| 1 | ! Due to the nature of being an anniversary season, spoilers for all previous ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' entries preceding this one, including ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' may be unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned! |
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| 3 | [[caption-width-right:350: Twenty Years, Five Rangers, One Word]] |
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| 5 | ->''"It's Morphin' Time! Go Go Megaforce!"'' |
| 6 | -->-- '''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' |
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| 8 | ->''"Super Mega Mode!"'' |
| 9 | -->-- '''Morphing call''', ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' |
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| 11 | The 20th and 21st (Super Megaforce) seasons[[note]]Originally ''Mighty Morphin'' ReCut was counted as season 18; however, as of ''Megaforce'' this is no longer true.[[/note]] of ''Franchise/PowerRangers''. The series [[{{Frankenslation}} uses]] Ranger, Monster, and Zord footage from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and a few other elements from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' in the first season, and reversed the ratio to be primarily ''Gokaiger''-influenced in the second season (called ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce''). Regardless of the exact number, this installment serves as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7tN4OIZz_JY/T9fvVxwRbnI/AAAAAAACjD4/3dPde2X3Ewo/s1600/saban-1_28129.jpg the milestone twenty-year anniversary season]]. It was also the final series to be executive produced by series veteran Jonathan Tzachor. |
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| 13 | [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Five teenagers with attitude]] are summoned by Gosei, a supernatural guardian and apprentice to the legendary [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon]]. There they learn that an evil alien race called the Warstars are planning to invade Earth, and are granted incredible powers to form the ultimate defense team: the Power Rangers Megaforce! |
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| 15 | In addition to fighting the Warstar aliens, the Rangers must also fight off two additional threats: a race of toxic underground beasts, and a ruthless robot army. However, they receive backup in the form of new PoweredArmor and [[SixthRanger an ancient guardian known only as Robo Knight]]. |
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| 17 | After holding the Warstar off for a while, the Rangers learn that they were the pre-invasion force, meant to soften Earth up for the ''real'' invasion. These forces are much more competent, and the Rangers (and a lot of the planet) get their asses kicked until Gosei steps up and grants them two new power sets: Super Mega Mode (the ''Gokaiger'' suits), which allows them to access Legendary Ranger Mode, enabling them to access the Powers of all previous Rangers, [[Series/PowerRangersSPD including]] [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce some]] [[Series/PowerRangersRPM that]] don't exist yet in this timeline (and a few based on early Super Sentai seasons that weren't adapted). With the aid of a mysterious alien named [[SixthRanger Orion]], the Rangers are ready to take the fight to the Armada and unite all the Power Rangers in a Legendary Battle unlike any seen before. |
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| 19 | The Power Morphicon 3 trailer for ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztcetHPivmw here]], and the "first look" trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKWl_Woxgg here]].[[note]]Extended version can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_Jpl2zCiQ here]].[[/note]] The series is also available on {{Creator/Hulu}}, [[http://www.hulu.com/#!power-rangers-megaforce seen here]] along with Netflix. |
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| 21 | Succeeded by ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge''. Not to be confused with the film ''Film/{{Megaforce}}'' or with ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.[[note]]The Power Rangers Megaforce have been referred to (in an abbreviated form) as "Mega Rangers" on occasion.[[/note]] |
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| 23 | !!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include: |
| 24 | * TheBigBadShuffle: Unlike previous seasons. ''Megaforce'' has a revolving door of {{Big Bad}}s who fill in the position at different times. |
| 25 | ** First, Admiral Malkor of the Warstar is the BigBad for the majority of ''Megaforce'', though he spends much of it barking orders from his ship, while [[DragonInChief Vrak]] is more actively opposed to the Rangers. Malkor ends up defeated three quarters in, allowing Vrak to step in as the BigBad for the last few episodes. He's forced to go into hiding once the Armada arrives in force. |
| 26 | ** Prince Vekar of the Armada takes over the position in ''Super Megaforce'', until he's defeated roughly two thirds in. Vrak returns again to claim the spot as main villain for a two-parter, before he's defeated for good. |
| 27 | ** That ''still'' leaves three episodes left in the seasons, so [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Mavro]], the head of the Armada, [[FinalBoss takes over the position]] for the finale. |
| 28 | * ChestInsignia: The regular suits feature partial crests on the chest, full team crests on the forehead and belt, and personal animal symbols on the sides of the helmets. The ''Super Megaforce'' suits have skull-and-crossbone-like insignia on the chest and helmet. |
| 29 | * CityOfAdventure: [[http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?25706-Power-Rangers-Megaforce-Discussion-Thread/page16&p=1066461#post1066461 The city of Harwood County.]] Yeah, we know, it's a weird name. |
| 30 | * ComicBookAdaptation: Had a run in the UK Power Rangers Magazine. |
| 31 | ** Two graphic novels were published by Papercutz. |
| 32 | * CompressedAdaptation: ''Megaforce'' [[ExaggeratedTrope takes the cake]] by combining two ''Sentai'' series. The first season has 20 regular episodes, a ChristmasSpecial and HalloweenSpecial to ''Goseiger's'' 50, while ''Super Megaforce'' has 20 regular episodes and no specials to ''Gokaiger's'' 51, with a TwoPartEpisode going back to resolve a loose end from the ''Goseiger'' footage. |
| 33 | * TheDragon: It's a bit complicated in the first season. The series starts with CoDragons Vrak and Creepox under Admiral Malkor. Later on Bigs and Bluefur are recruited, but they seem to be lower-ranked with Vrak acting as their superior. And then there's Metal Alice, who explicitly serves Vrak and Vrak alone. The second season has Damaras and Argus. |
| 34 | ** DragonInChief: Admiral Malkor has [[OrcusOnHisThrone stuck to the Warstar for the most part]], leaving Prince Vrak to do a lot of scheming and fighting planetside. |
| 35 | ** [[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: Vrak in the final episodes of the first season. |
| 36 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Surprisingly averted. The Super Mega Blasters no longer ''sound'' like they're firing bullets, but no laser effect has been added: it's just smoke at gun barrel and BulletSparks at the poor grunts on the receiving end. |
| 37 | ** The original footage played this straight with the X-Borgs however, making them shooting juicy green lasers form their rifles. This is jarring because they have no problem using ''Gokaiger'' footage of Gormins shooting realistic-looking ammo. |
| 38 | * FinishingMove: "Victory Charge!" is the standard one. ("Dynamic Victory Charge!" for the team blaster) |
| 39 | * FiveTokenBand: The Red and Yellow Rangers are Caucasian, the Pink Ranger is part Caucasian/part Asian, the Blue Ranger is African-American, and the Black Ranger is Middle Eastern. |
| 40 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The Armada is this in Season One before they arrive in ''Super Megaforce''. Emperor Mavro counts as well. |
| 41 | * HumongousMecha |
| 42 | ** AnimalMecha: The Mechazords - sort of; they're primarily animal heads that can be mounted on vehicle bodies. In ''Super Megaforce'' we have the Mystic Dragon, Wild Force Lion, and Q-Rex zords. |
| 43 | ** CombiningMecha: |
| 44 | *** ''Megaforce'': The main team gets the Gosei Great Megazord, and Robo Knight gets a three-piece combiner called the Gosei Grand Megazord; combining the two makes the Gosei Great Grand Megazord. Gosei Great can also use all the "Brothers" zords and the Ultra Change zord at once for the Ultra Gosei Great Megazord. Plus there's the Gosei Jet, which can take the place of the Dragon in the Gosei Great Megazord to form the Gosei Jet Megazord. |
| 45 | *** ''Super Megaforce'': The usual team combiner is the Legendary Megazord, and it later merges with the Q-Rex and the Turbo Falcon zord to make the Ultimate Legendary Megazord. |
| 46 | ** LeaderFormsTheHead: Done literally with Robo Knight, who transforms into the head of his zord and attaches to the body. |
| 47 | ** MechaExpansionPack: |
| 48 | *** In ''Megaforce'', the Land Brothers, Sea Brothers, and Sky Brothers Zords. |
| 49 | *** In ''Super Megaforce'', the Mystic Dragon, Delta Runner, Wild Force Lion, Ninja Minizord, and Turbo Falcon zords. |
| 50 | ** TransformingMecha: One per season; the Gosei Ultimate Command Ship/Megazord in the first and the Q-Rex in the second. The toy versions of the Ninja Minizord and Turbo Falcon zord also have additional transformations that the ''Gokaiger'' versions didn't have; the Falcon zord has a humanoid warrior mode, and the Ninja Minizord has a form resembling the Mega Winger from ''Power Rangers in Space''. |
| 51 | *** MadeOfExplodium |
| 52 | * MakeMyMonsterGrow: |
| 53 | ** Made possible by Vrak's Zombats, which attach themselves to the monster in question. And Zom''bolts'' are used on Robot enemies to the same effect. |
| 54 | ** In ''Super Megaforce'' the Zombats are phased out with the Maximizer, which can enlarge several monsters at once. |
| 55 | * TheMentor: Gosei |
| 56 | * MiniDressOfPower: Part of the Mega Ranger girls' suits, both ''Megaforce'' and ''Super Megaforce''. For Legendary Ranger Modes, this holds true for most teams, with aversions being ''SPD'', Prism and Supersonic. Depending on gender switches, skirts may be added or removed from past suits. In addition, since Yellow's counterpart is a girl too, skirts will be added to her counterparts even when ShesAManInJapan. |
| 57 | * {{Mooks}}: Loogies for the Warstar, X-Borgs for the Armada. |
| 58 | ** EliteMooks: The Armada's Bruisers |
| 59 | * {{Motifs}}: LandSeaSky with AnimalMotifs in the first season |
| 60 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Pink Ranger Emma is more feminine than Yellow Ranger Gia, who tries to ''not'' let it be known that she has a soft, feminine side. |
| 61 | ** In ''The Human Condition'', [=RoboKnight=] asks Troy why humans cry. His response: "You should ask Emma. She knows more about tears than me." |
| 62 | * RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude |
| 63 | * {{Recycled IN SPACE}}: ''Megaforce'' averts it by being a throwback to the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' where things were kept as generic as possible - so it's recycled, but not '''IN SPACE!''' |
| 64 | * RookieRedRanger: In the same vein as [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Nick]]; while all the teens are new to superheroing, Troy is a NewTransferStudent while the others already know each other, yet he's appointed leader anyway. |
| 65 | * SuperMode: The rangers get three modes. Ultra Mode, a set of gold armour worn over their Megaforce suits, Super Mega Mode, a completely new set of suits and finally Legendary Mode, the name used whenever they use a previous set of ranger powers. |
| 66 | * TransformationTrinket: The Gosei Morphers, hand-held card readers. Robo Knight uses a cell phone based Morpher. The ranger also use the phone based Legendary Moprhers and the Ranger Keys to access Super Mega Mode and Legendary Mode |
| 67 | * {{Thememobile}}: Averted like it was in ''Samurai'', with the Rangers not having any themed vehicles, though some of the toyline vehicles deserve special mention as they combine with the zord toys to make formations that ''do'' appear in the show: one set of vehicles replaces Datas in providing zord mounts for Hyper Gosei Great, and two in another set of motorcycles double as the Knight Brothers zords. |
| 68 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: Gia and Emma |
| 69 | * 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. |
| 70 | %%** FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Mega Blasters |
| 71 | %%** SwordAndGun: Super Mega Sabers and Super Mega Blasters in ''Super Megaforce''. Like in ''Gokaiger'', the Rangers can swap them, with Noah and Gia showing a preference for dual sabers and Jake and Emma favoring dual blasters. |
| 72 | %%** HeroesPreferSwords: Troy's Dragon Sword |
| 73 | %%** HandCannon: Emma's Phoenix Shot |
| 74 | %%** WolverineClaws: Gia's Tiger Claw |
| 75 | %%** AutomaticCrossbows: Noah's Shark Bowgun |
| 76 | %%** SwissArmyWeapon: Robo Knight's Leon Blaster/Blade |
| 77 | * WordPower |
| 78 | ** ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "It's morphin' time!" returns as the call to pull out the morphers, though it seems "Go Go Megaforce" is what really does the job: that's what ''everyone'' yells as they insert the Change Card. Super Megaforce's Legendary Ranger Mode, on the other hand, will have the rangers use a past team's morph call when changing into that team when the Rangers turn into past teams. (Again, it's hard to be sure which call is important: "Legendary Ranger Mode: [past team name!]" is the call when inserting the Ranger Key; the old morph calls are shouted when the change is actually in progress.) |
| 79 | ** BondOneLiner: "Mega Rangers, that's a (super) mega win!" |
| 80 | ** CallingYourAttacks: Besides the usual, Rangers summoning their arsenal is accompanied by Gosei shouting "Summon battle gear/Mechazords/Megazord/Zords!" |
| 81 | ** InTheNameOfTheMoon[=/=]TransformationNameAnnouncement: |
| 82 | --->"Fury of the dragon! Megaforce Red!" |
| 83 | --->"Flames of the phoenix! Megaforce Pink!" |
| 84 | --->"Venom of the snake! Megaforce Black!" |
| 85 | --->"Claw of the tiger! Megaforce Yellow!" |
| 86 | --->"Bite of the shark! Megaforce Blue!" |
| 87 | --->"Earth's defenders, never surrender! Power Rangers Megaforce!" |
| 88 | *** And the one for their Ultra Mode power-up: |
| 89 | ---->"Storm Power! Ultra Megaforce Red!" |
| 90 | ---->"Wind Power! Ultra Megaforce Pink!" |
| 91 | ---->"Rock Power! Ultra Megaforce Black!" |
| 92 | ---->"Jungle Power! Ultra Megaforce Yellow!" |
| 93 | ---->"Wave Power! Ultra Megaforce Blue!" |
| 94 | ---->"Earth's defenders, never surrender! Megaforce Ultra Mode!" |
| 95 | *** And Robo Knight has his own separate one: |
| 96 | ---->"I am Robo Knight, defender of the environment, guardian of the Earth!" |
| 97 | |
| 98 | !!''Power Rangers Megaforce'' contains examples of: |
| 99 | * AccidentalMisnaming: Invoked by the role call in "The Wrath." When Jake Morphs into the black Dragon Ranger, he uses the "Blitz" label instead. Noah also calls the blue Blitz Ranger by the title "Lightning." |
| 100 | ** Though it is possible that these Rangers go by individual designations (ala [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury's "Rhino/Wolf" deal]]) there's not enough evidence to speculate. |
| 101 | * ActorAllusion: During the Legendary War, [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Leo]] (played by Danny Slavin) rescues a little boy's dog. What's the boy's name? Danny. |
| 102 | * AdaptationDistillation[=/=]CompressedAdaptation: ''Megaforce'' adapts both ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' in the same roughly-40 episodes that previous seasons had to adapt only a single ''Sentai''. |
| 103 | ** In Goseiger there were 3 villainous factions. Megaforce distills this to the first faction being the main one, reducing the second to side arc villains and the third faction just being a messenger to the true enemies adapted from Gokaiger. |
| 104 | * AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Thanks to being dragged out from DiscOneFinalBoss of ''Goseiger'' to BigBad of ''Megaforce'', one is left wondering why on earth the team suddenly forgot to use Ultra Mode or Gosei Ultimate while Malkor was mopping the floor with them. |
| 105 | * AdaptedOut: |
| 106 | ** Most of ''Goseiger'''s C-list mecha (Datas, the Mystic Brothers, the Exotic Brothers) are gone, as with the accelerated timeframe the Rangers are literally debuting new powerups every episode as it is. Oddly, the show is still using a combination that originally involved Datas: the Ultra Gosei Great Megazord (Toywise, the combination is done with three new vehicles that work with the Brothers Zords and a motorcycle with the Ultra Change Zord). |
| 107 | ** In ''Super Megaforce'' Basco and the majority of the "Extra Hero" Ranger Keys were cut. Basco had almost made it in a early script under the name "Silas", and his ship was given to Orion. |
| 108 | ** The villains in ''Goseiger'' all had [[ShoutOutThemeNaming names themed]] around various Sci-Fi movies and series (save for the monsters of the BigBad, who were themed around fantasy movies)[[note]]ex: the {{Mooks}}, the Bibi, were named after B Movies; Bladerun was named after ''Film/BladeRunner''; Targate of the Satellite was named after ''Series/StargateSG1''; Irian of the Queen Bee is named after ''Film/{{Alien}}''; Hit of the Tengu is named after ''Film/{{It|1990}}'', and so on - all the name origins are listed on the other wiki[[/note]]. The villains in ''Megaforce''...follow normal ''Power Rangers'' naming conventions. |
| 109 | ** A few of the zords from ''Goseiger'', as well as one of the rangers, Gosei Green, were not adapted - while it's understandable why Exotic Brothers, Datas Hyper, and Gosei Green were not adapted[[note]]Exotic Brothers literally only appeared in one episode, and said appearance was due to Alata/Gosei Red being under the influence of the MonsterOfTheWeek; Datas Hyper was not usable, as Datas himself was not adapted, and Gosei Green's costume was damaged during the filming of ''Goseiger'', and the ranger himself had little to no footage that could've been used even if the costume wasn't damaged[[/note]], Mystic Brothers was also not adapted, seemingly for no reason[[note]]it appeared in 5 episodes, and of those episodes, 2 were adapted into ''Megaforce''; oddly, Gosei Wonder, the Zord from TheMovie for Goseiger, which also appeared in 1 episode of the series, ''was'' adapted as Gosei Jet[[/note]]. |
| 110 | *** In the same vein, all the pre-''Zyuranger'' mecha that were used as Greater Powers in ''Gokaiger'' were not adapted...at least until "The Wrath", where [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Variblune]] is visible for a brief moment. |
| 111 | ** Inexplicitly '''[[AvertedTrope averted]]''' with some of the pre-''Zyuranger'' teams. While most of them are edited out, there are still multiple appearances of morphs into rangers from ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger''[[note]]Outside of the White Ranger, which was kept in seasons 2-3 of ''Mighty Morphin''[[/note]], ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', plus a blink-and-you-miss-it appearance of a ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' key. Their presence is {{handwaved}} by Gosei when the ''Dairanger'' powers are activated for the first time as being "new powers never seen before on Earth". |
| 112 | ** Many other Sentai references from ''Gokaiger'' were left in even if they make no sense in the context of ''Power Rangers'', such as when the Rangers do a ''Turbo'' team morph and proceed to do a FinishingMove that features four of them riding random vehicles (a bike, a skateboard, a unicycle and rollerskates), something that makes sense as a ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' reference but not as a ''Power Rangers Turbo'' one. |
| 113 | * AlasPoorVillain: You kinda have to feel a little sorry for poor [[spoiler:Metal Alice during Megaforce's finale. She wouldn't have been in a position to be destroyed in the first place had she not been trying to rescue her master Vrak yet again. Also, how lost she was when Vrak was thought to be KilledOffForReal. She may be evil, but sometimes she's like a child who looks at him like her daddy.]] |
| 114 | * AliensAreBastards: Implied by Vrak in his first confrontation with the Rangers in "United We Stand": |
| 115 | -->'''Noah:''' What do you want? |
| 116 | -->'''Vrak:''' What do any alien beings want from other civilizations? |
| 117 | * AllThereInTheManual: The series gets progressively worse at establishing everything that appears in it. ''Super'' doubly so, since there's no explanations for ''anything'' new in it. To even ''begin'' to understand most of the elements or why something is how it is, you must first look towards the ''Sentai'' shows that were adapted into it, then look up what was planned to happen, but ultimately got left out, then look up the interviews with one of the showrunners that quit partway into development of it. With the past seasons, all you'd have to do is watch 700-800 episodes if you wanna know what happened there. |
| 118 | * AnimalThemedFightingStyle: In "Spirit of the Tiger", Jake and Emma receive martial arts lessons from Jake the Jungle Fury Red Ranger. After learning to get in touch with their animal spirits, Jake and Emma take on and defeat the MonsterOfTheWeek using animal-like martial arts moves. |
| 119 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: The teens are shocked to learn about the existence of aliens and Power Rangers. Thing is, Earth has already suffered a full-scale alien invasion [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace once before]], and the Power Rangers have been known public figures both before and after that. What makes it especially glaring in this case is that Gosei mentions that [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon]] was his mentor, which very firmly establishes that the previously mentioned alien invasion ''did happen''. (Their teacher, Mr. Burley, also believes in cryptids, but that's at least a form of weirdness that ''hasn't'' had public exposure in the Rangerverse.) |
| 120 | ** Averted in episode 9. Apparently, [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone prophetic dreams are common enough to be accepted by portions of the scientific community]]. Given the PsychicPowers of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] (and further down the timeline, [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Bridge]] and [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Trip]]), this makes some sense. |
| 121 | * TheArtifact: The show has been trying their hardest to avoid all the text on the Ranger's cards from becoming this, keeping most of the names for them (although there are still some problems, like the Sky Brother's card still saying Skick Brothers.) |
| 122 | ** Also the issue of "Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger" being present at the bottom of each card, which becomes especially pronounced during a Megazord formation. |
| 123 | ** And the fact Robo Knight clearly calls his Megazord Gosei Grand when the card clearly says Gosei Ground. |
| 124 | ** ''Gokaiger's'' pirate motif seems a little out of place, as well; in fact, the Rangers aren't even referred to as pirates. |
| 125 | * ArtisticLicenseSpace: "The Perfect Storm" has a monster hurl an asteroid from Earth just before he goes giant. Problem is, based on the shot of the asteroid flying toward Earth, it's so small [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale it would burn up in the atmosphere way before it could impact]] - yet according to the Rangers, all life on Earth will end in 57 seconds. |
| 126 | * BigBadassBattleSequence: Troy has twice so far dreamed of one; whose footage is pulled from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'''s Legend War. [[spoiler:It's the FinalBattle of the show.]] |
| 127 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:''All'' the past Ranger teams in the finale, showing up to help destroy the Armada once and for all.]] |
| 128 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: The [[http://www.supersentai.com/database/2010_goseiger/images/gosei-vi-irian.jpg red parts]] of the monster Irian from ''Goseiger'' were painted a [[http://www.megaforcecast.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=345&pid=10715#top_display_media dark blue]] for her ''Megaforce'' counterpart Beezara, making them look less like NonMammalMammaries and more like part of her body armor, since that's something that just won't fly on an American kid's show. Metal Alice's TorpedoTits attack didn't make the jump either. |
| 129 | * CardsOfPower |
| 130 | * CatchPhrase: Troy's becoming fond of "Let's take it to the next level!" |
| 131 | * ChristmasEpisode: "The Robo-Knight Before Christmas", which has poor Robo-Knight shipped to Africa after being mistaken as a toy. |
| 132 | * ClipShow: Done with both holiday episodes. |
| 133 | * ContinuityNod: Gosei was a pupil of Zordon, the mentor to the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. He also refers to the preceding Ranger teams. |
| 134 | * {{Cyclops}}: The Zombats' heads are eyeballs. |
| 135 | * DarkerAndEdgier: While not quite dark per se, ''Megaforce'' has much less of the excessive comic relief, one-liners and [[FillingTheSilence lull-filling]] that made ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' before it so hit-or-miss. |
| 136 | ** ''Super Megaforce'' is already darker than most series in its premiere alone. The Armada is played frighteningly seriously and is very clever, and they show just how much damage an alien invasion can cause, while showing off the now-destroyed school and mall. |
| 137 | ** The Silver Ranger's origin is ''very'' dark. The Armada attacked his home world and ''killed everyone''. Unlike most examples, it's more or less explicitly shown his entire world was slaughtered and he was the only one left. |
| 138 | * DarkestHour: [[spoiler:The downer ending below definitely qualifies.]] |
| 139 | * DecapitatedArmy: [[spoiler:A rare subversion. Killing Emperor Mavro is the beginning of the end for the Armada, but their army makes a LastVillainStand and must be destroyed by every Power Rangers team ever.]] |
| 140 | * DeusExitMachina: Robo Knight misses out on the final showdown with Malkor due to researching humanity at the library and not hearing his communicator.[[note]]He left it at the desk due to him following the "No cellphones allowed" rule.[[/note]] (Though this is due to the original ''Goseiger'' episode occurring much earlier in the season before Gosei Knight first appeared; note that the Rangers don't use any of their late-season upgrades against Malkor either.) |
| 141 | * [[spoiler:DownerEnding:]] In a similar vein to the transition from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', [[spoiler:the first season of ''Megaforce'' doesn't end so well for the Rangers. Sure Metal Alice and The Messenger from the Armada are defeated, but Vrak got away, and the Armada begins their invasion of Earth with extreme prejudice, and the season ends on a cliff hanger to boot.]] |
| 142 | * DreadfulMusician[=/=]GiftedlyBad: Dizchord, the MonsterOfTheWeek in episode 6, who fancies himself the greatest rockstar in the universe, but just plain sucks. He even weaponizes SuckinessIsPainful. |
| 143 | * DreamIntro: A couple of episodes, including its first one, open with Troy having a dream involving numerous [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Rangers]] teams fighting a massive battle. |
| 144 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Troy frequently sees visions of a war involving unknown (to him) Rangers in his dreams. |
| 145 | * DubNameChange: Averted by the first season's mecha, which go by their ''Goseiger'' names with "Megazord" on the end (for example, Gosei Great becomes the Gosei Great Megazord, though for some reason Gosei Ground becomes the Gosei ''Grand'' Megazord). Other terms carried over include "Warstar", "Aurora Box", "Metal Alice", and several Gosei Card powers. A lot of this probably has to do with sticking as closely as possible to Gosei Card StockFootage. In ''Super Megaforce'', "Damaras" survives the transition. This keeps what's shaping up to be a tradition of the Nickelodeon years: one sentai villain's name is always kept. |
| 146 | * DullSurprise: Troy. Most evident in "Robo Knight" where his expression doesn't change at all when Robo Knight doesn't shake his hand - this has caused Rangerboard to joke that Troy's more robotic than the actual robot is. However, it is mostly averted with the other Rangers. |
| 147 | * EarlyBirdCameo: SixthRanger Robo Knight appears in the first episode when Troy dreams about the Legend War, which of course hasn't happened yet. He also sees the ''Super Megaforce'' {{Mooks}} in the dreams. |
| 148 | * EgocentricTeamNaming: Not the team name, but much of the Rangers' equipment is named after Gosei. The morphers also seem to be his face in miniature - which is at least better than ''Goseiger'', where Master Headder's face was the team logo and was thus [[SigilSpam plastered on]] ''everything''. Then again, Troy sees said logo on Robo Knight and says it looks like Gosei... |
| 149 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Troy's optimism is on full display when asked which species is most likely to survive, saying "Humans. Because together, we can accomplish anything." |
| 150 | ** Emma's love of the environment, Noah's nerdiness and Jake's crush on Gia are also established in short order. |
| 151 | * {{Expy}}: Gosei and Tensou are the next [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon and Alpha]]. Gosei mentions that Zordon was his mentor. Though Tensou's more like [[ShortCircuit Johnny 5]] than Alpha 5. The five core Rangers are also more or less supposed to be expys of the original five, but it's way more subtle than you'd think. They're also strikingly similar to the Wild Force team. |
| 152 | ** Robo Knight seems to be one of Franchise/{{RoboCop}} with a similar voice and sound effects. |
| 153 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: In "Prince Takes Knight", Vrak assumes the Rangers abandoned Robo Knight after they called him out for endangering civilians; and is surprised when they come to his rescue anyway. |
| 154 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Some of the mutants have rather obvious and descriptive names, like Shadow Serpent (a snake-like monster that eats shadows) and Dream Snatcher (who eats people's dreams). |
| 155 | * FakeUltimateHero: A customer of Ernie's Brainfreeze, named Jordan, claims to his peers that he's the Red Ranger, but is rather cowardly. |
| 156 | ** Coward he may be, but he was able to [[ScarilyCompetentTracker track the Rangers]] through a forest, and if not for the ''remarkably'' [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands newly trained ability]] to [[SpiderSense sense incoming threats]], would have discovered the Ranger's true identities! |
| 157 | * FantasticRacism: Creepox is the most blatant about insectoid superiority over humans, but Vrak shows some too; and Metal Alice equally feels that robots are superior. |
| 158 | * FillingTheSilence: The series is written with a fairly serious tone, but while some of the fights are silent, a high percentage of them feature the Rangers (and the monsters) monologuing through the action. At one point, the Rangers started doing this ''unmorphed'', forcing quick changes in camera angles to disguise the fact the dialogue was dubbed after-the-fact. |
| 159 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Insects and Robots are mentioned during science class as potential "stronger species". Insect aliens begin invading later that episode, and robot enemies are antagonists later in the season. The third group of enemies was foreshadowed in the next episode, when we found that Mr. Burley has an interest in cryptozoology. |
| 160 | ** In "United We Stand", the Rangers first meet Vrak and Noah notes that he isn't an insect like the rest of the Warstar; and he's later seen with a newspaper with a headline about ocean pollution (hinting at the robots, who have a sea base). |
| 161 | ** Metal Alice says during their battle that even if there were 100 Rangers, they couldn't stop her. Guess what will end up stopping the Armada later on down the road. |
| 162 | ** Whether intentional or not, the four full-team Legendary morphs used in the first ''Super Megaforce'' episode are Samurai, Mystic Force, SPD, and Ninja Storm; [[spoiler:which correspond to most of the {{Mecha Expansion Pack}}s they'll receive - the missing ones are Wild Force and RPM.]] |
| 163 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jake comments that Gosei looks like a Tiki head. Gosei replies that he has taken this form to communicate with humans. |
| 164 | * FreezeFrameBonus: In the trailer for the video game, you can see the Mystic Brothers Card, even though there is no Mystic Brother counterpart. |
| 165 | ** As the Rangers search for the Black Mountains to go and find the Wild Sword in "Ultra Power" you can briefly see Troy and Emma holding hands. |
| 166 | * GaiasVengeance: Both the mutants and Robo Knight are this, though in different flavors. Robo Knight's mission is to defend nature that's threatened, while the mutants want to take the threats and escalate them to a full-on eco-disaster for revenge. It's also probably a good thing that Robo Knight sees the mutants as the threat, not humanity - when Metal Alice shows up, he tells her that humans are part of Earth's ecosystem too; and their good outweighs the bad. |
| 167 | * GeneralFailure: [[BigGood Gosei]] of all people. He fails to explain anything. Sure, much of the time, it's because he's interrupted by an alien attack, but he never picks it back up when he has a chance. Couple that with the Rangers seemingly figuring out things on their own, like [[spoiler: that they can morph straight to Super Megaforce without having to go through the outmoded Megaforce suits]], and literally the only reason Gosei seems to be there is for plot convenience. |
| 168 | * GratuitousSpanish: Dream Snatcher, so much it hurts. |
| 169 | * GreenAesop: The Megaforce Rangers like to say the Earth is a beautiful planet and that it needs to be protected. |
| 170 | * HalloweenEpisode: "Raising Spirits". Also a [[http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/power-rangers-megaforce-halloween-promo.html Halloween safety PSA]]. |
| 171 | %% * BlackAndNerdy |
| 172 | * HumansAreTheRealMonsters: The mutants believe this. They made their home underneath an old toxic waste factory, where they were formed from the waste that seeped into the cavern underground. They view their plan to turn Earth into a toxic wasteland as simply finishing what humanity started. |
| 173 | * InternalHomage: Everything just screams that Saban is basically trying to remake the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': |
| 174 | ** The return to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude and WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld plots. |
| 175 | ** Gosei and Tensou being blatant [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Zordon and Alpha. Justified; Zordon was Gosei's mentor. Plus, the local hangout owner is named "Ernie" like his ''Mighty Morphin'' counterpart. |
| 176 | ** In the [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nW38O8CQ_3Y/UNUlOkr_16I/AAAAAAACvsM/YrKC-YoB1fU/s1600/compareu.png cast wardrobe]]: Blue Ranger Noah in smart specs similar to Billy's, while Pink Ranger Emma sports shorts like Kimberly. |
| 177 | ** The premiere has numerous {{Call Back}}s to "Day of the Dumpster". Both have the teens' arrival at the Command Center include a brainy Blue Ranger-to-be fascinated by the resident robot, and there are a lot of dialogue nods including an exchange between a giant head and a robot about needing teenagers, the Red Ranger delivering the line "[Zordon/Gosei] said these morphers would give us power.", and the Pink Ranger joking about helmet hair. |
| 178 | * IntriguedByHumanity: What Robo Knight grows more and more to be, through his battles by the Rangers' side and his observation of people (particularly children). |
| 179 | * IronicEcho: In "Harmony and Dizchord", when the titular MonsterOfTheWeek starts attacking the city with his cacophonic music, Emma says "What is that horrible sound?!". The exact same question is asked by Dizchord himself later when he hears Emma singing, which weakens him enough for the Rangers to defeat him. |
| 180 | * ItHasBeenAnHonor: Said by the Red Ranger when [[spoiler:they get trapped in the Aurora Box after destroying Bigs, just before Gosei comes to the rescue:]] |
| 181 | --> Guys... I want you to know what an honor it's been to serve by your side... |
| 182 | * JiveTurkey: The series gets points for making a ''robot'' into this: in "The Human Condition", Robo Knight learns to ''rap'' in his quest to learn more about humanity. |
| 183 | * LampshadeHanging: In the episode "Robo Knight", Gia lampshades the MakeMyMonsterGrow trope when she shouts, "Guess we should have expected this!"--as the monster is growing in front of them. |
| 184 | * LargeHam: [[BigBad Admiral Malkor]], Creepox and Ernie. |
| 185 | * LastVillainStand: [[spoiler:After their fleet is destroyed and Emperor Marvro has been killed, the Armada's army makes one last attempt to kill the Rangers, and have to be wiped out by every Ranger team ever.]] |
| 186 | * LimitedWardrobe: All five Rangers have worn the exact same outfits in every episode, barring only an occasional wardrobe change. Not counting the seasons with standardized uniforms, this ''had'' been done before with Leo, Maya, and Karone in ''Lost Galaxy''[[note]]the other Galaxy Rangers [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Mike]] had fully-justified work uniforms[[/note]] and the ''Time Force'' team, but it's more noticeable here since those teams had some degree of justification for limited clothing and because the standardized uniforms hadn't become a regular franchise feature yet; while ''Megaforce'' follows the WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld format which in the past ''had'' allowed for clothing variation. |
| 187 | ** In fact, when the cameos came at the end of the season, all of them were wearing more or less the same things they wore 10 or more years ago. |
| 188 | * LocalHangout: Ernie's Brain Freeze |
| 189 | * {{Magitek}}: Vrak's Zombats can bring fallen monsters back to life, making their function a form of necromancy; however, Vrak describes them as being robotic ([[MemeticMutation "far too complex for you to understand!"]]). Vrak's character bio also mentions that he is capable of performing alien magic, which seems to be this trope. |
| 190 | * MeaningfulEcho: Troy stops a bully in "Who's Crying Now?" by stating that a) you shouldn't be bullying people around and b) every small creature doesn't need to be picked on. The words get repeated later in the episode when a) the kid Troy saved from the beating uses the first set of lines to save said bullies from Creepox, and b) the bullies repeat the second set to prevent the group from squishing their target's insect friend, now having a true change of heart. |
| 191 | * MeaningfulName: A water-related Ranger is named [[Literature/TheBible Noah]]. |
| 192 | ** From "He Blasted Me With Science," we have a UFO-themed monster named... "Yuffo". |
| 193 | * MusicalAssassin: The monster Dizchord can use music as a weapon, which is extremely agonizing. [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Emma uses her singing]] combined with one of Troy's cards to counter it and beat him. |
| 194 | * MythologyGag: Besides the many references to ''Mighty Morphin'', the names "Gosei" and "Tensou" are taken from the original ''Sentai'' but used in a different context. |
| 195 | ** When the first MonsterOfTheWeek is summoned, his boasting ironically includes the words "Power like they've never seen before". This is extremely close to the first lyrics from the original "Go Go Power Rangers" theme song. |
| 196 | ** "It's Morphin' Time!" has returned as an additional {{Invocation}} before the official morphing call. |
| 197 | ** The local hang out owner is named [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Ernie]], after a character with the same role from the first four seasons[[note]]unfortunately, it is not the same Ernie of old, due to his actor, Richard Genelle, dying in 2008[[/note]]. |
| 198 | ** Likely unintentional, but still. Jake (the black ranger) has a crush on Gia (the yellow ranger), who in the source material...were siblings. Much like in how ''Lightspeed Rescue'', Carter and Dana's sentai counterparts were related[[note]]unlike in ''Lightspeed Rescue'', however, this only happened because of the specific pairing - in ''Series/KyuKyuSentaiGoGoV'', the entire team was a family, meaning the only way to avoid this would have been to make Carter Grayson's ShipTease be with someone who was not a ranger; had Jake been the blue or red ranger, or had Gia been the pink ranger, this would not have been an issue[[/note]]. |
| 199 | * NarratingTheObvious: The Rangers will often mention verbatim what an opponent has just said they were/will be doing. This takes up half of the Monster-Ranger interactions. |
| 200 | * NonIndicativeName: |
| 201 | ** Harwood County is actually a city. Well, it could be both - there are a number of cities big enough that they're considered counties as well - but it's odd that "County" is in the proper name. |
| 202 | ** The Turbo Falcon zord is actually based on the ''RPM'' season, not ''Turbo''. |
| 203 | * OhCrap: There's a big one in The Wrath when [[spoiler:Gosei intercepts a message from Emperor Mavro calling ''all'' of the Armada's fleet from across the galaxy to launch an all out invasion of Earth.]] |
| 204 | * OpeningNarration: In the same style as ''Samurai'''s: |
| 205 | --> Our world was once a safe and happy place, until evil aliens arrived with one plan: to destroy Earth! Gosei, Earth's ancient guardian, awoke, and called on a new team of teenagers to fight off this new threat. They are the Power Rangers Megaforce! |
| 206 | ** ''Super Megaforce'' uses a different one: |
| 207 | --->An alien armada has arrived and invaded our planet. Wave after wave have attacked us, with a ferocity never seen before. To battle this new threat, the Power Rangers must master the abilities of the Legendary Rangers to become... Super Megaforce! |
| 208 | * PeoplePuppets: Beezara's abilities in ''United We Stand''. Unlike most examples, her slaves keep their consciousness: it's only their bodies that are forced to do her bidding. |
| 209 | ** Viral can turn humans into Loogies and make them infect each other. |
| 210 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: A bit in the theme song. "'''ME! GA! FORCE!'''" |
| 211 | * PungeonMaster: Dizchord. |
| 212 | ** To be honest, this is pretty much a tradition as far as ''Power Rangers'' [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] go, though Vrak's robots (Metal Alice included) tone it down a good deal. |
| 213 | * RearrangeTheSong: "Go Go Power Rangers" (Samurai Version) gets remixed yet again. |
| 214 | * RhymesOnADime: Dizchord again! |
| 215 | * RobotBuddy: Tensou. Also R1-C0 ("Rico") in one episode. |
| 216 | * ShoutOut |
| 217 | ** In "United We Stand," one of the Rangers calls Queen Beezara "[[Series/{{Beetleborgs}} A big bad beetle]]." She doesn't take it well, for [[InsistentTerminology more reasons]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen than one]]. |
| 218 | ** While likely unintentional, the first episode beginning with Troy dreaming of the war is almost identical to the first episode of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', where Natsumi had a dream of the Rider War that came to pass. |
| 219 | * ShownTheirWork: The stances that Emma and Jake learn while training with Casey are at least based on the stances of Phoenix and Snake Kung Fu, which are their animal spirits. |
| 220 | * TheSomethingForce: The first ''Power Rangers'' series to invoke this trope while combining the word "Force" with the season subtitle's first term, resulting in the one-word subtitle of ''Megaforce''. Additionally, unlike other TheSomethingForce seasons, this season's theme isn't necessarily indicated by the word preceding "force" in the title; the subtitle merely utilizes a generic prefix. |
| 221 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:R1-C0, aka Rico, in "Rico the Robot"; rather than sacrificing himself like Koro/Ain-I did in Epic 41 of ''Goseiger'', he simply jettisoned himself into space and survived, the sentai footage cutting out ''right'' before he explodes.]] |
| 222 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: The season is titled ''Power Rangers '''Megaforce''''', although variable spellings of [="MegaForce"=] and "Mega Force" can occasionally be seen. These variants are likely arising because past seasons containing the term [[TheSomethingForce "Force"]] in the subtitle have always treated ''Force'' as a separate word, whereas ''Megaforce'' is the first instance of the term "Force" being combined with another term to make a compound-word subtitle. |
| 223 | ** Coincidentally, the usage of a compound word helps in averting AcronymConfusion (as of 2013), as ''Megaforce'' can use the initialism PRM rather than PRMF (which is usually used to refer to ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''). |
| 224 | ** Subverted in ''The Human Condition'': |
| 225 | -->'''Malkor''': Finally we meet in person. I am Malkor. |
| 226 | -->'''Jake''': How do you even spell that? M-A-L...what? |
| 227 | -->'''Malkor''': It spells "Earth's doom!" |
| 228 | * SpoilerOpening: The first-season title sequence included clips of the Gosei Ground Megazord and Vrak's ultimate form, long before either was in the show. |
| 229 | ** In fact, Vrak's ultimate form didn't appear all season. It was a spoiler for '''next season'''! |
| 230 | * SublimeRhyme: Black Ranger Jake's name rhymes with his power animal, the Snake. Similar to how Black Ranger Zack's name from ''Mighty Morphin'' rhymed with his respective suit color. |
| 231 | ** The team's rallying cry of "Earth's Defenders, Never Surrender!" |
| 232 | * ThemeTuneRollCall |
| 233 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: A RunningGag is that Jake is often ''just'' about to dig into a snack when the Rangers are called into action and he has to abandon it. |
| 234 | * ToiletHumor: Calling ''Samurai''[='s=] {{Mooks}} "Moogers"[[note]]it resembles the word "'''B'''oogers"[[/note]] may have been merely unfortunate; but this year, calling the snot-green guys ''"Loogies"'' had to be on purpose. It doesn't help that they appear from green slime, and that in episode 3, the MonsterOfTheWeek can turn people into Loogies by sneezing on them). |
| 235 | ** In Ultra Power we get this from Jake towards Vrak. |
| 236 | -->'''Jake''': Nice blades dude. I bet you're extra careful when you're picking boogers! (knocks Vrak to the ground) |
| 237 | ** In "Last Laugh" the Nojoke's last resort in getting a laugh out of Troy is... letting one rip. It's pulled straight from ''Goseiger'', but still. Nojoke even says that farts are never ''not'' funny. |
| 238 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Gia and Emma. |
| 239 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Even just the first press release reveals that the villains aren't just the Warstar; there are going to be three villain groups, and they're going to be directed by a fourth party. [[spoiler:Just like ''Goseiger'', which had three groups, but Vrak's counterpart Buredoran was involved in all three and was eventually revealed to be the BigBad manipulating them all. Unlike ''Goseiger'', though, the "fourth party" isn't Vrak himself but his family in the Armada.]] |
| 240 | ** Also, the SixthRanger, Robo Knight, is part of the earliest promotional material and toy releases. |
| 241 | * TheVirus: The third MonsterOfTheWeek, Virox, can turn ordinary humans into [[{{Mooks}} Loogies]] by sneezing on them. Then those specific Loogies can sneeze on more people and turn ''them'' into Loogies, and so on. Luckily the virus can be cured by [[NoOntologicalInertia killing Virox]]. |
| 242 | * VisualPun: When Jake need an adjustment made on his Axe, he brings it to Noah hidden in a [[SenselessViolins guitar case]]. |
| 243 | * WhatDoesThisButtonDo: The Black Ranger jokingly states this to use the Gosei Ultimate Megazord Ultimate Laser Cannons against Bluefur. |
| 244 | * WhatTheHellHero: In the ninth episode, Robo Knight is under fire from {{Mooks}} and jumps to the side, while civilians are behind him. While the Rangers save them, they do call out Robo Knight on him putting the civilians at risk. |
| 245 | ** Not helped by Robo Knight not even trying to pull a JerkassHasAPoint, which he probably would've been able to do by explaining that him not taking heavy damage is more important to him then a few civilians. |
| 246 | * YouHaveFailedMe[=/=]YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Though he thanks [[spoiler:Metal Alice for her services up to that point, Vrak nonetheless points this out to her when she's badly damaged, telling her that she failed and is being discarded right before she blows up for good and he leaves in the Megaforce finale. This is despite the fact that he would never have been able to leave in the first place had Metal Alice not shown up and, in turn, she would not have been destroyed. In fact, Vrak wouldn't have been at the fight at all had Metal Alice not found and reconstituted his near-lifeless body to begin with. The Rangers call out his ruthlessness, obviously, to no avail.]] |
| 247 | ** Ironically, you can blame this on ''Metal Alice 'improving' him by removing those useless emotions from him when she [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt him]].'' We don't know if he'd have [[spoiler: saved her]] in his original state, but he's ''not'' his ''Goseiger'' counterpart. The old Vrak ''might'' have, but Cyborg Vrak is ''incapable'' of compassion or appreciation. |
| 248 | |
| 249 | !!''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' contains examples of: |
| 250 | * AdaptationInducedPlotHole: |
| 251 | ** Moving the Legendary Battle to the end of the series instead of before when it takes place. In ''Gokaiger,'' this was used to set up how the current team had the powers of the past ones, as well as explain how the past teams didn't have their powers anymore, thus you didn't question when other teams didn't show up to help the current one outside of the cameos. Here, while the current team having access to the powers of the past ones is partially explained by the Morphin Grid (though the Grid is never mentioned in the show and it's never explained how Gosei and Tensou are able to tap into the Grid and copy the powers, something ''[=SPD=]'' was able to do 9 years prior in the first ''Dino Thunder'' crossover, mind you), the fact that the past rangers never come in to help the current ones deal with the threat of the Armada, especially when they're shown to be watching over them, makes you question why. It's also a question as to why the current team having access to the past powers doesn't overload them or the Grid, as shown in ''Dino Thunder'' when Trent and the White Ranger clone were both damaged through both using the same powers at the same time. |
| 252 | ** Partly causes the problems in most of the examples below in "NewPowersAsThePlotDemands." |
| 253 | ** The rangers' Super powered forms and associated zords having a pirate aesthtic. While people like [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] argue that it doesn't really matter, it actually ''does,'' since the Gokaigers were space pirates and everything about them and their arsenal reflected it. The show doesn't even make a meta joke about it. While the ''Goseiger'' powers were more general in regards to aestetic and powers so stripping out the angels part of that show when adapting it wasn't that noticeable, stripping out the space pirate part of ''Gokaiger'' leads to questions of why the powers are as they are. |
| 254 | ** The "new powers never before seen on [Earth]." Due to said powers never having been adapted as ''Power Ranger'' teams or seasons, it leads to a lot of questions as to ''who'' those rangers were, where or when they're from, how Gosei knew about them, how they were catalogued into either the Morphin Grid or their computers to use their powers despite never being on Earth before, how the current rangers just know how to use their powers despite having ''just'' been introduced to them in the episodes they first appear in, and other things. The confusing part is that half the time, the production team actually spent the time, resources, and money neccessary to shoot either quick pick-up shots or longer whole fight scenes[[note]] (some of which were wholly unneccessary if you've watched the original ''Gokaiger'' episodes or look up information about them, as they sometimes replaced fights with rangers that ''were'' adapted into ''Power Rangers'' for seemingly no real reason)[[/note]] to skip over or replace footage of ''other'' unadapted teams or individual rangers, so they didn't even ''need'' to appear and it makes no sense as to why these teams were allowed through into the final product of the adaptation. Not to mention the episodes they didn't adapt that they could've pulled footage from to use that had perfectly good usable fight scenes too. |
| 255 | ** Orion being an alien and his backstory mixed with knowing nothing about the ''Power Rangers'' led to footage inconsistencies with ''Gokaiger,'' where his counterpart, Gai, was a human and a ''Sentai'' fanboy. Gai's over-enthusiastic and extroverted personality clashed hard with Orion's more reserved one when it came to ''Gokaiger'' footage due to the body language present in it. They tried to counter this by having him in his 3rd episode dance around the school in his underwear, but that only made it ''more'' jarring, since we'd just gotten his backstory of being the only known survivor on his planet left and how the Armada wiped out his people. Not to mention said backstory makes it quite odd why he leaves in the second to last episode ''before'' the Armada threat is stopped from trying to destroy the Earth, which he vowed to stop at all costs previously. It led to the writers forcing in a line from Noah that he could autopilot his zord in the episode as well (that got ''no'' explanation in the original aired version and barely one in the extended version) when that wasn't the case in the original ''Gokaiger'' episode. His morpher and the fact that it and his Ranger Key that he found on his planet also raise questions, since the Keys are products of Gosei and Tensou and the morpher is embedded in some sort of crystal with it with no explanation or handwave. In ''Gokaiger,'' Gai was given it by Abarekiller, Dragonranger, and [=TimeFire=] in a dream he had thanks to [=AkaRed=] while he was in a coma in a hospital after saving a little girl from getting hit by a car, getting run over in the process, so there's at least ''something.'' |
| 256 | * BackToBackBadasses: Troy and Noah in "Samurai Surprise". |
| 257 | * BloodierAndGorier: It's minor, but when the villain leader comes down to earth the first time and gets shot, a bit of blood is shown on his hand and arm as stains. This is most likely an oversight, as Saban is normally very good at keeping Power Rangers bloodless. |
| 258 | * BondOneLiner: "Goodbye, Vrak." |
| 259 | * BrokenAesop: In "Samurai Surprise," [[spoiler:[[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Jayden]]]] tells the Rangers to ''heed their instincts'' (IE: Fight strategically) to sense the opponents' moves. (Thus the overall Aesop translating to "don't rush into things," which the Rangers did the moment they saw [[spoiler:Vekar]] prior.) However, the final fight was instead almost completely against an X-Borg horde; and after the Mega Rangers just ''rush in a second time,'' [[spoiler:Matacore]] is taken out with little more than a MacGuffin-powered attack (and the stock FinishingMove). [[SarcasmMode Truly a feat rivaling that of]] UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga. |
| 260 | * CastFromHitPoints: Using the Legendary forms drains the Rangers of strength, thus explaining the quick changes. |
| 261 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Emperor Mavro's other main subordinate Yellzor. He arrives with him and Redker, restrains Damaras, then completely disappears without any mention of what happened. |
| 262 | * DemotedToExtra: Once the Rangers get a hold of the Super Mega Powers, they more or less forget the original Megaforce powers outside of a two-parter devoted to Vrak's return. It's to the point where, when the situation called for the rangers to use the Megaforce powers (i.e., when the footage has Gokaigers become Goseigers), they switch the costumes to some other Rangers, though justified in that instance because by that point they'd be downgrading. |
| 263 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Most evident in the first episode of Super Megaforce, where both the villains and Rangers note that the lasers used to grow the monsters are not only better than the Zombats, but that they can also grow more than one monster in the same minute. |
| 264 | * FamilyFriendlyFirearms: In Gokaiger, their guns shot actual bullets at their enemies. In Super Megaforce, the bullets were replaced with lasers. |
| 265 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Happens to Jake and Noah in "The Grass Is Always Greener... Or Bluer". |
| 266 | * GladIThoughtOfIt: In "Silver Lining, pt. 1": |
| 267 | --> '''Damaras:''' We should send in a commander!\ |
| 268 | '''Levira:''' With a new plan!\ |
| 269 | '''Vekar:''' I have an idea! Let's send in a commander with a new plan!\ |
| 270 | '''Argus:''' Genius![[note]]Now, who's to say whether this was [[SincerityMode sincere]] or [[SarcasmMode sarcastic]]?[[/note]] |
| 271 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Vrak kills Robo Knight by badly wounding him and leaving him to die in his exploding base. While Robo Knight manages to save Orion, he himself doesn't make it. This makes the first time in the franchise a villain actually ''succeeded'' in intentionally killing a Ranger for any significant length of time, as opposed to the Ranger performing a HeroicSacrifice for reasons the villain never intended, making him even more this trope.]] |
| 272 | * IdiotBall: In "Earth Fights Back": |
| 273 | -->'''Vekar''': Launch those missiles already! Why do I have to wait until nightfall? |
| 274 | -->'''Levira''': Because that's how the clock was set. |
| 275 | -->'''Vekar''': WHAT?! Whose brilliant idea was that? |
| 276 | -->'''[[YesMan Argus]]''': Yours, Boss. |
| 277 | * InterspeciesRomance: "Love Is in the Air" is all about Levira falling in love with Jake after drinking a LovePotion mixed in with tea. Actually, the MonsterOfTheWeek had planned for her to fall in love with him, but it backfired because she was watching Jake through a monitor when she drank it. |
| 278 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Subverted. Troy tries to invoke this trope when he is forced to fight a brainwashed [[spoiler: Robo Knight]] but brings the latter back to their senses by doing an unexplained [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super-Saiyan-esque]] [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim powered up punch]] ripped straight from the source material. |
| 279 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Emma quips "Bet you didn't see that coming," after morphing into [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros Pink Flash]]. |
| 280 | * [[LighterandSofter Lighter and Softer]]: Super Megaforce was relatively serious-toned up until the addition of [[SixthRanger Orion]] to the team. The season then (presumably to counteract Orion's back-story) busts out as many weird, cheesy comedy-plots as it can muster up until [[spoiler:"All Hail Prince Vekar."]] |
| 281 | * LightningCanDoAnything: Giving Tensou LaserGuidedAmnesia in "The Perfect Storm". |
| 282 | * LostAesop: "The Grass is Greener or Bluer" involves Noah and Jake having a FreakyFriday situation because of a monster. However, the plot changes scenarios at the drop of a hat to developing the Super Mega Cannon. To justify the switch in focus, [[note]]And by extension using Gokai Green footage to represent Gokai Blue's counterpart, thus retaining the FreakyFriday context[[/note]] Noah hints at wanting to build the weapon alone without the others by ignoring teamwork.....only it was in no way even remotely mentioned prior to that point; nor do the Rangers actually assist Noah in developing the weapon after the fact. |
| 283 | * MeaningfulEcho: In "The Wrath", when [[spoiler:Earth is invaded by millions of Armada ships and Emperor Mavro orders the Rangers to surrender]], they decide they need to send him a message, in the form of their [[InTheNameOfTheMoon post-roll call announcement.]] |
| 284 | -->'''Troy''': Is this enough of a message to get our point across? It's morphin' time! |
| 285 | -->'''Mega Rangers''': '''THIS IS OUR ANSWER: EARTH'S DEFENDERS NEVER SURRENDER!!''' |
| 286 | * MythologyGag: In "Power of Six" Noah uses the powers of the Green Prism Ranger, and claims the powers are making his fists "flashy". The series the suits come from? ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman''. |
| 287 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: This is basically Gosei's modus operandi. Wait around a bit and then decide to tell the Rangers they've unlocked new powers when it feels convenient. At first, this seemed to be tied to the Rangers having learned the moral of the story, but as time went on, he just starts giving stuff without reason. Specific examples include: |
| 288 | ** "A Lion's Alliance" brings us Noah's inexplicable ability to [[spoiler:be able to sense the Red Lion Zord.]] Once they land on Animaria, they HandWave it as a "feeling of being watched;" though that doesn't explain why Noah had this precognition even before they landed on the island. |
| 289 | ** Literally the case in "Earth Fights Back" where Gosei informs the Rangers they've unlocked "new powers never been seen on Earth before" to {{Handwave}} and explanation for the usage of the Dairanger suits. |
| 290 | ** Taken to ridiculous extents in "The Grass is Always Greener... or Bluer", where Gosei suddenly tells the rangers mid battle that they are now able to summon the Ninja Zord, despite said episode not having anything to do with ninjas, nor even mentioning them. The Zord itself also lacked any sort of foreshadowing. |
| 291 | * NoEnding: While there's an ending to the series insomuch as [[spoiler:the Armada is vanquished once and for all, we don't get the usual coda and character wrap-up scenes you'd expect for a ''Power Rangers'' series. The Megaforce Rangers exchange a few words with the Legendary Rangers, who then teleport away, Troy sticks his sword in the ground, then walks off cracking jokes with the rest of the team, and that's it]]. |
| 292 | * NoNameGiven: Three Ranger modes as part of past transformations were never even given names...at first. |
| 293 | ** Later on the ''Dairanger'', ''Maskman'' and ''Flashman'' modes are given names as "Legendary Squadron", "Lightning" and "Prism" along with ''Fiveman'' as "Supersonic" and ''Changeman" as "Blitz" though no real explanation was given for them. |
| 294 | * NoPowerNoColor: |
| 295 | ** The Rangers' morphers take on a dirty rusted appearance when one of the villains drains their morphers in "End Game". (Unfortunately, it still looks more like paint than burnout.) |
| 296 | ** The Ranger Keys turn into gray stone when Vrak disables their Super Mega Mode. |
| 297 | * ReCut: Episodes "The Wrath" and "Legendary Battle" were reaired as an extended version with extra scenes, including an extended battle against Emperor Mavro and extra scenes with the past Rangers. |
| 298 | * RedHerring: "The Perfect Storm" starts with the froyo machine at Ernie's on the fritz, forcing him to call for a technician, and our heroes are stuck with tracking down an [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac]] Tensou when they come across this scary-looking guy in a nice suit and [[SatchelSwitcheroo a luggage case roughly resembling Tensou]], making phone calls like he's off to some illegal transaction. [[spoiler:He's the froyo machine technician Ernie called.]] So basically, MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot spun into a BrickJoke. |
| 299 | * RiskyBusinessDance: Orion pulls this off while cleaning up the empty school, at night, at the start of "Power of Six". It comes completely out of left field. |
| 300 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In "Earth Fights Back", the Rangers decide to go on one in the Legendary Megazord in retaliation for the Armada's attacks. They end up scrapping a good potion of the fleet. |
| 301 | * ShoutOut: "Power of Six" starts out with Orion alone in the high school [[Film/RiskyBusiness dancing around in his shorts,]] [[{{WesternAnimation/Madagascar}} catching the spurts from a water fountain in his mouth,]] [[Film/GoodWillHunting doing some cleaning up and leaving a massive equation on a chalkboard.]] |
| 302 | * SiblingYinYang: While Vrak is cold and manipulative, his brother Vekar is overly compulsive and short-tempered. |
| 303 | * SneezeOfDoom: In "United As One", Vekar catches a cold, and his sneezes are powerful enough to rock the bridge of his command ship. |
| 304 | * SpotlightStealingCrossover: The new powers never seen before get more focus than some of the actual Power Rangers' powers. In fact, it's to the point where, during "The Wrath", while the Red Ranger gets the Mighty Morphin' outfit, the others reuse the "new powers". |
| 305 | * TrashTheSet: [[spoiler:Ernie's Brainfreeze (along with the rest of the mall) and Harwood County High in the first ''Super Megaforce'' episode. Both are shown being fixed up at the end of that episode and through the next one.]] |
| 306 | * UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler: Danny Slavin]] is reprising his role as [[spoiler: [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Leo]]]]. Considering his [[ScrewedByTheNetwork history]] [[OldShame with the franchise,]] this is very unexpected indeed. |
| 307 | ** The appearance of [[spoiler: the [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Dairanger]] suits.]] |
| 308 | *** Any time a Sentai suit appears, now that Ryuu Ranger, Pink Flash, and Yellow Mask are in. |
| 309 | *** We knew Jayden would be making an appearence, but no-one knew about Mentor Ji's role until the episode debut. |
| 310 | *** At the end of "Emperor Mavro" [[note]] which was really more about Damaras, but still[[/note]], the Rangers go to a concert. The frontmen of the band? [[spoiler:Antonio (playing a fish guitar, no less) and Mia.]] |
| 311 | * TheUnreveal: When Jake gets his Super Mega Mode key, he notes that it's the wrong color. Gosei says there's a simple explanation, but then he's cut off by another attack wave. |
| 312 | * UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Nobody in town takes notice of Tensou on the streets when he loses his memory. Nobody who isn't ''directly'' in his way takes much notice of Jake's ''epic'' LeParkour run through the city to catch up with him. |
| 313 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 314 | ** ''Silver Lining, Part 2'', in which we learn Orion's backstory and how the Armada destroyed ''his home planet'' and leaving him as Andreasia's last citizen. |
| 315 | ** ''All Hail Prince Vekar'', the fifteenth of the twenty episodes of Super Megaforce, features the season's BigBad taking on the Rangers in his own Megazord and nearly destroying them. Luckily, the Rangers get a HeroicSecondWind and take the battle back to him. Prince Vekar is defeated ''and killed''. What's more is that the viewers get confirmation of his death when Damaras comes to the ruins of his prince's Megazord at the end of the episode [[KilledOffForReal and carries Vekar's]] [[WhamShot dead body away]]. |
| 316 | ** The ''Vrak is Back'' two parter, which wraps up all the loose ends from Mega Force [[spoiler:and has Robo Knight perform a HeroicSacrifice to save Orion, making him the third main Ranger to truly die (as opposed to a DisneyDeath) in the franchise after Kendrix and the Magna Defender. As well as the first time a villain has actually ''succeeded'' in killing the Ranger they intended to kill.]] |
| 317 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: While all the monsters/aliens have strange names Vekar finds "Pacha Chamak" to be quite strange. |
| 318 | -->'''Pacha Chamak''': Greetings your highness. I am Pacha Chamak. |
| 319 | -->'''Vekar''': What? Pa...cha..backpack? What kind of ridiculous name is that? |
| 320 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Not with a character, but with Corinith instead. Because Super Megaforce reused footage from ''Gokaiger'''s tribute episode to ''Go-Onger'' ([[VoodooShark even when there was really little explanation]]), Corinith looks less like an artificial environment and more like a teched-out race track, as the footage was originally of the Machine World. |
| 321 | * YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: "Legendary Battle" opens with the Power Rangers thinking their job is done and preparing to see Orion off as he makes to head back home. |
| 322 | |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | -->''"Earth's defenders, never surrender!"'' |
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