History YMMV / PowerRangersLightspeedRescue

** The situation that lead to Diabolico taking Ryan and forging him into a minion of evil is one of the most potent cases of AdultFear in the entire series. Captain Mitchell is dangling from a cliff with his Dana in his free arm and Ryan holding on to his leg for dear life. Diabolico's spirt projects itself to him and tells him that he'd save Ryan in exchange for the boy's life becoming his. It becomes a truly SadisticChoice when at this point, Ryan's fingers slip and he begins ''plummeting to his death'' forcing Mitchell to take Diabolico's deal at the cost of never seeing his son again until Ryan turned 20. It should be kept in mind that Dana was ''very'' young during this incident and Ryan couldn't have been older than around six years old. Captain Mitchell had to spend over a decade agonizing over the fact that he couldn't save his son.

** Not to mention, thanks to [[WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers Linkara]]'s review both Carter and the series' image overall is improved (though this started happening BEFORE Linkara's review). He points out how Carter Grayson may be dull but was a badass firefighter ''before'' being a ranger. While many fans disliked that Carter went for his guns first, Linkara ''loved'' that aspect because it made him one of the more CombatPragmatist red rangers.

* WhatAnIdiot: The receptionist from the CrossOver episode who told a little girl "there's no such thing as monsters". As [[WebVideo/ATopTheFourthWall Linkara]] says, she is the dumbest person in the history of the entire franchise.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: An unusual example; while Olympius' first appearance chronologically occurred in ''Olympius Ascends'' US audiences were first introduced to him in ''Power Rangers in 3D'' which was actually the Lost Galaxy team-up ''Trakeena's Revenge'' which was produced and released months earlier as a double-length episode on VHS as part of a [=McDonald's=] promotion. In the episode, Olympius is portrayed as a lot smarter and calmer than he would otherwise be portrayed in the series (which his voice especially sounding very sedate). As a result, when the movie was edited into a two-parter and aired during the series (at which point Olympius had been around for a while) the difference in personality is ''very'' obvious.

** Banshera nearly returning before the ritual to bring her back is interrupted. The first thing she does is summon a giant tidal wave to destroy the city. If the ritual weren't stopped, she would have suceeded.

* HesJustHiding: Some fans like to hope that Jinxer (and maybe even the Batling {{Mook}}s who accompany him in stealing the Omega Megazord) survive the robot's destruction in the finale.

* FanPreferredCouple: Carter and Dana. Some episodes suggest they are interested in each other and a flashback in "The Last Ranger" reveals the two are dating.

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Ryan. While it's per the course with TheSixthRanger, he is special in that he is the first Ranger to not have a pre-existing Sentai counterpart. He was so popular, that he was near the finals in a Ranger popularity poll, there was a demand for a Titanium [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Ranger Key]], and some have complained that he wasn't going to be in ''Super Megaforce.'' [[note]]Rhett Fisher, Ryan's actor, ''was'' invited at first, but was later uninvited for budget reasons.[[/note]]
** Among the regular Rangers, Chad (TheBigGuy who has some of the better DayInTheLimelight episodes) and Dana (a CombatMedic with more distinct characterization than some of the preceding Pink Rangers) might be the ones with the most fans and the fewest detractors.

** An AlasPoorVillain example comes when Bansheera forces Diabolico to fire a weapon at the Rangers despite Loki being in the way. Not only does this not succeed in destroying the rangers, it kills Loki leaving Diabolico to mourn his fallen friend and swear vengeance against Bansheera. Despite everything he'd done up to that point it's hard to not feel at least a little bad for Diabolico at this point.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ryan. While it's per the course with TheSixthRanger, he is special in that he is the first Ranger to not have a pre-existing Sentai counterpart. He was so popular, that he was near the finals in a Ranger popularity poll, there was a demand for a Titanium [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Ranger Key]], and some have complained that he wasn't going to be in ''Super Megaforce.'' [[note]]Rhett Fisher, Ryan's actor, ''was'' invited at first, but was later uninvited for budget reasons.[[/note]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Queen Bansheera]] is the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queen of the demons]] and by far the worst of their ilk. Bansheera desires to rule the world and recreate her castle and has no care for any of her minions, being one of the [[BadBoss worst bosses]] in the entire franchise. To return to power she callously absorbs her loyal minion Vypra for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing her]]. She later forces her general Diabolico to open fire on his enemies without caring that her most loyal minion Loki, whose only desire has ever been to serve her, is caught in the blast and dies. When he goes against her, Diabolico has his mind forcibly erased to serve as her unwilling pawn. She also shows little regard for her own son Olympius and ordered him abandoned to his fate while laughing. She later has him fight alongside a brainwashed Diabolico, and his death [[LackOfEmpathy provokes no feeling in her whatsoever]]. In the finale, Bansheera attempts to open a gateway to the demon realm allowing all demon-kind to pour out and overwhelm humanity, even attempting to drag Carter Grayson down to the demon realm with her after she fails. Bansheera is one of ''Power Rangers'''s cruelest villains and does her evil for her own selfish ambitions.

* TheScrappy: The large reason why Vypra was so hated was due to Jennifer Yen's [[{{Narm}} notoriously bad acting]], even ''[[UpToEleven worse]]'' than the typical ''PowerRangers'' fare.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Vypra, despite her actress's performance, could have easily been the most interesting villain of the season. The past two seasons had the human looking female villain either reformed (Astronema) or just a more complex character (Trakeena). Vypra... is neither. Her most notable aspect was acting as surrogate mother/big sister to Impus, but that goes away when he becomes Olympius. They could easily made her something else, a seductress, having a thing for one of the rangers or TheStarscream, instead she's just a henchwoman.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The show could have gotten a lot of mileage out of Dana's relationship with her brother and father and how she felt about her father keeping her brother's true fate form her all the way into adulthood.

** Chad had a mermaid for a love interest. Power Rangers was later owned by a [[Creator/{{Disney}} company]] well known for making a [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid movie about a mermaid falling in love with a human]].

** You can't help but feel for Captain Mitchell who was forced to [[SadisticChoice allow his son to be taken by demons or let him fall to his death]]. He never forgave himself for what happened.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: While the PS1 and GBC games based on the show are considered good, the N64 game is considered to be the worst of the 3 versions, with clunky gameplay and seemingly having very little to do with the show itself.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Carter Grayson. As explained in NeverLiveItDown, his preference for using blasters ([[MisBlamed even though he was just following his Sentai counterpart with the footage provided among other reasons]]) and [[DullSurprise having the personality of a wooden board]] were the major reasons why he was originally hated, but over the years he became known as a MemeticBadass thanks to his strong attitude, tough demeanor and all-around Awesomeness, sometimes ''because'' of his use of blasters. He was VindicatedByHistory largely thanks to Creator/Linkara, watching the series with fresh eyes, singling out his best moments in ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers''.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Carter Grayson. As explained in NeverLiveItDown, his preference for using blasters ([[MisBlamed even though he was just following his Sentai counterpart with the footage provided among other reasons]]) and [[DullSurprise having the personality of a wooden board]] were the major reasons why he was originally hated, but over the years he became known as a MemeticBadass thanks to his strong attitude, tough demeanor and all-around Awesomeness, sometimes ''because'' of his use of blasters.

* MoralEventHorizon: Queen Bansheera does truly horrible things. She crosses the line when Olympius, her son, ends up stuck in the local equivalent of Hell; she opts to ''leave him there'' for being useless enough to get stuck there in the first place, and seems to take perverse pleasure in doing it, too.
** And she goes way beyond the point of redemption when she forces Diabolico to attack the Rangers, knowing full well that Loki is in the line of fire, and not batting an eye to his death even though the Rangers survived.

* HoYay: Absolutely obligatory for Carter and Ryan, being the Red and Sixth Rangers.

** On the LesYay side, Kelsey/Nancy (from "Riding the Edge") has long been read this way by fans.

* NeverLiveItDown: No matter how many badass moments Carter had, two things stick out amongst fans: using his blasters and [[DullSurprise his dull personality.]] For the former, this criticism was unfair in "[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Forever Red]]", where the Cogs he faced used blasters as well, and he was smart enough to use his own weapon.