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''"Gold Power!"'' }}

 

 

In feudal Japan, Nighloks from the otherworldly Sanzu River emerged from cracks in the human world and terrorized the populace until a group of [[Samurai]] united to stop them. When the Nighloks begin appearing again in the present day, five young descendants of those samurai are gathered to train in the ways of their families' "Samurai Symbols of Power" and stop the Nighloks' efforts of using humans' tears of despair to make the Sanzu flood the human world.

The second half of this series is branded as ''Power Rangers Super Samurai''.

 

* [[Big Bad]]: Master Xandred

* [[Chest Insignia]]: The team logo on the left over the heart and personal kanji on the face of the helmet.

** [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"]]: The kanji qualify.

* [[Chrome Champion]]: The Gold Ranger has a lot of blue on his suit (black in Mega Mode), but enough shiny gold bits to count.

* [[The Dragon]]: Serrator

* [[Evil Plan]]: Xandred's plan to use humans' tears of despair to make the Sanzu flood the human world.

*** [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: '''{{color|gold|Ape Zord}}'''

*** [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: '''{{color|darkorange|Beetle Zord}}'''

*** [[Panthera Awesome]]: '''{{color|silver|Tiger Zord}}'''

*** [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: the '''{{color|orange|Samurai}}{{color|silver|Battle}}{{color|deepskyblue|wing}}''', [[Combining Mecha|formed from]] the Beetle, Swordfish, and Tiger Zords

* [[The Mentor]]: Ji, though [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone Calls Him "Mentor"]] more often than not.

* [[Mooks]]: Moogers, including Megazord-sized [[Giant Mook]] versions.

** [[Playing with Fire]]: '''{{color|red|Jayden}}'''

** [[Making a Splash]]: '''{{color|blue|Kevin}}'''

** [[Transformation Name Announcement]]: "Samurai Ranger, ready!" and "Samurai Megazord! We are united!"

 

* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: In "The Tengen Gate", everyone pronounces Daisuke as "Dye-SOO-Kay". (It should sound closer to DYE-skay)

* [[An Aesop]]: Before the show began, one of the producers mentioned that Saban was going to use the show as a platform to encourage healthy eating and exercise to kids. Since it was mentioned so early in production, there was a little concern that the show might become ham-fisted and preachy (but not much, since environmentalism and other Aesops have been part of the show since day 1.) The exercise aspect has been pushed through a series of videos on [http://www.youtube.com/user/SabansPowerRangers Saban's Power Rangers youtube account] but it's been mentioned very little in the show so far, and the Rangers are seen eating cotton candy and chasing down an ice cream truck at various times.<ref>To be fair, this was always after they kicked a monster's rear, justifying the treats.</ref>

** This is also attempted by the Nighlok Eyescar in "The Rescue" as he sets up a trap where the only apparent way to save the captured Antonio and Ji is to follow the trail that leads into an army of Mooks. It fails because Jayden [[Genre Savvy|sees right through it]] and {{spoiler|destroys them all with an aerial strike from the Samurai Battlewing.}}

* [[Bowdlerize]]: In "The Blue and the Gold," Antberry has to chop up thirty toys to create a portal to the Sanzu River from a well. In ''Shinkenger'', however, this plan involved ''[[Human Sacrifice|chopping up a group of young girls]]'', something that probably would have been considered too sinister for a children's show on American TV.

** See [[Frothy Mugs of Water]] down below regarding Doukoku Chimatsuri's sake.

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The Symbols of Power used by the Rangers are never exactly translated. One can get a basic understanding of what they mean by seeing the context they're used in, but they're rarely given an outright translation.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Antonio gets these the first time he morphs. Justified because he's a shiny [[Chrome Champion]].

* [[Black Box]]: The name of the [[Applied Phlebotinum]] du jour of ''Super Samurai''. It seemed to fill the "nobody knows how it works" trope prior to that before Antonio worked on it.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Deker seeks a battle with a worthy opponent, for its own sake, and once he has his sights set on Jayden he'll even attack other Nighloks to [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|keep them away from]] ''his'' destined rival.

* [[Call Back]]: In "[[Christmas Episode|Christmas Together, Friends Forever]]", Mike gives the motorcycle he received away to Bulk and Spike (who had lamented over not being able to afford one at the beginning of the episode). Bulk and Skull had a motorcycle they used as a patrol bike back in ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]''. In "Runaway Spike", Spike's attempts to hold a job recall those of his father and Bulk in ''[[Power Rangers Turbo]]''.

* [[Captain Obvious]]

'''Mia''': "A Zord came out of that disc!" }}

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Antonio, portrayed by ''[[Glee]]'' alumnus Steven Skyler, gets a chance to show off his singing chops in "He's Not Heavy Metal, He's My Brother".

* [[Cute Kitten]]: A neighborhood stray makes recurring appearances in ''Super Samurai''.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: A minor one, a kid makes a deal with a Nighlok {{spoiler|in which if he throws away his baseball things (and therefore, his dream), he would see his father again.}} In fact, the episode is called "Deal With A Nighlok".

* [[Deliberate Injury Gambit]]: {{spoiler|How Jayden beats Deker in their duel.}}

* [[Detachment Combat]]: The Samurai Megazord is able to split off its limbs, as shown in "Sticks and Stones" against Negatron.

** The Kyoryu (Dinosaur) Origami is now the Shark Sword/Zord. Its toy got some fins added to it to look more sharklike, but the TV footage wasn't altered at all. (The toy version of the Light Zord similarly got retooled to become something else - a paper lantern to a spider - but this change doesn't apply to the show.)

** Averted with Dayu, Ji, the Sanzu River, and the Shiba family, who all keep their ''Shinkenger'' names in some form or another (the Usukawa part of the Japanese Dayu's name didn't carry over, and Ji was just a nickname in ''Shinkenger'').

* [[Dutch Angle]]: While {{spoiler|Blue Ranger was controlled.}}

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Serrator in "Broken Dreams".}}

* [[Environment Specific Action Figure]]: Played with, as the Zord-piloting "Mega Mode" armor is the standard in the toy line, and the basic Ranger suits are treated as the less-common variant.

** [[CCG Importance Dissonance]]

* [[Everything's Better with Samurai]]

* [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]: Everything with the Power Discs.

** Not to mention all the times they refer to Dayu's past in "There Go The Brides".

*** And this exchange between Dayu and [[Monster of the Week]] Madimot from "I've Got A Spell On Blue."

'''Dayu''': "Well, actually, I..." ''(he interrupts her before she can finish)'' }}

** And the distrust towards Deker.

* [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]: ''Everyone's'' reaction to Master Xandred finally coming to Earth himself. Including ''[[Knight of Cerebus|Serrator!]]''

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: in "Clash of the Red Rangers":

(44 minutes in) '''Scott:''' "I do have eyes under here, you know. I've seen the way she looks at you." }}

* [[Melee a Trois]]: Done near the end of "Test of the Leader", between Jayden, Deker, and [[Monster of the Week|Robtish]].

** Emily's sister in "Sticks and Stones."

** [[The Kids Are American|The Kids Are New Zealander]]: Basically the majority of the kids so far, whether they're portraying younger versions of the Rangers or regular kids, have been unable to hide their accents. Especially noticable when compared to the American accents used by adults in the same scene (Ryan and his dad in "Deal with a Nighlok" and Young!- and current-Jayden and Antonio in "Unexpected Arrival").

** There's another variant as well (which is the one that is most commonly used before the non-continued episodes):

* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: Xandred can't leave the Sanzu, but even so he doesn't do much beyond nursing his headache. Sure, he authorizes Nighloks to go to the human world, but he doesn't exactly think up attack plans. Dayu does even less, being more of a court musician than anything else.

* [[Out of Order]]: The first episode that Nickelodeon showed was the third episode Saban made, so we don't learn anything about how the Rangers got their powers or who the villains are. Though some of this information was shown in promos, including one that recapped some of the backstory that aired right before the premiere. This might have been done in an attempt to skip right to the action, but unfortunately results in [[Lost in Medias Res]]. The "real" premiere episodes were aired as [[Origins Episode|Origins Specials]] midseason.

* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: The Light Zord sometimes gets its discs jammed, requiring a swift smack to its butt.

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Octoroo. As [[The Smart Guy]] of the villains in a series that really doesn't need a monster-maker 'cause monsters just show up, can grow on their own, and [[Mooks]] are created ''by Xandred's bad temper,'' he often has little to do. He's also waist-high. Then he comes up with the poisoning plot and takes the field personally. And he is a really powerful fighter, doing more damage than Dayu or Deker, the more standard [[The Dragon|Dragons]].

** To be fair, the original Sentai's morphers were cell phones that happened to contain a magic calligraphy brush.

** And the previous set of Samurai Rangers were shown using the ink brush style morphers as opposed to the modern one.

* [[The Rest Shall Pass]]: While Mike invokes this against a monster and is ultimately the one who brings it down in both the on-foot and Zord fights, he has help both times from Jayden and the rest of the Rangers respectively.

* [[Self-Proclaimed Knight]]: Antonio

* [[Ship Tease]]: So far they've teased Mike with Emily, Jayden with Mia and Kevin with Mia

** The "Origins" episode hints at Kevin being the [[Prince Charming]] figure that Mia is waiting to meet...

** In "Clash of the Red Rangers" [[Power Rangers RPM|Scott]] basically out right states that Emily and Mike have a thing for each other.

* [[Shot for Shot Remake]]: One of the biggest complaints against ''Samurai'' is that they're trying to replicate ''Shinkenger'' as closely as possible, but because of [[Values Dissonance]], they simply aren't able to do it as well.

** As of "Boxed In", this trope is subverted to some degree (while Genta manages to finish the Inroumaru in the corresponding episode, Antonio is unable to do the same for the Black Box, thus delaying the team's [[Super Mode]]). The next episode {{spoiler|pretty much completely rewrites Dayu and Deker's histories, making both quite sympathetic.}}

** In the "Origins" episodes, you can spot [[My Neighbor Totoro|Totoro Drive]] in a map.

** Negatron adressing a bunch of chicks as "[[Gossip Girl|gossip girls]]"

** At the end of the [[Christmas Episode]] Bulk and Skull are seen [[Full-Moon Silhouette|riding the motorcycle Mike gave them past the moon]], a la ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]''.

** "He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother" has Bulk and Spike's music act, or should we say [[Mark Wahlberg|Spikey Spike]] and [[Will Smith|the Fresh Bulk]]. And of course they had to include the line [[Snoop Dogg|'drop it like it's hot']].

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Said by Mia to Doubletone, after finding out {{spoiler|[[I Lied|he lied]] to a little boy that he'd let him see his father again in exchange for him giving up baseball.}}

* [[Title Drop]]: At the conclusion of "The One That Got Away" Jayden looks into the camera and says "We need to be... Super Samurai."

* [[Turn in Your Badge|Turn In Your Morpher]]: Ji does this to Mike in "Forest For The Trees", and a variant when he confiscates Antonio's morpher in "Room for One More".

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: In episode 8 several civilians are in plain sight of the Nighlok fighting the Rangers and are too busy crying from the fact that the monster made it rain to run away. Justified in that said rain is supposed to make them feel too hopeless to even ''think'' of doing anything else.

 

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