 This article is about a villain in Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive.
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Dragon Dark King Salamandes (龍冥王 サラマンデス Ryūmeiō Saramandesu, 26-43, 49-50) is the youngest of the Saima Family.
History[]
Infant Demon Drop[]
He was formerly in an infantile state named Infant Demon Drop (童鬼 ドロップ Dōki Doroppu, 2-22) at the start of the series. Demon of Fire Calamity. Dragon blood runs through his veins. Being just an infant, he had to be cared for by Spell-Master Pierre, and would only say "Drop", not being able to speak. Despite this, his high sorcery and fire abilities let him participate among his older siblings.
Dark King Salamandes[]
Upon Dark King Zylpheeza's death, he received the Dark King Star and used energy that was transferred from Zylpheeza. Drop underwent a maturation inside a cocoon. During that time, his soul separated from his body and assumed the form of an amnesiac human boy with pyrokinetic powers, who Matsuri Tatsumi befriended. After the period of maturation, Drop's soul merges back into his body once he regained his memories when the Saima come to retrieve him. Despite the GoGoFive's attempt to destroy him while he was still in his cocoon, he emerges from the fiery crater in his adult form as Grandine uses that occassion to rename him Salamandes. Salamandes proceeds to overpower the Super Sentai while Matsuri tried to reason with him, only to fall back when he collapses in pain from not being used his new body and powers.
Salamandes eventually mastering his new powers with the ability of using the Dark King Star to create a Saima Zone, a pocket dimension deprived of sunlight that increases a Saima Beasts' power tenfold while leaving the Victory Robo, LinerBoy and the Max Victory Robo combinations vulnerable. Later on, after the GoGoFive used the Victory Mars to stop the minus-energy asteroid that Grand Witch Grandiene sent, he started to fall out of favor with her. After the destruction of the Infinity Chain Card, Salamandes completely fell out of favor, as he allowed a valuable weapon to be destroyed. He attempted to lure the GoGoFive to Hell in order to regain favor with his mother, but Grandiene trapped all of them there, instead.
Ghost King Salamandes[]
With some help from Pierre, though warned that could lose himself in the process, Salamandes killed all the hell-bound monsters and absorbed them to become Ghost King Salamandes (幽魔王サラマンデス Yūmaō Saramandesu, 43). The GoGoFive had a difficult time against him, since Salamandes was now able to transform human souls into energy powering him up through the "Saima Tree", which Pierre had grown at an orphanage and after growing into a giant he was able to overpower all of the GoGoFive's mecha. When the long lost mother of one of the orphaned children that the GoGoFive had befriended arrived, her tears had weakened the Saima Tree's power. Without the soul energy, the GoGoFive were able to use the Max Victory Robo and the Victory Mars to kill him with a Top Jet/MaxCannon/Mars Flare (after impaling Salamandes with the Jet Lance) combo, with only a green gemstone remaining.
Destruction God Salamandes Dragon[]
In the finale, Pierre is able to convince Grandiene to use Salamandes's gemstone to resurrect him, which she did. He was revived, alongside Zylpheeza, who became Salamandes' manservant. Luckily, Shou Tatsumi and Nagare Tatsumi were able to convince Zylpheeza that Salamandes was his younger brother Drop, forcing Salamandes to kill him, only to be killed by Shou and Nagare when they counterattacked with their Hyper Mode Go Blasters. But in the end Grandiene revived him as a complete puppet under her control in his true dragon-like form, Destruction God Salamandes Dragon (破壊神サラマンデスドラゴン Hakaishin Saramandesu Doragon, 49-50), but was destroyed for good by the Max Victory Robo Black Version.
Personality[]
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Forms[]
Infant Demon Drop
Powers and Abilities[]
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Arsenal[]
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Appearances: GoGoFive Episodes TBA
Powers and Abilities[]
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Arsenal[]
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Saima Beasts[]
- Dark Sword Saima Beast Solgoil (First Saima Beast)
- Flame Saima Beast Hellgerus
- Supersonic Saima Beast Buroogen
- Search Saima Beast Death Stag
- Manipulation Saima Beast Papetongu
- Absorption Saima Beast Vacuuma
- Pollen Saima Beast Baira
- Budou Warrior Saima Beast Hagakuren
- Dragon Warrior Saima Beast Lizardes
- Dream Vision Saima Beast Bahamuu (Final Saima Beast)
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Family[]
- Grand Witch Grandiene - Mother
- Darkness King Gill - Older Brother
- Dark King Zylpheeza - Older Brother
- Beast Baron Cobolda - Older Brother
- Evil Spirit Princess Denus - Older Sister
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Behind the Scenes[]
Portrayal[]
- Salamandes is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川光, Midorikawa Hikaru), while Drop is voiced by Yūko Miyamura (宮村優子, Miyamura Yuuko), who later played Kyoko Hayase/Demon Hunter Sieg-Jeanne. His suit actor is Seiji Takaiwa (高岩成二, Takaiwa Seiji), who also played GoRed and his brother Zylpheeza.
Design[]
- Salamandes' motif is that of salamander, a mythological elemental in the form of a lizard. His design also incorporates a drake, a mythological creature that looks similar to a dragon, but with a more humanoid-like body.
Musical Themes[]
The Salamandes' main leitmotif is "Onslaught! The Dragon Dark King" (Moukou! Ryuu no Meiou), along with the opening chorus "Herr, Unser Herrscher" from J. S. Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245.
Bach's "Herr, Unser Herrscher" can be heard multiple times during the brief period in which his soul was separated from his body and during his transformation from Drop to Dark King Salamandes. The theme returns during his second transition from Dark King to his Ghost King form in Episode 43. During the same episode, the "Dies Irae" chorus from G. Verdi's Requiem Mass was also used.
Concept Art[]
Etymology[]
- Salamandes's name comes from "salamander".
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Appearances[]
Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive
- Ep. 26: The Fiery Dragon Prince is Born
- Ep. 27: Yellow Leaves the Front
- Ep. 28: The Kidnapped Boy!
- Ep. 29: The Foreboding Starry Sky
- Ep. 30: Escape! The Dark Planet
- Ep. 31: Cut Down the Saima Zone
- Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive vs. Gingaman
- Ep. 32: Wedding Bells
- Ep. 33: An Innocent Saima Warrior
- Ep. 34: Death, Else Destruction
- Ep. 35: The Black Snakes' Trap
- Ep. 36: Secret Art! The Tornado Drop
- Ep. 37: The Beauty is a Saima Beast!?
- Ep. 38: The Infinity Chain, Grandchildren, and Persimmons
- Ep. 39: Break the Infinity Chain!
- Ep. 40: Zero Seconds To Base Destruction
- Ep. 41: The Man Matoi Could Not Beat
- Ep. 42: The Hellish Saima Beast Army
- Ep. 43: The Terrible Saima Tree
- Ep. 44: Rescue File 99
- Ep. 48: The Showdown is at Saima Paradico
- Ep. 49: Awakening! The Two Destructive Gods
- Final Ep.: Burning Rescue Spirits
See Also[]
- Prince Olympius - Power Rangers counterpart in Lightspeed Rescue. See comparison page.
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