Bambuluá is a Brazilian children's TV Show aired from October, 2000 to December, 2001 starring Brazilian TV host Angélica As Herself. The show was a children's soap opera aired in the morning time and at the same time, it aired several Cartoon and Anime, such as Digimon Adventure and Dragon Ball Z among others.
The Soap Opera parts consisted of roughly twenty minute episodes of an original story starring the host Angélica, who winds up in the titular Bambuluá, the city of dreams. The city is protected by a magic crystal that prevents evil people from invading it, namely the denizens of the neighbouring Magush, the city of shadows, led by the evil Senhor Dumal (Lord Badguy in a rough translation). The crystal is guarded by the mage Tchilim and his assistant Dubem (Goodguy) and protected by seven children known as the knights of the future, who form a Sentai-esque team themed after the colors of the rainbow.
Bambuluá contains examples of:
- A Day in the Limelight: Each knight has their focus arcs.
- All Your Colors Combined: The knights can only transform when all together.
- Always Chaotic Evil: The Sombrios (inhabitants from Magush). Subverted.
- Another Dimension: Where the battles take place.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: The Sombrios act that way.
- Big Good: Tchilim.
- Big Bad: Dumal.
- Children Are Innocent: The crystal that prevents evil people from invading Bambuluá doesn't work on children (even those from Magush) and it's said it's because, until they become adults, they can renounce their evil ways.
- The Chosen One: Angélica herself.
- The Chosen Many: The kids.
- Color-Coded Characters.
- Dressing as the Enemy.
- Heel–Face Turn: Bruck and eventually Morcegão.
- Love Redeems: Courtesy of Angélica and Renatinha respectively.
- Also, every villain except Dumal, Assombroso, Bad Tripa and Viperina.
- Love Redeems: Courtesy of Angélica and Renatinha respectively.
- Harmless Villain: The Sombrios are usually jerkasses at worst.
- Henshin Hero
- Kid Hero: All the knights. At least before the Time Skip.
- Literary Allusion Title: The title city is named after the city in a Brazilian tale called "A princesa de Bambuluá" (The princess of Bambuluá).
- Lucky Seven: Again, the knights.
- Parents as People: The adults in general are prominent characters in the show, including several of the knights' parents.
- Power Crystal
- Prison Dimension: The fate of Dumal and all non-redeemed Sombrios.
- Sentai
- Shout-Out: After Bruck turns good, the crystal turns him into what can best be described as a Jedi Knight, complete with Laser Blade, and yes, this is mentioned in-universe.
- Sugar Bowl: The titular city.
- Time Skip: Middleway throught the series, the kids train inside the crystal and come back as teenagers due to the Year Inside, Hour Outside effect.
- Took a Level in Badass: ...or in Badbutt considering this was a kid's show.
- Wretched Hive: The city of shadows, aka Magush.
