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VR Troopers

#68: VRT 216 "Grimlord Takes Root".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Shaider, episodes 1, 7, & 43; Spielban, episodes 7, 8, 12, 15, 21, 32, 41, & 42; and Metalder, episodes 1 & 5.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:18;00.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
SPIELBAN #32.

A blue cargo truck drives down the street, driven by a Skug.

Transitions in; trims start; shot 2 is mirror-flipped.

SPIELBAN #32.

The blue cargo truck signals and turns down another street.


SPIELBAN #32.

A black sedan suddenly speeds forth, prompting the Skug to turn the wheel abruptly, swerving the truck safely out of the car's path, but in doing so, loses a box from the back of it. The box, filled with flower buds, falls open, and a pair of the buds fly off in the wind, land on the grass, take root, grow, and morph in a green energy light into fully bloomed blue flowers.

Cuts final shot before Japanese title appears; transitions out.

METALDER #01.

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower.

Recycled; transitions in.

VRT 207.

Karl Ziktor morphs into Grimlord, teleporting up to his Dark Fortress above, which floats through the virtual dimension.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #07.

The Dark Fortress floats through the virtual dimension in a wider shot.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #42.

Close on General Ivar turning from our left to face front.

Altered to fit sparkle screen.

SPIELBAN #42.

General Ivar talks at a mid-angle, briefly raising both arms.

Altered to fit sparkle screen; shortened.

SPIELBAN #32.

A pair of Skugs rush over to General Ivar (and his silver Vixen) by the parked blue cargo trucks. General Ivar talks and gestures. Skugs rush over to the trucks and drive off with them.

Transitions in; shot 1 cuts before shot lingers (to try and ignore the silver Vixen, I guess). Shot 2 cuts before Ivar talks more.

SPIELBAN #32.

A Skug drives a blue cargo truck forth into a building garage with two extra Skugs riding outside the doors.

Transitions out, cutting before we can see Silver Vixen in passenger seat.

SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot gestures right arm while talking outside at night before shot zooms in.

Altered to fit computer monitor; plays in reverse.

SHAIDER #43.

Close-up of Vegbot talking.

Altered to fit computer monitor; shortened.

SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot gestures right arm while talking outside at night before shot zooms in.

Recycled; Altered to fit computer monitor; plays in reverse.

METALDER #05.

Pan across city while green sensor boxes pick up certain sectors.

Altered to fit VR Lab screen; Split; plays in reverse.

METALDER #05.

Concluding the pan across city as the scanning continues.

Altered to fit VR Lab screen; split from prior shot; plays in reverse.

METALDER #05.

Mid-pan across city.

Recycled; shortened; still plays in reverse; Altered to fit VR Lab screen.

SPIELBAN #32.

A Skug drives a blue cargo truck forth into a building garage with two extra Skugs riding outside the doors.

Recycled; Altered to fit VR Lab screen

VRT 208.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence, version 2.

Recycled; transitions out.

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 from 201; fades out.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB talks as he looks around while on his VR Fighterbike in Skycycle mode.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #32.

A blue cargo truck driven by Skugs turns down another street.

Cuts prior stuff of VR JB fighting Chlorophoid & Skugs.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB flies his VR Fighterbike in Skycycle mode past a cloud.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #32.

Close, downward aerial view of the back of the blue cargo truck as it drives away from us.


SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB fires lasers from his Fighterbike in Skycycle mode.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #32.

A blue cargo truck slows down to park in front of a building complex.

Shortened; used out of sequence.

SPIELBAN #32.

A massive explosion erupts.

Cuts prior shot of fully parked truck.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB nod-talks on his VR Fighterbike.

Recycled but runs in proper direction; cuts before he turns steering.

SPIELBAN #08.

VR JB on his Fighterbike in Skycycle mode takes off from the middle of a city street.

Transitions out.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB nod-talks on his VR Fighterbike, then turns the handlebars and drives downward. A blue cargo truck drives down the street, persued by VR JB on his Fighterbike.

Shot 1 is recycled, but runs fully for first time.

SPIELBAN #32.

A Skug drives a truck.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB continues to follow the blue cargo truck on his VR Fighterbike. He nod-talks to himself when he suddenly spots something during a zoom in. A wall of trees slides into the road between him and the truck! VR JB speaks, then slows his Fighterbike to a stop. He then looks over and spots General Ivar and the Skugs atop a nearby stairway, who talks and gestures. The bushes are shaking, boss. VR JB hops off his Fighterbike and rushes into in front of it to face the obstacle.

Transitions out.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan's eyes glow.


SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot falls over but recovers quickly.


SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot turns his head suddenly.

Mirror-flipped; Pushed back from source position.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan readies his saber, Vegbot shakes his viney hands about before a zoom in.

Shot 2 plays in reverse and cuts before Ultra-Skugs pop up; cuts some usable follow-up fight with Ultra-Skugs.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan struggles with a sudden vine around the neck, Vegbot jerking on it from across the room.

Cuts before Vegbot flips him over, cuts follow-ups of more fighting between the pair.

SHAIDER #43.

A blue light crack forms in reality, twice.

Cuts follow-ups of VR Ryan fighting Vegbot some more.

SHAIDER #43.

A multicolored spinning vortex into the Virtual Reality forms in the middle of the house. VR Ryan lunges at Vegbot, who dodges, rolls, and leaps into the vortex, prompting him to follow. VR Ryan flies through the dimension, summoning his VR Nitrocycle, which flies in from its shuttle base.


SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan lands on his VR Nitrocycle while in motion to our left through a prismatic portal, then speeds off.

Recycled, per source, but runs fully for first time.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan flies his VR Nitrocycle deeper into the interdimensional tunnel, ending up driving onto the gravel surface of the Indigo Sector.

Transitions out; cuts follow-ups of VR Ryan vs Gargantus, then quite a bit of fighting Vegbot.

SPIELBAN #12.

VR JB, his chest armor with a residue on it, talks, then turns suddenly.

Transitions in; shortened.

SPIELBAN #32 / #21.

VR JB POV of the shaking bushes driving forth in the street, as an insert shows VR Kaitlin nod-talks in a quarry.

Insert recycled; altered to fit VR JB vision.

SPIELBAN #21.

VR Kaitlin lowers her Laser Pistol as she looks on in the quarry.

Recycled; end loops into reverse.

SPIELBAN #32.

The shaking bushes drive down the street, when VR JB is joined by the two VR Kaitlins, who then all stand there gawking and shifting about nervously as the bushes approach.

Cuts follow-ups of bushes pushing in some more, and the trio shifting some more in view of them.

SPIELBAN #32.

Zoom in on VR JB standing steadfast in front of his bike with the VR Kaitlins at each side. General Ivar motions his arm, sending his Skugs down the steps, where they soon rush through the approaching bushes at the three Troopers.

Transitions out; Cuts before VR JB gets back on his Fighterbike; Also cuts follow-ups of Troopers splitting up, and another round of Skycycle firing on a cargo truck.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan falls and rolls, recovering in the Indigo Sector quarry, looking up to see a giant Vegbot firing electricity bolts down upon him, bursting the ground around him. VR Ryan is flung back, but recovers again, whips out his Laser Pistol, and fires back upon Vegbot, bursting him down to normal size on the ground before him. Vegbot approaches, but when VR Ryan rushes at him, he teleports behind him, then extends his vines, wrapping VR Ryan in them, and sending a spark burst eruption through it, knocking him down to a knee. Vegbot then flings VR Ryan around with the vine, before releasing after the fourth overhead throw. VR Ryan recovers, preparing his Laser Pistol.

Teleport effects added to Vegbot in shot 7; transitions out; cuts follow-ups of VR Ryan firing explosively at Vegbot a few times, then being vine-grabbed and drug off.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR Kaitlin fights Chlorophoid, while VR Kaitlin 2 fights Skugs, bashing them with her scythe. When things get rough for her, VR JB suddenly leaps in, flips over, and saber slashes one of the Skugs down, the pair making quick work of the Skugs. Chlorophoid attacks, so VR JB fends him off with his saber, but is unable to harm the monster. The three VR Troopers regroup, then suddenly look up.


SPIELBAN #32.

Air Fighters fire pink electricity.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB and the VR Kaitlins dodge as spark bursts erupt around them.

Cuts follow-up of Quantum Cruiser firing.

SPIELBAN #32.

A building complex with a blue cargo truck nearby explodes massively. VR JB steps forward and motions his arm up, and then down.


SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB presses down on his blinking belt buttons.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #32.

Energy flashes, electricity crackles about around VR JB, the VR Kaitlins, & Chlorophoid.


SPIELBAN #32.

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

Recycled, per source; cuts follow-up of same happening to Quantum Cruiser.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB, the VR Kaitlins, & Chlorophoid are teleported away from the city, ending up in a quarry.


SPIELBAN #32.

Trio of Air Fighters are un-sucked out of the virtual reality vortex.

Recycled, per source; cuts follow-up of same happening to Quantum Cruiser.

SPIELBAN #32.

Sharp zoom in on VR JB and the VR Kaitlins suddenly in the distance.


SPIELBAN #32.

Close on Chlorophoid extending a vine from his mouth.

Used way out of sequence.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR JB gets smacked back by one of the monster's vines.


SPIELBAN #32.

Chlorophoid holds his hands forth and extends vines from them.

Used way out of sequence.

SPIELBAN #32.

Both VR Kaitlins get neck-wrapped by vines, then flung forth through the air, dropping on the ground before Chlorophoid, who then whips them to the opposite sides.

Cuts follow-ups of VR JB getting fired on by Air Fighters, summoning Troopertron, then using the Techno Bazooka.

SPIELBAN #32.

VR Kaitlin 2's scythe falls to the ground.

Cuts prior shot of her losing her grip on it due to the vines.

SPIELBAN #32.

Chlorophoid whips the VR Kaitlins about, when VR JB appears. He begins to pull out his VR Laser Pistol, when Chlorophoid spews a vine, knocking the Pistol out of his hand, then grabbing it around his saber-holding hand, and sending a smoke-burst through the three vines at once, bursting the trio of Troopers as they struggle with the vines. VR JB finally cuts his and another with his saber, freeing the three of them, as he faces the dazed monster.


SPIELBAN #32.

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 #32.

VR JB stabs Chlorophoid burstingly with his VR Laser Lance, running forth and de-extending, before twirling it.


SPIELBAN #32.

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

Recycled, trimmed, per source.

SPIELBAN #32.

Energy slashed, Chlorophoid crackles with electricity, slowly collapsing as VR JB poses with his Laser Lance, until the monster explodes massively behind him.

Transitions out; cuts follow-ups of VR JB & Kaitlins posing triumphantly.

SHAIDER #43.

In a fog-ground dimension, VR Ryan rolls in, caught by Vegbot's vine. He uses his saber to cut himself loose, dazing the monster, before he readies his weapon.

Transitions in.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan's POV of Vegbot jerking about in a daze.

Altered to fit VR Ryan Vision; slowed.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan readies his VR Laser Saber, charging the blade up and twirling it about as it trails against a sparkly backdrop.

Recycled, per source (sparkily backdrop effect US added); cuts follow-ups of Vegbot fighting VR Ryan with his vine-staff weapon.

SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot falls, rolls, recovers, as VR Ryan tosses aside his vine-staff, then slashes at him, bursting his chest. VR Ryan uses some fancy footwork to dance around and finally stab Vegbot, bursting and dazing him.


SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan energy slashes horizontally to our left a few times.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #43.

Vegbot is sparkily slashed.


SHAIDER #43.

A blue fireball expands and flashes repeatedly.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #43.

VR Ryan turns around and poses with his saber as the strange dimension reverts to the blue skies of reality.

Recycled, per source; transitions out.

SHAIDER #01.

The Dark Fortress floats through the virtual dimension.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #21.

Colonel Icebot stands beside General Ivar as he talks to our left.

Mirror-flipped; Shortened heavily; probably previously unused bit.

SPIELBAN #21.

Colonel Icebot stands beside General Ivar as he nods, then raises his right arm.

Shortened heavily, but continues right from prior shot.

SPIELBAN #07.

General Ivar flips a switch.


SPIELBAN #15.

Colonel Icebot slowly turns to our left.

Recycled; mirror-flipped; cuts before he talks.

SPIELBAN #41.

General Ivar, facing our right, strokes his chin contemplatively.

Shortened; mirror-flipped.

Ending Credits