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** They have to wear the Ro-Beast down first so they can get a clean shot in. There are a LOT of examples in ''[[Power Rangers]]'' and ''[[Super Sentai]]'' where the Rangers go for the Finisher straight away and get their ass kicked, because the monster was fresh enough to repel the attack.
*** This was illustrated in the fifth episode of the lion series, where the robeast knocked the blazing sword out of Voltron's hand.
*** Hikounen Sentai AkibaRanger specifically lampshades this, where at one point the Akibarangers get desperate against a powered-up villain and do their ultra-powerful combination attack while they're getting their butts kicked instead of when they've already almost won. The monster calls them on it, saying that when the heroes use their final attack early, it's a sign the bad guy will win the fight. The usually much more [[Genre Savvy]] AkibaRed says "We'll see about that!", uses the final attack... and the bad guy wins the fight. So basically, it's just a law of the universe in this sort of series that you can only use your finisher attack when you've pretty much already won anyway.
** Indeed, there's a whole Voltron-specific example of this in [[Forgotten Superweapon]].
** There is a very logical answer; if they used the Blazing Sword right off there'd be no episode.
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* The "armor" in ''The Third Dimension''. How the hell do they take it off? I mean it looks like they've all been roboticized. In other words, don't forget that there's a body under the costume!
** It was a very cheap series with relatively early CG. [[ReBoot]] doesn't really look its best as far as conforming to anatomy these days, either. Their reply would probably have been something like "If you think it's so easy on a meager budget and no time, you come and show us how it's done, buddy." I mean, yeah, it's bad animation, but scolding as if they just needed a reminder that "Ohhhh, there's a ''body'' under the costume!" is silly.
* What the hell is a dynatherm? I mean, I can parse the rest of the [[Techno Babble]]: interlocks = what holds the thing together, infracells = I'm imagining some sort of technobabble power system, megathrusters = propulsion. So what exactly were dynatherms supposed to be and why does it matter if they're connected?
** Well Dyan means Power, Therm means heat. So heat power? Maybe the lions and by extension Voltron run on a Thermal Engine?
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