Line #19 YMMV/PowerRangersZeo


1	* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In "The Joke's on Blue", were Humphrey and Bogart a pair of malicious pranksters setting up practical jokes for their own amusement, as well as trying to one-up Bulk and Skull, or were they merely using harmless pranks to try and promote the Angel Grove Novelty Shop, if only through their own unorthodox humorous means?
2	* {{Anvilicious}}: "A Season to Remember." Rather telling when the villain's main weapon is called the "''[[MeaningfulName Bias]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blaster.]]''" ("It will make people only see things their way!") To a lesser extent, many of Mondo's schemes could be seen as this, as after their first two monsters they went from an impressive threat that nearly killed the Rangers (one monster threw them towards the sun and King Mondo thought he'd won), to filling Rita and Zedd's shoes as the EvilIsPetty creators of their MonsterOfTheAesop. (That was partially ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'''s fault- they had to change their plots to that type of stuff after first an earthquake, then a terrorist attack rendered their original plot "too soon".)
3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Zeo theme song is a beefed-up version of the original "Go, Go Power Rangers!" theme song and it is '''friggin' awesome.'''
4	** "''[[EtherealChoir Zeeeoooo goooo, zeeeoooo...]]''" It even ''kicks off'' with awesome.
5	** The Gold Ranger's theme song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQlBfuPnwHo Go, Gold Ranger]].
6	* BadassDecay: In MMPR, Rocky was portrayed as a serious, competent martial artist and Ranger, and was something of an AcademicAthlete. In Zeo, his comedic traits are extremely [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]], [[TookALevelInDumbass he loses several IQ points]] and infamously gets his ass handed to him by King Mondo when he tries to take him on alone. Rocky's demotion reaches its nadir in ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'' where he botches a martial arts move and injures himself while training for a tournament, making him the first Ranger in history to retire due to an injury and one that didn't even occur in battle to boot. However, it's a popular opinion that Rocky became a more interesting character in ''Zeo'' after being a FlatCharacter in ''Mighty Morphin,'' so TropesAreTools.
7	* CaptainObviousReveal: In "A Season To Remember" it's not revealed until the end that the person telling the story to his son is [[spoiler: An old Tommy Oliver.]] As he doesn't disguise his voice very well, most people will likely figure this out pretty early on.
8	* DieForOurShip: After The Letter, Kat in the majority of fanfics.
9	** Typically portraying her as a {{yandere}} who wrote the letter herself. This interpretation is jossed by ''[[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink]]'', which shows Kimberly herself writing the letter[[note]]and it's heavily implied that it's simply because of how much she and Tommy have grown apart[[/note]], but as said series is in an alternate continuity, Kat will likely [[NeverLiveItDown never live this down]].
10	** Interestingly, if you watch the series Kat's feelings are one-sided and she understands that Tommy is still pining, so despite her own wants she tries time and again to find Tommy a new love interest who ISN'T her. Eventually he realizes on his own what he's got in Kat. WordOfGod even says this is intentional to keep Kat from looking like some heartless boy stealer.
11	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Both Gold Rangers. Trey for being a MysteriousProtector with [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct a really solid vocal performance]] courtesy of Creator/BradHawkins, and Jason for being the fan-favorite original Red Ranger with an awesome new power set.
12	* FanonDiscontinuity: A Christmas themed FlashForward episode "A Season to Remember" ended with the reveal that Tommy and Kat are married, while their oldest grandson is implied to be a Red Ranger. This episode never rated very strongly, though this tends to be largely due to the {{Anvilicious}} main story seeing Mondo trying to drive a wedge between the Rangers due to their cultural differences. However, it's unsurprising that certain corners of the fandom (Tommy/Kimberly shippers mainly) objected to the Tommy/Kat revelation. Again, multiple [[WordOfGod Words Of God]] repeatedly supported the pairing. However, some point to [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce "Forever Red"]] and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' as showing Tommy was shown without Kat. ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen Catherine Sutherland was to appear in both at different stages and demonstrate that Kat's relationship with Tommy was still on-going]], [[RealLifeWritesThePlot but rewrites removed Kat's scene in the former and Sutherland's then-pregnancy made the latter impossible]].)
13	** The ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' episode "Dimensions in Danger", strongly puts this back on the table. Tommy is shown as having a son and while the mother is never explicitly named, he and Kat are shown holding hands when returning to their home dimension at the end. The 30th anniversary special, Once and Always, finally explicitly confirms that Tommy and Kat are married.
14	* HarsherInHindsight:
15	** Billy's send-off, once you find out the harassment Creator/DavidYost had to put up with behind the scenes of the show. The whole "aged Billy" concept where he's played by an older actor was because Yost had enough, walked off the set, and never came back.
16	** "Revelations of Gold" is even worse, once you find out the behind the scenes reason for Billy not becoming the Gold Ranger was that the producers felt that a gay man couldn't be a Power Ranger.
17	** In "Mondo's Last Stand", Rocky starts feeling insecure and left out when the Rangers choose to spend more time with Jason than with him but at the end of the episode is assured of his place as a Ranger. [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo would see Rocky's time as a Ranger come to an end]] [[CareerEndingInjury due to an injury]] (the only Ranger in history to have this happen to them) and he is replaced in a martial arts tournament he was preparing for by Jason.
18	** Three relating to "King For A Day":
19	*** The Rangers restore Tommy's memories of them by de-morphing and showing him the faces of his friends. In ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie]]'', Tommy tries to restore a BrainwashedAndCrazy Kimberly by removing his helmet only for her to laugh in his face and say she has no friends.
20	*** Part 1 of "King For A Day" has Tommy being subjected to a holographic scenario where he is attacked by the Mighty Morphin White Ranger, his previous Ranger form. In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', Tommy ends up in a coma and faces the White Ranger yet again in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.
21	*** Related to the above, Tommy being attacked by the White Ranger looks even more terrifying when the comic storyline ''[[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersShatteredGrid Shattered Grid]]'' has an evil version of Tommy killing his alternate selves across the multiverse. Drakkon's suit design is even a cross between the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger and Mighty Morphin White Ranger suits.
22	** The flash-forward scene of "A Season to Remember", which depicts Tommy and Katherine as an elderly couple becomes this due to Tommy's actor Jason David Frank's tragic death in 2022 at age 49.
23	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: "For Crying Out Loud" has Tommy taking care of a baby for a school project and shows that he is incredibly out of his depth. ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'' reveals Tommy now has a child of his own and is a great dad.
24	** David Yost has lamented that him being gay effectively disqualified him from being the Gold Ranger. 24 years later, ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' would officially introduce the first LGBTQ ranger - and in ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'' she and Billy get to meet.
25	* HilariousInHindsight:
26	** "Song Sung Yellow" had the Rangers defeating Cogs by ''pieing'' them. ''VideoGame/ToontownOnline'' (and its' subsequent fan revivals) have you defeating robotic enemies named Cogs with pies, amongst other objects.
27	** In "Mean Screen", the first thing Adam does upon logging onto the internet is check out a band's website. After his time on ''Power Rangers'', Creator/JohnnyYongBosch started a band called Eyeshine.
28	** At one point, King Mondo tells Alex's Borstein's Queen Machina that the sound of laughing children really grinds his gears. It's quite similar to complaints that another character of hers, Lois Griffin, would hear on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' a decade later.
29	** Rocky goes from Red Ranger to Blue Ranger in this season. His ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'' counterpart's actor would go on to play a Red Ranger in the ''[[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Shinkenger]]'' movie.
30	** At one point in 2018, a Franchise/KamenRider name was confirmed. What is that rider's name, you ask? [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Zi-O]]. [[note]] It might not be pronounced the same way, but the name is close enough to draw parrallels. The title, however, sounds more similar to the name of the Kamen Rider film that was released prior to ''Zeo'' in 1993 - ''Film/KamenRiderZO''. [[/note]]
31	** The episode title "Mr Billy's Wild Ride" is a ShoutOut to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Toad%27s_Wild_Ride Mr Toad's Wild Ride]] of Disneyland Park. Six years later, Disney acquired the Power Rangers brand and held it for seven years.
32	** In "Good As Gold", Rita jokingly states that the Gold Ranger suit will look good on her. [[Film/PowerRangers2017 The 2017 film]] reinterprets Rita as [[FallenHero a former Ranger]].
33	** During the mystery of who was the Gold Ranger, ''Skull'' was one of the [[RedHerring suspects]] for the role. Years later ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' gives us a Skull like Ranger in Ziggy.
34	* HoYay: Tommy and Jason.
35	* MemeticBadass: The Zeo Rangers are often regarded by fans to be ''the'' most powerful out of all the Ranger powers, due to Zordon stating that the Zeo powers grow more powerful overtime. They are also the only Saban era group of Rangers to never have any of their Megazords destroyed.
36	* MemeticMutation: BACK TO ACTION!
37	* {{Narm}}: The Rangers' reactions to Jason's return become this when you remember that Katherine and Tanya never met him, while Rocky and Adam shared almost no screentime with him. The latter ''somewhat'' makes sense due to Jason being Rocky's predecessor, and it's possible that the former two were told about him off screen, but that doesn't make it any less jarring.
38	* NeverLiveItDown: For some, it's the choice of using a shape motif for the visor and Super Zeo Zord designs, especially Tanya's. Of course, we have ''Super Sentai'' to thank/blame for this, due to the designs being taken directly from ''Ohranger''.
39	* NightmareFuel: The Tenga vs. Cog battle at the start of "Good as Gold". Turns out that when you pit two mook groups against each other, you're allowed to be a ''lot'' more violent than normal. They literally tear each other to ''pieces''.
40	** Depending on your fears the scene where Tommy and Kat are trapped in a terrarium with a tarantula. And there are close-ups with the spider.
41	** The [[https://youtu.be/0KQMmJjcqrI teaser promo for the Zeo Serial]] that ran before ''MMPR'' reruns in the lead-up to the premiere (which, unlike the rest of the serial, was even kept on some Jetix reruns of the show). It's a condensed version of the Command Center's destruction at the end of ''MMAR'', which then goes to the usual on-screen ''MMPR'' logo as it shakes and turns to static, before cutting to stock explosion footage, which then disappears like a TV turning off; [[LastNoteNightmare the music ends on a discordant note]] and the usual recap announcer intoning '''[[WhamLine The power is gone.]]''' (Fortunately, from there it instead begins to build anticpation, but it could still freak you out if you didn't expect it.)
42	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Even if it is just Pinball, ''Full Tilt Battle Pinball'' on the Playstation was a decent game that was fun in short bursts. It even got released in Japan as "Power Rangers Pinball"
43	* ParanoiaFuel: While watch a preview of Tanya's first music video in "Song Sung Yellow", the Rangers notice Cogs in the background, spying on them. It's Tommy line that clinches it.
44	-->'''Tommy:''' "If we didn't see them ''this'' time, there's no telling how many times they've been around."
45	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
46	** Rocky, after going from Jason's replacement to IronWoobie[=/=]PluckyComicRelief.
47	** Kat, after going from Kimberly's replacement to a decently-developed Ace.
48	* RetroactiveRecognition: Lesley Tesh Pedersen played the minor character Emily before making it big as a voice actress for Creator/ADVFilms.
49	* SoOkayItsAverage: What fans that don't like it see it as. Said fans usually see this as a perfectly competent season that doesn't make any major mis-steps, but suffers from an overpowered Ranger team that never really seems in any serious danger (outside of occasions where one of the Rangers is holding the IdiotBall, or the latter episodes where Jason's powers as the Gold Ranger are becoming increasingly unstable), a forgettable set of villains, and Billy exiting the series on something of a sour note thanks to behind-the-scenes issues.
50	* {{Tearjerker}}:
51	** Regardless of one's opinion on the moment itself, Tommy's reaction to being Dear John'd by Kimberly is pretty sad, as he walks along a beach flashing back to their times together.
52	** Billy's departure also counts.
53	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
54	** Rita and Zedd being ousted as villains could have been used to have them form an EnemyMine situation with the Rangers throughout the season. But aside from one or two times where they help the Rangers, this never happens. One instance even had Cestro encounter the amnesiac Rito and Goldar with Bulk and Skull, but he shows no reaction to it whatsoever and does not tell the Rangers.
55	** Ninjor disappears with a brief HandWave. Given that Saban had the costume to film their own footage, there was no reason he couldn't have been kept on board as a mentor or recurring character. Or if they felt like it, they could’ve made Auric to be an upgraded version of Ninjor instead of making the former his own character.
56	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Tommy's family history. The only members of Tommy's family we ever meet are Sam and David Trueheart as well as his ancestor (who is also likely David's and maybe Sam's) The White Stranger from MMPR's season 2 Wild West Rangers episodes). His parents are mentioned in the Wild West Rangers episode of Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers (Tommy's dad) and Found and Lost (both parents). They are never mentioned after that, even in situations where they should be (or at least mentioned again during the graduation ceremony in Series/PowerRangersTurbo)and when Tommy is unconscious during Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder. They are the only parents of MMPR season 1 Rangers who we never meet either partially (Billy's dad in MMPR) or even in full (everyone else) without any explanation as to why either. We're also never told as to why Tommy and David are SeparatedAtBirth either.
57	* UnexpectedCharacter: Jason, the original leader of the Rangers was the last person anyone expected to serve as Trey's stand-in.
58	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: There's a subplot that revolves around a blind woman. She drops her books and the rangers try to help, only for her to get pissed and storm off. When Rocky goes to see her, she takes off again. One of the rangers tell him it was because he "felt sorry for her", but it doesn't come off that way. Rather, it comes off as her being [[UngratefulBastard ungrateful.]]
59	** It's especially true since the Rangers have long been shown to be the sorts of people who would help ANYONE who dropped their books.
60	* VillainDecay: While Zedd's marriage to Rita is argued if it is truly an example (Post "decay" Zedd having done more damage to the Rangers), Zedd and Rita being forced to travel around in a camper is a pretty solid example. Thankfully it doesn't last and by the end of the season they're no longer afraid of the Machine Empire at all and Rita manages to create a monster that beat even the Ranger's Ultrazord!
61	** Played straight with the Machine Empire. They are initially built up as a threat even greater than Rita and Zedd when they chase them off, but despite showing they have an army and also statements of conquering whole galaxies, we never see them do much besides MonsterOfTheWeek plans, which they had less success with than Zedd and Rita. Rita even lampshades this in the finale when she says they're not afraid of them anymore since by then they've become a joke. This change happens even earlier in the series than it usually does; following their first two monsters (including one that nearly killed the Rangers), they went from a deadly force that was intent on Earth's conquest to filling Rita and Zedd's shoes as EvilIsPetty creators of the MonsterOfTheAesop, focusing more on disrupting the everyday lives of the rangers than destroying them (then again, that was more ''Ohranger'''s doing- they had to change their DarkerAndEdgier plot after a few episodes due to a case of "too soon").
62	** There actually is kind of an in-universe explanation on why they turned into the new Rita and Zedd, we see their army invade in early episodes and their early plans are about world domination and the Rangers are merely a distraction. "For Cryin' Out Loud" is the tipping point. The Zeo Rangers take out a platoon of the Machine Empire's mighty Quadrifighters with their Zeo Laser Pistols, effectively reducing their universally feared air force from space to a mere nuisance. It was after this episode that King Mondo decided ItsPersonal with the Power Rangers for humiliating him and his intergalactic air force so thoroughly. Up through this episode, he was more jolly and dismissive of the Power Rangers, seeing them as an interesting diversion. So, really it was Mondo's pride being wounded that led to them losing focus on their planetary conquest goal (with occasional returns to it) and becoming obsessed with the Rangers. Rita and Zedd even said they view the Machine Empire as rivals now, not as TheDreaded, and likely chuckled with amusement when the Zeo Laser Pistols cut down the Quadrifighters.
63	* {{Woolseyism}}: In ''[[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Ohranger]]'', King Ranger is officially considered a Black Ranger (his Ranger Key triggers lights in ''[[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Gokaiger's]]'' toys dedicated to Black Rangers) and his main suit IS black. However, considering the [[BlingBlingBang sheer amount of gold on his suit and his gear]], so much so that his weapon and Zord are more gold than they are black, it made complete sense to just rename him as the Gold Ranger, [[GoldColoredSuperiority which sounds cooler anyway]] and continued the trend of the SixthRanger color being something unique up to that point (they continued with alternative colors like Phantom Ranger, Silver Ranger, and Titanium Ranger; it wasn't until Ninja Storm when they had a Green Sixth Ranger that a color was reused).

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