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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|Running Gags]], [[Character Exaggeration|Character Exaggerations]], and overall tried to be ''much'' [[Lighter and Softer]] than an average [[Super Sentai]] title. For many, this came off as a polarizing shift in the wake of the dark and story-heavy [[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|previous series]]. It didn't help that people weren't informed beforehand about the series being a deliberate attempt at comedy. The incorporated [[Green Aesop]] was also seen by some as [[Anvilicious|a bit preachy]] (though it was for the most part [[Played for Laughs]]). That's not to say it's all bad; there ''are'' many moments where it's genuinely fun, funny, or both, especially when looked past the seemingly childish premise. It also plays a lot of [[Japanese Media Tropes]], in particular [[Super Sentai]] tropes, very often, even to the brink of parody.
And remember: '''This series is comedy.''' [[Rule of Funny|We're supposed to laugh!]]
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** [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]: The "Engine Busō" system, in which Engine Oh uses other Engines for new weapons or upgrades.
*** Engine Oh + Birca = Engine Oh Birca
*** Engine Oh + Gunpherd = Engine Oh Gunpherd
*** Engine On + Toripter + Jeptras = Engine Oh Jetoripter
*** Engine Oh + Gunbir Oh = Engine Oh EngineOh
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* [[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]] itself -- just like one from 13 years ago -- See [[Fleeting Demographic Rule]] below.
* [[Aloof Ally]]: Hiroto and Miu.
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]}}
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* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: GP 15 opens with one. It's regarded as ominous (especially since this is the week Hiramechimedes debuts). {{spoiler|Then it results in an [[Eureka Moment]].}}
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Sōsuke in GP 35-36.}}
** {{spoiler|''Everyone'' except the original three Go-ongers and their Engines once [[Knight of Cerebus|Prime Minister Yogoshimacritein]] shows up.}}
* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the Korean dub, all but Renn get one: Maha (Sōsuke), Seoni (Saki), Jyo (Hant), Alex (Gunpei), Hiro (Hiroto) and Miwoo (Miu)
** [[Market-Based Title]]: The series itself is called ''Power Rangers Engine Force'' in Korea.
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** Hiramechimedes also qualifies, although like Renn, he's more of a "Genius". He does and can fight, but isn't very sturdy.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Saki.
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
** GP 6: Up aginst a Bankiju who spams sound waves? {{spoiler|Just bring earplugs! You won't hear ''anything'' though.}}
** Hiroto is overall pretty [[Genre Savvy]], especially when it comes to fighting. A good example of his savviness is in GP 17, when, {{spoiler|he managed to pull out Happa Banki's Bikkurium capsule during the battle, preventing it from going [[Make My Monster Grow|Industrial Revolution]] after it falls asleep}}.
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* [[Punny Name]]: MotW-Oh. <ref>"GunBir" = "ganbaru" = "hang in there"/"fight"/"do your best".</ref>
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: Ladies and gentlemen; welcome to the [[Kamen Rider Den-O|Den-O]] of [[Super Sentai]]<ref> In terms of [[Rearrange the Song|soundtrack redundancy]].</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> Speedor, Bus-on and Bearrv</ref>
*** "Engine Second Lap -Turbo Custom-"<ref> Birca, Gunpherd and Carrigator</ref>
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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|Verbal Tics]] in GP 7 while instructing the [[Literal
*** 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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