Line #173 Series/PowerRangersSPD


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Heroes on your side, Heroes for all time, Out to save the universe.]]''
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7	->''"S.P.D. Emergency!"''
8	-->-- '''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers S.P.D.''
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10	''Franchise/PowerRangers'', TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture. ''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' is the thirteenth season of the franchise, [[{{Frankenslation}} based on]] ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger.'' The Earth of 2025 is a very different place, where humans and alien immigrants live in relative peace. There's always a few bad eggs, though, and that's where S.P.D. (short for Space Patrol Delta) comes in. Started on the planet Sirius, it's now a galaxy-wide police organization. The Earth branch is based in Newtech City, headed by Anubis "Doggie" Cruger.
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12	The series focuses on S.P.D.'s B-Squad. As their name indicates, they're backup to the elite A-Squad. At first, B-Squad consists of the serious Sky (who wants nothing more than to be a Red Ranger just like his father), {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bridge, and the rich former model and pop idol Syd. When A-Squad is forced to leave the planet on business, they're promoted to Ranger status, and given morphers. Sky is ''not'' pleased to learn that he's only a Blue Ranger. Their first mission is to track down a pair of metahuman [[JustLikeRobinHood Robin Hoods]], Z and Jack. They were probably chosen for the task because they're metahumans, too. Much to the dismay of B-Squad, Cruger decides that the best punishment for Jack and Z is to become the Red (especially to Sky's chagrin) and Yellow Rangers. It takes a while, and they often relapsed back to being bitter and angry at each other, but they eventually become [[TrueCompanions a tight unit]], and even tighter when they learn why they all have strange, genetic powers...
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14	Unusually, rather than a two part with the previous season's cast, there were two separate episodes with the ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' Rangers, with each team getting a chance to enter the world of the other. For some reason, those specific episodes seem to flow better if you watch them in reverse order.
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16	Succeeded by ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce.'' Bridge would later appear in [[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive the Once a Ranger]] MilestoneCelebration, being bumped up to Red Ranger status due to Xander from ''Mystic Force'' and Tori from ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' (Bridge had ended the series as the Blue Ranger).
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18	Has a [[Characters/PowerRangersSPD character sheet]].
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22	!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:
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24	* ActionGirl: Z and Syd.
25	* AllOfThem: During the first ''Dino Thunder'' episode, Gruumm after having enough of Broodwing's attempts to outshine him orders Morgana to prepare for a full-scale ground attack with ''every'' robot in their arsenal sent out alongside himself and her. It actually does really well, as S.P.D. and even a BigDamnHeroes from Cruger are overwhelmed by the sheer numbers (and with Omega Ranger forced to deal with Broodwing's first Dragoul at the time, he can't offer reinforcements) and it takes the second BigDamnHeroes of the Dino Thunder Rangers to turn the tide.
26	%%* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Even earlier than expected!
27	* AuraVision: This is the one that generally receives the most usage over the course of the series.
28	* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: The S.W.A.T. Truck.
29	* BarrierWarrior: Sky.
30	* BattleCry: A Power Rangers standard, but ''S.P.D.'' parodies it at the same time it uses it in the episode "Shadow pt. 1", when the Rangers [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud scream "BATTLE CRY"]] as they maneuver their Megazord towards the enemy.
31	* {{BFG}}: R.I.C. as the Canine Cannon and the S.W.A.T. Mode's Delta Enforcers.
32	* BifurcatedWeapon: Jack's Delta Blasters.
33	* BigBad: Emperor Gruumm.
34	* BigGood: Supreme Commander Fowler/Doggie Cruger.
35	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: [[IncrediblyLamePun PD]]
36	* ByThePowerOfGreyskull: "S.P.D., Emergency!" (We're not sure which; "Recognition" shows morphing without the phrase, but "Zapped" implies it's necessary.)
37	* CaptureBalls: Unlike their [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Sentai counterparts]] who just execute their villains outright, the Rangers of Space Patrol Delta imprison them in Containment Cards after defeat.
38	* ChestInsignia: S.P.D. nameplates on the belt and right side of the chest, and police badges on the right shoulder and forehead of the helmet; plus a personal number taking up the entire left side of the chest.
39	* CityOfAdventure: Newtech City.
40	* ComicBookAdaptation: Had a run in the UK Jetix Magazine and Power Rangers Magazine.
41	* CompressedAdaptation: Was given 38 episodes to ''Dekaranger's'' 50. This included two original, single episode team-ups with ''Dino Thunder''[[note]]''[[Film/TokusouSentaiDekarangerVsAbaranger Dekaranger vs. Abaranger]]'' was a direct-to-video supplement to the series[[/note]].
42	* CoolBike: The boys' Patrol Cycles. Notably, Sky's is an older model with a different design, leading him to complain when Jack and Bridge get new bikes and he doesn't (Kat just points out that he already ''has'' a bike). Also Sam's Uniforce Cycle.
43	* CoolCar: The Delta Cruiser.
44	* CombiningMecha: The Rangers get two five-piece combinations, the Delta Squad and SWAT Megazords. The former can combine with the Omegamax Cycle to make the Deltamax Megazord.
45	* DegradedBoss: Blueheads and Orangeheads were monsters of the week in their first appearances; by the finale, they're getting beat up by unmorphed allies just like the regular Krybots.
46	* TheDragon: Morgana.
47	* EliteMooks: Blueheads and Orangeheads.
48	* EvilPlan: Why Emperor Gruumm needs to be stopped.
49	* EvilVersusEvil: Seen a few times throughout the season:
50	** Stench and Thresher decide to keep the stolen SPD technology for themselves instead of sharing it with Gruumm.
51	** Bork, the MonsterOfTheWeek for ''Missing'', is targeted by another alien criminal named Herock, who is vaporized by the former.
52	** Towards the end of the season, Broodwing competes with Gruumm in conquering Earth.
53	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms:
54	** As usual, but ''Dekaranger'' used actual bullets and some edits to hide this ended up kind of questionable. For one, in Omega Ranger's debut he [[BulletCatch catches lasers]] single-handedly, and then drops the "laser pellets" at his feet. You can also occasionally catch the Megazord ejecting used shells from its gun, even though it's now supposed to be a laser weapon.
55	** In ''Dekaranger'', "Deleting" an Alienizer meant having them KilledOffForReal, which was why they needed the Universal Ultimate Court's approval through Judgement Time to do so. Here, the criminals are all instead [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in Containment Cards]] for imprisonment, while Judgement Mode acts more akin to a LieDetector.
56	* FiveTokenBand: The A-Squad Rangers. Hispanic Red Ranger, Caucasian Yellow Ranger, Asian Pink Ranger, African American Green Ranger and an alien as the Blue Ranger.
57	* GreaterScopeVillain: BigBad Emperor Gruumm was the leader of the Troobian Empire, but was just collecting power for the Omni.
58	* HomeBase: S.P.D. Command.
59	* HumongousMecha: Used by both the Rangers and some of Grummm's generals.
60	* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: The Delta Squad Megazord can ''move.'' Its most common StockFootage is [[GunFu leaping and rolling while firing its gun]].
61	* IntangibleMan: Jack has the power to phase through walls.
62	* InTheNameOfTheMoon:
63	-->''(B-Squad)'' "[Number]! S.P.D. [color]!"
64	-->"Force from the future! Omega Ranger!"
65	-->"Shadow Ranger! Defender of the galaxy!"
66	-->"S.P.D.! Defenders of Earth!"
67	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Cruger's Shadow Saber.
68	* MadeOfExplodium: The series that started the trend of "Kalishplosions".
69	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: The only season that regularly averted it (with a few exceptions) until ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' - most of the baddies have giant robots instead. Some aren't even piloted by MonstersOfTheWeek, but by EliteMooks substituting for the MOTW.
70	* TheMentor: Cruger mostly serves in this role, as he’s the most immediately accessible authority for the Rangers to consult.
71	* MesACrowd: Z has the power to duplicate herself.
72	* MidSeasonUpgrade: The B-Squad Rangers can later enter "SWAT Mode", and also gain the SWAT Megazord (which is both a CombiningMecha as well as a TransformingMecha, though it coexists for a while with the earlier, purely CombiningMecha, Delta Squad Megazord).
73	* MiniDressOfPower: Notably averted in the case of the female SPD Rangers, but the hem of their SPD uniforms while unmorphed are noticeably longer, giving this visual.
74	* MissionControl: Kat.
75	* MonowheelMayhem: The Uniforce Cycle is just a seat on a big wheel.
76	* {{Mooks}}: Krybots.
77	** MechaMooks
78	* MookLieutenant: Orangehead Krybots, which are also EliteMooks.
79	* NeverSayDie: And that's not the only taboo word. In "Badge", Gruumm steals "hemotech synthetic plasma", and the show's dialogue hides the fact that that's TechnoBabble for artificial blood.
80	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Although it's not as bad in this season since much of the talent was brought in from Canada, there are still a few instances -- Bridge is the most likely one to suddenly slip in and out of a Canadian accent. Mora and Morgana are NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent.
81	* PowerCopying: Syd can turn her hand into whatever material she touches.
82	* PowerFist: Sam's Omega Morpher gives his left hand and arm various boosts and strikes. Syd can also do a more crude version of this with her PowerCopying genetic ability.
83	* PsychicPowers: Bridge.
84	* PsychoRangers: The A-Squad, as the [[TheParagonAlwaysRebels first rangers]] to ''willingly'' [[FaceHeelTurn serve]] the BigBad.
85	* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}!: Power Rangers [[AC:as {{SPACE POLICE}}!]]
86	* RookieRedRanger: Jack.
87	* SwissArmyWeapon: The other B-Squad Ranger's Deltamax Strikers (composed of a knunckle weapon and a baton/blade weapon).
88	* SuperMode: the Battlizer 2 episodes after Omega debuted and S.W.A.T. Mode 3 episodes later.
89	* TeleportersAndTransporters: Sam (not that he had much chance to use it, stuck as a ball of light).
90	* {{Thememobile}}: Cruger's Delta ATV.
91	* TransformingMecha: The Delta Base and Omegamax Cycle, and later on, also the SWAT Megazord, which can transform into a giant gun.
92	* VillainsActHeroesReact: As is the norm for the franchise, we generally get a MOTW appearing with an EvilPlan OnceAnEpisode, with our heroes then arriving on the scene to stop them. Justified as our Rangers for the year are a police force.
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94	!!This subseries contains examples of:
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96	* AdaptationalBadass: Kat kicked Krybot butt in situations where ''Dekaranger'''s Swan didn't and gets to use the acrobatics that are expected from a feline character. Even in one episode where Swan fought as a Ranger, the PR version gives Kat an unmorphed battle before it. Also, that rock in "Abandoned" was considerably less apocalyptic in ''Dekaranger''.
97	* AerithAndBob: '''Bridge''' stands out next to names like Jack and Syd.
98	* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted once in "Recognition" to facilitate a CurseOfBabel plot.
99	* AlternateContinuity: In the ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' comics, the A-Squad are BrainwashedAndCrazy instead of [[DirtyCop corrupt]].
100	* AnachronicOrder: A minor example occurred when the series was made available for instant streaming on Netflix due to "Wormhole" being moved three episode spots earlier in order to put the two ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' team-up episodes consecutively. The only part of it that's really noticeable though is with Morgana being changed back to Mora (Gruumm rewarding her by changing her back occurs in one of the three episodes originally aired between the team-ups).
101	* AndTheAdventureContinues: One of the few ''Power Rangers'' seasons where at the end of it all, the Rangers (barring only [[spoiler:Jack]]) still have their powers and are carrying on with their duties. Which makes sense, considering that being Power Rangers is actually their ''job'', rather than something they do in addition to their everyday lives.
102	* AnticlimacticParent: Boom's parents in, well, "Boom"
103	* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Apparently, Sirius is a ''planet'' now. Of course, they could have meant a planet in the Sirius system, as some planets are named "[Star name] [Distance from star]" so the third planet from Sirius would be Sirius 3, but... nothing of the sort is ever stated onscreen. It also happens with Alpha Centauri.
104	* AsYouKnow: Used in "A-Bridged" when Bridge tells Kat a fact (relevant to his investigation) about humans breathing oxygen and plants breathing carbon dioxide. Lampshaded when Kat's reaction is "Duh. Second-grade science." and justified because, well, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} it's Bridge]].
105	* AscendedFanboy:
106	** Subverted; it's the season where morphers were handed out like candy (even Dr. Manx got a limited-use one!) and fanboy Boom ''still'' didn't get one.
107	--->'''Boom:''' I'd be psyched if I were Red Ranger!
108	--->'''Jack:''' You'd be psyched if you were ''Pink'' Ranger.
109	--->'''Boom:''' ''[beat]'' True.
110	** Played straight with Sam/Omega Ranger.
111	* AuthorAppeal: Writer/Director Greg Aronowitz loves dogs, hence the emphasis on Doggie Cruger and R.I.C. He also had two bulldogs as a child, hence why Bridge mentions his childhood pet bulldog in "Shadow".
112	* BadGuyBar: Piggy's.
113	* BadassInANiceSuit: Broodwing, believe it or not, wears a ''tie''.
114	* BallOfLightTransformation: Sam/S.P.D. Omega Ranger can turn into a ball of light from time travel changing his body into light energy.
115	* BaseOnWheels: S.P.D. Command, though it only moves once (besides all its giant robot transformations).
116	* BatOutOfHell: Broodwing’s main motif
117	* BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: Sky's friend Dru in "Idol".
118	* BetweenMyLegs: Shows up in a lot of battle scenes, for example, Syd in the episode "Walled".
119	* {{BFG}}: The SWAT Flier Cannon. As in, a cannon made out of ''zords''.
120	* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: S.P.D. Command has some problems when it comes to Zord storage. Usually the Zords are seen in an underground hangar and the building opens a hatch to send them out; this is acceptable. But a few times the ''entire thing'' opens up and the Zords are shown taking up the whole interior! And just to add to the confusion, the SWAT Fliers ''also'' are seen in those same bays.
121	** It's explained later that there's a secret underground Zord bay beneath the Delta Command Base, so presumably only one set of Zords is kept in the base itself at any given time. [[spoiler:This likely explains how Bridge ''knew'' said secret underground Zord bay existed and Dr. Manx likely sent the SWAT flyers there.]]
122	** Even outside of that, the base and its surroundings often vary (often when switching to Sentai footage), and some of the exterior shots when combined with human-scale surroundings lead to all kinds of size issues.
123	* BookEnds: In the first episode, Cruger asks Sky if he would follow Bridge or Syd if Cruger promoted either of them to Red Ranger, Sky scoffs at the idea, insisting that Bridge isn't leader material and Syd [[StayInTheKitchen is a girl.]] This question is actually a SecretTestOfCharacter, and because of Sky's comment, he ends up becoming the Blue Ranger instead of Red Ranger. In the final episode, [[spoiler:after Gruumm and Omni have been defeated and Jack has left S.P.D., Cruger asks Sky this same question. Sky replies that he would gladly follow anyone Cruger considered worthy. His comment this time proves he's worthy of being Red Ranger.]]
124	* {{Bowdlerize}}: Like ''Time Force'', the rangers imprison monsters instead of destroying them, but ''un''like Time Force, this was ''not'' something carried over from the Sentai.
125	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Syd in "Zapped", courtesy of a magic spell.
126	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When he's arrested, Bugglesworth is charged with "stealing buildings, turning people into dolls, and child endangerment."
127	* BrickJoke: In "History."
128	--> '''Ethan''': Weren't you guys taught to respect your elders? \
129	[...] \
130	'''Conner''': It's obvious we should stay. We work great together. \
131	'''Syd''': Nice try, but I don't date older guys.
132	* BrokenAce: Cruger has a hard time fighting Benaag, the general that destroyed his planet.
133	* BulletCatch: Omega Ranger. [[{{Bowdlerized}} Except they were]] [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms laser]] [[SpecialEffectFailure pellets.]]
134	* BunnyEarsLawyer: Bridge is probably the craziest Ranger, but he’s also the most competent detective.
135	* ButtMonkey: Broodwing, to Gruumm and Mora. One wonders why he feels the need to antagonize the guy selling them, well, everything.
136	* TheCameo: Shades of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace the Onyx]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Tavern]], many of Piggy's guests are monsters from past incarnations of Power Rangers, as are a few civilian aliens. There's also an Aquitian S.P.D. officer.
137	* CanonImmigrant: Jack's Battlizer appears in ''[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magiranger]] vs Dekaranger''. This is the first (and thus far only) appearance of an American power-up appearing in Sentai.
138	* CatGirl: Kat Manx.
139	* ChillyReception: Sky was ''not'' happy when Jack became the Red Ranger.
140	* ClipShow: "Insomnia".
141	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Bridge, [[IncrediblyLamePun a space cadet who is a literal Space Cadet.]]
142	* CluelessAesop: There was an anti-racism episode using discrimination against a RobotGirl as a metaphor. What's the problem? The fact that in the previous episode, she had done ''pretty much everything one possibly can'' to look suspicious, and put S.P.D. (and by extension, pretty much everything else) in serious danger by not telling anyone that it was her the bad guys wanted. So then we spend an episode where ''every single conversation or scene'' must have at least one line of {{Anvilicious}} hammering-in of the whole "We're racist bastards who distrusted her because she was a robot!" thing despite ''nothing of the sort'' having happened.
143	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Subtly {{lampshaded}} in the final scene. Jack has left the squad and Sky and Bridge have been promoted to Red and Blue Rangers, respectively. When the Rangers visit Jack and Ally, Sky and Bridge donate handfuls of ''blue'' and ''green'' clothes.
144	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Z's attitude towards Bridge in "Zapped". She doesn't seem to understand how timezones work.
145	-->'''Bridge''': My mother went into labor on a transpacific airline, and when we landed, it was the day before. So I was actually born the day before I was born.
146	-->'''Z''' (''borrowing Syd's magazine to "read" Bridge's horoscope''): Here, I'll read yours. It says, today, you're gonna be confused, and tomorrow, and the next day...
147	* CompressedVice:
148	** Many of the early focus episodes were less "focus on this character" and more "this character acts as we've never seen them behave before as everyone acts like it's normal, and then 'learns a lesson' about said out-of-nowhere flaw." It tapers off as the season goes on, thankfully. In general, an S.P.D. focus episode is much better for getting to know the character ''nearest'' the one being focused on, rather than the one whose sanity is taking the week off (for example, "Buttery" comes from a Syd episode, not a Bridge episode).
149	** The team as a whole gets one featuring [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergeant Silverback]].
150	* ConspicuousGloves: Bridge wears gloves most of the time, only to take them off to use his powers (the real world reason is to cover up the actor's tattoos).
151	* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Sky's questioning of Mirloc in "Reflection Part 1". It doesn't go well, as [[spoiler:Mirloc manipulates Sky and escapes.]]
152	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When interrogating one perp in "Zapped", the alien finally cracked after being exposed to Bridge's {{Talkative Loon}}iness and Syd's hit single ''Me''. And it was ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]]''.
153	* DangerTakesABackseat: Played with in "Reflection". While hunting for the escaped criminal, Mirloc, Bridge and Z spot him in the rear view mirror of their jeep and turn around to face him in the back seat, except he's not there. Mirloc reminds them that he has the power to travel through reflective surfaces, so he's only appearing to them through the mirror.
154	* DecliningPromotion: In the GrandFinale, the B-Squad Rangers are offered a promotion to A-Squad. They collectively turn it down, saying that B-Squad is who they are.
155	* DemotedToExtra:
156	** The Omega Ranger, Sam, was demoted compared to his counterpart [=DekaBreak=] from the source material. Disney forced a FakeShemp situation that the writers didn't want to deal with, and they wouldn't have included Omega Ranger at all if they weren't stuck with so much [=DekaBreak=] StockFootage.
157	** While Broodwing still gets a notably amount of screentime, unlike his ''Dekaranger'' counterpart Agent Abrella who was the BigBad, here he becomes TheStarscream after Gruumm forces too many freebies out of him.
158	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
159	** After Bridge finishes off the monster in "Missing", he says, "Now that it's over... it's over."
160	** Another Bridge example:
161	---> '''Sky:''' Yeah, well, someday our lives may depend on that great guy. And then what?
162	---> '''Bridge:''' I know! I know. Then our lives will depend on him.
163	* DirtyCop: [[spoiler:The A-Squad are revealed to be this near the finale]].
164	** Dru, Sky's former friend, and Icthior, Cruger's rival, are also this.
165	* DisneyVillainDeath: In the finale as Gruumm rejects Cruger's attempt to SaveTheVillain. Subverted when [[PostClimaxConfrontation he shows up in the aftermath to pick one last fight]].
166	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "Dogged", Cruger tells Syd that R.I.C.'s technology is practically obsolete, and that he will soon have to be deactivated, using the same tones one would use when talking of an old dog that will soon have to be put to sleep.
167	* DoubleAgent: Piggy is a ''triple'' agent who was supplying Emperor Gruumm, Broodwing ''and'' the Rangers with information.
168	* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Silverback
169	* DrunkWithPower: Jack in "Confronted", as he realizes he can boss the others around.
170	* DubNameChange: A rare aversion in that Doggie might just have the most similar name to a Ranger's ''Sentai'' counterpart ever (who knows why's that). The only differences between him and ''Dekaranger''[='s=] Doggie (scales aside) are that ''S.P.D.''[='s=] is Anubis "Doggie" Cruger (Doggie being a nickname), and ''Dekaranger''[='s=] is Doggie "Boss" '''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS K]]'''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS ruger]] (Doggie being his ''given'' name).
171	* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Omni has serious shades of this. A massive, tentacled brain with telepathic powers whose minions worship it. And then it gets a body that ''dwarfs'' a Megazord.]]
172	* EleventhHourRanger: Sam's teammate from his home era, the Nova Ranger, shows up in the middle of the finale and becomes a GuestStarPartyMember.
173	* {{Expy}}:
174	** A few of the Rangers seem to be throwbacks to their counterparts in earlier seasons: laid-back but battle-serious Red Rangers (Jack and [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo T.J.]]), serious, by-the-books Blue Rangers (Sky and [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Kai]]), ValleyGirl Pink Rangers (Syd and [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Kim]]), and quirky, psychic Green Rangers (Bridge and [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Trip]]).
175	** Perky brunette Z is reminiscent of nearly every female Yellow Ranger.
176	** Sergeant Silverback IS Creator/RLeeErmey, just as an anthropomorphized gorilla with a robot bulldog.
177	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:The A-Squad are bought out by Grumm offscreen, leading an attack on their comrades according to WordOfGod and then capturing Cruger.]].
178	* FakeShemp:
179	** As noted in the intro, Sam as the Omega Ranger.
180	** Tommy in the second ''S.P.D.''/''Dino Thunder'' team-up "Wormhole", where he never demorphs and was voiced by Jeffrey Parazzo, who plays Trent. This got backlash from many fans, as Jeffrey's imitation was so off, it was fairly obvious it wasn't really Jason.
181	* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: In Dekaranger, their guns fired actual Bullers. In SPD, they replaced them with lasers.
182	* FantasticRacism:
183	** Discovering Sophie is an android, Sky kicks her out of the academy, defending it to Cruger as called for but Cruger bluntly tells Sky to get her back.
184	** When the Rangers go to Piggy for information on Sophie, they scare off all his customers. When Sky asks why all the alien and mutant monsters are afraid of the humans, Piggy snaps "Don't you get that to them, ''you're'' the monsters?"
185	* FashionableAsymmetry: Gruumm, after Cruger broke one horn in the Battle of Sirius. At least until the finale...
186	-->'''Cruger:''' Now they match!
187	* FighterMageThief: Three rangers fits this trope with their genetic powers. Syd (The Fighter) haves an elemental-shifter PowerFist making her the physically strongest ranger (in their unmorphed form). Sky (The Mage) can create [[BarrierWarrior Force Fields]]. And Jack (The Thief) is a IntangibleMan in addition of his robber past.
188	* FlungClothing: Part of Cruger's TransformationSequence.
189	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
190	** Just before the A-Squad leave on their mission, Bridge uses his powers to read them, and notes that their energy and colors seem "off". [[spoiler:Much later, we learn that the A-Squad are in league with Gruumm.]]
191	** At the end of the "Sam" two-parter, the Rangers gave a bicycle as a gift to a kid they befriended. [[spoiler:A nod to the fact that the kid, Sam, will be the SixthRanger, whose personal HumongousMecha is a motorcycle.]]
192	* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The S.P.D. Battlizer was totally forgotten after the two-parter where it debuted. (Likely for budget reasons, and the fact that the S.W.A.T. mode was introduced almost immediately after, rendering it somewhat pointless.)
193	* FreakyFridayFlip: Sky and Wootox in "Recognition".
194	* FreezeFrameBonus: A ProductPlacement for Honda appears very quickly in "A-Bridged", during the fight between Bridge and the MonsterOfTheWeek. It probably snuck by because it was too quick to be fully seen (note that Honda has sponsored[[note]]read: provided vehicles for[[/note]] some of the ''Super Sentai'' seasons, ''Dekaranger'' included, so they can get away with it).
195	* FunWithAcronyms: In the "Wired" two-parter, the monster's looking for a Series One Processor/Hyper-Intelligent Encryptor. The Rangers realize too late he means expelled cadet Sophie.
196	* TheFuture: takes place in 2025.
197	* GenericCopBadges: While the show is SciFi, it's understandable that the badges are different from what we are accustomed to. The thing is that they are way simplistic, with a bulldog logo and an "S.P.D." on top of it.
198	* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Syd has a stuffed toy elephant named "Peanuts" that she's had since she was five, and still does close to twenty years later. Used to characterize her pampered upbringing.
199	* GiveMeASign: In the finale, Piggy's guilty over betraying the Rangers and shouts this. His food cart is promptly struck by lightning, sent careening down a hill, and explodes.
200	* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: S.P.D.
201	* GrandTheftMe: The episode "Recognition" is about the MonsterOfTheWeek Wootox forcefully switching bodies with Sky and trying to destroy S.P.D.
202	* TheGunslinger: Jack and the Delta Squad Megazord.
203	* HannibalLecture: Used on Sky in "Reflection".
204	* HaveWeMetYet: When the SPD Rangers meet the Dino Rangers, Bridge wrongfully believes Conner, Ethan and Kira don't remember their previous meeting in "History" because their memories of the meeting were erased. While the memories were erased, the Dino Rangers wouldn't remember it anyway because, from their perspective, it hasn't happened yet.
205	* HeadsOrTails: The monster Wootox does this a couple times in the episode "Recognition".
206	* HelpingWouldBeKillstealing: Cruger reminds the Rangers that they can't rely solely on him after he becomes the Shadow Ranger.
207	* HesBack: Cruger in "Shadow".
208	* HoldingOutForAHero: How the Rangers react in "Abandoned" to Cruger becoming a SixthRanger in the previous episode.
209	* HeroAntagonist: Katana is a good monster from medieval Japan who is [[FishOutOfTemporalWater pulled through a time portal]] by Emperor Gruumm and tricked into fighting the rangers.
210	* HourOfPower: Kat's emergency morpher only has an hour of charge.
211	* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Syd gets to say "You do the crime, you do the time!" in the premiere.
212	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: as Bruce Kalish's first season, every title had only one word.
213	* InformedAbility:
214	** The [=MOTWs=] and their rap sheets; it gets kind of ridiculous as the season wears on, as bad guys with increasingly over-the-top histories of destroying fifty more planets than the last guy show about as much badassitude as... well, your average monster-of-the-week. Especially when the earlier ones were more reasonable, making WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief easier; Benaag destroyed nine planets, including Cruger's, but he was a commander of Gruumm's ''massive armies'', and this made him a believable, hateable war criminal villain of a dark arc. When ''every'' total loser bad guy has destroyed a thousand you just said "yeah, whatever." This was presumably done for pragmatic reasons; a lot of crimes committed by the bad guys in ''Dekaranger'' probably wouldn't fly for a Disney program, so they had to resort to blowing up planets, and then just escalating how many were destroyed.
215	** Gruumm's empire doesn't seem very... existent. All of his soldiers appear to be the robot grunts that Broodwing will sell to ''anyone.'' Monsters of the week don't even work for him - they're criminals who were ''already'' doing their thing, hired by him to ''keep'' doing it, just for him now. Often, it results in a ten-second scene on Gruumm's ship that could be skipped and you wouldn't notice. He very rarely thinks of a plan himself, and even his ''ongoing'' scheme turns out to be at the bidding of another. However, count on the characters to talk about him as if he's worse than ten Emperor Palpatines.
216	%% * InformedJudaism: Bridge.
217	* InsultBackfire:
218	** When Piggy wins the lottery in "Shadow", he's able to pay back his debt to Broodwing (with an extra $1000 to get his fishbowl winterized).
219	--->'''Broodwing:''' You may be a millionaire, but you're still the same disgusting, filthy, wretched piece of worthless ''garbage'' to me!\
220	'''Piggy:''' ''(earnestly)'' Thank you! It's nice to know money hasn't changed me.
221	** And later in the same episode:
222	--->'''Syd:''' This place is a roach-infested germ farm.\
223	'''Piggy:''' Thanks. I've done my best.
224	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
225	** Piggy.
226	** Jack, Sky, Syd, and Cruger could be like this at times.
227	* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Averted. The B-Squad Rangers handle investigation and containment. At the time of judgment, the Rangers announce the accusations against a target with their [[LieDetector morphers]]. Criminals are also not sentenced to death like in ''Dekaranger'' and are retained in electronic cards or prison cells.
228	* LadiesAndGerms: In one episode, Bridge and Boom introduce the updated version of RIC to "ladies, gentlemen, [and] assorted extra-terrestrials."
229	* LampshadeHanging: In "Missing", Piggy comments how distressing it is how he never sees Sam demorphed.
230	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Dino Rangers had their memory wiped after both teamups. In "Wormhole", Cruger hit the SPD Rangers with it as well - himself included.
231	* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Nova Ranger shows up in the last episode to join the final battle.
232	* LastOfHisKind: After Gruumm's forces finished with Sirius, Cruger found himself completely alone. [[spoiler:Though it is later revealed that his wife also survived, and is being held captive by Gruumm.]]
233	* LastVillainStand: [[spoiler:After the rest of his forces are beaten and Omni has fallen, Gruumm bursts from the rubble and challenges Doggie to one final duel.]]
234	* LightningBruiser: The Delta Squad Megazord, with prior ones being {{Mighty Glacier}}s in comparison. It's just as powerful as your typical Megazord, but is one of the most agile, being capable of feats of ''Matrix''-esque acrobatics not seen in previous ones.
235	* MagicFeather: In "Samurai", Jack makes the classic mistake of thinking the power is in the sword (Cruger's Shadow Saber) and not the swordsman.
236	* MagicTool: The [=SPD=] Morphers and its variants. The morphers have three modes; Change, which morphs the officer to their ranger form or their S.W.A.T. form while morphed, Phone, which allows them to communicate with the base or each other, and Judge, which enables the Judgement Scanner to asses their crime. Upon reaching a Guilty verdict, the same option will enable the morpher to confine the suspect into a confinement card for safe and easy transport.
237	* ManChild: Morgana. She doesn't show it much in this form, but keep in mind she made a deal with Gruumm in order to stay an ''actual'' child.
238	* MeaningfulName:
239	** "Doggie"'s real name is Anubis. Plus all of the other alien S.P.D. members: felines Kat Manx and Dr. Felix, simian DrillSergeantNasty Sgt. Silverback, and avian Fowler Birdie.
240	** Sky's name borders on TheDanza territory, even if it's not the literal definition of the trope: [[spoiler:his actor's name is Chris Violette. ''Violette'' is French for "purple". Purple is a combination of blue and red. Sky wants nothing more than to be a Red Ranger like his father. He is eventually promoted to Red Ranger. Blue + Red = Purple --> Violette.]]
241	** Boom, who gets blown up a lot.
242	** Sirius is the name of Cruger's home planet. Sirius is sometimes known as the dog star.
243	* MenOfSherwood: The [=SPD=] cadets and support personal are always hovering around the [=SPD=] Rangers and their superiors but, aside from a guest character, don't really go into the field until the finale, where they provide some effective TheCavalry help.
244	* MindScrewdriver: A ''lot'' of the things that were poorly handled by the series were explained in interviews.
245	%% * MilitaryBrat: Sky.
246	* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Cruger hates Gruumm for razing his planet and taking his wife. Gruumm hates Cruger for... cutting off one of his horns.
247	* MysteriousProtector: Omega Ranger, at first.
248	* MythologyGag:
249	** The A-Squad wears modified ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' helmets, while Sky's dad is shown to have worn an ''unmodified [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' suit (okay, they stuck an S.P.D. logo on it). For the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' fans, occasional pictures of pre-PR teams appear in place of the picture of Sky and his dad on his desk. Blue Senturion from ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' shows up as a video game character (fighting a MonsterOfTheWeek from ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', no less.)
250	** Doggie apparently owns Andros's cloak and Spiral Saber now (and fans were ''not amused'' at what they thought to be the return of Andros proving to be Doggie cosplaying him for no discernible reason. Kalish says that the Spiral Saber wasn't the original prop, but an identical one.) Also, the Z on Z's necklace is the same style as the one on Lord Zedd's staff.
251	** On the note of Andros, one of the criminals escapes from a penal colony belonging to KO-35, Andros's home planet.
252	** The Time Force suit caused even more of a stir than Andros's cloak and weapon, as when the flashback aired, people naturally assumed that meant Wes Collins was Sky's father, and that S.P.D. was an early iteration of Time Force. While that was never discussed, Jason Faunt himself disapproved of the use of the suit, as he felt the fans would make the obvious assumption, and be subsequently confused when they realized it wasn't him... which is precisely what happened.
253	** Broodwing acquires the Dino Gems on Onyx - a planet featured on ''[[Series/PowerRangersInSpace in Space]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]''.
254	** At one point, Kat notes she overhauled the Morphing Grid - that being the source of every Rangers' power in some form or another.
255	** [[spoiler:The idea that a giant brain is the GreaterScopeVillain and has been manipulating the other villains into working for him is oddly similar to the 1981 ''Super Sentai'' series ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan''. Furthermore, the idea that the true villain was the ship all along is similar to the twist behind Zone and Vulgyre from ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman''.]]
256	** Both Omni and Mora/Morgana shares similarities as ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abaranger]]'' villains Dezumozorlya and Rije/Rijewel.
257	* NewNeoCity: Newtech City.
258	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed:
259	** Sergeant Silverback is a simian-fied R. Lee Ermey.
260	** The Paris Hilton clone in "A-Bridged", complete with her pet dog.
261	* NonIndicativeTitle: For a show called Power Rangers: '''Space Patrol''' Delta, they sure don't spend much time patrolling space...
262	* NoOntologicalInertia: The episode "Dogged" features a monster who turns people into green slime. After he is captured all of his victims turn back into people.
263	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Morgana is 'very' close to Z when the former pins the latter against a tree
264	* NonLethalKO: Unlike most Rangers, S.P.D. can't just [[NeverSayDie destroy]] every evil alien they fight. While ''Dekaranger'' just went ahead after getting legal clearance, ''Power Rangers'' changed it so villains were ''captured'' in a giant explosion. [[SetSwordsToStun Even Cruger's Shadow Saber merely captures the perps.]] Averted in Messenger, Part 2, though: Omega Ranger arrives in his Omegamax Megazord, where he beats Shorty with little difficulty, and proceeds to finish him off with the Omegamax Spin-Out, destroying him. This makes Shorty one of the only monsters in the season to be destroyed rather than captured. Funnily, none of the other characters comment on the fact that the Omega Ranger actually destroyed a monster instead of capturing it.
265	* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Cruger in "Insomnia":
266	-->'''Kat:''' Still no word on A-Squad, and... and the Rangers have asked to wear clown suits while on patrol. I've approved them.
267	-->'''Cruger:''' Fine.
268	* ObviousTrap: In "Shadow", when General Benaag sends a message that he has Kat, she warns Cruger that it's a trap. Gruumm then comes on saying that ''heck'' yeah, it's a trap, but S.P.D.'s not going to abandon her, are they? [[TrapIsTheOnlyOption Because, as noted, Kat's life was on the line.]] Also discussed when [[spoiler:A-Squad]] challenges them in the finale; the Rangers comment that it's likely a trap, but it's also noted that ignoring the challenge and doing nothing may also be a trap.
269	%% * TheOjou: Syd.
270	* OneLetterName: "Z" (short for "Elizabeth").
271	* OneLinerEcho: In the "Wormhole" teamup: "No one gets inside our circle!"
272	%% * OneSidedArmWrestling: Done by Sam.
273	* OutOfFocus: As stated, Sam thanks to the awkwardness of {{Fake Shemp}}ing.
274	* PaletteSwap: MakeMyMonsterGrow mostly took the year off, in favor of each [[MonsterOfTheWeek alien criminal of the week]] having his or her own HumongousMecha. While the monster suits each looked original, the mecha started to repeat themselves, with minor details, and yes, colors, changed. (A few times, there wasn't even a repaint! ''Two'' once-used monster suits per week was just not gonna happen.
275	* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: The entire A-Squad when they do their FaceHeelTurn and become the season's PsychoRangers.
276	* ThePeterPrinciple: Kat's promotion in "Katastrophe", where she's informed she's going from hands-on research to managing teams to do it for her. They even seem to have copied the "You won't have to get your hands dirty."/"But I ''like'' getting my hands dirty." exchange from when Damon faced this in ''Lost Galaxy''.
277	* PetPositiveIdentification: In "Recognition", R.I.C.'s the one who conclusively identifies Sky's and Wootox's body swap. (Interestingly, this is actually a solution specific to ''S.P.D.'' and doesn't originate from the episode's ''[[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Dekaranger]]'' counterpart; while R.I.C.'s counterpart Murphy had [[EvilDetectingDOg started growling and barking at the fake]], it was a minor detail compared to the team figuring it out via multiple counts of OutOfCharacterAlert.)
278	* PhantomZonePicture: The criminals trapped in cards.
279	%% * ThePigPen: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Piggy.]]
280	* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Mora becoming Morgana. Turns out it's just reversing a previous Plot Relevant Age ''Down''.
281	%% * PluckyComicRelief: Boom.
282	* PostClimaxConfrontation: The Rangers are celebrating their victory in the finale when Gruumm comes back to challenge Cruger one last time.
283	* PreMortemOneLiner: Twice in the finale by Doggie.
284	** First, after effortlessly cutting through Mora's monsters (taken from her picture book), she asks "What can you do to me? I'm just a kid!" His response prior to confining her: "Use your imagination."
285	** Then, after having Gruumm at his mercy, he raises his sword to finish him... and then cuts off Gruumm's remaining horn, saying "Now they match!" prior to confining him.
286	* PutOnABus: Gruumm, a villain who was not in its parent ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series, stepped aside to work on the project he'd spent most of the season acquiring materials for. This allowed cheaper-because-his-appearances-are-mostly-stock-footage villain Broodwing to be sole BigBad for a significant number of episodes. Gruumm swept back in just in time for the GrandFinale.
287	* PuttingOnMyThinkingCap: Bridge does headstands, like [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Sen-chan]] did.
288	* QuicklyDemotedLeader: Sky, due to his rather entitled personality and Jack being considered a much better fit when screened.
289	* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Let's see, we have two former thieves that were hired to be part of a police force, and one of them is given the leadership role. Their teammates are a prideful ByTheBookCop who looks to follow in his fathers legacy as the Red Ranger, a quirky smart guy who loves buttery toast, and a rich girl. And to tie that knot together, all five of them are considered the back up squad who are put in the front lines when the A-Team is M.I.A.
290	* RankUp: Happens once in the premiere, once in the finale, and once offscreen between ''S.P.D.'' and ''Operation Overdrive''.
291	* RapidFireFisticuffs: How the Deltamax Megazord finishes off an enemy; it activates its back boosters, speeds towards the target, then pummels it like crazy until it explodes.
292	* TheRashomon: Done very poorly in the episode "Perspective", with the same three minutes of StockFootage shown six times with the ADR changed, the changes limited almost entirely to the name of the character everyone else was praising.
293	%% * TheRat: Piggy.
294	* RecruitingTheCriminal: Cruger drafts Jack and Z in SPD as an alternative to arresting them.
295	%% * RedOniBlueOni: Jack and Sky. Even their ranger colors match.
296	* RefusalOfTheCall: Jack doesn’t become a Ranger until Boom urges him to help the others.
297	* TheResenter: Sky is unhappy with Jack being made Red Ranger over him.
298	%% * RobotDog: R.I.C., the Robotic Interactive Canine.
299	%% * RousingSpeech: Boom gives one in the finale, when everyone else has given up.
300	* RunningGag: Whenever Piggy's [[BadGuyBar restaurant]] has attracted a big lunchtime crowd, the Rangers always show up and drive off the clientele by asking Piggy questions about alien criminal activity. Which might actually be counter-productive for the Rangers, because (paraphrasing Piggy) his customers aren't causing any trouble... at least, not while they're eating.
301	* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:Charlie, the A-Squad Red Ranger, whose appearance isn't shown until the end of the penultimate episode. One guy on the Rangerboard forums guessed ahead of time, leading to a rather infamous case of IKnewIt: during Charlie's first pieces of dialogue, the voice was heavily distorted to make it appear male. The forum poster--[[ShownTheirWork who had a history of working with sound and sound manipulation]]--recognized some telltale signs that it was a female changed to a male and voiced his theory. He was immediately shouted down, mainly because there has never been a female Red Ranger in the history of the franchise. Thirty episodes later, Charlie is revealed to be a girl and the forum poster pens a meaningful discourse entitled, "''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch I WAS RIGHT, BITCHES.]]''" Complete with flashing gifs and mockery of the people who thought he was wrong. He even got the phrase and a screencap of TheReveal printed on a t-shirt and ''got the cast members of S.P.D. to sign it''. Hey, he deserved it.]]
302	* SceneryCensor: Non-naughty variant with Matt Austin (Bridge), who always wore gloves to cover a hand tattoo (justified in-universe; it's implied that Bridge focuses his psychic power through his hands and wears the gloves as a PowerLimiter).
303	* SealedEvilInACan: Most of the individual monsters and main villains fit this trope, being alien criminals. They are trapped inside special cards when defeated.
304	* SecretTestOfCharacter:
305	** Cruger does this in the first episode, asking Sky his opinion on Bridge and Syd - [[ExperienceEntitlement his answer]] [[PrideBeforeAFall is the very thing that lands him in the Blue suit]].
306	** Receives a CallBack in the finale, when Cruger asks Sky if he would follow Syd into battle, and Sky responds that he'd trust anyone Cruger chose.
307	* SeriesContinuityError:
308	** Mostly in terms of naming. First, there's the true final enemy's name. First Gruumm talks to "The Magnificence". Then the creature called The Magnificence is being called Omni as if he had been all along, and "The Magnificence" is something else (the body for Omni, which many of the crimes were about completing, as it turns out near the end). Then the ''whole shebang'' is being called Omni.
309	** "Troobian" refers to Gruumm's empire... but said "empire" seems to consist only of two or three guys of different races, and zillions of robots Broody sells to anyone who can pay. It is later used to mean "only" the robots, whether used by Gruumm-affiliated baddies or not. By the end, fans were ''still'' saying "and just what ''is'' a Troobian, anyway?"
310	** And then there are a few instances of events or terms that happened in ''Deka'' but not ''S.P.D.'' being referred to as if they had. The online fandom got it, and may or may not have appreciated the moments as {{Shout Out}}s, but the kids were probably quite confused when [[FreakyFridayFlip Sky-as-the-criminal]] worried that he'd be "deleted on sight."
311	** [[spoiler:Isinia, Isinia, Isinia]]... what can be said about you? After an entire season of having it drilled into our heads that Doggie is TheLastOfHisKind, learning that [[spoiler:ThereIsAnother]] with no warning at the end suddenly throws open the question of whether more Sirians survived as Troobian slaves. Even worse, we learn that [[spoiler: she]] is a captive of Omni, ''not'' Gruumm, as would be expected, considering the rivalry Gruumm and Doggie had that was equally drilled into our heads.
312	** "Wormhole" doesn't precisely fit into the timeline. It's ''mostly'' OK, but involves Mora instead of Morgana, and after Mora returns in the final episodes she's almost immediately [[spoiler:brainwashed by Omni]]. It may be possible to cram it in between the final scenes of "Badge".
313	* ShoutOut:
314	** The "Reflection" two-parter. An investigator (Sky) seeking data on a criminal from another criminal (Mirloc) who torments him psychologically. ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' much?
315	** To ''Film/LethalWeapon'' in "Sam Pt. 2".
316	---> '''Z''': I'm getting too old for this!
317	** The Delta Megazord is a giant law enforcing robot with a powerful three shot burstfire pistol that it twirls around on its index finger and stores in a compartment in its right leg. If that's not a ShoutOut to [[Film/Robocop1987 Robocop]], I don't know what is.
318	* SigilSpam: Your sigil is overused when you start sticking it on shovels and ''trash cans''. The worst offender is probably Syd's CD player, which has the logo in ''three'' places.
319	* SpacePolice: It’s in the name.
320	* SparedByTheAdaptation: All of the enemies from ''Dekaranger''. Instead of being [[NeverSayDie deleted]] if they were found guilty, they were stuck in containment cards.
321	* SpoiledBrat: Mora.
322	* SuperCop: The premise of this season.
323	* SupportingProtagonist: Jack maybe the Red Ranger, but Sky gets an extreme amount of force as well. Especially in the Mirloc arc where he is basically the main character of the Arc. This is lampshaded when Jack gives him the red Morpher to bring Mirloc in.
324	** Cruger, the mentor figure is arguably the main character of the whole show considering his personal vendetta against the BigBad Emperor Gruumm and the massive amount of development he gets. [[spoiler: He even gets the final fight of the series against Emperor Gruumm.]]
325	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
326	** When Jack and Z join SPD and become Power Rangers, while Cruger is pleased with them, they still have to make up for stealing, so Cruger has clean every window of the Delta Base.
327	** The rangers suspect an alien bounty hunter named T-Top of being a wanted bank robber, he causes destruction throughout New Tech City. In the end, even though T-Top was not the bank robber, he was still punished for causing destruction around New Tech City, albeit being banned from going back to Earth instead of being confined in a card like Hydrax, the actual bank robber.
328	* SurvivorGuilt: Cruger has this, as the (apparent) last of his species to escape Sirius.
329	* TailorMadePrison: Mirloc was imprisoned in one with no reflections at all, as he could escape through any reflective surface. [[spoiler:He escapes by getting Sky to shed a tear which he escapes through. After being defeated, he's sent to another on planet called Verinox 12, which has no sunlight and thus no reflections for him to escape through.]]
330	* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:Turns out Cruger's wife, Isinia, is still alive.]]
331	* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: At the end of the second ''S.P.D.''/''Dino Thunder'' team-up "Wormhole", when Bridge says this line: "I really wish I could stay. I was born last week, and I could meet myself and become my own best friend. ''({{Beat}})'' Wait. What if I met myself and didn't like me?"
332	* ToiletHumor: Anything and everything involving Piggy. "Dogged" also has R.I.C.'s faulty programming involve "peeing" coolant on Cruger.
333	* ToTheBatpole: [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace The jump tubes]] have returned. If you want a literal pole, though, you'll have to wait 'til ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''.
334	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Z and Syd.
335	* TomboyishName: All the girls: Z, Syd, and [[spoiler:Charlie]].
336	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bridge and "buttery" ''(wiggles fingers)'' toast.
337	* TraitorShot: In "Resurrection", [[spoiler:while Doggie is welcoming back the [[ThePsychoRangers A-Squad]], there's a closeup of Charlie looking to her side as if to signal the others. About a minute later, they hold Doggie at gunpoint and reveal that they were EvilAllAlong.]]
338	* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted in the finale. A-Squad Rangers morph first, but don't wait for B-Squad Rangers to do so, instead they just shoot at them during their morphing sequence. Unfortunately, it does nothing other than make them look cool.
339	%%* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Aired in 2005, set in 2025.
340	%%* TyrantTakesTheHelm: In "Dismissed", when Supreme Commander Birdie visits Earth.
341	%%* UnderwearOfPower: Part of the Battlizer.
342	* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Bridge in a couple episodes. Often {{Lampshaded}} as the others wonder what in the world he's doing, especially when he goes into a roll when there's no enemies around them yet. After which he immediately breaks into a [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Silly Walk]].
343	* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Only because the opponent is a FourStarBadass.
344	* VerbalTic: Played with; while Bridge has no problem talking about what kind of toast he likes, one episode shows that he is in fact physically unable to say it without wiggling his fingers. [[GotMeDoingIt It's infectious too]].
345	* WalkingWasteland: Gruumm's visit to Earth in "Shadow" involved this.
346	* TheWallsAreClosingIn: Bridge is trapped in this in "Missing"; Jack pulls him out at the last possible instant.
347	* WellDoneSonGuy: Sky.
348	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In "Impact", an evil alien was pretending to be an astronomer called Professor Cerebros. Whatever happened to the real Cerebros is never addressed.
349	* WhatTheHellHero: Jack gives one to Sky after [[spoiler: Mirloc escapes and Sky says he should be demoted for it:]]
350	-->'''Jack''': You told me that your father fought to the end. And now you want to quit just because you messed up once? I guess you're not like your father after all.
351	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Z asks this about Devastation in the "Messenger" two-parter.
352	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
353	** For one, the A-Squad ''does'' try to just shoot the B-Squad as they're morphing. It doesn't work. Grumm did the same to both the SPD Rangers and the Dino Rangers as they morphed in "History", which didn't work either.
354	** The Containment Mode added to the S.P.D. Morphers is demonstrated in on Boom in episode one. It's an instantaneous, non-lethal, painless method of neutralizing and transporting suspect individuals. This would be a miraculous time-saving law enforcement miracle, but the Rangers still attack criminals they catch red-handed with explosive high-powered lasers and giant robots before using it.
355	*** The way the explanation is phrased implies that Containment Mode may only be used once the Rangers have sufficient evidence and/or weakened criminals. This is best demonstrated when Devastation saves Shorty and Morgana from capture. It's not an infallible capture device.
356	* WildCard: Piggy.
357	* WithOurSwordsScene: In "Reflection", Jack loans Sky the Red Ranger morpher for his fight with his father's killer.
358	* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Gruumm forces Piggy into one of these situations. Even ''after'' Piggy declares he'll aid him, Grumm ''still'' insists he go into a pit of agonizing pain for a day under threat of disintegration.
359	* YourSizeMayVary: Thanks to trying to blend in the Sentai footage, original stuff and human-scale surroundings, the Delta Base's size seems to fluctuate wildly.

Context Series / PowerRangersSPD