[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by rego

Both my wife and sister who have never seen gokaiger asked why they looked like pirates watching the episode....take that how you will.

That'd be because they are pretty obviously pirates. Their logos a skull and crossbones, straight up, which is on absolutely everything from the robots to the weapons, their helmets are clearly designed as pirate hats, especially Silver's bandanna, they wear gold trim jackets and boots, they fight with sabers and pistols and later a cannon in the shape of a pirate ship, Silver's logo is an anchor and he transforms with a golden anchor that changes his spear to also resemble an anchor, they fight in a Pirate Ship that transforms into a huge pirate with a giant cannon ball firing cannon in its chest, while Silver's robot also has a gigantic anchor adorning its chest and every mecha is controlled by a ship's wheel, etc. The list goes on. I'm really surprised that people are willing to ignore such an obvious glossing over and the usual "kids are stupid" attitude from Saban. Heck, with how crazy popular Jake and the Neverland Pirates is with kids, it also seems like a missed opportunity to cash in too.

Sure, you can cut the role call with the pirate flag and the scenes inside the pirate ship and things like the treasure chests, but that doesn't change the fact that anyone can see the trend going on with the series' designs.

Still, I do want to see the episode and make my own opinion for it. I just got through the end of Megaforce to get ready for it, but I can't find it online for Australians anywhere. I'm also interested to see if they wanted to photoshop over Gosei Red making a tornado why they didn't choose the other wind-based Red (Ninja Storm).