Line #4 Fridge/PowerRangersTurbo


1	!! FridgeBrilliance
2	* In an early episode after Zordon leaves, the Rangers (sans Tommy) are captured and apparently have their powers stolen from them to create the [[PsychoRangers Shadow Rangers]]. Tommy goes to Dimitria for help, but instead is forced to solve the problem himself with Dimtria only asking questions they already both know the answer to, yet still leading him in the right direction. This shows that Tommy and by extension the other veteran Rangers, no longer need a mentor to help them solve problems, but they can do it themselves instead. This set the stage for Tommy to become the mentor (albeit years later) in ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]''. Not surprisingly, the episode was written by Judd Lynn, who was responsible for the series GrowingTheBeard.
3	* Divatox's initial motivation is to avenge Maligore by killing the rangers, so it seems weird at first when she continues to attack the rangers after the cast change, since four of the five responsible for Maligore's death aren't even rangers anymore. Then you remember that she sees the Millennium Message shortly before the changeover occurs: she sees that this new team will stand in the way of the United Alliance of Evil's conquest, so her priority shifts to eliminating this threat.
4	* While Rita, Zedd, and the Machine Empire knew where the Command Center/Power Chamber was, they never tried a full scale attack. Divatox didn't know about the location of the Power Chamber and once she did she unleashed her entire army on it. One thing that is certainly different from the conditions was that Zordon had controlled the base during MM and Zeo, and he is an extremely powerful being, who could defend it from outside forces most of the time (we see what happens to all that power when his containment tube is shattered). However by Turbo, Zordon has left and Dimitria took command so she might not be as powerful as Zordon. Therefore, Divatox not feeling threatened by Dimitria, was willing to risk a full-scale assault with her army (and it was a bonus for Divatox that Dimitria left just before the assault). The fact that both Megazords were destroyed shortly before was definitely a big motivator, as the Chamber's defenses were even lower due to the lack of Zords.
5	* How was the dark future described by the Millennium Message averted, when the message was so damaged that no useful information was passed? Because of the messenger's presence. Without Blue Centurion, Rangers would have been killed by Divatox at some point, so even if veteran Rangers were recalled to save Earth from Divatox, no Rangers team could have continued the fight in space.
6	* During the attack on the Power Chamber only a few Piranhatrons at a time engage the Rangers... Because the main goal wasn't their death but the destruction of the Power Chamber: ''the bombs'' were supposed to kill the Rangers, their job was to distract the Rangers while Elgar planted them, and for that only a few at a time were needed to actually fight them and keep them out of the way - if they actually lucked out and killed one or more of the Rangers, it was just a bonus.
7	** Adding to that is how well-prepared the attack was: when the Rangers confront the Piranhatrons the mooks are instructed to use their numbers to ''keep the Rangers busy'' while some try and just waltz in the Power Chamber (any Ranger getting killed at this point of the fight would have been a bonus); Lightning Bruiser and Storm Blaster foil the attempt to sneak in, but the Piranhatrons just whip out nets and capture them; when the Rangers are forced to run back in the Power Chamber and lock the outer gate, the shields have mysteriously vanished; as for the gate, the Piranhatrons don't waste time trying to breach it with their hammers, as they have brought a battering ram to break it down efficiently (it takes them less than two minutes) and climbing ropes to get on the roof and enter by breaching it, allowing them to attack from multiple directions bypassing the gates of the inside command center... And play distraction while Elgar walks in, spots Dimitria's empty tube and smashes it to make sure that no matter what she won't be able to come to the rescue, plants the bombs, sends out a smoke signal, and runs out with seconds to spare.
8	** Another goal of the Piranhatrons during the fight in the Power Chamber was to make sure they couldn't teleport out before the bombs exploded... Thus the ones who weren't engaging the Rangers smashed everything they could find, starting from the console that controlled the teleportation equipment. Elgar's failure to confirm the Rangers were inside when the bombs detonated push Divatox to look for the bodies, as she knows better than [[NeverFoundTheBody just assume they were dead without evidence]].

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