Basco ta Jolokia (バスコ・タ・ジョロキア Basuko ta Jorokia, [Note 1]) is a fictional antagonist in the thirty-fifth Super Sentai Series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. He and the Space Empire Zangyack battle the Gokaigers, but his ultimate goal is to obtain the Greatest Treasure in the Universe (宇宙最大のお宝 Uchū Saidai no Otakara) by obtaining the 35 greater powers.[1][2] Basco ta Jolokia is portrayed by Kei Hosogai (細貝 圭 Hosogai Kei).
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Basco ta Jolokia is an overconfident privateer hired by the Zangyack Empire whose code of conduct is to discard something of lesser value to gain something more valuable, a means to an end to put it simply. Originally having a Z=3 million bounty on his head, Basco was one of the most dangerous pirates in the cosmos. Assuming a human guise, Basco joined the Red Pirates under Aka Red. As the Gokai Galleon's cook, Basco befriended Marvelous, whom he affectionately calls "Mabe-chan" (マベちゃん), as they gather the Ranger Keys before he betrays his comrades to the Zangyack in order to get the Ranger Keys and the Greatest Treasure for himself. Though he lost the Gokai Treanger Box to his former shipmate, Basco managed to get the Ranger Keys (レンジャーキー Renjā Kī) of Super Sentai's sixth members (which include heroes such as Dragon Ranger, Abare Killer, the Go-on Wings, and Gosei Knight).
Arriving to the Earth on his ship the Free Joker (フリージョーカー Furī Jōkā) after being contacted by Damarasu, Basco uses his Ranger Keys in a scheme to kidnap Captain Marvelous's crew, holding them at ransom to get the remaining Ranger Keys. But the plan backfires as Captain Marvelous and his crew are able to defeat and claim the sixth hero Ranger Keys. While hunting down Hyuuga in the Ginga Forest, Basco reveals that he also has the Ranger Keys of the Sentai teams' supporting warriors (including Signalman, Zuuban, Rio, and Princess Shinken Red). He fails to acquire the greater power of the Gingaman and GoGoFive teams, later losing his remaining Ranger Keys to the Gokaigers in his attempt to get the greater power of the Ohrangers.
In retaliation, Basco reveals his true form that soundly defeats the Gokaigers while revealing that he already has the greater powers of the Changemen, Flashmen, and Maskmen. He lets the defeated Gokaigers live so that they can keep collecting the remaining greater powers, as he intends to take the powers for his own when the time comes. This action, however, forces Basco to help Damarasu wipe out the Gokaigers so he would be spared his indirect role in Warz Gil's death. However, having obtained the greater powers of Sun Vulcan and the Fivemen, Basco needs the Gokaigers alive to obtain the last remaining greater powers and the ones they already have. To that end, Basco sets up the illusion that he killed Joe, Ahim, Luka, and Gai. But once his part in their survival is revealed, Basco literally stabs Damarasu in the back with the intent of cutting his ties with the Zangyack while leaving the weakened officer to die at the Gokaigers' hands. Because of this treason, the Zangyack Empire reinstates the bounty on Basco's head while raising it to Z=10 million.
Sally (サリー Sarī) is Basco ta Jolokia's pet space monkey, carrying a pair of cymbals much like a cymbal-banging monkey toy. Other than serving as a bodyguard to Basco, Sally is able to open up a hatch on its chest to produce a Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeform. Sally is also the only one Basco appears to care about, as he protects the monkey from Gokai Red and Gokai Silver's finishing attacks during the visit to Moroboshi High School. After Basco literally stabs Damarasu in the back during the failed execution of Captain Marvelous, the Zangyack Empire imposes a Z=50 bounty on Sally due to his association with the privateer.
Sally is voiced by Toru Omura (大村 亨 Ōmura Tōru).
Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms (巨大戦闘擬似生命体 Kyodai Sentō Giji Seimeitai) are giants produced by Sally. Each Pseudo-Lifeforms model is named after a different element. Voiced by Ibuki (勇吹輝) and Yoshimasa Tanno (丹野 宜政 Tanno Yoshimasa).[3][4][5][6][7]
Other than his cutlass, Basco uses a trumpet-like device called the Rapparatta (ラッパラッター Rapparattā) that enables him to not only conjure Ranger Keys in his possession to fight for him at the risk of losing them, but mainly to forcefully rob greater powers still dormant within any past Sentai warrior. In addition, Basco carries a gold-colored Mobirate, which bears his personal symbol instead of that of the Gokaigers with the keyhole sealed shut.
Basco can forcefully remove greater powers (大いなる力 ōinaru chikara) from a member of the past Super Sentai teams by using the Rapparatta. He has shown to have obtained five greater powers. Unlike the Gokaigers, these greater powers are materialized into orbs with the team's symbol on it instead of their Ranger Keys.
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