History Series / HimitsuSentaiGoranger

* Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask: The fourth Dragon and a {{Mummy}}.

!!'''Recurring''' Super Sentai tropes:

* AllYourColorsCombined
* AllYourPowersCombined
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: '''GO!'''
* CallingYourAttacks

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Aside from the lack of giant robots, growing monsters or even spandex, the most jarring is when the second Kiranger is hit with a flying blade [[spoiler:which impales and kills him instead of knocking him down in a shower of sparks.]]

* FinishingMove

* {{Mooks}}: Zolders
** EliteMooks: The Black Cross Army Stealth Corps (featured in Episode 64 and onward).
** PraetorianGuard: Golden Mask has two imperial guards who are always on his side.

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase:
* RegularCaller:

* ThemeMusicPowerUp:

** JetPack: The Birdies.
** ImprobableWeaponUser: Two sports balls that are used as finishers:
*** Gorenger Storm: A [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball soccer]] ball.
*** Gorenger Hurricane: An American football (alternatively, a rugby football).

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!!Tropes specific to Gorenger:
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler: The Gorangers base was found and destroyed by the villains in the last episode.]]
* AscendedExtra: Yakyu Kamen (Baseball Mask), the Masked Monster for Episode 53, would show up 35 years later in ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovieTheFlyingGhostShip''. To a lesser extent, he appeared again the next year as one of the many villains in the [[LegionOfDoom Dai-Zangyack]] alliance in [[Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen Super Hero Taisen]].
* BaseballEpisode: Episode 53.
* BigEater: Ōiwa Daita orders four extra large bowls of curry in the first episode.
** Commander Edogawa tells him that their "large" bowls are massive, and tries to convince him to have two. Daita insists on having four. When they are served up, they are indeed massive.
* {{Camp}}: Very much so.
* TheChewToy: Daita seems to be the team member who most often has the bad luck in the team.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: At the start of the series, Commander Edogawa is assisted by three female secret agents who help out the Rangers. Their names are Yōko Katō (007), Tomoko Hayashi (008) and Haruko Nakamura (009). After several episodes, Tomoko and Haruko stop showing up completely and only Yōko remains as a regular character.
* ClippedWingAngel: In the final episode, Black Cross Fuhrer transforms into [[spoiler:Black Cross Castle. Despite being a gigantic warship, being filled with explosives makes him vulnerable of exploding just by being rammed and crashed by the New Gorenger Machines.]]
* DeusExMachina: Episode 29 has Tsuyoshi stuck in a trap that will kill him if he doesn't get out in time. This is resolved by having him use the Drill Bute to dig out. However, this is the first and only appearance of the drill, and there is absolutely no build-up or scene showing that his weapon could do that, and we never see the Drill Bute again.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: No giant robot, no TransformationTrinket (they'd just yell "Go!" while jumping.)
* {{Homage}}: To ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' of all things in Episode 70, which has a scene where Kenji, Peggy and Daita replace a car's flat tire in fast-motion.
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: The Monster Of The Week in episode 39 is based on these.
* HumanoidAbomination: Black Cross Fuhrer can take human form, either gender, if he wishes to.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Gorengers fight with standard weapons, but when it comes time to finish of the monster, they summon a mighty... soccer ball. Which somehow causes the enemy to explode by beaning him in the head.
** Later on, they use the Gorenger Hurricane: an American football with fins on it, which rather than exploding turns into whatever the villains fear or are weak against. More recent fans will probably remember it as the move that turned into a garbage truck in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''[='=]s first episode. As homage, ''Series/ResshaSentaiToqger'''s team cannon does the same thing.
* {{Kiai}}: The Zolders shout out a distinctive "hoi" whenever they attack their victims.
* LiteralSurveillanceBug: Tsuyoshi and Peggy use one in episode 11 to listen in on Boat Ear Mask's plot.
* MarketBasedTitle: Was called ''Star Rangers'' when it was broadcast in the Philippines.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: This happens with alarming frequency, as the Gorengers will often gain new abilities without any explanation or build up. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness We don't even see them get their powers in the first episode!]]
* OneTwoThreeFourGo
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Ōiwa Daita's temporary replacement.
* RedshirtArmy: If you are a member of EAGLE but are ''not'' a Gorenger, YOU WILL DIE. This kicks off on ''day one,'' with [[spoiler: each Gorenger-to-be being the sole survivor of his or her respective base]], which is indeed what leads to them being ''made'' the Gorengers.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The team's name is spelled "Gorenger" on their various arsenal and even on Commander Edogawa's patch.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Daigorō,
* TankGoodness: The Varitank. It gets a song!
* ThemeNaming: The first syllable of each of the original rangers' family name[[note]]or in Peggy's case, her given name, since her full name is always written in the western order, even in Japanese.[[/note]] form the name "[[color:red:Ka]][[color:blue:shi]][[color:gold:o]][[color:fuchsia:pe]][[color:green:a]]", as in "Cassiopeia".
* TonightSomeoneDies: Daigorō Kumano's final episode was titled "Crimson Special Attack!! Yellow Ranger Dies at Sunset".
* TooDumbToLive: One victim of the week. If you're being chased by a pink telephone monster, and as soon as you think you've ditched it you notice a ''giant pink telephone''... you probably shouldn't use it to make a call.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Daita and his love of curry, to the extent that {{Homage}}s in other shows would reference the rollcall first and ''this'' second.
*** In one episode, Daita is imprisoned by Witch Mask after being tricked into eating a bowl of curry that happens to be in a jail cell. [[spoiler:[[BatmanGambit He did it knowingly, hoping to learn the plan.]]]]
** For Daigorō, it's Neapolitan spaghetti.
* VillainSong: "Demonic Black Cross Army"

On November 2, 2020, Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment announced that it will be releasing the Gorenger manga drawn by Creator/ShotaroIshinomori. The manga is set to be released in April 2021.

* ColorfulThemeNaming: The codenames used each member's respective color as the head word and the word "Ranger"[=/=]"Renger" as the tail. Unlike the majority of Sentai shows from ''Denziman'' and onward, except [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Ninninger]], the codenames used the Japanese names for the colors instead of English ones (i.e. "Aka" instead of "Red").

-->'''Kenji:''' "Momoranger!"

[[caption-width-right:350:The original five that started it all... after over 40 years.]]

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[[caption-width-right:282:The original five that started it all... after over 40 years.]]

* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: In the last episode, Golden Mask warns the Black Fuhrer not go attack because astrology says he will lose. The Fuhrer decides to go out anyway just to prove the logic wrong, and naturally, the rangers kill him off.]]

''Gonin sorotte[[note]]"The five people assembled"[[/note]]... Gorenger!''

* HumanoidAbomination: Black Cross Fuhrer can take human form, either gender, if he wishes to

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''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' (Secret Squadron Gorenger) was the first entry in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' franchise (although it and its direct successor ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'' were simply recognized as the plain "Sentai Series" until years later), airing from 1975 to 1977, lasting 84 episodes and a movie (longer than any of its successors).

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Daigorō, [[spoiler:which is probably why he didn't last very long.]]

** For Daigoro, it's Neapolitan spaghetti.

* ColorfulThemeNaming: The codenames used each member's respective color as the head word and the word "Ranger"[=/=]"Renger" as the tail. Unlike the majority of Sentai shows from ''Denziman'' and onward until [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Ninninger]], the codenames used the Japanese names for the colors instead of English ones (i.e. "Aka" instead of "Red").

* Tsuyoshi Kaijō / '''[[color:red:Akarenger]]''': TheLeader. A master tactician and soccer player.
* Akira Shinmei / '''[[color:blue:Aorenger]]''': TheLancer. A cowboy and marksmanship instructor.
* Daita Ōiwa / '''[[color:gold:Kirenger]]''': TheBigGuy as a judo master. He is a [[TheSmartGuy mathematician and engineer]], making him a GeniusBruiser. Loves curry rice. Temporarily replaced by Daigorō Kumano until Kumano was KilledOffForReal.
* Peggy Matsuyama / '''[[color:fuchsia:Momorenger]]''': TheChick. The [[TheSmartGuy demolitions expert and a chemist]].
* Kenji Asuka / '''[[color:green:Midorenger]]''': KidAppealCharacter. The hotheaded youngest member.

[[caption-width-right:282:The original five that started it all... after 40 years.]]

* GeniusBruiser: Daita Ooiwa, a master of judo and skilled mathematician.

* FiveManBand: There are two {{Smart Guy}}s on the team.[[note]]Daita the engineer and Peggy the chemist, although Kenji sometimes played this role.[[/note]]
** TheLeader: Tsuyoshi
** TheLancer: Akira
** TheBigGuy: Daita (#1-54 and #67-84) and Daigorō (#55-67).
** TheChick: Peggy
** KidAppealCharacter: Kenji

** Later on, they use the Gorenger Hurricane: an American football with fins on it, which rather than exploding turns into whatever the villains fear or are weak against. More recent fans will probably remember it as the move that turned into a garbage truck in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''[='=]s first episode. As homage, ''Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger'''s team cannon does the same thing.

The villains:

The evil terrorist group known as the Black Cross Army is threatening the world, so the '''Ea'''rth '''G'''uard '''Le'''ague ([[FunWithAcronyms EAGLE]]) is set up to defend it. The Black Cross Army destroys EAGLE's bases in Japan, but five secret agents survive, using superpowered battle suits to become Gorenger, and take revenge against the forces of evil.

* Black Cross Fuhrer: BigBad, [[spoiler: MechanicalAbomination]].

* Commander-in-Chief Golden Mask: The fourth Dragon and a {{Mummy}}

* Black Cross Fuhrer: BigBad, [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination]].