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''Gōgō Sentai Boukenger'' (Boisterous Squadron Boukenger <ref>A combination of ''bōken'' (adventure) and "ranger"</ref>) is the thirtieth program in the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise, airing from 2006 to 2007.

 

 

 

''Boukenger'' is based mostly on treasure hunting and the tales based on it as well as bringing some unique ideas to forefront such as different villain factions. There is also a bit of a personality change between the Pink and Yellow members as explained below.

 

 

* Masumi Inou / '''Bouken Black''': The rebellious [[The Lancer|Lancer]], and sometimes [[The Big Guy]] due to him carrying the heaviest weapon there is ([[Drop the Hammer]]).

* Souta Mogami / '''{{color|blue|Bouken Blue}}''': [[The Smart Guy]].

* Sakura Nishihori / '''{{color|fuchsia|Bouken Pink}}''': The [[Genius Bruiser]] and [[Lady of War]]. ''Way'' [[The Stoic|too stoic]], [[Defrosting Ice Queen|at least at first]]. [[The Lancer|The official second in command for Satoru]].

* Eiji Takaoka / '''{{color|gray|Bouken Silver}}''': The [[Extreme Omnivore|Extreme Herbivore]] [[Sixth Ranger]].

 

* Morio Makino: Called just "Makino-sensei" by everyone. Takes the [[Mr. Fixit]] position mostly.

 

 

 

** Ryuwon: The King and ''literal'' [[The Dragon|dragon]] who has dinosaur genes and thus thinks they should rule the world.

 

** Kaze no Shizuka: [[Dark Action Girl|Dark Action]] [[Genki Girl]].

** Yami no Yaiba: [[Enigmatic Minion]].

 

 

 

Adapted for US audiences as ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]''.

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* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: The Acceltector might be a realistic example, requiring the whole team to back up the main attacker ''already wearing the armor himself/herself'' from recoil.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "''Boukenger, Start Up!''".

** Eiji has "''GoGoChanger, Start Up!''", but he just sticks to the others' later anyway.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]

* [[Combination Attack]]: pulled off by ''Ryuuwon'' and the {{spoiler|Questers}} to almost hilarious effect. What kept it from being funny was that it worked. The Boukengers did NOT see that coming...

* [[Custom Uniform]]

* [[Evil Plan]]: The "Negative Syndicates" and their plans for the "Precious"

* [[Eyecatch]]: The camera pulls out to the Boukengers spinning around, stopping to show Satoru in Ranger form shooting the [[Survi Buster]] once. After the break, the camera passes the Boukengers in civilian form while they look at the camera, stopping with Satoru looking at the camera.

* [[Finishing Move]]

** [[The Hero]]: Satoru

** [[The Lancer]]: Masumi (sometimes [[The Big Guy]])

* [[Home Base]]: The SGS Museum secret room.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: ''Boukenger'', for awhile, held the Sentai record for "Most Mecha Combined" at 10<ref>At least until ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]'' comes along two years later with its Engine-O G-12...</ref> (both Ultimate Daibouken and Voyager Daibouken), with a 12-combination ''(Ultimate Daibouken with Police and Aider added on the back)'' seen in a bonus video.

** [[Combining Mecha]]

*** Gogo Dump + Gogo Formula + Gogo Gyro + Gogo Dozer + Gogo Marine = Daibouken

*** Super Daibouken + Gogo Jet = Ultimate Daibouken

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Episodes are called "Tasks", and the titles are noun phrases, often the treasure of the week.

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* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Averted with this season: The Acceltector, which is usually the type of equipment exclusive to this trope, is usable ''and'' used by all team members. Also in the mecha department, everyone has 3 mecha exactly after everything is revealed.

* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: Dark Shadow can invoke this trope directly with their Shikigami. Ryuuwon can also do it, but when he's the villain most of the time it's on account of that episode's Precious.

* [[Monster of the Week|Monsters Of The Week]]: Dark Shadow's Shikigami and Jaryu Tribe's Jakuryu.

* [[The Movie]]: ''Boukenger the Movie: The Mightiest Precious''

* [[Regular Caller]]: Usually Mr. Voice.

* [[Robot Buddy]]: Zuban; not a robot per definition, but his role is pretty much a perfect fit.

* [[Super Mode]]: The Acceltector is arguably one, but it's used more as a [[Finishing Move]].

* [[Supervillain Lair]]

* [[Transformation Name Announcement]]: "''DaiBouken: Formation Complete!''" <ref>It sounds better in Japanese (''Gattai kanryou!'').</ref>

* [[Transformation Trinket]]: The Accellulars and Eiji's GoGoChanger.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]

** [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The [[Handguns|SurviBusters]] / [[Cool Sword|SurviBlades]].

** [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: SurviBuster + ScopeShot = SurviBuster Sniper Mode.

** [[Powered Armor]]: The Acceltector.

** Masumi: [[Drop the Hammer|Radial Hammer]]

** Souta: [[Bifurcated Weapon|Blow]] [[Power Fist|Knuckle]]

** Natsuki: [[Improbable Weapon User|Bucket Scooper]] <ref>Miniature bulldozer scoops</ref>

** Sakura: [[Improbable Weapon User|Hydro Shooter]] <ref>Portable hydro cannon</ref>

 

 

* [[Action Bomb]]: One filler episode (Task 39) is notorious for having the Rangers try to defuse one of these ''by literally pacifying it''. The girls dress up as [[Meido]] while the guys perform [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|Manzai]].

* [[All Myths Are True]]: Although some reveal a previously unknown side to the legend. Case in point, the episode with Cinderella's glass slipper...

* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: During ''Boukenger vs. Super Sentai'', when the main five Boukengers are having trouble defeating Chronos, AkaRed asks Eiji and the five guest heroes to transfer a part of their spirits into him so that he could help power-up DaiVoyager.

'''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger|HurricaneBlue]]''': [[The Power of Friendship|Friendship!]] }}

* [[Alphabetical Theme Naming]]: '''S'''atoru, '''S'''outa and '''S'''akura are the three senior members; '''M'''asumi and '''N'''atsuki (and then '''E'''iji) are the rookies.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: At the beginning of the Christmas episode, nobody believes Satoru when he says a miniskirt Santa fell from the sky and smashed the cake he bought. Keep in mind that these are the same people who had dabbled with people like (and related to) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Princess Kaguya, Issunboshi, Cinderella, Momotaro etc. And yet they say that the idea of Sants Claus existing, let alone not being like everyone thinks, is ''too much for them to grasp?!''

* [[Badass]]: Most of the team.

* [[Big Red Button]]: SirenBuilder's self-destruct mechanism is triggered with one, appropiately labeled "SUICIDE".

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Quester Gai is a villainous example. He takes things like evil with hearty fun and has a tendency to laugh while taunting the Boukengers whenever things go his way.

* [[Bling of War]]: BoukenSilver's suit. Wonder if anyone has used his helmet as a mirror...

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the Korean version the Boukengers become Keine (Satoru), Ray (Masumi), Ryuu (Souta), Hannah (Natsuki), Yumi (Sakura) and Jackie (Eiji).

* [[Elemental Powers]]: The Boukenger's weapons are each powered by a different element.

** [[Shock and Awe]]: Masumi

** [[Blow You Away]]: Souta

** [[Extra Ore Dinary]]: Eiji

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Zubaan can turn into a weapon ''and'' reacts empathically to those around him...

* [[Genki Girl]]: Natsuki. ''In spades''.

** And Shizuka, in a rare villainous example.

** One of Ryuuwon's monsters also added 'baby' in his sentences.

** Although Tohru Furuya outdoes them all by far, with his [[Gratuitous English]] voice coming out of nearly every piece of equipment they have.

** {{spoiler|Ryuuwon turned out to be one ''very'' close to the end. The hints come somewhat earlier though.}}

* [[Handsome Lech]]: A mild version; Souta. He's got ''lots'' of girlfriends. The behavior also surfaces a tad when he's facing off against Shizuka.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Played for laughs. Satoru gets one after failing an adventure school's entrance exam and sat moping at a corner throughout the first half of the episode, as Eiji and Masumi tease him for 3/4 of the episode. {{spoiler|Actually he did pass, but the proctors made a mistake.}}

** And BoukenRed's father Akashi Kouichi is played by a veteran actor who's had several roles in Hongkong martial arts movies, as lampshaded in the [[Gag Sub]]: "You fought Jackie Chan that one time..." "I think he fought Jet Li..." [[Cloudcuckoolander|"Is that like jet lag?"]]

** Non-Sentai alumni Rina Akiyama was literally between roles, having been Mana from ''[[Kamen Rider Agito]]'' before her role as a [[Fan Service|miniskirt-Santa]] here, then moving on to ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' as Naomi.

** Eiji's mother, too, was played by a [[Denji Sentai Megaranger]] actress, only this one (Mami Higashiyama) played MegaPink, while his father (Hiroshi Watari) played [[Space Sheriff Sharivan|two]] [[Jikuu Senshi Spielban|different]] [[Metal Heroes]] before.

** {{spoiler|Ouga/Ogre in Task 40}} sounds like [[One Piece|Franky]], especially when he's mad.

** Not to mention Zubaan's voice is supplied by [[Hideyuki Hori]], known as the original voice of Ikki in [[Saint Seiya]], or Ryu Hayabusa in either [[Ninja Gaiden]] or [[Dead or Alive]]

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Shizuka, obviously, but Gajah too. Maybe it's because his actor is an old man, or because he puts more effort into his schemes than the other groups, but it's hard not to feel bad for him when they fail.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Eiji tends to use the very arrogant "''Ore-sama''" as first person pronoun, but uses the more moderate "''Ore''" when feeling less secure. He is also in general very impolite: He uses towards the spirit of his dead mother "''Anta''" as second person pronoun, which is normally rather hostile, {{spoiler|even though he uses it in a scene where he is reconciled with his mother}}.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Zubaan. This does NOT change when he shifts to [[Humongous Mecha]] size.

* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Pulled off with the movie ''Boukenger vs [[Super Sentai]]''. This crosses the series over with ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Magiranger]]'' (from which Tsubasa, Hikaru - along with his ainde Smoky - and Meemy were drawn), ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|Dekaranger]]'' (from which Tetsu was drafted), ''[[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger|Abaranger]]'' (from where came Asuka), ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger|Hurricaneger]]'' (from which Nanami and Furabijou returned) and even ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger|Gaoranger]]'' (from which no heroes came, but villainess Tsuetsue made her appearance) for one massively insane storyline.

* [[Mook Maker]]: Gajah, a (re-)living example.

* [[The Movie]]: While no attempt is made to link it to series continuity, it ''does'' provide an origin for the aux-mecha-only DaiTanken.

** Also, the circumstances surrounding Gai and Rei's evolution into Questers.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Satoru, much to Sakura's dismay.

* [[Ouside Context Villain]]: Every now and then you get something that doesn't originate from the Negatives, although Gajya will attempt to control some of them.

* [[Panthera Awesome]]: the Ashu's entire schtick, which seeps into their Quester forms.

* [[Photographic Memory]]: Gajah's previously hidden ability.

* [[Power Levels]]: Each Precious has a Hazard Level measuring how dangerous its power is. It goes [[Over Nine Thousand]] in [[The Movie]].

** [[Massively Multiplayer Crossover|Boukenger Vs SuperSentai]] gives us a Precious with a hazard level of [[Number of the Beast|666]].

** Eiji (pronounced A-G, like Ag, the chemical symbol for silver)

* [[Rags to Riches]]: A subversion of the Snow White type; {{spoiler|Natsuki is the princess and last living member of the Lemurian kingdom. Since said kingdom is long gone, she has nothing left to rule, which is good since her parents just wanted her to live a normal life anyway.}}

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Souta and Masumi.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Despite the [[Ship Tease]] between Masumi and Natsuki, nothing comes out of it. The ship sunk when Masumi's actor, Yasuka Saitou, [http://bouken-blogs.livejournal.com/24955.html explained] that Masumi sees Natsuki as a [[Morality Pet|little sister or a daughter]] [[Big Brother Instinct|he needs to protect]].

** The title might be a shout-out to the [[Power Rangers]] theme song, "Go Go Power Rangers".

* [[Stealth Pun]]: Kaze no Shizuka [[It Makes Sense in Context|as a truck]] going nuts when BoukenSilver's hand lands on one of her ''headlights''.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Sakura

* [[Thememobile]]: the first five GoGoVehicles (Dump [truck], Formula [1 racing car], Gyro [kind of a helicopter], Dozer and [Sub]Marine) apparently have nothing in common apart from their windshields looking like the ones on our heroes' helmets, but vehicles appearing later start to take on themed motifs:

** Drill, Shovel, Mixer, Crane - construction vehicles

** Fire [fire truck], Police, Aider [ambulance] - rescue service vehicles. Notable as the first time the designated pilot BoukenSilver shares none of their motif (or even base colors) in his design.

** Commander, Carrier, Figher, Attacker, Roller (and their combined GoGoVoyager form) - armed combat vehicles. Notable as the first time [[Super Sentai]] has used such vehicles since ''Maskman'', in lieu of Japan's non-militant politics (see [[Kaiju Defence Force]].)

* [[Theme Naming]]: Each Boukenger's family name is taken from that of a Japanese explorer.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Though Ultimate DaiBouken would later be overshadowed in terms of component parts, using it on ''normal-sized'' '''''mooks''''' (and friends) is overkill. All by Natsuki.

* [[This Is a Drill]]: Go Go Drill and Dual Crusher's Drill Head Mode.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Sakura and Natsuki.

** Also in ''Boukenger vs. [[Super Sentai]]''.

* [[Was Once a Man]]: {{spoiler|Gekko. [[Chekhov's Gun|A very subtle hint]] about Ryuon being one came very early in the series.}}

* [[The Worf Barrage]]: Ultimate Daibouken's [[Chest Blaster|Ultimate Blaster]]. At least DaiVoyager's finisher tended to ''kill'' the monster once they finally got it off.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Despite it being Boukenger's most powerful mecha, DaiVoyager tends to see action only when they're fighting something even it can't beat.

 

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