From: sunniechan@comcast.net   
      
   Azurite wrote:   
   > Wow, I'm learning a lot from everyone's commentary on these. How do   
   > people learn these trivia tidbits?   
      
   We have way too much time on our hands?  I know I do.  *doesn't look   
   through ANN for at least 5 hours everday...really!*   
   >   
      
   >>   
   >> Even aside from Moon Tiara Action, I know some of the other senshi do   
   >> reuse a few of their attacks well after they've been replaced. It's   
   >> generally rather rare, but it does happen, doesn't it?  Although what   
   >> I never understood was the introduction of new attacks in the Ail and   
   >> Ann arc that with maybe one exception, are never used again.  Supreme   
   >> Thunder Dragon, and all the rest only show up in one episode each,   
   >> don't they?   
   >>   
   >> Sunnie   
   >   
   >   
   > You mean:   
   > Mercury: Shabon Spray Freezing (Ice Bubbles, Freeze)   
   > Mars: (Firebird, Strike)   
   > Jupiter: Supreme Thunder Dragon (Thunder Dragon, Charge)   
   > Venus: Meteor Shower   
   >   
   > I can't remember if I got them all right for both dub and sub, but yeah,   
   > those were only oneshot deals, though I think Mercury reused Shabon   
   > Spray Freezing in that episode in R when the droid caused her to   
   > mistrust her friends and attack them.   
      
   Yeah, Shabon Spray Freezing was the one I was thinking had been reused.   
     I've only seen R dubbed, and only during it's initial run on USA   
   Network.  I haven't even seen the "17 newly dubbed episodes" yet.  But   
   that's okay, because I have the Uncut Subbed boxset now, which I'm   
   looking forward to finally watching once we get there in the rewatch. ^_^   
      
   >   
   > The "new attacks" thing was something I came to expect whenever it was   
   > midway through a season, and the villains were finally catching onto the   
   >  Senshi's strength and numbers, so the youma/droids/phages/whatever got   
   > more powerful-- enough to stop their usual attacks. I always figured   
   > this is why the power-ups were mostly necessary, because the villains   
   > knew their strength. The only reason why I can see the old attacks being   
   > reused is if they have some sort of singular strength to them:   
   >   
   > -Moon's tiara is quick and aims, but it can be deflected or broken (as   
   > it was in R; she actually can't even use it in Stars or beyond, because   
   > she has no tiara!)   
   >   
      
   It's the following attacks that seem to get quite a bit more reuse once   
   the senshi have them, even when they've powered up.  They're a great   
   little bunch of attacks, much more useful than others.   
      
   > -Venus' Love Me Chain is the only one that acts like a whip, and can be   
   > controlled even after the attack has been declared. It can restrain   
   > enemies. Her Crescent Beam is precise and can be moved like a laser, to   
   > cut through a swath of enemies at once, while maintaining the strength   
   > of the original beam, uninterrupted (she did this in the R movie)   
      
   Definitely re-used in later episodes, I believe.   
   >   
   >   
   > -Mercury's attacks are the only ones that hinder the enemy's attacks   
   > without being purely offensive; they cause fog and freezing to hamper   
   > the enemy's vision.   
      
   Actually, Shine Aqua Illusion is much more offensive than any of her   
   previous attacks, and she continues to use it even after receiving   
   Mercury Aqua Rhapsody, I believe.  I'm pretty sure I remember seeing   
   Illusion in Stars even, though I can't fully remember has it's been   
   nearly a year and I've only seen that season once thus far.   
      
   >   
   > -Jupiter's attacks are pretty powerful, but generally speaking, I don't   
   > think they have a particular strength that would cause her to use them   
   > repeatedly, except maybe "Thunderclap, Zap" (What was the Japanese for   
   > this one?), except that she can use them easily while moving (again, R   
   > movie).   
      
   It's Sparkling Wide Pressure in the Japanese version, and if I'm   
   remembering right, it does get used after Jupiter Oak Evolution is   
   introduced.  Which is kind of good, because Oak Evolution is just a   
   weird attack.  Better than Coconut Cyclone though, I suppose. ^_-   
      
   Sunnie   
      
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