History AdaptationExplanationExtrication / PowerRangers

* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Horn who had the Transdaggers for unknown reasons. His ''Gingaman'' counterpart stole them from the first generation of Gingamen.

* ''Series/PowerRangersOnSpace:'' In ThePsychoRangers debut episode, they spend the first fight in a copy of the real Rangers' suits, for reasons that aren't adequately explained (it's not a FrameUp, since they keep the costumes after the originals show up). In ''Megaranger'', the Nezirangers were showing [[VillainRespect Villainous Respect]] to the Megarangers by dressing up as "the strongest warriors", only revealing their real appearances when they’d surpassed their opponents.

* In ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', Rita accidentally creates a monster from a purse...which is inexplicably not only her strongest creation ever, but possibly the strongest MonsterOfTheWeek in the ''entire franchise,'' even able to shrug off the finisher from the [[GameBreaker Zeo Ultrazord.]] In the ''Ohranger-Kakuranger'' teamup movie it comes from, there actually is an explanation for this: it's not that it's incredibly powerful, but simply that as a magic-based ''Kakuranger'' monster, it's impervious to the Ohranger's technology-based weapons.

* Dora Goblin from ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'' devoured the souls of children. Gnarly Gnome from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', however, did not, which led one to wonder what were all those balls of light that flew out of him when he exploded.

** Also from season two is the Showbiz Monster, who for no apparent reason dissolves into light when defeated instead of exploding. This is because while Showbiz Monster was just a standard MonsterOfTheWeek, his Dairanger counterpart Media Magician was actually a sympathetic character, and thus got a gentler death.

* In Zeo, Rita accidentally creates a monster from a purse...which is inexplicably not only her strongest creation ever, but possibly the strongest MonsterOfTheWeek in the ''entire franchise,'' even able to shrug off the finisher from the [[GameBreaker Zeo Ultrazord.]] In the Ohranger-Kakuranger teamup movie it comes from, there actually is an explanation for this: it's not that it's incredibly powerful, but simply that as a magic-based Kakuranger monster, it's impervious to the Ohranger's technology-based weapons.
* Lost Galaxy had a MonsterOfTheWeek named Horn who had the Transdaggers for unknown reasons. His Gingaman counterpart stole them from the first generation of Gingamen.

* In ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'', Jen goes crazy on the MonsterOfTheWeek Fatcatfish, to the point of wanting to kill him instead of arrest him, because...[[DisproportionateRetribution he once attacked her and Alex in the future.]] Yuuri's actions in the Sentai are much more understandable, since he's the assassin who killed her family.
** A ''minor'' case in ''Time Force'' is Wes's surprised reaction to Eric transforming into the Quantum Ranger. That storyline is pretty much adapted wholesale from ''[[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeRanger Timeranger]]'' with one detail changed: in ''Timeranger,'' three factions were fighting over control of a giant robot, the V-Rex, and it wasn't until Naoto took the V-Commander that it was discovered that it had an associated combat suit; Tatsuya was surprised because no one knew the Time Fire suit even existed. In ''Time Force'', the three factions know from the get-go that the Quantum Control Box will give its user the Quantum Ranger powers, so Wes's surprised reaction when Eric morphs comes off as strange to some.
* In ''[[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger]]'', Duke Org Ura is destroyed the first time when Shirogane charges at him and impales him on the Gao Hustler Rod. In [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] however, the scene is kept but the shot of the impalement is cut out, so it looks like Merrick just destroyed Nayzor by shoving him.

* In ''[[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'', monsters come in either alive (most of the major villains and last dozen or so monsters-of-the-week) or undead (most of the monsters-of-the-week, created from undead {{Mooks}} called Rinshi who are upgraded, gaining the ability to turn into the MonsterOfTheWeek at will) and have different deaths depending on this; live monsters get the standard fiery explosion, while undead freeze into statues and explode into dust, shattering just like the Rinshi they're made from. In the two-part premiere, the first MonsterOfTheWeek ''appears'' to die with the standard explosion multiple times, but isn't dead for real until he shatters. The difference is, Jungle Fury keeps several stories much the same as Gekiranger but doesn't make it especially clear when a monster is ''not'' a Rinshi Beast. Usually it doesn't matter much (It's not ''spelled out'' why Phantom Beasts and Grizzaka's underlings do not turn to dust in ''either'' version, but there's no reason to think they're Rinshi to begin with.) However, in one episode, TheStarscream Naja has "life talons" that can restore him from near-fatal damage and resurrect others. He tries to tempt Camille with this. In Jungle Fury, it's not clear why that would appeal to her. If he joins her, they'd have "power over life and death," but only for as many resurrections as Naja has Life Talons; by the final WeCanRuleTogether speech at the climax, that's ''three.'' So not much temptation there. In Gekiranger, on the other hand, we get a detail that was left out of JF: ''Mele (Camille) herself is a Rinrinshi (Rinshi Beast),'' and talons from Braco (Naja) can make her ''truly'' alive. ''That'' is why it's so tempting. (It's also why, when he uses his first talon to save himself from Camille's poison, he instantly changes from Rinshi form into monster form, never to take on Rinshi form again: in Geki, it's the first clue of what the talons can really do; ''he was no longer a Rinshi.'' It's ''also'' the reason why the two monsters he resurrects explode like monsters in other seasons when destroyed; ''they'' are also no longer Rinshi and so don't die like Rinshi. The talons' ability to make you not a Rinshi anymore are an important detail when a normal explosion instead of a Rinshi death meant ''the monster was still alive'' three or so episodes previously.)
* A minor one from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge''; in ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', the villains' plans revolved around gathering human emotion, specifically anger, joy and sadness. This element has not carried over to Dino Charge...and yet almost all the monsters still have a happy, sad or angry face somewhere on their bodies.

* In ''[[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', Diabolico and Olympius have a rather strange death scene where after they explode, a demon face shoots out of them, screams and explodes. This is because in the Gogo V version of this scene, the ghost of Bansheera's counterpart Grandienne was possessing them and died with them (this scene was Gogo Vs' final battle).

* In [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]], Diabolico and Olympius have a rather strange death scene where after they explode, a demon face shoots out of them, screams and explodes. This is because in the Gogo V version of this scene, the ghost of Bansheera's counterpart Grandienne was possessing them and died with them (this scene was Gogo Vs' final battle).
* In [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]], Jen goes crazy on the MonsterOfTheWeek Fatcatfish, to the point of wanting to kill him instead of arrest him, because...[[DisproportionateRetribution he once attacked her and Alex in the future.]] Yuuri's actions in the Sentai are much more understandable, since he's the assassin who killed her family.
* In [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Gaoranger]], Duke Org Ura is destroyed the first time when Shirogane charges at him and impales him on the Gao Hustler Rod. In [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] however, the scene is kept but the shot of the impalement is cut out, so it looks like Merrick just destroyed Nayzor by shoving him.
* Why does Kat from Series/PowerRangersSPD turn into a bird-themed Ranger despite being a CatGirl? Because her counterpart Swan from Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger was a bird-girl instead.
* Warmax from Series/PowerRangersMysticForce is a member of the dread [[EliteMooks Barbarian Beasts...]] who [[AnticlimaxBoss gets exploded by one hit from the Mystic Minotaur, and that's that.]] Except in Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger that ''wasn't'' that; it turns out the body was just a puppet and the ''sword'' was the actual monster, which then possesses Magi Green and wreaks havoc. This part of the episode was not adapted into Mystic Force, likely due to the large amount of unmorphed footage.
* In [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]] and [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]], monsters come in either alive (most of the major villains and last dozen or so monsters-of-the-week) or undead (most of the monsters-of-the-week, created from undead {{Mooks}} called Rinshi who are upgraded, gaining the ability to turn into the MonsterOfTheWeek at will) and have different deaths depending on this; live monsters get the standard fiery explosion, while undead freeze into statues and explode into dust, shattering just like the Rinshi they're made from. In the two-part premiere, the first MonsterOfTheWeek ''appears'' to die with the standard explosion multiple times, but isn't dead for real until he shatters. The difference is, Jungle Fury keeps several stories much the same as Gekiranger but doesn't make it especially clear when a monster is ''not'' a Rinshi Beast. Usually it doesn't matter much (It's not ''spelled out'' why Phantom Beasts and Grizzaka's underlings do not turn to dust in ''either'' version, but there's no reason to think they're Rinshi to begin with.) However, in one episode, TheStarscream Naja has "life talons" that can restore him from near-fatal damage and resurrect others. He tries to tempt Camille with this. In Jungle Fury, it's not clear why that would appeal to her. If he joins her, they'd have "power over life and death," but only for as many resurrections as Naja has Life Talons; by the final WeCanRuleTogether speech at the climax, that's ''three.'' So not much temptation there. In Gekiranger, on the other hand, we get a detail that was left out of JF: ''Mele (Camille) herself is a Rinrinshi (Rinshi Beast),'' and talons from Braco (Naja) can make her ''truly'' alive. ''That'' is why it's so tempting. (It's also why, when he uses his first talon to save himself from Camille's poison, he instantly changes from Rinshi form into monster form, never to take on Rinshi form again: in Geki, it's the first clue of what the talons can really do; ''he was no longer a Rinshi.'' It's ''also'' the reason why the two monsters he resurrects explode like monsters in other seasons when destroyed; ''they'' are also no longer Rinshi and so don't die like Rinshi. The talons' ability to make you not a Rinshi anymore are an important detail when a normal explosion instead of a Rinshi death meant ''the monster was still alive'' three or so episodes previously.)
* A minor one from Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge; in Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger, the villains' plans revolved around gathering human emotion, specifically anger, joy and sadness. This element has not carried over to Dino Charge...and yet almost all the monsters still have a happy, sad or angry face somewhere on their bodies.
* The monsters from Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger were created by combining an evil spirit with an inanimate object. The monsters from Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel are simply aliens, who look like Earth tools, toys and appliances for no apparent reason.

* Dora Goblin from [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]] devoured the souls of children. Gnarly Gnome from Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers, however, did not, which led one to wonder what were all those balls of light that flew out of him when he exploded.

* In [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]] and [[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]], monsters come in either alive (most of the major villains and last dozen or so monsters-of-the-week) or undead (most of the monsters-of-the-week, created from undead {{Mooks}} called Rinshi who are upgraded, gaining the ability to turn into the MonsterOfTheWeek at will) and have different deaths depending on this; live monsters get the standard fiery explosion, while undead freeze into statues and explode into dust, shattering just like the Rinshi they're made from. In the two-part premiere, the first MonsterOfTheWeek ''appears'' to die with the standard explosion multiple times, but isn't dead for real until he shatters. The difference is, Jungle Fury keeps several stories much the same as Gekiranger but doesn't make it especially clear when a monster is ''not'' a Rinshi Beast. Usually it doesn't matter much (It's not ''spelled out'' why Phantom Beasts and Grizzaka's underlings do not turn to dust in ''either'' version, but there's no reason to think they're Rinshi to begin with.) However, in one episode, TheStarscream Naja has "life talons" that can restore him from near-fatal damage and resurrect others. He tries to tempt Camille with this. In Jungle Fury, it's not clear why that would appeal to her. If he joins her, they'd have "power over life and death," but only for as many resurrections as Naja has Life Talons; by the final WeCanRuleTogether speech at the climax, that's ''three.'' So not much temptation there. In Gekiranger, on the other hand, we get a detail that was left out of JF: ''Mele (Camille) herself is a Rinrinshi (Rinshi Beast),'' and talons from Braco (Naja) can make her ''truly'' alive. ''That'' is why it's so tempting. (It's also why, when he uses his first talon to save himself from Camille's poison, he instantly changes from Rinshi form into monster form, never to take on Rinshi form again: in Geki, it's the first clue of what the talons can really do; ''he was no longer a Rinshi.'' It's ''also'' the reason why the two monsters he resurrects explode like monsters in other seasons when destroyed; ''they'' are also no longer Rinshi and so don't die like Rinshi. The talons' ability to make you not a Rinshi anymore are an important detail when a normal explosion instead of a Rinshi death meant ''the monster was still alive'' three or so episodes previously.)
* ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]'' inverts this; In [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger]], Gaja's {{Mooks}}, the Karths ("Chillers" in [=OO=]) are often seen being used by other villain factions without explanation. The [=OO=] episode "Just Like Me", which features one such battle from the Sentai version, has Flurious' flunky Norg bring "Chiller stones" to Moltor, which he uses in the fight against the Rangers.

* Dora Goblin from [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]] devoured the souls of children. Gnarly Gnome from Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers, however, did not, which led one to wonder what were all those balls of light that flew out of him when he exploded.
** Season 2's Mirror Maniac's mirror face is shattered for no explicable reason when he [[MakeMyMonsterGrow goes big]]. His [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Dairanger]] counterpart, Master Mirror, got his face shattered by Shishi Ranger prior to that.
** Also from season two is the Showbiz Monster, who for no apparent reason dissolves into light when defeated instead of exploding. This is because while Showbiz Monster was just a standard MonsterOfTheWeek, his Dairanger counterpart Media Magician was actually a sympathetic character, and thus got a gentler death.

* In Zeo, Rita accidentally creates a monster from a purse...which is inexplicably not only her strongest creation ever, but possibly the strongest MonsterOfTheWeek in the ''entire franchise,'' even able to shrug off the finisher from the [[GameBreaker Zeo Ultrazord.]] In the Ohranger-Kakuranger teamup movie it comes from, there actually is an explanation for this: it's not that it's incredibly powerful, but simply that as a magic-based Kakuranger monster, it's impervious to the Ohranger's technology-based weapons.
* Inverted in Series/PowerRangersTimeForce; the first episode of Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger has a bad UnexplainedRecovery moment when the Timerangers are trapped in a crashed ship which explodes with them on it...and are inexplicably uninjured afterwards. In the corresponding Time Force scene, Trip frees himself and gets the others off the ship before it blows.
** Another Time Force Example; Jen goes crazy on the MonsterOfTheWeek Fatcatfish, to the point of wanting to kill him instead of arrest him, because...[[DisproportionateRetribution he once attacked her and Alex in the future.]] Yuuri's actions in the Sentai are much more understandable, since he's the assassin who killed her family.
* Warmax from Series/PowerRangersMysticForce is a member of the dread [[EliteMooks Barbarian Beasts...]] who [[AnticlimaxBoss gets exploded by one hit from the Mystic Minotaur, and that's that.]] Except in Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger that ''wasn't'' that; it turns out the body was just a puppet and the ''sword'' was the actual monster, which then possesses Magi Green and wreaks havoc. This part of the episode was not adapted into Mystic Force, likely due to the large amount of unmorphed footage.
* Why does Kat from Series/PowerRangersSPD turn into a bird-themed Ranger despite being a CatGirl? Because her counterpart Swan from Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger was a bird-girl instead.

* The monsters from Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger were created by combining an evil spirit with an inanimate object. The monsters from Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel are simply aliens...who look like Earth tools, toys and appliances for no apparent reason.

* Why does Kat from Series/PowerRangersSPD turn into a bird-themed Ranger despite being a CatGirl? Because her counterpart Swan from Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger was a bird-girl instead.

''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has had a couple of unexplained holdovers from ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':