Mythology Gag / Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

What do you get when you combine Milestone Celebration, Super Sentai, and Long Runner? This page.

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• The reason for this year's ranger colors? They're the colors of the original Himitsu Sentai Gorenger team.
• And the reason for each of the rangers occupying their roles in the Five-Man Band: these are exactly the roles that the rangers of their colour occupied in Goranger.
• The color order of the Gokaigers' roll call is the same as that of Denshi Sentai Denziman. Respectively in that case; Yellow is the third ranger while Green is the fourth and Pink is the fifth.
• Shinkenger of course was responsible for attempting a Gender Flip on a Ranger suit with the addition of a skirt - and making it work.
• Captain Marvelous brings his crew to Snack Safari 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 Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
• Super Sentai Hero Getter is a basically an updated version of "Moero! Super Sentai Tamashii".
• Navi isn't the first supporting character in a Sentai show to quote previous shows - that would be Bakuryu Brachio.
  • At the beginning of #2, Navi asks the pirates, "What do we do? What do we do? What would you guys do?" ("Dousuru, dousuru, kimi nara dousuru?") This was a line from the ending theme of Denjiman (Although the actual lyrics have "dousuru" repeated 3 times.)
  • He says it again in episode 6. In the same vein, Nanonanoda's reaction to seeing the JAKQ Hurricane is a variation on a line from JAKQ's theme song: "Spade dia(mond) heart clover(club), hey hey hey!"
  • Navi's also adopted Kitaneidas' "zoyo" for some reason.
  • Also when fighting Gokai Yellow transformed as Vul Panther, Nanonanoda references Sun Vulcan's second ending theme:
    Nanonanoda: Ichi tasu Ni tasu... Ichi tasu Ni tasu?! ^translation "One plus two plus... one plus two plus?!"
    Gokai Yellow: Sun Vulcan! ^note In Japanese, "three" is "san", pronounced the same as the English word "sun".
  • Ahim recites catchprases of Karen Mizuki ("Do you want another?") and Peggy Matsuyama ("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 kuroko.
• A mall in #4 includes signs for several businesses from previous series, most notably SCRTC and Tomorrow Research.
• And in #4, the MOTW kept calling Joe 'Bluehorn' or 'Aonisai'. Say that in front of Ninjaman...
• Joe's one-man Final Wave summons five Ranger projections, making it something between G12 Grand Prix and the Spirit Rangers from Jungle Fury. Also, all of them were past water-themed Blues.
• Literal Giant Mooks were habit in Shinkenger, though having the Giant SuGormin transform into support mecha is a concept normally saved for our heroes.
• In episode 8, Captain Marvelous declares, "Stop the Battle!" in Gratuitous English before starting the team's Finishing Move. "Stop the Battle" was the name of Goggle Five's ending.
• Episode 10 contains several references to JAKQ's opening, including Luka's card shuffling and the 5 cards that fly onto the Monster of the Week.
• Gokai Silver was given his powers by Dragon Ranger, Time Fire, and Abare Killer; and his GoZyuJin mecha homages all three: the V-Rex (saurian sixth mecha in among an otherwise vehicle-based set) and Time Jet (its Drill Tank mode), AbarenOh (its tail becomes a drill arm) and BakurenOh (the same plus a purple/blue color scheme), and a combination of DaiZyuJin and Dragon Caesar thrown in the design (especially the drill tail and GoZyuJin's head being basically DaiZyuJin's tweaked as an anchor).
• Insarn seems to be a little smitten with former Red Racer Kyousuke Jinnai. Of course, she wasn't the first...
  • Although this time, it seems to be a little bit one-sided on her part...
  • From the same episode, we get a little insight into Navi's predictions, as he dreams he's an Engine.
  • 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 Turboranger and Carranger are car-themed, a fact that was already commented upon when Carranger was announced.
  • Kyousuke gives the Gokaiger bottles of Coffee Milk, the favorite drink of VRV Master.
  • And Zealousto uttering "Honoo no Jealousy Power!" sounds a lot like the rollcall from Goseiger.
  • At the end of the episode, Navi suggests turning off lights when not in use which is similar to the simple advice the Carrangers gave at the end of their episodes.
• #17: When told to activate Treasure Navigation, Navi says "Tonde-kurukuru, sugoi yatsu", which was the very first line from the DaiRanger ending.
  • In a later scene, he cites "Unbelievable!" from Hoji of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
    • Luka says this same line in #19.
  • 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 Gorangers, to boot.
  • Just like Eiji Takaoka, Gai is a silver ranger with a spear that turns into a gun
• In episode 18, Gai describes the Shinken Gold Key as The gold, shiny one, echoing Kotoha's reaction to Shinken Gold.
  • Gai also does the Zyuranger transforming motion after switching to GoJuuRex.
• The Picture Book that Gai has in episode 20 is the book that was drawn by Yuuta's father from the Go Go Five vs. Gingaman movie
• 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 Hikaru's favorite snack.
• Basco's pet monkey Sally resembles Zulten from Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, 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 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 Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman and Mahou Sentai Magiranger. The episode itself was an homage to Rescue Sentai Gogo Five. All three shows featured siblings as sentai teams.
• Also in #23, when Basco tries to siphon the GoGo V power from Matsuri, nothing happens. After a brief fight, it's revealed that it was Ahim, in MagiPink form, who stood in for her. Makes sense when you remember Houka's magic power was self-transforming, but whatever form she took was always colored pink. It was a practically flawless transformation here, as Matsuri is Go Pink!
• The Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain Monster of the Week of the Carranger arc survives and returns in episode 24, rather like how the Dryer Jigen isn't killed off.
• In #25, Nanami, now an actress, is seen reading her lines from a script titled "Ima Kaze no Nakade" ("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 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 ShinkenGreen and MagiGreen.
• Also in #26 during the big battle, Gai says "Prepare...prepare...prepare yourselves!" ("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.
• When the Hurricangers give their Ranger keys back to the Gokaigers in #26, Yousuke acknowledges them as "legendary successors." This was the motivation for the original Hurricanger team, as they wanted to live up to the legend.
• When Luka and Don went shopping in #27, they passed two stores called Evil Spirit Princess Venus and 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 Ley Nefel, Mazenda, Zero Girls, Multiwa as well as Magiranger's Nai & Mea. For good measure, one of the shopping bags has the name Gara on it, and a sign reads Shizuka Bld.
  • Also in #27, you can see Don (as Luka) carrying a shopping bag with the SCRTC logo.
• #28, you can see the Ako-chan ramen cup on Gai's grave.
  • Also in #28, at one point when they're searching for the Jetmen, you can hear Gai singing the beginning of the Jetman OP theme. Nice to know it showed up somewhere in the episode...
  • Also in #28, Gai is seen at the start and end of the episode in the same bar he was in in some episodes of Jetman (or at least a very similar one. This bar also has a neon sign that says "Golden Gate" in English). Gai not only shows up on a park bench at the end of the episode like he did in the last episode of Jetman, he also says similar lines to his last appearance - talking about how beautiful the sky is.
• In #29, Yukito Sanjo says "The more you rampage, the stronger you'll become" ("Abareta kazu dake tsuyoku nareru"), which was a line from Abaranger's opening lyrics.
• Even the music has this. The extended version of Gokaiger opening contains a tune similar to the first tune of Goranger's opening theme.
• Gao GokaiOh bears a resemblance to the final mecha of the Gaoranger team, GaoKentaurus.
• The young scientists in the Academia releasing two light butterflies mirror the first scene of the opening sequence of Choujuu Sentai Liveman.
  • Also as an Actor Allusion, the Monster of the Week, Zcien, is a scientist type who is voiced by Joji Nakata, who played Liveman's antagonist Great Professor Bias. He even states before the giant mecha battle "The word 'defeat' is not in my vocabulary!", which was Bias' catch-phrase.
  • One of Zaien's captives in Episode 30 has Green Sai's rugby uniform on, with black stripes as a nod to Black Bison.
• Ahim's quick costume changes in #29 are a tradition among Sentai heroines.
• When they transform to the Livemen in Episode 30, the CGI grid animation takes the form of the original Livemen's poses.
• In #33, Ryou once more does what he did last time he was forced to fight without his powers: do his roll call and team announcement then proceed to kick ass.
• Gai does karaoke again during Episode 36 as the Go-On Wing, busting out a line from the Go-Onger theme song.
• KanzenGokaiOh features missile-shooting fingers and a Rocket Punch, both often-used weapons in many past sentai mecha. It's worth noting that Denji Sentai Megaranger, which spammed the rocket punch usage with Super Galaxy Mega, gets a tribute ep the following week.
  • KanzenGokaiOh's movement already brings to mind 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.
• The Great Walz resembles Dora Talos from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger and it being given to Warz Gill by his father is like how Kai, Bondora's son, got Dora Talos. Like Kai, piloting the mecha lead to Warz's death at the hands of the Sentai team's ultimate Mecha.
• Gai says "Gokaiger Win" in the Megaranger episode after bringing down two of Basco's droids; where a similar phrase would appear on screen in that series.
  • 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.
• In episode 40, while using the Timeranger powers, everyone dodges the projectiles... except Gai, who gets hit as TimeFire, not unlike Tatsuya's first fight.
• Zatsurig, the Action Commander of #41 (who turns out to be responsible for destroying planet Famille and killing Ahim's parents), uses an Evil Eye to fight, not too different from 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 Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger 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 Engine Sentai Go-onger's Go-on Blue) utters "zubari seikai" ("just correct"), Renn's (the original Go-on Blue) Catchphrase.
  • A Deleted Scene shows the Gokaigers changing into the Zyurangers. The Zyuranger suits (or at least the core five) and the Ninjaman suit. Where have we seen that unlikely combination before? If only Gai swapped DragonRanger for KibaRanger.
• In #49, the Great Insarn shields itself with a seemingly impenetrable force field, just like Queen Ahames in Dengeki Sentai Changeman. Ironically, the Gokaigers manage to break through it by using said team's greater power.
• In #50, a woman is telling her child to be brave in the face of the possible Zangyack armageddon by pointing out how Super Sentai have taught us to be courageous. She's not only referring to Magiranger and it's theme, she's holding a Magi Red plush toy that looks like the one Yuka had in Magiranger episode 25.
• The Flying Ghost Ship has a very subtle one when Marvelous alone turns into Red Hawk while the other four turn into four Dekarangers - Jetman started out with only the Red senshi while Dekaranger did the opposite, with Red joining last.
  • Also, the fight with Baseball Mask is a recreation of his original fight. Except for G3 Princess getting involved.
• In Gokaiger vs Gavan, Yatsudenwani hitting on a female Yellow and Kegalesia going for the young male Green looks familiar. Not to mention Navi's "I'm not a bird!" Catchphrase being reused by the Gekkou of Illusions.
• Also in Gokaiger vs. Gavan, when Retsu Ichijoji gives the opportunity for the Gokaigers to escape, he says "Farewell tears, hello courage!" It's a line from the theme song of the original Gavan series. 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.
• And yet another from Gokaiger vs Gavan: Gavan was played by Kenji Ohba, who also played two Rangers - Battle Kenya (of Team Battle Fever) and Denzi Blue (of Denziman) - so, of course, Battle Kenya and Denzi Blue make an appearance, and are key to helping Gavan.

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