VR Troopers

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower.

Recycled; Transitions in from prior shot; fades out to next shot.

Karl Ziktor morphs into Grimlord and materializes onto his throne.

Recycled.

Almost complete 360 degree pan around the Virtual Dungeon as the Mutants cheer and pink smoke floats above and ravey lights sparkle about.

Trims start to remove visibility of human characters.

Slow zoom in close on Grimlord, as he shakes his head, then talks some more.

Recycled; trims start; fades to black.

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

Recycled.

Grimlord's energy summons an energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, forming an image of General Ivar in his tank cockpit talking with an arm raised.

Recycled background with new insert.

Ivar's Ravage Tank extends its sawblade.

Ivar's Ravage Tank drives its sawblade forth.

Slow zoom in on Grimlord talking.

Recycled, trims him raising arms and cuts before he shakes his head.

Pan across his laboratory as Colonel Icebot stands looking into a machine.

Recycled, mirror-flipped, but still cuts before door opens.

Colonel Icebot turns around from the device and looks our way, and talks for a moment or two.

Recycled, still mirror-flipped, but runs a bit longer than prior use.

Slow zoom in on Grimlord talking.

Recycled, though still trims off arm raising and cuts before more zoom in.

General Ivar talks and jerks his left arm about in his cockpit, as the virtual mutants watch from behind the energy screen.

Recycled, both sets of footage, though new composite.

Zoom in close on Grimlord talking, raising his right hand.

Recycled, transitions out.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

The VR Turbo Cycle slides into launch position in the hangar.

"Metalder" blurred out on front of sidecar; cuts before Japanese text appears.

VR Ryan taps a few controls on the VR Turbo Cycle, then gets ready as the hangar doors open, and the Cycle drives forth, through a quarry quickly then over the side of a cliff, VR Ryan reacting in a panic.

Final frame of final shot is an artifact of the circuitry shot that'll be used in a minute.

VR Ryan twists the Cycle's throttle.

VR Ryan plummets in the VR Turbo Cycle, reacting in a panic.

Recycled.

VR Ryan's inner circuitry and gears come to life.

Shot 1 is recycled, per source.

VR Ryan twists the Cycle's throttle.

Recycled, but first time in context.

The VR Turbo Cycle pulls up just in time to swoop skyward and avoid making VR Ryan pizza, flying off into the air.

Transitions out.

The virtual mutants all stand before Grimlord, not a single arm raised.

Recycled; fades in from prior shot.

Zelton crosses, then spreads, arms.

Recycled, slowed.

Air Striker pumps his fist in the air excitedly.

Grimlord talks then motions his left hand at the end.

Recycled.

VR Ryan flies the VR Turbo Cycle off into the air.

Recycled.

Air Striker walks along alone in a quarry.

Cuts follow-up shot of him looking around due to Japanese text.

Air Striker is standing there, when he suddenly turns and sees VR Ryan flying his VR Turbo Cycle through the air past him, prompting him to respond.

Air Striker's back propeller begins to spin, as he spreads arms and flies into the sky .

Recycled, but first time in context; cuts follow-ups of Air Striker vs VR Turbo Cycle driving on land.

VR Ryan jolts his VR Turbo Cycle upward.

Air Striker does a barrel roll in the clouds above.

Recycled.

Air Striker swoops down from the clouds.

VR Ryan flies the VR Turbo Cycle forth through the sky.

Monoeye POV of VR Ryan flying the VR Turbo Cycle, Air Striker holds his right arm forth and fires missiles at him, exploding just behind and to the side of the flying Cycle.

Air Striker swoopy loopy in the clouds.

VR Ryan flies the VR Turbo Cycle forth through the sky.

Recycled.

Monoeye POV of VR Ryan flying the VR Turbo Cycle, Air Striker holds his right arm forth.

Recycled.

Air Striker fires a missile from his arm, exploding just on the terrain around VR Ryan on his VR Turbo Cycle as he turns it sharply between some mountains.

Explosions erupt on a mountainside.

Actually two shots merged to one.

VR Ryan flies out of the smokey eruptions between the mountains on his Cycle unscathed.

Sharp zoom in on VR Ryan, as his cranium circuitry lights up.

Monitor readout says "danger!!!" a lot and the words "speed" & "alitude"(sp).

Recycled, but first in context.

VR Ryan eyes light up, as his POV scans Air Striker.

Air Striker swoopy loopy in the clouds.

Recycled.

Air Striker shakes hands in frustration.

Recycled, but first in context.

VR Ryan looks downward at his VR Turbo Cycle's dashboard.

Pushed back from source position.

VR Ryan flies the VR Turbo Cycle forth through the sky.

Recycled again.

A quick shot of Air Striker, a quick shot of VR Ryan, then the VR Turbo Cycle begins to fly straight at Air Striker.

Fades to black before impact.

Air Striker swoopy loopy in the clouds.

Recycled again; fades in from black.

Sharp zoom in on VR Ryan.

Recycled.

VR Ryan's POV scans Air Striker.

Recycled.

Close on VR Ryan, his eyes still lit.

VR Ryan flies the VR Turbo Cycle forth through the sky.

Recycled again.

A quick shot of Air Striker, a quick shot of VR Ryan, then the VR Turbo Cycle begins to fly straight at Air Striker, crashing into him.

Recycled, but final shot runs fully this time.

A midair explosion erupts, Air Striker's body flailing about in the smoke.

Cuts before onscreen eyecatch logo appears (though it partially is visible in the bottom left here for a frame or three).

VR Ryan is thrown off of his VR Turbo Cycle.

Altered to fit Hart's monitor.

VR Ryan dives to our left in slow motion as a fireball explosion erupts before him.

Recycled; Altered to fit Hart's monitor; transitions out.

Air Striker grovels on his knees in the dungeon.

Cropped to remove the human characters; splits off end for use in a minute; cuts follow-ups of Grimlord talking and crowd reacting.

Grimlord points and talks at Air Striker on his knees.

Trimmed heavily to reduce dialogue.

Grimlord talks up close, eventually motioning his left hand briefly.

Recycled.

Continued, Air Striker grovels some more on the floor.

Split from three shots ago; uncropped this time, so there's those guys.

Close on Decimator, then a quick close-up of Grimlord looking displeased, before Decimator and the crowd jerk back in fear.

Trims start to reduce dialogue.

Decimator turns and watches Fighterbot and Tankotron grab Air Striker and force him to stand, then haul him away. Zoom in as Decimator faces front and bows.

Trims start to remove Blue Boar ordering this; initially cropped to remove those sumo rejects again; the end is recycled, but runs more fully for first time; transitions out.

Mutants on motorcycles ride through a quarry road, while others ride the vanbots, Slashbot gesturing onward while hanging out of one.

Shortens both shots considerably; transitions in.

A bunch of mutants stand on a cliff, zoom in on Air Striker as he arrives and talks to Blue Boar, who then gestures forth, causing cannons to fire.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

A bunch of mutants approach a cliff.

Shortened.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

Air Striker swoopy loopy in the clouds.

Recycled.

Close on Air Striker flying.

Recycled.

Air Striker comes to a landing in the quarry, then rushes forth.

A bunch of mutants stand on a cliff, zoom in on Air Striker as he arrives and talks to Blue Boar, who then gestures forth, causing cannons to fire.

Recycled; cuts second shot before second cannon fires.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

Cannons fire.

Recycled.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

Blue Boar gestures forth, causing cannons to fire.

Recycled; trims shot 1 down to end.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

Blue Boar gestures forth, causing cannons to fire.

Recycled again; trims shot 1 down to end again.

An explosion beside a rock.

Recycled.

Toxoid rushes over to a vanbot and kicks its bumper, does a lot of angry gestures, then hops in as the assault vehicles take off.

Cuts before wrestlers fall behind the van.

Kaitlin's car takes flight.

Kaitlin's car converts into flying mode while turning in midair.

Recycled, but unaltered.

Kaitlin & JB raise their glowing Virtualizers.

First time montage.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VR Kaitlin flies up into the Skybase by herself, then lands in the cockpit.

Shots 1 & 4 are recycled, per source.

VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the cockpit.

Radar on monitor shows a mass of tanks approaching.

Recycled; cuts before more appear.

VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the cockpit.

Recycled already.

VR JB poses with his unsheathed saber.

Zoom in on Laserbot standing in the shadows, his eyes glowing to life.

Laserbot fires his shoulder lasers downward upon VR JB, bursting him back.

Shot 2 is actually a combo of two shots merged together, cutting the transformation sequence between, and thus, you can see VR JB's counterpart for a few frames in the beginning of it.

Zoom in on Laserbot standing in the shadows, his eyes glowing to life.

Recycled.

Laserbot opens his shoulder lasers.

Recycled, cuts before he fires lasers.

VR JB unsheathes his saber, poses, then leaps down and faces Laserbot, striking at him, but he smacks his blade aside, eventually grabbing VR JB with his huge arms. They struggle, until VR JB leaps up and they both go flying skyward through the ceiling, up through an underground tunnel, and finally up through the street pavement, all the way up into the air above the city, where Laserbot kicks VR JB away. He goes flying back into a wall, which he hits, falls, and rolls.

Cuts before he gets up; cuts follow-ups of Laserbot approaching VR JB.

The VR Skybase flies out of a cloud to our slight left.

Recycled.

VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the cockpit.

Recycled; shortened.

Radar on monitor shows a mass of tanks approaching from almost every angle.

Recycled, runs fully.

VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the cockpit.

Recycled again.

VR JB turns sharply, as tanks drive down one side of the street. He turns to the other side and General Ivar is driving down the opposite side in his Ravage Tank. With those on either side and Laserbot before him, VR JB talks for a moment, then reaches down.

Cuts additional tank shot between shots 2 & 3.

VR JB presses down on his blinking belt buttons.

Recycled, per source.

Electricity crackles about the scene, VR JB standing ready with his saber upward, Laserbot writhes, as both are converted to energy and teleported away, the crackling continuing throughout the city locale, until General Ivar struggles and his Ravage Tank is sucked into the VR vortex. VR JB & Laserbot end up materializing in a quarry.

The army of tanks fire.

A trio of dirt bursts erupt around VR JB.

Recycled. per source.

The army of tanks fire.

Recycled already.

Close on VR JB flailing about amid dirt bursts.

Recycled, per source.

VR JB flips over and falls into the middle of the quarry, quickly recovering.

Recycled, but runs fully.

VR JB twirls his laser lance about and gestures.

Cuts before he summons Battlecruiser.

VR JB's POV of a fleet of tanks driving forth, as VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the insert.

Both sets of footage are recycled; altered to fit VR JB vision.

The VR Battlecruiser undocks from within the VR Skybase and falls to the Earth.

First shot is recycled, per source.

Zoom in on VR JB lowering his saber and staring forth.

Recycled; trimmed slightly.

The Ravage Tank rolls up a dusty hill.

General Ivar raises a fist in his cockpit while talking.

Recycled.

VR Battlecruiser turns sharply to our slight left.

Recycled, per source; cuts surrounding VR JB cockpit stuff, US replaced with VR Kaitlin, even though there are some Spielban shots of VR Kaitlin in cockpit they could have used (they're pretty short, though).

Pan left as the fleet of tanks rolls along the dusty terrain.

Cuts follow-ups of real tanks.

The Battlecruiser fires upon the tank fleet explosively.

The army of tanks fire.

Recycled.

The Battlecruiser drives away from a massive explosion and fires as it does.

As an explosion erupts in the background, the Battlecruiser spins around and fires.

Explosion erupt right behind the Ravage Tank, jolting General Ivar within.

Cuts before he talks.

As an explosion erupts in the background, the Battlecruiser spins around and fires.

Recycled, trimmed slightly.

Massive explosions engulf the Ravage Tank, sending it plummeting backwards over the side of a cliff.

VR JB's POV of Laserbot smoking while VR Kaitlin nod-talks.

Altered to fit VR JB vision; insert is a US VR Kaitlin shot.

VR JB struggles with Laserbot's lengthy arms, then looks up at his glowing crown.

VR JB's POV of the computer scan read-out of Laserbot's weakness.

Altered to fit VR JB vision.

VR JB talks as he looks upward.

Split.

Computer scan read-out of Laserbot's weakness.

Recycled, but unaltered.

Continued, VR JB nod-talks and leaps up, kicking Laserbot away. VR JB falls and rolls, then recovers, as Laserbot pops open his shoulders, VR JB readying his Laser Pistol, only to get laserblasted by the villain, sending him bursting as he flies backward. Finally released, VR JB quickly gets up and leaps up into the air, Laserbot fires lasers at him, but he rises up too fast and fires back, hitting his crown, bursting it. VR JB lands safely.

Shot 1 is split from before; cuts follow-up of VR JB looking upward suddenly.

Laserbot, his head smoking, slowly lumbers forth.

Push in on VR JB standing frozen with his saber in hand.

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).

Laserbot, his head smoking, slowly lumbers forth.

Recycled.

Laserbot fires lasers.

Recycled; cuts before pan left.

Dirt bursts erupt around VR JB as he races forth with his Laser Lance in hand, Laserbot approaching him undaunted. VR JB jabs one lance end forth, extending it into Laserbot burstingly, before he rushes forth and retracts it, and twirls it about.

Shot 3 is recycled, shortened, both per source.

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

Recycled, per source; trims start.

Laserbot is energy slashed repeatedly, causing him to crackle, as VR JB turns around and poses, as Laserbot collapses and explodes massively.

Fades out to next shot.

Zoom in on VRs JB & Kaitlin standing on the side of a cliff.

Recycled; fades in from prior shot.

Close on VR Kaitlin staring off into the sky.

Recycled.

Slow zoom in on Grimlord talking.

Recycled, trimmed heavily; fades in from prior shot.

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

Recycled, trims start; fades to black.