[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I'm unsure about that. While I haven't been able to muster up enough interest to continue with Go-Busters, based on how no one can ever speak of that series without going on how "It's so much more mature than other Sentai," I don't think it's fair to call every recent series as over the top silliness. Yes, Kyoryu and TQG fit in your descriptor, I think we need more than 2 consecutive series before citing things as a dark age (So to speak) for Sentai.

MagiRanger, Boukenger, Go-Onger, and Goseiger also fit this bill. I'm not saying they cannot have silly moments, but there is being silly and then there is just over the top comedy.

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

It started with Zyuranger, but it didn't kick off until after Timeranger. Timeranger was a very popular show back in 2000 and Time Fire's popularity most likely help made 6th rangers more common. Every Super Sentai show after 2000 had a 6th ranger expect for Gekiranger and Go-Busters.

Actually, I'd say GaoRanger is where the shows started to just have the sixth ranger become the average every day ranger. Even with Time Fire, he was still not in every episode every time, and when he did, he was still badass the majority of the time. With GaoSilver and beyond, the sixth rangers became just another ranger in the crowd who would suddenly get his ass beat just as much as the regular team. It is kind of pathetic since the sixth ranger was meant to be the all powerful one.

In fact, I'm doing a panel at NDK this year on Sixth Rangers and will be touching base on this. Not to mention I have a great montage being put together of the redundancy of the sixth ranger premier episodes. Rangers getting ass kicked, sixth appears, kicks ass, rangers drool over their amazement of him. Only a few shows tend to have a different way of pulling it off, which includes DragonRanger, ShinkenGold, and sadly enough, ToQ #6.