serve a purpose in a show like Megaranger, but not here.
  • It’s because Yellow is wanted for desertion from the Air Force. If people overhear the name “Gaku Washio”, they could report it and then Yellow would go to jail.
• During the confrontation with Vase Org, the Gaoranger say that without Soul Bird, they had no cockpit to combine their Power Animals. Did they forget that they had a cockpit before they got Soul Bird? And didn’t they use GaoMuscle on one occasion before acquiring Soul Bird?
  • It was implied fusing without the Soul Bird drained their power down and is what caused GaoLion to weaken in the first place and is what they need Soul Bird for. Granted, using it for one fight probably wouldn't be a big deal but GaoRed was often besides himself at the mere thought of putting the Power Animals at risk so he probably wouldn't consider it after knowing of the danger. Remember this is the same guy who couldn't bear to press the advantage against Tomestone Org by using wounded Power Animals even though the animals themselves were asking him to.

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