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{{quote|"''Pressing forward on the road of Justice!''"}}
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''Engine Sentai Go-onger'' is the 32nd program in the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series, which aired from 2008 to 2009.
Including the earth humans live in, the Human World, there are 11 [[Another Dimension|Alternate Dimensions]] altogether
Vehicles and racing are chosen as the themes for the Rangers, and the motif is about [[Green Aesop|Ecology]]; the three Gaiark Ministers represent land, water and air pollutions respectively.
Originally unintended to be contractually bound to its [[Power Rangers RPM|US version]], Go-onger was... ''weird''. The series took a sharp turn to comedy, sacrificing a significant plotline for [[Running Gag
And remember: '''This series is comedy.''' [[Rule of Funny|We're supposed to laugh!]]
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[[Pragmatic Adaptation|"Adapted"]] for American audiences as ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''.
* 1 - Sōsuke Esumi / '''{{color|red|Go-On Red}}''' - "Speed King": A former race car driver. [[Idiot Hero|Not a thinker]], and expect him to [[Hot-Blooded|go gung-ho]] in a battle.
* 2 - Renn Kōsaka / '''{{color|blue|Go-On Blue}}''' - "Cyclopedia": A bus driver. Essentially [[Team Mom|the manager of the crew]], and [[The Smart Guy|smarter than he looks]]. He's the team's <s> mechanic</s> [[Mr. Fixit|repairman]]. When he becomes Go-On Blue, his [[The Big Guy|strength is magnified]]
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* 5 - Gunpei Ishihara / '''Go-On Black''' - "Chaser": A [[By-The-Book Cop]] who resigned from the force to help deal with the Gaiark. As [[The Lancer]], he's the [[The Stoic|serious one]] - [[Rule of Funny|in comparison]]) - and also actually competent - again, in comparison.
* 7 - Hiroto Sutō / '''{{color|goldenrod|Go-On Gold}}''' - "Philosopher": The older brother. A [[The Stoic|no-nonsense]] [[Genius Bruiser]]. [[The Rival]] to Go-ongers, but particularly to Sōsuke.
* 8 - Miu Sutō / '''{{color|gray|Go-On Silver}}''' - "Lovely Sensation": The younger sister. Warms up to the others sooner than her brother. Has [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|BST]] with Sōsuke.
* 1 - '''{{color|red| Speedor}}''':<ref>
* 2 - '''{{color|blue| Bus-on}}''':<ref>
* 3 - '''{{color|gold| BearRV}}''':<ref>
* 4 - '''{{color|green| Birca}}''':<ref>
* 5 - '''{{color|black| Gunpherd}}''':<ref>
* 6 - '''{{color|orange| Carrigator}}''':<ref>
* 7 - '''{{color|goldenrod| Toripter}}''':<ref>
* 8 - '''{{color|gray| Jetras}}''':<ref>
* 9 - '''{{color|navy| Jum-bowhale}}''':<ref>
* 10 - '''{{color|maroon| Kishamoth}}''':<ref>
* 11 - '''{{color|darkgray| T-Line}}''':<ref>
* 12 - '''{{color|aqua| K-Line}}''':<ref>
** The K-Line and the T-Line may also refer to the K/T boundry
* Land Pollution Minister, Yogostein: Leader of the Ministers.
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* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: The Super Highway Buster.
** Highway Buster: Combination of Go-on Red, Blue, and Yellow's weapons.
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** [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Hant
** [[The Lancer]]: Gunpei
** [[Sixth Ranger
* [[Home Base]]: The Ginjiro:<ref>
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Go-onger currently holds the highest record in [[Super Sentai]] for multiple mecha combination in-series:<ref>
** [[A Mech by Any Other Name]]: The Engines.
** [[Combining Mecha]]
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*** Engine Oh G6 + Seiku Oh = Engine Oh G6
*** Engine Oh G9 + Kyoretsu Oh = Engine Oh G9
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: "GP"<ref>
* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Pushed ''way'' [[Up to Eleven]]: The Rangers,<ref>
** First, the Rangers:<ref>When said in Japanese, all their lines end with "''-kai''", thus making rhymes.</ref>
{{quote|'''Sōsuke''': "Mach Full Force! ''Go-On Red''!"<ref>"''Mahha Zenkai! Go-on Red!''"</ref>
'''Renn''': "Just Correct! ''Go-On Blue''!"<ref>"''Zubari Seikai! Go-on Blue!''"</ref>
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'''Hiroto''': "Break the Limit! ''Go-On Gold''!"<ref>"Break ''Genkai''! Go-on Gold!''"</ref>
'''Miu''': "Sparkling World! ''Go-On Silver''!"<ref>"''Kirakira Sekai! Go-on Silver!''"</ref>|'''Both''': "''Take Off! Go-On Wings!''"}}
** Then the Engines:<ref>The Prehistoric Engines can't speak human language; theirs are subtitles.</ref>
{{quote|'''Speedor''': "The ''highway star'' with a full tank of courage! Engine Speedor!"
'''G12''': "The safe ride gallant and pure! I be Engine Bus-On!"
'''Bus-On''': "The ''tough girl'' of charm and guts! Engine BearRV-[[Kansai Dialect|ya]]!"
'''Birca''': "The easygoing ''dreamer''! Engine Birca here!"
'''Gunpherd''': "The ''hard'' emergency dispatch! This is Engine Gunpherd!"
'''Carrigator''': "The ''giant'' chieftain!<ref>More accurately, "star" or "leading figure".</ref>
'''Toripter''': "Flying free and ''tricky''! Me Engine Toripter!"
'''Jetras''': "The silver ''air master''! Engine Jetras!"
'''Jum-bowhale''': "With me, everything is ''first class''! I am Engine Jum-bowhale!"
'''Kishamoth''': "Full speed ahead from the ancient times! Engine Kishamoth arriving!"
'''T-Line''': "Ascend!<ref>Go uphill</ref>
'''K-Line''': "Descend!<ref>Go downhill</ref>
** And the Ministers:<ref>
{{quote|'''Yogostein''': "The ground dried and fissured! I'm<ref>"''Ware''"</ref> the Land Pollution Minister, Yogostein!"
'''Kegalesia''': "The water murky and defiled! I'm<ref>"''Warawa''"</ref> the Water Pollution Minister, Kegalesia!"
'''Kitaneidas''': "The atmosphere tainted and black! I'm<ref>"''Watashi''"</ref> the Air Pollution Minister, Kitaneidas!" }}
** As if the concept hasn't been lampooned enough already, Yogostein, Hiramechimedes and Happa<ref>
{{quote|'''Yogostein''': "The one who hatefully pollutes the land! Earth Pollution Minister Yogostein -nari!"
'''Hiramechimedes''': "I gain a flash of brilliance through pok-pok-ping!<ref>The sounds of his [[Idea Bulb
'''Happa Banki''': "No. 1 ruffian of Earth Pollution! Happa Banki!"|'''All''': "[[Sailor Moon|In the name of Earth Pollution, we'll eliminate you!]]".}}
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Sōsuke is the only one who can control BearRV efficiently, because no one else can understand what the Prehistoric Engines say.
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* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: "Industrial Revolution!": KO'd [[Monster of the Week|Bankiju]] can use the Bikkurium capsule inside them to grow to giant size. It's possible for them to shrink back when it runs out. They're also not above activating it ''before'' KO.
* [[Mix and Match]]: [[Super Sentai]] + [[Cars]]... [[Widget Series|on crack]]?
* [[Mook
* [[The Movie]]: ''Go-onger: Boom Boom! Bang Bang! Gekijō BANG!'' ("Gekijō Bang" is played on ''Gekijōban'', literally "[[The Movie|Movie Version]]")
* [[The Narrator]]: A new change of pace: There's no fixed narrator this year. All the Engines who can speak take turns narrating.
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** Hiroto and Miu: [[Knife Nut|Rocket Daggers]]
* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: or rather, Yogostein In The Banki Chamber {{spoiler|mourning the death of Hiramechimedes.}}
* [[Actor Allusion]]: or in this case, Voict Actor Allusion, as the voice of Carrigator also voiced the comic relief crocodilian monster Yatsudenwani from [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger]].
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of [[Super Sentai]] tropes while being a [[Super Sentai]]
* [[Aloof Ally]]: Hiroto and Miu.
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]}}
** The opening of ''Shinken Vs Go-On'' even implies that {{spoiler|they've been [[Walking the Earth|Walking The Parallel Worlds]].}}
* [[Anime Hair]]: '''Sōsuke'''
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Hiroto is a [[Combining Mecha|Gattai]]<ref>
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: The series is very, very rich when it comes to puns.
** Scoop Banki in GP 3 mistook the place he's supposed to strike for a hill.<ref>
* [[Backronym]]: At first glance, Bomper's name sounds like a twist of "Bumper", especially because the vehicle theme. But then we find out that it actually stands for {{spoiler|"'''B'''orn-to '''O'''uterdimension and '''M'''echanic × '''P'''itcrew-type '''E'''NGINE-support '''R'''obot"}}.
* [[Bad Boss]]: {{spoiler|Yogoshimacritein, who fires through two of his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] to hit the Go-ongers. He even denounced his (dead) son as a useless failure.}}
* [[Base on Wheels]]: The Ginjiro.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|GP 22 is basically about Hiramechimedes and Hiroto trying to out-gambit each other. Pretending to be exiled by Yogostein, fatally injured and all, Hiramechimedes tells the Go-ongers that he wanted to race Hiroto to Hellgaille Palace as his last wish. Hiroto accepted, and knowing him awfully well, had everything prepared. Hiramechimedes finally outwitted them, but there's one thing he didn't calculate about: [[Spanner in the Works|Go-ongers]].<ref>Well, they didn't follow him because they suspect him; on the contrary, they came to cheer for both of them.</ref>
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Despite being the villains, the Gaiark Ministers are surprisingly nice. Their monsters may lose to the Go-ongers' tactics and have to retreat, but if they did well, ''they praise them''. Now ''that'''s a boss.<ref>
** Just to drop the anvil; {{spoiler|[[Antagonist in Mourning|Yogostein ''personally'' mourns over Hiramechimedes' death]]}}. And that guy's supposed to be the villain!
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The Go-ongers may be simple, gullible and headstrong [[Idiot Hero
** Played straight in GP 13: the Yakuza boss' daughter is a [[Kawaiiko]] who's a closet Delinquent.
* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Averted painfully for Sōsuke as an [[Aesop]]. In GP 8, while helping Speedor recover from a bad rust, Sōsuke kept believing that a miracle will happen, since they're the heroes; nothing happened. In the end, he decided to ''make'' miracles happen, rather than waiting for them.
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** Hant and his "''Doki doki''". Not as often as the other three, but that's not saying much.
** Hiramechimedes' "Pok-pok-PING! I just had a flash of brilliance!"
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The giant gear in the Gaiark base with their symbol on it: Humorously named "[[Deus Ex Machina|Deus Haguruma Gear]]".<ref>
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Averted with Nigoru. He's introduced as if he might be to Kegalesia as Hiramekimedes was to Yogostein, only to die shortly afterward and never be mentioned again.
* [[The Chosen Many]]: There are countless other Engines in the Engine World which, from how they look, seem perfectly capable of anything the hero Engines can do.
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* [[Completely Different Title]]: The Korean dub refers to the show as "''Power Rangers: Engine Force''".
* [[Compliment Backfire]]: In GP 14, Hant, smitten with Kegalesia's [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] human-form, complimented her as a "Beautiful" and "Pure" person. Being a Gaiark who loves filthiness, [[Berserk Button|she didn't take it well]].
* [[Cool Plane]]: Toripter, Jetras and Jum-bowhale; the only members of the Wing Race we get to see, given their rarity. So, in principle, the whole Wing Race can count as [[Cool Plane
* [[
** GP 38: {{spoiler|Saki and Miu "hid" the guys paralyzed because of a Bankiju... by dressing them up as mannequins ''[[Hidden in Plain Sight|in the front showcase of a women's clothing store]]''. Perhaps [[Bigger on the Inside|the Ginjiro]] is [[Fridge Logic|too small]]?}}
* [[Dancing Theme]]: We have ''loads'' to go by. Just one thing: [[Rearrange the Song|It's the same tune]].
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* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: GP 30 ends with a [[Mundane Made Awesome|SPECTACULAR]] one.
* [[Get It Over With]]: Lampooned splendidly: Spray Banki in GP 4 followed this trope literally to heart, [[Too Dumb to Live|counting one to three after declaring that he'll finish off Renn and Saki]]. Naturally, [[Big Damn Heroes|he's stopped at the last moment by Sôsuke]].
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: GP 14: While Hant was ogling at [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Kegalesia under a human disguise]], Sōsuke just ''had'' to choose that moment to place a big log in front of him. ''Upright''. And just to hammer it home, Hant later used the Super Highway Buster<ref>
* [[Girl Group]]: G3 Princess, formed in BearR by Saki, Miu and [[Go-Karting with Bowser|Kegalesia]]. Later, in GP31, the male Go-ongers form a [[Distaff Counterpart|Spear Counterpart]] [[Boy Band]] named G5 Prince [[
* [[Gratuitous English]]: All the Engines have a particular phrase about themselves, but Jum-bowhale in particular, considering he's a passenger jet.
{{quote|'''Jum-bowhale''': "''Attenshun puriisu!''"<ref>"Attention please!"</ref>}}
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Sōsuke, of course.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Wait a minute! Isn't Kegalesia... Nao Oikawa? .........[[Guilty Pleasures|Yeah, we ''know'' her, okay?]]
** I wonder why Hiroto<ref>
*** Because they already have partners of their own to begin with?
** Retsutaka from [[The Movie]] is [[Kamen Rider Faiz]]!
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* [[Idiot Hair]]: Saki's hair pops up from time to time at unexpected moments. It's not permanent though.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: The first 5 rangers all have their moments.
* [[Infinite Supplies]]: The only explanation for everything the Go-ongers, excluding [[The White Prince|Hiroto]] and [[The Ojou|Miu]], run on;<ref>
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Both Hiroto ''and'' Hiramechimedes. Guess there's a reason they're arch-nemeses...
* [[Insult Backfire]]: Intentionally inverted with the Gaiark: Being the ones to thrive on pollution, they love anything dirty; literally or metaphorically.
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* [[Magic From Technology]]: A student in GP 42 modified his laptop to function as a spellbook. {{spoiler|It actually works.}}
* [[Meadow Run]]: Spoofed in GP 26 with Saki and Miu; they ''did'' run towards each other but {{spoiler|since they're actually meeting up for a plan to save Bearrv}}, there was no hugging or kissing. [[Les Yay|Not that it stopped the shippers...]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: The Ministers have parts of the words related to pollution in their names; '''Yogo'''stein,<ref>
** And Hiramechimedes: His name comes from "''Hirameki''"<ref>"Flash", i.e: an idea.</ref> and "Achimedes", tying him to his mathematics and strategy themes.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Invoked in GP 34 when Heater Banki goes into hiding, standing in for a barbecue, then a salon hairdryer...
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Hiramechimedes, whose names Go-ongers initially mistake. Only Renn remembers his name right, much to his delight.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The second line of opening lyrics say "''Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go-onger!''"; One of the [[Catch Phrase|s]] of [[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan|GP45]] was "''Ichi, Ni, Sun''<ref>
** SunVulcan is pretty much [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger|GunBirOh]]; an alligator for the body, a canine and an aquatic animal for arms.
** GP 9 features [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger|a camera-theme Monster Of The Week which makes people disappear by taking pictures]].
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* [[One, Two, Three, Four, Go]]: The lyrics in particular take the direct approach; "''Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go-onger''".
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}: {{spoiler|Hiramechimedes in GP 23 and Yogostein in GP 35-36. Maki from [[The Movie]] even says something about not having used this form for a while - except it's [[Bishonen Line|the more humanoid form]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Only Mostly Dead]]}}: {{spoiler|Hiramechimedes' grudge on Go-ongers made him linger on as a "''Yurei''".<ref>
* [[Overly Long Name]]: Hiramechimedes and all its variations. Sōsuke [[Lampshade Hanging|is usually the first to mispronounce them.]]
** {{spoiler|And Yogoshimacritein, though his isn't played for laughs in any way.}}
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* [[Power Source]]: {{spoiler|The large spinning gear in the background of Gaiark base turned out to be an ''unlimited'' power source.}}
* [[Production Foreshadowing]]: [[The Movie]] has the Go-ongers go to the [[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Samurai World]] and meet the [[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Samurai Engines]].
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: For villains, the Gaiark Ministers are more ''antagonistic'' than actually ''evil'' for the most part; the reason they're the bad guys is because pollution is vital for their race and they just happened to choose the Human World for it, which puts them on the different side of the coin from the Go-ongers. The [[Enemy Mine]] episode is one instance. {{spoiler|So, when it's their turn to die, it was quite sad}}, especially after {{spoiler|what Kegalesia and Kitaneidas said with their last breath}}.<ref>
** In the same vein, even Hiramechimedes can count. {{spoiler|Originally a second-rate member of Gaiark, he initially planned to assassinate Yogostein to take his position. But then, to his surprise, Yogostein offered him the position of second-in-command... which prompted him to completely devote his entire self to his Minister without question. After beaten again and again by Go-ongers, he finally threw away his precious mind by overloading himself with [[Psycho Serum]] to match them with raw power, despite Yogostein's plea. ''All'' for his master right until his last moment...}} * sniff* [[Tear Jerker|Pardon me]]...
* [[Punny Name]]: MotW-Oh.
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: Ladies and gentlemen; welcome to the [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]] of [[Super Sentai]].<ref>
** The main one has twelve different verses, one per Engine, split across four "Laps".<ref>Possibly also a pun considering "Rap" and "Lap" are pronounced identically in Japanese</ref>
*** "Engine First Lap -Type Normal-"<ref>
*** "Engine Second Lap -Turbo Custom-"<ref>
*** "Engine Third Lap -Aero Dynamic Custom-"<ref>
*** "Engine Final Lap -Type Evolution-"<ref>
*** "Engine Winning Run -Type Formula-"; Used only in the finale and it mentions everyone.
** "Engine Eco Rap -Recycle Custom-"; [[Green Aesop]].
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* [[Shout-Out]]: During the brief moment we get to see the Engine World in GP 1, [[Cars|there's a race going on and lots of Engines are watching from the side]].
** Sōsuke uses a [[Kamen Rider|sideway kick]] pretty often.
** [[media:
*** That's not the only thing Kagami Banki is reminding of; according to the Ministers, it's the result of their "[[The Legend of Zelda|Power, Courage and Wisdom]]".
** In GP 15, it is remarked that Hiramechimedes is [[Law of Chromatic Superiority|three times faster]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam|despite being green, not red]].
** Not only does Hiroto use punches for his fighting style, he [[media:
*** In GP 22, summoning his Wing Dagger actually causes it to zip around and attack the Uguts before landing in his hand, much like the Zecters were known to do.
** Nothing about the Earth Pollution roll call?
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** GP 42, Miu infiltrates a high school as a student and actually introduces herself saying "[[Haruhi Suzumiya|I have no interest in ordinary people... if there are creatures from other worlds, Bankijuu, or Gaiairc...]]"
*** Same episode; when finally confronting Mahobin Banki, Miu is shown [[Sukeban Deka|weilding a yo-yo]]. It helps that she's been undercover as a schoolgirl for the episode.
** The fact that Bomper is 66
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]]: {{spoiler|Yogostein's last standoff against Sōsuke.}}
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: While averted within the team once the Go-on Wings joined, it is played straight among the Engines, with Bear-RV being the only female (despite Toripter being [[Cross-Dressing Voices|voiced by a woman, he is male]]). As well as Kegalesia among the Gaiarc, of course.
* [[Soap Opera]]: One Go-On Seminar has Saki mentioning that she follows [[Korean Drama]]. A more blatant reference appears in the episode where Miu infiltrates a high school, which has a Drama Club attempting a Korean drama performance, complete with Bae Yong-Jun impersonator.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The Go-ongers and Go-on Wings' "civilian" jackets are loaded with [[Gratuitous English]], leading to some normal looking names ([http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/go-on/contents/special/0012/images/red.jpg Sôsuke],<ref>The name is parsed as "Sōsuke" but TV Tropes won't let you put the ō in a link</ref>
** The official spelling was probably chosen so that the names would divide symmetrically on either side of the zipper: SOS/UKE, RE/NN, SA/KI, GUN/PEI and HA/NT
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: NES can make ''his own Engine Soul'' appear in other Rangers' changers at will.
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Saki and Miu.
* [[Too Soon]]: Shortly after the Go-on Wings' debut, some guy committed a murder using a dagger. As a result, the toy version of the ''Rocket Dagger'' was called ''Rocked Booster'', and the show avoided using the word ''dagger'' for a while (as a result, the Wings would avoid [[Calling Your Attacks|calling]] some of their attacks).
* [[Training
* [[Tsundere]]: Miu and Hiroto.
* [[Unobtainium]]: Bikkurium,<ref>"''Bikkuri''"/"Surprise".</ref>
** Which means what makes the monsters grow is, literally, the [[Stealth Pun|Element of Surprise]].
* [[Verbal Tic]]: All the Engines have one each, and they use theirs <s> pretty often</s> all the time. But it's a bit arguable with the Prehistoric Engines, because they don't speak.
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** Birca has a handful of gratuitous foreign phrases, mainly italian, in addition to his usual one.
** Even the Ministers: "''-nari''" for Yogostein, "''-(de) ojaru''" for Kegalesia, "''-zoyo''" for Kitaneidas.
*** They mixed up each other's [[Verbal Tic
*** During the Dino Engines' debut arc, Speedor actually takes offence at the Drill Banki's [[Verbal Tic]] 'Dori', for being one letter away from 'Doru'. A few eps later, the same thing happens with Jetras and the Engine Banki (see [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] above).
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: Hiramechimedes's [[Camp Gay]] older brother Kokorootomedes takes this trope to its wackiest, complete with pink wig and heart-based attacks.
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