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VR Troopers

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VR Troopers	label	VR Troopers
VR Troopers	page	VRTroopers
VR Troopers	comment	In the spirit of, on the heels of, and by the makers of Power Rangers, several Metal Heroes Toku series were adapted by Saban Entertainment into a new show known as VR Troopers in 1994.The premise is basically that via Applied Phlebotinum created by Tyler Steele, Karl Ziktor, and Professor Horatio Hart, anything created in virtual reality actually exists in Another Dimension, and can be brought forth into the real world. Tyler Steele goes missing, but left behind the means for his son and friends to defend the real world from Ziktor, now a Corrupt Corporate Executive with a virtual army ready to conquer the world. Crossworld City is a weak point between dimensions and as such, the front lines in the battle with Ziktor, aka Grimlord (Ziktor's super-powered virtual world avatar), and his forces. Professor Hart, his body mortally wounded by Grimlord, exists inside the base's computers and acts as The Mentor.The second season sees the complete overhaul of the villains' setup and one character's gear in a series where Status Quo Is God... or was.Like Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, three Metal Heroes series were used as source materials to make one. Ryan's armor, Grimlord, and any villain ever seen in Grimlord's lair came from Chōjinki Metalder. Another show, Jikuu Senshi Spielban, provided armored Kaitlin and JB, Colonel Icebot and General Ivar, the Skugs, many of the team's vehicles, and most of the villains of the week (such as Red Python and Desponda). The second season, in which Ryan's armor and Grimlord's tech are switched out, takes footage from still another show, Space Sheriff Shaider, which predates the other two shows.Somehow, with that many sources of footage, costumes, and plots, the vast majority of second season episodes revolved around something dangerous being made in an underground lab that had eventually to be taken out with the same drill vehicle going through the same stock footage.VRT's suits were a vast departure from those of Power Rangers and the like: instead of dressing the heroes in spandex, the Troopers were actually granted armored suits that were created from scratch in virtual reality, as explained in the comic books. If damaged in the trooper suits, they had to be repaired at the laboratory.The show has a rather interesting production history, to say the least: originally a vehicle for Jason David Frank, an unaired pilot was both shot and sold to several stations, who proceeded to buy it due to the popularity of Power Rangers, but at the last minute Saban decided to bring JDF back to MMPR, which meant that the starring role had to be recast with Brad Hawkins (who was originally set to play the White Ranger in the second season of Mighty Morphin), although the show by that point was deemed highly unsalvageable and was filmed only for contractual obligations with the TV stations who had already bought the series. To the surprise of many, the first season was actually quite successful and a second season was soon green-lighted by Saban. However, during the second season all the Metalder action footage ran out and Saban was forced to use footage from a third and drastically different (and much older) show for the Ryan Steele segments. Eventually all the remaining Spielban footage, as well most of the Shaider footage, were used up too.Saban picked up the rights to a fourth Metal Hero series, Juukou B-Fighter, but rather than risk alienating the show's fan-base by changing the entire team's costumes and motifs like they did with Power Rangers Zeo, they decided to start fresh with a new Americanized version, Beetleborgs, resulting in the cancellation of VR Troopers.As of June 2011, the entire series (along with Big Bad Beetleborgs and Power Rangers) is available for streaming on Netflix. Starring: Ryan Steele, searching for his father Tyler Steele, who helped create the technology, is assumed to be second in command at Tao Dojo. Kaitlin Starr, who works at a newspaper called the Underground Voice. J.B. Reese, martial artist who works for the dojo where the Troopers train. Professor Hart, friend of Tyler Steele, whose mind was placed inside the base's computers to save his life. Tao Chung, martial arts teacher and mentor of the team (in a life lessons sorta way. He doesn't know they're the Troopers.) Woody, the editor of the Underground Voice. Much more personable than J. Jonah Jameson. Frequently heard to say "What an ideeeeeee-a!" Jeb, the dog turned sentient and made speech-capable via some of the base's Applied Phlebotinum. Percy Rooney, the mayor's nephew and would-be beau of Kaitlin. Highly obnoxious. Strictly comic relief. Occasionally, his aunt and uncle show up. They're even more comic relief. Karl Ziktor, a corrupt CEO who has a dual identity: in virtual reality, he's the Big Bad, Grimlord, with an army of VR cyborg creatures.
VR Troopers	fetched	2023-11-09T02:36:26Z
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VR Troopers / int_1049848f	type	Aliens Speaking English
VR Troopers / int_1049848f	comment	Aliens Speaking English: The two alien kids from "New Kids on the Planet." Though, apparently, Dog is a lot easier to speak than English.
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VR Troopers / int_112890b3	type	Secret Identity
VR Troopers / int_112890b3	comment	Secret Identity: Unlike the heroes, Ziktor keeps his identity as Grimlord very under wraps and by the time the series ended, he still had his identity intact. It's to the point the Troopers don't even know he has a Secret Identity until halfway through season 2 — until then, they believe Grimlord is merely an extradimensional invader.
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VR Troopers / int_116a941b	type	Applied Phlebotinum
VR Troopers / int_116a941b	comment	Applied Phlebotinum: In addition to the impossible array of one-shot gadgets seen in the lab, "virtual reality" is the king of all plot devices. In this series, it basically means "whip up anything you want on the screen and have it pop out in reality."
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VR Troopers / int_133f5d54	type	Phantom Zone
VR Troopers / int_133f5d54	comment	Phantom Zone: With the Shaider footage, Grimlord in season 2 would often command that the monster "escalate to the Indigo Sector", or in some cases the "Fractal Zone". The Spielban footage twists it around, with JB being able to activate the "Vortex Command" when necessary to pull whoever he's battling (typically the Monster of the Week and/or Skugs), as well as any of Grimlord's air fighters, Quantum Cruisers or tanks out of the real world and into virtual reality (specifically the BBC Quarry) to protect the city.
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VR Troopers / int_145babc0	type	Expendable Clone
VR Troopers / int_145babc0	comment	Expendable Clone: Stickland and Ziktor's secretary Skugs get destroyed several times, only to be replaced with new Skugs. Ziktor doesn't really care. This is implied to be the case with all his minions.
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VR Troopers / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
VR Troopers / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: Considered by fans to be much darker and more serious than Power Rangers: Some of the story arcs the show had were quite dark, especially when we discover who the villain Dark Heart really is and the Quest For Power Series where Ryan's dad is basically used as a human battery. Then again, Metalder, Spielban and Shaider were no comedic romps either. The villains were allowed more gruesome deaths than there were on Power Rangers, due to the series being syndicated - decapitations, splitting in half, and impalement were not uncommon (the last of these was, in fact, how JB usually dispatched the monsters he fought, even forcing them to surrender and ignoring their surrender and finishing them off anyway, while the Power Rangers usually would accept a monster's surrender). There's also the fact that Grimlord is a Bad Boss who would make a Power Rangers Big Bad wince in horror with how little he cares about his army, not even showing a tinge of sadness about killing off most of his army (though PR has had its' own fair share of main villains who don't give a damn about their underlings, like Queen Bansheera).
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VR Troopers / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
VR Troopers / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Doom Master
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VR Troopers / int_16995d90	type	Right-Hand Cat
VR Troopers / int_16995d90	comment	Right-Hand Cat: Ziktor's iguana Juliet takes this role.
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VR Troopers / int_169d22e6	type	Villain Team-Up
VR Troopers / int_169d22e6	comment	Villain Team-Up: Knighttime isn't one of Grimlord's creations, but instead a separate villain he met with from an alternate universe and teamed up with. He turns on him and becomes the main villain of the penultimate episode in an attempt to take over the world himself.
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VR Troopers / int_173909	type	Brainwashed and Crazy
VR Troopers / int_173909	comment	Brainwashed and Crazy: Red Python, Dark Heart.
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VR Troopers / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
VR Troopers / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: In episode 10, Kaitlin realizes Jeremy Gibson (secretly Grimlord's minion Graybot) has no records at all. She and J.B. quickly put two and two together that when your enemy can create minions from nowhere that can assume human form means the guy with no records is likely a virtual minion.
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VR Troopers / int_19a5d773	type	They Look Just Like Everyone Else!
VR Troopers / int_19a5d773	comment	They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: Skugs can assume human form and generally look just like normal everyday people until they reveal their true forms. This makes them extremely useful for Grimlord's plans. Doom Master and Despera have this power as well; they rarely used it since Despera looks like a normal human woman in a weird headdress and Doom Master looks like he's dressed as a British Royal Guard.
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VR Troopers / int_1b5fa24a	type	The Brute
VR Troopers / int_1b5fa24a	comment	Season 1 had Decimator, who (in addition to being the best fighter in Grimlord's service) was second-in-command of the Virtual Dungeon, often guarded Grimlord and acted as the field commander of the Virtual Warriors; Zelton, Toxoid and Blue Boar all acted as sub-commanders ranking beneath Decimator, leading their own quasi-factions.
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VR Troopers / int_1eda7a32	type	I Own This Town
VR Troopers / int_1eda7a32	comment	I Own This Town: Ziktor wants to literally do this, but he figuratively already does, as he has the mayor cowed into submission and is able to get away with whatever he wants.
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VR Troopers / int_20952a1	type	Product Displacement
VR Troopers / int_20952a1	comment	Product Displacement: They had to edit around JB's Fighterbike/Skycycle being Suzuki-branded.
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VR Troopers / int_20f689e9	type	Adaptational Villainy
VR Troopers / int_20f689e9	comment	Adaptational Villainy: Jeremy/Graybot from "The Virtual Spy". His Metalder counterpart, Bigwayne, was previously a top warrior in the Neros Empire who retired and became a repair robot because he never lost to anyone in battle, only to come out of retirement to save his protege Gochak (Cannonbot) from being destroyed, and fell in battle against Metalder. Here, Graybot was newly-constructed, and given a human cover identity to infiltrate the Troopers and learn their secrets, and be better than them at everything.
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VR Troopers / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
VR Troopers / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: The VR Vizors actually revealed Grimlord's identity as Karl Ziktor when the Skug Strickland was sent to the past. Either they thought the machine made a mistake, that Ziktor didn't know Strickland was one of Grimlord's Skugs, or somehow missed that entirely.
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VR Troopers / int_22ecc839	type	Kryptonite Factor
VR Troopers / int_22ecc839	comment	Kryptonite Factor: Skugs dissolved if they touched each other. The Troopers themselves have one: strong magnetic fields, which can wreck their computer systems and make their Virtual Armor nigh impossible to actually move in. This results in Magnetbot giving them a Curbstomp Battle by exploiting it. Professor Hart is able to repair their armor and reinforce them to protect against it, but it takes time and his first attempt with Ryan's only lessens the weakness rather than eliminate it.
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VR Troopers / int_245a7c37	type	Enraged by Idiocy
VR Troopers / int_245a7c37	comment	Enraged by Idiocy: As the first season goes on, it becomes clear Grimlord's getting more and more frustrated with his underlings' inability to beat the Troopers; this carries over into season 2 and culminates in him blowing all his old minions up. His new minions enrage him only slightly less than before.
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VR Troopers / int_251bbe0e	type	Genre Blindness
VR Troopers / int_251bbe0e	comment	Genre Blindness: The Troopers. Every episode, they see three people quietly walk up to them, without saying a word, and never realize that they're Skugs in disguise.
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VR Troopers / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
VR Troopers / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Percy.
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VR Troopers / int_2fc21a19	type	Distaff Counterpart
VR Troopers / int_2fc21a19	comment	Distaff Counterpart: "Get Me to the Lab on Time" does this as a joke, where Percy's dream girl looks like him and is played by his actor in drag.
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VR Troopers / int_2fc2d6e1	type	Shapeshifter Mode Lock
VR Troopers / int_2fc2d6e1	comment	Shapeshifter Mode Lock: If a part of their transformed forms is damaged, the Troopers will be stuck in their transformed states until it's fixed.
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VR Troopers / int_332c8856	type	Mid-Season Upgrade
VR Troopers / int_332c8856	comment	Midseason Upgrade: Kaitlin gets the ability to use VR Kaitlin Double Team midway through season 2, letting her summon her double Kaitlin Two from her reflection to fight alongside her.
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VR Troopers / int_35fa1ba0	type	Drill Tank
VR Troopers / int_35fa1ba0	comment	Drill Tank: Two. The VR Battlecruiser (piloted by Ryan, JB and Kaitlyn) and the VR Combat Module (Ryan's exclusive season 2 vehicle) had these available.
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VR Troopers / int_393ec3f9	type	Zeerust
VR Troopers / int_393ec3f9	comment	Zeerust: The show was made when Virtual Reality was the "Wave of the Future." Now, at least in the form it's seen in the show, it's more of an artifact that anything else.
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VR Troopers / int_3946634e	type	The Smart Guy
VR Troopers / int_3946634e	comment	Season 2 saw the replacement of the Virtual Dungeon with the Virtual Dark Fortress, and that included a trio of new commanders: Oraclon, a living supercomputer/repository of virtual knowledge capable of creating monsters and Ultra Skugs; Despera, the advisor/strategist; and Doom Master, The Brute and field commander of the Vixens.
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VR Troopers / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
VR Troopers / int_3cb1d38d	comment	There's also the fact that Grimlord is a Bad Boss who would make a Power Rangers Big Bad wince in horror with how little he cares about his army, not even showing a tinge of sadness about killing off most of his army (though PR has had its' own fair share of main villains who don't give a damn about their underlings, like Queen Bansheera).
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VR Troopers / int_3f1aadeb	type	Strictly Formula
VR Troopers / int_3f1aadeb	comment	Strictly Formula: This is usually how episodes go. Ryan talks about his dad The Troopers are having a normal day Jeb does something to Percy Ziktor talks to his secretaries or his iguana, then transforms into Grimlord Grimlord hatches a plan Grimlord consults General Ivar and Colonel Icebot for a new Monster of the Week The Troopers fight Skugs, then go to the lab, often attacked by Air Stryker and Fighterbot on the way. At the lab, Professor Hart briefs them on Grimlord's plan, they transform and deal with the Monster of the Week One of them fights Grimlord's air force in the Skybase. Ryan is separated from the others due to footage constraints Monster kicks ass for 90% of the battle JB and Kaitlin use the VR Double Team on the monster, which stuns and/or weakens it. Ryan uses his Lightning Hand Command or Laser Fist Command JB uses his Laser Lance, impales the monster, forces it to surrender, then finishes it off anyway Monster(s) killed Grimlord declares vengeance and shakes his fist Jeb does something to Percy Ryan sums up the episode.
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VR Troopers / int_42c9f1ec	type	Downplayed Trope
VR Troopers / int_42c9f1ec	comment	His civilian form, Karl Ziktor, appears to avert this. Given the way his secretaries are dressed, it is implied that he may be a chauvinist, making this ultimately a Downplayed Trope.
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VR Troopers / int_43a46119	type	Surrounded by Idiots
VR Troopers / int_43a46119	comment	Surrounded by Idiots: Grimlord feels this way about his minions on many occasions. It's not all that surprising that the moment he could upgrade to a set of shiny new minions, he kills them off except for a handful of his favorites.
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VR Troopers / int_45f52f5	type	Dynamic Akimbo
VR Troopers / int_45f52f5	comment	Dynamic Akimbo: Kaitlin always has her hands on her hips. Literally. She poses that way so much that it's like they're superglued there (likely a trait of Sarah Brown's that carried onto the character), only taking them off when absolutely necessary. Kaitlin even has her hands on her hips while walking and even running!
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VR Troopers / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
VR Troopers / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: Grimlord threatens his minions with this nearly every episode, and on occasion does have his minions dragged off for punishment, but makes it clear he's sorely tempted to just slaughter them wholesale for their failures. Once he gets the means to upgrade to a set of shiny new minions, he makes good on his word and blows the old ones to kingdom come.
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VR Troopers / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
VR Troopers / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Percy, courtesy of Jeb. Also, General Ivar for the bad guys, because every time he went into combat against the Troopers, his tank would get rolled off a cliff, he'd be beaten by JB in a sword fight, etc.
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VR Troopers / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
VR Troopers / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: Both footage from its Metal Heroes forebears and internally-reused footage.
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VR Troopers / int_4d1ac25b	type	Villains Want Mercy
VR Troopers / int_4d1ac25b	comment	Villains Want Mercy: Most mutants impaled by JB's Laser Lance immediately surrender.
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VR Troopers / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
VR Troopers / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: JB is this, having multiple back ups of everything in the lab and any of his personal computers, as well as having a hidden back up password for his computer just in case someone gets it and changed the password.
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VR Troopers / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
VR Troopers / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Each episode begins with Ryan remembering something his dad taught him. The episode would then have An Aesop involving what Ryan talked about. The episode would then end with Ryan summing up the Aesop.
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VR Troopers / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
VR Troopers / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Because of the fact that three different villain factions were knocked into one, Grimlord has many different commanders, each of whom fulfill different roles in his organization and share aspects of command. Present in both seasons were General Ivar and Colonel Icebot; the former was explicitly stated by Professor Hart to be Grimlord's chief military commander and led Grimlord's vehicular forces (and in general came up with many of Grimlord's strategies), while Colonel Icebot was Grimlord's top scientist and created many of the monsters sent against the Troopers. Season 1 had Decimator, who (in addition to being the best fighter in Grimlord's service) was second-in-command of the Virtual Dungeon, often guarded Grimlord and acted as the field commander of the Virtual Warriors; Zelton, Toxoid and Blue Boar all acted as sub-commanders ranking beneath Decimator, leading their own quasi-factions. Season 2 saw the replacement of the Virtual Dungeon with the Virtual Dark Fortress, and that included a trio of new commanders: Oraclon, a living supercomputer/repository of virtual knowledge capable of creating monsters and Ultra Skugs; Despera, the advisor/strategist; and Doom Master, The Brute and field commander of the Vixens.
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VR Troopers / int_5558641	type	Gratuitous Japanese
VR Troopers / int_5558641	comment	Gratuitous Japanese: As with Power Rangers, Japanese footage in the background is an occupational hazard of using Stock Footage from Japan-original shows. It's most obvious in one episode where a monster kidnaps a little boy. There is a kanji sign in the hallway to his apartment. Justified on this occasion, as the boy was Japanese-American (in order to match up with the kidnapped boy from the Japanese footage), and the place might have been in a "Little Tokyo"-esque district within Crossworld City.
VR Troopers / int_5558641	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5558641	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5558641
VR Troopers / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
VR Troopers / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: The penultimate episode had the Troopers teaming up with Grimlord against Knighttime's attempt to take over the world himself.
VR Troopers / int_5989e3b6	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5989e3b6	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5989e3b6
VR Troopers / int_5b0a14b1	type	Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change
VR Troopers / int_5b0a14b1	comment	Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change: This is also done, up to the point where a kanji sign was visible in one episode when a monster kidnaps a Japanese boy. The story justifies it due to the presence of a Japanese-American community in Crossworld City similar to Little Tokyo.
VR Troopers / int_5b0a14b1	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5b0a14b1	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5b0a14b1
VR Troopers / int_5b0eaf89	type	Upgrade Artifact
VR Troopers / int_5b0eaf89	comment	Upgrade Artifact: Rare example of a villain getting one of these. Grimlord's prism filled with Ryan's father's VR knowledge allows him to upgrade to a new form, create stronger minions, create a new evil lair, and power up his Skugs into much stronger Ultra Skugs.
VR Troopers / int_5b0eaf89	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5b0eaf89	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5b0eaf89
VR Troopers / int_5c91635a	type	Bare-Handed Blade Block
VR Troopers / int_5c91635a	comment	Barehanded Blade Block: Kaitlin does this unmorphed against Doom Master once.
VR Troopers / int_5c91635a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5c91635a	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5c91635a
VR Troopers / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
VR Troopers / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: "Time Out" forces Grimlord into this. He'd love to somehow take advantage of Earth being frozen in time, but Ryan reminds him there'd be no point or satisfaction to ruling over the world like this. Grimlord hates that Ryan is right... and that they have to work together to fix this. This is also a reason for why he tolerated General Ivar's attempt to pull a coup against him — either Ivar would succeed in destroying the VR Troopers for him (before presumably squashing Ivar's effort himself), or else the Troopers destroy Ivar, allowing Grimlord to rebuild him with more loyalty towards him; either way, Grimlord won. (As you'd expect, the latter result happened.) He was more than happy to sacrifice Amphibidor, however, as unlike Ivar, he was comparatively useless.
VR Troopers / int_5ca80293	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5ca80293	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5ca80293
VR Troopers / int_5d753b19	type	The Smurfette Principle
VR Troopers / int_5d753b19	comment	The Smurfette Principle: Kaitlin is the only female VR Trooper.
VR Troopers / int_5d753b19	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_5d753b19	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_5d753b19
VR Troopers / int_6156eafa	type	So Last Season
VR Troopers / int_6156eafa	comment	So Last Season: Ryan's new armor and Grimlord's revamped forces. Oddly enough, Shaider (the show that was used for Ryan's second season suit) is a much older show than Metalder (the source of his original suit). The Skybase is a better example, as it quickly gets demolished by Grimlord's new fighters and has to be rebuilt stronger than before. Kaitlin and JB's powers are both too weak compared to Grimlord's new forces, so Ryan's father makes an upgrade program to give them both a permanent boost.
VR Troopers / int_6156eafa	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6156eafa	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6156eafa
VR Troopers / int_62a596ce	type	Politically Correct Villain
VR Troopers / int_62a596ce	comment	Politically Correct Villain: Grimlord, surprisingly, despite being a ruthless villain who cares little for his army, never displays racist or sexist tendencies. For example, when Colonel Icebot tells him about the Red Python, he's excited and eager to deploy her against the Troopers and his season two dragon is a woman named Despera and he's impressed with Oraclon's girl army of The Vixens. His civilian form, Karl Ziktor, appears to avert this. Given the way his secretaries are dressed, it is implied that he may be a chauvinist, making this ultimately a Downplayed Trope.
VR Troopers / int_62a596ce	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_62a596ce	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_62a596ce
VR Troopers / int_6411dac8	type	BadassNormal
VR Troopers / int_6411dac8	comment	Badass Normal: Tao is Ryan and J.B.'s sensei and explicitly a better fighter than either of them. He's more than capable of pounding a group of Skugs into the ground by himself despite having no superpowers of his own. In fact, he normally fairs better than the Troopers do in untransformed combat with them.
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VR Troopers / int_6411dac8	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_644eca71	type	Rich Bitch
VR Troopers / int_644eca71	comment	Rich Bitch: The Mayor's wife, who considers herself above everyone else. Fortunately for everyone (and unfortunately for her), karma strikes back in the form of Jeb.
VR Troopers / int_644eca71	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_644eca71	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_644eca71
VR Troopers / int_65163c3a	type	Evil Tower of Ominousness
VR Troopers / int_65163c3a	comment	Evil Tower of Ominousness: The headquarters of Ziktor Industries is a massive, futuristic skyscraper that dwarfs all the other buildings in sight.
VR Troopers / int_65163c3a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_65163c3a	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_65163c3a
VR Troopers / int_6563a3f2	type	Cyberspace
VR Troopers / int_6563a3f2	comment	Cyberspace: The virtual world.
VR Troopers / int_6563a3f2	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6563a3f2	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6563a3f2
VR Troopers / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
VR Troopers / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Nothing is said about Ryan's mother, leaving ambiguous as to whether or not she is divorced or deceased.
VR Troopers / int_66dfe36a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_66dfe36a	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_66dfe36a
VR Troopers / int_68068108	type	Evil Laugh
VR Troopers / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh: Ziktor has a pretty insane one.
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VR Troopers / int_68068108	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_68068108
VR Troopers / int_6c00ba30	type	Musical Assassin
VR Troopers / int_6c00ba30	comment	Musical Assassin: Fiddlebot, a robot Grimlord personally makes after getting fed up with Icebot's creations. He proceeds to curbstomp Ryan for most of both their battles, actually surviving the lightning hand command.
VR Troopers / int_6c00ba30	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6c00ba30	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6c00ba30
VR Troopers / int_6c75e0e4	type	Beware the Silly Ones
VR Troopers / int_6c75e0e4	comment	Beware the Silly Ones: Some monsters fit this trope, but an egregious example was the next-to-last monster they ever fought, Fanbot, a Jerry Lewis Expy who was clumsy on the battlefield and seemed to trip over his own feet. However, once General Ivar ordered him to use his fan, he easily sucked up Conatron (a bot constructed by Knighttime out of the fallen remains of other attack bots), and proceeded to suck up all of Knighttime's power, leaving them defenseless; once he showed up to fight JB and Kaitlyn, he nearly sucked them up too — he laughed off the VR Double Team attack, and JB nearly got shredded, only getting the upper hand by Laser Lance Commanding Fanbot at point-blank range using the kinetic energy from Fanbot's attack to enhance its power. Still, the impalement was laughed off and mocked, but the laser lance slashing sure wasn't. Another example is Fiddlebot, whose main weapon is a fiddle and roses he throws and is powered by an Irish musician. However, Grimlord created him personally after being fed up with Icebot's robots failing him, and he gives Ryan a Curbstomp Battle for nearly the entire episode.
VR Troopers / int_6c75e0e4	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6c75e0e4	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
VR Troopers / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: "Santa's Secret Trooper". And this is done without the Spielban or Shaider action footage too!
VR Troopers / int_6ef9d3fe	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6ef9d3fe	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6ef9d3fe
VR Troopers / int_6f059863	type	Oddly Small Organization
VR Troopers / int_6f059863	comment	Oddly Small Organization: Ziktor Industries only appears to consist of various female assistants, the scientist Strickland, and Ziktor himself, and even then, both the assistants and Strickland are really Skugs. Is the entire company run and staffed by Skugs?
VR Troopers / int_6f059863	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6f059863	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6f059863
VR Troopers / int_6f619fab	type	Let's Split Up, Gang!
VR Troopers / int_6f619fab	comment	Let's Split Up, Gang!: Since Ryan's Trooper form and Kaitlyn/JB's Trooper forms came from different shows, they always managed to find an excuse to split up. Any footage of all three Troopers fighting a monster are either American footage or spliced together from their respective different source materials.
VR Troopers / int_6f619fab	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_6f619fab	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_6f619fab
VR Troopers / int_71bd62b9	type	Calling Your Attacks
VR Troopers / int_71bd62b9	comment	Calling Your Attacks: Every weapon or tool was activated by saying "[gadget name] command, now!" Even returning to human form was "Retro-form command, now!"
VR Troopers / int_71bd62b9	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_71bd62b9	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
VR Troopers / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Mayor Rooney. Apparently, his wife requires him to discuss any decisions he makes with her.
VR Troopers / int_72852a93	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_72852a93	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_7315fd38	type	Covers Always Lie
VR Troopers / int_7315fd38	comment	Covers Always Lie: Three British DVDs were released by Jetix, all containing season 1 episodes. Volume 2 has the season 2 team on the box art (i.e. the wrong version of Ryan). Volume three features the Space Sheriffs Gavan and Sharivan instead of JB and Kaitlin.
VR Troopers / int_7315fd38	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_7315fd38	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_7315fd38
VR Troopers / int_77666408	type	Combat Tentacles
VR Troopers / int_77666408	comment	Combat Tentacles: Grimlord's throne has these.
VR Troopers / int_77666408	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_77666408	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_77666408
VR Troopers / int_7913eb6f	type	Healing Hands
VR Troopers / int_7913eb6f	comment	Healing Hands: Only two episodes ("Error in the System", "My Dog's Girlfriend") have Kaitlin run to JB's rescue and, seeing that he is critically injured by Skugs, she uses her healing technique/command called "Power Transfer" to restore JB's power. And the technique choreography in the former episode is amazingly longer than in the latter.
VR Troopers / int_7913eb6f	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_7913eb6f	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_7913eb6f
VR Troopers / int_7a53b67d	type	Sinister Surveillance
VR Troopers / int_7a53b67d	comment	Sinister Surveillance: Ziktor is able to monitor the heroes most anywhere except their base without them knowing; it's never explained how.
VR Troopers / int_7a53b67d	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_7a53b67d	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_7c4f6612	type	Comic-Book Adaptation
VR Troopers / int_7c4f6612	comment	Comic-Book Adaptation: Marvel Comics published a five issue comic adaptation of the show, double billed with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja Rangers.
VR Troopers / int_7c4f6612	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_7c4f6612	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_7cc8c8c4	type	Villain World
VR Troopers / int_7cc8c8c4	comment	Villain World: "Dream Battle" sees Knighttime trap the Troopers in a nightmare where Grimlord already won. The entire city is filled with posters of him, the Underground Voice is a propaganda machine for him, the Dojo is an abandoned due to Tao being evicted and in ruins, as is the lab, and the world is crawling with Skugs and Grimlord's minions.
VR Troopers / int_7cc8c8c4	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_7cc8c8c4	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
VR Troopers / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Grimlord is this. As Ziktor, he is clearly having a blast being a Corrupt Corporate Executive and as Grimlord he's a suitably hammy Evil Overlord.
VR Troopers / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_823c6e3e	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_82d2715f	type	Magitek
VR Troopers / int_82d2715f	comment	Magitek: Grimlord uses a lot of technology, but the original source of his powers is an ancient magical artifact called the Box of Isis.
VR Troopers / int_82d2715f	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_82d2715f	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_82d2715f
VR Troopers / int_8344209e	type	BFG
VR Troopers / int_8344209e	comment	BFG: JB's VR Technobazooka, and Ryan's VR Shoulder Cannon; the Skybase and Ryan's unnamed airbase would transform into these. They were typically used on Grimlord's air forces only.
VR Troopers / int_8344209e	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8344209e	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_8344209e
VR Troopers / int_84906746	type	Frankenslation
VR Troopers / int_84906746	comment	Frankenslation: This series is initially adapted from two Metal Hero shows, Jikuu Senshi Spielban and Chōjinki Metalder. By the time the second season kicks in, the show incorporates elements from Space Sheriff Shaider.
VR Troopers / int_84906746	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_84906746	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_84906746
VR Troopers / int_8504b817	type	Where the Hell Is Springfield?
VR Troopers / int_8504b817	comment	Where the Hell Is Crossworld City?
VR Troopers / int_8504b817	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8504b817	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_8504b817
VR Troopers / int_87bb6874	type	Villain with Good Publicity
VR Troopers / int_87bb6874	comment	Villain with Good Publicity: Ziktor. Good enough to keep people from suspecting he's Grimlord, at least. He's still disliked for his polluting ways.
VR Troopers / int_87bb6874	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_87bb6874	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_89434320	type	Protagonist-Centered Morality
VR Troopers / int_89434320	comment	Protagonist-Centered Morality: One episode has Kaitlin and Percy make a bet over which football team will win in an upcoming game. Surprise to no one who's watched the show this far, Percy loses, and his punishment is having to repaint the Underground Voice's walls pink, despite him being allergic. We later see him having an allergic reaction due to the paint, but everyone just laughs it off.
VR Troopers / int_89434320	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_89434320	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_8b7e2c1a	type	BBC Quarry
VR Troopers / int_8b7e2c1a	comment	BBC Quarry: The "virtual world," when we see it, is the same quarry frequently seen in Power Rangers's Super Sentai footage. JB frequently teleports the entire battle back here with his Vortex Command so as to keep civilians from getting hurt.
VR Troopers / int_8b7e2c1a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8b7e2c1a	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_8c55e307	type	Ultimate Job Security
VR Troopers / int_8c55e307	comment	Ultimate Job Security: Percy's gigantic ego causes so much trouble around the Underground Voice, including at one point frying one of their computers in a stupid stunt (as well as an important story), but never gets fired. Likely due to the fact that if he was, he'd complain to his aunt and uncle, who would then probably make things tough for the Underground Voice...
VR Troopers / int_8c55e307	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8c55e307	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
VR Troopers / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: The Skugs attack Tao Dojo and Tao mops the floor with them all by himself. Did Grimlord really think the guy who trained the Troopers and can outperform them in martial arts wouldn't be able to put a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown on his Skugs? Subverted in that they weren't sent to beat Tao, but retrieve a disk, double subverted in that Tao clobbered them before they could get the disk anyway.
VR Troopers / int_8d0785d5	featureApplicability	-0.3
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VR Troopers / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
VR Troopers / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: The entire Quest For Power saga, which sees multiple changes to the status quo, including a new suit for Ryan and a new base and underlings from Grimlord (all taken from Shaider), as well as Tyler Steele's rescue from Grimlord's captivity (though not before Grimlord drains Tyler of his virtual reality knowledge, which enables Grimlord to create his new army and base).
VR Troopers / int_8e20979	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8e20979	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_8ffcbb25	type	Matter Replicator
VR Troopers / int_8ffcbb25	comment	Matter Replicator: Apparently the Virtual World works like this.
VR Troopers / int_8ffcbb25	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_8ffcbb25	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_90769dd0	type	Evil Genius
VR Troopers / int_90769dd0	comment	Evil Genius: Icebot is this for Grimlord, building the majority of his forces and inventions. Grimlord himself is one as well, as he programmed Icebot and created more or less everything Icebot didn't himself. The few times he personally creates a minion himself, it turns out far stronger than anything Icebot was able to come up with.
VR Troopers / int_90769dd0	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_90769dd0	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_9141fba3	type	Fountain of Youth
VR Troopers / int_9141fba3	comment	Fountain of Youth: The episode "Small But Mighty", wherein Grimlord uses his technology to turn the Troopers into kids and thus take them off the board so he can invade.
VR Troopers / int_9141fba3	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9141fba3	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_928ca2cc	type	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
VR Troopers / int_928ca2cc	comment	You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Grimlord blows his old Virtual Dungeon and most of his remaining old minions to smithereens once he gets his prism and can upgrade to a new, better base and army. Crossed over with You Have Failed Me, as he'd threatened for the entire season to do just that for their failures. He then does it to his orb so he can replace it with the prism.
VR Troopers / int_928ca2cc	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_928ca2cc	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
VR Troopers / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Ziktor/Grimlord has a slow one as season 1 goes on, and in later episodes is shown seething with rage over his minions' inability to win, in contrast to his more jovial and confident demeanor earlier in the series. This carries over into the second season with him being noticeably more angry, even if his new minions enrage him less than his last set. A Monster of the Week has one. Gunslinger, a cowboy robot who spoke like Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry, is winning against JB thanks to his shield until Kaitlin shows up. Gunslinger makes short work of Kaitlin but then JB retaliates with a supercharged kick that shorts out Gunslinger's shield. The previously calm and cocky monster responds with "GRRR!! YOU SHORTED MY SHIELD!!! GRRR!!! GRRR!!! GRRR!!!" as he spends the rest of the battle frustratedly stomping around trying to get his shield to work again. This allows JB to finish him off fairly easily with his trusty laser lance. A Made of Iron Monster of the Week has a subtle one. As the leader of a fleet of Colonel Icebot's "newer, superior robots", he had Suicidal Overconfidence. While standing on a cliff to fry JB with electricity, he was astonished that the Trooper after summoning his laser lance managed to shake off the electricity. JB then impaled him long range which seemed to do nothing, he managed to No-Sell the impalement, laughing mockingly as it tickled him, but grabbing the Villain Ball, he didn't move out of the way, eventually he laughed so hard he lost his balance and fell down. His calm, cool demeanor was gone as he got up angrily and started to attack again, but JB's laser lance had enough juice to finish him off. Knighttime had one when Fanbot drained his powers after destroying Conatron, his own robot, and squashed his rebellion against Grimlord. Fanbot would eventually prove himself to be unstoppable with the VR Double Team attack, and JB nearly got shredded — he only won by impaling Fanbot with the Laser Lance at point-blank range.
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VR Troopers / int_9657fe0f	type	Transformation Sequence
VR Troopers / int_9657fe0f	comment	Transformation Sequence: Unique among Saban's shows of the era that the Big Bad got one along with the heroes.
VR Troopers / int_9657fe0f	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9657fe0f	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
VR Troopers / int_970c790a	comment	The Big Bad also had one: "Forces of darkness, empower me! Take me back to my virtual reality!"
VR Troopers / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_99a12edd	type	Cyborg
VR Troopers / int_99a12edd	comment	Cyborg: When they transform, the Troopers become this and explicitly are a fusion of humans and mechanical components. This means that any damage they sustain has to be repaired before they can turn back and if the piece of tech that turns them back is damaged, they'll be stuck in their transformed state until it's repaired.
VR Troopers / int_99a12edd	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_99a12edd	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_99a12edd
VR Troopers / int_9b06e314	type	Greater-Scope Villain
VR Troopers / int_9b06e314	comment	Greater-Scope Villain: While never elaborated on, Ziktor calls on "forces of darkness" whenever he transforms, and when he first obtained his powers, it was by invoking them on the Box of Isis, an ancient magical artifact. What they are was never elaborated upon and they have no direct influence, but evidently are providing power to Grimlord in some way.
VR Troopers / int_9b06e314	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9b06e314	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9b06e314
VR Troopers / int_9b54d536	type	Evil Counterpart
VR Troopers / int_9b54d536	comment	Evil Counterpart: The Red Python.
VR Troopers / int_9b54d536	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9b54d536	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9b54d536
VR Troopers / int_9d17b859	type	Made of Iron
VR Troopers / int_9d17b859	comment	A Made of Iron Monster of the Week has a subtle one. As the leader of a fleet of Colonel Icebot's "newer, superior robots", he had Suicidal Overconfidence. While standing on a cliff to fry JB with electricity, he was astonished that the Trooper after summoning his laser lance managed to shake off the electricity. JB then impaled him long range which seemed to do nothing, he managed to No-Sell the impalement, laughing mockingly as it tickled him, but grabbing the Villain Ball, he didn't move out of the way, eventually he laughed so hard he lost his balance and fell down. His calm, cool demeanor was gone as he got up angrily and started to attack again, but JB's laser lance had enough juice to finish him off.
VR Troopers / int_9d17b859	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9d17b859	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9d17b859
VR Troopers / int_9d1a935f	type	Brought to You by the Letter "S"
VR Troopers / int_9d1a935f	comment	Brought to You by the Letter "S": A minor case; there's an abstract "M" beneath Ryan's waist in his first form (a leftover from Metalder -- hence the M). This is averted by Ryan's second form and by both JB and Kaitlyn's Trooper forms, which have no identifying lettering or symbols.
VR Troopers / int_9d1a935f	featureApplicability	-1.0
VR Troopers / int_9d1a935f	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9d1a935f
VR Troopers / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
VR Troopers / int_9e0c3153	comment	"Trooper Transform! We! Are! V! R!"
VR Troopers / int_9e0c3153	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9e0c3153	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9e0c3153
VR Troopers / int_9f240209	type	Gag Dub
VR Troopers / int_9f240209	comment	Gag Dub: Supposedly, when the cast got word that the series was being cancelled, some of them, including the main three and a few voice actors (mainly Mike Reynolds and Richard Epcar, Ivor and Icebot's voice actors), went out, got drunk, came back to the studio, went into the recording booth and redubbed various scenes to be more mature and... vulgar. The results are pretty funny.
VR Troopers / int_9f240209	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9f240209	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9f240209
VR Troopers / int_9f9540ae	type	We Can Rebuild Him
VR Troopers / int_9f9540ae	comment	We Can Rebuild Him: The few times it's explained how Grimlord's minions returned, it's normally that this was done.
VR Troopers / int_9f9540ae	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9f9540ae	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9f9540ae
VR Troopers / int_9fb2452d	type	Evil Is Not a Toy
VR Troopers / int_9fb2452d	comment	Evil Is Not a Toy: Knighttime isn't Grimlord's creation, but a separate villain from an an alternate universe he engaged in a Villain Team-Up with. Knighttime inevitably betrays him and turns on him, nearly taking over the world himself and forcing an Enemy Mine with the Troopers to stop his plan.
VR Troopers / int_9fb2452d	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9fb2452d	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9fb2452d
VR Troopers / int_9fbf8969	type	Cut Lex Luthor a Check
VR Troopers / int_9fbf8969	comment	Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Ziktor has access to what amounts to a Matter Replicator and can create just about anything he wants. He could probably use it for plenty of other things than world domination schemes and be filthy rich.
VR Troopers / int_9fbf8969	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_9fbf8969	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_9fbf8969
VR Troopers / int_a00eb8f9	type	Bare-Fisted Monk
VR Troopers / int_a00eb8f9	comment	Bare-Fisted Monk: In his first VR powerset, Ryan has no external weaponry; he relies on powered-up punches, kicks and a sort-of energy blade that's part of his arms. He also tends to use either his enemy's weaponry or nearby objects. This is averted when he gets his new VR powerset in season 2, where he has both a Laser Blade and a laser pistol at his disposal.
VR Troopers / int_a00eb8f9	featureApplicability	-1.0
VR Troopers / int_a00eb8f9	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a00eb8f9
VR Troopers / int_a04eb363	type	Lizard Folk
VR Troopers / int_a04eb363	comment	Lizard Folk: Grimlord's second form has traits of this, complete with a long lizard-like tail. This may explain why he has a lizard for a pet in his Ziktor form...
VR Troopers / int_a04eb363	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a04eb363	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a04eb363
VR Troopers / int_a0947d78	type	Token Trio
VR Troopers / int_a0947d78	comment	Token Trio: The three protagonists, duh.
VR Troopers / int_a0947d78	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a0947d78	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a0947d78
VR Troopers / int_a0955420	type	She's a Man in Japan
VR Troopers / int_a0955420	comment	She's a Man in Japan: Despera's Japanese counterpart, Priest Poe, is actually a transgender man.
VR Troopers / int_a0955420	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a0955420	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a0955420
VR Troopers / int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
VR Troopers / int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Even though we don't see much of it after the Dark Heart story arc, it's implied that Ryan personally hated Decimator after he attempted to kill his father, who was turned into the mutant Dark Heart, usually Decimator mopped the floor with Ryan but in this instance Ryan delivered a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown which forced Decimator to retreat on his go-kart after a very brief "battle".
VR Troopers / int_a0db7803	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a0db7803	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a0db7803
VR Troopers / int_a17dac32	type	Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket
VR Troopers / int_a17dac32	comment	Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket: Percy. Granted, it's mostly due to an overconfidence in his own abilities, but given the sheer spectacle that comes from each of his failures... He's also proven himself to be Too Dumb to Live when he goes after a scoop in virtual reality (he ends up in the hallways of Grimlord's dungeon at one point). Had Jeb not been there to save him from the Skugs, he would have been in one of Grimlord's prison cells for certain.
VR Troopers / int_a17dac32	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a17dac32	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a17dac32
VR Troopers / int_a18d407b	type	Samus Is a Girl
VR Troopers / int_a18d407b	comment	Samus Is a Girl: In "Who's King of the Mountain," J.B. comes into real world contact with his South American email pal, Jose. While the first Jose is revealed to be a Skug in disguise, the real one shows up near the end—- revealing herself as a girl named Josephina (Jose is her nickname).
VR Troopers / int_a18d407b	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a18d407b	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a18d407b
VR Troopers / int_a1ac1d57	type	I Will Fight No More Forever
VR Troopers / int_a1ac1d57	comment	I Will Fight No More Forever: After being impaled by the laser lance, most bots immediately surrender and stop fighting (Cobrot even chose not to fire the second arrow from her bow). JB then finishes them off anyway.
VR Troopers / int_a1ac1d57	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a1ac1d57	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a1ac1d57
VR Troopers / int_a43a691b	type	Finishing Move
VR Troopers / int_a43a691b	comment	Finishing Move: Ryan has several, including a flying drop kick and a flying spin move, but his most common is his Lightning Hand Command attack, a super charged karate chop. In season 2, his new armor gives him a Laser Saber, which has a slashing finisher. JB has his Laser Lance, usually done by impaling the monster to stun it (in which case it usually surrenders, with a few preparing to continue battle after finding their bearings) and then deliver powerful slashes to finish them off. The VR Technobazooka could be used as this, but was normally used for anti-aircraft purposes. Kaitlin doesn't have a formal finisher, but she does take part in the VR Double Team attack with JB to weaken an enemy and set it up for JB to finish off.
VR Troopers / int_a43a691b	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a43a691b	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a43a691b
VR Troopers / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
VR Troopers / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: As mentioned further down the show never had a proper finale, thus Ziktor/Grimlord is never destroyed or punished for his crimes.
VR Troopers / int_a70223	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a70223	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a70223
VR Troopers / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
VR Troopers / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: From the "Defending Dark Heart" arc: Being forced against your will to kill your only son.
VR Troopers / int_a8a04f6f	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_a8a04f6f	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_a8a04f6f
VR Troopers / int_aa8d0ef0	type	Spell My Name with a "The"
VR Troopers / int_aa8d0ef0	comment	Spell My Name with a "The": The Kenner toyline called Decimator "The Decimator"; this wasn't the case in the show, where he was always just Decimator.
VR Troopers / int_aa8d0ef0	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_aa8d0ef0	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_aa8d0ef0
VR Troopers / int_ab1659d5	type	Hero Stole My Bike
VR Troopers / int_ab1659d5	comment	Hero Stole My Bike: Averted; JB checked with the owner before chasing after the monsters.
VR Troopers / int_ab1659d5	featureApplicability	-1.0
VR Troopers / int_ab1659d5	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ab1659d5
VR Troopers / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
VR Troopers / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: Most monsters faltered when hit by the VR Double Team, but the penultimate monster, Fanbot, calmly responded with a sarcastic quip and continued to suck up the Troopers. JB had to resort to using his Laser Lance at point-blank range to avoid being cut to ribbons by a bot who, earlier in the episode, had quickly dispatched a powerful robot, Conatron, created by Knighttime out of Grimlord's other fallen bots, and proceeded to drain Knighttime's powers to boot.
VR Troopers / int_abd29ad8	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_abd29ad8	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_abd29ad8
VR Troopers / int_ad12ddd1	type	Man of Kryptonite
VR Troopers / int_ad12ddd1	comment	The Troopers themselves have one: strong magnetic fields, which can wreck their computer systems and make their Virtual Armor nigh impossible to actually move in. This results in Magnetbot giving them a Curbstomp Battle by exploiting it. Professor Hart is able to repair their armor and reinforce them to protect against it, but it takes time and his first attempt with Ryan's only lessens the weakness rather than eliminate it.
VR Troopers / int_ad12ddd1	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ad12ddd1	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ad12ddd1
VR Troopers / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
VR Troopers / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Several instances come to mind. When Ryan finds out Dark Heart is his father. Subverted with JB's battle against Diskbot. When JB pulls out his laser lance, the bot tells him it won't help him now and continually knocks back JB's laser lance swipes with projectile disks. He eventually runs out/has to reload and JB seizes the opportunity to use the laser lance. Still, it takes a lot more than with most bots, he doesn't surrender when impaled, just says "ow" and seems to have heartburn and intends to continue attacking, requiring more laser lance slashing than usual. When Ryan realizes that Kaitlin's cousin Keith is inside Fiddlebot, realizing he could have killed Keith (despite the bot mopping the floor with Ryan) When Tyler Steele's knowledge is used to boost Wolfbot, he overpowers Ryan. The mutant army when realizing Grimlord wasn't just speaking in the heat of the moment about turning them into scrap. When Mechanoid laughed off the VR Double team. The Millennium Saber.
VR Troopers / int_ad1db87c	featureApplicability	-0.3
VR Troopers / int_ad1db87c	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ad1db87c
VR Troopers / int_add14bc2	type	Orcus on His Throne
VR Troopers / int_add14bc2	comment	Orcus on His Throne: Grimlord in the first season. To be fair, he's more than capable of kicking butt without getting off it. Justified as Ziktor is running a massive company and many of his ideas for evil plans come from troubles he's having in his dayjob (when he isn't spying on the Troopers and basing his plans off their troubles), so he generally only sticks around the virtual world long enough to make a plan, then goes back to his office.
VR Troopers / int_add14bc2	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_add14bc2	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_add14bc2
VR Troopers / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
VR Troopers / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker:
VR Troopers / int_ae3d6438	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ae3d6438	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ae3d6438
VR Troopers / int_b153c87d	type	People in Rubber Suits
VR Troopers / int_b153c87d	comment	People in Rubber Suits
VR Troopers / int_b153c87d	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_b153c87d	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_b153c87d
VR Troopers / int_b3462e22	type	The Man Behind the Monsters
VR Troopers / int_b3462e22	comment	The Man Behind the Monsters: Grimlord is stated to be a "sinister creature from a virtual dimension" in the first episode, but his true identity is Karl Ziktor, a Corrupt Corporate Executive that transforms into Grimlord like the Troopers do. The Troopers have no idea about this until halfway through season 2, and even then they still don't actually learn Grimlord's real identity, only that he has a human form to begin with.
VR Troopers / int_b3462e22	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_b3462e22	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_b3462e22
VR Troopers / int_b58b4e3c	type	Too Dumb to Live
VR Troopers / int_b58b4e3c	comment	He's also proven himself to be Too Dumb to Live when he goes after a scoop in virtual reality (he ends up in the hallways of Grimlord's dungeon at one point). Had Jeb not been there to save him from the Skugs, he would have been in one of Grimlord's prison cells for certain.
VR Troopers / int_b58b4e3c	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_b58b4e3c	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_b58b4e3c
VR Troopers / int_b6ae5569	type	Transforming Mecha
VR Troopers / int_b6ae5569	comment	Transforming Mecha: The Skybase is upgraded when rebuilt in season 2 and gains the ability to transform into the VR Troopertron, a Humongous Mecha.
VR Troopers / int_b6ae5569	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_b6ae5569	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_b6ae5569
VR Troopers / int_b8dde2	type	Evil Overlord
VR Troopers / int_b8dde2	comment	Evil Overlord: Grimlord, ruler of the virtual world.
VR Troopers / int_b8dde2	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_b8dde2	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_b8dde2
VR Troopers / int_ba236071	type	It Makes Sense in Context
VR Troopers / int_ba236071	comment	Meanwhile, Dr. Bio was turned into Colonel Icebot, though components of Dr. Bio's backstory were given to Tyler Steele (see above); Dr. Bio's disembodied eyes and brain were turned into a separate character named "Commander Donaldson".
VR Troopers / int_ba236071	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ba236071	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ba236071
VR Troopers / int_bdc94cd9	type	Compressed Adaptation
VR Troopers / int_bdc94cd9	comment	Compressed Adaptation: VR Troopers' was given 2 seasons of 52 episodes and 40 episodes respectively to adapt Metalder (39), Spielban (44) and Shaider (49), that's 92 episodes to 132.
VR Troopers / int_bdc94cd9	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_bdc94cd9	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_bdc94cd9
VR Troopers / int_be9b0535	type	Home Base
VR Troopers / int_be9b0535	comment	Home Base: Professor Hart's lab; to a lesser extent the Skybase, Ryan's rotating base thing from season 1, and in season 2, Ryan's unnamed Skybase equivalent also served these functions.
VR Troopers / int_be9b0535	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_be9b0535	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_be9b0535
VR Troopers / int_c09dbbbb	type	Weaksauce Weakness
VR Troopers / int_c09dbbbb	comment	Weaksauce Weakness: The Skugs are defeated by knocking one to collide with another.
VR Troopers / int_c09dbbbb	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c09dbbbb	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c09dbbbb
VR Troopers / int_c145f69b	type	Subverted Trope
VR Troopers / int_c145f69b	comment	Subverted with JB's battle against Diskbot. When JB pulls out his laser lance, the bot tells him it won't help him now and continually knocks back JB's laser lance swipes with projectile disks. He eventually runs out/has to reload and JB seizes the opportunity to use the laser lance. Still, it takes a lot more than with most bots, he doesn't surrender when impaled, just says "ow" and seems to have heartburn and intends to continue attacking, requiring more laser lance slashing than usual.
VR Troopers / int_c145f69b	featureApplicability	-0.3
VR Troopers / int_c145f69b	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c145f69b
VR Troopers / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
VR Troopers / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: In one episode, Jeb is watching Samurai Pizza Cats on the base monitor.
VR Troopers / int_c2393191	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c2393191	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c2393191
VR Troopers / int_c313d43a	type	True Companions
VR Troopers / int_c313d43a	comment	True Companions: When he gets his chain yanked in Season 1 about being reunited with his dad, Ryan acknowledges how the team is all the family he has these days.
VR Troopers / int_c313d43a	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c313d43a	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c313d43a
VR Troopers / int_c36cba70	type	Mooks
VR Troopers / int_c36cba70	comment	Mooks: The Skugs. With the ability to shapeshift, they frequently approached in the form of civilians. Karl Ziktor's female assistants were Skugs, and so was his main underling, Strickland (who acted like a Skug while looking human if no one who wasn't already in the know was around. Creepy.) As Skugs are often destroyed, there have in fact been many assistants and Stricklands. In Season 1, they're upgraded to Ultra Skugs, and female Mooks called Vixens added. Skugs are destroyed by forcing two of them to collide. On at least one occasion, Grimlord managed to successfully steal an item by sending an odd number of Skugs. The last one standing after all the pairs were dealt with grabbed the item and ran.
VR Troopers / int_c36cba70	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c36cba70	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c36cba70
VR Troopers / int_c483a27c	type	Secret Public Identity
VR Troopers / int_c483a27c	comment	Secret Public Identity: Only the bad Trooper bothered with a codename.
VR Troopers / int_c483a27c	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c483a27c	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c483a27c
VR Troopers / int_c83a589c	type	Luke, I Am Your Father
VR Troopers / int_c83a589c	comment	Luke, I Am Your Father: When we finally got to meet the famous Tyler Steele, we didn't know it was him at first.
VR Troopers / int_c83a589c	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_c83a589c	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_c83a589c
VR Troopers / int_ca3ef034	type	Evil Knockoff
VR Troopers / int_ca3ef034	comment	Evil Knockoff: Red Python is this to the VR Troopers, as she was made with the exact same tech. However, she's also clearly flawed compared to them, as it takes awhile for her body to accumulate to her new powers unlike the Troopers, and there's a more critical flaw: her body is imperfect and could eventually explode if pushed too far.
VR Troopers / int_ca3ef034	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ca3ef034	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ca3ef034
VR Troopers / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
VR Troopers / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: Karl Ziktor. In some episodes, it's even shown that the mayor is afraid of him.
VR Troopers / int_cbe687ab	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_cbe687ab	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_cbe687ab
VR Troopers / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
VR Troopers / int_ce6555f0	comment	Also, the finished show is a bit Lighter and Softer than the direction the show was originally intending to go as Cybertron.
VR Troopers / int_ce6555f0	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ce6555f0	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ce6555f0
VR Troopers / int_d52d28b6	type	Hypocrite
VR Troopers / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Ziktor is horrified by the prospect of his pet iguana being harmed by a minion's plan...despite multiple times proving very willing to harm the pets of others without a moment's regret.
VR Troopers / int_d52d28b6	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_d52d28b6	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_d52d28b6
VR Troopers / int_dbde0b49	type	Transformation Trinket
VR Troopers / int_dbde0b49	comment	Transformation Trinket: The Virtualizer pendants worn by the Troopers. Grimlord also has his orb in Season 1, but he has it destroyed when he gets his more powerful prism in season 2.
VR Troopers / int_dbde0b49	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_dbde0b49	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_dbde0b49
VR Troopers / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
VR Troopers / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: The mutant Dark Heart is only seen mainly in "The Dognapping" until his true identity as Ryan's father is revealed.
VR Troopers / int_dcbe8a6e	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_dcbe8a6e	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_dcbe8a6e
VR Troopers / int_e34ada78	type	Authority Equals Asskicking
VR Troopers / int_e34ada78	comment	Authority Equals Asskicking: The few times Grimlord actually fights himself, he's shown to be pretty dang powerful.
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VR Troopers / int_e34ada78	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e34ada78
VR Troopers / int_e3b0cd87	type	Morality Pet
VR Troopers / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: The only being Ziktor gives a damn about is his pet iguana Juliet.
VR Troopers / int_e3b0cd87	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_e3b0cd87	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
VR Troopers / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Combining different Metal Heroes series, it's had its share: Ryan, by virtue of his two armored forms, is a composite of Metalder and Shaider. JB and Kaitlin were composites of Spielban and Diana Lady, as well as Metalder's two human friends, Hakko and Mai (despite the fact that Spielban was the hero of his own show, J.B. was more of a sidekick to Ryan like Hakko was to Ryusei, while Kaitlin was a reporter like Mai). When footage of Spielban's sister Helen Lady (who wore the same suit as Diana Lady) began to be used, she became a mirror image of Kaitlin who could be summoned in battle, essentially making Kaitlin a composite of three characters (four if you count Annie from Shaider, though she was an unarmored human who assisted Shaider; weirdly enough, Annie and Helen were played by the same actress). Dark Heart is directly based on Topgunder of Chōjinki Metalder, but his backstory as Ryan Steele's father, Tyler not only merges Dr. Koga from Metalder, but Dr. Bio from Jikuu Senshi Spielban. Grimlord, while directly based on God Neros from Metalder, effectively supplants Queen Pandora and Kubilai as the main villain of the entire conglomerate. Slightly subverted in that counterparts for both villains did appear, but were Demoted to Extra, Kubilai (a.k.a. Oraclon) becoming Grimlord's monster-maker and Pandora (a.k.a. Desponda, Despera's sister) becoming a one-shot guest villain.
VR Troopers / int_e4965307	featureApplicability	-0.3
VR Troopers / int_e4965307	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e4965307
VR Troopers / int_e544916b	type	Kiai
VR Troopers / int_e544916b	comment	Kiai: Ryan Steele. So much so, that he has three distinct battle cries.
VR Troopers / int_e544916b	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_e544916b	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e544916b
VR Troopers / int_e6b5d22f	type	Catchphrase
VR Troopers / int_e6b5d22f	comment	Catchphrase:
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VR Troopers / int_e6b5d22f	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_e6f18344	type	Humongous Mecha
VR Troopers / int_e6f18344	comment	Humongous Mecha: In Season 2, the Troopers gain one called the VR Troopertron, the alt form of the Skybase. While Ryan initially is the one to use it, the others gradually start using it too. Ryan's unnamed shuttlecraft was also one, but it didn't actually get used in show besides the intro and by way of editing errors (they would show the Vavilos transformation from Shaider during the VR Troopertron sequence from Spielban), possibly due to the terrible-looking suit Shaider used for Vavilos.
VR Troopers / int_e6f18344	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_e6f18344	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e6f18344
VR Troopers / int_e83f211c	type	O.O.C. Is Serious Business
VR Troopers / int_e83f211c	comment	O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Jeb's usually the wisecracker and comic relief, whenever he's the voice of reason, you know the stakes are seriously high.
VR Troopers / int_e83f211c	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_e83f211c	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e83f211c
VR Troopers / int_e9604359	type	Monster of the Week
VR Troopers / int_e9604359	comment	A Monster of the Week has one. Gunslinger, a cowboy robot who spoke like Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry, is winning against JB thanks to his shield until Kaitlin shows up. Gunslinger makes short work of Kaitlin but then JB retaliates with a supercharged kick that shorts out Gunslinger's shield. The previously calm and cocky monster responds with "GRRR!! YOU SHORTED MY SHIELD!!! GRRR!!! GRRR!!! GRRR!!!" as he spends the rest of the battle frustratedly stomping around trying to get his shield to work again. This allows JB to finish him off fairly easily with his trusty laser lance.
VR Troopers / int_e9604359	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_e9604359	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_e9604359
VR Troopers / int_ea2e9f2d	type	No Ending
VR Troopers / int_ea2e9f2d	comment	No Ending: Due to running out of Metal Heroes footage, the show never had a proper finale. Then again, Metalder didn't have the happiest of endings...
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VR Troopers / int_ea2e9f2d	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
VR Troopers / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: In one episode, Kaitlin was captured in a trap specifically meant of her then bound and gagged to lure the others into a Death Trap. Due to the different footage sources meaning there's no Japanese footage of everyone against the same monster, capturing somebody was a common way of explaining someone's absence from the final round with the Monster of the Week.
VR Troopers / int_eb28ab57	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_eb28ab57	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_eb28ab57
VR Troopers / int_ecf76ce6	type	Decapitated Army
VR Troopers / int_ecf76ce6	comment	Decapitated Army: It's explicitly stated General Ivar's Ravage Tank is the keystone to all of Grimlord's other tanks, so the Troopers will often take Ivar out of the fight by rolling his tank off a cliff to end the assault.
VR Troopers / int_ecf76ce6	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ecf76ce6	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_ecf76ce6
VR Troopers / int_eedee4d	type	The Starscream
VR Troopers / int_eedee4d	comment	This is also a reason for why he tolerated General Ivar's attempt to pull a coup against him — either Ivar would succeed in destroying the VR Troopers for him (before presumably squashing Ivar's effort himself), or else the Troopers destroy Ivar, allowing Grimlord to rebuild him with more loyalty towards him; either way, Grimlord won. (As you'd expect, the latter result happened.) He was more than happy to sacrifice Amphibidor, however, as unlike Ivar, he was comparatively useless.
VR Troopers / int_eedee4d	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_eedee4d	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_eedee4d
VR Troopers / int_eff83d77	type	Mundane Utility
VR Troopers / int_eff83d77	comment	Mundane Utility: While Grimlord often uses his virtual army for his attempts to Take Over the World, he also uses them in attempts to benefit his business and even makes personal assistants with it. Justified as he effectively is hedging his bets: he takes over the town as a Corrupt Corporate Executive? He wins. He takes over the entire world as Grimlord? He wins.
VR Troopers / int_eff83d77	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_eff83d77	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_eff83d77
VR Troopers / int_f0508c08	type	Decomposite Character
VR Troopers / int_f0508c08	comment	Decomposite Character: Kaitlin's clone and Red Python were the same person in Spielban. Since Diana Lady and Helen Lady both wore the same armor, the atoner plotline was converted into a power-up for Kaitlin. Meanwhile, Dr. Bio was turned into Colonel Icebot, though components of Dr. Bio's backstory were given to Tyler Steele (see above); Dr. Bio's disembodied eyes and brain were turned into a separate character named "Commander Donaldson".
VR Troopers / int_f0508c08	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_f0508c08	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_f0508c08
VR Troopers / int_f1492605	type	Redemption Equals Death
VR Troopers / int_f1492605	comment	Redemption Equals Death: Sort of. Ryan had an extended battle with Grimlord's third-in-command, Zelton. Ryan just barely won the battle. Zelton told Ryan that his father was still alive... and promptly got remotely self-destructed by Decimator. His final act was pushing Ryan out of reach of the explosion. It's a "sort of" only in that, like all the monsters, he could be recloned. In fact, he was, and he could be seen in the pit with Grimlord's other monsters in every other episode.
VR Troopers / int_f1492605	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_f1492605	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_f51c5f3c	type	Never Say "Die"
VR Troopers / int_f51c5f3c	comment	Never Say "Die"
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VR Troopers / int_f6f2ff1	type	Insult Backfire
VR Troopers / int_f6f2ff1	comment	Insult Backfire: In the episode "Nightmares:"
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VR Troopers / int_f6f2ff1	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_f6f2ff1
VR Troopers / int_f9439c84	type	Haunted House
VR Troopers / int_f9439c84	comment	Haunted House: The episode "Grimlord's House of Fear" features one. Turns out it's just Colonel Icebot trying to break into the real world.
VR Troopers / int_f9439c84	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_f9439c84	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_f9ff8ed7	type	Fad Super
VR Troopers / int_f9ff8ed7	comment	Fad Super
VR Troopers / int_f9ff8ed7	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_f9ff8ed7	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_f9ff8ed7
VR Troopers / int_fc33ff16	type	One-Winged Angel
VR Troopers / int_fc33ff16	comment	One-Winged Angel: Oraclon's android body, and the way Ultra Skugs tended to look like normal Skugs initially and then transform midway through a fight.
VR Troopers / int_fc33ff16	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_fc33ff16	featureConfidence	1.0
VR Troopers	hasFeature	VR Troopers / int_fc33ff16
VR Troopers / int_ff6ae1f6	type	Evil-Detecting Dog
VR Troopers / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: Amy, the veterinarian who was Brainwashed into becoming the Red Python was suddenly a lot less popular with her patients after her change.
VR Troopers / int_ff6ae1f6	featureApplicability	1.0
VR Troopers / int_ff6ae1f6	featureConfidence	1.0
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VR Troopers / int_ffa0483f	type	Cut Short
VR Troopers / int_ffa0483f	comment	Cut Short: Our heroes never got to defeat Grimlord or learn that he was Karl Ziktor. Although it's implied that they kind of figured out that he was Karl Ziktor (when a Skug was connected to Ziktor), but they never were able to get the proof.
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TheDimensionHoppers	seeAlso	VR Troopers
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VR Troopers	hasFeature	Bare-Fisted Monk / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Bare-Handed Blade Block / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Big "NEVER!" / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Bodyguard Babes / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Brain in a Jar / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	By the Power of Grayskull! / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Co-Dragons / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Color Character / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Compressed Adaptation / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Cool Airship / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Cut-and-Paste Translation / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Cute Kitten / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Cyberspace / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Decapitated Army / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Destroy the Villain's Weapon / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Dimension Lord / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Drill Tank / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Elite Mooks / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Evil Knockoff / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Evil Overlord / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Evil Weapon / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Excalibur in the Rust / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Family-Friendly Firearms / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Fan Boy / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Fan Community Nicknames / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Fauxlosophic Narration / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	First-Run Syndication / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Fly in the Soup / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Flying Car / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Frankenslation / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Gag Dub / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Hero Stole My Bike / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Importation Expansion / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Intellectual Animal / int_a4ccfbf7
JasonDavidFrank	seeAlso	VR Troopers
KirkThornton	seeAlso	VR Troopers
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Know When to Fold 'Em / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Laser Blade / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Let's Split Up, Gang! / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Mathematician's Answer / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	No Challenge Equals No Satisfaction / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Ominous Adversarial Amusement / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Phantom Zone / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Powers as Programs / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Product Displacement / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh... / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Redemption Earns Life / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Robot and A.I. Works / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Saving the Orphanage / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Sentai / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Silence, You Fool! / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Sixth Ranger / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	So Last Season / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Standard Evil Organization Squad / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Stock Footage / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Stupid Surrender / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Suddenly Shouting / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Surrounded by Idiots / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Team Member in the Adaptation / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Team Title / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	The Place / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change / int_a4ccfbf7
TohruFurusawa	seeAlso	VR Troopers
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Token Trio / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Uplifted Animal / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Villains Want Mercy / int_a4ccfbf7
VR Troopers	hasFeature	Working Title / int_a4ccfbf7
VrTroopers	sameAs	VR Troopers

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