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[[Long Runners|Long-running]] live-action Japanese [[Sentai]] [[Toku|Tokusatsu]] franchise by the Toei Company based around a [[Five
Unlike most American shows, each [[Thematic Series|season is treated as its own series]], introducing a new team, new costumes, a new setup, and new mecha. Each series has a unique [[Verse]] disjoint from the others, and the [[Crossover|teamup]] movies are considered non-[[Canon]], though they appear to occupy their own side universe. The 35th anniversary series ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' is the first series to take place in this universe where all Sentai exist.
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[Camera Abuse]]: Starting to see use as of the 2000's, enemy explosions generally cause the battlefield "camera" to shake violently, in an attempt to hide the twitches and slight movements by heroes and mecha during finisher poses.
* [[Card
* [[Conflict Ball]]: In pretty much all the [[Crossover]] movies, the two reds will find ''some'' reason not to get along.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]
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* [[Elemental Powers]]
* [[Evolving Credits]]: Usually happens when a new [[Big Bad]] takes control of the villains, a new member joins the team or when they get a new Mecha and/or Mecha combination.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Red Rangers, obviously.
** [[The Lancer]]: Mostly the [[Number Two]], but can also mean any type of 'Lone Wolf' (Gekiranger) or those with authority issues (GoGoV). Usually the Blue, Black, or Green Rangers, but also a few Yellows.
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Some series have some characters that are good, but are also jerks. Turned up to eleven in ''Gokaiger'', where 60% of the team (now 50%, with the [[Sixth Ranger]]) has a dickish demeanor.
* [[Henshin Hero]]: though they mostly don't use the word (''Ohranger'' and ''Magiranger'' might be the only examples).
* [[Hey
** Hiroshi Miyauchi was Akira Shinmei/Aoranger in ''[[Himitsu Sentai Goranger]]'' and Sokichi Banba/Big One in ''[[JAKQ Dengekitai]]'', as well as Captain Miura in ''[[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger]]''. Oh, and speaking of other ''tokusatsu'' shows, he also was Shiro Kazami and Ken Hayakawa, the titular heroes of ''[[Kamen Rider V 3]]'' and ''[[Kaiketsu Zubat]]'', respectively.
** Yukio Ito was Kenji Asuka/Midoranger in ''Goranger'' and Kensaku Shiraishi/Battle Cossack I in ''[[Battle Fever J]]''.
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** {{spoiler|1=Hiroya Matsumoto was Tsubasa Ozu/MagiYellow in ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' and has been confirmed to play Masato/Beet Buster from ''[[Tokumei Sentai Gobusters (TV)|Tokumei Sentai Gobusters]]''.}}
** Not to mention all the actors who have guest starred in each other's series.
* [[Hey
** [[Naoya Uchida|Denji Green]] voiced [[Death Note (Manga)|Light's father]].
** [[Joji Nakata|Sir Cowler]] (and later Great Profesor Bias) voiced [[Vision of Escaflowne|Folken]], [[Hellsing|Alucard]], [[Sgt Frog|Corporal Giroro]], [[Code Geass|Diethard]], etc.
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*** Goseiger's [[Sixth Ranger]] GoseiKnight being voiced by [[Katsuyuki Konishi]], AKA [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Kamina]], [[Shaman King|Amidamaru]], [[Axis Powers Hetalia|America]] and [[Macross Frontier|Ozma Lee]]
*** All of the Gokaigers' equipment has [[Tomokazu Seki|Domon Kasshu]]'s voice coming out of it.
* [[Highly
* [[Hot Blooded]]: The number one defining trait of a Red Ranger, though there are aversions, like [[Choujin Sentai Jetman|Ryu Tendou]] and [[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Takeru Shiba]].
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: introduced in ''Battle Fever J'' - and, conversely, introducing the "Super" to Sentai.
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* [[Mini Dress of Power]]: Every female ranger since ''Maskman'' (plus the girls in ''JAKQ'' and ''Denjiman'' before it; ''Fiveman'' and ''Dekaranger'' being the only exceptions after), over their regular bodysuit/leggings, which allows one to tell which (usually yellow) rangers were gender-swapped when the series was converted to ''Power Rangers''. Even when they did not have them, sometimes the suits had designs reminiscent of swimsuits (as seen in ''Bioman'' and ''Changeman'').
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Aside from [[Wham Episode|Wham Episodes]] interspersing with [[BLAM Episode|BLAM Episodes]] depending on the series, there's also the fact that the ending theme is quite upbeat pretty much most of the time, creating the effect when an episode ends in a dramatic note.
* [[
** In addition, the carrier mecha from ''Maskman'' was called the ''Turboranger'' (although the pronunciation is different; the ''Maskman'' carrier is pronounced "Turbo Runger"), while the [[Psycho Rangers|evil sentai]] from ''Fiveman'' was called ''Gingaman''.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Villains tend to have names that translate into this, as well as the team mecha's.
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**** [[The Lancer]] will try saving the day on his own and have to learn the meaning of teamwork.
**** A [[Monster of the Week]] will pose as a human and fool one of the heroes into falling in love with them. The monster may or may not [[Becoming the Mask|become the mask]].
**** One hero (usually but not always male, but almost never the Red) will encounter and [[The Dulcinea Effect|fall in love with]] a mysterious person, who by the end of the episode turns out not to be human and either leaves the show or dies. If it's the latter, cue a cry of [[This Is Unforgivable!]] at whatever bad guy killed her (or him, if the episode's hero is female) followed by a cathartic [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. Sometimes overlaps with the above plot, sometimes not. Usually written by Naruhisa Arakawa, who has written episodes of nearly every ''[[Super Sentai]]'' since 1991 and likes to write this plot into nearly every series he writes for.
**** The heroes may find and befriend a [[Monster of the Week]] who doesn't want to harm anybody. They are usually forced to destroy the monster at the end of the episode. It also usually ends up being a [[Tear Jerker]] for the heroes. However, it may also be a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Crowning Episode of Funny]] and, in this case, the monster will end the episode alive.
**** The heroes fight off [[Mook|Mooks]] unmorphed while dressed up as medieval samurai. Or cowboys. For the latter's case, this always happen: Most rangers are owning the mooks, but [[The Lancer|the token cool guy]] will nearly blast themselves by accident for comic relief. The women of the group will knock down the [[Mook|Mooks]] using a cute wink (This trend started in ''[[Denshi Sentai Denziman]]'', especially the 'wink knockdown'. The comic relief by the cool guy started out by ''[[Dai Sentai Goggle Five]]'', and it keeps getting better and better, especially in ''[[Dengeki Sentai Changeman]]''. You'll more often see this in earlier Sentai, though, the last time used being in ''[[Mirai Sentai Timeranger|Timeranger vs GoGoV]]'').
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