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1* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2** When Deker betrays Serrator, is it just a case of EvenEvilHasStandards, or did he have a more personal reason for it? While he doesn't remember Dayu at all, he does know he was cursed and once human, and he did learn that Serrator did create Uramasa and thus showed him a cursed existence. So it could be equally likely (perhaps even on a subconscious level) to be payback for making him this way. Also, in The Ultimate Duel, was Deker really going to attack random people if Jayden didn't show up to duel him or did he only say that to scare him into accepting? The later [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] he showed when stopping Serrator's world-dooming plan would seem to suggest the latter.
3** Is Master Xandred a full-on BadBoss who cares very little about his minions or does he actually care for the other Nighlok (including Dayu) and is just too much of a being of rage to show it well?
4* AluminumChristmasTrees:
5** Yes, there is at least one instance of a feudal samurai that wasn't Japanese, as seen [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke here]]. Japan also had the Nanban Trade Period in the 16th and 17th century, where they traded a lot with the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch.
6** A [[ShownTheirWork surprising amount of research]] into actual samurai went into the show, to the point some people have assumed the writers didn't do their homework due to how obscure certain elements are. For example, the "ninja mask" that appears before the Ranger's helmets appear were actually worn by real samurai to help hold their helmets in place, and the face in the belt of Shogun Mode is based off actual belt buckles worn by certain noble samurai.
7** The "ninja mask" was more of a happy accident. One of the early waves of toys was the return of the "Auto-Morphin" figures[[labelnote:*]] a throw-back to MMPR, whose gimmick was having a morphed Ranger without a helmet, then you pull a switch and the head flips over to a helmeted one[[/labelnote]]. These were made so early in production that '''casting hadn't even been finalized yet,''' so they had to hide their faces with themed balaclavas, then [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy put the masks in the show to justify it.]]
8* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
9** The opening theme, as well as several of the background themes.
10** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw9HRUgo0cI "Samurai Morphing (Mega Mode/Folding Zords)"]] is a great piece that features awesome guitar riffs and hoinstrumentation.
11* BaseBreakingCharacter:
12** Master Xandred. Some consider him to be a menacing villain, but some consider him to be even more inept than Lothor. Basically, he's got a cool design, and his ''two instances ever'' of actually doing something either ''are'' or ''aren't'' enough to overlook 40+ episodes of [[OrcusOnHisThrone doing nothing but sitting on his big red behind drinking his "medicine."]]
13** Jayden. He ''does'' have a sizable fanbase who like his [[TheStoic stoic]] personality, his leadership and having some sympathetic traits whilst others criticize him for having shreds of the CreatorsPet trope.
14* BrokenBase:
15** Fans are divided if Samurai and Super Samurai should be counted as two separate seasons or as one season spread over two years, seeing how it was filmed as a single season, but ultimately broadcast as two (future incarnations would be designed to have two seasons apiece from the outset). For the record, Saban Brands officially considers them to be separate seasons.
16** The ''RPM'' team-up "Clash of the Red Rangers" started to split fans before it ever aired. Once it was confirmed that none of the ''RPM'' actors were planned to return, some people were already saying that if they don't have the ''RPM'' actors available, they just shouldn't bother, while others said that we should just wait and see, since they might surprise us. (Turns out they didn't. A never-demorphing Scott went through Shinkenger movie footage that wasn't used to actually tell much of a story, and was confusing due to yet more out-of-order airing.) However, many RPM fans who went in admitted they were at least glad [[http://youtu.be/469TESpIVro?t=26m30s Eka Darville returned, even if he had to use a pseudonym due to a union contract.]]
17* CaptainObviousReveal: Spike isn't revealed to be Skull's son until the final episode, but anybody who watched an episode from the first six seasons was able to figure it out given Skull was Bulk's OnlyFriend, and there was never any indication Bulk had any siblings, meaning Bulk was more likely to be an HonoraryUncle.
18* CompleteMonster: [[TheChessmaster Serrator]], the Nighlok King, outclasses even Master Xandred in terms of evil. A [[BadBoss horrible boss]], Serrator [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] slaughtering an army of Master Xandred's Moogers and will callously throw away the lives of any of his minions if it suits him. Taking pleasure in tormenting the Rangers, Serrator attempts to force a group of Islanders to [[InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath fight to the death]] to perfect his new gun weapons. Serrator later [[TheStarscream betrays Xandred]], and attempts to kill Xandred's CoDragons Octoroo and Dayu. Serrator reveals to Dayu and Dekker that he is responsible for turning them into accursed Nighloks for all of eternity, taking pleasure in their suffering. Serrator also uses far viler minions than Xandred to attempt mass death and destruction on the populace in order to create cracks in the Earth at specific points, which Serrator plans to use to split the Earth so the Netherworld floods it, in an attempt to take over both worlds. Callous to the potential deaths of billions of human and Nighlok alike due to his plan, and sadistic to horrific degrees, Serrator is one of the nastiest foes to ever face the Rangers.
19* ContestedSequel: Coming after ''RPM'', this was inevitable. ''Samurai'' is often touted as a bad season by fans, and many older fans call it outright one of the worst seasons in the franchise (Tied with or rivaling ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce]]'')- it's more often than not almost a direct adaptation of ''Shinkenger'' (Japanese values not translating well into American culture is a big complaint of this), and the acting of the Rangers at the start is [[DullSurprise often]] ''horrible'', with the general exception of the Green and Gold Rangers. For ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' fans, this season is bad because of a teamup named ''Clash of the Red Rangers'', where only the Red RPM Ranger was brought back (and doesn't even de-morph during the production).
20** Much like ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive,'' many felt like this was a meh season that still had some good ideas. Bulk's return was welcome, Deker's character arc was well-received, and [[spoiler: Lauren was praised for being the first female Red Ranger [[Series/PowerRangersSPD who was also a good guy]]]].
21** And now, ''[[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce]]'' is considered even worse.
22* {{Creepy Awesome}}: Deker and Serrator.
23* EnsembleDarkhorse:
24** Deker, played by Rick Medina, also known as Cole from ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'' is pretty much why people kept watching after he debuted. [[NobleDemon Wonder]] [[EvilIsCool why]]?
25** [[TheChessmaster Serrator]] is very popular due to being a far more interesting and impactful villain than Master Xandred. Many fans wished that Serrator was the BigBad instead and were disappointed that he ended up being a DiscOneFinalBoss.
26** For a monster that got one episode, Fiera was pretty well-received for her cool design, powers, and voice actor.
27** Lauren, primarily due to being one of the ''very'' few female Red Rangers. So much so that she made it in to the Morphing Madness contest and several years later became a prominent figure in the [[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersShatteredGrid Shattered Grid]] comic event. She's also the sole Ranger representative for the ''Samurai'' team in both ''VideoGame/PowerRangersLegacyWars'' and ''VideoGame/PowerRangersBattleForTheGrid''.
28* EpilepticTrees: The second this series was announced, some fans began speculating if Saban would adapt the crossover with ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' from the source material, either to tie into ''Series/MaskedRider'' or something entirely different.
29** When it was confirmed that the series would crossover with ''RPM'', and said crossover confirmed that ''RPM'' was in an alternate dimension, some fans suspected that ''RPM'' was set in the main universe, and ''Samurai'' was in the alternate universe - mainly due to the fact that, not only did ''Samurai'' reference previous teams as if they were all ''Samurai'' rangers, but the confusion expressed by the other rangers about another Red being present during said crossover (while the former could be explained away as them referring to only previous ''Samurai'' rangers, if they ''were'' in the main universe, they would at least know about some of the other teams). ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' jossed this theory, since not only was it shown that ''Samurai'' was in the same world as ''Mighty Morphin''-''Jungle Fury'', but also had the Megaforce rangers visit Corinth ([[StockFootageFailure or at least an alternate universe version of Corinth]]).
30* EvilIsCool:
31** Deker is a swordsman whose NobleDemon personalty and badass moments have made him very popular with the fandom.
32** [[TheChessmaster Serrator]]. Perhaps the most badass character in the show. He shows his power to Master Xandred by destroying an entire army of moogers. Later, he gets a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome during his fight with the Rangers: he [[CurbStompBattle defeats them easily]], turns their own attacks against them, and to top it all off, he says that he wasn't even trying.
33** [[BigBad Master Xandred]] took the title of the most badass character in the show from Serrator and makes him look like a [[{{Mooks}} mooger]]. Just watch "The Master Returns".
34* FanNickname: Mentor Mentor; or Mentor, the Mentor.
35* FanPreferredCutContent: There's also some that feel this way about Amit Bhaumik's proposal for ''Samurai'' - of his 3 proposals[[note]]his other 2 proposals were for ''Hexagon'', an alternative to what eventually became ''Ninja Storm'', and ''Cyber Corps'', a proposal for adapting ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters''[[/note]], his ''Samurai'' adaptation is seen as the most feasible due to requiring the least amount of original footage[[note]]''Gobusters'' had relatively little fight scenes per episode, and while ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' had more than enough footage per episode, the majority of footage for ''Hexagon'' would've needed to have been original; his ''Samurai'' proposal would still have required original footage, but the amount is far less than the amount ''Hexagon'' or ''Cyber Corps'' would've required; and that's not even getting into how many props that had been destroyed when Disney bought the series from Saban that would've needed to have been recreated for ''Hexagon''[[/note]], and the plot is seen as vastly superior to the end result. Said plot, found [[https://amitbhaumik.tumblr.com/post/59915514235/original-power-rangers-samurai-proposal here]] in case you're curious, would've focused on a rivalry between Mark Ozawa (the red of the season) and Keiji Ayakawa (a [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jarrod-esque character]] who would've taken Deker's role and led the Ashura clan), would've still involved Mark's family having generations of samurai (but this generation would be the first generation of Samurai Rangers) and had Mark lead an international team of rangers (with Allison, his cousin, taking the place of Lauren later on). Notably, Bulk would've still been part of the cast, but Spike would've instead been replaced with Bulk's son Eugene (who would take Antonio's place as the Gold Ranger), and Bulk would've taken on a role similar to the kuroko in ''Shinkenger''. Ultimately, Mark would've been revealed to have been Keiji's long-lost brother, and after one final duel, Keiji and Mark would've put aside their differences and settle the feud between the Ozawa clan and the Ashura Clan for good.
36* {{Fanon}}: Given the final episode has [[spoiler: Skull shows up in a limousine to pick up Spike most fans assume Skull has become very rich in the time since we last saw him. The most commonly cited theory as the source of his wealth is that Skull refined his piano skills from ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' and became a professional pianist.]]
37* GeniusBonus: Let's count the rangers; Jayden the Red Ranger, Kevin the Blue Ranger, Mai the Pink Ranger, Mike the Green Ranger, Emily the Yellow Ranger, Antonio the Gold Ranger and [[spoiler:Lauren, the ''actual'' Red Ranger]]. That makes Film/SevenSamurai (one of which a self-made {{Ronin}}), [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai tasked with defending a town against what are essentially an invading army]].
38* GrowingTheBeard: [[BrokenBase Depending on who you ask]], some felt [[EnsembleDarkhorse Deker's]] introduction was when the series started to improve. Others think it was when ''Super Samurai'' started, when the actors got better with their performances.
39* HarsherInHindsight: Ricardo Medina Jr's role as sword-wielding villain, Deker, became this after Medina ended up having an altercation with his roommate, ending with said roommate being killed with a sword and Medina pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
40* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
41** Ricardo Medina. Okay, he's not Oscar-caliber or anything, but he's come quite a ways from ''Wild Force''.
42** Hector David, Jr. (Mike) and Steven Skyler (Antonio) are touted even by fans who hate the series as the only good actors on the show.
43** Kimberley Crossman does a terrific job as Lauren, specifically playing up the character's sense of abandonment and isolation.
44* HilariousInHindsight: "Party Monsters" was the first real attempt to shake up the ''Shinkenger'' formula, by having the Nighloks able to wind up in a "third life", which was little more than a harmless ghost. Actually this had been done in the sentai that came before, ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'', where the recurring villain Hiramechimedes came (arguably) BackFromTheDead one last time, as a ''yuurei'' or ghost.
45** Ironically, while the execution was different, the idea of a "third life" was used in ''Shinkenger'', except it's arguably much more impressive - whereas ''Samurai'' has the idea PlayedForLaughs, in ''Shinkenger'', a third life allowed the user to grow ''larger than any mech the heroes had''. And the episode ''was'' adapted into ''Samurai''.
46** There was talk about that the Shinkenger's SuperMode would entail, and a few subscribed to the theory that the kanji on their helmets would double up. Cue the Shogun Samurai Rangers forms, which have the kanji doubled up.
47** Since Disney took over, fans were clamoring for Saban to reacquire the franchise. Disney finally killed the franchise after Series/PowerRangersRPM, one of the most beloved seasons, only for Saban to pick up the franchise again and produced this season, one of the most despised seasons.
48** Many fans have complained (as referenced below) that ''Samurai'' is too similar to ''Shinkenger'' and they may as well have just dubbed the series. Well, an year later, ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' received an English Dub courtesy of Hong Kong, which included the ''Shinkenger'' crossover.
49* HoYay: [[HoYay/PowerRangers Jayden and Antonio]]
50* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Some long-time fans are already criticizing ''Samurai'' for being too similar to ''Shinkenger''. [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Not the first time]] [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce this criticism has arose]] to a Power Ranger series that's too similar to their source material, incidentally.
51** Others are criticizing it for referencing things that never happened in ''Samurai'' but did in ''Shinkenger'', making it closer to TheyChangedItNowItSucks because it's not the same. For instance, unlike Shinken Green, Mike acts rebellious for all of ''one episode'' (that we've seen), but Master Ji continues acting as though Mike is still rebellious, simply because of how Shinken Green behaved in the original script.
52** Subverted by Antonio, the Gold Ranger. While he is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass and LargeHam like Shinken Gold, he's a different kind of ham than Genta. And he's been received somewhat more positively as well.
53** It did eventually began to push itself away from ''Shinkenger'' in some parts as it's progressed. Among other things, [[spoiler:Deker's backstory has been changed drastically making him and Dayu be connected before, during and after becoming Nighloks; with both overall becoming much more sympathetic figures.]]
54* JerkassWoobie:
55** Deker, given that he's trapped in a cursed existence and ultimately wants to die; not to mention that he does not remember any of the moments of his life before he was turned into a Nighlok.
56** Dayu has it even worse. She lost her husband when trying to save his life after he was caught in their house's fire by making a deal with the Nighlok King [[spoiler:only for said husband to become a ruthless, amnesiac Nighlok, Deker, who left her in pursuit of a fight]], has to watch [[spoiler:Deker]] die and gives up hope on becoming a human again. Even when her final moments are [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to empower Xandred so he can bring about the end of the world since she no longer cares about anything due to Deker's death, it's all shown in a surprisingly sympathetic manner with even Mia showing horror at her end.]]
57* LoveToHate: Serrator. One thing ''PR'' fans will all universally agree on about ''Samurai'' is how [[EvilIsCool badass]] and [[CompleteMonster evil]] Serrator is.
58* MagnificentBastard: [[BloodKnight Deker]] is a swordsman who was cursed to wander the earth as a Human-Nighlok hybrid. Seeking the "Ultimate Duel" to end his curse, Deker declares the Red Ranger Jayden Shiba his [[TheRival rival]], constantly saving him from Master Xandred's minions so that he can fight Jayden himself and threatens to harm innocent people should Jayden refuse. Though seemingly killed by Jayden, Deker returns and helps Serrator in his schemes only to betray the Nighlok King once he fixes Deker's sword, [[SpannerInTheWorks foiling his plans in the process]]. Deker then faces Jayden in one last duel before being killed, [[FaceDeathWithDignity accepting his death]] now that he's free from his curse.
59* MemeticMutation:
60** Emily and [[http://i53.tinypic.com/2d00tjl.gif those wacky arms]] from the episode "The Team Unites" (sort of).
61** "Wow! He's so sparkly!" (Emily's [[DullSurprise line]] when Antonio first morphs. Also, a very common top comment on Website/YouTube of videos about Antonio.
62** Samurai's negative reputation as a whole- listen to some fans and they compare to the end of the universe.
63* MisBlamed: Many ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' fans blame the Samurai crossover movie Clash of the Red Rangers for putting RPM in an alternative dimension. The thing is Eddie Guzelian (who wrote for, and executive produced ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', before getting replaced by Judd Lynn) has said RPM took place in an alternate continuity from the rest of the series when RPM was in production.
64** Some fans still blame Saban Brands for splitting Samurai into 2 20-episodes seasons even though that was Nick's decision. Saban also gets blamed for the third episode airing first even though that was also Nick's choice so they could air the first two episodes as an hour long special later.
65** In an odd example, some fans correctly blame Toei for the show having more roots in Japanese Culture, but for the wrong reasons. Some fans believe that Toei did so just because Disney tried to meddle with the Sentai footage and tone it down, in an act of retaliation. However, a more likely scenario is that Toei made ''Shinkenger'' under the then-correct assumption that the series wouldn't be adapted into ''Power Rangers''[[note]]if Disney had gotten their way, ''Jungle Fury'' would've been the last season; however, likely due to Disney's contract with Bandai being valid for one more season, ''RPM'' was produced[[/note]] (in fact, it's possible that this mindset may have continued into ''Goseiger'', which, although angel-themed, had episodes more entrenched in Japanese culture in comparison to, oh say, ''Dekaranger''), since it's evident that starting with ''Gokaiger'', they were filming footage in a more adaptable way[[note]]the majority of tribute episodes were to Sentai seasons that had been adapted into ''Power Rangers'', and the few Sentai that weren't adapted didn't have the team gain a new mech (or if it did, it wasn't used much outside the episode it was gained in[[/note]], and it was just bad luck that Saban happened to regain the rights ''after'' Shinkenger had finished airing[[note]]ironically, [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters the one series]] that seemed like it was made entirely around being adapted into ''Power Rangers'' was initially skipped, [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers until 2019]][[/note]].
66* MoralEventHorizon: [[MoralEventHorizon/PowerRangers See the page for examples.]]
67* {{Narm}}: The MonsterOfTheWeek's big plan is... making a little boy give up baseball... Made even more narm-y by Mia's line of "This is what you get for making Ryan sad!" (Then again, he [[{{Jerkass}} lied]] that by giving up on baseball, [[spoiler:the boy's father would return home from the army.]])[[note]]This made a lot more sense in Shinkenger where not only was the deal to bring back the boy's dead grandfather, but instead of just throwing out his equipment, the deal was to ''jump off a building and break his leg.''[[/note]]
68** In "A Fish Out of Water", the new Zord is a swordfish. When it combines with the Megazord in the obligatory boss battle, the final attack has the mech's usual katana attaching to the swordfish helmet which sticks straight up! Someone should dub it "Narwhal Mode" or take a clip of its head-sword-swinging FinishingMove and synch it to Willow Smith's [[MemeticMutation "Whip My Hair."]]
69** "Forest for the Trees" features innocent bystanders {{wangst}}ing and actively lamenting with a passion usually reserved for the death of loved ones... a sudden downpour. It ''was'' caused by a Nighlok, but still... (Of course, it was supernatural rain ''made'' to cause wangst.)
70** In one episode, a MonsterOfTheWeek tries to bring down Yellow Ranger's confidenc with such lines as "Everyone loves to tease you!" Though in his defense, he'd already tried half a dozen other insults on her with no effect.
71** Octoroo's big plan in "The Blue and the Gold"? Stealing ''toys'', which from the looks of it, can all be easily replaced. Not that that's much comfort to kids who lost their favorites...[[note]]In the corresponding Shinkenger episode it was a human sacrifice instead.[[/note]]
72* NeverLiveItDown: Mentor Jii will always be known for not letting Antonio into the Samurai Rangers. Any instances of him [[TookALevelInKindness having faith in Antonio]] for awakening Claw Zord and the Black Box, being impressed at making a Samuraizer, giving him inspirational speeches, or keeping him from straining himself never happened.
73* OlderThanTheyThink: [[Anime/RoninWarriors This isn't the first Sentai with a samurai theme that we officially got]].
74* OneSceneWonder: [[spoiler: The final episode has Jason Navry come out of retirement to play Skull one final time, with it being shown Navry hasn't lost his talent for playing the character in his decade long absence.]]
75* OneTruePairing: Jayden and Antonio are the most popular ship of the season. The two have been friends since childhood and share a huge amount of HoYay together. Antonio even becomes a Ranger specifically to help Jayden. They have the most fanfiction about them on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, topping even OfficialCouple Mike and Emily.
76* PanderingToTheBase: Many people believe that ''Samurai'' is playing on people's nostalgia for the original ''Mighty Morphin'' by returning to the original "Go Go Power Rangers!" theme song, the morphing call, and bringing back Bulk.
77* ParanoiaFuel: Any crack or crevice can be a potential portal for a Nighlok... Sweet dreams.
78** In "The Blue and the Gold," the monster was in Bulk and Spike's house while they were asleep, completely unnoticed. Although the "unnoticed" part was partly because it was Bulk and Spike. It's not hard to imagine that this was how he stole the children's toys (aside from the ones we saw in the park). Let me repeat that: the monster snuck into houses ''with children in them'' without anyone noticing.
79* TheScrappy: Mentor Ji is considered one of, if not ''the'', worst mentor in the franchise for being a crappy teacher, his blatant favouritism towards Jayden, his self-righteous attitude, his [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundant name]], and his tendency to put down Antonio for not being born into a Samurai lineage.
80* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Lauren/Mia is surprisingly popular, even though the two barely interact, mainly due to Mia being one of the few members on the team to be kind to Lauren from the start, Lauren being the only one to like Mia's cooking, and it falling into the long-standing tradition of shipping Red and Pink Rangers.
81* SpecialEffectFailure: The digital animation sticks out like a sore thumb. On the other hand, one could find it preferable to ''Shinkenger'''s.
82** In "The Blue and Gold," Octoroo's mouthpiece was changed for a few scenes, ostensibly to make it less creepy. The change was discarded almost immediately.
83** There's also the Gold Ranger helmet, which switches between practically mirror-coated and more like frosted glass. It even did so in ''Shinkenger'' footage, so it can't be blamed on Japan/US prop differences (They probably used the frosted glass one to avoid accidentally reflecting the camera crew in his helmet.)
84** In "Jayden's Challenge," and likely a few other places, when Kevin jumps into battle, it cuts to a second of [[http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w217/lightykd/10-JaydensChallenge480pavi_snapshot_1242_20110418_224756.jpg Kevin's (obvious) stunt actor.]] The stunt actor does a pretty good job of hiding his face; unfortunately, he does this with his hands. The problem being Kevin's actor is black and the stunt actor is (likely) Japanese. Previous teams actually [[http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt130/Hikaru_Kushinada/Koshige3.jpg used makeup tricks]] to [[http://linearranger.com/RPMNews/BtS01.jpg match the stunties to the actors,]] with results that can be [[http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt130/Hikaru_Kushinada/Koshige2.jpg downright creepy,]] but that might lean a little too close to blackface for the current team (or they were short for time, who knows?)
85* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: ''Samurai'' started suffering from this early. When the casting sheets went out, the characters had the names Reese, Parry, Baron, Sadie, and Ava. Fans got a little upset when the names were changed to the slightly more generic Jayden, Mike, Kevin, Mia, and Emily. (Much later, it was revealed that the mentor's name wasn't Takeru, but Ji; and later still the SixthRanger's name was shown to have gone from Wesley to Antonio.)
86** "Reese", "Parry", and "Baron" could still work as the respective characters' last names.
87** Interestingly, there had already been a Ranger called [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Mike]] in a past season. Generally, the writers and producers avoid the repetition of names when casting actors/actresses for newer Rangers; in all likelihood, this was probably unintentional given that production for this season was very rushed, so they probably had no time to think about this minor detail.
88** The toy designs are also receiving criticism - most understandably in the case of the Megazord, which lost a number of its details in the transition from Shinken-oh, but also for the new Ranger figures, which were given samurai-armor-esque revamps including ShouldersOfDoom. This has been given some in-show justification, however (they use the armored form while piloting the zords), and they also made normal Ranger figures.
89*** Though that isn't really the series' fault, as rumor has it the figures were made prior to Saban buying back the rights to Power Rangers, when it was expected that ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' was to be the final season.
90* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: ''Clash of the Red Rangers.'' Where do we even ''begin?'' Well, for one thing, at one point in the story the Samurai Rangers (barring Jayden) are sucked into the ''RPM''-verse by Professor Cog's portal. Now, the idea of a team of Samurai crashing into an AfterTheEnd setting where humanity is fighting for survival against a virus and its army of machines would make for a pretty good plot. And it would also have been great to see how the Samurai Rangers would work with the RPM Rangers. So, what do we get out of this possibly awesome plot thread? The Samurai team returns after being gone for a while, and Emily tells Scott "Your team says hi." ''That's all we get.''
91** Scott's comment that he wasn't sure the air was breathable is a carryover from ''Go-Onger'' more than ''RPM''. The issue of not de-morphing could have been easily addressed by saying that he might not have enough power to morph again or perhaps have a point about a dwindling power supply for the suit. Either point would have given the loaned power disc in the third act greater significance.
92** Also, the footage of the ''Shinkenger'' movie was wasted on a RandomEventsPlot.
93** As noted under ArtisticLicenseHistory on the main page, [[spoiler: in real life, traditional Japanese clans would hand down leadership to the first born son of the family - meaning that regardless of how old Lauren was at the time Jayden had been born, he would have gotten priority over Lauren, unless either a), Lauren was Jayden's older '''Brother''', or b), Jayden was not biologically born a member of the Shiba clan]]. There are 2 possible plots wasted: [[spoiler: if Lauren had been made the Red Ranger first and Jayden came in to replace her instead of the other way around (what actually happened), this could have given us our first full-time female Red Ranger]]; the other plot is that [[spoiler: Jayden could have been ADOPTED, and the series could have delivered AnAesop about how being adopted does not make one any lesser than someone biologically born into a family]].
94* ToughActToFollow: Coming after ''Shinkenger'' '''and''' ''RPM'' '''and''' running at the same time as ''Gokaiger,'' you bet it is.
95* ValuesDissonance: Inevitable when they're trying to be entirely accurate to ''Shinkenger''.
96** One example: In "Sticks and Stones," Emily tells the team how she was bullied as a child and was taught by her sister to ignore what the bullies said. This is a common part of Japanese culture and seems fitting in an American show. Then you realize it seems to be implied that Emily ''never told anyone else about the bullies.'' The flashback seems to suggest that only her sister (a Power Ranger in training) helped her out, whereas she could have told her parents, a teacher or some other ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
97*** Sadly, though, this is more or less in tune with children's shows, where AdultsAreUseless. And fairly common amongst bullied children in any corner of the world. Many of them will internalize and not tell anybody for several reasons. Parents, who might not understand how severe the bullying is (or assume that it's a rite of passage in childhood), will likely tell children to simply get over it. Similarly, telling a parent or teacher, who usually can do very little to stop it in the first place, can make bullying worse.
98* VindicatedByHistory: Inverted. ''Samurai'' has been the reason many, ''many'' fans have looked back on previously disliked seasons (''Turbo'', ''Wild Force'' and ''Operation Overdrive'' are frequently cited, although the Disney Era as a whole has received this outside of ''Dino Thunder'', ''SPD'' and ''RPM'') and given them a more positive reception, they hate ''Samurai'' '''that much'''.
99** Played straight now when people flocked to this season after '''Super/Megaforce''', many people citing this season actually had a story (though a carbon copy of Shinkenger that it occasionally diverged from) and good budgeting that led to great production sets, as well as acting that got noticeably better over time. The current opinion of the fandom is mostly SoOkayItsAverage these days, as there are things like Deker and the return of Bulk that were liked.
100* {{Wangst}}: An extensive portion of Jayden's characterization is his accepting that he's part of a team, [[IneffectualLoner since he doesn't want the others]] [[UnwittingInstigatorofDoom getting involved with the fight against Xandred]]. Unfortunately, [[CompressedAdaptation due to Saban replicating the ''Shinkenger'' script all but verbatim without accounting for detail]], he ends up [[AesopAmnesia learning the exact same teamwork moral under the exact same set of circumstances ''twice'']], each time using the "I want to fight alone" excuse, which somewhat dampens the whole arc. [[note]]In Shinkenger, Takeru brushes upon this moral, but doesn't really learn it until the end of the show, leaving him flawed enough to have to learn it again so that he can use it against Juzo. In Samurai, Jayden acknowledges the lesson and accepts it the first time it properly comes up, making the viewer wonder why the issue ever even comes up again.[[/note]]
101* TheWoobie: Emily became this in "Sticks and Stones." See ValuesDissonance on top for some details.
102** Ryan from "Deal with A Nighlok" can be considered one, too.
103** Lauren dedicated her entire life to mastering a sealing technique, only for it to fail.

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