I played with Dragonball Z toys in much the same way Lobstermagnet described. And yeah, I totally agree that's what it's starting to seem like. Every goodie fought toe-to-toe with a baddie, used random jutsu, and spouted reused dialogue. This episode even had Kyuubi-Naruto showing up to save the day when things got bad (and Gamabunta in the next!). God, he even sits there growling for 5 minutes just so the other characters can gape at him.

@Anphorus: The Power Rangers were never the greatest thing. You just grew up. Technically the "first season" was the 16th Sentai show in Japan, so it had already become hackneyed.