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Fighting for Traffic Safety (戦う交通安全 Tatakau Kōtsū Anzen) is the first episode of Gekisou Sentai Carranger.
Summary[]
After witnessing the destruction of his home, Hazardian Dapp must find (and somehow convince) five humans of the Pegasus Garage who possess the connection with legendary car constellations to become the Carranger and save their planet from the destructive force of the evil planet-destroying Bowzock.
Plot[]
There once was a peaceful planet called Hazard; but one day The Universal Reckless Driving Tribe Bowzock attacked, causing chaos and destruction in The streets. A small alien child in a cloak attempts to escape from the Bowzock attack but is forced to witness the destruction while crying over the fate of his mother and clutching a strange five-light medallion. Elsewhere on Hazard, a blue-clad creature grasps upon all the treasures they could acquire from the planet, while his long-headed partner states the world has no further use to them. As the massive floating spacecraft of the Bowzock departs the world, Hazard erupts in a fiery explosion, emitting a firework-like aura through the local space.
At the BB Saloon on the Bowzock base, the patrons drink up their victory as a scantily clad woman named Zonnette approaches her partners while hitting the patrons aside. The blue-armored creature, Gynamo, asks Zonnette what world they should head for next; as another being, Inventor Grotch, suggests a world called "Earsh" (Earth in their slang) towards them. Zonnette shows interest in seeing "Earsh" being destroyed as Gynamo lusts after her; but his partner, The long-headed Zelmoda, tells him to cut it out as he points out five strange lights coming from their next target. A cloaked figure in the saloon reveals that the light has to do with legendary constellations spoken about for years on planet Hazard as the lights of The "Gekisou Sentai Carranger". Intriguing Gynamo, the cloaked figure states that when the universe is in danger, the five constellations in the shape of automotive vehicles will grant the power of "Carmagic" to five brilliant youths and turn them into the Carranger who will defeat evil and bring peace to the universe. The individual realizes that the Carranger all seem to be coming from Earth; but his pronunciation of the world as "Earth" and not "Earsh" makes Gynamo realize he isn't one of their gang; The Bowzock attack him but he reveals himself as Dappu, the child from Hazard who is now the world's last survivor, shocking them. Dappu calls out to the Carmagic constellations to grant him their power, gaining them within himself as he flies away from the base causing Gynamo to curse at the invader's departure.
Meanwhile at an Earth garage known as Pegasus, five youths work within the facility: they include Minoru Uesugi, who is leading a vehicle driven by one Kyosuke Jinnai, a mechanic named Natsumi Shinohara, another female, Youko Yagami, and a computer technician named Naoki Domon. Kyosuke yells that their boss is obviously tricking them, stating they didn't join the company to just fix cars but to also build the "cars of their dreams", displayed as five vehicles on a nearby table that Kyosuke complains is the only result of the company: mere models of said dream cars. The red-clad male states he's quitting due to this, but the vehicle models start glowing as Dappu flies right into the garage, frightening them instantly. The five notice the strange being as their hearts glow, surprising Dappu as he realizes they are the Carranger he was searching for and frightening the humans.
As Dappu continues to investigate the garage, Kyosuke wonders if they're really the "universe protecting Carranger" that the alien is talking about, which he confirms. Kyosuke wonders if he's joking but Dappu states that he isn't and the Bowzock are already coming to Earth as their base descends towards the planet. As Dappu discovers a Balancing Machine in the garage, the alien states he can turn the machine into the team's secret base with Carmagic, confusing Kyosuke as the alien suddenly uses the power to transform the section into the base without anyone's permission! Dappu continues to use Carmagic to throw the five into the new "base" as he leads them further along and creates special "Speeder Machines" for them to use, surprising them as he suddenly creates "Accel Changers" for the Carranger to use for combat. However, before they can do anything, an alarm goes off, making Dappu realize the invaders have arrived.
As the giant base lands on Earth, a bottle makes a squadron of rainbow-clad Wurmple mooks emerge, who immediately climb throughout the city causing chaos as the other Bowzock including Gynamo, Zelmoda and Grotch descend to the planet. Gynamo speaks to the "vehicles tamed by humanity that have forgotten how to fight" to awaken and become weapons to the applause of the minions. At his command, a fire engine suddenly comes to life chasing down the fire fighters while police cars and even children's tricycles begin to fly through the sky and cause chaos throughout the city. At the base, Dappu tells the Carranger to handle this but notices the five youths have vanished, yelling at them to not hide at this time as he searches them down, seeing them hide throughout the base. Using Carmagic, he scares out the five shocking them into fighting.
As the vehicles continue to rampage through the city, Dappu literally drags out the new Carranger, who are bound up by a rope and being pulled by the small alien into public to face the Bowzock invaders. Zelmoda asks who they are as Dappu tries to introduce the new team as the universe's great heroes and releases the ropes. Kyosuke asks the alien if they really have to be the Carranger while working for that terrible car company, stating he's being paid only 193,000 yen including tax in salary and now has to save the universe; Youko states she's being paid 200,000 yen, Natsumi 202,000 yen, Minoru 178,000 yen and Naoki 210,00 yen. Dappu states their pay shouldn't matter in this duty but Kyosuke says it does, even getting support of the Bowzock on his position.
Relenting, Dappu decides to give up asking for their help and to face the Bowzock himself. Zelmoda takes the Hazardian up for the challenge, the two fighting through the streets as the five humans watch until he finally collapses. Weakened as Zelmoda states the battle was easy, the humans come to his side as The Bowzock celebrate their inevitable conquest of the planet. Dappu explains they killed his mother with Hazard's destruction, revealing the memories of discovering her in the rubble of the dying world and comforting her in her final moments as she tells her son that even if Hazard is destroyed, the legendary constellations and the Carranger will protect the universe as she gives the medallion of the Carmagic power to her son. In her final word, she tells Dappu to use the power of Carmagic to find the Carranger before she falls to her end. As Dappu lays dying on Earth, Dappu tells the five Carmagic-infused humans that he believes they are the legendary constellations of Hazard: the Gekisou Sentai Carranger before falling to his death, dropping five keys from his hand upon his passing. At that moment, something changed within the quintet of The Pegasus Garage as they stand up to be determined to become The Carranger. Taking the keys from Dappu's dead hand, they turn them into their Accel Changers, awakening the powers of The five Carmagic Constellation and becoming the Carranger for the first time. As The Carranger emerge, Dappu awakens, stating that if they accepted his power from the start, he wouldn't have had to pull this stunt to make them use it. Kyosuke yells at Dappu for tricking them, but he tells them to not fight him but the Bowzock, who have vanished from view.
However as the Carranger wonder The Bowzock's whereabouts, the fire engine continues to rampage through the city, tangling people up while the Bowzock celebrate the chaos. Without warning, the Carranger drive through in their Speeder Machines, surprising the gang as they go on The attack towards them. Announcing themselves as Red Racer (Kyosuke), Blue Racer (Naoki), Green Racer (Minoru), Yellow Racer (Natsumi) and Pink Racer (Youko), the gang shows surprise while Zelmoda wonders how they stand for "Fighting Traffic Safety!" Red Racer soon goes to try and release the people trapped by the fire engine while Youko and Natsumi save the boy from the tricycle. The team soon use their ViBlades to fight off the Wurmple forces who attack and fire at them forcing them to respond with Auto Blasters. Without warning, Zelmoda turns The fire engine into a giant monster who flies through the city attacking. The Carranger soon fly into the Reckless Fire Engine as it uses its ladder to smash into a building causing destruction and knocking them down one after another into windows and buildings. Using their Auto Punisher Mode of The Auto Blasters, they knock the fire engine down as Gynamo shoots a beam at Red Racer, who dodges and stabs at his armor before using "full power" to stun him, scaring Grotch. Gynamo continues to attack at the team with beams before finally ordering the minions to escape.
As the battle ends, Dappu states the team isn't half-bad, Kyosuke stating this is how they first became Carranger.
Cast[]
- Kyosuke Jinnai (陣内 恭介 Jinnai Kyōsuke): Yūji Kishi (岸 祐二 Kishi Yūji)
- Naoki Domon (土門 直樹 Domon Naoki): Yoshihiro Masujima (増島愛浩 Masujima Yoshihiro)
- Minoru Uesugi (上杉 実 Uesugi Minoru): Yoshihiro Fukuda (福田佳弘 Fukuda Yoshihiro)
- Natsumi Shinohara (志乃原 菜摘 Shinohara Natsumi): Yuka Motohashi (本橋 由香 Motohashi Yuka)
- Youko Yagami (八神 洋子 Yagami Yōko): Atsuko Kurusu (来栖あつこ Kurusu Atsuko)
- Hazardian Dapp (ハザード星人ダップ Hazādo Seijin Dappu, Voice): Mari Maruta (まるたまり Maruta Mari)
- Beauty Zonnette (美女ゾンネット Bijo Zonnetto): Rika Nanase (七瀬理香 Nanase Rika)
- President Gynamo (総長ガイナモ Sōchō Gainamo, Voice): Hiroshi Ōtake (大竹 宏 Ōtake Hiroshi)
- Deputy Leader Zelmoda (副長ゼルモダ Fukuchō Zerumoda, Voice): Kyousei Tsukui (津久井 教生 Tsukui Kyōsei)
- Inventor Grotch (発明家グラッチ Hatsumeika Guracchi, Voice): Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士 Nagasako Takashi)
Guest Cast[]
- Vendor: Midori Yamamoto (山本 緑 Yamamoto Midori), Wayne Doster (ウェイン・ドスター Wayne Doster)
- Boy: Yusuke Oosawa (大沢佑介 Ōsawa Yūsuke)
- Police: Riichi Seike (清家 利一 Seike Riichi)
- Gorotsuki (Voice): Rumi Watanabe (渡部るみ Watanabe Rumi), Nobuyuki Yoneyama (米山信之 Yoneyama Nobuyuki), Toya Aikawa (相川 冬也 Aikawa Toya), Masanori Ooshio (大塩昌則 Ōshio Masanori)
Errors[]
- to be added
Notes[]
- Eyecatch
- Featured Mecha (Pre-Break): Red Vehicle
- Featured Mecha (Post-Break): Red Vehicle
- Viewership: 6.1%
- The Carrangers' salaries at Pegasus Garage are the following-
- Kyosuke Jinnai - 193,000 yen
- Naoki Domon - 210,000 yen
- Minoru Uesugi - 178,000 yen
- Natsumi Shinohara - 202,000 yen
- Youko Yagami - 200,000 yen
DVD Releases[]
- Gekisou Sentai Carranger Volume 1 features episodes 1-12.[1]
- The complete Carranger series was released in North America by Shout! Factory in 2017.
See Also[]
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie - Power Rangers counterpart in Turbo. See comparison page.
- Shift Into Turbo - Power Rangers counterpart in Turbo. See comparison page.
- Alarmed and Dangerous - Power Rangers counterpart in Turbo. See comparison page.
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