History DethroningMoment / PowerRangers

* savagegenius: I’m replacing my original entry for “Forever Red” with a moment from ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. Truth be told, I really like this season, but like the above entry of the first episode of Time Force (my favorite season), there was a certain moment in the first episode that completely left me in disbelief. In the series premiere, “Lionheart”, three of the original four rangers, due to the orgs increasing in strength and numbers, decide to hire a fifth ranger much to the disdain of Katie, the yellow Ranger and former leader of the team. Come the next morning, Cole, who just arrived into town from the jungle the previous night, is sleeping on a bench when he’s woken up by the four of them, who ask to join. Now that in of itself don’t really have a problem with, but the way they ask Cole to join is just… creepy. Granted, I don’t have a problem with Danny (all he did was go with the flow), but Alyssa does nothing but give Cole what might as well be a [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smile]], while Danny repeatedly grabs his sides and shoves him around, even though the guy is clearly uncomfortable with a bunch of strangers ganging up on him. The worst of all, however, has to be [[JerkAss Ms. Dickhead Taylor,]] who, for no reason, punches Cole in the chest and basically says, “Congrats, you’re a Power Ranger now! Deal with it.” That’s right, folks—three of our five heroes are guilty of both harassment and assault against a guy who didn’t even do anything to bother them.

** Seconded. When I first watched the episode, I was just left dazed and confused about this ending. And while we're at it, wasn't this episode 45 minutes long? Like, they could've easily used Cole's motorcycle as a solution to stall Serpentera, only for it to grow into its season 2 form and force the rangers into a zord fight. But nope! They just had to butcher this ending because they couldn't handle their money right.

* Metalhead14: Unpopular opinion that I feel I need to rant about: "Dimensions in Danger", the 25th anniversary special from ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', is the most insulting team-up in the history of the series. Not the worst, but the most insulting. "Dimensions in Danger" literally left me livid with rage after watching it. This episode is the textbook definition of rushed, wasted potential, which really let me down because I was really looking forward to this special. The 25th anniversary of my favorite children's show ever, and this is what I got? My problem with it is the lack of team interaction. How do you have Trent and Rocky, both of whom were prior teammates of Tommy's, and both of which are appearing on screen with each other for the first time in different forms (this is the first time Tommy has been on screen with Trent in one of his past forms, and the first time he's been on screen with Rocky in his Green Ranger form), and literally give them no dialogue at all with each other? I get it, it's only 22 minutes, but you cannot tell me that they didn't have time to write in something like a "Doctor O, you look good in white!" from Trent or a "Oh, this is what you looked like in Green!" from Rocky. We have three dino-themed rangers together, and nothing was done with it. Why didn't T.J., Trent, or Gia even get a fight sequence? Why didn't Preston and Koda interact despite their actors being brothers, which I bet even the most jaded fans expected? I think what bugs me the most is that no one else seems to hate this episode but me. Yes, Tommy's fight against his clone was awesome. But that's it. It's a rushed mess that could have been so much more that the writers obviously didn't care about, and it doesn't get nearly enough shit.

** Tropers/{Sayla0079} Agreed for an example what they could have done in the show Kat: "I'm worried Tommy hasn't been the same since he talked to Kimberly yesterday." Adam: "You didn't hear?" Kat: "What?" Adam: "Kim and Tommy broke up."

* Tropers/{{Hyrin}}: The ending of ''Forever Red'', the 10th anniversary teamup that aired during ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce''. An amazing episode was completely ruined in the last few minutes when Cole destroys ''Serpenterra''[[note]]Lord Zedd's personal zord, capable of laying waste to ''entire planets''[[/note]] using nothing but his motorcycle. Budget issues prevented the scripted ending from being made, and the motorcycle was included as a tradeoff with Bandai (the new toy gets featured in exchange for the funding to complete the episode. The original ending featured [[WhatCouldHaveBeen most of the old Megazords returning for a huge brawl against Serpenterra]].

With how much of a LongRunner the ''Series/PowerRangers'' series is, and the amount of universes it spans, it's no surprise that some of these universes have [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck a moment or two]] that some dedicated fans would ''not'' use their weapons for defense, and instead see ''them'' as their [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]].

* [=SampaCM=]: Power Rangers was always an important part of my childhood, almost as important as Ninja Turtles, I watched it religiously up until ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', however, there have been a few stinkers I can't just defend, so I'm listing a moment from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', which was one of the very few seasons I skipped (I also skipped Megaforce but, given the negativity of the overall season and the huge bust that was the so called "Legendary Battle", I must feel lucky): In the first episode, called "Force From The Future", while the group is chasing [[BigBad Ransik]], they ask for help to some random guys driving in a car. When they understandably refuse, Katie, the yellow ranger who inexplicably has SuperStrength, grabs them and tosses them out of the car... What the heck? I understand they were in a hurry but, why was that necessary? The Rangers are supposed to protect people, not to be abusive, specially that yellow ranger. That tiny moment ruined the entire season for me, and that's also why I skip the [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] crossover episode.

* [=SampaCM=]: Power Rangers was always an important part of my childhood, almost as important as Ninja Turtles, I watched it religiously up until ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', however, there have been a few stinkers I can't just defend, so I'm listing a moment from ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'', which was the only season I skipped: In the first episode, called "Force From The Future", while the group is chasing [[BigBad Ransik]], they ask for help to some random guys driving in a car. When they understandably refuse, Katie, the yellow ranger who inexplicably has SuperStrength, grabs them and tosses them out of the car... What the heck? I understand they were in a hurry but, why was that necessary? The Rangers are supposed to protect people, not to be abusive, specially that yellow ranger. That tiny moment ruined the entire season for me, and that's also why I skip the [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]] crossover episode.

* Tropers/{{Tyrekecorrea}}: Why is the ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Ninja Steel]]'' morpher a weapon? Zordon insisted that the rangers' powers were to be used to defend, never to attack. It seems like the shuriken design is a provocative way to go, almost encouraging the rangers to start a fight. Kids will get their hands on the toy morphers next, and [[WeaponJr that has its own potential]] [[AxesAtSchool to cause problems]]. It's one thing for a weapon to be a part of a Ranger's arsenal. It's another for that arsenal's components to be incorporated into civilian wear. It's like combining any other first responder's badge with a weapon; it sends the message that being a hero or having power gives a person a license to hurt someone.

* Tropers/{{Hyrin}}: The ending of ''Forever Red'', the 10th anniversary teamup that aired during ''PowerRangersWildForce''. An amazing episode was completely ruined in the last few minutes when Cole destroys ''Serpenterra''[[note]]Lord Zedd's personal zord, capable of laying waste to ''entire planets''[[/note]] using nothing but his motorcycle. Budget issues prevented the scripted ending from being made, and the motorcycle was included as a tradeoff with Bandai (the new toy gets featured in exchange for the funding to complete the episode. The original ending featured [[WhatCouldHaveBeen most of the old Megazords returning for a huge brawl against Serpenterra]].

*** 5. Jason David Frank, since they didn't even remotely bother to shoot the Green MMPR Ranger suit fighting in the battle, he does grunting for the Ninja Storm & Alien Ranger teams. They don't even attempt to alter his voice, or add a few more to the mix, it's just his unfiltered voice doing the ADR over the stock footage. This is bad because ''he just spoke and he'll speak again after the fighting's done!'' On top of that, he has a specific way of doing the "ai-ya's" and "ki-ya's" and whatever that he does that no one else does unless they're imitating him, so it sticks out like a sore thumb. How he agreed to that, I'll never know.