Helmet Boys

 is a 1979 Vlokozuian satirical tokusatsu parody film directed by Akihito Fukui and Jim Abrahams and produced by Iwo Kaczka, and written by Kaczka, Abrahams, and an uncredited. It stars Jeptha Brewster, Kouki Yamashita, Ryan Atterberry, Denton Moon and Garfield Elvis and co-starring Cheryl Ladd and Hideki Ekomoto. The film is the parody of the tokusatsu film genre, particularly the 1978 El TV Kadsre film Nova Orbis, from which it borrows the plot and the characters, as well as some elements from the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. The film is known for its costume designs, in which the heroes are dressed in color-coded soccer uniforms and bike helmets, as well as its use of surreal humor and fast-paced slapstick filled with visual puns.

The film was released on January 7, 1979 by Vlokozuian Media Union and it was the financial success despite mixed reviews from critics, several of whom chose to forgo negative or positive reviews and instead chose to state how confused they were by the film. Helmet Boys was later followed by its sequels Helmet Boys Part 2 (1981) and Helmet Boys Part 3 (1983), in which Part 2 had better reception from critics but wasn't as much of successes as the first film while Part 3 bombed and had mixed reviews from critics and had a negative reaction from audiences, to the point that the Golden Raspberry Awards refused to nominate the film. El TV Kadsre Films later released Helmet Boys: The Next (And Hopefully Last) Generation (1997), parodying Bionicle: The Next Generation, Helmet Girls (2003), parodying Lana X: The Ladybot, and the critically-acclaimed Helmet Boys Part 4 (2014), all of which were written by Iwo's son Iwo Kaczka Jr., a former Telegram & Gazette EK film critic, and were produced (and in the case of Helmet Boys Part 4, directed) by Technic Heroes veteran Pasi Peure.

In 2015, the Helmet Boys franchise was confirmed by Pasi to be "semi-canon" to the Technic Heroes universe. The Helmet Boys characters have been featured in some Technic Heroes projects since.

Cast

 * Jeptha Brewster as General Adam/Shower
 * Kouki Yamashita as Yukihiro Rey/Greenman
 * Ryan Atterberry as Ashey Ashash/Badtemper
 * Denton Moon as Master Harry/Floaty
 * Garfield Elvis as King Terror/Rock
 * Cheryl Ladd as Julie Adams
 * Hideki Ekomoto as History Louie