Whirlwind! Gyro Robo
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| "Whirlwind! Gyro Robo" "旋風！ ジャイロロボ"
("Senpū! Jairorobo") | ||||||
| Production company | Sunrise Yomiko Advertising TV Tokyo | |||||
| Airdate | March 19, 2003 | |||||
| Written by | Kazuho Hyodo | |||||
| Directed by | Kagerō Sanada | |||||
| Animation studio | Sunrise | |||||
MRR have survived disasters, but now they have to survive the eccentric Gyro Robo.
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
A hostage situation is taking place in the Granpard Building in America, where six heavily armed masked gunmen are holding a woman prisoner, planning to destabilise the economy. The police surround the building. However, their confusing plans are thwarted when Gyro Robo appears outside - though the debris caused by his blades is not well received by the police below, crushing a squad car. The hostage falls from the tower but is caught by Gyro Robo, who delivers her and the gunmen to the officers - and gets chewed out by the police chief for the damage caused. Oblivious, Gyro Robo flies away happily. Meanwhile that night at Machine Robo Rescue, Taiyoh has broken his K-BOY and heads to the hangar to ask the technical experts Susumu and Tsuyoshi to fix it. He finds them watching footage of Gyro Robo, and Makoto arrives, explaining that Gyro Robo is a new model of Machine Robo sent to America for testing due to the country's sky-rocketing crime. The patriotic Makoto begins arguing with Taiyoh until Alice breaks them up. Tokyo is then hit by a blackout - caused by a Gura Gorro leeching a hydroelectric powerplant at Sunrise Dam. The chief of the plant makes an emergency call to Rescue Headquarters, and Sasaki orders Blue Sirens into action. Having absorbed too much electricity, the Gura Gorro begins lashing out, causing further damage to the dam's systems - causing the gate to begin to open, threatening 60,000 nearby homes. Police Robo arrives and starts to fight the Gura Gorro; however, the absorbed electricity means it is able to prevent Makoto activating the Hyper Mode. Meanwhile the Utada twins search inside the power station for survivors. Back at Headquarters, Sasaki refuses to commit Red Wings to the battle - instead, he has called in help from elsewhere in the form of Gyro Robo.
Tsuyoshi reaches the control room and tells Susumu of the damage to the dam gate control system. Susumu plans to find the secondary controls but the dam's doors are all jammed from the Gura Gorro's attack, leaving him no option but to climb down the dam and find a way in from the outside. Despite his damage, Police Robo tries to block Gura Gorro from attacking Susumu. Just then Gyro Robo appears, and after a brief discussion catches Susumu before he falls from a ladder. He drops the cadet at the secondary control room before going to help Police Robo against the Gura Gorro. At Police Robo's suggestion, Gyro Robo activates a ZONE, allowing Susumu to begin work on closing the gates. However, inside the ZONE Gyro Robo is outmatched by the overpowered Gura Gorro until he suggests Susumu activate his Hyper Mode. Hyper Gyro Robo is then able to battle Gura Gorro with more success, though his efforts nearly rupture the ZONE. Susumu reminds him that the mission is to contain Gura Gorro, not destroy him. Hyper Gyro Robo is then able to calmly defeat the enemy as Susuma is able to activate the secondary gate controls. Despite their success, Gyro Robo is still reluctant to address Susumu as anything other than "boy", believing if he used his name it would acknowledge him as a Robo Master. Inside the dam manager thanks Tsuyoshi for the team's heroism, while Gyro Robo and his Helicopter Robo fly off, telling Susumu that they'll help again in the future.
Featured characters[edit | edit source]
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Machine Robo Rescue | Disasters | Others |
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Quotes[edit | edit source]
"Why can't someone blow this idiot away for me?!?"
- —The Police Chief on working with Gyro Robo.
"Oh fine, I'll prepare tea and wait for everyone to return, maybe I'll even knit a doily!"
- —Alice fails to react with good grace to Sasaki ordering her to remain on the Siren Galley.
Notes[edit | edit source]
Continuity notes[edit | edit source]
- While Gyro Robo has been assigned to the United States of America he was built in Japan.
- The plane that transports Gyro Robo to Japan is the Sky Dolphin seen in "The Thunderous Stealth Robo".
- Gadgets and Powers:
- Gyro Robo can fly in robot mode by using his rotors and in Hyper Mode can use Tornado Punches and his Gyro Shooter flying rotor attack.
Real-world references[edit | edit source]
- Sunrise Dam is clearly named for Sunrise.
Continuity and plotting errors[edit | edit source]
- The Helicopter Robo weren't even mentioned let alone seen before they're summoned for the Hyper Mode combination.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- None of the Yellow Gears team are seen all episode, the first time any of the cadets have been omitted from a show.
Foreign localization[edit | edit source]
Singapore
- Title: "Whirlwind! Gyro Robo!"
- Original airdate: ?
Home video releases[edit | edit source]
- DVD
