History Series / PowerRangersSamurai

** Also, Bulk can be pretty hammy sometimes. Check his appearance in the DreamWorld in "Broken Dreams".

* DreamWorld: In the episode "Broken Dreams".

** "Kevin's Choice" is about Kevin having to accept that his being a Ranger meant putting certain life things on hold for the greater good, (in this case, a potential swimming tournament) as [[SecretIdentity his presence in such a public situation]] could put the citizenry in danger. The ending of the Episode however involves Kevin accepting this necessity.... and then competing in the tournament anyway after the MOTW is defeated, doing the exact thing the Episode had been warning him against the entire time without any justification, [[note]]Aside from the current threat being removed, but the fact that [[FridgeHorror the show has used multiple MOTWs in one Episode before....]][[/note]] rendering the whole Episode's conflict '''completely pointless'''.[[note]] This doesn't help that Kevin's Choice" is a point-for-point rehash of the first season's third Episode "The Team Unites," which starred Mike facing the exact same "duty before life" dilemma, with a monster aware of his identity [[AesopCollateralDamage attacking those close to him]], [[RealityEnsues forcing him to keep out of the public eye to protect them]], [[ScareEmStraight thus playing the moral straight]]. Kevin essentially gets off scot-free for making the same mistakes.[[/note]]

* OnlyOneName: We've heard of no surnames for half of the main characters. The ones we do know are Antonio Garcia, Jayden Shiba, Mia Watanabe; and long-known Farkus Bulkmeier and Spike Skullovitch, by virtue of his father Eugene. Kevin, Mike, Emily, and Ji, nor Deker and Dayu haven't had theirs mentioned.

** A smaller one is the much maligned decision by Mentor Ji to take Antonio's morpher away. While it does happen in ''Shinkenger'', Jii does have much stronger reasons for doing it. Namely that Genta is an even bigger doofus[[note]]Genta showed up at the Shiba household looking like a ridiculous Samurai caricature and generally wasn't taking things seriously despite insistence's to the contrary.[[/note]] than Antonio is, and the Sushi Changer was at least partially created using the power of both the Octopus Origami and a Hidden Disk that Takeru had given him, so Jii at least is taking back something that rightfully belongs to the Shiba household because of its origin. The omission of the tinier details causes the scene to take on a very different tone than the original, making Mentor Ji out to be an Elitist JerkAss rather than well intentioned but harsh.

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* InformedFlaw: At the end of the first season, Jayden implies that he [[BloodKnight somewhat enjoyed his duel with Deker]]. However, not only is there no indication of this during the duel in question, but Jayden all but ignores this implication for the rest of the show. Despite a CallBack to these feelings made by Deker before their [[spoiler: final fight]], [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot It's in no way built upon for the entirety of the battle, the one place where it ought to be relevant. It's actually one of the "orphaned Shinkenger element" problems with the series, where Juzo's role was more "who Jayden/Takeru ''could'' be if he gave in to his BloodKnight side" and should have been excised since Deker is very much ''not'' Juzo]].

** In "Clash of the Red Rangers" at one point Mike yells "Let's [[Music/RageAgainstTheMachine rage against this machine!]]"

** The samurai raingers all use katana that each change into a unique weapon for greater power.

* MythologyGag: Xandred regularly [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers has a headache]]. And in "Deal With A Nighlok", the monster throws his staff into the ground in a particularly familiar fashion.

*** InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Dragon Zord

** The Kyoryu (Dinosaur) Origami is now the Shark Sword/Zord. Its toy got some fins added to it to look more sharklike, but the TV footage wasn't altered at all. (The toy version of the Light Zord similarly got retooled to become something else - a paper lantern to a spider - but this change doesn't apply to the show.)

** Oddly enough, squid-themed Shitari's been renamed Octoroo and Ika Origami[[note]]Also a squid.[[/note]] became the Octo Zord, giving the OneSteveLimit its second kick in the face.

* FakeShemp: In the ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' crossover ''Antonio'' is only ever seen unmorphed from the back, and is dubbed by someone who sounds ''nothing'' like Steven Skyler. It's also ''thought'' to happen to Scott,credited as someone else and never demorphing, but that's more to union rules limiting the actor's appearance combined with the ShotForShotRemake syndrome (for most of the episode, he's less Scott and more Sousuke Esumi by way of Scott's actor, and ''feels'' very un-Scott despite the same actor.)

* ThemeTuneCameo: Like the communicator signal back in ''Mighty Morphin''', the "Go Go Power Rangers!" riff is used in several places whenever a little jingle is needed for a scene.

The first season produced by Haim Saban after taking the license back from Creator/{{Disney}}, it was that Saban was [[FirstInstallmentWins banking on nostalgia for the original]] ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. They [[RearrangeTheSong revived the classic theme song]] and referenced it in the morph call, and they got Paul Schrier to reprise his role as Bulk, half of the original series' ThoseTwoGuys. The approach appeared to pay off where it counted, as ''Samurai'' did pull in solid ratings, unlike ''Jungle Fury'' and ''RPM'', and easily got renewed.

* OutOfOrder: The first episode that Nickelodeon showed was the third episode Saban made, so we don't learn anything about how the Rangers got their powers or who the villains are. Though some of this information was shown in promos, including one that recapped some of the backstory that aired right before the premiere. This might have been done in an attempt to skip the boring setup and go right to the action, but unfortunately results in LostInMediasRes. The "real" premiere episodes were aired as [[OriginsEpisode Origins Specials]] midseason, some of the last before the change to ''Super Samurai''. Netflix also follows the airing order, but the [=DVDs=] put "Origins" Pt 1 and 2 at the beginning where they belong.
** "Clash of the Red Rangers" also was aired between the original batch of episodes and ''Super Samurai'', this one being ''earlier'' than its intended place in the story with several power-ups and characters appearing out of nowhere.

* LethalChef: Mia. The other Rangers don't have the heart to tell her, though.

** Dayu and Deker's backstories, too. [[spoiler:Considering Shinkenger!Dayuu fell to Gedou burning the wedding reception of the lover who scorned her to the ground, taking him with her as her shamisen and Juzo (Deker) fell to Gedou because he was an assassin who cared for nothing but killing, and Uramasa was his unspecified female family member's soul in blade form.]] However, this makes Deker more sympathetic, and therefore [[spoiler: more tragic when he can't be saved]].
** See FrothyMugsOfWater down below regarding Doukoku Chimatsuri's sake.
* BilingualBonus: The Symbols of Power used by the Rangers are never exactly translated. One can get a basic understanding of what they mean by seeing the context they're used in, but they're rarely given an outright translation.

* FakeShemp: In the ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' crossover ''Antonio'' is only ever seen unmorphed from the back, and is dubbed by someone who sounds ''nothing'' like Steven Skyler.

* InformedFlaw: At the end of the first season, Jayden implies that he [[BloodKnight somewhat enjoyed his duel with Deker]]. However, not only is there no indication of this during the duel in question, but Jayden all but ignores this implication for the rest of the show. Despite a CallBack to these feelings made by Deker before their [[spoiler: final fight]], [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot It's in no way built upon for the entirety of the battle, the one place where it ought to be relevant]].

* OrcusOnHisThrone: Xandred can't leave the Sanzu, but even so he doesn't do much beyond nursing his headache. Sure, he authorizes Nighloks to go to the human world, but he doesn't exactly think up attack plans. Dayu does even less, being more of a court musician than anything else.

* FreezeFrameBonus: As seen [[http://oi53.tinypic.com/xfxpqc.jpg here]], [[DevelopmentGag one bride is named]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Erica]] [[DevelopmentGag Fong, another Brittany Pirtle,]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar one couple's last names are Wetter and Beaver]], and Aleisha Fraser's getting married twice in one day.

** Antonio, LargeHam and GadgeteerGenius, and just to hammer it home, Antonio can also mean [[IronMan "Tony"]]. Interestingly, Mia actually says "this isn't my first rodeo" in "Clash of the Red Rangers", in different context from Agent Coulson of course.

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* LullDestruction: During segments utilizing sentai footage (including Megazord fights), everyone is ridiculously chatty, including the MonsterOfTheWeek. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]], though - the main fight scene in "A Sticky Situation" involved the Green and Blue Rangers having to coordinate attacks, so the addition of them giving each other instructions on what to do next helped.

* TheWarOnTerror: Possibly Level Blue in "Deal With A Nighlok." The boy mentions his dad is in the army, so it's possible that it's referring to this.

** TheSmartGuy[=/=]SixthRanger: Antonio (The Smart Guy role may shift to Mike or Kevin depending on the episode - Mike for unique battle strategies, Kevin for zord combinations - but Antonio got it most of the time due to his TechnoWizard skills.)

*** EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Octozord