Morphylogeny

VR Troopers

#37: VRT 137 "Field Goal".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Metalder, episodes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 29, 31, & 33; and Spielban, episodes 3, 21, & 29.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:13;25.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
METALDER #07.

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower (no smog).

Recycled; Fades in from prior shot; transitions out to next.

VRT 101.

Karl Ziktor morphs into Grimlord.

Recycled.

METALDER #02.

The four main Generals in front, the mutants of the virtual dungeon step forth, pumping fists in the air.

Recycled.

METALDER #01.

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

Recycled.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #21.

Grimlord's energy summons an energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, forming an image of Colonel Icebot as he talks close with a fist raised.

Recycled; cuts before he lowers fist.

METALDER #31.

Grimlord talks in close-up, clenching his hand into a fist briefly, as shot zooms out to show Toxoid & Decimator standing in front of him.

Cuts before we see they're facing away from him.

SPIELBAN #21.

Colonel Icebot talks close with a fist raised that he slowly lowers.

Recycled.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #29.

On Grimlord's energy screen above the mutants, is an image of Footbot, detaching his football head and holding it in his hands.

Recycled backplate.

METALDER #31.

Grimlord talks in close-up.

Fades to black.

METALDER #31.

As Grimlord talks on his throne, Toxoid, a Ziktor's Beauty, Decimator, and Blue Boar stand facing him.

Fades in.

METALDER #31.

Side angle on Toxoid, Decimator, and Blue Boar standing side by side.


METALDER #03.

Grimlord talks in a mid-level shot.

Recycled.

METALDER #03.

The assembled mutants stir in the Virtual Dungeon, with Zelton stepping forth, talking as he gestures his left hand forth and shot zooms in on him.

Recycled; transitions out.

METALDER #31.

On a beach, Zelton motions arm as he stands with a gang of Mutant Drones.

Shortened; plays in reverse.

METALDER #31.

Zelton nod-talks then motions his right arm.

Shortened.

METALDER #33.

Zoom out from three cardboard cutouts of VR Ryan in a quarry.

Plays in reverse.

METALDER #31.

Zelton talks and points, then touches his face.

Trims start; splits end.

METALDER #31.

Zelton gestures his right arm forth, clenching his fist.


METALDER #31.

Zelton fires rainbow eyebeams forth.

Split from three shots ago; cuts before we can see VR Ryan's untransformed counterpart.

METALDER #33.

Three cardboard cutouts of VR Ryan get blasted by rainbow eyebeams.

Recycled; rainbow eyebeams added.

METALDER #31.

Zelton fires rainbow eyebeams forth.

Recycled already.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan is standing on a rocky surface in the dark, when a fireball explosion erupts, superimposed over him.

Shortened slightly.

VRT 101.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled; fades out.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan stands on the beach, nod-talking. Zelton motions his arm, sending Mutant Drones scrambling forth. VR Ryan makes his way through them, dodging, kicking, and sparkily striking the Drones down, until he reaches Zelton, who stands there. VR Ryan pauses and speaks, Zelton replies with an arm gesture. VR Ryan responds with a fist raise.

Shot 2 is recycled but runs fully and in context; shot 3 cuts before Drones spark burst; final shot is slowed.

METALDER #31.

Zelton gestures his right arm forth, clenching his fist.

Recycled, but first in context.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan gets battle ready, then races away from Zelton as he fires blasts from his knuckles, bursting around the beach. VR Ryan flips over amid sparks and smoke, falling and rolling on the sand and soon dropping lifelessly.

Transitions out.

METALDER #31.

Close on Grimlord talking, the camera kinda shifting up very subtlely.

Fades in; cuts before he talks more.

METALDER #01 / #31.

On Grimlord's energy screen above the mutants, is an image of zoom in on VR Ryan, lying unmoving on the beach.

Recycled backplate.

METALDER #31.

Closer on Grimlord talking, mouth open quite a bit.

Trims start to remove zoom in.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan lies unmoving on the beach.

Freeze-framed; fades to black.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan lies on the sand as Zelton approaches, when VR Ryan turns his head, startles Zelton, then leaps up, charges up his hand, and energy slashes his way past him, cutting off his right hand.

Cuts prior shot of Zelton.

METALDER #31.

Circuitry glows and crackles.


METALDER #31.

Circuitry catches on fire.


METALDER #31.

A massive explosions erupts on the beach.

These last three shots pushed back from source position.

METALDER #31.

Zelton takes his smoking stump, speaks for a second to VR Ryan, then runs away. VR Ryan reacts.

Shot 1 is trimmed heavily; shot 2 cuts before he turns his head.

METALDER #31.

A smoking pile of circuits, wires, and robotic parts lies on the sand. VR Ryan suddenly turns his head and listens, heating up his inner coil ring, zoom in on the circuitry, specifically one microchip. VR Ryan begins to approach them.

Cuts final shot before pan past guy in background, then splits off the rest.

METALDER #31.

VR Ryan reaches down and grabs the microchip amid the pile of circuits.

Split off from before; cuts before pan past guy again; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot spreads arms while appearing on the globe.

Altered to fit globe.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin & JB raise their glowing Virtualizers.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR Kaitlin & VR JB turn around while standing atop a black hill.

Recycled; transitions in; glow added initially to each Trooper.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR JB poses and talks.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR Kaitlin poses and talks.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot detaches his football head, holds it, then places it on the ground and kicks it into the air.

Used ahead of source.

SPIELBAN #29.

An explosion erupts in the quarry, sending VR Kaitlin flying away, falling and rolling.

Cuts before Red Python appears.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot detaches his football head, then passes it forth, it flies across the quarry.

Used ahead of source.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB flips over away from one explosion just for another to erupt near where he lands.

Recycled, per source; slowed.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB falls and rolls onto some white sand, then gets up, poses, and begins to summon.

Cuts before he summons more; cuts follow-up Troopertron sequence.

SPIELBAN #29.

The VR Fighter Bike flies in, in Skycycle mode reverting to cycle mode.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB flies skyward.


SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB does a flip, and lands on the Fighterbike, poses, then flies forth.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR Kaitlin gets grabbed by Footbot, who circles around her, keeping her in a near headlock.

Trimmed to remove Red Python, but she's still visible in the final shot!

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB flies his Fighterbike forth, reacting.

Cuts before he grips handlebars; used ahead of source.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot punches VR Kaitlin, then headbutts her chest, causing her to stumble toward a cliff's edge.

Cuts before we can see Red Python; cuts follow-ups of her fighting both Red Python and Footbot on the edge.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot detaches his football head, holds it, then places it on the ground and kicks it into the air.

Recycled, but first in context (now a little behind of source).

SPIELBAN #29.

Dirt burt erupts in the quarry right in front of VR Kaitlin.

Also used behind source position.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR Kaitlin loses her footing on the cliff.


SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB flies his Fighterbike forth, reacting.

Recycled, still cuts before he gestures, but first in context.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB fires lasers from his Fighterbike in Skycycle mode down upon the cliff, bursting all over it as VR Kaitlin continued to plummet over the side. VR JB flies his Fighterbike under her and catches her on the back of it, before landing and driving to a stop in the quarry below. He gets off, then scoops her lifeless body off of the back of the bike, and gently lays her on the ground.

Red Python partially visible on shots 1 & 2; cuts shot 12 before we see "Suzuki" on cycle; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB holds VR Kaitlin, trying to wake her up and having no luck, when he looks up and sees Footbot on the cliff, tossing his football head forth. VR JB grabs VR Kaitlin and gets moving, when a dirt burst erupts, ejecting the pair into the air, VR Kaitlin falling lifelessly, as VR JB lays her down.

Transitions in.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot detaches his football head, then passes it forth, it flies across the quarry.

Recycled, but first in context.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB holds VR Kaitlin in his arms as dirt bursts erupt around him, Footbot tossing another football head, causing more dirt bursts.

Shot 2 is recycled & trimmed, per source; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot tosses another football head, causing more dirt bursts.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #29.

As the smoke clears, VR JB leaves the unconscious VR Kaitlin on the ground, then races forth with his saber in hand, slashing at Footbot, who blocks the blow, then strikes back, flipping VR JB over for a moment, but he gets back up, another failed slash leads to Footbot tackling him and flipping him overhead. Footbot then charges at VR JB, knocking him down again, before coming back at him and doing the same, before finally tackling VR JB one more time, knocking him down once more.

Transitions out.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB slashes at Footbot, who blocks the blow, then strikes back, flipping VR JB over for a moment, but he gets back up, another failed slash leads to Footbot tackling him and flipping him overhead. Footbot then charges at VR JB, knocking him down again, before coming back at him and doing the same, before finally tackling VR JB one more time, knocking him down once more.

Recycled; Transitions in; cuts follow-ups of Footbot tossing his head dirt-burstingly at VR JB.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot tosses his football head forth, VR JB catches it in midair, spins around and tosses it back, hitting him and causing him to dirt burst as VR JB lands and poses. The smoke clears, and Footbot remains. VR JB stands defensively, Footbot rematerializes his football head and detaches it, so VR JB gestures his saber.

Cuts follow-ups of VR JB pulling out laser pistol and blasting Footbot's neck stump.

SPIELBAN #29.

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 #29.

Footbot writhes with a smoking neck stump.


SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB stabs one Laser Lance glowing saber end forth.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #29.

VR JB stabs Footbot with his Laser Lance, bursting him, then rushing forth and pulling it out of him and twirling it.


SPIELBAN #29.

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

Recycled, per source; trimmed.

SPIELBAN #29.

Footbot, slashed by an energy slash, crackles and smokes. VR JB turns around and poses in the foreground as Footbot collapses and explodes massively behind him.

Transitions out; cuts follow-ups of VR JB picking up VR Kaitlin, still unconscious.

METALDER #29.

Grimlord talks in a medium shot.

Fades in; partially recycled, but runs longer at start; cuts before he talks more and charges up hand.

METALDER #06.

Close on Grimlord, talking as his eyes glow red, then his right fist clenches and glows red as well.

Recycled, trimmed; fades to black.

Ending Credits