History Franchise / POWERRANGERS

** Tommy Oliver is implied to have gotten an 8-year [=PhD=] then done a bunch of top secret projects all within 6 years. There are ways to speed up the completion of a [=PhD=], but they are very difficult on that time scale.

* ImprobableAge: Tommy Oliver is implied to have gotten an 8-year [=PhD=] then done a bunch of top secret projects all within 6 years.
** It should be noted, however, that after completing your Bachelor's Degree, you generally do have the choice (assuming you do choose to go through more schooling) of either of the following:
*** Going to a community college
*** Doing your Master's (it usually takes 2 or 3 years to complete) and just sticking with it; or, doing your Master's and following it up with a [=PhD=] afterwards
*** Going straight into your [=PhD=] right after your Bachelor's (no Master's in between; option to take it after, or not at all). It is highly likely that Tommy took this route after getting his Bachelor's. But, there is still a discrepancy because a [=PhD=] on average takes 5-8 years to complete and it would be ''very'', ''very'' difficult to try and complete it within 2 years (even for savants, which Tommy is not, and who make up a very small minority among the general population in real life) because of the course and work load. And yes, it's true that Tommy ''could'' be in the process of completing his [=PhD=] while he is doing his teaching job; but, that is not how it was written and hence, we are told that he somehow already completed his [=PhD=] by the time we see him in ''Dino Thunder''. Either way, and as to be expected, logic doesn't always take a front seat in Power Rangers.

** In ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'', Jellica states that with training, the Dai Shi possess Jarrod could "achieve the highest levels of EVIIL"

*** There's an unusual example where SixthRanger Ivan, whose powers are [[PteroSoarer pterodactyl-based]], can sprout wings and is able to fly for a few moments.

** ''VideoGame/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (2001) - For the UsefulNotes/Playstation, UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Based more on what the show team ''wanted'' to do with the series rather than what actually happened.

*** ''Power Rangers Super Samurai'' (2012) - BeatEmUp for the UsefulNotes/XBox360 and UsefulNotes/Kinect. Tropes for this game are on the same page as ''Samurai'''s.[[index]]

** ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Dino Gem'' (2004) - PuzzleGame where you match colored Dino Gems to rack up a high score.

** ''Power Rangers Samurai SMASH!'' (2011) - [=iOS=] BeatEmUp with SuperDeformed graphics.

** ''Power Rangers Legends'' (2012) - [=iOS=] 3D brawler where you start out as ''Mighty Morphin'' Green Ranger.
** ''VideoGame/NickelodeonSuperBrawl'' series (2012-2018) - Characters from ''Samurai'', ''Dino Charge'', and ''Ninja Steel'' made appearances in the series due to the shows airing on Nick.

** ''Ultimate Hero Clash 2'' (2017) - Sequel to the previous game. Still including the 2012 Turtles, but this time the Rangers roster is limited to the ''Ninja Steel'' team.
** ''VideoGame/PowerRangersLegacyWars'' (2018) - Initially made to celebrate the reboot movie and is now a celebration of all things ''Power Rangers''... by fighting everyone in the franchise.

** ''Power Rangers: Morphin Legends'' (2022) - Announced as a turn-based RPG featuring Rangers from across the franchise, but was cancelled after a closed beta period.

** ''VideoGame/PowerRangersMegaforce'' (2013) - BeatEmUp for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Can unlock the ability to play as the ''Mighty Morphin'' Rangers.
*** ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' (2014) - BeatEmUp also for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. Tropes go on the same page as its predecessor.

** ''VideoGame/PowerRangersSamurai'' (2011) - BeatEmUp for the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, with the former being in 3D.
*** ''Power Rangers Super Samurai'' (2012) - BeatEmUp for the UsefulNotes/XBox360 and UsefulNotes/Kinect. Tropes for this game are on the same page as ''Samurai'''s.

* ''VideoGame/MightyMorphinPowerRangersSega'' (1994) - FightingGame developed by Creator/{{Banpresto}} and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, UsefulNotes/MegaDrive, and UsefulNotes/GameGear, as well as a full motion video-based QuickTimeEvent game for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.
* ''VideoGame/MightyMorphinPowerRangersNintendo'' (1994) - A [=2D=] side-scrolling brawler developed by Creator/{{Natsume}} and published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem and UsefulNotes/GameBoy.
* ''VideoGame/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'' (1995) - Four different games based on the movie by different developers for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem, UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, UsefulNotes/GameBoy, and UsefulNotes/GameGear.
* ''VideoGame/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheFightingEdition'' (1995) - Another Power Rangers FightingGame, this time developed for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem; features [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Ivan Ooze]] as the Final Boss.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersZeoVsTheMachineEmpire'' (1996) - PC BeatEmUp where the Zeo Rangers must collect their stolen Zeo Crystals before defeating King Mondo.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersZeoFullTiltBattlePinball'' (1996) - A {{Pinball}} game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation where you must stop King Mondo from attacking areas around the world via your mad pinball skills.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersZeoBattleRacers'' (1996) - RacingGame that shamelessly copies ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'', right down to the track layouts.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' (2000) - For the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, UsefulNotes/Nintendo64, and UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor. The start of Creator/{{THQ}}'s era of making games for the franchise.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersTimeForce'' (2001) - For the UsefulNotes/Playstation, UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Based more on what the show team ''wanted'' to do with the series rather than what actually happened.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersWildForce'' (2002) - For the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Isometric BeatEmUp with a TagTeam mechanic.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' (2003) - For the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. Features three different campaigns, depending on if you choose the Wind Rangers, Thunder Rangers, or the Green Samurai Ranger.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' (2004) - For the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. The console versions have you playing exclusively as the Zords, with the ability to unlock Zords from ''Wild Force'' and ''Ninja Storm''. The GBA version includes puzzles and a customizable Megazord.
* ''2 Games in 1 Double Pack: Power Rangers Ninja Storm + Power Rangers Time Force'' (2005) - A re-release of the GBA games in one cart.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersSPD'' (2005) - Natsume & THQ's final game. More closely based on the season it's named after than previous efforts.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersRocketStorm'' (2005) - Flash game that came with the ''Generations'' DVD in the UK.
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersSuperLegends'' (2007) - A game published by Creator/DisneyInteractiveStudios back when Disney owned the rights to the franchise and was released on PC, [=PlayStation=] 2, and Nintendo DS, featuring playable Rangers from multiple teams, up to the then-current season ''Operation Overdrive''.
* ''Power Rangers Samurai'' (2011)
* ''Power Rangers Super Samurai'' (2012)
* ''Power Rangers Legends'' (2012)
* ''VideoGame/NickelodeonSuperBrawl'' series (2012-2018): Characters from ''Samurai'', ''Dino Charge'', and ''Ninja Steel'' made appearances in the series due to the shows airing on Nick.
* ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' (2013)
* ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' (2014)
* ''Power Rangers: Beats of Power'' (2014) - A {{Retraux}} game with graphics from old arcade BeatEmUps.
* ''Power Rangers Dash'' (2015)
* ''Power Rangers Unite'' (2015)
* ''Power Rangers Dino Charge Rumble'' (2015)
* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle'' (2017)
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersLegacyWars'' (2018) - A mobile video game initially made to celebrate the reboot movie and is now a celebration of all things ''Power Rangers''... by fighting everyone in the franchise.
* ''Power Rangers: All Stars'' (2018)
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersBattleForTheGrid'' (2019) - A FightingGame for consoles and PC, developed by the same people behind ''Legacy Wars'' but featuring much different gameplay.

* ''Power Rangers Zeo Full Tilt Battle Pinball'' (1996)

* ''Power Rangers Zeo Versus The Machine Empire'' (1996)

* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'' (2000)
* ''Power Rangers Time Force'' (2001)
* ''Power Rangers Wild Force'' (2002)
* ''Power Rangers Ninja Storm'' (2003)
* ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'' (2004)
* ''2 Games in 1 Double Pack: Power Rangers Ninja Storm + Power Rangers Time Force'' (2005)
* ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' (2005)
* ''VideoGame/PowerRangersRocketStorm'' (2005)

* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1994) - A FightingGame developed by Creator/{{Banpresto}} and published by Creator/{{Sega}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and the UsefulNotes/MegaDrive
* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1994) - A 2d side-scrolling brawler developed by Creator/{{Natsume}} and published by [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem.
* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (1994) - A full motion video-based QuickTimeEvent game for the UsefulNotes/SegaCD.
* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (1995)
* ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition'' (1995) - another Power Rangers FightingGame, this time developed for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem; features [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Ivan Ooze]] as the Final Boss.

* ''Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers'' (1996)

* LongBusTrip: Characters rarely if ever show up again once their season's over (or the equivalent in the Zordon era). Some really blatant examples are Jason, Zack, and Trini, shipped off to Switzerland for a Teen PeaceConference; Jason took two years to [[TheBusCameBack return]] (and he has to leave once again, after 17 episodes in ''Zeo'') and Zack and Trini, as far as we know, ''still'' haven't gotten back; and Rocky didn't even ''go'' anywhere but still disappeared for 21 years (his last appearance in the Zordon era was the first episode of Turbo, with his unmorphed return coming in the 25th anniversary episode ''Dimensions in Danger''). Similar to Jason, Adam after about a year and a half of being put on a bus, comes back for one episode in ''In Space''; 9 years after that, he would make an appearance for a special 2-parter 15th anniversary team-up episode in ''Operation Overdrive''.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Often the [[LongLostRelative Long-Lost Sibling]] version: Andros and [[spoiler:Astronema/Karone (siblings)]], Leo and [[spoiler:Magna Defender - sort of (siblings)]], Dana and [[spoiler:Ryan (siblings)]], Cam and [[spoiler:Lothor (nephew-uncle), Marah, and Kapri (cousins)]], Trent and [[spoiler:Mesogog (son-father, although Mesogog is basically using Anton's body as a vessel)]], Nick and [[spoiler:both Koragg ''and'' Udonna (son-parents)]], Dillon and [[spoiler:Tenaya (siblings)]]. Incidentally, the Dillon and [[spoiler:Tenaya]] dynamic is ''very'' similar to that of Andros and [[spoiler:Astronema/Karone]]. Dana and [[spoiler:Ryan]]'s storyline during the Titanium Ranger arc in ''Lightspeed Rescue'' did have some similarities to the latter as well, but also shared a lot of characteristics with Tommy's Evil-Green-Ranger-arc. Either way, like many of tropes that apply to the overall franchise, this trope tends to get a RecycledInSpace treatment.

** ''Mystic Force'' averts it due to lazy editing: the ''Magiranger'' button-pushing footage is seldom altered, so the proper spell is never entered, and you'll even have three magic words said as four buttons are pushed. (Necrolai even once said "hold!" while freezing a crowd people with a mystic phone made from Koragg's magic; ''the phone doesn't have a hold button!'' However, RuleOfCool is the main defense for things like that.) A lot of fans wished ''Magiranger's'' spell system had been kept.

* ''Film/PowerRangers2017'' is a ContinuityReboot film produced by Saban Brands and Lionsgate, going back to the original ''MMPR'' characters and premise.
* ''Untitled young adult-oriented film, TV and animated shared universe'' (TBA), set to be spearheaded by [[Series/TheEndOfTheFuckingWorld Jonathan]] [[Series/IAmNotOkayWithThis Entwistle]] and was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/power-rangers-getting-film-and-tv-treatment-from-im-not-okay-with-this-co-creator-exclusive confirmed]] on October 20, 2020.

In the mid 1980's, [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]], producer of imported children's programming and game shows such as ''Series/ImTelling'' and ''Series/CouchPotatoes'', came across a Japanese television anthology series called ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', about a group of people given extraordinary powers to combat forces attempting to conquer the universe. Intrigued, Saban planned to bring the concept to the US. However, knowing the cost to film original fight scenes, he instead used [[{{Frankenslation}} a style not dissimilar to Carl Macek's treatment]] of ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'', taking the action sequences as a template and intercutting them with American actors and original story. After years of unsuccessful attempts to adapt previous ''Sentai'' programs such as ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'' and ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman''[[note]]Which technically ''did'' make it to the US as a GagDub on the Creator/USANetwork & Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in 1987.[[/note]], in 1993, Haim took the concept to Margaret Loesch, then-president of Creator/{{Fox}}'s children's division, Creator/FoxKids. Loesch bought the show (primarily because, well before Saban was involved, he had tried a similar approach with an attempted adaptation of ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' at Marvel Productions) and, using footage from the previous year's Sentai, ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', Haim and his partner Shuki Levy launched ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', the first entry in what would become one of the most iconic and beloved franchises in American television.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: The red ranger is usually the strongest member of the core team, but how much usually varies depending on what is convenient for the plot, in some cases he is only slightly stronger than other members, and in other cases he is capable of defeating the rest of the core team on their own, or defeat an enemy that not even the rest of the core team could defeat.

* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: Actually a BeamMeUpScotty[[invoked]] situation, as this phrase only ever shows up in the ''Mighty Morphin'' opening sequence. In the show proper, Zordon tells Alpha to find "5 overbearing and overemotional humans," which Alpha translates to mean teenagers.

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* ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersOnceAndAlways'' (2023) a in-continuity MilestoneCelebration special reuniting numerous past cast members from ''Mighty Morphin''[[note]]Creator/DavidYost, Creator/WalterEmanuelJones, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, Creator/BarbaraGoodson[[/note]] and tell a brand new story starring the Mighty Morphin' team training the daughter of original Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan.

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* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: In the Zordon era. First there was Rita, then there was her boss Lord Zedd who was way worse than her, then Rita's Master Vile who Zordon described as "wiser in the ways of evil than Lord Zedd", then the Machine Empire which Master Vile described as the only ones in the galaxy more evil than himself. Then finally Dark Specter, the grand monarch of evil who ruled over all the villains.

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* Abandoned Warehouse District (now known as ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding)

* ThePsychoRangers: A term made popular thanks to ''In Space''; although other seasons had evil counterparts to the Rangers, they weren't part of an extended multi-episode story arc like the Psycho Rangers of ''In Space''.

* RookieRedRanger: In some seasons.

*** Jason Lee Scott is TheLeader, speaks in a ''very'' [[NoIndoorVoice loud tone]], commands a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus]] AnimalMecha (which later becomes a dragon) and participates in just about any athletic activity under the sun from martial arts to weightlifting to scuba diving.

** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', like many others, is a KidCom set in HighSchool, but it leans more heavily into the conventions of a ComingOfAgeStory. Four of the five Rangers are [[BittersweetSeventeen in their senior year of high school]] and their mentor figures are a CoolTeacher at their high school and the owner of the LocalHangout. Their character arcs revolve around the process of forming their identities.

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