Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters 特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ | |
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File:Go-Busters logo.jpeg | |
Genre | Sentai |
Creator | Yatsude Saburou |
Writer |
Kobayashi Yasuko Mouri Nobuhiro Shimoyama Kento |
Director | Shibasaki Takayuki and others |
Starring |
Suzuki Katsuhiro Baba Ryouma Komiya Arisa Matsumoto Hiroya |
Voices of |
Fujiwara Keiji Genda Tesshou Suzuki Tatsuhisa Nakamura Yuuichi |
Narrator | Munakata Osamu |
Opening theme |
Busters Ready Go! Morphin! Movin! Bustership! |
Ending theme |
Kizuna ~ Go-Busters! One wish, One day Shinpai Honey♡Bunny Blue Banana Moon |
No. of episodes | 50 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Sasaki Hajime Takebe Naomi Wakamatsu Gou Yada Kouichi Fukada Akihiro |
Production company(s) |
TV Asahi Toei Company Toei Agency |
Fan Rating | / 5 Stars |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | TV Asahi |
Time | 7:30 am |
Original run | February 26, 2012 | – February 17, 2013
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger |
Followed by | ZyuDen Sentai Kyouryuuger |
External links | |
Website | |
Show Logo | |
特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ Special Missions Sentai Go-Busters
The 36th Super Sentai series that started February 26th, 2012. Catchphrases are "Busters, ready? Go!" and "It's Time For Buster!"
Aired from: February 26, 2012
to February 17, 2013 (50 total episodes)Plot
Takes place in N.C. 2012, where NC probably stands for New Century. The Japanese term for NC is Shin-seireki 新西暦 which approximately means New/Neo AD. On Christmas 1999, a virus made the main computer of the Transport Research Center to become sentient. Calling itself Messiah, it plotted to take over the world, but was foiled when the whole center was teleported into Subdimension. Three children were the only survivors of the event, modified with a vaccine to combat the computer virus. Their modifications allow them to withstand teleportation, gives them special powers, but also gave them weak points.
They were enlisted to become the Go-Busters by the Special Missions Department of the Energy Management Center. They fight an organization called the Vaglass, with Messiah at the helm in Subdimension. Most of the Vaglass schemes are devised by a mysterious figure assisting Messiah named Enter.
The series focuses on a resource called Enetron, which is used as an energy source for both domestic use, and for power of the series mecha (Megazords) by the Energy Management Center (E.M.C.) The Vaglass are constantly going after Enetron as well as technological detail of the E.M.C.
Characters
Note, all the Japanese names use kanji for the family name, but use simplistic katakana for the given name. See the trivia section for more detail.
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
The agents in the field for the Special Missions Department of the E.M.C. Since the show's theme is ostensibly spies, they wear Men in Black style glasses when in the field, their logo is based on sunglasses, and the final move of their transformation is to attach the visors from their wrist device to their helmet. This needs to be done any time they take off their helmets.
Normally, they only refer to themselves as Go-Busters. They never use their full title Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. In the show, the full phrase is only mentioned twice. once by Usada in the first episode and by Ryuuji in Space Sheriff Gavan Appears!.
- Red Buster / Sakurada Hiromu - Suzuki Katsuhiro
- Blue Buster / Iwasaki Ryuuji - Baba Ryouma
- Yellow Buster / Usami Youko - Komiya Arisa
- Beet Buster / Jin Masato - Matsumoto Hiroya → MagiYellow from MagiRanger, Beet Buster from Go-Bus
- Stag Buster / Beet J Stag - Suit actor Satou Daisuke
Buddyroids
バディロイド
- Chida Nick - Voice actor: Fujiwara Keiji, Suit actor Asai Kousuke
- Gorisaki Banana - Voice actor: Genda Tesshou, Suit actor Okamoto Jirou
- Usada Lettuce - Voice actor: Suzuki Tatsuhisa
- Beet J Stag - Voice actor: Nakamura Yuuichi
Special Missions Department
- Commander Kuroki Takeshi - Sakaki Hideo
- Operator Morishita Tooru - Takahashi Naoto
- Operator Nakamura Miho - Nishihira Fuuka
Other characters
- Sakurada Rika - Hiromu's older sister
- Sakurada Yousuke 桜田ヨウスケ - Hiromu and Rika's dad.
- Sakurada Michiko桜田ミチコ - Hiromu and Rika's mom.
- Usami Kei - Youko's Mom
The Vaglass
ヴァグラス
While Vaglass is the official spelling, this is probably a portmanteau of Bug and Virus for Bugrus/Vaglass. This is supported by the grunts being called Buglars and the computer motif. The one thing that doesn't work is that while B/V are normally interchangeable in Japanese, the katakana combination only tends to be used to form the Va sound. Perhaps the B was changed to a V arbitrarily just to make it look more like a name and less like a portmanteau.
There's speculation that it may actually be a variation on Vagrants.
- Messiah - Voiced by Sasaki Seiji
- Buglars バクラー
- The expendable grunts. Enter creates them by swiping his card on his machine.
- Metaroids メタロイド
- The monster of the week. Created by Enter placing a chip on an object then swiping a card. The Metaroid created gains the property of the object Enter used, plus it becomes a teleportation marker for the Megazord.
- The name comes from Meta Virus and and(roid). Both of which fit into the theme of the hacking and machine themes of the show. Since "Meta" means "referring to", "having characteristics", or "parody", this theory can be interpreted to mean an android that takes on the characteristics of the original object or the original object that has been converted into some semblance of an android. For an alternate theory, see below.
- Alternate Theory: As seen on episode 21, 12:58 minutes in (skipping ads), it is written in English as Metaloid (all caps) on the tracker screen, the name relates to Metalloids, elements of the Periodic Table that have semiconductor/semimetal properties (used for several parts of machines, most notably processors and memory chips),which fit the energy and machine themes of the show. Curiously, all of the five substances accepted as metalloids can have a glass form (four of them readily forming glass while the fifth tends to turn crystal), thus relating to the name Vaglass.
- Another theory on Metaloid: I thought it was a portmanteau between Metal and Android, since Enter (and later Escape) used items made with metal (key, antennas, trains...). It seemed more logical because the use of a virus, you need things like microchips that could be represented by metal (some kind of metaphor). However, there are some exceptions like the rubber (ep26), so my theory is not good.
- Giant Robo Megazords 巨大ロボメガゾード
- Currently comes in three types: Alpha (Speed type), Beta (Power type), Gamma (Reinforced battle type) which usually are seen having the same appearance traits of the Metaroid that was created beforehand as well as the Metaroid's attributes. The Command Center consistently refer to them as enemy Megazords.
- The creators 創造する者たち
- Apparently the ones who create the Megazords. Enter has communicated to them directly by text before on his laptop.
Buster Machines
CB-01 Cheetah
- Powered by Chida Nick and operated by Sakurada Hiromu. Probably stands for Cheetah Bike, since Nick turns into a bike. The actual mecha is a car that transforms into a cheetah in animal mode. Interestingly, the Ace form is considered a Megazord, which means that a Megazord is a term that means humanoid robot, similar to how the Power Rangers Megazords are. 02 and 03 are not considered Megazords in either form. Later in the series, Nick reveals he received an upgrade to transform into Go-Buster Ace and pilot it without the help of Hiromu.
GT-02 Gorilla
- Powered by Gorisaki Banana and operated by Iwasaki Ryuuji. It transforms from truck to gorilla.
RH-03 Rabbit
- Powered by Usada Lettuce and operated by Usami Youko. It transforms helicopter mode to rabbit mode.
BC-04 Beetle
- Operated by Jin Masato. Like CB-01, BC-04 has three modes; Crane, Kabuto Beetle, and Go-Buster Beet.
SJ-05 Stag Beetle
- Operated by Beet J. Stag. It transforms from jet to stag beetle mode.
FS-0O Frog
- Powered and operated by it's BuddyRoid, Enetan. It transforms from submarine to frog. FS-0O was one of the first generation Buster Vehicles created by Jin Masato. It is mainly used for underwater operations. It can attack using it's signature, Otama Missiles.
LT-06 Tategami Lioh
- Unlike the other Buster Machines, it does not require the use of a Buddyroid. It is dubbed a Buddyzord, by its creator Hazuki Saburou, due to it's system to fully integrate the Buddyroid technology with the Buster Vehicle technology together. It is usually operated by Sakurada Hiromu. Like CB-01 and BC-04, Tategami Lioh has 3 modes; Lion, Trike, and Megazord.
Megazords
Go-Buster Ace
- CB-01's Third mode. Can be equipped with Buster Blades which can be replaced with teleportation.
GoBuster-Oh
- Ace is temporarily invincible during the Combine Operation. Its finisher move is called the Dimension Crash. In the Super Hero Taisen bonus file it's spelled Go-Buster Oh
Go-Buster Kero-Oh
- Combination of FS-0O, CB-01, and GT-02. When SJ-05 deploys a handle from the sky, it can skate the surface of the water. It attacks using moves such as the Enetan Screw, which uses a powerful mist fired from the turbines on it's arms to attack, and the Otama Missiles, three missiles that project the image of FS-0O before impacting the target. It can use it's powerful turbines to propel itself airborne.
Go-Buster Beet
- BC-04's Third mode. Its finisher is Beet Catapult Attack, which launches SJ-05 at its enemy using the crane arm segment as tracks.
Buster Hercules
- Combination of Go-Buster Beet and SJ-05. It has massive amounts of firepower on it. Its finisher is Hercules Crisis.
Great Go-Buster
- It's the combination of CB-01, GT-02, RH-03, BC-04, and SJ-05. It able to operate in the subdimension normally. Hiromu can feel the powerful burden of the subdimension on it. Its finisher is Demolition Thrust.
Tategami Lioh
- LT-06's Third mode.
Go-Buster Lioh
- Combination of LT-06, GT-02, and RH-03.
Go-Buster King
- Combination of LT-06, GT-02, RH-03, BC-04, and SJ-05. This is the most powerful Megazord the Go-Busters have in their possession.
Special Attacks Used in Go-Busters
List of Attacks in Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
Chronology
Episode | Title | Air date | Writer | Director | Ratings |
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Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger VS Space Sheriff Gavan the Movie 海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャーVS宇宙刑事ギャバン THE MOVIE |
January 21, 2012 | Arakawa Naruhisa | Nakazawa Shoujirou | N/A | |
Mission 01 | Tokumei Sentai, Assemble!
特命戦隊、集結せよ! |
Feb. 26, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Shibasaki Takayuki | 3.8% |
Mission 02 | Promise From 13 Years Ago
13年前の約束 |
March 4, 2012 | 3.2% | ||
Mission 03 | GT-02 Animal, Deploy!
GT-02アニマル、出撃! |
March 11, 2012 | 5.0% | ||
Mission 04 | Special Missions and Determination
特命と決意 |
March 18, 2012 | Nakazawa Shoujirou | 4.5% | |
Mission 05 | Overheated and Out of Control!
キケンな熱暴走! |
March 25, 2012 | 4.4% | ||
Mission 06 | Gattai! GoBuster-Oh
合体!ゴーバスターオー |
April 1, 2012 | Watanabe Katsuya | 4.1% | |
Mission 07 | Ace Can't Be Fixed?
エース整備不良? |
April 8, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | 4.5% | |
Mission 08 | Protect the Machine's Design!
マシン設計図を守れ! |
April 15, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Shibasaki Takayuki | 5.2% |
Kamen Rider x Super Sentai Super Hero Taisen 仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊 スーパーヒーロー大戦 |
April 21, 2012 | Yonemura Shouji | Kaneda Osamu | N/A | |
Mission 09 | Usada Recovery Operation!
ウサダ奪還作戦! |
April 22, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Shibasaki Takayuki | 4.4% |
Mission 10 | Reason for Fighting
戦う理由 |
April 29, 2012 | Takemoto Noboru | 3.5% | |
Mission 11 | The Weak Point is being Targeted
ねらわれたウイークポイント |
May 6, 2012 | Shimoyama Kento | 4.4% | |
Mission 12 | Do you like to dress up?
変装はお好き? |
May 13, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | Katou Hiroyuki | 5.1% |
Mission 13 | A Surprising Day Off
サプライズな休日 |
May 20, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Nakazawa Shoujirou | 4.6% |
Mission 14 | Ça va? Rescue Operation
サバ?救出作戦 |
May 27, 2012 | 4.5% | ||
Mission 15 | The Gold Warrior and His Silver Buddy
金の戦士と銀のバディ |
June 3, 2012 | Kaneda Osamu | 3.6% | |
Mission 16 | The Man From the Subdimension
亜空間から来た男 |
June 10, 2012 | 5.2% | ||
Mission 17 | And the Name is Go-Buster Beet!
その名はゴーバスタービート! |
June 17, 2012 | Takemoto Noboru | 3.6% | |
Mission 18 | Joint Operation 3000 Meters Underground
地底3000メートルの共同作業 |
June 24, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | 3.3% | |
Mission 19 | My Gestalt! Buster Hercules
俺の合体!バスターヘラクレス |
July 1, 2012 | Shimoyama Kento | Maihara Kenzou | 3.9% |
Mission 20 | Five Parts Combine! Great Go-Buster!
5体結集!グレートゴーバスター! |
July 8, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | 3.0% | |
Mission 21 | Farewell, Blue Buster
さらば ブルーバスター |
July 15, 2012 | Watanabe Katsuya | 4.8% | |
Mission 22 | The Lovely Avatar Escape
美しきアバター エスケイプ |
July 22, 2012 | 2.2% | ||
Mission 23 | The One To Carry On the Spirit
意志を継ぐ者 |
July 29, 2012 | Katou Hiroyuki | 3.1% | |
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower! 特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ THE MOVIE 東京エネタワーを守れ! |
August 4, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Shibasaki Takayuki | N/A | |
Mission 24 | A Très Bien Summer Festival
トレビアンな夏祭り |
August 5, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | Katou Hiroyuki | 3.8% |
Mission 25 | Pursue the Mystery of the Avatars!
アバターの謎を追え! |
August 12, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Takemoto Noboru | 3.2% |
Mission 26 | A Powerful Little Enemy! Command Center SOS
小さな強敵!司令室SOS |
August 19, 2012 | Shimoyama Kento | 3.9% | |
Mission 27 | Escape the Mazelike Complex!
暴走コンビで迷宮脱出! |
August 26, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | Shibasaki Takayuki | 3.3% |
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters VS Beet Buster VS J 特命戦隊ゴーバスターズVSビートバスターVSJ |
September 1, 2012 (October 2012 issue of TV Magazine) |
Mouri Nobuhiro | Katou Hiroyuki | N/A | |
Mission 28 | Beware of Chickens!
ニワトリに注意せよ! |
September 2, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Shibasaki Takayuki | 4.4% |
Mission 29 | Plunge into the Subdimension
亜空間への突入 |
September 9, 2012 | Butsuda Hiroshi | 5.2% | |
Mission 30 | Shutdown Messiah
メサイア シャットダウン |
September 16, 2012 | 4.6% | ||
Mission 31 | Space Sheriff Gavan Appears!
宇宙刑事ギャバン、現る! |
September 23, 2012 | Shimoyama Kento | Watanabe Katsuya | 5.1% |
Mission 32 | Friendship Tag Battle with Gavan!
ギャバンとの友情タッグ! |
September 30, 2012 | 4.9% | ||
Mission 33 | Morphin! Powered Custom
モーフィン!パワードカスタム |
October 7, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Katou Hiroyuki | 3.3% |
Mission 34 | The Enemy is Beet Buster?!
敵はビートバスター?! |
October 14, 2012 | 4.5% | ||
Mission 35 | Tategami Lioh Howls!
タテガミライオー 吼える! |
October 21, 2012 | Shimoyama Kento | Takemoto Noboru | 4.9% |
Mission 36 | Go-Buster Lioh Gagiin!
ゴーバスターライオー ガギーン! |
October 28, 2012 | 5.3% | ||
Mission 37 | The Black Bride and the White Bride
黒と白の花嫁 |
November 4, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Watanabe Katsuya | 3.7% |
Mission 38 | Live! Ace Death Match
実況!エースデスマッチ |
November 11, 2012 | 3.5% | ||
Mission 39 | Hissatsu! Messiah's Fists
必殺!メサイアの拳 |
November 18, 2012 | Kaneda Osamu | 4.0% | |
Mission 40 | J Covers the Messiahroid
カブるJとメサイアロイド |
November 25, 2012 | 3.0% | ||
Mission 41 | Pink Buster the Mysterious Thief!
怪盗ピンクバスター! |
December 2, 2012 | Mouri Nobuhiro | Katou Hiroyuki | 4.4% |
Mission 42 | Plunge into the Megazord!
突撃!メガゾードの中へ |
December 9, 2012 | Kobayashi Yasuko | 3.7% | |
Mission 43 | A Resolute Christmas
決意のクリスマス! |
December 16, 2012 | Takemoto Noboru | 3.5% | |
Mission 44 | Holy Night ・ Time to Fulfill the Mission
聖夜・使命果たす時 |
December 23, 2012 | 4.0% | ||
Mission 45 | New Year's. The Powerful Little Enemy Returns
謹賀新年! 小さな強敵、再び |
January 6, 2013 | Shimoyama Kento | Watanabe Katsuya | 2.7% |
Mission 46 | A New Fusion and Overheating!
新たな融合と熱暴走! |
January 13, 2013 | Kobayashi Yasuko | 3.4% | |
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters VS Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie 特命戦隊ゴーバスターズVS海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー THE MOVIE |
January 19, 2013 | Shimoyama Kento | Shibasaki Takayuki | N/A | |
Mission 47 | Reset and Backups
リセットとバックアップ |
January 20, 2013 | Kobayashi Yasuko | Watanabe Katsuya | 3.7% |
Mission 48 | It's a Trap
仕掛けられていた罠 |
January 27, 2013 | Katou Hiroyuki | 4.3% | |
Mission 49 | Determination and a Decision
覚悟と選択 |
February 3, 2013 | Shibasaki Takayuki | 4.9% | |
Final Mission | An Eternal Bond
永遠のキズナ |
February 10, 2013 | 4.4% | ||
Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z 仮面ライダー×スーパー戦隊×宇宙刑事 スーパーヒーロー大戦Z |
April 27, 2013 | Yonemura Shouji | Kaneda Osamu | N/A | |
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters VS Doubutsu Sentai Go-Busters 帰ってきた特命戦隊ゴーバスターズVS動物戦隊ゴーバスターズ |
June 21, 2013 | Shimoyama Kento | Katou Hiroyuki | N/A | |
ZyuDen Sentai Kyouryuuger VS Go-Busters: Great Climactic Dinosaur Battle! Goodbye My Eternal Friend 獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャーVSゴーバスターズ 恐竜大決戦!さらば永遠の友よ |
January 18, 2014 | Sanjou Riku | Sakamoto Koichi | N/A |
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Other Releases
Net Movie Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Super Hero Taihen
Premiere Meeting
- From January 28-29, 2012 at the Prism Hall in Tokyo Dome City.
- MC Terasako Maro 寺迫麿
- Metaroid - Burnerroid
- Starts with the Busters fighting off a Vaglass invasion of Prism Hall. Has a guest appearance by the Gokaigers. And a live performance of the opening song.
Music
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Discography
Trivia
- The Busters get their name from the Japanese term for antivirus programs, "Virus Busters".
- The Busters frequently finish off an enemy by saying "Enemy eliminated". Thinking back though, this phrase would probably be better as "Enemy deleted" or "Enemy erased" to go along with the anti-virus theme for Go-Busters. The Japanese word for it, sakujo 削除, in computer terms means erase/delete.
- During the opening sequence, the seemingly random gibberish text on screen is from the English wikipedia article for the Super Sentai series.
- The title of the opening theme isn't the series name itself. It breaks a long trend of opening themes being named from the series name.
- Forgoes the practical effect of sparks upon impact for some action scenes. A lot of the time, the sparks are added afterwards with CGI (Some of the sparks that come out are numbers). This creates awkward moments where sometimes enemies will get slashed, but no sparks will come out (One obvious example of this is in the opening).
- The ending theme "One Wish, One Day" is also Hiromu and Nick's Image Song.
- The Morphin tends to be without an apostrophe, which is how it's done in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers spelling. However, in the Morphin Blaster commercial, the words in English say Let's Morphin' with an apostrophe, in contrast to the toy logo in the same commercial which doesn't.
- Unlike other Sentai, the Go-Busters don't announce themselves as Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters in the roll call (except the movie: Gokaiger vs. Gavan). Instead, they do their "Busters, ready? Go!" bit.
- In fact, within the show, the phrase Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters occurs only once so far. In episode one, about 11:55 in, Usada describes the team as Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.
- The naming in Go-Busters is unusual too. All the family names are written in kanji, but all the given names are written in katakana, the alphabet for foreign names. While this doesn't necessarily mean anything, it does make it seem as if this reality is a bit different from the current reality (since most Japanese people write their names with kanji and hiragana, not katakana). This fits since they're in N.C. 2012 while we're in AD 2012. **This may also make the show seem more western, but this conclusion is a bit of a stretch. In most likelihood, this was a move to make it easier for the writers so they don't have to come up with kanji for names, and it's easier for the kids who watch who may not know many kanji.
- This is rather ironic since the last Sentai to really use a lot of kanji in names was Shinkenger, a series designed to make kanji appeal to young viewers. However, (perhaps as an unintentional blowback from that) all the character names since then (with the exception of Gai from Gokaiger) have been written in simplistic katakana. The Goseigers and Gokaigers aren't native Japanese, and the Go-Busters are from a slightly different dimension. This probably makes it easier for kids to remember.
- Before the series came out, the theory was that the show would have a Ghost theme since the Japanese name closely resembles the Japanese spelling for Ghostbusters. ゴーバスターズ Gou Basutaazu / ゴーストバスターズ Gousuto Basutaazu. It's basically Ghost Busters with two of the Japanese characters removed.
- Actor Sakaki, who plays Commander Kuroki, is a hero in real life too. He caught a peeping tom on August 24, 2012. [1]
References to Power Rangers
Go-Busters contains several references to Power Rangers, which is the American remake of Super Sentai . Usually these references refer to 'firsts' in Sentai history of plot devices already in place in Power Rangers.
- The mecha are called MegaZords. This is for both the heroes and villains. The difference is that individual mecha are also called MegaZords, unlike in Power Rangers where the name refers to a "giant robo", usually a combiner. 'Zord' is used as a suffix for Metaroids' MegaZords, such as ShovelRoid's ShovelZord.
- The term "Zord", which originated in Power Rangers, was also used. The last time this happened in Super Sentai was for the G-Zord in Mirai Sentai Timeranger.
- The Morphin Brace shouts "It's Morphin' Time!" when activated, which was used throughout the Power Rangers series.
- Also the Morphin Brace has a sunglasses theme similar to Power Rangers: Jungle Fury, except the Go-Busters don't actually put them on like the Jungle Fury rangers but the sunglasses form the Visor when the Go-busters shout "Let's Morphin". The Jungle Fury Morpher Sunglasses were an american creation that didn't appear on GekiRangers.
- The main villain, Messiah, is very similar to Power Rangers: R.P.M.'s Venjix as they were both computer viruses, not to mention very impatient and angry. Messiah is also a floating head from a different dimension, just like Zordon.
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