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->''"Jungle beast, Spirit unleashed!"''
-->--'''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]''', ''Power Rangers Jungle Fury''

''Power Rangers Jungle Fury'' is the 16th season in the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise, adapted from ''JukenSentaiGekiranger''. Millennia ago, an evil spirit called Dai Shi waged war to determine whether man or beast would control the earth. A group called the Pai Zhua (aka "Order of the Claw") won the war for humanity, and imprisoned Dai Shi, appointing new guardians every generation to watch over his prison.

Unfortunately, the masters never thought to put a ''lock'' on the prison, and Dai Shi escaped when the box was knocked over. The three current guardians are directed to a Pai Zhua master in Ocean Bluff, a city close to Dai Shi's old lair. With Dai Shi weakened and the guardians still just students, both sides have to seek out the masters who fought in the Beast War and hone their skills before their enemies can destroy them.

This was the final series to be produced under Bruce Kalish, bringing an end to his less-than-acclaimed tenure. Though Disney considered pulling the plug on the franchise with his departure, Bandai successfully lobbied for another season due to contractual obligations. It was also the first season since ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' to not give any ranger a battlizer; instead, the budget went into creating three rangers who appeared in the toyline, but never ''Gekiranger'': The Elephant, Bat, and Shark Spirit Rangers. It also made history by giving the show its first ever canonical violet Ranger (the Wolf Ranger - hey, {{Sixth Ranger}}s can get away with not having a ColorCharacter name).

General opinion of the series seems to be SoOkayItsAverage. It was considered a definite improvement over ''Operation Overdrive,'' but (possibly due to the writer's strike) there was a feeling that everybody was simply going through the motions at this point. There wasn't anything ''wrong'' with the series, but there wasn't anything astoundingly good about it either (It's not helped by fan favourite season ''RPM'' being the next one). Despite this, it still has a small but strong fanbase who cite it as having great CharacterDevelopment, amazing fight scenes ([[FanNickname Kalishplosions]] not withstanding) and a likable cast of Rangers. Some even go as far to say as it was the best Season done by Bruce Kalish.

Succeeded by ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.

Has a [[Characters/PowerRangersJungleFury character sheet]].

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!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:

* ActionGirl: Lily
* AnimalMotifs: For both heroes ''and'' villains:
** Heroes:
*** PantheraAwesome: The Ranger core trio of Casey (Tiger), Theo (Jaguar), and Lily (Cheetah). Also Master Mao (unspecified).
*** BigBadassWolf: R.J.
*** RhinoRampage: Dominic
*** {{War Elephant|s}}: Master Phant (and Lily)
*** BatOutOfHell: Master Swoop (and Theo)
*** ThreateningShark: Master Finn (and Casey)
*** EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys (well, Gorillas): Master Rilla (and Casey)
*** SeldomSeenSpecies: Antelope for Master Lope (and Theo)
*** EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Master Guin (and Lily)
** Villains:
*** KingOfBeasts: Jarrod (and Dai Shi by association)
*** HollywoodChameleons: Camille
*** FeatheredFiend: Overlord Carnisoar
*** EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: Overlord Jellica (Jellyfish - but not ElectricJellyfish as near as we can tell).
*** BearsAreBadNews: Overlord Grizzaka. Seriously, even Dai Shi and Camille are wary of him.
*** OurGryphonsAreDifferent: Dai Shi's Phantom Beast King form.
*** ThePhoenix: Camille's Phantom Beast General form.
*** TurtlePower: General Snapper
*** PantheraAwesome (again): General Whiger (White Tiger)
*** InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: General Scorch, and Dai Shi's true form.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* BigBad: Dai Shi
* ChestInsignia: The Order's three-claw logo just below the collar. Dominic's is offset to his left, with an extra curved slash going across it.
* CityOfAdventure: Ocean Bluff
* TheDragon: Camille
* FiveManBand: PowerTrio [[ThreePlusTwo Plus Two]] version:
** TheLeader: Casey
** TheLancer: Theo
** TheChick: Lily
** TheSmartGuy[=/=]SixthRanger: R.J.
** TheBigGuy[=/=]SixthRanger: Dominic
*** The trio part uses WithAFriendAndAStranger; Lily and Theo being friends and Casey being the stranger.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The Beast War 10,000 years ago, same as [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita and Zedd's]].
* HomeBase: RJ's flat above Jungle Karma Pizzeria
* HumongousMecha
** AnimalMecha: see "AnimalMotifs" above
** CombiningMecha
** MechaExpansionPack: the Elephant, Bat, Shark, Wolf, [[spoiler:Lion and Chameleon]] Zords
** TransformingMecha: the Rhino zord
* TheMentor: Mostly RJ; also Masters Mao, Phant (to Lily), Swoop (to Theo), and Finn (to Casey).
** EccentricMentor: RJ
* {{Mooks}}: Rin Shi
** EliteMooks/ MiniBoss: [[spoiler:In the final battle every single "special" monster, like Overlords, Phantom Beasts, Five Fingers of Poison and Red Shadow Guards are degraded to this, with the sole exception of Whiger, who performed a HeelFaceTurn before death.]]
* PrecursorHeroes: The Pai Zhua masters
* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}!: Power Rangers [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: with [[Animal Motifs ANIMALS ]]
... [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce AGAIN]]! And [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours KUNG FU]]!]]
* RookieRedRanger: Deconstructed with Casey, who continually worries that he CantCatchUp.
* SuperMode: Jungle Master Mode
* {{Thememobile}} / CoolBike: Casey's Strike Rider
* TransformationTrinket: Instead of a wrist or phone device like the other series, this time it's the CoolShades. (For the PowerTrio. The Wolf and Rhino Morphers are wrist-worn - the Rhino Morpher going from a small bracelet to one of the largest morphers ever, a huge glove weapon that also serves as arm blade and missile launcher. This means all or most of his attacks are in his morpher, similar to [[Series/PowerRangersSPD an earlier Ranger in white]].)
* WeaponOfChoice
** FightingWithChucks: Casey's Jungle-chucks
** DualTonfas: Theo's Jungle Tonfa
** SimpleStaff: Lily's Jungle Bo
** HeroesPreferSwords: Casey's and Master Finn's Shark Sabers
** PaperFanOfDoom: Theo's and Master Swoop's Jungle Fan
** EpicFlail: Lily's and Master Phant's Jungle Mace
** {{BFG}}: Claw Cannon
** WolverineClaws: Jungle Master Mode's Claw Boosters. Grizzaka's are bigger.
** BareFistedMonk: RJ
** SwissArmyWeapon: Dominic's Rhino Blade (a giant gauntlet thing with a blade on one side and [[FingerFirearms missile launchers]] on the other)
* WordPower
** ByThePowerOfGreyskull or {{Invocation}}: "Jungle beast, Spirit unleashed!"
** CallingYourAttacks: "Call to the beast inside! Unleash the Cheetah/Release the Jaguar/Free the Tiger!"
** InTheNameOfTheMoon[=\=]TransformationNameAnnouncement:
--->"With the strength of the Tiger! Jungle Fury Red Ranger!"
--->"With the speed of the Cheetah! Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!"
--->"With the stealth of the Jaguar! Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!"
--->"With the courage of the Wolf! Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger!"
--->"With the power of the Rhino! Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!"
--->"We summon the animal spirits from within! Power Rangers Jungle Fury!"

!!This subseries contains examples of:

* ActuallyIAmHim: R.J.'s first introduction.
* AdaptedOut: The [=GekiChangers=] were replaced by the Solar Morpher sunglasses and largely reduced to just a design element on the Ranger suits. One guess as to why is that it was due to violence concerns; the idea that an iconic element like a morpher should be a ''tool'', not knuckles to punch with.
* {{Adorkable}}: Fran is a rare female version. Doubles as HollywoodHomely.
* AnimalBattleAura / FightingSpirit
* ArmedLegs: The Wolf Pride Megazord - the Wolf Zord leg has a bladed shin.
* AscendedFanboy: In the first episode, when RJ gives the three their morphers, Theo says "Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to be a..." and then shuts up when the others look at him laughing.
* BigEater: R.J.
* BishonenLine: The Masters go to the limits of their power and become {{Muppet}}s. The Rangers push themselves past that and become... themselves, with auras and fireballs.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The series begins and ends with Casey and Jarrod exchanging towels.]]
* BossRush: The final battle.
* ByWallThatIsHoley: in "Path Of The Rhino", a sign falls toward Fran and Dominic saves her by cutting a hole in it
* CanonForeigner: The Spirit Rangers do not exist in ''Gekiranger'' ([[spoiler:the masters]] do, but they don't get shiny suits).
* CantCatchUp: Casey, being a relative newcomer to Pai Zhua, worries about this at times.
* CaptainErsatz: Dai Shi? More like [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah...Shi]].
* CheckPlease: Used in the premiere, when Casey, Theo, and Lily make a wrong guess on who their supposed new master is going to be.
* CompositeCharacter: RJ is somewhat a combined version ''Gekiranger'''s Gou (Geki Violet) and Master Sha Fu even though the latter's ''Power Rangers'' counterpart is Master Mao. Since Mao dies in the first episode much of Sha Fu's role gets shifted to RJ instead of Mao.
* CerebusRetcon: Flit. Early on he seems like a joke henchman. Then we get [[NightmareFuel his backstory]].
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: In the final battle, [[spoiler:every single "special" monster, like Phantom Beasts, Five Fingers of Poison, Red Shadow Guards and Overlords is revived.]] The Rangers and their masters deal with them quite easily, considering how much trouble some of them caused ''alone.''
* ChineseVampire: the Rin Shi {{Mooks}}
* CombatCommentator: Flit
* CombatTentacles: Camille's tongue. Also, Jellica.
* ConspicuousCGI: Despite having the Bae puppet from ''Gekiranger'' to use as Flit, he would sometimes be replaced with a CGI model in ''Jungle Fury''.
** Presumably because a lot of his shots also contain Camille, who ''was'' different than Mele.
* CoolShades / GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: the morphers
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: R.J.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Part of Whiger's HeelFaceTurn.
* DemonicPossession: Dai Shi makes convenient use of Jarrod's body as a vessel for most of the season.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Dominic's backstory; WalkingTheEarth until he visits RJ, sees the Rangers in action, and decides ''I want to do that!''
* EarlyBirdCameo: Dai Shi in the first episode. His ''Gekiranger'' counterpart [[spoiler:Long]] doesn't show up until much later.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Camille's is awesome, especially in her morph sequence.
* EmotionEater: the Rin Shi, who feed on fear.
* EruditeStoner: R.J.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Jarrod when possessed by Dai Shi. It gets even ''deeper'' when he's morphed.
* {{Expy}} : Jarrod's look and attitude almost screams Hayden Christensen as [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Anakin Skywalker]].
* {{Fanservice}}: Go ahead, R.J., rip that shirt off.
* FootFocus: R.J. being the hippie pseudo stoner that he is is often barefoot, while one episode features a close up shot of Lily's feet as she steps out of her shoes after walking though some spilled flour.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As early as Episode 3, RJ blindfolds himself to demonstrate "The Swoop Technique". Later on, Theo's personal teacher is a blind man named Master Swoop.
** A portrait of a wolf can be seen by the staircase in the JKP kitchen, foreshadowing the reveal of RJ's animal spirit.
* TheFourGods: The Phantom Beast Generals.
* FourIsDeath: Averted. See PunnyName for meaning behind Dai Shi's name.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket: RJ got the morphers "from a guy who knew a guy who had an uncle".
* FunnyBruceLeeNoises: Notable in a season where most of the Rangers distinctively practiced Chinese-based martial art. Despite this, none of the other Rangers felt the need to bother with this, but Theo loved it.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CmOe70qin8 In one episode]] they fought an "eel" monster who flopped around on the ground like he was dry-humping it, and then shot white goo all over them. It was arguably even lampshaded when the Yellow Ranger said "This guy's a freak!"
* HandicappedBadass: The blind Master Swoop. Bat spirit, of course.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jarrod and Camille toward the end of the series.
** Camille definitely but Jarrod was possessed the entire time, might be better fit for BeingEvilSucks, GoodFeelsGood, and ThePowerOfLove
** Earlier, Phantom Beast General Whiger, in a case of DeathEqualsRedemption and ThePowerOfFriendship
* HowDoIShotWeb: Casey's first failed attempt at morphing.
* IfItSwimsItFlies: Mostly averted as the Shark Spirit only flies to combine with the Megazord, or when they use all the extra animals in an Ultrazord-type formation.
** Kinda played straight by the Penguin Spirit, which flies around on a surfboard.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Master Mao first tries to do this with Jarrod (possessed by Dai Shi) and fails. Casey does this later and succeeds, although this might be down to the fact Dai Shi was starting to lose his grip. Fran does it when RJ becomes a werewolf, also invoking the MoralityChain.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: As Bruce Kalish's fourth season, every title had four words. This led to strange titles like "Pizza Slice of Life" and "One Last Second Chance".
* [[InconsistentDub Inconsistent Adaptation]]: The Jarrod / Dai Shi situation was highly inconsistent. At first it was DemonicPossession, then it became [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Jerk]], then back and forth between the two, and near the finale it settled on a SplitPersonalityTakeover conflict.
* JerkAss: Jarrod, even before being possessed by Dai Shi. R.J. appears to be one in an early episode but ends up subverting it.
* KiAttacks
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: This is the only explanation for where the martial artists got their hands on high tech morphers. Y'see, the substitute [[TheMentor mentor]] knows a guy who knows a guy who has an uncle...
* LoveRedeems: Jarrod and Camille
* MagicalSecurityCam: Handwaved as a citywide surveillance system.
* MasterOfDelusion: Averted; Fran starts getting annoyed at her coworkers running off, and eventually discovers what they're doing.
* MeaningfulName: The Pai Zhua masters: Master Mao (cat, think "meow"), Master (ele)Phant, Master Swoop (bat), Master Finn (shark), Master (go)Rilla, Master (ante)Lope, and Master (pen)Guin. Also Camille the chameleon.
* MinionShipping: Jarrod and Camille.
** And also Toady and Stingerella, of the Five Fingers of Poison.
* MisplacedWildlife: Sharks, penguins, and rhinos... in the jungle?
* MundaneUtility: the Rangers often show off their Kung Fu skills... [[MartialArtsAndCrafts while making pizza]].
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours
* MythologyGag: Not just the reference to the Morphin' Grid. Let's see, we've got a White Ranger (well, Rhino Ranger, but he's in white) whose glove thingy has finger missiles (just like the Zord of a certain Green Ranger who became a White Ranger later.) Also, the Rhino Zord has Dominic riding on its back until he's ready to convert it to Warrior Mode (a term we're hearing for the first time since 1995-6, perhaps) by entering the cockpit and inserting the dagger that controls it into a slot. In other words, it pretty much ''is'' the White Tiger Thunderzord. Also, it uses the same kanji for its finisher as the White Tiger used in its main attack.
** A WolfMan whose human form has somewhat-long hair and a BadassBeard, who becomes the [[BigBadassWolf Wolf Ranger]]? RJ is channeling some [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Merrick]] in this.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Theo and Lily, though Theo is hoping for a RelationshipUpgrade.
* PowerOfFriendship: Casey saves General Whiger despite the latter's inevitable death, leading him to decide to help Casey stop the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of The Week]] as part of his HeelFaceTurn.
* PunnyName: Dai Shi. Dai (大) means great/big. Shi can mean death (死) or be a reference to shishi (獅子), which means lion.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: Lily's Cheetah Jab.
* SealedEvilInACan: Again, couldn't they have put a ''lock'' on that box Dai Shi was in?
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Lily - at least Theo thinks so.
* ShoutOut: Master Swoop, to ''Film/TheMatrix'', possibly.
** Also, the opening two-parter "Welcome to the Jungle" is a Guns N Roses song.
** Not to mention the Five Fingers of Poison. They're a homage to ''The FiveDeadlyVenoms.''
** Grinder fights with a [[JourneytoTheWest shape changing staff and can summon clones of himself.]]
** The way that RJ trains Casey in the "Sigh of the Tiger" is highly similar to ''TheKarateKid''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The press release for the season originally misspelled the order Pai Zhuq. To this day, people still use that spelling on occasion.
* TheStarscream: Grizzaka. Because he blames Dai Shi for losing the war 10,000 years ago, and even more for his current status as a human. No doubt about it.
-->'''Grizzaka''': 10,000 years ago, you ruled us, and we were destroyed. Now you're human - even weaker. From now on, I'm in charge.
** And unlike [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} the real Starscream]], he ''actually wins,'' and is the leader until Dai Shi can get his position back.
** And after him come the Phantom Beasts. They are actually loyal to Dai Shi - having thought like Grizzaka back in the original war, and now believing they'd have won if they had followed Dai Shi. (Yes, ''villains'' blaming their failure on ''themselves.'' You don't see that every day.) However, they believe Dai Shi has been compromised by the will of Jarrod.
** But before any of them, there was Naja. He made the mistake of trying to recruit Camille, and his Starscreaming career lasted two episodes before ''she'' finished him.
* SupernaturalMartialArts
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
* ToTheBatPole: The Rangers' vine-tunnel thing.
* TVStrikes: The season was mostly completed by scab writers during the writers' strike of 2007-08.
** [[TropesAreNotBad This isn't a bad thing]], as noted under NeedsMoreLove while this season does have its flaws it's noted that it was at least a step back in the right direction.
* WaxOnWaxOff: "Sigh of the Tiger"
* WellDoneSonGuy: R.J.
* WhereItAllBegan: We return to the chamber where Dai Shi had been released in the last episode, [[spoiler:[[TailorMadePrison where Jarrod was planning to exile himself forever]].]]
* WhosWatchingTheStore? Fran, and only Fran.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Theo and Lily, Dominic and Fran. [[spoiler:Both pairs do.]]
* WolfMan: R.J., when his wolf spirit gets out of hand
* YouLookFamiliar: Subverted as far as possible - Kelson Henderson gets reduced to a voice acting credit in the role of Flit, [[spoiler:and only appears in person in the finale - even then, he's mostly hidden by a backwards cap and large sunglasses. [[FridgeHorror Was his transformation to human form not complete]]?]]
** Camille is played by Holly Shanahan, previously Leelee in ''Mystic Force''. [[spoiler:Making this her second role as a villainess who does a HeelFaceTurn.]]
*** Disguised with DyeingForYourArt - Leelee is blonde, Camille has dark hair.
** And Michelle Langstone, Kat Manx from ''SPD'', returns as Master Guin. Who incidentally ''was also called Michelle'' in ''Gekiranger'', leading to fans deeming her Michelle Guin. Or Michelle Pengstone.
** Another subversion: Sarah Thomson (Fran) played Diane, the human form of the ''other'' MonsterOfTheWeek in the ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' episode "A-Bridged." Fran lacks Diane's EightiesHair.
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