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A list of tropes common to Japanese Tokusatsu series.
See also Japanese Media Tropes, Mecha Tropes and Kaiju Tropes.
Tropes
- Abandoned Warehouse
- Academic Athlete
- Action Girl
- Action Hero
- Alien Invasion
- All Your Powers Combined
- An Asskicking Christmas
- Animal Lover
- Animal Theme Naming
- Animal-Themed Superbeing
- Another Dimension
- Artistic License
- Ass Kicking Pose
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
- Autobots, Rock Out!
- Back from the Dead
- Badass Biker
- Badass Driver
- Bad Boss
- Bare-Fisted Monk
- Battle Couple
- BBC Quarry
- Beast Man
- Behemoth Battle
- BFG
- BFS
- Big Bad
- Big Good
- Blue Is Heroic
- Boss Subtitles
- Bullet Sparks
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- Broken Faceplate
- By the Power of Grayskull!
- The Call Knows Where You Live
- Calling Your Attacks
- Classical Elements Ensemble
- Clothes Make the Superman
- Color Animal Codename
- Color Character
- Color-Coded Characters
- Colourful Theme Naming
- Combined Energy Attack
- Combining Mecha
- Confusion Fu
- Conservation of Ninjutsu
- Conveniently Empty Building
- Cool Bike
- Cool Car
- Cool Starship
- Cool Sword
- Crossover
- Custom Uniform of Sexy
- Cyborg
- Dance Battler
- Death Is Dramatic
- Defeat Equals Explosion
- Disappears into Light
- The Dragon
- Dressing as the Enemy
- 11th-Hour Ranger
- Empowered Badass Normal
- Evil Counterpart
- Evil Gloating
- Fanservice
- Finishing Move
- Five-Man Band
- For Great Justice
- Gold-Colored Superiority
- Golden Super Mode
- Good Is Not Soft
- The Gunslinger
- Head Bob
- Henshin Hero
- Highly-Visible Ninja
- Hour of Power
- Humongous Mecha
- In a Single Bound
- In the Name of the Moon
- Japanese Beetle Brothers
- Job Title
- Just Hit Him
- Kaiju
- Kidnapped by the Call
- Land, Sea, Sky
- Laser Blade
- Last Episode Theme Reprise
- Last Villain Stand
- Latex Space Suit
- Law of Chromatic Superiority
- Leg Focus
- Legion of Doom
- Limited Wardrobe
- Mad Scientist
- Magical Girl Warrior
- Make My Monster Grow
- Master Archer
- Master Swordsman
- Mech vs. Beast
- Mecha Expansion Pack
- The Mentor
- Merchandise-Driven
- Mid-Season Upgrade
- Military Superhero
- Milking the Giant Cow
- Minidress of Power
- Monster of the Week
- Mooks
- Multiform Balance
- Mythical Motifs
- Nebulous Evil Organisation
- No Body Left Behind
- No Indoor Voice
- Official Cosplay Gear
- One-Way Visor
- One-Winged Angel
- People in Rubber Suits
- Physical, Mystical, Technological
- Pink Heroine
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Pocket Dimension
- Power Trio
- Powered Armor
- Primary-Color Champion
- The Professor
- Protagonist Title
- The Psycho Rangers
- Red Is Heroic
- Revenge
- Ridiculously Human Robots
- Robeast
- Robot Buddy
- Rookie Red Ranger
- Rule of Cool
- Say My Name
- Scarf of Asskicking
- Science Hero
- Screaming Warrior
- Secret Identity
- Secret-Keeper
- Sentai
- Shared Universe
- Sixth Ranger
- Super Cop
- Superheroes in Space
- Super Mode
- Super Robot Genre
- "Super Sentai" Stance
- Super-Speed
- Support Party Member
- Stock Footage
- The Stoic
- Stuff Blowing Up
- Supervillain Lair
- Swiss-Army Weapon
- Sword Sparks
- Take Over the World
- Team Title
- Technicolor Ninjas
- Technology Porn
- Thematic Rogues Gallery
- Theme Music Power-Up
- The Movie
- Time Travel
- Title Theme Tune
- Took a Level in Badass
- Tragic Monster
- Tragic Villain
- Transformation Name Announcement
- Transformation Sequence
- Transformation Trinket
- Traveling at the Speed of Plot
- Ultraman Copy
- Villains Act, Heroes React
- Violence is the Only Option
- Was Once a Man
- Weapon Specialization
- Webisode
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
- Wire Fu
- World of Action Girls
- World of Badass
- World of Ham
- Would Hit a Girl
- Would Hurt a Child
- You Have Failed Me
- You Killed My Father
- You Look Familiar
