History Series / AvataroSentaiDonbrothers

--->'''Sonoshi:''' Cleanliness is second to nothing! Sonoshi!\\
'''Sonogo:''' The paramount beauty! Sonogo!\\
'''Sonoroku:''' It never hurts ''me'' to help! Sonoroku!\\

** #34 has a couple. To wit, the scene where Jiro reunits with Rumi homages Creator/{{Michelangelo}}'s ''The Creation of Adam'', while Natsumi recites a few lines from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/AsYouLikeIt''.

** In #38, after tasting Rumi's cooking, Taro dreamily floats into the sky past the Tokyo Tower while trailing sparkles, in a near-shot for shot remake of the opening scene of ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger's]]''[='=]s intro.

'''Sonoza:''' It never hurts ''me'' to help! Sonoroku!\\

'''Sonogo:''' The best in beauty! Sonogo!\\

** The three Nōto generals have their own as well:

* DenserAndWackier: Compared to even [[Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger its prior show]], Donbrothers is one of the crazier of the Sentai shows, especially comparing to Inoue's prior works, as several episodes will have crazy subplots or gags mid-episode.

%%* OneSteveLimit: Because both ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' and ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' use the word ''Dengeki/"Blitzkrieg"'' as part of their team names, the Hitotsu-Ki based off ''JAKQ'' is given a PunnyName of ''Ja''-Ki instead, while Dengeki-Ki is solely the one based off ''Changeman''.

** #45 is just one wham after another - Kijino [[spoiler:turns into a third Hitotsu-Ki]]; Sonoshi returns [[spoiler:with reinforcements, and the first thing he does is attack Kijino and send him to the "Phantom Zone"]]; Jiro's home town [[spoiler:is already occupied by Juuto masquerading as his loved ones]]; and Taro [[spoiler:pulls a HeroicSacrifice and gets incarcerated in the Juuto forest.]]

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* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: The faction dynamic shapes up to be this way, with the Donbrothers generally helping people even in spite of their frailties (the Good), the Nōto being a group of [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] (the Bad) who then protect the world from the utterly malevolent Jūto (the Evil).

Unlike most ''Sentai'' series, ''Donbrothers'' is a semi-sequel to its predecessor ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger''; carrying over ''Zenkaiger''[='s=] collectible gear items, an alternate version of its lead character, and one of its mecha. It also inherits ''Zenkaiger''[='s=] celebration of previous ''Sentai'' series and PowerCopying their teams; though while the entire franchise is featured as the basis for ''Donbrothers''[='=] [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]], the heroes' PowerCopying limits its focus to a sub-group of the last eleven years (''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' onward) referred to as the "[[SempaiKohai Senpai]]ger" ("Senior Rangers").

* AbortedArc:
** The first few episodes established the Anoni were secretly living among the humans, and that the Donbrothers were the only people who could see through their illusion. The paranoia stemming from this is rarely acknowledged in future episodes, and none of the people the Donbrothers help seem to be Anoni in disguise.
** In #7, Tsuyoshi [[spoiler:prevents Taro from saving a Hitotsu-Ki out of spite for harming his wife]], supposedly setting up further division in the team. Even though one of the show's recurring plot threads is the Donbrothers' struggle to fully unite as a team, nobody ever criticizes Tsuyoshi for this, not even after most of them learn his identity.

** #46's title is a reference to Shakespeare's ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', with the ending showing [[spoiler:Miho's dead body floating down a river, ''a la'' [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]].]]

** #39 ends with [[spoiler:Jiro singing ''Kagome Kagome'' while surrounded by origami paper, and then once he leaves the table it shows he was folding a penguin, cementing him as the dreaded Penguin Juto]].

** DX Super Sentai robot toys are infamous for being entirely static statues with only basic shoulder movement, though a few have had some extra joints. The [=DonZenkaiOh=] toy falls under this pigeonhole, but starting with Don Onitaijin, the Bandai toy designers make sure to place extra emphasis on prioritizing articulation, following Hasbro's lead for their Power Rangers toys. Although the Donbrothers mecha still had limits, this new initiative would later take greater root in King-Ohger, with the main mecha for that series featuring a much better-executed increase in articulation.

** For a large portion of the series, the Donbrothers are unaware that Tsubasa is Inu Brother, and likewise he's LockedOutOfTheLoop over their identities. Yet Tsubasa more often than not gets rolled up in their shenanigans and goes along with them, with both sides continuing to be unaware of each other despite their frequent interactions. %%#44 finally has both sides learn their true identities.

** For a large portion of the series, the Donbrothers are unaware that Tsubasa is Inu Brother, and likewise he's LockedOutOfTheLoop over their identities. Yet Tsubasa more often than not gets rolled up in their shenanigans and goes along with them, with both sides continuing to be unaware of each other despite their frequent interactions.

''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'' (roughly translated as "Avatar-Man Squadron[[note]]using kanji that makes it a DoubleMeaningTitle of "Rampaging Taro('s) Squadron"[[/note]] Donbrothers[[note]]Based on the Japanese term "donburako", an {{onomatopoeia}} used to describe Momotaro's peach tumbling as it arrives in the original folklore, and "brothers"[[/note]]") is the 46th entry in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise and the fourth series in the Reiwa Era, airing alongside ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' -- and later, ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' -- in the Series/SuperHeroTime block from March 6, 2022 to March 5, 2023. It is heavily based on the legend of ''{{Literature/Momotaro}}'', combining it with themes of digital worlds and TheMetaverse.

* DeconstructiveParody: A lot of the show's humor comes from Creator/ToshikiInoue being fully aware of how infamous his constant use of PoorCommunicationKills has become and intentionally doubling down on it. The very first arc of the show could have ended with the first episode, only for Haruka's poor grasp of reality to keep it going for a bit longer, and there are multiple points later where character quirks cause people to completely miss obvious plot points. Jin Momoi's entire character is knowing absolutely everything about the plot, but refusing to answer anything beyond what the plot immediately demands. There are multiple points where big {{Internal Reveal}}s are just barely missed because one character just happens to leave an area just as another one arrives. This just scratches the surface, and all of it, unlike Inoue's previous works, is PlayedForLaughs.

''Avataro Sentai Donbrothers'' (roughly translated as "Avatar-Man Squadron[[note]]using kanji that makes it a DoubleMeaningTitle of "Rampaging Taro('s) Squadron"[[/note]] Donbrothers[[note]]Based on the Japanese term "donburako", an {{onomatopoeia}} used to describe Momotaro's peach tumbling as it arrives in the original folklore, and "brothers"[[/note]]") is the 46th entry in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise and the fourth series in the Reiwa Era, first airing on March 6, 2022 alongside ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' -- and later, ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' -- in the Series/SuperHeroTime block. It is heavily based on the legend of ''{{Literature/Momotaro}}'', combining it with themes of digital worlds and TheMetaverse.

** Interestingly enough, Don Onitaijin itself does this, unlike most Sentai mechs that start out giant before combining. Instead, the team combines into Don Onitaijin at human size, ''then'' grows large to fight off Hitotsu-Kings.