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VR Troopers

#89: VRT 237 "The Ghost of Cross World Forest".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Shaider, episodes 1, 6, 8, 10, 19, 23, 28, 30, 39, 40, 41, & 48; Spielban, episodes 1, 2, 3, 15, 23, 24, 31, 43 & End Credits; and Metalder, episodes 1, 7, & 37.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:16;26.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
METALDER #37.

Pan across a pair of mountains.

Fades in; trimmed; fades out.

METALDER #07.

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower (no smog).

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 #23.

Ultra-Skugs work on building the Reality Buster.

Altered to fit sparkle screen.

SHAIDER #23.

Artist's rendering of the Reality Buster.

Altered to fit sparkle screen.

SHAIDER #08.

Oraclon widens his eyes, then starts talking in a medium shot.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot materializes in a cave, hops forth and then poses with his weapon.

Materialization effect added; Altered to fit sparkle screen.

SHAIDER #23.

The moon hangs high in the pitch blackness of night.

Fades in.

SHAIDER #23.

A blue energy swoops down from the sky.

Split.

SHAIDER #23.

The blue energy materializes into Despera, who glows as she glides across the area and soon fades away.

Split from prior shot.

SHAIDER #23.

Despera lowers down a long elevator shaft.

Transitions in.

SHAIDER #23.

Ultra-Skugs continue to work on the Reality Buster.

Cuts before they work on it some more.

SHAIDER #23.

The Fogatrons pose with their weapons, zoom in on Fogbot behind them, gesturing his weapon.


SHAIDER #48.

The sun rises in the orange distance.

Transitions in.

SHAIDER #23.

Fog rises in the forest.


SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot pops out of the bushes, spraying fog from his mouth.


SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot sprays more fog from his mouth.


SHAIDER #23.

A Fogatron pops up and fires his fog gun forth.

Cuts before untransformed Shaider appears in frame.

SHAIDER #23.

Another Fogatron emerges from the bushes and sprays fog about.


SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot spews fog while approaching.

Slowed.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot spews fog while approaching.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

A pair of Fogatrons march through the fog, followed by two more.

Shot 2 is mirror-flipped.

SHAIDER #23.

A trio of Fogatrons rush out of the bushes.


SHAIDER #23.

All five Fogatrons race to our right into the forest.


SHAIDER #23.

Zoom in on Fogbot, the Vixens, and Doommaster atop a forest cliff.

Plays in reverse; trims start to remove visibility of untransformed Shaider.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot jerks his weapons about while dashing forth.


SHAIDER #23.

Two more Fogatrons march forth.

Recycled, but unaltered.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled; cuts before posing.

SPIELBAN #01.

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

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB flies up into the VR Skybase.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase passes to our slight left.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #06.

Three Grimstars fly through some clouds, then curl back around our way.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB shifts both of the Skybase controls.

Recycled; cuts before he presses button.

SPIELBAN END CREDITS.

The VR Skybase flies high up over us.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #28.

A trio of Grimstars fires bolts while curling downward to our lower right.

Recycled; Mirror-flipped.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR Skybase flies to our left as explosions erupt in the sky around it.

Recycled; split.

SPIELBAN #43.

VR JB pilots the Skybase in the cockpit as it tilts and smokes.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR Skybase flies to our left as explosions erupt in the sky around it.

Recycled; split from two shots ago.

SHAIDER #28.

A trio of Grimstars do a barrel roll.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #43.

The VR Skybase tilts as it flies to our left.


SHAIDER #01.

A trio of Grimstars fly into the clouds together.

Recycled; altered to fit Skybase monitor.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR JB talks in the cockpit, as he sits back in his chair.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR JB presses the button on his control.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

Skybase fires forth.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

A pair of missiles fly into a cloud.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #01.

A trio of Grimstars swoop down inches above the ground right at us.

Recycled; split.

METALDER #01.

A yellow-nose missile shoots across the landscape.

Immediately repeats.

SHAIDER #01.

Continued, a trio of Grimstars swoop over us.

Recycled; split from two shots ago.

SPIELBAN #03.

A massive explosion erupts.

Recycled, trimmed to remove turret.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase passes to our slight left.

Recycled again; transitions out.

SHAIDER #23.

A pair of Fogatrons stand beside each other, then break off.

Transitions in; used ahead of source.

SHAIDER #23.

Pan up from the river below, to the rope bridge above as someone is walking across.

Used way ahead of source; shortened.

SHAIDER #23.

As Ryan runs across the bridge, the five Fogatrons rush his way from the opposite side.

Trimmed to remove zoom out from Shaider's human form.

SHAIDER #23.

POV of the bridge's other side, as Fogbot leads Doommaster and the Vixens in racing across it.


SHAIDER #23.

Slight zoom in on Ryan surrounded by Fogatrons on one side of the bridge, Fogbot, Doommaster and the Vixens on the other.


SHAIDER #23.

The five Fogatrons aim their fog guns forth on the bridge.


SHAIDER #23.

Ryan goes all bendy and floppy and stuff while falling from the bridge, then hitting the water.

Cuts shot 1 before the dummy bends some more.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase flies over the camera.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

Viewscreen image of fog settling on the water.

Altered to fit Skybase viewscreen.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase passes below us uncomfortably close.

Recycled; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #31.

Pan across a series of flashing blue, yellow, and green rectangle lights.


SHAIDER #23.

Three Fogatrons search the rocks around the river.


SHAIDER #23.

A Fogatron drops down from the rocks to the shore.

Cuts before we can see untransformed Shaider hiding nearby.

SHAIDER #23.

Close on the silver boots of a Fogatron walking through the river, onto a rock, followed by a second Fogatron.


SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase passes to our slight left.

Recycled yet again; transitions in.

SPIELBAN #01.

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

Recycled; transitions in.

SHAIDER #23.

A console display blinks.

Recycled, per source; mirror-flipped.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot leads Doommaster and the Vixens across a field. A pair of Fogatrons rush down a hillside.


SHAIDER #23.

Ryan is backed onto a cliff by Fogatrons on one side, and Fogbot, Doommaster, and the Vixens on the other.

Trims start to remove zoom out from human Shaider.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot spews fog from his mouth.


SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot spews fog from his mouth.

Recycled already.

SHAIDER #23.

Ryan edges closer to the side of the cliff as Fogbot fogs him and Fogatrons surround closer.

Split.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot spews more fog.


SHAIDER #23.

Continued, Ryan is fogged more by Fogbot on the cliff's edge.

Split from two shots ago.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot sprays even more fog from his mouth.


SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase passes to our slight left while firing a pair of green beams down.

Recycled; beams added.

SHAIDER #23.

Ryan plummets through the air, as a pair of green beams strike him.

Split; green beams added.

SHAIDER #23.

Continued, Ryan falls to his doom, sike! He pops up suddenly, finishing transforming into VR Trooper mode.

Split from prior shot; green beams initially added.

SPIELBAN #03.

VR JB presses the button on his control.

Recycled again.

SPIELBAN #01.

Skybase fires forth.

Recycled again.

SPIELBAN #02.

A pair of missiles fly into a cloud.

Recycled again.

SHAIDER #23.

Dirt bursts erupt in the quarry around Fogbot and the Fogatrons, while Doommaster and the Vixens take cover.


SPIELBAN #02.

A pair of missiles fly into a cloud.

Recycled yet again.

SHAIDER #23.

Another angle of Fogbot and the Fogatrons getting dirt bursted.


SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module flies in across the clouds.

Recycled, per source; cuts a little short.

SHAIDER #19.

VR Ryan flips over the camera.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #41.

VR Ryan lands in his cockpit seat and flexes both fists up.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module flies in across the clouds.

Recycled again; slowed and trimmed; fades out.

SHAIDER #39.

VR Ryan nod-talks to our slight right, then motions his right arm.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module lands and drives away from the camera.

Recycled, per source.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled from 201; fades out.

SPIELBAN #23.

The VR Battlecruiser lands on and rides across rough terrain.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

VR Kaitlin flips over the camera.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

VR Battlecruiser turns sharply to our slight left.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

VR Kaitlin lands in the Battlecruiser cockpit.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #24.

Monitor readout has a bunch of dots converging on a center target.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #23.

VR Kaitlin quickly crosses her right arm over her chest, then raises it.

Recycled; transitions out.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module's drill lifts up into position and begins to spin.

Recycled, per source; transitions in.

SHAIDER #39.

In his cockpit, VR Ryan flips some switches with his right hand.

Recycled, cuts short a little.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module's drill tank begins to drill into the ground.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module drill tank burrows into the ground.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module drill tank drills through the underground.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #15.

VR Battlecruiser turns sharply up close to a stop.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #23.

VR Kaitlin quickly crosses her right arm over her chest, then raises it, before reaching down.

Recycled again but runs fully.

SPIELBAN #15.

The Battlecruiser changes into drill tank mode, drives forth, then drills into the ground, digging deep into the earth.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

Ultra-Skugs continue to work on the Reality Buster.

Just the previously unused end bit from the earlier shot.

SPIELBAN #15.

The Battlecruiser rides further into the ground.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #10.

VR Ryan raises a fist in his cockpit, then gestures forth as shot zooms in.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module drill tank smashes through a rock wall.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

Ultra-Skugs flail about in an underground lab as debris rains down on them.


SHAIDER #40.

VR Ryan grips the controls in his cockpit as he nod-talks.


SHAIDER #08.

VR Ryan pulls the controls up and presses both thumb buttons at once.


SHAIDER #23.

The VR Combat Module fires a missile.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

Sparks erupt around the Ultra-Skugs in the underground lab, bursting soon occurring upon the Reality Buster, as well.


SPIELBAN #15.

The Battlecruiser smashes through the mine's walls.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #23.

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

Recycled; trimmed to remove landing.

SPIELBAN #15.

The VR Battlecruiser slash Drilltank fires its lasers forth.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #30.

An explosion erupts upon a reactor core looking matte painting.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #16.

The VR Skybase flies straight out of a wall of clouds.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #02.

Close on VR JB in the cockpit, talking then gripping controls. VR JB shifts both of the Skybase controls then presses button.

Recycled again.

SPIELBAN #01.

Skybase fires forth.

Recycled once more.

SPIELBAN #02.

A pair of missiles fly into a cloud.

Recycled once more.

SHAIDER #30.

An explosion erupts upon a TARDIS console.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #30.

A series of explosions in a missile silo of some kind.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #23.

Explosions erupt in a wide field, flaming projectiles raining down upon it.


SHAIDER #30.

VR Ryan gives a punch forth in his cockpit.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #28.

The VR Combat Module drill tank emerges from underground.

Recycled.

SHAIDER #10.

VR Ryan motions both fists in his cockpit, then leaps out.

Recycled; plays in reverse.

SHAIDER #23.

VR Ryan leaps through the air with his saber, clashing weapons with Fogbot in midair.

Cuts prior sequence of VR Ryan vs Ultra-Skugs and Vixens; Cuts shot 2 before freeze-frame.

SHAIDER #23.

VR Ryan and Fogbot roll into the quarry, and begin to spar, weapon to weapon.

Transitions out; cuts follow-ups of Fogbot going through portal, VR Ryan riding his Nitrocycle through it, then ending up Indigo Sector, fighting Fogbot and Gargantus, then Fogbot in another area along with ninja soldiers of some kind.

SHAIDER #23.

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

Recycled, per source; transitions in.

SHAIDER #23.

Close-up on Oraclon as he talks and his eyes flash.

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot rolls onto the misty floor of the Fractal Zone, followed by VR Ryan, who clashes weapons with him, then dives away from his next attack. Fogbot stands ready for more.

Transitions in.

SHAIDER #23.

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).

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot readies his sword, rushing forth and fighting VR Ryan's energized laser saber, as he blocks each blow, and finally causes Fogbot to flip over. VR Ryan sparkily slashes Fogbot on the back. Fogbot gets up and activates the sparkler in his sword, spraying sparks at VR Ryan, until he converts his laser saber into a laser whip, flinging it at Fogbot, snagging his sword, and yanking it away. VR Ryan returns his whip to laser saber form, then rushes in and sparkily slashes Fogbot a few times, including on the back again, before explosively jabbing him, then releasing.


SHAIDER #23.

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

Recycled, per source.

SHAIDER #23.

Fogbot is sliced sparkily.


SHAIDER #23.

A blue, massive explosion fireball expands before us, rapidly flashing. VR Ryan turns around and poses with his saber as the strange dimension reverts to the blue skies of reality.

Recycled, per source.

SPIELBAN #02.

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

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

Close on VR Kaitlin staring off into the sky.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

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

Recycled; transitions out.

SHAIDER #23.

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

Recycled again; transitions in.

Ending Credits