History Series / PowerRangersMysticForce

* ThemeTuneRap: Say what you will about it, but at the very least it's better than [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive the other one]].

''Mystic Force'' isn't remembered as one of the best ''Rangers'' series, but it is serviceable. The main complaint is that the story increasingly revolves around Nick, shoving the others into the background. As with ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'', it's also disliked for a lack of originality, being more or less just ''Magiranger'' with a new cast.

** A second one is when Itassis asks why the Rangers continuously defeat the Terrors despite the latter's greater power. The answer she gets is 'We're more courageous than you'. This is despite the fact that Isassis personally bailed the Rangers out when four of them were down for the count and the other two couldn't morph ''and'' killed a Terror the Rangers couldn't scratch because of the 'Rules of Darkness'. Then there's the whole 'one Terror vs six Rangers' thing.

*** Swords: Nick's Magi Staff in Sword Mode.

*** HeroesPreferSwords: Nick's Magi Staff in Sword Mode.

* TheCameo[=/=]ContinuityNod: The Mystic Mother, played by Machiko Soga (best known for Rita Repulsa stateside).

** TheLeader - '''[[color:red:Nick]]'''
** TheLancer - '''[[color:green:Xander]]'''
** TheSmartGuy - '''[[color:gold:Chip]]'''
** TheBigGuy - '''[[color:fuchsia:Vida]]'''
** TheChick - '''[[color:deepskyblue:Madison]]'''
** SixthRanger - '''[[color:goldenrod:Daggeron]]'''
** {{Eleventh Hour Ranger}}s - '''[[color:silver:Udonna]]''' and '''[[spoiler:Leanbow]]'''

* TheMentor: '''[[color:silver:Udonna]]'''.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Madison hates frogs. As did Urara.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Instead of one BigBad, there's sort of a revolving door. Every time one went down for the count, ItGotWorse.

* ChekhovsGunman: Phineas seems to be a harmless ComicRelief character who occasionally gives advice to the Rangers at first. [[spoiler:It isn't until later do we find out that he was the one who rescued Bowen and brought him outside the mystic realm to protect him.]]

* NamesTheSame: ''Mystic Force'' isn't the only series with [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer a Xander fighting vampires and other nasties]], or [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura a videographer named Madison]] [[DubNameChange in the American version]]. For that matter, she wasn't the first [[{{Splash}} Madison to turn into a mermaid...]]

The 14th season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', based on ''MahouSentaiMagiranger''. After an earthquake hits the city of Briarwood, a stranger appears and asks for help locating someone in the nearby forest. But the local townsfolk are superstitious about the woods, and the only one brave enough to volunteer is Nick, [[IWasJustPassingThrough a wanderer just passing through]]. A group of locals join him, not wanting to be shown up by an outsider.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith

The 14th season of ''PowerRangers'', based on ''MahouSentaiMagiranger''. After an earthquake hits the city of Briarwood, a stranger appears and asks for help locating someone in the nearby forest. But the local townsfolk are superstitious about the woods, and the only one brave enough to volunteer is Nick, [[IWasJustPassingThrough a wanderer just passing through]]. A group of locals join him, not wanting to be shown up by an outsider.

''Mystic Force'' isn't remembered as one of the best ''Rangers'' series, but it is serviceable. The main complaint is that the story increasingly revolves around Nick, shoving the others into the background. As with ''[[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'', it's also disliked for a lack of originality, being more or less just ''Magiranger'' with a new cast.

Succeeded by ''PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''.

* ActorAllusion: Mystic Mother, as a tribute to the late Machiko Soga. "Known as [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita]] in the dark days..."

-->"The Mystic Mother. She was known as [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita]] in the Dark Times."

* HongKongDub: Used for Mystic Mother, same as [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita in the old days]].

* MythologyGag: The Pheonix Unizord resembles a non-evil [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Cyclopsis]]. Which is quite fitting, [[spoiler:given that the Mystic Mother was Rita.]]

* RecursiveImport: This series gets dubbed in Japan, but unlike in the case of ''PowerRangersSPD'', the ''Magiranger'' actors don't get to voice their counterparts.

* ThemeTuneRap: Say what you will about it, but at the very least it's better than [[PowerRangersOperationOverdrive the other one]].

* YouLookFamiliar: Three subverted examples here - Barnie Duncan and John Tui, previously Piggy and "Doggie" Cruger in ''S.P.D.'', are virtually unrecognizable without their heavy prosthetics in the roles of Toby and Daggeron, apart from their distinctive voices. And Kelson Henderson is ''completely'' unrecognizable under prosthetics, hideous dentures and a different voice in the role of Phineas. Mystic Mother is ''almost'' this, sharing an actress with [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa]], but it's explained they're one and the same.
** Played straight with Antonia Prebble (Clare), who previously played two one-shot characters: Krista, "the tree girl" and Conner's prom date in ''DinoThunder'', and the unmorphed Nova Ranger in the ''S.P.D.'' finale.

* EvilPlan: As there are a number of {{Big Bad}}s there are a number of these.
** Morticon wanted to escape his can and continue his war on the humans
** Imperious was more interested in his grudge with Daggeron and taking over the villain's camp.
** The Ten Terrors were more focused on reviving TheMaster than defeating the rangers.
** Finally, TheMaster wanted to wipe out 'good magic', steal all sources of magic, and then war on the humans.

** TheHero - '''[[color:red:Nick]]'''

* ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Subverted with Leanbow. His Ancient Mystic mode looks much more demonic than his "Koragg" armor, even though he uses the former as a hero and the latter as a villain.]]

* HybridMonster: Phineas the "troblin" (half-troll, half-goblin). [[TragicMulatto He's an outcast with both the trolls and the goblins]].

* AscendedFanboy: Clare, ever the bumbler, managed to tap into some powers by way of ancestry, and even slapped around TheDragon during her spotlight episode.
** What about Chip? Obsessed with fairy tales and comic books, he's the most excited to become a Ranger.

* {{Tropemobile}}:
** RocketRide: The Mystic Racers. This is what happens when you apply Ranger powers to a FlyingBroomstick. There were some awesome ''ReturnOfTheJedi''-esque racers-in-forest scenes.
** CoolBike: Nick's Mystic Speeder.

* AscendedFanboy: Clare, ever the bumbler, managed to tap into some powers by way of ancestry, and even slapped around TheDragon during her spotlight episode; she fades back into the background after managing the aforementioned feat.

* RocketRide: The Mystic Racers. This is what happens when you apply Ranger powers to a FlyingBroomstick. There were some awesome ''ReturnOfTheJedi''-esque racers-in-forest scenes.

* EnemyMine: Koraag teaming up with the rangers against the Four Barbarian Beasts.

* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Vida to [[spoiler:Totumbo the energy terror]] to cement his HeelFaceTurn

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Nick takes some time to believe in magic, given that he clearly sees people all around him. Additionally, when Vida is turned into a vampire and Chip realizes it, the rest of the team laughs it off. Sure, we have magic powers and fight a wolf man and a ''vampire'' on a regular basis, but there's no way that Vida could have been turned into a ''vampire!'' Wait...

* NamesTheSame: ''Mystic Force'' isn't the only series with [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer a Xander fighting vampires and other nasties]], or [[CardcaptorSakura a videographer named Madison]] [[DubNameChange in the American version]]. For that matter, she wasn't the first [[{{Splash}} Madison to turn into a mermaid...]]

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