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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

You're making a mountain out of a molehill. Shabadoobie was literally screaming ridiculous shit in our ears. This is just visual aloofness.

Fruits, as silly as they are, are pretty badass when they unfold since they're not actually fruit, just armour in the shape of them. Plus, I can see dramatic henshins forgoing the fruit imagery and just becoming the rider, like how W didn't do the full routine into Xtreme in the second to last ep.

A giant metal orange unfolding into badass samurai armour will never be as bad as...

*CHI-KOW-WOW*
HA-SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
HA-SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!
HA-SHABADOOBIE TOUCH TO HENSHIN!

Over. And over. And over. And over.

The Shabadoobie could be - and frequently was - drowned out by the audio. I don't know if/how Gaim could skip over the fruit drop. You can't bury a visual under music or dialogue.

In either case, they're both examples of Bandai's toy gimmicks distracting you from the show.