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7	->''"Earth, 2147: The legacy of the Metal Wars, when man fought machine - and machines won.\
8	[=BioDreads=]: Monstrous creations that hunt down human survivors and digitize them.\
9	Volcania: Centre of the [=BioDread=] Empire, stronghold and fortress of Lord Dread, feared ruler of this new order.\
10	But from the fires of the Metal Wars arose a new breed of warrior, born and trained to bring down Lord Dread and his [=BioDread=] Empire. They were Soldiers of the Future, mankind's last hope!\
11	Their leader: Captain Jonathan Power, master of the incredible powersuits which transform each soldier into a one-man attack force!\
12	Major Matthew "Hawk" Masterson, fighter in the sky!\
13	Lieutenant Michael "Tank" Ellis, Ground Assault Unit!\
14	Sergeant Robert "Scout" Baker, Espionage and communications!\
15	And Corporal Jennifer "Pilot" Chase, Tactical Systems Expert!\
16	Together, they form the most powerful fighting force in Earth's history.\
17	Their creed: To protect all life! Their promise: To end Lord Dread's rule!\
18	Their name....[[TitleDrop CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE!]]"''
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20	There were a number of experiments in interactive TV in the late 80s, such as a murder mystery where viewers called in between acts to vote on who would turn out to have dunnit. One of the more radical experiments in interactive television was ''Captain Power And The Soldiers Of The Future''. The story follows the adventures of Captain Jonathan Power and his team of freedom fighters on a post-apocalyptic Earth where civilization has been destroyed by Lord Dread's robotic armies. Fortunately, Captain Power and his team have the ability to transform into armored super-soldiers by touching their power suit's insignia and saying, "[[ByThePowerOfGrayskull Power on.]]"
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22	The show was a relatively early TV example of {{dystopia}}n CyberPunk, and, though ostensibly aimed at children, was so dark and violent many parents complained to Creator/{{Mattel}} about the AnyoneCanDie nature. Creator/JMichaelStraczynski, Larry [=DiTillio=], ''New ComicBook/TeenTitans'' creator and ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' writer Creator/MarvWolfman, veteran novelist and scriptwriter Michael Reaves, and Marc Scott Zicree of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone Companion'' and ''Literature/MagicTime'' fame worked on the show, and ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' creator Creator/SteveGerber was slated to write for the unproduced second season. Mattel pulled the plug on the show after the season one finale, as the producers wanted to go into even more of a DarkerAndEdgier direction which would've thrown off the MerchandiseDriven aspect of the show even further.
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24	The show's main draw was the merchandise interactivity. Captain Power action figures interacted with electronic toys based on the show's transformation booth, fighter jets, and other hardware. These could interact with each other: the jets fired a strobe of light which a receptor on another jet could register as a hit. The toys could also interact with the show itself: various things in the show emitted a strobe effect which would register on the toy. Villains and heroes had strobes that the jets would register as targets, and weapons fire emitted a yellow strobe that would register as a hit (and viewers were gently reminded that hiding the jets behind their backs was cheating). The "power on" sequence would both reset the damage count on a jet and activate the "power on" cycle in the transformation booth toy. At the end of each episode, one of the characters would step through the FourthWall to tell viewers what constituted a good score.
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26	Around the same time as the show's release, three animated videos were released, ''Future Force Training'', ''Bio-Dread Assault'', and ''Raid On Volcania'', which fans could train on between episodes. These featured the viewer as a new recruit, designated "Pilot-1", who received training from the captain himself in piloting the XT-7 fighter and undertook some dangerous missions. These episodes were animated by Creator/{{AIC}}, one of the companies responsible for ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' and many other anime of the late 80's.
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28	The series celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2012 with a long-awaited DVD release. In late 2012, executive producer Gary Goddard announced that a revival of ''Captain Power'' was beginning development under the name ''Phoenix Rising''. Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens have been tapped as showrunners. As of 2022, the reboot is either deep in DevelopmentHell or more likely cancelled, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Goddard#Sexual_assault_allegations with Goddard out of the picture entirely]], and [[https://twitter.com/TVPhoenixRising/status/756195423878995969 the last update being from 2016.]]
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30	It ran in a DramaticHalfHour format.
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32	!!Captain Power and the Tropers of the Future!
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34	* AfterTheEnd: Via RobotWar.
35	* AIIsACrapshoot: Zig-zagged. Overmind became evil after integrating with Lyman Taggart, but Mentor -- who was given the personality and appearance of Stuart Power -- is fatherly and benign.
36	* AirstrikeImpossible:
37	** The ''Franchise/StarWars''-style trench run against the control center for the Icarus Platform.
38	** Also all three of the animated videos, ranging from a mad dash down a gratuitous radioactive tunnel to an assault through Volcania itself.
39	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The finale.
40	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese intro is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZoVHxVOBQQ Furimukeba Danger!]] performed by legendary anime & tokusatsu singer, Creator/MitsukoHorie.
41	* {{Animesque}}: The videos lean heavily on this. A side effect of being animated by AIC and Creator/AnimeR.
42	* AntagonistInMourning: Lord Dread visiting Stuart Power's grave.
43	* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Pilot.]]
44	* ApocalypseHow: The series starts off at Planetary/Societal Collapse, with isolated pockets of civilization still around. Overmind is aiming to convert humans to robots; given the scope and methods of Project New Order, this would be a Planetary/Species Extinction for all (organic) life.
45	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: In one episode, Lord Dread manages to lure Captain Power into a mental battle in cyberspace, complete with a symbolic melee fight and both sides attempting to play on the hidden fears and regrets of the other. [[spoiler:Dread loses.]]
46	* BattleshipRaid: The climactic battle of the second training video.
47	* {{BFG}}: When the team raid Lord Dread's place, everyone except for Tank, switch to bigger laser rifles.
48	* BigBad: Lord Dread and Overmind.
49	* BlackCloak: Part of Lord Dread's outfit, as befitting his villainous nature.
50	* BodyUploading: A bad thing in this setting. Warlord-class [=BioDreads=] are equipped with Digitizers that can reduce a human being to data, which is then stored in the MasterComputer Overmind. Although the process can be reversed, victims tend to [[CameBackWrong be irrevocably changed]] [[MindRape by the experience]].
51	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "Power on!", of course.
52	* CaptainsLog: Like Captain Kirk before him, Captain Power often performs narration in the guise of "database journal" entries.
53	* CaptainSuperhero
54	* ChristmasEpisode: [[WhamEpisode The]] [[DownerEnding worst]] [[KilledOffForReal possible]] [[TearJerker kind]].
55	* ColdBloodedTorture: Lord Dread's forces usually kill or digitize any human survivors that they encounter, but they're not above resorting to torture on humans who have information of value.
56	* ComicBookAdaptation: From Creator/NealAdams' Continuity Comics. It only lasted two issues, however.
57	* CoolShip: The Jumpship, the [=XT=]-7 fighter (attached to the top of the Jumpship), and Lord Dread's Phantom Stryker.
58	* CutShort: The writers had more than enough material for a Season 2, but the executives didn't like the direction the show was going.
59	* CyberPunk: While the overall tone of the series is AfterTheEnd, one of the very few remaining human settlements -- Tech City -- has a heavy 80's cyberpunk vibe.
60	* DarkestHour: ...at which point, the series [[CutShort ends]].
61	* DownerEnding: It counts as this rather than BittersweetEnding because [[spoiler:yes, the heroes managed to stop Lord Dread's Project New Order before the resistance was wiped out... but Pilot is dead, the Powerbase is destroyed, [[TheMole Locke]] is still [[VillainWithGoodPublicity among the resistance]], and [[{{TheBadGuyWins}} Lord Dread is last seen preparing for a cybernetic upgrade to make him even less human, meaning the war is about to get (even) worse.]]]] The show was unfortunately canned before the second season began production because Mattel, ironically, [[ExecutiveMeddling didn't want the show to get any darker than it already was]].
62	* TheDragon: The pterosaur-like Soaron to Lord Dread. At least until Blastarr is created mid-way through the series. Blastarr and Soaron then become CoDragons (and bitter rivals).
63	* DressingAsTheEnemy: Scout's MO is infiltration via a hologram projector that allows him to impersonate someone in Lord Dread's organization. While this works well against Dread's human collaborators and MechaMooks, the vastly more dangerous Bio-Dreads can see right through his hologram.
64	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Pilot's final words for Captain Power.]]
65	* EightiesHair: Freedom One. When she removes her helmet to reveal her impressively voluminous hairstyle, one is tempted to think that Captain Power's father wasn't the only one who developed a way to defy the laws of spatial physics.
66	* EmotionSuppression: The Bio-Dreads teach their human followers that "Emotion is for the weak", and one of Lord Dread's goals (and Overmind's goals for him) is to [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul purge himself of all emotions]]. [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], Soaron and Blastarr are [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots quite emotional]], especially [[TeethClenchedTeamwork when they have to deal with each other]].
67	* EnergyWeapon: Everyone uses them in the future.
68	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Before his transformation into Lord Dread, Lyman Taggart was a close friend of Stuart and Jonathan Power, and clearly retains feelings for them despite all the horrors he has wrought upon them, himself, and the rest of the world. Even now, he has kept a music box that the Power family gave him before the Metal Wars, harbors the idea that Jonathan could still be persuaded to join him deep into the series, and even (after that point is passed) forgoes a golden opportunity to ambush Jonathan to instead visit Stuart's grave. Overmind more than once chides Lord Dread for such "weakness".
69	* EvilPlan: Lord Dread has already conquered much of the world, but he's not done yet. Over the course of the series, he plots to enact Project New Order, which consists of four stages:
70	** Styx: A deadly disease.
71	** Charon: A new army of Bio-Dreads.
72	** Icarus: An orbital weapons platform capable of digitizing people en masse.
73	** Prometheus: A deadly plasma storm to finish off any survivors of the first three stages.
74	* EyeBeams: In addition to his hand blasters, Soaron can fire with his eyes.
75	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Both the Power Team and their enemies use laser guns. Several characters also use firearms, but they [[ImmuneToBullets don't do a thing]] against Bio-Dreads. Consequently, blood is a rare sight in the show.
76	* FingerFirearms: Blastarr has laser guns in each of his fingers, and greatly enjoy blasting things with them, including sometimes gratuitously firing at the scenery. There is a scene where, after testing his weapons this way, he checks out each of his fingers, unscrews one which is malfunctioning and takes a look through the barrel.
77	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the three training videos, there are hundreds of [=BioDreads=] in Soaron and Blastarr's units... [[TheWorfEffect only not quite as durable]] as the real thing. [[ConservationOfNinjitsu In the actual series, only one of each class exists, but they're much, much more fearsome]].
78	* GenderedOutfit: While Pilot's power suit is nowhere near {{Stripperiffic}}, it's still conspicuous that her suit is the only one among the Power Team that doesn't have a helmet, though she does start wearing one towards the end of the series.
79	* GoodColorsEvilColors: Dread's army use purple lasers while the heroes' lasers are blue.
80	* GoingDownWithTheShip: In one episode, Captain Power runs afoul of a paranoid GeneralRipper resistance leader who hides his men and his base from the outside world at all costs -- [[JerkassHasAPoint and not entirely without reason]], as once Lord Dread discovers the group's existence, his forces almost immediately [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs attack and overrun the base]]. The general finally accepts the need for his men to escape into the outside world, but [[FaceDeathWithDignity opts not to join them]].
81	* HealingFactor: The warlord-class [=BioDreads=] can regenerate from any damage, even being [[GoodThingYouCanHeal blown to smithereens]].
82	* HeelFaceTurn: Part of Pilot's backstory, as she began as a member of the Dread Youth before betraying the machines and joining the Power Team.
83	* HitAndRunTactics: The overall MO of the Power Team. For all their powers, they lack the numbers to depose Lord Dread head-on. But with the help of the [[PortalNetwork Jump Gates]], they can strike at vulnerable targets and withdraw to the Powerbase before Dread's forces can corner them.
84	* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Darktown, which isn't merely ruined and "dark", but covered with acid fog as a result of bombing during the Metal Wars. Neither the Power Team nor Dread's robots can tread lightly there.
85	* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Dread Troopers have a really bad aim, including Soaron and Blastarr.
86	* TheJuggernaut:
87	** Blastarr. While neither of the [=BioDread=] warlords are easy to take down, Blastarr is clearly the more resilient of the two.
88	** Tank is a heroic Juggernaut, being the Power Team's toughest member as well as the one most fond of [[ThereWasADoor crashing through walls]].
89	* KilledOffForReal: This particular case is ''loaded'' with tropes: the character took the time to [[FatalFamilyPhoto go through personal effects and mementos from previous adventures]], her relationship with Jon is ''[[ADeathInTheLimelight finally]]'' [[ADeathInTheLimelight put front-and-center]] (but she can't express her true feelings, instead saying "[[CanNotSpitItOut It can wait]]"), she is inadvertently left to HoldTheLine from [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs an enemy invasion]], and she ends up performing a HeroicSacrifice to save the Power Base's sensitive data when all is lost. At least she managed to [[TakingYouWithMe destroy Blastarr]] ([[NighInvulnerability we hope]]) along the way.
90	-->'''Straczynski:''' I've never talked about this before -- said I was in a thoughtful mood -- but I've known several people, friends, who've taken their own lives. In one case, I spoke to her just beforehand. Tried, through the phone lines, to reach her one more time, pull her back from the edge. I couldn't. Years pass. Time comes for me to write the last filmed episode of '''Power'''. Jennifer Chase is going to die, partly of her injuries, partly of her own volition. [[CreatorBreakdown Part of my life went into that scene]], in the way it was constructed, and what was said. And what was not said, what never had the chance to be said, and thus still burns. I knew that, at the crucial moment of that scene, he couldn't be near her, as I wasn't near my friend...it had to be long-distance, hearing but not seeing her, and the terrible pain of arriving too late. I cannot watch that episode without crying. Ever.
91	* KillSat: The Icarus Platform that the Power Team has to destroy before the assault on Volcania.
92	* LegendaryImpostor: One episode involved an impostor of Captain Power who worked for Lord Dread, luring survivors into being digitized by Soaron (and poisoning other survivor groups against the real Captain). True to the usual trope, the real Captain eventually manages to [[ConfrontingYourImposter expose and defeat the impostor]], setting the villain up to be [[HoistByHisOwnPetard digitized by Soaron himself]]. Afterwards, Soaron and Lord Dread realize that they have digitized their own "Captain", but [[YouHaveFailedMe decide they're okay with that]].
93	* LesCollaborateurs: The Dread Youth and Overunits. The former are basically Lord Dread's expy for the Hitler Youth (and despite being human, they worship machines and reject human frailties like emotions), while the latter are humans who lead troops of MechaMooks in service to Lord Dread.
94	* MachineWorship: One sequence shows Lord Dread dictating what seems to be a Holy Bible for his machine empire; his "verses" wouldn't sound even slightly out of place among the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Elsewhere, Lord Dread's speeches to the [[strike: Hitler]] Dread Youth seem near-evangelistic. One of their rank near-religiously praises "the Machine" and practically describes the team's heroic heel-face-turncoat as a heretic.
95	* MartialPacifist: Captain Power has sworn never to take a human life. He will go all out to destroy ''robot'' enemies, but even when he is as angry with another human as we ever see him -- issuing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a LegendaryImpostor who had caused him (and countless other survivors) no small amount of grief -- he manages to stop before outright killing the bastard. The rest of the Power Team are also never seen killing other humans.
96	* MasterComputer: [[AIIsACrapshoot Overmind]], originally designed to stop wars between countries, initiated the Metal Wars against mankind itself.
97	* MechaMooks: The Dread Troopers.
98	* MerchandiseDriven: One of the things that frustrated the writers' attempts to make the show more adult-oriented.
99	* MinionMaracas: After losing a fight with the good guys, Soaron is left helpless as he regenerates. Comes Blastarr wanting to know the location of their enemies. Despite being on the same side, the two robots detest each other and Soaron is defiant because he wants to fight the humans himself. Except Blastarr grabs him by the neck and shakes him violently until Soaron relents and gives him the coordinates.
100	* TheMole:
101	** [[PunnyName Laccki]] is this for Overmind, working in Lord Dread's service. Interestingly, Laccki is a ''terrible'' mole: he lacks anything even vaguely resembling stealth or subtlety, and Dread is suspicious of him from the very moment of his creation. In fact, Laccki is so useless that one suspects his real purpose is not to spy on Dread, but rather to ''remind'' Dread that Overmind doesn't fully trust him.
102	** The resistance itself also has problems with moles, including [[spoiler:Freedom One]] and [[spoiler:Locke]]. In the former case, it is clear that [[spoiler:she]] was in league with Lord Dread from the beginning, but the latter's case is more ambiguous [[spoiler:(especially as Locke [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expresses disgust with himself]] almost immediately after selling out Captain Power to the robots).]]
103	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After defeating [[TheRival Kasko]], Tank reveals that he enjoyed crushing the bastard, but -- as both he and Kasko were trained and augmented for warfare -- he's depressed because that makes them too alike. He snaps out of it when Captain Power reminds him that Kasko fought for revenge, while [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Tank fought to save lives]].
104	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lord Dread.
105	* NintendoHard: The BattleshipRaid and StormingTheCastle sequences in the second and third training videos toss the player into the yellow-strobe equivalent of BulletHell.
106	* NoFourthWall: The series had VHSGame elements that you could play along with using your [[MerchandiseDriven series-specific toy]] that had [[LightGunGame a light gun]] incorporated inside.
107	* NoHoldsBarredContest: When Tank encounters Kasko, a rival genetically-augmented soldier from his past, the latter is so eager for revenge that he takes some hostages in order to force Tank into a duel.
108	* OmnicidalManiac: Overmind.
109	* OneWayVisor: Both the enemy MechaMooks and the heroes' PoweredArmor have these.
110	* OpeningNarration: Every episode starts with the narration mentioned at the top of this page.
111	* PimpedOutDress: A resistance fighter who was Hawk's OldFlame attempts this in one episode where the two end up hiding out together. The dress is actually quite plain by the standards of TheEighties (much less now), but Hawk has lived in a ruined world for so many years that he still remarks that it's the most beautiful thing he's seen in a long time.
112	* PortalNetwork: The Jump Gates, which the Power Team uses to get around the continent. While for most of the series, this is how the team was able to perpetrate hit-and-run attacks against the Biodread Empire so effectively, it ultimately became their own undoing when Lord Dread acquired the network's access frequency.
113	* PoweredArmor: The Power Suits, which all feature powerful weapons and protect their users from any damage (at least until their power runs out).
114	* PrecisionFStrike: Precision "D" Strike: Actually occurs in one episode. There's also a Precision "H" Strike in another.
115	* PunnyName:
116	** Captain Power's headquarters and stronghold is called the ''[[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/power+base Powerbase.]]''
117	** The biological androids --biodroids-- under Lord Dread's command? Bio''dreads''.
118	* PuttingOnTheReich: Dread's Human goons have very Nazi-esque uniforms. Interestingly, the actor playing Taggart/Dread also looks frightening similar to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, sans the iconic mustache.
119	* TheRemnant: One resistance group Captain Power encounters is a military unit who have been hiding in their base with their GeneralRipper leader for so long, they don't even know that the RobotWar is over and human civilization has ceased to exist. True to form, the general instantly assumes Captain Power (and Hawk) are enemies, resists all their attempts to explain what's really going on, and tries to execute them.
120	* LaResistance: The Power Team, along with assorted other human resistance groups -- allied or [[WeAreStrugglingTogether otherwise]].
121	* TheRival:
122	** As [[CoDragons co-dragons]] to Lord Dread, Soaron and Blastarr do ''not'' like each other.
123	** In one episode, Tank encounters Kasko, a rival soldier from his past. Like Tank, Kasko is a product of the "Babylon 5" genetic augmentation program. ''Unlike'' Tank, Kasko is a psychopath and LargeHam.
124	* RobotWar: The Metal Wars, which serve as the backstory for the series. The present is [[AfterTheEnd the "legacy" of this conflict, after the machines have triumphed over humanity]].
125	* SerkisFolk: Soaron and Blastarr.
126	* ShoutOut: To ''Franchise/StarWars'''s Trench Run during the assault on Volcania. The ending credits recycle this scene, presumably to allow kids to interact with it with the toys.
127	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Pilot was the only female member of the team. Interestingly enough, she -- [[BlackGuyDiesFirst rather than Scout]] -- was the first (and only) team member [[MenAreTheExpendableGender to get killed off.]]
128	* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Lampshaded in an episode where Captain Power meets and works with another resistance leader. She's surprised to learn that his last name actually ''is'' "Power".
129	* StormingTheCastle: The Soldiers of the Future must storm Volcania to stop Project New Order.
130	* TakingYouWithMe: Part of a HeroicSacrifice.
131	-->'''Blastarr:''' Surrender, by order of Lord Dread.\
132	'''Pilot:''' Go to hell. ''[pushes self-destruct button of the Power Base reactor]''
133	%%* TechnologyPorn: Oh, yeah.
134	* ThereWasADoor: Tank, the Power Team's strongest member, has a habit of charging through walls, either to open an escape for the team or (more often) to [[DynamicEntry surprise enemies]].
135	%%* TitleScream
136	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In one episode, Captain Power encounters a woman who was blinded at the onset of the Metal Wars (and the downfall of civilization). When her sight is restored, the woman rushes to a window to see the city again, which she remembers as being beautiful at night. The Captain doesn't say anything, but hangs his head as she rushes to discover that ''everything was ruined long ago''.
137	%%* TransformationSequence: Power on!
138	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: As noted below, Dread is convinced he is justified in converting everyone into robots and/or digitally converting them into data, because he believes he is making them immortal. When called out on his atrocities, he defends his actions: "[[IDidWhatIHadToDo It will be worth it!]]"
139	* VitriolicBestBuds: Matthew "Hawk" Masterson and Michael "Tank" Ellis are constantly sniping at each other, teasing each other, but they also have an unbreakable friendship.
140	* VHSGame: Toys, designed to [[LightGunGame interact with the cartoon]], would be able to keep track of your hits and misses during certain segments. Due to being [[ShortRunners cut short]], Creator/{{Mattel}} produced additional Platform/{{VCR}} tapes to use with the toys.
141	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Power Team aren't the only ones resisting Lord Dread, but the other resistance groups are often [[HumansAreBastards all too human themselves]]. More than once, Captain Power has encountered survivors who are so paranoid, arrogant, or insane that they're almost as much a threat to ''him'' as Lord Dread's forces are.
142	* WellIntentionedExtremist:
143	** Lyman Taggart sincerely thought that humanity would be improved by becoming [[AssimilationPlot cybernetic]]. After becoming [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Dread]], though...
144	** The whole idea behind Overmind in the first place was as a computer with which Taggart and Power could take control of all the world's military robots, in order to end the years of stalemated warfare that had followed from the development of robotic soldiers.
145	* WhatNowEnding: The fate of the Power Team after the series finale. [[spoiler: Well, except [[KilledOffForReal Pilot]].]]
146	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: "The Summoning of Thunder", a DeathByOriginStory for Stuart Power, and StartOfDarkness for Lord Dread.

Context Series / CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture