History WebVideo / DatabaseRangersPowerReviews

* KnightOfCerebus: The Landlord. He [[spoiler:traps Database in a LotusEaterMachine, turns him into a washed out hermit, and attempts to end his show, all while calmly expressing his disdain for Power Rangers]].
* LargeHam: Database occasionally ventures into this territory. Makes a lot more sense when you realize [[spoiler: he's Dark Specter.]]

* LargeHam: Database occasionally ventures into this territory.

--> '''The Landlord/[[spoiler: [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Dark Spectre]]]]''': You know, for a Phantom, you look like you've just seen a ghost. Or maybe a...

--> ''[[SigningOffCatchphrase "Until next time, farewell Ranger fans, and let the power protect you."]]''

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[[caption-width-right:246:''"[[CatchPhrase Greetings, Ranger fans, and welcome to Power Reviews!]]"''
'''Database Ranger''']]

'''Database Ranger'''
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->''"[[CatchPhrase Greetings, Ranger fans, and welcome to Power Reviews!]]"''
-->-- '''Database Ranger'''

--> '''The Landlord/[[spoiler: [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Dark Spectre]]]]: You know, for a Phantom, you look like you've just seen a ghost. Or maybe a...

* TheCameo: During the story segment for the review of "Clash of the Red Rangers", a montage including several cosplayers, other Power Rangers and tokusatsu fandom figures such as Andre Meadows and Fujiyama Ichiban and Power Rangers actors and production staff members such as John Tellgen and Ari Boyland, with the later having been confused by Dr. K for Flynn. ''{{Creator/Mattwo}}'' is also offscreen during the review segment, more clearly being heard in the out-of-character Q&A segment (uploaded as a separate "Jake Says Hi" video) after the review segment was recorded.

--> '''Database''': [[spoiler: [[OhCrap Dark Spectre]]]]

--> '''The Landlord/[[spoiler: [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Dark Spectre]]: You know, for a Phantom, you look like you've just seen a ghost. Or maybe a...

* AlternateUniverse: Where [[spoiler: Dr. K]] comes from, specifically the [[spoiler:''Series/PowerRangersRPM'']]-verse.

* TheCameo: During the story segment for the review of "Clash of the Red Rangers", a montage including several cosplayers, other Power Rangers and tokusatsu fandom figures such as Andre Meadows and Fujiyama Ichiban and Power Rangers actors and production staff members such as John Tellgen and Ari Boyland, with the later having been confused by Dr. K for Flynn. ''{{Creator/Mattwo}}'' is also offscreen durring the review segment, more clearly being heard in the out-of-character Q&A segment (uploaded as a seprate "Jake Says Hi" video) after the review segment was recorded.

** Before going into the episode review, Database opens with, "And that's the end of the episode! What did I think of it?"--although variations occur when either Dr. K reviews an episode, or Database has a co-host.
** BorrowedCatchphrase: Database closes almost every episode with "Farewell, Ranger fans, and may the Power protect you!"--borrowing the line from the source material.
* ChekhovsGunman: Guy, who is introduced as Database Ranger's neighbor in a throw away gag, but later begins playing a more important role in the story by the Summer 2013 season.
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Venjix took over Database some time after the Silver Lining two parter, and since then has been doing episodes with different members of the team to earn their trust and get them alone for Alphabet Soup to take them.]]
* ChewingTheScenery: Jacob chews the scenery while normal, but [[spoiler: as Venjix?]] He pretty much ''devours it.''

** The Spring finale has Database Ranger getting his apartment back, as Guy finally moves out; getting a date with Mayo as she asks him out; and getting a publisher for his book. [[spoiler: Dr. K also comes back.]]
** The review episode for "Silence Is Golden" from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' ends with one wham of a cliffhanger. [[spoiler: Surrounded by Guy and several [[TheMenInBlack men in black]], Database Ranger suddenly gains martial arts skills well enough to take them all down.]]
** The review episode for "Way Back When" from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' ends [[spoiler: with Mayo being kidnapped by [[TheMenInBlack men in black suits]].]]
** The review episode for "Man and Machine" ends with [[spoiler: Database's eyes glowing and the SQUEE shorting out.]]

*** The review episode for "The Human Factor" ends with [[spoiler: TheReveal that Guy is from Hexagon. Also a MythologyGag.]]
*** The review episode for "Staying on Track" ends with [[spoiler: a crack in the world being revealed.]]
*** The review episode for "End Game" ends with [[spoiler: TheReveal that Database is the Phantom Ranger, and him going off to stop the cracks in the world. Also a parallel to the episode itself, which also ended on a cliffhanger.]]
*** The review episode for "The Grass is Always Greener..." ends with [[spoiler: Jacob being taken over by Venjx.]]

* DeusExMachina: Towards the end of the review episode for "Undercover Rangers" from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', Database and Mayo, [[spoiler: trapped by Alphabet Soup agents, get saved at the last minute, apparently by the agency's own Bleach Protocol, which ends up shutting down the facility, but not killing its agents]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Venjix may be an AI bent on world domination, but according to "In the Driver's Seat," ''at least'' he does his research.]]

--->'''Database Ranger''': I HAVE A PUBLISHER!
--->[[spoiler: '''Dr. K''']]: What?

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Database saying "greetings Ranger fans and welcome to phase 1" and so on in recent episodes foreshadows [[TheReveal the reveal]] at the end of "The Grass Is Always Greener..." that [[spoiler: That's Not Database Ranger]]
--->[[spoiler: '''Mayo'': THAT'S NOT DB!]]

** Almost all of Episode 44, a trippy arthouse review of the Power Ranger's Samurai Episode "Trickester Treat."

* InUniverseCamera: The SQUEE, and it's former form of an ordinary digital camera borrowed from Guy. Three additional SQUEE have been produced since the first, with Mayo calling the second one "R2-SQUEE2", the third "SQUEE-3-PO," and being undecided on the name of the fourth, still trying to decide between "Selective Quantum Utility Electronic Eyeline Mark 4: Ultimate" and "Selective Quantum Utility Electronic Eyeline Mark 4: Millennium Edition."

* InstantExpert: Database suddenly gains martial arts skills [[spoiler: when confronted by Guy and [[TheMenInBlack men in black suits]], taking them all down]].

* KnightOfCerebus: The Landlord. He [[spoiler: traps Database in a LotusEaterMachine, turns him into a washed out hermit, and attempts to end his show, all while calmly expressing his disdain for Power Rangers]].

* TheMultiverse: In addtion to the main Power Rangers universe and the RPM universe universe, there's also the real world, in which most of the show takes place, as well as the other side of the fourth wall as seen when Database and Dr. K appear at Power Morphicon 2014 in the live review of ''[[Recap/PowerRangersSamuraiClashOfTheRedRangers Clash of the Red Rangers]]''

** During the episode review for "Silence Is Golden" from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', Database, on the run from [[spoiler: Guy and some men in black suits]], keeps quiet to avoid being found, mirroring the ''In Space'' episode's premise of the Rangers having to keep quiet or else they would be found by the Psycho Rangers via voice recognition.
** The end of the review for "The Human Factor" reveals [[spoiler: that Guy is from Hexagon, a reference to the unused concept for Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm.]]
** The review of "End Game" has two. First, [[spoiler: Database is revealed to be the [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Phantom]] [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Ranger]].]] Second, [[spoiler: the episode ends on a CliffHanger just like the end of the episode proper.]]

* PortmanteauCoupleName: The last name "Morpotzner" is a fusion of Morehouse and Opotzner, the last names for the actors playing the Morpotzners.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Aside from the obvious RunningGag--
--->'''Dr. K''': Do. I. Exist?

** At the end of the review for "Legacy of Power" from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', Dr. K tells Database that those men in black suits come from [[spoiler: Alphabet Soup, the same agency which kidnapped and raised her]].
** After Database [[spoiler: rescues Mayo from Alphabet Soup]], Dr. K reveals the theory behind her existence: [[spoiler: she belongs in an alternate universe, specifically the one in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', and has no idea how she got from that world to Database Ranger's world.. Mayo is a version of her in his world]].
** At the end of the season, [[spoiler: Database is revealed to be the Phantom Ranger.]]
** [[spoiler: Guy was sent by [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Hexagon]] to infiltrate alphabet soup. He is also not from the canon version of the Power Rangers universe, apparently he comes from a universe where ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' never happened.]]

* ShadowArchetype: The man known only as The Landlord, to [[spoiler: Database]].
* ShipTease: Database Ranger and Mayo. In fact, during the spring finale, [[spoiler: she asks him out on a date.]]

--->'''Dr. K''': Precisely!

--->'''Database''' It's Morphin' Time!

** Wireless Interdimensional Interface Portal Alignment Device: WII-PAD

''Database Ranger's Power Reviews'' is an online video series created by Jacob Brode ("Database Ranger") which reviews episodes of the long-running ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise while also following the life of the fictitious character of Database Ranger, an aspiring author who does episode reviews as a side hobby. He is frequently accompanied by his inexplicable roomate Dr. K from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' and his neighbors in his apartment building next door neighbors: Guy (who may or may not be a spy); Mayo, who looks suspiciously similar to Dr. K; and Mitch and Mary Morpotzner, a married couple of ''Cloudcuckoolander''s who speak in unison when they're not finishing each other's sentences.

The pilot episode launched on October 13, 2012, with a review of the ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' season opening episode "The Team Unites". Since then, the series has reviewed many episodes from ''Samurai'', ''Super Samurai'', and all episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''. During ''Megaforce'' hiatuses, the series has reviewed episodes from older seasons of ''Power Rangers'', with Database Ranger and/or his co-hosts sharing his thoughts and analyses along the way. The series has stood at 78 Episodes for several years now, but Jacob has said that the plotline will continue to episode 100 - and that after the finale of ''Super Megaforce'' is covered in 79 and 80, the final 20 episodes will be episodes from across the franchise.

In addition to the episode reviews, there are two spin-off series titled ''Ask DB'' and ''Ask Dr. K'' in which either Database Ranger or Dr. K answer fan questions related to ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' from all seasons. On occasion, Jacob, sometimes accompanied by co-star and wife Marisa Gallego, posts video updates titled "Jake Says 'Hi!'". A third spin off, the shortlived ''Dino Charge Ranger Logs'', had Database doing quick reviews of episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' as they aired, but has since been supplanted to Database Ranger's Live Reactions in which Jacob and Marisa watch the episodes live and post their reactions to Youtube.

* TheCameo: During the story segement for the review of "Clash of the Red Rangers", a montage including several cosplayers, other Power Rangers and tokusatsu fandom figures such as Andre Meadows and Fujiyama Ichiban and Power Rangers actors and production staff members such as John Tellgen and Ari Boyland, with the later having been confused by Dr. K for Flynn. ''{{Creator/Mattwo}}'' is also offscreen durring the review segment, more clearly being heard in the out-of-character Q&A segment (uploaded as a seprate "Jake Says Hi" video) after the review segment was recorded.

** Marisa's performance as Dr. K is based on that of Olivia Tennet, the New Zealand actress who played that role on ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.