History Series / DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger

''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' (''Animal Squadron Zyuohger''[[note]] A portmanteau of the Japanese words for "Beast King" and "Ranger"[[/note]]) is the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th entry]] in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise. It is part of Toei's ''Super Hero Year'' initiative, celebrating both ''Super Sentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''. It aired alongside ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', and later, ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block, and it crossed over with the former in an episode of each series. TheTitleThemeTune was sung by Hideaki Takatori for the second time in the franchise.

''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' (''Animal Squadron Zyuohger''[[note]] A portmanteau of the Japanese words for "Beast King" and "Ranger"[[/note]]) is the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th entry]] in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise. It is part of Toei's ''Super Hero Year'' initiative, celebrating both ''Super Sentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''. It aired alongside ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', and later, ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block, and it crossed over with the former in an episode of each series.

''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' (''Animal Squadron Zyuohger''[[note]] A portmanteau of "Beast King" and "Ranger"[[/note]]) is the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th entry]] in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise. It is part of Toei's ''Super Hero Year'' initiative, celebrating both ''Super Sentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''. It aired alongside ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', and later, ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block, and it crossed over with the former in an episode of each series.

''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' (''Animal Squadron Beast King-ger'') is the [[MilestoneCelebration 40th entry]] in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise. It is part of Toei's ''Super Hero Year'' initiative, celebrating both ''Super Sentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''. It aired alongside ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'', and later, ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' in the ''Series/SuperHeroTime'' block, and it crossed over with the former in an episode of each series.

*** BearsAreBadNews: Cube Kuma (Bear), which also has a upgraded form that's PandaingToTheAudience.

* TheCameo: [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Doggie Kruger]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Master Sha-Fu]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Torin]], and [[Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger Ticket]] made non-voiced cameos in the summer movie. Particularly, the first three were background crowd characters (since they do look like zyuman). All four are also part in the credits (the first three being in the crowd dance, meaning they are hard to find unless you pause the shots) while Ticket outright pans from the screen.

%%* Five Man Band
%%** TheLeader: Yamato
%%** TheLancer: Sela
%%** TheSmartGuy: Tusk
%%** TheBigGuy: Leo
%%** TheChick: Amu
%%** SixthRanger: Misao
%%** EleventhHourRanger: Bud

* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Yamato
** TheLancer: Sela
** TheSmartGuy: Tusk
** TheBigGuy: Leo
** TheChick: Amu
** SixthRanger: Misao
** EleventhHourRanger: Bud

* WeaponOfChoice:
** SwissArmyWeapon: The Zyuoh Busters.[[note]][[{{Handguns}} Gun]] and [[CoolSword Sword]] Modes.[[/note]]
** AnatomyArsenal: The Beast Unleashed[[note]]Yasei Kaihou[[/note]] modes. Zyuoh [=TheWorld=] has his own The Beast Great Unleashed[[note]]Yasei Dai Kaihou[[/note]] mode.
*** Yamato: [[RazorWings Eagle wings]] or [[GrowingMusclesSequence Gorilla muscles]], depending on which mode he's in. [[spoiler: When he accesses his own The Beast Great Unleashed form in the finale, he gets ''both'', on top of the Whale Change Gun.]]
*** Sela: Shark dorsal fin
*** Leo: [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Lion claws]]
*** Tusk: [[ArmedLegs Elephant feet]]
*** Amu: [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Tiger claws]]
*** Misao: [[HornAttack Rhino horns]] on the shoulders, [[AbsurdlySharpClaws Wolf claws]] on one hand, and [[TailSlap a crocodile tail]] on the other.
** Yamato (Zyuoh Eagle): [[WhipSword Eagriser]]
** Misao: [[SwissArmyWeapon Zyuoh TheGunRod]] (gun/staff/fishing rod)
** Yamato (Zyuoh Whale): [[HandCannon WhaleChangeGun]]
** DualWielding: [[spoiler: Yamato is seen using both the Eagriser and the [=WhaleChangeGun=] in his The Beast Great Unleashed form. Zyuoh Condor, due to being a fusion of Zyuoh Eagle and Zyuoh Bird, wields a pair of Eagrisers.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:INSTINCTS AWAKENED![[labelnote:Original line]]Honnō kakusei![[/labelnote]]]]

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Each ranger's title, based on thier animals.

*** SeldomSeenSpecies: Cube Kirin (Giraffe) and Cube Mogura (Mole)

!! The Zyuohgers are:
* '''[[red:Zyuoh Eagle]]''': Yamato Kazakiri, "Monarch of the skies"[[note]]Oozora no ouja[[/note]] (Red)
** '''[[red:Zyuoh Gorilla]]''': "Monarch of the jungle"[[note]]Jungle no ouja[[/note]]. An alternate form Zyuoh Eagle can access by flipping the beak-like mouthpiece on his helmet upwards in a process known as "Visor Up".
** [[spoiler:'''[[red:Zyuoh Whale]]''': "Monarch of the Monarchs"[[note]]Ouja no naka no ouja[[/note]]. Originally the Zyuohger form of the ancient Zyuman king Cetas in the past, his will has been inherited by Yamato in present day to become Yamato's third form and SuperMode.]]
* '''[[blue:Zyuoh Shark]]''': Sela, "Monarch of the rough seas"[[note]]Arumi no ouja[[/note]] (Blue)
* '''[[gold:Zyuoh Lion]]''': Leo, "Monarch of the savannah"[[note]]Savannah no ouja[[/note]] (Yellow)
* '''[[green:Zyuoh Elephant]]''': Tusk, "Monarch of the forest"[[note]]Shinrin no ouja[[/note]] (Green)
* '''Zyuoh Tiger''': Amu, "Monarch of the snowfield"[[note]]Setsugen no ouja[[/note]] (White)
* '''Zyuoh [=TheWorld=]''': Misao Mondo, "Monarch of the world"[[note]]Sekai no ouja[[/note]] who holds the powers of the rhino, wolf, and crocodile. (Black/Silver/Gold)
* '''Zyuoh Bird''': Bud, "Monarch of the Heavenly Skies"[[note]]Tenkuu no ouja[[/note]] (Orange)
* '''Zyuoh Condor''': Yamato & Bud, "Monarch of the Azure Skies"[[note]]Soukyuu no ouja[[/note]] (Violet)

--> ''Yamato'': King of the open skies!/King of the jungle!/King over all Kings!

--> ''Yamato'': Zyuoh Eagle!/Zyuoh Gorilla!/Zyuoh Whale!
--> ''Sela'': King of the wild seas!

--> ''Sela'': Zyuoh Shark!
--> ''Leo'': King of the savannah!

--> ''Leo'': Zyuoh Lion!
--> ''Tusk'': King of the forest!

--> ''Tusk'': Zyuoh Elephant!
--> ''Amu'': King of the snowy drifts!

--> ''Amu'': Zyuoh Tiger!
--> ''Misao'': King of the World!

--> ''Misao'': Zyuoh The World!
--> ''Bud'': King of the Heavens!

--> ''Bud'': Zyuoh Bird!
--> ''Yamato'': Doubutsu Sentai!
--> ''All'': Zyuohger!
--> ''Yamato'': Don't mess... with this planet!

[[caption-width-right:350:INSTINCTS AWAKENED!!]]
-->''A planet where innumerable lifeforms live, Earth.\\

** EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys (Gorilla): The Red Ranger's secondary theme.

** The movie shows the team leaping out of the BigBad's spaceship using a jumping position [[Franchise/PrettyCure their anime sister series is well known for using from time to time.]]

* RealityEnsues:
** The Zyumans, upon entering the human world, decide to do regular activities any normal human would do... and everyone in the general vicinity is completely weirded out.
** Happens again with a bit of a darker twist in episode 5, where the Gorilla Zyuman Larry tried to interact with humans only to be met with fear and violent resistance.

* '''Zyuoh Elephant''': Tusk, "Monarch of the forest"[[note]]Shinrin no ouja[[/note]] (Green)

* '''Zyuoh Lion''': Leo, "Monarch of the savannah"[[note]]Savannah no ouja[[/note]] (Yellow)

* '''Zyuoh Shark''': Sela, "Monarch of the rough seas"[[note]]Arumi no ouja[[/note]] (Blue)

* '''Zyuoh Eagle''': Yamato Kazakiri, "Monarch of the skies"[[note]]Oozora no ouja[[/note]] (Red)
** '''Zyuoh Gorilla''': "Monarch of the jungle"[[note]]Jungle no ouja[[/note]]. An alternate form Zyuoh Eagle can access by flipping the beak-like mouthpiece on his helmet upwards in a process known as "Visor Up".
** [[spoiler:'''Zyuoh Whale''': "Monarch of the Monarchs"[[note]]Ouja no naka no ouja[[/note]]. Originally the Zyuohger form of the ancient Zyuman king Cetas in the past, his will has been inherited by Yamato in present day to become Yamato's third form and SuperMode.]]

* MythologyGag: Being the 40th anniversary of Franchise/SuperSentai, there are several:
** Zyuoh Eagle, Shark and Lion are a loose one towards to ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' and ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', landing somewhere in the middle [[note]]''Sun Vulcan'' had a eagle, shark and panther for Red, Yellow and Blue, whereas ''Liveman'' had a falcon, lion and dolphin--especially funny since two of the five previous official female Blue Rangers were dolphins.[[/note]].
*** Additionally, the operatic announcement of the Cube Animals resembles the chorus of Sun Vulcan's opening theme.
** The series was billed as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger.'' Despite the eagle and lion swapping Red and Yellow, there's still a White Tiger Ranger thrown into the mix. The helmet TransformationSequence is similar as well.
*** The World is pretty much one to [=GaoSilver=]. They share two of the three animals of his motif and start out as villains.
** The mecha's combining sequence (assuming an alternate form and stacking one on top of the other) may be a reference to ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' and [=OhBlocker=] (AKA the [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Super Zeo Megazord]]), which uses a similar "stacking" combining sequence.
*** Speaking of the mecha, [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger starting off the series with a five-person team whose combined mecha only requires 3 of the members to make, resulting in two base mecha and the red ranger's personal mecha comprising most of the combined mech]].
** Each of the Deathgaliens are inspired by the designs of one or more of previous Sentai villains, which are usually monsters of the week for the monsters of the week while Jaged resembles [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Makirika]] and [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Heavenly Saint Raigel]], Nalia resembles [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Insarn]] and [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Metal Alice]], Azald has similarities to [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger Noppera-bo]], Quval has similarities to [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Study Brain]] and [[Series/BattleFeverJ Study Monster]] and Ginis resembles [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger DezumoGevirus]] and the first form of [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Tau Zant]].
** While not technically a Deathgalien, Bangray also happens to resemble [[Film/TokumeiSentaiGobustersVsKaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovie Bacchus Gill]] and [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Deratsueigar]]. Incidentally, he plays a key role in the Gokaiger crossover episodes while the Deathgaliens did not.
** Ep. 14 has someone mentioning an exhibition of five precious stones from ancient civilizations... were they on loan from ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive''?
** Both of the ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' crossover episodes have an updated version of Super Sentai Hero Getter, Gokaiger's end theme, which lists off all the Super Sentai teams through multiple verses that normally takes a few episodes to go through, though this version just has two.
** The first Gokai Change seen in the 2000th episode of Super Sentai is naturally [=GokaiRed=] becoming [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger AkaRanger]].
** The Gokaigers do two more all red changes.
*** Notably Luka uses the regular [=ShinkenRed=] key as opposed to the Hime [=ShinkenRed=] key with the resulting form also resembling Kaoru's [=ShinkenRed=] form.
** The Wild Tousai Dodeca King's final attack [[spoiler:(first seen when Bangray is destroyed for good in Ep. 35)]] has all Zyuoh Cubes rush him at once, with their respective numbers appearing - and then a lot of unseen Zyuoh Cubes start attacking him, raising the counter rapidly all the way to 100, clearly referring to the 100 Beasts from ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger''.
** Episode 36's MonsterOfTheWeek is samba themed, just like a [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger certain dinosaur Sentai.]]
** The Zyuoh King Octopus is functionally very similar to [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Fuuraimaru]].
** In Episode 44, Mario [[spoiler:makes his own Zyuohger costume, which is pink, exposes most of his face, and doesn't give him superpowers.]] This refers to [[spoiler:Emiri's [=AbarePink=] costume from ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger''.]]
** In the crossover with ''Ninninger'', [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Red Falcon]] leads the gathering of every previous Red Ranger, having done so before in ''[[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger vs Super Sentai]]''; Gao Red is now standing right next to him.

** There are a lot of shout-outs to ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'', probably due to both Zyuohger and Gaoranger being animal-themed. To start, both Red Rangers have an animal-related occupation (Kakeru is a veterinarian and Yamato is a zoologist); the way Yamato was sent to Zyuland in the first episode is similar to how Kakeru was sent to Gao Island also in the first episode; and both teams have an eagle, lion, shark, and tiger-themed ranger (although who is the lion and the eagle is switched between the red and yellow rangers of the two series). Later on, both groups are joined by a SixRanger that has wolf power (though Gao Silver is TheStoic while Misao is rather comical).

** There are a lot of shout-outs to ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'', probably due to both Zyuohger and Gaoranger being animal-themed. To start, both Red Rangers have an animal-related occupation (Kakeru is a veterinarian and Yamato is a zoologist); the way Yamato was sent to Zyuman in the first episode is similar to how Kakeru was sent to Gao Island; and both teams have an eagle, lion, shark, and tiger-themed ranger (although who is the lion and the eagle is switched between the red and yellow rangers of the two series).