History MythologyGag / KaizokuSentaiGokaiger

** Also, the fight with [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Baseball Mask]] is a recreation of his original fight. [[spoiler: Except for [[Series/{{Engine Sentai Go-Onger}} G3 Princess]] getting involved.]]

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* The Gokaigers are essentially what Aka Red was during GogoSentaiBoukenger's anniversary special, that is being able to turn into a past ranger. [[spoiler:As of #2, this has gone beyond just a MythologyGag and is actually a key part of the plot, as Aka Red is the source of the Gokaiger powers. And as of #15, Aka Red is indeed revealed to be key to the plot, as he is the leader of the Red Pirates himself.]]

* And the reason for each of the rangers occupying their roles in the FiveManBand: these are exactly the roles that the rangers of their colour occupied in [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger Goranger]].

* Joe's one-man Final Wave summons five Ranger projections, making it something between [[Series/{{Engine Sentai Go-Onger}} G12 Grand Prix]] and [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury the Spirit Rangers from Jungle Fury.]] Also, all of them were past water-themed Blues.

** From the same episode, we get a little insight into Navi's predictions, as he dreams he's an [[{{EngineSentaiGo-Onger}} Engine.]]

* Also in #23, when Basco tries to siphon the [[Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive GoGo V]] power from Matsuri, [[spoiler:nothing happens. After a brief fight, it's revealed that it was Ahim, in [[MahouSentaiMagiranger MagiPink]] form, who stood in for her. Makes sense when you remember Houka's magic power was self-transforming (except there are no pink bows involved this time...)]].

* [=KanzenGokaiOh=] features missile-shooting fingers and a RocketPunch, both often-used weapons in many past sentai mecha. It's worth noting that ''DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', which spammed the rocket punch usage with Super Galaxy Mega, gets a tribute ep the following week.

** In the same episode, the Gokaigers turn into a group of lion-themed Rangers to test Ninjaman's knowledge. When he guesses correctly, Joe (who has turned into [[EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-on Blue]]) utters "zubari seikai" ("just correct"), Renn's (the original Go-on Blue) CatchPhrase.

** At the beginning of #2, Navi asks the pirates, "What do we do? What do we do? What would you guys do?"[[hottip:*:''(Dousuru, dousuru, kimi nara dousuru?)'']] This was a line from the ending theme of [[Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman Denjiman]][[hottip:*:Although the actual lyrics have 'dousuru' repeated 3 times]].
** He says it again in episode 6. In the same vein, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Nanonanoda's]] reaction to seeing the [[Series/JAKQDengekitai JAKQ Hurricane]] is a variation on a line from JAKQ's theme song: [[hottip:*:''Spade dia(mond) heart clover(club), hey hey hey!'''']]
** Navi's also adopted [[Series/{{Engine Sentai Go-Onger}} Kitaneidas']] [[VerbalTic "zoyo"]] for some reason.

---->'''Nanonanoda''': Ichi tasu Ni tasu..Ichi tasu Ni tasu?! [[hottip:*:''One plus two plus...one plus two plus?!'''']]
---->'''Gokai Yellow''': Sun Vulcan! [[hottip:*: In Japanese, "three" is "''san''", pronounced the same as the English word "sun".]]
** Ahim recites catchprases of [[Series/JAKQDengekitai Karen Mizuki]] [[hottip:*:''Do you want another?'']] and [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Peggy Matsuyama]] [[hottip:*:''Are you ready? Here I go!'']] in episodes 12 and 13, with her own polite speech spin on them.

* In #25, [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Nanami]], now an actress, is seen reading her lines from a script titled "Ima Kaze no Nakade" [[hottip:*:"Now Inside the Wind"]], the name of the ''Hurricaneger'' ending theme.
** To add to that, the song you heard playing in the radio of one of the victims? That was a song sung by Nanami as early as episode 2 in [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricaneger]].

* Also in #26 during the big battle, Gai says "Prepare...prepare...prepare yourselves!"[[hottip:*::Kakugo...kakugo...kakugo shirou!]] These same lines are part of the Hurricanger theme song - and if you hum along to the BGM, he hits it at almost the exact same time as it would be on the theme song itself.

* In #29, Yukito Sanjo says "The more you rampage, the stronger you'll become"[[hottip:*:''Abareta kazu dake tsuyoku nareru'']], which was a line from Abaranger's opening lyrics.

* In ''Gokaiger vs Gavan'', [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow]] and [[Series/{{Engine Sentai Go-Onger}} Kegarshia going for the young male Green]] looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" CatchPhrase being reused by [[Series/GogoSentaiBoukenger Maboroshi no Gekkou.]]
* Also in ''Gokaiger vs. Gavan'', when [[UchuuKeijiGavan Retsu Ichijoji]] gives the opportunity for the Gokaigers to escape, he says "Farewell tears, hello courage!" In doing so, he gave Marvelous a hint as to who saved him when he was a boy.
** This would ultimately serve as Marvelous' motivation to rescue Gavan when he was ultimately captured and taken to Makuu Space.

** Also, the fight with [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Baseball Mask]] is a recreation of his original fight. [[spoiler: Except for [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger G3 Princess]] getting involved.]]

* In ''Gokaiger vs Gavan'', [[Series/BakuryuSentaiAbaranger Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow]] and [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Kegarshia going for the young male Green]] looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" CatchPhrase being reused by [[Series/GogoSentaiBoukenger Maboroshi no Gekkou.]]

* The Gokaigers are essentially what Aka Red was during GogoSentaiBoukenger's anniversary special, that is being able to turn into a past ranger. [[spoiler:As of #2, this has gone beyond just a MythologyGag and is actually a key part of the plot. Aka Red even gave Marvelous ALL of the Ranger Keys so CallBack? And as of #15, Aka Red is indeed revealed to be key to the plot, as he is the leader of the Red Pirates himself.]]
* The reason for this year's ranger colors? They're the colors of the original HimitsuSentaiGoranger team.

* The color order of the Gokaigers' roll call is the same as that of ''DenshiSentaiDenziman''. Respectively in that case; Yellow is the third ranger while Green is the foruth and Pink is the fifth.
* [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Shinkenger]] of course was responsible for attempting a GenderFlip on a Ranger suit with the addition of a skirt - and making it ''work''.
* Captain Marvelous brings his crew to [[TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan Snack Safari]] [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger for some curry]] as lunch.
* During the big Gokaiger fight scene in #1, Don makes use of a trapeze swing in the middle of the ruined city, seemingly hanging from nowhere, just like the one Kai had created in episode 3 of MahouSentaiMagiranger.
* Super Sentai Hero Getter is a basically an updated version of [[HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Super Sentai Tamashii]].
* Navi isn't the first supporting character in a Sentai show to quote previous shows - that would be [[BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Bakuryu Brachio]].
** At the beginning of #2, Navi asks the pirates, "What do we do? What do we do? What would you guys do?"[[hottip:*:''(Dousuru, dousuru, kimi nara dousuru?)'']] This was a line from the ending theme of [[DenshiSentaiDenziman Denjiman]][[hottip:*:Although the actual lyrics have 'dousuru' repeated 3 times]].
** He says it again in episode 6. In the same vein, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Nanonanoda's]] reaction to seeing the [[JAKQDengekitai JAKQ Hurricane]] is a variation on a line from JAKQ's theme song: [[hottip:*:''Spade dia(mond) heart clover(club), hey hey hey!'''']]
** Navi's also adopted [[{{EngineSentaiGo-Onger}} Kitaneidas']] [[VerbalTic "zoyo"]] for some reason.
** Also when fighting Gokai Yellow transformed as [[TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan Vul Panther]], Nanonanoda references Sun Vulcan's second ending theme:

** Ahim recites catchprases of [[JAKQDengekitai Karen Mizuki]] [[hottip:*:''Do you want another?'']] and [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger Peggy Matsuyama]] [[hottip:*:''Are you ready? Here I go!'']] in episodes 12 and 13, with her own polite speech spin on them.
* Another from #2: look very closely when the team is surrounded by numerous people are dressed in black. Right behind a pair of nuns... is a [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger kuroko]].
* A mall in #4 includes signs for several businesses from previous series, most notably [[JukenSentaiGekiranger SCRTC]] and [[MiraiSentaiTimeranger Tomorrow Research]].
* And in #4, the MOTW kept calling Joe 'Bluehorn' or 'Aonisai'. [[BerserkButton Say that in front of]] [[NinjaSentaiKakuranger Ninjaman]]...
* Joe's one-man Final Wave summons five Ranger projections, making it something between [[{{EngineSentaiGo-Onger}} G12 Grand Prix]] and [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury the Spirit Rangers from Jungle Fury.]] Also, all of them were past water-themed Blues.

* Episode 10 contains several references to [[JAKQDengekiTai JAKQ]]'s opening, including Luka's card shuffling and the 5 cards that fly onto the Monster of the Week.

** Also from #14, the Gokaigers turn into Turborangers before Kyousuke informs them that they're the wrong keys. This was a reference to the fact that both [[KousokuSentaiTurboranger Turboranger]] and [[GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]] are car-themed, a fact that was already commented upon when Carranger was announced.

** In a later scene, he cites "Unbelievable!" from Hoji of TokusouSentaiDekaRanger.

** After Gai transforms into Gokai Silver for the first time, he gives off a rather long solo roll call going through each of the other Gokaiger's colors, and in the numerical order of the [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger Gorangers]], to boot.
** Just like [[GogoSentaiBoukenger Eiji Takaoka]], Gai is a silver ranger with [[SwissArmyWeapon a spear that turns into a gun]]
* In episode 18, Gai describes the [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Shinken Gold Key]] as [[BuffySpeak The gold, shiny one]], echoing [[TheDitz Kotoha's]] reaction to Shinken Gold.

* Don gives a box of donuts to Ryōma as a thank-you present for saving their lives in episode 20. This is a reference to [[SeijuuSentaiGingaman Hikaru's]] favorite snack.
* Basco's pet monkey Sally resembles Zulten from ''KousokuSentaiTurboranger'', what with his color scheme (red/black/silver), general annoyingness, and being a squat bipedal lackey for the bad guys with functionality in their bellies.
* Probably unintentional, but the ambulance used by [[RescueSentaiGogoFive Tatsumi Matsuri]] in #23 is the archetype that her old mecha, the Pink Aider from Victory Robo, was based on.
** More likely intentional, in order to underscore the fact that Luka and Ahim were like big sister/little sister, during their fight against Zangyack to protect the taxi, they transform into their counterparts from ChikyuuSentaiFiveman and MahouSentaiMagiranger. The episode itself was an homage to RescueSentaiGogoFive. All three shows featured siblings as sentai teams.
* Also in #23, when Basco tries to siphon the [[RescueSentaiGoGoFive GoGo V]] power from Matsuri, [[spoiler:nothing happens. After a brief fight, it's revealed that it was Ahim, in [[MahouSentaiMagiranger MagiPink]] form, who stood in for her. Makes sense when you remember Houka's magic power was self-transforming (except there are no pink bows involved this time...)]].
* The IneffectualSympatheticVillain MonsterOfTheWeek of the Carranger arc survives and [[spoiler: returns in episode 24]], rather like how the [[ChoujinSentaiJetman Dryer Jigen]] isn't killed off.
* In #25, [[NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Nanami]], now an actress, is seen reading her lines from a script titled "Ima Kaze no Nakade" [[hottip:*:"Now Inside the Wind"]], the name of the ''Hurricaneger'' ending theme.
** To add to that, the song you heard playing in the radio of one of the victims? That was a song sung by Nanami as early as episode 2 in [[NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricaneger]].
* In #26, Don winding up with a tree branch as a weapon may have been a dig at the fact that many past green Rangers have been drawing upon plantlife for their powers, like [[SamuraiSentaiShinkenger ShinkenGreen]] and [[MahouSentaiMagiranger MagiGreen]].

* When Luka and Don went shopping in #27, they passed two stores called [[RescueSentaiGoGoFive Evil Spirit Princess Venus]] and [[ChoudenshiBioman Girl's Collection Farrahcat]], named after villains in the two series. There are also other signs referencing other Sentai villainesses in the shopping area, namely [[ChoushinseiFlashman Ley Nefel]], [[ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Mazenda]], [[TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan Zero Girls]], [[ChourikiSentaiOhranger Multiwa]] as well as [[MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiranger's]] Nai & Mea. For good measure, one of the shopping bags has the name [[GoseiSentaiDairanger Gara]] on it, and a sign reads [[GogoSentaiBoukenger Shizuka]] Bld.
** Also in #27, you can see Don (as Luka) carrying a shopping bag with the [[JukenSentaiGekiranger SCRTC logo]].
* #28, you can see the [[ChoujinSentaiJetman Ako-chan ramen cup]] on [[spoiler:Gai's grave]].

* The young scientists in the Academia releasing two light butterflies mirror the first scene of the opening sequence of ChoujuuSentaiLiveman.

* When they transform to the [[ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Livemen]] in Episode 30, the CGI grid animation takes the form of the original Livemen's poses.

** [=KanzenGokaiOh's=] movement already brings to mind [[EngineSentaiGoOnger EngineOh G12]] and other such final mecha that wind up crippled from their own size, and slide around rather than walk. Ironically, [=KanzenGokaiOh's=] has some of the ''least'' number of parts for a final mecha - the [=GokaiGalleon=], [=GoZyuJin's=] arms, with the rest being Machalcon.

* Zatsurig, the Action Commander of #41 (who turns out to be responsible for destroying planet Famille and killing Ahim's parents), uses an EvilEye with GreenLanternRing abilities to fight, not too different from [[MahouSentaiMagiranger Wolzard]].
* In #45, Ninjaman admits that he was sealed in the bottle following an incident 10 years ago, where he attacked escaping zoo animals. Look carefully at the animals - a lion, tiger, gorilla, elephant and alligator. All of which had prominent roles in ''HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger exactly ten years ago.''

* In #49, the Great Insarn shields itself with a seemingly impenetrable force field, just like Queen Ahames in ''DengekiSentaiChangeman''. Ironically, the Gokaigers manage to break through it by using said team's greater power.
* ''The Flying Ghost Ship'' has a very subtle one when Marvelous alone turns into [[ChoujinSentaiJetman Red Hawk]] while the other four turn into [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger four Dekarangers]] - ''Jetman'' started out with only the Red senshi while ''Dekaranger'' did the opposite, with Red joining last.
** Also, the fight with [[HimitsuSentaiGoranger Baseball Mask]] is a recreation of his original fight. [[spoiler: Except for [[EngineSentaiGoOnger G3 Princess]] getting involved.]]
* In ''Gokaiger vs Gavan'', [[BakuryuSentaiAbaranger Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow]] and [[EngineSentaiGoOnger Kegarshia going for the young male Green]] looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" CatchPhrase being reused by [[GogoSentaiBoukenger Maboroshi no Gekkou.]]

** Also from #14, the Gokaigers turn into Turborangers before Kyousuke informs them that they're the wrong keys. This was probably a reference to Carranger's [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo American counterpart]].
*** More probable though it was a reference to the fact that both [[KousokuSentaiTurboranger Turboranger]] and [[GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]] are car-themed, a fact that was already commented upon when Carranger was announced.

* Joe's one-man Final Wave summons five Ranger projections, making it something between [[{{EngineSentaiGo-Onger}} G12 Grand Prix]] and [[PowerRangersJungleFury the Spirit Rangers from Jungle Fury.]] Also, all of them were past water-themed Blues.

** Also from #14, the Gokaigers turn into Turborangers before Kyousuke informs them that they're the wrong keys. This was probably a reference to Carranger's [[PowerRangersTurbo American counterpart]].

** More likely intentional, in order to underscore the fact that Luka and Ahim were like big sister/little sister, during their fight against Zangyack to protect the taxi, they transform into their counterparts from ChikyuuSentaiFiveman and MahouSentaiMagiranger. Both shows featured siblings as sentai teams.

* In ''Gokaiger vs Gavan'', [[BakuryuSentaiAbaranger Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow]] and [[EngineSentaiGoOnger Kegarshia going for the young male Green]] looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" CatchPhrase being reused by [[GogoSentaiBoukenger Maboroshi no Gekkou.]]

* In ''Gokaiger vs Gavan'', [[BakuryuSentaiAbaranger Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow]] and [[EnjinSentaiGoOnger Kegarshia going for the young male Green]] looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" CatchPhrase being reused by [[GogoSentaiBoukenger Maboroshi no Gekkou.]]

* ''The Flying Ghost Ship'' has a very subtle one when Marvelous alone turns into [[ChoujinSentaiJetman Red Hawk]] while the other four turn into [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger four Dekarangers]] - ''Jetman'' started out with only the Red senshi while ''Dekaranger'' did the opposite, with Red joining last.

* ''The Flying Ghost Ship'' has a very subtle one when Marvelous alone turns into [[ChojinSentaiJetman Red Hawk]] while the other four turn into [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger four Dekarangers]] - ''Jetman'' started out with only the Red senshi while ''Dekaranger'' did the opposite, with Red joining last.

** In the same episode, the Gokaigers turn into a group of lion-themed Rangers to test Ninjaman's knowledge. When he guesses correctly, Joe (who has turned into [[EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-on Blue]]) utters "zubari seikai" ("just correct"), Renn's (the original Go-on Blue) CatchPhrase.

* In #29, Yukito Sanjo says "The more you rampage, the stronger you'll become", which was a line from Abaranger's opening lyrics.

* Also in #26 during the big battle, Gai says "Prepare...prepare...prepare yourselves!"[[hottip:*::Kakugo...kakugo...kakugo shirou!]] These same lines are part of the Hurricanger theme song.

* In #44, Ninjaman admits that he was sealed in the bottle following an incident 10 years ago, where he attacked escaping zoo animals. Look carefully at the animals - a lion, tiger, gorilla, elephant and alligator. All of which had prominent roles in ''HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger exactly ten years ago.''

** In the same episode, the Gokaigers turn into a group of lion-themed Rangers to test Ninjaman's knowledge. When he guesses correctly, Joe (who has turned into [[EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-on Blue]]) utters "zubari seikai" ("just correct"), Renn's CatchPhrase.

* In #54, Ninjaman admits that he was sealed in the bottle following an incident 10 years ago, where he attacked escaping zoo animals. Look carefully at the animals - a lion, tiger, gorilla, elephant and alligator. All of which had prominent roles in ''HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger exactly ten years ago.''

* Zatsurig, the Action Commander of #41 (who turns out to be responsible for destroying planet Famille and killing Ahim's parents), uses an EvilEye with GreenLanternRing abilities to fight, not too different from [[MahouSentaiMagiranger Wolzard]].

** And "Time Up" in the Timeranger Episode after taking down one of Matrintis' droids; where it was used by said team in their own series.

* Gai says "[[GratuitousEnglish Gokaiger Win]]" in the Megaranger episode after bringing down two of Basco's droids; where it was used by said team in their own series.