Go! Go! Loser Ranger! (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[theme music]
[narrator] This is the gigantic floating
fortress that appeared out of nowhere
10,000 meters above ground.
Its appearance marks
the beginning of the neverending war
between humans and monsters.
[all] We are the Divine Dragon Rangers,
the Dragon Keepers!
[commentator] The Dragon Keepers versus
the Nefarious Monster Army!
It's been 13 years since the battle began,
and the weekly Sunday Showdown
continues to draw a huge crowd.
What kind of fierce battle
awaits us today?
I can't wait to find out!
The Rangers appear to be
on a state of high alert
in the midst of all the excitement
and tension!
Monster experts predict
that the monster army has a high chance
of deploying their secret weapon
in today's showdown!
Whoa! The Red Keeper is here
to greet everyone first!
Thank you very much!
Zoom in! Zoom in!
[fans murmuring]
[commentator]
He takes good care of his fans.
As expected of
the chief of the Ranger Force.
- The Dragon Keeper's reliable leader!
- Please don't push, all right?
[commentator] Will we witness his ultimate
technique, the Dragon Slash, today?
As usual, we'll entrust
humanity's future to them this week.
And as for the Monster Army,
they have yet to be sighted.
Just what could they be up to
at the floating fortress far away…
Are you here to spectate the fight?
This place will turn
into a battlefield soon.
We'll do our very best
to ensure your safety!
But if you insist
on spectating despite the risks,
then feel free to proceed.
[sighs]
Oh, come on… Risks? There haven't been
any civilian casualties in years, right?
It's part of our protocol to say that.
What?
How admirable.
You're both so young, yet you're already
part of the Ranger Force.
You can do it too!
The Ranger Force is always
looking out for new blood!
- Please! Join us!
- H-Hey, you're too close! Too close!
[groans]
We are recruiting!!
The Dragon Keepers
Mm.
Me, joining the Ranger Force?
[recruiter 1] It's not that hard, really.
But whether you'll be like
those guys is another story.
[soft grunt]
[gasps]
The rest is up to you, I guess.
[breathing shakily]
[recruiter 2] All right. This way, please.
[grandiose music playing]
[popping]
Strike your victory pose
[whooshing]
[tense music playing]
[growls]
[roaring]
[audience 1] The monsters are here!
[audience 2] They just don't learn,
do they? They keep coming back!
[audience 3]
We won't lose! Just get lost already!
- Get lost! Get lost! Get lost!
- Get lost! Get lost! Get lost!
Ow, that hurt!
Ouch!
[Red Keeper] There you are, monsters!
What?
[epic music playing]
So you've come.
We won't let you have your way.
This planet belongs to us humans!
And we will protect it
from the likes of you!
We are…
- …the Dragon Keepers!
- …the Dragon Keepers!
[spectators cheering]
Red Keeper Pink Keeper
I'm a monster born from all
the collective grudges of the tigers
in this world.
You foolish surface-dwellers
shall get what you deserve!
For starters,
I'll turn all animals tiger-striped
and turn this world into absolute chaos!
How dare you! Anything but that!
[worried murmurs]
The heck are you surface-dwellers
looking at?
This isn't a zoo!
Get them, Dusters! Show them hell!
[spectator] Oh goodness, no!
Stop!
[electric buzzing]
I'll be the one to deal with you.
Sakurama, bring the spectators
somewhere safe.
I'm on it, Suzukiri!
- Come. Right this way.
- Thank you very much!
[growling]
[both grunt]
[grunting]
[Ul-Tora] Come on, now! What's wrong?
Is that all you've got, Dragon Keepers?
[Red Keeper grunts]
This monster is stronger
than any other we've fought before!
It's unbelievably powerful.
If it's a battle of strength
you're looking for,
I, the Green Keeper,
will be your opponent!
[Green Keeper grunts]
H-Hey, wait! Th-That's too big!
Hah! How'd you like that, monster?
Devastating strength!
[intense music playing]
[laughs]
I knew it'd take more than that
to kill that monster!
Why aren't they using the Divine Artifact?
I will never die. I'm immortal!
Transformation! Tora Tora Toransform!
[Ul-Tora growls]
- Scrum!
- [Rangers] Got it!
[growling]
[all grunting]
[all groaning]
[dramatic music playing]
[roars]
What? This can't be real!
That monster's really strong…
[spectator 1]
Maybe we're really done for this time.
[roars]
[spectator 2] It's too powerful…
Don't lose, Dragon Keepers!
[spectator 3] Get up!
[spectator 4] Blast those monsters away!
There's no way… we'll lose.
[Red Keeper] As long as
there's someone left to protect,
we'll get up on our feet,
no matter how many times!
[grunts]
Yikes! They're using
the Divine Artifact already!
Gather around, surviving Dusters!
[roars]
We're going with the classic this time.
Right after they fire
the Dragon Blaster, got it?
They'll blast us back into the fortress,
and then we'll reconstruct
ourselves, right?
I'm looking forward
to your loser's speech this time.
Now what do I do? I didn't think of one!
What about "I'll remember this!"?
Sounds like what a monster would say.
Doesn't that sound cool?
Come on. That's too cliche, D.
Wait, Fighter D?
I thought you weren't supposed to be
on shift today!
Uh-huh.
What do you mean, "Uh-huh"?
What are you doing here?
[Fighter A] Huh?
- Dragon's Breath!
- Dragon's Breath!
Oh, no, not good! Fortify our defense!
- I'm tired of this already.
- Eh?
I'm sick of putting up with this act.
Wait! Hey, D! Don't go!
Wait! We're almost done!
- Fire!
- Fire!
[Fighter D]
I'm so done with this pretense.
[spectators cheering]
All done. And now, to the commercials!
[cheeky music playing]
We're done for this time!
I can't think of anything.
Don't give up!
No matter what it takes,
we've got to come up
with the monster for this week Ow!
Monster of the week
[Fighter A] There's no way we can come up
with new ideas every single week!
I'm fresh out of ideas!
Like I care anymore.
I'm going to take a nap.
[announcer] The Dragon Keepers versus
the Nefarious Monster Army!
It's been 13 years since the battle began,
and the weekly Sunday Showdown
continues to draw a huge crowd.
[Fighter C] Hey, seems like
the arena's getting all fired up.
[Fighter G] Let's see if he says anything
that'll help serve as a hint.
[announcer] Monster experts predict that
the monster army
has a high chance
of deploying their secret weapon…
Nope! There's nothing at all!
A 13-year-long battle? Get real!
Why are we even in this mess?
Still, who would've expected this
to happen to us?
[Fighter C]
The floating fortress fell in just a year,
and all our bosses were wiped out
along with it.
We're just Dusters.
What can foot soldiers like us even do?
Hold on. Our bosses were exterminated,
so why were we left alive?
Who knows? Maybe they chickened out
because there's too many of us.
[commentator] Whoa! The Red Keeper is here
to greet everyone first!
Wait, this isn't the time for chit-chat!
Oh fine, I'll come up with something then!
- Fighter G!
- Fighter G!
[all gasp]
How about this? A super-strong monster
with bulging muscles!
Wow!
It looks strong!
[Fighter A] Rejected.
[Fighter G] Wh-Why?
I've said this before.
Abstract ideas don't leave
a lasting impression on the audience!
It's going to lose
the moment it steps foot on the stage!
The monster should have
some sort of motif.
You're harsh, Fighter A.
If you get hung up on the details,
we're not going to make it in time!
For goodness' sake!
We wouldn't be in this mess
if our bosses were still alive!
There's no point thinking about
what we don't have!
We'll just have to manage on our own!
- Fighter L!
- Fighter L!
[Fighter L]
How about this? It's a cute cat monster!
I'm sure the surface-dwellers
will love it. It'll be really popular!
Why would you want them to love it?
We're supposed to create big bad monsters
that strike fear in kids!
[Fighter A] There's a sense of catharsis
that comes from defeating scary monsters!
In that case,
we can change it into a lion
[Fighter A]
We made a lion seven years ago!
[all sigh]
[Fighter D] A tiger.
- What?
- What?
I'm pretty sure
we haven't made a tiger yet.
I've heard that on the surface,
they use the dragon and tiger
to describe rivals.
Oh, come on. You're in the way!
If the Dragon Keepers has its roots
in the dragon,
then shouldn't we be the tiger?
You're as conscientious as ever.
The dragon and tiger, huh…
That's making me kind of embarrassed.
I sure hope they think of us that way,
even though we lose every week.
Why are you guys
already thinking of losing?
- [in unison] Huh?
- We're monsters.
We take down anyone in our way,
even the Dragon Keepers! Isn't that right?
We may not win now,
but we can't give up on hoping
that we'll eventually win one day.
That's what's important, don't you agree?
[Fighter C] Quiet down, D!
I can't hear the radio!
[Fighter D] Don't listen
to the nonsense they say
just to please the surface-dwellers!
Your ears are going to rot!
What we should be doing
is not creating a monster
that'll be defeated today,
but coming up with a strategy
to win today!
At this rate,
we're never going to fulfill our mission!
Mission?
What's our mission?
[Fighter D] World domination.
Our bosses may be gone,
but our mission remains the same.
We're supposed to fight
and make this planet ours!
Let's do this!
Round and round…
[all cackling]
[Fighter A] World domination, he says!
[Fighter C] It's been a long time
since I heard that!
[Fighter G] As expected of Fighter D!
He's ambitious, I'll give him that!
How conscientious!
[growling]
[approaching footsteps]
[Fighter F] Here we go.
You should calm down, D.
What's the point of fighting
amongst ourselves?
Come on, F…
Aren't you mad about this?
We've resigned ourselves to being
satisfied with what we have now.
For the past 13 years,
we've already fought 1,000 times
with the Rangers.
You should know better than that.
Not yet. We've only fought 998 times.
Don't harp on the details.
Listen.
[Fighter F] We lost the day
our bosses were exterminated.
We still continue to invade the planet
every Sunday,
but we can't let the civilians know
that this is all just an act.
This is the condition for the truce
we agreed on that very day.
Maybe they don't even think of us
as monsters anymore.
It's time you accept it.
[Fighter C] All right.
We had some problems, but I assume
everyone's fine with the tiger.
Come forward if you're good at
acting as a tiger.
Also, give me a copy of
the animal encyclopedia
that the Rangers provided.
Oh, I'll do it.
Fighter Z, right?
World animal encyclopedia
Think you can do it?
Who knows? I'll just have to try.
[grunting]
- Not done yet?
- [Fighter Z] Just a little more…
Wait! Hey, come on!
How's this? I don't really know
how a tiger works, so…
[Fighter G] Yeah, you look like one.
[Fighter C] I think we need
a little oomph.
- O-Oh, really? In that case…
- [Fighter L] Tiger… Tora… Truck.
[Fighter D] I'm probably better than him
at reconstruction.
[Fighter F] Then you should do it, D.
I'm busy today. Besides, I'm not on shift.
Again? Where have you been off to
all alone lately?
D?
I'd never volunteer as boss.
[Fighter D]
Not if I'm meant to be defeated.
Huh, so you do know.
[Fighter F] Hey, D.
[Fighter D] What?
[Fighter F]
During the last Sunday Showdown,
I saw a small surface-dweller
in front of me.
[gasps]
Can you guess
what he said to me, his enemy?
He said, "Do your best."
I didn't get why he said that to me.
It made no sense, right?
But you know,
it didn't feel half bad for some reason.
I feel like for the sake
of the general public
who don't know the truth,
I have to do my best.
We make the Rangers stand out,
and the audience gets all pumped up.
It doesn't matter
even if I know we're going to lose.
- Fire!
- Fire!
[Fighter D] I'll do my best to play
the perfect monster.
There it is! Their ultimate technique,
the Dragon's Breath!
[commentator]
Once again, the future of humanity
has been protected
by the Dragon Keepers this week!
[Fighter D] That freaking hurt.
Just because we're immortal,
doesn't mean that
you can do whatever you want to us.
We can still feel pain, you know.
Monsters aren't meant
to just take a beating.
Even though the civilians don't realize
that this is just an act,
we're just repeating the same thing
every single week.
Are you guys really satisfied with this?
Don't you want more?
How about something different
for a change?
The possibility
of the monsters winning, that is.
It seems like we missed one.
Come on. This isn't what we agreed on.
[laughs]
Look at that fool!
Hey, isn't this bad?
[Pink Keeper] Hey! You can still make it
in time, so get back to the fortress now!
It's time to…
end the rigged games.
I'll take you guys down…
with a real fight!
[Yellow Keeper] He's running over.
[Blue Keeper] What a pain.
Perhaps I should deal with him.
It's all up to you, Red!
What a courageous fighter!
You seem like a formidable opponent!
[spectator]
All right! Finally someone with guts!
[child] You can do it!
[Fighter D] What?
Monster!
Monster! Do your best!
W-Whoa!
[Fighter D]
I get it already, so just shut up.
You guys just want to see a trash mob
struggle and get beaten up
pathetically, right?
Screw this. Don't look down on me!
I'll make those stupid,
ignorant faces of yours twitch with fear!
Take a good look.
The one you see before your eyes…
is a big, bad, and proud monster!
[Red Keeper] All right, good job today.
Don't get too ahead of yourself.
This isn't the stage
for your kind to shine.
Just shut up and lose
like you're supposed to.
Read the situation and know your place.
We are justice!
[Fighter D grunts]
[crowd cheering]
- Fire!
- Fire!
[Fighter D] I've had enough.
I don't even look like a bad guy now.
[Fighter A]
Fighter M got blasted off by the wind.
[Fighter C] Good work.
This makes 999 battles
and 999 losses, huh?
[Fighter N] Why think about that now?
[Fighter F] Why isn't D back yet?
[Fighter N] Not surprising.
Many like him ran off because
they couldn't stand this anymore.
Doing what they tell us to do
is the only way for us to survive.
[Fighter D] Now I know.
No, I've always known.
We aren't even fit to be the villains.
At this rate,
we'll just continue to be their slaves.
I'm sick of staying silent
and doing their bidding!
[Suzukiri] Oh?
You surprised me.
You're the one we met in the morning!
What are you doing here?
I wanted a better view of the battlefield
from a higher place, so…
[Suzukiri] Mm. Isn't it great?
I like this spot too.
So, how was it?
What do you think about
the Sunday Showdown?
Well, I guess it was amazing
to see the Dragon Keepers up close.
They're strong.
In fact, they're really strong.
[Fighter D] I want to be like them too.
Oh?
Can I take it that you're interested
in joining the Rangers?
That sounds like a good idea.
In fact, maybe I should take
the recruitment exam!
Looks like you're all fired up now.
Yeah.
I'll take them down.
I'll defeat all our enemies.
[commentator] Despite the Dragon Keepers'
desperate struggle
against the monster boss'
devastating strength,
the cheers from the public
sparked a surge of power within them!
The victory of humanity is within reach!
Fight on, Dragon Keepers!
Protect our planet!
[closing theme music]
"Go! Fighter D!"
- Sounds good. Let's go with that.
- "Go"? Where are you going?
I'm not going anywhere!
I'm short on time, so shoo!
What were you saying?
Shut it! I'm just doing it!
Just what is it?
Next episode, "Go! Fighter D!"
[Fighter D]
All right, that sounded really awesome.
You were talking about the episode title?