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[[File:dekaranger_405.jpg|frame|Clockwise from top-right: '''Ban, Sen, Umeko, Jasmine, Hoji, Tetsu''']]
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''Five detectives who fight with cool, yet burning, hearts.''
''Their mission: To combat space criminals who have invaded Earth.''
''They will protect the peace and safety of all humanity!''" }}
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The series is composed of a number of individual case files, loosely-connected by the presence of the shadowy Agent Abrella, a black market [[Arms Dealer]] who supplies many of the villains with their equipment.
* 1: Banban "Ban" Akaza / '''{{color|red|Deka Red}}''': [[The Hero]], very [[Hot
* 2: Houji "Hoji" Tomasu / '''{{color|blue|Deka Blue}}''': [[The Lancer]]. A [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting]] [[Cold Sniper]] who has a perfectionist streak (at first). [[Gratuitous English|Speaks Engrish phrases occasionally]]
* 3: Sen'ichi "Sen-chan" Enari / '''{{color|green|Deka Green}}''': [[The Smart Guy]] and [[The Heart|the most understanding guy you can ever meet]], [[Beware the Nice Ones|provided you don't make him snap]]. Has a crush on Umeko but [[Cannot Spit It Out|can't say it.]]
* 4: Marika "Jasmine" Reimon / '''{{color|gold|Deka Yellow}}''': [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|A tall, beautiful and dark-haired girl]] [[Deadpan Snarker|who is quite sarcastic]]. Another [[The Smart Guy|smart one]] as a master strategist with [[Psychic Powers]].
* 5: Koume "Umeko" Kodou / '''{{color|fuchsia|Deka Pink}}''': [[The Chick]], [[The Ditz]] and [[Ms. Fanservice]] due to her being a [[Bathing Beauty]] and having many [[Furo Scene|Bathtub scenes]].
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* [[By the Power of
** Occasionally this is preceded by "Change Standby!"
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: At least for the main five.
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* [[Crossover]]: ''Dekaranger vs. [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger|Abaranger]]''
* [[Custom Uniform]]
* [[Eyecatch]]: The first half of the eyecatch features the "dog" part of the "n" character howling before pulling back to show the logo and the five rangers in attack position. After the commercial the eyecatch features the ranger(s) of the episode shooting the screen. Later after the debut of Deka Master and Deka Break, the eyecatch also sported either Deka Master slashing or Deka Break punching the screen.
* [[Evolving Credits]]: Maybe the ultimate example: since Sentai shows have a habit of having the villain in the credits and Dekaranger has no main villain, a shot of the monster of the week is inserted in the credits for each episode. As a result, no two episodes share the same title sequence.
** Also counts as a [[Couch Gag]].
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** [[The Big Guy|The Big]] [[Sixth Ranger]]: Tetsu. Subverted with Doggie when he reveals his Ranger form, as he doesn't want the team to depend on his help. His brute force makes him [[The Big Guy]], even though he's the [[Sixth Ranger]].
** [[The Mentor]]: Doggie
** [[Eleventh
** [[Guest Star Party Member]]: Lisa Teagle, who only appears in one episode.
** [[Team Pet]]: Murphy K-9
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
** [[A Mech
** [[Combining Mecha]]
*** Pat Strike + Pat Gyro + Pat Trailer + Pat Armor + Pat Signal = Dekaranger Robo
*** Pat Wing 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = Deka Wing Robo
** [[Transforming Mecha]]
*** Dekabike -> Dekabike Robo
*** Dekabase->Dekabase Crawler->Dekabase Robo
** [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every single episode's title is entirely in [[Gratuitous English]].
* [[Infant Immortality]]: AVERTED. In the first episode! The one responsible gets his at the hands of Deka Red.
* [[In the Name of
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'''{{color|blue|Blue}}''': "Two, to pursue mysterious cases!"
'''{{color|green|Green}}''': "Three, to investigate using futuristic technology!"
'''{{color|gold|Yellow}}''': "Four, the hideous evil of space..."
'''{{color|fuchsia|Pink}}''': "Five, ...to exterminate them with all possible speed!"
'''{{color|silver|Break}}''': "To attack wicked evil! To smash the darkness of fear! The Daybreak Detective, Deka Break!"
alternately, '''{{color|silver|Break}}''': "Six, it's good to be invincible!"
'''All''': "S.P.D.! [all announce their names one by one]! Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger!"
'''{{color|black|Master}}''': "Cutting down hundreds of evildoers! Hell's Police Guard Dog, Deka Master!" }}
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: Significantly averted this season; instead of growing to giant size, nearly every [[Monster of the Week]] pilots his/her own [[Humongous Mecha]]. Only a small number of them can grow on their own.
* [[Mecha
** [[Elite Mooks]]: The blue Batsuroids and orange Igaroids.
* [[The Movie]]: ''Dekaranger the Movie: Full Blast Action''
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*** Swan License: Swan-san
*** MariGold License: Mari
** Tetsu and Lisa: BraceThrottle <ref>These are also their [[Weapons Of Choice
* [[Two Girls to
* [[Weapon of Choice]]
** [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: Each of the main five's sidearms can combine with each other to form a [[Handguns|gun weapon]].
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*** Jasmine and Umeko: [[Carry a Big Stick|D-Stick]] + [[Power Fist|D-Knuckle]] = D-Shot.
** [[BFS]]: Murphy as the D-Bazooka.
** Tetsu and Lisa: [[Improbable Weapon User|Brace]][[Power Fist|Throttle]] <ref>These are also their [[Transformation Trinket
** Doggie: [[Katanas Are Just Better|D-Sword Vega]]
** Swan-San: [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
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** Dekaranger SWAT Mode: [[BFG|D-Revolver]]
* [[Badass]] - Doggie Kruger
* [[Badass Biker]] - Hoji is the only guy with a bike... until Tetsu arrives, then they share the position.
** The ''Dekaranger Robo'' is also one (again, after Tetsu arrives, since Tetsu's mecha ''is a bike'').
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]] - In one episode, their robot does this to a giant mook.
* [[Base
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] - The eccentric Sen-chan is usually very nice but cross him and you'll be in a world of pain.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Averted [[Disney Death|at the last moment]].
* [[Black Market]] - This is what the [[Big Bad]] of the series deals in.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Ban's guns. Well, they'd have to be, what with his [[Gun Kata|Juu Kun Dou fighting style]] and his [[Trigger Happy]] nature.
* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Change standby... Emergency! Dekaranger!" "Emergency! Deka-Break!" "Emergency! Deka-Swan!"
* [[Call Back]] - In ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Magiranger]] vs. Dekaranger'', the Dekarangers stop a giant Alienizer via [[Attack Pattern Alpha|Formation U2]] from taking off with a building with the Ozu siblings {{spoiler|and Umeko}} inside. A similar technique was used in the first episode to stop an Alienizer from terrorizing a bus.
* [[Canon Immigrant]] - The Battlizer, which originated in ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]''.
* [[Car Fu]]: In ''Dekaranger vs. [[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger|Abaranger]]'', the Abarangers steal an SPD squad car to chase after {{spoiler|the real villain, who is disguised as}} a crow. Ranru decides to launch the car off of a ramp to follow the crow into the air. They actually manage to fly through the air for a goodly time, too. The impossibility of this move is given a deadpan lampshade by the Dekarangers:
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Deka Blue: Impossible.
(''after the car falls'')
Deka Green: Naturally, it must come down. }}
* [[Catch Phrase]] - Tetsu's [[Gratuitous English|"Nonsense!"]].
** [[Shout
** Also Jasmine's "Bye-nara!" (Good bye!). Occasionally.
** Or Hoji's [[Gratuitous English|"Super Cool. Perfect!"]]
** No mention of Sen-Chan's occasional "There is no mystery in this world that cannot be solved!"?
* [[Christmas Episode]]: oddly enough, this one is spent fighting a [[Rival Turned Evil]] of Doggie.
* [[Color Failure]]: Sen does one when a retired officer completely forgot who he is.
* [[Completely Different Title]]: The Korean dub refers to the show as ''Power Rangers SPD''. Not to be confused with [[Power Rangers SPD|the American adaptation]].
* [[Cool Shades]]: To go with his [[Cool Sword]], Doggie also often sports a pair of [[Cool Shades]].
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* [[Fight Clubbing]]: Hoji investigates one of these.
* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: Happened during one battle when the rangers activated their S.W.A.T. power-up. The ran down the field with their blasters on full auto, cutting down mooks like chaff.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: The titles are all in katakana<ref>
** "''Paafekuto!''",<ref>
** And Tetsu's "''Nonsense!''".
** [[Catch Phrase|"Kore nite, ikken COMPLETE!"]]
* [[Gun Kata]]: Ban's Juu Kun Do, "The Way of the Gun".
** With plenty of [[Unnecessary Combat Roll]] and [[Leap and Fire]] action. And [[Bottomless Magazines]], to supplement his [[Trigger Happy]] nature.
* [[Heir to
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Apparently Tetsu's superior DekaBright [[Kamen Rider Kuuga|has had experience leading the Grongi.]]
** And the Alieniser in the pilot arc modelled his human disguise from [[Kamen Rider Agito|a certain unlicenced-doctor-cum-Rider.]]
** In [[The Movie]], the [[Big Bad|antagonist]] is the same actor as Gashadokuro from ''[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger]]''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Tetsu Inada]] (guy behind the voice of Lu Bu and Huang Gai in [[Dynasty Warriors]]) as Doggie Kruger. Averting [[The Danza]] when there's another [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsz3ytMQ3Y --]
** [[Mika Kikuchi|Umeko's actress herself]] will be voicing [[Mai
** Jasmine is [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
** In any case the [[Big Bad]] lets out a familiar screechy voice, don't worry, it's just [[Ryusei Nakao|Kurotsuchi]] [[Bleach|Mayuri]].
** The [[Monster of the Week]] that kidnapped Swan to lure Doggie is voiced by [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]. So imagine [[Bleach|Komamura Sajin didn't take Madarame Ikkaku]] {{spoiler|[[Bleach|not revealing his Bankai]]}} [[Bleach|well...]]
* [[Human Aliens]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]]: most aliens living on Earth have human forms they can use to better interact with humans, even though there's apparently no real attempt at a [[Masquerade]]. Some of them naturally look like humans [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|with some modifications]], like the females of the Zamaza race, who look perfectly human apart from having small horns above the ears.
* [[Humanoid Aliens]]: With only a few exceptions, all the aliens the Dekarangers interact with are humanoid in shape.
* [[Hot
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Boss' sword skills.
* [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner]]: Averted on a technicality. The Dekarangers don't judge the Alienizers themselves, but a special mode on their [[Transformation Trinket|Licenses]] sends all known evidence and [[Lie Detector|current bioreadings]] to "the highest court in the galaxy", which somehow returns a verdict in seconds that the Rangers then carry out.
* [[Leg Cannon]]: The Dekaranger-Robo's left leg is formed by Deka Blue's machine, whose main weapon is the Gyro Vulcan, a Gatling gun.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Justified because they are officers and therefore wear uniforms. Strangely averted occasionally by Doggie who wears various clothing in his flashbacks (though mostly show [[Shirtless Scene|his bare body]]).
* [[Lovely Angels]]: Jasmine and Umeko's Twin Cam Angels.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Subverted in the non-massive crossover movie, ''Dekaranger vs. Abaranger'', when [[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger|Hurricane Red]] shows up in the middle of a heated battle- but it turns out to be the villain in disguise.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The [[Elite Mook|Igaroids and Batsuroids]] use weapons that are recolored [[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]] weapons.
** Also, the various [[Humongous Mecha]] are references to [[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five]] mecha: Dekarangerrobo = Victory Robo; Dekabaserobo = Grand Liner; Dekabikerobo = Linerboy; Super Dekarangerrobo = Max Victory Robo; Dekawingrobo = Victory Mars
** The SWAT mode firearms are recolored versions of [[Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain]]'s main weapon.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: How about Doggie Kruger's nickname, Jigoku no Ban-Ken? <ref>
* [[The Napoleon]]: How many times has Umeko declared herself leader again?
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Jasmine tends to do this with all the MotWs, including the blatant repaints.
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* [[Once an Episode]]: 'I'm not your partner!'
** The last episode has an inversion of roles with Hoji calling Ban partner and Ban (jokingly) putting him down.
*** In the crossover with [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]] Ban calls Kai (Magi Red) his partner. Needless to say, Hoji gets jealous.
* [[Only Known
* [[Petting Zoo People]]: Boss.
** Also Numa O, the birdman in charge of the entire [[Space Police]], an [[Expy]] of the birdmen who ran the Space Sheriff organization in the early [[Metal Heroes]] shows.
* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Out of universe, some fans were upset when the long-teased Fire Mode turned out to be the ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'' Battlizer ([[Fan Nickname|referred to by some]] as the "Jack Strap").
* [[Putting
** Ban tries to do this once. It didn't work. The narrator lampshades this by asking the audience if it will work.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Ban and Hoji. Also, Umeko and Jasmine, to a lesser extent.
* [[Running Gag]] - Umeko declaring that she's the leader.
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* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: Tetsu considers the Earth Division rangers (especially Ban) as his sempai.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: In the Magiranger VS Dekaranger special. When Miyuki Ozu, the mother of the five main rangers in [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]], asks them to guard the Flower of Heaven for her, she says that they're the happiest couple she knows. Both Doggie and Swan deny that statement, but most fans know otherwise.
** It's obvious they like each other, in episode 36, it looked like Swan was about to kiss Doggie, but she just gave him the award she got. Also, in Episode 45, when the possibility of Swan having a secret admirer (who could be a criminal) was raised, Doggie looked a little upset and quickly said no when Swan offered to be bait to catch said admirer. Later we see Tetsu [[
* [[Ship Tease]]: Doggie X Swan, and a few others.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: This show seems to like Doggie without his upper uniform.
* [[Shout
** The entire concept of the series, the "Tokusou" in the name, the narrator who repeats the same description every single episode (and was once self-parodied in the show), and the birdman in charge of the organization are all references to [[Metal Heroes]], especially the Space Sheriff shows.
** One episode had the team investigating a [[Fight Clubbing]] ring run by an alien named "[[Fight Club (film)|Durden of Planet Tyler]]".
** Another episode had a [[Monster of the Week]] named "[[Christopher Lee|Pherlee of Planet Christo]]".
** At the end of every episode, after vanquishing each [[Monster of the Week]], one character delivers a line that's only one word off from a [[Catch Phrase]] in an old [[Jidai Geki]] show that was used the same way.
*** One episode has the DekarangerRobo stopping an incoming missile by invoking the [[Barehanded Blade Block]] (complete with [[Jidai Geki]] terminology).
** [[Shout
*** Banban '''Akaza''' comes from '''[[Agatha Christie
*** Houji '''Tomasu''' comes from '''Thomas''' Harris.
*** Sen'ichi '''Enari''' comes from '''Ellery''' Queen.
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*** Koume '''Kodou''' comes from '''Kodou''' Nomura.
*** Tekkan '''Aira''' comes from '''Ira''' Levin.
** Robotic [[Team Pet]] Murphy is named after [[
*** Dekaranger Robo also has the original Murphy's spin-and-holster move. Although said holster's location in the lower leg seems to be a ''[[Patlabor]]'' reference.
** The girls' weapons include small bombs resembling a washer or a pierced
** One episode was a full-episode homage to John Woo.
** An early villain who wanted to kill Doggie was called [[Benji|Ben G]].
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* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Umeko and Jasmine.
* [[Trigger Happy]]: Ban, of course, since his fighting style is [[Gun Kata|Jun Kuu Dou]].
* [[Use Your Head]]: Jasmine's Deka-Machine has a reinforced cockpit, used for (as she puts it) "'DON' to itte miyou! ''DON''!" <ref>
** Umeko also does this using the ''Dekaranger-Robo'' in Episode 12. It was extra funny because she actually leaned forward in her command chair and got right up in the camera's face to deliver it. Though her face was hidden by her visor, you could tell she was ''pissed''.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Normally Agent Abrella is a calculating opportunistic arms-merchant, setting up wars so his business will flourish. In the series, he mostly stayed behind the scenes and sold Mooks and [[Humongous Mecha]] to the [[Villain of the Week]]. But when the Dekarangers foiled his plans just too many times,{{spoiler|he starts direct attack on the Dekabase, killing the hundreds of employee's working there.}}, thus turning from a cold-hearted merchant into a bloodthirsty murderer.
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