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VR Troopers

#54: VRT 202 "Trooper Out of Time".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Metalder, episodes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 31, 32, 35, & 37; and Spielban, episodes 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 40, & 43.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:15;11.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
METALDER #01.

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower.

Recycled; Transitions in.

METALDER #04.

Static exterior of the smogless Ziktor Tower, then a close-up static shot of its top section, lights blinking.

Recycled; transitions in.

METALDER #03.

Grimlord materializes onto his throne, as seen from across the room.

Recycled, cuts before zoom in; teleport effects added (per reuse from VRT 112).

METALDER #05 / SPIELBAN #06.

General Ivar turns from our right, to face us, stepping forth, as the virtual mutants watch from behind the energy screen.

Recycled backplate with new insert that's recycled footage.

METALDER #19.

Close-up of Grimlord yammering.

Shortened.

METALDER #05 / SPIELBAN #02.

General Ivar talks as the virtual mutants watch from behind the energy screen.

Recycled frozen eye-flash-talking shot from VRT 101 again.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #22.

Grimlord's energy screen shows an image of Sharkfin gesturing fin blade in a quarry.

Recycled backplate, new insert.

METALDER #05 / SPIELBAN #02.

General Ivar talks as the virtual mutants watch from behind the energy screen.

Recycled again.

METALDER #31.

Side angle close on Grimlord talking.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

METALDER #05 / SPIELBAN #02.

General Ivar talks as the virtual mutants watch from behind the energy screen.

Recycled once more; transitions out.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin & JB raise their glowing Virtualizers.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled from 201; cuts short.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

VRs JB & Kaitlin fly up toward the VR Skybase and enter it.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Kaitlin & VR JB land in their cockpit seats.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

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

Recycled; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase flies over the camera.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Kaitlin & VR JB sit in their cockpit, barely moving.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #22.

Static shot of a cavern entrance.

Altered to fit Skybase monitor.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Kaitlin nod-talks in the Skybase cockpit.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

POV of exiting the Skybase entry port tunnel.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

VR Kaitlin flips over the camera.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin lands in the Battlecruiser cockpit.

Plays in reverse of source.

SPIELBAN #02.

The VR Fighterbike in Skycycle mode flies out from the VR Skybase.

Cuts before it gets lower on the screen.

SPIELBAN #01.

POV of exiting the Skybase entry port tunnel.

Recycled again.

SPIELBAN #16.

VR JB unflips over the camera.

Recycled; plays in reverse.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB lands on the VR Fighterbike in midair and plainly flies forth.

Trims start.

SPIELBAN #07.

VR Kaitlin raises her right arm, nod-talks, then presses down on the cockpit console.


SPIELBAN #07.

The VR Battlecruiser lands on and rides across rough terrain.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #20.

VR JB rides his Fighterbike, talking, while lowering his head slightly.

Slowed.

SPIELBAN #40.

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


SPIELBAN #20.

VR JB rides his Fighterbike, talking, while lowering his head slightly.

Recycled already but unaltered.

SPIELBAN #11.

VR JB pulls his Fighterbike to a park, overlooking a quarry, then hopping off it and rushing forth, glancing about, talking slightly upward.

Cuts final shot before he jerks arm.

SPIELBAN #23.

VR Kaitlin in the Battlecruiser cockpit, nod-talks, then brings her hands together briefly, before touching console.

Recycled; trims off her landing.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Battlecruiser transforms into Drilltank mode.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Battlecruiser in Drilltank Mode drills underground.

Recycled, per source; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #22.

Static shot of a cavern entrance.

Recycled but unaltered; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR JB poses in the cave next to a tall candleabra.

Split.

SPIELBAN #22.

Sharkfin whips his fin blade around overhead.

Plays in reverse; cuts before we see Japanese onscreen text.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR JB dives forth, Sharkfin strikes at him, causing him to flip over briefly, but recovers and rolls out of the way of his next slash. VR JB gets up and jumpkicks into Sharkfin.

Shot 1 is split from two shots ago; the final frame of the final shot is pushed back by two shots.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Battlecruiser in Drilltank Mode drills underground.

Recycled again.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Battlecruiser in Drilltank Mode smashes through a wall.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin leaps out of the Battlecruiser cockpit.

Recycled, but unaltered and in context.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin joins VR JB in fighting Sharkfin, getting quickly knocked down by the mutant. VR JB locks arms with Sharkfin, then nod-talks to VR Kaitlin, who responds with a thumbs up, before rushing off.


SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin appears in a cave passageway.


SPIELBAN #22.

Lasers fire upon VR Kaitlin, bursting on the wall behind her, then along the ground as she dodges.

Pink laserbeams added to each shot, covering up real gun barrel in shots 1 & 3.

SPIELBAN #09.

Against a black backdrop, Skugs charge forth.

Recycled; altered to fit VR Kaitlin vision.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin rushes forth in the cave.

Slowed; transitions out.

SPIELBAN #09.

A pair of Skugs race forth at us.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #09.

Two more Skugs dash in our direction.


SPIELBAN #09.

Skugs dive through the air around VR JB, dazing him.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #22.

A fleet of five Quantum Cruisers fly through the sky.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

SPIELBAN #22.

His saber locked against Sharkfin's fin blade, VR JB punches Sharkfin in the gut, them swings his saber around and knocks him into a roll, as VR Kaitlin races onto the scene, Skugs dancing all around.


SPIELBAN #22.

Sharkfin is after VR Kaitlin, but VR JB jumpkicks him away, as she races behind him.

Shortened to remove visibility of group of little kids.

SPIELBAN #22.

A fleet of five Quantum Cruisers fly through the sky.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

A trio of Air Fighters fly forth, viewed from a slightly downward angle.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

A trio of Air Fighters fires while turning.

Recycled, per source; cuts follow-up bursting in field around VRs JB & Kaitlin, then a shot of a Quantum Cruiser firing.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR Kaitlin & VR JB shield a pile of human children shaped objects as dirt bursts erupt around them.

Pink energy bolts added.

SPIELBAN #22.

Sharkfin readies his fin blade, charging up the top of his head, then leans forth and fires his head fin into VR JB, spark bursting his chest.

Cuts prior usable footage of VR JB fighting Skugs & Sharkfin in water; yellow energy effects added to all four shots (shot 3 is reduced to one shot from three).

SPIELBAN #22.

A Quantum Cruiser flies down through the clouds firing pink electricity.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

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

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

Air Fighters fire pink electricity.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

Dirt bursts erupt before VR JB, engulfing him.

Recycled but runs fully; pink energy blasts added to shot 1; cuts follow-ups of more explosions in quarry, including Sharkfin leaping past VR JB briefly.

SPIELBAN #22.

Amid smoke, VR JB stands steady, then summons skyward.

Cuts follow-ups of Skybase arriving and transforming.

SPIELBAN #22.

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; still with colored sparkles added.

SPIELBAN #22.

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

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

A trio of approaching Air Fighters explode massively.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR JB faces Sharkfin, who quickly rushes forth, VR JB following suit, both making contact with their blades in the middle. VR JB sparkily slashes Sharkfin, then they lock blades again, before Sharkfin smacks him aside. VR JB blocks his fin blade with his saber, leaving him open to be sparkily slashed by the mutant, then knocked down by his blade. VR JB falls and rolls, recovering then leaping forth and flipping over Sharkfin, hitting him on the back on the way by. VR JB lands and poses, talking, as Sharkfin slaps his fin blade on the ground.

Shot 6 is inexplicably mirror-flipped.

SPIELBAN #22.

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 #22.

Sharkfin charges forth.


SPIELBAN #22.

VR JB stabs one Laser Lance glowing saber end forth.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #22.

VR JB stabs Sharkfin with his extended glowing Laser Lance burstingly, then rushes forth and retracts it, before twirling it.

Cuts follow-up Laser Lance energy slashing shot.

SPIELBAN #22.

Energy slashed, Sharkfin cracles, VR JB finishes slashing him, then turns about face and poses as Sharkfin collapses and explodes massively.

Transitions out.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #21.

Grimlord's energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, shows an image of Colonel Icebot as he talks close with a fist raised that he slowly begins to lower.

Recycled; shortened; transitions in.

METALDER #31.

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

Recycled; shortened.

METALDER #01 / SPIELBAN #43.

Grimlord's energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, shows an image of Colonel Icebot as he talks at us near a console, angrily jerking arm briefly.

Recycled, both sets, cuts before he turns back to console.

METALDER #32.

Grimlord slams his fist down angrily just off-screen.

Recycled.

METALDER #37.

Blue Boar's row of mutants & Decimator's row of mutants suddenly stir to attention.


METALDER #35.

Close side-angle on Grimlord's talking face, eyes glowing red, Zelton in the background.

Recycled; red eye glow added via VRT 144.

METALDER #06.

Grimlord's right fist clenches and glows red.

Recycled; fades to black.

Ending Credits