History YMMV / PowerRangersMegaforce

** During the final of ''Megaforce'', the episode ends with Vrak seemingly disappearing, and Metal Alice and the Messenger being the last villains from that season the rangers defeat. It should've instead ended with the Rangers fighting Vrak one last time, and sacrificing their powers to destroy him - not only would this justify them getting new morphers in-universe, but it would've also meant that the show wouldn't have to go back to ''Goseiger'' footage in the second half of ''Super Megaforce'' to resolve his fate. And if they ''really'' had to keep Vrak around for whatever reason, he should've instead morphed into Basco Ta Joloka (either his monster form or his human form) - not only would this also let them stick with ''Gokaiger'' footage (and use examples such as the Sixth Ranger keys coming to life as mentioned above), but it would've allowed them to use the much more impressive final fight between Marvelous and Basco to show Vrak's defeat, as opposed to the less interesting finale of ''Goseiger''.

** A very minor one: the ''Super Megaforce'' opening features a scene where the helmets of many past rangers are shown rapidly on screen until at it stops on the five Super Megaforce helmets. If one looks carefully, the [[Series/PowerRangersSPD SPD Red Ranger]] helmet haves a weird dotted pattern on both the mouthplate and the V-shaped emblem on the forehead above the visor. This happened because they based the CG render on the helmet from the SPD Red Ranger suit used at Walt Disney World parks in the early 2000's, which had [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/10152427@N08/4308477384/ visible breathing holes all over it]].

* UnfortunateImplications: [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleThirteen Sundai Love]], an actress trying out for Power Rangers [[http://racebending.tumblr.com/post/27466085749/an-actress-on-twitter-writes-i-didnt says she was told that they couldn't cast her in the show]], since they [[TokenMinority already cast a black actor]]. They did end up [[HilariousInHindsight casting a black girl]] as the Pink Ranger [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge next team]] and another as the White Ranger in the [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel team after that]].

** Vrak. Many fans will agree he's the best villain in the eeries, if not the best character altogether. He doesn't have the annoying gragly voice the other villains have, he's the perfect archenemy to the rangers in that he's the most active and had caused them the most damage (like killing Robo Knight), and in terms of the rest of the villains in the season, he's compotent and not plagued by terrible writing. The writers were careful with him and fans have acknowledged that.

** Vrak. Many fans will agree he's the best villain in the eeries, if not the best character altogether. He doesn't have the annoying gragly voice the other villains have, he's the perfect archenemy to the rangers in that he's the most active and had caused them the most damage (like killing Robo Knight), and in terms of the rest of the villains in the season, he's compotent and not plagued by terrible writing. The writers were careful with him and fans have acknowledged that. * BetterThanCanon: Like with ''Samurai'', fanfiction novelizations have gotten better reception than the actual seasons--in particular, the works of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2270225/Darien-Fawkes Darian Fawkes]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/845890/Lily-Hanson Lily Hanson]] have been seen as far superior to the show.

* BetterThanCanon: Like with ''Samurai'', fanfiction novelizations have gotten better reception than the actual seasons--in particular, the works of [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2270225/Darien-Fawkes Darian Fawkes]] and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/845890/Lily-Hanson Lily Hanson]] have been seen as far superior to the show.

** During the ''Super Megaforce'' filming, reports started coming in for many former Rangers ''not'' appearing, plaa[[http://www.tokunation.com/showthread.php?t=44462 for various reasons]]. A Q&A session with Austin St. John (Jason of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'') revealed he was invited for the finale, but declined saying that what he was being offered "wasn't worth the price of a plane ticket". However, he clarified that it was less because of ego and more out of self-respect. While some fans were absolutely furious--some of the complaints bordering on ridiculous and [[MisBlamed mis-blame]]--others seemed to give Saban Brands the benefit of the doubt and reserved judgement on the finished product and even pointed out how some fans were blowing things out of proportion.

* [[OverarchingVillain Vrak]] is the youngest son of Emperor Mavro and also the most dangerous enemy of the Megaforce Rangers. Starting off as second-in-command to Admiral Malkor, Vrak was the EvilGenius who came up with plans to take over the Earth. His plans involved sending a virus that turned humans into their minions and [[Recap/PowerRangersMegaforceS1EP6HarmonyAndDizcord using a monster's music abilities]] to potentially kill many humans on the planet at once. He also frequently [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] his allies to achieve his goals, leading to their deaths. When Malkor is defeated and Vrak is killed in the destruction of their spaceship, his robot servant Metal Alice finds him and brings him back as a cyborg, and later sacrifices herself to save his life from an attack from the Rangers, Vrak in response "[[UngratefulBastard thanks]]" her by [[KickTheDog telling her he never cared for her]], before leaving her to die. He resurfaces in "[[Recap/PowerRangersSuperMegaforceS2EP16VrakIsBackPart1 Vrak Is Back]]" after his older brother, Prince Vekar is defeated, cruelly mocking him for his death. Having kidnapped Robo Knight and Orion, he drained the life force of the latter, forcibly reprogramming the former to attack his former friends while constructing drills that burrow into the Earth's core to destroy the planet. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking empathy]] for both allies and enemies alike, Vrak is one of the franchise's cruelest aliens to invade the Earth.

* CompleteMonster: [[OverarchingVillain Vrak]] is the youngest son of [[BigBad Emperor Mavro]] and also one of the most dangerous enemies of the Megaforce Rangers. Starting off as second-in-command to Admiral Malkor, Vrak was the EvilGenius who came up with plans to take over the Earth. His plans involved sending a virus that turned humans into their minions and [[Recap/PowerRangersMegaforceS1EP6HarmonyAndDizcord using a monster's music abilities]] to potentially kill many humans on the planet at once. He also frequently [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] his allies to achieve his goals, leading to their deaths. When Malkor is defeated and Vrak is killed in the destruction of their spaceship, his robot servant Metal Alice finds him and brings him back as a cyborg, and later sacrifices herself to save his life from an attack from the Rangers, Vrak in response "[[UngratefulBastard thanks]]" her by [[YouHaveFailedMe berating her for her failure]], before leaving her to die. He resurfaces in "[[Recap/PowerRangersSuperMegaforceS2EP16VrakIsBackPart1 Vrak Is Back]]" after his older brother, Prince Vekar is defeated, cruelly mocking him for his death. Having kidnapped Robo Knight and Orion, he drained the life force of the latter to empower himself [[DirtyCoward and disable the Rangers' Super Mode]], forcibly reprogramming the former to attack his former friends while constructing drills that burrow into the Earth's core to destroy the planet. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking empathy]] for both allies and enemies alike, Vrak is one of the franchise's cruelest aliens to invade the Earth.

* CompleteMonster: [[OverarchingVillain Vrak]] is the youngest son of [[BigBad Emperor Mavro]] and also one of the most dangerous enemies of the Megaforce Rangers. Starting off as second-in-command to Admiral Malkor (who he secretly tries to usurp), Vrak was the EvilGenius who came up with plans to take over the Earth. His plans involved sending a virus that turned humans into their minions and [[Recap/PowerRangersMegaforceS1EP6HarmonyAndDizcord using a monster's music abilities]] to potentially kill many humans on the planet at once. He also frequently [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] his allies to achieve his goals, leading to their deaths. When Malkor is defeated and Vrak is killed in the destruction of their spaceship, his robot servant Metal Alice finds him and brings him back as a cyborg, and later sacrifices herself to save his life from an attack from the Rangers, Vrak in response "[[UngratefulBastard thanks]]" her by [[YouHaveFailedMe berating her for her failure]], before leaving her to die. He resurfaces in "[[Recap/PowerRangersSuperMegaforceS2EP16VrakIsBackPart1 Vrak Is Back]]" after his older brother, Prince Vekar is defeated, cruelly mocking him for his death. Having kidnapped Robo Knight and Orion, he drained the life force of the latter to empower himself [[DirtyCoward and disable the Rangers' Super Mode]], forcibly reprogramming the former to attack his former friends while constructing drills that burrow into the Earth's core to destroy the planet. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking empathy]] for both allies and enemies alike, Vrak is one of the franchise's cruelest aliens to invade the Earth.

** In ''Gokaiger'' episode 2, the all-Red morph included Gosei Red (AKA Megaforce Red); when this scene occurs in ''Super Megaforce'' episode 1, Saban used mediocre green screening to replace it with the ''Operation Overdrive'' Red Ranger.

** In ''Gokaiger'' episode 2, the all-Red morph included Gosei Red (AKA Megaforce Red); when this scene occurs in ''Super Megaforce'' episode 1, Saban used mediocre green screening to swap in Operation Overdrive's Red Ranger.
** In Super Megaforce episode, [[spoiler: While the special effects artists and editors tried to use original footage with Gosei Ultimate in orer to blast the drill, Gosei Ultimate is way too small in proportion to the drill.]]

* SpoiledByTheFormat: It was pretty obvious Metal Alice would survive her fight with Robot Knight, mainly for the sole reason that she didn't explode as she fell to the ground.

* FanPreferredCouple: There is quite a large vocal section of the fandom that enjoys putting Troy and Gia together as a couple.

* MagnificentBastard: Vrak promotes himself to this trope when he [[spoiler:returns in Super Megaforce]] by ''defying'' SoLastSeason, playing the Rangers like pawns, and doing half his sabotages of the Rangers ''before they even realize he's back''. He even makes the Rangers do his dirty work by placing the last two drills in two of his monsters.

** Episode 2 of ''Super Megaforce'' reveals that they can now morph into the Dairanger suits, with the only explanation being that they're from an alien planet. Many fans call this lazy, some are okay with it, and a few are glad that the Dairanger suits are being used. Three episodes later we're treated to the [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman PinkFlash]] and [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman YellowMask]] outfits, without so much as a HandWave, probably hoping viewers would just remember the "never seen on this planet" spiel. Some fans can excuse the ''Dairanger'' suits on the grounds that said season was ''technically'' adapted into season 2 of ''Mighty Morphin'', but it's not a universal opinion, but the same can't be said for the other "New Powers".

*** Orion - his ''Gokaiger'' counterpart, Gai, is a very hyperactive Sentai fanboy who was always energetic, whereas Orion's personality would be more akin to that of Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue[[note]]ironically, of the core team, Joe is the only one who Orion's backstory ''doesn't'' have elements of[[/note]]. There's also the fact that Orion is taller than Gai, and due to the inexplicable decision not to film any original footage whenever Orion uses Super Megaforce Gold, whenever Orion uses the aforementioned powerup, he will inexplicably shrink about a foot.

** During the final of ''Megaforce'', the episode ends with Vrak seemingly disappearing, and Metal Alice and the Messenger being the last villains from that season the rangers defeat. It should've instead ended with the Rangers fighting Vrak one last time, and sacrificing their powers to destroy him - not only would this justify them getting new morphers in-universe, but it would've also meant that the show wouldn't have to go back to ''Goseiger'' footage in the second half of ''Super Megaforce'' to resolve his fate.

* SeasonalRot: While people agree that Megaforce was passable, ''Super Megaforce'' was where things started to fall apart.

* SnarkBait: Although this trope is actually one of the reasons for people to keep watching after growing out of the target demographic, this show in particular is a prime target for this trope, simply because of just how many missed opportunities there were, the Red Ranger being the biggest StaticCharacter in the franchise, and the amount of {{Narm}} in comparison to other seasons.

* UnfortunateImplications: [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleThirteen Sundai Love]], an actress trying out for Power Rangers [[http://racebending.tumblr.com/post/27466085749/an-actress-on-twitter-writes-i-didnt says she was told that they couldn't cast her in the show]], since they [[TokenMinority already cast a black actor]]. They did end up [[HilariousInHindsight casting a black girl]] as the Pink Ranger [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge next season]].

* MisBlamed: Nick is responsible for the 20-episode quota per year ''and'' huge summer hiatus, not Saban.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-kC4TorDg4 Some footage]] of the ''Megaforce'' version of the Legend War has been released... with Saban and the producers doing their damndest to not show ANY of the pre-''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' teams (and arguably [[StockFootageFailure not doing a particularly good job of it]]). Some fans are NOT happy about that. Others think the footage was extremely well cut, in that the only way you would notice the pre-''Zyuranger'' teams at all is if you were specifically looking for them.
** During the ''Super Megaforce'' filming, reports started coming in for many former Rangers ''not'' appearing, [[http://www.tokunation.com/showthread.php?t=44462 for various reasons]]. A Q&A session with Austin St. John (Jason of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'') revealed he was invited for the finale, but declined saying that what he was being offered "wasn't worth the price of a plane ticket". However, he clarified that it was less because of ego and more out of self-respect. While some fans were absolutely furious--some of the complaints bordering on ridiculous and [[MisBlamed mis-blame]]--others seemed to give Saban Brands the benefit of the doubt and reserved judgement on the finished product and even pointed out how some fans were blowing things out of proportion.

** The reason for why Goseiger and Gokaiger were adapted in the same season is because Saban was explicitly told not to skip Goseiger due to ExecutiveMeddling. Cut to a couple of years later and revel in the irony of ''Go-Busters'' being (initially) skipped over for ''Kyoryuger'', skipping over [=ToQger=] for Ninninger, and both ''Zyuohger'' and ''Kyuranger'' being (possibly) initially skipped for ''Go-Busters''.

* CreatorsPet: A variant - not a character, per say, but an episode; according to [[http://awwman.com/nps/main/2015/05/episode-191-interview-with-ciara-hanna/ a podcast interview]] with Ciara Hanna (Gia's actress), the Filler episode where Tensou was wandering around the city was "Tzachor's Baby" and had the most effort put into it, a stark contrast to the approach of CreatorsApathy that otherwise was usually taken in regards to the show.

** Despite ''Megaforce'' clearly trying to harken back to the ''Mighty Morphin'' days, there is not an episode that takes place in Angel Grove.

** Prior to ''Megaforce'' being announced, many fans were expecting that ''Goseiger'' would be skipped.
** Jake's crush on Gia can be this for those who watched ''Goseiger'', wherein Agri and Moune were ''siblings''.[[note]]This isn't the first time this has happened - [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Carter and Dana's]] sentai counterparts were related as well, although [[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV in that case]], the entire team was a family; if Gia had been the Pink Ranger or if it had been Emma that Jake had a crush on, this would have been averted[[/note]].
** In [[http://instagram.com/p/wsu-fOkVTF/ this]] photo of the cast's christmas party, Andrew Gray and Azim Rizk (who played the red ranger and green ranger respectively) can be seen switching their attire's color with each other's, and this was posted on Cameron Jebo's (who played the silver ranger) Instagram. In ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger]]'', the silver ranger created a new ranger key dubbed Gokai Christmas by simply combining the red and green ranger's keys.
** Orion's time alone before he found the armada ship involved him [[{{Series/Arrow}} training on a beach for a very long time, growing increasingly shaggy, and even becoming a crack shot (with a catapult, but still).]]

* The episode “Vrak is Back” has an apocalypse scenario where the hero’s power-copying gimmick and super mode are cut off. 5 years later, Series/KamenRiderZiO did the same thing during its endgame.

** In ''Super Megaforce'', the SixthRanger is named Orion. Fans started snarking that the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]] connections made themselves. (A plot device in ''Galaxy'' was the Lights of Orion.

* MoralEventHorizon:
** Vrak crosses it by [[spoiler:kidnapping Orion and draining his life force to reprogram the kidnapped Robo Knight so he can attack the Rangers]].
*** He even talks smack about his own brother, to the chagrin of the Rangers.
** Vekar and the Armada cross this two episodes in by [[spoiler:attempting to bomb ''every single major city on Earth''. [[FridgeHorror Just imagine what the body count would've been for a second...]]]]
** It goes even further when we learn that they successfully wiped out Orion's home planet. When Orion confronts Prince Vekar about it, [[KickTheDog he asks him]] if [[ButForMeItWasTuesday he wants his autograph]].
** Emperor Mavro crosses it to the point of irredeemable territory by sending all of his forces to Earth to try and destroy it.
*** If that's not enough, he sure cemented it by ignoring Levira's pleas to enlarge her when she's on the verge of destruction.

** The aforementioned "Powers Never Before Seen on Earth". Prior to the episode they appeared in, there was ''no'' hint that they were going to appear. The keys shown in Gosei's chamber didn't show any Sentai-exclusive teams. The ''Dairanger'' suits can at least be excused on the grounds that the season they come from was technically adapted[[note]]the core 5 didn't appear in season 2 of ''Mighty Morphin'', but said season did use other elements of ''Dairanger''[[/note]], but the other teams? Yeah, no.

** The "New Powers" thing could have been a great way to flesh out the Power Rangers universe. We know from the first series that there were teams BEFORE the original group, other planets have their own Ranger Teams, and Andros makes a clear distinction between a planetary Ranger team and one acting in space implying space fairing Ranger teams not tied to any specific planet exist, so it would've been a great time to flesh them out and actually show that. But they're never explained, barely even getting ''names''. And half the time when they ''do'' get names, they're completely inconsistent (with "Blitz" being used for both the Maskman AND Changeman suits, the latter itself initially being referred to as "Legendary Dragon", and the Maskman suits later referred to as "Lightning").

* ValuesDissonance: An unintentional example due to the show being such a blatant CutAndPasteTranslation. Episode 17 of ''Megaforce'' has Metal Alice blow up a train bridge to hijack a train, only telling the rangers that she'll disrupt transportation. Compared to Japan and Europe, the majority of trains in the US are used for transporting industrial needs, meaning that what would be a major blow to transportation in either of the former 2 areas would, at most, be a mild annoyance to the people whose route was hijacked in the US. Even the episode itself somewhat lampshades this, since not only do the rangers check airports or harbors before train stations[=/=]bridges, the plot is resolved by the halfway point.

* CompleteMonster: [[OverarchingVillain Vrak]] is the youngest son of Emperor Mavro and also the most dangerous enemy of the Megaforce Rangers. Starting off as second-in-command to Admiral Malkor (who he secretly tries to usurp), Vrak was the EvilGenius who came up with plans to take over the Earth. His plans involved sending a virus that turned humans into their minions and [[Recap/PowerRangersMegaforceS1EP6HarmonyAndDizcord using a monster's music abilities]] to potentially kill many humans on the planet at once. He also frequently [[ManipulativeBastard manipulated]] his allies to achieve his goals, leading to their deaths. When Malkor is defeated and Vrak is killed in the destruction of their spaceship, his robot servant Metal Alice finds him and brings him back as a cyborg, and later sacrifices herself to save his life from an attack from the Rangers, Vrak in response "[[UngratefulBastard thanks]]" her by [[YouHaveFailedMe berating her for her failure]], before leaving her to die. He resurfaces in "[[Recap/PowerRangersSuperMegaforceS2EP16VrakIsBackPart1 Vrak Is Back]]" after his older brother, Prince Vekar is defeated, cruelly mocking him for his death. Having kidnapped Robo Knight and Orion, he drained the life force of the latter, forcibly reprogramming the former to attack his former friends while constructing drills that burrow into the Earth's core to destroy the planet. [[LackOfEmpathy Lacking empathy]] for both allies and enemies alike, Vrak is one of the franchise's cruelest aliens to invade the Earth

** Vrak was the most well-received villain of the series for his competence and fairly well thought out plans. The fact that he achieved more than Malkor ever did, and posed more of a threat than Vekar, certainly helped.