History WesternAnimation / AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers

Not to be confused with ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', or with the original western name of ''Series/KyouryuSentaiZyuranger'', which would become the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

Not to be confused with ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', or with the original western name of ''KyouryuuSentaiZyuranger'', which would become the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

* NamesTheSame: ''Galaxy Rangers'' is the international distribution name for the SuperSentai series ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', as can be seen in the closing credits of its American adaptation ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: A gender-inverted version shows up in "Psychocrypt." The Queen is ''delighted'' to have Zachary in her clutches. The most innocent interpretation says she "merely" {{MindRape}}d him. The DVDCommentary and {{Fanon}}...yeah.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The late Jerry Orbach of ''Beauty & the Beast'' and ''Law & Order'' fame voiced Zachary Foxx, while the late Earl Hammond of ''Thundercats'' and ''Silverhawks'' provided the voices of Captain Kidd among other characters.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Goose and Niko, [[DependingOnTheArtist when the colorists remember she's a redhead]]. Not that he's [[ChickMagnet exclusive in his affections]], as he and RoguesGallery member Daisy O'Mega were pretty shameless in "Renegade Rangers."

* PowerOfRock: The soundtrack, in all of its prog-rock glory, is one of the [[EarWorm most memorable aspects]]. John van Tonregen and Peter Wetzler were behind it, and included singers Myles Hunter and Steve Overland. InUniverse, "Battle of the Bandits" used it.

To elaborate on the OpeningNarration: The peaceful aliens represent several planets who are endangered by [[TheEmpire The Crown Empire]], an interplanetary dictatorship headed by thetyrannical Queen of the Crown. Thanks to the hyperdrive, Earth begins to interact with alien worlds and colonize distant planets, which leads to a culture that resembles a futuristic version of TheWildWest. Unfortunately, it also leads to danger from spacegoing outlaws, as well as The Crown Empire, which wants to enslave every race it encounters--especially the human race. The crimefighting organization BETA (the [[FunWithAcronyms Bureau of Extra-Terrestrial Affairs]]) is formed to protect Earth from these threats. BETA's best-known agents are the Galaxy Rangers, four fearless "space cowboys" (well, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one]] of them's a cow''girl'') who each have different powers provided by [[AppliedPhlebotinum Series Five brain implants]]. The Rangers are {{cyborg}} team leader '''Zachary Foxx''', shapeshifting CowboyCop '''Shane Gooseman''', [[PsychicPowers psychic]] ActionGirl '''Niko''', and [[DeadpanSnarker wisecracking]] TechnoWizard '''Walter "Doc" Hartford'''. More information about the Rangers, and their friends and enemies, is available at the [[Characters/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers character sheet]].

* {{Animesque}}: Somewhat. The show is done in Japan, although some of the character designs are western (in both senses of the word).

* AnimationBump: Mandell [[ExploitedTrope cleverly exploited this Trope]]. He had access to three {{TMS}} animation teams: the expensive and high-quality "A" team (Telecom Animation Film, which spent most of their time with Creator/{{Disney}} and on ''Anime/{{Little Nemo|Adventures in Slumberland}}'' during this period), the "B" team that balanced price and quality ({{AIC}} of ''TenchiMuyo'' fame, under TMS's contract), and the "C" team that was cheapest at the expense of quality (Mizo Planning in Korea, as this and the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' episode "Catch As Cash Can Part 3" were some of the first things that TMS shipped off to Korea under their contract). Mandell handed out the {{Drama Bomb}}s and MythArc-critical episodes to the "A" team, the moderate quality episodes to the "B" team, and the episodes of questionable merit to the "C" team.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Doc's Cybersteed, Voyager, is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who constantly calls him "Wilbur" instead of "Walter". This is a ShoutOut to the old 1960s sitcom, ''Series/MisterEd'', in which the eponymous talking horse has a human owner he has conversations with named Wilbur.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted. An AI unit is usually friendly, sometimes benign, and occasionally a CloudCuckoolander, but rarely malicious.

* AWorldHalfFull: The Crown Empire may be crumbling, but it's still powerful. The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen]] herself is a bloodthirsty, genocidal megalomaniac. The jail system is about as good as [[{{Batman}} Arkham Asylum]]. Tortuna is a WretchedHive, and some other planets aren't much better. Earth's politicians are often [[ObstructiveBureaucrat questionable]] or [[CorruptBureaucrat worse]], as are the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive business-beings]]. One of the Rangers is ''essentially a slave.'' A quarter of the episodes are {{Bittersweet Ending}}s. A few are arguable {{Downer Ending}}s. Oh, and Eliza is never rescued. Still, there are just as many [[HonestCorporateExecutive GOOD Corporate executives]], [[ForScience benevolent scientists]], [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure competent military personnel]], and [[IComeInPeace friendly alien factions]] as evil ones, and sometimes the "villains" are merely misguided.

* EvilCounterpart: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Ryker Killbane]] for Goose, has the same powers but [[VoluntaryShapeshifting under conscious control]] and with no need for an implant.

** "Gift of Life"/"Sundancer" - Yay, the kid and his horse won the race! Yay, the kid keeps the horse. But the kid is also an orphan now, the kid's father was considered a traitor (and the charges may or may not have been true), and he will be heading for a planet he's never seen before and unable to return to where he used to call home.

* AnimationBump: Mandell [[ExploitedTrope cleverly exploited this Trope]]. He had access to three {{TMS}} animation teams: the expensive and high-quality "A" team (Telecom Animation Film, which spent most of their time with Creator/{{Disney}} and on ''Anime/{{Little Nemo|Adventures in Slumberland}}'' during this period), the "B" team that balanced price and quality ({{AIC}} of ''TenchiMuyo'' fame, under TMS's contract), and the "C" team that was cheapest at the expense of quality (Mizo Planning in Korea, as this and the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' episode "Catch As Cash Can Part 3" were some of the first things that TMS shipped off to Korea under their contract). Mandell handed out the {{Drama Bomb}}s and {{Mytharc}}-critical episodes to the "A" team, the moderate quality episodes to the "B" team, and the episodes of questionable merit to the "C" team.
** "Sundancer" has some of the best animation in the series, depsite not focusing on the Rangers.

* BizarroEpisode: Some people dislike "Mothmoose", and any episode featuring Buzzwang, because their comedic tone clashes with the straight adventure episodes favored by fans. Also, "Mothmoose" doesn't feature ''any'' of the Rangers--the heroes are Zach's children and the Kiwi Kids.
** Which is {{lampshaded}} by Commander Walsh explaining that the Rangers aren't available.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to its contemporaies like ''HeMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'', and even rival SpaceWestern series like ''WesternAnimation/{{BraveStarr}}'' and ''SaberRider''. Several of the writers had backgrounds in horror writing, and the lack of a toy company's backing allowed for greater creative freedom. Many of the critic reviews for the series point out the contrast in tone from other cartoons of the era. See WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to its contemporaies like HeMan and {{Thundercats}}, and even rival SpaceWestern series like BraveStarr and SaberRider. Several of the writers had backgrounds in horror writing, and the lack of a toy company's backing allowed for greater creative freedom. Many of the critic reviews for the series point out the contrast in tone from other cartoons of the era. See WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Doc's Cybersteed, Voyager, is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who constantly calls him "Wilbur" instead of "Walter". This is a ShoutOut to the old 1960s sitcom, ''MisterEd'', in which the eponymous talking horse has a human owner he has conversations with named Wilbur.

* ShoutOut: Too many to list, but here's a prominent one: Shane Gooseman is presumably named after the main character of ''{{Shane}}''. Also, Walter "Doc" Hartford's talking (mechanical) horse [[MisterEd calls him "Wilbur."]]

* HackYourEnemy: Doc was capable of doing this with his tweakers, as seen in "Tower of Combat" where he reprogrammed The General's robot mooks into destroying each other with antics out of TheThreeStooges. The fact he did ''not'' use it against the Queen's mooks was one of several hints they ''weren't'' MechaMooks.

* HackYourEnemy: Doc was capable of doing this with his tweakers, as seen in "Tower of Combat" where he reprogrammed The General's robot mooks into ddestroying each other with antics out of TheThreeStooges. the fact he did ''not'' use it against the Queen's mooks was one of several hints they ''weren't'' MechaMooks.

To elaborate on the OpeningNarration: The peaceful aliens represent several planets who are endangered by [[TheEmpire The Crown Empire]], an interplanetary dictatorship headed by the tyrannical Queen of the Crown. Thanks to the hyperdrive, Earth begins to interact with alien worlds and colonize distant planets, which leads to a culture that resembles a futuristic version of TheWildWest. Unfortunately, it also leads to danger from spacegoing outlaws, as well as The Crown Empire, which wants to enslave every race it encounters--especially the human race. The crimefighting organization BETA (the [[FunWithAcronyms Bureau of Extra-Terrestrial Affairs]]) is formed to protect Earth from these threats. BETA's best-known agents are the Galaxy Rangers, four fearless "space cowboys" (well, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple one]] of them's a cow''girl'') who each have different powers provided by [[AppliedPhlebotinum Series Five brain implants]]. The Rangers are {{cyborg}} team leader '''Zachary Foxx''', shapeshifting CowboyCop '''Shane Gooseman''', [[PsychicPowers psychic]] ActionGirl '''Niko''', and [[DeadpanSnarker wisecracking]] TechnoWizard '''Walter "Doc" Hartford'''. More information about the Rangers, and their friends and enemies, is available at the [[Characters/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers character sheet]].

* YouHave48Hours : Though, in the Rangers' case, it was "twenty-four hours."

* MesACrowd: The "baby Buzzwangs" from "Tune-Up".

* DiminishingVillainThreat: Captain Kidd starts off as a genuine threat, but eventually becomes a comic HarmlessVillain in the mold of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' Harry Mudd.

* DiminishingVillianThreat: Captain Kidd starts off as a genuine threat, but eventually becomes a comic HarmlessVillain in the mold of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' Harry Mudd.