History FanFic / PowerRangersTakeFlight

See also Fanfic/PowerRangersWingForce, another fic that adapts the same source material.

* TransformationTrinket: Perhaps one of the simplest- the [=AviMorpher=], a digital watch which, in addition to morphing, can also control the Rangers' Hoverbirds.

** Season 2 would've done this for all the main ''Liveman'' villains, as the author decided not to use any small-scale battle footage (excepting a brief fantasy sequence) due to an abundance of bad effects and visible Japanese actors. A new version of Strife (albeit with elements of Gash from ''Liveman''), [[AscendedExtra Tomato King]], and Empire warlords Gant and Eris replaced Bias and his students; the Nobots (based on the Jimmers, just with differing colors) and the Stingers, as well as the monsters, were still used. [[spoiler: The "Mindsphere" referred to by Strife would've been a backup copy of Mainframe's mind.]]

* ContinuityNod: The continuity was intentionally kept tight, so many episodes are arc-based with multiple subplots, and many characters originally intended for one appearance- like reporter Stacy Keene- were reused for multiple appearances, instead of inventing new characters.

** Since the author didn't feel the need to adapt the Neo-Jetmen plot (which had essentially been done in ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''), he instead reinterpreted them as the ''Vanguards'', a Ranger-esque force on the planet of Illam who were destroyed by Magda and Brimstone.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Averted nicely- the scripts and several other clues say that Spring Valley is this world's counterpart to Oakland, CA. Other towns were mentioned on occasion, all of which are stated in the scripts to be alternate locations to real-world towns, with the exception of Windvale.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the actual ''Power Rangers'' shows made during TheNineties, particularly with the introduction of [[HumanResources biomass]]. However, the author does take care to edit ''Sentai'' footage the way it would be edited for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (no smoking, drinking or impalement).

* Queen-Empress Magda: An immortal. Essentially the BiggerBad, formerly queen of a [[TheEmpire galaxy-spanning empire]], only to be deposed prior to the beginning of the series; comes to Earth to stop the Rangers (having defeated similar forces on her home planet of Illam). Gets sent to an alternate dimension, but takes over that dimension's Earth [[spoiler: and after the Rangers battle her again, gets sent to the home dimension of [[MakeMyMonsterGrow the]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek Jinnsects]] and [[BolivianArmyEnding left with a sword that can kill immortals.]]]]

See also [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21081710 Power Rangers Wing Force]], another fic that adapts the same source material.

* MythologyGag: The final scene has Luke encounter a mugger on the day of a wedding, just like Gai in the Jetman finale. Unlike Gai however, [[spoiler:he survives it.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: Trask is nowhere near as depraved as his ''Jetman'' counterpart, Count Radiguet, who is widely considered one of the most evil SuperSentai villains ever.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Trask is nowhere near as depraved as his ''Sentai'' counterpart, Count Radiguet, who is widely considered one of the most evil SuperSentai villains ever.
** Chris, the Black Ranger, is much more of a team player than his ''Sentai'' counterpart, [[ClassicalAntiHero Gai Yuki]], a constant gambler and womanizer.

* Princess Sasha: [[FallenPrincess Daughter of Magda]], and after her defeat [[DarkChick an unwilling ally of Trask and Dillik]]. Uses the Star Handle, a [[LightIsNotGood light-based weapon]] [[SwissArmyWeapon with multiple modes.]] [[OneWingedAngel Can assume a giant monster form]], only to be defeated by the Rangers on Illam. She develops an attraction to Strife before she finds out he's Dillik[[spoiler:, but eventually gets melted into biomass by Trask. [[CloningBlues Dillik attempts to clone her]], but it [[CameBackWrong doesn't turn out so well]].]]

* BBCQuarry: Thanks to the source material being a big offender (as much as ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Hurricanger]]''/''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]''), it has a lot of quarry-based scenes; [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when a Somebody remarks "Here we are again... the quarry. Not the most creative choice, but it'll do."

** TheSixthRanger: A few times some of the Rangers weren't able to battle, others subbed for them, including Mr. Patterson for Pete after the latter was attacked (unbeknownst to anyone, by Trask in his armored form), and Dr. Bering and Maggie for Luke in the finale.
* HomeBase: The apartment the Rangers live in, Parkview, and later on a house by a cemetery after [[spoiler: the apartment becomes a MonsterOfTheWeek.]] Also, the Project: Phoenix hangar, to a lesser extent- during the latter half of the series, it's where the Zords and Dr. Bering are based. The space station became this by the end of the first season and into the second season [[spoiler:after the Phoenix base is destroyed by Mainframe in the hijacked Kestrel Megacruiser.]]

* MagicalSecurityCamera: Justified; the Rangers each have their own small camera drones called ''Hoverbirds'', which automatically seek trouble and display it in the Rangers' [[TransformationTrinket [=AviMorphers=]]] and helmet displays. Unfortunately, Dillik and Trask still have access to the camera feeds from the space station, which, among other problems, [[spoiler: [[RealityEnsues leads to the Rangers' apartment building being turned into a monster and getting destroyed by the Megazord]]]]. Dr. Bering fixes this issue by changing the Hoverbirds' frequencies.

* MiniDressOfPower: Worn by the female rangers.
* [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of The Week]]: Initially powered by the infestation of an object by an other-dimensional bug creature known as a ''Jinnsect''; when the Jinnsects were used up, they switched to making monsters from biomass instead.
* {{Mook}}s: The Nobodies, as used by Trask and Dillik; Magda used Discards instead. Mainframe invented the Nobots late in the series, which carried over as the footsoldiers into season 2.

** Although some of the dialogue still probably wouldn't fly in ''PowerRangers'', including some references to premarital sex and quite a few uses to [[NeverSayDie the k-word.]]
* DeadFic: While the first season, based on ''Jetman'' is entirely complete and stands well on its own, the second season of the fic, which partially adapts ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'', stopped after the fourth episode and shows no indications of ever getting finished.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[MonsterOfTheWeek Zephyros]]. Like his ''Sentai'' counterpart, Dryer Jigen, Zephyros is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who gets to live in peace at the end of his episode. Unlike his ''Sentai'' counterpart, Zephyros returns a few episodes later, gets provoked into growing and destroyed (re-purposing an ImagineSpot from his ''Sentai'' episode for this scene).

* GenderFlip: Yellow Lion is male in ''Liveman'', while the Yellow Lion Ranger in ''Take Flight'''s second season is female. [[ShoutOut Her name?]] [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Trini]]. (A different Trini, but ''still''...)

* JustifiedTrope: The series does this to a few ''PowerRangers'' tropes, such as why the villains don't send more than one monster at once (they're highly territorial and attack each other on sight...though this still doesn't explain why they don't just send each to a different country) and why no one ever seems to die in the monster attacks ([[spoiler:because the future Rangers knew when the attacks were coming and evacuated the buildings]]).
* NoodleIncident: We don't exactly ''learn'' what caused Maggie to break up with her ex-boyfriend Sean, but WordOfGod says that infidelity is a likely reason, given how Sean tries to be more honest with Maggie in his attempts to win her back.

* RetCon: A few, as detailed in the commentary, but one of the most notable ones is the explanation that the talk button on the [=AviMorphers=] doesn't work when unmorphed, thus explaining the lack of communication between the Rangers outside of battle.

* SecretKeeper: Quite a few, actually. Likely to keep in with the fic's (slightly) more realistic tone; obviously ''someone'' will suspect something.

* Detective Ramon Morales: Police detective for the city of Spring Valley who keeps encountering the Rangers and investigates them, eventually learning their identities and assisting them on several occasions.

* BBCQuarry: Thanks to the source material being a big offender (as much as ''[[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricanger Hurricanger]]''/''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]''), it has a lot of quarry-based scenes; [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when a Somebody remarks "Here we are again... the quarry. Not the most creative choice, but it'll do."

* MagicalSecurityCamera: Justified; the Rangers each have their own small camera drones called ''Hoverbirds'', which automatically seek trouble and display it in the Rangers' [[TransformationTrinket [=AviMorphers=]]] and helmet displays. Unfortunately, Dillik and Trask still have access to the camera feeds from the space station, which, among other problems, [[spoiler: [[RealityEnsues leads to the Rangers' apartment building being turned into a monster and getting destroyed by the Megazord]]]]. Dr. Bering fixes this issues by changing the Hoverbirds' frequencies.

* ContinuityNod: The continuity was intentionally kept tight, so many episodes are arc-based with multiple subplots, and many characters originally intended for one appearance- like reporter Stacy Keene- were instead reused instead of inventing new characters.

* Queen-Empress Magda: An immortal. Formerly queen of a [[TheEmpire galaxy-spanning empire]], only to be deposed, comes to Earth to stop the Rangers (having defeated similar forces on her home planet of Illam). Gets sent to an alternate dimension, but takes over that dimension's Earth [[spoiler: and after the Rangers battle her again, gets sent to the home dimension of [[MakeMyMonsterGrow the]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek Jinnsects]] and [[BolivianArmyEnding left with a sword that can kill immortals.]]]]
* Princess Sasha: Daughter of Magda, and after her defeat unwilling allies of Trask and Dillik. Uses the Star Handle, a [[LightIsNotGood light-based weapon]] [[SwissArmyWeapon with multiple modes.]] [[OneWingedAngel Can assume a giant monster form]], only to be defeated by the Rangers on Illam. She develops an attraction to Strife before she finds out he's Dillik[[spoiler:, but eventually gets melted into biomass by Trask. [[CloningBlues Dillik attempts to clone her]], but it [[CameBackWrong doesn't turn out so well]].]]

* Chris Jacobs ('''Black Two'''): TheLancer, initially somewhat of a SourSupporter. Works at a bike repair shop, [[spoiler: later starts dating Casey]].

* Estelle "Casey" Williams ('''Pink Four'''): TheChick, [[FriendToAllLivingThings loves animals]]. [[spoiler: Eventually starts dating Chris after nursing a crush on him for a while.]]
* Margaret "Maggie" Jing-Lu ('''Blue Five'''): TheSmartGuy, Chinese-American college student (intending to major in psychology). But due to her Ranger activities interfering with her classes, she steps down and passes her role to...

An 40-episode fanfic adaptation of ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman''. An Air Force soldier and four apartment tenants from Spring Valley, CA receive military hardware from ''Project: Jetman'' and become the Franchise/PowerRangers, to fight against a vengeful space vampire and others who seek Earth's destruction.

** TheSixthRanger: A few times some of the Rangers weren't able to battle, others subbed for them, including Mr. Patterson for Pete after the latter was attacked (unbeknownst to anyone, by Trask in his armored form), and Dr. Bering for Luke in the finale.

* Lisa Ward: Previously a shoplifter, after running into Luke [[HeelFaceTurn she turns over a new leaf]] and eventually starts working with the Rangers; she takes over as Blue Five when Maggie steps down, and remains in that role until the end of the series.

* Special Agent Turnquist: Agent of the government and liason between the Rangers and ''Project: Phoenix'' (the successor to ''Project: Jetman''). Tends to keep secrets or [[BearerOfBadNews bring bad news at inopportune times]].
* General Taggart: [[TheBrigadier Head of both Projects]], and who [[SpannerInTheWorks tends to interfere in the Rangers' duties]], but is ultimately a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.

* Princess Sasha: Daughter of Magda, and after her defeat unwilling allies of Trask and Dillik. Uses the Star Handle, a [[LightIsNotGood light-based weapon]] [[SwissArmyWeapon with multiple modes.]] [[OneWingedAngel Can assume a giant monster form]], only to be defeated by the Rangers on Illam. She develops an attraction to Strife before she finds out he's Dillik, but eventually gets melted into biomass by Trask. [[CloningBlues Dillik attempts to clone her]], but it [[CameBackWrong doesn't turn out so well]].

* JustifiedTrope: The series does this to a few PowerRangers tropes, such as why the villains don't send more than one monster at once (they're highly territorial and attack each other on sight...though this still doesn't explain why they don't just send each to a different country) and why no one ever seems to die in the monster attacks ([[spoiler:because the future Rangers knew when the attacks were coming and evacuated the buildings]]).

* HomeBase: The apartment the Rangers live in, Parkview, and later on a house by a cemetery after [[spoiler: the apartment becomes a MonsterOfTheWeek.]] Also, the ''Project: Phoenix'' hangar, to a lesser extent- during the latter half of the series, it's where the Zords and Dr. Bering are based. The space station became this by the end of the first season and into the second season [[spoiler:after the Phoenix base is destroyed by Mainframe in the hijacked Kestrel Megacruiser.]]

** TransformingMecha: The alien Kestrelzord, which transforms into the Kestrel Warrior Mode.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Averted: no one member gets any exclusive weapon or powerup, and unlike the ''Sentai'' counterpart, the Phoenix Rover/Cannon isn't the Red Ranger's personal vehicle.

* {{Mook}}s: The Nobodies, as used by Trask and Dillik; Magda used Discards instead.

* RealityEnsues: The Megazord stops working after a while due to so many monster battles and nobody to fix it, at least until Project: Phoenix enters.

* Luke Branson ('''[[color:red:Red One]]'''): TheLeader, an ex-Air Force pilot with partial amnesia and a tendency to run off without telling the others. Starts working at a museum, and eventually begins a relationship with Lisa.
* Chris Jacobs ('''[[color:black:Black Two]]'''): TheLancer, initially somewhat of a SourSupporter. Works at a bike repair shop, [[spoiler: later starts dating Casey]].
* Pete Williams ('''[[color:gold:Yellow Three]]'''): TheBigGuy, a chef at an Italian restaurant. [[DoesNotLikeSpam Detests packaged foods]], long-time friend of Chris.
* Estelle "Casey" Williams ('''[[color:pink:Pink Four]]'''): TheChick, [[FriendToAllLivingThings loves animals]]. [[spoiler: Eventually starts dating Chris after nursing a crush on him for a while.]]
* Margaret "Maggie" Jing-Lu ('''[[color:cyan:Blue Five]]'''): TheSmartGuy, Chinese-American college student (intending to major in psychology). But due to her Ranger activities interfering with her classes, she steps down and passes her role to...

An 40-episode Fanfic adaptation of ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman''. An Air Force soldier and four apartment tenants from Spring Valley, CA receive military hardware from ''Project: Jetman'' and become the Franchise/PowerRangers, to fight against a vengeful space vampire and others who seek Earth's destruction.

* Margaret "Maggie" Jing-Lu ('''[[color:cyan:Blue Five]]'''): TheSmartGuy, Chinese-American college student (intending to major in psychology). But due to her Ranger activities interfering with her classes, she steps down and passes her slot to...

!!'''Recurring''' Power Rangers tropes:

!! This fanfic contains examples of:

* Trask: A space vampire with a grudge against humanity, and the BigBad for most of the series. Uses a gun to [[HumanResources convert living being into biomass]], for both his own sustenance and for creating Nobodies and monsters.

* Trask: A space vampire with a grudge against humanity, and the BigBad for different parts of the series. Uses a gun to [[HumanResources convert living being into biomass]], for both his own sustenance and for creating Nobodies and monsters.

* Estelle "Casey" Williams ('''[[color:pink:Pink Four]]'''): TheChick, [[FriendToAllLivingThings love animals]]. [[spoiler: Eventually starts dating Chris after nursing a crush on him for a while.]]

* Estelle "Casey" Williams ('''[[color:pink:Pink Four]]'''): TheChick, [[FriendToAllLivingThings love animals]]. [[spoiler" Eventually starts dating Chris after nursing a crush on him for a while.]]

* Queen-Empress Magda: An immortal. Formerly queen of a [[TheEmpire galaxy-spanning empire]], only to be deposed, comes to Earth to stop the Rangers (having defeated similar forces on her home planet of Illam). Gets sent to an alternate dimension, but takes over that dimension's Earth [[spoiler: and after the Rangers battle her again, gets sent to the home dimension of [[MakeMyMonsterGrow the]] [[MonsterOfTheWeek Jinnsects]] and [[BolivianArmyEnding left with a sword that can kill immortals.]]

* Dr. Vanessa Bering: Creator of the Ranger technology [[spoiler:with the aid of Zordon]], she's captured and put into [[HumanPopsicle a cryogenic freeze]] in Trask's raid on the space station, and is kept around by Dillik as a sort of imaginary friend who he addresses as "frozen scientist". Eventually is released, and joins the Rangers as their technical advisor; [[SixthRanger she ends up having to sub as a Ranger briefly in the finale.

* Luke Branson; ('''[[color:red:Red One]]'''): TheLeader, an ex-Air Force pilot with partial amnesia and a tendency to run off without telling the others. Starts working at a museum, and eventually begins a relationship with Lisa.

* Lisa Ward: [[ThePickpocket Previously a shoplifter]], after running into Luke [[HeelFaceTurn she turns over a new leaf]] and eventually starts working with the Rangers; she takes over as Blue Five when Maggie steps down, and remains in that role until the end of the series.