Morphylogeny

VR Troopers

#29: VRT 129 "Danger in the Deep".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Metalder, episodes 1, 2, 4, 6, 20, 26, 27, & 35; and Spielban, episodes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 24, 28, & 43.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:16;21.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
METALDER #02.

Slow zoom in on Ziktor Tower (smog-free).

Fades in from prior shot, fades out to next.

VRT 101.

Karl Ziktor morphs into Grimlord.

Recycled.

METALDER #27.

The four Generals, and the rest of the mutants, pump their fists once in the air to hail Grimlord.

Recycled.

METALDER #04.

The camera lowers in the back of the Virtual Dungeon as Grimlord talks to his Mutants, a table full of food in the front of them.

Recycled, still shortened.

METALDER #35.

Slow zoom in as we semi-circle right around Grimlord as he talks.

Recycled, still shortened.

METALDER #06.

The Virtual Mutants stand in the dungeon, mostly in nice neat rows, the lense all smudgy.

Recycled; slowed.

METALDER #35.

Brief zoom out and then slow semi-circle left around Grimlord as he speaks.

Recycled.

METALDER #27.

The four Generals, and the rest of the mutants, pump their fists once in the air to hail Grimlord.

Recycled; fades to black.

METALDER #26.

Zoom in on a dam site.

Altered to fit VR Visor Vision.

METALDER #26.

Pan across the dam site.

Altered to fit VR Visor Vision.

SPIELBAN #07.

A close inspection of the coral under the sea.


SPIELBAN #07.

A door to an underwater cave slides up, revealing bars within.

Plays in reverse of source.

SPIELBAN #07.

More coral, and a scuba diver (who is neither Ryan nor JB, since both are diving together and not solo like this guy) dives down further.

VR JB's counterpart, but without proper context.

SPIELBAN #07.

A barred door to an underwater cave slides down.

Recycled, but runs in proper order.

METALDER #01.

Pan left as Grimlord talks.

Recycled, shortened heavily; fades in from prior shot.

METALDER #01.

The virtual mutants all raise their right arms into the air to hail Grimlord, then slowly lower them.

Recycled, cuts before shot lingers.

METALDER #01.

Grimlord raises his right hand, palm outward, then points forth, shooting a beam of energy at us.

Recycled.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #08.

Grimlord's energy summons an energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, forming an image of Shoulderbot turning and crossing his arms.

Recycled background with new insert.

METALDER #01.

Grimlord finishes lowering his arms as he talks and shot pans left.

Recycled; shortened heavily.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot uncrosses his arms and turns around.

Recycled, but without altered background; plays in reverse.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot opens his left shoulder, revealing three gun barrels, which he fires forth, bursting a cardboard cutout of VR JB being held by a Skug.

Used head of sequence; Cuts prior shot of Skug waving cutout about; cuts follow-up of Skug's head exploding.

SPIELBAN #08.

Skugs dance about while holding cardboard cutouts of VR Kaitlin & VR JB, Shoulderbot watching as they then appear on opposite sides of him, prompting him to open his right shoulder and fire lasers from it, bursting the VR Kaitlin cutout.

Cuts prior shot of VR JB cutout; Cuts additional close-up of Shoulderbot between shots 1 & 2.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot closes his shoulder weapons.


SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot turns around and crosses his arms.

Recycled, but runs fully unaltered for once.

METALDER #01.

Slow zoom in close on Grimlord, as he talks.

Recycled; trims start to remove head shaking; fades to black.

VRT 101.

The three Trooper teens raise their glowing Virtualizers.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #08.

A pair of Skugs leap over the camera, VR Kaitlin also flipping over us, and landing atop a dam bridge. She fights the Skugs until Shoulderbot appears, which she reacts to, then he slowly starts marching her way.

Shot 3 is pushed back from source position.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB flies his VR Fighterbike in Skycycle mode through the air, talking as he looks around.


METALDER #26.

VR Ryan stands in a riverbed talking and looking upward slightly.

Trimmed heavily.

SPIELBAN #12.

A fleet of five Quantum Cruisers fly through the sky.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

Air Fighters swoop up and back down.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

A trio of Air Fighters flies forth from the clouds, while another trio swoops in from the side.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #28.

Air Fighters swoop up past us real closely.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #12.

A trio of Air Fighters flies to our left out of some clouds.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB drives his VR Fighterbike along a dam roadway.

All of the VR JB stuff takes place later in source than the VR Kaitlin stuff, for the record; Cuts follow-up of him coming to a park beside a white car.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB parks his VR Fighterbike, then hops off and rushes forth.

Zoomed in to remove visibility of Suzuki logo; split for later usage.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot opens his right shoulder.

Used ahead of source.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR Kaitlin leaps up and bounds off Shoulderbot's left shoulder, which then opens up and fires upon her when she lands on a nearby roof, bursting her down. Shoulderbot opens his right shoulder, and zaps VR Kaitlin down again. Shoulderbot starts punching VR Kaitlin up close, as she stands beside the dam's railing. After about five hits, VR Kaitlin goes flying over to the other side and luckily lands on the cement passageway, where she struggles and talks while remaining on the ground as Shoulderbot taunts her.

Shot 7 is recycled, but in context.

SPIELBAN #08.

Standing beside a white car, VR JB turns around and runs a few steps, stops, talks, then suddenly turns and looks skyward.

Split from earlier (with some footage between of him inspecting the car, chopped out).

SPIELBAN #08.

A trio of Air Fighters fires while turning.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

Sparks burst all around VR JB on the dam.


SPIELBAN #08.

Air Fighters fire pink electricity.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

Sparks burst all around VR JB on the dam again, he then braces back amid the smoke, before looking upward to our left.


SPIELBAN #08.

A lone Quantum Cruiser flies forth.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB nod-talks and looking upward.

Split for later usage.

SPIELBAN #05.

Close on an explosion. A trio of Air Fighters fires while turning. Quantum Cruiser flies away from us into the clouds.

Recycled; still altered to fit VR JB vision (recycled from VRT 107).

SPIELBAN #12.

A fleet of five Quantum Cruisers fly through the sky.

Recycled again.

METALDER #26.

Sharp zoom in on VR Ryan standing on the dam.

Used ahead of source.

METALDER #26.

Pan across the dam site.

Recycled, but unaltered.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan's POV scans the dam center.

Cuts before background fades into interior shot with a lady tied up within.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan leaps up.

Cuts prior stuff of VR Ryan beating up soldiers.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan leaps up, then curls up and flips over.

Recycled, but first time in context.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan lands at a doorway in the center of the dam, then enters.


METALDER #26.

VR Ryan approaches an internal bulkhead door, turns the handle, it opens, he hops inside and it closes behind him.

Cuts before he turns and sees door has closed; cuts follow-up of him trying and failing to get out.

SPIELBAN #43.

Pan down some machinery in an industrial area.

Altered to fit VR Ryan vision; that's part of the Skybase's internal parts in source.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan looks on and nods.

Transitions out.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot approaches, so VR Kaitlin pulls out her Laser Pistol and fires on him, pink smoke bursting him, but not stopping him. VR Kaitlin backs up but keeps firing, until Shoulderbot snatches the weapon out of her hand and breaks it in half.

Transitions in; cuts prior stuff of VR Kaitlin getting strangled then tossed into a side area; cuts follow-up of VR JB driving to a beach and looking around.

SPIELBAN #08.

Close on VR Kaitlin nod-talking.

Recycled, but almost close to context (still shortened, though).

SPIELBAN #08.

Zoom in on Shoulderbot, watching closely, as VR Kaitlin staggers to the side and backs up onto a railing on the edge of the dam top. Zoom in on Shoulderbot, zoom in on VR Kaitlin, then close on VR Kaitlin nod-talking.

Shot 3 is retinted from source (which was green to serve as monster's POV); cuts final shot before she talks more (stuff we've seen before) and then leaps up.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot fires a forehead beam forth, exploding behind VR Kaitlin as she's flung into the air, flipping over the side of the dam.

Cuts final shot before freeze-frame and eyecatch bumper appearing.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB talks while looking up and raising his arm before reaching downward.

Split from earlier.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB presses down on his blinking belt buttons.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB poses as electricity and energy crackles about.


SPIELBAN #08.

A Quantum Cruiser is sucked into the virtual reality vortex.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

Trio of Air Fighters are sucked into the virtual reality vortex.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB keeps posing as the electricity and energy keeps crackling, he soon glows and teleports away.


SPIELBAN #24.

VR JB & VR Kaitlin roll into a smokey field beside a dam.


SPIELBAN #24.

A trio of Air Fighters fires while turning.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

A Quantum Cruiser fires.

Recycled; trimmed for some reason.

SPIELBAN #24.

A trio of dirt bursts erupt around VR Kaitlin and a cartwheeling VR JB.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #09.

VR JB flips over and rolls into a smokey quarry.

Recycled, cuts just before he fully recovers.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB poses battle ready, then summons to the sky.

Cuts follow-ups of Techno Bazooka assembling.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB motions his arms about while his body trails, until he erupts into sparkle particles that reassemble as a giant energy image of him using the VR Techno Bazooka, firing both cannons forth.

Recycled, per source, altered to feature colored sparkles during each shot.

SPIELBAN #08.

A Quantum Cruiser is shot with a laser, exploding it.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

A trio of Air Fighters fly at us and explode.

Recycled, per source; cuts follow-ups of VR JB posing triumphantly.

METALDER #26.

Zoom in on a dam site.

Recycled, but unaltered.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan is staring at the bulkhead door, when he suddenly turns around. Zoom in on the bomb on the wall, which is ticking down from 2 minutes. VR Ryan looks upward and nods.

Shot 1 is trimmed; shot 2 trims to cut out visibility of captive woman; final shot is recycled from earlier and split again.

METALDER #26.

Continued, VR Ryan quickly looks down and rushes forth.

Split from before.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan hurries up a stairway below the bomb, looking at it, prying it off the wall, looking at the wire connections, and nod-talking at it.

Trims start to remove him freeing woman.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan looks at the bomb in his hands.

Recycled; trimmed to end.

METALDER #26.

The bomb ticks down from a minute and 30.


SPIELBAN #08.

In a field, VR Kaitlin rushes over to VR JB, they exchange dialogue, then rush off together.

Used way ahead of source position.

SPIELBAN #08.

Sharp zoom in on Shoulderbot, out standing in a field.


SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot opens his left shoulder gun.


SPIELBAN #08.

Sharp zoom in on Shoulderbot with one shoulder open.


SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB readies his saber, extending it from its hilt, posing with it, then leaping forth, flipping over and sparkily slashing Shoulderbot on the way by. Shoulderbot opens his left shoulder, and fires upon VR JB, bursting him and all around him sparkily. VR JB poses defensively as Shoulderbot approaches, when VR Kaitlin appears behind the mutant, only for him to turn to the side, open his right shoulder, and fire both shoulders on both VR Troopers at the same time explosively, though they dive out of the way and regroup together.

Cuts end before VR JB rushes forth.

SPIELBAN #08.

Establishing shot of the dam.

Recycled; trimmed to end, and freeze-framed; you can still see VR Kaitlin up there on the edge.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan nod-talks to our slight right.

Split.

METALDER #26.

The bomb lies on the floor.


METALDER #26.

The bomb ticks down from 19 seconds.


METALDER #26.

Continued, VR Ryan gets up and rushes forth.

Split from three shots ago.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan exits the dam with the bomb in hand, stops and looks at it.

Split.

METALDER #26.

The bomb ticks down from 13 seconds.


METALDER #26.

Continued, VR Ryan leaps up into the air, and flings the bomb aside.

Shot 1 is split from two shots ago; cuts follow-up of bomb falling in water and exploding.

SPIELBAN #01.

A massive explosion in midair.

Recycled; trims off shot of Air Fighters getting missiled.

SPIELBAN #03.

A massive explosion erupts.

Trims start to remove visibility of mountaintop turret.

METALDER #26.

VR Ryan lands on the dam's edge perfectly, and looks to our left.

Cuts before he turns his body; cuts follow-ups of him fighting Decimator.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot fires upon VR JB, bursting him and all around him sparkily.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot fires both shoulders on both VR Troopers at the same time explosively, though they dive out of the way and regroup together, before VR JB rushes and jumps forth.

Recycled, but final shot runs fully.

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot reacts, as VR Kaitlin unloads her Laser Pistol on him, bursting him and dazing him, allowing VR JB to sparkily slash him from midair. VR JB then poses with his blade as Shoulderbot spins around, smoking.


SPIELBAN #08.

A quick shot of VR JB's helmet up super close as his eyes light up.

Recycled, per source; cuts before full pan to the side but runs a bit longer than usual.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB whips saber around, extends the hilt into a second blade that fades from laser to solid, then both blades become laser charged, as he poses with it.

Recycled, per source (Sparkily colors from transformation sequence is overlayed into footage).

SPIELBAN #08.

Shoulderbot staggers forth.


SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB stabs one Laser Lance glowing saber end forth.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB impales Shoulderbot with his extended Laser Lance, explosively, then rushes forth and pulls it out, and twirls it.


SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB twirls his Laser Lance about, slicing upward diagonal, then downward diagonal.

Recycled, per source; trimmed.

SPIELBAN #08.

Energy slashed, Shoulderbot crackles and writhes as VR JB finishes slashing, turns around, and poses with his Laser Lance while Shoulderbot collapses and explodes massively.


SPIELBAN #03.

A massive explosion erupts.

Recycled, still trimmed to remove turret; fades out.

METALDER #01.

Close on Grimlord looking silently to our left.

Recycled; fades in.

METALDER #01.

Close on Decimator's faction of bots; Magician, Horrorbot, and Slashbot in the front.

Recycled.

METALDER #20.

Grimlord angrily raises his right fist near his face briefly, while talking in close-up.

Recycled.

METALDER #01.

Close on Zelton's faction of Mutants standing in the Dungeon (Dark Heart, Invincible Blade, Polarbot, Fembot, and others).

Recycled.

METALDER #01.

Close on Decimator's faction of bots; Magician, Horrorbot, and Slashbot in the front.

Recycled again.

METALDER #06.

Sharp zoom in close on Grimlord, talking as his eyes glow red, then his right fist clenches and glows red as well.

Recycled; fades to black.

Ending Credits