History Series / PowerRangersInSpace

[[caption-width-right:350: ''5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Rangers, In Space!'']]

* OpponentSwitch: Against the PsychoRangers. Surprisingly, it doesn't work. The Psycho Rangers merely defeat the Ranger they're currently fighting, and then go and wipe the floor with their actual opponent. The Rangers only pull this off after making their uniforms all the same color, and even then, it barely works.

* RealityEnsues: To help the Rangers a better match against the Psycho Rangers, TJ comes up the strategy to use the OpponentSwitch on them. Well at first it appears to work, it's not long before the villains to just switch back to the opponents they have a chance against. Just because it sounds like a good strategy on paper, doesn't mean it will work. The Rangers then try the same strategy again, but this time by having the other rangers each disguise themselves as the Blue Ranger, making the Psycho Rangers unable to figure out who their usual opponents are.

Following one of the contingency plans set down by Zordon before his capture, the Power Rangers make their way into space and (by chance) meet up with Andros, a lone Red Ranger determined to stop the U.A.E and rescue his missing sister, Karone. The former Rangers convince him of their worth and join forces with him as four new-coming members for his Ranger team.

The sixth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', adapted from ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger''.

At the end of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', the Power Rangers were defeated and Zordon captured by the [[Series/PowerRangersZeo U.A.E. (United Alliance of Evil)]]. However, following one of the contingency plans set down by Zordon before his capture, the Rangers make their way into space and (by chance) meet up with Andros, a lone Red Ranger determined to stop the U.A.E and rescue his missing sister, Karone. The former Rangers convince him of their worth and join forces with him as four new-coming members for his Ranger team.

-->'''Zordon:''' [[spoiler:[[ICannotSelfTerminate Shatter my]] [[HeroicSacrifice energy tube.]]]]

-->'''Zordon:''' [[spoiler:Shatter my energy tube.]]

* {[Retcon}} At the very end [[spoiler: Zordon dies and unleashes [[WorldHealingWave the Z-wave]], which disintegrates or purifies all the villains in the universe.]] This is because this series was meant the be the end of the whole franchise. When the show was UnCancelled ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' was planned, they changed it so this event only affected the Milky Way Galaxy, rather than the entire ''universe'', thus allow them to make new villains.

* SeriesFauxnale: "Countdown to Destruction" was made to end the series, with almost all the villains of the past and present launching a full-scale conquest of the universe, only for Zordon's death being required for his power to spread through the universe, reducing the overwhelming majority of the villains to dust and purifying a small handful of fan-favorites into non-evil humans.

* WhamLine: [[spoiler:'''Zordon:''' "You must shatter my energy tube."]]

* FinaleProductionUpgrade: First starting out as a continuation of the childish-kitschy stories found in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo , and Power Rangers Turbo (with serious developments in its latter half as mentioned), Saban pretty much took the standards-and-practices rulebook and threw it out the window for the season, also taking a Sentai series that was focused on electronics and technology and turned it into a space epic. It took the standard Power Rangers formula and turned it on its head, producing villains that questioned their place in life. (Astronema being one of them, because she is [[spoiler: actually Karone, the long-lost sister of Andros, the Red Ranger]]) Most villains up to this point were of the over-the-top variety, and couldn't exactly be taken seriously; however, In Space produced/adapted ruthless villains that lived up to their characterization, including Darkonda, the Psycho Rangers, and Astronema herself. Its finale, one of the most memorable among fans, brought 6 years of story to a conclusion, with drama, maturity, and effects to match in the two-part finale "Countdown To Destruction": [[spoiler: The villains finally begin their full conquest of the entire universe, and succeed, with one sole planet standing in their way: Earth. Infrastructure and cities are leveled (not just suggested), planets are captured and enslaved, other Rangers and allies around the universe are desperately trying to hold off their invasions, no one has any hope, and the Power Rangers are defeated (temporarily).]] Also present here, and throughout the series, was Chronic Backstabbing Disorder[[spoiler:leaving Astronema, now the Big Bad, as the supreme ruler of the universe, and threatening the destruction of Earth if the Power Rangers do not give themselves up. However, many temporary side characters, the entirety of the ordinary citizens of Angel Grove, backs them up. [[note]]including Surf Spot manager Adele and the comedy relief of Bulk, Skull, and Professor Phenomenus leading the charge![[/note]]]] When [[spoiler: Zordon, their mentor over 5 seasons, is finally found after a season-long search]], Andros must make two decisions, [[spoiler: one familial; as in fighting Karone, the other a grave decision; the only way to defeat all of the evil in the universe is for Andros to shatter Zordon's Plasma Energy Tube, killing him, but sending out an energy wave that disintegrates all non-humanoid evil beings into dust.]] '''''WHEW!'''''

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Zordon demands that Andros do what he has to do to save the universe, then simply closes his eyes and lets him do it.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: In "Countdown to Destruction", Bulk and Skull [[spoiler:led the civilians into the fray alongside the Power Rangers knowing full well that this might be the end for the both of them.]]

** A pretty instant one. The rangers would call out “Let's Rocket”, open the cover on their wrist morpher, and punch in the code for the morphing sequence (335). The suit forms over the rangers also immediately.

** Astronema's attempted early HeelFaceTurn ends up with her pseudo-father Ecliptor fighting his own men to hold the line while she and the Rangers leave. This leads to Dark Spectre having Darkonda reprogram Ecliptor, which also leads to...

* GutPunch: The last stretch of the series was a pretty intense series of dramatic events, but the Rangers managed to pull through and achieve victory over and over again. Two episodes prior to the season finale comes an episode where Ecliptor super-charges himself. You'd think with the Rangers' winning streak they'd make it through just fine, but then Ecliptor destroys the Delta Megazord in one hit. Instantly the stakes are raised and [[AnyoneCanDie anything can happen]], [[FromBadToWorse which it does]].

This season was also the last to feature Robert L. Manahan as Zordon, Barbara Goodson and Carla Perez as Rita Repulsa, Ed Neil and Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd, and Hilary Shepard Turner as Divatox.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In ThePsychoRangers debut episode, they spend the first fight in a copy of the real Rangers’ suits, for reasons that aren’t adequately explained (it’s not a FrameUp, since they keep the costumes after the originals show up). In Megaranger, the Nezirangers were showing [[VillainRespect Villainous Respect]] to the Megarangers by dressing up as “the strongest warriors”, only revealing their real appearances when they’d surpassed their opponents.

* ShoutOut: A few to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''StarWars'', including a holodeck and numerous random lines, such as T.J. saying that they're going down to a planet on the Dagobah system to search for Zordon.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Silver Ranger is named Zhane with an H in it, although most people spell that name Zane. And One Direction fans think it should be Zayn.

* CompressedAdaptation: A downplayed example. ''In Space'' was given 45 episodes to ''Megaranger's'' 51.

* MsFanservice: Perhaps fitting into the DarkerAndEdgier theme for the season. Ashley wears a lot of skirts when in her "Earth" clothes. She even gets a PantyShot in one episode (though this was likely unintentional). She is also a victim of [[MaleGaze]], [[https://preview.redd.it/av7e0nk9zl461.jpg?width=986&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=144dc46aa0524715e1fbefec95aab2c191722c41 having a lot of shots focusing on her ass.]]

* MsFanservice: Perhaps fitting into the DarkerAndEdgier theme for the season. Ashley wears a lot of skirts when in her "Earth" clothes. She even gets a PantyShot in one episode (though this was likely unintentional).

* BigBad: Astronema is the main villain of this installment of ''Power Rangers''.