History Series / PowerRangersDinoCharge

•''Didelphodon'' (a marsupial mammal)

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Ankylosaurus'' did all coexist at 65 million B. C. E. in western North America, but ''Stegosaurus'' lived at least 80 million years earlier. ''Pteranodon'' and ''Parasaurolophus'' lived just before the end of the Mesozoic, as did ''Velociraptor'', of central Asia. ''Jainosaurus'' (formerly known as ''Titanosaurus'') lived in India (and by the late Cretaceous, the continents were approaching their present-day forms). ''Plesiosaurus'' lived at least 100 million years before the end of the Mesozoic. Assuming that Keeper was in what is currently Hell Creek, Montana, at the time, the Black, Silver, Gold, Green, Purple, and Blue Energems should have been received by creatures such as these, instead of by ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Jainosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Plesiosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'':

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Ankylosaurus'', did all co-exist at 65 million B. C. E. in western North America, but ''Stegosaurus'' lived at least 80 million years earlier. ''Pteranodon'' and ''Parasaurolophus'' lived just before the end of the Mesozoic, as did ''Velociraptor'', of central Asia. ''Jainosaurus'' (formerly known as ''Titanosaurus'') lived in India (and by the late Cretaceous, the continents were approaching their present-day forms). ''Plesiosaurus'' lived at least 100 million years before the end of the Mesozoic. Assuming that Keeper was in what is currently Hell Creek, Montana, at the time, the Black, Silver, Gold, Green, Purple, and Blue Energems should have been received by creatures such as these, instead of by ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Jainosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Plesiosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'':

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', and ''Ankylosaurus'', did all co-exist at 65 million B. C. E. in western North America, but ''Stegosaurus'' lived at least 80 million years earlier. ''Pteranodon'' and ''Parasaurolophus'' lived just before the end of the Mesozoic, as did ''Velociraptor'', which also lived in central Asia. ''Jainosaurus'' (formerly known as ''Titanosaurus'') lived in India (and by the late Cretaceous, the continents were approaching their present-day forms). ''Plesiosaurus'' lived at least 100 million years before the end of the Mesozoic. Assuming that Keeper was in what is currently Hell Creek, Montana, at the time, the Black, Silver, Gold, Green, Purple, and Blue Energems should have been received by creatures such as these, instead of by ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Jainosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Plesiosaurus'', and ''Stegosaurus'':

•Edmontosaurus (a large flat-headed hadrosaur, or "duck-billed" dinosaur; Parasaurolophus was a crested hadrosaur)

•Thescelosaurus (a smallish hypsilophodont dinosaur)

•Ornithomimus (an "ostrich mimic" theropod dinosaur)

•Avisaurus (an enantiornithine bird)

•Didelphodon (a marsupial mammal)

•Champsosaurus (a crocodile-like choristoderan reptile)

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Dinosaur-themed, in this case.

* ArtisticLicense--Paleontology: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Triceratops'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Parasaurolophus'' did all co-exist at 65 million B. C. E. in western North America, but ''Stegosaurus'' lived at least 80 million years earlier. ''Velociraptor lived in central Asia'', and ''Pteranodon'' lived just before the end of the Mesozoic. ''Jainosaurus'' (formerly known as ''Titanosaurus'') lived in India (and by the late Cretaceous, the continents were approaching their present-day forms). ''Plesiosaurus'' lived at least 100 million years before the end of the Mesozoic. Assuming that Keeper was in what is currently Hell Creek, Montana, at the time, the Silver, Gold, Green, Purple, and Blue Energems should have been received by creatures such as these, instead of by Stegosaurus, Jainosaurus, Velociraptor, Plesiosaurus, and Pteranodon:

•Thescelosaurus (a smallish ornithopod dinosaur)

•Avisaurus (a bird)

65 million years ago, the alien Keeper arrived on Earth while being pursued by ruthless bounty hunter Sledge and his evil forces, who hoped to steal the powerful Energems from him. Keeper was able to give the gems to ten dinosaurs for safe keeping, but they were soon lost when asteroids hit the Earth and wiped out the dinos. Now in the present day, five young adults are discovering the lost Energems - and at the same time, Sledge and his forces have returned to continue their hunt. Fortunately, local museum curator Dr. Kendall Morgan has partnered with Keeper in order to harness the Energems' power for the earth protection, turning those chosen by the Energems into the Power Rangers Dino Charge.

* RealityEnsues:
** Played for laughs in "The Tooth Hurts". Chase is hit with a blast that causes him extreme tooth decay, but he's still able to morph. During the roll call, Chase fails to finish his line because his mouth is in serious pain and has to let the other continue. Even during the big catchphrase and explosions, Chase's pain still prevents him from actually taking on his AsskickingPose with the others.
** Imitating the Prince of Zandar during "The Royal Rangers" didn't hold up so well with the country. The next episode they show up to take the treasures back.

* FamousLastWords: Every MonsterOfTheWeek gets to yell a final, theme-appropriate lament between eating the FinishingMove and going kaboom.

* MythologyGag:
** Doesn't Wrench sound a lot like [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Baboo?]]
** This is also isn't the first time a [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers T-Rex zord]] was summoned from a volcano.
** Tyler using "It's about to get wild!" as a PreAsskickingOneLiner, just like [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger his own counterpart Daigo]].
*** Likewise, in "A Fool's Hour" Wrench wipes his OcularGushers while proclaiming "That stings!", which was the CatchPhrase of his ''Kyoryuger'' counterpart, Aigallon.
*** And in "Double Ranger Double Danger" Fury calls a megazord-sized copy of himself "Infuriating!", borrowing the CatchPhrase of ''his'' Japanese counterpart, Dogold.
*** And, in "A Date with Danger", Chase gets to utter his counterpart's "Oh my!" after being shocked on a Van de Graaff generator in the base. For the second time.
** At the start of "A Fool's Hour", Chase is singing a song to the tune of ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]''[='s=] opening theme; Koda can be heard humming it in the last scene as well.
** Sledge has a little problem with his left shoulder, just like Chaos (or maybe not as bad).
** In episode 4, "Return of the Caveman", a Saber-Toothed Tiger attacks Koda's brother. Trini and Aisha (and Boi, if you want to include Sentai) would've been disappointed.
** Curio's name is just two syllables away from his Sentai counterpart's name, Luckyuro.
** The first MonsterOfTheWeek is named Ice Age, which is what his sentai counterpart's name translates to.
** In this season, the rangers work in a fast food restaurant, they have a megazord that is comprised of 3 Zords with red as a ''major'' component, and the megazord is controlled via [[MotionCaptureMecha motion capture]]. [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Not a first time in Power Rangers history]].
** Also, ''Sentai'' fans have seen a team of dino rangers working for a dinosaur-themed restaurant [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger before]]. Of course, PR fans have as well in "Lost and Found in Translation," the episode where the Dino Thunder team got to watch an ''Abaranger'' episode (as an episode of a show based on their exploits).
** In episode 5, after destroying the monster, Tyler said "We're the invincible ones!". The very first line of ''Kyoryuger'''s theme song is almost exactly that ("We are the invincible ''superstars''!").
** With a subtle tweak, the coordinates produced by the Energem tracker built by Kendall and Shelby in episode 7 can be made to correspond to the actual location of [[PowersThatBe Saban Brands HQ]].
** In "When Logic Fails", Riley is sneaking around in an air duct and looks down through a vent to see Fury lying in a medical chair powering the Ptera Charger; in a scene reminiscent of ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin']]''[='s=] "White Light" where Billy saw the White Ranger being prepared from the same angle. Even moreso in hindsight, when we learn just ''how'' Fury can power the Ptera Charger. [[spoiler: Yes, we are again watching TheSmartGuy looking at the SixthRanger through a vent.]]
** The way Fury says "After 800 years" in episode 11 is really reminiscent of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita]]'s first words in the opening.
** Another reference to ''Kyoryuger'' is with the kingdom of Zandar, which shares its name with Zandar Thunder, the name of Ivan's sentai counterpart's weapon. Also a PragmaticAdaptation, as the giant "ZANDAR THUNDER" that shoots out of the sword for his FinishingMove was left unedited (it's just not as clearly visible as in ''Kyoryuger'').
** Heckyl is kept in a heavily reinforced cell with a large X on it, referencing the X-Vault from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce''.
** In "Forged Under Fire", Singe calls Tyler a "walking carnival" while he's in T-Rex Super Charge Mode. A reference to the mode's Kyoryuger name "Kyoryu Carnival".
*** Also, after beating down a ton of mooks easily with the Tri-Ankylo Supercharge Mode, Tyler calls it "[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Morphinomenal!]]"
** [[spoiler: The planet the Dark Energem was hidden on was named [[Franchise/SuperSentai Sentai 6.]] Funnily enough, the 6th Sentai season, Goggle V, also had the rangers using gemstones as a power source.]]
** Ivan comes across his IdenticalGrandson (plus about 5 -greats) Zack, which comes from the premise of ''Kyoryuger 100 Years After''.
** The first thing Arcanon does when he gains the power of the Dark Energem is "Bring down the fires of chaos", Chaos being his Japanese counterpart's name.
** As another reference to the source material, Badussa offhandedly mentions destroying the "Kyoryuger Galaxy".

*** TyrannosaurusRex: Tyler

This is the second subseries, after ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', to be established by later crossovers as having taken place in a parallel dimension to the main ''Power Rangers'' universe (not the same dimension as RPM).

* BigBadEnsemble: Surprisingly there are 3 lead villains in this series who all take over at various times. Sledge, [[spoiler: Heckyl]] and [[spoiler: Arcanon]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Tyler and Shelby are cornered by Iceage in the premiere, Tyler pulls out a [[PhallicWeapon banana]] and [[SensualSpandex a pair of underwear]] before finally finding [[ShovelStrike the weapon he wants]].
** The origin for Curio (someone with similar personality traits to Poisandra for her to befriend and be distracted by) makes him out to be more of a PetHomosexual than before.
*** Also, it's mentioned in such an offhand comment that it distracts from the FridgeHorror of it, but... Wrench said he made Curio from spare monster parts. Who are this year's monsters? They're not robots, they're not magically conjured up, they're alien criminals. How can that not mean ''Dismemberment of living sentient beings + Frankensteining = Curio?''
** Fury taking the E-Tracer from Poisandra and using it on his own so that "Sledge will love [him]".

* AmbiguousTimePeriod: Even though the show broadcast in 2015, a line from Ivan in "Trick or Trial" indicates the show may actually be set in the 2300s.[[note]] He mentions to Kendall that Shakespeare was "a good friend". If this is true, then Ivan's imprisonment in Fury was in the late 1580/90s, when Shakespeare was writing, not in 1215, which places the show in roughly 2380/90 (assuming 800 is ''exact.'')[[/note]]

* [[WhatsUpKingDude What's Up, Prince Dude?]]: Koda's relationship with Phillip in a nutshell, after the latter comes around.

* WorfHadTheFlu: In Wings of Danger, Wrench is forced to resurrect 11 different monsters. Each of these monsters had varying degrees of success fighting the rangers head-on, and facing several of them at once might seem too much. However, because he had to bring them back so fast, Wrench had to skim in some places (such as [[FakeShemp not restoring their voices]]), so that might make them weaker.

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* JarPotty: Implied at the end of TheTeaser to "Let Sleeping Zords Lie", after Shelby ends up drinking the other Rangers' drinks.
-->'''Shelby''': I need to pee...in this (''grabs one of the empty cups'')

** The dinos in the first 10 minutes of Episode 1.... do not look good on a real background.
** Rexy in the end when he rampages through the woods and attacks Iceage.
** The sabre-toothed tiger in Koda's DreamSequence in "Return of the Caveman".

* ConspicuousCG: As per series norm, a few pop up, as it's easier to make some original footage using CGI instead of the suits, especially when it comes to the zords.

* OutOfOrder: "The Ghostest with the Mostest", since it featured a Zord (the Pachy Zord) that wasn't officially obtained by the Rangers until the following episode, "Rise of a Ranger" (chalk this one up to ExecutiveMeddling, since it was a {{Halloween|Episode}} ClipShow that was meant by the creative team to air closer to Halloween itself).
** The ChristmasEpisode "Race to Rescue Christmas" has a background shot of the Purple Energem in storage in the Rangers' base. Kinda jarring since it aired in between the two episodes that essentially served as the first season finale - during which said Energem is '''stolen''' by Sledge and his minions. Besides, the episode is really hard to fit into the continuity (if it's not outright ''out'' of it), since Chase is ready to return to New Zealand in this episode... Just as he was in "One More Energem", which came after.

** "Knight After Knights" bungles it's message of [[spoiler: "courage isn't fearlessness"]] by the simple fact that the [[spoiler: Rangers' bravery immediately returns to them once they realize Keeper is right instead of actually putting said message into practice by nervously approaching the battlefield for Shelby's sake first]]. This also defeats the entire logic behind the MOTW [[note]]The monster's gimmick involved him actually stealing people's backbones, thus removing their courage. But, Keeper says he only stole a symbol.....even though the entire Episode up to this point has done nothing but prove this wrong.[[/note]] and renders it harmless in the process.

* DevelopmentGag: All the references to New Zealand... which is where this was filmed. (Particularly noticeable is when Chase, who is from NZ, mentions that a certain piece of scenery is "just like home.")