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* ThouShaltNotKill: Surprisingly standard policy at Time Force is to capture and not kill the mutants, as demonstrated in "Jen's Revenge" where the rangers are insistent that Jen incapacitates the monster rather than destroy it.

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* IdenticalStranger: Bizzare meta example. Normally when Sentai is converted to Power Rangers, this necessitates filming a new morphing sequence for the American actors, however, the producers did not do this for Eric the Quantum Ranger because, by sheer chance, he was almost identical to the actor who played the equivalent character in the Sentai series, and so the Sentai morphing sequence was used with none being the wiser.

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* IdenticalStranger: Bizzare meta example. Normally when Sentai is converted to Power Rangers, this necessitates filming a new morphing sequence for the American actors, however, the producers did not do this for Eric the Quantum Ranger Ranger's first morph because, by sheer chance, he was almost identical to the actor who played the equivalent character in the Sentai series, and so the Sentai morphing sequence was used with none being the wiser.


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* LawEnforcementInc: The Silver Guardians are a rare heroic version, by [[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] they appear to have taken over all policing duties within Silver Hills.
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** And it's worth noting that the one time this is actually brought up with Notacon, who was frozen for petty theft, the main five Rangers don't show any of this towards him. Instead, it's Eric, who's from the present, who displays this.
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* TheFuture
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* MadeOfExplodium

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* ISurrenderSuckers: Fatcatfish in "Jen's Revenge."

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* ISurrenderSuckers: Fatcatfish in "Jen's Revenge.""
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Averted for once on Power Rangers, by the Megazords being from the future and the late in the season introduction of the Trixerium Crystals.



* WellDoneSonGuy: Wes.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: Wes.Wes loves being this.
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* AdvertisingOnlyContinuity: The BigBad, Ransik, searching for them with a TimeMachine when it was the opposite way around, and the rangers constantly mentioning the evil Cyclobots as the reason they went back in time.

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* AdvertisingOnlyContinuity: The BigBad, Ransik, searching for them with a TimeMachine when it was the opposite way around, and the rangers constantly mentioning the evil Cyclobots as the reason they went back in time. Alongside him, a minion who is never seen in the show.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The future's opinion of Mutants. Frax as well, but he's better reason than most. As he puts it to a conflicted Nadira in the finale:
-->'''Frax:''' You're an evil mutant with a heart as black as coal, ''just like your father''.


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* BigDamnHeroes: In the finale, with the Megazord, followed by the Rangers saving Wes from a veritable army of Cyclobots.


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** What happens to Frax in the finale is pretty much a lobotomy.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Frax's death was a DiesWideOpen involving a scream and parts of his robotic face falling apart. This after his having been reprogrammed into a mindless automaton by the BigBad.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Frax's death was a DiesWideOpen involving a scream and parts of his robotic face falling apart. This after his having been reprogrammed into a mindless automaton by the BigBad. Remember, this is ''Power Rangers'' we're talking about here.
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* IdenticalStranger: Bizzare meta example. Normally when Sentai is converted to Power Rangers, this necessitates filming a new morphing sequence for the American actors, however, the producers did not do this for Eric the Quantum Ranger because, by sheer chance, he was almost identical to the actor who played the equivalent character in the Sentai series, and so the Sentai morphing sequence was used with none being the wiser.
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* PunnyName: Notacon, Not-a-con. A gentle mutant who only stole some food because he couldn't get it normally due to FantasticRacism
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* {{Whateversaurus}}: The Quantasaurus Rex.

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* CoolBike: Unlike in ''Timeranger'', here the Rangers do have bikes of their own, the Vector Cycles.



** CoolBike: The Vector Cycles and Wes' Strata Cycle

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** CoolBike: The US-exclusive Vector Cycles and Wes' Strata Cycle
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* CoolBike: Unlike in ''Timeranger'', here the Rangers do have bikes of their own, the Vector Cycles.
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* ActorAllusion: Ransik (played by Vernon Wells) gets one in [[TrappedInTVLand "Movie Madness"]] - in the episode's ChaseScene, he goes head-to-head with the Rangers on a desert road, driving a vehicle similar to the one Wez (also Wells) drove in ''MadMax 2'', and wearing a similar costume.
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** Trip also looked pretty damn sexy working out in "Uniquely Trip".

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** Trip also looked pretty damn sexy working out in "Uniquely Trip".Trip", if you're into skinnier guys.

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** This is a result of PragmaticAdaptation - originally the writers planned to do at least ''some'' time travel arcs, using Sentai footage in remote woods like they'd used to represent alien worlds in [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace season six]]... then they realized that [[CityOfAdventure all]] the Megazord fights were in modern Tokyo. Every. Single. One.

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** This is a result of PragmaticAdaptation - originally the writers planned to do at least ''some'' time travel arcs, using Sentai footage in remote woods like they'd used to represent alien worlds in [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace season six]]... then they realized that [[CityOfAdventure all]] the Megazord fights were in modern Tokyo. Every. Single. One.''Single. '''One'''.''



* CarryingACake: Done with Trip and a pizza in "Beware the Knight". Can't blame the poor guy for being so hungry.

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* CarryingACake: Done with Trip and a pizza in "Beware the Knight". Can't blame Knight", twice. The first time, he gives in to his hunger and ends up coming across the poor guy for being so hungry.titular Knight. It happens again at the end of the episode, though this time [[spoiler:he just dropped it]].
* CassandraTruth: Also in "Beware the Knight", when Trip tells the other Rangers about his run-in with the Knight, they don't believe him, assuming the pizza only returned destroyed because he dropped it. It's not until they spot the Knight wreaking havoc around Silver Hills that they find out Trip was, in fact, telling the truth.
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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points. However, Katie (The Yellow Ranger) had her development as a character ruined by episode structure- two episodes were mixed up (One focuses on Katie being afraid her actions in the present will danger her own time, while the other has her messing around in the 1900s without a care in the world). Thankfully, Shout! Factory (Who are re-releasing [=DVDs=] of the franchise up to ''RPM'') fixed this in their version of ''Time Force''.

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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points. However, Katie (The Yellow Ranger) had her development as a character ruined by episode structure- two episodes were mixed up (One focuses on Katie being afraid her actions in the present will danger her own time, while the other has her messing around in the 1900s without a care in the world). Thankfully, Shout! Factory (Who are re-releasing [=DVDs=] of the franchise up to ''RPM'') fixed this in their version of ''Time Force''.\n
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: According to Ransik's actor, innuendo got left in, including a scene in one of the first episodes where Nadira's fingernail was hurt and he said he would make it feel better, then [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sticks it in his mouth and moves it back and forth]]

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney

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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney
* SealedEvilInACan: While not applying to the main villains, the individual monsters fit this trope, being mutant prisoners shrunk, cryogenically frozen, and sealed inside small containers. They also return that way when defeated.
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* FantasticRacism: In the future most humans look down on mutants, genetically inferior beings that are the trash and leftovers of the DesignerBabies program. This is not aided by the fact that the most prominent mutants in the series are anarchist terrorists, although how much of that is caused by growing up in a society that hates them, and how much is the cause of society hating them is very, very debatable.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Frax's death was a DiesWideOpen involving a scream and parts of his robotic face falling apart. This after his having been reprogrammed into a mindless automaton by the BigBad.
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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points. However, Katie (The Yellow Ranger) had her development as a character ruined by episode structure- two episodes were mixed up (One focuses on Katie being afraid her actions in the present will danger her own time, while the other has her messing around in the 1900s without a care in the world). Thankfully, Shout! Factory (Who are re-releasing DVDs of the franchise up to ''RPM'') fixed this in their version of ''Time Force''.

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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points. However, Katie (The Yellow Ranger) had her development as a character ruined by episode structure- two episodes were mixed up (One focuses on Katie being afraid her actions in the present will danger her own time, while the other has her messing around in the 1900s without a care in the world). Thankfully, Shout! Factory (Who are re-releasing DVDs [=DVDs=] of the franchise up to ''RPM'') fixed this in their version of ''Time Force''.
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** TheLeader: Jen (You read that right; the Red Ranger is TheHero isn't leading the team for once.)

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** TheLeader: Jen (You read that right; the Red Ranger is TheHero but isn't leading the team for once.)

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* Double Subverted when a mutant is allowed to work for Time Force and betrays them of his own free will.

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* ** Double Subverted when a mutant is allowed to work for Time Force and betrays them of his own free will.


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* OutsideContextVillain: The Black Knight. He comes out of nowhere, and has no connection to Ransik and his gang, or to the series' theme.
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* BigGood: Captain Logan [[spoiler:and Alex Drake]].

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***Really its doubtful that FantasticRacism even plays a role since at least two different mutants where shown having equal rights as human, one mutant was even Jen's ex-partner and betrayed Time Force on his own accord.



* LonelyRichKid: Wes

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* LonelyRichKid: Wes*LimitedWardrobe: Like most series since PowerRangersLostGalaxy the Time Force Rangers aside from their uniforms (that they only wear for a few episodes) each have 1 civilian outfit. Somewhat justified since they are from the future and just had to wear whatever Wes could find for them, less justified that Wes also basically had one outfit (special occasions like business meetings with his dad aside) despite being from the present and rich.
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Easily one of the darkest seasons of ''Power Rangers'', it takes a lot from its ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart (Despite the fact that normally, seasons of ''Power Rangers'' that take the Sentai plot and use it heavily, such as ''Wild Force'' and ''Samurai'' are normally reviled, this season is a rare exception). Of particular note is being the first Power Rangers series to [[AvertedTrope actually acknowledge]] [[NeverSayDie the death of a character]], [[spoiler: though Alex gets better towards the end of the series]]. Also of note is the fact that the leader of the team is the Pink Ranger, ActionGirl Jen (although because of the source footage Red is still in the forefront, with him and the SixthRanger getting nearly every LimitBreak and SuperMode through the season).

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Easily one of the darkest seasons of ''Power Rangers'', it takes a lot from its ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart (Despite the fact that normally, (despite seasons of ''Power Rangers'' ''PR'' that take the Sentai plot and use it heavily, do so normally being disliked, such as ''Wild Force'' and ''Samurai'' are normally reviled, ''Samurai'', this season is a rare exception). Of particular note is being the first Power Rangers series to [[AvertedTrope actually acknowledge]] [[NeverSayDie the death of a character]], [[spoiler: though Alex gets better towards the end of the series]]. Also of note is the fact that the leader of the team is the Pink Ranger, ActionGirl Jen (although because of the source footage Red is still in the forefront, with him and the SixthRanger getting nearly every LimitBreak and SuperMode through the season).
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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points.

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''Time Force'' is well-loved and quite popular among fans , and is often regarded as one of the best seasons. Excellent performances, mature themes, a dynamic story, and unique relationships among the main characters (particular Wes and Eric) are all cited as strong points.
points. However, Katie (The Yellow Ranger) had her development as a character ruined by episode structure- two episodes were mixed up (One focuses on Katie being afraid her actions in the present will danger her own time, while the other has her messing around in the 1900s without a care in the world). Thankfully, Shout! Factory (Who are re-releasing DVDs of the franchise up to ''RPM'') fixed this in their version of ''Time Force''.
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Easily one of the darkest seasons of ''Power Rangers'', it takes a lot from its ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart. Of particular note is being the first Power Rangers series to [[AvertedTrope actually acknowledge]] [[NeverSayDie the death of a character]], [[spoiler: though Alex gets better towards the end of the series]]. Also of note is the fact that the leader of the team is the Pink Ranger, ActionGirl Jen (although because of the source footage Red is still in the forefront, with him and the SixthRanger getting nearly every LimitBreak and SuperMode through the season).

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Easily one of the darkest seasons of ''Power Rangers'', it takes a lot from its ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart.counterpart (Despite the fact that normally, seasons of ''Power Rangers'' that take the Sentai plot and use it heavily, such as ''Wild Force'' and ''Samurai'' are normally reviled, this season is a rare exception). Of particular note is being the first Power Rangers series to [[AvertedTrope actually acknowledge]] [[NeverSayDie the death of a character]], [[spoiler: though Alex gets better towards the end of the series]]. Also of note is the fact that the leader of the team is the Pink Ranger, ActionGirl Jen (although because of the source footage Red is still in the forefront, with him and the SixthRanger getting nearly every LimitBreak and SuperMode through the season).

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