Ep. 5: Judgement Pirates

This article is about an episode in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

Ep. 5: Judgement Pirates
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Episode 05
Tribute to	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
Air Date(s)	March 20, 2011
Production Information
Written by	Naruhisa Arakawa
Directed by	Koichi Sakamoto
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Ep. 5: Judgement Pirates (ジャッジメント･パイレーツ, Jajjimento Pairētsu) is the fifth episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. It is a tribute to Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, featuring Doggie Kruger (DekaMaster), Marika "Jasmine" Reimon (DekaYellow) and Banban "Ban" Akaza (DekaRed) and the PatStriker vehicle.

The episode was postponed one week due to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Synopsis

When Navi reveals that the next clue to the Greatest Treasure in the Universe is in the hands of the police, Captain Marvelous seeks out a police station only to be arrested by the Dekarangers.

Plot

After the GokaiGalleon crew discover via the latest intergalactic newspaper that their bounties have skyrocketed to 6,751,000 Zagin, with their captain not fazed by it, Navi's latest fortune tells them to look towards police for their next clue to obtain the Greatest Treasure. However, upon arriving to the nearest station while the others questioned if it's wise for them to enter, Captain Marvelous goes in and finds himself handcuffed by Officer Marika "Jasmine" Reimon of the SPD, who has been circulating wanted posters at the station and arrests him on the charge of piracy.

While the others escape to the Gokai Galleon on his orders, Captain Marvelous manages to outrun the police before finding himself pursued by SPD chief Doggie Kruger, who easily defeats the pirate and confiscates his Mobirates. Before Kruger brings Captain Marvelous in, they accidentally stumble into a Zangyack scheme overseen by the Alienizer Buramudo to launch Subterranean Missiles to destroy every city on Earth in two hours. When their presence is discovered, Kruger is wounded as he manages to get Captain Marvelous out of harm's way. Though Captain Marvelous offers to help him, Kruger refuses to trust the pirate as he leaves him behind to stop the missile launch regardless of his injuries. Realizing how injured his captor is, Captain Marvelous saves the alien from the potential suicide mission and takes him to safety.

With Captain Marvelous's sense of honor against all odds winning his trust, Kruger uncuffs the pirate and hands him back his Mobilates. Meanwhile, on their search for their captain, the other Gokaigers battle several Gormin and Sugormin units and defeat them by changing into the Go-Onger and Dairangers. By nightfall, Gokai Red rushes in and destroys the missile launching device in time before reuniting with his crew. Together, they change into the Dekarangers and defeat Buramudo. When Buramudo is enlarged, GokaiOh is formed to stop him from manually launching the one of the Subterranean Missiles, taking out some of the Zangyack fleet in the process. Kruger tells the Gokaigers they can now summon the Greater Power of the Dekarangers.

Using the Dekaranger keys, they summon the Pat Striker from within GokaiOh. The Pat Striker drives around Buramudo and fires a barrage of lasers at him before returning to GokaiOh to reform Deka GokaiOh. Both Deka GokaiOh and Buramudo engage in an intense gun fight until Deka GokaiOh finishes off Buramudo with the Gokai Full Blast. The next morning, the Gokaigers escort a wounded Kruger when they are cornered by a police barricade. However, Officer Banban Akaza suddenly appears and notifies the alleged acts of piracy by the Gokaigers were proven to be a hoax instigated by the Zangyack Empire. Though the pirates are free to go as he takes Kruger, Ban warns Captain Marvelous not to abuse the Dekarangers' powers with a promise of personally hunting him down with less mercy as Kruger shown to the pirate.

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

• Buramudo (ブラムド, Buramudo, Voice): Daisuke Kirii (桐井大介, Kirii Daisuke)
• Anubian Chief Doggie Kruger (アヌビス星人ドギー・クルーガー, Anubisu-seijin Dogī Kurūgā, Voice): Tetsu Inada (稲田 徹, Inada Tetsu)
• Banban Akaza (赤座 伴番, Akaza Banban): Ryuji Sainei (さいねい 龍二, Sainei Ryūji)
• Marika Reimon (礼紋 茉莉花, Reimon Marika): Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, Kinoshita Ayumi)
• Police Officer: Masashi Takada (高田 将司, Takada Masashi)

Gokai Changes

• Gokai Changes in Judgement Pirates:
  • Gokai Red - DekaRed
  • Gokai Blue - Go-On Blue, TenmaRanger, DekaBlue
  • Gokai Yellow - Go-On Yellow, KirinRanger, DekaYellow
  • Gokai Green - Go-On Green, ShishiRanger, DekaGreen
  • Gokai Pink - Go-On Black, HououRanger, DekaPink
• All of the Gokai Changes in this episode are tied to teams whose mentors are not human.
  • Dairanger: Master Kaku of the Gorma (a race of beings who evolved alongside humanity).
  • Dekaranger: Doggie Kruger, a dog-like alien of planet Anubis who controls Earth's Dekabase.
  • Go-Onger: BOMPER, a robot from the Machine Braneworld.

Go-Onger

Dairanger

Dekaranger

Elements/Homages to Dekaranger

DekaRed's Legend Shift

• The title of this episode is similar to a Dekaranger title: it is entirely in English with the title written out in katakana and written out as two words. The title also refers to the Dekaranger usage of "judgement" in determining the innocence or guilt of an Alienizer, using the word to begin "Judgement Time" where the criminal is judge by the highest court in the universe to be innocent or guilty without fail.
• Although the Action Commanders are alien in nature like all of the Dekaranger opponents, this one is the only one specficially identified as an "Alienizer", the alien criminals identified in Dekaranger as known criminals who have been identified by S.P.D.
  • Likewise, Kruger acknowledges that the criminal already has been "approved for deletion".

Notes

• As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider OOO episode 26, Ankh, the Ring, and Putting it All On.
• Viewership: 6.3%
• Total Greater Powers Collected:
  • Gokaigers: 2
• When Gokai Yellow changes into Go-On Yellow, she uses the wheels on her arms as weapons, a tactic used in Power Rangers RPM, including Ranger Operator Series Yellow. RPM's executive producer Koichi Sakamoto directed this episode.
• This episode was originally scheduled to air on March 13, 2011, but TV Asahi postponed the airing of this and several other television programs to air news coverage on the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
• This is the first episode where a Final Wave finisher is not used.

DVD/Blu-ray releases

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Volume 2 features episodes 5-8: Ep. 5: Judgement Pirates, Ep. 6: The Most Important Thing, Ep. 7: Niki-Niki! Kenpo Lesson and Ep. 8: Little Spy Tactics. It was released on August 5, 2011.

Gokaiger Volume 2, DVD cover

Gokaiger Volume 2, Blu-ray cover

See Also

• Earth Fights Back - Power Rangers counterpart in Super Megaforce. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)

External Links

• Episode 5 page on the TV Asahi site