History Series / PowerRangersInSpace

** And Andros is a {{human alien}}, so we have five different races.

* TheBeard: "Grandma Matchmaker" in which Ashley asks Carlos to pretend to be her boyfriend in order to get her granny to stop smothering her.

** When the rangers recieve their new Quadroblaster, Carlos' helmet HUD instead labels it as the "[=MultiAttackRifle=]", its name in ''Megaranger''.

* NoOSHACompliance: Just like the ''Star Trek'' episodes this season heavily borrowed from, nobody thought of putting seat belts on the bridge of the Megaship. Many attacks on the Megaship cause the Rangers and Alpha to get rock and rolled all over.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: The Interstellar Scanner.

* BadGuyBar: There's one present on the planet Onyx, full of {{Mooks}}, [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]] from the various seasons and, strangely enough, even monsters and mooks from other Tokusatsu shows produced by Saban, such as ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs'' and ''Series/MaskedRider''
* BaitAndSwitchCredits: The first episode has Divatox prominently in the opening credits, so you'd assume she's going to be the main baddie again. Besides appearances in some episodes (including the first) she isn't and the actual BigBad Astronema replaces her in the opening from the second episode on. This could just be because they didn't want to ruin the new villain though.

* BastardUnderstudy: Astronema. AFTER Dark Specter brainwashed her.

** Astronema's outfit beneath her armor is either [[HellbentForLeather leather]] or [[DressedAllInRubber some kind of latex]], with a silver corset over it. It's not as cleavage-showing as her [[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]] outfit, but it's definitely...a bit subtly risque for a kid's show.

** The Astro Megaship is essentially a ''Power Rangers''-ized version of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration the Enterprise D]]; the Megalasers serving as phasers, the Synthetron stands in for the replicator, and the simudeck for the holodeck. In fact, if one thinks about it, it has a somewhat overall analogous shape, but compressed. (The two large landing supports on the bottom that lead to the cargo bays are similar in shape, but not function, to the warp nacelles of Star Trek's starships, and the shape of the ship itself is similar enough to the saucer sections.)
** The FasterThanLightTravel ability of the Astro Megaship uses "Hyper-Rush [Velocity] (number)" in place of "Warp Factor".

%%* FluffyTheTerrible: The never-seen "Scrudley".

''Power Rangers in Space'' is the sixth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', [[{{Frankenslation}} adapted from]] ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger''. It is also the direct sequel to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo''.

** One that's series-wide, and only is recognizable if one knows the theme of the ''Megaranger'' Source Material; technology and the objects associated with them. Some of these, though, are only present in the Japanese footage.
*** The most egregious are the light-up symbols on the rangers' helmets; Each has a different '''technological device (i.e. CRT Television, Digital Camera, Satellite, etc.).'''
*** The Rangers' Megazords (save for one) are controlled with '''joysticks and computer keyboards''', the latter of which sticks out against the futuristic touch-interface of ''In Space'''s Astro Megaship systems.
*** Zhane's morpher is a 1990s-era-style '''cell phone''', and can even be used like one.
*** The Rangers begin to be hunted by the Psycho Rangers because of a '''pocket organizer's''' beeping sounding ''just'' like the rangers' communication signal.
*** Silvy gives Carlos a '''pager''' to contact him (at first, to be at her beck-and-call).
*** Psycho Yellow converts herself into a '''computer virus''' to infect the Mega Voyager.
*** Astronema (Or rather, Dr. Hilenar in ''Megaranger'') converts living beings into '''data cards'''.
*** Ecliptor, when he discovers the location of the Mega Voyager's base, transports himself into the base out of a '''1990s-era beige box and monitor computer.'''

** Elgar is sent by Dark Specter to join Astronema in her fight against the Rangers... for some reason. Once Ecliptor and especially Darkonda arrive, Elgar shows up less and less, only appearing every now and then simply to remind us he still exists. This was probably forced on the production, as ''Megaranger'''s villainous comic-relief counterpart was a small imp-like character named "Bibidebi", who also acted as the method to [[MakeMyMonsterGrow enlarge the monsters]]. The character was nearly included in the show, but only appeared once, in promotional material, where his name was going to be "Hyprus".
** A minor one, but whenever Zhane's morphing sequence is shown, his morpher displays and speaks the word 'Mega'.
** At times, Andros seems to be more laid-back, casual, gung-ho, and clumsy, compared to when we normally see him on-screen. (e.g. When the rangers recieve their Mega Vehicles) This was an attribute from ''Megaranger'''s Red Ranger counterpart, Date Kenta, who was less-experienced and less serious than the rest of the Megarangers. The clumsiness also only happens in the Japanese-sourced footage.

** 5-4-1 (activates the Astro Megazord; also counts as a MythologyGag[[note]]It's a {[[LuckyTranslation lucky]] reference to "5-4-1", an insert song from previous seasons.[[/note]])

* LuckyTranslation:
** The use of "Megazord" as the name for the franchise's HumongousMecha really pays off here, thanks to the source series being called ''Megaranger''. This meant that most of the mecha weren't renamed at all for ''In Space'', because there was no need.
** Renaming Mega Voyager would've actually caused problems, as the name was written in the cockpit in plain sight. Likewise, Mega Winger's cockpit had "Mega W" written on it. Delta Mega simply had Zord added to the end of the name, while the Galaxy Mega was renamed to the Astro Megazord (with the MEga Ship becoming the Astro Megaship); the name Galaxy Megazord was used [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy next season]] instead.
** The entire series' motif is this. ''Megaranger'' wasn't ''exactly'' about space, it was about technology in general (hey, it was the 90s); but since there were heavy space influences in the series (especially the mecha and weapons) and it was quite a popular theme back then, ''In Space'' took this up to eleven instead.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Andros
** TheLancer: Carlos
** TheSmartGuy: T.J.
** TheBigGirl: Cassie
** TheChick: Ashley
** SixthRanger: Zhane

** [[spoiler:Zordon tells Andros to shatter his energy tube, to which, the Red Space Ranger reluctantly complies. Zond dies but his death makes an energy wave that wipes out the United Alliance of Evil]].

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Dark Specter to Darkonda.]]
** [[spoiler:Zordon to the United Alliance of Evil]].

AKA "The one that saved the Power Rangers franchise" or "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Power Rangers: The Next Generation]]".

** Interestingly, the Latin American dub pronounces the name as "Shane", [[NamesTheSame the same way as a future Ranger]] [[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm five seasons later.]]

** One that's series-wide, and only is recognizable if one knows the theme of the Megaranger Source Material; technology and the objects associated with them. Some of these, though, are only present in the Japanese footage.

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler: Dark Specter had Astronema brainwashed back to evil after her first HeelFaceTurn. It worked a little too well and she became TheStarscream.]]

** Astronema herself was a Starscream after being brainwashed by Dark Specter. (Clearly, that worked [[GoneHorriblyRight only too well.]] Using the Psycho Rangers had two purposes: fighting the true Rangers (obviously) and weakening the Dark Specter. She intentionally connected their powers to his, hoping that their frequent battles with the Rangers would weaken him enough for her to destroy him and usurp his position as leader of the alliance. (Unfortunately for Astronema, the Psycho Rangers were impatient and unwilling to follow her plans, which led to them being defeated before this plan could succeed.)