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{{trope}}
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Superheroes, Japanese style. The word can be translated as "Task Force" or "Squadron." Usually come in teams, with color-keyed uniforms and a range of personalities/roles that usually follows some variation on the [[Five-Man Band]]. Known for their [[Super Sentai Stance|synchronized posing]].
Not strictly limited to
A very western form of Sentai is to feature five teenagers recieving powers, with a transformation, i.e. it doesn't have to involve color-coding, or full body suits.
Not to be confused with [[Sentai Filmworks]]. ''Definitely'' not to be confused with [[Hentai]], and god help you if you do.<ref>[[Rule 34]] guarantees some overlap somewhere.</ref>
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a hybrid
* Even ''[[Shugo Chara]]'' has done it with Kukai. ''Ore wa...GUARDIAN FIVE!'' That is definitely his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** Don't forget the Tamago Senshi!
* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' has
* ''[[
* ''[[Moldiver]]'' both parodies and pays tribute to classic
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' is a classic anime mixing
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]:'' In an obvious parody of ''[[Super Sentai]]''/''[[Power Rangers]]'', the five girls from Negi's class with the lowest grades dub themselves the "[[Baka]] Rangers," complete with appropriate "hero names," like "Baka Pink" and "Baka Red."
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' does a few parodies of the
* Spoofed in ''[[
* ''[[Lime-iro Senkitan]]'', with its five girl Lime unit, in five colours.
* ''[[Cos Prayers]]'', an intentional parody of the genre with added [[Fan Service]].
* ''[[Ronin Warriors]]'' had
* ''[[School Rumble]]'' briefly featured the all-female team ''[[Show Within a Show|Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron]]'' in one episode, whose five pilots (and mecha) were very much a homage to ''Super Sentai''. For bonus points, the Dojibiron team's names were [[The Danza|nearly the same as the five principle voice actresses]], the only difference being the color-coded [[Theme Naming]]. For the record, Imadori is a huge fan of them.
* ''[[Show Within a Show|Chouken Sentai Blade Braver]]'' in ''[[Bamboo Blade]]''. Tama, the main girl in the show, considers herself an "ally of justice" like the Blade Bravers themselves, and in fact uses the motivation of fighting for right to join the kendo club. Later on, the show reveals that ''Braver'' is just one of many in the 31-year long "''Battle Hero''" series, making it an obvious [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of ''[[Super Sentai]]''.
* The [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Ginyu Force]] of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' are a parody of this trope: there are five of them (instead of the [[Four Is Death|four]] which are traditional in villainous groups), and they constantly strike poses and throw group attacks. In fact, when recruiting new members for the team, Captain Ginyu is mostly concerned with their posing ability.
** Later on Gohan and even later, Videl become a two-man sentai team as the great saiyamen and saiyawoman. One of the videogame adapations blames the sentei behavior on Gohan being traumatized by the Ginyu force.
* ''[[Magical Pokaan]]'' has a singular, Sentai-based episode that becomes increasingly silly. Since the show only has [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|four leading girls]], the fifth spot is filled by no
** There actually is a fifth ranger. She just happens to be invisible.
* The ''[[Excel Saga (
** The anime, meanwhile, throws out the serious elements and goes into full-blown parody with Municipal Team Daitenzin.
* ''[[
* The episode "Super Sooga Squad" of the ''[[Pucca]]'' TV series is an [[Affectionate Parody]] of Sentai series.
* Parodied in ''[[Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman]].'' Their suit colors are the intentionally awful Red, Moss Green, Gray, Sepia, and Salmon Pink.
* ''[[Transformers Super God Masterforce]]'' had a group of Autobots who pretty much acted as a sentai team.
* An audio drama of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' of all things, set post-series and [[Animated Actors|thoroughly destroying the fourth wall]] has the cast having to re-tool the show for new episodes; Asuka has the pilots (Rei, herself, Shinji, Toji, and Kaworu) try being super sentai. [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|It's]]...[[Stylistic Suck|special]].
** It's the audio drama on the "Addition" soundtrack (4th one, with four of them on the cover). There are plenty of translations floating about, including one with graphics.
* ''[[
* Parodied and deconstructed in ''[[Franken Fran]]'': Takeshi, a sprinter with a bone disorder, goes to Fran and receives surgery to rebuild his body. Unfortunately, several other sprinters received the same
* Most shows about [[Combining Mecha]] use the sentai style to some
* ''[[Bleach]]'' episodes 212 and 213 parody this like there's no tomorrow.
* One of the earliest strips in ''[[GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class]]'' has the five lead girls becoming the "Color Rangers". Keeping with the art theme, they're yellow, magenta, cyan and monochrome. Except for Tomokane, who's red, because every good Sentai team needs a red leader.
* Another [[Show Within a Show]] example is the Star Rangers in ''[[Muteki Kanban Musume]]''. Akihiko is a huge fan of them, to the point that when anyone so much as mentions the show, he starts to think he ''is'' Red Star. He seems equally convinced that the rest of the main cast are the other Star Rangers.
* The [[
* ''[[Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders]]'' was a parody of this.
* In the ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' manga, Kakeru seems determined to turn the student council into a proper "School Defense Force" and starts assigning colors. He claims Black for himself (because he thinks it would make him seem [[The Lancer|cool and mysterious]]) and, after teasing Yuki about how his [[Bishonen|pretty face]] should make him Pink, gives him Red for being student council president. [[Kawaiiko|Kimi]] insists on being Pink and sticks [[Sugar and Ice Girl|Machi]] with Yellow (like Beat above, Kimi claims it's because Machi likes curry so much). [[The Comically Serious|Naohito]] just plain refuses to play along. And [[Large Ham|Ayame]] is named the Commander immediately after Kakeru meets him, much to his delight.
* ''[[
* ''[[Mitsudomoe]]'' has the [[Show Within a Show]] ''Honki Sentai Gachiranger''. As ''Mitsudomoe'' is wont to do, the show seems a little more sexually charged than usual for a Sunday morning TV show. Hitoha is a huge fan.
* Also spoofed in ''[[Yumeria]]:'' once all the girls are active in the dream world, they look at their individually-colored outfits and their attacks, and decide they need [[Calling Your Attacks|attack names]] and a victory pose.
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* ''Goldfish Warning'', Gyoupin Sentai, episode 34.
* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' is another [[Magical Girl]] sentai combination.
* The [[Magical Girl]] franchise ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' has several examples that could count as all-girl Sentais. The two that come closest are ''[[Yes!
* ''[[G Gundam]]'' has the Shuffle Alliance, which is inspired by the second and third Sentai teams, ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'' (playing card theme) and ''[[Battle Fever J]]'' ([[Multinational Team]], though ''G'' has China in place of Kenya). The Alliance even has a Sentai backstory, stating that they've existed from ancient times to keep humanity from destroying itself with war.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* As the introduction says, both the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series are the [[Ur Example]] of this style.
* Saban, the company that translated ''[[Super Sentai]]'' to ''[[Power Rangers]]'', also tried its hand at translating another series, coming up with ''[[Beetleborgs]]'', and created an original series, ''[[
** ''Beetleborgs'' was adapted from ''[[Juukou B-Fighter]]''. They also made ''[[VR Troopers]]'', although their source footage was three earlier ''[[Metal Heroes]]'' shows, and those shows don't qualify for this trope as they only had one or two heroes.
* ''[[Voicelugger]]'', which was the last production by Shotaro Ishinomori, the godfather of ''[[Super Sentai]]'', released posthumously.
* ''[[Chou Sei Shin Series]]'' was renowned for its high quality mecha battles. The first entry, ''[[Chouseishin Gransazer]]'', was an extreme example of this trope, with [[Serial Escalation|twelve]] heroes.
* ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' a live-action adaptation that follows the [[Sailor Moon (manga)|manga]] more closely for the first half of the series. The second half then spins off [[Original Generation|into it's own arc]].
== Video Games ==
* The Axem Rangers from ''[[
* [[Disgaea|"Together...we are...the PRISM RANGERS!!]]"
** [[Lampshade Hanging|"But there are only three of you. That's not even enough for a rainbow."]]
* The Handsome Men in ''[[
* Parodied in ''[[
* The Dragoons of ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', complete with elemental alliances and color coding.
* ''[[
* Culture Brain intended to bring this to the US under the guise of a superhero team by converting two of their ''[[Hiryu No Ken]]'' games into one superhero-themed title on the NES, calling it ''[[Flying Warriors]]''. They even had a fairly big marketing blitz to go with it, with a multi-issue comic book being published in [[Game Pro]]. The game itself ended up being swiftly forgotten.
* Spoofed in ''[[God Hand]]'' with the Mad Midget Five: a squad of five characters in colour-coded outfits with high-pitched voices, none of whom even reach the main character's waist, prentending they're super heroes and pulling flashy moves. Add to that their high speed and agility, and you have [[That One Boss|one of the most annoying boss encounters in the whole game]].
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== Western Animation ==
* American animators have made their own version with a twist: ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]!'' features a
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* Parodied in ''[[Megas XLR]]'' with the [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|S]][[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|-For]][[Voltron|ce]], then again with the "Ultra Chicks", who blend [[Super Sentai]] with [[Sailor Moon]].
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' has hints of this with their [[Five-Man Band|Five Bot Band]] main robot cast. They're not much for team poses, but they have many other team-dynamics down pat.
* Parodied in ''[[League of Super Evil]]'' with the Force Fighters V.
* ''[[
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