History Series / PowerRangersDinoCharge

** [[spoiler: The planet the Dark Energem was hidden on was named [[Series/SuperSentai Sentai 6.]] Funnily enough, the 6th Sentai season, Goggle V, also had the rangers using gemstones as a power source.]]

** From ''Roar of the Red Ranger'': "It's me. I'm [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather your dad.]]]]

* OneSteveLimit: Enforced. The Red Ranger was originally going to be "Lucas", and some early merchandise even uses that name; but it was later changed to "Tyler" because the franchise already had a Lucas back in ''Time Force''. Similarly, the casting sheet listed the Green Ranger as "Ryan" when there was one in ''Lightspeed Rescue''; while early merchandising says "Quinn" and his final name is "Riley". Averted for the SixthRanger Ivan, who shares his name with NonSerialMovie villain [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Ivan Ooze]]. You've also got Kendall Morgan, who shares a lot in common with ''Lost Galaxy'''s Kendrix Morgan.

* ChristmasEpisode: "Race To Rescue Christmas" in Season 1, and "Here Comes Heximas" in Season 2.

-->''"It's Morphin' Time! Unleash the power!"''

* BrokenStreak: This is the first Power Rangers series to not have a Yellow Ranger.

For episode recaps, go [[Recap/PowerRangersDinoCharge here]].

* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler: How three of the core villains are ultimately beaten - after the team goes back in time sixty-five million years, to the day Sledge first came to Earth, the auxiliary Rangers and Heckyll infiltrated Sledge's ship, locked Wrench and Poisandra in cells, then used an electro-net to capture a giant Sledge himself and set the ship on an autopilot course right into the sun, taking the trio and all their captive monsters with it. Of the monsters who'd accompanied Sledge, only Fury is spared this fate, having been destroyed by a bomb while on Earth.]]

** The Keeper tricked Fury into bringing a bomb onto Sledge's ship instead of the Energems; not a bad plan. But then that caused the ship to [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs drop the asteroids Sledge was collecting...]]

* SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb: In the first episode, Keeper tricks Fury into bringing a bomb into Sledge's ship instead of the Energems. When Sledge discovers this, the bomb explodes, causing Sledge to release his asteroids and the extinction of the dinosaurs.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: As per usual, the ''Super Sentai'' guns have had laser effects added to them for ''Power Rangers''.

** Sledge's crew and prisoners having gaping faces on their outfits. In the original sentai, it's a sign of their desire to collect human emotion to free their master. In Dino Charge, there's no such goal, so the faces are just there for decoration.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Dark Energem, which can corrupt good people and create evil split personalities just by touching them, [[spoiler: which is how Heckyl became evil and gained his alter-ego Snide, and Zenowing gained his own alter-ego Doomwing]]. It also powers up beings who are already pure evil, such as [[spoiler: Lord Arcanon]].

* ADogNamedDog: There's a monster among Sledge's crew called Bones...because he's a monster made of bones. There's also a ninja among the criminals whose name is....Ninja. And working with him is a big-game hunter named...Hunter.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Because Sledge's ship has ALL its prisoners in open faced cells, this means that monsters that will be sent out later in the season can be seen as early as the first episode before they get their chance to fight the rangers.

*** Also, it's mentioned in such an offhand comment distracts from the FridgeHorror of it: Wrench said he made Curio from spare monster parts. Who are this year's monsters? They're not robots, they're not some kind of magical construct made on the spot, they're alien criminals. How can that not mean ''Dismemberment of living sentients + Frankensteining = Curio?''

* JekyllAndHyde: Heckyll and Snide, naturally.

** The final episode has a brief mention of a planet named [[Series/KamenRider Kamen 5.]]

* ToiletHumor: The Oviraptor Dino Charger releases toxic gas, and the Rangers can't help but compare it to farting. The fact that the gas is discharged through the Megazord's ''left'' shoulder (corresponding with the T-Rex's tail) rather than its right (the head) does it no favors.

** Also, Doomwing and Xenowing when we first met them.

* {{Badass}}: Keeper. If it weren't for the fact Sledge's ship was hauling asteroids, he'd have taken out the entire enemy faction in a few ''minutes'' and is able to get ''dinosaurs'' to listen to him!
** Riley, in the second episode, attacks Fury when Fury tries to kill his dog, Rubik. He does get kicked around at first, but once he gets the power of the Energem, Riley manages to go toe-to-toe with Fury and fights him to a standstill, all while unmorphed. I guess he [[BadassBoast wasn't playing]].

* ClipShow: "The Ghostest with the Mostest", which doubles as a HalloweenEpisode, has one of the rangers kidnapped and replaced by a monster in disguise. In order to determine who the fake is, Kendall asks the rangers questions about previous events in the series. Clips from those points are shown as the rangers answer them.
** Also, when Poissandra, Curio and Wrench watch the ranger´s nice or naughty assessment on Santa´s computer in 'Race To Rescue Christmas', it involves footage from other episodes detailing their achievements.

* FiveBadBand:
** BigBad: Sledge originally, Heckyl/Snide in ''Supercharge''
** TheDragon[=/=]TheBrute: Fury
** EvilGenius: Wrench.
** DarkChick: Poisandra and Curio.
** SixthRangerTraitor: Singe in ''Supercharge''
* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Tyler
** TheLancer: Chase
** TheBigGuy: Koda
** TheSmartGuy: Riley
** TheHeart: Shelby
** SixthRanger: Ivan
** TheMentor: Keeper
** MissionControl: Kendall
** TeamPet: Rexy, who has a more personal relationship with Tyler than the other rangers do with their zords and, starting in ''Super Charge'', can transform into Mini Rexy and travel with the rangers.

* RoarBeforeBeating: The Dino Charge Megazord, although silent, appears to roar every time it's about to use a finishing blow on a monster.

* ShirtlessScene: Koda has some, Tyler has a couple, Riley has one...
* ShovelStrike: The main characters have a thing for always finding a spare shovel somewhere to use as a weapon—to the point where it is now a RunningGag. Which [[FridgeBrilliance makes sense]], because they are frequently going on archaeological ''digs'' - ostensibly for fossils, but in actuality to find the Energems. So it's natural they'd be lying around handy a lot.