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[[caption-width-right:300: Twenty Years, Five Rangers, One Word]]

The... well... [[SequelNumberSnarl we're not sure what season number we're at anymore]],[[note]]Somewhere from Season 19 to Seasons 21 and 22, depending on how you count things.[[/note]] but it's the 2013-2014 incarnation of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' using Ranger, Monster and Zord footage from ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and a few other elements from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. Regardless of the exact number, this installment serves as [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7tN4OIZz_JY/T9fvVxwRbnI/AAAAAAACjD4/3dPde2X3Ewo/s1600/saban-1_28129.jpg the milestone twenty-year anniversary season]].

[[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude Five teenagers with attitude]] are summoned by Gosei, a supernatural guardian and apprentice to the legendary [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon]]. There they learn that an evil alien race called the Warstars are planning to invade Earth, and are granted incredible powers to form the ultimate defence team: the Power Rangers Megaforce!

In addition to fighting the Warstar aliens, the Rangers must also fight off two additional threats: a race of toxic underground beasts, and a ruthless robot army. However, they receive backup in the form of new PoweredArmor and [[SixthRanger an ancient guardian known only as Robo Knight]].
The Power Morphicon 3 trailer for ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztcetHPivmw here]], and the "first look" trailer can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKWl_Woxgg here]].[[note]]Extended version can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl_Jpl2zCiQ here]].[[/note]] The series is also available on {{Hulu}}, [[http://www.hulu.com/#!power-rangers-megaforce seen here]].

Not to be confused with ''DenjiSentaiMegaranger'', the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' counterpart to ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.[[note]]The Power Rangers Megaforce have been referred to (in an abbreviated form) as "Mega Rangers" on occasion.[[/note]]
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!!Recurring ''Power Rangers'' tropes include:
* BigBad: Admiral Malkor for Season One. [[spoiler:Vrak is alien royalty, and is related to the big bads of Season Two.]]
* ChestInsignia: Partial crests on the chest, full team crests on the forehead and belt, and personal animal symbols on the sides of the helmets.
* CityOfAdventure: [[http://www.rangercrew.com/forum/showthread.php?25706-Power-Rangers-Megaforce-Discussion-Thread/page16&p=1066461#post1066461 The city of Harwood County.]] Yeah, we know, it's a weird name.
* TheDragon: Vrak, Creepox, Bluefur, and Bigs all seem to share the positions of CoDragons under Malkor. Metal Alice will likely be one, too.
* FinishingMove: "Victory Charge!" is the standard one. ("Dynamic Victory Charge!" for the team blaster)
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Troy
** TheLancer: Jake
** TheSmartGuy: Noah
** [[TheBigGuy The Big Girl]]: Gia
** TheChick: Emma
** AloofAlly: Robo Knight
* FiveTokenBand: The Red and Yellow Rangers are Caucasian, the Pink Ranger is part Caucasian part Asian, the Blue Ranger is African-American, and the Black Ranger is Indian.
* HumongousMecha
** AnimalMecha
** CombiningMecha
** MechaExpansionPack: The Land Brothers, Sea Brothers, and Sky Brothers Zords.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Made possible by Vrak's Zombats, which attach themselves to the monster in question.
* TheMentor: Gosei
* {{Mooks}}: Loogies
* {{Motifs}}: LandSeaSky with AnimalMotifs
** Land: PantheraAwesome (Gia) and Snake (Jake). Also the Land Brothers Zords: RhinoRampage, TyrannosaurusRex, and Stag Beetle.
** Sea: ThreateningShark (Noah). Also the Sea Brothers Zords: Manta Ray, [[ThreateningShark Hammerhead, and Sawshark]].
** Sky: InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons (Troy) and ThePhoenix (Emma). Also the Sky Brothers Zords: BigBadassBirdOfPrey (Hawk), RavensAndCrows, and PteroSoarer.
** AllYourPowersCombined: KingOfBeasts (Robo Knight)
** The villains also have LandSeaSky by where their lairs are: the mutants hide out underground, the robots have an UnderwaterBase, and the insect aliens have a SpaceBase.
* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude
* {{Recycled IN SPACE}}!: Season One averts it by being a throwback to the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' where things were kept as generic as possible - so it's recycled, but not [[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: IN SPACE! ]]
Season Two, on the other hand, is looking like it'll be ''Power Rangers'' [[/folder]]

[[folder: IN A CRISIS CROSSOVER! ]]

* RookieRedRanger: In the same vein as [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Nick]]; while all the teens are new to superheroing, Troy is a NewTransferStudent while the others already know each other, yet he's appointed leader anyway.
* TransformationTrinket: The Gosei Morphers, hand-held card readers. Robo Knight uses a cell phone based Morpher.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Gia and Emma
* WeaponOfChoice
** FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Mega Blasters
** HeroesPreferSwords: Troy's Dragon Sword
** HandCannon: Emma's Phoenix Shot
** AnAxeToGrind: Jake's Snake Axe
** ImprobableWeaponUser: Gia's Tiger Claw
** AutomaticCrossbows: Noah's Shark Bowgun
** SwissArmyWeapon: Robo Knight's Lion Blaster/Blade
* WordPower
** CallingYourAttacks: Besides the usual, Rangers summoning their arsenal is accompanied by Gosei shouting "Summon battle gear/Mechazords/Megazord/Zords!"
** {{Invocation}}: "It's Morphin' Time!" and/or "Go Go Megaforce!"
** InTheNameOfTheMoon[=/=]TransformationNameAnnouncement:
--->"Fury of the dragon! Megaforce Red!"
--->"Flames of the phoenix! Megaforce Pink!"
--->"Venom of the snake! Megaforce Black!"
--->"Claw of the tiger! Megaforce Yellow!"
--->"Bite of the shark! Megaforce Blue!"
--->"Earth's defenders, never surrender! Power Rangers Megaforce!"

!!''Power Rangers Megaforce'' contains examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation / CompressedAdaptation: ''Megaforce'' will adapt both ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' in the same roughly-40 episodes that previous seasons had to adapt only a single ''Sentai''.
* AdaptedOut: Most of the C-list mecha (Datas, the Mystic Brothers, the Exotic Brothers, possibly Gosei Wonder) are gone, as with the accelerated timeframe the Rangers are literally debuting new powerups every episode as it is. Notably, the show is still using a combination that originally involved Datas: the Ultra Gosei Great Megazord (Toywise, the combination is done with three new vehicles that work with the Brothers Zords and a motorcycle with the Ultra Change Zord). Gosei Wonder, at least, looks like it'll be getting a toy release (as "Gosei Jet"). There's also little to no sign of [[spoiler:Robogog]] being carried over.
* AliensAreBastards: Implied by Vrak in his first confrontation with the Rangers in "United We Stand":
-->'''Noah:''' What do you want?
-->'''Vrak:''' What do any alien beings want from other civilizations?
* ArbitrarySkepticism: The teens are shocked to learn about the existence of aliens and Power Rangers. Thing is, Earth has already suffered a full-scale alien invasion [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace once before]], and the Power Rangers have been known public figures both before and after that. What makes it especially glaring in this case is that Gosei mentions that [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon]] was his mentor, which very firmly establishes that the previously mentioned alien invasion ''did happen''. (Their teacher, Mr. Burley, also believes in cryptids, but that's at least a form of weirdness that ''hasn't'' had public exposure in the Rangerverse.)
** Averted in episode 9. Apparently, [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone prophetic dreams are common enough to be accepted by portions of the scientific community]]. Given the PsychicPowers of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] (and further down the timeline, [[Series/PowerRangersSPD Bridge]] and [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Trip]]), this makes some sense.
* TheArtifact: The show has been trying their hardest to avoid all the text on the Ranger's cards from becoming this, keeping most of the names for them (although there are still some problems, like the Sky Brother's card still saying Skick Brothers.)
* BigBadassBattleSequence: Troy has twice so far dreamed of one; whose footage is pulled from ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'''s Legend War.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The [[http://www.supersentai.com/database/2010_goseiger/images/gosei-vi-irian.jpg red parts]] of the monster Irian from ''Goseiger'' were painted a [[http://www.megaforcecast.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=345&pid=10715#top_display_media dark blue]] for her ''Megaforce'' counterpart Beezara, making them look less like NonMammalMammaries and more like part of her body armor, since that's something that just won't fly on an American kid's show. It's also fairly safe to predict that Metal Alice's TorpedoTits won't make the jump either.
* TheCameo: Saban is lining up former Rangers to make appearances in ''Super Megaforce''.
* CardsOfPower
* ContinuityNod: Gosei was a pupil of Zordon, the mentor to the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. He also refers to the preceding Ranger teams.
* {{Cyclops}}: The Zombats' heads are eyeballs.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While not quite dark per se, ''Megaforce'' has much less of the excessive comic relief, one-liners and LullDestruction that made ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' before it so hit-or-miss.
* DreadfulMusician / GiftedlyBad: Dizchord, the MonsterOfTheWeek in episode 6, who fancies himself the greatest rockstar in the universe, but just plain sucks.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Troy frequently sees visions of a war involving unknown (to him) Rangers in his dreams.
* DubNameChange: Averted by the mecha, which go by their ''Goseiger'' names with "Megazord" on the end (for example, Gosei Great becomes the Gosei Great Megazord). Other terms carried over include "Warstar", " Dynamic", "Victory Charge", "Twistornado", and "Metal Alice". A lot of this probably has to do with sticking as closely as possible to Gosei Card StockFootage.
* DullSurprise: Troy. Most evident in "Robo Knight" where his expression doesn't change at all when Robo Knight doesn't shake his hand - this has caused Rangerboard to joke that Troy's more robotic than the actual robot is. However, it is mostly averted with the other Rangers.
* EarlyBirdCameo: SixthRanger Robo Knight appears in the first episode when Troy dreams about the Legend War, which of course hasn't happened yet. Additionally, the Gormin from ''Gokaiger'' appear, though we haven't learned their American names yet, with Troy DreamingOfThingsToCome.
* EgocentricTeamNaming: Not the team name, but much of the Rangers' equipment is named after Gosei. The morphers also seem to be his face in miniature - which is at least better than ''Goseiger'', where Master Headder's face was the team logo and was thus [[SigilSpam plastered on]] ''everything''. Then again, Troy sees said logo on Robo Knight and says it looks like Gosei...
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Troy's optimism is on full display when asked which species is most likely to survive, saying "Humans. Because together, we can accomplish anything."
** Emma's love of the environment, Noah's nerdiness and Jake's crush on Gia are also established in short order.
* {{Expy}}: Gosei and Tensou are the next [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Zordon and Alpha]]. Gosei mentions that Zordon was his mentor. Though Tensou's more like [[ShortCircuit Johnny 5]] than Alpha 5.
** Robo Knight seems to be one of Franchise/{{RoboCop}} with a similar voice and sound effects.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In "Prince Takes Knight", Vrak assumes the Rangers abandoned Robo Knight after they called him out for endangering civilians; and is surprised when they come to his rescue anyway.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Insects and Robots are mentioned during science class as potential "stronger species". Insect aliens begin invading later that episode, and robot enemies will be antagonists later in the season. The third group of enemies was foreshadowed in the next episode, when we found that Mr. Burley has an interest in cryptozoology.
** In "United We Stand", the Rangers first meet Vrak and Noah notes that he isn't an insect like the rest of the Warstar; and he's later seen with a newspaper with a headline about ocean pollution (hinting at the robots, who had a sea base in ''Goseiger'').
* FakeUltimateHero: A customer of Ernie's Brainfreeze, named Jordan, claims to his peers that he's the Red Ranger, but is rather cowardly.
* FantasticRacism: Creepox against humans
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Jake comments that Gosei looks like a Tiki head. Gosei replies that he has taken on a form that "you would be comfortable with".
* GaiasVengeance: Both the mutants and Robo Knight are this, though in different flavors. Robo Knight's mission is to defend nature that's threatened, while the mutants want to take the threats and escalate them to a full-on eco-disaster for revenge. It's also probably a good thing that Robo Knight sees the mutants as the threat, not humanity.
* HollywoodNerd: Noah.
** BlackAndNerdy
* HumansAreBastards: The mutants believe this. They made their home underneath an old toxic waste factory, where they were formed from the waste that seeped into the cavern underground. They view their plan to turn Earth into a toxic wasteland as simply finishing what humanity started.
* InternalHomage: Everything just screams that Saban is basically trying to remake the original ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'':
** The return to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude and WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld plots.
** Gosei and Tensou being blatant [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Zordon and Alpha. Justified; Zordon was Gosei's mentor. Plus, the local hangout owner is named "Ernie" like his ''Mighty Morphin''' counterpart.
** In the [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nW38O8CQ_3Y/UNUlOkr_16I/AAAAAAACvsM/YrKC-YoB1fU/s1600/compareu.png cast wardrobe]]: Blue Ranger Noah in smart specs similar to Billy's, while Pink Ranger Emma sports shorts like Kimberly.
** The premiere has numerous {{Call Back}}s to "Day of the Dumpster". Both have the teens' arrival at the Command Center include a brainy Blue Ranger-to-be fascinated by the resident robot, and there are a lot of dialogue nods including an exchange between a giant head and a robot about needing teenagers, the Red Ranger delivering the line "[Zordon/Gosei] said these morphers would give us power.", and the Pink Ranger joking about helmet hair.
* LampshadeHanging: In the episode "Robo Knight", Gia lampshades the MakeMyMonsterGrow trope when she shouts, "Guess we should have expected this!"--as the monster is growing in front of them.
* LargeHam: [[BigBad Admiral Malkor]], Creepox and Ernie.
* LimitedWardrobe: All five Rangers have worn the exact same outfits in every episode, barring only an occasional wardrobe change. Sure, the franchise uses this trope often, but it's more noticeable this season because it's civvie wear and not a uniform or something.
* LocalHangout: Ernie's Brain Freeze
* LullDestruction: Averted. The series is written with a fairly serious tone, and the fights are, in general, rather silent outside of the grunts of the Rangers fighting.
* {{Magitek}}: Vrak's Zombats can bring fallen monsters back to life, making their function a form of necromancy; however, Vrak describes them as being robotic. Vrak's character bio also mentions that he is capable of performing alien magic, which seems to be this trope.
* MeaningfulEcho: Troy stops a bully in "Who's Crying Now?" by stating that a) you shouldn't be bullying people around and b) every small creature doesn't need to be picked on. The words get repeated later in the episode when a) the kid Troy saved from the beating uses the first set of lines to save said bullies from Creepox, and b) the bullies repeat the second set to prevent the group from squishing their target's insect friend, now having a true change of heart.
* MeaningfulName: A water-related Ranger is named [[Literature/TheBible Noah]].
** From "He Blasted Me With Science," we have a UFO-themed monster named... "Yuffo".
* MilestoneCelebration: The series is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise.
** Thus, there are several references to all seasons, such as [[spoiler:It's Morphin' Time!]] and Samurai's "Go Go Samurai" as "Go Go Megaforce"
*** Speaking of Samurai, the season's theme is similar to the Samurai theme. But proven different with a scene from "Who's Crying Now" [[spoiler:When Troy activates the Ultra Gosei Great Megazord's]] Victory Charge, part of the theme is playing in the background and is similar to [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace In Space]]'s theme.
* MusicalAssassin: The monster Dizchord can use music as a weapon, which is extremely agonizing. [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Emma uses her singing]] combined with one of Troy's cards to counter it and beat him.
* MythologyGag: Besides the many references to ''Mighty Morphin''', the names "Gosei" and "Tensou" are taken from the original ''Sentai'' but used in a different context.
** When the first MonsterOfTheWeek is summoned, his boasting ironically includes the words "Power like they've never seen before". This is extremely close to the first lyrics from the original "Go Go Power Rangers" theme song.
** "It's Morphin' Time!" has returned as an additional {{Invocation}} before the official morphing call.
** The local hang out owner is named [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Ernie]], after a character with the same role from the first four seasons.
* NoPronunciationGuide: In Japanese, "Tensou" is pronounced "ten-soh". Tensou in ''Megaforce'' is pronounced "ten-soo".
** This also applies to Vrak. Even Admiral Malkor doesn't know how to pronounce it. He's called him both 'v-ROCK' before and 'v-RACK'.
* NonIndicativeName: Harwood County is actually a city. Well, it could be both - there are a number of cities big enough that they're considered counties as well - but it's odd that "County" is in the proper name.
* OpeningNarration: In the same style as ''Samurai'''s:
-->Our world was once a safe and happy place, until evil aliens arrived with one plan: to destroy Earth! Gosei, Earth's ancient guardian, awoke, and called on a new team of teenagers to fight off this new threat. They are the Power Rangers Megaforce!
* PeoplePuppets: Beezara's abilities in ''United We Stand''.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: A bit in the theme song. "'''ME! GA! FORCE!'''"
* PungeonMaster: Dizcord.
* RearrangeTheSong: "Go Go Power Rangers" (Samurai Version) gets remixed yet again.
* RhymesOnADime: Dizchord again!
* RobotBuddy: Tensou
* ShoutOut: In "United We Stand," one of the Rangers calls Queen Beezara "[[Series/{{Beetleborgs}} A big bad beetle]]." She doesn't take it well, for [[InsistentTerminology more reasons]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen than one]].
* TheSomethingForce: The first ''Power Rangers'' series to invoke this trope while combining the word "Force" with the season subtitle's first term, resulting in the one-word subtitle of ''Megaforce''. Additionally, unlike other TheSomethingForce seasons, this season's theme isn't necessarily indicated by the word preceding "force" in the title; the subtitle merely utilizes a generic prefix.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The season is titled ''Power Rangers '''Megaforce''''', although variable spellings of [="MegaForce"=] and "Mega Force" can occasionally be seen. These variants are likely arising because past seasons containing the term [[TheSomethingForce "Force"]] in the subtitle have always treated ''Force'' as a separate word, whereas ''Megaforce'' is the first instance of the term "Force" being combined with another term to make a compound-word subtitle.
** Coincidentally, the usage of a compound word helps in averting AcronymConfusion (as of 2013), as ''Megaforce'' can use the initialism PRM rather than PRMF (which is usually used to refer to ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'').
* SpoilerOpening: The title sequence includes clips of [[spoiler:the Gosei Ground Megazord and Vrak's ultimate form]], long before either is in the show.
* StrawFeminist: MonsterOfTheWeek Beezara from "United We Stand," who uses her powers to turn the male students of Harwood County High into her slaves. She also has a bit of a {{Dominatrix}} motif thrown in. For what it's worth, in her interactions with Creepox [[StrawMisogynist the feeling is mutual]].
* SublimeRhyme: Black Ranger Jake's name rhymes with his power animal, the Snake. Similar to how Black Ranger Zack's name from ''Mighty Morphin''' rhymed with his respective suit color.
** The team's rallying cry of "Earth's Defenders, Never Surrender!"
* ThemeTuneRollCall
* ToiletHumor: Calling ''Samurai''[='s=] {{Mooks}} "Moogers"[[note]]it resembles the word "'''B'''oogers"[[/note]] may have been merely unfortunate; but this year, calling the snot-green guys ''"Loogies"'' had to be on purpose. It doesn't help that they appear from green slime, and that in episode 3, the MonsterOfTheWeek can turn people into Loogies by sneezing on them).
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Gia and Emma.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Even just the first press release reveals that the villains aren't just the Warstar; there are going to be three villain groups, and they're going to be directed by a fourth party. [[spoiler:Just like ''Goseiger'', which had three groups, but Vrak's counterpart Buredoran was involved in all three and was eventually revealed to be the BigBad manipulating them all.]]
** Also, the SixthRanger, Robo Knight, is part of the earliest promotional material and toy releases.
* TheVirus: The third MonsterOfTheWeek, Virox, can turn ordinary humans into [[{{Mooks}} Loogies]] by sneezing on them. Then those specific Loogies can sneeze on more people and turn ''them'' into Loogies, and so on. Luckily the virus can be cured by [[NoOntologicalInertia killing Virox]].
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: The Rangers are at school again. For the first time [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder in 8 seasons]].
* WhatTheHellHero: In the ninth episode, Robo Knight is under fire from {{Mooks}} and jumps to the side, while civilians are behind him. While the Rangers save them, they do call out Robo Knight on him putting the civilians at risk.
** Not helped by Robo Knight not even trying to pull a JerkassHasAPoint, which he probably would've been able to do by explaining that him not taking heavy damage is more important to him then a few civilians.
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-->''"Earth's defenders, never surrender!"''
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