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''Chōjin Sentai Jetman'' (Aviator Squadron Jetman) is the fifteenth [[Super Sentai]] series, running from 1991 to 1992. Notable for being a tribute of ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Gatchaman]]''.
 
An international army, Skyforce, is working on a project to create superhumans by infusing them with [[Applied Phlebotinum|"Birdonic Waves"]]. Five of the best Skyforce officers are chosen to receive the treatment. Unfortunately, right after the first officer, Ryū Tendō, receives the treatment, [[Alien Invasion|extradimensional invaders]] known as the Vyram attack Skyforce's orbital base. The remaining four Birdonic Waves are scattered around <s>the globe</s> Japan, where they strike four random civilians. Even worse, one of the candidates, Ryū's lover Rie Aoi, is sucked out into space. Ryū and the project's leader, Chief Aya Odagiri, must now find the four civilians struck by the Birdonic Waves and recruit them to fight the Vyram.
 
(A fan adaptation was completed in 2009, see ''[[Power Rangers Take Flight (Fanfic)|Power Rangers Take Flight]]'' [http://takeflight.rovang.org/ here])
 
=== The Jetmen: ===
* Ryū Tendō ('''{{color|red|Red Hawk}}'''): [[The Hero]] who's [[Loving a Shadow|still much in love with his dead girlfriend]]. {{spoiler|He then finds out that she's [[Not Quite Dead]] and that she's [[Brainwashed|with the bad guys]].}} Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Ken the Eagle.
* Gai Yūki ('''{{color|black|Black Condor}}'''): [[The Lancer]], [[Sour Supporter]]. Initially comes off as a [[Sociopathic Hero|Sociopathic]] [[Anti-Hero]] but [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|later revealed to be a nice guy too]]. Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Condor Joe.
* Raita Ōishi ('''{{color|gold|Yellow Owl}}'''): [[The Big Guy|The Big]] and [[The Smart Guy|Smart Guy]]. [[I Just Want to Be Normal|He just wants to be a normal]] [[Farm Boy|farmer]]. One of the very few visibly fat heroes in any [[Super Sentai]] series. Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Ryū the Owl.
* Kaori Rokumeikan ('''{{color|silver|White Swan}}'''): [[The Chick]], [[The Ojou]]. Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Jun the Swan.
* Ako Hayasaka ('''{{color|cyan|Blue Swallow}}'''): [[Kid Appeal Character]]. Starts off as a [[Shorttank|tomboyish]] and [[You Go, Girl!|athletic]] [[Ordinary High School Student]]. Is a bit of a [[High School Hustler]] at the beginning of the series. Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Jinpei the Swallow.
* Chief Aya Odagiri: The [[Team Mom]], [[The Mentor]]. Based on ''Gatchaman'''s Dr. Nanbu.
 
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* [[Home Base]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Like Fiveman, the Jetman's main set of mechas could combine into two forms. This time both forms could be upgraded. The team also received a third robot.
** [[A Mech Byby Any Other Name]]: The Jet Machines.
** [[Animal Mecha]]: The Jet Machines are borderline examples, since they're really just jets with cockpits shaped like the respective birds each one is based on. The Garuda is based on the mythical creature of the same name.
** [[Combining Mecha]]: Jet Hawk + Condor + Owl + Swallow + Swan = Jet Icarus (robot mode) or Icarus Haken (jet mode).
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*** Icarus Haken + Bird Garuda = Hyper Haken
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]:
* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]:
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Red Hawk's vehicle, the Jet Striker, transforms into the [[BFG]].
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: The Jigenmushi fulfills this role; if it can latch off the monster as it's destroyed, it can bring it back giant size. It can be destroyed, thus keeping the monster from coming back.
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* [[Mook|Mooks]]: The Grinam Soldiers
* [[The Narrator]]:
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]:
* [[Psycho Rangers]]: The Shadow Jetman team in Episode 25. The only one who didn't get his own [[Evil Counterpart]] was Black Condor, who was absent during the time the clones were made.
* [[Regular Caller]]:
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* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]:
* [[Transformation Trinket]]: See [[By the Power of Greyskull]].
* [[Two Girls to Aa Team]]: White and Blue instead of the traditional Pink and Yellow (although White Swan does have pink spandex on her suit). Notable that it's the second time both of these colors were used for female rangers (following [[Dengeki Sentai Changeman|Change Mermaid]] and [[Choujuu Sentai Liveman|Blue Dolphin]]) and the only time they were ever used together (not counting ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'', which had the white-clad Magi Mother joining her daughters Pink and Blue during the final story arc). This would also be the last Sentai team with two female rangers for the next three years.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: For the first time since [[Choudenshi Bioman|Bioman]], the heroes ''do'' not have an individual [[Weapon of Choice]]. They do have:
** [[Sword and Gun]]: The Bringer Swords and Bird Blasters.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Acknowledged by most fans as one of the darker installments of the Sentai franchise.
* [[The Danza]]: Kaori's prehistoric counterpart in episode 26 is called Rika, just like the actress playing her.
* [[Desperately Looking for Aa Purpose In Life]]: Kaori's reason to join the Jetman, to break out of the [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]] shell she lived in.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A blood-red diamond is turned by Vyram into a [[Hate Plague]]-mongering [[Monster of the Week]]. As if people didn't fight over "blood diamonds" in real life...
* [[Drink Order]]: [[The Hero|Ryu]] and his hot, sugar-free milk. On the contrary, [[The Lancer|Gai]] orders whiskies all the time.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Radiguet and Ryū team up to defeat Tranza once and for all. Considering [[Complete Monster|what kind of person Radiguet is]], no surprise that he'd turn against Ryū once he served his purposes.
** Radiguet did it before too, when he gave the Jetman the hint on how to beat Juza.
* [[Expy]]: The whole series is an intentional expy of [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]].
* [[Four Is Death]]: The Vyram Elite.
* [[A God Am I]]: Radiguet says that the Vyram are humanity's gods when he first reveals himself.
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** The Dimensia team that delivers Jet Garuda is made up of [[Choushinsei Flashman|Blue Flash]], [[Hikari Sentai Maskman|Yellow Mask]]...and Tricera Ranger [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|who also showed up early]].
** Being a Toshiki Inoue-written series, Yutaka Hirose, known for playing the likes of [[Choujuu Sentai Liveman|Dr. Kemp]] and [[Gosei Sentai Dairanger|Jin Matoba ]] appears as Tranza.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Played around in the 11th episode. A drink from the Vending Machine Jigen makes a hidden aspect of the the Jetmen's personalities become their dominant one: Ryū becomes a [[Lazy Bum]], Gai becomes [[The Messiah]] (counts as a hidden depth for his [[Heroic Sociopath]] tendencies, he's actually a [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]), Raita becomes a jerk, Kaori turns into a rich snob worse than her pre-development phase, Ako turns into [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Girly Girl]]. They get better in the end...
* [[Hope Spot]]: Brutally in Episode 24 - After getting curbstomped by {{spoiler|Queen Juuza's fully-grown monster child}}, the team is rescued by Jet Garuda, piloted by three warriors from another dimension. After a whole episode of making it compatible, the warriors set off with Jet Garuda to save the day and combine into Great Icarus! Then Radiguet murders them and [[Gundamjack|Gundamjacks]] it.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Noodle Jigen. Inspired by instant ramen and created by Tran, anyone affected by eating his noodles get extremely aggressive and try to get everything done as quickly as possible until they die of overworking themselves. He didn't count on Yellow Owl eating his noodles, which caused him to kill the monster as fast as possible.
* [[Humans Are Bastards]]: The Vyram's motivation for attacking Earth. As if they were any different...
** Though with some, as Aya coined, 'pathetic excuse of human being' like [[The Neidermeyer|Commander Ichijou]], Radiguet might be partially right (though he's still no better).
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* [[Image Song]]: ''Honoo no Condor'', for Black Condor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDxgHgjoN8c Listen, while he kicks some Vyram butt]
* [[Instant Expert]]: Averted hard with everybody (except Ryū, for whom the trope doesn't even apply). Cue [[Training From Hell]] to the other four (or three, since Gai's not the training kind).
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: As the series progresses, Gai shows himself to be one.
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Tran, before his growth.
* [[Last of His Kind|Last Of Their Kind]]: The Dimensian Soldiers Ray, Kanna, and Dan; each of whom possess powers similar to the Jetman. {{spoiler|All three are introduced and killed off within two episodes.}}
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* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Played around. Gai stated that he's the only one allowed to ''complain'' about Ryū.
* [[Opposites Attract]]: Subverted with Gai and Kaori, they were way too opposite for their relationship to last any longer.
* [[Orcus Onon His Throne]]: Averted. Even though Radiguet is the [[Big Bad]], he is more prone to jump into the battlefield. His 'superior' Empress Juza also doesn't like sitting on the throne way too often.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: In #48, {{spoiler|Maria}} transforms into a vampire, slowly transforming into a more monstrous form. The victims do not die of blood loss, but evaporate.
* [[Poor Man's Substitute]]: The Neo-Jetman team.
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* [[Rule of Cool]]: Jet Swallow's Wing Cutter attack, which would be very dangerous in real life.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Raita and Gai.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The entire series is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]''.
** Also when Ako's teddy bear-cum-[[Monster of the Week]] fixes a child's broken toy, it's the Star Five from [[Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman]].
** It's probably a stretch, but [[Street Fighter|the one who's like KEN is named RYU]]
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