History Series / SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya

* SempaiKouhai: Toha to the ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Rainin Wild, who was played by a black American in-costume in his debut episode, but was replaced by a tanned Japanese man in subsequent appearances.

* TheUnFavorite: Toha feels that Tetsuzan always favors Kei and Manabu over him, since he's adoptive. It turns out that, by ''Ninninger'', more than 30 years later, it's actually Toha who becomes the official heir of the Togakure Style, though.

* BackForTheFinale: A number of World Ninjas Toha has helped throughout the series, including [[spoiler:Baron Owl, Wild, Mafuuba and Rocket Man]] return in the finale to assist Toha in fighting the Yoma. On the other end, [[spoiler:Madam Spider revives just about every evil World Ninja to fight Toha and his companions in the penultimate episode.]]

* AmericansAreCowboys: Rainin Wild, who is Billy the Kid's descendant.
%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kei and Manabu, many times.
%%* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:
%%* BadassBiker: Mafūba
%%* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Kensuke Onimura and Kazumi Mimura]]
%%* BladeOnAStick: Jiraishin Windmill Lance.
%%* BreakTheHaughty: Jiraiya in Episode 3, but came back in same episode.

** [[spoiler:Toha himself, 30 years later, to the ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'']].
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Played around in an episode where a rival warrior named Yajiro Iyo (played by Kenji Oba) takes the Jiraiya suit away from Toha after defeating him. Toha is forced to fight Iyo without his suit to get it back.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Many of the World Ninjas when they first fight Jiraiya.

%%* TheFaceless: Dokusai [[spoiler:-- literally.]]

%%* FlyingFace: One of attacks from Demost.
%%* GirlsNightOutEpisode: Episode 32

* KickTheDog: Chan Kung-Fu the Fire Ninja does this literally in Episode 4.

* LegacyCharacter: Chan Kung-Fu, Makumba, Gyuma and Gamesh are all replaced by identically-dressed successors. Chan's and Makumba's successors in particular are their son and older brother respectively.

* MasterOfDisguise: Benikiba.
* McNinja: Most of the World Ninjas.

* MsFanservice: Benikiba

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot:

%%* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Ninja Jane.
* SempaiKouhai: Toha to the [[spoiler:''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'']].

%%* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Pretty frequent.
* TheUnFavorite: Toha feels that Tetsuzan always favors Kei and Manabu over him, since he's adoptive. [[spoiler:It turns out that, by ''Ninninger'', more than 30 years later, it's actually Toha who becomes the official heir of the Togakure Style, though]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Benikiba and Retsukiba drop out fighting after Emiha and Manabu have discovered their trick of hiding, leaving his swords and running]].

* MasterOfDisguise: Benikba.

%% What trope is this supposed to be? * Megan service: Benikiba

!!''Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya'' features examples of the following tropes:

* CoolCar: Jiraiya's main vehicle, the Black Saber, is a black [=Z31-model Nissan 300ZX=]

* HumongousMecha: Jiraishin, which makes its debut in Episode 34-35.

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "''Togakure-ryū Seitō, Jiraiya!''" ("Disciple of the Togakure school, Jiraiya!")

* TransformationSequence: Mostly averted. If Toha has to don the armor during the fight, the scene will do a quick cut between him and Jiraiya (one particularly funny case is in episode 30, when Benikiba is fighting Toha; she first pushes him offscreen, and he comes back onscreen less than a second later in the Jiraiya armor). In cases it is shown, it's only a brief sequence. And rather unusually for toku, instead of using a TransformationTrinket to access his suit or some sort of external/internal technique (like the previous Metal Hero, Metalder becoming angered enough to activate his robotic form, or the various Space Sheriffs having their suit teleported onto them from their ship), he armors up completely manually, the sequence showing him locking bits of his armor into place (with the visor saved for last).

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Kei and Manabu, many times.
* BadassBiker: Mafūba
* BackFromTheDead / AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Kensuke Onimura and Kazumi Mimura]]
* BladeOnAStick: Jiraishin Windmill Lance.
* BreakTheHaughty: Jiraiya in Episode 3, but came back in same episode.

* CoolOldGuy: Tetsuzan have his moments.

* DirtyCoward: The Youma quite frequently, so as some of the world ninjas.

* TheFaceless: Dokusai [[spoiler:-- literally.]]

* FlyingFace: One of attacks from Demost.
* GirlsNightOutEpisode: Episode 32

* Megan service: Benikiba
* {{Ninja}}
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Ninja Jane.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Pretty frequent.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger The original pop-ninja (since 1988).]]]]

** Jiraiya himself gets one in the crossover movie for ''Series/UchuuSentaiKyuranger'', Toma Amagi. He's mostly a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharivan though, as opposed to his own character.

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ziraiya_6535.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Guns, check. Katana, check. A guy in a ninja suit, check.]]

Although the series was not adapted into either ''Series/VRTroopers'' or ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'', Jiraiya has been adapted as Sheriff Skyfire in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel''.

* UnluckyEverydude: Toha have shades of this. He's primarily the bread winner of the house, taking odd jobs to keep things going at home, since the dojo is short of students, and still have to take missions as Jiraiya. Add to that he '''never''' manages get the girl: [[spoiler:Princess Maya went back to her country after their date, Reiha is revealed to be Toha's cousin, Yumeha and Catarina were only acquaintances and Jane died]]. Basically, the niponic Peter Parker, even more than the [[Series/SpiderManJapan actual niponic Peter Parker]].

''Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya'' ("Jiraiya: War of the World Ninjas"), also known as ''Ninja Olympiad'', is the seventh ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series.

* UnluckyEverydude: Toha have shades of this. He's primarily the bread winner of the house, taking odd jobs to keep things going at home, since the dojo is short of students, and still have to take missions as Jiraiya. Add to that he '''never''' manages get the girl: [[spoiler:Princess Maya went back to her country after their date, Reiha is revealed to be Toha's cousin, Yumeha was only a friend and Jane died]]. Basically, the niponic Peter Parker, even more than the [[Series/SpiderManJapan actual niponic Peter Parker]].

* UnluckyEverydude: Toha have shades of this. He's primarily the bread winner of the house, taking odd jobs to keep things going at home, since the dojo is short of students, and still have to take missions as Jiraiya. Add to that he '''never''' manages get the girl: [[spoiler:Princess Maya went back to her country after their date, Reiha is revealed to be Toha's cousin, Yumeha was only a friend and Jane died]]. Basically the niponic Peter Parker.

* UnluckyEverydude: Toha have shades of this. He's primarily the bread winner of the house, taking odd jobs to keep things going at home, since the dojo is short of students, and still have to take missions as Jiraiya. Basically the niponic Peter Parker.

* TheUnFavorite: Toha feels like that Tetsuzan always favors Kei and Manabu over him, since he's adoptive. [[spoiler:It turns out that, by ''Ninninger'', more than 30 years later, it's actually Toha who becomes the official heir of the Togakure Style, though]].

* TheUnFavorite: Toha feels like that everytime Testuzan favors Kei and Manabu over him. [[spoiler:It turns out that, by ''Ninninger'', more than 30 years later, Toha becomes the official heir of the Togakure Style, though]].

* CoolOldGuy: Tesuzan have his moments.

* UnluckyEverydude: Toha have shades of this. He's basically the bread winner of the house, taking odd jobs to keep things going at home, since the dojo is short of students, and still have to take missions as Jiraiya. Basically the niponic Peter Parker.

* CoolOldMan: Tesuzan have his moments.
** [spoiler:Toha himself, 30 years later, to the ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'']].