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''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger'' (Pirate Squadron Gokaiger) is the [[Milestone Celebration|35th installment]] in the long-running [[Super Sentai]] franchise, airing from 2011 to 2012.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Just like in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'', episodes that have the original teams in will have episode titles similiar to that team's [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]].

* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Compared to the previous years, a very simple one. (Though it is set [[Recycled in Space|In SPACE!]])

'''Gai:''' [[Large Ham|"Gooooooookai Silver!"]]<br />

'''Marvelous:''' "Kaizoku Sentai!"<br />

'''All:''' "Gokaiger!" }}

** Although [[Sixth Ranger|Gokai Silver]] introducing himself for the first time is quite literally long enough for all of them put together.

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]

** Marvelous is the captain and his mech is the team's [[Home Base]]. He's also the most skilled fighter of the Gokaiger and it is shown that he figures prominently in the journey to find the Ranger Key and the Greatest Treasure in the Universe even before the team was formed. His bounty is always the biggest out of all six members. Not to mention, his close relationship with Aka Red. In both the Gokaiger movie and Gokaiger vs Gavan, Marvelous is the one with the biggest part, character-wise.

* [[Bait and Switch]]: From the earliest episodes alone, it's pretty obvious that the series loves these gags, [[Signature Style|owing to the lead writer]] Naruhisa Arakawa.

** For example, a particularly memorable scene from #3 goes like this:

[Zoom out to show that the two are on different cliffs with a huge gap in between.] }}

** There's a beautiful example in #8 right after a [[Cold Open]]. Insaan decides to review the Zangyack wanted posters for the Gokaigers, leading to flashbacks of what the Captain, Joe, Ahim and Luka were doing before...then they get to Don, and Insaan's reaction is basically "aaah, he's nobody" before tossing it aside.

** Gai in #17. After all, he gets ignored for most of the episode in favor of a fat guy in a silver tracksuit. In the same episode, during Gai's [[Imagine Spot]], Don is non-existant, replaced by Gai.

** Even Basco has made his potshot at Don in #31:

* [[Call Back]]

** Since #24 is a sequel to #14, there's a few, including subverting [[Transformation Is a Free Action]] and Zealousto's cry of "[[Gratuitous English|I love you!]].

** Don attempted to communicate with Sally in Gratuitous...Apeish or something when he and part of the team were kidnapped by Basco. Later on in #47, when Sally is brought aboard the Galleon, he does it again, only with Gai helping out. It's not clear if they ever got through to Sally in either case, though...

*** Luka even comments on this:

** In #50, Joe, Luka, Don, and Ahim's defiance towards Dyrandoh upon the crew's return is a callback to what they said to the Action Commander in the first episode. Luka says "Shut up, idiot.", Joe says that Zangyack will be the ones to get lost, Ahim says that they have no intention of listening to them, and Don says that he (and everyone else on this planet) hates guys like them.

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: When the Gokaigers transform into the Go-ongers in #5, they use the wheel cuffs on their gloves and boots as weapons, something only their [[Power Rangers RPM|Power Rangers counterparts]] did. This was done as a [[Shout-Out]] by the episode's director, Koichi Sakamoto, who works on both franchises (and is in fact one of the big wheels involved in ''[[Power Rangers]]'').

* [[Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead]]: Not this time! The destruction of the leaders {{spoiler|reduces Zangyack to something similar to the Empire in the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]],'' with smaller factions forming and collapse ''impending,'' but not having happened yet (the newspaper Luka reads suggests at least four factions). The entire empire doesn't instantly cease to be with Ackdos Gil. However, its threat is reduced ''drastically'', not just by this splintering, but because most of its military force was lost in the [[Final Battle]].}}

* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Zealousto}} in episode 24. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Don's outfit {{spoiler|as a legendary hero}} in #42 would fit in the [[Dragon Quest]] franchise easily.

** In the finale, where Marvelous and Gai arrive on the Gigant Horse's bridge, they immediately destroy the two Dogormin at the door with their final wave attacks. This isn't the first time [[Revenge of the Sith|an Emperor's two red-colored guards are taken down right as the hero(es) arrives in his room.]]

*** Interestingly, the small print on the front of the newspaper is copied directly from the English Wikipedia article on Wanted Posters.

** Marvelous in #8:

** [[Monster of the Week|Jellacit]] and Insarn in #14.

** Gai in #17

** Luka in #19

*** Also Gai

** Gai in #27, when escorting Zangyack hostages (who are foreign, and later we find out are Chiefs of State) to safety:

*** Also in #27, Luka-in-Don's body while fighting the MotW.

** In #30, the revelation that {{spoiler|Barizorg can never be turned back into Sid}} is marked with the computer displaying in big red letters "'''NO RETURN'''".

** #35 plays this to the hilt with Gunman World, which is not a Japanese name and actually means men with guns, being a [[Wild West]] dimension. Massive signs in English all over the place, one of which even says '''[[Spell My Name with a "The"|"The]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Maverick"]]'''. Someone should really tell them why the phrase "West End" [[Did Not Do the Research|has NOTHING to do with the Wild West, or even America in general....]]

* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: The Monster of the Week in #29 can do this, on top of invoking Make My Monster Grow at will.

* [[Indy Ploy]]: Don's plan to {{spoiler|rescue Marvelous from execution}} in #43. Best summarized by this exchange:

'''Marvelous:''' EH?! }}

* [[Instant Expert]]: As it turns out, the Gokaigers have never heard of the "Super Sentai" or the respective teams and yet they know exactly how each one works when they change into them.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: When the [[Monster of the Week]] [[Make My Monster Grow|grows]] in episode 9 Marvelous remarks that the enemies weren't going to let the crew skip that part.

** In #29, [[Monster of the Week]] uses his unique power to jump directly to giant form, which gets this following exchange:

'''[[Monster of the Week|Diaal]]''': It is-[[Verbal Tic|de arimasu]]!! }}

* [[Lap Pillow]]: Both Gai and Don [[It Makes Sense in Context|wind up]] on Ahim's lap in 46 as she says a heart warming speech about trusting your friends.

* [[Made of Iron]]: Jellacit, the [[Monster of the Week]] of #14, manages to absorb an absurd amount of punishment from the Gokaigers throughout the episode, and even survive the [[Finishing Move]] at the end.

** Joe even lamphades this in #24, after Jellacit/Zealosto takes a hit from another Action Commander and walks it off. ironically, this could rank him with the Generals, at least Insaan; while beaten back, he has never been destroyed.

* [[Magic Poker Equation]]: Played with in episode 10. Luka and the MotW spend most of the episode blatantly cheating at Poker, but at the climax the fair-playing Joe was able to pull out a Royal Flush {{spoiler|because Luka switched the decks without ''either side'' noticing.}}

* [[Make a Wish]]: {{spoiler|The Greatest Treasure in the Universe has the ability to erase the existence of Zangyack from history, undoing all the tragic events that brought the Gokaigers together (the deaths of Cid, Luka's sister and Ahim's entire planet). However, this comes at the expense of erasing all the Super Sentai teams from history as well.}}

* [[Shown Their Work]]: When the Gokaiger transform, they don't just use the powers of the Sentai warrior they've become, the show has done very well at keeping the original character's fighting style.

** Kyousuke even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this in #14 when seeing the Gokaigers fight as the Carrangers.

* [[Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer]]: Navi was missing from a lot of the promotional material, to the point that for some viewers, seeing him in the first episode was a bit jarring.

* [[Sleep Cute]]: Anytime the Gokaigers are sleeping including episode 12 when Luka, Don, and Ahim all cuddle up with Marvelous and episode 14 which opens with naptime on the Galleon and ends with Navi napping in Marvelous's chair.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: [[Go Go Sentai Boukenger|Zubaan]]'s [[Pokémon-Speak]] turns into this to Luka when she Gokai Changes into him in #37. Same goes for Don in the finale.

** She actually had a tic-off against the grunts, who often say their names.

'''Luka''': Of course not! Zu! Zu! }}

* [[A Villain Named Zrg]]: Barizorg.