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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

TOKUMEI SENTAI GO-BUSTERS MISSION 44 - “SILENT NIGHT - IT’S TIME FOR BUSTER”

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IT’S TIME FOR Enetan?!?!

I often forget Enetan was in this one, which I think is because I devote that part of my brain to remembering that it's the other time Stag Custom shows up instead.

It's not even that hard to remember, as Sentai making the final episode before the New Year's break a big mecha action showcase that often also features the movie-exclusive one for the dual purpose of calling attention to the movie coming out on home video is a fairly regular tradition. On one hand, it's obviously to make the kids out there want every possible toy, but viewed more generously, I kind of like to think of it like, no matter what random Sentai toy they get for Christmas, they probably just got to see it do something cool on TV, even if it isn't the absolute newest thing.

Also, you know, the end of the year, the last stretch of the show... it's inherently a good time for big climactic episodes and/or episodes that are like big parties before the dramatic last stretch, and for Go-Busters, thanks to that extra Christmas significance, gets to be both at once. My broad opinion of it pretty much echoes Die's -- it's another strong "finale" that does a great job celebrating the heroes as just like, fully-formed people, before they're anything else. When you've invested in these characters for nearly a whole year already, it's hard not to be satisfied seeing everyone do such a great job fighting back the bad guys that they still have plenty of time left to spend chilling at a party at the end.

And the thing that aired right after this was Kamen Rider Wizard's Christmas episode, to boot! December 23, 2012 was a real good day for Christmas-themed toku episodes!