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== Cast-wide tropes ==

 

== Sean O' Callahan / {{color|red|GPX Red}} ==

 

Hometown: [[The Windy City|Chicago, Illinois]]

The leader of the GPX Rangers, Sean is the former captain of a junior ice hockey team. Due to the fact that he became Red Ranger instead of Daisuke, the two have a hate / hate relationship. Initially skeptical, he eventually warms up to his job and comes to embrace it (or, in his words, "have hot, sweaty sex with it".)

 

** But also a positive aversion, since even though he's a virgin, he still kicks ass.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Sort of. He knows a few things about ''Power Rangers'', that's for certain.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bandage Babe|Bandage Dude]]: After {{spoiler|Phaedos beats the crap out of him.}}

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Prior to episode 13, he had been a jerk to everyone else, and even Daisuke, but Daisuke's mutiny and eventual beat-down by Phaedos forces him to undergo obvious [[Character Development]].

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Cool Car]]: The GT Racer, his zord.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[The Determinator]]: The source of his [[Heroic Second Wind]] moments. He doesn't chock it up to stupidity, just stubbornness.

* [[Eagle Land]]: Averted, big time.

* [[Fighting Irish]]-American

* [[Genre Savvy]]

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Suffers a nasty one after getting beaten by Phaedos. [[Unexplained Recovery|He recovers]].}}

* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: He's practically a master at this.

* [[He's Back]]: See [[Heroic BSOD]] above.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Subverted, he had a high GPA in high school. He says the reason he won't quit is due to stubbornness.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Uses a blasted ''hockey stick'' as a weapon.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Was bad with this at first, but eventually he stopped and began to think things through.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Mess with his niece, and he will ''kill you''.

* [[Refusal of the Call]] --> [[Jumped At the Call]]: Starts out skeptical of Project Ranger before fully embracing his status as a Ranger.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Maria and Hitomi.

* [[The Strategist]]

* [[Tsundere]]: Unsorted male version. Tsuntsun towards Daisuke, Deredere towards the others... and [[Ship Tease|Maria]].

* [[The Windy City]]: South Side, to be exact.

 

== Kevin O' Donnell / {{color|blue|GPX Blue}} ==

 

Hometown: [[In Dublin's Fair City|Dublin]]

* [[Bandage Babe|BandageDude]]: After {{spoiler|Phaedos beats him up.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Cool Car]]: The Touring Racer

* [[Fighting Irish]]: About the only [[Oireland|Oirish]] thing about him, and he still subverts it since he's the Blue Oni to Sean's Red.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Implied.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Suffers a nasty one, just like Sean.}}

* [[He's Back]] {{spoiler|Recovers from his [[Heroic BSOD]]}}.

* [[The Lancer]] / [[The Big Guy]]: He's second in command, but he's also the biggest member of the team physically.

* [[Military Superhero]]

* [[Nice Guy]]: Less of a jerk than Sean.

* [[Oireland]]: Averted, just like Sean.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]

 

== Mandla Aaron Ndebele / {{color|green|GPX Green}} ==

 

 

Hometown: Johannesburg

* [[Chilly Reception]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

** Not anymore.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]

* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: At first.

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Sean treats him as one, but he does tell him that if he proves himself in battle, he'll earn Sean's trust.

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: A not-so-traditional example since he's brought on to replace Daisuke.

 

== Daisuke Miyazawa / {{color|green|GPX Green}} ==

 

 

Hometown: Kyoto

* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Played straight at first, but {{spoiler|inverted when the other Rangers save}} '' {{spoiler|him.}}''

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Again, implied, but for [[Super Sentai]].

* [[Badass]]: Despite his [[Jerkass]] tendencies, he is able to stand up to Phaedos.

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Episode 14, in ''one battle''.

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Obviously.

* [[Blue Blood]]: Comes from a ''very'' wealthy family.

* {{spoiler|[[But Now I Must Go]]}}

* [[Fiction 500]]

* [[Glory Hound]] / [[Glory Seeker]]: A possible [[Deconstruction]], related to [[Royal Brat]] below.

* [[Japanese Politeness]]: [[Averted Trope|Oh, ho ho ho,]] ''[[Averted Trope|no]]'' [[Averted Trope|way!]]

* [[Jerkass]]: More of a jerk than Sean and is borderline racist.

* [[The Lancer]] / [[The Smart Guy]]: He tends to oppose Sean on occasion.

* {{spoiler|[[Opt Out]]: Due to realizing his selfish actions nearly got them all killed.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Even though he's a racist, nationalistic, egotistical asshole, he will protect his sister if she's in trouble.

* [[Rage Quit]]: The first time he split.

* [[Spoiled Brat]] / [[Royal Brat]]: He's a modern, non-royal version of this trope. Possibly deconstructed, since {{spoiler|his selfishness not only splits the team up, it nearly gets them all killed.}}

* [[Take That]]: He's pretty much a [[Take That]] aimed at Japanese nationalists.

* [[Ted Baxter]]: A less comedic version. he thinks he can lead, but he freezes up whenever something bad happens. This allows Sean to become leader.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Especially if they're a complete bitch and she's threatening his sister.

 

== Maria Aparicio / {{color|yellow|GPX Yellow}} ==

 

 

Hometown: Caracas

The first lady to be introduced. She's a tough, no-nonsense lady from Venezuela (but has been living in Brazil for the past 3 years for unknown reasons). She acts as the reasonable figure of the team.

 

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bandage Babe]]: After {{spoiler|Phaedos pounds her nearly to death like Sean and Kevin.}}

* [[Famous Ancestor]]: She says she's related to famous Venezuelan Simon Bolivar. Her case is more plausible, however, since she says he's a very distant relative.

* [[Female Gaze]]: In Episode 17, she watches Sean practice hockey a with a little ''too'' much interest.

* [[Granola Girl]]: Toned down a bit, just a mere mention of not wanting to eat meat.

* [[The Heart]] / [[The Chick]]-->[[The Smart Guy]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Again, just like Sean and Kevin, {{spoiler|she suffers one after getting beaten by Phaedos.}}

* [[Hot Amazon]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She wears revealing clothes and is a nudist. She seems to recognize that though, and wears jeans to prevent [[Panty Shot|Panty Shots]].

* [[He's Back|She's Back]]: {{spoiler|after her [[Heroic BSOD]].}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Sean and [[Les Yay|Hitomi]].

* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]

* [[Spicy Latina]]: Albeit a snarkier version.

== Hitomi Miyazawa / {{color|pink|GPX Pink}} ==

 

 

Hometown: Kyoto

* [[Ascended Fangirl]]: She loves ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' and she lampshades the appearance of the Zordonians.

* [[The Archer]]: The Am Bow. It too, gets a makeover.

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Betty and Veronica|The Betty]]: To Sean.

* [[Covert Pervert]]: She gets ''[[Ms. Fanservice|Maria]]'' flustered.

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: Hel-looo! Look below!

* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Along with Maria, she goes ga-ga over Sean's baby niece. Lampshaded by Sean.

* [[Extreme Doormat]]: For some reason, {{spoiler|Daisuke is able to get her to follow him, which shocks the other Rangers. She gets better and stands up for herself. It later turns out she was hypnotized and programmed to become this if Daisuke says a certain phrase.}}

* [[Lady of War]]: She may be cute, but she sure can fight.

* [[Otaku]]: She loves ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Sean and [[Les Yay|Maria.]]

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: She has confidence issues despite her Genki and Moe-ness.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: One that's genki, moe and a [[Cute Bruiser]].

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: Implied and played for laughs at the ''same fucking time''.

 

* [[Happily Married]]: To his wife Hikari.

* [[Team Dad]]: The other one, at least.

 

Sean's little brother. He's in Orlando with Bridget because their dad (As in Sean's, Bridget's and Tommy's dad) dumped him with Bridget.

 

* [[Has Two Mommies|Has Two Mommies?]]

 

A second team of Rangers who pop up in episode 19. They don't get off to a good start with the GPX rangers.

 

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: They save the GPX Rangers from being killed, but they only did it to get revenge on the Zordonians.

* [[No Name Given]]: The individual Flashmen have yet to be given a name.

* {{spoiler|[[Deadpan Snarker]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Expy]]: He's obviously based off [[Nick Fury]].}}

 

'''Enemies: The Zordonian Empire'''

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of Prince Dimande of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.

** Actually [[Justified Trope|justified]]! He does have to govern the empire, after all!

* [[Theme Naming]]: Gets his name from a planet in ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]''.

* [[Underestimating Badassery]]: Both from his enemies and from him. The Rangers underestimate him and he underestimates ''them''.

 

== Eltar ==

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Maria has to admit that Liaria's hot.

* [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: When she's scarred by Maria and Hitomi, she gets ''really'' pissed off.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Named after another ''[[Power Rangers]]'' planet.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Manipulates Daisuke to leave the team. {{spoiler|He almost succeeds.}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: He thinks he's hot, but he's not.

 

== Kalderon / Marcus Schneider ==

 

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of Nephrite of ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.

* [[You Are in Command Now]]: After {{spoiler|Phaedos is dealt with.}}

 

 

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: The general is only referred to as "the General" or a gender-neutral pronoun.

 

== Zentor ==

 

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of Kunzite.

 

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