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Lots of Applied Phlebotinum is voice activated: Kirk talked to the computer, Michael talked to KITT, Automan talked to Cursor. But there is no place where a voice activation is more universally required than when triggering a Transformation Sequence. You are, more or less, not allowed to transform to your super-powered alter-ego without ranting some special key-phrase. This phrase may or may not be descriptive, but it should almost certainly be pithy. If your transformation catchphrase is lame, you will not be allowed to keep transforming. In situations where the hero explicitly cannot transform without magic words, rest assured that Easy Amnesia or a Lost Voice Plot will rear its ugly head at least once, making the change impossible when needed the most. If the phrase also untransforms the hero, expect him to do this by mistake sometimes. Villains in particular will often be tricked into saying their power-down phrases. And woe betide anyone who mispronounces the transformation phrase, as horrible, horrifying things may result. The trope originated with comic-book character Billy Batson, who first used the catchphrase "Shazam!" to transform into Captain Marvel in 1940. For some heroes, the phrase can be omitted when time does not allow, especially if the full Transformation Sequence is omitted. Superheroes who do not go through an explicit Transformation Sequence (Batman, Superman) are exempt. A common Anime phenomenon; in the Japanese dialog of Sentai and anime, the word "Henshin" — meaning roughly "change" or "transform" — is often found in the phrase, and is sometimes the entire phrase. Other times, the phrase may be entire sentences, or even magic spells (especially in the case of some Magical Girl anime), which again can be one word or entire phrases. Differs from In the Name of the Moon in that By The Power Of Grayskull is the activation password for a Transformation Sequence, while In the Name of the Moon is a harangue directed at the opposition. This is the magic catchphrase that actually causes or facilitates the transformation. For one that is simply a cool kind of rallying cry or way to get the adrenaline pumping ("Flame On!", for example), see Invocation. When either of these contains (or is) the name of the hero's new form, it's Transformation Name Announcement. Nor is it for any kind of words used to trigger magical effects. That would be Magical Incantation. Subtrope of The Power of Language. See also: Transformation Trinket. |
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Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: "Avatar Change!" | |
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Kamen Rider Fourze: "Three... Two... One..." | |
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In Scott Meyer's Off to Be the Wizard, adding a new wizard to the shell involves said wizard saying a series of phrases in a bastardized version of Esperanto: "Supren supren. Malsupren suben. Maldekstra dekstra maldekstra dekstranote The original phrasing was "Lasis dekstra lasis dekstra", but "lasis" means "left" only as a past form of "leave". "Left" as a direction is "maldekstra" (literally means "the opposite of right"). Later editions have corrected this error.. Bee aye komenco." This translates, roughly, to "Up up. Down down. Left right left right. B A Start." Yep, that's the Konami Code. Also, activating spells (i.e. macros) involves gestures and commands (usually, in Esperanto). Martin's salutation during his "graduation" dinner is activated by saying "EH NEEEK CHOCK!" (a Shout-Out to Apache Chief from Superfriends), which involves Martin growing into a giant composed of flying boxes. Later, he changes the activation phrase to a simpler "Groovy". In a later book, he creates a teleportation macro tied to a small bag that he throws to wherever he wants to appear. The macro is triggered by Martin saying "Bamf!", with the sound and visual effects being copied from Nightcrawler. | |
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Ultraman Gaia: "GAIA!" and "AGUL!" | |
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Ultraman Geed: Standard: (takes out first Ultra Capsule) "You go!" (takes out second Ultra Capsule) "I go!" (places them in Geed Riser) "Here we go! (transformation begins) GEEEEED!" Galaxy Rising: (takes out three Ultra Medals) "Live! Unite! Up!" (places them in Z Riser) "Ultraman Ginga! Ultraman X! Ultraman Orb! (transformation begins) GEEEEED!" |
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Burnmite: "Taro-san! Mebius-san! Help me bring the heat!" | |
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Kamen Rider Revice: "Buddy Up! Ohin! Shonin! Rolling! Going! Kamen Rider~! Revi! Vice! Revice!" for Ikki and Vice. "Versus Up! Madness! Hopeless! Darkness! Bat! Kamen Rider Evil! YAHAHA!" for Kagero. "Versus Up! Precious! Trust Us! Justice! Bat! Kamen Rider Live!" for Daiji. "Liberal Up! Ah~! Going My Way~! Kamen Rider Jea-Jea-Jea-Jeanne!" for Sakura. |
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"Liveman!" (though earlier on they said their designations) | |
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In Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream, Yumemitchi and Kiraritchi have a specific incantation they say whenever they get ready to use their Yume Kira Bags to scan their Dorikawa cards and transform (the below English translation is used in the webtoon adaptation, Tamagotchi Friends). | |
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The 1972 Devilman anime takes a fair few nods to popular Tokusatsu shows at the time, and protagonist Akira Fudo is no exception; to transform into Devilman, he shouts "DEEVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL!" to commence the Transformation Sequence. | |
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Done in just about every Digimon series, usually including Transformation Name Announcement: Digimon Adventure had "[name]mon, Digivolve to... [new name]mon!" in the dub, and "[name]mon, evolve! [new name]mon!" in the original Japanese, which gets re-used in every series (with variations added), in addition to the phrases said by the humans. Digimon Adventure 02 had "Digimental Up!" in Japanese and "Digiarmor Energize! (or rather, "Digiarmor Ener... gize!)" in the dub. The mon in question would then go through the usual call, but with "Armor Digivolve to/Evolve." Later in the season, when the heroes gained the ability to have their partners perform a Fusion Dance, the mons involved would call it like, "(Mon 1)!" "(Mon 2)!" "DNA Digivolve to...!/Jogress Evolve!" Digimon Tamers had "[card name], Card Slash!" in Japanese and "Digi-Modify! [card name], activate!" in the dub. Evolution/Digivolution being achieved through different cards, except for evolution to Ultimate/Mega which gets "Matrix Evolution!" in Japanese, and "Biomerge, activate!" in the dub. Digimon Frontier has "(Double/Hyper) Spirit Evolution!" in Japanese, and "Execute, (Beast/Fusion/Unified) Spirit Evolution!" in the dub, plus "Slide Evolution!" when switching between Human and Beast Spirit. Digimon Data Squad has "Digisoul - Charge!", "Digisoul - Full Charge!", and "Digisoul Charge - Overdrive!", plus "Charge! Digi-Soul Burst!" for the final Mode Change. The dub replaced "Digisoul," with "DNA," and changed the Burst Mode phrase to "Charge! DNA Burst Mode!" Digimon Fusion has numerous variations of "DigiXros!" ("DigiFuse!" in the dub), including, but not limited to "Double Xros," "Great Xros," "Xros Up," ect.. |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has the Barians shout "Bariarphose!" to turn back into their true forms. | |
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At one point in Bad Guy High, one of the kids got a He-Man-esque suit and a bunch of powers from some magic hermit. To call his powers, he had to call the hermit's name note Moreso a parody of Shazam than He-Man, the hermit was name "The Elderly One," the hero was Captain DC (Destined Champion), the names were seven members of the Justice League: Flash, Aquaman, Wonderwoman, Green Lantern, Superman, Batman, Martian Manhunter, spelling FAWGSBM. and a lightning would strike him, changing him. Saying it again restored his form, so he made that mistake a couple times. And once when SuperDan was holding him down on the ground, he recited the word a couple times so the lightning would strike Dan instead. | |
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Miracleman: The early Captain Marvel knockoff Marvelman, better known now as Miracleman, used the transformation phrase "kimota" (spell it backwards). His sidekicks use the phrase "Miracleman". Alan Moore's Miracleman series used both the amnesia and trick power-down cliches. His alter-ego, Mike Moran, spent years not realizing he was a superhero, but was nagged by the near-memory of the word he just couldn't remember. While at a crisis at a nuclear plant, he sees the word "ATOMIC" on a window; since he's looking at it from behind, he sees it as "[C]IMOTA" (with the "C" reversed), which is enough to trigger his memory. The aliens who pioneered the technology have multiple bodies, and swap bodies by using power words. The mad scientist who plundered the alien technology to create Miracleman put in a few little tricks. For example, when Miracleman hears a particular magic word, "Abraxas", he transforms back into a human, and can't change for an hour. Said mad scientist also experimented on a dog...who, being just a dog, obviously couldn't speak, but would still transform from normal dog to outright monster when hearing someone say its catchphrase, "Steppenwolf". Mike Moran, under the effect of the "Abraxas" shutdown, is about to be eaten alive by the dog-monster, until he catches on: he shouts "Steppenwolf!" and turns it back into a puppy. |
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In Sluggy Freelance, Zoe's transformation powers are enacted by the words "shupid" and "kwi". However, this works whether said by her or somebody else. (Kind of has to, since her alternate form is that of a camel... which can't talk.) | |
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Parodied in Freaks' Squeele: Valkyrie says "Par le pouvoir de l'amour ancestral" when transforming. That is litterally the French dubs for "By the Power of Greyskull" except she replaced skull with love. | |
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Used quite often in Bleach: The Empathic Weapons need their wielder to say the magic catchphrase in order to switch into a more powerful form. The catchphrase is unique to each weapon (though always including the weapon's name) and must be learned from the weapon itself. The phrase can range from the short ("Snap", "Shatter", "Dance") to longer ("Reign over the frosted heavens", "Shoot to kill", "Sting all enemies to death") to very long ("Flower wind rage and flower god roar, heavenly wind rage and heavenly demon sneer", "All waves rise now and become my shield, lightning, strike now and become my blade", "All things in the universe turn to ashes"). The more powerful form, Bankai is activated by saying just that, although everybody tends to say its name afterwards anyway. Unlocking said form also allows one to use the first form without any declarations. For example, while fighting Starrk, the two with the longest release 'phrases' - Kyoraku and Ukitake - activate the first release simply with the names of their swords and without fanfare (contrast with Stark's rather more showy transformation). Helpful given the potential for such lengthy verses getting interrupted. (Rest of the time, everybody says their phrases anyway because they're cool.) This aspect is first revealed during Renji's fight with Byakuya...cluing Byakuya into the fact that Renji has achieved Bankai. It's also parodied. Urahara tells Ichigo that the only way to activate some "magic armor" is to yell "TAKE THIS! THE POWER OF JUSTICE! JUSTICE ARMOR! JUSTICE HACHIMAKI! EQUIP!" note English version: "AMAZING HEADBAND OF JUSTICE IN PLACE! AMAZING ARMOR OF JUSTICE PROTECT ME!" at the top of his lungs. Ichigo eventually figures out it's useless, but not before humiliating himself. It later shows up as an actually useful item in a filler arc, leading to much outrage from Ichigo. Aside from the zanpaktou, there's also kido, which can be unspoken by very high level users, to short phrases, to requiring scrolls to keep track of. Using a kido without the chant weakens it, even for the highest-level users, and when a less skilled user tries, it also increases the chance of the spell failing entirely (and possibly blowing up in the caster's face, as frequently happens with Renji). In their variant of being Hollow-Shinigami hybrids, the Arrancar usually go into Resurreccion mode by saying a specific word or phrase followed by the name of their zanpaktou. For example, Starrk says "Kick about - Los Lobos!", Barragan says "Rot - Arrogante.", and Nnoitra says "Pray - Santa Teresa!" By contrast, Visoreds don their masks silently (they still have zanpaktou with the whole fanfare, of course), though Tosen is the exception as he also has a Resurreccion alongside his Hollow mask due to being a more "advanced" Visored. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_1de036cc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_1de036cc | comment |
Kamen Rider Wizard: "Shabadoobie Touch Henshin!" *repeats until he actually touches his transformation ring to the Wizard Driver. When he does...:* "Flame, please! Hi! Hi! HI HI HI!"note Pronounced "hee" and also meaning flame. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_1de036cc | featureApplicability |
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Kamen Rider Wizard | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_1de036cc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2023dd23 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2023dd23 | comment |
In similar manner as the previous four series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! has the main character saying "Velgariva!" to turn back into his real, alien form, although there are very few instances where he can do this without it, such as in the first episode. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2023dd23 | featureApplicability |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2023dd23 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_20ab5c99 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_20ab5c99 | comment |
"Aura Mask!" (Hikari Sentai Maskman) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_20ab5c99 | featureApplicability |
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Hikari Sentai Maskman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_20ab5c99 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_21004633 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_21004633 | comment |
The☆Ultraman, being an installment of the Ultra Series, follows the tradition (seen in the Live-Action TV Folder) with Ultraman Joneus' human host, Hikari, shouting "Ultra Change!" as he transforms. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_21004633 | featureApplicability |
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The☆Ultraman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_21004633 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227431b6 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227431b6 | comment |
In Runaways, Nico summons her Staff of One by cutting herself and saying, "When blood is shed, let the Staff of One emerge!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227431b6 | featureApplicability |
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Runaways (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227431b6 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227742e2 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227742e2 | comment |
Kaze no Stigma: Ayano summons Enraiha by calling it while clapping her hands together. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227742e2 | featureApplicability |
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Kaze no Stigma | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_227742e2 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_22c338ea | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_22c338ea | comment |
The Lathe of Heaven has Doctor Haber use hypnosis so that George Orr will begin his "magic" dream state whenever Haber says "Antwerp". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_22c338ea | featureApplicability |
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The Lathe of Heaven | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_22c338ea | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_237a86c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_237a86c | comment |
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: "Juumousou!" note "Grand Delusion!" They're sentai fanboys/girls who want their series to become official, and their battles are all simulated. Well, until they aren't... Variations include Choumousou/Super Delusion and Jamousou/Dark Delusion. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_237a86c | featureApplicability |
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Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_237a86c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_239b0aa6 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_239b0aa6 | comment |
Iron King: Iron Shock! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_239b0aa6 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_239b0aa6 | featureConfidence |
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Iron King | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_239b0aa6 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_24a053d1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_24a053d1 | comment |
Ressha Sentai ToQger: "ToQ Change!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_24a053d1 | featureApplicability |
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Ressha Sentai ToQger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_24a053d1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_252237eb | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_252237eb | comment |
The titular armors in Symphogear require a short, mostly-nonsense verse to activate. The name of the relic used to make the gear is always included, and the exact verse seems unique to each relic/user combination. For example, the three users of Gungnir have: GX introduces an upgrade called Ignite Mode, which activates with the phrase "Ignite Module: Drawn Blade!" regardless of the user. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_252237eb | featureApplicability |
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Symphogear | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_252237eb | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_25d10644 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_25d10644 | comment |
Guyver: Likewise, Sho initiates his transformation by emitting the series title in a long, loud shrill. The live-action Made For TV Movies abbreviate the delivery, making him look a lot cooler. The live-action movies have a different character (American college student Shawn Barker, as opposed to Japanese High School Student Sho Fukamachi). Also, other Guyvers throughout various incarnations of the series have shown a few different ways of activating this. In the 2nd film, the Guyver-Zoanoid transforms by yelling "Bio-Morph." In the 1st animated series, Guyver II (in the Japanese version) didn't need a word at all. Guyver III went from yelling "Guyver" to "Bio-Boost" in later episodes. Guess at the end of the day the word just helps one focus. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_25d10644 | featureApplicability |
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Guyver (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_25d10644 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_280423b4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_280423b4 | comment |
Friendship Is Magical Girls: The girls all do this to change into their mahoushoujo forms. "Element of Harmony (Magic/Loyalty/Laughter/Generosity/Kindness/Honesty)!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_280423b4 | featureApplicability |
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Friendship Is Magical Girls (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_280423b4 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_28508de | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_28508de | comment |
Winx Club: Before 4Kids edited it, Bloom says "Bloom Magic Winx!" some of the time before transforming, with the other fairies substituting their names instead. Around season 2, it got reduced to just "Magic Winx!" When the girls earned new outfits, 4Kids did have the girls saying "Go Enchantix!" for a while. Since the Nickelodeon dub, the girls transform by shouting, "Magic Winx! (fairy form)!" then each girl calling out their name and power (Bloom, Fairy of the Dragon Flame! Stella, Fairy of the Shining Sun! Flora, Fairy of Nature! Musa, Fairy of Music! Tecna, Fairy of Technology! Aisha, Fairy of Waves!). | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_28508de | featureApplicability |
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Winx Club | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_28508de | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2a8943c0 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2a8943c0 | comment |
Miraculous Ladybug: The Miraculouses are activated by speaking a verbal command. In the French version, this is uniformly "[Kwami's name]! Transforme-moi!"note "Transform me!", but the English dub gives each Miraculous its own unique invocation: Marinette transforms into Ladybug by saying "Tikki, spots on!" and Adrien becomes Cat Noir by saying "Plagg, claws out!". There's also the rare power-down phrases (when the timer doesn't force the de-transformation) like "Spots off." and "Claws in." The "Miraculous New York" special further establishes that the transformation phrase differs depending on whether the Miraculous is being used for heroic or villainous purposes, explaining Hawk Moth's rather ominous invocation of "dark wings rise!". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2a8943c0 | featureApplicability |
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Miraculous Ladybug | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2a8943c0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b06665c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b06665c | comment |
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad had "Let's Samurize, Guys!" (for Sam, The Hero), "Let's kick some Giga-butt!" (for Tanker, The Big Guy), "Pump up the Power!" (for Sydney, The Smart Girl), and a random non sequitur (for Amp, the Plucky Comic Relief) that essentially lampshaded the whole pointlessness of the henshin phrases (at least, until he was replaced: Lucky London, the second comic-relief guy, just said "Surf's up! ") In the episode where everyone's personalities changed, Tanker and Sydney actually switched phrases. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b06665c | featureApplicability |
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Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b06665c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b5f3698 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b5f3698 | comment |
"Goggle (color)!" or just Goggle Five! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b5f3698 | featureApplicability |
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Dai Sentai Goggle Five | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2b5f3698 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2baf4941 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2baf4941 | comment |
The first Blue Beetle would shout "Khaji da!" and thus cause his Scarab to activate his powers. There's a reason for this: "Khaji da!" is the Scarab's name, a point revealed in Blue Beetle #25 (of the most recent series). |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2baf4941 | featureApplicability |
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Blue Beetle (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2baf4941 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2bbcacd9 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2bbcacd9 | comment |
In the Looney Tunes short "Transylvania 6-5000", Count Bloodcount could change between his bat and vampire forms by saying "Hocus Pocus!" and "Abracadabra!". Bugs Bunny uses this against him, first by mangling the transformation phases ("Hocus-Cadabra!" and "Abraca-Pocus"), then using Inherently Funny Words ("Newport News" and "Walla-Walla, Washington!") "Lighter Than Hare:" YOSEMITE SAM OF OUTER SPACE!!! Jet Pack activates. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2bbcacd9 | featureApplicability |
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Looney Tunes | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2bbcacd9 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c15b0dc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c15b0dc | comment |
The trope was parodied in Batgirl (2009) issue #23, where Batgirl confronts the Reapers, the (somewhat pathetic, although admittedly dangerous) villains she has faced for the majority of the tail-end of the series. When she finds herself outmatched by the numerically superior Reapers, she shouts Shazam!! at the top of her lungs. The Reapers pause momentarily in confusion, and question one another on if Batgirl is magic or not, before half dozen of teen heroes burst to the rescue, having been waiting for the signal to come charging in. They proceed to effortlessly annihilate the Reapers, some of whom do not even bother to look at the Reapers as they defeat them. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c15b0dc | featureApplicability |
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Batgirl (2009) (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c15b0dc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c464409 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c464409 | comment |
Black Hammer: Golden Gail, an Expy of Shazam, used to be able to switch between her normal form and her superpowered child form by saying the magic word "Zafram". It hasn't worked since she and the other heroes became trapped on the farm, leaving her stuck in the form of an unaging, superpowered child for the last ten years. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c464409 | featureApplicability |
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Black Hammer (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c464409 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c75a184 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c75a184 | comment |
Flip Flappers has "Flip Flapping!" for its' heroines to enter their magical girl forms. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c75a184 | featureApplicability |
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Flip Flappers | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2c75a184 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2d2d17de | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2d2d17de | comment |
"Shift Into Turbo!"note Unknown | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2d2d17de | featureApplicability |
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Power Rangers Turbo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2d2d17de | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2e6be66a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2e6be66a | comment |
In My-Otome, the Otome's Applied Phlebotinum-based powers require a vocal authorization from the Otome's bonded master before the Otome herself can verbally invoke her Transformation Sequence. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2e6be66a | featureApplicability |
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My-Otome | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2e6be66a | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2ef7cb74 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2ef7cb74 | comment |
Lyrical Nanoha: The first transformation involved Yuuno making Nanoha repeat a long, complicated speech that Nanoha later complains is too long and hard to remember; however, to his surprise, she's later able to transform by saying only "Raising Heart, set up!" This seems to be an example of Early-Installment Weirdness, because everyone else from this point onward transforms with a similar phrase, calling out their Device name followed by "set up!" She also starts her spells with "Lyrical Magical!" (hence the title). Or at least she's supposed to... you could probably count on your hands the number of times she actually does so. She does do the full speech again for the final battle of season 1, just to up the drama. In the Japanese version, season one, her activation phrase is "Raging Heart, onegai", meaning that please really is the magic word (onegai means please). |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2ef7cb74 | featureApplicability |
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Lyrical Nanoha (Franchise) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2ef7cb74 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2fee008d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2fee008d | comment |
In Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Simon calls out the transformation of Cathedral Terra to Supergalaxy Gurren Lagann, while doing a reverse Glasses Pull (or crying tears of blood in The Movie). Viral goes Audience Surrogate and responds "I was waiting for these words!" Seconded. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2fee008d | featureApplicability |
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_2fee008d | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_309df9ea | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_309df9ea | comment |
Atop the Fourth Wall: "INTERNET REVIEWER!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_309df9ea | featureApplicability |
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Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_309df9ea | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30a87a0a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30a87a0a | comment |
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Members of the Future Force transformed into armored form by calling, "Power on!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30a87a0a | featureApplicability |
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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30a87a0a | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30ddd99e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30ddd99e | comment |
"Bakuryuu Change! HA!" (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger. Mikoto, on the other hand, doesn't do the last "HA!" or dramatically shout it out.) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30ddd99e | featureApplicability |
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Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_30ddd99e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_31677f1c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_31677f1c | comment |
This trope takes its title from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983), where that catchphrase changed unassuming Prince Adam into his titular alter-ego. In The New Adventures of He-Man it was changed to "By the power of Eternia..." In one episode of the original series, where he ventures to Orko's planet, where everything seems to work backwards (e.g. Orko's magic works correctly, and Adam's flame-throwing wrist gun spits out water instead), he had to recite the whole phrase backwards ("Grayskull of power the by!") to transform (he didn't transform when he said the phrase as normal early in the episode, then figured it out after some observing and analysis). There is also the much less known power-down phrase (used once each in the 1980s series and the 2000s series) that is "Let the power return!" Ironically (since he's the Trope Namer), it's not just the phrase that transforms him: he also needs to be hold his magic sword aloft (which he often pulls out of Hammerspace). |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_31677f1c | featureApplicability |
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_31677f1c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3167d0f6 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3167d0f6 | comment |
In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021), all of the Masters of the Universe power up when Adam invokes the power with "By the Power of Grayskull". When transforming as a group, they collectively shout "We have the power!" It's eventually revealed that the Sword of Power channels the power of Grayskull into each of the Master's totems, letting them transform with the invocation by themselves. Skeletor gets his own invocation when transforming his minions into the Dark Masters. "Through the purity of Havoc, they have my power!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3167d0f6 | featureApplicability |
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3167d0f6 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33028c13 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33028c13 | comment |
Max Steel (2013): Max shouts "Go Turbo" to enter Turbo mode from his civilian guise. To change Turbo modes, he shouts "Go Turbo" along with the mode he wants to change to ("Go Turbo Strength", "Go Turbo Flight" etc.). In one early episode he's on stake-out and transforms from civilian to Turbo mode silently, without shouting the phrase. So did he do it in his head, or is he just being dramatic all the other times? |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33028c13 | featureApplicability |
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Max Steel (2013) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33028c13 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3381cfbc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3381cfbc | comment |
"Dino Fury Key activate! Link to Morphin' Grid!"note Unknown. Once again, "It's morphin' time!" is commonly said before a team morph. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3381cfbc | featureApplicability |
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Power Rangers Dino Fury | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3381cfbc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33b454ad | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33b454ad | comment |
The fictional hero Moximous Max in Yo-kai Watch 2 has the saying "Defender of all! The world is my friend! De de de de de, de de— MOXIE!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33b454ad | featureApplicability |
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Yo-kai Watch 2 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_33b454ad | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_34d8bc3d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_34d8bc3d | comment |
Teamo Supremo's transformation sequence, which has all three of the kids jumping with Brenda's skipping rope, is always triggered by Crandall saying, "Rope me, Brenda!" and her giving him the other end of the rope. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_34d8bc3d | featureApplicability |
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Teamo Supremo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_34d8bc3d | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_352dfe71 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_352dfe71 | comment |
Demon Soul Saga: Doing this is implied to be necessary to transform into Kaijin form. For bonus points, Akihiko's call is Henshin, as a Shout-Out to Kamen Rider. | |
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Fire Emblem On Forums Demon Soul Saga (Roleplay) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_352dfe71 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_359b115d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_359b115d | comment |
Kamen Rider Zero-One: "Jump! Authorise! Progrise! To-bia ga rise! Rising Hopper! A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick." for Aruto. "Bullet! Authorise! KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. (repeated ad infinitum until transformation is triggered) *gunshot* ShotRise! Shooting Wolf! The elevation increases as the bullet is fired." for Fuwa. "Inferno Wing! BurnRise!" KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. (repeated ad infinitum until transformation is triggered) *slash* SlashRise! Burning Falcon! The strongest wings bearing the fire of hell." for a rebuilt Jin. It Makes Sense in Context, as each part of the transformation is accompanied by a phrase. You plug data cards into the Drivers to transform, so activating the card gets you its name, based on its ability - "Jump" for Aruto's default form Rising Hopper, "Bullet" for Fuwa's Shooting Wolf, and "Dash" for Yaiba's Rushing Cheetah, though they all get more forms. Scanning the card gets "Authorize," and then it's inserted and activated (followed by the "KAMEN. RIDER." chant for Vulcan and Valkyrie), and we hear "Progrise" for Zero-One or "Shotrise" for one of the others, followed by the form's name and Gratuitous English catchphrase as the transformation takes place. The phrase can have good English (Try to outrun this demon to get left in the dust!) or... not (The Rider Kick increases the power by adding to brightness!). |
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Kamen Rider Zero-One | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_373a9567 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_373a9567 | comment |
Floral Magician Mary Bell says "Mary Bell's Flower Magic!" | |
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Floral Magician Mary Bell | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_373a9567 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_38424483 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_38424483 | comment |
Beeserker: The Ambroses use these phrases for transformation sequences. Other characters play off their phrases, especially in Chapter 10. | |
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Beeserker (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_38424483 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_39a11bea | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_39a11bea | comment |
Zone Fighter: By shouting "Zone Fight Power!", the three children of the Zone Family (Hikaru, Hotaru, and Akira) can transform into their respective super forms (Zone Fighter, Zone Angel, and Zone Junior). In addition, Zone Fighter can achieve his giant form by shouting "Zone Double Fight!" | |
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Zone Fighter | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_39deed0c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_39deed0c | comment |
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS has the protagonist shouts "Deck, Set! Into the VRAINS!" while inserting their cards inside their Duel Disk to enter LINK VRAINS and undergo change in appearance. In case they were already set beforehand or the person uses a newer type, the "Deck, Set!" part was omitted. | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3a0216a | comment |
The 1990s toon, Mummies Alive! has the four titular mummies proclaim "With the strength of Ra!" before going through their transformation sequence. | |
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Mummies Alive! | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3aabfec3 | comment |
Captain Planet and the Planeteers: "Let our powers combine! Earth!" "Fire!" "Wind!" "Water!" "Heart!" "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!" And when the good deed has been done: "The Power is Yours" to make the powers uncombine. It wasn't just necessary for the combination, either. To even use their powers individually, they first had to call out the name of their power. As Wheeler (of course) discovered, it counts if you say the word even if you don't mean it that way. Captain Planet's Evil Counterpart, Captain Pollution, is summoned the same way in the episode where Dr. Blight managed to create dark counterparts of the Planeteer's rings. "Let our polluting powers combine! Super Radiation!" "Deforestation!" "Smog!" "Toxics!" "Hate!" "By your polluting powers combined, I am Captain Pollution!" |
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Captain Planet and the Planeteers | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3adaad9b | comment |
Parodied in Defenders: Indefensible, when a shockingly calm Bruce Banner attempts to stimulate a change into the Hulk, with such gems as "Hulk On!" and "Shazulk." | |
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The Defenders (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3adaad9b | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b05a9de | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b05a9de | comment |
"Time for…Time Force!" and "Quantum Power!"note Fun and Activation Phrase | |
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Power Rangers Time Force | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b05a9de | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b9dab71 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b9dab71 | comment |
Cutey Honey has "Honey Flash!" | |
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Cutey Honey | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3b9dab71 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3da335e4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3da335e4 | comment |
Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure has ""Pretty Cure Delicious Standby! Party Go!" | |
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Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3da335e4 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3f01b5a4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3f01b5a4 | comment |
"Go Go Samurai!" and "Gold Power!"note Unknown | |
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Power Rangers Samurai | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3f01b5a4 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3f5830c4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_3f5830c4 | comment |
In the first two episodes of the Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon, Trash Can Ken was able to transform Split Kit, Patty Putty, Elliot Mess, Clogged Duane, and Terri Cloth into their Garbage Pail forms by saying "Trash out!" | |
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Garbage Pail Kids Cartoon | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_411acd6e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_411acd6e | comment |
In The Wonderful 101, a game themed off the tokutatsu genre, all the Wonderful Ones (or at least the main ones) use "Wonder-eyes, (codename)!" when they transform. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_411acd6e | featureApplicability |
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The Wonderful 101 (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41951ee2 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41951ee2 | comment |
Godannar had "Drive change go," "Volspinner slave on," "Mushin ittai Godiner," and "Change Genesister." | |
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Godannar | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41951ee2 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41b0198a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41b0198a | comment |
The Dresden Files: Harry Dresden casts his spells using Latin... ish phrases. He justifies this in his narration by explaining that words in foreign, unfamiliar languages provide a sort of insulation from the raw power of a spell for a wizard's mind. One time in Fool Moon he cast a spell when he couldn't speak. The spell worked fine, but he was badly disoriented for some time after. The spell gets intertwined with the casting language, so it's important that it be a language the individual knows on an academic level, but not one they're fluent in. If the Wizard DID bind their mental triggers to a language they actual speak, they'd run the risk of CASTING INVOLUNTARILY whenever they spoke. Presumably if Harry ever worked on his Latin he would have to start casting spells with another, even more obscure language, like most wizards do. | |
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The Dresden Files | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41e173b9 | comment |
Paranormal Mystery Squad lampshades this - Charlotte’s spells are accompanied by assorted random pop-culture references, but neither she nor anyone else can explain which, or why.. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_41e173b9 | featureApplicability |
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Paranormal Mystery Squad (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_420cb784 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_420cb784 | comment |
"Change soul, set! Let's Go On!" (Engine Sentai Go-onger) | |
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Engine Sentai Go-onger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_420cb784 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42c17ca1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42c17ca1 | comment |
"Let's Rocket!"note Fun | |
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Power Rangers in Space | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42c17ca1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42f218f9 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42f218f9 | comment |
In Cutie Honey: THE LIVE, Honey transforms by touching two fingers to a little heart charm on her neck and calling "Honey Flash!". Her transformation is a naked/sparkle scene a la Sailor Moon, but the catch is that the people around her can see her naked and sparkling. This goes for all animated incarnations too; she's a more tech-based Magical Girl-like character; her transformation is caused by a device in her body that disassembles things on an atomic level and reassembles them, similar to the replicators in Star Trek. In the seconds that her clothes are temporarily vapor, she is very much naked in the real world and every character can see it all (camera angles mean you see enough to make it Fanservice instead of an outright X-rated affair.) When it comes to how she feels about this, it depends on the portrayal: the early semi-ruthless, rebellious, and pragmatic Guile Hero typically couldn't care less if you saw her butt for five seconds, and if you were a male opponent, getting Distracted by the Sexy would prove painful. However, Go Nagai couldn't resist putting in the odd Accidental Pervert moment with Butt-Monkey detective Seiji Hayami. The more recent portrayal, including that seen in the live action version, is a Fun Personified Genki Girl Genius Ditz who can calculate Pi to the zillionth digit but is like a child personality-wise, which makes her hilarious, but makes the darker moments truly tragic because of who they're happening to - you will cry. She doesn't even seem to notice that people react quite differently to her when she's without clothes than when she's in them. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42f218f9 | featureApplicability |
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Cutie Honey: THE LIVE | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_42f218f9 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44127c7c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44127c7c | comment |
Possibly in a reference to Power Rangers, the Dimensional Guardians from the web fiction serial Dimension Heroes must shout "Dimensional Guardians, power up!" to activate their Guardian powers. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44127c7c | featureApplicability |
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Power Rangers (Franchise) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44127c7c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44e4f572 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44e4f572 | comment |
In Wonder Momo, when Momo transforms she says the standard "Henshin!". | |
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Wonder Momo (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44e4f572 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44fe781e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44fe781e | comment |
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Za Beasto! | |
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Neon Genesis Evangelion | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_44fe781e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4522fd1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4522fd1 | comment |
Whateley Universe: When Action Girl Chaka gets a set of magical gloves that - once invoked - let her make four extra-hard punches, she has to choose the invocation phrase. Being a wacky teenager in a superhero world, she chose "It's clobberin' time!". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4522fd1 | featureApplicability |
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Whateley Universe | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_45599333 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_45599333 | comment |
The Ignition Weapons from Tower of God unleash their powers by a very short version of this trope, e.g.: "Narumada, Ignite!" Getting them to listen to you is often a much more complicated matter. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_45599333 | featureApplicability |
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Tower of God (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_45599333 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4766cb26 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4766cb26 | comment |
brilliant lights will cease to burn, Izuku needs to recite a chant in order to transform the Sealing Staff into its usable form. He later manages to shorten it to the first sentence and later chapters gloss over it completely. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4766cb26 | featureApplicability |
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Brilliant Lights Will Cease To Burn (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4766cb26 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_48acf200 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_48acf200 | comment |
Sequinox has, naturally, �Sequinox Sequence!" Followed by a specific cry for each of them. | |
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Sequinox (Podcast) | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_48cf61a6 | comment |
Superfriends Challenge of the Superfriends added Apache Chief and Samurai as token ethnic characters to their line-up. Apache Chief could grow to 50 feet tall by saying "Inekchok!", which the narrator once assured us was the Apache word for "giant man". Apache Chief's power was parodied by Family Guy. Saying "Inekchok" makes Quagmire's penis grow larger! Samurai could turn into a tornado by saying "Kaze no you ni hayaku!", or turn invisible by saying "Koya ningi!" To H-B's credit, Samurai was using genuine Japanese: "Kaze no y� ni hayaku" means "As swiftly as the wind", and "T�mei ningen" means "Invisible man". The Wonder Twins had "Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!" as their starter phrase, although it also required a fist bump and then each twin would have to vocalize what they would become. |
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Superfriends | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_48d25b56 | comment |
Then the New 52 retcon happened, and as of now everyone's — Billy, Mary, Freddy, and three newcomers, Darla, Pedro, and Eugene — transformation phrase is "Shazam". Originally, Billy could choose to transform or not when he said the word, but now he transforms automatically, so now he has the problem that Freddy used to have. He's considering a new superhero name. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_48d25b56 | featureApplicability |
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MaryMarvel | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4a67a456 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4a67a456 | comment |
Bionic Six: The family shouts "Bionics, on!" when transforming. | |
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Bionic Six | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4a67a456 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4b2c1779 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4b2c1779 | comment |
"Go Go Megaforce!" note Unknown | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4b2c1779 | featureApplicability |
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Power Rangers Megaforce | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4b2c1779 | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4be3aedd | comment |
"It's Morphin' Time!" (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and Power Rangers Zeo. Then followed with their original dinosaur/animal symbol (for Mighty Morphin Season 1 to 2) or '(insert color here) Ranger Power' (for Season 3) or Ranger designation (for Zeo)). note Tommy's calls during Mighty Morphin invoked his animals (Dragon and White Tiger for Green Ranger and White Ranger, respectively), but for some reason, they were rendered along with the "-Zord" suffix, leading to "Dragonzord!" and "Tigerzord!" | |
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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4d762f86 | comment |
Jumborg Ace doesn't have our protagonist transform directly, but shouting "Jum-FIGHT!" causes his plane to transform into the titular Humongous Mecha. | |
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Jumborg Ace | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4e84951d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4e84951d | comment |
"Five (color)!" or "Fiveman!" | |
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Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman | hasFeature |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4ea059ee | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4ea059ee | comment |
Spoofed in Wedding Peach Abridged with, "Bridal Striptease, Go!" | |
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Wedding Peach Abridged (Web Video) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4ea059ee | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_4efd20ba | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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Used by Freakazoid!, without even Lampshade Hanging it to any real degree. He has to say "Freak out!" to transform into Freakazoid, and "Freak in" to turn back into mild-mannered nerd Dexter Douglas. When Dexter says "freak out", he always precedes it with an extended "Ah" sound, like the chorus to the disco song "Le Freak" by CHIC. | |
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Averted in Tiger & Bunny 2 where the transformation through bracelet is motion-activated. Played for Laughs in prequel oneshot manga, however, when Kotetsu came up with this idea but instead of magic words, they need to answer the secret question in order to do so. Of course, Barnaby didn’t like this plan and wasn’t used again afterwards. | |
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Tokyo Mew Mew had "Mew Mew X Metamorphose!", X being the name of their eponymous food (strawberry for Ichigo, pudding for Bu-ling, etc.) The reboot anime version remains the same, but with "Ichigo" instead of "Strawberry" for Mew Ichigo. The 4Kids dub changed it to "Power Pendant, Mew-tamorphosis!" |
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In Futari wa Pretty Cure, Nagisa, at least, is quite surprised to hear herself call out her and Honoka's key phrase ("Dual Aurora Wave") when they begin their first Transformation Sequence. This also happens with their after-transformation speech and their attacks, where she often asks, "Wait, what am I saying?" No explanation of any kind is ever given. For Shiny Luminous, she uses "Luminous, Shining Stream!" |
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In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, he would kill Starro, the season's Big Bad, by this manner, getting under him and saying "Shazam" repeatedly and letting the lightning do the rest. However, the Faceless Hunter, Starro's herald, would use the stolen powers of the captured Bwana Beast to fuse Starro's body and its smaller star creatures into a massive conglomerate that he controlled, and that couldn't be stopped so easily. | |
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In the Philippines, the first Kamen Rider to air there was Kamen Rider BLACK and the dub use "Rider Change!" Later shows that were brought in (starting from Kamen Rider Ryuki up to Kamen Rider Hibiki, and then back to Kamen Rider OOO) kept "Rider Change!" Yes, even Hibiki, the show that lacked a transformation call! | |
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Kamen Rider Blade: "Turn Up/Open Up/ Change" | |
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Kamen Rider Build: "Rabbit! Tank! Best Match! Are you ready?! Hagane no Moonsault! RabbitTank! YEAH!" for Build, "Wake Up Burning! Get Cross-Z Dragon! YEAH!" for Cross-Z. | |
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Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: The shift from "civilian clothing" to bird suits was triggered by speaking the phrase, "bird go!" into a special wristband. When the show was brought to America as Battle of the Planets, the phrase was "transmute!" In the G-Force permutation, the phrase was "G-Force, Transform!" "Transmute to Fiery Phoenix!" In the original Japanese series, it was treated as an attack name: In Eagle Riders (which was based on the second series), the phrase is "Eagle mode, now!". "Bird, go!" is one of the few holdovers from the original series present in Gatchaman Crowds, though the heroes shout it while holding aloft their NOTEs instead of saying it into a wristband. |
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Kamen Rider Drive: "Start your engine!" "Drive: Type Speed!" note Or Type Wild, Type Technic, etc. . | |
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Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: "Gashattonote Combination of onomatopoeia for inserting a game cartridge and japanese word for cartridge.! Let's Game! Meccha Gamenote Good game! Muccha Gamenote Great game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!"/"Gacchan! Level up! Mighty Jump! Mighty Kick! Mighty Mighty Action! X!!"note The level-up sound changes depending on the Rider Gashat used./"A Gaccha! Buttobase totsugeki! Gekitotsu Punch! Gekitotsu Robots!" | |
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Kamen Rider Geats: "Get ready for Boost and Magnum! Ready? Fight!" | |
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Kamen Rider Ghost: Ghost and Specter have common part "Eyyye! Bachirimina!" *repeat until Eyecon is activated* followed by specific part for each: "Kaigan: Ore! Let's Go! Kakugo! G-g-g-Ghost! Go! Go! Go! Go!", "Kaigan: Specter! Ready Go! Kakugo! Doki Doki Ghost!". Necrom has a his own: "Yes, sir." *stand-by music until Eyecon is activated* "Tengan! Necrom! Mega Ulord! Crush The Invader!" | |
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Parodied in the Fanboy and Chum Chum episode "The Sword In The Throne", when Fanboy holds up the Plunger of Power and yells, "By the power of grade school!" in an almost shot-by-shot reference to He-Man. | |
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Kamen Rider Saber: "Rekka Battou! Brave Dragon~! Rekka Issatsu! Yuki no Ryu to Kaenken Rekka ga Majiwaru Toki Shinku no Tsurugi ga Aku wo Tsuranuku!" for Touma. "Nagare Battou! Lion Senki~! Nagare Issatsu! Hyakuju no Ou to Suiseiken Nagare ga Majiwaru Toki Konpeki no Tsurugi ga Kiba wo Muku!" for Rintaro. "Ikazuchi Battou! Lamp do Alangina~! Ikazuchi Issatsu! Lamp no Sei to Raimeiken Ikazuchi ga Majiwaru Toki Inazuma Tsurugi ga Hikari Kagayaku!" for Kento. "Ittou Ryoudan! Buttagire! Dogo-Dogo-Dogouken Gekido! Gekido Juuhan! Zettai Soukou no Taiken ga Hokuhou Yori Ooinaru Ichigeki wo Tatakikomu!" for Ryo. "Soutou Bundan! Ichi no Te: Shuriken! Ni no Te: Nitouryuu! Fuusouken Hayate! Hayate no Maki! Kouka Fuuton no Souken ga Shinsoku wo Ninjutsu de Teki wo Utsu!" for Ren. "Juuken Gekidan! Juu de Go! Go! Ina! Ken de Ikuzo! (Sword Board Mode)/Ken de Ikuze! No! No! Juu de Go! Go! Bang Bang! (Gun Play Mode) Onjuuken Suzune! Suzune Gakushou! Amai Miwaku no Juuken ga Okashi no Rhythm de Beat wo Kirikizamu!" for Tetsuo. "Battou! Eternal Phoenix! Kyomu! Shikkoku no Tsurugi ga Mu ni Kisu!" for Bahato and later, Desast. "Ankokuken Kurayami! Get Go Under Conquer Than Get Keen! Jaaku Dragon! Kurayami Honyaku! Hikari wo Ubaishi Shikkoku no Ken ga Reikoku Mujou ni Ankoku Ryuu wo Shihai Suru!" for Calibur. "Saikou Hakkou! Who is the Shining Sword? Saikou Issho! Kingin no Chikara wo Eta Kagayaku Ken! Saikou!" for Yuri. "Noroshi Kaisen! Flying! Smog! Sting! Steam! Konchuu-chuu! Daihyakka! Tayutau Kissaki!" for Reika. "Kaiji Gyakukai! Toki wa! Toki wa! Toki wa-Toki wa-Toki wa-Toki wa Ware Nari! Ocean History! Ocean Basshaan! BASSHAAN!" for Ryoga. "Open the Omnibus! Force of the God! Kamen Rider Solomon! Fear is Coming Soon!" for Master Logos/Isaac. "Open the Grimoire! The End of the Story! Kamen Rider Storious!" for Storious. |
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"Unleash the Power!" note Dino Charge actually has a lot of stuff said when morphing, likely setting a record not just for Power Rangers but for all of Toku. Whoever leads the morph (not always Red this time!) says "It's morphin' time!" when holding out a Dino Charger. Everyone activates the Chargers, the one who led the morph saying "Dino Charger, ready!" with the others joining in on the "Ready!" It's placed in the gun, and then the chamber is spun while saying "Energize!" Upon firing, the rangers shout "Unleash the power!" Which, if any, is necessary is unknown, but "Unleash the power!" gets the nod because it's what said when actually firing. The first morph, though, was accidentally initiated when the guns were fired after the chamber was given an extended spin, suggesting that like with Overdrive, it's all Rule of Cool and not a password or something. And similar to MMPR, since "It's morphin' time" isn't necessary, we get variations on it. The prince who finally managed to make an energem work for him after trying for a long time and kind of hadn't worked out the And Then What? part asked the others, "Is it morphing time?" before joining in. Later, Ivan, an ancient knight brought into the present day, initiates his first team morph with a cry of 'Tis morphin time! | |
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Iron Man: The Animated Series had this. When it was time to fight, Stark would shout "armor up!", and the armouring sequence would begin. And when Tony needed the armor he was currently wearing to be something else, he'd call the other armor by name, and his chassis would simply change accordingly. This was a way to integrate the vast variations of Iron Man armor from the comics. | |
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Jade Armor: "Beasticons, Bond! Elements of all that's made, be my armor! Make me Jade!" is what Lan Jun has to say to become Jade. Big Bad the Crimson Lord says "Shard of Power, Reunite! Rise my armor for the fight!" whenever he absorbs a shard of his armor. |
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In DuckTales (1987), Bungling Inventor Gyro Gearloose programs the Gizmoduck suit to be activated by the phrase "blatherskite", chosen for its obscurity and because Scrooge told him to pick a nonsense word, so he went with an obscure synonym for "nonsense". Little did he know that "blathering blatherskite" was the catchphrase of mild-mannered accountant Fenton Crackshell, and indeed, Fenton first dons the suit by complete accident, saying his catchphrase while standing too close to the suit. From then on, Fenton always exclaims, "Blathering blatherskite!" when summoning the suit, never realizing that he only needs to say the second half. In another episode, Launchpad starts using the expression, leading to some Secret Identity close calls. And in a later episode, the suit somehow shrinks in the wash... and its activation word (somehow) becomes "blab". Then there's the 2017 reboot, which featured such gags as Fenton summoning the right gauntlet of the Gizmoduck armor by just saying "Bla". |
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Then there's the 2017 reboot, which featured such gags as Fenton summoning the right gauntlet of the Gizmoduck armor by just saying "Bla". | |
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Space Sheriff Gavan: All he needs to say is Jouchaku. note Electroplate. | |
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In Flower, Sun and Rain, Sumio Mondo has a computer named KATHARINE (Catherine in the English), which he activates with a variety of code phrases. Here is the first one: | |
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In Magical Girl Policy, each member of the Spirit Guard have a phrase that they need to say in order to transform into their super-powered personas. | |
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Persona 3 would also have you calling out for your Persona before shooting yourself with an Evoker. However, it is clear that this isn't necessary since it only happens occasionally. (On a side note, there is no silenced status in 3 anyway.) | |
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Persona 4 has you calling out for your Persona, then hitting a card. Persona 3 would also have you calling out for your Persona before shooting yourself with an Evoker. However, it is clear that this isn't necessary since it only happens occasionally. (On a side note, there is no silenced status in 3 anyway.) |
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Yes! Pretty Cure 5 had "Precure Metamorphose!" (Between that and the looks of the five girls, there have been accusations of ripping off Tokyo Mew Mew, which also uses "Metamorphose" as its phrase; see below.) For Milky Rose, she had "Skyrose Translate!" |
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Aquarion Evol changes it, instead, the command is "X Gattai! Go! Aquarion!", with who says each piece changing depending on episode. The X also changes every time Aquarion combines, with it usually being something that has to do with the current situation or state of mind the Elements have. | |
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GaoGaiGar: FINAL FUSION!! SYMMETRICAL DOCKING!! MEGA FUSION!! SYSTEM CHANGE!! SANMI ITTAI!! | |
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"Activate beast power! Unleash the beast!"note Said right before and immediately after morphing, respectively. The former is likely an activation phrase. Again, they commonly start the sequence with "It's morphin' time!" when morphing as a group. | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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The Secret Scouts in Dinosaucers would make use of their Rings of Power by saying, "Secret Scouts ring, power up!" | |
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Digimon Adventure had "[name]mon, Digivolve to... [new name]mon!" in the dub, and "[name]mon, evolve! [new name]mon!" in the original Japanese, which gets re-used in every series (with variations added), in addition to the phrases said by the humans. | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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Black*Star in Soul Eater calls out to Tsubaki to get her to change weapon forms. | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5d2c6b38 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5d2c6b38 | comment |
Due to the heroines having multiple gem-themed forms, Maho Girls Pretty Cure! has elements of a Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "Cure Up Rapapa! <Jewel>! Miracle Magical Jewelryle!" For Felice, the phrase remains the same except the last part which is "Felice Fan Fun Flowerle!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5d2c6b38 | featureApplicability |
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Maho Girls Pretty Cure! | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5d2c6b38 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5ee8036c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5ee8036c | comment |
Darna is a Philippine example that first appeared around the same time as Captain Marvel. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5ee8036c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5ee8036c | featureConfidence |
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Darna (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_5ee8036c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_600b92c1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_600b92c1 | comment |
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure has “Pretty Cure Tropical Change!� | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_600b92c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_600b92c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_600b92c1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_603be5ed | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_603be5ed | comment |
In Mon Colle Knights, both Mondo and Rokuna chant the sentence of "With us, you can do it!" before merging with the monster they choose. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_603be5ed | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_603be5ed | featureConfidence |
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Mon Colle Knights | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_603be5ed | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_607f6b7 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_607f6b7 | comment |
Possibly similar to Inspector Gadget's "Go, Go, Gadget X!", a phrase that was used to activate the required gadget 80% of the time. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_607f6b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Inspector Gadget | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_607f6b7 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_615f01fd | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_615f01fd | comment |
This was repeated in the spinoff series Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star. This time there was an explanation (although not one that can be extended back to the original series), and as a result Saki and Mai don't really question it later on (whereas Nagisa continued to be confused whenever she and Honoka said "something weird again"). By the way, their phrase was "Dual Spiritual Power". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_615f01fd | featureApplicability |
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Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_615f01fd | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_626a75bc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_626a75bc | comment |
In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift when Ragna or Terumi activates his Azure Grimoire (thus turning into his Unlimited form) he shouts "Restriction 666 released! Dimensional interface force field deployed. Code S.O.L. Blazblue activate!" Similarly, when activating his Blood Kain buff normally in battle, Ragna tends to shout either "Blood Kain!" or "Unleashing Armagus!" or "Idea Engine linked!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_626a75bc | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_626a75bc | featureConfidence |
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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_626a75bc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6274e926 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6274e926 | comment |
In Jem, a rare western Magic Idol Singer series, Jerrica "transforms" into Jem by touching her earrings and whispering, "Showtime, Synergy!" The earrings enable her to communicate with the advanced computer system called Synergy, and "Showtime" is the code to tell Synergy to project the computerized hologram which change Jerrica's appearance into that of Jem. Other holograms are available with more explicit commands. "Show's over, Synergy" is the counterpart "power down" phrase. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6274e926 | featureApplicability |
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Jem | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6274e926 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6276800c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6276800c | comment |
Equally mocked by The Nostalgia Critic in Return of the Nostalgic Commercials, which included a 1-900 number for He-Man (yes, really). | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6276800c | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6276800c | featureConfidence |
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The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6276800c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_62de3b45 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_62de3b45 | comment |
Genesis of Aquarion: Pilot 1: "Nenshin!" Pilot 2: "Gattai!" Pilot 3: "Go! Aquarion". Apollonius, Apollo possessed by him and Touma use instead "Sousei Gattai! Go! Aquarion!" Aquarion Evol changes it, instead, the command is "X Gattai! Go! Aquarion!", with who says each piece changing depending on episode. The X also changes every time Aquarion combines, with it usually being something that has to do with the current situation or state of mind the Elements have. Aquarion Logos changes it once again. Now it's "Sousei Gattai! X! Aquarion!", where the X depends on which Aquarion is being created. Everything is said by the first pilot, while "Aquarion!" is shouted by both or all three pilots. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_62de3b45 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_62de3b45 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Genesis of Aquarion | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_62de3b45 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_631805af | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_631805af | comment |
The Gun del Sol also appears in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, where it is given the less Spanglish name of "Solar Gun" and Snake now charges it by yelling "sunlight!" instead of "taiy�" (unless you're playing the Japanese version, in that case he will still yell "taiy�"). | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_631805af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_631805af | featureConfidence |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_631805af | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_638624c8 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_638624c8 | comment |
The Weapons of Light (both the original Darkstar weapons and the knockoff; most notably, Gourry's Sword of Light) in Slayers require the phrase "Light, come forth!" to activate their Laser Blade goodness. The original Darkstar weapons are actually the followers of Dark-Star Dugradigdu, another plane's equivalent of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdu—instead of his followers becoming lords in their own right like Hellmaster Febrizo and Demon Dragon Garv, Dark-Star's lieutenants became weapons. In the series' main plane, the local Mazoku are invoked by a litany of titles at the beginning of Black Magic spells; the most famous is probably "O (that which is) darker than twilight, O (that which is) redder than flowing blood, buried in the stream of time", the invocation of Ruby-Eye himself, from the beginning of Dragon Slave. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_638624c8 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_638624c8 | featureConfidence |
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Slayers | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_638624c8 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_64148b22 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_64148b22 | comment |
The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg: "Fire within me!" "Earth beneath me!" "Air above me!" "Water around me!" "Forest before me!" Rohan, The Hero, had Battle Fury Armour, which he activated by shouting... go on, guess. Battle Fury! |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_64148b22 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_64148b22 | featureConfidence |
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The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_64148b22 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_654ebc56 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_654ebc56 | comment |
Jojos Bizarre Adventure: Stand Users often invoke the name of their Stand when they bring it forth, although it's evidently not necessary since just as often the Stand appears without any such prelude. Nonetheless, Dio Brando wouldn't be himself without his "ZA WARUDO!" Similarly, Hamon users like to call out their technique when they perform it. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_654ebc56 | featureApplicability |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_654ebc56 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_65aabcf0 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_65aabcf0 | comment |
Buso Renkin: When someone first learns how to use activate a kakugane, they have to shout out "Buso Renkin!" in order to transform it into their weapon. Once a wielder gains enough experience, however, they are able to create their Buso Renkin without saying a word, but most still do anyway. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_65aabcf0 | featureApplicability |
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Buso Renkin (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_65aabcf0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_671d6c5c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_671d6c5c | comment |
HuGtto! Pretty Cure uses "Mirai Crystal! Heart Kiratto!". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_671d6c5c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_671d6c5c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
HuGtto! Pretty Cure | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_671d6c5c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_67ce137f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_67ce137f | comment |
"Chakusou!" note "Equip!" Yes, it does mean the same thing as "Souchaku," also translated as "equip." (Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_67ce137f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_67ce137f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_67ce137f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a42af90 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a42af90 | comment |
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: "Shuriken Henge!" / "Shuriken Change!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a42af90 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a42af90 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a42af90 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a67a019 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a67a019 | comment |
"Chrono Changer!"/"Time Fire!" (Mirai Sentai Timeranger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a67a019 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a67a019 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mirai Sentai Timeranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6a67a019 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c31c39f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c31c39f | comment |
Beetleborgs: "Beetle-Bonders! Beetle-Blast!" (Cue Theme Music Power-Up.). "Back-Blast!" reverted them to human. The Metallix season had: "Data-Bonders! Input card! Beetle-Blast!" for their Beetleborg forms and "Bug out!" and "Bug-back" to go to and from their bug forms. "Input card" is said when loading any data card into any device, though. Most notably, the guns had a variety of functions depending on which card was used. Yes, the tradition of having a series of collectible trinkets that activate everything including the morphers, adopted by Power Rangers in RPM, the seventeenth season, is Older Than They Think. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c31c39f | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Beetleborgs | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c31c39f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c5725a2 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c5725a2 | comment |
In Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, their transformations were always voice-activated, in a straight example of this trope. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c5725a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c5725a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Transformers: Super-God Masterforce | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6c5725a2 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6ddb0049 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6ddb0049 | comment |
Wedding Peach had two for each hero, because they each had two transformations. This only happens in the anime, however. In the original manga, they all said the same phrase. Spoofed in Wedding Peach Abridged with, "Bridal Striptease, Go!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6ddb0049 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6ddb0049 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Wedding Peach (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6ddb0049 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6e7bc6cc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6e7bc6cc | comment |
"Denzi Spark!" (Denshi Sentai Denziman) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6e7bc6cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6e7bc6cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Denshi Sentai Denziman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6e7bc6cc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6f6c1eb7 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6f6c1eb7 | comment |
Digimon Data Squad has "Digisoul - Charge!", "Digisoul - Full Charge!", and "Digisoul Charge - Overdrive!", plus "Charge! Digi-Soul Burst!" for the final Mode Change. The dub replaced "Digisoul," with "DNA," and changed the Burst Mode phrase to "Charge! DNA Burst Mode!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6f6c1eb7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6f6c1eb7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Digimon Data Squad | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_6f6c1eb7 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_70f17915 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_70f17915 | comment |
Megaton Man uses the word "Overkill" to transform into his ridiculously muscled superhero form from his ridiculously muscled alter ego. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_70f17915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_70f17915 | featureConfidence |
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Megaton Man (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_70f17915 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_712d16f3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_712d16f3 | comment |
"Boil!/Echo!/Sharpen! Power/Cry/Blade of the Beast! Beast on!" (Juken Sentai Gekiranger. Power Trio gets the first, violet gets the second, white gets the third.) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_712d16f3 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_712d16f3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Juken Sentai Gekiranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_712d16f3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7229d07b | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7229d07b | comment |
The girls of Makeruna! Makendo say "Ma-ken-do!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7229d07b | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7229d07b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Makeruna Makendo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7229d07b | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72508928 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72508928 | comment |
Dresden Codak has the Tokamak twins, not related to the Wonder Twins, and SCIENCE. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72508928 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72508928 | featureConfidence |
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Dresden Codak (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72508928 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72e2c777 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72e2c777 | comment |
KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode also has Mad Libs elements to give each Cure’s speech an individual spin: "Cure a la Mode Decoration! <signature dessert>! <two personal virtues>. Let's la-stir it up!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72e2c777 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72e2c777 | featureConfidence |
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KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72e2c777 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72f19882 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72f19882 | comment |
Perhaps ironically, an earlier issue of The Flash had our hero Wally West spouting the equation out of desperation to be faster during a particularly large disaster. Not only did he speed up, but time actually froze around him — keeping the world in a frozen moment of time that only fellow speedster Max Mercury could reach for a few minutes before being dragged out again. Time resumed its natural flow when Wally was finally able to let go and allow time to resume. 'Pointless' indeednote this does still line up with how it's explained with Jesse and Johnny; with the Quicks, saying the phrase and believing it will work, they subconscious tap into the Speed Force and move as fast as they want to. Wally, in those situations, wanted to be faster and believed that the phrase would work, and since the Speed Force makes speedsters self-actualise, Wally became faster because he wanted to. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72f19882 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72f19882 | featureConfidence |
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The Flash (Franchise) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_72f19882 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7318210e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7318210e | comment |
Dragalia Lost spoofs this in its associated Gag Comic, Dragalia Life. Dragonshifting doesn't need any incantations to actually happen—the characters (and dragons) just think it's a whole lot of fun and start challenging themselves to come up with more impressive-sounding ones. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7318210e | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Dragalia Lost (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7318210e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_735a44a9 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_735a44a9 | comment |
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: "Brave in! Kyoryu Change! Fire!" (Although their transformation devices regularly appended the name of their dinosaur after the Kyoryuger inserted their Beast Batteries, the Kyoryuger would occasionally call out the name of their dinosaur as well.) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_735a44a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_735a44a9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_735a44a9 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_759baac7 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_759baac7 | comment |
Parodied in Endride. When Shun arrives in Endora and discovers he has a Warp Relic, he immediately names it Excalibur and tries to call it forth like he's in a henshin scene, even though that's not how summoning Warp Relics works. Emilio immediately gets on his case because the shouting does nothing and only calls attention to them as they try to escape. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_759baac7 | featureApplicability |
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Endride | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_759baac7 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_75c0d5be | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_75c0d5be | comment |
"Cross Changer!" (Choujin Sentai Jetman) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_75c0d5be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_75c0d5be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Choujin Sentai Jetman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_75c0d5be | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_76feae04 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_76feae04 | comment |
"Magical Source! Mystic Force!" and "Legendary Source! Mystic Force!"note Likely Fun | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_76feae04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_76feae04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers Mystic Force | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_76feae04 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_77e84827 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_77e84827 | comment |
"Ninpuu / Jinrai / Tenkuu! Shinobi Change!" (Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_77e84827 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_77e84827 | featureConfidence |
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Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_77e84827 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_7849f0c1 | type |
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Getter Robo, the majordomo of piloted Super Robot anime, used the phrase "Change, Getter X", where X was the number/name of the form to be assumed. The actual change was just assembling the combiner team in a new order. Later on in the series the phrase "Open Get" was used to disconnect the component vehicles. This is probably more Invocation seeing as the phrase "Change, Getter X" was immediately followed by "Switch on!" Each Getter Machine has a set of three switches in their cockpits that indicate which form they transform into. It follows that "Open Get" is caused by them turning off the switches, thus uncoupling and reverting to the Getter Machines. After all, most Humongous Mecha anime do these things simply because they are cool. Martian Successor Nadesico's Show Within a Show Gekiganger 3, based heavily on Getter Robo and other shows of its type, uses "Let's Gekiga In!" (based on Voltes V's "Let's Volt In") for all its combination sequences, and "Gekiga Out" to disconnect the vehicles. |
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In the same vein, in order to Wave Change in Mega Man Star Force, one has to first say, "EM Wave Change, (Name), On The Air!" | |
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The asari of Mass Effect always say, "Open your mind, embrace eternity!" before using their mind-melding powers. It's just a religious thing. | |
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Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters: "Let's Morphin'." (Unique in that the phrase was only used to finish the transformation. Their devices were the one to get things rolling by declaring "It's morphin' time!"; by the time the Go-Busters say anything, the only thing left to do was form their helmet's visors.) | |
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Archie: Archie and his pals had a spell where they were superheroes. Jughead summoned his super alter ego Captain Hero by this chant: | |
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From Transformers: ★Headmasters: HEAD ON! | |
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Ultraman Cosmos: "COSMOS!" | |
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Ultraman Decker, like Trigger, also has several: Flash Type: "Shine bright, Flash!" Miracle Type: "Jump forth, Miracle!" Strong Type: "Burst out, Strong!" ...Followed by Kanata yelling "DECKER!!!" |
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Fairy Fencer F: Activating Fury Form requires yelling out "Fairize!", and the tutorial has this exchange: | |
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The segment "Arabian Knights" from The Banana Splits has the sorcerer Bez the Beast transform into a different creature by proclaiming, "Size of a... (dog, elephant, cow, what-have-you)!" | |
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Ultraman 80: "EIGHTY!" | |
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ThunderCats (1985) and its reboot Thunder Cats 2011 have several: Lion-O's Situational Sword, the Sword of Omens, requires him to say "Thunder! Thunder! Thunder! ThunderCats, Ho!" to cause the sword to lengthen from dagger to longsword length unlock its full combat potential and rally the troops to battle with a Bat Signal. Parodied in one episode where Jackalman stole the Sword of Omens. He holds it up and chants, "Plundar! Plundar! Plundar! Jackalman, Ho!" Nothing happens, but then he bursts into laughter. A simple "ThunderCats, Ho!" or "Ho!" is sometimes sufficient to fire a bolt, temporarily grow the sword, and activate a number of other context-sensitive powers. In the original, Lion-O did occasionally grow the sword without so much as a word. "Sword of Omens, give me Sight Beyond Sight!" allows Lion-O to use the sword's Psychic Powers. This particular example is parodied in the Family Guy movie, where Lion-o uses the sword to spy on Cheetara in the bathroom. In the original, when separated from it, Lion-O could say "Sword of Omens, come to my hand!" to get it back. This even worked over interstellar distances, but he didn't use it as often as he should have. A villainous example: Big Bad Mumm-Ra transforms into a One-Winged Angel form with the incantation "Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this decayed form, into Mumm-Ra... the Ever-Living! Bwa ha ha ha HA!" In one particularly embarrassing original series moment that Mumm-Ra will never live down, Snarf of all people takes advantage of this catchphrase to become even more beefy than Mumm-Ra himself. Snarf chanted "Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this canine form, into Snarf-Ra... the Ever-Living!" Clearly Mumm-Ra's transformation chamber could do with better security. While Snarf is feline, he said canine because he had been turned into a copy of Maa-Mutt. Mumma-Ra's good counterpart Mumm-Rana uses "Ancient Spirits of Goodness, transform this gentle form to Mumm-Rana, the Ever Good." |
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Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga also has several: Multi Type: "Build the future, the light of hope!" Sky Type: "Dominate the sky, the light of speed! " Power Type: "Seize the victory, the light of strength!" Glitter Trigger Eternity: "Illuminate the universe, the Ultra-Ancient light!" ...Followed by Kengo yelling "ULTRAMAN TRIGGER!!!" For Trigger Dark, he has "Stain the future, the deep darkness! Trigger Dark!" |
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In Defenders of the Earth, the Phantom activates his super-strength by chanting "By jungle law, the Ghost Who Walks calls forth the power of ten tigers." His transformation sequence then shows... varying numbers of tiger heads passing into his body. | |
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Green Lantern (2011): Hal Jordan attempts to activate his ring for the first time by reciting various catch phrases, eventually progressing to "To infinity and beyond!" and, ultimately, "By the Power of Grayskull" itself. | |
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In the General Protection Fault anime parody "Ultra Cyber Power Warriors GPF", Ki (and presumably the other Ultra Cyber Power Warriors, but they're replaced by their regular universe counterparts who don't know it, and so just get a "FWOOSH") has one: | |
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Kamen Riders traditionally use "Henshin!", simply meaning "Transform," though Showa-era Riders would occasionally use variants, such as Kamen Rider Stronger's "Henshin Stronger". The two Kamen Rider productions to completely avoid this trope are the deconstruction film Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue (whose protagonist bore more similarity to the Hulk than a typical Rider), and Kamen Rider Hibiki (except for some goof-ups slipping by Kamen Rider Decade's endgame). In the scheme of things, all Riders saying "Henshin!" started fairly late in the Showa era. From the top: In the original series, Takeshi Hongo simply exposed the Typhoon belt to air pressure by revealing it when jumping or riding his Cool Bike in order to transform into Kamen Rider #1 (or, at the time, just "Kamen Rider" since there weren't others to need to be distinguished from.) At first. When the actor's injury caused his temporary replacement by Hayato Ichimonji, whose belt was the same, with one difference: it had a cover. "Henshin!" was the command to open it, and he'd flip into the air to generate air pressure like his predecessor, transforming into Kamen Rider #2. When Hongo returned permanently, it was with the all the transforming ceremony that Ichimonji had brought to the franchise. As he makes the now-iconic transformation pose, he would declare "Rider Henshin!" The jumping/flipping into the air is still necessary, though, and will continue to be done by Riders for whom it isn't. Kamen Rider V3 said "Henshin! V3!" Kamen Rider X said "Set up!" instead of "Henshin!" for most of his series, and switched to "Dai Henshin!" (Great Transformation) towards the end. His most recent Reunion Show appearance has him going back to the old call. Kamen Rider Amazon is another aversion, instead shouting his name; "AAAAAAAA-MAAAAAAAAA-ZOOOOONNNNNN!!!" With Kamen Rider Stronger, it was "Henshin! Stronger!" Finally, Kamen Rider: Skyrider came after a hiatus and was intended as a Continuity Reboot, and originally, the show and its protagonist were known only as "Kamen Rider." For the first time since Hayato Ichimonji, the call was simply "Henshin!" In both cases it's because it's not like there were other Riders to need to be distinct from. It came back into continuity in a big way by becoming a Reunion Show, with every one of his predecessors making multiple appearances, but just saying "Henshin" stuck, and was used by all of his successors to this day, with the exception of Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue, Kamen Rider: The First, and Kamen Rider: The Next, which were all Darker and Edgier films with no room for cute phrases and elaborate poses that monsters are polite enough to rarely interrupt. All transformations in those films are wordless. The first Rider since 1975's Stronger to have a phrase other than simply "Henshin" is Mach, the secondary rider of 2015's Kamen Rider Drive. Having spent a lot of time abroad, his call is "Let's Henshin!" Shows beginning with Kamen Rider Build have introduced aggressor suits which are Rider-like but not considered actual Riders, which are distinguished in part by each having their own unique phrase instead of the standard "Henshin": Kamen Rider Build: Transteam Gun users call "Jouketsu"note roughly "Mistify", while Nebula Steam Gun users call "Jundou"note roughly "Lubricate", although in The Movie the users instead call the name of the form they're about to assume. Kamen Rider Zero-One: RaidRiser users call "Jissou"note roughly "Boot Up". Kamen Rider Gotchard: Valvarad calls "Tekkou"note roughly "Ironize". The Henshin belts for Heisei era Riders sometimes contribute their own phrases to accompany this (default phrase only, or we'll be here all day as the number of forms each rider gets increases. However, each form does typically get its own announcement.): Kamen Rider 555: "Standing by... Complete." Kamen Rider Blade: "Turn Up/Open Up/ Change" Kamen Rider Kabuto: "Henshin!"/"Cast off! Change (Whatever insect the Rider is)!"/"Hyper Cast Off! Change Hyper Beetle!" Kamen Rider Den-O: "Sword Form"/"Rod Form"/"Axe Form"/"Gun Form"/"Climax Form"/"Liner Form" Kamen Rider Kiva: "Gabu!" Kamen Rider Decade: "Kamen Ride... Decade!" Kamen Rider Double: "Cyclone! Joker! Cyclone Joker!" Kamen Rider OOO: "Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba, Tatoba TATOBA!" (Just about all of the forms get their own Jingle) Kamen Rider Fourze: "Three... Two... One..." Kamen Rider Wizard: "Shabadoobie Touch Henshin!" *repeats until he actually touches his transformation ring to the Wizard Driver. When he does...:* "Flame, please! Hi! Hi! HI HI HI!"note Pronounced "hee" and also meaning flame. Kamen Rider Gaim: "Lock on!" "Soiya! Orange Arms! Hanamichinote Flower Path On Stage!" Gaim had a lot of fun with it. After "[fruitname] Arms!" and a musical cue would come a catchphrase, different for each form of each rider, some in or containing Gratuitous English, some in song, etc. We also get an in-universe explanation for the talking Drivers for once: the guy who made them was having fun, and put it in because it was cool. The higher-ups in the MegaCorp that made them for their mysterious true purpose didn't have their own Drivers say a catchphrase - that is, except for the inventor of the Rider gear himself. Kamen Rider Drive: "Start your engine!" "Drive: Type Speed!" note Or Type Wild, Type Technic, etc. . Kamen Rider Ghost: Ghost and Specter have common part "Eyyye! Bachirimina!" *repeat until Eyecon is activated* followed by specific part for each: "Kaigan: Ore! Let's Go! Kakugo! G-g-g-Ghost! Go! Go! Go! Go!", "Kaigan: Specter! Ready Go! Kakugo! Doki Doki Ghost!". Necrom has a his own: "Yes, sir." *stand-by music until Eyecon is activated* "Tengan! Necrom! Mega Ulord! Crush The Invader!" Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: "Gashattonote Combination of onomatopoeia for inserting a game cartridge and japanese word for cartridge.! Let's Game! Meccha Gamenote Good game! Muccha Gamenote Great game! What's your name?! I'm a Kamen Rider!"/"Gacchan! Level up! Mighty Jump! Mighty Kick! Mighty Mighty Action! X!!"note The level-up sound changes depending on the Rider Gashat used./"A Gaccha! Buttobase totsugeki! Gekitotsu Punch! Gekitotsu Robots!" Kamen Rider Build: "Rabbit! Tank! Best Match! Are you ready?! Hagane no Moonsault! RabbitTank! YEAH!" for Build, "Wake Up Burning! Get Cross-Z Dragon! YEAH!" for Cross-Z. Kamen Rider Zi-O: "Rider Time! Kamen Rider~! Zi-O!" Zi-O's final form combines all the Heisei belt calls (and sound effects for the non-speaking ones) into one long sequence, then the Riders' names. The above example was parodied for Geiz's true final form, but with secondary Riders, and it was... majestic. Kamen Rider Zero-One: "Jump! Authorise! Progrise! To-bia ga rise! Rising Hopper! A jump to the sky turns to a Rider Kick." for Aruto. "Bullet! Authorise! KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. (repeated ad infinitum until transformation is triggered) *gunshot* ShotRise! Shooting Wolf! The elevation increases as the bullet is fired." for Fuwa. "Inferno Wing! BurnRise!" KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. KAMEN. RIDER. (repeated ad infinitum until transformation is triggered) *slash* SlashRise! Burning Falcon! The strongest wings bearing the fire of hell." for a rebuilt Jin. It Makes Sense in Context, as each part of the transformation is accompanied by a phrase. You plug data cards into the Drivers to transform, so activating the card gets you its name, based on its ability - "Jump" for Aruto's default form Rising Hopper, "Bullet" for Fuwa's Shooting Wolf, and "Dash" for Yaiba's Rushing Cheetah, though they all get more forms. Scanning the card gets "Authorize," and then it's inserted and activated (followed by the "KAMEN. RIDER." chant for Vulcan and Valkyrie), and we hear "Progrise" for Zero-One or "Shotrise" for one of the others, followed by the form's name and Gratuitous English catchphrase as the transformation takes place. The phrase can have good English (Try to outrun this demon to get left in the dust!) or... not (The Rider Kick increases the power by adding to brightness!). Kamen Rider Saber: "Rekka Battou! Brave Dragon~! Rekka Issatsu! Yuki no Ryu to Kaenken Rekka ga Majiwaru Toki Shinku no Tsurugi ga Aku wo Tsuranuku!" for Touma. "Nagare Battou! Lion Senki~! Nagare Issatsu! Hyakuju no Ou to Suiseiken Nagare ga Majiwaru Toki Konpeki no Tsurugi ga Kiba wo Muku!" for Rintaro. "Ikazuchi Battou! Lamp do Alangina~! Ikazuchi Issatsu! Lamp no Sei to Raimeiken Ikazuchi ga Majiwaru Toki Inazuma Tsurugi ga Hikari Kagayaku!" for Kento. "Ittou Ryoudan! Buttagire! Dogo-Dogo-Dogouken Gekido! Gekido Juuhan! Zettai Soukou no Taiken ga Hokuhou Yori Ooinaru Ichigeki wo Tatakikomu!" for Ryo. "Soutou Bundan! Ichi no Te: Shuriken! Ni no Te: Nitouryuu! Fuusouken Hayate! Hayate no Maki! Kouka Fuuton no Souken ga Shinsoku wo Ninjutsu de Teki wo Utsu!" for Ren. "Juuken Gekidan! Juu de Go! Go! Ina! Ken de Ikuzo! (Sword Board Mode)/Ken de Ikuze! No! No! Juu de Go! Go! Bang Bang! (Gun Play Mode) Onjuuken Suzune! Suzune Gakushou! Amai Miwaku no Juuken ga Okashi no Rhythm de Beat wo Kirikizamu!" for Tetsuo. "Battou! Eternal Phoenix! Kyomu! Shikkoku no Tsurugi ga Mu ni Kisu!" for Bahato and later, Desast. "Ankokuken Kurayami! Get Go Under Conquer Than Get Keen! Jaaku Dragon! Kurayami Honyaku! Hikari wo Ubaishi Shikkoku no Ken ga Reikoku Mujou ni Ankoku Ryuu wo Shihai Suru!" for Calibur. "Saikou Hakkou! Who is the Shining Sword? Saikou Issho! Kingin no Chikara wo Eta Kagayaku Ken! Saikou!" for Yuri. "Noroshi Kaisen! Flying! Smog! Sting! Steam! Konchuu-chuu! Daihyakka! Tayutau Kissaki!" for Reika. "Kaiji Gyakukai! Toki wa! Toki wa! Toki wa-Toki wa-Toki wa-Toki wa Ware Nari! Ocean History! Ocean Basshaan! BASSHAAN!" for Ryoga. "Open the Omnibus! Force of the God! Kamen Rider Solomon! Fear is Coming Soon!" for Master Logos/Isaac. "Open the Grimoire! The End of the Story! Kamen Rider Storious!" for Storious. Kamen Rider Revice: "Buddy Up! Ohin! Shonin! Rolling! Going! Kamen Rider~! Revi! Vice! Revice!" for Ikki and Vice. "Versus Up! Madness! Hopeless! Darkness! Bat! Kamen Rider Evil! YAHAHA!" for Kagero. "Versus Up! Precious! Trust Us! Justice! Bat! Kamen Rider Live!" for Daiji. "Liberal Up! Ah~! Going My Way~! Kamen Rider Jea-Jea-Jea-Jeanne!" for Sakura. Kamen Rider Geats: "Get ready for Boost and Magnum! Ready? Fight!" Kamen Rider Gotchard: "Hopper1! Steamliner! Gotchanko! SteamHopper!" The English versions gave us— Masked Rider: "Ecto-Phase Activate!" Kamen Rider Dragon Knight: "Kamen Rider!" In the Philippines, the first Kamen Rider to air there was Kamen Rider BLACK and the dub use "Rider Change!" Later shows that were brought in (starting from Kamen Rider Ryuki up to Kamen Rider Hibiki, and then back to Kamen Rider OOO) kept "Rider Change!" Yes, even Hibiki, the show that lacked a transformation call! |
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BIMA Satria Garuda: "Berubah!", Indonesian for "Transform!" | |
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Later adapted to Kingdom Come, where Captain Marvel used this tactic against Superman ( Billy/Cap was Brainwashed and Crazy), also using super-speed to dodge the lightning and make it hurt Superman. The combat in Justice League Unlimited animated series mentioned above is more likely a Mythology Gag to this KC one, which, in turn, is a mythology gag to the Silver Age ones. Captain Marvel then gets to use this stunt in his Dying Moment of Awesome, sacrificing himself by using the lightning to detonate a bomb in mid-air and prevent it from reaching its intended ground zero. |
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Double Dragon (1993) has "For might!" "For right!" "We are Double Dragon!" | |
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Zigzagged in Green Lantern: The Animated Series with the character of Razer (a Canon Foreigner to the Green Lantern franchise). Originally a Red Lantern, his power-up phrase was the same as his fellow Red Lanterns: With blood and rage of crimson red / We fill mens' souls with darkest dread / And twist your minds to pain and hate / We'll burn you all - that is your fate!. After starting his Heel–Face Turn, however, another character provided him with an alternate phrase that would better reflect his new good guy status but still have the correct cadence to activate his ring and powers: The power of the crimson red / Can lead your soul away from dread / And heal the deepest wounds of hate / Let no one else decide your fate. Unfortunately, it was later revealed that this new phrase did not work for him, and he was forced to continue using his original phrase. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c239c | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c239c | featureConfidence |
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Green Lantern: The Animated Series | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c239c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c5459c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c5459c | comment |
Trinity Blood: "Nano-machine Crusnik 02, starting operation at X percent level!". Every time Abel says that, he transforms from a big ditz into an incredibly badass killer. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c5459c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c5459c | featureConfidence |
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Trinity Blood | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_83c5459c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84b520e9 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84b520e9 | comment |
The Thing: To become the Thing, Benjy Grimm touches his rings together while intoning, "Thing Rings, do your thing!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84b520e9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84b520e9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Thing | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84b520e9 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84d455d4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84d455d4 | comment |
Roger's oft-used phrase to active The Big O is "BIG-O! SHOWTIME!". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84d455d4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84d455d4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Big O | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_84d455d4 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_86aff994 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_86aff994 | comment |
"Go! Galactic!" and "Magna Power!"note Unknown | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_86aff994 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_86aff994 | featureConfidence |
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Power Rangers Lost Galaxy | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_86aff994 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87a0ba9 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87a0ba9 | comment |
Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders has "By the magic of the (X) Stone". Which however does not apply to Kale and her Dark Stone... maybe an Evil Laugh does the job? | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87a0ba9 | featureApplicability |
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Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87a0ba9 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87e00d8e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87e00d8e | comment |
The spell that serves as a modifier for Raven's powers in Teen Titans (2003) is "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" Lampshaded in the episode "Nevermore", when Dr. Light attacks her mid-spell and gives her the advice to "find shorter magic words". Unfortunately for Light, he then finds out Raven doesn't use the phrase to activate her magic powers, she uses it to control them, which is important since they have demonic origins. What happens to Light immediately afterward is not...pleasant. Similarly, an issue of Teen Titans Go! had the Titans' powers get juggled around, so Beast Boy ended up with Raven's magic and demonic taint. Her mantra doesn't work for him because he doesn't know what they mean, so she suggests he come up with something meaningful to him. He decides on "Tofu, Gamestation, Terra." |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87e00d8e | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
Teen Titans (2003) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_87e00d8e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88586e51 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88586e51 | comment |
Riku Asakura got a new one to go with the Z Riser and New Generation Medals: "Live! Unite! Up! Assemble, glittering stars! Geed!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88586e51 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88586e51 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman Ginga | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88586e51 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88b348e8 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88b348e8 | comment |
Cardcaptor Sakura: "Oh key that hides the power of the dark, reveal your true form to me. I, Sakura command you under the contract! RELEASE!!!!!!!!!" Since CCS is somewhat of a magical girl parody, it doesn't actually cause HER to transform (that's Tomoyo's job as a costume designer; never the same outfit twice! Sakura says it's unnecessary and kinda embarrassing; Tomoyo disagrees.), it just causes the key to transform back into the full-sized wand so she can use it to control the cards. The dub has two different versions. The original one is "Key of Clow, power of magic, power of light, surrender the Wand, the force ignite. Release!", then when the wand becomes the Star Wand, the chant is "Key of the Star with powers burning bright, reveal the staff and shine your light! Release!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88b348e8 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88b348e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_88b348e8 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_890bea21 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_890bea21 | comment |
Ultraman Taiga: "Buddy Go!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_890bea21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_890bea21 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman Taiga | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_890bea21 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8a768a7c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8a768a7c | comment |
Twisted Tropes: Skeletor pays Orko to act as He-Man's dentist. When Skeletor attacks, He-Man can't transform because his jaw is still under the anesthetic. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8a768a7c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8a768a7c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Twisted Tropes (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8a768a7c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8aad83bb | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8aad83bb | comment |
Ronin Warriors/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers used this to don their armor. Usually, they took a transformation stance, yelled out "Armor of X," and some sort of incantation. For Wildfire, this was Tao Jin("the way of virtue"). The subarmor could be summoned at will, and it was donned before entering battle. Apparently, when not in use, their armors took the form of glass spheres with their corresponding Confucian value(depicted with kanji) inside it. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8aad83bb | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8aad83bb | featureConfidence |
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Ronin Warriors | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8aad83bb | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b1d3ad3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b1d3ad3 | comment |
In Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, young Benjy Grimm would transform into The Thing by touching his magical rings together and saying "Thing Ring, Do Your Thing!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b1d3ad3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b1d3ad3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b1d3ad3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b4e057 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b4e057 | comment |
"Dino Buckler!" (Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b4e057 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b4e057 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8b4e057 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8cb4a772 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8cb4a772 | comment |
Ultraman Mebius: "MEBIUS!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8cb4a772 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8cb4a772 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman Mebius | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8cb4a772 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8dc76226 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8dc76226 | comment |
Star Driver: APPRIVOISE!! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8dc76226 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8dc76226 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Star Driver | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8dc76226 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e077a1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e077a1 | comment |
"Ninja Spin!" note "Ninja Spin" is announced when activating any Ninja Power Star, including the ones for morphing. Continuing a trend started by Dino Charge, when the Rangers morph as a team, they call out "It's morphin' time!" ahead of the activation. This will continue for Beast Morphers, Dino Fury, and Cosmic Fury. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e077a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e077a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers Ninja Steel | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e077a1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e09ebf | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e09ebf | comment |
"Ninja/Thunder/Samurai Storm! Ranger Form!note Activation Phrase | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e09ebf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e09ebf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers Ninja Storm | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8e09ebf | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8eab5c5 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8eab5c5 | comment |
Kamen Rider Kabuto: "Henshin!"/"Cast off! Change (Whatever insect the Rider is)!"/"Hyper Cast Off! Change Hyper Beetle!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8eab5c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8eab5c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Kabuto | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8eab5c5 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8f99cb4c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8f99cb4c | comment |
In American Dragon: Jake Long, the title character uses the phrase "Dragon up!" to change from human to dragon. He can also turn individual parts of his body to those of his dragon form by saying "[Body part] of the dragon," which prove useful for temporarily enhancing his hearing and vision. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8f99cb4c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8f99cb4c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
American Dragon: Jake Long | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8f99cb4c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8fcfb489 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8fcfb489 | comment |
In Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars the main character, Ryusei Date, shouts out 'Variable Formation' whenever he and his two team mates combine in the Super Robot SRX. It's a homage and a parody of this trope because 'Super Robots always have to have a cool combination battlecry.' | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8fcfb489 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8fcfb489 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_8fcfb489 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9036f2e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9036f2e | comment |
"Ginga Tensei!"/"Kishi Tensei!" (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman) note Amusingly, the latter phrase belongs to the Sixth Ranger who transforms by raising his sword in the air a la He-Man. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9036f2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9036f2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9036f2e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_906abcf1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_906abcf1 | comment |
"Dyna (color)!" or just "Dynaman!" (the gag dub had different calls entirely) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_906abcf1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_906abcf1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_906abcf1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_909ca4b1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_909ca4b1 | comment |
ReBoot has "ReBoot". Simple, eh? Along with a tap of their symbol, usually... Spoofed during Nullzilla, where the characters summon vehicles for a Combining Mecha with voice commands. Bob, Dot, and Enzo get the usual speech related to the vehicles, but Frisket barks for his and Mike has to say "Gnat, slightly annoyed, high pitched buzzing force". |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_909ca4b1 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_909ca4b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
ReBoot | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_909ca4b1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90a0701c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90a0701c | comment |
The Centurions had the activation phrase, "Power-X-Treme!" (or rather "pow-ER ext-REEM!") to beam down their weapons. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90a0701c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90a0701c | featureConfidence |
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Centurions | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90a0701c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f18253 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f18253 | comment |
Battletech: Doesn't come up much in gameplay, but at least some mechs are equipped with a voiceprint recognition system as a security measure: The pilot must say a short code-phrase, which can be anything from a Pretentious Latin Motto to a song lyric or a quote from their favourite film, in order to unlock the controls during the power-up sequence. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f18253 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f18253 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
BattleTech (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f18253 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f94684 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f94684 | comment |
Fire Emblem Engage. The protagonist is able to awaken Emblems with a phrase specific to each one, such as "Provide for us, Emblem of the Holy War!" or "Bear your fangs, Emblem of Fates!" This is used for a Tomato in the Mirror moment later, as it turns out only Fell Dragons invoke Emblems like this, Divine Dragons use prayers instead. Other characters can trigger a Fusion Dance with an Emblem by yelling "Emblem, Engage!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f94684 | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f94684 | featureConfidence |
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Fire Emblem Engage (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_90f94684 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9124e931 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9124e931 | comment |
The girls in Arcana Heart all call their Arcana with such a phrase. The biggest standout being Kira's "don't ask why, just give me your powers." | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9124e931 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9124e931 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Arcana Heart (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9124e931 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9181af2f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9181af2f | comment |
Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo has "Kirumin!" to activate Kiruminphosis and "Nugumin!" to cancel their Kigurumin Mode. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9181af2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9181af2f | featureConfidence |
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Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9181af2f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_928b5dfe | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_928b5dfe | comment |
This is one of the two ways to turn into SheZow, the owner of SheZow's Glamazon Power Ring must say "You Go, Girl!". To change back, the ring owner must say "She-Yeah!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_928b5dfe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_928b5dfe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
SheZow | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_928b5dfe | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9321b7f4 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9321b7f4 | comment |
Kamen Rider 555: "Standing by... Complete." | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9321b7f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9321b7f4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider 555 | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9321b7f4 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93221cce | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93221cce | comment |
Kamen Rider OOO: "Taka! Tora! Batta! Ta-To-Ba, Tatoba TATOBA!" (Just about all of the forms get their own Jingle) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93221cce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93221cce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider OOO | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93221cce | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9322493f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9322493f | comment |
Kamen Rider Zi-O: "Rider Time! Kamen Rider~! Zi-O!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9322493f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9322493f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Zi-O | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_9322493f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_936724ce | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_936724ce | comment |
Also parodied some years before in a series in the Marvel humour comic Not Brand Echh entitled "Super-hero Daydreams". Each one-page strip had an ordinary person finding themselves in a situation, dangerous or mundane, where super-powers would be handy — such as being on the subway when the conductor fainted or in a queue at a cafeteria when a queue-jumper barges in and grabs the last serving of a particular dessert — or needed, as in the case of the guy about to be beaten up by a gang. In each case, the daydreamer imagines saying "Sha-Marvey!" and being transformed into a super-hero and saving the day. Most such heroes are Marvel characters, though some are made-up Expys, e.g., "Wonderful Person". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_936724ce | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_936724ce | featureConfidence |
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Not Brand Echh (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_936724ce | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93d11d6f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93d11d6f | comment |
Kamichama Karin: AI AMU GODDO! (Other characters opt for Latin or actual Japanese catchphrases when transforming.) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93d11d6f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93d11d6f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamichama Karin (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_93d11d6f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_956c3a1d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_956c3a1d | comment |
The Quest For Geekdom: "BY THE POWER OF GAYSKULL!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_956c3a1d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_956c3a1d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Quest For Geekdom (Web Video) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_956c3a1d | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_95b62321 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_95b62321 | comment |
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight: "Kamen Rider!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_95b62321 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_95b62321 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Dragon Knight | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_95b62321 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_974df914 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_974df914 | comment |
50/50 Heroes: Mo and Sam activate the scepter by saying "By the power of the Spectral Scepter" and stating which power they want at the moment. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_974df914 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_974df914 | featureConfidence |
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50/50 Heroes | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_974df914 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_980c3316 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_980c3316 | comment |
Shazam!: Captain Marvel can apparently weaponise his transformation sequence, if his appearance in Justice League is anything to go by. While battling Superman, he caught Supes in a Bear Hug, called out his transformation phrase, and the bolt of lightning that would normally have transformed him back into Billy Batson instead struck Supes for damage. In Batman: The Brave and the Bold, he would kill Starro, the season's Big Bad, by this manner, getting under him and saying "Shazam" repeatedly and letting the lightning do the rest. However, the Faceless Hunter, Starro's herald, would use the stolen powers of the captured Bwana Beast to fuse Starro's body and its smaller star creatures into a massive conglomerate that he controlled, and that couldn't be stopped so easily. This is an adaptation of a tactic used at least twice in the Silver Age DC comics. After Dr. Sivana resurrected Black Adam, the latter villain was fighting with Captain Marvel and called down the magic lightning, but used his super-speed to dodge it so that it hit Cap, transforming him into Billy. Later, in a JLA/JSA crossover, Superman had been driven into a murderous rage by red kryptonite, so Cap taunted him into attacking. Just before the two heroes collided, Cap said the secret word and the magic lightning struck, not only transforming him into Billy, but also clearing Superman's head — just as well, because Billy was falling out of the sky! Later adapted to Kingdom Come, where Captain Marvel used this tactic against Superman ( Billy/Cap was Brainwashed and Crazy), also using super-speed to dodge the lightning and make it hurt Superman. The combat in Justice League Unlimited animated series mentioned above is more likely a Mythology Gag to this KC one, which, in turn, is a mythology gag to the Silver Age ones. Captain Marvel then gets to use this stunt in his Dying Moment of Awesome, sacrificing himself by using the lightning to detonate a bomb in mid-air and prevent it from reaching its intended ground zero. |
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Parodied: on the 29th January 2001 edition of WWF Raw, Taka Michinoku (of tag team Kaientai) once invoked the Power of Grayskull while challenging the Dudley Boyz for the Tag Team Championship; they got curbstomped. | |
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"I Am Transformed" for the Beast Machines Maximals (a plot point in the early episodes, as the characters needed to learn how to transform, as it had previously been handled by an onboard computer in them.) "I am transformed" was more of a mantra as they tried to enter the mental state needed to transform without their computers. | |
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In W.I.T.C.H. (2004), the team transforms when leader Will holds up the Heart of Kandrakar and calls out "Guardians Unite!", then each girl calling out their element (Water! Fire! Earth! Air!). Will, being the one bestowed with "What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?" goes through three different phases throughout the two seasons: in Season One, she was first up and just GRUNTED; the first half of Season 2, the grunt was replaced with "With Heart!"; when she FINALLY gained her element in the second half of Season 2, she's shunted to the end, but says "Quintessence!". It's also revealed that this goes the same for ALL Guardians, as Nerissa and the members of C.H.Y.K.N. say this when they transform with the Seal of Nerissa. "Guardians Unite" was an invention of the animated series, as the comics only had the girls naming their powers (except for Will). Also, in most other countries, the translation of the phrase is a simple straight translation. The most notable (if not only) exception is the French dub, which uses "Cristallisation" instead (even though the show was animated in France). And in the comics, after "New Powers" the four girls call their element, then Will call "The power to unite them". Could be a problem if she had to do an individual transformation. |
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Brave Command Dagwon Try Dagwon! | |
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Tensou Sentai Goseiger: "Change Card, Tensou!" ("Tensou" is used when activating any Gosei Card power, not just the transformation into Goseiger.) | |
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Fire Emblem on Forums: Demon Soul Saga: Doing this is implied to be necessary to transform into Kaijin form. For bonus points, Akihiko's call is Henshin, as a Shout-Out to Kamen Rider. |
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In The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, Tougo always has to slot his Banshou Plate into his his Banshou Brace and pose while shouting "Henshin! BANSOU-CHANGE!" to transform into Kizuna Red. The actual activation phrase is followed by, "Burn fiercely! The one who protects his bonds, Warrior of Flames, Kizuna Red!" | |
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"Go!" (Himitsu Sentai Gorenger) | |
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Spoofed in One Piece: Franky the shipwright is a Schizo Tech cyborg who activates his powers by shouting "Hentai!" (abnormality) instead of the traditional Toku phrase "Henshin!" (transform). While "hentai" can also mean "metamorphosis", its more common meaning of "weirdo" or "pervert" creates obvious humor, as other characters comment he is a weirdo/pervert for running around in nothing but a speedo and a Hawaiian shirt. However, he doesn't even activate his powers this way, and just likes saying the word. | |
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Ojamajo Doremi: The Ojamajos transform by using their Taps and calling out, ""Pree-ty Wit-chi (character name)-chi!" In the 4Kids dub, they call out, "Fa la de la dong ding, now I am a witchling!" | |
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Parodied by The Boys during a flashback in the Dear Becky epilogue miniseries. Their Alternate Company Equivalent of Shazam! would use his adult form to rape people, and the Boys' solution was to use The Female to lure him into a bathroom while in his default state and cut out his tongue, effectively depowering him. Played straight by Jack From Jupiter, a Martian Manhunter Captain Ersatz whose power was that he could temporarily become Nigh-Invulnerable by shouting "Carpo". |
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"Bioman!" or "(color)(number)!" | |
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In Emergency Exit, Karl Tameron activates his couch robot by saying the phrase, "I sing the body electric," the beginning of a Walt Whitman poem. While this is not an example, it happens that later that same phrase not only transforms his couch but also seems to give him some manner of super powered electronics control, which satisfies the criteria. Fridge logic dictates that it's possible that he would have gained the super powers if he had a face the first time he said it and didn't need to use the speaking program from the portal bracelet, as he did not say the words himself that time. | |
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"Jungle Beast! Spirit Unleashed!"note Activation Phrase | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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General Glory, also from The DCU. He forgot his magic catch phrase after being mindwiped by the government. He finally tracked it down via the propaganda comics the government used to issue so they could deny his very existence. "You saw General Glory beating up a tank? Sure... stop reading so much, soldier." A similar situation occurred with WildStorm Captain Marvel Expy Maximum Man, whose alter ego, Kyle Trueblood developed Alzheimer's and afterwards spent every waking minute saying every word in every dictionary in every language he could find. His former archenemy remembered it and kept it from him out of spite. Eventually there was an emergency, and he told Trueblood what it was: Hecatean. |
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"Overdrive! Accelerate!"note Fun | |
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Played straight by Jack From Jupiter, a Martian Manhunter Captain Ersatz whose power was that he could temporarily become Nigh-Invulnerable by shouting "Carpo". | |
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Similarly, an issue of Teen Titans Go! had the Titans' powers get juggled around, so Beast Boy ended up with Raven's magic and demonic taint. Her mantra doesn't work for him because he doesn't know what they mean, so she suggests he come up with something meaningful to him. He decides on "Tofu, Gamestation, Terra." | |
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Tekkaman Blade has "Tek Setter!". | |
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Mirrorman has our protagonist transform by looking at his reflection in a mirror (or any other reflective surface) before shouting "Mirror.... SPARK!" | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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Modified in the Karas OAVs, where the transformation sequence is spoken by the hero's handler. (It's also one of the coolest transforms ever, albeit very long.) | |
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Ultraman R/B: "Select! Crystal! Enshrined by (element)! (color and source of element)!" | |
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VR Troopers: used the phrase "Trooper Transform! We! Are! VR!" to initiate their transformations. It's the "Trooper Transform" that's actually needed for the change. Their foe, Karl Ziktor/Grimlord, did this as well, straddling the line between this trope and Invocation: "Forces of darkness, empower me! Take me back to my Virtual Reality!" We got to see the first time he ever did it in a Flashback, too: yes, he did properly omit the word "back." |
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This is how Servants invoke Noble Phantasms in the Fate verse. It's perhaps most on display in Fate/Grand Order, given the game's large cast. Noble Phantasm incantations range from simply shouting out the move's name to reciting a longer spell, and individual Servants will even switch up the chants now and then. Arash, for instance, usually activates his NP by just yelling "STELLA!" but occasionally recites a prayer as well. | |
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The Battletoads cartoon pilot had the three teenage protagonists shout out "Let's get warty!" to transform into their toad counterparts. A pretty stupid catchphrase, but not half as bad as what many people thought they said: "Let's get horny!" (As in horny toads. Hopefully.) "Let's get normal" was used for the reverse transformation. | |
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Da-da-da-ta ta-ta! Puberty Power! | |
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"Lightspeed! Rescue!" and "Titanium Power!"note Unknown, likely Fun | |
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Mega Man ZX: "MEGAMERGE!/ROCK ON!" In the same vein, in order to Wave Change in Mega Man Star Force, one has to first say, "EM Wave Change, (Name), On The Air!" Lampshaded by Omega-Xis in the third game when Geo attempts to Wave Change and fails to before being registered with project Trans Code. |
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The English dub of Spider Riders has "Arachna Power!" | |
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Yu-Gi-Oh!: In the first season of the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yugi's transformation into the pharaoh is usually precipitated by his shouting the title of the series (Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the pharaoh's titles, which translates to "king of games".) Although the scene itself exists, the shouting part does not occur in the Japanese version and was added for the dub, although not used in the uncut dub. Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has the Barians shout "Bariarphose!" to turn back into their true forms. Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS has the protagonist shouts "Deck, Set! Into the VRAINS!" while inserting their cards inside their Duel Disk to enter LINK VRAINS and undergo change in appearance. In case they were already set beforehand or the person uses a newer type, the "Deck, Set!" part was omitted. In similar manner as the previous four series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! has the main character saying "Velgariva!" to turn back into his real, alien form, although there are very few instances where he can do this without it, such as in the first episode. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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Seiun Kamen Machineman: "DOLPHIN!!!" | |
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Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel: Yuu's transformation required the phrase "Pam puru pim puru parim pompun! Pim puru pam puru parim pompun!" | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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The incantation needed to activate the Amulet's power in Trollhunters. Occasionally, though not often, shortened or omitted altogether. | |
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Magical Warrior Diamond Heart: Valerie has "Royal Heart Metamorphosis!" The other Crystal Warriors have "Crystal Heart Revolution!" |
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel has Rean delivering the first line in a low voice while raising his right hand forward with a closed fist, elbow bent downward, and his thumb upward, and then raises it up to the sky with his palm facing the sky while shouting the second part. Subverted with his Super Mode where he just shouts a Kiai and transforms. Played straight starting in Cold Steel III where he goes "Haa... Spirit Unification!" |
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In Akame ga Kill!, the Imperial Arms "Incursio" (Bulat's armor, later passed to Tatsumi) is activated by holding its key and shouting its name. | |
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Kamen Rider X said "Set up!" instead of "Henshin!" for most of his series, and switched to "Dai Henshin!" (Great Transformation) towards the end. His most recent Reunion Show appearance has him going back to the old call. | |
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Idol Time PriPara has the characters yell "Idol Time Countdown!" before changing their clothes. | |
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Aquarion Logos changes it once again. Now it's "Sousei Gattai! X! Aquarion!", where the X depends on which Aquarion is being created. Everything is said by the first pilot, while "Aquarion!" is shouted by both or all three pilots. | |
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Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure uses "Star Color Pendant! Color Charge!" | |
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"Gekisou! note Reckless Dash! Accel Changer!" (Gekisou Sentai Carranger) | |
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Wonderful Pretty Cure! has "Pretty Cure My Evolution! Three! Two! Wan!" | |
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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: "Gokai Change!" | |
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In Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron, Optimus Prime could achieve a secondary transformation by declaring, "Optimus Prime, Super Mode!" In episode four of Robots in Disguise, Sky-Byte had his mouth full of the MacGuffin, and was unable to transform because he couldn't say "Sky-Byte, terrorize!" around it. |
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Isis transformed from her mortal self by exposing a magic amulet to th light and saying "Oh mighty Isis!" | |
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Several Ultramen in Ultra Series have them. The earliest ones said nothing or just made a stylized grunt. Ultraman Ace: "Ring Touch!" Though after Minami was Put on a Bus, leaving Hokuto as the sole host of Ace, this was largely dropped. Ultraman Taro: "Tarooo!" Ultraman Leo: "LEOOOOOO!" Ultraman 80: "EIGHTY!" Ultraman Gaia: "GAIA!" and "AGUL!" Ultraman Cosmos: "COSMOS!" Ultraman Mebius: "MEBIUS!" Ultraman Ginga: "GINGA!" and "VICTORY!" Ultraman X: "X!!!"note pronounced "Ekkusu" Ultraman Orb actually has several depending on what form he's going to change into, usually shouted as he pulls out the appropriate Ultra Cards. Specium Zepellion: "Ultraman-san! Tiga-san! I'm borrowing the power of your lights!" Burnmite: "Taro-san! Mebius-san! Help me bring the heat!" Hurricane Slash: "Jack-san! Zero-san! Give me something with an edge!" Thunder Breastar: "Belial-san! Zoffy-san! I'm borrowing the power of darkness and light!" Ultraman Geed: Standard: (takes out first Ultra Capsule) "You go!" (takes out second Ultra Capsule) "I go!" (places them in Geed Riser) "Here we go! (transformation begins) GEEEEED!" Galaxy Rising: (takes out three Ultra Medals) "Live! Unite! Up!" (places them in Z Riser) "Ultraman Ginga! Ultraman X! Ultraman Orb! (transformation begins) GEEEEED!" Ultraman R/B: "Select! Crystal! Enshrined by (element)! (color and source of element)!" Ultraman Taiga: "Buddy Go!" Ultraman Z has several depending on the form, usually shouted as he inserts the appropriate Ultra Medals, preceded by a battle cry before the process. Alpha Edge: "Space martial arts, the secret divine work! Zero-shisshou! Seven-shisshou! Leo-shisshou!" Beta Smash: "Burn red, the power of courage! Man nii-san! Ace nii-san! Taro nii-san!" Gamma Future: "Phantasmagoria, the mystic lights! Tiga-senpai! Dyna-senpai! Gaia-senpai!" Delta Rise Claw: "Swallow darkness, the golden storm! Zero-shisshou! Geed-senpai! Belial!" All this is followed by Haruki proclaiming "Osu!" with Z himself calling the man to "chant his name"note Goshowa kudasai! Ware no na wo!: "Ultraman Z!!!" Celebro would say the Boss Subtitles for the monsters he was fusing (switching one of them for Belial in the case of Belial Fusion Beasts) followed by Kiete karekareta.note I feel good. Jugglus Juggler would respectfully address each of the component monsters before saying "Let me borrow the power of darkness. Riku Asakura got a new one to go with the Z Riser and New Generation Medals: "Live! Unite! Up! Assemble, glittering stars! Geed!" Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga also has several: Multi Type: "Build the future, the light of hope!" Sky Type: "Dominate the sky, the light of speed! " Power Type: "Seize the victory, the light of strength!" Glitter Trigger Eternity: "Illuminate the universe, the Ultra-Ancient light!" ...Followed by Kengo yelling "ULTRAMAN TRIGGER!!!" For Trigger Dark, he has "Stain the future, the deep darkness! Trigger Dark!" Ultraman Decker, like Trigger, also has several: Flash Type: "Shine bright, Flash!" Miracle Type: "Jump forth, Miracle!" Strong Type: "Burst out, Strong!" ...Followed by Kanata yelling "DECKER!!!" |
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Thunder Girl, Big Bang Comics' Captain/Mary Marvel pastiche, had the word "Alakazam!" Her evil Nazi counterparts (who more closely resemble the rest of the Marvel family, with another Mary thrown in for good measure) have "Gotterdammerung!" | |
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The Green Lantern Corps have their famous oath, which serves as a battle cry and is also the password for recharging their rings: Every other corps gets one too, except for Larfleeze (he, of course, wants one). Sinestro's is notable for mentioning himself by name and inverting the first two lines of the Green one ("In blackest day, in brightest night"); the Indigo Tribe's oath is in the strange language of their homeworld, and mentions Abin Sur (Hal Jordan's predecessor) by name. Also, not every Green Lantern uses the same oath; it's explicitly stated that the precise words don't matter ... it's a matter of timing and focusing the mind, so whatever works for any given member to accomplish that is fine. For example... Rot Lop Fan, a GL from a planet that was always in total darkness, whose natives had no concept of light or color, had a sound-centric oath that went, "In loudest din/In hush profound/My ears catch evil's slightest sound/Let those who worship evil's knell/Beware my power, the F-sharp bell!" As far as he knows, he is a member of the F-Sharp Bell Corps. Though his powers manifest in terms of sound waves rather than light, his powers are equivalent to that of any other GL. In the Duck Dodgers parody/homage episode, Dodgers' attempt is "In blackest day or brightest night, cantaloupe watermelon yadda yadda, a superstitious and cowardly lot, with liberty and justice for all!" |
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A crossover with Scooby-Doo temporarily granted Shaggy and Velma with Captain Marvel-like powers, though they were summoned by saying their respective catchphrase, "Zoinks!" and "Jinkies!" Like the Shazam call, the words corresponded with certain gods/heroes (Zeus, Odin, Icarus, Neptune, Kronos, and Sisyphus for Shaggy; Juno, Isis, Nemesis, Kali, Ishtar, Electra, and Sibyl for Velma). | |
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this counts: "I call upon the powers of Zeus himself, infuse me with your heavenly thunder, which is actually lightning, but no one seems to notice. Pika-chuuu!" | |
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Similarly, when activating his Blood Kain buff normally in battle, Ragna tends to shout either "Blood Kain!" or "Unleashing Armagus!" or "Idea Engine linked!" | |
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"Cosmic Orb! Link to Morphin' Grid!"note Carried over from Dino Fury, along with "It's morphin' time!" ahead of a collective morph. | |
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Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure has "Sky Mirage! Tone Connect! Hirogaru Change, <name of the Cure>!" | |
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The Amazo episode of Young Justice (2010) has Amazo accessing its copied superpowers by saying "Access: [Hero's name]". Although for some reason it could access Martian Manhunter's with just the name. | |
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PvP featured a comic about the minor random character Lolbat, who is shown to be a child who activates the power of ancient memes with the phrase, "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!" | |
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Super Sentai, the show Power Rangers get their basic concept from. For most of the earlier series that used it, the transformation call was simply the name of the team or form, but later series started to switch it up a bit. Most of these phrases are also used along with some action done with the Transformation Trinket.note If you're wondering where J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai is on the list, it's 'cause they don't have a phrase. Instead of hauling out their Transformation Trinket and shouting something catchy, changing was accomplished by entering a booth called a "strengthening capsule" to power up. There was a set at HQ and a set on their plane-fortress. You were in trouble if the Monster of the Week attacked and you were just out walking around town! "Go!" (Himitsu Sentai Gorenger) "Fever!" (Battle Fever J) "Denzi Spark!" (Denshi Sentai Denziman) "Vul Eagle!" "Vul Shark!" "Vul Panther!" (Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan. There wasn't a team call, just the individual ones. If all were together, we'd just have Red saying "Vul Eagle!" and then all would be transformed when the stock footage ended.) "Goggle (color)!" or just Goggle Five! "Dyna (color)!" or just "Dynaman!" (the gag dub had different calls entirely) "Bioman!" or "(color)(number)!" "Let's Change!" (Dengeki Sentai Changeman. Or, alternatively, "Change [animal]!" if just one is changing, or if they're feeling particularly dramatic. However, sometimes, the "Let's Change" is omitted.) "Prism Flash!" (Choushinsei Flashman) "Aura Mask!" (Hikari Sentai Maskman) "Liveman!" (though earlier on they said their designations) "Turboranger!" (or alternately their titles, like Red Turbo) "Five (color)!" or "Fiveman!" "Cross Changer!" (Choujin Sentai Jetman) "Dino Buckler!" (Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger) "Kiryoku Tenshin!note Ki Power Form Change Aura/Kiba Changer!" (Gosei Sentai Dairanger) "Super Henkei! note Super Change! Interestingly, "henkei" is usually used for a one-robot transformation like Sixth Ranger machines usually have; it's rare to hear it used for a person's transformation. Doron Changer!" (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger) "Chouriki Henshin!" note Super Power Transformation! (Chouriki Sentai Ohranger) "Gekisou! note Reckless Dash! Accel Changer!" (Gekisou Sentai Carranger) "Install! Megaranger!"/"Keitaizer! Install!" note Keitai meaning cell phone; his Keitaizer is a phone-based changer unlike the others' wrist-worn Digitizers. "Ginga Tensei!"/"Kishi Tensei!" (Seijuu Sentai Gingaman) note Amusingly, the latter phrase belongs to the Sixth Ranger who transforms by raising his sword in the air a la He-Man. "Chakusou!" note "Equip!" Yes, it does mean the same thing as "Souchaku," also translated as "equip." (Kyūkyū Sentai GoGoV) "Chrono Changer!"/"Time Fire!" (Mirai Sentai Timeranger) "Gao Access!" note Gao = growl, roar, etc. (Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger) "Ninpuu / Jinrai / Tenkuu! Shinobi Change!" (Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger) "Bakuryuu Change! HA!" (Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger. Mikoto, on the other hand, doesn't do the last "HA!" or dramatically shout it out.) "Emergency: Dekaranger!" for the core five. Other Rangers got to personalise it: "Emergency: Dekabreak / Dekamaster", etc. "Heavenly Saints, grant us power! Mahou Henshin! Maagi Magi Magiiro!" / "Tenku Henshin! Goolu Golu Goldiiro!" (Mahou Sentai Magiranger) "Boukenger! Start up!" / "Go Go Changer! Start up!" "Boil!/Echo!/Sharpen! Power/Cry/Blade of the Beast! Beast on!" (Juken Sentai Gekiranger. Power Trio gets the first, violet gets the second, white gets the third.) "Change soul, set! Let's Go On!" (Engine Sentai Go-onger) Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: "Ippitsu Soujou!"*"Imperial Report!" / "Ikkan Kenjou!"*"Consistent Presentation!", but written in different kanji it can also mean "Presenting 1000 coins!" Tensou Sentai Goseiger: "Change Card, Tensou!" ("Tensou" is used when activating any Gosei Card power, not just the transformation into Goseiger.) Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: "Gokai Change!" Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters: "Let's Morphin'." (Unique in that the phrase was only used to finish the transformation. Their devices were the one to get things rolling by declaring "It's morphin' time!"; by the time the Go-Busters say anything, the only thing left to do was form their helmet's visors.) Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger: "Juumousou!" note "Grand Delusion!" They're sentai fanboys/girls who want their series to become official, and their battles are all simulated. Well, until they aren't... Variations include Choumousou/Super Delusion and Jamousou/Dark Delusion. Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: "Brave in! Kyoryu Change! Fire!" (Although their transformation devices regularly appended the name of their dinosaur after the Kyoryuger inserted their Beast Batteries, the Kyoryuger would occasionally call out the name of their dinosaur as well.) Ressha Sentai ToQger: "ToQ Change!" Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: "Shuriken Henge!" / "Shuriken Change!" Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: "Honnou Kakusei!"*Instincts Awakened! Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: "Star Change!" / "Wish Upon a Star!" / "Garyou Tensei!" (Like with Kyoryuger, the Seiza Blasters sometimes add extra callouts - usually the name of Ranger's constellation followed by "Seiza Change!"*literally "Constellation Change", but it also sounds like "Say The Change" in Gratuitous English) Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: "Kaitou Change!" / "Keisatsu Change!" Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger: "Ryusoul Change!" Mashin Sentai Kiramager: "Kiramei Change!" Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: "Change Zenkai!" / "Change Tsuukai!" / "Ankoku Change!" Avataro Sentai Donbrothers: "Avatar Change!" Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger: "Ohgai Busou!" Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger: "Boonboom Change!" |
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Hawk and Dove, from the DC Universe, would magically gain their superpowers and costumes by shouting out loud their super-hero names. This would only work if there was danger afoot, however. | |
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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: "Change Zenkai!" / "Change Tsuukai!" / "Ankoku Change!" | |
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Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger: "Boonboom Change!" | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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She-Ra: Princess of Power: He-Man's Distaff Counterpart (and Separated at Birth twin sister), She-Ra, used a minor variant - "For the honor of Grayskull!" In an episode when Adora (She-Ra's alter-ego) is rendered unable to speak, she cannot transform and is powerless until she recovers her voice. In another episode, she is also rendered unable to transform when the orb on her sword is cracked by a powerful beam attack from the Horde; fortunately, she gets it repaired after performing several difficult labors that test her resolve. The 2018 series has Adora using the same phrase (albeit "Grayskull" having a different meaning because Castle Grayskull doesn't exist in this continuity (as far as we know)), though there's no explicit indication the words are always necessary. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bbe42b2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bbe42b2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
She-Ra: Princess of Power | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bbe42b2 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bc7137ff | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bc7137ff | comment |
Persia, the Magic Fairy says "Perukko Raburin Kurukuru Rinkuru" to turn into her Older Alter Ego. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bc7137ff | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bc7137ff | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Persia, the Magic Fairy | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bc7137ff | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccaf14c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccaf14c | comment |
This gets discussed in Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus. After Specter and Easter learn that they can perform a Fusion Dance to create a figure called Harmonious Storm, Easter suggests that they try to find a certain phrase for them to utter. They decide to go with Iungo (the Latin word for "Unite") for the time being. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccaf14c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccaf14c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Infinity Train: Seeker of Crocus (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccaf14c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccda9a3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccda9a3 | comment |
"Turboranger!" (or alternately their titles, like Red Turbo) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccda9a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccda9a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bccda9a3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd310eaa | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd310eaa | comment |
Played with in one El Goonish Shive filler comic: Ellen, having nicknamed her boobs "The Wonder Twins", yells "Wonder Twin powers... ACTIVATE!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd310eaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd310eaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
El Goonish Shive (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd310eaa | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd3bfb55 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd3bfb55 | comment |
Madan Senki Ryukendo has the protagonists shout out the name of their Empathic Weapon to turn them from a portable form into full-sized weapons. Since this is Ryukendo, it was Lampshaded in one episode where Kenji is in a large, echoey cave with some civilians a little way down another passage and a Secret Identity to maintain. He tries to whisper the name and his weapon retorts, "Can't hear you." | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd3bfb55 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd3bfb55 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Madan Senki Ryukendo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bd3bfb55 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bddc4ebe | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bddc4ebe | comment |
"Dino Thunder! Power up! Ha!" and "White Ranger! Dino Power!"note Activation Phrase | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bddc4ebe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bddc4ebe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bddc4ebe | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_beab1040 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_beab1040 | comment |
Moldiver: METAMORFORCE!! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_beab1040 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_beab1040 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Moldiver | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_beab1040 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bf724cac | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bf724cac | comment |
In The Adventures of the American Rabbit, while Rob (AKA: the American Rabbit) doesn't have a phrase for transforming into the American Rabbit, he does have a phrase for transforming back into Rob: saying his own name. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bf724cac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bf724cac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Adventures of the American Rabbit | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_bf724cac | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c02a56a5 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c02a56a5 | comment |
With Kamen Rider Stronger, it was "Henshin! Stronger!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c02a56a5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c02a56a5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Stronger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c02a56a5 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c0ce313e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c0ce313e | comment |
"Heavenly Saints, grant us power! Mahou Henshin! Maagi Magi Magiiro!" / "Tenku Henshin! Goolu Golu Goldiiro!" (Mahou Sentai Magiranger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c0ce313e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c0ce313e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mahou Sentai Magiranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c0ce313e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c137e301 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c137e301 | comment |
"Wild Access!"note Likely Activation Phrase | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c137e301 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c137e301 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers Wild Force | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c137e301 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2320bee | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2320bee | comment |
In Power Rangers Mythos, the Mythos Rangers all use the call "Mythos Rangers, all for one!" when morphing (even when divided due to the brainwashing), but Tommy also uses the 'traditional' "It's Morphin' Time!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2320bee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2320bee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers Mythos (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2320bee | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2fcda | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2fcda | comment |
SHAZAM! (2019): Lampshaded when Billy accidentally switches back to normal by saying "Shazam" for the first time after getting his powers. Freddy immediately recognizes this as "verbally triggered body-manipulation properties". | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2fcda | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2fcda | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
SHAZAM! (2019) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c2fcda | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c3196434 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c3196434 | comment |
Every other corps gets one too, except for Larfleeze (he, of course, wants one). Sinestro's is notable for mentioning himself by name and inverting the first two lines of the Green one ("In blackest day, in brightest night"); the Indigo Tribe's oath is in the strange language of their homeworld, and mentions Abin Sur (Hal Jordan's predecessor) by name. Also, not every Green Lantern uses the same oath; it's explicitly stated that the precise words don't matter ... it's a matter of timing and focusing the mind, so whatever works for any given member to accomplish that is fine. For example... | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c3196434 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c3196434 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Greed | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c3196434 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c489a759 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c489a759 | comment |
Digimon Adventure 02 had "Digimental Up!" in Japanese and "Digiarmor Energize! (or rather, "Digiarmor Ener... gize!)" in the dub. The mon in question would then go through the usual call, but with "Armor Digivolve to/Evolve." Later in the season, when the heroes gained the ability to have their partners perform a Fusion Dance, the mons involved would call it like, "(Mon 1)!" "(Mon 2)!" "DNA Digivolve to...!/Jogress Evolve!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c489a759 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c489a759 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Digimon Adventure 02 | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c489a759 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c4a22754 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c4a22754 | comment |
Parodied in Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series with various shouts when Yugi transforms: The most memorable one is probably "Super Special Awesome Ultra Special Sexy Transformation Sequence GO!" Da-da-da-ta ta-ta! Puberty Power! "Wonder Twin Powers Activate! Form of, an Egyptian homosexual!" The Bonds Beyond Time Abridged movie takes a run with it, where the line is "Super Special Awesome Ultra Special Sexy Transformation Sequence! In 3D!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c4a22754 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c4a22754 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (Web Video) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c4a22754 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c50747b1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c50747b1 | comment |
In LoliRock, the princesses must call out their names and the names of their country (as "[Name], Princess of [Country]!" to transform into their Magical Outfits. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c50747b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c50747b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
LoliRock | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c50747b1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c59ec4c1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c59ec4c1 | comment |
In Name Only example in SpongeBob SquarePants, in the episode "Karate Choppers", the talking drop of Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce says "By the powers of naughtiness!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c59ec4c1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c59ec4c1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
In Name Only | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c59ec4c1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c62995ba | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c62995ba | comment |
In Child of the Storm, Carol gets one in chapter 76, during the Final Battle, when activating a Ring of Power that Doctor Strange gave her, implying that it was 'just' to give her a helping hand. In fact, it was Alan Scott's Green Lantern Ring. A spectacular Curbstomp Battle ensues. In the sequel's side-story, Unfinished Business, she gets another when she reluctantly takes up the Ring again after the Arc Villain thought that she and it were dead and replaced. And they were... but they Came Back Strong. In the same side-story, Doctor Strange, who has thus far appeared as a snarky Spirit Advisor in the form of what he describes as a holocron, decides to take a direct hand in events. He does so with what he terms as some "constructive plagiarism" from "an old friend" - given that he's Taliesin, former physician and bard and secondary Court Mage of Camelot and Jason was a Knight of the Round Table, they probably go back a very long way. |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c62995ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c62995ba | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Child of the Storm (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c62995ba | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c6e9c6cc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c6e9c6cc | comment |
Some of the Lumas in Super Mario Galaxy transform into various objects when fed enough star bits by the player. When this happens, they shout 'Transform!!!' which appears on the screen in a speech bubble in a very large, bold font. And they appear to shout something that sounds like "Henshiiin!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c6e9c6cc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c6e9c6cc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c6e9c6cc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c77ab6ec | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c77ab6ec | comment |
Power Rangers: Oceania: "Point Break!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c77ab6ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c77ab6ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Power Rangers: Oceania (Fanfic) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c77ab6ec | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c87ab52a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c87ab52a | comment |
In Hyper Speed GranDoll, Hikaru shouts "Gran Change!" to transform. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c87ab52a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c87ab52a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Hyper Speed GranDoll | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_c87ab52a | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ca786c92 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ca786c92 | comment |
In Mega Man Reawakened, Megaman and Roll say a special phrase to transform into their battle modes. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ca786c92 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ca786c92 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Mega Man Reawakened / Fan Fic | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ca786c92 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb03430c | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb03430c | comment |
"Install! Megaranger!"/"Keitaizer! Install!" note Keitai meaning cell phone; his Keitaizer is a phone-based changer unlike the others' wrist-worn Digitizers. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb03430c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb03430c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Denji Sentai Megaranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb03430c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb6abea3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb6abea3 | comment |
In the first season of the English dub of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yugi's transformation into the pharaoh is usually precipitated by his shouting the title of the series (Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the pharaoh's titles, which translates to "king of games".) Although the scene itself exists, the shouting part does not occur in the Japanese version and was added for the dub, although not used in the uncut dub. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb6abea3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb6abea3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Yu-Gi-Oh! | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cb6abea3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ccbaad5d | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ccbaad5d | comment |
Digimon Fusion has numerous variations of "DigiXros!" ("DigiFuse!" in the dub), including, but not limited to "Double Xros," "Great Xros," "Xros Up," ect.. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ccbaad5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ccbaad5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Digimon Fusion | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ccbaad5d | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cd8e6855 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cd8e6855 | comment |
Specium Zepellion: "Ultraman-san! Tiga-san! I'm borrowing the power of your lights!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cd8e6855 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cd8e6855 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cd8e6855 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce309492 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce309492 | comment |
"Bird, go!" is one of the few holdovers from the original series present in Gatchaman Crowds, though the heroes shout it while holding aloft their NOTEs instead of saying it into a wristband. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce309492 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce309492 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Gatchaman Crowds | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce309492 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce3e66dc | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce3e66dc | comment |
Punie-chan's activation in Magical Witch Punie-chan is classic: "Lyrical Tokarev, Kill Them All!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce3e66dc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce3e66dc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Magical Witch Punie-chan | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce3e66dc | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce4d28 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce4d28 | comment |
Masked Rider: "Ecto-Phase Activate!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce4d28 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce4d28 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Masked Rider | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_ce4d28 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf203bee | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf203bee | comment |
Ultraman Ace: "Ring Touch!" Though after Minami was Put on a Bus, leaving Hokuto as the sole host of Ace, this was largely dropped. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf203bee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf203bee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman Ace | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf203bee | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf206581 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf206581 | comment |
Ultraman Leo: "LEOOOOOO!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf206581 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf206581 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Ultraman Leo | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf206581 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf20724a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf20724a | comment |
Ultraman Orb actually has several depending on what form he's going to change into, usually shouted as he pulls out the appropriate Ultra Cards. Specium Zepellion: "Ultraman-san! Tiga-san! I'm borrowing the power of your lights!" Burnmite: "Taro-san! Mebius-san! Help me bring the heat!" Hurricane Slash: "Jack-san! Zero-san! Give me something with an edge!" Thunder Breastar: "Belial-san! Zoffy-san! I'm borrowing the power of darkness and light!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf20724a | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf20724a | featureConfidence |
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Ultraman Orb | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf20724a | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf69b21e | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf69b21e | comment |
In Beast Wars, Dinobot specifically changed his code whenever he switched sides. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf69b21e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf69b21e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Beast Wars | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_cf69b21e | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d0d474b1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d0d474b1 | comment |
The magician Zatanna and her father Zatara speak their spells backwards. (Remember: words backwards, sentences forwards!) However, Zatanna has sometimes explained away the need to do this as being merely a focus exercise. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d0d474b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d0d474b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Zatanna (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d0d474b1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11cd383 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11cd383 | comment |
Kamen Rider Den-O: "Sword Form"/"Rod Form"/"Axe Form"/"Gun Form"/"Climax Form"/"Liner Form" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11cd383 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11cd383 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Den-O | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11cd383 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11e211f | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11e211f | comment |
Kamen Rider Gaim: "Lock on!" "Soiya! Orange Arms! Hanamichinote Flower Path On Stage!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11e211f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11e211f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Gaim | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d11e211f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a | comment |
Kamen Rider Kiva: "Gabu!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Kamen Rider Kiva | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d120122a | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d2c855fd | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d2c855fd | comment |
Fresh Pretty Cure! had "Change! Precure Beat Up!", HeartCatch Pretty Cure! had "Pretty Cure, Open My Heart!", Suite Pretty Cure ♪ had "Let's play! Pretty Cure Modulation!", Smile PreCure! had "Pretty Cure! Smile Charge!" (The US version changes it to "Glitter Force Makeover!"), Doki Doki! PreCure had "Pretty Cure Love Link!", HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! had "Pretty Cure Rolling Mirror Change!", and Go! Princess Pretty Cure has "Pretty Cure Princess Engage!" | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager: "Kiramei Change!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d4ef40fe | featureApplicability |
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Mashin Sentai Kiramager | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d4ef40fe | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cafaf | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cafaf | comment |
"RPM! Get In Gear!"note Activation Phrase | |
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Power Rangers RPM | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cafaf | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cb367 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cb367 | comment |
"SPD! Emergency!"note Activation Phrase | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cb367 | featureApplicability |
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Power Rangers S.P.D. | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d56cb367 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d91d0f35 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d91d0f35 | comment |
"Chouriki Henshin!" note Super Power Transformation! (Chouriki Sentai Ohranger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d91d0f35 | featureApplicability |
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Chouriki Sentai Ohranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_d91d0f35 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_db088973 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_db088973 | comment |
"Gao Access!" note Gao = growl, roar, etc. (Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_db088973 | featureApplicability |
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Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_db088973 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbdadbe3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbdadbe3 | comment |
Kamen Rider Gotchard: "Hopper1! Steamliner! Gotchanko! SteamHopper!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbdadbe3 | featureApplicability |
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Kamen Rider Gotchard | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbdadbe3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbe77265 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbe77265 | comment |
"Vul Eagle!" "Vul Shark!" "Vul Panther!" (Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan. There wasn't a team call, just the individual ones. If all were together, we'd just have Red saying "Vul Eagle!" and then all would be transformed when the stock footage ended.) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbe77265 | featureApplicability |
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Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbe77265 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbee7cb5 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbee7cb5 | comment |
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse: Features Brandon, an Affectionate Parody of He-Man, complete with a somewhat... unorthodox transformation phrase that lets him turn into Bran-Son. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbee7cb5 | featureApplicability |
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dbee7cb5 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dcbd6000 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dcbd6000 | comment |
Princesses of the Pizza Parlor: "El Kabong" activates the hidden property of Flora's magical lute, turning it from a musical instrument into a weapon. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dcbd6000 | featureApplicability |
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Princesses of the Pizza Parlor | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dcbd6000 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dd6c417 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dd6c417 | comment |
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: "Ippitsu Soujou!"*"Imperial Report!" / "Ikkan Kenjou!"*"Consistent Presentation!", but written in different kanji it can also mean "Presenting 1000 coins!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dd6c417 | featureApplicability |
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Samurai Sentai Shinkenger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_dd6c417 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_de1259da | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_de1259da | comment |
Super Monkey Ball 2 and it's quite bizarre story mode where the heroes had to chant a song before they could go rolling around a level. According to the subtitles, the song had lyrics, but it all sounded like "Uki uki uki-ki-ki!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_de1259da | featureApplicability |
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Super Monkey Ball (Video Game) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_de1259da | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df32efd1 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df32efd1 | comment |
"Boukenger! Start up!" / "Go Go Changer! Start up!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df32efd1 | featureApplicability |
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GoGo Sentai Boukenger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df32efd1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df4ea024 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df4ea024 | comment |
"Lighter Than Hare:" YOSEMITE SAM OF OUTER SPACE!!! Jet Pack activates. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df4ea024 | featureApplicability |
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Lighter Than Hare | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_df4ea024 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e03e1084 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e03e1084 | comment |
SuperTed had the phrase "I'll just say my secret magic word...", which the teddy bear would then whisper, turning into SuperTed. The word itself was never revealed on-screen, and in fact a lot of people think "I'll just say my secret magic word..." was the magic word. However, in one episode Texas Pete's dim and not particularly villainous henchman Bulk overheard it and used it to turn into Super-Bulk. This seemed to ignore the fact that Mother Nature hadn't ever given Bulk a magic potion to become super powered... that we know of. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e03e1084 | featureApplicability |
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SuperTed | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e03e1084 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e0af7af | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e0af7af | comment |
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger: "Kaitou Change!" / "Keisatsu Change!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e0af7af | featureApplicability |
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Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e0af7af | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e1386cee | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e1386cee | comment |
In Parallax, Raiments are activated by a "Key", which is essentially this trope. Unfortunately, since most Raiment users have absolutely no idea how to use the Raiment, their Key is usually some random word like "What?" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e1386cee | featureApplicability |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e1386cee | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e23ff2b1 | comment |
Masters of the Universe: This trope takes its title from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983), where that catchphrase changed unassuming Prince Adam into his titular alter-ego. In The New Adventures of He-Man it was changed to "By the power of Eternia..." In one episode of the original series, where he ventures to Orko's planet, where everything seems to work backwards (e.g. Orko's magic works correctly, and Adam's flame-throwing wrist gun spits out water instead), he had to recite the whole phrase backwards ("Grayskull of power the by!") to transform (he didn't transform when he said the phrase as normal early in the episode, then figured it out after some observing and analysis). There is also the much less known power-down phrase (used once each in the 1980s series and the 2000s series) that is "Let the power return!" Ironically (since he's the Trope Namer), it's not just the phrase that transforms him: he also needs to be hold his magic sword aloft (which he often pulls out of Hammerspace). She-Ra: Princess of Power: He-Man's Distaff Counterpart (and Separated at Birth twin sister), She-Ra, used a minor variant - "For the honor of Grayskull!" In an episode when Adora (She-Ra's alter-ego) is rendered unable to speak, she cannot transform and is powerless until she recovers her voice. In another episode, she is also rendered unable to transform when the orb on her sword is cracked by a powerful beam attack from the Horde; fortunately, she gets it repaired after performing several difficult labors that test her resolve. The 2018 series has Adora using the same phrase (albeit "Grayskull" having a different meaning because Castle Grayskull doesn't exist in this continuity (as far as we know)), though there's no explicit indication the words are always necessary. In He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021), all of the Masters of the Universe power up when Adam invokes the power with "By the Power of Grayskull". When transforming as a group, they collectively shout "We have the power!" It's eventually revealed that the Sword of Power channels the power of Grayskull into each of the Master's totems, letting them transform with the invocation by themselves. Skeletor gets his own invocation when transforming his minions into the Dark Masters. "Through the purity of Havoc, they have my power!" |
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Masters of the Universe (Franchise) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e23ff2b1 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e25322af | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e25322af | comment |
Spoofed on Homestar Runner with the Strong Bad E-mail "lunch special", in which Strong Bad thinks that getting Bubs to say his name backwards without the first B (in other words, "sbu") will make him give away a free lunch special. Eventually, Bubs says it, and reveals that it doesn't make him give away a free lunch special but rather makes him lose his ability to fly (though he could really only hover a few inches above the ground anyway). The email "shapeshifting" pokes fun at this, with Strong Bad imagining himself gaining the ability to shapeshift and, in addition to having to put up with pointless rules and restrictions, having to activate the power out loud: |
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Homestar Runner (Web Animation) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e25322af | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e381e71f | comment |
Digimon Tamers had "[card name], Card Slash!" in Japanese and "Digi-Modify! [card name], activate!" in the dub. Evolution/Digivolution being achieved through different cards, except for evolution to Ultimate/Mega which gets "Matrix Evolution!" in Japanese, and "Biomerge, activate!" in the dub. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e381e71f | featureApplicability |
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Digimon Tamers | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e381e71f | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3876b26 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3876b26 | comment |
Digimon Frontier has "(Double/Hyper) Spirit Evolution!" in Japanese, and "Execute, (Beast/Fusion/Unified) Spirit Evolution!" in the dub, plus "Slide Evolution!" when switching between Human and Beast Spirit. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3876b26 | featureApplicability |
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Digimon Frontier | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3876b26 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3a1067 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3a1067 | comment |
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt: Panty and Stocking have an elaborate chant while powering up their lingerie into ghost-slaying weapons. The full version is used once, and later parodied when it quickly decays into apathetic mumbling. Their demonic nemeses, Scanty and Kneesocks, have their own Power of Grayskull chant. | |
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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3a1067 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3ed54c7 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3ed54c7 | comment |
Pretty Cure: In Futari wa Pretty Cure, Nagisa, at least, is quite surprised to hear herself call out her and Honoka's key phrase ("Dual Aurora Wave") when they begin their first Transformation Sequence. This also happens with their after-transformation speech and their attacks, where she often asks, "Wait, what am I saying?" No explanation of any kind is ever given. For Shiny Luminous, she uses "Luminous, Shining Stream!" This was repeated in the spinoff series Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star. This time there was an explanation (although not one that can be extended back to the original series), and as a result Saki and Mai don't really question it later on (whereas Nagisa continued to be confused whenever she and Honoka said "something weird again"). By the way, their phrase was "Dual Spiritual Power". Yes! Pretty Cure 5 had "Precure Metamorphose!" (Between that and the looks of the five girls, there have been accusations of ripping off Tokyo Mew Mew, which also uses "Metamorphose" as its phrase; see below.) For Milky Rose, she had "Skyrose Translate!" Fresh Pretty Cure! had "Change! Precure Beat Up!", HeartCatch Pretty Cure! had "Pretty Cure, Open My Heart!", Suite Pretty Cure ♪ had "Let's play! Pretty Cure Modulation!", Smile PreCure! had "Pretty Cure! Smile Charge!" (The US version changes it to "Glitter Force Makeover!"), Doki Doki! PreCure had "Pretty Cure Love Link!", HappinessCharge Pretty Cure! had "Pretty Cure Rolling Mirror Change!", and Go! Princess Pretty Cure has "Pretty Cure Princess Engage!" Due to the heroines having multiple gem-themed forms, Maho Girls Pretty Cure! has elements of a Mad Libs Catch Phrase: "Cure Up Rapapa! <Jewel>! Miracle Magical Jewelryle!" For Felice, the phrase remains the same except the last part which is "Felice Fan Fun Flowerle!" KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode also has Mad Libs elements to give each Cure’s speech an individual spin: "Cure a la Mode Decoration! <signature dessert>! <two personal virtues>. Let's la-stir it up!" HuGtto! Pretty Cure uses "Mirai Crystal! Heart Kiratto!". Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure uses "Star Color Pendant! Color Charge!" Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure uses "Pretty Cure Operation! Cure Touch!", bringing back the Title Drop in the transformation phrase after Maho Girls stopped using it. Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure has “Pretty Cure Tropical Change!â€� Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure has ""Pretty Cure Delicious Standby! Party Go!" Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure has "Sky Mirage! Tone Connect! Hirogaru Change, <name of the Cure>!" Wonderful Pretty Cure! has "Pretty Cure My Evolution! Three! Two! Wan!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3ed54c7 | featureApplicability |
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Pretty Cure | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e3ed54c7 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a3 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a3 | comment |
Ultraman X: "X!!!"note pronounced "Ekkusu" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a3 | featureApplicability |
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Ultraman X | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a3 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a5 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a5 | comment |
Ultraman Z has several depending on the form, usually shouted as he inserts the appropriate Ultra Medals, preceded by a battle cry before the process. Alpha Edge: "Space martial arts, the secret divine work! Zero-shisshou! Seven-shisshou! Leo-shisshou!" Beta Smash: "Burn red, the power of courage! Man nii-san! Ace nii-san! Taro nii-san!" Gamma Future: "Phantasmagoria, the mystic lights! Tiga-senpai! Dyna-senpai! Gaia-senpai!" Delta Rise Claw: "Swallow darkness, the golden storm! Zero-shisshou! Geed-senpai! Belial!" All this is followed by Haruki proclaiming "Osu!" with Z himself calling the man to "chant his name"note Goshowa kudasai! Ware no na wo!: "Ultraman Z!!!" Celebro would say the Boss Subtitles for the monsters he was fusing (switching one of them for Belial in the case of Belial Fusion Beasts) followed by Kiete karekareta.note I feel good. Jugglus Juggler would respectfully address each of the component monsters before saying "Let me borrow the power of darkness. Riku Asakura got a new one to go with the Z Riser and New Generation Medals: "Live! Unite! Up! Assemble, glittering stars! Geed!" |
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By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a5 | featureApplicability |
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Ultraman Z | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e43ea2a5 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e45f1b21 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e45f1b21 | comment |
Dites in Chrome Shelled Regios are activated by saying "Restoration!" If the Dite has multiple forms, a number is appended to select the specific form: "Restoration Zero-One!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e45f1b21 | featureApplicability |
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Chrome Shelled Regios | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e45f1b21 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e46d33d6 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e46d33d6 | comment |
In the Encanto/Pretty Cure crossover Enchanted Miracle Pretty Cure, the Madrigals are given the chant "Candlelight Transform! Destello!" to turn into their Cure forms. | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e46d33d6 | featureApplicability |
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Encanto | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e46d33d6 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e4b56175 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e4b56175 | comment |
"Prism Flash!" (Choushinsei Flashman) | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e4b56175 | featureApplicability |
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Choushinsei Flashman | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e4b56175 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e652d605 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e652d605 | comment |
Chōjinki Metalder has “Ikaru!â€� (Anger). | |
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Chōjinki Metalder | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e652d605 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e66eb3c5 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e66eb3c5 | comment |
"Fever!" (Battle Fever J) | |
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Battle Fever J | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e66eb3c5 | |
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By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e67a7d6c | comment |
Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Western mages have personal "key" phrases to say before reciting spells. (For example, Negi's is "Ras tel ma scrir magister") There's also a 'training' key phrase for novice mages who don't have a personal one yet. And Pactio cards, which summon a magical artifact for the user with the activation key "Adeat". |
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Negima! Magister Negi Magi (Manga) | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e67a7d6c | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e6d0a1a2 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e6d0a1a2 | comment |
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger: "Ohgai Busou!" | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e6d0a1a2 | featureApplicability |
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Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger | hasFeature |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e6d0a1a2 | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e71c679 | type |
By the Power of Grayskull! | |
By the Power of Grayskull! / int_e71c679 | comment |
"Emergency: Dekaranger!" for the core five. Other Rangers got to personalise it: "Emergency: Dekabreak / Dekamaster", etc. | |
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Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!: The Battle Lovers has two phrases, "Love Making!" for transformation and "Love Out" for cancellation. Meanwhile, Caerula Adamas says "Conquest!" to transform. Averted for Happy Knights in Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss! as they didn’t had a transformation phrase.note The closest we had is "Now, seal your oath with a kiss," but it was Karls’ phrase instead of the main team. Played straight for Edelstein as they say "Die Verwandlung!" which literally translates as “The Transformation!� in German. |
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Fireman has our protagonist transform into the titular hero by raising his Fire-Stick into the air while shouting "FAI-YA!" | |
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Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: "Star Change!" / "Wish Upon a Star!" / "Garyou Tensei!" (Like with Kyoryuger, the Seiza Blasters sometimes add extra callouts - usually the name of Ranger's constellation followed by "Seiza Change!"*literally "Constellation Change", but it also sounds like "Say The Change" in Gratuitous English) | |
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In Coffin Princess Chaika, in order to activate their Iron-Blood Transformation, Tohru and Akari recite one that doubles as a Badass Boast: | |
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In Nana Moon, Keke's catchphrase before using her badge to transform is "Kelu kelu bian!" (�����!), or "Kelu kelu change!". In the English dub, it's translated as "Kuro kuro transform!" | |
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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: "Honnou Kakusei!"*Instincts Awakened! | |
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The main character of Viewtiful Joe shouts "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!" (sometimes "Henshin around!") to activate his powers and costume because he uses a voice-activated watch. (He only needs to say "Henshin" - but what fun is that?) Similarly, in the same game, Captain Blue and Sexy Silvia also shout "Henshin!", while Stylish Alastor shouts "Devil Trigger!" and "Trigger me, baby!" In Viewtiful Joe 2, Silvia also shouts "Henshin-a-go-go, baby!" In the anime adaptation, when Captain Blue Jr. eventually gains his own powers, he uses a variant of the phrase, saying "Henshin-a-Yo-Yo, baby!" (since he uses yo-yo's as weapons in his transformed state). The main villain of the sequel, Jet Black, uses "TENSHIN!" |
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"Super Henkei! note Super Change! Interestingly, "henkei" is usually used for a one-robot transformation like Sixth Ranger machines usually have; it's rare to hear it used for a person's transformation. Doron Changer!" (Ninja Sentai Kakuranger) | |
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Challenge of the Superfriends added Apache Chief and Samurai as token ethnic characters to their line-up. Apache Chief could grow to 50 feet tall by saying "Inekchok!", which the narrator once assured us was the Apache word for "giant man". Apache Chief's power was parodied by Family Guy. Saying "Inekchok" makes Quagmire's penis grow larger! | |
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World Trigger has "Trigger ON!" for activating said Triggers and the Trion bodies | |
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Manatee Girl: The Movie has "Manatee Girl Planet Saving Powers Activate!" | |
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Kamen Rider V3 said "Henshin! V3!" | |
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M.A.S.K.: Both MASK and their VENOM counterparts call out "[name of mask], on!" to activate their masks' special powers. | |
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Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger: "Ryusoul Change!" | |
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In Jewelpet Twinkle☆ the girls transform with "Twinkle Twinkle Magical Charm Winkle Winkle Jewel Flash" while boys transform with "Grilla Grilla Magical Charm Winkle Winkle Jewel Flash". They also begin each spell with "Twinkle Twinkle" or "Grilla Grilla" respectively. In one episode, the fact that boys' and girls' magical phrases are different is a plot point. Yuuma says "Mysterious Diamond Flash!" to transform. |
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"Let's Change!" (Dengeki Sentai Changeman. Or, alternatively, "Change [animal]!" if just one is changing, or if they're feeling particularly dramatic. However, sometimes, the "Let's Change" is omitted.) | |
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Martian Successor Nadesico's Show Within a Show Gekiganger 3, based heavily on Getter Robo and other shows of its type, uses "Let's Gekiga In!" (based on Voltes V's "Let's Volt In") for all its combination sequences, and "Gekiga Out" to disconnect the vehicles. | |
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MegaMan NT Warrior: In the Axess season, operators could access their Net Navi's powers in the real world (albeit only within dimensional areas) with a special chip. The activation command was "Synchro Chip, Slot In! CROSS FUSION!" | |
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Here There Be Monsters: Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr. gain Flying Brick powers when they shout "Shazam!": Similarly, Stanley "Stinky" Printwhistle and Timothy Karnes transform into humanoid monsters by shouting "Ibac!" and "Sabbac!", respectively. |
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Transformers Victory: "BATTLE UP! Star Saber!" for Saber's Super Mode transformation into Star Saber, and eventually for his Ultimate Combination into Victory Saber with Victory Leo, we get "BATTLE UP! Victory Saber", naturally. | |
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Finally, Kamen Rider: Skyrider came after a hiatus and was intended as a Continuity Reboot, and originally, the show and its protagonist were known only as "Kamen Rider." For the first time since Hayato Ichimonji, the call was simply "Henshin!" In both cases it's because it's not like there were other Riders to need to be distinct from. It came back into continuity in a big way by becoming a Reunion Show, with every one of his predecessors making multiple appearances, but just saying "Henshin" stuck, and was used by all of his successors to this day, with the exception of Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue, Kamen Rider: The First, and Kamen Rider: The Next, which were all Darker and Edgier films with no room for cute phrases and elaborate poses that monsters are polite enough to rarely interrupt. All transformations in those films are wordless. | |
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Mobile Fighter G Gundam has the protagonist shouting "Rise, Shining Gundam!" whenever he decides to call his Humongous Mecha. It's not quite a transformation sequence, but close enough. | |
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My Way Entertainment: "Black Power, motherfucker!" "Deep penetration!" "King Chili, motherfucker! Yeah~!" "Fried rice!" "Jose Canseco!" "Dragon shit!" | |
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In Sekirei, the Sekirei gain power with a kiss and a chant, called a norito. Each Norito is unique to that Sekerei: Musubi - These are the fists of my pledge, crush the catastrophe before my Ashikabi Kazehana - Wind of my pledge, blow away the dark clouds of my Ashikabi Homura - These are the flames of my pledge, burn the Karma of my Ashikabi Tsukiumi - This is the water of my pledge, purify the evil residing in my Ashikabi Shiina - Decaying streams of my pledge, wither the cross of my Ashikabi. |
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Femforce: Lauren Mason tranforms in the superheroine Yankee Girl by uttering the phrase "Karma Madre Tolon". | |
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Transformers: Cybertron: CYBER KEY POWER!!!!!!!!! | |
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The Chou Sei Shin Series series used "Souchaku!" ("Equip!") as their standard transformation phrase. Chou Sei Kantai Sazer X, in keeping with their Xtreme Kool Letterz, would upgrade this to "X Souchaku!" Tomica Hero Rescue Force, which is actually a Spiritual Successor to Madan Senki Ryukendo, used "Chakusou!" This is the exact same word as "souchaku". |
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Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure uses "Pretty Cure Operation! Cure Touch!", bringing back the Title Drop in the transformation phrase after Maho Girls stopped using it. | |
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By shouting "Heart of Gold!", Tommy Preston becomes Golden Lad in the titular, now in the Public Domain, comic. | |
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Hellsing had Alucard use the phrase "Releasing control art restriction to level (#)..." when he goes from merely terrifying to Horror Incarnate. | |
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Kamen Rider Amazon is another aversion, instead shouting his name; "AAAAAAAA-MAAAAAAAAA-ZOOOOONNNNNN!!!" | |
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak has “Shadow Release, Take the Grendel!�note Written as “Shadow Release! Clad the Nightmare!� everytime Van has to adorn his Grendel form. Though in this case it was Mare who said this instead of the protagonist because she is the one who initiate the sequence. The sequel has “Shard Erosion! Boot the Grendel!�note “Shadow Erosion! Stain with Nightmare!� for Grendel Zolga triggered by Altera, who is actually the corrupted Lapis. | |
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The sister series SilverHawks: It also has a villain with a transformation speech: "Moon Star of Limbo! Give me the might! The muscle! The menace! Of MON...STARR!!" In one episode where he transformed using a broken off chuck of the Moon Star, he replaced the first part of the chant with "Moonstone of Limbo!" On one occasion, the villains needed to charge a box with the energy in order to break Mon-Star out of jail. The Added Alliterative Appeal was changed from M to P ("Moon Star light. Enter this power pack. Give it the punch, the power, the potential, to free Mon-Star!"). |
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Each of the Sailor Senshi in Sailor Moon went through several different activation phrases over the course of the series, on the order of one or so per arc/season, as they improved their powers and combat ability. The general formula was "[Planet Name] [Something] Power, Make Up!" The '90s English dub of the anime dropped the "Make Up" bit. The Dub also mucks around with the names themselves (despite originally being in English) sometimes resulting in made up stuff like "Moon Cosmic Dream Action". One really bad time had the Girls calling the first part of the phrase solo, then all at once calling "Make-Up!" The dub, due to the sheer omission of "Make-Up" resulting in it ending up as "Mars Star Power, Planet Power!" Sailor Jupiter's pre-attack powerup invocation probably counts. "Guardian Jupiter! Stir up the storm, summon the clouds, send me your lightning! Supreme Thunder!" She drops everything but the attack name later on, though. Though it does appear a few times later, making the attack seem more Bad Ass then normal. The Sailor Hellblazer Crossover Fan Fic spoofs this when John Constantine accidentally sets his Transformation phrase as "bloody friggin' hell." this counts: "I call upon the powers of Zeus himself, infuse me with your heavenly thunder, which is actually lightning, but no one seems to notice. Pika-chuuu!" |
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Voltron: "Activate interlocks, dynatherms connected, infracells up, megathrusters are go! Let's go Voltron Force!... Form feet and legs!... Form arms and torso/body!... And I'll form... the head!" This doesn't happen exactly in the Japanese version (Golion). Before the lions combine into Golion, they do say "Let's Golion!". However, there is no "Form feet and legs..." part; the sequence itself doesn't have any dialogue except at the end in later episodes when Akira Kogane/Keith shouts "Golion!!". In the Sequel Series Voltron Force, the mode change command "Form [color] center!" was added. The various weapon commands ("Form, Blazing Sword!" and its variants) are somewhere between this and Calling Your Attacks. |
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In Is This A Zombie? Ayumu and Haruna transform into a Masou Shoujo their keyword is, Nomobuyo, Oshi, Hashitawa, Dokeda, Gunmicha, De, Ribura." note "I'm Lovely and Charming but I Summon Death" in reversed Japanese. | |
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Transformers: This trope is actually almost exclusively present in the Japanese-original series for most of the time in the American-original series, transformation is simply treated as something like breathing, in that it requires little to make it happen. In Transformers: Super-God Masterforce, their transformations were always voice-activated, in a straight example of this trope. From Transformers: ★Headmasters: HEAD ON! Transformers Victory: "BATTLE UP! Star Saber!" for Saber's Super Mode transformation into Star Saber, and eventually for his Ultimate Combination into Victory Saber with Victory Leo, we get "BATTLE UP! Victory Saber", naturally. In Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron, Optimus Prime could achieve a secondary transformation by declaring, "Optimus Prime, Super Mode!" In episode four of Robots in Disguise, Sky-Byte had his mouth full of the MacGuffin, and was unable to transform because he couldn't say "Sky-Byte, terrorize!" around it. Transformers: Cybertron: CYBER KEY POWER!!!!!!!!! In Japan, the transforming call for normal vehicle-to-bot stuff is simply "Transform" or "[name,] Transform" in English, but in the Beast era, it becomes "Henshin," which means the same in Japanese and is quite familiar to fans of Kamen Rider. This means RID and BW2 give us "Henshin" from the beast bots and "Transform" for the vehicle bots. Of course, the US version of RID leaves "Transform" as "Transform," as it would in the Unicron Trilogy, and gives the Predacons their familiar "Terrorize" command. |
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"Kiryoku Tenshin!note Ki Power Form Change Aura/Kiba Changer!" (Gosei Sentai Dairanger) | |
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Averted for Happy Knights in Cute High Earth Defense Club Happy Kiss! as they didn’t had a transformation phrase.note The closest we had is "Now, seal your oath with a kiss," but it was Karls’ phrase instead of the main team. Played straight for Edelstein as they say "Die Verwandlung!" which literally translates as “The Transformation!� in German. | |
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Hurricane Slash: "Jack-san! Zero-san! Give me something with an edge!" | |
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Kamen Rider Decade: "Kamen Ride... Decade!" | |
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Tomica Hero Rescue Force, which is actually a Spiritual Successor to Madan Senki Ryukendo, used "Chakusou!" This is the exact same word as "souchaku". | |
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Kamen Rider Double: "Cyclone! Joker! Cyclone Joker!" | |
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