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[[File:Dynaman_8196.jpg|frame|In case you haven't noticed, [[Stuff Blowing Up|there's a lot of explosions in this one.]]]]

{{quote|''Bakuhatsu!<ref> Explode!</ref> Kagaku Sentai! Dynaman!''}}

''Kagaku Sentai Dynaman'' (Science Squadron Dynaman) is the seventh ''[[Super Sentai]]'', which aired from 1983 to 1984. It was the first to utilize spandex suits.

It begins when Hokuto Dan, a kendo master and an inventor, received an invitation from the famous Dr. Yumeno. On the way, he witnesses a strange creature attacking innocent people. He attempts to help; along the way, he encounters other inventors that also received similar invitations: fencer Rei Tachibana, swimmer Yousuke Shima, cowboy Kousaku Nangou and later ninja Ryuu Hoshikawa. While they are able to fend off the strange creatures, the creatures overwhelm them and throw them out to sea. However, they survive and make it to the place where Dr. Yumeno resided... a Kindergarten.

The Kindergarten soon turns out to be the Yumeno Invention Center in disguise. Yumeno called them because he had sensed the rise of the Jashinka Empire, the forces that attacked the five on the way to the invention center. The only force that can stop them is the ''Science Squadron Dynaman'', and these five are the chosen warriors! Like [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|their predecessors]], they don't have second thoughts to the prospect of becoming allies of justice and immediately agree to Dr. Yumeno's offer. Thus, the Dynamen's battle against the Jashinka Empire begins!

[[Older Than They Think|Before there was]] ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', this show actually received a [[Gag Dub]] by the Americans on the [[USA Network]]. It was very silly, [[Narm Charm|but fun in its own way]].

[[Toru Ohira]], who has been narrating the series up until this time, would leave from narrating the series after this installment, until he came back narrating [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Zyuranger]].

The Dynamen are:
* Hokuto Dan ('''{{color|red|Dyna Red}}'''): [[The Hero]] and [[Master Swordsman]]. An engineer who seeks to invent a clean-engine.
* Ryū Hoshikawa ('''Dyna Black'''): [[The Lancer]]; a [[Ninja|descendant from ninjas]] and astronomer who wishes to make [[First Contact]].
* Yōsuke Shima ('''{{color|blue|Dyna Blue}}'''): The [[Kid Appeal Character]]; a water sportsman and ocean engineer who wishes to make artificial gills. Excels at water combat, but is a sore loser.
* Kōsaku Nangō ('''{{color|gold|Dyna Yellow}}'''): [[The Big Guy]]; a cowboy and botanist who wishes to discover new breeds of plants.
* Rei Tachibana ('''{{color|fuchsia|Dyna Pink}}'''): [[The Chick]] and animal scientist who aspires to [[Speaks Fluent Animal|communicate with animals]] ([[Irony|but is scared]] [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|of cats]]). Her weapons have a [[Something About a Rose|flowery motif]].

The members of JaShinka are:
* Emperor Aton- He's [[Big Bad|the ruler of JaShinka]] who wishes to secure a tenth tail.
* General Kar- The [[Evil Genius]]
* Prince Megiddo- He is [[The Dragon|Aton's son]] who wishes [[It's Personal|to cut down DynaRed for the loss of one of his five tails in the first episode]]. {{spoiler|He eventually gets [[You Have Failed Me...|kicked out of Jashinka]], only to return as [[Anti-Hero|the Dark Knight]].}}
* Gira and Geel - [[Those Two Bad Guys|Megiddo's bodyguards]], {{spoiler|for the first eight episodes.}}
* Princess Chimera - Megiddo's cousin; the [[Dark Chick]] and [[Hot Witch]].
* General Zenobia - She's the [[Dark Action Girl]] [[Sixth Ranger]] and the only one Aton really fears.

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=== '''Recurring''' [[Super Sentai]] tropes: ===

* [[All Your Colors Combined]]: The Super Dynamite, and New Super Dynamite, where the Dynamen merge into a ball of energy to zap monsters.
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Dynaman!"; or, their individual names.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[Cool Airship]]: The Dai Jupiter.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Dyna Red's Dyna Falcon bike
* [[Cool Car]]: The Dyna Machine for the rest of the team.
* [[Custom Uniform]]: Dyna Red, Blue, and Pink have yellow trim on their suits. Respectively, Dyna Black's suit has red trim instead while Dyna Yellow's suit has black trim. There are [[Kousoku Sentai Turboranger|other]] [[Choujin Sentai Jetman|three]] [[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|Yellow Rangers]] that have black trim, in place of yellow, on their suits,  {{spoiler|not counting [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Luka Millfy's]] version of [[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger|Gao Yellow]].}}
* [[Finishing Move]]: Super Dynamite!
* [[Five-Man Band]]: A whole team of technical [[The Smart Guy|Smart Guys]].
** [[The Hero]]: Hokuto
** [[The Lancer]]: Ryū
** [[Kid Appeal Character]]: Yōsuke
** [[The Big Guy]]: Kōsaku
** [[The Chick]]: Rei
* [[Home Base]]: This was the Yumeno Invention Center, which also doubled as a Kindergarten. This made Zenobia's debut a [[Kick the Dog]] moment for her.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Three mecha components again, only this time Red was the only who got an individual mecha, while the rest were shared between two members each.
** [[Combining Mecha]]: Dyna Mach (Red) + Dyna Mobile (Black and Blue) + Dyna Garry (Yellow and Pink) = Dyna Robo
* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Ala the [[Sailor Moon|trope namer]], one of the heroes (usually DynaRed) tells off the [[Monster of the Week]] for its evil actions before calling out their names and "Explode! Science Squadron Dynaman!".
* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]:
* [[Monsters of the Week]]: The ''Shinkajū'' (Evo-Beasts). Later replaced with Mecha-Shinka robots from Episode 34 and onward.
** [[Make My Monster Grow]]: The Evo-Beasts grow whenever the Dynamen had them on the ropes <ref> always after the Super Dynamite.</ref>; the MechaShinka monsters are enlarged by General Kar's Grand Gizmo device.
* [[Mook|Mooks]]: Tail Soldiers
* [[The Movie]]: The ''Dynaman'' film was later shown during the course of the actual series as Episode 32, although chronologically it takes place before Chimera joins Jashinka in Episode 8.
* [["On the Next Episode of..." Catchphrase]]:
* [[Regular Caller]]:
* [[Robot Buddy]]: The Kendo Robot.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Dyna Pink, who strangely doesn't wear a skirt or leotard on her costume like other Sentai heroines.
* [[Supervillain Lair]]: Grand Gizmo
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: The Opening Theme was always present from posing to [[Finishing Move]].
* [[Transformation Trinket]]: Dyna Brace.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** [[Handguns]]: The Dyna Rods.
** Hokuto: [[Bifurcated Weapon|Dyna]] [[Dual-Wielding|Swords]] <ref>This codifies the [[Heroes Prefer Swords]] for [[Super Sentai]] reds.</ref>
** Ryuu: [[Precision-Guided Boomerang|Cross Cutter]] and [[Powered Armor|Battle Tector]].
** Yosuke: [[Improbable Weapon User|Blue Frisbees]]
** Kousaku: [[Epic Flail|Chain Crushers]]
** Rei: [[Cool Sword|Rose Saber]] and [[Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me|Flower Shield]].

=== Tropes specific to [[Kagaku Sentai Dynaman]]: ===

* [[Action Girl]]: While most Sentai heroines previous to Dynaman can hold her own, Rei is the first to be more focused in fighting and more capable on holding on her own.
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Subverted,  {{spoiler|Zenobia debuts by discovering the Dynaman's headquarters and swiftly attacking it, but the attack didn't destroy the base. Unfortunately, the base's location still ends up leaked so the Dynaman had to abandon it.}}
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: The Retro Gene, the genetic means to increase cells.  {{spoiler|Also a [[Deadly Upgrade]].}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: The Dark Knight is heavily Type V, while he has no obligation with the Dynaman, he still occasionally attacks the Jashinka Empire on his own accord. {{spoiler|Until Zenobia and Aton falls and he reveals that he is actually Megiddo in disguise. Then he drops the 'Hero' part and once again becomes a thorough villain.}}
* [[Cat Fight]]: Unlike the [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|previous show]], [[Dark Chick|Chimera]] doesn't just [[Evil Counterpart|share]] [[The Chick|Rei's]] abilities and such... they come to direct blows at times. Hell, during the final battle, they specifically fight one-on-one while the male Dynamen fought Megiddo.
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Princess Chimera.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: The Dynamen's side arms fire a blast of a certain element.
** [[Playing with Fire]]: Hokuto's Red Fire.
** [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Ryuu's Black Star Flash.
** [[Making a Splash]]: Yosuke's Blue Water Whirlpool.
** [[Shock and Awe]]: Kousaku's Yellow Lightning Fall.
** [[Brown Note]]: Rei's Pink Shocking Melody.
* [[Enemy Civil War]]:  {{spoiler|Dark Knight wages war against Aton when he emerges.}}
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: The Jashinka. Their name literally translates to ?Evilution.?
* [[Fan Service]]: At one point, Rei and Chimera had a fight which end up slowly stripping them to nothing but bikinis. (they transform to stop).
* [[Fantastic Caste System]]: The Jashinka are ranked by the number of tails they have; for reference, the [[Mooks]] have one, while Aton has nine and desires ten.
* [[Gag Dub]]: Aired as ''Dynaman'' in the U.S. in 1988; this was the first exposure to ''[[Super Sentai]]'' in the U.S. (outside Hawaii and parts of California.)
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Junichi Haruta AKA [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|Goggle Black]] is Dyna Black. He also used to be [[Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan|Inazuma Ginga]], as well as the stuntman of both [[JAKQ Dengekitai|Spade Ace and Big One]], and would go on to play [[Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion|Mad]][[The Dragon|galant]].
** Sayoko Hagiwara/Dyna Pink was formerly Yulian ([[Ultraman 80]]'s girlfriend) and would later return as [[Choushinsei Flashman|Ley Nefel]].
** Also, [[Battle Fever J|Masashi]] [[Kousoku Sentai Turboranger|Ishibashi]] as General Kar.
** Strong Kongō (aka Shōzō Kobayashi), who would go on to play Monster in ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]'', guest stars in Episode 35 as Gon the Android.
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Ryuu. He's comical and sometimes very loud and [[Large Ham|hammy]] (like when he introduced himself). And his element is [[Light'Em Up|LIGHT]].
* [[Irony]]: Rei wants to develop a device to communicate with animals... [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|yet she's terrified of CATS]].
* [[The Juggernaut]]: Mammoth Shinka, so much of a Juggernaut that the Jashinka Empire ''sealed'' him, and when released, even Megiddo cannot control him.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: In a way. Like [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|the previous team]], Hokuto, Hoshikawa, Shima, Nangou and Rei has no qualms of becoming allies of justice after exposition, but since being a Dynaman doubles as resuming their duties as scientists... it's not exactly 'old-life abandoning'.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Zenobia {{spoiler|gets the Retro Gene to get a tenth tail, only to fall victim to its side-effects.}}
* [[Lady of War]]: Rei is a pretty handy with a rapier and... well did we mention her flowery motif?
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Same like [[Dai Sentai Goggle Five|the last season]], although there were slips. The boys are usually called on their surnames, "Dan, Hoshikawa, Shima and Nango". The sole girl is sometimes referred as "Rei", or like the rest, her surname "Tachibana".
* [[Magical Security Cam]]: Dr. Yumeno's computer can capture footage from unlikely places.
* [[Man-Eating Plant]]: A Butterfly [[Monster of the Week]] created one which {{spoiler|cut Gira and Geel's careers ''very'' short.}}
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: The JaShinka upgrade to the MechaShinka cyborg monsters, resulting in the Dynamen upgrading to the New Super Dynamite.
* [[Motive Decay]]: The Jashinka ''quickly'' go from wanting to evolve humanity into their own kind to wanting to [[Kill All Humans]].
* [[Name's the Same]]: Ryū is unrelated to the Hoshikawa siblings from ''[[Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman]]''. Another guy named Ryū (Tendō) was also the leader in ''[[Choujin Sentai Jetman]]''.
** Also applies to Yōsuke, with only a very subtle difference in surnames between himself and Hurricane Red from ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger]]'' (Dyna Blue = Yōsuke Shima; Hurricane Red = Yōsuke Sh'''''īn'''''a).
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: One episode had Ryuu accidentally steal Chimera's clothes. In retaliation, Chimera had a [[Monster of the Week]] put a voodoo curse on anyone wearing RED (same color as her clothes). And it expands to other colors too...
* [[The Starscream]]: {{spoiler|Zenobia}}
* [[The Unfought]]: {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Aton]] is never fought by the Dynaman}}.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: A villainous example:  {{spoiler|Aton, slain by Megiddo, names his son as successor with his dying breath.}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Early production material indicates that this was supposed to have been a ''baseball-themed Sentai.'' There are still some remnants of this -- note the baseball-uniform-esque designs of the suits, the sound of the crack of a bat in the theme song, and the use of "Grand Slam" as the [[Invocation]] for the [[Combining Mecha]].
** [[Game of Nerds|Still makes a bit of sense, considering the main cast are supposed to be intellectuals.]]

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