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->'''Gohan:''' ''[tegarding the Ginyu Force]'' Vegeta, if you don't mind me asking, what are we in for?\\

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** "We are... [[TeamShot the Mad Midget FIVE!"]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "...Douchebags!"]]''

* An audio drama of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' of all things, set post-series and [[AnimatedActors thoroughly destroying the fourth wall]], has the cast having to re-tool the show for new episodes; Asuka has the pilots (Rei, herself, Shinji, Toji, and Kaworu) try being super Sentai. [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible It's]]...[[StylisticSuck special]].

* ''Angel Blade'', once the series added enough girls, ended up becoming...[[IncrediblyLamePun a Sentai Hentai]].

* ''Manga/Cyborg009'' is definitively the TropeMaker for this concept as Japan's first Superhero team.

* The Monokubs from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3'' have this as their motif. Each member is a different color and pilot giant mechs called Exisals.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' episodes 212 and 213 parody this like there's no tomorrow.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is a hybrid Sentai[=/=]MagicalGirl show. The series starts with the eponymous MagicalGirlWarrior as the only superheroine, only to be later be joined by the Inner Senshi and the Outer Senshi, with each girl having her own signature color and special attack.

* ''Anime/SonicSoldierBorgman'' is very much inspired by Super Sentai.

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' (known in America as ''Battle of the Planets'' or ''G-Force'') is a classic Sentai anime and the TropeNamer for it.
%% * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is a hybrid Sentai[=/=]MagicalGirl show that started the MagicalGirlWarrior trope, which is basically a hybrid of these tropes.
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'' has done it with Kukai. ''Ore wa...GUARDIAN FIVE!'' That is definitely his Crowning Moment of Awesome.
%% Don't forget the Tamago Senshi!
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' has Sentai elements as well -- note the individually colored hardsuits and the almost stereotyped set of personalities found among the Knight Sabers.
* ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'' both parodies and pays tribute to classic Sentai (and MagicalGirl) elements.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' is a classic anime mixing Sentai with mythological fantasy.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'': In an obvious parody of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/PowerRangers'', the five girls from Negi's class with the lowest grades dub themselves the "Baka Rangers," complete with appropriate "hero names," like "Baka Red" and "Baka Pink". For clarification: Red = Asuna, Blue = Kaede, Yellow = Fei, Black = Yue, Pink = Makie. During the festival story arc in the manga, there is the "Maho(ra) Rangers" performing on a stage.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' does a few parodies of the Sentai genre. Episode 24 introduces Space Detective Kogoro, an explicit parody of Kenji Ooba in his role as the title character of the {{Toku}} series ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan''.
* Spoofed in ''Anime/MyHime'', where Midori (the one who JumpedAtTheCall, thinking she's Franchise/SailorMoon) proposes teaming up into the "[=HiME=] Rangers" to fight the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]] more effectively. [[spoiler:Natsuki and Nao]] dismiss the idea as ridiculous and are tied up and dragged to the meeting place anyway.
* ''VisualNovel/LimeIroSenkitan'', with its five-girl Lime unit, in five colors.
* ''Anime/{{Cosprayers}}'', an intentional parody of the genre with added {{Fanservice}}.
* ''Anime/RoninWarriors'' had Sentai on the sides of both the good guys and the bad guys.
* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' briefly featured the all-female team ''[[ShowWithinAShow Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron]]'' in one episode, whose five pilots (and mecha) were very much a homage to ''Super Sentai''. For bonus points, the Dojibiron team's names were [[TheDanza nearly the same as the five principle voice actresses]], the only difference being the color-coded ThemeNaming. For the record, Imadori is a huge fan of them.
* ''[[ShowWithinAShow Chouken Sentai Blade Braver]]'' in ''Manga/BambooBlade''. Tama, the main girl in the show, considers herself an "ally of justice" like the Blade Bravers themselves, and in fact uses the motivation of [[ForGreatJustice fighting for right]] to join the kendo club. Later on, the show reveals that ''Braver'' is just one of many in the 31-year long "''Battle Hero''" series, making it an obvious LawyerFriendlyCameo of ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
* ''Anime/ChoujinSentaiBarratack'' includes a CombiningMecha piloted by a FiveManBand with color-coded outfits, though the heroes rarely do much fighting on foot.

* ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'' has a singular, Sentai-based episode that becomes increasingly silly. Since the show only has [[FourTemperamentEnsemble four leading girls]], the fifth spot is filled by no one -- the green suit is an empty shell. On top of that, the team's CombiningMecha never forms correctly, with mishaps ranging from a missing component to five copies of the same component attempting to fuse together. The end of the episode is a stream of random gags that would take too long to explain here. (There actually is a fifth ranger. She just happens to be invisible.)

* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''' OVA ''Magical Heart Kokoro-chan'' has elements of this and MagicalGirl in it. In this particular instance, the team of powered heroines is working for low pay, using a ''vacuum cleaner'' as a weapon and has particularly kinky outfits for their battling.
* The episode "Super Sooga Squad" of the ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'' TV series is an AffectionateParody of Sentai series.
* Parodied in ''Manga/SpecialDutyCombatUnitShinesman.'' Their suit colors are the intentionally awful Red, Moss Green, Gray, Sepia, and Salmon Pink.
* ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'' had a group of Autobots who pretty much acted as a Sentai team.
* An audio drama of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' of all things, set post-series and [[AnimatedActors thoroughly destroying the fourth wall]], has the cast having to re-tool the show for new episodes; Asuka has the pilots (Rei, herself, Shinji, Toji, and Kaworu) try being super Sentai. [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible It's]]...[[StylisticSuck special]].
** It's the audio drama on the "Addition" soundtrack (4th one, with four of them on the cover). There are plenty of translations floating about, including one with graphics.
* ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' is a comedy revolving around the retired "Red" member of a ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' pastiche, who retains his powers and mask.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' episodes 212 and 213 parody this like there's no tomorrow.

* ''Manga/RamenFighterMiki'':
** A ShowWithinAShow example is the Star Rangers. Akihiko is a huge fan of them, to the point that when anyone so much as mentions the show, he starts to think he ''is'' Red Star. He seems equally convinced that the rest of the main cast are the other Star Rangers.
** The genre is also deconstructed: the Red Ranger is TheHero, he acts heroic, gets things done, and always gets a HundredPercentHeroismRating… because he is on a TV show. Akihiko the LoonyFan does exactly the same things the Red Ranger does, but is a LordErrorProne and the ButtMonkey because he is in RealLife.
-->'''Akihiko:''' ''[[ShaggyDogStory Today certainly did seem to be a waste of time]]. But so what? That little girl’s sad face now carries a smile. '' - Begins ThemeMusicPowerUp - ''Do your best Ohta Akihiko. Never lose Ohta Akihiko. For the sakes of everyone’s smiles, fight for tomorrow, Ohta Akihiko. ''
--> '''Kankuro:''' ''How are you Akihiko, are you okay? Can you walk on your own? ''
-->'''Akihiko:''' ''No. I don’t think so. ''
--> At Akihiko’s house, he is watching Star Rangers, with his arm and head bandaged: '''Star Ranger’s narrator:''' ''After destroying the Evil Base, the Star Rangers put hope back on the young boy’s heart. Today, they fought for justice yet again. ''
-->'''Akihiko:''' Dramatically standing up adopting an AssKickingPose ''Don’t forget to watch next week! ''
* The Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, who already shared superficial similarities to Sentai, were turned into this outright for the Japanese OVA ''Mutant Turtles: Legend of the Super Mutants''--complete with the gigantic super-form "Turtle Saint".
* ''Manga/DuklyonClampSchoolDefenders'' is a parody of this.
* In the ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' manga, Kakeru seems determined to turn the student council into a proper "School Defense Force" and starts assigning colors. He claims Black for himself (because he thinks it would make him seem [[TheLancer cool and mysterious]]) and, after teasing Yuki about how his [[{{Bishonen}} pretty face]] should make him Pink, gives him Red for being student council president. [[{{Kawaiiko}} Kimi]] insists on being Pink and sticks [[SugarAndIceGirl Machi]] with Yellow (like Beat above, Kimi claims it's because Machi likes curry so much). [[TheComicallySerious Naohito]] just plain refuses to play along. And [[LargeHam Ayame]] is named the Commander immediately after Kakeru meets him, much to his delight.
* ''Angel Blade'', once the series added enough girls, ended up becoming...[[IncrediblyLamePun a Sentai Hentai]].

* Also spoofed in ''Anime/{{Yumeria}}:'' once all the girls are active in the dream world, they look at their individually-colored outfits and their attacks, and decide they need [[CallingYourAttacks attack names]] and a victory pose.
* In ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'' Red was the Red Ranger in his home world as well as TheLeader of the Kizuna Five, defending the innocent from the wrath of the Enders. He continues to carry his superhero sensibilities into the fantasy world, confusing the locals who have no frame of reference for his personality or abilities.
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'' has The Gohukuseitai, five [[ChineseVampire Jiang-Si]] in the service of Tao Yuan who are a direct parody of this, though they don't really have the FiveManBand dynamic; nor are they ColorCodedCharacters (until the 2021 anime).
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' is basically this genre adapted to the ''Digimon'' franchise, right down to the team size; they even have a team of PsychoRangers.
%% * ''Goldfish Warning'', Gyoupin Sentai, episode 34.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' is another MagicalGirl sentai combination.
* The MagicalGirl franchise ''Anime/PrettyCure'' has several examples that could count as all-girl Sentais. The two that come closest are ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' (just look at ''the title'') and ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure''.

* Despite being a RealRobot anime, ''Anime/MajesticPrince'' revolves around a squadron of five (later six) teenagers that clearly follow the traditional Sentai colour theming. Funnily enough though, TheLeader, coded with red, is voiced by [[Creator/HirokiAiba a former]] ''[[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger blue]]'' [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger ranger]].
* ''Manga/LevelE'' has a whole story arc of the anime version devoted to several kids who were pranked into becoming a Sentai team because... well, Prince Baka felt like it!
* ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'' subverts this by stripping its titular (and very over-the-top) Sentai team of their powers after they enter Jewel Land in episode 2. Each member does his/her own thing for the majority of the series instead of doing... Sentai things.
* Parodied in ''Manga/HeroesAreExtinct'' - the protagonist Cassiel is a general in an aggressive space-faring empire, and his lifelong dream has always been to attack the Earth to do battle with the hero teams that he’s seen in intercepted television broadcasts (he's a bit of an {{Otaku}}). Unfortunately for him, in this story Sentai don't exist. Not willing to take this lying down, he secretly kidnaps a random group of teenagers and provides them with training and advanced technology so that he’ll have someone worthy to fight. Since this is basically treason, Cassiel has to pull a balancing act, cultivating his Terra Rangers while attacking them, all in secret from the empire’s high command (including his love interest, the princess/stock Sentai villainess).
* Parodied again in ''Manga/ImperfectHero'' - the hero is the green ranger in the high school battalion unit, Gakusei 5 (G5 for short), the special unit trained to fight and protect Earth against the invasion of the dreaded Galactic force "Gurdark" and its sexy queen Mayura. Unfortunately for our hero, he's a loser who can't fight and relies on his teammates to cover for him. Not only that, after he helps Mayura while in his civilian form, [[MagicalGirlfriend she moves in with him, and falls in love with him]].
* Another parody in ''Manga/FutureDiary'', with the Twelfth, who [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-controls]] four random bystanders into becoming the other members of his squad.
* ''Anime/SonicSoldierBorgman'' is very much inspired by Super Sentai.

* ''Anime/ActionHeroineCheerFruits'' is an {{Homage}} to {{Toku}} in general, with Japanese cities producing [[ShowWithinAShow stage shows]] with female heroes in order to bolster tourism. The main characters' show ''Seika Senshi Hina-Nectar'' is more specifically inspired by Super Sentai (five-color team, Red is the leader, AloofAlly SixthRanger with unique costume) with little touches from the MagicalGirl genre.

* Parodied in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' doujinshi "Dorodorodororon" (whose title itself comes from a line in the ending theme of ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''), with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura forming the ninja squad 'Ninja-Man'.
* ''Mr. Villain's Day Off'' is a slice-of-life series about [[VillainsOutShopping a Sentai villain's days off]], with a fair chunk of HeroesGoneFishing from the team he and his organization oppose, the Rangers.
* ''Manga/LoveAfterWorldDomination'' is a comedy about Red Gelato, leader of the Gelato 5, and Death Queen, a sub-boss of the villainous organization Gekko, who're in a {{secret relationship}}, hiding the fact [[DatingCatwoman they're dating the enemy]] from their respective sides.
* ''Manga/GoGoLoserRanger'' has a self-serving version in the Dragon Knights, a sentai team whose leaders have kept their enemies' [[{{Mooks}} footsoldiers]] around for the last 13 years so they can make themselves look good by [[EngineeredHeroics staging weekly mock battles against them]]. One of the footsoldiers eventually has it about up to here with this and sets out to bring the Knights down.

* ''Animation/DeerSquad'' is a Chinese-animated stand-on, with deer having [[NatureSpirit Nature-themed powers]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Cazador}}'' parodies this with the Powerful Galactic Defenders: [=CosmoPatagonian Hare, CosmoArmadillo, CosmoCavy, and CosmoTatou=]. They had a fifth member, [=CosmoPlatypus=], but he died in battle; the [[DumbMuscle title character]] was invited to replace him, but gave up because he couldn't [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull pronounce the animal's name to power up]] (that, and he didn't really want to join them to begin with). Their HumongousMecha looks like a humanoid rabbit.

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* Parodied in ''Film/SmokingCausesCoughing'' by the Tobacco Force.
* ''Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'' sees Zero assemble Glenfire, Mirror Knight, and Jean-Bot into a Sentai-esque team he dubs Ultimate Force Zero. Come ''Film/UltramanZeroGaidenKillerTheBeatstar'', they add Jean-Nine, Jean-Bot's new brother who was originally built to kill them, to the team for a full squad of five members.

* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' is about as close as you get without being a manga.

* Literature/SolarDefendersTheRoleOfAShield takes a serious look at Sentai tropes, particularly of the Franchise/PowerRangers variety, exploring what would realistically happen if the responsibility for fighting an endless war against monsters was placed on the shoulders of actual high school students.

* As the introduction says, the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series are the UrExample of this style, as is its adaptation ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' for the west.
** They have also spawned a host of homage series such as ''Series/SportRanger'', ''WebVideo/FranceFive'', and ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV''.
* ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and ''Series/BFighterKabuto'' are about a team of warriors wearing beetle themed PowerArmor, as is their adaptation ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}''.
* ''Series/BlueSWAT'' is a more gritty and realistic take on the genre, about a covert SWAT-esque team fighting aliens.

* Parodied in ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' with the ''Agito vs Ryuki'' special. The regular ''Ryuki'' series is about twelve Kamen Riders who fight each other to the death in an ThereCanOnlyBeOne tournament. Most of these riders range from AntiHero to outright villain. In the special, the Riders act more like a traditional Sentai, constantly uttering how they fight for justice.
* ''Series/{{Voicelugger}}'', which was the last production by Shotaro Ishinomori, the godfather of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', released posthumously.
* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'' and its sequel ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire'' combined this with the {{Rescue}} genre and lots of {{serial escalation}}
* Toho's ''Series/DennouKeisatsuCybercop'' combined this with ''Series/MetalHeroes'' (more specifically, the ''Rescue Police'' subset of this franchise).
* The ''Series/ChouSeiShinSeries'' was renowned for the high quality of its mecha battles. Its first series, ''Series/ChouseishinGransazer,'' was an extreme example of this trope, with ''[[SerialEscalation twelve]]'' heroes.
* Music/TheAquabats from ''[[Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow The Aquabats! Super Show!]]''.
* The Power Falcons from ''Series/KeyAndPeele''.
* ''Series/GiantSaver'' is a Chinese example.
* ''Series/{{Bambulua}}'' was a Brazilian kid's show featuring a Sentai team.
* And, of course, ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills''. Yes, it was an actual show by Creator/DICEntertainment, and not something made up by Creator/TeamFourStar.

* ''VideoGame/KanColle'' has heaps, especially those with ''Sentai'' on squad names. This game is based around [[MoeAnthropomorphism WWII ships as cute girls]], and many WWII task forces carry the word "Sentai".
* The Axem Rangers from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' are another Sentai parody. Their name in Japanese is, Kaijo Sentai Onoranger, which follows the same naming style of the actual ''Franchise/SuperSentai series'', which is usually, something sentai something-ranger.

* The Handsome Men in ''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'' are an antagonist version.
* Parodied in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'''s bonus chapter, "Another Day." After everyone's pins get stolen at a Tin Pin Slammer tournament, Shooter brings Neku and his friends to his "secret base" (really Ramen Don) to form the Tin Pin Rangers and save the day. [[HotBlooded Sho]][[TheHero oter]] calls Red for himself as team leader, [[IdiotHero Be]][[BigGuy at]] gets Yellow because of his love of curry, [[DeadpanSnarker Ne]][[TheLancer ku]] gets assigned Black n' Blue, much to his annoyance, and Shiki gets Green to match her skirt... but only because [[HoYay Jos]][[TheSmartGuy hua]] called dibs on Pink. [[SixthRanger Rhyme]] joins the team later on and becomes Black, leaving Neku with only Blue, [[spoiler:until she leads them all into a trap and reveals herself as the SixthRangerTraitor.]]
* The Dragoons of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'', complete with elemental alliances and color coding.
* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory'': In a Private Action with Leon in Fun City, the "Scummy Rangers" show up in a deliberately over-the-top show where they dispatch evil monsters with the help of the kiddy audience.
* Culture Brain intended to bring this to the US under the guise of a superhero team by converting two of their ''VideoGame/HiryuNoKen'' games into one superhero-themed title on the NES, calling it ''Flying Warriors''. They even had a fairly big marketing blitz to go with it, with a multi-issue comic book being published in ''[=GamePro=]''. The game itself ended up being swiftly forgotten.
** ''Hiryu no Ken II'', the Japanese counterpart to ''Flying Warriors'', also introduced a colorful FiveManBand that could transform into armored super modes. Needless to say, this feature was ignored once the series returned to its FightingGame roots.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'': [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Hexagon Brothers]], sound-off! 1! 2! 3! 4! 5! "...Wait who's missing? Whatever. We'll wait till he shows up."
* ''VideoGame/{{Digital Devil Saga}}'' can be seen as an [[DarkerAndEdgier M-rated]] version of this.

* Mentioned/Parodied in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' with the "Abyss Man" costumes for the seven playable characters ([[NewGamePlus if you've already beat the game once]]). Everyone gets a colour-coded costume (red, orange, blue, green, pink, black, and silver) with a hilarious description. "Abyss Man" is apparently a popular show in-universe, and the Emperor of Malkuth is a huge fan. Considering the two lines given that are evidently direct quotes from the show, it's a parody of the genre.
* ''VideoGame/ChromaSquad'' is a game about ''producing'' a Sentai show.
* Parodied in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' when you reach the top of the Tower of Zot, with the Magus Sisters.
* ''VideoGame/MischiefMakers'' features Beastector, a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy villainous]] version of this trope that doubles as a TerribleTrio.
* The Hard Boiled Heavies of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' are a downplayed version. They don't have much in the way of personality, but they're a close group of five similar-looking robots that use the most common color set in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.
* ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' has a Sentai themed idol unit called Ryuuseitai.
* The Monokubs from ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3'' have this as their motif. Each member is a different color and pilot giant mechs called Exisals.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{LISA}} Lisa: The Painful RPG]]'' has the Salvation Rangers. A group of color-coded vigilante roleplayers, they appear first early in the game. Salvation Pink, real name Dick Dickson, can be recruited later after he was kicked out from the team for showing up while suffering from a nasty hangover in most meetings.[[spoiler: Eventually, both Salvation Red and Blue became Joy mutants and killed the rest of the team with the sole exception of Salvation Green, who reappears in ''Lisa: The Joyful'']].

* ''Webcomic/ComboRangers'', from Brazil, which began as an AffectionateParody but then grew to become more than that.
* ''WebVideo/{{Mighty Moshin Emo Rangers}}'' is what would happen if you took those "Teenagers with attitude" and replaced them with [[{{Emo}} "teenagers with an empty void of misery deep within"]].

* The Otakuza warriors in ''WebOriginal/AcademyOfSuperheroes''.

* American animators have made their own version with a twist: ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' features a Sentai-ish team of, well, robot monkeys, complete with different colors and personalities.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' A European variation of this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' also makes reference to Sentai with the team colors (Beast Boy: Green, Robin: Red, etc.) which are displayed at the end of its upbeat TitleSequence, then of course there's all the team poses.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' with Team Go, consisting of Mego, Hego, Shego, and the Wego twins.

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'' with the Force Fighters V. [[labelnote:*]]The V is not Roman Numeral 5, [[ShapedLikeItself it's the letter V.]][[/labelnote]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers'' certainly count.
* The ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'' are six crimefighters with MagicMeteor superpowers, ColorCodedForYourConvenience, including pink for the GirlyGirl.
* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' have some Sentai elements, with signature color-codes and weapons and appropriately contrasting/complementing personalities.
** [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 The 2012 cartoon]] makes the brothers fans of various [[ShowWithinAShow Shows Within The Show]] that parody different genres; one of which is a Sentai/anime send-up called ''Super Robo Mecha Force Five''.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'', where the titular character is an American who moves to Japan after landing a job as the star of a Sentai TV show.
* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'' is pretty much a totally straightforward example of this trope, featuring a color-coded six-person team, each with their own set of powers and even an (admittedly much smaller than usual) mecha.
* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "Nullzilla", where Bob, Dot, Enzo, Frisket and Mike the [=TV=] suit up and pilot insect-themed battle droids which merge into a HumongousMecha in order to battle the titular Nullzilla.
* ''WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive'': The eponymous Mummies are four Ancient Egyptians who were once the bodyguards of a young prince. [[ByThePowerOfGrayskull By shouting, "With the strength of Ra"]], they can transform into battle ready warriors dressed in armor. Each Mummy's armor is [[AnimalMotifs modeled after a certain animal]] and has a signature color.

[[TheWikiRule RangerWiki]] keeps an extensive list of just about everything that can be perceived as a Sentai reference, even examples that don't quite fit into this trope itself, like literally just quoting a Sentai character or featuring them as background prop. It can be viewed [[https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_references_to_Power_Rangers/Super_Sentai here]].

** In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesAimToBeAPokemonMaster'', the Squirtle Squad start doing a traveling sentai show in color-coded uniforms, with the [[TerribleTrio Team Rocket trio]] of all people playing the villains.