Line #123 Series/PowerRangersTurbo


1	! Spoilers for all ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' entries preceding this one, particularly ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' and ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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4	[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Mighty engines roar! Turbo charged for more! Drive four on the floor!]]'']]
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6	->''"Shift into Turbo!"''
7	-->-- '''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers Turbo''
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9	''Power Rangers Turbo'' is the fifth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', which began with a feature film, ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie.''
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11	In the movie an alien wizard named Lerigot is being hunted by SpacePirates lead by Divatox because his magic holds the key to unleashing the fiery demon Maligore. Seeking help from the Rangers, he is nonetheless taken by Divatox and so the Rangers pursue, upgrading their Zeo powers into Turbo powers in order to do so - to make things more epic, ordinary kid Justin Stewart becomes a new Blue Ranger as Rocky De Santos, currently Zeo Ranger 3: Blue, goes through a terrible issue in the movie's first few scenes that leaves him unable to join his teammates when they need to save the day and so Justin, via listening in on the gang's affairs and thus learning for himself who they are, ends up standing in for Rocky. In a pitched battle, they rescue Lerigot and defeat Maligore, with Divatox swearing revenge. The show picks up the story as Divatox arrives on Earth and begins to wreak havoc with her own MonsterOfTheWeek.
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13	As the season progresses there are many changes to the team: Zordon and Alpha return to their home planet of Eltar in the show's premier and Dimitria, an alien with a mysterious connection to Divatox, and Alpha Six, her JiveTurkey robot assistant, stand in. Not long after, Tommy Oliver, Kat Hillard, Adam Park and Tanya Sloan, having recently graduated high school, each choose a successor to serve in their place on a new Turbo team as they move on from teenager lives into their futures: T.J. Johnson, Cassie Chan, Carlos Vallerte and Ashley Hammond join Justin to fight Divatox's continuing threat.
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15	The season concludes on, possibly, the biggest DownerEnding of a SeasonFinale in ''Power Rangers'' history: The team's Turbo and Rescue Megazords are destroyed, their weapons are lost, the Command Center/Power Chamber is blown up (again, but for good this time), and the Turbo powers vanish. The Rangers themselves are spared by a last minute summons for Divatox by the legendarily powerful Dark Specter, suggesting he is the GreaterScopeVillain behind all other enemies. Utterly defeated, the Rangers leave Justin behind and set off into outer space after Divatox.
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17	This season is somewhat infamous among fans, mainly because its source material, ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'', was either a parody or backhanded satire (depending on the fan or Toei staff member you ask) of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series. Despite this, the writers tried to give the season a serious tone in its first half, leading to jarring mood shifts when the stock footage was used. An episode will delve into the drama of Zordon and Alpha leaving to Eltar while Tommy reads his Zord's instruction manual in battle. Another polarizing point, the twelve-year-old Blue Ranger, cannot be blamed on Japanese footage; Saban's sister series ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'' utilized kid actors for their main characters, and the idea was to take that concept and move it to the mothership. Though it must be said there was a precedent for Kid Rangers in Super Sentai; both Kiba Ranger (White [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers MMPR]]/''[[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Dairanger]]'' White) and King Ranger (''Zeo'' Gold/''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'' King) were children; and 20 years after ''Turbo'', Toei would have another Kid Ranger with Koguma Skyblue in ''Series/UchuuSentaiKyuranger''.
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19	Followed by ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', a sequel that picks up where this series left off.
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23	!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:
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25	* AllYourColorsCombined: The Turbo R.A.M. ('''R'''obotic '''A'''rsenal '''M'''obilizer), both in its "car" mode and Cannon Mode.
26	* BigBad: Divatox.
27	* ChestInsignia: A triangular team logo patch with a "C" on the shoulder, and scattered about their equipment.
28	* CityOfAdventure: Angel Grove.
29	* ComicBookAdaptation: Had a short-lived run in the Saban Powerhouse magazine, published by Acclaim/Valiant, which included a {{crossover}} with ''[[Series/{{Beetleborgs}} Beetleborgs Metallix]]''.
30	* CompressedAdaptation: A downplayed example. ''Turbo'' was given 45 episodes to ''Carranger's'' 48.
31	* TheDragon: Elgar and Rygog are CoDragons.
32	* {{Frankenslation}}: ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' + original footage.
33	* HomeBase: The Power Chamber.
34	%% * HumongousMecha
35	** CombiningMecha: Downplayed compared to most series, as the Rangers get two combinations, the Turbo and Rescue Megazords, and that's it. They could mix-and-match parts between the two if needed, however, and one such mix (Red and Blue Turbo Zord torso, Pink, Green, and Yellow Rescue Zord limbs) was called the Rescue Turbo Megazord.
36	** TransformingMecha: The Rescue Zords, Robo Racer, and Artillatron
37	%%* MadeOfExplodium
38	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Ignoring its source material, Divatox simply fires torpedoes at the MonsterOfTheWeek.
39	** And in one instance, a monster manages to make itself grow.
40	* MiniDressOfPower: Part of the Turbo Ranger girls' suits.
41	* {{Mooks}}: Pirhanatrons
42	** EliteMooks: Chromites (used only by General Havoc)
43	* PinkMeansFeminine: A ''Rangers'' mainstay, it was played straight with Tanya and Kat, but was subverted with the second team. Yellow Ranger Ashley was the girly fashion designer, while Cassie was a more tomboyish musician.
44	** Though Ashley did have an episode where she works on cars and proves to be pretty knowledgeable.
45	* PsychoRangers: Crash and the Creeps, and an evil band who tried to take over minds with their song "Confusion." They were based off Carranger's Zokurangers, although the Creeps only made one appearance while the Zokurangers were reoccurring enemies.
46	* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}!: Franchise/PowerRangers [[AC:with {{COOL CAR}}S!]]
47	* ShesAManInJapan: Inverted with the male Pink Creep, whose Sentai counterpart Zoku Pink was female.
48	* {{Thememobile}}: The {{Cool Car}}s Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster. The Rangers also got personal Turbo Carts (custom go-carts); they weren't used much outside the Turbo Zord cockpits, however.
49	* TransformationSequence: The rangers would summon their morpher with a call of “Shift Into Turbo!”. The morpher forms on their wrist and, after some hand gestures, would insert the power key into the morpher and turn it. They would then cross their arms and lower them as they call out the designated car power they were assigned to. The suit would then form over them. In Justin's case, after the suit formed, he would likewise age up to an older body as well.
50	* 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.
51	* WeaponBasedCharacterization:
52	** SwordAndGun: Turbo Blades (although they were never named, and their "Rev the handle for more power" function wasn't carried over) and Auto Blasters.
53	** SwissArmyWeapon: Turbo Navigator (GPS tracker/blaster (known as Defender Mode); Defender-mode Navigators can combine with an Auto Blaster to form a larger rifle, the rather-clunkily named Auto Blast Defender) and Blue Senturion's Senturion Synergizer (baton/blaster with seldom-seen ''badge'' form).
54	** HeroesPreferSwords: Tommy's/T.J.'s Turbo Lightning Sword.
55	** {{Hand Cannon}}s: Justin's Turbo Hand Blasters.
56	** {{BFG}}: Adam's/Carlos' Turbo Thunder Cannon, the Turbo RAM Cannon Mode and the Turbine Laser.
57	** WolverineClaws[=/=]PowerFist ([[http://images.wikia.com/powerrangers/images/b/b5/Turbo_weapons_yellow.PNG somewhere between the two]]): Tanya's/Ashley's Turbo Star Chargers.
58	** TheStraightAndArrowPath: Kat's/Cassie's Turbo Wind Fire.
59	* WordPower:
60	** ByThePowerOfGraySkull: "Shift into Turbo!"
61	** {{Invocation}}: (first team only):
62	-->"Mountain Blaster Turbo Power!"\
63	"Dune Star Turbo Power!"\
64	"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"\
65	"Desert Thunder Turbo Power!"\
66	"Red Lightning Turbo Power!"
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68	!!''Power Rangers Turbo'' provides examples of:
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70	* AbortedArc: Dimitria and Divatox possibly being sisters. [[spoiler:[[Series/PowerRangersInSpace The next season]] "finishes" this arc somewhat; when Divatox is purified by Zordon she is dressed a lot like Dimitria. This is probably the best resolution we are going to get.]]
71	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The Turbo Navigator was present beginning in the movie (though referred to as simply a "short-range locator"); it didn't debut until episode 21 of ''Carranger''. (That said, it wasn't until the second half of the season, when said ''Carranger'' episode was adapted, that its' ability to turn into a laser gun and combine with the Auto Blaster was introduced.)
72	* AdaptationExpansion: Unlike ''Carranger'', ''Turbo's'' origin was told in a theatrical film preceding the series.
73	* AllThereInTheManual: Averted - A good portion of the opening episode to the season is devoted to recapping TheMovie, in case the viewer hasn't seen it.
74	* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: In "Passing the Torch Part I", when TJ questions where Cassie picked her up martial arts skills, her justification is "My ancestors invented it".
75	* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: The final episode.
76	* AscendedExtra: The Sentai version of the Phantom Ranger, the VRV Master, wasn't used nearly as much and mostly appeared to give the Rangers their new vehicles. The Phantom Ranger had an entire plotline dedicated around him, including an appearance in the following season.
77	* AscendedFanboy:
78	** Justin, played by ''[[PromotedFanboy promoted]]'' [[PromotedFanboy fanboy]] Blake Foster.
79	** To a lesser extent, T.J., who said in "Passing the Torch, Part 2" that "When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Power Ranger. Think about it. I mean, the things they've accomplished for mankind. What kid wouldn't wanna grow up to be a Power Ranger?" Although this kind of makes you wonder for how long have the Rangers been publicly operating in-universe...
80	* AskAStupidQuestion: In the Turbo movie, Divatox calls Rita Repulsa on how to destroy the Power Rangers. Rita, who spent [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers four]] [[Series/PowerRangersZeo seasons]] trying and failing to destroy the Rangers simply laughs and says that if she knew the answer to that she wouldn't be stuck listening to Zedd's snoring. The only advise she gives Divatox is to run.
81	* BadassBookworm: T.J. was one of the more thoughtful and intelligent Red Rangers, which carried over to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' when he became the Blue Ranger.
82	* AstralFinale: The season ends when the older Rangers and Alpha leave Justin behind with his father and take off in a rocket ship to pursue Divatox.
83	* BadBoss: Divatox. Notably, in "The Accident" when she sends three Piranhatrons disguised as his upset team-mates to demoralize Carlos, the one impersonating the team-mate with a broken leg has really had its leg broken.
84	* TheBadGuyWins: Yes this is the only ''PR'' series where the villain manages to legitimately defeat the Power Rangers. It's a fleeting victory, but one nonetheless ([[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin]] ended similarly with the Power Coins destroyed and the Command Center blown up, but it left what we saw kind of vague, which obviously led to ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''. There is no question what happened in this series).
85	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: IMPLIED to be the reason for the unceremonious replacement of the first team with the new team. It was suggested that the [[AbortedArc Millennium Message]] revealed that TJ, Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos were the Rangers prophesied to stop the United Alliance of Evil, which is why they were chosen seemingly at random.
86	* BeginWithAFinisher: In the finale, they use their finishing move to open the fight with the MonsterOfTheWeek. It doesn't work and they wind up losing all their Zords in the ensuing battle.
87	* BirthdayEpisode: "Bicycle Built for the Blues" takes place on Justin's birthday and has the older Rangers plan a surprise party for him.
88	* {{Bowdlerize}}: The suit villains (Elgar, Rygog, and Porto) were all slightly redesigned for American footage, with their facial features being softened to appear less frightening to children.
89	* BreatherEpisode: "Parts and Parcels," an episode that serves as ADayInTheLimelight for Bulk and Skull and [[ThrowTheDogABone gives the two a happy ending]], comes right before the incredibly dark 2-part finale.
90	* ButNowIMustGo: The Phantom Ranger.
91	* TheCameo: Rita Repulsa, Lord Zedd, King Mondo, and Queen Machina appear during the snippet of the Millennium Message that Blue Senturion shows Divatox.
92	* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, T.J. is voiced by Creator/YujiKishi, who previously portrayed Kyosuke Jinnai in ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger''.
93	* CerebusSyndrome: What started off as a tonally inconsistent season based on a screwball Sentai gradually gets darker. Divatox's plots revolved around her bombing public places, the issues in Justin's home life are gradually revealed and the season ends on the incredibly dark and bleak note [[spoiler: of the Zords, power weapons, Power Chamber and ultimately ranger powers being cruelly destroyed.]]
94	* ChekhovsGun: The Millennium Message, which is forgotten immediately, but has serious consequences the next season. However, in an unproduced script called "Rangers in Concert," the Blue Senturion actually shows Tommy, Adam, Tanya, and Kat the full message, which tells them who their replacements are, leading into the next trope...
95	* ChekhovsGunman: T.J., Carlos, Ashley, and Cassie, not to mention T.J. and Cassie were introduced to us [[PutOnABus by BUS.]]
96	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Because Rocky didn't get enough short-shrift throughout ''Zeo'', here he only appears in the movie, and the first episode of the series, before vanishing without a trace.
97	* CliffHanger: Rangers defeated, going into space to rescue Zordon only because they can't just stand idle, the villains have something big in the works...
98	* ContrivedCoincidence: In "Trouble by the Slice," the way that Carlos kept turning around and missing [[spoiler: [[LaserGuidedAmnesia the amnesiac Divatox]] working as a waitress]] in the pizza parlor.
99	* CousinOliver: Justin. Thankfully downplayed with the cast turnover when he's treated more like a peer among the new team, and less like a foster son.
100	* CurbStompBattle: The fight with Goldgoyle really doesn't go well. First the Rescue Megazord is barely able to land even a single hit without getting ludicrously damaged, then the Turbo Megazord does manage to hit him, and it doesn't even hurt him, at which point Goldgoyle fills the thing full of holes.
101	* DanceBattler: Once Catherine Sutherland started doing her own fight scenes, Kat's fighting shows a lot of ballet influence.
102	* DarkerAndEdgier: TRIED to be this at first, but due to the fact that it was using footage from a parody of Sentai, it wasn't as successful as the producers might have liked. It was rather jarring to see Tommy having to read the manual to his car at the same time as the drama of Zordon and Alpha 5 departing.
103	* LighterAndSofter: That being said, even though the show tried to be serious, the greater focus on the comic relief villains, as well as the inclusion of a kid ranger, made the series this in comparison to ''Zeo''. The second half in general is this to the first half, and as a whole, ''Turbo'' is this to [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace the next]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy two series]].
104	* DemotedToExtra: In an early episode titled "Shadow Rangers," the monster of the day is a humanoid, Putty-like robot-thing called Chromite. When General Havoc arrives much later in the season, it turns out that Chromites are in fact simple foot soldiers, just like Cogs, Putties, or Piranhatrons.
105	* DenserAndWackier: Given that it was based on a parody Sentai, this was a given. As goofy as ''Mighty Morphin'' got, it never reached the level of the rangers getting baked into a giant pizza or Bulk and Skull being turned into chimps.
106	* DiabolusExNihilo: [[spoiler: Goldgoyle. Despite being "the most powerful monster in the universe" and the one responsible for destroying the Rangers' Zords and weapons (thereby leaving them wide open for Divatox's later attack), he appears in only a single episode, was never mentioned before said episode, and is never mentioned again after his death.]] Made even more glaring by the fact that in Carranger, [[spoiler: he was the final BigBad.]]
107	* DownerEnding: The Zords are destroyed, the replacement mentor had gone home to help her people, the Power Chamber is raided and destroyed, and the Rangers have lost their powers as the original mentor has been captured by the being that every BigBad on the series to this point answers to.
108	* EarWorm: It's used as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnCZvf0NEuk form of attack]] in "The Song of Confusion".
109	* EyeCatch: ''Turbo'' started using the ''Carranger'' eyecatches mid-season.
110	* EyePop: During its second battle, the enemy mecha Metallasaurus lets out one when it's ShotInTheAss by a GiantMedicalSyringe courtesy of the Wind Rescue Rescuezord.
111	* FeedItABomb: The Rangers resort to this to stop Goldgoyle -- The bomb being their personal weapons, launched down his throat.
112	* FemaleGaze: T.J. wore a ''lot'' of very tight t-shirts.
113	* FigureItOutYourself: Dimitria spent the first half of the series doing this (her species could ''only talk in questions,'' supposedly, though fellow "Inquirian" Visceron didn't have this problem), only to drop this practice when the four veteran Rangers - probably more experienced at this sort of thing than she was - were retired and replaced, at which point she got a lot more direct. [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it?]] Because it sounds like inquiry[=/=]inquire? Question?
114	* FinaleProductionUpgrade: Despite the failure of the show to be serious, it did create a finale that stuck in viewers' minds, and a two-parter at that. One would think that given the previous seasons' tendency to wrap up the storyline in a neatly-bundled conclusion, this finale does the exact ''opposite''. Instead, the megazords are destroyed, and we get a full-on invasion of the Power Chamber, with all the villains of the season, plus an army of Pirahnatrons, a TrashTheSet of the inside, Divatox '''''blowing it up''''', the Rangers losing their powers, Zordon being captured, and the rangers being forced to commandeer a space shuttle (with some convincing by Justin to the base commander), with only the clothes on their backs and hopes and prayers. Now, with the Rangers' defense gone, it's a one-shot desperate escape into space...
115	* FlyingCar: Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster. Though for some reason only Lightning Cruiser is ever shown flying on earth, though one presumes Storm Blaster can since it travels from space to earth with Lightning Cruiser, and flew Justin through outer space with the Space Rangers in ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' to save Lightning Cruiser.
116	* ForgotAboutHisPowers:
117	** The episode "Rally Ranger" has the Rangers attempting to fight a giant Porto without the use of their Zords, for no apparent reason. The real reason, of course, is because at this point in Carranger, their HumongousMecha hadn't been introduced yet.
118	** "Passing the Torch Part I" has the Rangers being overwhelmed by monster attacks, and them seemingly forgetting that they're Power Rangers for most of the episode, fighting them all unmorphed, despite being clearly outmatched.
119	* ForgotTheCall: Divatox in "Trouble by the Slice."
120	* FromBadToWorse: T.J. sacrifices the damaged Rescue Megazord to try to destroy Goldgoyle... it fails. Goldgoyle destroys the Turbo Megazord and the Rangers sacrifice their weapons in a desperate attempt to destroy him. Then in rapid succession, they learn Eltar has fallen, Dimitria and Blue Senturion leave, Divatox destroys the Power Chamber and everyone learns Dark Specter has captured Zordon. Arguably, the worst day for a Ranger team ever.
121	* FunWithAcronyms: The first team cannon is the Turbo ''R.A.M.'' (''Robotic Arsenal Mobilizer'').
122	* {{Gasshole}}: Big Burpa from "Bicycle Built for the Blues" lives up to her name by constantly belching.
123	* GenkiGirl: Ashley.
124	* GiantMedicalSyringe: During the Rescuezords' first battle, the Wind Rescue Rescuezord (which is in the form of an ambulance) fires a giant syringe at the Metallasaurus's... [[ShotInTheAss rear]], whose eyes [[EyePop bug out]] as a result.
125	* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: In "Built For Speed," the Turbo Megazord is used to save two cars that drag raced off a cliff by catching them.
126	* GrandTheftPrototype: The Turbo Megazord was defeated and taken from the Rangers in one episode, requiring the Rescue Zords as replacements.
127	* GreenThumb: Wild Weeder.
128	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Blue Senturion, who was turned evil in three different episodes: "The Millennium Message," "Stitch Witchery," and "Beware the Third Wish."
129	* HilariousOuttakes: The end credits feature outtakes of the actors flubbing their lines or saying funny things that aren't seen in the final cut.
130	* HumanityEnsues: In the episode "Cassie's Best Friend", Cassie's dog Jetson becomes human.
131	* IdentityAmnesia: Divatox in "Trouble by the Slice."
132	* IdiotBall: Hmm... Let's use the [[{{BFG}} Turbine Laser]] against [[HumongousMecha Metallasaurus]], when we have our own [[HumongousMecha Megazord]]. Predictably, it doesn't do a thing.
133	** That being said, it's possible they were trying to aim at Havoc, who piloted Metallasaurus [[SnipingTheCockpit from an open cockpit on the very top]]. Unfortunately their aim was off and the blast wound up bouncing off Metallasaurus' snout instead.
134	* IncredibleShrinkingMan: "Honey I Shrunk The Rangers."
135	* InsistentTerminology: Divatox never calls them bombs, they're "detonators."
136	* InvisibleMainCharacter: When Bulk and Skull stopped being monkeys in "Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers" as a result of over-radiation from the torpedoes used to blow up a monster, they became these until "Stitch Witchery."
137	* IneffectualLoner: Carlos, at first. Though in his introductory episode, his problem isn't that he's ineffectual, just that he's not a team-player.
138	* {{Irony}}:
139	** When the Rescue Megazord forms, a song plays that states the Rangers are "invincible" and they don't lose. Come the end of the season and they lose, and badly.
140	** The show's Sentai counterpart ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' managed to get higher ratings for ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' than its predecessor ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' after it had been declining in ratings due to its shift in tone from a serious to a silly show (a problem that also spilled into ''Carranger'''s first half), as ''Carranger'' kept a consistently silly tone for its duration. Unfortunately, due to the unsuccessful attempt to convert the lighthearted material into a serious tone, ''Power Rangers Turbo'' nearly killed ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' if not for the success of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace its successor]] as well as its prior retool akin to ''Ohranger''[='=]s own.
141	* KidAppealCharacter: Justin.
142	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Divatox.]] Bonus points for it actually coming from a laser (well, a teleport ray turned up to eleven).
143	* LetsGetDangerous: Divatox only becomes a competent villain in the finale. Every actual victory or close victory against the Rangers was done only from someone more competent than she is, such as her mother (advice on separating the Rangers from their leader), General Havoc (Metallosaurus and kidnapping the Phantom Ranger) or Goldgoyle (effectively a hired mercenary). Her raid on the Power Chamber at the end was appropriately nasty, but it comes across as a victory she really didn't earn. There was also a more subtle one earlier on, in the immediate aftermath of the Millennium Message. Her first plot after that episode involves attacking a soccer match featuring Carlos and Ashley, with the implication that she's targeting them because she saw them in the message and wanted them eliminated before the power transfer. It comes off as a very forward-thinking plan for a villain with the... competence of Divatox.
144	* LookBehindYou: In "The Whole Lie", Adam gets the drop on a Piranhatron by saying "Hey look, it's Elvis!"
145	* MacGuffin: The Millennium Message, Justin's lucky coin.
146	* MadBomber: Divatox was this in the first half of the season, constantly using detonators in her plans. After the Ranger change, she ditched them.
147	* MisplacedWildlife: There's a giant squid in Angel Grove's lake that attacks Elgar for an entire episode until he manages to kill it off-screen.
148	* MoodWhiplash: Right after a goofy episode about Bulk and Skull's jobs being threatened when Porto sends Piranhatrons to steal the things they're supposed to deliver, comes "Chase Into Space," a serious series finale about Eltar coming under attack, Dimitria and Blue Senturion leaving to assist Zordon, the Turbo Powers, Turbo Zords, Rescue Zords, and Power Chamber being destoyed, and Justin saying goodbye to the team.
149	* TheMovie: The series' debut: ''Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie''.
150	* MuggingTheMonster: Two bullies repeatedly bully and threaten Justin. Justin is completely capable of beating the crap out of them even without his powers, which is shown when he has enough, he just doesn't want to.
151	* MythologyGag: During a monster tour, Bulk tries to interest the crowd by suggesting they may see Eye Guy, Pudgy Pig, or the Peckster, some of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' ''first season's'' more memorable monsters. Additionally, their stop is at a lake that was used very often in ''MMPR'', which they even mention. Mechanizer from ''Zeo'' also gets a callback.
152	* NiceGuy: T.J. Quite possibly one of the nicest and most easy-going Red Ranger in the entire series. Selwyn Ward is this in real life too.
153	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Divatox has the Rangers on the ropes and instead of finishing them off before rushing to meet Dark Specter, she assumes that since they're powerless, they won't be a threat. Cue [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace the next season]].
154	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Count Nocturne's voice is the usual Creator/BelaLugosi vampire voice.
155	* NoOntologicalInertia: Even though Alpha 6 is able to develop an antidote for it, Carlos's vampirism isn't cured until Count Nocturne is destroyed.
156	* NotSoForgottenBirthday: The "friends pretend to forget birthday while planning surprise party" plot is used in "Bicycle Built for the Blues", where the older Rangers plan a surprise party for Justin.
157	* OddFriendship: T.J. and Bulk and Skull in "Parts and Parcel."
158	* OfficialCouple: Tommy/Kat.
159	* ParentalAbandonment: Justin. His mom dies and his dad leaves him in an orphanage. Even after his dad comes to live with him again, he's still a workaholic.
160	* ParentalSubstitute: Tommy and Kat for Justin during the first half of the season; Carlos and Cassie during the second half.
161	* PassingTheTorch: The episodes were even ''titled'' "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Passing The Torch]]."
162	* PoliceAreUseless: In "Phantom Phenomenon," when Divatox is robbing a bank, we clearly see a cop hiding behind a car with some citizens.
163	* PunnyName: The Blue Ranger's initial Zord is called 'Mountain Blaster' and was intended for Rocky.
164	* PutOnABus:
165	** From ''Turbo'': The Phantom Ranger leaves shortly after his spotlight episode later in the season. In the final episode, Dimitria, Blue Senturion, Justin. Two of these four have serious hatedoms, ol' Blue's not exactly popular, and Phanty still presents more questions than answers, so some of this is an AuthorsSavingThrow.
166	** From earlier seasons: Rita, Zedd and their forces in TheMovie, Rocky, Zordon and Alpha 5 in the opening episodes, the rest of the former [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo Rangers]] halfway through the season, Detective Stone at the end of the season... Pretty much everyone who was a member of the ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' cast, with the exception of Bulk and Skull, when you think about it.
167	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Detective Stone took over running the Juice Bar, because Richard Genelle (Ernie) had to leave the series due to health reasons.
168	* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: The in-universe explanation for why the old Rangers left. The basic premise of the Power Rangers since the beginning was that it was comprised of, well, teenagers with attitude. However, Tommy, Katherine, Tanya, and Adam had recently graduated high school and were on the verge of no longer being teenagers. Thus, they had to add youth to the group, removing everyone other than the only high schooler on the cast (Justin) with younger teenagers with attitude (T.J., Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos).
169	* ReTool: Because ratings had fallen during Season 3 of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Power Rangers Zeo'' due to a combination of being moved to a timeslot that was historically known for far-lower viewership than the one ''Power Rangers'' left (despite the series actually setting ratings records FOR the timeslot after the move) and the erratic rate of episode releases during Season 3 and ''Zeo'' making it difficult for fans to actually catch episodes as they aired, ''Turbo'' was chosen to be something of a soft reboot from the very beginning - Abandoning virtually all of the supporting characters and unresolved plot points from ''Zeo'' and not bothering to offer any clean transition, replacing mentors Zordon and Alpha 5 with Dimitria and Alpha 6, redesigning the Power Chamber with no explanation, and most controversially, introducing preteen Justin as the new Blue Ranger in an attempt to appeal directly to a young audience. This didn't work to revive the show, and in fact created the actual problem they were trying to mediate by mis-attributing the cause; Leading to Power Rangers' near-cancellation. So then... midway through the season, there was a major shake-up in the writing staff (most of the prior staff left citing poor relations with the new producer/Showrunner). Along with this came the abrupt replacement of every Ranger except Justin with new characters and the abandonment of several plot points and character traits from the first half of the season (the mystery of Dimitria's long-lost sister, Dimitria's habit of speaking only in questions, Divatox's use of time bombs in her plans, the Millenium Message, etc.). This was finally enough to help ratings recover, but only enough to get one more season greenlit. Then ''Power Rangers In Space'' happened.
170	* SenselessSacrifice: T.J. sacrificing the Rescue Megazord doesn't accomplish anything.
171	* SentientVehicle: Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster
172	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Blue Senturion. There's debate as to how well he succeeded and/or how ''spectacularly'' he failed. The spectrum runs from "Thanks to him, Dark Specter, the Machine Empire, Master Vile, and General Havoc were all defeated, and Rita, Zedd, Divatox, and Astronema were purified" all the way to "He is responsible for the death of Zordon and (before it was established an AlternateUniverse) the [[Series/PowerRangersRPM rise of Venjix]]."
173	* ShotInTheAss: During the second battle with the Metallasaurus, the Wind Rescue Rescuezord shoots a [[GiantMedicalSyringe giant syringe]] at the ass of the enemy mecha. Cue it letting out an EyePop.
174	* SlidingScaleofSillinessVersusSeriousness: Perhaps one of the most inconsistent of ''Power Ranger'' seasons, especially in the first half. Plots where the BigBad planted detonators to blow up and kill people were common, there was a doomsday message prophesying all past villains joining forces, somewhat more mature plots like eating disorder and dangerous drag racing juxtaposed with goofy monsters and pretty silly villains thanks to a parody source footage. The second half, while not a parody embraces the inherent silliness- until the finale where things get [[CerebusSyndrome dead serious]]; the finale barely uses footage from its source Sentai other than a Zord battle.
175	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Implied. All it took for Justin, who, to everyone else, just looked like a disheveled intruder crying wolf that the Power Rangers needed their super-advanced shuttle pronto, to convince the base commander of NASADA was, among other things we don't hear, the name of the planet Eltar. That alone convinces the commander. Of course, combined with many other things brought up in ''In Space'''s 2-part opener, this opens the floodgates for speculation on how connected NASADA is to Zordon if the commander seems to be aware of the planet's importance...
176	* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil:
177	** Goldgoyle, the last monster the Rangers face, outclasses any other monster, destroying BOTH Megazords with zero effort.
178	** Divatox herself is a subversion; while Zedd was more evil than Rita, Master Vile more evil than Zedd, and the Machine Empire more evil than Master Vile, Divatox is at best Rita levels of evil. [[BewaretheSillyOnes But she also came the closest to wiping out the Rangers once and for all by the end of that season.]]
179	* SpacePolice: The Blue Senturion is apparently one of many (though obviously we never see them).
180	* SubmarinePirates: Divatox is an intergalactic space pirate whose headquarters is a fish-shaped submarine known as the Subcraft.
181	* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Divatox has a periscope that can pop up in ''anything'' made of liquid. Sports coolers, bowls of punch, someone's drink... [[MST3KMantra How this happens is anyone's guess]].
182	* TimeBomb: All of Divatox's plans involved these, at least for the first part of the season. After the mid-season ReTool she suddenly just stopped using them.
183	* TimeSkip: Between the old team leaving and the new team taking their place. "Passing The Torch" ends with Tommy et all leaving, then the next episode begins with TJ, Ashley, Cass, and Carlos not only gelled as a team, but with them knowing the Blue Senturion, and knowing how to operate the Megazords no problem.
184	* TomatoInTheMirror: Justin suspects the other Rangers of being replaced by robots in "The Robot Ranger." Turns out he's a RobotMe, too.
185	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tanya and Kat (again), then later Cassie and Ashley.
186	* TotallyRadical:
187	** Alpha 6, who replaced Alpha 5's "Ay-yi-yi" catchphrase with "Yo, yo, yo."
188	** The title itself also counts, given that "turbo" became a slang term during the early-mid 90's.
189	* TrashTheSet: The Power Chamber, and done in an appropriately shocking way.
190	* TheUnsolvedMystery: ''Nothing'' about the Phantom Ranger is ever resolved, outside the fact that he needs his Power Ruby to survive. We don't even know his actual name or title; "Phantom Ranger" is a term that T.J. coined to describe the mysterious invisible warrior that appeared. Apparently, when the actor needed to make the plan for him happen backed out, ThePowersThatBe said "screw it" and had him say "Well, Earth's in good hands with you guys, bye!" and run off.
191	* VillainBall: DoubleSubverted at the end of the season. Divatox manages to decisively defeat the Rangers, destroying their powers, but before she can finish them off she is ordered to withdraw.
192	* VillainSong: Crash and the Creeps' song "Song of Confusion" is this. Bonus points is due to their human disguises, they [[DramaticIrony can practically say to the Rangers' faces that they're fooling and deceiving them without them being the wiser.]]
193	* TheVillainSucksSong: The Piranhatrons' theme 'You're Gone Piranhatrons', talks about how they're goofy and useless; which is quickly proven true whenever it's played. [[DownerEnding But when it's not...]]
194	* WeaksauceWeakness: Subverted, because it was a monster that was easily defeated. The villain Chromite is killed simply by putting him in a shadow to make him melt away.
195	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
196	** The biggest, though not the ''only'' such situation, is the Zeo Crystal. The source of power for the Rangers in the previous season gets swiftly brushed aside and replaced by the Turbo powers in the movie. It's given no dramatic send off like when the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Power Coins]] were destroyed. No one lampshades it, nor brings up how the Zeo Crystal continues to grow in power, which would make the need for new more powerful morphers to be pointless. This is strange considering how Kat morphs into Zeo Ranger I in the beginning of the movie, yet Adam doesn't possess his Zeo Crystal during his cameo in ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. (Out-of-universe, it's obviously so his teamup with Carlos would be of the two Black Rangers; if it had been during Turbo he'd probably have become the green Zeo Ranger IV. In-universe, he used an unstable damaged Power Coin that could have ''killed'' him in favor of the Zeo powers.) On top of ''that,'' Tommy is powerless in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' until the Black Dino Gem is discovered (even though ''he'' used his Zeo powers just fine in "Forever Red!") But we don't have to go all the way to Adam's return, let alone PRDT, for a time when it's non-use was FridgeLogic: After the Turbo powers were lost, you'd think they'd have said "didn't those other guys used to be powered by this super-powerful crystal of supposedly planetwrecking strength?" before setting out ''powerless'' on a journey to space.
197	** Smaller mice: Lt. Stone, Bulk, and Skull were back on the police force as of TheMovie. Nothing was mentioned of their police jobs after the premiere; taking Ernie's spot was quite a career change for Stone, and one he had no reason to make. Bulk and Skull were probably left off the roster after vanishing for months as far as the world was concerned during their time as monkeys, but still, ''one line'' about trying to get their jobs back and failing would have been nice.
198	** Oddly, neither Lt. Stone nor the Rangers seem to give a rat's ass about Bulk and Skull having completely dropped off the map without so much as a single word.
199	* WouldHurtAChild: In one episode, Justin runs afoul of two older students who have no qualms whatsoever about attacking and chasing after a pre-teen, just for not giving them the answers to a test.
200	* WrenchWench: Ashley, who took auto-shop in "The Turn of the Wretched Wrench" only as a TakeThat to her slightly sexist father, only to find herself loving it. This plot was done because her Carranger counterpart was a mechanic, and the morphed footage in that episode made that obvious.
201	* ZergRush: Essentially Divatox's strategy when she attacks the Power Chamber at the end of the series. She sends Piranhatrons to attack it. ''All of them''.
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