[Librarian]

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Originally Posted by Spearichu

The trigger machine will end up in the Patranges' hands since it's their contribution to the final two mecha of the show.

Likely will. It should start the trend of Lupin developing sympathy for the Patren like we saw at the end of the episode with LupinRed.

With likely setting it up in a way for the Patren to "reclaim" the mecha, but kind of an easy setup by the Lupin to give it back. So it either starts the friendship bonds as better frenemies, or done in a way for Patren Red to get a confidence boost after what happened this week.



And for those asking about a black or white ranger for the teams:

There likely won't be a LupinBlack. Patrenblack is a maybe.

There might be a LupinGhost and PatrenBlack added later, but it might be too late for that. Gold/Silver was picked to avoid doing a black and white Patren/Lupin, so it was chosen to do badge colors instead for the embodiment of the VS badges in how he switches sides.

So LupinGhost and Patrenblack may end up an after series thing, or dream sequence style thing instead(if they happen!). Too late in the development cycle for Mecha unless they are recolors of high selling ones, or quick retools like Jackpot Striker. There's also the color issue that Ghost is too close to silver's color, and Patren Black's only potential usage is the chief or sidekick robo.

But also doing a black tux thief is too obvious, and a white tux thief with monocle is too "Gentleman ghost" from batman/DC. (Though that's even more reason to do it! Since Batman is considered the "World's greatest detective" it'd make sense for a nod if legal would permit it or find a way to get it allowed without worry of getting sued.) Same as how Patren Black might lean too much on Batman too. So those two aren't likely, but they would be neat as later additions somehow for a random thing. If that's the case, he'd be a retool of Patren Red's car, so it's a batmobile nodding/homage head for PatKaiser.

And there's also the issue of how much the helmets and costumes will blend for Lupin or Patren because of the colors of the suits as is. So black is too solid black for the helmet visor to pop out like it should(so he may get a white helmet to black visor or inverted, but it does work with the detailing of the suit.

Black works for the suit of patren but not lupin(too solid black suit), and white works for lupin but not patren(too solid white suit).

So if those happen, it likely won't be until near the end of the series maybe, or an HBV after series or V-Cinema after series. But they were intentionally left out of the concepts early on because those two colors don't work with the suit designs that well and they wanted to avoid subconscious color coding of "Black = Thief" and "White = Cop". And swapping that, those were on the discard pile because of potential legal issues, but are on the table as possible because of how much Zi-O is leaning on Clock King batman stuff fine. So we'll see. Might be pushing it too much at too late in the cycle.