Super Robo Mecha Force Five! or SRMFF for short, is a fictional 1980s anime television series appearing in the 2012 TV series' second season, that Michelangelo introduced to his turtle brothers after finding a bunch of old video tapes, including those of SRMFF, in a dumpster. The Turtles quickly all became obsessed with the TV show, except for Donatello.
SRMFF acts as a spiritual successor to the Space Heroes cartoon from the first season. The series is a pastiche of the animated series GoLion (Voltron) and includes elements of the anime Voltes V, Mazinger Z, and the tokusatu, Super Sentai (Power Rangers).
SRMFF kicked off the episode with some great anime satire, including archetypal team characters - including the leader, the scientist, the princess, the brute - and an adorable animal sidekick named Squeakums.
SRMFF also presents a variant on the "captain slap" from Space Heroes.
Characters
Main Characters
- Mighty Super Robo Mecha - The super robot piloted by the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
- Captain Dash Coolstar (voiced by Brian Bloom) - The leader of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
- Dr. Blip (voiced by Scott Menville) - The scientific member of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
- Squeakums - The animal sidekick of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
- Lunk (voiced by Nolan North) - The strong and tall member of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five who has attitude.
- Princess (voiced by Mae Whitman) - The princess of an unnamed planet who is a member of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
NOTE: All of the characters are meant to represent the characters in TMNT series based on their characteristics and behaviors. Captain Coolstar, Dr. Blip, Lunk, Squeakums and Princess being homages to Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo and April in this order (Princess and April even share the same voice actress).
Villains
- Mind Master (voiced by Nolan North) - A villain whose brain is kept in a robot body and his face is projected onto it's screen.
- General Unsura (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) - A villain where half of his face is human and his horned head is floating inside a glass helmet with.
- Kill Beast Bots - A race of killer robots.
- Giant Space Squid - A giant alien squid that lives in outer space.
- Cyberoid X (voiced by Brian Bloom) - A cybernetic villain.
- Hydra Beast - A mechanical three-headed hydra creature with wings.
- Skele-Lord (voiced by Josh Peck) - A horned skeleton villain who is the sworn enemy of the Super Robo Mecha Force Five.
Episodes featuring "SRMFF"
- Mutagen Man Unleashed - After Mikey shows the tapes of the show to his fellow Turtles and April, they watch an episode of it where the Super Robo Mecha Force Five face off against the Kill Beast Bots.
- Target: April O'Neil - The Super Robo Mecha Force Five face off against a Giant Space Squid.
- The Good, The Bad and Casey Jones -
- Fungus Humungous - General Unsura hijacks the Mighty Super Robo Mecha.
- Mazes & Mutants - Mind Master plots to take control of Captain Dash Coolstar's mind.
- Pizza Face - The Super Robo Mecha Force Five face off against the Hydra Beast.
- The Legend of the Kuro Kabuto -
- Plan 10 - Skele-Lord faces off against the Super Mecha Force Five twice: once on his own and the second time in his own robot.
- Into Dimension X! - Cyberoid X and his fleet face off against the Super Robo Mecha Force Five where they are forced to retreat.
Quotes
Princess - Oh no! Super bad times for all!
Captain Coolstar - Does great danger arrive? where?
Dr. Blip - Captain Coolstar what are we going to do?
Captain Coolstar (Slaps Dr. Blip in the face) - Get a hold of yourself, man!
Lunk - Don't worry Squeakums, we'll blast'em all with mighty Super Robot Mecha!
Team - Super... Robo... Mecha... Force... Five... Team... Five... Go!
Raphael - What the heck is this nonsense? It's terrible!
Michelangelo - Terribly awesome, I found this old tapes in a dumpster.
Leonardo - Tapes?
Michelangelo - Check it out!
Leonardo - Dude, this is awful, and you guys complain about Space Heroes.
Raphael - Their lips don't even match what they're saying, I could never watch a show this bad.
Princess - There are too many of them, Captain!
Raphael - So, she is the princess of an entire planet? Cool!
Michelangelo - Yeah, and she also pilots the robot's left leg, she rules. But that scientist MADE the robot.
Donatello - The story has such an intricate plot Four stars!
Dr. Blip - P-p-p-princess, I'd like to invite you for space dinner, if you please. Yes, I...
Princess - What? I date a weakling like you? Not for 10,000 zarcon crystals.
Michelangelo - Donnie, that is so you and April, dude.
Donatello - It is not. Meh, this show is lame anyway, the plot makes zero sense. I'll be in the lab.
Trivia
- It is the second animated show in the series to have very bad acting.
- This TV-Series is a clear parody to the real series Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go (short: SRMTHFG) created by Ciro Nieli.
- Coincidentally, Greg Cipes, voice actor of Michelangelo for the 2012 series, also provides the voice of Chiro, as of the fact these series are both produced by Ciro Nieli.
- A rather obvious homage to the pleathora of Japanese animated programs featuing Giant robots often dubbed "Mecha".