[Androzani84]

Yeah, Sentai has a bit more of a set formula to it’s episodes than Rider: Begin plot, introduce monster, fight, continue/conclude plot, second fight, giant battle, conclude plot if it wasn’t before, otherwise epilogue. Kobayashi has stated that she prefers writing for Sentai for the reason she has guidelines to the script.

And I mentioned two episodes ago that Drilloid was one of two Metaloids to get an action figure when the series was brought over to the US. Well this episode features the second one, named only in the credits as “Danganloid” (dangan = machine gun). In his case, it’s because all the one-shot monster costumes were deteriorating after 6 years (the regular monster suits are the ones they make to last), so the production team needed Toei to remake the costumes for them to use, but Toei would only do so if they were definitely going to make new footage with the suits. So they promoted Danganloid into a recurring villain named Vargoyle (which is easier than you think, for reasons I am not at liberty to give out) and expanded his powers from super speed to having the same powers as the main 3.