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[[File:TVT-Go-bus_1424.png|frame|It's Time For Buster!]]

 

 

''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters'' (''Special Mission Squadron Go-Busters'') is the 36th and current ''[[Super Sentai]]'' series, airing from 2012 to 2013.

 

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=== Recurring ''[[Super Sentai]]'' tropes: ===

* [[By the Power of Grayskull]]: The team's [[Transformation Trinket|Transformation Trinkets]] announce "It's Morphin' Time!" after being activated. Once it's formed the majority of their costume, they say "Let's Morphin'!" to form the visor to their helmet and finish the change.

** On the other hand, the entire concept of subspace as used by the villains is this trope taken to its creepy conclusion.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]:

** [[Transforming Mecha]]: Each Buster Machine can transform from a vehicle mode (Buster Vehicle) to an animal mode of some sort ([[Animal Mecha|Buster Animal]]). Buster Machines CB-01 Cheetah and BC-04 Beetle each also have an additional robot mode (Go-Buster Ace and Go-Buster Beet).

** [[Combining Mecha]]: For starters, the Buddyroids combine with the Buster Machines to get them to do anything more complicated than their vehicle mode.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Episodes are called "missions".

* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Like ''Gokaiger'', their roll call is pretty simple:

'''All''': [[Let's Get Dangerous|Go!]] }}

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: The red and gold Buddyroids and Buster Machines have more features than the others. CB-01 Cheetah and BC-04 Beetle have humanoid modes in addition to their vehicle and animal modes, and can wear other Buster Machines as armor. Cheeda Nick can also turn into a motorcycle, and Beet J. Stag becomes the fifth team member, Stag Buster.

* [[Acting for Two]]: In Episode 12, Yoko discovers she has a [[Doppelganger]], a Chinese actress named Angie Sue. They look exactly alike except for their hairstyles. Naturally, they're played by the same actress.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Tessho Genda]], in the role of Gorisaki, [[The Transformers (animation)|has famously transformed into a truck before.]] Note that he only voiced the better-known Optimus Prime/Convoy while someone else played [[Beast Wars|Optimus Primal,]] the one that ''did'' turn into a gorilla.

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Enter actually launches an infiltration of the EMC's base as early as #6, though he started it off in #4.

* [[Alternate Timeline]]: The first Sentai to follow the trope, seeing that Enetron is already present at 2012 and before, but nowhere in sight during ''Gokaiger'' and any ''Sentai'' titles previously. And during the teamup movie, it seems that this timeline lacks any [[Sixth Ranger]] of the previous Sentai.

** Also, while definitely not the first Sentai series to have a [[Mission Control]] and support crew, it is likely the first to realistically depict the amount of logistics that these crews have to do to give assistance to the team (instead of simply showing them typing on computers). For instance, the first episode shows that a large number of technicians are needed to coordinate the launch of Go-Buster Ace. Hiromu also needs to inform the base minutes before that he will be using the mech to give them some prep time, instead of simply 'summoning' it instantly.

** It's worth noting, however, that it's not the first or the most "logical/realistic" by far; ''[[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five]]'' was pretty much an entire series of a serious take on that.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In the updated version of [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger|Gokaiger]]'s ''Super Hero Getter'' which includes Gokaiger and Go-Busters, Go-Busters line is "Tokumei Mission, Go-Busters." The problem is that "Tokumei" translates to "Special Mission", so in full English, the line is actually "Special Mission Mission, Go-Busters."

** Also, the command to form the [[Combining Mecha]] is "[[Gratuitous English|Combine Operation]], Tokumei Gattai", which one fansub group translated as "Combine Operation, Operative Combination".

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The code for the Buster Machines indicate the animals and vehicles they can transform into. Buster Machine GT-02 for example, is a '''G'''orilla that can transform into a '''T'''ruck. Subverted by the CB-01, which is a '''C'''heetah that transforms into a sports car, which combines with Cheeda Nick (who transforms into a '''B'''ike).

** {{spoiler|The number at the end (0X) also indicates their owner. When X is a number, it indicates that the owner is a Buster, whereas letters indicates that it's an auxiliary mecha not owned by anyone in particular.}}

** ''Go-Busters'' takes a lot of cues from ''[[Power Rangers]]'', apparently paying tribute to Saban's show on the eve of its 20th anniversary. Some of the specifics:

*** The use of "It's morphin time!" and "Megazord".

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Hiromu and Yōko.

* [[The Watson]]: The newest support personnel Miho Nakamura, has little to no knowledge of what the Vaglass are or even how the Go-Busters got their powers and is in frequent need of explanation, good thing too since if she didn't the viewers would have a hard time keeping up.

** Hiromu: When he panics, he completely freezes up. Even when in mid air, at which point he will be stuck floating. [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Chickens are the thing he fears the most]] (a fear actually unrelated to his weakpoint), so more often than not it's the sight of a chicken, even a picture of one, that will freeze him up. While not as bad, yelling "chicken" at him will make him move like a rusted robot.

** Ryūji: If he uses his [[Super Strength]] too much, he will [[Overheating|overheat]]. And when he overheats, he goes [[Ax Crazy]] and starts lashing out at anyone nearby, friend or foe, until he either cools down or collapses.