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4* ''WMG/PowerRangers2017''
5* ''WMG/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''
6* ''WMG/PowerRangersInSpace''
7* ''WMG/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''
8* ''WMG/PowerRangersTimeForce''
9* ''WMG/PowerRangersWildForce''
10* ''WMG/PowerRangersDinoThunder''
11* ''WMG/PowerRangersSPD''
12* ''WMG/PowerRangersRPM''
13* ''WMG/PowerRangersSamurai''
14* ''WMG/PowerRangersMegaforce''
15* ''WMG/PowerRangersDinoCharge''
16* ''WMG/PowerRangersNinjaSteel''
17* ''WMG/PowerRangersBeastMorphers''
18* ''WMG/PowerRangersDinoFury''
19* ''WMG/PowerRangersCosmicFury''
20* ''WMG/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios''
21* ''WMG/PowerRangersHyperforce''
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24For Super Sentai, see [[WMG/SuperSentai here]].
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28[[folder:General Concepts]]
29[[WMG: The francise is comprised of several Multiverses and not a single Timeline. ]]
30* Mighty Morphin' through Lost Galaxy take place in the same continuity as they all tie into each other all other series take place in their own multiverses with anything that happens in one could be considered BroadStrokes in another.
31* This would explain several inconsistencies when newer series bring up plot points from older series
32* Theories regarding this:
33** Bulk going to Mironoi at the end of Lost galaxy is ignored in other series therefor it never happened outside of that subcontinuity
34** Any Powers Rangers that lost powers could have them back without explanation as they never lost them outside of their main series. This might explain how Tommy will use his past powers In Super Megaforce
35** RPM existed in the same continuity as all others that came before it However It is considered in another dimension in Samurai and probably anything after as the two cannot exist side by side.
36** In Samurai Skull is a bit older which would explain how he has a teenage son despite math making spike born sometime in the original run.
37** Also in Samurai The Samurai Rangers have been around or centuries despite Mighty Morphin' Rangers being stated as being earth's first Power Rangers
38** This would explain why Tommy's Green ranger uniform is slightly different.
39** This could also explain the difference between Wild Force Tommy and Dino Thunder Tommy, the former is implied to be rich and owns the local hangout However the latter conflicts with this as Tommy should at this point be working with Anton Mercer.
40*** Its possible the latter Tommy is older too, late 20's instead of mid 20's which seems improbable with his accomplishments such as having a [=PhD=]. (going by his age in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers he would have had to have gotten it in his early 20's.)
41** The Movie would fit under this banner as well as an offshoot of the original series' but as it's own subcontinuity.
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43[[WMG: The monsters are the results of the rangers being drug addicted.]]
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45No, this is not a troll WMG. I somehow feel like this is canon. Maybe their suits are the result of a near-death hallucination?
46
47[[WMG: This has all happened before.]]
48Okay this one might be hard to follow but here goes. 1000 years ago roughly Master Orc nearly destroyed the world the nylocks were sealed away the magic war happened Daishi almost wiped out the world Rita was imprisoned ETC. now in Power Rangers Turbo the Blue Centurion arrives with a message for the rangers concerning a coming conflict with all the previous [[BigBad Big Bads]] to occur in the year 2000. Now for the actual Wmg. Roughly every thousand years the morphing grid has a surge that draws the forces of evil together against the forces of good. The team ups between villains an ranger teams are spikes in the grid that are typical of this cycle. alternately this same cycle is caused by the grid becoming unbalanced favoring the good or evil too much.
49
50[[WMG: The monsters are filled with hydrogen gas.]]
51In order to get around the SquareCubeLaw, they have several bladders throughout their bodies full of the lighter than air gas. This also explains why they [[MadeOfExplodium always blow sky high]] when defeated.
52
53[[WMG: Building a morpher is easy]]
54Or at least, there's a trick to it, but anyone who has built a motherboard from spare parts can understand it. The tough part is finding a suitable power source; ''that's'' what puts it in the domain of ancient orders, government projects, and megacorporations. The ancient orders, government, and megacorps keep the secret to building morphers secret because they don't want massive proliferation.
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56Case in point: [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury R.J.]], who clearly used morphers jury-rigged from sunglasses and spare parts that didn't even USE a power source (they just rerouted power native to the user), but insisted that he got them from what is presumably the black market (he "knew a guy who knew a guy").
57
58[[WMG: When a Ranger morphs, his/her regular clothes are de-molecularized and stored within the suit, and then reform as the Ranger demorphs]]
59In RPM's ''Ranger Green'', we see Ziggy, fully clothed, morph into the Green Ranger. He then attempts to use his teleportation ability, only to teleport most of his suit off his body. Instead of leaving him in his regular clothes, he is left in his underwear. So clothing is removed as a way of getting rid of unnecessary bulk (eg, in Mighty Morphin's ''Life's a Masquerade'', Kimberly is wearing a dress, yet morphs into a pair of tights with no problem). However a Ranger's underwear is left intact presumably to prevent chafing and for hygiene.
60* Alternately, humans are particularly, ahem, endowed for primates, so humanlike species in the rest of the PR universe didn't evolve the same way. Keeping the underwear on helps constrict these, ahem, parts, so a male ranger who morphs doesn't become female.
61
62[[WMG: All the ranger suits are energy constructs made by the morphers]]
63This would explain where the suits come from in the first place when they morph. This would also explain why the rangers rarely get any life threatening injuries while fighting endless legions of footsoldiers and super powerful monsters. The suits serve a secondary purpose of being a durable but light and manuverable suit of armor. This also supports Linkara's theory as to why the suits spark when they're hit: It causes a small power overload causing the suit to discharge.
64* This would also explain the immediate disappearance of the suits when the Command Centre is wrecked by Ooze in the Movie--as soon as the power dies, so does the armour.
65
66[[WMG: The Morphing Power causes someone to be shaped like a human in morph]]
67This explains how aliens end up being like humans in morph. The Aquitar Rangers somehow get their big heads into smaller helmets. Cruger manages to get his big dog snout in to a human helmet. Zenowing is able to get his big wings in his back to fit into a ranger suit...
68
69[[WMG: English is the dominant language in all the history of the universe]]
70As a side effect of all life being connected by the morphing grid, every species develops the same language when the develop speech, and the language never changes significantly. Although other languages develop, they always get subsumed by English in the end. Even Earth had been predominately English speaking for most of its history in this universe, we just never see enough of a history lesson to know this. This is why Rita was speaking English right out of the can even after ten thousand years, why all the aliens speak English, and so on. The larger historical presence this would give England also explains what they were doing in colonial California. Presumably that one alien from SPD had a speech impediment.
71* This could act like Zulu time for the military--it's a good, standard language, and you don't offend any major species by not using their language, because the only people using it live very, very far away.
72** Zordon could also have introduced English artificially so that at least some Earthlings could communicate with the rest of the galaxy.
73
74[[WMG: The Morphin Grid gives each team a limit to how many members it can have at a maximum]]
75This explains why in seasons like RPM or Operation Overdrive, they can't just build an army of rangers, despite the fact that, in theory, they could do so. When a team is created for the first time, the Morphin Grid takes in various factors surrounding the team (i.e., how dire the situation the team is facing could get, how strong the powers are), and assigns a limit to how many members can be on the team - in the cases for series where there was a limit to how many morphers existed, like ''Dino Charge'', it sets the limit equal to how many morphers there are - and it gives them an extra slot if someone is able to create their own morpher (like Antonio did in ''Samurai''. This ties into Zordon's "Too much pink energy is dangerous" line - odds are that 2 rangers of the same color on the same team puts more strain on the morphin grid then 2 rangers of the same color from different teams do.
76
77[[WMG: The reason all of the HumanAliens really are the same species, as Andros claims, is because all the other human-inhabited planets are [[LostColony Lost Colonies]]]]
78Back in the Great War 10,000 years ago before Zordon and Rita were sealed, humans were shipped out all over the galaxy and beyond as soldiers for Good (most likely with permission and proper recruiting on the aliens' part). Once the war was over, either as part of a bargain or due to the war's not ending well for Good (evil did, sorta, rule the galaxy by the time of the first season, for the most part), those soldiers were left behind and began new civilizations. We know Earth is the original world because of our archaeological record.
79
80[[WMG: The use of the word "destroy" is not actually a case of NeverSayDie.]]
81[[FateWorseThanDeath When people on the show say they will "destroy" you, they literally mean that they will wipe you off the face of the earth.]]
82
83[[WMG: Every HenshinHero is accessing the Morphic Grid to transform.]]
84Their individual origins and phelblonium are just focuses to determine the morphed form.
85
86[[WMG: All other Saban HenshinHero series take place in the main PR universe]]
87Continuing on from the previous WMG, it is likely true as well. With crossovers with ''Series/MaskedRider'' and ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'', it is likely that ''Series/VRTroopers'' and ''Series/MysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'' take place in the same reality too.
88
89[[WMG: While in morph, bodily functions are on pause.]]
90Consider how Tommy was stuck in morph for weeks or months on "Dino Thunder", or when Tyler lost his mind while in morph on the "Roar of the Red Ranger" episode of "Dino Charge". It seems based on those examples, while in morph, a person doesn't need to eat, drink, or use the bathroom.
91
92[[WMG: The Rangers shout their attacks as a way of communicating in a battlefield situation]]
93Look at some of the fight scenes, especially the Disney Era ones. The explosions caused by the rangers weapons even their basic side-arms are incredibly powerful and can throw people away even from a few meters behind them. If they just used these weapons willy-nilly then they'd end up killing each other so they [[CallingYourAttacks Call Their Attacks]] so that their teammates know what they're doing and are aware that a huge explosive blast of energy is going to hit something.
94* Supporting evidence: those helmets aren't always too good as far as peripheral vision goes. They probably need the extra bit of warning to compensate for lost visual range.
95
96[[WMG: Any civilians watching the rangers battle will usually have the same reactions as the viewers]]
97Basically, they will get excited when the rangers are kicking butt and look nervous when they are getting beat.
98
99[[WMG: Alpha is named "Alpha" because he was part of the first series in a long line of robots that Zordon designed]]
100Before he got trapped in the time warp, it's likely that he was dabbling in robotics ''long'' before he was skilled enough to manipulate the Morphing Grid or make combat-ready HumongousMecha. The Alpha line (presumably starting with "Alpha 1") was probably a series of prototypes that he made when he was still a rookie scientist. Hence, they were little more than [[RobotBuddy robot buddies]], with few practical abilities. As he went on, he gradually made more advanced models with more combat add-ons. There was a "Beta" line, a "Gamma" line, a "Delta" line and so on...culminating in a HumongousMecha called "Omega 1", the first of the Zords. After the battle with Rita 10,000 years ago, all of the robots were destroyed except Alpha 5, who remained behind in the command center to help Zordon recruit the next team of heroes to fight Rita.
101* Then explain Alpha 6
102** "Alpha" refers to any and all robots made with the designs of the Alpha line. The number just refers to the order in which they were built and/or programmed.
103* Nice theory, but Zordon didn't create Alpha, King Lexian from Edenoi and grandfather of Series/MaskedRider did
104
105[[WMG: The various time issues in the Power Rangers universe exist because time has been rewound and fast-forwarded too many times.]]
106The Rangers were de-aged twice during MMPR, and the second time, the effect lasted for . The Orb of Doom physa 1/4th of a season basiically reversed the Earth on its axis (yeah... don't ask). As a result, the timeline has been modified so many times that it's like the [[Literature/{{Discworld}} the reconstructed Glass Clock of Time]]. The effects aren't really noticeable until you look at certain details, such as how Tommy and Dana both got doctorates in ridiculously short amounts of time.
107
108[[WMG: Not all of the moon is inhabitable]]
109Just the area around the Moon Palace. When the Monks of the M51 Galaxy made it to protect the Zeo Crystal, they set up a magical field surrounding it so that they could then devote their abilities to excavation and preparation of the traps and seals on the Crystal. This magical field, providing air and keeping the temperature within the comfort zone, is still there because when the Masters make something, they make it to ''last''.
110* There are also habitable regions of the moon around Serpentara's crash site and the location of the Terra Venture training exercise at the beginning of ''Lost Galaxy''. It does seem that the moon wasn't habitable prior to Rita's release; the astronauts who release her are wearing space suits. There's no evidence that ''all'' of the moon is habitable, but it does seem like it's more than just the area around the castle.
111** We don't get a distance shot in either of those situations, though. In the training ground, at least, the lighting and rock structures are practically identical to the area where Rita and Zedd kept their mobile home (implicitly near the palace, although far enough that they weren't under Mondo's nose), indicating that it may be the same area. As for the crash site, the valley-like nature indicates it may be that quarry the Machine Empire was digging in every shot of their base we got, which was, if you recall, at the foot of the palace.
112* In the unaired pilot, the space dumpster landed on the moon. Not only was the area around the dumpster inhabitable, but it had a blue sky breathable atmosphere (one astronaut notice a smell coming from the dumpster) and the terrain was a sandy desert. You just have to ignore the appearance of the moon in the sky.
113
114[[WMG: The Zords are actually reverse engineered/enlisted Techno-organics]]
115A la Franchise/{{Transformers}}, specifically of the Beast Era Maximal kinds (and possibly with less intelliegnce/sentience). I have no idea how PR would therefore fit into Transformers canon since I'm not really that much of a Transformers fan but still, I could totally see Zordon reverse engineering (or even enlisting) some techno-organics if they had fallen to the Earth 10,000 years ago. They could then have been dubbed "Zords", just like the Rangers were dubbed as such and these first generation "zords" (Tyranno, Pterodactyl etc. including Titanus) then served as the inspiration for later Zords, using the same tech, and it's all gone on since then.
116* Also-also: Serpentera, Dragonzord and Cyclopsis (sp?) were wayward Predacons reverse-engineered/recruited by Zedd and/or Rita, the last one gifted to Goldar.
117
118[[WMG: Zords require a code to enter from Alpha to be activated.]]
119This explains why in the Alien Rangers mini series why Zordon was able to acess some of the Zords, yet not be able to contact Ninjor.
120
121[[WMG: There's a limit to how many rangers can join the morphin grid at a time]]
122This would explain why in, oh say, ''Operation Overdrive'', Andrew Hartford doesn't just buy an army despite having the funds to - he might have WANTED to do that, but if he did that, he wouldn't be able to use the Morphin Grid. When a new team is formed (or in the case of ''Lost Galaxy'', the powers of an old team are passed on to new hands), the Morphin grid either makes room for a new number of rangers based on how many morphers can be created (in the case of seasons that have morphers based on items with a limit, like ''Dino Charge'' or ''Super Megaforce''), or it chooses a number based on the circumstances the team is facing and sets the cap as that number (for seasons where the morphers are man-made, like ''Lightspeed Rescue'' or ''Operation Overdrive''). However, in both cases, it allows for extra ranger(s) in case someone who uses a morpher different from the rest of the team (i.e., the Titanium Ranger's morpher, or the 2nd Magna Defender's morpher) starts allying themselves with the team. While multiple teams of rangers could still be active, they couldn't add new members after the conflict they had been created in response to was resolved (hence the reason why despite being a government operation that was still operating after they had defeated Queen Bansheera, ''Lightspeed Rescue'' hadn't gained any new members when they teamed up with ''Time Force'').
123
124[[WMG: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zedd's Haunted Forest]], the [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Shadow World]], the [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Abyss of Evil]], and the [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Nighlok Heaven]] all exist in the same dimension.]]
125This dimension is the afterlife for MonstersOfTheWeek after they were destroyed by the Ranger teams.
126* Presumably, different "cultures" of monster primarily stay in different parts of the afterlife. This begs the question, though, of what kind of region do the other seasons' monsters spend eternity in?
127
128[[WMG: Earth made formal First Contact with KO-35 [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace after defeating Astronema]], and began an economic trade]]
129We know the Karovians had morphing technology and rudimentary zord skills. Soon after Astronoma was defeated, the technology level Earth displayed skyrocketed - a space colony, Lightspeed Rescue, etc. Within a decade, morphers are apparently cheap enough to buy on the black market with a pizza shop owner's salary, although power supplies still seem to be at a premium.
130* ''Black market morphers?'' That's awesome. What story was that?
131** First episode of ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury.]]'' When R.J., a pizza shop owner/retired martial artist, is asked where he got three morphers, he responded that he "knows a guy who knows a guy", and quickly changed the subject.
132** Let's put this one and a similar one below to rest...
133
134[[WMG: In a very near future season, we will see aliens starting to openly immigrate to earth.]]
135The future that is SPD is a little over a decade away (2025). With that in mind, around this time is a good start to have them coming in with people more aware of their existence.
136
137[[WMG: [[TheVerse The Rangerverse]] has been TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture all along]]
138The Moon is habitable because Earth's governments made a serious effort to terraform it into a habitable space colony--or, alternately, the scenes taking place on the Moon actually take place on a habitable dwarf planet that humanity recently started sending expeditions to. Likewise, KO-35 is a Terran space colony that Earth's government's secretly sent colonists to a few decades in the past (which is why the average citizen has never heard of it), but said colonists have access to government technology that's kept secret from most people. The Terra Venture is historically significant because it's the first colonization effort that Earth's governments didn't try to keep under wraps--they had already had the necessary technology for decades, they just didn't want to let the public know about its existence.
139** Kimberly says "This is so 90's" upon getting their communicators, Tommy, Adam, Tanya, and Kat explicitly graduate in the class of 97, the same year that ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' aired.
140
141[[WMG: Each Ranger Color has a different level of stability.]]
142Certain episodes, and even seasons, mention the danger of an over surge of one color. "Too much pink energy can be dangerous." And two White Rangers caused a lot of Damage in Dino Thunder. But other colors seem to be more stable. The more stable ones, like blue and yellow, appear in a team more frequently than less stable colors, like white and pink. Green and Black or somewhat tricky, and may fluctuate, possibly depending on the power source(Technology vs Magic.) The most stable color is red, which may describe the special properties it holds. Battlelizers. Multiple power-up forms. Therefore, mentors reserve it for team leaders, in case there is a time where power is at risk to run out. To back this theory up further: Forever Red.
143* Additionally, Red and Blue have been the only colors that have canonically repeated within a team, so, perhaps blue is more stable as well.
144** So, theoretically, it would go something like this, from most stable to least: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green/Black, Pink, White, Silver, Gold (rarely seen, apparently very hard to control as far as Zeo is concerned) & Orange/Purple (almost never seen). Interestingly, the most "stable" colours here are the most unique, in a sense; Green & Black, Gold & Silver, and Pink & White are all clearly tied to each other, often sharing roles or connections of some sort. For example:
145*** Green & Black rangers share personas, and it is not uncommon for black rangers to go green & vice versa (c.f. Adam, Tommy, and the similarities between Mike of Samurai & Jake of Megaforce)
146*** Pink & White are often conflated e.g. Kat co-piloting Tommy's zords early on, "White" Wild Force Ranger comes off very Pink, Original Pink ranger included the most white in her outfit (allowing it to intrude on her helmet, something that didn't happen with the others'), Kim & Tommy romance, etc..
147*** Gold & Silver have appeared paired (RPM), and those colours are typically associated with each other anyway.
148** On the other hand, Red, Blue & Yellow might be seen as the basic, most distinct units for a team, which would make sense if they were the most "stable".
149
150[[WMG: The armoured ranger-like allies were forerunners of the Power Rangers]]
151Characters like the Magna Defender, Solaris Knight and Wolf Warrior seem to have something in common; they're all relatively old (some older than others). Daggeron also once referred to his and Leanbow's powers as their "Knight Powers". So perhaps instead of Power Rangers, these could be called Power Knights or something. This could also include Sentinal Knight, Robo Knight and Ninjor (maybe Ninjor traveled extensively in the east and adopted the nina concept into his design). Power Knights are perhaps, less powerful and tend to work alone, but compensate with strong armor and lots of experience.
152
153[[WMG: The Morphing Grid is sentient being focused on keeping balance in the universe]]
154There's a lot of info here, so let me try to explain what I mean. There are certain seasons of Power Rangers (Lightspeed Rescue, S.P.D., etc.) that have a direct technological connection to the morphing grid, while others (Wild Force, Mystic Force, etc.) that have an unexplained, magical connection. The technological connection may be from reverse engineering older ranger parts, which is a common theory, but the magical connections may be through the morphing grid creating a way for the magical users to connect to it. One example is Animus, who is able to take control of the Zords. As for keeping balance, remember that Zed stated that the morphing grid's power comes from the conflict between good and evil. If Zordon's "Z-Wave" supposedly got rid of the powers from the In Space Rangers and reverted some of the villains to good, how did villains like Scorpius, Master Org, or Grumm still come to be? Well, it's possible they were spared by the Grid so that not only could it keep itself alive, but that the balance of good and evil could still exist. In fact, this also explains how there are evil rangers that are able to morph, such as the Titanium Ranger or Dino Thunder's White Ranger.
155
156[[WMG: A single Ranger Powerset only lasts for a year or two at most, with a few exceptions]]
157It has to be either reset or recycled back into the grid. Otherwise it shorts out and can seriously harm a ranger, such as when Adam tried to use a busted Power Coin in ''in Space''. This explains why a single team cannot stick around longer than their own seasons, and why most mentors are adamant about relieving them of their duty once the BigBad is defeated. Furthermore, it gives a reason for why rangers that ''do'' return don't always necessarily have all their previous power-ups. The exceptions to this rule are when the world is in dire need or when the rangers are facing opponents fought by other teams (team-ups, Forever Red, and yes, the Legendary Battle - [[BlueAndOrangeMorality who are we to judge what the Grid deems "dire need"]]) or outside forces, such as Sentinel Knight empowering the Retro Rangers.
158
159[[WMG: The sets of {{MacGuffin}}s from ''Dino Charge'' onward are powerful and sentient physical aspects of the Morphing Grid]]
160The Energems and the Ninja Nexus Prism have several things in common: they are powerful artifacts highly-sought after by evil forces in the entire universe, they both choose who are worthy to wield their innate powers, they are infinite power sources that can be drawn from to develop new ranger armaments (Dino Chargers from Energems and Ninja Steel from the Ninja Nexus Prism), and they bestow great manifestations of their power when the sets are gathered together. Corroborated with the above WMG that the Grid is a sentient entity all by itself, these sets of {{MacGuffin}}s are basically enforcers to ensure the balance between good and evil in the universe, much like the True Runes in the ''VideoGame/{{Suikoden}}'' series.
161* The Energems' true power is paradox-free time travel; and as such, they represent '''Time''' -- the Morphing Grid transcends all space-time.
162* The Ninja Nexus Prism that the Ninja Power Stars are contained in is made of Ninja Steel, a special type of galactic steel. Steel is basically iron mixed with other substances, and iron symbolizes physical power. Thus, the Prism represents '''Strength''' -- the Morphing Grid bestows strength to chosen people as Power Rangers.
163
164[[WMG:"Zord" is an Eltaran word, possibly meaning "Guardian" or "Defender".]]
165Basically, the Zords aren't named after Zordon himself, but has a common meaning in his native language. This could explain why after so long, they're still referred to as Zords and not something else.
166
167[[WMG:[[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Vancuria]], [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Necrolai]], [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge an unnamed prisoner on Sledge’s ship]], and [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Plasmora]] belong to a OneGenderRace of DittoAliens.]]
168It would explain why this costume in particular is subjected to so much PropRecycling, even compared to other recycled monsters in PR. [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Memorella]] could also be a part of the “Necrolai race”, albeit a HalfHumanHybrid or other mutant strain.
169** Other monsters with shared costumes could be of the same species, such as Maligore and Dark Specter mentioned below.
170
171[[WMG: Miscellaneous theories about future seasons of Power Rangers.]]
172* One of the rangers will be related to the astronauts who freed Rita
173* A future ranger will be LGBT.
174** Confirmed via Dino Fury Green.
175* Kimberly will come back and we'll finally find out the identity of the "new guy" who she dumped Tommy for.
176* A purified Lord Zedd will play a prominent role.
177* The Phantom Ranger will come back and reveal his secret identity
178
179[[WMG: Time warping has royally screwed up the Mesozoic Era]]
180* Considering several different power sources, villain factions, and or other magical nonsense has happened involving the Cretaceous Period; the final part of the Mesozoic era has been radically changed. Not only by the magical and technological artifacts dumped into the time, but also animals and people. This is how an unseen person drew artwork of the [=Q-Rex=] but also why there are frequently Cenozoic or Paleozoic animals in the dinosaur centric seasons. When Dino Fury showed an Ice Age ''Smilodon'' and Jurassic Period ''Stegosaurus'' in the late Cretaceous, it's not a mistake. The time period has become a whacky dumping ground.
181
182[[WMG: ''RPM'' and ''Dino Charge'' were part of the prime universe originally before the Morphin Masters reshaped history so that they now inhabit satellite universes.]]
183Both the near-destruction of Earth at the hands of Venjix (who may well have been descended from the Machine Empire's General Venjix, at least originally) and the major change to the timeline by saving the dinosaurs were deemed to be unacceptable destinies for the prime universe by the Morphin Masters whom, in an example of GoodIsNotNice, cosigned ''RPM'' and ''Dino Charge'' to more {{Expendable Alternate Universe}}s.
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185
186[[folder:Zordon Era]]
187[[AC:Series/PowerRangersZeo]]
188[[WMG: The Zeo Crystal stored energy from the Morphing Grid.]]
189Presumably, the Grid draws power from the between either the season's mentor and BigBad, or good and evil in general. However, Dr. K says that the Grid connects every living creature. The Machine Empire was made up of robots and therefore was not connected to the grid. Thus, the Rangers had less power, since the BigBad isn't living and is wiping out most creatures that were. If they don't have a direct connection to the Grid, they need an alternative power source: energy already drawn from the Grid, primed and ready. This energy was stored in the Zeo Crystal. Presumably, the RPM rangers use something similar. Again, Dr. K mentioned the field being electromagnetic; something to do with magnetics, perhaps?
190** Interestingly enough, the online stop-motion crossover video to promote the new ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' toys may support this... it shows the "Universal Morphing Grid" as a huge red crystal that the RPM rangers have to protect!
191
192[[WMG: The Zeonizers are {{Power Limiter}}s]]
193The Gold Ranger lacked them, was more powerful then the other Zeo Rangers, and was either an alien or unable to handle them over a long period of time.
194
195[[WMG: Billy was still a little older in his final scene in ''Zeo''.]]
196[[spoiler: Notice how in his final scene how he stills sounds a bit different even though he is no longer old. Perhaps he was reverted back for the most part, but is still a few years older, maybe in his early 20's. This also explains why he can live on Aquitar without his parents, since he is now old enough.]] We can also assume his parents know of his past by then.
197
198[[WMG: Kat was married to Tommy by the time of "Forever Red"]]
199This was actually confirmed by dual WordOfGod by the head writer of Wild Force and the showrunner of Dino Thunder, but where was Kat in Forever Red and Dino Thunder, well, considering that the events took place within a two year period, Kat could likely still be in Angel Grove where she teaches ballet, before she gets something stable in Reefside, and probably far to commute day by day and Kat would have visited met the teens during the timeskip in Drawn and Danger.
200* An alternate theory is that during Dino Thunder, Tommy and Kat are going through a rough patch and separated without officially divorcing. After the season ends they get back together.
201* Or Tommy and Kat broke up before/during college, then met up again after Dino Thunder and started going out again.
202* Or the reason is the events from Dino Thunder's backstory. After the island accident Tommy realized that he had become the prime target for a new dangerous villain and [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies sent Kat away to protect her]]. Especially likely if they already had a child at that point. Once the threat was dealt with, they reunited.
203
204[[WMG: Tommy and Kat were married/living together by the time of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''.]]
205But Kat needed to go somewhere... for a whole year... without ''any'' mention from Tommy's part for the whole season...and some implications that he is still single... anyway. She was out because she needed to do something the whole time, maybe she was out of the country studying or something. Tommy wanted to go with her, but she insisted for him to stay to begin his career as a teacher.
206* You do realize that they could have just broken up pre-Dino Thunder and then gotten back together post-Dino Thunder, right? Because no one else seems to.
207
208[[WMG: Tommy stopped using the Zeo powers after "Forever Red" because they became too powerful.]]
209Tommy was able to destroy one of the Machine Empire's generals with one "Zeo Flying Power Kick". An attack that (IIRC) we've never seen before. Tommy became worried that if one kick using the Zeo powers would destroy a monster/robot that would normally take a lengthy battle with five or six rangers, what could accidentally happen? Tommy may have been told by Adam about the incident where Carlos injured Cassie, which helped Tommy make his decision to never use the Zeo powers after Serpentera was destroyed.
210* The "Zeo Power Kick" was in Zeo, but it was much weaker. In Zeo, it could knock-out a Cog. In "Forever Red", it sent a Machine Empire general flying and made him explode.
211
212[[WMG: The Zeo Crystal was somehow all-but-completely drained of its power sometime between ''Zeo'' and ''Turbo'']]
213Either from fighting Lord Zedd or the Machine Empire, the Rangers may have had to use up almost all of the Zeo Crystal's power somewhere along the line. Because of this, their Zeo powers would be temporarily made unavailable until the Crystal had recharged itself enough. This would explain why Kat's attempt to Zeo-morph in the ''Turbo'' movie barely lasted long enough to break her fall into the river due to the Crystal still being empty, while Tommy was fully able to Zeo-morph again in "Forever Red" after the Crystal had a few years to get its juice back. The Crystal being too drained to use would also explain why a new power set was needed in the ''Turbo'' movie.
214
215[[WMG: Why would the rangers abandon the Zeo powers in favor tricked out cars?]]
216It was established that the Zeo crystal would progressively become more powerful over time and events in the show suggested that this increase in power was directly related to how often the rangers actually used the powers. If this is the case why would the rangers ever abandon such incredible powers in favor of cars? Could it be that they had no choice? What if Zordon or Alpha or even Billy came to the conclusion that this steady growth in power would one day reach a point where the using the powers became dangerous to the Rangers? What if the Zeo powers became just too much for the rangers fragile human body's to handle? Maybe in a situation like that someone who cared would takes steps to spare the rangers the strain of the Zeo powers, and went to work on a whole new set of powers to replace them and kept it a secret from the others so they could go on fighting without worrying about what might happen later. Maybe after defeating the Machine Empire Zordon finally dropped the bomb about the Zeo powers off camera and promised that if the Rangers could muscle threw and keep using the powers a little longer they would be able to replace them in time.
217
218[[WMG: The New Guy that Kimberly mentioned in her DearJohnLetter wasn't actually a guy]]
219 While separated from Tommy, Kimberly met a woman and they started dating. Not wanting to cheat on Tommy, she decided to break up with him, but lied about finding a new boyfriend because she wasn't ready to come out of the closet. After a while, she [[ComingOutStory came out to her fellow rangers]] [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments and they were all accepting of her and her partner]].
220I know that they planned to reveal that she was Spike's mother which would presumably make Bulk the "New Guy" but that plan was dropped and is presumably non-canon.
221
222[[AC:Series/PowerRangersTurbo]]
223%%Once sorted, this AC Section should have its own page: [=WMG/PowerRangersTurbo=]
224[[WMG: The [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo Ranger Powers]] were retired before ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' because they were too dangerous to their users.]]
225Because of what happened with Jason and the powers of the Gold Zeo Ranger, the Zeo Rangers officially retired the Zeo Ranger powers and adopted the Turbo Ranger powers that Billy had been working on just in case they lost the Zeo Ranger Powers. As for why the regular non-Gold Zeo Rangers didn't get any adverse effects all year, that was because their power wasn't based on an entire Zeo Crystal like the Gold Ranger but a simple sub-crystal. However, the danger was still ahead for them. This also explains why Tommy would become the Black Dino Ranger instead of becoming the Red Zeo Ranger during ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' and why Adam would go through the trouble of getting his Mastodon Power Coin fixed and becoming the Black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, when he could just become the Green Zeo Ranger during ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive''. Both Tommy and Adam were to be using their Ranger powers regularly when Zeo Ranger Powers are not fit for anything ''but'' limited use.
226* They said flat out that the problem with the Gold Ranger powers was that they were designed for alien use, not human. Jason was never as powerful as Trey even before the side effects started. However, Trey's race is three people in one body: when he was split into three actual people, he couldn't use the Gold Ranger powers, which is why Jason got it in the first place! Perhaps this aspect of Trey's alien race allows them to channel the Zeo Crystal better because the powers are being split between the three personalities... Thus, Zeo suits can't be safely used by humans, at least ones who don't have multiple-personality disorder.
227
228[[WMG: The Turbo Powers still come from the Zeo Crystal.]]
229This follows on from the "Zeonizers as {{Power Limiter}}s" in the previous section. The theory here is that the Turbo powers represent a higher level of power from the Zeo Crystal, sice it's supposed to grow in power over time, and the Zeonizers can't handle the increasing power. It also means there is actually a [[HandWave reason]] for the changeover.
230* The Movie gave us a reason, The Turbo powers were needed to get to the Island and The Turbo Megazord would be the only thing that could stop Maligore since the Zeo Zords would get wrecked. Also if the Turbo powers were Connected to the Zeo Crystal... Why in the blue blazing hell would Zordon take the Zeo crystal to Eltar knowing full well it's gonna become a war zone.
231** Because, in a war zone, having an incredibly powerful energy source to fuel your defenses is a very good idea?
232*** It's a poor Idea when said power source is being used by Someone else... Namely the Rangers on Earth.
233*** Not like he had any other sources available at the time... certainly nothing nearly as powerful. Also keep in mind heirarchy of need- the rangers were fighting a pirate crew, whereas he was fighting entire armies; its only fair that he get most use from the Crystal. He probably figured that if something happened, the Rangers would be directed to Ninjor or Lerigot, etc. for some temporary powers. Two possibilities:
234*** Demitria screwed up royally and forgot about that minor detail and left before calling the [[strike: babysitter]] secondary mentor
235*** The idea was that the rangers would still have the Power Chamber after losing their powers, and would use it to ask one of their allies to spot them some morphers for a while- he probably simply never anticipated that communications and data archives with contact information would go down almost immediately after the power loss. He was only mortal, after all, and could make mistakes.
236
237[[WMG: The Phantom Ranger is Alpha 5.]]
238Friend of Zordon? Robotic parts? Remember, no mention of Alpha is made after Zordon gets captured. Granted, the Phantom's planet doesn't look like Edenoi, but...[[TookALevelInBadass it would be]] [[RuleOfCool kinda awesome.]]
239* Oh yeah, and before you judge this theory, keep in mind [[BusCrash the alternative explanation.]]
240
241[[WMG: Rocky is the [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Phantom Ranger.]]]]
242* But that's...eh, why not.
243** Think about it: After Rocky took time off to heal from his back injury, he received the Phantom Ranger powers. There are two possible theories as to how he obtained the power. One is that they were passed down to him from a man who was the original Phantom Ranger. Another is that he created the powers himself in the Command Center when the others weren't around.
244*** "The home planet of the Phantom Ranger."-Astronema, not referring to earth
245
246[[WMG: Billy is the [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Phantom Ranger.]]]]
247The Phantom Ranger comes from space (Billy was already off-planet), with new Zords (again not too difficult for him to have developed on Aquitar), has had communication with Zordon (again not too hard to imagine), and needs his Power Ruby to stay healthy (It could channel the powers of the waters of Aquitar needed to keep him young (physically)). Also no one finds it creepy that there might be something between him and Cassie, since Billy would only have to be few years older than Cassie for all the dates to work it accounts for that to. Another biased point Billy had 3 years of experience as a Power Ranger which would go a long way to explain why he could dispatch everyone so easily.
248* The planet Astronema mentioned was most definitely not Aquitar.
249* This is supported by the Judd Lynn, one of the writers for the show during ''Turbo'', who wanted it to be Billy. They didn't have the time to work the story out properly though, and as a result some discrepancies slipped by.
250* Jossed (maybe) by ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'', as Creator/DavidYost is coming back to reprise the role of Billy Cranston.
251
252[[WMG: The Phantom Ranger WasOnceAMan.]]
253He was a Ranger using the Phantom ranger powers that Zordon gave him centuries ago, until one day he was so badly injured he had to be rebuilt as 90% robot, and could no longer demorph. But, enthusiastic to help people as he was, he took advantage of his new power to assist people across the universe for centuries, until he encountered Cassie on Earth. For the first time, he felt joy from something other than doing good. He fell in love with her, but could not bring himself to admit this or to actually be with her, because he didn't want to have to cope with having lost her when she dies of old age after having lived with her for presumably decades. He simply leaves her a message rather than actually saying goodbye so as to not break down in front of the others.
254
255[[WMG: The Blue Senturion is an [[Series/PowerRangersSPD SPD]] robot that had its memory wiped.]]
256This was done because SPD studied the timeline, and found the Blue Senturion, and recognized some of their own tech in him. At the time, the timeline said he went back and stopped the United Alliance of Evil's invasion with the Millenium Message. But when he was sent back he was damaged and created an alternate time line where the Alliance was not stopped in time, Zordon died, and Venjix was created from leftover Machine Empire tech from the splinter cell's equipment left on the moon.
257
258[[WMG: The Blue Senturion was always truly a video game character.]]
259In SPD, we see a FightingGame in which the Blue Senturion is battling Cyclopter (PRLR monster, not Series/MaskedRider general.) In Turbo, Blue said he was an intergalactic police officer, but we ''never'' see any others like him to indicate that he's part of a police force of any kind, even during the bigger battles away from Earth in which a whole squad of Senturions would ''really'' have come in handy. What if he was somehow brought out of the game (we know that can happen) and believes his ''game backstory'' of being part of a force?
260* So in a way he'd be the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 Buzz Lightyear]] of the Power Rangers 'verse?
261
262[[WMG: The Blue Senturion was always just a game character.]]
263He somehow came from the computer (maybe thanks to Tomars?) and the Millennium Message is taken from SPD's computers - the events of Countdown to Destruction being common knowledge (kinda hard to miss!) by then. Somehow he wound up in the past. See, in PRT, he mentioned being part of a police force but we saw only him - even in Countdown, where a whole squad of Senturions would come in ''real'' handy. Maybe the parts of his history that weren't borne out in PRT and PRIS are his ''video game backstory'' and he still thinks it's real?
264
265[[WMG: History was substantially rewritten during ''Turbo'']]
266The Blue Senturion was sent back to avert some sort of global attack slated for the year 2000. As we know, the rangers only recovered part of the message, but Divatox received the whole thing. The global attack appears to be the UAE's combined assault on the galaxy at the end of ''Power Rangers in Space''.
267
268It appears that history was altered so that the attack occurred a year ''early''.
269
270Now, in "A Season To Remember", Tommy's grandson wears an MMPR/Zeo-style communicator. We are meant to assume that the rangers in that timeline are still operating under the guidance of Zordon, who is still based out of the original Power Center. Divatox's foreknowledge accelerated Dark Spectre's plan, and included the knowledge to destroy the Power Center.
271
272At the same time, we might conclude, Zordon gave advanced technology to NASADA, allowing them to build the Astro-Megazord Shuttle. Hence NASADA "coincidentally" builds a shuttle that can interlink with a Kerovian ship to form a Megazord, and immediately surrenders it because a twelve year old mentions Zordon.
273
274In the original timeline, Zordon survived but was therefore unable to purge the galaxy of evil, leading to a much more devastating attack a year later.
275* It should be noted Billy created the communicators not Zordon. And we have no idea who Tommy and Kat's grandson's mentor was.
276** It should also be noted that those communicators operated via the communications/teleportation system of the Command Center, going inoperable whenever the Center was incapacitated.
277*** And there can't be a Neo-Command Center by the time Tommy and Kat's grandson became a Ranger because....? WordOfGod has confirmed that Season to Remember is canon so yeah.
278
279[[WMG: Justin's father had a nervous breakdown after his wife's death and may have been institutionalized.]]
280It's implied that Justin was separated from his dad for a time before the ''Turbo'' movie. He's been moving around on his own (relatives? foster homes?) and he and his dad have also moved a lot as his dad struggles to hold down a job (employers are scared off by his mental history.)
281
282[[AC:Series/PowerRangersInSpace]]
283[[WMG: NASA was reorganized into NASADA.]]
284It was simply NASA just like in our world, but in the Power Rangers universe they militarized themselves and became the "National Aeronautics, Space, '''And Defense''' Administration" in order to help deal with the constant alien invasions that were happening.
285* Alternately, NASADA is just a militaristic branch of NASA.
286
287[[WMG: There is one of Maligore and Dark Spector's race on each planet.]]
288Considering their magma-esque hide, they could be some sort of race of primal evil entities born from the planet itself.
289
290[[WMG: Dark Spector is [[Series/KamenRider The Great Leader]].]]
291Reformatted once again, the Great Leader hops on over to another universe, where he gathers many of the galaxy's most evil beings, and forms yet another evil organization.
292
293[[WMG: Andros had another team of rangers before the Turbo rangers came to space to take on the powers.]]
294* Think about it. Andros already had his Red Ranger powers prior to the season's beginning, and not only that, but there were 4 Astro Morphers unused which he gave to T.J., Carlos, Ashley, and Cassie almost out of nowhere. What other reason would he have the morphers? Logically, he could have had another team of his own kind fighting in space with him sometime during the events of the previous 5 (or 3 if you put all MMPR seasons together as one) seasons, and then they either betrayed him or died in battle.
295
296[[WMG: Zhane was a part of Andros' old team.]]
297* Continuing the WMG above, Zhane may have been the SixthRanger of Andros' old team, as Zhane was not only frozen due to serious injuries, but it was also stated many times that he and Andros entered many battles together. When he came back to life, Andros said he was 'glad he was alive' after his cryogenic chamber destructed. In the KO-35 flashback, only Andros and Zhane were seen fighting, meaning that they also could have been the only remaining members of the aforementioned previous team he may have had.
298
299[[WMG: Ecliptor sacrificed himself to resurrect Karone/Astronema.]]
300People have often wondered why NobleDemon Ecliptor was killed, while Rita and Zedd (and Divatox, but that's arguably justified due to her relationship with Dimitria) were purified. Maybe Zordon's sacrifice couldn't resurrect Karone on its own, and needed Ecliptor to donate his life force to her in order to truly bring her back to life.
301
302[[WMG: The astronauts who accidentally free Rita and his minions are from NASADA.]]
303
304[[AC:Zordon Era in General]]
305[[WMG: Zordon was evil]]
306Millennia ago, all sorts of life forms evolved. Zordon, for whatever reason, decided he liked humans and HumanAliens better than all the non-humanoid "monsters", so he started a war. The non-humanoids became warlike and aggressive simply to survive, thus allowing Zordon to convince his humanoid followers that they were evil. Eventually, the non-humanoids went along with this because they had lost their good qualities.
307* Given his humanlike head and human appearance in the noncanonical movie, this would make him racist, not evil - a racist of the "everyone who doesn't look like me is automatically evil" sort.
308* Proof against this theory: Aquitarans. No way are those closer to humans than Rita.
309** Her brother is a skeleton and her dad is the spawn of Satan, Elton John, and the King of all Cosmos. Maybe she's just had work done.
310*** Given what her son, Thrax looked like, this is entirely possible. The father was Zedd, who is presumed to have looked more human before touching the Zeo Crystal- so his genes ''should'' have been human in phenotype, meaning that the monstrous genes must have come from Rita's side of the family.
311* There's the theory that Zordon used the Power Rangers as his goons to destroy the evil in the universe, because the other forces of evil were preventing Zordon from being able to claim the universe for himself, and as such he saw them as competition towards his own claim to universal power. An excellent way for an evil to gain support, is to demonize their rival and convince the masses that their opponents must be removed. Not only would the greater evil, in this case Zordon, be able to eliminate the competition, but he also has the most powerful forces in the universe (that the city's of Earth place their ''complete trust'' in) completely subservient to his word as a gospel... because he's convinced them it's the ''right thing to do''. Zordon and Zedd are probably rivals, because they had creative differences on who could be the biggest douchebag. Dark Specter probably ordered Zordon to be captured, so that Zordon couldn't take over the universe before him. Had Zordon not panicked at the end and, rather than admit his treachery, he wouldn't have continued to play the goody mentor card when asking Andros to help him sacrifice his life, and wouldn't have been a coward escaping having to tell Andros the truth. The Z wave destroyed all the evil currently attacking the universe because, well, that technically was his plan all along, so they'd be nothing to stop him taking over. But him being dead kind of hindered that.
312* Explains why he was such a douchebag to Jason, on two accounts. Firstly he neglects to tell the team about the green candle, even though he knew about it, right until it was too late. Consequently Jason blames himself for not getting the candle in time, causing Tommy to lose his green ranger powers, and this serves as a huge emotional scar that Jason probably never really got over. Sure Tommy returned as the green ranger, but only for a short time before losing his powers again. Jason risks making the same mistake with the rest of his team, but manages to learn from his mistakes. Zordon openly congratulates Jason for his good leadership, to get Jason's hopes up, only to knock them down a few episodes later by bringing Tommy back as the white ranger, and makes him LEADER. It was a totally unnecessary move that affects Jason tremendously. He became a quiet, withdrawn hermit for the remainder of his Red Ranger run, with only Zack and Trini by his side, resulting in a split between the team, and Jason (with Trini and Zack) eventually departing off to Switzerland. But it's cool, I mean Jason gets over it, moves on, comes back a changed man in Zeo. He's cool with Tommy being the leader now, the guy is competent, the team is in capable hands, and as long as he still contributes then he still sees it as a team effort. ''It's fine''. Oh except that he now has a ranger power (Gold Ranger) that ends up almost '' painfully killing him'' because his powers weren't built for a human physiology, and thus conflicting entirely with his biochemistry. But Zordon doesn't show him any compassion. But he treats Tommy like a golden boy though, and when Tommy's Green Ranger powers were failing, Zordon insisted Tommy stay behind, because his life would be at risk. It might just be elitism than plain universal douchebaggery, but Zordon is still a dick.
313* Would also explain why he let them walk out of the Command Center with their morphers. He had Alpha 5 teleport them there; he could have easily had Alpha teleport them back and picked 5 more teens who would have been more agreeable to being Rangers...or however many of the OG 5 teens he'd picked that had said 'no' instead of 'yes' right away. Jason had been willing to listen from the start while the others were either on the fence or against the idea until Rita attacked them. Rita, IMHO, had only attacked them because Zordon didn't transport them to the Youth Center sans morphers. She really didn't have a way to see who Zordon had picked until he let them walk ''out of the Command Center''.
314
315[[WMG: Zordon's power protected the Command Center/Power Chamber]]
316The reason why Rita, Zedd, and Mondo did not attack the base, despite knowing where it was, is because Zordon had the power to protect it. If they had attacked it with an army, the army could have been wiped away by Zordon. So when Zordon left, Demetria, who was far less powerful, was put in charge and Divatox did not know where the base was until the end of Turbo. Without Zordon, the Power Chamber was vulnerable, and Divatox (who was a screw-up until the finale) was able to attack it full force with no worries.
317
318[[WMG: The show takes place in a parallel universe where England colonized western North America, rather than Spain]]
319The city of Angel Grove, California, where the early seasons take place is this universe's version of Los Angeles. This speculation is mostly due to the presence of a Colonial Angel Grove in one early episode. Colonial towns are generally restricted to the original English colonies. Furthermore, we do once see a map of Angel Grove, and the coastline looks suspiciously similar to that near LA.
320* Alternately, Colonial Angel Grove was on the ''East'' Coast, and the whole town packed up and headed west (founding Angel Grove, CA) during the Gold Rush.
321* The word "Angel" appears prominently in both "Angel Grove" and "Los Angeles," especially when you translate the latter. Angel Grove was clearly intended to be a major Californian city. The presence of the word Angel, especially in junction with this theory, lends itself to a connection to our formerly Spanish City of Angels.
322** Biggest confirmation came in "Countdown to Destruction," when a Bank of California sign is visible during a scene in the city. Also, the climate; the gravel pits; the commonness of earthquakes (given how calm Ernie was about the one in "Day of the Dumpster"); the comment that it didn't snow in Angel Grove in "The Great Bookala Escape"; an oil spill on the ocean moving left out of frame was said to be moving south, indicating that the beach we saw it from was facing west...
323** That said, later seasons show (primarily through bus signs) that Los Angeles does exist.
324
325[[WMG: There is a Chinatown/Japantown of sorts in Angel Grove]]
326That is why you can sometimes see Japanese text during fight scenes.
327* The real LA has both a Chinatown and a Japantown, and since Angel Grove is basically LA, it makes sense. Maybe all the Zyuranger-stock-footage fights just so happen to take place in Angel Grove's Japantown?
328* It would also explain in "A Bad Reflection on You" why the Evil Rangers are at a part of town where there's a lot of Asians.
329
330[[WMG: Mrs. Appleby received a promotion]]
331This explains why she teaches different subjects in Highschool. She could have been promoted to another subject and grade within a year, and there are 3 Halloween-themed episodes of MMPR, meaning years have passed.
332
333[[WMG: Zordon intended to commit suicide from the beginning]]
334He planned for the final battle to happen and went home in season five intending to be captured and killed as part of a Main/GambitRoulette to purify Rita. He felt that she could do more good as the Mystic Mother than he could do as a head in a can; he had already made all he could make and trained a new generation of protectors.
335* Or he went home in season five intending to be captured and killed as part of a {{plan}} to destroy or purify the ''entire'' united alliance of evil.
336
337[[WMG: Scorpina got purified by the Z-Wave and turned into a human]]
338We can extend that to the other villains we didn't see then, such as Finster.
339* To extend this theory, the reason we haven't seen any of them is that they are all living in the [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Mystic Realm]], not seeing themselves as worthy of living with humanity as a whole due to their crimes.
340* Or...
341** Jossed, according to ComicBook/PowerRangersSoulOfTheDragon she was banished to Lokar's realm after attempting to gain more power by betraying Rita and got killed by Lokar at the end for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to kill Tommy's son JJ]].
342
343[[WMG: Scorpina got purified by the Z-Wave, turned into a human, and became Mia of ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai''.]]
344Before pinning me as a racist, hear me out. Scorpina did take on the form of an Asian woman in her human form. I imagine her purified self would be an Asian woman as well. Mia, an Asian woman who does bear some mild similarities to Scorpina, as well as sharing a similar sweet appearance, acts like an alien towards her human surroundings. Like she's trying to ''fit in'', but isn't quite sure of the culture or social context at the time. As such, she seems to act like a stereotypical 1950s housewife. I imagine Scorpina became purified, but remained immortal and thus impossible to age, tried to become established towards life as a human. She may have researched how a woman is ''supposed'' to act to fit in, but probably got her learning from traditional, reactionary, and conservative-leaning stances that talk of how a woman should know her place, and stay in the kitchen etc. Scorpina, now adopting the human name of Mia, likely absorbed his information into her new personality, and became indoctrinated by it. It helps to tie in the continuities for me, as well as helps me to live in blissful ignorance away from the realization that Power Rangers Samurai has really, ''really'' bad writers.
345* Jossed, see above.
346
347[[WMG: The 3 Big Bads who were turned human were given a fate worse than death]]
348Think of it. Why would Zedd, Rita, and Divatox be turned good, but not the others. The Big Bads are much worse than the minions after all! But, then again they all hate humans. So, to them that would be a fate worse than death, turning into the things they hate most.
349* It's much, much worse than that for them. They were ''purified'', made into good people, as shown by Rita's becoming the Mystic Mother, source of good magic, by ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''. As newly-made good people, they are capabe of feeling remorse and horror at sins they have committed. Before said purification, they had razed cities, planetary systems, even galaxies in Zedd's case. ''And they still remember everything they did while evil''. Death would be a mercy compared to the guilt they must have felt, and had to live with it for the rest of their unimaginably long lives.
350
351[[WMG: Zedd became a Rabbi after "Countdown To Destruction".]]
352Well, with all the hinting about him being Jewish...
353* So his people are SpaceJews?
354
355[[WMG: Zedd is [[Film/PulpFiction Zed]]]]
356After being turned human by Zordon, Zedd could have continued his evil doings as a cop. The Gimp could be a leftover monster of his.
357
358[[WMG: Zordon has Angel Grove locked in a barrier]]
359Why do the monsters only attack Angel Grove and nowhere else? Zordon prevents it by keeping Angel Grove in an energy barrier which keeps the rest of the world immune from the attacks.
360
361[[WMG: Zordon was Ernie]]
362Ok, little backstory. The idea that Ernie was supposed to be Zordon in human form was something the producers of the show told David Fielding, who voiced Zordon in season 1. The idea was dropped, as they thought that the fat guy running the juice bar was funny. We only know about this because David Fielding mentioned it in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1I9cWTdxA podcast]].
363
364
365Now, we can dismiss this as it didn't happen within the show itself. Kinda like how the idea that Kimberly married Skull, which was floated around Forever Red. It never materialized so it is non-canon.
366
367
368But is it not strange that Ernie's last listed appearance is in the Turbo movie, while Zordon left to return to his home planet not long after? Ernie's absence was explained by the line "Well, his foreign service unit recalled him and he had to suddenly leave. I don't know, something about building a bridge in the Amazon," and the Youth Center/Juice Bar was left in the hands of Lt. Stone. Ernie never returns, not even for a cameo. Let that last part sink in. Not even at the end of In Space, the guy who always believed in the team was not there to say a few words. Granted, neither were any of the past Rangers.
369
370
371Zordon, on the other hand, left shortly thereafter to return to his home planet and be reunited with his family. He left the Rangers in the hands of his longtime friend Dimitria. He is captured and later sacrifices his life to purge the galaxy of evil.
372
373
374Now, you can say it's a coincidence. Two characters who were on the show from the beginning leaving at the same time. What I think is that while they never outright said it, Ernie indeed was Zordon. Maybe an avatar, maybe a fragment. Who knows? But what would that accomplish? What I think is that Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy, and Trini were not chosen at random. While Ernie was written out due to a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot (Ernie's actor had some health issues due to a mix of both his weight and because he smoked), evidence suggests that it is entirely probable that they are the same person because he's never mentioned again, even in shows where there are characters that would have known him and prior to Richard Genelle's death in 2008 and Zordon's death in 1998 (''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''). The two being the same person are never brought up because it's not relevant to the plot. NOW, with the 30th anniversary coming up next year, this would be a great place to canonize this WMG. With Zordon, too, keep in mind that there was limited footage for his face, so that may be another RealLifeWritesThePlot issue, as his original actor had left acting about halfway through ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', but they kept using his face through the end of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. It had to be wearing out, even by ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', hence why he goes back to Eltar.
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376
377Remember what kind of events were hosted at the juice bar. Martial Arts tournaments, charity events, parties, you name it. That, and it was a popular place for the teenagers of Angel Grove. As "Ernie," Zordon was in a position to monitor the available youth and figure out who was worthy to be a power ranger. Who had the ability to fight and who showed kindness and compassion. Maybe it was even "Ernie's" idea that Billy sign up for Jason's karate class. After all, Billy was insanely smart, which could be a benefit to the team, but without the ability to fight he could end up as a liability.
378
379
380And let's face it, he asked for 5 teenagers. Could have been anyone (I kinda like to think there is a universe where Skull was picked to be the Black Ranger) and somehow Zordon picked 5 teens, conveniently in the same place instead of randomly picking teens from around the city. Thus, when Rita was released and began her attack, Zordon had already scouted out five teenagers with goodness in their hearts and in good physical shape.
381
382
383* More evidence: In "The Green Dream," Bulk and Skull use some kind of energy detector to figure out the Power Rangers' identities. When the Power Rangers use one of Billy's gadgets to block them off from the device, it still registers energy nearby, which turns out to be coming from...Ernie.
384
385
386* More evidence: Word Of God is Ernie knows who the Power Rangers are and that's why they never (mostly-there's a scene in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' where Ernie's at the Rangers' table, counting money) pay for the drinks he gives them, he's doing it out of gratitude for saving Earth over and over. Makes more sense if it can be Zordon, right?
387
388
389* This also fits with ''Zyuranger''. Zordon's equivalent, Barza, disguised himself as the superintendent of an apartment building where he built up a good relationship with the local kids.
390
391
392* Someone actually took this idea and ran with it: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26028562 Mentor]] on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn by [=Jen425=]. While it's not a full Zordon is Ernie in disguise, it doesn't require much in the way of SuspensionOfDisbelief.
393
394[[WMG: Billy and Kim didn't switch minds.]]
395
396Rather, their minds were overwritten with copies of the others. So, in the case of Billy, there is a copy of Billy's mind over a copy of Kim's mind over Billy's mind. Also, The Kim part of Billy's mind was attracted to Tommy, which cause Billy, afraid and confused, to have many girlfriends over his tenure.
397
398[[WMG: Goldar and Scorpina are still out there.]]
399They escape the Z-Wave in "Countdown to Destruction" and decided to cut their losses. They fell in love and got married. They even have a baby, just like in the ending of ''Zyuranger''.
400
401[[WMG: If Thrax was hit by the Z-Wave, he'd resemble Kai from ''Zyuranger''.]]
402The purified Zedd and Rita/Mystic Mother would have named him Bubba, which was gonna be his name [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if they used him in the "Doomsday" 2-parter]].
403
404[[WMG: Most of the Rangers married their love interests.]]
405Jason - Emily from ''Zoe''\
406Zach - Angela\
407Trini - Richie\
408Adam - The girl at the end of "Return of the Green Ranger, Part 2" who's likely the colonial girl Marissa's descendant. That's if we're not taking the ship tease that he has with Tanya in ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''.
409[[/folder]]
410
411[[folder:Post-Zordon First Saban Era]]
412[[AC:Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy]]
413[[WMG: Skull faked sleeping in on the day Terra Venture boarded and left because of [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai Spike]]]]
414He knew about Spike, but Bulk didn't, or maybe he had second thoughts after buying tickets. He never told Bulk he didn't want to go because he knew Bulk really wanted to go, and that Bulk would stay behind out of friendship if he knew Skull couldn't go, so he had to trick Bulk into leaving without him; HeterosexualLifePartners IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy. Either way, he decided, whether beforehand or at the last minute, that [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments he wanted to stay behind on earth so he could provide for and spend time with his son]].
415* Which actually reflects [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Justin]] [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace staying on Earth with his dad]]...
416
417[[WMG: The Lost Galaxy powers were created during the galactic battle 3,000 years ago, and are based off the powers of ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'']]
418After watching Linkara's History of Power Rangers on Wild Force, I think there's a flimsy connection to create this unifying theory between Lost Galaxy and Wild Force. When Master Org emerged on Earth, his Org army swarmed the land, and the Ancient Warriors defeated him thanks to Merrick's use of the wolf mask. After the Animarium was saved and Merrick sealed away, the five warriors heard of danger on another lush forest planet thanks to a mishap in Scorpius's first attempted conquest of Mirinoi (similar to the wormhole that sent Maya to the moon). The five warriors wished to protect nature on that world as well, but they realized that the battle far from Earth would require greater powers for such a fight. So they crafted the Quasar Sabers, and took eight of the wildzords through the portal in order to save Mirinoi. The battle was long and hard, and due to Scorpious's trickery, the wildzords they took with them were mutated into the Galactabeasts, with Strataforce, Centarus, and Aenith being lost to space, possibly sent flying during one fight with Scorpious. Scorpius retreated, and the five warriors returned to Earth. However, in order to protect this world, they planted their Quasar Sabers within a great rock, which they enchanted so the sabers would only be drawn by those worthy at the right time. The Galactabeasts were later captured by Scorpius in revenge for the humiliation he suffered at their hand, and thus all was prepared for the day when five warriors would redraw the swords and be the force of great justice to stop Scorpius and his army once more.
419
420[[WMG: Morphing technology is based on the abilities of [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Magna Defender's]] species.]]
421When we see Magna Defender and Zika, we aren't seeing them morphed; we're seeing what they really look like. When a member of their species dies, they have the ability to embed an object with a copy of their body. That object can then be used by some other person to gain armor that allows them to appear identical to the person who embedded the item.
422
423Morphing technology was created by figuring out what changes were made to the items when they were embedded and then figuring out how to make those changes artificially.
424
425[[WMG: The Galactabeasts' organic modes are disguises]]
426This would explain quite a bit why they suddenly go from being organic creatures, to robots. They simply don't, as they are just disguises, possibly via holographic projectors.
427
428[[WMG: Kendrix came back from the dead ''via'' a [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Reaper's Game]]]]
429It took her more than a week to return either because she played the game multiple times, or because she became a reaper and had to earn points.
430
431[[WMG: Kendrix never really died.]]
432Her spirit somehow got trapped inside her Saber during the explosion, which is why she was able to play SpiritAdvisor to Karone. When the Sabers got stuck back into the rock and released the energy to restore everybody back to normal, her spirit also got released.
433* Possibly confirmed by Gem and Gemma's death.
434** But her body was destroyed in the explosion, Mike was dead but the Magna Defender taking over his body revived him, for all practical purposes Kedrix's spirit had no proper vessel to return ''to.''
435* Her body may have been [temporarily] destroyed, but it's likely that her spirit was put into limbo rather than passing onto the afterlife or truly becoming a ghost possibly because "it wasn't her time yet". And yes, Mike's spirit was probably in limbo as well (ergo he, too, wasn't truly dead).
436** And because this is the Power Rangers universe we're talking about (where logic doesn't always take a front seat), it's possible that her Ranger suit offered SOME form of protection -- however miniscule -- from Psycho Pink's damaging energy wave; and thus, she probably wasn't completely killed, in spite of the dangerously close range of the blast.
437
438[[WMG: The "important mission back on Earth" that Andros mentions in "The Power of Pink" is the foundation of Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue]]
439This explains why his actor appears in the background of some episodes of Lightspeed, Andros is working as a consulting technician for the Aquabase. He is also the one who helped Ms. Fairweather access the morphing grid to begin with.
440* I love this theory, but... Christopher Khayman Lee shows up in the background in Lightspeed Rescue? News to me. Where and when?
441
442[[WMG:[[Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie Areola]] is Maya in disguise.]]
443Ever since her team's team-up with the [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rangers]], she acts as a contact person for aliens who want to immigrate to Earth, leading to the events of ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''. The fully-naked persona she adapts is just a cover to hide her true identity and intentions, as the common populace isn't ready for an alien influx yet.
444
445[[WMG: The rumored "Ancient Rangers" were the "group of young [Ranger-like] warriors"/Order of Meridian mentioned in ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''.]]
446
447[[WMG: Terra Venture's other domes.]]
448Apart from the main City Dome, Terra Venture has six secondary domes and several tinier ones. The named ones are the Mountain Dome, Ocean Dome, Forest Dome, and Industrial Dome. What could the remaining domes be?
449* Desert Dome: Not all deserts are {{Thirsty Desert}}s almost devoid of life. Many are thriving ecosystems. It makes sense to have one along with the other habitats.
450* Grassland Dome: Many people forget about grasslands when they think of biomes, but they are one of the biggest biomes in the world.
451* Agricultural Dome: If there’s an Industrial Dome, there needs to be one of these too. The people on Terra Venture can't survive without food.
452* Lake Dome: For freshwater life, probably one of the tiny ones.
453* Other Forest Domes: It really doesn't make sense to just have one because there are different types of forests. The one we see resembles a temperate forest. But what about a Taiga Dome? Or a Tropical Rainforest Dome?
454
455[[AC:Series/PowerRangersTimeForce]]
456%%Once sorted, this AC Section should have its own page: [=WMG/PowerRangersTimeForce=]
457[[WMG: Time Force does not use the Morphing Grid as a power source; instead, they use [[Series/PowerRangersZeo the Zeo Crystal]].]]
458In "White Light," it's revealed that the Morphing Grid's balance is maintained by Zordon's and Zedd's struggle with each other and thus becomes less powerful when they aren't struggling. Zordon died, and Zedd was turned good, so they cannot be struggling anymore; thus, the Morphing Grid, and by extension anyone who relies on it, must be getting weaker. It's safe to assume that, by the year 3,000, it wouldn't be sufficient to power any rangers (no pun intended). On the other hand, in "Master Vile and the Metallic Armor," it's revealed that the Zeo Crystal becomes more powerful over time and thus will always be a viable power source.
459
460Also, Time Force's colors correspond to the colors of the Zeo subcrystals.
461* Alternatively, by "Zordon and myself", Zedd meant the struggle between good and evil using it, respectively. Thus, since Dark Spector, the Big Bad of Big Bads, and Zordon, are gone, new teams keep popping up because the Grid keeps drawing them in to bring balance. Also, in 3,000, if you'll notice, only one ranger was active, red, and he was not all that powerful, indicating that the Grid was weaker then. It wasn't until the team got back to 2001 that they could all morph; all of our own dormant evil was keeping the Grid up then. Plus, the Gold Ranger had a piece, and there was nothing there corresponding to him.
462
463[[WMG: Alex ''did'' die in the first episode of ''Time Force'']]
464The future was changed ''via'' [[ButterflyOfDoom the butterfly effect]]: some building got blown up in just the right place, causing an improbable line of changes down the timeline that led to Alex ''juuust'' surviving instead of dying.
465** Alternatively, the Alex we see after his "death" is a clone of the one who died. The Time Force Agency always keeps a backup on hand. They keep this a closely guarded secret because it would cause the public to lose faith in the Time Force.
466
467[[WMG: Wes and Alex are the same person]]
468In his early years with [[Series/PowerRangersSPD S.P.D.]], he had experiments done granting him immortality and eternal youth. He then survives [[Series/PowerRangersRPM the Venjixocalpyse]], which convinces him to go into hiding in a cave somewhere. When he comes out, he learns that man has rebuilt, and founds Time Force out of necessity, since nobody else is. This is why the two have the same DNA despite intervening centuries and a genetic bottleneck in between them. Alex is more of a jerk because he's kinda jaded by now by the whole "everyone he knew has died of either old age or killer robots" thing.
469
470[[WMG: Alex is a clone of Wes. The Red Time Force Morpher only ever responded to someone who shared Wes' DNA, not Alex's]]
471Time Force is a StableTimeLoop. The morpher used by Time Force to create their Red Ranger was given to them by the Collins family. Wes's knowledge that, in the future, kids are genetically engineered meant that he could leave a blood sample in his family along with the morpher. When the right year came along, Alex was created. He grew up and joined Time Force, and it turned out that the morpher his family gave them to create their own Ranger only worked for him.
472* WordOfGod says yes, Alex is a clone of Wes. Why they decided to wait almost a millennium to clone him is anyone's guess.
473** So he could be with Jen, obviously.
474
475[[WMG: Alex is not the ''first'' clone of Wes.]]
476One clone is made every twenty years. They are kept separate, but they are all trained as Time Force. The base is the size of a city, so it shouldn't be hard. When one close turns forty, the next takes up the mantle as he turns twenty, and a new clone is born -- all on the same day.
477
478[[WMG: The Time Force Agency is the future of the Silver Guardians.]]
479Wes advanced his father's corps to the point that it became the progenitor of the SPD, and eventually the Time Force. Alex is in charge, because he is either a hereditary leader, a clone or Wes himself--rendered immortal.
480* This actually makes some sense. Remember during the series that they tried replicating the quantum morpher's powers for the rest of the silver guardians? Well, what if they succeeded? The resulting power boost to the guardians would turn them into a stronger power rangers operation, and due to the ranks of the guardians, it would lead to the formation of A and B squads, and with an anchored base of operations, they would become SPD, and by following the memories/clones of Wes, Time Force would finally be founded, just as Wes had foresaw.
481
482Which leads to:
483[[WMG: Alex is the Time Force Chief O' Police.]]
484* We see Captain Logan saluting him
485* He goes back in time without answering to anyone.
486* He is able to override Circuit's controls to block information.
487* He decides what is classified and what is not
488* He was the one who told the other rangers they had to have the memory wipe.
489* He was the one who authorized the four to take the Megazord, and canceled Memory Adaptation.
490** If he hadn't, they would have been arrested at the door.
491
492[[WMG: Alex wasn't the head of Time Force in the first episode]]
493But due to the Rangers actions in the past Alex is not only brought back from the dead (having actually died in the original timeline, but only severely injured in the altered one) But also the head of Time Force due to being Wes' descendant (who used his knowledge of the future timeline and technology, and his father's resources to eventually form the Silver Guardians into Time Force).
494
495[[WMG: Wes had an illegitimate child at some point before his ranger career]]
496Which is why Alex, his descendant, was perfectly willing to let him die in battle. He's already made his contribution to the gene pool.
497
498[[WMG: One of the changes made by the events of ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' was the policy of Time Force itself]]
499Specifically, the policy of erasing the memories of agents who went to the past. The reason none of the Rangers were familiar with it is because it hadn't ''been'' policy until they changed things.
500* And if you subscribe to the theory that some combination of Lightspeed Rescue, the Silver Guardians and SPD equals Time Force, it may have happened before that... remember the Dino Rangers getting their memories wiped ''twice'' after their encounters with SPD.
501
502[[WMG: In ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', (and by extension, the greater Power Rangers universe) time happens simultaneously.]]
503While definitely a MindScrew, this would explain that despite all the activity done by the rangers in the past, the year 3000 seems relatively unaffected, and only seems to move at the same speed as 2001. Why? Because nothing had actually changed for the year 3000 yet. Despite the progress of technology, injuries and rewriting of the history books, the events of the series didn't change the future at all. (now not being an expert in the series, please correct me if I'm wrong) In the most definitive example I can think of: If Wes had died in the final battle as Alex had said, then by TemporalParadox, Alex as Wes's descendant would cease to exist due to the lack of an ancestor. Thus, because time happens simultaneously, no major changes happen, so the ButterflyOfDoom effect is not present in the universe. (I didn't make much sense, did I?)
504* Very good theory, but I thought I read on either the main ''Power Rangers'' page or the ''Time Force'' page that [[spoiler:WordOfGod says Alex is a clone, created maybe 2 decades before ''Time Force'' starts.]]
505
506[[WMG: The Time Force future is a [[IncrediblyLamePun police state.]]]]
507Ok, so this one's way out there, but think about it. 1000 years in the future (990 as of this writing), everyone talks about the greatness of the Time Force police. There's no mention of government, no mention of nations, just Time Force. Now conceivably they do exist and just not needed on screen as Time Force is just the arms of the world, but if Time Force is suppose to be in a Utopian future where "Peace and Justice reign", what does that imply? Now given that in the crossover with ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' we do see they have recreated parole with the ex-villain Nadira so it may not necessarily be a CrapsackWorld of a police state, but it's still a possibility.
508** The re-created parole ''because'' of Nadira and her connections to the Time Force Rangers. It also seems that cryogenic freezing has been discontinued (Ransik seem to be serving his sentence in a regular jail cell) possibly because the rangers figured out that the prisoners were ''conscious'' during the whole thing.
509
510[[WMG: Ransik's past of being hated by humanity is all in his head]]
511It's never shown and sources that are easily more mentally stable and trustworthy say it didn't and we are shown Ransik is quite the bigot himself given his words against robots. Ransik just thinks different "species" all inherently hate each other.
512* Dr. Fericks ''did'' try to help Ransik, but that was because he himself had be shunned and was lonely with robots serving as his only friends. The only other person who claims Ransik had any kind of help is Jen, and at that point she's just parroting whatever Time Force told her and we find out later that Mutants really are treated pretty horribly in the year 3000. Yes there are ''some'' mutants who had stable careers and a place in society (Jen's former partner and Lucas' racing rival) they are ''very'' few and far between, and very humanoid looking at that. So probably both versions are true, somewhat. Ransik did have folks who wanted to help him but only after he had grown so bitter with human society he decided to strike back.
513[[/folder]]
514
515[[folder:Disney Era]]
516[[AC:Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm]]
517[[WMG: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Ninjor]] founded the Wind and Thunder Ninja academies]]
518Inhuman ninja abilities, check. Located in California, which is the only place any alien bothers, check. Morphers with disks, check. Plus, they have tech far above average human levels, and it's all too ancient to be a result of trade resulting from the First Contact with KO-35 in late '98. Ninjor is known to be good with giant ninja robot animals. He didn't have the Academies help out in Season Three because of Main/ConservationOfNinjutsu.
519* The toy line for ''Ninja Storm'' '''did''' a redeco'd Ninjor.
520* This WOULD have been the backstory had MMPR Productions been allowed to continue under Disney for Ninja Storm. Ninjor founding the Wind Academy, anyway. They had something much [[ContinuityPorn wankier]] in mind for the Thunder Rangers' master -- The Phantom Ranger...
521** It's still possible that he founded the Wind Ninja Academy. It just wasn't mentioned on-screen. For all we know, ten feet behind the waterfall portal is a statue of Ninjor labeled "Our Founder". It's not like we ever got a comprehensive tour of the academy or its history.
522
523[[WMG: Shane's Battlizer has a third mode.]]
524It's called the "Tri-Battlized Armor," but it only has two modes. Therefore, it has a third, unseen mode. Since the two modes that we've seen handle ground and air, the third probably deals with the third Wind Ninja element, water, as an aquatic mode.
525** {{Jossed}} by the toyline: the third mode is actually a car mode which assembles around the folded-up Ranger--hence the wheels which go unused on the show.
526
527[[WMG: The Samurai Amulet vanished due to Kiya mishandling it.]]
528We hear that Kiya was trying to use the dark ninja powers to unlock the amulet's powers. It's likely that, in the original timeline, he did so without being interrupted, and accidentally destroyed it in the process, leading to it being lost before Cam's time travel (this incident may also have been the direct result of [[spoiler:his banishment/taking the mantle of Lothor in the original timeline]]. Alternatively, the amulet was missing [[StableTimeLoop just because Cam took it from the past]].
529
530[[WMG: Cam's mother banned Cam from being trained as a ninja because she knew he was the one to come back for the samurai amulet.]]
531Assuming "A Samurai's Journey" is a StableTimeLoop, Miko at some point figured out her son was the rightful owner of the Samurai Amulet. It had been passed down in her family for generations - it would be odd for a mysterious stranger to be claimed as the rightful owner out of the blue. She may have realized, especially since samurai are traditionally from noble families, that Cam was related to her, and once her son was born and she got sick, she likely figured out the truth. She even knew in the past that Cam was there for the amulet. So from there, based on what Cam told her of his past, Miko may have realized she had to ban Cam from ninja training to ensure he would one day could come back and claim the amulet, preserving the timeline.
532
533[[AC: Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder]]
534[[WMG: Tommy Oliver unconsciously created ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' because he has C-PTSD.]]
535Complex-Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a form of PTSD without a visual component. It's extremely hard to diagnose and the result of repeated trauma. After being turned evil the fourth or fifth time, he could have begun to develop it. So at the beginning of ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder'', he could have [[ShellShockedVeteran created Mesogog and his lieutenants and set everything in motion so that Trent would replicate his own situation with Rita]]. It would explain why the series felt so much like ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''--it ''was'' ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''.
536
537[[WMG: Tommy from Dino Thunder wasn't the original]]
538He was the evil clone, who quickly got bored of colonial times, found a time portal, and returned before he left. Because there is no way Tommy could have become a professor in 6 years.
539* But in Fighting Spirit he had the Zeo and White Rangers to fight
540** That was about living up to the original, and he couldn't break free unless he could fight the original's legacy
541* This would also explain why Kat wasn't present, despite being married to Tommy. She is married to the ''original'' Tommy.
542** The canonicity of "A Season To Remember" is debatable despite WordOfGod comments due to it requiring Zordon to still be alive.
543
544[[WMG: Tommy is a creative consultant on the Japanese Dino Thunder show.]]
545That's the reason why their morphing call is the same as the actual Dino Rangers.
546* That could explain where he had the cash to maintain the zords.
547** Not just the zords, but the entire command center. If their command center isn't powered by solar power like one of the below [=WMGs=] states, that's going to be one hell of a power bill for Tommy to pay. Even with a doctorate, being a high school teacher doesn't pay much. That would also explain why he's able to afford everything down there as well...well, what didn't get bought/made by Hayley or Tommy's off-planet allies.
548
549[[WMG: Tommy and Hayley dated at one point.]]
550And it may have gotten serious enough to where Tommy felt compelled to tell her about his Ranger past.
551* There's nothing to suggest they aren't ''still'' dating during the time of ''Dino Thunder'' - in fact, Hayley seems to pretty much stay at Tommy's place when she's not busy at her cafe.
552* Of course, knowing Tommy, it's equally likely she just found the morphers lying around his place during college...
553
554[[WMG: Dino Thunder takes place during a year where Tommy and Kat are on a break.]]
555His guilt over what happened to his friend Smitty (along with the other issues he deals with in "Fighting Spirit") might have led Tommy to a breakdown in his personal and professional life. It would really help explain how a doctor of paleontology as young as Tommy (which would be quite impressive in the real world) is teaching a high school class. "Fighting Spirit" and the resolution of Dino Thunder help Tommy get his act together and reconcile with Kat before they divorce.
556* This could be the case, since Kat would have been in Elsa's place if the former's actress hadn't gotten pregnant (which is a bit ironic if you've seen ''Abaranger'').
557
558[[WMG: Hayley is a LadyOfWar, and Elsa is her EvilCounterpart.]]
559We never really see what Hayley's doing, do we? What if her job is to spy on Mesogog and keep him under wraps? After all, Mesogog's psychotic. What's stopping him from using Anton Mercer's body to get the kids arrested for vandalism or have Tommy arrested on some charge involving Kira? Answer: Hayley. She found out what her friend Tommy was doing, realized his 'Make-Teens-Rangers' plan was [[TooDumbToLive doomed to fail]], then took matters into her own hands. Mesogog created Elsa in an attempt to do the same thing in reverse, but Elsa, being a sentient being with her own skills and plans, focused more on creating the White Ranger.
560
561[[WMG: The [[ClingyMacGuffin Dino Gems]] give you martial arts skills]]
562There's no way that a rock singer, a computer geek, and a soccer player could possibly have fought off the [[{{Mooks}} Tyrannodrones]] when they first appeared. The Dino Gems had to have given them the power to fight them off and protect their host.
563* Most likely. During their first meeting with the Tyrannodrones, they were losing badly until their powers activated, otherwise they may have died. Maybe from then on their fighting skill raised by their powers, but they were good fighters on their own halfway through the series.
564
565[[WMG: Kira went to prom with Trent in the finale.]]
566Seriously. All the teens had a date except for them, and there were pretty clear hints that Kira and Trent liked each other during the series. The only reason they weren't shown together was because Kira was on stage.
567
568[[WMG: The Dino Thunder command center (Triceramax?) is powered by solar power.]]
569Honestly...think about it. We have confirmation from MMPR season 1 that their original Zords and the Megazord are solar-powered as (is likely) their command center. Tommy would have gotten a hold of that tech at some point and when he moved to Reefside, he gave that to Hayley and she came up with a design that would look inconspicuous because Tommy lives out in the middle of nowhere, with plenty of trees. You can't have normal solar panels in the woods without taking out a ton of trees. The amount of power needed to power the Dino Thunder base...people would start asking questions as to how a science teacher with a doctorate would be able to pay that seemingly huge bill every month. Being a high school teacher, even with a doctorate, pays well, but not that well. Even if you seemingly count what he might have made working for Anton Mercer, that's still not enough to hold him over if he's got a huge electric bill every month.
570
571
572[[AC:Series/PowerRangersSPD]]
573[[WMG: Sky from ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' is son of Alex from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'']]
574It was never confirmed by the WordOfGod, but it's obvious. Sky's father was a red Ranger, and his ranger costume was a Time Force one; we all know that this type works only for one person, or somebody with that same DNA. Sky mentioned that he was the best of the rangers, and Alex was described this way many times in Time Force. Also, we never see any other Rangers with Sky's dad; as we all know, Alex was working alone. Both Sky and Alex were {{JerkAss}}es. Sure, Sky's father looks different, but also older - he could change his look. It means that the Time Force Rangers' memories were wiped after all, and maybe even that Jen is Sky's mother. And Time Force was, for some reason, shut down and replaced by SPD, or was incorporated into SPD, because of alien danger. Yes, there are dates that set up Time Force in 3000 and SPD in 2025, which leads us to the theory below...
575* Or, y'know, Wes could just be his father.
576** Would it mean, that Wes could be one of SPD founders?
577*** It's possible, with two former rangers in the Silver Guardians.
578
579[[WMG: Sky's father is ''another'' clone of Wes.]]
580
581[[WMG: The calendar has been altered]]
582SPD, set in year 2025, has more advanced technology than Time Force, set up in the year 3000 - they can travel in space and don't need a Megazord to send something back in time. Also, there are no aliens in Time Force; in SPD, plenty of them live on Earth, and there's no way in hell that they could just forget about Earth or abandon it. Also, mutants in Time Force are hated because of their monstrous looks; the community in SPD is very tolerant. For some reason, the Earth calendar has been changed, maybe to fit with those used by aliens; or one new cosmic calendar was created; or an alien planet's calendar has been in use for some reasons.
583* More reasonably, the calendar is exactly the same as always, but by 3000 the earth still hasn't completely recovered from the Venjix apocalypse. SPD ''is'' higher tech than Time Force because Time Force came after most human knowledge and technology was destroyed.
584** And what with aliens? Can we assume that Venjix destroyed them all?
585*** He's simply cut off communications and is sending fake signals out to keep aid from coming. As for why aliens didn't bring human technology back up... it's not like they Uplifted humanity much the first time -- note how they held back much supertech ''long'' after the Countdown -- so why would rebuilding be different? There's probably some form of Prime Directive in place.
586*** Also, SPD technically wasn't an Earth organization, which is why its tech was so good. It was a Sirian organization with a branch on Earth, which is probably a Prime Directive loophole.
587*** And the reason for the lack of aliens is ''Time Force'' is because the people of that time period are paranoid and speciest which is why Mutants are less than second-class citizens (hell, they're pretty much considered outright criminals from the time they're born) and the humans are GatticaBabies. Following the events of ''RPM'' and the reconstruction of human society earth closed off its borders completely because they didn't trust anything that ''wasn't'' human.
588*** Actually during Ransik's trial you can spot some aliens. And Trip is also an alien.
589* The calendar was changed ''because'' of Venjix. See [[WMG/PowerRangersRPM the RPM WMG page]] for more.
590* If I remember, one of the themes in Time Force is the possibility that, with they and Ransik in the past, they are changing the past. Also, the time travel could not need a zord or ship assistance if the travel is less than 100 years in the past/future. Maybe, the trouble comes in ''large'' travels(1000 years in the past, for example), because they need more energy and are more unstable.
591
592[[WMG: Doggie Cruger and his wife are not the LastOfTheirKind.]]
593She, Fowler Birdie, and A-Squad are all moles working for the Troobian Empire, and the rest of Sirius are their slaves.
594
595There is no logical reason for Grumm and the Empire to wipe out all of Sirius, but keep Isinia alive. None for Omni, anyhow; Grumm could certainly use that as psychological warfare against Doggie - but he doesn't.
596
597Also, there are some of Birdie's actions, which almost scream "Blatant attempt at sabotage": deposing Doggie as Earth S.P.D. commander and splitting the team up; conveniently being unable to help when Morgana went on a rampage - a rampage that, if not stopped, would've destroyed Earth Branch and left the entire universe at Grumm's mercy.
598
599There is A-Squad's sudden Main/FaceHeelTurn, with little more than the desire to be "on the winning side" as a reason for their defection.
600
601There's Broodwing, who - despite his numerous Krybots - doesn't seem like the type to pass up the opportunity to sell flesh-and-blood slaves, which the Sirian invasion would've easily given him.
602
603All this seems to point to the whole bunch being in cahoots with the Empire from the beginning, selling out both Earth and Sirius for their share of the spoils. It also points to most of the Sirian populace being under Troobian rule.
604
605The team-up with S.P.D. made a convenient {{Masquerade}} for whenever a high-ranking soldier or lowly thug (like Grumm) gets out of hand: just have S.P.D. eliminate them for the Empire. The rest of the free universe will see it as "bringing justice to the guilty".
606* Don't forget Sky's little friend Dru. A former S.P.D. Cadet, missing in action, tries to assassinate Cruger for Broodwing and rants to Sky about how he doesn't understand? He's either in on it or acting under duress.
607
608[[WMG: SPD is a totalitarian agency]]
609It was formed after the collapse of the United Alliance of Evil destabilized the Local Group of galaxies. Dru, Birdie, and A-Squad are just endemic of the greyness of the organization.
610
611We don't know if S.P.D.'s high command was in cahoots with Omni. But there's still an S.P.D. in Sam's timeline.
612
613[[WMG: Kat Manx is in love with Doggie Krueger.]]
614Watch her pretty much any time the two are on-screen together. In particular, check out the way she looks up at him as he rescues her in "Shadow Part 2", and (even more tellingly) the look of pain on her face at the end of the episode when Kruger describes her as "my very good friend."
615
616[[WMG: Omega Ranger is very powerful because he's not just a Ranger--he's Battlized.]]
617Omega Ranger has a very wide range of powers. Also, the Battlizer Morpher is a repaint of the Omega Morpher. Now, this is par-for-the-course PropRecycling for easier toy repaints, but perhaps in the future, SPD has advanced enough that their normal power levels are what used to be battlized power levels, hence the technology in their morphers.
618* Battlizers only work for red rangers, the correct term is Mega Battle
619** Well, that's an out-of-universe rule, not an in-universe one (as far as we know). Besides, the OP was talking about a specific Battlizer, not just the general concept.
620*** Kat stated the battlizer is only compatible with red rangers
621*** Yes, at their current level the Battlizer is is only compatible with Red Rangers, but the Omega Ranger is from the future, so it's possible this has changed.
622*** The only battlizer ever confirmed to only work for a red ranger is the one Kat built. There's nothing to suggest any battlizer that came before or after couldn't have theoretically worked for another ranger. Take Samurai's Shogun Mode for example.
623
624
625[[AC:Series/PowerRangersMysticForce]]
626[[WMG: [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]] eventually became the Main/BigBad of ''Power Rangers Mystic Force'', having been turned back to evil.]]
627There was no mention of Lord Zedd in ''Mystic Force,'' despite his wife Rita Repulsa showing up as the Mystic Mother. Likewise, in ''Operation Overdrive'', their son Thrax only mentioned how "weak" they were for becoming good. The Master's reshaped body bears some similarity to Lord Zedd's pre-''Countdown to Destruction'' look; and the Master was feared and respected tremendously by the forces of evil, something that Zedd once had as well. He personally went after Mystic Mother, knowing exactly where she was even though the Rangers themselves didn't know, showing some sort of intimate knowledge about the Mystic Mother that no one else had. Thus, Lord Zedd is the Master, turned back to evil and sealed by Rita.
628* What a sad way for such a historic villain to go out, unrecognized and killed by the multiverse's lamest Care Bear Stare. Then again, at least it wasn't the CombinedEnergyAttack...
629* Well, the [[WordOfDante ''Power Rangers: Super Legends'' video game]] does show Zedd returning to his evil ways...
630** The same source also says that, in at least one AlternateUniverse, human!Zedd became an archaeologist. Anyone else thinking [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Anton Mercer]]?
631*** If that's the case, then the look on Tommy's face when he finds out.
632*** If the AntonTommy fangirls are right, that's gonna be one hell of a look.
633*** Or [[HoYay Smitty]]
634
635[[WMG: Thrax was raised in a "time moves slowly" pocket dimension]]
636Because there is ''no effing way'' that nine years is enough time for a member of a functionally immortal species to be fully grown.
637* Zedd's species reproduces with genetic memories like the [[Franchise/StarGateVerse Goa'uld]]. The bigger problem is explaining why Thrax was a legendary warlord that was running around and imprisoned when Sentinel Knight still had his body, which was when Pangea still existed. MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO. Significantly more ancient than either of his parents!
638** Maybe Sentinel Knight was active for a really really long time, from Pangea-era to about 2004, when he took out Thrax and got disembodied in the process?
639
640[[WMG: Thrax was raised in a "time moves backwards" pocket dimension]]
641
642[[WMG: Udonna got the Mystic Morphers from Zordon]]
643After the battle ended in 1986 - nobody had morphing then, you may notice - she realized that she would need an edge when the forces of darkness arose again later, since she would be working with untrained new mages. It's inevitable that she would have heard of the alien Great Sage Morphing Master who lived out in Angel Grove Desert; she simply came to him to ask if she could have a few morphers, assuring him that she'd take care of the power source. The Mystics hadn't asked for his help ''during'' the war for political reasons; now that they were so weakened, she didn't have a choice.
644
645[[WMG: Udonna got the Mystic Morphers from Rita.]]
646Rita would've known how her enemy's tech worked, especially since she held the Dragon Coin all that time. And this would explain why the Mystics didn't have it during the first war: Rita wasn't Mystic Mother then.
647* This oddly connects to the theory below as Lord Zedd was able to use the powers from the Dragon Coin to create his own set of Rangers, so it actually makes sense that when Rita became the Mystic Mother, she was able to channel the Green Ranger Powers she gained into making the Mystic Rangers.
648
649[[WMG: Rita and Zedd are still married as of ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'']]
650We don't see him because while Rita's managed to get a sweet gig as the Mystic Mother of the Mystic Realm, Zedd is employed elsewhere, either in another subdimension (they presumably commute to work from the same place), or elsewhere in the Mystic Realm. Its not like we see Rita/Mystic Mother outside of her throne room, or get much exposition on what she's been doing since last we saw her. If you'll notice, the throne room is completely empty except for Rita and whoever is having an audience with her, so its not like there'd be any evidence of him in that one room- you can't keep pictures of the family at the desk when your desk is a formal throne room, after all.
651
652[[WMG: The Spirit Realm is the "good" afterlife for the entire PR Universe.]]
653'Cause there isn't evidence against it.
654
655[[WMG: Thrax has a twin sister]]
656Who is the Zedd to Thrax's Rita, she looks mostly human but wears a visor similar to her father's.
657
658[[WMG: The "Believe in Magic" requirement has a hidden requirement]]
659You have to believe in others and yourself as well. [[ThePowerOfFriendship In the magic of teamwork]] so to speak. That's why Nick wasn't able to access his magic right away. He was still struggling with his place as a member of the team and in his self will. It was only when he finally came back to help that he could finally believe.
660
661[[WMG: Nick didn't believe in Magic at first]]
662Because he thought it was just really advanced technology. Maybe having seen all the science based rangers on tv, he just thought the magic was Special effects and technology that the others just happened to have.
663
664[[WMG: The history and secrets of Dark Wish in Mystic Force]]
665The villains in mystic force once made a wish to stop the rangers. "I wish there were never mystic force power rangers." With a wish this specific, it ensured that the rangers never took up their wands at the beginning of the season. However, when the rangers talk about how evil rules the world, this seems to indicate that the 12 teams of rangers that came before them died/failed to protect the world. But how? Lightspeed Rescue, while working on demons rather than magic monsters, could be adapted to specifically fight the darkness. Some of them have ninja skills, some have megazords still, and they could also call on their space friends to fight (aquitar, the gold ranger, the phantom ranger and blue centurion, or the galaxy rangers). So why did they fail?
666
667I find there's two possible explanations. One is a matter of timing, while the other is a matter of semantics/bad luck.
668* Theory 1: The timing theory. Without the mystic force to hold the darkness at bay, this meant that the forces of evil stormed over briarwood quickly, and before the other rangers could react in time, the dark forces work entrenched, and launched a ZergRush over the earth. While individual teams and legacies might have fought bravely to stem the tide, like in the end of power rangers turbo or in space, they were simply outmatched and slowly were destroyed one team and ranger at a time.
669* Theory 2: Semantics. When Flurious made the wish, and put extra emphasis on the phrase Power Rangers, the wish actually removed ALL rangers from existence. Thus, earth was the sight of a great cataclysm as countless evil empires fought for control of the earth, until the dark magical forces ended up as the victorious ones.
670* Theory 3: Bad luck. When the wish was taking effect, there was a hidden clause in the wish that made it so that any force against the forces of the master were overrun. Basically turning all luck against earth's defenders.
671
672
673[[AC:Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive]]
674[[WMG: Andrew Hartford is gay and in a relationship with Spencer]]
675Stated elsewhere in the wiki, but it belongs here. Andrew is unimaginably wealthy ''and'' leads an exciting life. Even if his work as an Main/AdventurerArchaeologist didn't net him an Indy-Girl-style girlfriend/wife who could have borne the son he wanted, his unimaginable wealth could have gotten him a gold-digger to do the same. The fact that he, with his social status and career, has neither a wife nor a girlfriend implies that he does not ''want'' a girlfriend, especially since he does want a son. His having a girlfriend, even if he wasn't truly interested, would make it easier for him to have a son, so the most reasonable explanation is that he's gay. Further evidence is his suspiciously close relationship to Spencer.
676
677The relationship with Spencer is requited. Spencer is more loyal than [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Alfred Pennyworth]], and someone in that job without any emotional attachment would, if he was prudent, take the salary and RUN to somewhere not likely to be bombed by aliens. LoveMakesYouCrazy.
678
679[[WMG: Andrew Hartford and Spencer are really [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne and Alfred]] in hiding.]]
680One's a billionaire who uses his insane wealth to fight evil, and the other is his loyal butler. This could explain why Andrew was so confident that he could fight as the Red Ranger. This works a bit better with Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy incarnations because of Andrew's slight resemblance to Christian Bale and Spencer's snarky nature.
681* An episode of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' has Ernie say that they will do for Angel Grove what ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' did for Gotham City, suggesting his existence in the ''Power Rangers'' universe. And Spencer is a master of disguise.
682** While we are there, [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Carter Grayson]] is related to Dick Grayson.
683* Or the [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' versions if you subscribe to the theory they went into hiding after blowing up Wayne Manor.]]
684
685[[WMG: Dax is mildly autistic.]]
686* Pay attention to the way he tends to act at times. When he speaks he's almost always somewhat louder than needed, his attention span seems to be low, and his speech patterns are slightly accented. Sometimes when he talks, he says very out-there things that come off as slightly childish, such as when they were in Turkey and he made a ridiculously dumb (though somewhat funny) joke about how they were finding a bird. Also, when Rose was explaining the Sentinel Morpher to him by telling him he would be "fried" or something really dangerous, he stared into space and still had to think about it. He definitely doesn't have full-blown autism, but it's worth pointing out that he could be one of the franchise's biggest CloudCuckoolander rangers because he might have a few symptoms.
687
688[[AC:Series/PowerRangersJungleFury]]
689[[WMG: The United Alliance of Evil was formed as a result of the Great Battle 10,000 years ago]]
690We know from Jungle Fury that, in addition to fighting the Pai Zhuq and Zordon's group, the villains were fighting each other; this ended up neutralizing the three major villain groups that fought in the battle. It's likely that Dark Specter (or one of his predecessors) used these facts to persuade various villain groups to band together.
691
692[[WMG: RJ bought the Solar Morphers from [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]], who, being a go-between between KO-35 and Earth, makes a killing as a morpher salesman]]
693How would RJ "know a guy who knows" Andros? Simple - RJ is a pizza shop owner affiliated with the paranormal. It's inevitable that the Series/{{NinjaTurtles|TheNextMutation}} came by at least once. When they were there, they mentioned knowing the Space Rangers and left a number, which RJ used to buy some bargain-basement morphers (no power source and the nonstandard unpopular "sunglasses" model) just in case.
694
695[[WMG: RJ got the morphers from [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Cam]].]]
696He says that he knew a guy, who knew a guy, who had a uncle. Cam is the only one whom we know had a uncle (Lothor) during the series.
697
698[[WMG: R.J. got the sunglasses from Cam Watanabe, who got them from Tommy Oliver.]]
699* If the above is true, then this is also confirmed.
700
701[[WMG: Master Finn wasn't the only person to capture the "Starlight"]]
702In a later season, a villain will use the other cache of Starlight to revive the remaining phantom beasts, and the Power Ranger team that will be current then will have to team up with other rangers to defeat them.
703
704[[WMG: Dai Shi was part of the Great Battle 10,000 years ago that sealed [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zordon]].]]
705No way is it a coincidence that two independent evils were sealed at the same time in the same place. Rita never tried to unseal him because he failed her and fell to pitiful humans (she was a bit racist, humans being as primitive as we were 10,000 years ago); the martial artists who fought him were trained by Zordon, which is why their magical martial arts include "Ki-Main/HumongousMecha".
706* Since Rita and Dai Shi escaped roughly sixteen years apart, this would make "ten thousand years" a rough figure rather than an exact one... But one would imagine Main/SealedEvilInACan tends to lose track of time.
707* Good and evil were in a cold war 10,000 years ago, and Earth's Beast War warmed things up ''very'' quickly.
708* "Ten thousand years ago" remained a fixed point in time from 1993-1995, and so it is a rough figure. Besides, the Pai Zhua Masters and Dai Shi's forces weren't NEWBORNS when the Beast Wars happened. [[EnfantTerrible On the other hand...]]
709
710[[WMG: Rita failed to free Dai Shi because she didn't know where to find him.]]
711
712[[WMG: Rita failed to free Dai Shi because she had never heard of him.]]
713They were involved in completely separate branches of the ancient war.
714* Well, this one would confirm the one directly above it, since if she didn't know who he was, she obviously wouldn't know where to find him...
715
716[[WMG: Rita refused to free Dai Shi because she didn't need ''more'' competition for supremacy.]]
717This is the most likely reason.
718** Heck, she wasn't happy when Zedd showed up in "The Mutiny".
719*** This one would joss the above 2 - but it's probably the most likely of the 3, for the other reason stated in this WMG.
720
721[[WMG: The armored form Dai Shi uses when he fights the Rangers is not formed from his own power, but that of his host body, Jarrod.]]
722Jarrod was seen using the lion in sparring practice before Dai Shi got to him. Dai Shi's spirit had a dragon motif, as opposed to the lion motif his new body's armored form has taken.
723* Hinted at in the show: the overlords who are ostensibly below Dai Shi in power and rank taunt him for being a "mere human".
724* Confirmed at the end: Jarrod and Dai Shi separated, but Jarrod could still summon the armor.
725
726[[WMG: Camille is a HalfHumanHybrid.]]
727Specifically, she's half human, half Rinshi. She looks human and accesses her animal spirit in the way a Pai Zhua user does. However, the form she uses in battle has more in common with a monster than a ranger or ranger-like ally.
728* Or she could have a somewhat similar situation to Jarrod; maybe back during the Beast War she made a deal with Dai Shi: immortality in exchange for her eternal servitude.
729
730[[WMG: Ninjor helped expand the moves used by the Pai Zhua/Founded the school.]]
731My evidence? When the rangers discuss with Casey about the Mantor growing, he mentions it as a move that the rangers aren't advanced enough to know yet. Who was one of the people who grew under his own power the most in the series? Ninjor. So Ninjor must have at least taught that move to them. And as he has experience in making morphers, he could've easily made some for the Jungle Fury rangers.
732[[/folder]]
733
734[[folder:Future Adaptations and Unadapted Sentai]]
735%%Please transfer items specific to Series/PowerRangersMegaforce and its [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger source]] [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger material]] (i.e. [[SturgeonsLaw about 90% of this whole section]] to [[WMG/PowerRangersMegaforce The Megaforce WMG Page]]
736[[WMG:The Red Ranger in the new series will have a HeroicLineage]]
737Hence the need for a fixed race. Descended from who? No idea.
738* {{Jossed}} the new casting sheet says all ethnicities.
739** And yet he's still white...
740
741[[WMG: Tzachor has declared all the seasons to be separate continuities specifically to prepare for Gokaiger]]
742It may seem stupid to suddenly declare that every season takes place in a separate universe just before they have to adapt a season that relies on previous Rangers returning, but think about it. How on earth could they have the Great Legend War in Power Rangers when so many Rangers have had more than one set of powers? For example, how would one have the Green and White Mighty Morphin' Rangers, the Red Zeo Ranger, the Red Turbo Ranger (If T.J is the Red Turbo Ranger, who plays the Blue Space Ranger) and the Black Dino Thunder Ranger in the same battle? Answer: Make each season a completely separate universe and all these different teams traveled to one universe where they could team up for the Legend War.
743* Time travel. They gave their powers to someone else. Ninjor did it. Z-wave Machina. Etc., etc. The problem with giving each season its own continuity is that along the series it's shown again and again that it is just ONE big continuity. Saying it now just make no sense.
744* I think all Tzachor said was that the non-MMPR Productions seasons (everything after ''Wild Force'') was out of continuity. (And you can ''sort of'' explain away ''Lost Galaxy'' through ''Wild Force'' as being jumps through different dimensions/timelines/whatever.) Besides, the Zordon Era seasons not being in continuity with ''each other'' can't be reconciled, considering the characters carrying over - did the NASADA shuttle go through some sort of dimensional hole between Turbo and In Space, and if so, how are its occupants not the same T.J., Carlos, Ashley and Cassie? (Also, see "If Gokaiger is adapted..." above for why it might not be as big a problem as it sounds.)
745** Jossed - ironically, the Gokaiger adaptation is within the continuity of the Goseiger adaptation (specifically, it's a sequel). It seems this was the mindset he had when making the adaptation though, since they include ''Zeo'', ''Turbo'', and ''In Space'' teams as separate teams, despite the fact that members are shared between the teams [[note]]while it is possible that the ''Turbo'' rangers shown are the Robot Rangers from that series, it's not explicitly stated if that is the case[[/note]] - however, as Tommy is only shown in his Green Ranger outfit (despite the fact that his legend shift when he was rescuing a kid showed him as the white ranger), it's likely that he got a few other people to fill in for some of his other powers.
746[[WMG: ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' will be adapted before ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'']]
747Even if ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' is technically the 18th season, after it finishes they will be on the 20th anniversary of Power Rangers. Gokaiger is an anniversary series, and it would be bizzare for it to take place in year 21. And they're a year behind on adaptations now anyways, so they would have the time to do it.
748* Also supported by the fact that Goseiger exists to advertise not just toys, but a trading card arcade game, the latter of which probably won't make the voyage over the pacific. Just makes good business sense to skip to the one advertising merch they ''can'' sell stateside.
749** Goseiger is ''in'' Gokaiger. You can't really adapt them out of order.
750*** Gokaiger also has ranger suits from before Zyuranger. All easily explainable as being Rangers from before 1992 or from different worlds in the Rangers-verse; the Goseiger suits will probably be lumped in with those, and then not adapted in and of itself at all due to merchandising difficulty issues.
751*** What difficulty issues? It's angels with cards! Not that hard to sell. If anything they could sell them in packs for the Tensounder adapted toy.
752*** Yes, but will the kids into action figures and transforming combining robots buy into card games? I know ''I'' wouldn't have, back in the day. We don't have as big a market segment to cater to in America as they do in Japan, and tend to have narrower types of merchandising in general...
753*** Anime/YuGiOh begs to differ.
754*** Again, different audiences. I'm just going by what ''I'' was like as a kid regarding toy-purchasing habits- I bought ''loads'' of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' toys when I was into it, but didn't get into TabletopGame/YuGiOh cards despite liking the show.
755** I disagree, if only because they would want the 20th season's team to have the same colors as the original team. (Same logic as the Sentai colors for 35th)
756*** Why are you still arguing over the point. ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' has already been announced and it's based on Goseiger.
757* Jossed, but not by much. They will ''[[TakeAThirdOption both]]'' be in [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce]]''.
758
759[[WMG: The Gokaiger adaptation will have Phantom Ranger give the Ranger Keys to the Red Ranger]]
760This is as Phantom Ranger is probably the closest thing the series has to Super Sentai's [=AkaRed=], especially now that Zordon is dead. It follows that Phantom Ranger will finally be given backstory.
761* Jossed.
762
763[[WMG: The Gokaiger adaptation will address every plot hole, AbortedArc, and unsolved mystery ever.]]
764A fan can dream, can't he?
765* Jossed.
766
767[[WMG: If the Gokaiger adaptation uses the Sentai-only suits/seasons, they won't use Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger, Series/JAKQDengekitai, or Series/BattleFeverJ.]]
768Those three teams are radical departures in terms of suit design, especially Battle Fever J. Plus, without the context of the Sentai, the suits will just look kinda goofy.
769* I can definitely see them dropping the Battle Fever J suits, but the Goranger and JAKQ suits could work. [[Series/PowerRangersZeo They've done]] [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue symbol visors]] [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai before.]]
770** Confirmed, although they do allow some other sentai-only teams for some odd reason.
771
772[[WMG: [=AkaRed=]'s counterpart in the Gokaiger adaptation will be the purified Lord Zedd]]
773Two reasons to suspect this. First, the very theme of that season will by default be shoutouts and celebration of the show's history, and the character of [=AkaRed=] in particular seems extremely suited to being someone familiar from the old continuity-between-seasons days. Second, unlike Rita/Magic Mother, we only ever saw purified Zedd for a few seconds, and never heard his purified voice- meaning he can be recast and played by a cheaper Aussie or Kiwi actor without any jarring TheOtherDarrin problems. If he isn't going to be [=AkaRed=], he'll probably be the mentor figure; its just too good an opportunity for them to have continuity porn and ''not incur any significant financial hit'' for it like they would for most tied-to-American-actors characters from that era.
774* Jossed, although that was a fan theory about Gosei. Seems like it would have been a better idea to do the same thing with Rita Repulsa in Mystic Force and have Zedd turn out to be the mentor of the Megaforce team - it would have given an explanation for what happened to him after the events of ''In Space''.
775
776[[WMG: If Gokaiger is adapted, the Rangers will be tag-teaming instead of the people in the Gokaiger suits accessing different powers. And if not, Tommy will be the silver ranger, Kim or Kat will be the pink one, Aisha or Trini-played-by-a-lookalike will be the yellow one, Zack or Adam will be the green one, and Jason or Rocky will be the red one. Also, the older teams will not be de-powered.]]
777Fans would not be happy in the slightest to see everyone lose their powers, so keeping that would be a bad idea. They'd have to re-shoot the opening battle anyway because of Ryan. Tag-teaming would be good because it keeps everyone in their own suit. And if they don't do the tag team thing but have the morphers copy the other powers they would have to put those characters on the team because it's doubtful people would accept anyone else wearing the Mighty Morphin suits, though an exception would need to be made for the Blue Ranger suit unless David Yost is somehow persuaded to return.
778* If it's a straight adaptation, it might not be a problem. What ''Gokaiger'' seems to be doing is only bringing back one or two characters from the Special Guest Sentai Team Of The Week. It looks like the only full team that's been brought back so far is the ''Hurricanger'' PowerTrio (and that's the most recent one).
779** It's more of a straight adaptation, but jossed - they keep the Gokaiger suits swapping powers.
780
781[[WMG: There will be a specific MythologyGag to ''[[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Carranger]]''...]]
782Let's say an episode calls for Power Ranger convention at one point. There's all the ContinuityPorn and {{Call Back}}s for diehard Ranger fans to swim in... but then the current Rangers, who are visiting for whatever reason, bump into a girl in the White Racer costume from Carranger. They ask her who she's supposed to be. She claims she's the White Turbo Ranger and that the Turbo Rangers inspired her to created the costume. The Rangers call her crazy and move on.
783* Several convention-goers will also be wearing costumes of the MonstersOfTheWeek from previous seasons. The costumes will be the actual props from the previous shows, if they are able to use them. The current villains may even transform the costumes into the actual monsters to distract the current Rangers.
784* Most, if not all, former Rangers are revealed to have contribute to the convention. The current Rangers meet some of them without revealing their secret. The former Rangers give each other [[SecretSecretKeeper a knowing look]] after meeting them.
785** Unfortunately jossed - this might have happened if they had done a ''Turbo'' tribute episode, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.
786
787[[WMG: Footage from ''Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan'' will be used in the ''Gokaiger'' adaptation.]]
788Gavan will be adapted as [[Series/VRTroopers Ryan Steele.]]
789* Jossed.
790
791[[WMG: In the Gokaiger adaptation, Gokai Silver's counterpart will be a former Ranger.]]
792Gai Ikari is a GenreSavvy AscendedFanboy who keeps an encyclopedia on Sentai heroes. While any random human would fit the role, why not make it someone who would ''legitimately'' know about the history of the Rangers and be able to show the... Pirate Rangers? (Doesn't really roll off the tongue) what being a Ranger really means?
793* Alternatively, it'll be a former civilian ally/friend, who wasn't a ranger himself, but knew them. Ideally Bulk, Skull, or Spike.
794** Spike's the right age.
795* And Jossed. Following ''In Space'' and ''Operation Overdrive'', the Silver Ranger is an alien who is battling against the villains...although one has to wonder why they didn't at least have him be from a Power Rangers version of a sentai-only team.
796
797[[WMG: In the Gokaiger adaptation, the Legend War will be AllJustADream...]]
798...which will become a reality by the end of the series (similar to the Rider War in ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'').
799* [[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/toei-filming-power-rangers-legend-war.html Toei is filming a version of the Legend War for Power Rangers]]. Whether or not this WMG will be canon is currently unknown.
800** Confirmed - it looks like the footage Toei filmed was used for the finale of Super Megaforce instead.
801
802[[WMG: There won't be a Navi analogue in the Gokaiger adaptation.]]
803''RPM'' didn't have a Bomper analogue (they had Dr. K instead), so why not?
804* Confirmed...sort of. Tensou fills the role of Navi and Datas, but has more in common with the latter than the former.
805
806[[WMG: We'll get to see the actual RPM team in the Gokaiger adaptation.]]
807In "Clash of the Red Rangers" we have learned that ''RPM'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse, correct? Thus, when Gokaiger is adapted, we'll get to see how the RPM team from the standard Power Rangers universe (as opposed to the team from the Venjix-dominated dimension we saw in the show) looks like. Unless, of course, they do something like the Gokaiger analogues winding up in the dimension where ''RPM'' takes place.
808* Jossed. It's a case of StockFootageFailure - they don't even leave the skyship, much less interact with the team!
809
810[[WMG: In the Gokaiger adaptation, [=GokaiSilver=]'s counterpart will start out evil, but turn good.]]
811As a nod to the original series. Lengthier explanation:
812** PR![=GokaiSilver=] and PR!Gai will be two different characters. To make up for this, PR![=GokaiSilver=] will be merged with PR!Human!Basco, and PR!Monster!Basco will be a character of his own.
813** PR![=GokaiSilver=] will start out as a mysterious opposing Ranger created by PR!Zangyack. As soon as he is defeated and joins the team it's revealed that [[UnsettlingGenderReveal "he" is actually a she]] -- a reference to the fact that during the early Saban years [[ShesAManInJapan every Yellow Ranger was female regardless of whether the Japanese footage had a bulge or not]]. And since [=GokaiYellow=] is already female...
814* On the other hand, PR!Gai will be a MuggleBestFriend who tries desperately to become a Ranger (in the vein of Bulk and Skull) and fails everytime.
815** Jossed - he ends up being another alien, much like Zane and Tyzonn.
816
817[[WMG: The Gokaiger adaptation will reveal that an American counterpart for the [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Gorangers]] were the first Ranger team]]
818They were formed on [[CallBack Planet]] [[{{Pilot}} Zoltar]], and Zordon was Aka Red before meeting Rita.
819* One of the Zordon's finest warriors in the flashback where he fights Knasty Knight might have been a Ranger on that team. He could be it's Black Ranger since the warrior in the clip was [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Goushi]].
820** And jossed. The Goranger suits don't make any appearance whatsoever.
821
822[[WMG: RealLifeWritesThePlot]]
823If they do an MMPR reunion in the Gokaiger adaptation, they will reveal that Trini passed away (in reference to Thuy Trang's fatal car accident), Zack suffered from an unknown addiction (Walter Jones' DUI), and Billy had a falling out with Jason for his decision to leave Earth (David Yost dealing with homophobia and consequentially leaving).
824* Jossed, as the reunion doesn't happen until the 30th anniversary. Zack and Billy are both present, it's Jason who's missing, as his actor Creator/AustinStJohn has had his passport confiscated due to a federal fraud accusation. Trini is represented by her daughter, so we should find out her status. Adam, Aisha, Rocky and Kat will also be present, but not Kimberly or Tommy, for unknown reasons - Tommy's actor Creator/JasonDavidFrank died in 2022 but this was after filming on the anniversary special was completed.
825
826[[WMG: In the Gokaiger adaptation (to help fill the plot holes of the un-adapted Franchise/SuperSentai teams) the un-adapted teams would be Retconned[=/=]Retcanoned to be Zordon's fallen warriors from the Great War 10,000 ago and to get their great powers (or whatever the plot they used for the Gokaiger adaptation) they must find their modern day inheritors first.]]
827The teams' adaptation names would be:
828* For Himitsu Sentai Goranger, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Alpha Squad" because they are the first team.
829** Alternatively they would be called by their Philippine adaptation's name "Star Rangers."
830* For J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Suit Squadron."
831** Alternatively they would be called "(Power Rangers) Justice Shuffle" to somewhat match the original sentai symbol.
832** Alternatively they would be called by their Philippine adaptation's name "Lucky Aces".
833* For Battle Fever J, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Patriot Force." Though it lead into a bit of a paradox since the countries the team members represent did not exist 10,000 years ago.
834** Alternatively they would be called "(Power Rangers) Battle Force" to match the original sentai symbol.
835* For Denshi Sentai Denziman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Electron Defenders."
836* For Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan, they would just replace "Taiyo Sentai" with "Power Rangers" and keep the rest of the name the same.
837** The Yellow Ranger would be a [[GenderFlip female]], just like in the Disney Era season which features a PowerTrio.
838* For Dai Sentai Goggle V, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Visor Force."
839* For Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Dynamics."
840** There might be a reference to the 1988 six-episode mini-series.
841** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Battalion Rangers".
842* For Choudenshi Bioman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Bio Force."
843** It'll follow the same story as [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the proposed Bio-Man adaptation]].
844* For Dengeki Sentai Changeman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Change Masters" to match the original sentai symbol.
845** Alternatively they would be called "(Power Rangers) Creature Morphers."
846** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Blitz Rangers".
847* For Choushinsei Flashman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Supernova."
848** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Prism Rangers".
849* For Hikari Sentai Maskman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Light Squad."
850** Alternatively they would be called "(Power Rangers) Spectrum Five" to somewhat match the original sentai symbol.
851** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Lightning Rangers".
852* For Choujuu Sentai Liveman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Lifeforce Might" to somewhat match the original sentai symbol.
853** Alternatively they would be called "(Power Rangers) Life Morphers."
854* For Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, is a bit harder since their team symbol has their name in it, unless they edit out the words the team would be confused for the Series/PowerRangersTurbo team.
855** Alternatively Power Rangers Drive Force
856** A nice MythologyGag could be made by calling them the [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger "Car Rangers"]].
857** In a reversal to ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', these Rangers are ancient warriors reawakened in the modern world to fight the demon tribes.
858* For Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Vanguard."
859** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Supersonic Rangers".
860* For Choujin Sentai Jetman, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Jet Stream." The Neo Jetman team would be called "Jet Stream: Black Ops."
861** Alternativly (Power Rangers) Sky Force
862* Related to the theory in the ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'' WMG page, a Ranger team for Gosei Sentai Dairanger. Maybe "(Power Rangers) Thunder Squadron" or "(Power Rangers) Five-Star Force".
863** Alternatively, to go with the "D" in their symbol, they would be called "(Power Rangers) Dynasty".
864** In ''Super Megaforce'', they're called "Legendary Squadron".
865** Interestingly, there have been rumors that the unused Dairanger suits would've been used in ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'' for a team of "Ancient Rangers". So this could partially be true.
866
867Alternately, these Ranger teams appeared during the mid-to-late 20th century like their Super Sentai counterparts. Thought Zordon may have had a role in their creations, since he's been on Earth for 10,000 years. Or may have had an indirect influence on their creations (in a similar way to the post-Zordon Era Rangers).
868
869[[WMG: [=AkaRed=]'s adaptation name would be...]]
870* Red Prime Ranger
871* Red Nexus Ranger
872* Red Ranger
873* Red Legacy Ranger
874* Red Amalgam Ranger
875* Crimson Ranger
876* Scarlet Ranger
877
878[[WMG: The Power Rangers World as a whole is in fact a parallel universe of Super Sentai]]
879The Super Sentai rangers reincarnates as the characters from Power Rangers; Geki reborn as Jason, Mei as Kimberly, Burai as Tommy, Dan as Billy, Goushi as Zack, even Barza as Zordon... Granted, they grew up in different circumstances and have different personalities ([[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Kenta]] as [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] is something you can't deny) and deal with less intense enemies. This goes to the other following Rangers from their respective seasons.
880* Alternatively or additionally, the Power Rangers universe is a parallel universe to the world seen in ''Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle''.
881
882[[WMG: The Power Rangers equivalent of [=AkaRed=] will be the Morphing Grid itself]]
883* It was stated in a bonus episode of ''Dino Thunder'' that the Morphing Grid is actually sentient to a certain degree. It's also been said that the Morphing Grid is powered by the battle between good and evil. So if, during the Gokaiger adaptation, the massive fleet of enemies attacks earth, suddenly there's so much evil in one location that the Morphing Grid is able to restore the powers of ''all'' rangers who lost their powers previously, hence the legendary war. Once they all lose their powers though, the Morphing Grid takes all that power to form it's own physical body and ranger powers and starts searching for five new people to give the Gokaiger powers to.
884* Jossed - Gokaiger's adaptation is a direct sequel to the Goseiger adaptation. Akared didn't get a PR counterpart.
885
886[[WMG: The Power Rangers equivalent of [=AkaRed=] will be a PR-exclusive character.]]
887His costume design will have elements from Red Rangers in American adapted series. While [=AkaRed=] resembles the Red Goranger, this version will resemble the Red Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger.
888* And jossed for the same reason as the above WMG.
889
890[[WMG: Every Sentai team before ''Zyuranger'' actually has a Power Rangers counterpart, but they will not be introduced until the American counterpart of ''Gokaiger'']]
891* Let's face it: A lot of ''Gokaiger'' involves using previous ranger powers. Saban can't avoid the footage of Sentai rangers who have not been adapted into a season of PR, at least not for a while. They simply have to provide an explanation for those teams, unless they want to recreate the whole Sam situation again, except to an even worse extent.
892** It seems the explanation is all pre-Zyuranger teams (and Dairanger) are considered "alien" Ranger teams from off-earth like the Aquitar Rangers.
893*** Jossed - while they do include some pre-''Zyuranger'' teams[[note]]''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'', ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'', ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', to be specific[[/note]] and the ''Dairangers'', they don't include all of them, and they don't give background information for the teams outside of the names - ironically enough, ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'', ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'', and ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', the series that were originally considered to be the first Power Rangers series before ''Zyuranger'', are not one of the "New Powers".
894
895[[WMG: If the Rangers version of the Great Legends War does, in fact, occur the majority of fans really won't care how it came to be.]]
896Face it... IT'S EVERY RANGER EVER TAKING ON THE ULTIMATE EVIL IN A BATTLE TO END ALL BATTLES... again, actually, since I'm pretty sure the Z-Wave was supposed to...oops.
897
898Nonetheless, most fans wouldn't care if the ninja turtles open up some super mega awesome portal to make it happen, or if the ponies from My Little Pony pop up and magically make it happen, the majority of fans won't care and go flat-out insane over it. That said...
899
900[[WMG: The Great Legends War will be a massive disappointment...]]
901This goes back to the exact same reason that every crossover has had some flaw: money. The PR budget is never good up enough to do everything the creators want to do. How much money do you think it will cost to bring back every possible actor, get the suits, repair any damaged suits, the same thing with the suits apply to the props, and make a new villain? That's not even talking about the amount of money it will take to actually make the episode. Also, I really doubt it will have the time to live up to expectations. This actually goes back to Forever Red; Originally, it was supposed to be a two parter, but due to the fact that Disney wouldn't budge and let them do it, they had to make it into a 1 parter. Forever Red was good, don't get me wrong, but an event of this proportion will have MUCH higher expectations... and I just can't picture it living up to it. Hopefully, this WMG is wrong, but we'll just have to wait and see.
902* While this is more of a YMMV, the general consensus is that this one was confirmed, albeit it's the "Legendary Battle" instead of the Great Legends War. While they do actually bring back some of the actors, and they add in the Titanium Ranger, it's mostly Gokaiger footage - and it's just seen as underwhelming here, since the Legendary Battle was clearly trying to harken back to "Countdown to Destruction". While the extended cut is seen as slightly better, it's still underwhelming given the amount of build-up it's given.
903
904[[WMG: One of the male rangers in ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' will be gender flipped]]
905* Kyoryuger is going to be the first Sentai since Gaoranger to start with a full team of five but only have one female ranger. As we know, whenever this happened previously, Saban always gender flipped the Yellow Ranger to compensate (save for Alien Rangers) and will probably do so again. However, there is no Yellow Ranger in Kyoryuger's core five, so this means we'll either get a new female Blue ranger or maybe our first ever female Green or Black ranger (probably depends on which of the three is the shortest).
906** When this season gets adapted, not only will Bulk be featured in the subsequent Power Rangers season, he'll serve as one of the team's mentors and secret keepers. Let's face it, the man is due for the honor. He wouldn't be able to show the Rangers any techniques or new gear or anything, but would serve as the heart, soul, and conscience of the team.
907*** Jossed. All early promo material for "Power Rangers Dino Charge" clearly features only one Female (The Pink Ranger). Unless Gold gets Gender-Flipped, or they pass over the Male Cyan for the Female one.
908
909[[WMG: Saban will adapt ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'']]
910* They will combine season 1 and 2 (maybe 3 if Akibaranger gets a third season) and put them together into one Power Rangers Season... and it will be awesome.
911** Jossed - the source material was unofficial, so it would be pretty odd for Saban to adapt ''Akibaranger'' while skipping over ''Go-Busters'' or [=''ToQger''=]. Plus, a lot of the content in Akibaranger wouldn't make it past censors.
912
913[[WMG: Tokkuger will be skipped]]
914* The suits and Resha are non typical designs
915* The Resha wont fit well into Zord Builder
916* The Resha arent the ideal collectible gimmic, being zords means there would have to be a higher price point than cards leys or batteries
917** Confirmed...sort of - The core team doesn't get adapted, but some of the villains look like they will be included in ''Ninja Steel''.
918
919[[WMG: The upcoming film will include a return for Billy Cranston.]]
920We already know Jason David Frank will be back. At this point an entire generation of PR fans have basically been outraged by the knowledge that David Yost was bullied into leaving for being gay, and you can bet it's an OldShame for Sabban. Having him return, kick-ass, and coming out of the closet would probably be the best way to put everything right.
921
922[[WMG: The ''Ninninger'' adaptation will be a direct continuation of ''Dino Charge'']]
923In the same manner as the Zordon-era series, keeping similar casts and such. There are already a few similarities that could be transferred over between seasons.
924* The shuriken on Ninninger spin, just like the Dino Morphers do, and could easily be renamed "ninja chargers" or something similar.
925* Dino Charge kept "It's about to get wild!" as one of its catchphrases, and Ninninger is already using "We're running wild!"
926* Both series have auxiliary rangers with similar themes (The Graphite Ranger is [[spoiler: Riley's cowboy brother Matt]] and the sixth ranger on Ninninger is [[spoiler: StarNinger, a cowboy-ninja]]).
927** This point may be {{jossed}}, since the Graphite Ranger appears to be somebody other than what was originally stated.
928** Jossed - ''Ninja Steel'' has a completely different cast than ''Dino Charge'', and the plot summary doesn't mention Dino Charge in any way (both directly and indirectly). Barring a crossover, it looks unlikely that it'll be related to Dino Charge.
929
930[[WMG: [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Go-Busters]] hasn't been skipped, just delayed.]]
931Bandai might have gotten wind of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and convinced Toei and Saban to do ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Dino Charge]]'' in 2015 so their toy sales would ride the popularity of the film. If this hypothesis is true, then maybe they'll make a ''Go-Busters'' adaptation in 2016?[[note]]LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This is not an accusation, merely a WILD Mass Guess. Please don't sue us.[[/note]]
932* While [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight adapting from an older source isn't unprecedented]], the main direct spanner in the works is the monster/villain suits were not built to last.
933** Jossed. We're getting a Ninninger adaptation instead.
934*** And unjossed and confirmed - you were wrong by how much, but say hello to ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers''.
935
936[[WMG: The ''Ninninger'' adaptation will be a team of {{Corporate Sponsored Superhero}}es]]
937The villains will be created or hired by a company to take down their rivals, so the main company will sue their not-insignificant funds to gather a team of rangers together and fight them off - and all the while making money off of them. The mix-and-match elements of the season can be justified by the company trying to hit all demographics. The rangers themselves can be in-universe celebrities like actors, athletes, maybe a stage magician for Blue, and [=StarNinger=] could start as a country singer.
938* Adding to that, White or Yellow could be the NaiveNewcomer intern.
939** Doesn't look like it. The villains are a company in a sense, but are aliens who are involved with a gladiatorial game show and are after a power source that gives the heroes their weapons and powers.
940
941[[WMG: All unadapted Sentai are ranger teams in the RPM universe.]]
942Which is why in Megaforce they had never been seen before on Earth - ''that'' Earth, that is. Everything from Goranger to Jetman happened before Venjix's outbreak. One of the teams may have been formed by Alphabet Soup or a precursor to it. The later teams also fit in: Go-Busters technology and data themed, but also have animal-vehicle combo zords that are thematically similar to the RPM zords; they likely had to fight remnants of Venjix's army and Venjix trying to reconstruct itself. [=ToQGer=] can easily be set in another rebuilt city that uses trains as a major method of transportation, with their zords based on similar tech to the [=PaleoMax=] Megazord.
943* Considering that Tenaya 7 is seen picking up a discarded ''Operation Overdrive'' helmet, if that IS the case, then it would mean that while both the RPM and the main earth have the same teams, the RPM universe started documenting ranger teams long before the man Earth did. My theory is that the main universe Earth and the RPM universe Earth shared teams up until ''Operation Overdrive'' - after that, they diverged; ''Jungle Fury'' took place in the main universe at the same time as ''RPM'' (since we know that ''Jungle Fury'' exists in the main universe, as shown in Super Megaforce''), with the events of the teams not in the main universe happened in between the events of the teams in the main universe - i.e., the Power Rangers version of [=''Go-Busters''=] happened after the finale of ''Super Megaforce'' but ended before the beginning of ''Dino Charge'', the Power Rangers version of [=''ToQger''=] happened after the finale of ''Dino Super Charge'' but before the beginning of ''Ninja Steel'', and so on.
944
945[[WMG: ''Zyuohger'' will be adapted after Ninja Steel, rather than skipping over to ''Kyuranger''.]]
946* Kind of unlikely - while animals have been used as a motif for teams before, the space-themed series have been better received then the animal ones. Also, unless Nickelodeon decides to give PR an exception to the "20 episode a season" rule or Saban moves the show to a different network, the "Super" part would be the 6th post-Megaforce season...and seeing as how Saban has been reusing themes that were used in Mighty Morphin (Dinosaurs and Ninjas), it would be odd if they didn't have the 6th season be space themed like the aforementioned ''In Space''. Not to mention that ''Zyuohger'' has a really similar premise to ''Ninja Steel'', so it's pretty unlikely they'd do the same plot twice in a row.
947** It doesn't seem like Saban is going to great lengths to make patterns for the seasons' themes, so saying that space stuff has been used for ''In Space'' is a reason to skip a certain season isn't totally solid. Also, an adaptation of ''Zyuohger'' wouldn't necessarily have the same plot. Look at Ninja Steel compared to ''Ninninger"; They are quite divergent, like some previous seasons, and an adaptation of Zyuohger could go in many directions.
948*** It's been confirmed that ''Kyuranger'' is being made with American input - why would they adapt the sentai they didn't have any involvement with? Unless they decided to adapt both seasons like they did with ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' in Megaforce, odds are that they're going to skip Zyuohger in favor of Kyuranger. Then again, I've heard Saban's contract with Nickelodeon will have expired by the time ''Super Ninja Steel'' will have finished, so Saban COULD end up moving to another network and adapting both separately.
949*** Looking even more likely to be jossed, since Bandai of America said in an interview that Zyuohger's cube gimmick is not workable - unless they adapt the fight scenes from Zyuohger and adapt the mech footage from Kyuranger ([[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Something that does have precedence]], although it has not been done in a LOOOONG time), we're likely getting a Kyuranger adaptation.
950*** Seemingly jossed for good by the cover art of ''Shattered Grid'', [[https://www.cbr.com/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-crossover-shattered-grid/ as seen here]], where Chameleon Green is clearly present behind the Pink Ninja Steel Ranger - and since none of the other rangers from any of the unadapted Sentai teams (both pre-''Zyuranger'' and post-''Zyuranger'') are present, it seems that Saban has all but officially decided that ''Zyuohger'' is going to be skipped.
951*** And jossed, albeit in a different way - we're getting an adaptation of ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' instead.
952
953[[WMG: If they adapt ''Zyuohger'', they won't use the footage from the Gokaiger crossover.]]
9544 main reasons for this. First reason is that since the Megaforce Rangers aren't pirates, they wouldn't exactly have a reason to steal the PR version of the Whale Change Gun. Second reason is that a fair amount of the Gokai changes in the episode are from seasons that weren't adapted into Power Rangers (most of the ones Captain Marvelous makes are into rangers from Sentai series made before they began adapting Power Rangers, both he and Gokai Yellow transform into [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Red Buster and Yellow Buster]] respectively, and Gokai Green transforms into [[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger [=ToQ4gou=]]]). Third reason is that the Gokaiger crossover was made to celebrate the 2000th episode of Super Sentai; we're still a long way away from the 1000th episode of Power Rangers (unless this troper is mistaken, as of the completion of Dino Super Charge, there are 831 episodes - and assuming Ninja Steel ends up with a total of 44 episodes, including the Christmas and Halloween episodes in both seasons, there will be a total of 875 episodes), and there isn't a year milestone they could celebrate (although I could be mistaken). The final reason is the same one why there isn't an ''Operation Overdrive''-''Jungle Fury'' crossover - one of the teams isn't liked by the fandom[[note]]There WAS a Boukenger vs Gekiranger crossover they could have used footage from[[/note]].
955
956[[WMG: At some point, Saban will start working with Netflix to adapt the sentai they skip (i.e., if they start this after Ninja Steel, they'd work with Netflix to make a Zyuohger adaptation) for TV broadcast into PR series exclusive to Netflix]]
957It would be the perfect way to address the BrokenBase about Saban skipping series - sure, they wouldn't be able to adapt Go-Busters, since the monster/villain suits for that series weren't made to last, but at least Saban wouldn't have to skip the series. Why do I say Netflix specifically? Because they already have all of the older Power Rangers series; why not make a Netflix exclusive PR series?
958
959[[WMG: The unofficial Blue Ranger hand-off will become a tradition]]
960[[RuleOfCool Because why not?]]
961
962[[WMG: Power Rangers will undergo a ChannelHop to Creator/DiscoveryFamily]]
963Saban did renew their contract with Nickelodeon up until 2021...which would mean that it ends after the 28th season is finished. As no signs exist indicating that Saban has a "Get out of jail free" card from Nick's 20 episodes per season rule, it could be that ''Beast Morphers'' will be the last full series to air on Nick, and then whatever comes next will air it's first half on Nick, then it's second half on Discovery Family[[note]]with said adaptation possibly being ''Series/ResshaSentaiToqger'', if only because they might as well adapt a second sentai OutOfOrder[[/note]]. After all, Hasbro will be making the toys for Power Rangers by then, so why not?
964
965[[WMG:WhatCouldHaveBeen had Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger and Kakuranger been adapted into the series proper.]]
966One of the original male rangers would have taken turn being the second girl to pink/white; Shishi Ranger (green) would have been {{GenderFlip}}ped into a female ranger instead of Kirin Ranger, while Ninja Blue would have been the one to go under the GenderFlip.
967
968[[WMG: Beast Morphers will be the start of a new era]]
969The following seasons will take place in the same semi-future universe building on what comes before
970* Toqger will feature trains powered by Morph X energy
971* Zyuohger will involve aliens arriving on Earth with beast people forms (the Zyumen suits with Bard/Bud/Bird acting as Red)
972* Kyuranger will explore the cosmos
973* LuPat will be an attempt to use the fabled Hexagon concept
974* Ryusoulger will have shout outs to the previous dinosaur teams.
975
976[[WMG: If ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' ever gets adapted, it'll be a SpiritualSuccessor or legitimate sequel to ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.]]
977[=ToQger's=] rangers have a similar color scheme to the RPM/Go-onger team, treating black and green as equivalent and with the addition of pink (who could be an expy or descendant of Professor K), and the color change gimmick in [=ToQger=] could easily be adapted into a derivation of the bio-fields from RPM. In addition, the finishing moves in [=ToQger=] and [=RPM=]/Go-onger are nearly identical in style, even with Operator Series Red's/[=ToQ=] 1gou's sword forming a road/train track for the combined weapon. Plus, any Power Rangers adaptation of [=ToQger=] will probably end up with original villains anyway, since Baron Nero's costume was used in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' and Z is a human.
978
979[[WMG: The use of ToQger villains is setting up for its own adaptation as ananniversary series with a LegionOfDoom.]]
980Think of it. You use a member of the Shadow Line every so often, then when it's time to adapt ToQger, these villains represent an evil alliance with Z as the Dark Specter type who brought them all together. Cosmo Royale's "new" face can be easily explained away.
981
982[[WMG: ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' will be adapted as a SelfParody installment of the franchise]]
983It can be used as a excuse for Hasbro to try their hand at making an ''Power Rangers'' show that makes fun of itself.
984
985[[WMG: ''Franchise/KamenRider'' will be adapted.]]
986... But only when Sentai is cancelled and/or legally barred from use, if this series will be called ''Power Rider'' or just be another season of Power Rangers has yet to be seen.
987
988[[WMG: What ''Power Rangers Dino Fury'' might look like...]]
989* In lieu of a traditional CityOfAdventure (mostly), it will be set at summer camp--something that no ''Power Rangers'' season has done before.
990* The villains will be a [[SealedEvilInACan space-conquering empire who were sealed away into an abyss]], but were inadvertently freed by the Rangers via unlocking a mysterious gate underground using five mysterious jewels.
991* The FiveTokenBand will be a MultinationalTeam of foreign-exchange students, consisting of Asian Red and Pink (respectively Vietnamese-Canadian and South Korean), Hispanic Blue (of Puerto Rican descent), Caucasian Black (hailing from Ireland), and Native Hawaiian Green.
992** Gold would be Afro-Caribbean, whether he hails from Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
993** Or alternatively, because of the Black Lives Matter movement, this can instead become the very first Power Rangers team ''without any'' Caucasian members.
994* Besides the Red Ranger, who's obviously TheLeader, the Pink Ranger will be a judo champion filling the role of TheLancer (the second such instance for a female Ranger, after Taylor from ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]''), the Blue Ranger will be TheSmartGuy (he can come up with new Megazord formations, and even discover a long lost powerful artifact to create a Battlizer for Red), the Green Ranger will be TheBigGuy (specifically a wannabe thoroughbred racer), and the Black Ranger will be TheHeart (a KidAppealCharacter who's addicted to comic books).
995* The Gold Ranger would acquire his powers from an ancient warrior who sacrificed himself to seal the villains away, [[PowerIncontinence but initially he will have a lot of trouble adapting to his new powers]].
996
997[[WMG: We'll find out what Billy, Zack, (and very likely) Trini have been up to since leaving the show in Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury]]
998* Think about it: the last time we saw Zack and Trini, it was in Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers season 2, as they prepared to head off to the peace summit. The last time we saw Billy, he'd been turned into an old man. All 3 cases were because their actors quit by walking off the set due to various reasons. Out of the 3, only Walter Jones (Zack) has come back to the show, but not ''as'' Zack, rather voicing a couple of different MOTW. Now: with Thuy Trang's death in 2001, they seem to have brought her daughter into her role, but nothing (yet) has been said if Trini is alive or dead. This will put that to rest, hopefully confirming if the MMPR Yellow Ranger we see in Series/PowerRangersMegaforce and Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers is Trini or Aisha. While David Yost (Billy) has created his own script and theory as to what Billy's been up to since moving to Aquitar, it remains to be seen if those ideas will be incorporated into Cosmic Fury (this troper hopes so, as Billy's her favorite Ranger).
999
1000[[WMG: Power Rangers will still be running after Franchise/SuperSentai is cancelled]].
1001* As of this writing, there have been 4 Sentai seasons that haven't been adapted into Power Rangers and even if they were all adapted for the next 4 PR seasons, Hasbro would still be at least 4 seasons behind. Therefore it's highly likely that once Sentai is canceled, Hasbro will adopt all the usable footage into the last few seasons of Power Rangers in order to keep their latest cash cow going for a few more years. Once all the usable Sentai footage is completely exhausted, Hasbro will begin production on a Power Rangers cartoon that can run for as long as they like with no need for Japanese StockFootage.
1002[[/folder]]
1003
1004[[folder:Meta and Other]]
1005[[WMG: Now that Saban bought back the rights to the show, we will see more cameos and guest-appearances from Saban-era Rangers]]
1006Because that would be awesome.
1007* A corollary to this theory is that production will be moved back to California and out of New Zealand.
1008* Now that he no longer considers it an OldShame, maybe we'll see David Yost again?
1009** Production will still be in New Zealand.
1010* How about an all-[[SixthRanger SixthRangers]] team-up to compliment Forever Red?
1011** They'd have to use all original footage for that one, since there hasn't been any sentai equivalent to that. Plus, seeing as how it's pretty expensive as is to film original footage, it would make more sense to do an all-blue version of Forever Red.
1012
1013[[WMG: The GagDub for ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' is in the Power Rangers Canon]]
1014Of all the "New Powers" that appeared in ''Megaforce'', the only one that actually appeared on American screens before was the Battalion Powers. While it's true that a lot of people haven't seen Dynaman, considering that it's the only one that appeared on American shores before Power Rangers, it's possible that it's considered canon.
1015
1016[[WMG: Power Rangers and Series/DoctorWho share a universe]]
1017In the ''Lost Galaxy'' episode "Green Courage," Terra Venture stops over an asteroid field which was once Gallifrey. In ''Time Force'', Alex revives Mr. Collins with technology which look suspiciously like nanogene tech. Speaking of ''Time Force'', it is highly plausible that the chronomorphers were late 30th-early 31st century model vortex manipulators. In "Wormhole," the Delta Command Base has a TARDIS console with the center raised containing the Dino Gems.
1018* Expanding the theory: Zordon is a Time Lord. (See the theory above)
1019* Further evidence: Dr. Who (albeit, one of the radio dramas) mentions Eltar
1020
1021[[WMG: Zordon was a Time Lord.]]
1022Zordon spent ten thousand years in a time warp, That's brutal enough for a Time Lord as it is, as it would kill those not used to the time vortex. His body then was that of a old man, but his knowledge of the universe, and his master plan for the Rangers suggests Zordon of being of a later incarnation 11th or 12th, when he was trapped. The energy wave that wiped out the United Alliance of Evil at the end of C2D was built-up regenerative energy which explains the change in Rita, Zedd, Divatox and Astronema. Since he did not have a body, the energy had nowhere to gather, thus, Zordon died.
1023* Gallifrey has been proven to be, canonically, in Power Rangers. (See below)
1024
1025[[WMG: Zordon is the [[Series/DoctorWho Face of Boe]]]]
1026Because what the heck, it's fun.
1027
1028[[WMG: Zordon is [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]]].
1029Now, because we kinda-sorta know that [[spoiler: Jack becomes the all-head Face of Boe]], we know that in the Doctor Who universe, really really really old humanoids tend to become 100% head. So imagine that The Doctor, instead of regenerating out of his 11th incarnation, somehow gets really, really, really, really, [[OverlyLongGag really, really]] old, turning into just a head himself. Before and during this transformation,he becomes less of a TechnicalPacifist (owing to the lack of being able to do anything himself) and actively encourages others to help out. Now, near the end(ish) of his days, The Doctor realizes just how little, really, he did for the universe. He wonders what things [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong that went wrong he could have changed.]] So he opens up a time warp to the distant past, sets himself up as Zordon, and basically sets up armies to do all the things that his earlier self would never do.
1030* Who said he has to be the Doctor, but rather than just a Time Lord.
1031
1032[[WMG: Zordon is the Doctor's long-lost grandfather]]
1033If Zordon is a giant head, that must mean he is REALLY old. The Doctor thinks every other Time Lord is dead. Key word THINKS.
1034
1035[[WMG: Tommy Oliver is the second [[Series/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]] because ''he created himself.'']]
1036Tommy created his family lineage -- including himself -- when he left his clone back in colonial Angel Grove. Tommy is officially so badass that he pulled himself into existence by force of will and a TemporalParadox.
1037
1038[[WMG: Zordon was [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} The Wizard Shazam]].]]
1039Despite the seemingly tech-based aesthetic of his powers, Zordon is continually referred to as a Wizard. What other western wizard is famous for giving HenshinHero powers? The very father of the transforming hero concept Shazam, the wizard who gave the Marvel Family their powers. Dealing with his previous champions' CharacterDerailment he traveled to another world and reforged his image to create a new band of heroes to defend humanity. This also explains the lightning bolt logo that seemingly has nothing to do with the show.
1040* Interestingly, over on the Gokaiger WMG page, there's speculation that Captain Marvel was the first HenshinHero, and that Captain Marvelous is a homage to him.
1041* [[VideoGame/GodOfWar The endurance of Zeus]], the wisdom of Odin, [[WesternAnimation/MummiesAlive the strength of Ra]], protectiveness of Dementer, the magic of Oberon, and {insert N God here}
1042
1043[[WMG: ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' and ''Captain Scarlet'' take place in the same universe.]]
1044Okay, so the events of ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'' take place in the year 2068, though the future as seen in ''Captain Scarlet'' is more primitive than in ''S.P.D.'' so here's what happens before, also concerning the aftermath of ''RPM''.
1045
1046In the year 2027, two years after the defeat of Emperor Gruumm, Bridge Carson, now the S.P.D. Red Ranger, is summoned back in team to fight alongside a team of retro Rangers against Thrax's alliance, he returns without incident. Shortly afterwards, the Venjix Computer Network strikes, the S.P.D. Rangers are the first to face it, they are presumed dead. Venjix then decimates S.P.D. and all military forces, though some people like Mason Truman survive. Eventually Venjix exterminates most of the world's population. Any alien that hasn't died in Venjix's onslaught, quickly make their escape. All known survivors move to the domed city of Corinth to stay safe. Dr. K creates the Ranger Operators to combat it, eventually Venjix is defeated but escapes by hiding inside Scott Truman's morpher. It takes some time for it to strike again. Human civilization is slowly rebuilt, cities are constructed across the Americas and people start to travel to other continents.
1047
1048Venjix makes its move, it isn't as strong as it was but the war is brutal, really shizz goes down :L. In the middle of the war, Venjix decides that if he wants to wipe out the remnants of humanity, he must rip its heart out, Corinth. Venjix attacks the unprepared city with the largest army he has ever assembled, Human forces desperately try to regroup and make their move to the city. It's a long and brutal battle, Venjix is beaten back, but at a price, Dr. K is severely wounded and all the zords are destroyed.
1049
1050It is decided a new approach is to be taken, and all the military forces of the new cities are merged into one military defense task force. It has a large arsenal of vehicles, but they are not actually zords. Fleets of Pursuit Vehicles, Saloon Cars and advanced Helicopters and Passenger Jets. The forces are led by Colonel Truman, designated Colonel White, based in Cloudbase, a flying aircraft carrier, operating forty thousand feet above Earth used to monitor Venjix's movements. Since the Rangers' zords are destroyed, they are forced to fight Venjix's armies via aerial strikes using the Angels, experimental fighter planes.
1051
1052* Scott becomes Captain Red, later known as Captain Scarlet
1053* Flynn becomes Captain Blue
1054* Summer becomes Captain Yellow, later known as Captain Ochre
1055* Ziggy becomes Lieutenant Green
1056* Dillon becomes Captain Black
1057* Tenaya becomes Captain Pink, later known as Captain Magenta
1058* Gem becomes Lieutenant Gold
1059* Gemma becomes Lieutenant Silver
1060
1061After several years, Venjix is finally destroyed at the cost of the powers of the Ranger Operators. Over the next few decades, Human civilization is fully rebuilt across the Earth, undisturbed by evil, landmarks such as Big Ben (as seen in Big Ben strikes again) are rebuilt. However, Humanity receives no word from aliens nearby, as they moved to fight a massive war in the other side of the galaxy, though the natives of Mars are uninvolved due to their peaceful ways.
1062
1063The military force conceived by now retired Colonel Truman to defeat Venjix becomes the Spectrum Organisation, Spectrum being a reference to the Power Rangers who safeguarded Earth for years. Spectrum is established through a charter approved on Thursday, 7 July, 2067 and signed on Sunday, 10 July, 2067, that is tasked, in that charter, with keeping peace throughout Earth. Spectrum is mainly involved in diplomatic matters overseen by the former Ranger Operators, who are now senior Spectrum officials while a new group become Spectrum's special agents, though Ranger technology no longer exists. It is decided to renew the space programme to begin relations with alien life again, and also regain contact with the colonists on Mirinoi, who haven't been heard of since Venjix first attacked Earth.
1064
1065They start off by sending an Exploration Vehicle to Mars piloted by the new Captain Black and two other astronauts. They discover an alien city which they destroy when they fear the aliens were going to attack. To their shock the aliens reconstruct the city before their eyes by reversing matter. The alien Mysterons announce that they will declare Cold War on Earth and they take control of Captain Black. On Earth, Captain Brown and Captain Scarlet fall victim to the Mysterons as well and become their agents, while Captain Brown dies, Scarlet miraculously returns to life after being mortally wounded, it is discovered that he is virtually indestructible. Then follows several months of attempts by the Mysterons to strategically sabotage Earth. Shortly after the last episode, Dr. K decides to begin work on recreating Power Ranger technology, Captain Scarlet and his teammates become the Spectrum Rangers with their own Zords, Captain Black steals some tech and with augmentation by the Mysterons, becomes the Black Mysteron Ranger.
1066
1067[[WMG: Christopher Khayman Lee is a vampire!]]
1068Think of it. Khayman is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayman fairly important vampire]] in Anne Rice's novels. Creator/ChristopherLee played ''Dracula'' in numerous Film/HammerHorror movies. "Christopher Khayman Lee" is a Main/MeaningfulName a vampire might pick for himself, figuring even if someone figured it out, they'd never believe it. It deserves noting, also, that Christopher Khayman Lee believes he is a vampire and lost his virginity to his sister in a bathtub full of human blood. No joke.
1069* As long as we're on this subject...
1070
1071[[WMG: Chad (''Lightspeed Rescue'') is a werewolf.]]
1072Okay, that one's an old bit of fandom WMG, but no reason it can't go here.
1073
1074[[WMG: [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury RJ]] was based on Wrestling/CMPunk.]]
1075You're blind if you can't see it.
1076
1077[[WMG: Why the Green Mighty Morphin' Ranger suddenly has silver trim on his helmet]]
1078* A sign of damage perhaps? The Green Candle followed by Zedd's repeated attacks on the Green Ranger could have left a mark, almost like a scar.
1079* Or the opposite? Maybe if the Green Ranger powers were restored, the silver stripe is a sign of the powers being purified.
1080* Maybe that's how the Green Ranger would look if he ever had acquired Metallic Armour Mode.
1081* Perhaps Tommy was traumatized by his time as the Green Ranger. What with being turned evil and having his powers sapped, perhaps he he was glad to see them go once he received new powers. However let's say there's always been a part of him that never quite managed to let it go. In "Return of the Green Ranger", Tommy vowes to destroy the Green Ranger if it's the last thing he ever does. Rather aggressive for someone like Tommy. While retrieving the Zeo Crystal, he has flashbacks to his evil Green Ranger days and is even confronted by an illusion of the Green Ranger. He clearly hasn't managed to let this go.
1082
1083And does anyone think it's a coincidence that when the rangers are given the Zeo and Turbo powers, Zordan makes sure to give the Green powers to someone else?
1084
1085By ''Dino Thunder'' we see Tommy making his own team of dinosaur themed rangers, yet no Green Ranger (no Pink Ranger either, maybe he's still not quite over Kimberley yet). And in "Fighting Spirit" the only fight he doesn't win, is against the Green Ranger. However when the Green Ranger doesn't kill him and even restores his Black Ranger powers, maybe this is the moment where Tommy is finally able to let go of his past and embrace his Green Ranger self.
1086
1087* Aside from the fandom jokingly attributing it to Brain Damage Tommy suffered as a result of his Coma in Fighting Spirit causing him to misremember what the Green Ranger suit looked like. Popular Fan theory goes that since the original Green Ranger powers eventually faded away, Tommy or someone else (Whoever made the Power Keys, possibly Gosei) Re-Created the powers. However, the result is not a perfect facsimile, owing to not being made by Ninjor, hence the differences between the original suit and the Modern version.
1088** Alternatively, the powers could be those originally made for Tom Oliver, Tommy's clone. Since Tom was given the new Dragon Coin made by the Wizard of Deception for Lord Zedd, and his powers where never visibly taken away or severed from the Morphing Grid, it's possible that that Coin survived the 300+ years from Colonial times so that Tommy may find it and use it as his own. The fact he may need to build his own morpher, having lost the Gold original, maybe be another reason for the suit differences.
1089* Tommy was a leader by that point in ''Zeo'' and ''Turbo'' - the only reason he didn't take on the role of Red in ''Mighty Morphin'' was because there was no reason for him to switch to Red at that point. Odds are that if he had been one of the original 5 chosen by Zordon, he would've been Red the first time. Odds are that Zordon would only have given him the Green Zeo/Turbo powers if he had asked for them.
1090
1091[[WMG: A future season will be titled ''Power Rangers Phantom''.]]
1092A nod to the WorkingTitle for MMPR, ''Phantoms''. There would be references to Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} and Nick's earlier show ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''.\
1093Using the right Super Sentai series to adapt from, this one would involve the new Ranger team drawing their power from helpful spirits to fight evil ghosts from a [[PhantomZone netherworld]], and preventing them from taking over Earth. For this series' MonsterOfTheWeek, an evil ghost possesses a OneShotCharacter (VictimOfTheWeek, WoobieOfTheWeek, GirlOfTheWeek, etc.) who transforms into a monster; and after the Rangers defeat the monster with their Megazord, they revert back to human while the ghost is destroyed, [[GottaCatchThemAll captured]] or permanently sent to the netherworld.
1094[[/folder]]
1095
1096[[folder:Season Crossovers]]
1097[[WMG: The old lady who said, "There's no such thing as monsters." in "[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Trakeena's]] [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Revenge]]" has Alzheimers.]]
1098How else can she say something that stupid?
1099* By being a monster or villain in disguise? Rita used to disguise her Puttys and Tengas as people all the time, no reason future villains wouldn't be able to do that. Especially since the villains were evil magic demons that season.
1100
1101[[WMG: The old lady who said, "There's no such thing as monsters." in "Trakeena's Revenge" was being overly literal and wrong]]
1102* Rita and Zedd - assumes are aliens but are monsters
1103* Machine empire - Robots
1104* Devatox - aliens I think
1105* Astronima - aliens
1106* Trakeena and her dad - irrelevant, and also aliens
1107* Queen Bansheera - Demons
1108** Alternatively, she recalls the Z-Wave, and she means that "There's no such things as monsters ''anymore''", assuming they were all wiped out by the Z-Wave.
1109
1110[[WMG: The old lady from the ''Lost Galaxy''/''Lightspeed Rescue'' crossover was part of the MIB.]]
1111She was involved in government cover-up of the various alien and demon attacks that took place in the past eight years, and what she said to the girl was an IWasNeverHere style line. Obviously, that cover-up's not going to well.
1112* That's debatable. Most people seems unaware of the invasion that took place in the finale of ''In Space'', and even in Ninja Storm, it's pretty much confirmed the Power Rangers are seen as urban legends by people not directly in the cities that they operate.
1113** ...except that the invasion was in world scale with angel grove as the center. it can be explained since tori ''never'' was skeptical to the whole "alien" thing, she ''is'' aware of the "alien invasion" thing, but she believed that it was resolved in other way and the rangers thing was just something the kids said.
1114
1115[[WMG: The "no such things as monsters" lady was just trying to not scare the kid.]]
1116This is an old lady to a little girl. If you were that young and you KNEW, positively KNEW, that monster existed, how much would you be able to sleep? This is probably a grandmother, someone who is very kind and caring towards people, she knows what that kind of knowledge might do to a girl. However, it may not have been the best logic ever to not even try to inform authorities after the girl left. So she's still not too smart that way.
1117* Yeah, she should of told the authorities, but also, the little girl is saying that SHE SAW a monster take her parents, not to mention the fact that in a world where the Rangers identities are public knowledge and monster attacks are well known, children are going to know that monsters are real already.
1118
1119[[WMG: [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Kira]] and [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Bridge]] end up together.]]
1120It would just be plain [[RuleofCool cool]]
1121* If you'll excuse me, I'm just going to head over to that bunker over there before the shipping war breaks out.
1122* Wow, cradle robbing much?
1123
1124[[WMG: ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'', ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', and the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' adaptations of ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'', and the 20th Series all take place in {{Alternate Universe}}s to the Main Universe and to each other.]]
1125* I can just imagine for the 20th season that there will be a threat so powerful that will justify a team-up with five Power Rangers from {{Alternate Universe}}s with four from the previous four series and... One from the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''.
1126** As a corollary, in the world of the adaptation of Goseiger, Zordon survived the events of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.
1127** The villains of the 20th season will be the remaining Phantom Beast Generals, [[spoiler: Venjix]], and [[spoiler: Shitari's PR counterpart, if he performs a Karma Houdini like in Shinkenger.]]
1128* The 35th Franchise/SuperSentai series, the one after Goseiger, currently known as ''Kaijoku Sentai Gokaiger'', is supposedly about [[spoiler:[[ItMakesSenseInContext a band of Rangers traveling through the various Sentai worlds on an interdimensional pirate ship]].]] So if Saban can hold on to ''Power Rangers'' long enough...
1129** Jossed. Gokaiger takes place in a universe where the other 34 Super Sentais all existed. So an adaptation would actually force RPM and Samurai into continuity, current WordOfGod be damned.
1130*** Well, the Go-Onger arc in Gokaiger involves interdimensional travel. It would be easy to write the alternate universe setting of RPM around that.
1131*** Which they already did, in Samurai's team-up episode Clash of the Red Rangers.
1132*** Officially jossed by ''Super Megaforce'', the Gokaiger adaptation, which keeps RPM in a separate universe...but confirms that ''Jungle Fury'' and ''Samurai'' are in the main universe. As for the ''Goseiger'' adaptation...it's actually the first half of ''Super Megaforce''.
1133
1134[[WMG: Time Force's future and RPM take place in the same reality]]
1135* I guess this isn't exactly jossed, since you did say reality and RPM takes place in an alternate dimension and stuff, but it seems highly unlikely considering that, in Reinforcements From the Future the Time Force Rangers use time travel to go to back to the year 2002 and that the MutOrgs gave Ransik his powers. I'd say that Time Force is probably within the same continuity as the majority of Ranger Teams are.
1136** Alternatively RPM takes place in the same continuity with the ''original'' Time Force future. But Time Force Rangers' actions in the past prevented it... somehow.
1137** Time Force is the direct future of RPM's timeline. As 2001 predates the timeline divergence in the late 2000s(K successfully putting up the firewall in the main timeline) the past is a singular one.
1138
1139[[WMG: The explanation for Tommy's fast-track [=PhD=] is actually quite mundane.]]
1140After something like three to five years living on high alert in what is essentially a war situation with the fate of the world always in the balance, Tommy found himself with nothing to do, comparatively speaking. Very much used to life with little or no sleep and a need to learn lessons very very fast, he turned all this energy and drive to getting his [=PhD=], and with no team to lead and worry over, his now-honed brain was able to use every last short-cut that might exist, holding down a class schedule as grueling as any mook fight or Crisis, without feeling the pressure of the world's fate, and with the added illicit thrill of accomplishing something strictly for himself. Add in no real girlfriend at that point, and exposure to alien tech with strange laws and rules, and you have a very committed man capable of thinking very fast. Of course, his push and the accompanying exhaustion could have led to his errors in judgment, like the Tyrannodrones and creating a dino with the power of mind control--and like that.
1141
1142[[WMG: The [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dinogems]] are infused with [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge Energem]] energy]]
1143Pretty straight forward here. The energems held the main energy and connection to the morphing grid, but when the asteroids hit, some of that energy was infused into fragments of the asteroid, creating the dinogems. For bonus points, the gems might've been offshoots of some of the dinosaurs who took them on, thus explaining their infused dino powers. This could also explain how the dinogems ran out of power at the end of the series. Since they're borrowing energy from a previous source, they do have a finite amount.
1144[[WMG: The Venjix seen in Forever Red is the same one we see in RPM and Beast Morphers]]
1145
1146[[WMG: [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force's Transwarp Megazord]] was designed by a descendant of [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStel Calvin Maxwell, Ninja Steel Yellow]].]]
1147* Like their legendary mechanic ancestor, the Megazord is yellow in colour and even shares the same visor shape.
1148[[/folder]]
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