History DemotedToExtra / PowerRangers

* "Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger" to "Series/PowerRangersWildForce": Ogre Tribe Org's first two Highness Duke Orgs, Shuten and Ura, are replaced by Master Org as the leader of the Orgs, with their counterparts, Retinax and Nayzor, becoming his bodyguard and a general, respectively. Averted with the third Highness Duke Org, Rasetsu, whose counterpart Mandilok replaces Master Org as the leader of the Orgs [[spoiler:until the master's return]], and their [[FusionDance combined form]], Ultimate Org Senki, [[spoiler:which becomes Master Org's final form]].

* This happens with Ernie starting with the second season of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' and eventually ending with his blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo in the 1997 ''Film/PowerRangersTurbo'' film. Despite allegedly filming scenes for the [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie 1995 film]] Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, the scenes were eventually deleted, and to date, no publicly available copy of said film has those deleted scenes on them to confirm one way or another. This is despite essentially being an extra in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' season 1, but appearing in almost every episode. Oddly enough, even though he's promoted to opening credits, he appears in fewer and fewer episodes every season despite the Power Rangers hanging out at the Youth Center through ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' while he's still there. The reason why is never specified, but given that, by the time they started filming 1997's Turbo film, his actor was starting to suffer from health issues relating to both his weight and because he smoked. That would partially explain why he never returned for ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' and ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' as well as the 'Forever Red' episode of ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''.

* Bulk and Skull start getting less screen time as time went on. First in ''Turbo'' they were turned into chimps for a good portion of the series (behind the scenes, this was prompted by the actors being away to shoot a pilot for a spin-off series). It wasn't until ''In Space'' that their screen time was cut significantly due to the focus being on space travel and the rangers having little time on Earth. Aside from one small cameo, the duo are mostly absent through the series middle episodes with the bulk (no pun intended) being at the beginning and end of the series. After Skull was PutOnABus in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', the writers apparently had trouble coming up with material for Bulk on his own and/or Professor Phenomenous (or, more likely, the show's TroubledProduction played a role). He only appears in a few episodes (he does get last billing in the title sequence in those episodes though). He would not have a recurring role again until ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' 12 years later.

* ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'': Emperor Exhaus' role as Big Bad is given to Divatox (and arguably Dark Specter, who fulfills the "someone worse than the usual villains appears near the end" role); his Super-Strong Form was used for Goldgoyle a MonsterOfTheWeek, albeit an insanely strong one whose destruction of the Turbo and Rescue Megazords heavily contribute to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'''s SuddenDownerEnding.
* ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' Dr. Hinelar's BigBad role is given to Astronema (who doesn't have a direct counterpart; she's more a CompositeCharacter of Dr. Hinelar and Shibolena). His monster form is used for Furio, a general in the following season. The {{Mooks}} are reduced mostly to training dummies used by the heroes, and are replaced by the Quantrons.

* ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' to ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Tau Zant's role as Big Bad is given to Lothor; his gigantic Tau Zant Ultimate Form is used for the Lothorzord. Also, Manmaruba is around from day one, with future-reading abilities that make him very crucial to the villains' mission, while Motodrone is a later addition who's not as important to the story. His

* ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': The BigBad is Deboth, who appears in his original dinosaur-slaying giant monster form (first in episodes 22-23, and later via a series of clones in episodes 41-42 and a final time in episode 44) and evolves into a form better suited to wiping out humanity near the end of the series. In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', his original form is reduced to a mindless MonsterOfTheWeek and its similarly mindless offspring; his final form is AdaptedOut. Also, Chaos is the DragonInChief for most of Kyoryuger as Deboth is dormant for much of the series; in Dino Charge, his counterpart Arcanon is the last and shortest-lived of the BigBad revolving door, though he ''is'' a very important villain and responsible for most of the backstory. Deathryuger, Icerondo, and Killbolero were given a similar treatment, with Icerondo [[DecompositeCharacter being split into two monsters]].
* ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' to ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'': While his counterpart Tynamon appears in only four episodes (though a definite case of SmallRoleBigImpact), Tsugomori debuts immediately after the fall of Ripcon’s counterpart and as such is one of the longest-running generals in the series. Meanwhile, Ariake no Kata outranked both Tsugomori and Odius’s counterpart Kyuemon (who, by extension, is also her son), to the point of being DragonInChief for an arc (at least until [[EnfantTerrible Mangetsu's]] introduction), and using the fear energy the villains were collecting for herself instead of storing it to revive the BigBad, thus creating friction. Her counterpart Badonna, while in nearly as many episodes, just doesn’t make as much of an impact, being DragonAscendant Madame Odius’ loyal right hand and never rocking the boat.

* In ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'', the Omega Ranger was demoted compared to his Sentai counterpart [=DekaBreak=]. Disney executives wanted to save on production costs and would have eliminated the character entirely, but he was so prominent in ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]'' that cutting him out of all the StockFootage would have been impossible. They decided that the next best thing would be to come up with a HandWave to justify hiring a voice actor rather than a regular actor to play the role[[note]]he's a {{Time Travel}}er, so when not morphed he manifests as a ball of light to enforce NeverTheSelvesShallMeet[[/note]]. In the end, the executives were the only ones happy with this decision: the writers resented being saddled with such a bothersome plot element and thus used the character as little as possible, and viewers hated him because he was little more than a living weapon with no personality or development.
* From a ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' standpoint, there are multiple cases where the BigBad is reduced to being a simple MonsterOfTheWeek, a giant form controlled by the American-made BigBad in the finale, or just plain reduced to a sidekick. These include:
** ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'': Dai Satan is turned into Lokar, who is merely an associate of Rita's, though he does serve as an integral part of Rita's schemes in two separate two-part episodes.
** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'': Shadam's monster form is used for Mondo the Magician, a MonsterOfTheWeek (though he fares better than the ''totally'' AdaptedOut Gara and Zydos.) In addition, Garouki (monster form of Demon-Fist Master Jin Matoba, the main rival to Ryuuranger), was also demoted to the MonsterOfTheWeek known as Skelerena. MonsterOfTheWeek Four Head was also originally the combined form of a set of ArcVillain characters known as the Gorma Four Heavenly Kings, and even gets to stick around as a background monster in several episodes of the following season! Two more MonsterOfTheWeek types, Jaws of Destruction and Nimrod the Scarlet Sentinel (and AC & DC, for that matter) were also originally the ArcVillain characters High Priest Riju and the Three Ladies. Doomstone was originally part of a QuirkyMinibossSquad that even got a HeelFaceTurn, and the other two members were given the axe completely.
** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'': Emperor Exhaus' role as Big Bad is given to Divatox (and arguably Dark Specter, who fulfills the "someone worse than the usual villains appears near the end" role); his Super-Strong Form was used for Goldgoyle a MonsterOfTheWeek, albeit an insanely strong one whose destruction of the Turbo and Rescue Megazords heavily contribute to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'''s SuddenDownerEnding.
** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger:'' Dr. Hinelar's BigBad role is given to Astronema (who doesn't have a direct counterpart; she's more a CompositeCharacter of Dr. Hinelar and Shibolena). His monster form is used for Furio, a general in the following season. The {{Mooks}} are reduced mostly to training dummies used by the heroes, and are replaced by the Quantrons.
** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'': Don Dolnero's role is given to Ransik; his suit is used for Gluto, who is pretty much just comic relief among the villains.
** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'': Tau Zant's role as Big Bad is given to Lothor; his gigantic Tau Zant Ultimate Form is used for the Lothorzord. Also, Manmaruba is around from day one, with future-reading abilities that make him very crucial to the villains' mission, while Motodrone is a later addition who's not as important to the story. His second form is degraded all the way down to MonsterOfTheWeek status as Eyezak.
** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'': Wicked Life God Dezumozorlya's role as Big Bad is given to Mesogog; his gigantic Invasion Garden Ultimate Form [=DezumoGevirus=] form is used for the Zelzord, a giant mecha piloted by [[TheStarscream Zeltrax]].
** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'': The BigBad is Deboth, who appears in his original dinosaur-slaying giant monster form (first in episodes 22-23, and later via a series of clones in episodes 41-42 and a final time in episode 44) and evolves into a form better suited to wiping out humanity near the end of the series. In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', his original form is reduced to a mindless MonsterOfTheWeek and its similarly mindless offspring; his final form is AdaptedOut. Also, Chaos is the DragonInChief for most of Kyoryuger as Deboth is dormant for much of the series; in Dino Charge, his counterpart Arcanon is the last and shortest-lived of the BigBad revolving door, though he ''is'' a very important villain and responsible for most of the backstory. Deathryuger, Icerondo, and Killbolero were given a similar treatment, with Icerondo [[DecompositeCharacter being split into two monsters]].
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'': While his counterpart Tynamon appears in only four episodes (though a definite case of SmallRoleBigImpact), Tsugomori debuts immediately after the fall of Ripcon’s counterpart and as such is one of the longest-running generals in the series. Meanwhile, Ariake no Kata outranked both Tsugomori and Odius’s counterpart Kyuemon (who, by extension, is also her son), to the point of being DragonInChief for an arc (at least until [[EnfantTerrible Mangetsu's]] introduction), and using the fear energy the villains were collecting for herself instead of storing it to revive the BigBad, thus creating friction. Her counterpart Badonna, while in nearly as many episodes, just doesn’t make as much of an impact, being DragonAscendant Madame Odius’ loyal right hand and never rocking the boat.