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6->''"It's Morphin' Time!"''[[note]]Followed by "Zeo Ranger (number), (color)!" for the five main Zeo Rangers, and "Gold Ranger Power!" for the [[SixthRanger Zeo Gold Ranger]][[/note]]
7-->--'''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers Zeo''
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9->''[-"[[EtherealChoir Zeeeeeeeooooo Gooooooooooo Zeeeeeeeoooooo....]]"-]''
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11''Power Rangers Zeo'' is the fourth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and a direct SequelSeries to ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', [[{{Frankenslation}} adapted from]] ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger''. After the cliffhanger that ended the ''Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers'' arc, Rita and Zedd are busy celebrating their victory, only to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere flee for their lives]] due to the invading Machine Empire, who want to gut Earth of its natural resources. Meanwhile, the Rangers have seemingly hit rock-bottom after the destruction of the Command Center and the loss of their powers. But thankfully, they find the incredibly-powerful Zeo Crystal amid the rubble; shortly after, they discover a new hidden base beneath the surface of the original. Zordon reveals that he and Alpha have survived, and to combat the threat of the Machine Empire, tap the Zeo Crystal to provide the team with all-new powers, including for the first time brand-spankin' new uniforms for the ''entire'' team.
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13''Zeo'' is largely where the franchise began to grow up, by introducing a few season-spanning plot threads, becoming ''slightly'' less preachy, with charity work and environmentalism becoming less common plot elements and much more character-driven. Billy Cranston, the last original Power Ranger, retired from active duty to act in a tech support and MissionControl role, as well as serving as a mentor to the newer rangers under Zordon. Newer characters such as [[TheAce Katherine Hillard]] and [[{{Shorttank}} Tanya Sloan]], and even [[PluckyComicRelief Rocky [=DeSantos=]]] and [[TheQuietOne Adam Park]], were allowed to grow beyond their SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute beginnings. Even Farkus "Bulk" Bulkmeier and Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch managed some CharacterDevelopment after going through police training and later becoming private detectives. The show also reintroduced Jason Lee Scott, the original Red Ranger, to return and take up the role of their SixthRanger.
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15Zedd and Rita were also not quite out of the picture, as they worked to reclaim their status as the series villains and sometimes their guerrilla strikes against the Machine Empire ended up helping the Rangers. It is one of the more popular seasons, as it had classic characters, an epic scope ''and'' decent writing. It also set up the concept of the Ranger changing powers and costumes once a year, and further established more Rangers trading in and out. Some also consider it to be in some ways better than the original seasons in terms of quality, with a greater focus on character development and more dramatic moments. In other words, ''Zeo'' had some big shoes to fill, and they were filled well.
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17Followed chronologically by ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', which sets up ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''.
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19Unfortunately, ratings that had begun to decline in Season 3 of ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'' dropped even further in ''Zeo'', which likely led to ''Zeo'' ending more abruptly than expected. The season ends with the Machine Empire compromised (but not destroyed) and Lord Zedd and co. plotting their return, seemingly setting the stage for their stories to continue--but by the time of the next season's PilotMovie ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', the Machine Empire aren't mentioned, Zedd and Rita only have a brief humorous cameo (which makes it clear that they aren't fighting the Rangers anymore), and the Zeo Rangers' powers and paraphernalia are never seen again.
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21The infamous fan hoax "Scorpion Rain" originated as an attempt to bridge the gap between the ''Zeo'' and ''Turbo'' eras by wrapping up the story of Zedd and Rita's feud with the Machine Empire: it was FanFiction claiming to be a multi-part MissingEpisode featuring a battle with the Machine Empire on the Moon, ending with Serpentera being buried. But after the perpetrators of the hoax ended up being [[PromotedFanboy hired]] as actual ''Power Rangers'' writers by Saban, they took the opportunity to retroactively make their story canon (albeit in BroadStrokes) in the special ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' episode "[[MilestoneCelebration Forever Red]]"--establishing that Serpentera really ''did'' get buried on the Moon sometime after ''Zeo'', and the Machine Empire really ''did'' have something to do with it. WordOfGod regarding Zedd and Rita is that they took a honeymoon to raise their child Thrax, who appears in ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''.
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24!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:
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26* AnAesop: The episode ''Trust in Me'' has the lesson that CondescendingCompassion can be really offending to people with disabilities and that many of them can lead perfectly normal lives. In the episode, Rocky accidentally treats a blind woman with CondescendingCompassion, despite her being competent enough to defeat multiple opponents in a karate demonstration. Understandably, the woman is annoyed and gives Rocky the cold shoulder. After a lecture from Katherine, Rocky realizes his mistake and apologizes to the woman. Rocky was seemingly unaware that he was doing it until it was pointed out to him and learns the error of his ways.
27* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Besides the usual monster attacks, the season finale "Good As Gold" sees the Rangers grow in size in order to combat King Mondo. Sure they could've used their Zords, but Trey said there was no time for that. The real reason, naturally, is RuleOfCool (plus, considering that Mondo was rebuilt ''after'' being sliced in half by the Super Zeo Megazord earlier, presumably Trey thought that the Rangers themselves could defeat him again.)
28* AutobotsRockOut: The main theme.
29* BigBad: King Mondo, with Louie Kaboom (and later Prince Gasket) temporarily taking over in the second half of the season.
30* BilingualBonus: The Gold Ranger's visor and logo is the kanji for "King", as his ''Ohranger'' counterpart was named King Ranger.
31* ComicBookAdaptation: A planned series by Image Comics based on the show was slated, but only one issue managed to be released, which ended on a pretty big cliffhanger. [[note]]The first (and only) issue reveals that Lord Zedd kept the energies of the Ninja Power Coins after he and Rita destroyed them, but Master Vile gives them to the Machine Empire.[[/note]]
32* CompressedAdaptation: Crossed with AdaptationExpansion. ''Zeo'' was given 50 episodes to ''Ohranger's'' 48, however, 3 of those episodes adapted ''Ohranger's'' supplemental material[[note]]1 episode adapts ''Ohranger'' TheMovie, while the two-part Alien Rangers team-up is an adaptation of ''[[Film/ChourikiSentaiOhrangerOhreVsKakuranger Ohranger vs. Kakuranger]]''[[/note]].
33* ChestInsignia: Personal geometric shapes on the helmet visors, team emblems on the belts and various pieces of equipment (including the hilts of the Super Zeo Megazord's sabers and the center of the Warrior Wheel). These, and their callsigns, all also follow a NumerologicalMotif, hence the rather odd choice for Tanya's theme:
34** ''One'' rounded figure: Zeo Ranger 1, Pink/Kat
35** ''Two'' rounded figures: Zeo Ranger 2, Yellow/Tanya
36** A ''three'' sided/pointed triangle: Zeo Ranger 3, Blue/Rocky
37** A ''four'' sided/pointed rectangle: Zeo Ranger 4, Green/Adam
38** A ''five'' pointed star: Zeo Ranger 5, Red/Tommy
39* CityOfAdventure: Angel Grove
40* HomeBase: The Power Chamber, beneath the site of the old Command Center.
41** ElaborateUndergroundBase: Besides the Power Chamber, they also had all the Zeo zords (minus Pyramidas) stored in a hangar facility built into a snowy mountain on the outskirts of Angel Grove. They notably shot the Red Battlezord, the Super Zeo Zords and the Warrior Wheel out of a big-ass cannon several times.
42* HumongousMecha
43** AnimalMecha: Just a few: Tommy's Phoenix, Rocky's Sphinx, and Adam's Bull.
44** CombiningMecha: The main team came together in two combinations, the Zeo and Super Zeo Megazords. The former could also combine with the Red Battlezord to make the Mega Battlezord. The Zeo Zords and Battlezord could then join Pyramidas for the Zeo Ultrazord; which also had an alternate formation with the Super Zeo Zords instead of the Zeo Zords.
45** MechaExpansionPack: One of the franchise's earlier cases, where the Zeo Megazord could equip different Battle Helmets from the component Zeo Zords.
46** TransformingMecha: the Warrior Wheel and Pyramidas.
47* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Tommy got his own Zord (the Red Battlezord) and was the primary pilot of the Defender Wheel (though Rocky got to use it once).
48%%* MadeOfExplodium
49* MakeMyMonsterGrow:
50** Lifted directly from its source material, this is Klank and Orbus' reason for living.
51** Auric the Conqueror is capable of making himself grow to giant size.
52** In an interesting variation, the FinalBattle sees [[spoiler:Trey make the ''Rangers'' and himself grow to fight King Mondo and his giant Cogs.]]
53* MiniDressOfPower: No ShesAManInJapan at play here, for the first time both girl Rangers get the skirt.
54* {{Mooks}}: Cogs
55** {{Giant Mook}}s: The series' first example. In "Good As Gold" King Mondo grows and has a group of Cogs grow with him.
56** {{Lampshaded}} in Episode when one uses "Mook" as a password
57* RecycledInSpace: Averted. Production took the ancient world cultures theme from ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' and downplayed them so that things were kept as generic as possible - so stuff was recycled, but not [[AC:IN SPACE]]!
58* {{Thememobile}}[=/=]CoolBike: Zeo Jet Cycles
59* TransformationSequence: The Rangers would flip two devices on their wrist morphers and criss-cross them to activate them, calling out “Zeo Ranger (Number, Color)”. The suit would form on them accordingly afterward.
60* 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.
61* WordPower:
62** ByThePowerOfGraySkull and/or {{Invocation}}: "It's Morphin' Time!"
63-->'''Kat:''' "Zeo Ranger 1 - Pink!"\
64'''Tanya:''' "Zeo Ranger 2 - Yellow!"\
65'''Rocky:''' "Zeo Ranger 3 - Blue!"\
66'''Adam:''' "Zeo Ranger 4 - Green!"\
67'''Tommy:''' "Zeo Ranger 5 - Red!"\
68'''Jason:''' "Gold Ranger Power!"
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70!!This subseries contains examples of:
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72* TheAce: Kat. She dives, dances, sings, surfs, skis, trains dogs, trains ''monkeys''...it's finally tossed a [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] when her friends tease her for moping because the purse she made was so ugly. "C'mon, there had to be ''something'' you're not good at."
73* AdaptationExpansion: Crossed with CompressedAdaptation. ''Zeo'' was given 50 episodes to ''Ohranger's'' 48, however, 3 of those episodes adapted ''Ohranger's'' supplemental material[[note]]1 episode adapts ''Ohranger'' TheMovie, while the two-part Alien Rangers team-up is an adaptation of ''[[Film/ChourikiSentaiOhrangerOhreVsKakuranger Ohranger vs. Kakuranger]]''[[/note]].
74* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In ''Ohranger'', the robotic villains originated from Pangea Earth. Here, they're aliens, as with the villains from ''Zyuranger'', ''Dairanger'', and ''Kakuranger''.
75* AdaptationalHeroism: Puppetman from "The Puppet Blaster" was a robotic kids show host reprogrammed by the Machine Empire, and [[SparedByTheAdaptation the Rangers even rebuilt him after they defeated him]]. His ''Ohranger'' counterpart Bara-Pinokiller was a Baranoia plant from the start.
76* AdaptationalVillainy: [[FakeDefector Defector]] from "Trust in Me". His Ohranger counterpart Bara Revenger actually ''was'' a good guy, and only fought the Ohrangers when Baranoia took control of his body.
77* AdvertisingCampaigns: The most memorable of which (nicknamed the "Zeo serial") featuring "...you gotta see it... it's coming... you gotta see it... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKal35GJ5_A unleashing the POW-AAAAAH...]]" set to a [[RearrangeTheSong variant]] of the theme tune; before reruns of MMPR/MMAR eps they'd show a teaser explaining what happened in the MMAR finale, followed by a short teaser bit involving the Machine Empire's plans for Earth (which is notably out of continuity with the actual show); each segment would end with the "It's coming" bit and a snippet of the Zeo logo animation. The full song, nicknamed "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVmT0qp1OdY Unleashing the Power]]", circulates around the Internet.
78* AdvertisingOnlyContinuity: A commercial gave the villain's name as Queen Machina instead of her husband, King Mondo, and had our heroes operating out of the original Command Center when they were actually operating in the underground Power Chamber.
79** Also, the aforementioned "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIo4L-1LbHk Zeo serial]]", which plays out quite differently than the actual premiere does -- it seems to imply the Rangers have been completely inactive for several weeks at one point (as if they'd up and abandoned the Command Center ruins without finding the Power Chamber or the Zeo Crystal), the Machine Empire's invasion is a lot more drawn out, with several scientists, government agents, and others slowly becoming aware of it (Bulk and Skull naturally encounter Mondo's forces, and therefore begin to stock emergency supplies at the Youth Center in preparation for the invasion); Zedd and Rita's reaction is also different, with the Machines not attacking them immediately.
80* ArcWelding: The Red Battlezord is said to derive technology from the Alien Rangers' Battle Borgs.
81* TheArtifact:
82** The acronym U.A.O.H. shows up a few times during the season, most notably on the floor of the Zeo Zord hangar. This is an artifact from Ohranger, and it stands for "United Airforce Overtech Hardware", which was the military organization the Sentai team worked for.
83** Partial example: Whenever Rocky or Adam individually morph, especially in the early episodes, their arm gestures are noticeably different from the others. Theirs are actually the transformation gestures from ''Ohranger''. Incidentally, Tommy himself would perform morphing gestures closer to ''Ohranger's'' than to ''Zeo's'' in [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Forever Red]].
84* AscendedExtra: Borax's ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart, Bara-Ivy, was just a regular MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Ohranger''. Here, his race is the mortal enemy of the Gold Ranger.
85* BadassBoast: At the end of "King for a Day Part II", Jason delivers one to Gasket:
86-->"You mess with one Ranger, you better be willing to take on the whole team!"
87* BadassNative: Tommy. David too.
88* BadassUnintentional: Surprisingly, Bulk and Skull fought off a group of Cogs, while not with the style of the Rangers, but still rather well.
89* BifurcatedWeapon: The Super Zeo Megazord has twin swords that can be combined into a [[{{BFS}} large saber]] for destroying monsters.
90* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Tommy. [[RunningGag Again]]. This is the fourth or fifth time.
91* {{Bowdlerise}}: Due to the head TV censor in Great Britain having a huge hate boner regarding nunchucks, they cut nearly all of the sentai footage of Tanya using her nunchuck Power Weapons so the show could air in the UK.
92* TheBusCameBack: Jason returned to take on the mantle of the Gold Ranger halfway through the season.
93** Zedd, Rita, and Finster returned, as well.
94* CassandraTruth: After Bulk and Skull's [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold adventure]] in "King For A Day", they tried to convince everyone that they helped save the Rangers and are regarded as legends on an alien world. No one believes them except the Rangers themselves, but Bulk and Skull think [[DontYouDarePityMe they're just giving them pity]].
95* CharacterisationClickMoment: For Rocky and Adam:
96** In ''Mighty Morphin''', Adam was a quiet, shy nice guy as a way distinguishing himself from Zack. Creator/JohnnyYongBosch claimed it was this season where he realised that Adam could be funny, so he became more sardonic.
97** Rocky was initially little more than a replacement meant to fill in for Jason as the Red Ranger and had no outstanding traits at least in comparison to his fellow replacements. This was largely due to Steve Cardenas' lack of acting experience which the man himself admits wasn't very good in his early tenure. Here, due to being able to emote more distinctively, he's shown to have some comedic quirks that were otherwise not visible before and his civilian plots are more interesting to watch.
98* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Squatt and Baboo, after having been main villains since Season 1's "Day of the Dumpster", are last seen when Zedd and Rita evacuate the moon to escape from the Machine Empire. When the couple returns later in the season to plot their return to power, Squatt and Baboo are nowhere to be seen, with not even a throw-away line to explain their absence. Squatt actually does make an appearance two series later in the GrandFinale of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', as one can see [[http://rangerarchive.com/Power%20Rangers/Army1.html here]]. However, it's alongside a whole bunch of other previously seen monsters, so he's easy to miss. No reported sign of Baboo, though.
99* CliffhangerCopout: In "A Zeo Beginning", Alpha's solemn final line at the end of Part I suggests that something happened to Zordon in the Command Center's implosion. This line doesn't make it to the beginning of Part II, where Alpha instead cheerfully reveals that Zordon is just fine.
100** Oddly enough, the VHS release of the episode (which had the two-parter, along with only the Zeo Crystal search in MMAR spliced together in movie format) kept Alpha's somber dialogue even with Zordon's well being immediately shown.
101** Also, the third season of Mighty Morphin' ended with the Zeo Crystal being stolen. In "A Zeo Beginning" the Rangers find the Crystal buried amidst the rubble of the Command Center, speculating that [[TooDumbToLive Rito and Goldar dropped it]].
102* CluelessMystery: The identity of the Gold Ranger, with all the existing characters turning out to be {{Red Herring}}s.
103* ConservationOfNinjitsu: In one episode the Rangers went up against several hundred Cogs and just tore through them. A few episodes later, a half-dozen were able to hold them back.
104* ContinuityNod:
105** While it's never actually mentioned in dialogue, Adam continues to use an ax as his weapon , albeit a smaller pair of two rather than a single large one.
106** When Billy says the team could have used the Zeo Megazord's Battle Helmets back during the MMPR days, Alpha responds with "[[TakeThat Yes, it's a shame you had to get by with only bows and arrows]]," totally burning Kimberly and her weapon of choice.
107** In "Where in the World is Zeo Ranger 5?" the Rangers are unable to pilot Super Zeo Zord V without Tommy present, and so Alpha creates a device which allows them to do so, referring to a similar device from Season 3 in the process: "Rangers, I've devised a remote unit much like the one from the Ninja Megazord. It should allow you to control Super Zeo Zord V."
108** In "King for a Day", Jason references not being able get the Green Candle and stop it from burning out. "I let Tommy down once before and I'm not gonna let it happen again!"
109** In the finale "Good As Gold", Rita says this to Jason: "Personally, I always thought you looked better in [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers red]]."
110* CreatorCameo: Koichi Sakamoto, the director and fight coordinator for both ''Super Sentai'' and ''Power Rangers'', appears in the episode "King For A Day" as Tritor, one of the warriors imprisoned in the Machine Empire's coliseum. He allies with Bulk and Skull in their escape.
111* CriminalAmnesiac: Tommy in "King For A Day".
112* CuteMachines: A small amount of the series' MonstersOfTheWeek fall under this category.
113* ADayInTheLimelight: Bulk and Skull in "Bulk Fiction" and "Scent of a Weasel".
114* DecompositeCharacter: The two bodies of Prince Buldont from ''Ohranger'' become two separate characters (Prince Sprocket and Prince Gasket).
115* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Used in "It Came From Angel Grove", as a nod to old horror films.
116* DemotedToExtra: Billy, solely in that he was no longer a Ranger. But even as not a Ranger, he still had an important, and still rather large, role as their lead consultant, being a SixthRanger in all but battlefield presence. And when an actual SixthRanger showed up, Billy was put forth as the RedHerring in that role.
117** Rocky also suffered a little from this, which is acknowledged in "Mondo's Last Stand". After already being the second-ever Red Ranger, and the first to not feel like the team's leader, and after being demoted from Red to Blue, he was convinced that the returning Jason (the original Red Ranger) was out to replace him.
118* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: After years of being largely irrelevant, Rita creates a monster out of Kat's purse. It beats the Zords. All of them. Even the Zeo Ultrazord. ''Twice''.
119* DroppedGlasses: Happens to Billy with his contacts in "Graduation Blues". It's a good thing he still kept his old glasses.
120* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: For the first few episodes, the Rangers continued to put their hands behind their backs before morphing as they did in ''MMPR''; they eventually began doing various wrist twists instead (accompanied by glowing energy around their hands).
121* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being machines, Mondo and Machina love Sprocket (and he loves them as well) just as much as any parents love their son. Gasket less so, but that's because he fell in love with Archerina, the daughter of one of Mondo's old rivals.
122* EvilVersusEvil: Rita and Zedd spend most of this season in conflict with the Machine Empire.
123* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: A rather nasty, MechaMooks-loophole exploiting death where [[EvilVersusEvil two groups of enemy mooks have a battle royale]]. The mooks are Tengas (birdmen) and Cogs (spandex robots) You see Tengas and Cogs slugging it out for a few shots, then it cuts to one Tenga holding down a struggling Cog while another Tenga ''tore open its stomach and ripped out its electronic guts.'' This wasn't ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' footage that slipped past the censors, either - Tengas were ''Power Rangers''-exclusive mooks, so it was all original footage.
124** Oh, my goodness, ''Zeo''. Louie Kaboom, the temporary leader of the Machine Empire. Under a [[MoreThanMindControl love spell]] cast by the new villains he takes on the Rangers in combat and is eventually defeated. However, unlike most of the mindless minions that fell to the Rangers, he remained alive for a few moments, ''stumbling around in pain while on fire and professing his love for the villain that brainwashed him.''
125* FaceNodAction: By the time Tommy and Kat help Billy save Heather from falling off a cliff, they've already been told the other Rangers need help, so they have to leave immediately. Tommy and Kat get out of visible range, then give a nod to each other before Tommy gives the morphing call.
126* {{Fanservice}}: Jason in "Scent of the Weasel", both by virtue of looking attractive by modelling and wearing red for the benefit of ''Power Rangers'' franchise fans.
127* FiveTokenBand: Tommy (Native American[[note]]His actor is not Native[[/note]]), Adam (Asian), Rocky (Hispanic), Tanya (African), and Kat (Caucasian, from Australia).
128* [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five Temperament Ensemble]]
129** Tommy: '''[[color:green:Phlegmatic II]]'''
130** Tanya: '''[[color:yellow:Choleric]]'''
131** Kat: '''[[color:blue:Leukine]]'''
132** Adam: '''[[color:black:Melancholic]]'''
133** Rocky: '''[[color:red:Sanguine]]'''
134* FixFic: The romantic relationship between Tommy and Kimberly, a well-loved couple throughout the history of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise up to this point, was brought to an end with a DearJohnLetter sent by Kimberly; there are plenty of fics reuniting them that claimed the letter was a fake (the person responsible usually being Kat), or otherwise that Kim was hiding the real reason for the breakup.
135* TheGhost: When Gasket and Archerina show up, a "King Arodon" who's a rival of King Mondo's is mentioned as her father. He's never seen or brought up again.
136* GirlOfTheWeek: Rocky had a few.
137** Bulk and Skull had one each, surprisingly enough. Bulk's came in as the daughter of the police captain and Skull's was a ''supermodel'', of all things.
138* GladIThoughtOfIt: Happens in "A Few Bad Seeds", when Adam suggests that Rocky take a sample of his metal-eating plant and bring it to the Power Chamber for Billy to analyze. Adam is not pleased.
139** Sprocket in the first half of the season would always take credit for Klank and Orbus' schemes, with Mondo siding with the latter every time. This lasted until the plan would inevitably blow up in their faces, with Sprocket renouncing the credit and blaming Klank.
140* GroinAttack: During its debut fight, the Warrior Wheel gives Stenchy a few punches and kicks to the...gearbox. He's an android, so the joke works.
141* GroundhogDayLoop: "A Brief Mystery of Time".
142* HappyFunBall: The Midas Hound in "The Ranger Who Came In From The Gold".
143* HereWeGoAgain: At the end of "For Cryin' Out Loud", Tommy and Kat are asked to babysit for twins.
144* HeroicBSOD: Rocky goes through one in "Mondo's Last Stand" when he thinks he's being replaced by Jason. [[spoiler: After they defeat King Mondo, Rocky manages to get over it after Jason reassures him that he isn't trying to take his place.]]
145-->'''Rocky:''' "DOORS!"
146* HeroicSacrifice: Billy, in his attempt to save Alpha 5 during the destruction of the Command Center, throws himself on an exploding console. While unharmed at the time, it is later revealed that he got dosed with {{Phlebotinum}} that makes him incapable of ever becoming a Power Ranger again.
147* HiddenDepths:
148** Skull is revealed to be a talented pianist, but doesn't want anyone else, especially Bulk to find out because he thinks he'll lose macho cred. Adam convinces him to give a performance... And Bulk is genuinely amazed. Aww.
149** The former (possibly) gets a little more when he talks with a model he accidentally spilled a rancid smelling perfume all over. The chemistry between them seemed quite good, even though she was [[NoNameGiven never named]] [[OneShotCharacter and onlu appeared once]].
150* HilariousOuttakes: Used in the credits.
151* HollywoodToneDeaf: Averted in "Another Song and Dance" with Tommy, who is just a genuinely bad singer. Even actor Jason David Frank was well aware that he is no singer and had no qualms admitting it and poking fun at himself about it. And in an interview with a fan at Power Morphicon 2010, he revealed that he was hoping to -- for fun and to add more comedy -- just go all out and have Tommy's singing be over-the-top bad, with the actor ''purposely'' singing out of tune (basically, with no effort in even trying to sound okay or tolerable). But, the crew wouldn't let that fly.
152* HostileTerraforming: "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise" sees the Machine Empire attempt this by converting the world's water supply into toxic oil. While this would make the planet perfect for their kind, it'd make it deadly for all life on Earth.
153* HurricaneOfPuns: Rocky, when he's turning into a plant in "A Few Bad Seeds", which also involves some fairly suggestive comments towards Kat.
154* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Brainwashed Tommy vs. the others in "King For A Day".
155** CooldownHug: From [[ShipTease Kat]].
156* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Kat has been in love with Tommy since her first appearance way back in season three of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', but when Kimberly breaks up with him, she does everything she can to cheer him up including setting him up on a date with another woman.
157-->'''Kat:''' "I'm not sure if that was really nice or ''really'' stupid..."
158* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: {{Averted}}. The series featured two Series/VRTroopers - Creator/BradHawkins and Creator/SarahBrown - but not in the same episode.
159* ImprovFu: Occurred with Bulk and Skull when they were accidentally sent to a coliseum in another world and they get saved by another warrior, they have to face down a few guards and ultimately, they were able to take them down with the power of bumbling around.
160* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Tommy and Kat in "A Small Problem".
161* InterimVillain: Prince Gasket
162* InterspeciesRomance: Billy and Cestria, an Aquitian.
163* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Also a ContinuityNod:
164-->'''Klank:''' "Zedd and Rita have just made a monster from a pink purse, your Highness."
165-->'''Sprocket:''' "A purse monster? That's so [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers last season]]."
166* LeaveTheTwoLovebirdsAlone: Tanya stops the other Rangers from joining Tommy and Kat at their table during their date in "Hawaii Zeo".
167* LethalJokeCharacter: The aforementioned purse monster, Impursenator. As stated before, she was a monster made out of Kat's fugly purse and managed to almost defeat the Rangers without even really trying. They used almost every possible strategy of Zords, upgrades, combinations, and formations (BOTH SETUPS for the Zeo Ultrazord) and only managed to escape when a) the Machines teleported Impursenator away [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou out of jealousy]] and b) she merged with the Machines' monster and somehow [[AnticlimaxBoss this made them both sucky.]]
168* LiteralSplitPersonality: Trey; a natural ability for Triforians like him.
169* LongLostRelative: Tommy's twin brother David Trueheart. "Mondo's Last Stand" reveals that Ernie is one too, for the recently deceased Randolph B. Burble. Once identified, he receives his inheritance - a lifetime supply of the baby food that Burble's foundation produces, which used his image in advertising when he was an infant.
170* MagicalNativeAmerican: David Trueheart, Tommy's brother, who holds half of a magical arrowhead pendant.
171* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The arrival of the Machine Empire sends Rita and Zedd running.
172* MarriedInTheFuture: The Christmas-themed episode, "A Season to Remember", involved a flash-forward showing Tommy and Kat being married. Some shippers were not [[DieForOurShip accepting of this development]] and [[FanonDiscontinuity tend to ignore it]]. In fact, Catherine Sutherland (Kat's actor) has verified that she was in talks to appear in both [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force's]] "[[MilestoneCelebration Forever Red]]" and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]] as Mrs. Oliver (the former was scrapped during rewrites while the latter fell through due to Sutherland's pregnancy at the time).
173* MonowheelMayhem: The Defender Wheel, which is a giant wheel a Ranger can enter before launching from a firing station; hitting a button energizes the wheel and sends it at a target. Usually used by Tommy (and it was delivered to the battlefield by way of Tommy's Zeozord, which would fly in and drop the Defender Wheel out of a hatch), it was used by Rocky once as well.
174** Also the Warrior Wheel, at least in wheel mode.
175* MusicalEpisode: Parodied in "Another Song and Dance".
176* TheMusicMeister: Downplayed in "Another Song and Dance". After The Machine Empress casts a spell on the Red and Yellow Rangers, they are forced to sing everything while everyone else is looking at them strangely.
177* MythologyGag: The episode where Louie Kaboom shows up is called "Bomber in the Summer", a nod to his ''Ohranger'' name Bomber the Great.
178* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Queen Machina sounds a lot like Natasha Fatale from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle''.
179* NonActionGuy: Billy becomes one of these.
180* NonMammalianMammaries: Queen Machina and Archerina are robots... but because they're ''female'' robots, they have these. Archerina more so.
181* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: In the final episode, Rita tells Mondo she and Zedd don't fear him any longer. And yet, [[spoiler:Zedd pretended otherwise to trick the Machine Empire. To be fair, though, they probably still weren't in the best position to directly challenge the Empire beyond what they had, and so, as before, let the Rangers weaken them first (which they most certainly did) then strike]].
182* NotNowKiddo: Episode 6 has Prince Sprocket and Klank do this to Orbus, as they're busy bickering, while Orbus is the only one paying attention to their scheme.
183* OfficialCouple: Tommy/Kim was a carryover from ''[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin]]'' until she dropped a Dear John Letter midseason. Tommy/Kat begun shortly afterwards.
184* OhCrap:
185** The monster Cruel Chrome mutters "This can't be good" as he sees the Super Zeo Ultrazord looming over him.
186** Actually, most of the monsters feel this way about the Zeo Ultrazord / Super Zeo Ultrazord. They see the Zord loom high overhead, as it's far taller than a standard Megazord, and know it's a bad sign.
187* OhNoNotAgain: Lord Zedd spends much of his screentime in "The Ranger Who Came in from the Gold" fixing a flat tire on his and Rita's RV; Rita whines when, at the end of the episode, [[HereWeGoAgain the RV gets another flat tire]].
188* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: By the end of the season, both Rita and Mondo display this attitude towards the Rangers.
189-->'''Mondo:''' "The final defeat of those putrid Power Rangers is ''mine'' and mine alone!"
190-->'''Rita:''' "That tub of rebuilt parts isn't grabbing my glory!"
191** Notably, Zedd of all people is a subversion. He'd gladly destroy the Rangers himself, but as he asks, "[[PragmaticVillainy Who cares]] ''[[PragmaticVillainy who]]'' [[PragmaticVillainy destroys those Ranger brats?]]" That said, he would prefer it not be Mondo or the Machine Empire as then he can't take over Earth.
192* OutsideContextProblem: The Machine Empire decides to invade Earth and drive off Rita and Zedd with no in-universe warning (the viewers knew thanks to the non-canon "Zeo serial" that had been playing at the beginning of MMPR reruns in the lead-up to ''Zeo''). Lampshaded, once the Rangers begin to ask a ton of questions about the Machine Empire and cause Alpha to have a nervous breakdown.
193* ParentalBonus: The target audience for ''Power Rangers'' is 6-11 which means that if their parents were between 20 and 30 they would be born between 1954 and 1970, which means the majority would have been alive for the third moon landing in 1971, meaning they would likely remember the golf ball(s) Alan Shepard left there. Why does this matter you ask? Well, Rito finds one ~3 minutes into "The Joke's on Blue". Also qualifies as a GeniusBonus for the kids who are also knowledgeable about it.
194* PieInTheFace: A group of Cogs is defeated this way, and it's hilarious.
195* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Amnesia-struck Rito and Goldar beg Bulk and Skull to help them find their families, and resort to this. Bulk and Skull force them to be servants.
196* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Billy in "Rangers of Two Worlds", [[spoiler:revealed as a side-effect of his Regenerator restoring his age to normal during MMPR's Alien Rangers arc]].
197* PreMortemOneLiner: Shortly before blowing Admiral Abominator up with the Zeo Mega Battlezord, Tommy delivers the line "Time for you to weigh anchor, Admiral!"
198** To the Puppet Blaster: "Looks like your show has just been cancelled!"
199* PutOnABus:
200** When the Machine Empire came in at the start of the season, the old villains beat a hasty retreat on Serpentera to Master Vile's (in Zedd's case, this was clearly PutOnABusToHell). Half a season later, Zedd, Rita, and Finster came back, but without Squatt and Baboo.
201** Even though the last time Ninjor was seen he was perfectly fine and the Ninja and Shogun Zords were never destroyed, all we get about their fates are "Now that Ninjor's back in the Temple and the Zords are gone..." from Tommy in "A Zeo Beginning".
202* PyramidPower: Pyramidas. Rocky's sphinx Zord, Zeo Zord III, could also give the Zeo Megazord a pyramid-like helmet.
203* QuestForIdentity: Rito Revolto and Goldar spend the first half of the season with this as a case of IdentityAmnesia.
204* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: In "For Crying Out Loud", Boo-Hoo the Clown alters baby Joey's cry, resulting in this.
205* RearrangeTheSong: Of the original "Go Go Power Rangers".
206* RedHerring: Several people are set up as the Gold Ranger, including Billy and Skull.
207* {{Retcon}}: Sprocket is referred to as Mondo's 'first built son', but it's eventually revealed he has an older brother.
208* ReunionShow: "Rangers Of Two Worlds" brings back the Rangers of Aquitar to team up with the Zeo Rangers.
209* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King Mondo was a villainous example, having fought the Rangers personally on more than one occasion. His eldest son Prince Gasket was even more capable, apparently.
210* SealedEvilInACan: There's apparently an entire army of evil spirit monsters imprisoned underneath the reservation Tommy's brother lives on. Autochthon is the only one to appear, as Mondo's attempt to release the rest fails.
211* ShesAManInJapan: The monster [[ForcedSleep Somnibot's]] Franchise/SuperSentai counterpart, Bara-Snooska is referred to as a male.
212* ShipTease: Tommy and Kat (proceeding to OfficialCouple), Tanya and Adam (tease confirmed by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWB2jnc4dUI Nakia Burnise]], Tanya's actress; and also by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch, who played Adam, at around the 2-minute mark in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0ohxjGbQE video taken]], and they talk about it again at around 30:53).
213* SmellySkunk: Stenchy, one of the MonstersOfTheWeek.
214* ShortTank: Tanya; she had a boyfriend who was intimidated by her athleticism.
215* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'', Buldont and Multiwa (Gasket and Archerina's Franchise/SuperSentai counterparts) were destroyed after growing into giants for their final battle with the Ohrangers. Despite the same thing happening to Gasket and Archerina, the two managed to survive. However, given the fact that [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome the two ran off and were never seen again]], they may as well have perished. (Behind the scenes, it's because the suits fell apart before they could be used to shoot more footage.)
216* SpecialEffectsEvolution: Compared to the old Command Center set, the Power Chamber is far bigger and much more impressive looking.
217* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
218** The Alien Rangers are a species of fish people who merely have similarities to humans. As a result, while nothing bad happens, it's a concern that using the FountainOfYouth on their homeworld that works fine with their species to cure Billy might not be compatible with his biology.
219** Trey is a HumanAlien, but his biology is [[BizarreAlienBiology significantly different from a human's]] (as the whole 'if things go wrong he can split into three different people which naturally comprise his being). Powers created specifically for him and his species don't mesh 100 percent with human biology, as a result, prolonged use of them nearly kills Jason.
220* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As another Zord-like extra hero capable of changing size and thus fighting alongside either the Rangers or the Zords, Auric shares quite a few similarities with Ninjor.
221* SwappedRoles: A rare permanent example, the original SixthRanger is the leader, while the original leader is the Sixth Ranger.
222* TakenForGranite: Jason becomes a ''literal'' Gold Ranger in "The Ranger Who Came In From The Gold".
223* TeleportSpam: The Gold Ranger.
224* TemptingFate: When monsters from Rita and the Machine Empire hijack the Zeo and Super Zeo Megazords and defeat Auric the Conqueror, Kat utters the worst phrase imaginable: "Well, at least it can't get any worse..." As if on command, Mondo sends down a squadron of Cogs.
225* UnexpectedInheritance: In "Mondo's Last Stand", the executor of the Randolph B. Burble Foundation, makers of Burble Baby Food, shows up searching for Mr. Burble's long-lost nephew, the original Burbling Burble Baby, whom they believe to live in Angel Grove. The "baby" turns out to be so long-lost that he's now an adult: Ernie of Ernie's Juice Bar (the Rangers' usual hangout), who receives his inheritance - a lifetime supply of Burble Baby Food. On finding out, he promptly considers the idea of baby food smoothies.
226* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: In "Mean Screen", a computer virus incapacitates Angel Grove. Raymond is still working on an antivirus when things hit critical mass, and he is called upon by a morphed Adam. Thankfully, the antivirus works just fine.
227* WeaksauceWeakness: Cogs are afraid of creatures with a lot of hair (as demonstrated in their fear of dogs). So having a lot of body hair would give one a tremendous psychological advantage against Mondo's Cogs. They are also shown not to be waterproofed. That last one seems to be Justified, as the Machine Empire's attempt at HostileTerraforming implies that their natural habitat lacks water.
228* WeaponizedHeadgear: The Zeo Megazord's Zeo Battle Helmets.
229* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It was never explained just what Billy was doing all those times he disappeared and the Gold Ranger would show up. In the case of What Might Have Been, the intent was to have him be the creator of the Turbo powers, but David Yost's early departure scuttled those plans.
230** Prince Gasket gets gunned down by Ultrazord and blows up... into regular size, and then gets a VillainExitStageLeft when Mondo returns to resume his BigBad role. And then Gasket never appears again. (Behind the scenes, it's because his suit was in such bad shape that it fell apart and couldn't be used anymore.)

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