Left to right: Mikoto, Yukito, Ryoga, Ranru [1], Asuka

"The iron DinoGuts!"

Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger (Burstosaur Squadron Abaranger [2]) is the twenty-seventh program in the Super Sentai franchise, airing from 2003 to 2004.

In the backstory of Abaranger, the meteorite that killed all the dinosaurs in the distant past actually split Earth into two parallel worlds: "Another Earth", the world as we know it where the dinosaurs became extinct, and "Dino Earth", where dinosaurs lived on alongside humans and eventually evolved into "Bakuryu" and "Ryujin" respectively.

All is well in Dino Earth until the awakening of the evil Evolian and their god, Dezumozorlya. Dino Earth soon falls to the Evolian, and a lone Ryujin warrior called Asuka flees through an interdimensional portal to Another Earth. There he seeks human allies with the ability to harness a powerful inner energy called "Dinoguts", and fight against the invading Evolian before they conquer Another Earth as well.

He soon finds three: Ryouga Hakua, a young father with boundless optimism; Yukito Sanjyo, a cold and cynical chiropractor; and Ranru Itsuki, a keen tomboy mechanic. Together they gain the partnership and power of three Bakuryu, and fight against the Evolian as the Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.

Asuka soon recovers from being Brought Down to Normal and joins as the fourth Abaranger, only to have his resolve tested as he is forced to fight Jeanne, a vicious Evolian general who shares the appearance of his lost love. Later on, a powerful Evil Counterpart appears in the form of Mikoto Nakadai, an amoral genius who uses a Super Prototype of the Abaranger technology to become "AbareKiller", a nemesis that challenges the Abaranger's belief in the basic goodness of humanity.

The theme of the series is, quite obvious from the title, dinosaurs, lots and lots of hotbloodedness, and explosions.[3]

Oh, and did we mention that the Dinosaurs talk?

The AbaRangers:

And The AbareBlue:

  • Dezumozorya: The Big Bad; Evoliens' God.
  • Rije: Apostle of Dawn, and later, Queen of the Empire. Finally revealed to be Asuka and Mahoro's daughter.
  • Jannu: Dark Action Girl and brainwashed later revealed to be Mahoro.
  • Mikela: The painter-themed Monster-Of-The-Week maker, from combination of a plant, an animal and a man-made appliance.
  • Voffa: Also a Monster-Of-The-Week maker, but with a musician-theme. He creates giant monsters directly, named after classical music pieces.
  • Geildon: Not a character per se, but the assumed identity of its wearer. A cursed ammonite-themed armor that can turn its wearer into a mindless murdering machine, it's passed on to whoever defeats or kills its current user. Originally worn by Asuka's True Companions and Mahoro's brother Mizuho, it's usually in possession of Jannu.

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Adapted as Power Rangers Dino Thunder which gave a nod to the original sentai in one of their episodes.

Tropes used in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger include:

Recurring Super Sentai tropes:

Ryouga: "Bursting energy![6] AbareYellow!"
Yukito: "Explode Seriously![7] AbareBlack!"
Ranru: "Dashing with courage![8] AbareKiller!"
Asuka: "The invincible soul of the Dragon People! [9] Evoliens!"

Mikoto: "The finest example of excitement.[10] AbaRed!" [11]
—All: "The Iron AbareBlue! Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger!"

Tropes specific to Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger:

  • And I Must Scream: the victims of the Ep. 38 Trinoid are turned into Rafflesia flowers, known for smelling like rotting meat and relying on flies to be pollinated. Think about it.
  • Applied Phlebotinum: AbareMax.
  • Artifact of Doom: The cursed armor that Asuka acquires eventually causes the wearer to go insane attacking both friend and foe alike.
  • Badass Longcoat: Yukito fancies himself as one initially. Then Mikoto comes along and hijacks the trope for his own.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: In episode 14 when Denjirou tells Ranru about his old friendship with Ryunosuke, with a flashback for the viewer. She interrupts the story to ask which of the boys in the flashback scene is Ryunosuke.
  • Butt Monkey: Asuka, generally in AbareMax's everyday life.
  • Camp Gay: Ranru's trainer for Idol Singing sure is one. No wonder she quits...
  • Color Failure: the ep. 37 Giganoid's Finishing Move. Seriously.
  • Companion Cube: Ranru's bicycle, nicknamed "Mr. Birdie".
  • Competitive Balance: The main 3 Bakuryus.
  • Completely Different Title: The series was known as Power Rangers Dino Thunder in Korea. Not to be confused with the actual Power Rangers Dino Thunder. Oops.
  • Crossover: With Tsuribaka Nisshi, a fishing Manga/Anime. Really.
  • Cute Bruiser: Ranru
  • Dead Line News: episode 39. See And I Must Scream above.
  • Death of a Thousand Cuts: Paras' final attack.
  • Dumb Is Good: Once again... *sigh*... Asuka. The exception is when he's fighting Evoliens.
    • Ryouga is even more. At least Asuka was knowledgable in Dino Earth culture. But Ryouga out-messiah'd Asuka.
  • Earn Your Happy Ending: Exactly what Asuka did.
  • Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: Of course!
  • Evil Laugh: Mikoto does a very hammy version. Still, not as bad as Rijewel's.
  • Expy: The three main Abarangers draw their powers from dinosaurs that were represented by three of the Zyurangers (namely the tyrannosaurus, the triceratops and the pteranodon), while Abare Black draws his power from a brachiosaurus (which was present in Zyuranger in the form of King Brachion).
  • Fastball Special: in The Movie, the villain is defeated after Tyranno tail-whips RYOGA into him.
  • For the Evulz: Mikoto's motivation.
  • Four-Temperament Ensemble
    • Ryouga: Choleric
    • Yukito: Phlegmatic
    • Ranru: Sanguine
    • Asuka: Melancholic
  • Freaky Friday Flip: Ryouga and Yukito in Episode 27.
  • Freudian Trio
    • Id: Ryouga
    • Superego: Yukito
    • Ego: Ranru
  • Fuel Meter of Power: Abarekiller's suit is set to self-destruct after a set amount of transformations. It eventually does.
  • Fun with Acronyms: "Abare"; it's a word-per-syllable acronym instead of word-per-letter, and stands for "Attack Bandit Resistance".
  • Giant Robot Hands Save Lives: done in the final battle with AbaLasers very-seldom-used hands.
  • Grievous Harm with a Body: Mecha variation in The Movie, after AbareMax jacks DinoGuts drill arm.
  • Gundamjack: AnotherEarth forces Stego into combining with AbarenOh's to form BakurenOh. Later on he temporarily kidnaps every non-main Bakuryu and uses them against their own will.
  • Heel Face Turn: Dr. Nakadai MikotoAbarenOh's, MahoroAbareKiller, and (arguably) Yatsudenwani.
  • Hero Stole My Bike: episode 35, Ranru jacks up to three vehicles in succession.
  • Hot-Blooded: "Abare Mode" encourages hot-bloodedness, since rage equals ass-kicking in this form.

"Rampage! Rampage! Rampage even more! Get up!"
    • "Blast-Dinosaur Task Force Rampage Rangers"... It seems no further elaboration would be necessary.
  • Hot Dad: Ryouga. Also, Asuka.
  • Hot Mom: Mahoro.
  • Idol Singer: Ranru trained as one before becoming a mechanic.
  • Inn Between the Worlds: Ever since its creation, the Dinosaur Curry shop has been referenced in every annual teamup, serving as a place where members of the past and present teams meet each other. The thing's a landmark.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: If any one trope sums up Yukito's character, this is it.
  • Literal Genie: ep. 25's Trinoid.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: Rije's father turned out to be Asuka.
  • Meaningful Name: Ryouga, Yukito and Ranru's family names, "Hakua" (Cretaceous), "Sanjyo" (Triassic) and "Itsuki" (Jurassic[16]), are puns on names of the prehistoric periods where dinosaurs thrived in. Lampshaded in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger.
    • There's also Mikela, the painter, named after Michelangelo, and Voffa, the composer, whose name derives from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • Medium Awareness: in episode 14, Ranru meets Ryuunosuke's old friend, who relates a story from their childhood in the form of a sepia toned flashback that they can actually see.

"So which one is Ryuunosuke?"
"Sshh, pay attention!"

  • Missed the Call: Mikoto misses the distribution of Tranfsormation Trinkets. He finds Sealed Evil In An Egg McGuffin while moping.
  • Mood Whiplash
  • More Than Mind Control: After breaking free from TopGaler's influence, Stego decides to stay with him anyway since this means a promotion from "auxiliary zord called out once-every-so-often" to "one half of a Megazord". Even Mikoto was surprised at the Face Heel Turn.
  • My Name Is Not Durwood: KillerOh has never addressed Mikoto by name, ever.
    • He averts this trope during the Crowning Moment of Heartwarming when he and Mikoto end up dying together when the Dino Minder is about to explode...
  • Mythology Gag: The spamming of diamond motifs on the outfits is most certainly a callback to Zyuranger.
  • Name's the Same: Actor-case. Mikoto//AbareKiller is played by Kotaro Tanaka, who is NOT the Kotaro Tanaka who played Ryuu Tendou
  • Names to Run Away From Really Fast: /Jeanne.
  • Nephewism: Ryouga is biologically Mai's uncle and has been caring for her since her parents were killed.
  • New Powers as the Plot Demands: Actually justified in-universe, with Wrench Wench Ranru making random modifications to the Dino Braces (explaining the out-of-nowhere 'Abare Beam' in the Hurricaneger teamup) and adding stuff to the Bakuryu (Kera slaps a bug on the ep. 25 Trinoid, which tricks it into attacking a holographic building).
  • Non-Action Guy: Brachio is a Non Action Mecha. In Super Sentai, nonetheless.
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: All the Bakuryu have nicknames, to be addressed easily, except for AbareKiller.
    • Mikoto does call him "Toppu" in The Movie.
  • Overly Long Name: All Trinoids, see Punny Name below. Mikela turns out to have one in ep. 22.
  • Overnight Age-Up: Happens to Lije full-circle; from baby to 11 to 20 then back to 11 and to baby again.
  • Palette Swap: the first three Bakuryuu go through this when they are brought under control.
  • Papa Wolf: Ryoga.
    • Tyra also revealed in episode 3 that he had a child, all the while teaching Ryoga a parental aesop.
  • Power Walk: in the final scene from the opening.
  • Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Ryoga has a moment in the Abaranger vs. Dekaranger special:

I'm! I'M! A FATHER! I CAN'T BE KILLED HERE!!!!!
  1. ↑ Not to Be Confused With Ran Ran Ruu
  2. ↑ A combination of Abare (Rampage) and "ranger".
  3. ↑ Just for starters: The word "AbaRanger" is from "Abare", meaning "riot/rampage/outbreak/run wild".
  4. ↑ Yukito the chiropractor, Ranru the mechanic, Asuka the Dino Earth expert, and Mikoto the medical doctor.
  5. ↑ Although, the Dino Carry was just a chariot pulled by the Styracosaurus, so the Max Oja could be considered more of a Transforming Mecha depending on whether you view the Dino Carry as part of the Styracosaurus or as a separate equipment.
  6. ↑ Genki Bakudai!
  7. ↑ Honki Bakuhatsu!
  8. ↑ Yuuki de bakushin!
  9. ↑ Muteki no Ryujin tamashi!
  10. ↑ Tokimeki no haku.
  11. ↑ The work "Haku" is a wordplay; "Haku" means "Doctor", among other things, and the Kanji used here for "Ha" stands for "White".
  12. ↑ Read as "A-mee-ba".
  13. ↑ Gun and Sword modes.
  14. ↑ Has 4 different elemental attacks.
  15. ↑ Can also function as a laser-shooting quill pen.
  16. ↑ Jyura-ki; "jyu" is a possible reading for the kanji "Itsuki"
  17. ↑ fireworks
  18. ↑ bee
  19. ↑ pimple
  20. ↑ Venus
  21. ↑ eggplant
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