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* Am I the only one who notices all the Expies of VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga? TheHero is similar to DDS's, TheLancer shares a connection with the BigBad to a mysterious girl, TheSmartGuy is a GeniusBruiser, TheChick is a strong fighter but still a TokenGirl, and TheBigGuy is mostly TheFool but becomes useful much later. (Saving Dr. K for Ziggy, Demi-fiend for Cielo.)

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* Am I the only one who notices all the Expies of VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga? TheHero is similar to DDS's, TheLancer shares a connection with the BigBad to a mysterious girl, TheSmartGuy is a GeniusBruiser, TheChick {{The Smurfette|Principle}} is a strong fighter but still a TokenGirl, and TheBigGuy is mostly TheFool but becomes useful much later. (Saving Dr. K for Ziggy, Demi-fiend for Cielo.)
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*** PositiveDiscrimination. That's what happens when you only have one female ranger on the team until Ranger Silver showed up.

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*** PositiveDiscrimination.Positive discrimination. That's what happens when you only have one female ranger on the team until Ranger Silver showed up.
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** Be able to guess Dr.K’s password [[spoiler: Ziggy]] by remembering stuff… that she didn’t witnessed.

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** Be able to guess Dr.K’s password [[spoiler: Ziggy]] by remembering stuff… that she didn’t witnessed.witness.

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** Or even any kind of trade that Corinth could make use of.




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** Venjix is also an intelligent computer virus that turned the entire world into a wasteland. Presumably it keeps trying to adapt to Corinth's defences; for example, spotting weak parts of the shield or power failures. So while overall the shield does a good job at keeping most of Venjix's forces out, it's not infallible and can be breached.




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*** For the first one, she's shown in her flashbacks to be trained in martial arts. She also previously walked through the desert in heels and a sundress, later barefoot, so she's actually quite used to fighting in impractical clothes. And during that particular fight scene, you'll notice how she makes sure to stop herself from tripping over the dress or be inconvenienced by it. Out of all the Rangers, while unmorphed, Summer is the only one with legitimate martial arts training as shown in her flashbacks - so her fighting Tenaya one-to-one is perfectly plausible.
*** For the cake, she noticed specifically that it had been left on top of an oil can. Regardless of where the wedding is happening, she knows a caterer would likely put it on its own table or stand.
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** Assuming that the Winchester family are involved in the defense industry, it would make sense for their business to thrive in the middle of an apocalyptic war.
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* I've only just seen the most recent two episodes, but it's enough to bug me: Given that this show is pushing to be more realistic than its predecessors, the Power Rangers are directly tied to Corinth's government with a highly professional BaldBlackLeaderGuy in charge, and the overall situation is about as desperate as can possibly be maintained... can't the higher-ups keep these people on a shorter leash? They go bopping off on half-thought-out missions, shirk orders, and in Scott's own frustrated words, pretty much go AWOL whenever they feel like it, only to face minor chastisement about following the rules. Unless they've addressed this somehow earlier on, it doesn't seem to add up.

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* I've only just seen the most recent two episodes, but it's enough to bug me: Given that this show is pushing to be more realistic than its predecessors, the Power Rangers are directly tied to Corinth's government with a highly professional BaldBlackLeaderGuy guy in charge, and the overall situation is about as desperate as can possibly be maintained... can't the higher-ups keep these people on a shorter leash? They go bopping off on half-thought-out missions, shirk orders, and in Scott's own frustrated words, pretty much go AWOL whenever they feel like it, only to face minor chastisement about following the rules. Unless they've addressed this somehow earlier on, it doesn't seem to add up.
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** No. First we the audience learn her horrible secret, this is both shocking but also builds suspense for how the Rangers will react when they find out. If you start with the reveal then it actually weakens the surprise from her backstory when it's finally shown.

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** No. First we the audience learn her horrible secret, this is both shocking but also builds suspense for how the Rangers will react when they find out. If you start with the reveal then it actually weakens the surprise from her backstory when it's finally shown.shown.
** It also makes sense storywise when you consider that Dr. K grew up with the vast majority of the people who 'treated her nicely' ultimately trying to ''murder her'' for creating Venjix. They also lied to her for many, many years and the two people she could in any way consider friends before Corinth she thinks are dead. Girl's got some serious trust issues sure, but they're very justifiable.
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** Probably due to volume of data. When copying to a new body he has to download his entire "brain", personality, memories and all. The pillar keeps a full copy but shuts down. When transferring back he only has to send a quick burst of data with ny new memories since he took over the body.

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** Probably due to volume of data. When copying to a new body he has to download his entire "brain", personality, memories and all. The pillar keeps a full copy but shuts down. When transferring back he only has to send a quick burst of data with ny any new memories since he took over the body.
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** Probably due to volume of data. When copying to a new body he has to download his entire "brain", personality, memories and all. The pillar keeps a full copy but shuts down. When transferring back he only has to send a quick burst of data with ny new memories since he took over the body.

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**** Actually, the answer to all of the headscratchers attached to this one has been answered: RPM takes place in a different dimension. It's entirely possible that none of the aforementioned events in any previous season happened in RPM's dimension.




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*** She was attempting to put a firewall on when Alphabet Soup took her away. It's likely that she figured if she set up a firewall first, that would tip the folks off. If she released the virus, there was a chance that the folks at Alphabet Soup might assume it was an attack from somewhere else.




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*** Him being Colonel implies that he has someone he reports to. However, it's not uncommon for the person the superior of government-associated Rangers reports to being TheUnseen (see ''Lightspeed Rescue'').



* How do the monsters keep getting in with the shields up? In fact there's one episosde where Tenaya 7 and the 2 robots just walk through the doors. Is it ''that'' easy to breach shields?

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* How do the monsters keep getting in with the shields up? In fact there's one episosde episode where Tenaya 7 and the 2 robots just walk through the doors. Is it ''that'' easy to breach shields?




* Okay so you realise the city is full of sleeper agents, which can be detected via a scan of a photograph or with a simple swish of a hand held scanner; and you don't scan your staff who are maintaining your cities control centre for potential sleepers? It took Dr. K seconds to scan that photo and yet Vasquez was a sleeper and left in a prime position to be activated and turn on Col. Truman. Scanning my staff (and myself) and locking up any sleepers would have been my first action if I were in Col. Truman's position; or Dr. K's.

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\n* Okay so you realise realize the city is full of sleeper agents, which can be detected via a scan of a photograph or with a simple swish of a hand held scanner; and you don't scan your staff who are maintaining your cities control centre for potential sleepers? It took Dr. K seconds to scan that photo and yet Vasquez was a sleeper and left in a prime position to be activated and turn on Col. Truman. Scanning my staff (and myself) and locking up any sleepers would have been my first action if I were in Col. Truman's position; or Dr. K's.




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** Dr K probably figured that if any sleepers were in the control center, they would've awoken when she was scanning the photograph.



*** Regarding the two-parter: there wasn't a "Ranger Black" episode (since the first 3 episodes technically count as such), so they probably gave the episode that would've gone to Dillon had he not been the focus at the start to Summer.




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** He likely can only go one-way when performing a wireless transfer. Not to mention that there are things that can interfere with a wireless transmission (materials in the way, other wireless signals).




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** Likely because Bob, while acting criminal, is ultimately small potatoes in comparison to Venjix. While it's likely the military does have the firepower to take Bob's gang out, they have no way of knowing when Venjix will attack next, and the odds of Venjix just telling them "You know what? I'm gonna give you guys a break from my attacks as a reward for surviving this long. You guys can take a week to sort out your inner affairs" are pretty much nonexistent.

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