 This article is about an episode in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.
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Now More Road Safety (いまも交通安全 Ima mo Kōtsū Anzen) is the fourteenth episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It is a tribute episode to Gekisou Sentai Carranger.
Synopsis[]
Navi's hint concerning "traffic safety" leads the Gokaigers to a former Carranger and into a fight against Insarn and Action Commander Jealousto.
Plot[]
As the Gokaigers take a nap aboard the Gokai Galleon, Navi dreams of being a race car speeding through traffic; this triggers a new clue to the Greatest Treasure in the Universe, which is to observe traffic safety. Meanwhile, aboard the Gigant Horse, Barizorg reveals to Warz Gill that a man had interfered with Action Commander Zaggai's mission at a crosswalk. Insarn looks at the picture of the man and falls in love with him and orders Action Commander Jealousto to capture him. Jealousto, who has been in love with Insarn since they were in high school, quickly obliges.
At a park, Kyosuke Jinnai is attempting to teach children the basics of traffic safety, but to no avail. Suddenly, Jealousto and a platoon of Gormin Sailors beam down at the park and attack him. Nearby, the Gokaigers go around warning people not to jaywalk when they see Kyosuke being chased by the Zangyack forces. They intervene, changing into the Zyurangers to eliminate the Gormin Sailors and forcing Jealousto to retreat. After the fight, Kyosuke hands each of the Gokaigers a drink and introduces himself as the former Red Racer, leader of the Carrangers. He also tells them that if they want to acquire the Greater Power of the Carrangers, they have to become part of his traffic safety acting troupe. The Gokaigers instinctively decline and run away, but Kyosuke manages to catch Don with his lighting-quick running speed. Furious over Insarn falling in love with the Carranger, Jealousto appears and attacks them. Insarn, however, intervenes and carries Kyosuke away from the attack as the Gokaigers regroup and watch the altercation. Despite being the enemy, she tells them to go transform and defeat Jealousto, who then unleashes his super speed and flame attacks on them.
They change into the Turborangers - much to Kyosuke's disapproval. Realizing their mistake, the Gokaigers change into the Carrangers and attack Jealousto. Meanwhile, as Insarn reveals her love to Kyosuke, he politely declines her, which sends her on a rampage. Aboard the Gigant Horse, Warz Gill, Damaras and Barizorg watch the whole battle; irritated by the outcome, Warz Gill fires the growth beam on Jealousto. While being chased by Insarn, Kyosuke urges Jealousto to go tell her that he loves her; resulting in both exchanging "I love you"'s with each other before Jealousto continues his attack on the Gokaigers.
Gokaioh is summoned to even the odds and executes the Gokai Star Burst and the Gokai Radical Racing Slash on Jealousto before changing into Shinken Gokaioh and sending him flying to space with the Rekka Daizantou. Jealousto crashes back into the Gigant Horse, where he continues to devote his love to Insarn, who tells the Gormin Sailors to throw him away with the ship's garbage. Back at the park, the Gokaigers are reluctantly taking part in Kyosuke's performance to teach children the importance of traffic safety. However their bored performance fails to impress anyone, and Kyosuke tells them they'll need to do better to earn the Greater Power. The Gokaigers respond by performing the Carrangers' pose, much to the approval of the audience. Kyosuke congratulates them, revealing that the pose is the Greater Power. He and the children then join the Gokaigers in performing it again, as Navi watches from the Gokai Galleon's monitor. Navi notes that it appears not all the Greater Powers are useful after all, and decides not to waste her time and energy watching and turns herself and the rest of the Gokai Galleon's lights off.
Cast[]
- Captain Marvelous (キャプテン・マーベラス Kyaputen Māberasu): Ryota Ozawa (小澤 亮太 Ozawa Ryōta)
- Joe Gibken (ジョー・ギブケン Jō Gibuken): Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴 Yamada Yūki)
- Luka Millfy (ルカ・ミルフィ Ruka Mirufi): Mao Ichimichi (市道 真央 Ichimichi Mao)
- Don Dogoier (ドン･ドッゴイヤー Don Doggoiyā): Kazuki Shimizu (清水 一希 Shimizu Kazuki)
- Ahim de Famille (アイム・ド・ファミーユ Aimu do Famīyu): Yui Koike (小池 唯 Koike Yui)
- Navi (ナビィ Nabyi, Voice): Yukari Tamura (田村 ゆかり Tamura Yukari)
- Commandant Warz Gill (司令官ワルズ・ギル Shireikan Waruzu Giru, Voice): Hirofumi Nojima (野島 裕史 Nojima Hirofumi)
- Chief of Staff Damaras (参謀長ダマラス Sanbōchō Damarasu, Voice): Kōji Ishii (石井 康嗣 Ishii Kōji)
- Development Technical Officer Insarn (開発技官インサーン Kaihatsu Gikan Insān, Voice): Kikuko Inoue (井上 喜久子 Inoue Kikuko)
- Special Duty Officer Barizorg (特務士官バリゾーグ Tokumu Shikan Barizōgu, Voice): Gaku Shindo (進藤 学 Shindō Gaku)
Guest Cast[]
- Jealousto (ジェラシット Jerashitto, Voice): Takahiro Sakurai (櫻井孝宏 Sakurai Takahiro)
- Zaggai (ザッガイ Zaggai, Voice): Keiichi Sonobe (園部 啓一 Sonobe Keiichi)
- Kyosuke Jinnai (陣内 恭介 Jinnai Kyōsuke): Yuji Kishi (岸 祐二 Kishi Yūji)
Gokai Changes[]
- Gokai Changes in Now More Road Safety:
- This episode marks the only time the Gokaigers use the Blue Racer, Green Racer, and Pink Racer Ranger Keys.
- Both Gokai Changes prior to the Carranger one were of teams who had opening theme songs by Kenta Sato, who portrayed Riki Honoo (Red Turbo) in Turboranger.
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Elements/Homages to Carranger[]
Red Racer's Legend Shift
- The title of this episode is similar to a Carranger episode; it is reminiscent to the title of the first episode, and most episode titles make a reference to driving.
- Fitting in with the comedic and fourth wall-breaking tone of Carranger, when Kyosuke reveals he was Red Racer the shadow of Red Racer appears and he slaps it as if it was blocking his sight.
- The Gokaigers change into the Turborangers only momentarily, as Kyosuke gets annoyed as he wants them to turn into the Carrangers. This is a reference of the original title intended for Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, which was Gekisou Sentai Carranger, and which would ultimately be taken by the Super Sentai series of 1996. Furthermore, Carranger's American adaptation regained the 'Turbo' part of the name as Power Rangers Turbo.
- The interest in Kyosuke by Insarn echos the relationship between Kyosuke and Beauty Zonnette in Carranger.
- When Kyosuke meets the Gokaigers the first time, he gives them a free coffee milk, the favorite drink of his ally VRV Master.
- This episode acknowledges both Carranger themes; the "Full Accel" version plays when the Gokaigers finally become the Carrangers, while the original version plays at the end as Kyosuke reveals the Greater Power of the team.
- Jealousto's fate by the end of this episode of being thrown out of the Zangyack literally like garbage is likewise almost the fate of the main villains of the series, the Universal Reckless Driving Tribe Bowzock, who are also literally thrown out like garbage by the series main villain, Reckless Dash Emperor Exhaus.
- Kyosuke trampling on Jealousto when being chased from Insarn is very similar to a scene in Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs. Ohranger where Gorou Hoshino and Yuji Mita trample on Kyosuke while chasing a Bara Machine in an onsen.
- In a flashback Jealousto has, he and Insarn are having a date by a cherry tree, both of them wearing high school uniforms. This is similar to an imagine spot Zonnette had at the start of Ep. 19: The Love Hit-And-Run Maiden!, in which she and Red Racer are having a date and she hands him a written love confession.
- The Gokaigers' mimicking a car key ignition turn with the Carranger Ranger Keys is a reference to the Carranger's Accel Changer
- Carranger head writer Yoshio Urasawa returns as a guest to write this episode.
Errors[]
- As MammothRanger, Doc uses Mothbreaker as a gun without actually transforming it to gun mode.
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider OOO episode 35, The Dream, the Brother, and Birth's Secret.
- Viewership: 6.3%
- Total Greater Powers Collected:
- Gokaigers: 6
- This episode is the first in which the ending sequence is replaced with clips from Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle, with members of the Sentai team appearing when the team is called. The third verse of Super Sentai Hero Getter is played instead of the first verse.
- After the next time trailer, a promo for Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle, different than the previous three episodes, is played.
DVD/Blu-ray releases[]
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Volume 4 features episodes 13-16: Ep. 13: Tell Me the Way, Ep. 14: Now More Road Safety, Ep. 15: A Privateer Appears and Ep. 16: Clash! Sentai vs. Sentai. It was released on October 21, 2011. [1]
See Also[]
- Love Is In the Air - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Megaforce. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
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