Line #223 Series/PowerRangersInSpace


1	! Spoilers for all ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' entries preceding this one, particularly ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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4	[[caption-width-right:350: ''5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Rangers [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]!'']]
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6	->''"Let's Rocket!"''
7	-->--'''[[{{Invocation}} Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers in Space''
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9	AKA "The one that saved the Power Rangers franchise" or "[[{{Expy}} Power Rangers:]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]".
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11	''Power Rangers in Space'' is the sixth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', [[{{Frankenslation}} adapted from]] ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger''. It is also the direct SequelSeries to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''.
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13	Managing to save the series from cancellation, this is frequently cited as one of the best, if not ''the'' best, seasons of the franchise. For the first time, the series introduced a heavily serialized plot that built from episode to episode, featuring strong themes, characterizations, and coming to an epic climax that gives a degree of finality to the previous six seasons. It also eschewed the BlackAndWhiteMorality that was prominent in previous seasons by featuring sympathetic villains, and also includes three reunion episodes and plenty of cameos that kept the continuity extremely tight.
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15	After being defeated by Divatox's forces, the Power Rangers lose their Turbo powers. However, following one of the contingency plans set down by Zordon before his capture, the Rangers make their way into space and (by chance) meet up with Andros, a lone Red Ranger determined to stop the U.A.E and rescue his missing sister, Karone. The former Rangers convince him of their worth and join forces with him as four new-coming members for his Ranger team.
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17	Standing against them is Astronema, a DarkActionGirl agent of the U.A.E. sent to Earth to finish the job that Divatox started. With her is her NobleDemon [[TheDragon second-in-command]] Ecliptor, the [[TropeNamer titular]] [[{{Doppelganger}} doppelganger]] PsychoRangers and CardCarryingVillain Darkonda. Meanwhile, the supreme leader of the U.A.E. and BigBad of the ''Power Rangers'' universe, Dark Specter, is plotting to siphon Zordon's power to stage his final conquest on the galaxy, making it a race against time to rescue him before the universe is doomed.
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19	The season ended with a blow-out finale for the entire "Zordon era" of the franchise, producing what remains on the sheer scale the biggest finale in PR history. This effectively wiped the slate clean for ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', as the staff and viewers went on to a new adventure that (for the most part) was unrelated to the events of the prior series.[[labelnote:note (contains spoilers)]]''Lost Galaxy'' would be the series that would officially adopt the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' format by introducing a new team and new conflict from the ground up, although ''Power Rangers'' maintained continuity; however, ''Lost Galaxy'' still featured more carryover elements than normal (beyond a reunion episode) like Alpha 6, Bulk, the Astro Megaship and Karone (Astronema) taking over as the Pink Galaxy Ranger[[/labelnote]].
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21	This season was also the last to feature Robert L. Manahan as Zordon before his death in 2000, Hilary Shepard Turner as Divatox, Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa, and Robert Axelrod as Lord Zedd before his death in 2019.
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23	!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:
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25	* AlasPoorVillain: Ecliptor. He was one of the most sympathetic villains in the series. In the finale, he is destroyed by the energy wave released by Zordon, despite the far more evil Rita, Zedd, and Divatox being spared.
26	* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The Megatank.
27	* {{BFG}}: The Spiral Saber's Booster Mode (the Saber combined with an Astro Blaster), fired in conjunction with the Quadroblaster, formed from the other weapons.
28	* BifurcatedWeapon: Astro Blasters (can be split into two laser guns)
29	* BigBad: Astronema serves as TheHeavy [[spoiler: and eventually the DragonAscendant]] to GreaterScopeVillain Dark Specter.
30	* BratsWithSlingshots: Ashley's Star Slinger.
31	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: "Let's Rocket!" is a combination of both this and {{Invocation}}.[[note]]By saying "Let's Rocket!", their Astro Morphers are activated. Afterwards, they input the code 3-3-5 in order to actually morph (a holdover from ''Megaranger'').[[/note]]
32	* ChestInsignia:
33	** Team logos - three triangles arranged as a rectangle - on the belts. There were also personal symbols on the helmet forehead, but they were only visible when they lit up.
34	** The helmet insignias tended not to be shown, as they were pieces of technology like computers or phones, an [[TheArtifact Artifact]] leftover from the tech-based ''Megaranger''. (Andros and Ashley's symbols were used on occasion; when this happened it was referred to as their "Lightstar helmet modes"; that term was used in the toyline for basic figures of the Rangers whose symbols could light up.)
35	** A rare case for the villains having an insignia, what looks like an abstract, scowling face (possibly an abstract depiction of Dark Specter's face); it was most prominently seen on Astronema's Havoc Staff and her locket.
36	* CityOfAdventure: Angel Grove, though the Rangers also traveled all over the galaxy.
37	* CombiningMecha: There was a rare aversion in that the series' main mecha, the Astro Megazord, was a single TransformingMecha and not a combination of multiple smaller pieces (though technically its shuttle did separate and dock with the main body). It does later combine with the Delta Megazord into the Astro-Delta Megazord. The Mega Voyager is the more traditional five-part combiner, and it can also take on the Mega Winger's wing pack (''just'' the wing pack; the rest of it doesn't combine) as the Winged Mega Voyager.
38	* CompressedAdaptation: A downplayed example. ''In Space'' was given 43 episodes to ''Megaranger's'' 51.
39	* CoolBike: Zhane's glider can transform into the Silver Cycle.
40	* CoolBoard: The Galaxy Gliders.
41	* TheDragon: CoDragons Ecliptor and Darkonda.
42	* EvilPlan: This season raised the stakes from previous seasons and joined every villain thus far in an alliance to take over the entire universe.
43	* FiveTokenBand: Caucasian Red and Yellow Rangers, a Hispanic Black Ranger, an African-American Blue Ranger, and an Asian Pink Ranger.
44	** And Andros is a {{human alien}}, so we have five different races.
45	* GreaterScopeVillain: Astromena answers to Dark Specter, who has caused all of the villains in the ''Power Rangers'' universe to join forces, but doesn't become directly involved with the conflict himself.
46	* HandCannon: Cassie's Satellite Stunner, and all the Rangers' weapons when combined with their Astro Blasters (referred to as ''Booster Mode'').
47	* HeroesPreferSwords: Andros' Spiral Saber, though you could be forgiven for thinking that ThisIsADrill.
48	* HomeBase: The Astro Megaship.[[note]]''Megaranger'' had a more traditional ground-based HomeBase, but it was destroyed in the first episode, forcing the Megarangers (and their mentor) to take the Mega Shuttle to the Mega Ship, which acts as their base for most of the series.[[/note]]
49	* HumongousMecha: As usual, the Zords are giant robots the Rangers use to fight.
50	* MadeOfExplodium: As is the case in the franchise, enemies often blow up when defeated.
51	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority:
52	** Aside from the usual "Red Ranger gets everything" factor, this was the show that introduced the Battlizer and all other subsequent powered-up Red Rangers.
53	** This started the "Red Ranger is the main protagonist of the show" trend. In ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' no single Ranger was significantly more important than the other, even when Jason was Red Ranger and leader (and he, along with Tommy, has "legendary status" among fans). While Tommy was a spotlight stealer in the second season, by the time he became the Red Ranger in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' his spotlight-stealing was downplayed severely, though he did get the most toys.
54	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Accomplished through "Satellasers". [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Elgar at one point, muttering "here we go again" as he fires them.
55	** There were also isolated cases where they grew via other means, like the Craterites piling atop their KingMook to form a giant Craterite Conglomerate.
56	* MiniDressOfPower: Part of the Space Ranger girls' suits.
57	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Vaguely defined "aliens" that don't seem to share any singular origin. In fact, it's rarely even mentioned where they come from, simply appearing when the plot calls for it, and only occasionally being interviewed by Astronema before being sent. This is especially jarring, given how many of said monsters are based on Earth animals.
58	* {{Mooks}}: Astronema's [[OriginalGeneration Quantrons]], the United Alliance of Evil's [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Piranhatrons]], and the [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Craterites]], originally used for training purposes by the Space Rangers.
59	* NeverSayDie: Unusually for ''Power Rangers'', this tends to be averted depending on the episode. Specifically, see DeathOfAChild and MistakenForDying. While the word was never stated, there is ''no'' question what happened to [[spoiler:Zordon.]]
60	* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}!: Despite the name, averted! The move to outer space brought a ''lot'' of changes to the status quo, such as more complex villains and mostly abandoning the CityOfAdventure setup in favor of searching alien planets for their kidnapped mentor. Some of these things were then recycled into future seasons, others weren't.
61	* SuperMode: This season was the first to introduce the "Battlizer" Red Ranger upgrade, which has continued to almost all following seasons. Surprisingly, this is an American creation; ''Megaranger'' had the Battlizer gadget, but it didn't have a SuperMode function. Interestingly, ''Megaranger'' actually had a team SuperMode in the NonSerialMovie, where the core five donned golden torso armor, but this was not brought over to ''Power Rangers''.
62	* SwissArmyWeapon: Zhane's Super Silverizer.
63	* {{Thememobile}}: The Galactic Rover, Zhane's dune buggy
64	* TransformingMecha: The Astro and Delta Megaships, the Mega Winger.
65	* TransformationSequence:
66	** A pretty instant one. The rangers would call out “Let's Rocket”, open the cover on their wrist morpher, and punch in the code for the morphing sequence (335). The suit forms over the rangers immediately.
67	** For Zane, his morpher, which is more cell phone shaped, would require a different code (2580) which would be signified by morpher calling out “MEGA”. Otherwise his morph is pretty much the same as the others.
68	* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is the norm for ''Power Rangers'', we generally get a MOTW appearing with an EvilPlan OnceAnEpisode, with our heroes then arriving on the scene to stop them.
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70	!!This subseries contains examples of:
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72	* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: In ThePsychoRangers debut episode, they spend the first fight in a copy of the real Rangers' suits, for reasons that aren't adequately explained (it's not a FrameUp, since they keep the costumes after the originals show up). In ''Megaranger'', the Nezirangers were showing [[VillainRespect Villainous Respect]] to the Megarangers by dressing up as "the strongest warriors", only revealing their real appearances when they’d surpassed their opponents.
73	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
74	** The Rangers' weapons: Lunar Lance, Spiral Saber, Astro Axe, Satellite Stunner, Star Slinger and Super Silverizer.
75	** Galaxy Gliders.
76	* AlienInvasion: Given the series up until this point, this is to be expected, but taken up to eleven in the GrandFinale where [[spoiler:the [[LegionOfDoom United Alliance of Evil]] launches an all out invasion on the entire ''universe'' (or given next season, at least the ''known'' universe) at once with ''everything'' they've got. They come ''very'' close to conquering the universe.]]
77	* AlienSky: It is in space so we're bound to see some in the planets, foreign to our solar system, that are explored. Namely in "Satellite Search" (Ep. 6), with the planet Kalderon which appears to have what looks like two gigantic moons; one of those moons looks like the planet Jupiter. And as the volcano on that planet is emitting smoke and clouds, they turn different colors as they go up to the skies.
78	* AllThereInTheManual: The other Astro Morpher codes. Unlike ''Megaranger'', 3-3-5 (the code for transforming) is the only one used onscreen. The other codes are:
79	** 2-5-9 (calls the Galaxy Gliders)[[note]]This one as used onscreen in ''Megaranger'' (where the Galaxy Gliders are called the Cyber Sliders) at least once.[[/note]]
80	** 7-6-1 (calls the Mega Tank)
81	** 1-0-8 (lets the rangers link with D.E.C.A.)[[note]]In ''Megaranger'', it calls the Mega Shuttle. The D.E.C.A. computer was invented for the American version.[[/note]]
82	** 5-4-1 (activates the Astro Megazord; also counts as a MythologyGag[[note]]It's a reference to "5-4-1", an insert song from previous seasons.[[/note]])
83	** 9-1-2 (used only for the toy version; this activates a "Simon Says"-style game where the toy calls a number and the player repeats it, getting faster the longer the player keeps playing.)
84	** In one episode, the rangers use "0" to teleport to their last location.
85	** The series bible (and the Fox Kids website, which took info from said bible) revealed the ''real'' reason Elgar got sent to join Astronema, that being he somehow wrecked Divatox's Subcraft. (In-universe, he claimed Dark Specter had sent him.)
86	* AntagonistInMourning: Prior to their fight, when Rita hears that Divatox [[spoiler: destroyed the Turbo Rangers,]] she reacts this way even asking Zedd if it was true.
87	--> '''Rita:''' Is that true? Did she really [[spoiler:destroy the Power Rangers]]?
88	--> '''Zedd:''' Well... It is the universal gossip.
89	** It really seems more of disbelief that it's Divatox, of all people, that managed to [[spoiler: defeat and destroy the Power Rangers, rather than her or Zedd, therefore depriving either of them the satisfaction of finally doing it themselves]].
90	* AntiVillain: Ecliptor is quite possibly the most likable villain in the history of ''Power Rangers''. As it turns out he's noble and only does what he does because he's incredibly loyal to Astronema (almost like a father to her). When Astronema breaks out of her initial brainwashing and tries to become good, Ecliptor tries to join her, but they're both put under heavier brainwashing afterwards, but he remains as loyal as ever to her.
91	* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: The Turbo Rangers get ready to return to Earth, but fail to realize that they left Alpha on the Astro Megaship.
92	%%* AsteroidsMonster
93	* TheArtifact:
94	** One that's series-wide, and only is recognizable if one knows the theme of ''Megaranger''; technology and the objects associated with them. Some of these, though, are only present in the Japanese footage.
95	*** The most egregious are the light-up symbols on the Rangers' helmets; each has a different technological device (i.e. CRT television, digital camera, satellite, etc.). (Some early episodes used the term "Lightstar helmet mode" in reference to the power provided by these symbols; this originated from the toyline, where it indicated the Ranger figures whose helmets could light up.)
96	** When T.J. and Ashley are trying out the Megaship's Simu-Deck in "Save Our Ship", two subtitles randomly appear as they are fighting: "MEGABLUE" and "MEGAYELLOW", the names for the Blue and Yellow rangers in ''Megaranger''.
97	** When the rangers receive their new Quadroblaster, Carlos' helmet HUD instead labels it as the "[=MultiAttackRifle=]", its name in ''Megaranger''.
98	** Logos with the acronym I.N.E.T. show up in "Save Our Ship", "The Delta Discovery", and in the hangar for the Mega V zords. It stands for "International Network of Excel-Science and Technology" who was the organization behind the creation of the Rangers' suits, weapons and mecha in ''Megaranger''. It's subverted, however: where NASADA in ''Megaranger'' was only the name of the base INET used to build and launch the Mega Shuttle; it was converted in PR to serve as a full NASA expy.
99	** In a toy example, pressing the buttons 7-3-0 on the Digimorpher (Zhane's Morpher) would play a MIDI-fied version of the ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' theme.
100	** Elgar is sent by Dark Specter to join Astronema in her fight against the Rangers... for some reason. Once Ecliptor and especially Darkonda arrive, Elgar shows up less and less, only appearing every now and then simply to remind us he still exists. This was probably forced on the production, as ''Megaranger'''s villainous comic-relief counterpart was a small imp-like character named "Bibidebi", who also acted as the method to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarge the monsters]] (this character ultimately was not adapted, though a figure of him was included with the toy line's Craterite action figure).
101	** A minor one, but whenever Zhane's morphing sequence is shown, his morpher displays and speaks the word "MEGA".
102	** At times, Andros seems to be more laid-back, casual, gung-ho, and/or clumsy, compared to when we normally see him on-screen. (e.g. when the rangers receive their Mega Vehicles). This was an attribute from ''Megaranger'''s Red Ranger counterpart, Date Kenta, who was less experienced and less serious than the rest of the Megarangers. The clumsiness also only happens in the Japanese-sourced footage.
103	* ArtificialGravity: All the spaceships have this, with no reason given as to how that technology exists.
104	* ArtificialIntelligence: Aside from [[RobotBuddy Alpha]] and D.E.C.A of course, the Mega Voyager seems to have some kind of sentience itself as, when being captured by the Psycho Rangers, it continues to struggle against them even after the Rangers have evacuated the cockpit.
105	* BabyCarriage: in "Silence Is Golden", with the added complication of the Psychos tracking the Rangers by their voices. Cassie can't shout a warning without endangering herself, but can't get to the carriage on foot in time either.
106	* BackForTheDead: Zordon and the Machine Empire. They're seen in a couple of episodes scattered throughout the season before they die in "Countdown to Destruction."
107	* BackForTheFinale: Plenty of faces from the past come back for the show's ending.
108	** Rita, Zedd, Goldar, Mondo, Machina, Gasket, Klank & Orbus, and Divatox are all part of the UAE.
109	** Meanwhile, the Aquitian Rangers, the Gold Ranger (Trey of Triforia), Blue Senturion, and the Phantom Ranger are all fighting the U.A.E.
110	* BadassBookworm: T.J. While a former Red Ranger and leader of the team, he was the only one who figured out a way to combat the PsychoRangers.
111	* BadGuyBar: There's one present on the planet Onyx, full of {{Mooks}}, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] from the various seasons and, strangely enough, even monsters and mooks from other Tokusatsu shows produced by Saban, such as ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''.
112	* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The first episode has Divatox prominently in the opening credits, so you'd assume she's going to be the main baddie again. Besides appearances in some episodes (including the first), she isn't, and the actual BigBad Astronema replaces her in the opening from the second episode onwards.
113	* BarBrawl: Andros gets into a fight with Darkonda and some other villains at a bar on a backwater planet in "Flashes of Darkonda".
114	* BastardUnderstudy: Astronema, AFTER Dark Specter brainwashed her.
115	* TheBeard: "Grandma Matchmaker" in which Ashley asks Carlos to pretend to be her boyfriend in order to get her granny to stop smothering her.
116	* BerserkButton: Astronema [[CurbstompBattle blasts her way]] through the entire Ranger team when Cassie accidentally tears off her necklace.
117	** Averted somewhat the next time, when Andros does it, but then she's also [[PragmaticVillainy commanding an entire battlefield]] including a monster and a bit busy. She's about to attempt it before the Rangers surround her and remind her of this, though.
118	* BigDamnHeroes: Justin and Storm Blaster ''drive through the door of a warehouse'' to free the Rangers, who are seconds from eating a projectile from the business end of the {{Monster Of The Week}}'s cannon.
119	** Bulk and Skull of all people do this in the finale.
120	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: In the end, almost every villain has been eradicated or purged of evil, and Karone is back to normal, this time for good, and reunited with her brother. It seems that for the first time, the galaxy may have earned a respite from evil. Sadly... as great a victory as this was, [[HeroicSacrifice it cost Zordon his life]].]]
121	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After Astronema remembers her past as Andros' sister Karone, she gets brainwashed into being evil.
122	* TheBusCameBack:
123	** Adam Park in the episode "Always A Chance." He serves as a mentor to Carlos, helping him through a lapse in confidence and uses his damaged original Power Morpher (supposedly destroyed by Rito in MMPR season 3), in spite of Alpha 6's warning that morphing could kill him. To fans' delight, he first declares that "It's Morphin Time!", morpher in hand, and then calls out "MASTODON!" In a meta sense, this helps explain team-ups that happen in later series, as there is the implication that those powers could be repaired.
124	** Justin Stewart, as well, in "True Blue to the Rescue." Storm Blaster had a morpher in his glove compartment. Although, unlike Adam, he wasn't actually seen morphing.
125	** Phantom Ranger in "The Delta Discovery", where he gives the Rangers his Delta Megaship, the second Megazord.
126	* CallBack: "True Blue to the Rescue" is named for the go-kart Justin built in the ''Turbo'' episode "Rally Racer."
127	* CareBearStare: Zordon's energy wave.
128	* CastingGag: The Japanese dub features Creator/MasayaMatsukaze, who played Shun Namiki in ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', as Zhane. In that same dub, Creator/YujiKishi, who reprised the role of T.J., voiced Dark Specter.
129	* CerebusSyndrome: The premise of the season is that [[BigGood Zordon]] has been captured by the LegionOfDoom and is ''slowly dying'', with the Rangers desperately trying to rescue him before it's too late. [[spoiler:Not only do the Rangers utterly fail to save him, but the Red Ranger is also [[HeroicSacrifice forced to kill him]] in the GrandFinale.]] Yikes.
130	* ChekhovMIA: Andros' missing sister mentioned near season start counts as this as well.
131	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Andros' and Astronema's lockets.]]
132	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The villains probably would've won this season if not for the fact that they spent more time backstabbing each other than fighting the Rangers. Two of the most important villains end up [[TakingYouWithMe taking each other out]] without the Rangers [[SelfDisposingVillain even needing to fight them]].
133	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Happens to Lt. Stone and the Juice Bar; they're replaced by Adelle and the Surf Spot.
134	* ColorCodedCharacters: Defied during the StoryArc with the PsychoRangers, T.J. figured that by homogenizing all their colors and uniforms they could confuse the Psycho Rangers enough to get an advantage (the Psychos had developed themselves to be TheRival to their color counterpart, while individually they are pretty powerful their obsession with their counterpart made the costume/color switch unbearable). This specific color combination (red/blue/black/yellow/pink) doesn't appear again until ''Operation Overdrive''.
135	* ContinuityNod: Bulk's reaction to [[spoiler: discovering the identities of the Power Rangers "Them?" is that exact same thing he said when he discovered their identities [[ResetButton temporarily]] in Season 2 of ''Mighty Morphin''.]]
136	* CoolOldLady: Ashley's grandma may be overly attentive and even somewhat annoying, but when the fate of the city is on the line, you can count on her... to drive a sedan straight into a seven-foot-tall monster during a battle with the Power Rangers.
137	* CoolStarship:
138	** The Astro Megaship.
139	** The Delta.
140	** The Mega Winger.
141	* CoversAlwaysLie: The [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514ZNA060WL._SL500_SS500_.jpg cover]] for the VHS release of the Psycho Rangers arc is only titled by the season name, and it claims to be "An All-New Feature-Length Movie!", when in reality they're just 5 individual episodes that cover one story arc. Nowhere else is it advertised as a movie.
142	* CrashIntoHello: Astronema and Zhane have one on Earth. It's unusual because it's not their first meeting but Zhane doesn't recognize her because she is in Earth clothes with her natural hair.
143	* CrisisCrossover: When the very first episode involves a meeting between every major villain from the past five seasons (plus more!), you know this trope is in play.
144	* CrossOver: The episode "Shell Shock" which crossed over with ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation''. Yes, this is canon on the ''Power Rangers'' side.
145	* CurbStompBattle: Andros vs. Astronema in "[[GrandFinale Countdown To Destruction, Part 2]]". While he's busy [[spoiler: [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight trying to make her remember that they're brother and sister]]]], she's busy ''kicking his ass.''
146	** Also Satellite Search. Astronema is a great fighter already, and was taking on Carlos and Cassie at the same time...when Cassie tore off her locket by accident. Astronema immediately blasts them into submission.
147	*** Averted when Andros does this a second time, however--she has to focus on the battle and enlarging her [[MonsterOfTheWeek Batarax Monster]], so she can't just blast them. [[spoiler: She's also distracted by her long-lost brother as per the previous scenes.]]
148	* CuteMute: "Silence is Golden" basically turned Cassie into this.
149	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Andros has the Battlizer from early on, and uses options one and two frequently. It's not until more than twelve episodes to the end of the series that someone actually asks why he never uses option three, which is because of this trope. As shown when a little kid activates it for him, option three activates the Red Battlized Ranger mode, and it hurts like hell. In ''Megaranger'', all option three did was power up the blast from the Spiral Saber Booster Mode.
150	* DarkerAndEdgier: While the season in general was darker because of the whole LegionOfDoom rising, the more mundane Earth-bound stories were also more mature and adult. In an early episode, Andros "befriended" a gang of criminals and naively helped them with car theft. This season set the template for darker, less kid-friendly mood/themes. The trend has endured in nearly every season afterward... even after Disney took over the franchise.
151	* DarkestHour: [[spoiler:"Countdown to Destruction" sees the LegionOfDoom launch an ''all out invasion'' of the entire known universe, Earth included. By the end of it the Space Rangers are the last hope of the entire known universe, with the rest having been captured. Then Astronema accidentally kills herself when Andros reflects an attack back at her, making it seem like everything was for nothing involving her. It takes Zordon, the BigGood of the franchise up until that point, performing a HeroicSacrifice for the day to be saved.]]
152	%%* DatingCatwoman: Zhane and Astronema, briefly.
153	* ADayInTheLimelight: "True Blue to the Rescue", resolving dangling plotlines from the end of ''Turbo'' (namely the fate of the supercars and Justin) but providing a more proper parting between the characters.
154	* DeathGlare: Astronema gives Elgar this when, after she takes credit for the destruction of the Psycho Rangers and stopping them from draining Dark Specter's power ([[spoiler:in reality having created the Psychos specifically to do exactly that]]), he points out that technically the Power Rangers were responsible for destroying the Psychos.
155	* DeathOfAChild: Believe it or not, played straight. True, it happens offscreen, to a character whom we never meet, but that doesn't change the fact that a girl who appears in ''Carlos on Call'' is stated to have had a twelve year old brother who died just recently. Hell, we even see the girl kneeling in front of his ''grave'' at one point! Of course, the episode was a straight adaptation from ''Megaranger''.
156	* DecompositeCharacter: In ''Megaranger'', the BigBad turned the Death Neziros, the villain's base, into the HumongousMecha Grand Neziros in order to fight the heroes. For ''In Space'', the Death Neziros became the Dark Fortress while the Grand Neziros became Tankenstein, the last MonsterOfTheWeek before the ''Countdown To Destruction'' finale.
157	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Usually, but in some cases -- typically where the monster was altered or somehow non-standard, they wouldn't explode like usual; Crocovile, for instance, turned into orange flames that went up into the sky before they exploded; the Barillian Bug died in a similar fashion. Ecliptor's giant defeat saw him explode into tiny little particles. (They still cut some of the explosions from ''Megaranger'' where the monster turned into a giant DNA strand that went into the sky and exploded, though.)
158	* DemotedToExtra: Bulk and Skull have relatively little to do with the Rangers, their antics were limited to adventures with Professor Phenomenous every couple of episodes, which also doesn't really form an overarching plot like it did in previous seasons. They do end up helping out in a major way during ''Countdown to Destruction''.
159	* DeusExMachina: In the finale, [[BigGood Zordon]] [[spoiler: explains to Andros that rupturing his tube would end the battle, but also that [[ICannotSelfTerminate he cannot do it himself and needs Andros to take him out]]. As it turns out, doing so kills all monstrous villains and footsoldiers, purify RubberForeheadAliens and HumanAliens of the taint of evil magic, and does so while all existing heroes (Aquitian Rangers, Gold Ranger, Phantom Ranger, Blue Senturion) are on the ropes if not actually captured]], neatly tying up all the loose ends of the series. As evidence that Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, the sheer weight of what happened tends to overshadow the fact it is a Deus ex Machina.
160	%%* DimensionLord[=/=]GalacticConqueror[=/=]EvilOverlord: Dark Specter.
161	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Being kidnapped as a young child, taken away from everything you have known or loved and, forced/groomed/brainwashed into committing unspeakable acts of violence and God knows whatever else for all of your remaining childhood and most, if not all, of your young adult life. [[SarcasmMode Thank goodness that kind of stuff doesn't happen for real]] ... oh wait a minute.
162	** Two young siblings are in the park enjoying a game of catch. One of them throws the ball too far and the other one runs off to retrieve it...only to return and find that the other sibling has vanished without a trace.
163	%%* DressedAllInRubber: Astronema.
164	* DubNameChange: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Mega Voyager and Mega Winger, which keep their ''Megaranger'' names. Also becomes a {{Woolseyism}} without any need for modification, as ''Power Rangers'' had already used "mega" as a term for their giant robots, so it all worked out in the end.
165	%%* DynamicEntry: Adam in "Always A Chance".
166	* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Astronema's explicit goal after [[spoiler: being retrofitted with cybernetics to make her more evil than before.]] is to plunge the universe into darkness and eradicate all goodness.
167	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The early episodes continue to focus on the Rangers' school lives until being dropped for more focus on space stuff, with an ambiguous implication that they either just stopped showing up or somehow graduated off-screen.
168	** Ecliptor was originally a one-dimensional villain with no clear association with Astronema, and thanks to the ''Megaranger'' footage, pretty strange abilities, like being able to detach his head, create "cyber-shadows" to attack the Rangers with, grow giant without the use of Satellasers, and even fire breath! He was more like your standard ''PR'' villain (including the occasional IncrediblyLamePun) than the NobleDemon he would become. Most of the footage was before he got the tree-branch thing sticking out of his shoulder, so that's a helpful guide to when Ecliptor starts changing.
169	* EarthShatteringKaboom: While not actually ever used for its intended purpose, missiles with the power to blow up a planet were created during the finale. It took one of them to take out Dark Specter - he was impacted in the back with it by [[TheStarscream Darkonda]]. Being hit with said missile ''didn't kill him''. It took Darkonda hitting him with a ''second'' Planet Killer to destroy him for good, and he still survived long enough to [[TakingYouWithMe take Darkonda with him]].
170	* EasilyForgiven: Zhane gets an invitation to go on a date with Astronema (who is usually trying to kill them, being a villain and all). He prepares to go out and meet her while the other 5 Rangers are losing a battle against a monster. He walks past the bridge of the ship, seeing the video screen showing his friends in danger, and he still tries to sneak past. But he gets noticed by Alpha and has to go save the day until he was late enough Astronema was furious with him. In the end, the other rangers are possibly aware of the fact he tried to date the woman who constantly tries to kill them, but shrug it off... and when Andros finally does give him some grief about this several episodes later, it's only because he'd found out that Zhane was technically [[MySisterIsOffLimits dating his sister]].
171	* EasyAmnesia: T.J. suffers an injury that causes him to lose his memories of who he is and being a Ranger in the episode "T.J.'s Identity Crisis".
172	* EvilIsPetty: The forces of evil in general, but their behavior toward the people of KO-35 stand out. For no readily explained reason, they attacked them, drove them off their planet, and kept chasing and attacking them.
173	* EmoTeen: Andros, though it isn't exactly clear if he's a teen or not. His actor, Christopher Khayman Lee, was 19-20 during filming and looked it, plus Andros' age isn't given, but [[DawsonCasting knowing how Power Rangers can be with their casting]]...
174	** We can assume Andros is supposed to be around that age (19-20). Old enough to live on his own (he'd been a ranger for a while at the start of the series and lived alone on his ship), but young enough not to look out of place at a high school. Zordon likely gave him his powers at 15-16, and he's been a ranger for at least three years (he mentions Zhane getting injured two years prior to the start of the series, and at the time Zhane already had a reputation for being a powerful ranger).
175	* EndOfAnAge: To the Zordon-era. [[spoiler: "Countdown to Destruction" shows us why.]]
176	* EnemyCivilWar: A downplayed but very important part of the series's arc. Dark Specter and Astronema are some of the most ludicrously powerful villains in terms of sheer resources in the entire franchise. And the series features a team-up of all previous villains (and their monsters!) But...
177	** Darkonda and Ecliptor are TheRival to each other and spend several episodes fighting each other. Ecliptor even accounts for two of Darkonda's deaths.
178	** Astronema's attempted early HeelFaceTurn ends up with her pseudo-father Ecliptor fighting his own men to hold the line while she and the Rangers leave. This leads to Dark Specter having Darkonda reprogram Ecliptor, which also leads to...
179	** ... A reprogrammed Astronema, who is now TheStarscream, draining Dark Specter of his power using the PsychoRangers...
180	** ... Who are so obsessed with their personal rivals that they're even willing to betray each other, and eventually break apart from the other villains and wind up fighting Ecliptor when they have the Rangers at their mercy, and allowing the Rangers to end one of Astronema's plans.
181	** And finally, Darkonda's own TheStarscream tendencies lead him to killing Dark Specter, who also kills him.
182	** To a far lesser extent, Divatox doesn't get along well with most of the other villains, and is jealous of Astronema's prime position in Dark Specter's plans.
183	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Andros infiltrated an Alliance meeting in the first episode, was discovered, and had to fight his way out. That's how you introduce a character. Astronema is also in the same scene, as a coldly calculating villain contrasting the LargeHam hysterics of Rita and Divatox, and she is smart enough to identify the cloaked figure, Andros, as a spy. Both serve as an effective introduction to the new tone of the series.
184	* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The whole team has been well aware of how Ashley and Andros feel about each other since the first episode, even though it took Andros a while to figure it out. The two of them being teased over it make up some of the funnier moments of the series.
185	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Astronema, though she also has plenty of non-Expository Hairstyle Changes, too.
186	** To the point where Ashley comments "I liked you better as a blonde!"
187	* {{Expy}}: [=NASADA=] for [=NASA=].
188	** The Astro Megaship is essentially a ''Power Rangers''-ized version of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise D]], with a healthy helping bridge/corridor design of [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]], to boot! The Megalasers serve as phasers, the Synthetron stands in for the replicator, and the Simudeck for the Holodeck. In fact, if one thinks about it, it has a somewhat overall analogous shape, but compressed. (The two large landing supports on the bottom that lead to the cargo bays are similar in shape, but not function, to the warp nacelles of Star Trek's starships, and the rounded shape of the ship itself is similar enough to the saucer sections.)
189	** The FasterThanLightTravel ability of the Astro Megaship uses "Hyper-Rush [Velocity] (number)" in place of "Warp Factor (number)".
190	** Not to mention that the Quantrons' weapons are clearly inspired by Klingon bat'leths.
191	* FaceDeathWithDignity:
192	** [[spoiler:Zordon demands that Andros do what he has to do to save the universe, then simply closes his eyes and lets him do it.]]
193	** In "Countdown to Destruction", Bulk and Skull [[spoiler:led the civilians into the fray alongside the Power Rangers knowing full well that this might be the end for the both of them.]]
194	* FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither: The Rangers and Ninja Turtles each originally dismissed the other as an urban legend.
195	* {{Flatline}}: In "Survival of the Silver", the EKG attached to Zhane's cryogenic chamber flatlines while the Rangers are battling a group of hooded aliens. It's subverted as shortly afterwards, not only does Zhane's pulse restart, but the cryogenic chamber also opens and Zhane turns out to be alive and well.
196	* {{Filler}}: "Carlos On Call", the episode immediately after the introduction of the Psycho Rangers. It revolves around a little girl blackmailing Carlos, and while the Psycho Rangers do appear, the episode doesn't move their plotline forward in any significant way. This is probably why in the collected VHS version, said episode was left out.
197	* FinaleProductionUpgrade: First starting out as a continuation of the childish-kitschy stories found in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, Power Rangers Zeo, and Power Rangers Turbo (with serious developments in its latter half as mentioned), Saban pretty much took the standards-and-practices rulebook and threw it out the window for the season, also taking a Sentai series that was focused on electronics and technology and turned it into a space epic. It took the standard Power Rangers formula and turned it on its head, producing villains that questioned their place in life. (Astronema being one of them, because she is [[spoiler: actually Karone, the long-lost sister of Andros, the Red Ranger]]) Most villains up to this point were of the over-the-top variety, and couldn't exactly be taken seriously; however, In Space produced/adapted ruthless villains that lived up to their characterization, including Darkonda, the Psycho Rangers, and Astronema herself. Its finale, one of the most memorable among fans, brought 6 years of story to a conclusion, with drama, maturity, and effects to match in the two-part finale "Countdown To Destruction": [[spoiler: The villains finally begin their full conquest of the entire universe, and succeed, with one sole planet standing in their way: Earth. Infrastructure and cities are leveled (not just suggested), planets are captured and enslaved, other Rangers and allies around the universe are desperately trying to hold off their invasions, no one has any hope, and the Power Rangers are defeated (temporarily).]] Also present in the finale, and throughout the series, was ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, [[spoiler:leaving Astronema, now the Big Bad, as the supreme ruler of the universe, and threatening the destruction of Earth if the Power Rangers do not give themselves up. However, many temporary side characters, the entirety of the ordinary citizens of Angel Grove, backs them up. [[note]]including Surf Spot manager Adele and the comedy relief of Bulk, Skull, and Professor Phenomenus leading the charge![[/note]]]] When [[spoiler: Zordon, their mentor over 5 seasons, is finally found after a season-long search]], Andros must make two decisions, [[spoiler: one familial; as in fighting Karone, the other a grave decision; the only way to defeat all of the evil in the universe is for Andros to shatter Zordon's Plasma Energy Tube, killing him, but sending out an energy wave that disintegrates all non-humanoid evil beings into dust.]] '''''WHEW!'''''
198	* FirstEpisodeTwist: The series' premiere spoils the ending of ''Power Rangers Turbo'', beginning with T.J., Carlos, Ashley, Cassie, and Alpha 6 in space to try and stop Divatox after the loss of their powers and the destruction of their lair.
199	* FluffyTheTerrible: The never-seen "Scrudley", Astronema's pet up until about 7 episodes into the season.
200	* {{Foreshadowing}}: While introducing himself to Astronema, Darkonda mentions that he met her once, but Astronema doesn't remember meeting him. [[spoiler: Darkonda "met" Karone/Astronema when he kidnapped her.]]
201	* FreudWasRight: When you look at the Mega Voyager combination sequence, it starts looking a little... suggestive. Not to mention the remaining part of the Mega V3 is fired as the finisher.
202	* FromBadToWorse: In the lead-up to the GrandFinale they lost two of their Megazords, effectively reducing their MidSeasonUpgrade and working only with what they started with.
203	* FusionDance: "Darkliptor", a fusion of Darkonda and Ecliptor.
204	* GambitRoulette: Technically Zordon didn't plan for every possible event but he was CrazyPrepared enough and hoped the Rangers used it to their advantage.
205	* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In the gag reel of the credits of "The Barillian Sting", Christopher Khayman Lee, voicing Andros the Red Ranger, managed to pull a joke (with the dialogue toned-down in later airings; turning it into more of a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" joke), where Andros finds a bottle of '''blue pills''' marked "Stud". (Originally, Andros hung a [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]], pointing out that [[https://youtu.be/jY7wLtYphUw?t=383 "this is just what you need to score with the chicks!"]], but in later airings and versions, he just says "I've been looking all over for these things!"
206	* GondorCallsForAid: In the GrandFinale, it shows all still active Rangers and groups trying to resist the Alliance of Evil.
207	* GoneHorriblyRight:
208	** [[spoiler: Dark Specter had Astronema brainwashed back to evil after her first HeelFaceTurn. It worked a little too well and she became TheStarscream.]]
209	** The Rangers set out with two missions this season: find Zordon, and defeat the United Alliance of Evil. They accomplished both, [[spoiler:but not without Zordon having to die in the process.]]
210	* GrandFinale: "Countdown to Destruction" brings the Zordon Era to a definitive end, where [[spoiler:Dark Specter is destroyed and Astronema becomes the Supreme Leader. Andros travels to the Dark Fortress to destroy Zordon's energy tube, turning Astronema back into Karone and ridding the universe of evil once and for all. With peace restored, the Rangers head off into space for another adventure with Karone in tow]].
211	* GutPunch: The last stretch of the series was a pretty intense series of dramatic events, but the Rangers managed to pull through and achieve victory over and over again. Two episodes prior to the season finale comes an episode where Ecliptor super-charges himself. You'd think with the Rangers' winning streak they'd make it through just fine, but then Ecliptor destroys the Delta Megazord ''in one hit''. Instantly the stakes are raised and [[AnyoneCanDie anything can happen]], [[FromBadToWorse which it does]].
212	* HaplesslyHiding: In "A Ranger Among Thieves", as part of the comedic relief for the episode (and keeping with the theme of the series), Bulk, Skull, and Professor Phenomenous have been searching for alien life to study, but expecting hostile creatures along the way. For this particular episode, the trio have hidden themselves in repurposed trash containers, with a nearby food trap, to catch any wildlife that they think is a hostile alien. Unfortunately for them, collectors mistake them for actual containers, and dump actual trash into them.[[note]]For sanitary production purposes, though, it's just shredded vegetables.[[/note]]
213	* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:Astronema, aka Andros' sister Karone. If Dark Specter hadn't intervened, pretty much everything bad that happened in the second half of the series (and possibly, Kendrix's HeroicSacrifice in ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'') would have been avoided, due to the BigBad having switched sides. Well, maybe. See NiceJobFixingItVillain, below.]]
214	* TheHeroDoesntKillTheVillainess: [[spoiler:In the season finale, Andros shatters [[BigGood Zordon's]] containment tube, releasing an energy wave that kills some of the villains and purifies the others. With the exception of Lord Zedd, all the male villains are killed. On the other hand, every female villain except for Queen Machina is purified.]]
215	* HeroicBSOD: In "Always a Chance", Carlos had one after accidentally injuring Cassie when fighting Lizwizard. [[spoiler: He managed to snap out of it when Adam risked his life by using a battle-damaged Power Morpher to help Carlos against the monster.]]
216	* HeroicBystander: the civilians in the "I am Spartacus" scene (below)
217	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Zordon. When he saw that the Alliance was going to overwhelm every Power Ranger team and force for good in the galaxy, he had Andros shatter his time warp tube. The resulting energy pulse neutralized all of the {{Big Bad}}s and turned their {{mooks}} into dust. DeusExMachina, sure, but damn if it wasn't amazing.]]
218	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Andros and Zhane.
219	* HilariousOuttakes: The last season to have outtakes shown in the end credits.
220	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Darkonda tries to trick Andros into running between trees where lasers will blast to smithereens whoever walks through there. Ecliptor forces Andros away, and Darkonda is stupid enough to be blasted by his own trap. It's not that Ecliptor likes Andros at all, it's that he's the lesser of two evils because Darkonda is so bad.
221	* HolyHandGrenade: [[spoiler:Zordon's death unleashing the wave of good.]]
222	* HopeSpot: In the first half of the finale, Zordon tries talking Astronema down. For a moment, she hesitates, her implants short-circuiting as he tells her she is not evil... and then she just goes right back to business.
223	* HourOfPower: Right after getting unfrozen, Zhane had a limit of two and a half minutes.
224	* HumanPopsicle: Zhane is frozen for two years until thawed out in "Survival of the Silver".
225	* IAmSpartacus: Possibly the best scene in all of ''Power Rangers'' history. [[spoiler: Astronoma delivers an ultimatum to the people of Angel Grove: surrender the Power Rangers or everyone dies. Suddenly Bulk, Skull, Professor Phenomenus, Adelle, and everyone else say that ''they're'' the Rangers. Just before Astronema kills everyone, the ''real'' Rangers reveal themselves (morphing in full view of the public, something Zordon specifically told them not to do) and attack, with [[ThoseTwoGuys Bulk and Skull]] leading the civilians into the fray.]]
226	* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler: Zordon. It doesn't matter how powerful your magic is or how great your wisdom, if you lack any means of physical interaction with the world around you, you need help to commit suicide.]]
227	* IconicOutfit: Andros' cloak from his EstablishingCharacterMoment: he shows up with it for [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy both]] [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce of his]] future team-ups.
228	* IfIDoNotReturn: Andros and Ashley share a moment of this during the finale [[spoiler: before he goes to try and bring back his sister]]. She however assures him they'll see each other again.
229	%%* InTheHood: Andros at times.
230	%%* IneffectualLoner: Andros
231	* InsistentTerminology: Carried over from ''Turbo'': Nobody ever says "bomb." They're called "detonators."
232	* IntercontinuityCrossover: The episode "Shell Shocked" is one with ''[[Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation]]'', which was also made by Saban and aired on Fox Kids.
233	* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Implied in the GrandFinale, as Bulk and Skull shake hands before [[spoiler: they lead the civilian mob to aid the Rangers. They likely don't expect to survive, but go out to help the Rangers anyway.]]
234	* IWorkAlone: Andros tries doing this to the others at first, but realizes they mean well, and he could use the help.
235	* LargeHam: Creator/MelodyPerkins, depending on the wig. Until she's [[spoiler: {{brainwashed}}]], anyway... She does a fairly impressive job of suppressing it during her [[spoiler: brief]] HeelFaceTurn, though.
236	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When she battles the Mega Voyager in OneWingedAngel form, Psycho Pink calls it an "[[MerchandiseDriven overgrown toy]]".
237	* LegionOfDoom: The United Alliance of Evil, a VillainTeamUp of every previous villain as well as new ones Astronema and Dark Specter. They don't work together all ''that'' much until the finale at which point they [[spoiler:launch an all out invasion on the entire universe.]]
238	* LetsGetDangerous:
239	** Alpha 6 and D.E.C.A, the RobotBuddy and the CoolStarship, utterly humiliate Ecliptor in "The Impenetrable Web".
240	** The citizens of Angel Grove, led by Bulk and Skull during "Countdown to Destruction part 2". After six years of being [[InnocentBystander bystanders]], they finally show their fangs with their IAmSpartacus moment and then charge headfirst into an army of enemy foot soldiers.
241	* LightningCanDoAnything: Zhane recharges his morpher by having it struck by lightning.
242	%%* LosingYourHead: Ecliptor.
243	* LoveRedeems: Especially in the familial sense, serves as a major theme. It's explicitly stated that Dark Specter and Darkonda worry that Astronema might defect to good because Ecliptor showed her caring as a father figure, and that caring is completely at odds with being evil. [[spoiler:She does.]]
244	* LoveTriangle: Subverted. Zhane spends time with Ashley, which made Andros jealous, but Zhane convinced him that they were just friends and they repaired their friendship.
245	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Astronema is really Andros' sister, Karone.]]
246	* MagicCountdown: Concerning Dark Specter's plan to drain Zordon of energy; the visual effect is visibly moving in every episode he is in, yet it should overtake him before the end of the next commercial break.
247	* MaliciousMisnaming:
248	** Divatox calls Rita "Frieda", but it's doubtful the misnaming is accidental.
249	** In "The Impenetrable Web", Alpha 6 addresses Ecliptor as "Eclip-toad".
250	* MaximumFunChamber: "Playing with Scrudley".
251	* MiracleFood: The Astro Megaship comes with a "Synthetron" that makes food out of thin air (but it doesn't taste that great).
252	* MistakenForDying: Zhane, when the other Rangers hear his time is limited, but don't catch it only applies to his HourOfPower. This episode is notable for averting NeverSayDie, as Zhane very specifically says "They think I'm dying".
253	* MoralityDial: Used on the Delta Megazord in "The Great Evilizer".
254	* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: Inverted between Ecliptor and Karone. She was his boss but when she did a HeelFaceTurn, he couldn't find it in him to fight against her.]]
255	* MsFanservice: Perhaps fitting into the DarkerAndEdgier theme for the season. Ashley wears a lot of skirts when in her "Earth" clothes. She even gets a PantyShot in one episode (though this was likely unintentional).
256	** Astronema's outfit beneath her armor is either [[HellbentForLeather leather]] or [[DressedAllInRubber some kind of latex]], with a silver corset over it. It's a bit...subtly risque given that this is a kid's show.
257	* MusicalNod: The music used for Carlos's TrainingMontage in "Always a Chance" is the same as that used in his debut scene is ''Turbo'''s "A Drive to Win."
258	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Andros to Zhane, only realized after the fact.
259	* MythologyGag: Two of the team's Megazords retain their [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Sentai counterpart]]'s names Mega Voyager and Mega Winger.
260	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Ironically, if Dark Specter had just let Astronema go and not brainwashed her, things might have turned out better for him. Seriously, the brainwashing made her far more evil - so much that [[TheStarscream she wanted to]] [[AmbitionIsEvil be in charge.]] As a result, she used the Psycho Rangers to fight the Rangers - their ''real'' purpose being to weaken him - and this left him vulnerable to Darkonda's attack, ultimately leading to his demise.]]
261	** [[spoiler: Of course, it might have also avoided the BittersweetEnding too and led the Rangers to an even greater victory, so it's really hard to tell just who would have been better off if he hadn't taken that route.]]
262	** This trope is all over the place in this series.[[spoiler: The Psycho Rangers' infighting was really the ''only'' reason they didn't defeat the Rangers. Ecliptor and Darkonda constantly ruin each other's plans, culminating in Ecliptor "destroying" Darkonda and causing him to lose one of his lives. In the GrandFinale, Darkonda betrays [[GreaterScopeVillain Dark Specter]], who was already weakened due to Astronema using the PsychoRangers to drain his power, leading to them [[TakingYouWithMe destroying each other]] and thus saving the universe.]] Really, if [[spoiler: Astronema's HeelFaceTurn]] had stuck, the Space Rangers probably could have just sat back and waited for the villains to take each other out.
263	* NighInvulnerable: Dark Specter. In the finale [[spoiler: [[TheStarscream Darkonda]] steals a Velocifighter with special planet-destroying missiles equipped. One he plans to use on Dark Specter and the other on the Dark Fortress (where Astronema and Ecliptor are). He fires one at Dark Specter who goes down... and then promptly ''gets back up''. It takes wasting the one intended for the Dark Fortress, fired directly down Specter's throat, to put him down for good, and he still manages to hang on long enough to eat the aforementioned Darkonda alive.]]
264	%%* NobleDemon: Ecliptor
265	* NoOntologicalInertia: A shape-shifting monster makes Astronema look like Ashley, after which the real Ashley is kidnapped. To escape, she tricks the monster into giving her Astronema's body and then returns to help the other Rangers destroy it. Luckily, when she takes her helmet off she's back to normal, the monster's spells having been broken by its death.
266	* NonindicativeName: Sure, they're in space, but they tend to fight on Earth an awful lot; about 90 percent of their fights take place on Earth due to the source material.
267	* NoOSHACompliance: Just like the ''Star Trek'' aesthetic this season heavily borrowed from, nobody thought of putting seat belts on the bridge of the Megaship. Many attacks on the Megaship cause the Rangers and Alpha to get rock-and-rolled all over. They even get launched over the control panels when the Megaship makes a crash landing after being struck down by a storm, in "The Rangers' Leap Of Faith".
268	* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: The Interstellar Scanner, in "T.J.'s Identity Crisis", when the Rangers use it to try to search for Zordon. Darkonda and Ecliptor destroy it easily, [[HopeSpot just as the rangers are about to locate Dark Specter's spaceship.]]
269	%%* OfficialCouple: Ashley and Andros.
270	* OneHitKill: After a serious power upgrade, Ecliptor destroys the Delta Megazord with a single slash of his sword.
271	* OneTwoThreeFourGo: Played with; since this is a space-themed show, the opening credits begin with a countdown, starting from five.
272	* OpponentSwitch: To help the Rangers a better match against the Psycho Rangers, TJ comes up the strategy to use this trick against them. Well at first it appears to work, it's not long before the villains to just switch back to the opponents they have a chance against. The Psycho Rangers merely defeat the Ranger they're currently fighting, and then go and wipe the floor with their actual opponent. Just because it sounds like a good strategy on paper, doesn't mean it will work. The Rangers then try the same strategy again, but this time by having the other rangers each disguise themselves as the Blue Ranger, making the Psycho Rangers unable to figure out who their usual opponents are.
273	* OutOfContextEavesdropping: Andros and Cassie hear Alpha tell Zhane he "Doesn't have much time". They jump to the conclusion Zhane is dying, but it's really about his morphing power running out in 2 and a half minutes.
274	* ParentalAbandonment: The Rangers, despite still being high school students (early episodes of this season even go by showing the five, except Andros, still attending Angel Grove High), apparently lived on board the Megaship. One would have to wonder about their parents and/or guardians thinking where EXACTLY they were the whole time.
275	** Which leads nicely into making you wonder just how much of space could they explore looking for Zordon if they had to be within reach of Earth for school five days a week?
276	*** Presumably the Astro Megaship keeps on going with Alpha and DECA operating it when the the Rangers are gone, and the rangers can teleport in and out of it.
277	** It's also possible that they graduated offscreen at some point early in the season, especially considering that they're only shown to be in high school in a couple of early episodes. The latter half of the series completely drops that aspect of the story.
278	** This trope only really applies to Carlos and Ashley. When T.J. and Cassie were introduced, it was when they were moving to Angel Grove on their own. Meanwhile, Andros' parents are mentioned as being alive (though we never get to see them, not even during Karone's FaceHeelTurn).
279	%%* PhlebotinumBomb: Zordon's energy wave.
280	* PragmaticAdaptation: The themes of the source footage, ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', revolved around high ([[TechnologyMarchesOn at the time]]) technology and gadgets. The story was more akin to ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' with regards to the plot, and while there were space vehicles, there wasn't much actual space travel involved. Liberties were taken, to say the least.
281	** WordOfGod says that the space theme was chosen because the early footage they had of ''Megaranger'' had them think it was a space-based season; when they found out the truth and the filming had already begun, all the space surfing scenes had to be added in to make it work. Becomes HilariousInHindsight when an actual [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger space-themed Sentai]] airs 19 years later.
282	* PsychicPowers, specifically MindOverMatter: Andros.
283	** PstandardPsychicPstance: He uses the "gesture at what you're affecting" variant.
284	* ThePsychoRangers: While the idea of a team consisting of evil versions of the heroes had been used in the franchise before, ''In Space'''s Psycho Rangers were the first characters to really do justice to the concept of a team of evil power rangers. Thus, they became the TropeNamer.
285	* {{Retcon}} At the very end [[spoiler: Zordon dies and unleashes [[WorldHealingWave the Z-wave]], which disintegrates or purifies all the villains in the universe.]] This is because this series was meant the be the end of the whole franchise. When the show was UnCancelled ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' was planned, they changed it so this event only affected the Milky Way Galaxy, rather than the entire ''universe'', thus allow them to make new villains.
286	* RocketPunch: The [[HumongousMecha [=AstroDelta=] Megazord]]'s finishing move.
287	* ARottenTimeToRevert: The Silver Ranger's transformation doesn't last for very long due to damage after being [[HumanPopsicle cryogenically frozen]]), running the risk of changing back to human form in the middle of a fight. The villains try to take advantage of this by timing how long the transformation lasts, then having a monster attach a bomb to Silver just before time runs out.
288	* SassyBlackWoman: Adelle.
289	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Andros and Zhane.
290	* SeriesFauxnale: "Countdown to Destruction" was made to end the series, with almost all the villains of the past and present launching a full-scale conquest of the universe, [[spoiler: only for Zordon's death being required for his power to spread through the universe, reducing the overwhelming majority of the villains to dust and purifying a small handful of fan-favorites into non-evil humans.]]
291	* ShooOutTheClowns: Bulk and Skull get a massive reduction in screen time.
292	* ShoutOut: A few to ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/StarWars'', including a holodeck and numerous random lines, such as T.J. saying that they're going down to a planet on the Dagobah system to search for Zordon.
293	** The Quantrons are armed with Bat'leths.
294	** One early episode had a pair of characters called [[Literature/OfMiceAndMen George and Lennie]].
295	* SkySurfing: "Galaxy Glider, hang ten!"
296	* SpaceIsNoisy: Very much so.
297	* SpaceOpera: The first season where the series went in this direction. Compared to earlier seasons, this one was DarkerAndEdgier, there was more drama, the conflicts were on a much larger scale, the stakes were higher, and the story was less episodic and more arc-based. Probably one of the reasons it was such a success.
298	* SpannerInTheWorks: The Rangers (along with Bulk, Skull, Professor Phenomenus, Silvy and a bunch of other civilians) might've been trapped as datacards had it not been for the [[DidntSeeThatComing Psycho Rangers surviving as ghosts]] and using the scanner to re-materialize themselves, much to Ecliptor's shock. The Psychos proceed to re-materialize the Rangers so they can fight them again, which in turn leads to the captive civilians being rescued and Secret City being destroyed.
299	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The Silver Ranger is named Zhane with an H in it, although most people spell that name Zane. And Music/OneDirection fans think it should be Zayn.
300	** Interestingly, the Latin American dub pronounces the name as "Shane", the same way as a future Ranger [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm five seasons later.]]
301	* SpoilerOpening: Averted for the two-part premiere "From Out of Nowhere". In order to hide their identities, the first episode's opening omits Andros and has Divatox as the villain instead of Astronema, implying that she would be returning as the season's villain. For part 2, Astronema was put in the opening credits while still omitting Andros.
302	* SpotTheImposter: "Invasion of the Body Switcher" has Astronema change herself to look like Ashley and Ashley later using the monster who made this possible to alter her appearance to look like Astronema. This results in Astronema's minions trying to figure out which of the two is the real Astronema and the rest of the Rangers having to figure out which of them is the real Ashley.
303	* TheStarscream:
304	** The first of these was Darkonda. Interestingly, he wasn't after the BigBad of the season per se. Rather, he wanted to go all the way and destroy TheManBehindTheMan. Interestingly, he succeeded, but [[TakingYouWithMe failed to survive the attack]].
305	** Astronema herself was a Starscream after being brainwashed by Dark Specter to remain evil, which apparently worked [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well.]] Using the Psycho Rangers had two purposes: fighting the true Rangers and weakening the Dark Specter. She intentionally connected their powers to his, hoping that their frequent battles with the Rangers would weaken him enough for her to destroy him and usurp his position as leader of the alliance. Unfortunately for Astronema, the Psycho Rangers were impatient and unwilling to follow her plans, which led to them being defeated before this plan could succeed.
306	%%* StormingTheCastle
307	* SuperheroesInSpace: This series took the eponymous superheroes and moved them to space.
308	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:In the finale, the Mega Winger -- already damaged from the previous few episodes -- finds itself unable to really deal with the Velocifighters, which end up destroying it. Zordon had a good reason for not wanting the Rangers to escalate the battle first; simply put, HumongousMecha [[CripplingOverspecialization aren't really equipped to deal with entire fleets of fast, heavily armed space fighters]].]]
309	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Alpha Six was retooled in this season to be Alpha Five [[{{Expy}} in all but name]]. VocalEvolution played a big role, trading in the annoying [[BigApplesauce Noo]] [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Yawk]] accent of Catherine Battistone to cute little brother[[CrossDressingVoices -ish]] vocals of Creator/WendeeLee.
310	* SwappedRoles: Bulk and Skull are actually the straight men to Professor Phenomenus' antics.
311	* SwissArmyTears: Used in the finale to [[spoiler: bring Karone back to life, and revert her cyborg modifications.]]
312	* SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain: Ecliptor and Darkonda. While both are [[CardCarryingVillain Card-carrying villains]], Ecliptor is a NobleDemon with positive traits such as his UndyingLoyalty towards Astronema, who he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes treats like a daughter]]. Darkonda, by contrast, is a HateSink who [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder holds no loyalty towards anyone]], [[spoiler:and even tries [[TheStarscream overthrowing]] [[BigBad Dark Spectre]].]]
313	* TakingYouWithMe:
314	** [[spoiler: Dark Specter gets destroyed by Darkonda's missile, but he manages to swallow Darkonda in his fighter as he explodes.]]
315	** [[spoiler:Zordon tells Andros to shatter his energy tube, to which, the Red Space Ranger reluctantly complies. Zordon ends up dying instantly but his death makes an energy wave that wipes out the United Alliance of Evil]].
316	%%* TheBusCameBack[=/=]TenMinuteRetirement: Adam and Justin
317	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: The Psycho Rangers ''have'' to be the ones to defeat the Power Rangers and they ''have'' to do it in combat. They will ''not'' accept anything less. When Astronema captures the Rangers in a machine that turns them into data cards, the Psychos steal the data cards and, despite having the Rangers in an utterly helpless form they could easily destroy in the palms of their hands, they put them back through the machine to reconstitute them, just so they can fight them again.
318	* ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil: The general goal of the United Alliance of Evil is to snuff out all possible sources of light and goodness, and make a universe for them, as Astronema outlines to her forces.
319	-->''When we're finished, there will be no peace in the universe. No love, no ''happiness'', only anger! Chaos! GREED!''
320	%%* ToTheBatpole
321	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Cassie and Ashley, again.
322	%%* TrojanPrisoner
323	* TronLines: Ecliptor has digital green lines on his body.
324	* TropesInSpace: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Well, obviously.]]
325	** BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: At least they've been consistent with survival in space being possible without spacesuits throughout.
326	** FrictionlessReentry: Averted for RuleOfCool: The Megaship transforms in space and then drops out of orbit to fight the MonsterOfTheWeek, so it's able to enter the battlefield with a ''flaming shield''!
327	** HolodeckMalfunction: in an early episode, after lightning strikes the Megaship while travelling in Earth's atmosphere.
328	** HumanAliens: Andros, Zhane, and [[spoiler: Karone]], though pretty much every non-RubberForeheadAlien from the last five seasons who occasionally show up count too.
329	*** Lampshaded by the Earth Rangers when they first meet Andros, who handwaves it with "Earth isn't the only place humans live."
330	** NumberedHomeworld: Andros' homeworld is named KO-35.
331	** TelepathicSpacemen[=/=]HumansArePsychicInTheFuture: Andros, though he's telekinetic instead of telepathic. And he's not from the future, either. It's also implied that it's something people from Earth are perfectly capable of learning to do, as he offers to give Ashley some tips on learning telekinesis (though he says it takes years of practice).
332	* TheUnfought: Despite being the mastermind behind the events of the series (and the Zordon era at large), and likely being the most powerful villain in the franchise yet, the rangers never fight Dark Specter, with him being destroyed by infighting within his ranks.
333	* TheUnmasking: In the finale, the Rangers' identities become public knowledge.
334	* VagueAge: Started to creep into the show by this season. Four of the five Rangers are presumably high school students since they stepped in when [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo four of the previous Rangers graduated]], and we even see them attending school in a few early episodes. But there is never any mention of their parents (not even when Astronema's forces occupy Angel Grove), and they are able to leave Earth for extended periods of time without any mention of them [[ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow missing school]] or having to cover up their absences at home. (A late-season episode implies that the Rangers graduated off-screen, as a teacher refers to Carlos as a former student.)
335	* WhamEpisode: "The Secret of the Locket."
336	** "Countdown to Destruction."
337	* WhamLine:
338	-->'''Zordon:''' The forces of evil have already captured most of the universe. Soon they will capture the Earth.
339	-->'''Andros:''' Yes, I know...
340	-->'''Zordon:''' You can stop it from happening.
341	-->'''Andros:''' How?! ''Tell me!''
342	-->'''Zordon:''' [[spoiler:Shatter my energy tube.]]
343	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Countdown to Destruction", [[spoiler: most villains in the series either perished or were purged of evil, but many were not there, and what ultimately happened to them remains unknown. Goldar is the best example. Rito Revolto and Master Vile were absent too, as were many minor villains.]]
344	** [[spoiler: At least Goldar was confirmed in ''[[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Beast Morphers]]'' to have died (likely due to the wave) and he ends up dead again after a brief revival.]]
345	** [[spoiler: ComicBook/PowerRangersSoulOfTheDragon reveals that Finster was purified and lives on Earth working as an artist]]
346	** Justin, Storm Blaster, and Lightning Cruiser: Storm Blaster and Lightning Cruiser are freed from Divatox's forces and Justin is left with apparently fully-functional Turbo Ranger powers (not even borderline useless ones, like Adam's Black Mighty Morphin powers)... And none of them are ever heard from again, not even during Countdown to Destruction, where a simple, voiceless cameo by the Blue Turbo Ranger and a couple of prop cars would've been easy to fit in.
347	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Enforced by virtue of ExecutiveMeddling. [[spoiler: Initially, Karone would have been the only villain to have survived the Z-Wave by virtue of only being under mind control, but the show was forbidden to destroy human-looking villains. Divatox, Rita and Zedd all get turned good at the end, but robots, mooks and "monsters" are turned to dust, regardless of whether they might have had redeeming qualities or been capable of good in the past.]]
348	* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Alluded to in "Flashes of Darkonda". When Darkonda starts screaming in pain after the strength serum he consumed has caused him to ooze out goo and caused him intense pain, Cassie asks who would do that to Darkonda. T.J. replies "Probably about half the galaxy."
349	* WordSaladLyrics: The onscreen text in the morphing sequence. Something about the puppy canoe of hope.
350	** That sequence is the same as ''[[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Megaranger]]'', except with the "MORPHING COMPLETE" screen over the "MEGA(color) READY" text. Refer to the GratuitousEnglish entry there to see what exactly is written there.
351	* WordSchmord: The episode "The Impenetrable Web" has Elgar remark "Megazord Schmegazord".
352	* WorldHealingWave: [[spoiler: The point of Zordon's HeroicSacrifice is to unleash a wave that will either reform or destroy the Power Rangers' enemies.]]
353	* WorldOfPun: A staple for every ''Power Rangers'' season...
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Context Series / PowerRangersInSpace