User:StrangerAtaru/Roll Call

The roll call is a standard trope used within both Power Rangers and Super Sentai, used to introduce the characters and generally give more information about them. This is generally done when the Rangers enter into battle, with the Rangers gathered together and giving off a slight pose before they enter into a final team pose before entering into battle with the villain they are about to face.

While a standard part of both Power Rangers and Sentai, its evolution reflects many of the factors within the series and the franchise in general. When first used in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, the original Sentai season, it would be done in every episode regardless of the enemy; with the occasional reduction of some of the aspects later in the season. By the mid-1980s, with the reduction of Sentai's airing time, the roll call generally became dropped after a few opening episodes outside certain key moments; Kousoku Sentai Turboranger in particular being known as the "season without a roll call" due to not having a typical one outside one instance where they only called out designations due to transformation.