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{{quote| "''The Five Stars shining in the heavens!''"}}
 
''Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' (''Five Stars Squadron Dairanger'' <ref>"Dai" has multiple meanings, but it's mainly a reference to the Chinese clan the main characters are descended from.</ref>) is the seventeenth installment in the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise, airing from 1993 to 1994.
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* "Tenjisei" <ref>Heavenly Time Star</ref> Kazu/'''{{color|gold|Kirin Ranger}}''' <ref>Qilin Ranger</ref>: A smooth hair-dresser who ran away to Tokyo in his youth. His fighting style is [[Drunken Boxing]] with a little bit of [[Time Master|time control]].
* "Tenpūsei" <ref>Heavenly Wind Star</ref> Rin/'''{{color|fuchsia|Hōō Ranger}}''' <ref>Phoenix Ranger</ref>: The [[The Smurfette Principle|lone]] [[The Chick|female]] of the team; Kaku's niece from China who moved to Japan to attend college. Like Ryō, she is a Dai Tribe descendant. She is [[The Smart Girl|very intelligent and difficult to con]].
* "Kōshinsei" <ref>New Howling Star</ref> Kō/'''{{color|silver|Kiba Ranger}}''' <ref>Fang Ranger</ref>: A [[Bratty Half -Pint]] who found the legendary [[Named Weapons|Byakkoshinken]], and joined the team as the [[Kid Appeal Character|youngest]] [[Sixth Ranger]] and the youngest hero in ''[[Super Sentai]]'' history.
 
=== Gohma Tribe: ===
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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The second ''[[Super Sentai]]'' to feature [[Mechanical Lifeforms]] for mecha. In fact, one of them (Daimugen) actually transforms into a human.
** [[Animal Mecha]]: Based on creatures from Chinese mythology this time.
** [[A Mech Byby Any Other Name]]: The animal mecha were known as the ''Kidenjū''<ref>Legendary Spirit Beast</ref>, while the humanoid forms of the ones that can transform are referred as ''Kiden Bujin''<ref>Legendary Spirit Warrior</ref>.
** [[Transforming Mecha]]: The Ryūseioh<ref>Dragon Star King</ref> and the Wang Tiger<ref>King Tiger</ref> can switch between animal and humanoid forms. The series later introduces the Super Kidenjū Daimugen, a tortoise-based mecha that also has a "warrior" mode, which has the ability to heal the Ryūseioh or the Wang Tiger with an energy pool stored inside its body.
** [[Motion Capture Mecha]]: Ryūseioh, being one of the lightest Sentai mecha ever, follows Ryū Ranger's movements (for the scenes where he's doing this, Ryū Ranger is played by the face actor rather than the stunt actor).
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*** Wang Tiger + Sei Shishi + Sei Tenma + Sei Kirin + Sei Hōō = Kiba Daioh<ref>Great King Fang</ref>
*** Ryūseioh + Tenkū Kiden + Wang Tiger + Daimugen = Jūkō Kiden<ref>Heavily Armored Chi Palace</ref>
* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: The longest for some time.
{{quote| '''Ryō''': "Ryū Ranger! Heavenly Fire Star, Ryō!"<br />
'''Daigo''': "Shishi Ranger! Heavenly Illusion Star, Daigo!"<br />
'''Shōji''': "Tenma Ranger! Heavenly Gravity Star, Shōji!"<br />
'''Kazu''': "Kirin Ranger! Heavenly Time Star, Kazu!"<br />
'''Rin''': "Hōō Ranger! Heavenly Wind Star, Rin!"<br />
'''Ryō''': "The Five Stars shining in the heavens!"<br />
'''All''': "''Gosei Sentai'' - ''Dairanger''!"<br />
'''Kō''': "Kiba Ranger! Howling New Star, Kō!" }}
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Ryō is the first to get his Kidenjū, the Ryūseioh, which can face off against Gorma Monsters on its own. It's also the first [[Transforming Mecha]] given to a ''[[Super Sentai]]'' warrior.
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* [[The Movie]]: The Dairangers take on four revived monsters and a new one.
* [[The Narrator]]
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]
* [[Prop Recycling]]: Iron-Face Choryu's armor skirt was originally made for Burai from the previous season.
* [[Psycho Rangers]]: The Copy Empress in Episode 25 could create clones of the Dairangers by merely taking their pictures. This actually allowed her to make more than one clone of each Dairanger.
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** [[Rings of Death]]: The Dairinkens <ref>''Great Ring Blades''</ref>, sharp rings with handles in the middle, and often [[Dual-Wielding|Dual Wielded]].
** [[BFG]]: The (Super) Kiryoku Bazooka.
** [[Blade Onon a Stick]]: Perhaps their most famous weapons are the Dairenrods. They are also [[Morph Weapon|Morph Weapons]] that can become other weapons.
*** Ryō: [[Dual-Wielding|Sekiryu Soryuken]] <ref>''Double Dragon Swords''</ref>
*** Daigo: [[Simple Staff|Shishi Konbou]] <ref>''Lion Staff''</ref>
*** Shōji: [[Fighting Withwith Chucks|Tenma Nunchakus]] <ref>''Pegasus Nunchakus''</ref>
*** Kazu: [[Epic Flail|Kirin Ku-setsu Ben]] <ref>''Qilin 9-Part Whip''</ref>
*** Rin: [[Blade Onon a Stick|Yari Houou]] <ref>''Phoenix Spear''</ref>
** Kō: [[Talking Weapon|Byakko]][[Cool Sword|shinken]] <ref>''White Tiger Sword''</ref>
 
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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Chi.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: In episode 3 the entire team, except Daigo who is skeptical anyway, but doesn't dismiss the claim, is convinced that a [[It Makes Sense in Context|puppet]] Shōji was attacked by was "radio-controlled or something" rather than the work of a Gohma. Later in the episode even Shōji convinces himself of it.
* [[As Long Asas There Is Evil]]: {{spoiler|As revealed in the final episode--The Dairanger's Chi power and the Gohma's You powers are two sides of the same coin. Eliminate one, the other goes with it. Thus to maintain the balance, the Gohma and the Dairangers are locked in a never-ending cycle of war. That is, if Daijinryū doesn't destroy them all first. The reveal makes for a [[Bittersweet Ending]], driven home by the look of horror on older Ryo's face as he watches his grandson start the battle anew...}}
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Rin's grandpa Guhon. So badass that even 20 year old girls are all swooning over him.
* [[Biological Mashup]]: In [[The Movie]] this is the assembled monsters' answer to the Rangers forming Dairen'oh.
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* [[The Doll Episode]]: Featuring everyone's favorite [[Large Ham|King of the Large Hams]], General Cactus! And an angry Daigo. {{spoiler|With the dolls being played by paralyzed human girls.}}
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Has anyone else heard a tiger howl?
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Episode 18. How to deal with an annoying [[Bratty Half -Pint]] who barges into your apartment? Fool him into thinking his long-lost mom has come back to see him again, of course! Ha ha... ha?
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Daijinryū, who destroys the Gohma Palace and a huge chunk of Tokyo to force the good and bad guys to stop fighting. When that doesn't stop the action, he {{spoiler|comes back to Earth, takes control over the minds a large number of innocent civilians, making them jump to their deaths against their will as the ultimate form of blackmail to the good guys}}.
* [[Elemental Powers]]
** [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Ryō
** [[Master of Illusion]]: Daigo
** [[Gravity Master]]: Shōji
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* [[Pun-Based Title]]: The title ''Dairanger'', could be interpreted as a reference to the "Dai" tribe that the heroes are descended from, or as the "Great Rangers". It's also worth noting that ''Dairenja'', the Japanese pronunciation of the title, shares a partial namesake with ''Dairen'', the Japanese name of the Chinese city of Dalian. While Dalian is never directly referenced on the show, the name of the team's mecha, ''Dairen-oh'', uses the same kanji used to write the city's name.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: The name "Wong Tiger" is derived from a backward reading of the kanji characters used to write Kiba Daioh's name. "Wong" comes from the Chinese reading of the kanji for "king"<ref>王</ref>, while ''tai'' and ''ga'' are alternate pronunciations of the kanji for "great" or ''dai''<ref>大</ref> and "fang" or ''kiba''<ref>牙</ref> respectively.
* [[Shout -Out]]: [[The Three Stooges|The Three Gorma Stooges]], a [[Harmless Villain]] trio who simply want to defeat our heroes in competitions, rather than kill them.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Lin, or Rin? You'd think it's "Lin" since she's Chinese, but the Media Magician episode plasters "Rin" all over the place.
* [[The Starscream]]: Shadam, who's overall motive throughout the series is to kill the Emperor and take over the Gohma Empire.
** This proves to be wrong, in fact he is technically the [[Man Behind the Man]] due to the fact that he had already controlled the Gohma tribe. The Gohma leader is technically already dead, the man sitting at the top is a clay replica. In fact, they are all clay replicas, Shadam just happened to be the only one carrying on the will of the past self.
* [[Theme Naming]]: Unique in ''[[Super Sentai]]'', the vast majority of Gohma are members of a society, and usually have two-part names consisting of a noun (the theme they're based around, very rarely a personal name) and a title/job.
** Some of the characters' names are taken from ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Literature)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', such as Zhang Liao, Jia Xu (Master Kaku) and Zǐlóng (Shiryu, {{spoiler|Master Kaku's sympathizer within Gohma}}).
* [[Title Scream]]: Some episode titles are rendered like this (including the premiere).
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Ko's mother. None of the other Dairangers even bother to figure out her name, simply calling her "''kaasan''".
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Daigo delivered one to everyone for coming too late to save a child of the week, first by socking Shōji and Kazu with a punch on the face. And when even Ryō and Rin didn't even seem to show determination to keep the team, he delivers this:
{{quote| ''You all make me '''sick'''''.}}
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Sort of. We find out, at the ''50th year anniversary'' of their final battle with over the Gohma, that they all did well in life and settled down with their families in peace. {{spoiler|And then a new String Baron appears, which their ''grandchildren'' stand up to as the new Dairangers.}}
** This has lead to the joke that {{spoiler|the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series of 2043 will be Dairanger.}}
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