Gosei Sentai Dairanger: Difference between revisions

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=== Gohma Tribe: ===

* Emperor Gohma XV: The [[Big Bad]]. {{spoiler|Or so we are led to believe.}}

* Shadam: [[Dragon in Chief]]. At first glance, he's merely [[The Dragon|the Gohma Emperor's number two]], {{spoiler|but he's the [[Man Behind the Man]] who fully ascends to [[Big Bad]] status when he kicks the emperor out, becoming [[One Winged Angel|Emperor Gohma XVI]].}}

* Shadam: [[Dragon-in-Chief]]. At first glance, he's merely [[The Dragon|the Gohma Emperor's number two]], {{spoiler|but he's the [[Man Behind the Man]] who fully ascends to [[Big Bad]] status when he kicks the emperor out, becoming [[One-Winged Angel|Emperor Gohma XVI]].}}

* Gara: [[Dark Chick]].

* Zydos: [[The Brute]].

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* [[Eyecatch]]: Dairanger started the tradition of having eyecatches featuring a single ranger rather than the whole team. In this case, they do a form with a Dairenrod (Byakko-shinken for Kibaranger).

* [[Finishing Move]]: Dairen-oh has a nice variation where, after striking down a giant Gohma, it sheaths its sword.

* [[Five Man Band]]: There are two [[Kid Appeal Character|Kid Appeal Characters]] on the team. <ref>Shōji the comic relief and Kō the [[Tagalong Kid]].</ref>

* [[Five-Man Band]]: There are two [[Kid Appeal Character|Kid Appeal Characters]] on the team. <ref>Shōji the comic relief and Kō the [[Tagalong Kid]].</ref>

** [[The Hero]]: Ryō

** [[The Lancer]]: Daigo

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* [[Supervillain Lair]]: Anyone who learned to use the ''Yo'' power can become a Gohma. So, in theory, anyone in the entire city can be an enemy...

** The actual lair of the Gohma Tribe is a floating upside-down pyramid known as the Gohma Palace.

* [[Theme Music Power Up]]

* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]

* [[Transformation Name Announcement]]

* [[Transformation Trinket]]: The Aura Changer, which was later used for [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Magna Defender's morpher]]. (It's apparently very difficult to use in real life.)

** Ko uses his own version called the Kiba Changer.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]

** [[Dual Wielding]]: The [[Knife Nut|Star Cutters]] and [[Cool Sword|Star Swords]].

** [[Dual-Wielding]]: The [[Knife Nut|Star Cutters]] and [[Cool Sword|Star Swords]].

** [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: Star Cutter + Star Sword = [[Handguns|Daibuster]].

** [[Rings of Death]]: The Dairinkens <ref>''Great Ring Blades''</ref>, sharp rings with handles in the middle, and often [[Dual Wielding|Dual Wielded]].

** [[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 On 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>

*** Ryō: [[Dual-Wielding|Sekiryu Soryuken]] <ref>''Double Dragon Swords''</ref>

*** Daigo: [[Simple Staff|Shishi Konbou]] <ref>''Lion Staff''</ref>

*** Shōji: [[Fighting With Chucks|Tenma Nunchakus]] <ref>''Pegasus Nunchakus''</ref>

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* [[Camp Gay]]: Saboten Shogun <ref> General Cactus</ref>, the monster of the week in #34.

* [[Camp Straight]]: Kazu - although he's more of a [[The Dandy|Dandy]].

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Iron-Face Chōryu is a blatant clone of Darth Vader, and his story is directly taken from ''[[Star Wars]]''. He was once a great hero who sold out his allies to the bad guys, worked for them for a very long time, has a {{spoiler|[[Luke I Am Your Father]] moment with [[The Hero]] (who also has a sister), [[Redemption Equals Death|reforms and subsequently dies]], and is welcomed to death by the ghosts of his former allies who forgive him}}. Given that ''Dairanger'' also borrowed from the soundtrack of ''[[Star Wars]]'', this can't be unintentional.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Iron-Face Chōryu is a blatant clone of Darth Vader, and his story is directly taken from ''[[Star Wars]]''. He was once a great hero who sold out his allies to the bad guys, worked for them for a very long time, has a {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]] moment with [[The Hero]] (who also has a sister), [[Redemption Equals Death|reforms and subsequently dies]], and is welcomed to death by the ghosts of his former allies who forgive him}}. Given that ''Dairanger'' also borrowed from the soundtrack of ''[[Star Wars]]'', this can't be unintentional.

** Not only that, but Chōryu's master, High Priest Saw (the [[Monster of the Week]]) had the human form of an old man in robes who shot lightning at Ryō. Who does that remind you of?

* [[Chinese Girl]]: Rin. She's more prone to speaking Chinese due to this.

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** [[Blow You Away]]: Rin

** [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Kō

* [[Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting]]: The Dairangers and the Gorma Monsters have their own set of martial art skills.

* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]: The Dairangers and the Gorma Monsters have their own set of martial art skills.

* [[Generation Xerox]]: {{spoiler|The grandchildren of the original Dairangers in the finale.}}

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Frequently spouted by the Birdcage Vagabond.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Given that they use Rods on a regular basis, this comes up from time to time.

* [[Halfway Plot Switch]]: Episode 3, sort of. The first half focuses on Kazu and Shōji, while the second half follows Daigo.

* [[Hell Bent for Leather]]: Shadam, Gara and Zydos.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Shadam, Gara and Zydos.

* [[Identical Grandson]]: {{spoiler|The grandchildren of the Dairangers in the final episode, although they clearly have different personalities than their grandparents.}}

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Tombstone President, Telephone Teacher, and [[Nobuyuki Hiyama|Kamikaze Boss]] (AKA the "Three Gohma Stooges"). Rather than fighting the Dairangers, they'd rather have a motorcycle race or play soccer (they're not very strong in a straight fight). They try this three times, failing each time, and in the end {{spoiler|they give up fighting and survive the war.}}

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* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: One background music is the Imperial March theme from ''[[Star Wars]]'' with a few notes sharped.

* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|The elderly Dairangers have their voices dubbed by the main actors, meaning they sound like their teenage selves.}}

* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Iron-Face Choryu, the Dai tribe defector who fights the Rangers in Episodes 7-8 is actually Ryō's father. Also, Shadam is secretly Kō and Akomaru's father.}}

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Iron-Face Choryu, the Dai tribe defector who fights the Rangers in Episodes 7-8 is actually Ryō's father. Also, Shadam is secretly Kō and Akomaru's father.}}

* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: By design, it's possible to interrupt the growing process by preventing the Gohma from using the bomb (one got fenced in with Dairenrods, and a few got blown up in human size). There's also a limit on how long they can stay giant (this allowed a few Gormas to survive). And the bombs don't revive corpses - {{spoiler|the giant Media Magician was completely silent, as he was already killed by Gaara.}}

* [[Making Use of the Twin]]: In Episode 25, the Copy Empress made evil duplicates of the Dairangers. Kazu's was played by Keisuke Tsuchiya's twin brother, Daisuke. The roles were later reversed when Daisuke went on to play [[Juukou B-Fighter|Blue Beet]] two years later, while Keisuke played his [[Evil Counterpart]] Shadow Beet.

* [[Martial Arts Uniform]]: The Dairanger suits have this as a motif.

* [[May December Romance]]

* [[May-December Romance]]

* [[Mundane Utility]]: The Dairinkens apparently make pretty good cooking knives, as demonstrated by their inventor.

** Pops up from time to time in the Gohmas. Telephone Teacher can use her ability to make free calls from anywhere to anywhere, for example.

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* [[Peacock Girl]]: Kujaku.

* [[People in Rubber Suits]]: Played with - the heavier material on the majority of the Gohma costumes is torso-only (imagine a heavy vest with a built-in mask), with far lighter material (spandex or even loose clothing) on the arms and legs, likely to facilitate any martial fights.

* [[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.

* [[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 With 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.

* [[Spell My Name With 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.

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* [[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:

* [[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:

* [[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.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Ryō and Jin view each other as this.