 This article is about an episode in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.
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Abare Leaguer Bind (アバレリーガー金縛り Abare Rīgā Kanashibari) is the tenth episode of Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger.
Footage of the episode was parodically adapted into the Dino Thunder episode "Lost & Found in Translation".
Synopsis[]
Yukito must contemplate the power of wealth when he meets his favorite baseball player, who becomes transformed by a Trinoid into a money-spending maniac.
Plot[]
At the Dino House, while Ranru is making curry, Yukito reads in a newspaper that Bucky Bonds, a famous American baseball player, will not be participating of the baseball season's opening game. However, he soon butts into Ranru and Emiri's curry making when Ryoga complains it's too spicy.
At the Invasion's Garden Palace, Jannu is upset that Bachyceloknuckles decided to ally with Asuka and the Abarangers, but Lije comforts her saying that they will have other opportunities, before she channels Dezumozorlya, who warns her not to let Asuka find the other Bakuryuu. In order to escape Dezumozorlya's dissatisfaction, Mikela quickly works on making a monster based on old-fashioned mushroom head hairstyles.
Back at Dino House, Yukito has made his own extravagant brand of curry, dubbed "Curry Fruit Punch". Ryoga, Ranru and Emiri, turned off by the dish, cautiously try to work their way out of this without disappointing Yukito, deciding to force Ryunosuke to try it as he comes in. Ryunnosuke, in turn, forces Yukito's curry onto Asuka, who had fully recovered from the coma he had suffered after having expended too much DinoGuts, and just so happened to be hungry. As pleasantly as Asuka eats (much to the other three's horror), he soon gets sick, just as the emergency alarm flashes and they have to force Ryunnosuke out - along with Yukito's curry. With Asuka too ill to fight, Ryoga, Yukito and Ranru will have to tackle it themselves.
The monster attacking the city is Trinoid #9, Bankumushroom, who throws mushrooms at people, making mushroom heads of hair grow on them, and Bucky Bonds, the baseball player, happens to witness the attack. Before Bankumushroom can attack him, however, the Abarangers arrive. Using the Barmia troopers to distract them, Bankumushroom throws one of his mushrooms at Bonds, who instinctively takes out his bat and rebounds it at the monster, making the mushroom head grow on Bankumushroom instead, much to his ridicule. After the Evolien retreat, the heroes take the opportunity to address Bonds, and Yukito deduces, from his way of walking, that his hip hurts. Bonds states that, even though he could seek medical help in a hospital, he is seeking one expert chiropractor in special... Yukito Sanjo.
Next, Ryoga and Ranru are casually discussing the Evolien's plan and eating shiitake, as they watch Yukito treat Bonds - rather painfully. When all is said and done, Bonds is so happy to be cured that he offers Yukito a position as chiropractor for the Baseball League, stating he would get worldwide recognition. Despite the tempting offer, Yukito refuses, making the point that, as AbareBlue, he cannot forsake his duty (something everyone later comments is quite against his nature). As he leaves, a disappointed Bonds is caught off guard by Bankumushroom, who explains his plan: the people with mushroom heads will become money-hungry.
When Yukito rides off to clear his head, he is sought by Bonds again, who offers him a hefty sum of money to try and convince him to be the chiropractor for the League. When his hoodie comes off, Yukito notices he, too, has a mushroom head. When Bonds, under the mushroom head's effect, offhandedly comments one could even buy home-runs with so much money, Yukito becomes disgusted and throws the money away, upon which he notices all other affected citizens (even the birds) are acting much in the same way as Bonds and figures out the Evolian's plan. Just then, Bankumushroom attacks Yukito, trapping him in a pile of coins. When AbaRed and AbareYellow laugh at his predicament, he transforms into AbareBlue and breaks free.
With the three assembled, Bankumushroom attacks them with spare change coins, and AbaRed defiantly proclaims they will counter by saving money. Although he himself has no idea what he is talking about, AbareBlack, having gotten over his sickness, comes around with a variety of money boxes, which the Abarangers use to hold the coins Bankumushroom launches at them; however, they soon run out of space in the boxes for so many coins and get struck down. Just then, Bonds comes around, insisting on offering Yukito as much money as he wants. AbareBlue then remembers what he did in the first fight and decides to appeal to the player's instincts, throwing his money box at him. Sure enough, Bonds overcomes his greed and instinctively bats the money box back at Bankumushroom, knocking him out and allowing the Abarangers to finish him off with the Dino Bomber, undoing the mushroom head curse. Even after his Life Berry resurrects him, the Abaren'oh Knuckles makes short work of Bankumushroom.
Later at the Dino House, Bonds gives Yukito his blessing in fighting for Earth, and they part in good terms. However, Yukito doesn't want him to leave before trying his Curry Fruit Punch...
After the end credits, the scene cuts back to the Dino House. Much to everyone's fright, Bonds likes Yukito's curry! He even goes around to give Yukito as much money as he wants to open his own curry restaurant in America. While Ryoga and the others won't have any of this (especially after all the trouble involving Bankumushroom), shockingly, Yukito ends up... accepting it!
Cast[]
- Ryoga Hakua (伯亜 凌駕 Hakua Ryōga): Koichiro Nishi (西 興一朗 Nishi Kōichirō)
- Yukito Sanjo (三条 幸人 Sanjō Yukito): Sho Tomita (富田 翔 Tomita Shō)
- Ranru Itsuki (樹 らんる Itsuki Ranru): Aiko Ito (いとう あいこ Itō Aiko)
- Asuka (アスカ): Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫 Kaoru Abe)
- Emiri Imanaka (今中 笑里 Imanaka Emiri): Michi Nishijima (西島 未智 Nishijima Michi)
- Yokota (横田): Taro Suwa (諏訪 太朗 Suwa Tarō)
- Bakuryuu Tyrannosaurus (爆竜ティラノサウルス Bakuryū Tiranosaurusu, Voice): Takashi Nagasako (長嶝 高士 Nagasako Takashi)
- Bakuryu Triceratops (爆竜トリケラトプス Bakuryū Torikeratopusu, Voice): Kouki Miyata (宮田 幸季 Miyata Kōki)
- Bakuryu Pteranodon (爆竜プテラノドン Bakuryū Puteranodon, Voice): Emi Shinohara (篠原 恵美 Emi Shinohara)
- Bakuryu Brachiosaurus (爆竜ブラキオサウルス Bakuryū Burakiosaurusu, Voice): Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈 Ginga Banjō)
- Bakuryuu Bachycelonagurus (爆竜バキケロナグルス Bakuryū Bakikeronagurusu, Voice): Sayaka Aida (相田さやか Aida Sayaka)
- Apostle of Destruction Jeanne (破壊の使徒ジャンヌ Hakai no Shito Jannu): Eri Sakurai (桜井映里 Sakurai Eri)
- Apostle of Dawn Reje (黎明の使徒リジェ Reimei no Shito Rije): Kasumi Suzuki (鈴木 かすみ Suzuki Kasumi)
- Creative Messenger Mikela (創造の使徒・ミケラ Sōzō no Shito Mikera, Voice): Bunkou Ogata (緒方文興 Ogata Bunko)
- Visionary Messenger Voffa (無限の使徒・ヴォッファ Mugen no Shito Voffa, Voice): Hidenari Ugaki (宇垣秀成 Ugaki Hidenari)
Guest Cast[]
- Trinoid 9: Bankumushroom (トリノイド九号．バンクマッシュルーム Torinoido Kyūgō: Bankumasshurūmu, Voice): Yasuhiko Kawazu (川津泰彦 Kawazu Yasuhiko)
- Bucky Bonds: Samuel Pop Aning
- Police: Seiji Matsubara (松原征二 Matsubara Seiji)
- Old Woman: Teruko Hanahara (花原照子 Hanahara Teruko)
- Muscle Man: Shin Kusaka (日下慎 Kusaka Shin), Hideki (ヒデキ)
- Opponent: Gregory Peker
Notes[]
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider 555
episode 13, Friend of Foe?. - Eyecatch
- Viewership: 7.8%
- Brachio's Line: "As long as we have love, we will fight-bra!" (愛ある限り戦いますブラ Ai aru kagiri tatakaimasu bura)
- The catchphrase of La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine.
- The catchphrase of La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine
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- Pre-Ending Question: Will Bucky Bonds eat Yukito's Fruit Punch Curry?
- Answer: He does; and he loves it!
- This episode holds the distinction of being the only episode that is used in Power Rangers for more than just the morphed action footage; in the Dino Thunder episode Lost & Found in Translation, Conner and Kira join Ethan as he watches a Japanese series inspired by the Rangers' exploits on Hayley's new satellite TV channel. While the video is kept intact, the characters' lines are dubbed over for comedic effect.
- The term "kanashibari", which comprises the title of his episode, means "bind by the hands and feet", but it may also mean a financial bind, which is exactly what Bankumushroom's mushroom heads do; bind people to money. One of his attacks is even called "Okane Shibari" (Money Bind).
DVD releases[]
Abaranger Volume 3, DVD cover
- Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger Volume 3 features episodes 9-12: Ep. 9: Awaken!! Abare Survivor, Ep. 10: Abare Leaguer Bind, Ep. 11: Abare Psychic. Oink. and Ep. 12: The Abare Saw Cuts Through Kyoto!. [1]
Abaranger: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)
- The complete Abaranger series was released in North America by Shout! Factory on November 8th, 2022.
See Also[]
- Back in Black - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page.
- Lost & Found in Translation - Power Rangers counterpart in Dino Thunder. See comparison page. (TV scene footages)
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