History YMMV / PowerRangersZEO

** "The power is gone... (TV shuts down)". [[labelnote:explanation]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KQMmJjcqrI The first promo]] of the series shows the scene of the command center being destroyed followed by the MMPR exploding and a TV shutting down effect while the narrator says "The power is gone". Right after that, a sneak preview for Zeo is announced but it is a common joke in the PR fandom to share the clip on social media with the last part edited out.[[/labelnote]]

** At one point in 2018, a Franchise/KamenRider name was confirmed. What is that rider's name, you ask? [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]]. [[note]] It might not be pronounced the same way, but the name is close enough to draw parrallels. [[/note]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Red Battlezord. Awesome as it is and also having its own finisher to boot, it can go berserk if the pilot (Tommy in this case) does not have a clear mind.

** David Yost has lamented that him being gay effectively disqualified him from being the Gold Ranger. 24 years later, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' would officially introduce the first LGBTQ ranger.

* {{Woolseyism}}: In ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'', King Ranger is officially considered a Black Ranger (his Ranger Key triggers lights in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger's]]'' toys dedicated to Black Rangers) and his main suit IS black. However, considering the [[BlingBlingBang sheer amount of gold on his suit and his gear]], so much so that his weapon and Zord are more gold than they are black, it made complete sense to just rename him as the Gold Ranger, [[GoldColoredSuperiority which sounds cooler anyway]] and continued the trend of the SixthRanger color being something unique up to that point (they continued with alternative colors like Phantom Ranger, Silver Ranger and Titanium Ranger; it wasn't until Ninja Storm when they had a Green Sixth Ranger that a color was reused).

** The ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' episode "Dimensions in Danger", strongly puts this back on the table. Tommy is shown as having a son and while the mother is never explicitly named, he and Kat are shown holding hands when returning to their home dimension at the end.

** The flash-forward scene "A Season to Remember", which depicts Tommy and Katherine as an elderly couple becomes this due to Tommy's actor Jason David Frank's tragic death in 2022 at age 49.

* GameBreaker: The Zeo Ultrazord. Exactly ONE monster ever managed to put up a fight against it.
** The Super Zeo Megazord also qualifies, as it was incredibly rare that a monster held its own against this mammoth Megazord, which stood almost twice as tall as a giant monster. Even the series BigBad King Mondo fell to it. He got better afterwards, but still.

** David Yost has lamented that him being gay effectively disqualified him from being the Gold Ranger. 24 years later, [[Series/PowerRangersDinoFury]] would officially introduce the first LGBTQ ranger.

* {{Narm}}: The Rangers' reactions to Jason's return become this when you remember that Katherine and Tanya never met him, while Rocky and Adam shared almost no screentime with him.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Gold Rangers. Trey for being a MysteriousProtector with [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct a really solid vocal performance]] courtesy of Creator/BradHawkins, and Jason for being the fan-favourite original Red Ranger with an awesome new power set.

* BadassDecay: In MMPR, Rocky was portrayed as a serious, competent martial artist and Ranger, and was something of an AcademicAthlete. In Zeo, his comedic traits are extremely [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]], [[TookALevelInDumbass he loses several IQ points]] and infamously gets his ass handed to him by King Mondo when he tries to take him on alone. Rocky's demotion reaches its nadir in ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'' where he botches a martial arts move and injures himself while training for a tournament, making him the first Ranger in history to retire due to an injury and one that didn't even occur in battle to boot.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The episode ''Trust in Me'' shows that CondescendingCompassion can be really offending to people with disabilities and that many of them can lead perfectly normal lives. In the episode, Rocky accidentally treats a blind woman with CondescendingCompassion, despite her being competent enough to defeat multiple opponents in a karate demonstration. Understandably, the woman is annoyed and gives Rocky the cold shoulder. After a lecture from Katherine, Rocky realizes his mistake and apologizes to the woman. Like many who exhibit the trope, Rocky was seemingly unaware that he was doing it until it was pointed out to him.

* HarsherInHindsight: Billy's send-off, once you find out the harassment David Yost had to put up with behind the scenes of the show. The whole "aged Billy" concept where he's played by an older actor was because Yost had enough, walked off the set, and never came back.

* BadassDecay: In MMPR, Rocky was portrayed as a serious and competent martial artist and Ranger was something of an AcademicAthlete. In Zeo, his comedic traits are extremely [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]], [[TookALevelInDumbass he takes numerous levels in dumbass]] and infamously gets his ass handed to him by King Mondo when he tries to take him on alone. Rocky's demotion reaches its nadir in ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'' where he botches a martial arts move and injures himself while training for a tournament.

** Rita and Zedd being ousted as villains could have been used to have them form an EnemyMine situation with the Rangers throughout the season. But aside from one or two times where they help the Rangers, this never happens.
** Ninjor disappears with a brief HandWave. Given that Saban had the costume to film their own footage, there was no reason he couldn't have been kept on board as a mentor or recurring character.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: "For Crying Out Loud" has Tommy taking care of a baby for a school project and shows that he is incredibly out of his depth. ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' reveals Tommy now has a child of his own and is for all intents and purposes a great dad.

* HeartwaringInHindsight: "For Crying Out Loud" has Tommy taking care of a baby for a school project and shows that he is incredibly out of his depth. ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' reveals Tommy now has a child of his own and is for all intents and purposes a great dad.