Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive
Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive (救急戦隊ゴーゴーファイブ, Kyūkyū Sentai GōGō Faibu?, [Note 1]) is the twenty-third entry of the long running Japanese Super Sentai television franchise. Its footage was used in the American television series Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.
Plot
Grandiene has been waiting for the day of resurrection, the day when the planets are in the alignment of the Grand Cross. Her children descend to the Earth to make it a realm of darkness for her. Ten years prior, Doctor Tatsumi of the Tatsumi Disaster Prevention Institute predicted this event, but nobody believed him. He left his family so he can secretly develop and construct the Rescue System. Now in 1999, Doctor Tatsumi appears again to give the means to save the world to his children as the GoGoFive team.
GoGoFive
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Tatsumi familyFive members of the Tatsumi Family are the five main heroes of the series.
Psyma Family
The Psyma Family (災魔一族, Saima Ichizoku, Calamity Demon Family?) is an evil family of demons whose only objective is destruction. Their plan is to use the Grand Cross planet alignment to bring great calamity to Earth. The Family's matriarch, the Grand Witch Grandiene, hoped to travel to our dimension, by using the great amounts of minus energy that would emerge in Earth, when the Grand Cross had formed. Her children, the Psyma Siblings, awaited her arrival, sending Psyma Beasts to destroy and finish off the human civilization. They have their headquarters, Psyma Paradico, in the North Pole.
- Grand Witch Grandiene (大魔女 グランディーヌ, Daimajo Gurandīnu?, 11-12, 19-50): The ruler of the Psyma Family and mother to the four siblings. The ultimate form of all the minus energy in the universe. She set everything up for her arrival in this reality on the day of the Grand Cross. However, the GoGoFive interrupted the ritual and Grandiene ended up trapped half-way. Having failed, she ordered her sons and daughter to gather minus energy for her, continuously failing. After Salamandes' death, Grandiene took matters into her own hands and used the evil energies gathered by the Psyma Paradico to complete her passing. Then, in a cruel and cold act, Grandiene sends her own son Kobolda to his death to accomplish her goals; revealing to Zylpheeza that she never really cared for the well-being of her children. She believed they would turn on her, like Gill did, and deliberately sent them out to die. She admitted also that she only used them to bring herself into the human world. Her body was destroyed by the Max Victory Robo, though her spirit remained and took possession of the revived and powered up bodies of Zylpheeza and Salamandes. She did this in an attempt to fulfill her goal of destruction. She was finally killed in the end after she was stripped of all power when the Max Victory Robo Sigma Project defeated the Destruction Gods Zylpheeza II and Salamandes Dragon.
- Dark King Zylpheeza (冥王 ジルフィーザ, Meiō Jirufīza?, 2-22, 32, 47-49): Psyma family's (supposed) first born, the Demon of Aerial Calamity. The devil-like leader of the Psyma siblings, he is given the highest title of Dark King and hates humans, but is deeply loving to his siblings and mother. He was admired by Cobolda and Denus. After being man-handled by the GoGoFive, Zylpheeza went on a personal war with them that resulted in his death at the hands of the Max Victory Robo. After a few attempts, Zylpheeza was resurrected, at the cost of Denus's life. He soon learned the truth of his mother, after killing his younger brother Kobolda, under her influence. He is then killed by his mother in an effort to destroy the GoGoFive. He is later revived as a puppet, with parts of him turned black, including his eyes. After hearing the words of Nagare and Shou, Zylpheeza awakens, just to be killed by his youngest brother Salamandes. Zylpheeza was possessed by Grandiene's spirit and transformed into the giant Destruction God Zylpheeza 2 (破壊神ジルフィーザII, Hakaishin Jirufilza II?) (49-50): Together with Salamandes Dragon, they managed to destroy the Max Victory Robo (piloted by Go Red), and disable the Grand Liner (piloted by Go Blue) and the Victory Mars (piloted by Go Green), but both were killed for good by the Max Victory Robo Sigma Project.
- Beast Baron Cobolda (獣男爵 コボルダ, Jūdanshaku Koboruda?, 2-48); Grandiene's (supposed) second born, the Demon of Ground Calamity. He is the strongest of the Psyma siblings and his strategies always relied more in power than thought, giving him a complex when he compared himself with the dexterous warrior Zylpheeza or the cunning strategist Denus. Secretly coveting the rank of Dark King, he tried to take it over after Zylpheeza's death, but was overpowered by Salamandes. He and his older brother Zylpheeza are close because they survived together when they were younger; ironically, near the finale he was deceived by his mother to fight the GoGoFive, when he was given the Cobolt Bazooka, and was killed by Zylpheeza who was being controlled by Grandiene.
- Evil Spirit Princess Denus (邪霊姫 ディーナス , Jareiki Dīnasu?, 2-47): Grandiene's only daughter and only human resembling child, the Demon of Aquatic Calamity. Gifted in the arts of disguise, she often used them to gather information or just cause havoc. Her strategies were particularly cruel and fearsome. She felt great respect for her older brother Zylpheeza. Near the finale, her plan to use a spider to syphon off Matoi's life-force to resurrect Zylpheeza failed, when the other GoGoFive were able to separate the spider from Matoi, by striking the other spider that was on Zylpheeza's chest. Venus, not wanting Zylpheeza to die again, placed the spider (The one that was used on Matoi) on her own chest and sacrificed her life so Zylpheeza could live.
- Dragon Prince Salamandes (龍冥王 サラマンデス, Ryūmeiō Saramandesu?, 26-43, 49): The youngest, formerly Infant Demon Drop (童鬼 ドロップ, Dōki Doroppu?, 2-22, 49) at the start of the series, the Demon of Fire Calamity. Dragon blood runs through his veins, his blood shown to have regenerative properties, having Lizardes drink of it to heal his wounds. Being just an infant, he had to be cared for by Pierre, and would only say "Drop", not being able to speak. Despite this, his high sorcery and fire abilities let him participate among his older siblings. Upon Zylpheeza's death, he received the Dark King Star and used energy that was transferred from Zylpheeza. Drop underwent a maturation inside a cocoon. During that time, his soul took on the form of a human boy with pyrokinetic powers, who Matsuri befriended. After the period of maturation, Drop had become Salamandes. Using the Dark King Star on his chest, Salamandes can create the Psyma Zone (Saima Zon) in which the solar light is completely cut-off, allowing the Psyma beasts to boost ten times their power. Later on, after the GoGoFive used Victory Mars to stop the minus-energy asteroid that Grandiene sent, he started to fall out of favor with her. But after the destruction of the Infinity Card, Salamandes completely fell out of favor because he allowed a valuable weapon to be destroyed. He attempted to lure the GoGoFive to Hell in order to regain favor with his mother, but Grandiene trapped all of them there. With some help from Pierre, Salamandes killed all the hell-bound demons and absorbed them to become Ghost King Salamandes (Yūmaō Saramandesu, 43). The GoGoFive had a difficult time against him, since Salamandes was now able to transform human souls into energy powering him up through the "Psyma Tree", which Pierre had grown at an orphanage. When the long lost mother of one of the orphaned children that the GoGoFive had befriended arrived, her tears had weakened the Psyma Tree's power. Without the soul energy, the GoGoV were able to use the Victory Mars' Top Jet, the Max Victory Robo's Max Cannons, and the Victory Mars (after impailing him with its staff) using Mars Flare to kill him and only his green gem remained. In the finale, Pierre is able to convince Grandiene to use Salamandes's gem to resurrect him, which she did. He was revived, alongside Zylpheeza, who was now under Grandiene's control. Luckily, Shou and Nagare were able to convince Zylpheeza that Salamandes was his younger brother Drop, forcing Salamandes to kill him, only to be defeated by Shou and Nagare. But in the end Grandiene revived him as a complete puppet under her control in a dragon-like form, Destruction God Salamandes Dragon (破壊神サラマンデスドラゴン, Hakaishin Saramandesu Doragon?, 49-50). Together with Zylpheeza II, they managed to destroy the Max Victory Robo, and disabled the Grand Liner and the Victory Mars, but both were killed for good by the Max Victory Robo Sigma Project.
Servants and others
- Spell-Master Pierre (呪士 ピエール, Jushi Piēru?, 2-50, Timeranger vs. GoGoFive): The family servant, Pierre is a fly-themed sorcerer who dominates the Psyma Cards, being able to create the Psyma Beasts and enlarge them. Pierre acted as a nanny to Drop when he was still young and was loyal to him the most out of the siblings. He was thought to have been killed, when the backlash energy from the Max Victory Robo Sigma Project's Sword crushed him against the wall of a building. Truthfully, it just transformed him into a small fly-like form. He later reappeared in Timeranger vs. GoGoFive to help the Londers Family, having witnessed many of the Timerangers' battles. Using his Psyma Magic he made the Londers Prisoners immune to the Timeranger's weapons. However, the GoGoFive manage to even the playing field as Pierre is forced in a position to use the Psyma Fusion spell on himself and Londers Prisoner Boribaru to became Fused Psyma PierreBori (合成災魔ボリピエール, Gōsei Saima Piērubori?, Timeranger vs. GoGoFive). However, Pierre ends up being exorcized when Time Robo Alpha is infused with Victory Robo's energy.
- Spiritworld Guard Psyma Chaos (幽界衛兵災魔 カオス, Yuukaieehee Saima Kaosu?, 42-43): The Gatekeeper of Hell who helped Salamandes with his plan to trap the GoGoV in Hell. He summoned the spirits of past Psyma beasts, that were slain by the GoGoV, who sought to be reborn in their bodies, but Chaos lost control over the dead demons when the GoGoV broke his staff. Went with Salamandes after he became Ghost King Salamandes. Chaos died when he protected Ghost King Salamandes from Grand Liner's Grand Fire attack.
- Familiar Imps (使い魔インプ, Tsukaima Inpu?): The foot soldiers, armed with short swords. The Imps could become Mecha-sized when in the Psyma Zone.
- Denus' Imp Bodyguard Corps (35): There were also female Imps who served Denus, which were killed by GoGoFive. Pierre revived them as one giant Imp that then divided and became three. These three were killed by Max Victory Robo.
- Darkness King Gill (闇王ギル, Yamiō Giru?, GoGoFive vs. Gingaman): The Psyma family's true first-born, according to GoGoFive vs. Gingaman. Having just been born, he attempted to kill Grandiene so she had Pierre dispose of him in the darkest depths of Hell. Gill survived, however, and became stronger from the ordeal, with a scar on his chest to prove it. Then, he was brought back into the land of the living, by Salamandes, and sought to summon The Infernal Dark Beast from Hell onto Earth. He planned to do this by using the blood of many people to accomplish this goal. He was fatally wounded fighting Go Red and GingaRed, but he used his own blood to complete the ritual.
- Grim Reapers (GoGoFive vs. Gingaman): Gill's henchmen from Hell. They are extremely resilient, able to pick themselves up after being knocked down from attacks. Only fire seems to be their true weakness, as they dissolve when coming into contact with it.
Psyma Beasts
The Psyma Beasts (サイマ獣, Saimajū?) are demons of calamity created by the minus-energy-powered fusion of a "Psyma Soul" and the information in the Psyma siblings' cards. Pierre throws an information card into the World of Darkness and pronounces the incantation: "Evil Magic, with your power we shall create a Psyma Beast from the World of Darkness! Amiyasu Amiyasu Amikurosu... Psyma Creation!!!". When they are defeated, Pierre throws a Regeneration Card to turn the demon's remains into a 'Giant Ghost' ("Evil Magic, with your power grant this fallen Psyma Beast the last strength! Amiyasu Amiyasu Amijiisu... Psyma Regeneration!") that only Victory Robo can defeat. When Grand Liner killed Magma Golem, its remains became Golem Cards that Pierre uses to revive dead Psyma Beasts as gigantic Golem Psyma Beasts (ゴレムサイマ獣, Goremu Saimajū?). Unlike giant Psyma Beasts, the Golem Psyma Beast are much larger and revived with a hardened body that only GrandLiner can pierce through. Later on in the series from episode 30-39, Salamandes occasionally created the Psyma Zone, making it impossible to operate Victory Robo. Only Victory Mars could function properly in the Psyma Zone since its power system is not dependent on Solar Energy.
Episodes (Missions)
- Rescue Soldiers! Rise Up (救急戦士!起つ（たつ）, Kyūkyū Senshi! Tatsu?)
- The Psyma Family Tornado! (竜巻く災魔一族!, Tatsumaku Saima Ichizoku!?)
- The Sibling Bond that Exploded (爆破された兄弟愛（きずな）, Bakuhasareta Kizuna?)
- Flower Petals in Abnormal Weather (花びらに異常気象, Hanabira ni Ijōkishō?)
- Time to Become a Hero (ヒーローになる時, Hīrō ni Naru Toki?)
- The Mold Cometh! (カビが来る!, Kabi ga Kuru!?)
- The Beautiful Psyma's Trap (美しき災魔のワナ, Utsukushiki Saima no Wana?)
- Rescue Squadron Activity Suspended (救急戦隊活動停止, Kyūkyū Sentai Katsudō Teishi?)
- Stolen Abilities! (盗まれた能力（ちから）!, Nusumareta Nō Chikara!?)
- Proud Yellow (誇りのイエロー, Hokori no Ierō?)
- The Two Red-Hot Psyma Beasts (灼熱の2大災魔獣, Shakunetsu no Nidai Saimajū?)
- The Do-or-Die Spirit of the New Coupling Fusion (決死の新連結合体, Kesshi no Shin Renketsu Gattai?)
- The Younger Brothers' Rebellion (弟たちの反乱, Otōtotachi no Hanran?)
- The Fearsome Virus (恐怖のウイルス, Kyōfu no Uirusu?)
- Child Demon Drop Appears (童鬼ドロップ出撃, Warabe Oni Doroppu Shutsugeki?)
- The Thief and the Psyma Egg (泥棒とサイマの卵, Dorobō to Saima no Tamago?)
- Matoi's Bridal Candidate (マトイの花嫁候補, Matoi no Hanayome Kōho?)
- The Counterattacking V-Lancers (逆襲のVランサー, Gyakushū no Bui Ransā?)
- A Total Defeat (完全なる敗北, Kanzen Haiboku?) (1)
- Undying Rescue Spirits (不滅の救急（レスキュー）魂, Fumetsu no Resukyū Tamashii?) (2)
- The New 6th Soldier! (6番目の新戦士!, Rokubanme no Shin Senshi!?)
- The Dark King's Last Decisive Battle! (冥王、最後の決戦, Meiō, Saigo no Kessen?)
- The Spirit Rescue Mission (幽霊救出作戦, Yūrei Kyūshutsu Sakusen?)
- Little Rescue Soldiers (ちびっ子救急戦士, Chibikko Kyūkyū Senshi?)
- The Time of the Great Witch's Descent (大魔女降臨の時, Dai Majo Kōrin no Toki?) (1)
- The Fiery Dragon Prince is Born (炎の龍皇子誕生, Honō no Ryū Ōji Tanjō?) (2)
- Yellow Leaves the Front (イエロー戦線離脱, Ierō Sensen Ridatsu?)
- The Kidnapped Boy! (奪われたボーイ!, Ubawareta Bōi!?)
- The Uneasy Starry Sky (胸騒ぎの星空, Munasawagi no Hoshizora?)
- Escape! The Planet of Darkness (脱出! 暗黒惑星, Dasshutsu! Ankoku Wakusei?)
- Cut Down the Psyma Zone (切り裂け災魔空間, Kirisake Saima Zōn?) (1)
- Wedding Bells (ウェディングベル, Wedingu Beru?) (2)
- An Innocent Psyma Warrior (ウブな災魔の戦士, Ubu na Saima no Senshi?)
- Death, Else Destruction (死さもなくば破滅, Shi Samonakuba Hametsu?)
- The Black Snake's Trap (黒い蛇のトラップ, Kuroi Hebi no Torappu?) (1)
- Secret Technique! The Tornado Drop (奥義!竜巻落とし, Okugi! Tatsumaki Otoshi?) (2)
- The Beauty is a Psyma Beast!? (美女がサイマ獣!?, Bijo ga Saimajū!??)
- The Infinity Chain, Grandchildren, and Persimmons (無限連鎖と孫と柿, Mugen Rensa to Mago to Kaki?)
- Break the Infinity Chain! (無限連鎖を断て!, Mugen Rensa o Tate!?) (1)
- 0 Seconds To Base Destruction (基地壊滅0秒前, Kichi Kaimetsu Zerobyōsen?) (2)
- The Man Matoi Lost To (マトイが負けた男, Matoi ga Maketa Otoko?)
- The Hellish Psyma Beast Army (地獄の災魔獣軍団, Jigoku no Saimajū Gundan?)
- The Terrible Psyma Tree (戦慄の災魔ツリー, Senritsu no Saima Tsurī?)
- Rescue File 99 (救急ファイル99, Kyūkyū Fairu Kyūjūkyū?)
- The Year's First Dream is a Psyma's Melody (初夢は災魔の旋律, Hatsuyume wa Saima no Senritsu?)
- The Flame-Throwing Firefighter Robo (火を吹く消防ロボ, Honō o Fuku Shōbō Robo?)
- The Dark King! The Compensation of Revival (冥王! 復活の代償, Meiō! Fukkatsu no Daishō?) (1)
- Showdown in the Psyma Palace (決戦は災魔宮殿, Kessen wa Saima Paradiko?) (2)
- Awakening! Two Destructive Gods (覚醒! 二大破壊神, Kakusei! Nidai Hakaishin?) (3)
- Burning Rescue Spirits (燃える救急（レスキュー）魂, Moeru Resukyū Tamashii?) (4)
V-Cinema releases
- Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive the Movie: Sudden Shock! A New Warrior
- Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive Super Video: The Rescue Spirit Five Doctrines
- Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive vs. Gingaman
- Mirai Sentai Timeranger vs. GoGoFive
Cast
- Matoi Tatsumi: Ryūichirō Nishioka (西岡竜一朗, Nishioka Ryūichirō?)
- Nagare Tatsumi: Kenji Taniguchi (谷口 賢志, Taniguchi Kenji?)
- Shou Tatsumi: Atsushi Harada (原田 篤, Harada Atsushi?)
- Daimon Tatsumi: Kenji Shibata (柴田 賢志, Shibata Kenji?)
- Matsuri Tatsumi: Kayoko Shibata (柴田 かよこ, Shibata Kayoko?) (Played as Monika Sakaguchi (坂口 望二香, Sakaguchi Monika?))
- Mondo Tatsumi: Mike Maki (マイク 眞木, Maiku Maki?)
- Kyoko Hayase: Yūko Miyamura (宮村優子, Miyamura Yūko?)
- Ritsuko Tatsumi: Kyoko Yoshizawa (吉沢 京子, Yoshizawa Kyōko?)
- Kenji Inui: Takushi Iwao (岩尾 拓志, Iwao Takushi?)
- Denus: Kaya Hirasawa (平沢 草, Hirasawa Kaya?)
- Mint (Voice): Sayaka Aida (相田 さやか, Aida Sayaka?)
- Liner Boy (Voice): Isao Yamagishi (山岸 功, Yamagishi Isao?)
- Grandiene (Voice): Miho Yamada (山田 美穂, Yamada Miho?)
- Zylpheeza (Voice): Daiki Nakamura (中村 大樹, Nakamura Daiki?)
- Cobolda (Voice): Kenji Nomura (乃村 健次, Nomura Kenji?)
- Drop (Voice): Yūko Miyamura (Played as Yūnosuke Yamimura (闇村 悠ノ介, Yamimura Yūnosuke?))
- Salamandes (Voice): Hikaru Midorikawa (緑川 光, Midorikawa Hikaru?)
- Pierre (Voice): Taiki Matsuno (松野 太紀, Matsuno Taiki?)
- Narration: Daisuke Gōri (郷里 大輔, Gōri Daisuke?)
Suit Actors
- Go Red (main), Zylpheeza, Salamandes: Seiji Takaiwa
- Go Blue (main), Victory Robo, Grand Liner, Max Victory Robo, Victory Mars: Hideaki Kusaka
- Go Green: Yasuhiro Takeuchi
- Go Yellow (main), Liner Boy: Yūichi Hachisuka
- Go Pink: Motokuni Nakagawa
- Cobolda, Go Red (sub): Hirofumi Fukuzawa
- Pierre: Takeshi Miyazaki
- Psyma Beasts, Go Blue (sub), Go Yellow (sub): Yasuhiko Imai
- Psyma Beasts: Fumiya Tōei
Guest Stars
Songs
- Opening theme
- "Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive" (救急戦隊ゴーゴーファイブ, Kyūkyū Sentai Gōgō Faibu?)
- Ending theme
- "Kono Hoshi o, Kono Machi o" (この星を この街を?, "These Stars, This City")
Notes
- ^ Kyūkyū (救急?) translates as "First aid" or "Emergency services". In the context of the show, it is normally translated as "Rescue". It is also a pun, as its premiere year of 1999 is often shortened to "99" which in Japanese is also read as "kyū kyū".
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