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** Don't forget the Tamago Senshi!

* ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]'' has [[Sentai]] elements as well -- note the individually colored hardsuits and the almost stereotyped set of personalities found among the Knight Sabers.

* ''[[Moldiver]]'' both parodies and pays tribute to classic [[Sentai]] elements (not to mention [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]], too).

* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' is a classic anime mixing [[Sentai]] with mythological fantasy.

* ''[[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 one -- the green suit is an empty shell. On top of that, the team's [[Combining Mecha]] never forms correctly, with mishaps ranging from a missing component to five copies of the same component attempting to fuse together. The end of the episode is a stream of random gags that would take too long to explain here.

** There actually is a fifth ranger. She just happens to be invisible.

** 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.

* 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 surgery -- when they ''all'' break the world record, he's discredited and disgraced. The others beat the crap out of him, so he gets more surgery and becomes a sentai hero named Sentinel. Then he becomes a [[Knight Templar]], beating people up for littering, until finally {{spoiler|his victim's family members gun him down. He receives one more surgery, leaving him monstrous... and in his new form he is attacked and killed by ''more'' sentai. The end of the chapter shows the city in a riot of [[Let's You and Him Fight]] battles, while Fran is complaining that everyone wants superpowers but nobody wants to ''pay'' for them.}}

* Most shows about [[Combining Mecha]] use the sentai style to some extent -- in fact there's even a [[Combining Mecha]] anime called ''[[Chojin Sentai Balatack]]'', which includes the [[Five-Man Band]] with color-coded outfits. About the only thing these sorts of shows don't use is the [[Super Sentai Stance]], since typically the heroes rarely fight outside their vehicles or robots, but even so, the combined robot will usually do plenty of posing upon combining.

* 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.

* 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.

* ''Goldfish Warning'', Gyoupin Sentai, episode 34.

* ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' is another [[Magical Girl]] sentai combination.

* ''[[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.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* As the introduction says, both the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' series are the [[Ur Example]] of this style.

** ''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.

== Video Games ==

* [[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 ''[[Killer 7]]'' are an antagonist version.

* 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]].

== Western Animation ==

* 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. <ref> The V is not Roman Numberal 5, [[Shaped Like Itself|it's the letter V]]</ref>

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