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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Given the events of the King-Ohger, I return to my question from last year: ?Is it time to introduce the term Seventh Ranger??

I can't figure out whether it would cause head-explosions for people who groove on categorization. The closest framework for OhKuwagata Ohger would be... what? Rio and Mele? Characters introduced in the first episode, largely antagonistic for most of the series, then very clearly part of the team for at least a nanosecond thereafter. (Having said that, I haven't seen this week's King-Ohger episode, but that seems like the direction the show is heading in.)

I mean, "Sixth Ranger/Senshi" is a trope, isn't it? Something like "character introduced later in the series specifically to change group dynamics/sell new toys and do a different take on the team's overall theme/design." They're regular cast members, and usually, the opening sequence of the show is updated to integrate them. Every other type of additional Senshi gets grouped under "Extra Ranger."

Looking at it from a trope perspective, I think it'd make sense to say that some series (obviously Go-Onger, but others, as well) have had more than one Sixth Ranger. Numerically, Gekiviolet and Gekichopper were the fourth and fifth team members, but trope-wise, they were both classic Sixth Rangers for trope purposes. Kyuranger had no fewer than three Sixth Heroes.

How we'll categorize Boon/Bun/Boom Black and Orange will probably depend on the show's first opening credits. Since they're in all the pre-advertising for the series, it's pretty clear they're intended to be core cast members. I find it interesting that they've got a significant uniform variation, but then again, Kyuranger and Lupinranger vs. Patoranger kind of opened the barn doors on that particular element of the trope.