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[[File:Himitsusentai_Goranger_6686.jpg|frame|The original five that started it all.]]
{{quote|''Gonin sorotte <ref>"The five men assembled"</ref>... Goranger!''}}
'''''Himitsu Sentai Goranger''''' (Secret Squadron Goranger) was the first entry in the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' franchise (although it and its direct successor ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'' were simply recognized as the plain "Sentai Series" until years later) , airing from 1975 to 1977, lasting 84 episodes and a movie (longer than any of its successors).
The evil terrorist group known as the Black Cross Army is threatening the world, so the '''Ea'''rth '''G'''uard '''Le'''ague ([[Fun
* Tsuyoshi Kaijō / '''{{color|red|Aka Ranger}}''': [[The Hero]]. A master tactician and soccer player.
* Akira Shinmei / '''{{color|blue|Ao Ranger}}''': [[The Lancer]]. A cowboy and marksmanship instructor.
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* Kenji Asuka / '''{{color|green|Mido Ranger}}''': [[Kid Appeal Character]]. The hotheaded youngest member.
'''The villains:'''
* Black Cross Fuhrer: [[Big Bad]], {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination]]}}.
* Sun Mask: [[The Dragon|The first Dragon]] and a [[Dirty Coward]].
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* Fire Mountain Mask General Magman: The third Dragon.
* Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask: The fourth Dragon and a [[Mummy]]
=== '''Recurring''' [[Super Sentai]] tropes: ===▼
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* [[All Your Colors Combined]]
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]
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* [[Eyecatch]]: Goranger's eyecatch features illustrations of the Goranger team.
* [[Finishing Move]]
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Tsuyoshi
** [[The Lancer]]: Akira
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* [[Home Base]]: The Goranger Room hidden underneath Snack Gon.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Each is an [[Excited Episode Title]] with the name of a color in it.
* [[In the Name of
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: Suit design-wise, there are several things which make Aka Ranger stand out as leader among the Gorangers.
** He is numbered "1", shown twice on his suit,
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** While Ao, Ki, and Mido have black visors, Aka has a blue visor, while Momo's is red.
** He wears white boots and gloves, this is shared by Momo Ranger, while the other men have black boots and gloves.
* [[Mid
* [[Monster of the Week]]: The Masked Monsters (''Kamen Kaijin'')
* [[Mooks]]: Zolders
** [[Elite Mooks]]: The Black Cross Army Stealth Corps (featured in Episode 64 and onward).
** [[Praetorian Guard]]: Golden Mask has two imperial guards who are always on his side.
* [[
* [[The Movie]]: Five of them; but the first three and the fifth were just theatrical showings of select TV episodes (specifically 6, 15, 36 and 54). Only the fourth one, "Bomb Hurricane," was an all-new work and it takes place during Daigorō's brief tenure on the team.
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]:
* [[Regular Caller]]:
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Momo Ranger, who not only wears pink, but has a red valentine heart-shaped visor on her helmet and uses the earrings on her helmet as small grenades. However, the Gorangers are assisted by a secret agent named Yōko Katō, who serves as the show's second heroine. Yōko even wears the Momo Ranger suit in two different episodes.
* [[Super Sentai Stance]]: Surprisingly the stance in the lead image isn't used until very late in the series.
* [[Supervillain Lair]]: The Black Cross Castle. {{spoiler|It's later learned the Fuhrer is actually a part of the castle itself.}}
* [[Theme Music Power
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Each ranger's signature weapon materializes from their goggles/"eye masks".
** [[Jet Pack]]: The Birdies.
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** Daita/Daigoro: [[Simple Staff|Ki Sticker]] and [[Improbable Weapon User|YTC]] <ref>A radio that stands for "Yellow Transceiver"</ref>.
** Peggy: [[Improbable Weapon User|Earring Bombs]], [[Improbable Weapon User|Momo Mirror]] and [[Improbable Weapon User|Momo Card]].
** Kenji: [[Precision
* [[April Fools' Day]]: For 2012, a hoax concerning ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D|Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'', which had only just been released in Japan, said that Aka Ranger was a secret boss in the game. https://web.archive.org/web/20120513162947/http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/AkaRenger
* [[Big Eater]]: Ōiwa Daita orders four extra large bowls of curry in the first episode.
** Sorry to break it to you, pal, but our large bowls of curry are extra large. How 'bout just starting with two, huh?
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* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Black Cross Fuhrer can take human form, either gender, if he wishes to
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: The Gorangers fight with standard weapons, but when it comes time to finish of the monster, they summon a mighty...soccer ball. Which somehow causes the enemy to explode by beaning him in the head.
** Later on, they use the Goranger Hurricane: an American football with fins on it, which rather than exploding turns into whatever the villains fear or are weak against. More recent fans will probably remember it as the move that turned into a garbage truck in ''[[
* [[Kiai]]: The Zolders shout out a distinctive "hoi" whenever they attack their victims.
* [[Market
* [[Mix and Match]]: ''[[Cyborg 009]]'' + ''[[Kamen Rider]]''
* [[
* [[One, Two, Three, Four, Go]]
* [[Prop Recycling]]: Many of the Masked Monsters wear similar body suits such as ''Yakyū Kamen'' (Baseball Mask) and ''Terebi Kamen'' (TV Mask). The most notable is ''Tiger Kamen'' (Tiger Mask), who is a recycled version of ''Kōtetsutora Kamen'' (Steel Tiger Mask).
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Ōiwa Daita's temporary replacement.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Daigorō, {{spoiler|which is probably why he didn't last very long.}}
* [[Tank Goodness]]: The Varitank
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** In one episode, Daita is imprisoned by Witch Mask after being tricked into eating a bowl of curry that happens to be in a jail cell.
* [[Villain Song]]: "Demonic Black Cross Army"
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[X Meets Y]]: This series, and its successor, uses elements of ''[[Kamen Rider]]''(the henshin hero type) and ''[[Cyborg 009]]''(super-powered team fighting an evil organization)
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[[Category:Super Sentai]]
[[Category:Speculative Fiction Series]]
[[Category:The Seventies]]
[[Category:Japanese Series]]
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