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Series: Power Rangers Mystic Force

"Magical Source! Mystic Force!"
Morphing call, Power Rangers Mystic Force

The 14th season of Power Rangers, based on Mahou Sentai Magiranger. After an earthquake hits the city of Briarwood, a stranger appears and asks for help locating someone in the nearby forest. But the local townsfolk are superstitious about the woods, and the only one brave enough to volunteer is Nick, a wanderer just passing through. A group of locals join him, not wanting to be shown up by an outsider.

The teens soon discover the secret of Briarwood Forest: it is home to a pocket dimension inhabited by mystical creatures, and the stranger who summoned them is a powerful sorceress. More than that, their bravery marks them as wizards destined to protect both them and the human realm from the forces of the Underworld that have been freed by the quake. They are given the power to become Rangers to give their magical powers an extra edge, but if they're going to win they'll need to find out what happened years ago when the monsters were sealed...

Mystic Force isn't remembered as one of the best Rangers series, but it is serviceable. The main complaint is that the story increasingly revolves around Nick, shoving the others into the background. As with Wild Force, it's also disliked for a lack of originality, being more or less just Magiranger with a new cast. The Kalishplosions were also heavily prevalent.

Succeeded by Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.

Now has a character sheet.

Recurring Power Rangers tropes include

This subseries contains examples of:

  • Acting for Two: Barnie Duncan not only played Toby but he also once reprised his role from S.P.D. as Piggy.
  • Actor Allusion: Mystic Mother, as a tribute to the late Machiko Soga. "Known as Rita in the dark days..." Soga played Bandora (MMPR's Rita Repulsa) in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, and Magiel in Magiranger, one of her final roles before her death in 2006.
  • All There in the Manual: If not for the official websites, we'd have no idea what Clare and Toby's last names were.
  • Alpha Bitch: Leelee, but she gets better.
  • Arbitrary Skepticism: Nick takes some time to believe in magic, given that he clearly sees people all around him using it all throughout the first episode. Additionally, when Vida is turned into a vampire and Chip realizes it, the rest of the team laughs it off. Sure, we have magic powers and fight a wolf man and a vampire on a regular basis, but there's no way that Vida could have been turned into a vampire! Wait...
  • Ascended Fanboy: Chip is obsessed with fairy tales and comic books, so he's the most excited to become a Ranger.
  • Badass Biker: Nick.
  • Badass Cape: The only Ranger team that wears 'em. (Sentai has had a couple other teams with capes, but not in about thirty years prior to Magiranger.)
    • Cape Swish: This happens a lot. The Rangers usually start their pose in the roll call with one or two full spins swishing their capes.
  • Badass Family: Parents Leanbow and Udonna, son Bowen/Nick, and niece Clare
  • Barrier Maiden: Clare.
  • Because You Were Nice to Me: Itassis was this to Necrolai, leading to the latter's Heel Face Turn.
  • Big Badass Wolf: Koragg the Knight Wolf/Leanbow the Wolf Warrior.
  • Body Horror: The Master erupts from Matoombo like a demonic cephalopod chestburster.
  • Book Ends: Nick begins the series riding into Briarwood. The last we see of him is riding out, only now with his mother and father.
  • Broken Aesop: "Dark Wish". After being told all season to embrace their mystic abilities, the Rangers are given the Fantastic Aesop to not use magical shortcuts. This is enforced when the villains get Jenji and use their genie wish to strip the Rangers of their powers (a magical shortcut that totally works, by the way). And the Rangers' reward for learning not to use magic is stronger magic.
    • A second one is when Itassis asks why the Rangers continuously defeat the Terrors despite the latter's greater power. The answer she gets is "We're more courageous than you". This is despite the fact that Isassis personally bailed the Rangers out when four of them were down for the count and the other two couldn't morph and killed a Terror the Rangers couldn't scratch because of the 'Rules of Darkness'. Then there's the whole 'one Terror vs six Rangers' thing.
  • But Now I Must Go: Nick, though he's coming back.
  • The Cameo/Continuity Nod: The Mystic Mother, played by Machiko Soga, best known for Rita Repulsa stateside before Rita encountered Zedd.
    "The Mystic Mother. She was known as Rita in the Dark Times."
    • Jenji also shares a scene with S.P.D.'s Piggy in "Ranger Down".
  • Canis Latinicus: The show is surprisingly good about using actual Latin, Greek, and Welsh words for spells (if not proper use of either grammar or Magic A Is Magic A to match), but a few stinkers got by, such as "Hilarium Shenolia".
  • The Charmer: Xander fancies himself as one - though trying "Plan Xander" on the monsters usually gets his ass kicked.
  • Chekhov M.I.A.: Nick being adopted + Udonna's search for her lost husband and missing baby = Surprise!
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Phineas seems to be a harmless Plucky Comic Relief character who occasionally gives advice to the Rangers at first. It isn't until later do we find out that he was the one who rescued Bowen and brought him outside the mystic realm to protect him.
  • Chess Motifs: The Titan Megazord cockpit is laid out like a chessboard, which the Rangers take as a sign to "think strategically". In that vein, they occasionally used "Checkmate!" as a Bond One-Liner.
  • The Chosen One: Nick.
  • Clap Your Hands If You Believe.
  • Cloud Cuckoolander: Phineas.
  • Combined Energy Attack: Used in the finale.
  • Cool Train: the Solar Streak Megazord.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Phineas can kick Mook butt.
    • Jenji also demonstrated some butt kicking moves when the Rangers were incapacitated.
    • Clare, ever the bumbler, managed to tap into some powers by way of ancestry, and even slapped around The Dragon during her spotlight episode.
  • Crossover: Very briefly with SPD when Piggy shows up in one episode and speaks with Jenji. Apparently he's been living on Earth long before aliens integrated with humans.
  • Curiosity Causes Conversion: Itassis.
  • Deliberately Monochrome: The world without the Rangers in "Dark Wish".
  • Despair Event Horizon: Udonna reaches the edge when she finds out Leanbow has been turned back into Koragg, realizing that either he or the Rangers will destroy the other, in addition to her son already being lost. Subverted when she finds Nick's blanket, which belonged to her lost son...
  • Don't Go in the Woods: Invoked in the premiere.
  • Doomy Dooms of Doom: When trying to infiltrate the Underworld in "Light Source":
    Phineas: I don't mean to be a doomsayer, but uhh, DOOM! Doom, doom, doom!
  • The Drifter: Nick.
  • Enemy Mine: Koragg teaming up with the rangers against the Four Barbarian Beasts.
  • Erudite Stoner: Toby.
  • Ethnic Magician: Daggeron.
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: but Itassis does a Heel Face Turn to make an honest attempt.
  • A Form You Are Comfortable With: For starters, Udonna tries to give the rangers ordinary magic wands, but concedes that wand phones are more in line with contemporary tastes.
  • Fusion Dance: Nick fuses with Fireheart for his Battlized mode, and the other Rangers merge to make the Mystic Lion zord.
  • Genie in a Bottle: Jenji.
  • Genre Savvy: Upon becoming Power Rangers, some of the teens wondered aloud when they got all their "cool stuff" like Zords.
  • Good Costume Switch: Leanbow as the Wolf Warrior, who wears a red version of his old Knight Wolf armor.
  • Great Big Book of Everything: The Xenotome.
  • Hellish Horse: Catastros, Koragg's steed.
  • Hollywood Genetics: Udonna looks Irish, her husband Leanbow looks Spanish, and their son Bowen/Nick looks Arabic (Firass Dirani is Aussie-Lebanese), and is much darker skinned than either parent.
  • Hong Kong Dub: Used for Mystic Mother, same as Rita in the old days.
  • Hurricane of Puns: The Rangers need to collectively get one out of their system when Xander starts turning into a tree in "Petrified Xander".
  • Hybrid Monster: Phineas the "troblin" (half-troll, half-goblin). He's an outcast with both the trolls and the goblins.
  • I Always Wanted to Say That: Chip, after saying "It's Quiet... Too Quiet".
  • If It Swims, It Flies: The Mystic Mermaid zord averts this by turning her fins to legs and walking.
  • I Hate You, Vampire Mom: Leelee to Necrolai - not for any Blessed with Suck angst, Leelee's not even a vampire; Necrolai just sucks at parenting.
  • Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: as Bruce Kalish's second season, every title had two words (though they fudged it with "The Snow Prince").
  • Inconsistent Dub: Production can't keep track of which spell does what.
  • Inept Mage: Clare.
  • Instant Runes: The Rangers, the old guard, the bad guys, and Legend Warrior Mode each have a pretty mystic seal (the Legend seal is only seen in the zord cockpit, though).
  • Interspecies Romance: several Last Minute Hookups: Leelee and Phineas (also see Hybrid Monster above), Necrolai and Toby, and even Itassis and Daggeron was teased a little!
  • Jigsaw Puzzle Plot
  • The Lady's Favour: Gender inverted with Nick and Madison in the finale; it also avoids the Try Not to Die part by happening after the battle.
  • Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand: Vida to Matoombo the energy terror to cement his Heel Face Turn
  • Land of Faerie: If Briarwood Forest doesn't strictly qualify, then it is at least very close.
  • The Legions of Hell
  • Literal Genie: Jenji a few times.
  • Luke, I Am Your Father: Koragg (aka Leanbow) and Udonna are Nick's biological parents.
  • Magic A Is Magic A: Unfortunately not; the American production sadly broke Magiranger's defined spell system and were too lazy to make their own work as intended (come on, BVS: is it really that hard to re-film fingers dialing a phone?)
  • Magic Warrior: Clare inherited the powers of the Gatekeeper from her mother (even though she only used them in only in a lone two-parter).
  • Magical Security Cam: Averted; Nick and Vida have to swipe security footage of them morphing in "Fire Heart", and it's not even Stock Footage.
  • Make a Wish
  • The Master: Used for the name of the Big Bad.
  • Master of Delusion: averted; Toby starts getting annoyed at his employees running off, and they eventually own up to him.
  • Mega Neko: Jenji.
  • Mind Rape: The Master shows Daggeron his coming death in the finale (thankfully, it doesn't quite work out that way).
  • Mythology Gag: The Pheonix Unizord resembles a non-evil Cyclopsis. Which is quite fitting, given that the Mystic Mother was Rita.
  • Name's the Same: Mystic Force isn't the only series with a Xander fighting vampires and other nasties, or a videographer named Madison in the American version. For that matter, she wasn't the first Madison to turn into a mermaid...
  • Nice Hat: On the megazords of all things. The Mystic Titan megazord has a pointy wizard hat and the Solar Streak megazord has a turban.
  • Noble Demon: Koragg.
  • Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Xander, the standout in a cast of Fake Americans; eventually explained as him being a native Aussie.
  • Not Worth Killing: Koragg pulls this a lot.
  • Obviously Evil: Inverted with Leanbow. His Ancient Mystic mode looks much more demonic than his "Koragg" armor, even though he uses the former as a hero and the latter as a villain.
  • Omniscient Morality License: Daggeron in "Inner Strength".
  • The Other Rainforest: The location of Briarwood suggests that it is either in Northern California or Oregon.
  • Our Dragons Are Different: Fireheart.
  • Out of Focus: Initially, Madison (hence the "Who's Madison?" meme). Eventually, everyone who wasn't Nick.
  • Overclocking Attack: The very last battle.
  • Pink Means Feminine: Played with. The Pink Ranger isn't the team's Girly Girl for once and even borders on "butch". But the trope is affirmed in that Vida is not a fan of the color.
  • Portal Network: The Rangers travel through the forest's trees to get around.
  • Purple Is The New Black: Koragg's armor.
  • Recursive Import: This series gets dubbed in Japan, but unlike in the case of Power Rangers SPD, the Magiranger actors don't get to voice their counterparts.
  • Red-Headed Hero: Chip and Udonna.
  • Reforged into a Minion: Koragg.
  • Refusal of the Call: Nick.
  • Right Back At Ya: Imperius does this to the rangers to demonstrate his superior magic.
  • Right Behind Me: Xander griping about Daggeron in "Inner Strength".
  • Robe and Wizard Hat: The Rangers have robes; it's the megazord that has the hat!
  • Sarcastic Confession: Chip reveals the Rangers' identities to Toby, knowing he'd never believe it.
  • Secret Legacy: Nick.
  • Secret Test of Character: The Tribunal of Magic sets two of them before the Rangers; one is if they're brave enough to fight without their magic and the other is a...
  • She's a Man in Japan: Reversed; the female Heavenly Saint Snowgel became the Snow Prince in the U.S.
  • Ship Tease: Chip and Vida, because the fans damn well don't let how much Nick hogs up the whole season slow them down.
    • Nick and Madison is also hinted at quite a bit.
  • Sibling Yin-Yang: Vida and Madison.
  • Sigil Spam: "M" designs are everywhere.
  • Significant Anagram: Leelee Pimvare. She even spells it out when we first hear it: "Pimvare" <-> "Vampire".
  • Skunk Stripe: Vida. It's always colored, too.
  • Sorting Algorithm of Evil: Instead of one Big Bad, there's sort of a revolving door. Every time one went down for the count, another one showed up.
  • The Starscream: Imperious tries to be this, but Koragg prevents it from happening.
  • Taken for Granite: Madison and random civilians in "Rock Solid", and Jenji in a later episode.
  • The End: The season ends with this showing up in the Xenotome.
  • Theme Tune Rap: Say what you will about it, but at the very least it's better than the that came after it.
  • Timey Wimey Ball: Good luck making sense of the temporal mechanics in "Dark Wish". For some reason, neither Koragg nor the Rangers were affected by the initial wish even when Udonna was. Then when the wish was reversed, time wasn't. A battle started in the same circumstances as before. The villains remembered both timelines.
  • Ugly Guy, Hot Girl: Phineas and Leelee.
  • Unexplained Recovery: Matoombo is alive and well at the end, even though The Master basically tore him apart from the inside.
  • Who's Watching The Store?
  • Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Madison hates frogs.
  • You Look Familiar: Three subverted examples here - Barnie Duncan and John Tui, previously Piggy and "Doggie" Cruger in S.P.D., are virtually unrecognizable without their heavy prosthetics in the roles of Toby and Daggeron, apart from their distinctive voices. And Kelson Henderson is completely unrecognizable under prosthetics, hideous dentures and a different voice in the role of Phineas. Mystic Mother is almost this, sharing an actress with Rita Repulsa, but it's explained they're one and the same.
    • Played straight with Antonia Prebble (Clare), who previously played two one-shot characters: Krista, "the tree girl" and Conner's prom date in Dino Thunder, and the unmorphed Nova Ranger in the S.P.D. finale.

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