History Trivia / PowerRangersLostGalaxy

** He has [[https://www.facebook.com/officialdannyslavin announced]] that he will be attending Morphicon 2014 as well as the Phoenix Comic-con. That, combined with his accepting his Megaforce cameo, may mean he has moved on...

* CastingGag: The Japanese dub brings back four ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' actors, albeit in different roles:
** Teruaki Ogawa, who played Sasuke/[=NinjaRed=] in ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'' and Hyuuga/Black Knight in ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'', voices Leo.
** Kazuki Maehara, who played Ryouma/[=GingaRed=] in ''Gingaman'', voices Kai.
** Creator/HiroshiTsuchida, who portrayed Saizo/[=NinjaBlue=] in Kakuranger, portrays Mike/Magna Defender.
** Eri Tanaka, who portrayed Chisato Jogasaki/[=MegaYellow=] in ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', voices Maya.

** The original plan was for Patricia Lee, Cassie from ''In Space'', to take over the slot for the Pink Galaxy Ranger. They filmed the hand off and an episode with her joining the team (which was an American-footage exclusive episode, referred to occasionally as "Film/AirForceOne [[DieHardOnAnX on the Megaship]]"), but then, due to pay issues, Lee quit. She was quickly swapped in with Melody Perkins (Karone), requiring ''another'' two American-exclusive footage heavy episodes.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This season had the ''highest'' ratings for any ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' opening, yet ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' was more promoted, thus ratings fell.

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple; he personally preferred this pairing out of the three given [[ShipTease ship teases]] (the other two being with Maya and Karone). Interestingly enough, and as stated elsewhere, the writers were planning on making Leo and Kendrix an OfficialCouple, and in the story, they made several hints to try and establish it. But, again, Valerie Vernon had to take a break because of her leukemia treatments.
* TroubledProduction: Hoo boy...
** They STARTED with having to turn a nature-themed Sentai into a space themed one, due to the success of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.
** Then, early in the season, the Lights of Orion arc began, and it's near incomprehensible, because episodes were still being filmed in the week before their airdate.
** When that finished, they began an arc involving the Galaxy Book, which would tie in with the two carrier Zords (which actually DID resemble the space theme to an extent, but they were rarely used in the source material so there wasn't a lot to work with), but then Valerie Vernon developed leukemia. Her character, Kendrix, was heavily involved in the plans for the Galaxy Book, which meant that arc had to rapidly be rewritten.
** The original plan was for Patricia Ja Lee, the Pink Ranger from ''In Space'', would take over. They filmed the hand off and an episode with her joining the team (which was an American-footage exclusive episode, referred to occasionally as 'Film/AirForceOne [[DieHardOnAnX on the Megaship]]'), but then, due to pay issues, Patricia Ja Lee walked off the set. She was quickly swapped in with Karone, requiring ANOTHER two American-exclusive footage heavy episodes.
** Still TRYING to do something resembling their originally planned arc, they send Terra Venture to the Lost Galaxy (the one in the title they supposedly were supposed to be heading towards). It turns out as essentially a FillerArc, likely incorporating as much Sentai footage in order to save money for the finale (the show was likely bleeding money- even the cancellation of fellow Saban series ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'', which had their budget funneled over here, didn't help).
** Then, the series is pulled before the finale airs, later put out as a 'special presentation' with little promotion.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See above, and while several great plots arose from putting in Karone originally Cassie was to replace her, there's a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen if Valerie Vernon (Kendrix) didn't get sick or if Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) had taken the part. For instance, there have been rumors that the unused ''Dairanger'' suits would've been used for a team of "Ancient Rangers"[[note]]Interestingly, the unused ''Dairanger'' suits end up being used as the "Legendary Squadron" in ''Series/PowerRangersSuperMegaforce''[[/note]].
** Actually, there was a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen even besides all that. Due to some ExecutiveMeddling, there were a lot of last minute script changes, such as the Lights of Orion being on a cave on some forest planet, rather than on Terra Venture (which would've made a lot more sense.)
** The cast was originally going to reunite for a full length ''Lost Galaxy'' movie. Instead, they got a mediocre 2-parter with the ''Lightspeed Rescue'' team. Interestingly, there was barely any drama (if any at all) with the Lightspeed cast and crew -- except with the two-parter team-up production, and that drama was mainly due to Slavin and Miller's previous falling-out with executives.

* WrittenInInfirmity: Valerie Vernon was diagnosed with leukemia, so her character Kendrix was killed off. Thankfully, she got better, and in time to have Kendrix get better.

** It's also worth noting that this series also recycles several monster costumes from previous ''Power Rangers'' series (some unused) as well as some from its sister series, ''Big Bad {{Beetleborgs}}''.

* FanNickname: The Ranger suits for this season has been nicknamed "The [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] Costumes" because of the signature squiggly, pointed black line across the torso and around the cuffs of the boots and gloves.

** The original plan was for Patricia Ja Lee, the Pink Ranger from In Space, would take over. They filmed the hand off and an episode with her joining the team (which was an American-footage exclusive episode, referred to occasionally as 'Film/AirForceOne [[DieHardOnAnX on the Megaship]]'), but then, due to pay issues, Patricia Ja Lee walked off the set. She was quickly swapped in with Karone, requiring ANOTHER two American-exclusive footage heavy episodes.

** Still TRYING to do something resembling their originally planned arc, they send Terra Venture to the Lost Galaxy (the one in the title they supposedly were supposed to be heading towards). It turns out as essentially a FillerArc, likely incorporating as much Sentai footage in order to save money for the finale.

* DevelopmentGag: thanks to the [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace previous season]] using the name "Galaxy Gliders" for vehicles that turned into cycles (thanks to AddedAlliterativeAppeal), the bikes of this season got named ''Astro'' Cycles instead ([=PRiS=] bandied the word "Astro" a few times, including the name of the Megazord).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See above, and while several great plots arose from putting in Karone originally Cassie was to replace her, there's a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen if Valerie Vernon (Kendrix) didn't get sick or if Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) had taken the part. For instance, there have been rumors that the unused ''Dairanger'' suits would've been used for a team of "Ancient Rangers".

* HeyItsThatGuy: Cerina Vincent (Maya) went on to play Areola the [[NakedPeopleAreFunny foreign exchange nudist]] in ''NotAnotherTeenMovie''. Archie Kao (Kai) also got a recurring role as [[TheDanza Archie]] the AV guy on ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Nightmare from "Dream Battle" is voiced by [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers the original Black Ranger]].
** Hexuba, meanwhile, is Delphine, the White Alien Ranger, though she's using her [[Series/{{Beetleborgs}} Jara]] voice.
** Robert Axelrod who did both [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd and Finster]] returns to voice a Monster of the Day in "The Lights of Orion" using his Lord Zedd voice.
** Deviot is [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers "Rito Revolto?!"]]
** Power Ranger fans and anime fans will most certainly recognize Creator/DerekStephenPrince as Treachoron.

* OldShame: Danny Slavin is probably the greatest example of CreatorBacklash in ''Power Rangers''. It's believed he only took the role of Leo [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney to pay for law school]] and has retired from acting since. Nasty behind-the-scenes crap that went on while filming the ''Lost Galaxy''/''Lightspeed Rescue'' team-up the following season only widened the gap (basically, the producers tried to screw over Trakeena's actress Amy Miller out of her paycheck; Slavin literally walked off the set alongside Miller in protest of this, forcing the producers to have to hire a body double for the remainder of his scenes and do their best to avoid showing his face during the episode). It took practically a miracle (and the producers calling in personal favors) to get him to appear in "Forever Red", and he's repeatedly turned down numerous invitations to appear at [[FanConvention Power Morphicon]],. [[http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?26517-Power-Rangers-Super-Megaforce-Pre-Discussion&p=1098532#post1098532 Which makes him accepting his Megaforce cameo invitation]] all that more bizarre.

* OldShame: Danny Slavin, who essentially took the role of Leo [[IWasYoungAndNeededTheMoney to pay for law school and pretty much retired from acting afterwards.]] Nasty behind the scenes crap that went on while filming the Lost Galaxy/Lightspeed Rescue team-up the following season (essentially, the producers tried to screw over Amy Miller, the actress who played Trakeena, as far as refusing to pay her the salary they had previously agreed to; Slavin literally walked off the set alongside Miller in protest of this, forcing the producers to have to hire a body double for the remainder of his scenes and pretty much avoid showing his face during the team-up episode) only widened the gap. He also initially refused to appear in "Forever Red", only agreeing to film several scenes as a personal favor to one of the producers after filming wrapped, scenes that were ultimately added to the final cut of the episode, and has distanced himself from the character ever since, turning down numerous invitations to appear at Morphicon, the annual Power Rangers fan convention. [[http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?26517-Power-Rangers-Super-Megaforce-Pre-Discussion&p=1098532#post1098532 Which makes him accepting his Megaforce cameo invitation]] all that more bizarre.
** Recently, however, he has [[https://www.facebook.com/officialdannyslavin announced]] that he will be attending Morphicon 2014 as well as the Phoenix Comic-con. That, combined with his accepting his Megaforce cameo, may mean he has moved on...

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: This season had the ''highest'' ratings for any ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' opening, yet as stated above, ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' was more promoted, thus ratings fell.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See above, and while several great plots arose from putting in Karone originally Cassie was to replace her, there's a lot of WhatCouldHaveBeen if Valerie Vernon (Kendrix) didn't get sick or if Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie) had taken the part.

** The cast was also promised a reunion movie, they never got it. Also in the team-up with [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]] most of the plot centers around a little girl than the actual Rangers. This lead to Danny Slavin and Amy Miller storming off the set, refusing to come back to the franchise (except for a single appearance in ''Forever Red'', and the upcoming Megaforce cameo noted above, Slavin has refused to have anything to do with the franchise, even refusing to attend conventions for many years. However, that all changed in 2014 when he actually decided to attend conventions, with the 2014 Phoenix Comic Con being his first appearance in such events ''ever'' -- and has since appeared in other conventions, including Power Morphicon 2014; and he even plans on attending more).

** The cast was also promised a reunion movie, they never got it. Also in the team-up with [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]] most of the plot centers around a little girl than the actual Rangers. This lead to Danny Slavin and Amy Miller storming off the set, refusing to come back to the franchise (except for a single appearance in ''Forever Red'', and the upcoming Megaforce cameo noted above, Slavin has refused to have anything to do with the franchise, even refusing to attend conventions for many years. However, that all changed in 2014 when he actually decided to attend Power Morphicon 2014 -- his first convention appearance, ''ever'' -- and has since appeared in other conventions and he even plans on attending more).

** [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Jason Faunt]] had auditioned for the role of Leo. [[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Rhett Fisher]] also auditioned for the role.

** The cast was also promised a reunion movie, they never got it. Also in the team-up with [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]] most of the plot centers around a little girl than the actual Rangers. This lead to Danny Slavin and Amy Miller storming off the set, refusing to come back to the franchise (except for a single appearance in ''Forever Red'', and the upcoming Megaforce cameo noted above, Slavin has refused to have anything to do with the franchise, even refusing to attend conventions for many years. However, that all changed in 2014 when he actually decided to attend Power Morphicon 2014 -- first convention appearance, ''ever'' -- and has since appeared in other conventions and he even plans on attending more).

** The cast was also promised a reunion movie, they never got it. Also in the team-up with [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]] most of the plot centers around a little girl than the actual Rangers. This lead to Danny Slavin and Amy Miller storming off the set, refusing to come back to the franchise (except for a single appearance in ''Forever Red'', and the upcoming Megaforce cameo noted above, Slavin has refused to have anything to do with the franchise, even refusing to attend conventions for many years. However, that all changed in 2014 when he actually decided to attend Power Morphicon 2014 -- first convention appearance, ''ever'' -- and has since appeared in other conventions).

** The cast was also promised a reunion movie, they never got it. Also in the team-up with [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]] most of the plot centers around a little girl than the actual Rangers. This lead to Danny Slavin and Amy Miller storming off the set, refusing to come back to the franchise (except for a single appearance in ''Forever Red'', and the upcoming Megaforce cameo noted above, Slavin has refused to have anything to do with the franchise, even refusing to attend conventions for many years. However, that all changed in 2014 when he actually decided to attend Power Morphicon and has since appeared in other conventions).

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple; he personally preferred this pairing out of the three given [[ShipTease ship teases]] (the other two being with Maya and Karone). Interestingly enough, and as stated elsewhere, the writers were planning on making Leo and Kendrix an OfficialCouple, and in the story, they did hint at it here and there. But, again, Valerie Vernon had to take a break because of her leukemia treatments.

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple; he personally preferred this pairing out of the three given [[ShipTease ship teases]] (the other two being with Maya and Karone).

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple; he personally preferred pairing.

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple; and personally, this was his preferred pairing.

* ShipperOnDeck: In a panel at Power Morphicon 2014, Danny Slavin revealed that he thought that Leo and Kendrix could have ended up together as a couple.

* FanNickname: The Ranger suits for this season has been nicknamed "The [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] Costumes".