The Mighty Morphin' era has ended, and the Rangers have gone Zeo. How does Linkara feel about the change in status quo?
Tropes:
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Talks about how after the teens returned to their old timeline, everyone just forgot that Ninjor from the previous season even existed. This season also introduced Auric the Conqueror, who also just disappears at some point and is then never referred to again.
- Continuity Lockout: In-Universe example. During the reading of the infamous "Dear John" Letter, Linkara adds text over Tanya, having her think, "Who the hell is Kimberly?"
- Creator Backlash: In the updated review, Linkara admits that one of the things he didn't like in the original review was not properly talking about Tommy's brother arc. He was just tired of TV's portrayal of Native Americans as a whole, and that the story arc continues the trend that Tommy gets the most development over the others. He does admit however that when there is something that adds development, he should properly talk about it.
- Clueless Mystery: What he criticizes the Gold Ranger arc turning out to be, see The Reveal below, bringing up all the hints that were proved pointless.
- "Dear John" Letter: Annoyed that this is how Kimberly breaks up with Tommy, even referencing it again later in Dino Thunder.
- Evil Versus Evil: Zedd and Rita vs the Machine Empire.
- Informed Ability: The Cogs were supposedly unrelenting and "must be completely dismantled to be defeated", suggesting they were more dangerous than the previous set of Mooks, but they were disabled in basically the same fashion as everything else... punching and kicking them a lot.
- Magic Versus Science: As with the first three seasons of Mighty Morphin, Linkara discusses the effect of this trope here, too. In this case, however, it's been exchanged for the idea of balance between the two concepts, with the Rangers' powers being more mystical in nature and enhanced with technology, while the enemies are a technological alien empire and the magic users Rita and Zedd.
- Pop-Cultural Osmosis: He brings this up in the updated video in regards to the change to Zeo, mentioning that as far fewer people know about Asajj Ventress or Jonathan Archer than they do Darth Vader and James T. Kirk, many people are only familiar with the Mighty Morphin' era and not what came afterwards.
- Real-Life Relative: Likes that Jason David Frank's real-life brother Erik played Tommy's brother David Trueheart on the show as it added realistic chemistry.
- The Reveal:
- Despite early indications of it being someone the Rangers knew, the Gold Ranger ended up being someone nobody knew or had even heard of up to that point (Trey of Triforia), which he admits disappointment over.
- On the other hand, the identity of the guy to take over the Gold Ranger powers being revealed as Jason was praised for being such an unexpected twist.
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: In the updated review (as the news of what happened came out months after the original review was released), Linkara explains that this trope is unfortunately why Billy was written off. Due to David Yost being harassed by production due to his sexuality (the '90s weren't kind to LGBTQ members), he basically walked off the set one day and never came back.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: He was disappointed with the Machine Empire sticking with the same Monster of the Week plans we saw before and not launching any full-scale invasions, especially since he brings up that what we see of it is visually very impressive with numerous robot servants and giant Walking Tanks.
- Timey-Wimey Ball: When Tanya replaces Aisha in the timeline, Tanya just automatically gains all of Aisha's history and friends somehow. Also, Tanya is living with Kat because previously Aisha was living with Kat... except she wasn't, it was actually Kimberly who was living with Aisha. Basically, Linkara says things get super confusing and convoluted whenever Power Rangers tries to do anything involving time travel.
- Unfortunate Implications: While it was the obvious choice to have Tommy be Zeo Ranger 5 (since he was the leader), Linkara does point out the faux pas of making the Native American cast member the Red Ranger, or as he eloquently puts it: "Whoops."
- Villain Ball: When Rita gets her new Magic Staff and fails to zap Kat with it to turn her into a monster, Linkara points out how Rita has a firm handle on this ball since she doesn't think to just try and zap Kat again immediately after missing the first time (or any time after that).
- Villain Decay: Notes the Machine Empire falls into this, despite the initial build-up about them, as they stick to the same plans that Rita and Zedd did and continuously fail to defeat the rangers. He even admits that Rita mocking them and saying that they're a joke is pretty much true by the finale.
- What Could Have Been: In the revisited video, he mentions the popular, though unsubstantiated, rumor that the original plan for the Gold Ranger was for the character to be revealed as Ryan Steele from VR Troopers.
- What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: Finds the fight between Rita and Zedd's Tenga Warriors and the Machine Empire's Cogs surprisingly violent and dark, showing Tengas having their feathers ripped out and the cogs being disembowelled on-screen.
- Worf Had the Flu: Points out that Jason is clearly weaker than Trey as the Gold Ranger, but it's also completely justified: Trey is far more experienced with the powers and they were designed for a Triforian, who despite looking human clearly have very different biology than a human (a factor that is actually a plot-point towards the end of the series), so it only makes sense he'd be somewhat stronger than Jason with them.
