History Trivia / PowerRangersMegaforce

** In Italian, Gia is voiced by Giuliana Atepi in ''Megaforce'' and by Benedetta Ponticelli in ''Super Megaforce''.

* CreatorBacklash: Cameron Jebo (Silver Ranger Orion) has stated some of his negative feelings towards the season on Twitter - namely, he points out how Orion is barely there, and the show's writing issues.

* FanNickname:
** Tensou is being referred to as "WesternAnimation/WallE" or [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]] by quite a number of fans, along with some people calling Gosei "[[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple Olmec]]".
** ''Franchise/RoboCop Knight'' for Robo Knight due to having similar voices and mannerisms.
** "Cameo Rangers" for the group of actors that came back to, at the very least, show up during part of the Mega War.
** Some fans referred Super Megaforce as "Goseikaiger".
** Some fans refer to the Dairanger mode as Power Rangers New Powers for Gosei simply referring to them as New Powers and Gia saying "Bring on the new powers!" this ceased when the show started calling them Squadron mode. This led some fans to snark about how New Powers as if it was a ''real season'', complete with [[http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=167279 Nostalgia Thread]].
** For the series itself: Super Megaf'''a'''rce, Super Megafail, the #[=ShowThatCouldHaveBeen=] and #[=theSeasonofNoExplanations=]

** And finally, [[spoiler:Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver in both his ''Mighty Morphin'' Green Ranger and White Ranger incarnations]]

* CastTheRunnerUp: Orion's actor, Cameron Jebo, originally tried out for the part of Troy.

** The extended “Legendary Battle” premiered on Nicktoons days after the regular version aired on Nickelodeon.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Many fans have been utterly vocal over the fact that a number of former Rangers didn't return for ''Super Megaforce'', mostly due to the fact that they weren't asked or they declined the invitation. Among those who didn't return were David Yost (declined because of how he felt the invitation was an insult because it was the same as everyone else's and felt that they should at least have apologized for harassing him during filming of ''MMPR''), Walter Jones (Out of support for David in regards to how he was treated), Steve Cardenas (declined due to the low pay for the brief cameo, which is a reason many others declined), Rhett Fisher (invited, then uninvited due to budget constraints), and almost everyone from the Disney era (most of them were never tapped) and others still were adamant about saying their issue wasn't specifically money, but other extenuating circumstances (Valerie Vernon wanted to do it, but now has children and wasn't given enough time to prepare arrangements to allow her to make the trip to New Zealand. Erin Cahill also wanted to return, but had to refuse because ''Rangers'' is a non-union production and she is currently a SAG member.) Creator/AmyJoJohnson was also contacted, but her agent didn't give her the invitation because it was the same as everyone else's. Creator/JohnnyYongBosch was also contacted and he responded, but they never replied back. Christopher Khayman Lee (Andros) was contacted as well and expressed interest, but he couldn't make it either because of scheduling conflicts and because he also wasn't given enough time to prepare.
*** Speaking of low-pay, Austin St. John and Karan Ashley, two major ''MMPR'' names (especially the former), were also contacted -- and like Cardenas plus a number of others, they also declined for this reason. It's not that none of the three didn't want to come back (they really did, and they want the fans to be happy), but the pay ''barely'' covered the plane ticket expenses to-and-from New Zealand and they just didn't think the long trip was worth the brief cameo. They also didn't feel respected by the company executives.
** It's been rumored that Saban wanted to skip adapting ''Goseiger'' and go straight to ''Gokaiger'' for the 20th anniversary, but ExecutiveMeddling prevented that.
** If the casting sheet is to be believed, there was originally going to be a subplot where Jake wanted to tell everybody he was a Power Ranger, only to be stopped by the secret identity rule.
** Early press release describe the non-high school side of the plot as being nearly beat for beat the same as Goseiger with the three different villain factions instead of the first villain faction being the main one, the second being reduce to side villains and the third faction being reduced to an emissary for the new villains in Super Megaforce.
** Basco from ''Gokaiger'' was nearly adapted- the only evidence left of him in the show is his ship is reused for Orion.
** And of course the big one: One wonders what could have been if Toei had let them skip Goseiger so that Saban and Nick could adapt Gokaiger with 40 episodes instead of 20 or better yet what if Saban had just spread out the Goseiger adaptation over 40 episodes instead of a compressed 20 episodes and THEN adapt Gokaiger for 2015 and 2016 especially since then we would of had Judd Lynn as EP by then...
*** It hurts worse because the [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge season]] Judd got his hands on ended up skipping ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters''. Let's just say {{Irony}} is a [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].
** According to writer James W. Bates, there had been plans for Vrak and Vekar to interact, along with Robo Knight returning earlier in ''Super Megaforce''.
** Casting sheets suggested that when making ''Super Megaforce'', there were plans to adapt Basco (and presumably Sally) and the Greater Powers from Gokaiger in the form of a character named Silas and items named the Zaferia Stones. If he had been adapted, the footage where the team would do full-team morphs into [=LightSpeed=] Rescue and In Space to fight against him could have been used. Not to mention one of the examples under the "TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot" example on the YMMV page, regarding the battle where Basco brings all the Sixth Ranger Keys to life, could have been used. Ironically enough, if the Zaferia stones had been used, they would have had to have focused more on the Zaferia stones of the pre-Zyuranger teams (and possibly the PR version of the Dairangers)[[note]]assuming they still kept the pre-Zyuranger teams[[/note]], since Basco never got his hands on a greater power of a Sentai that was adapted into Power Rangers[[note]]he did attempt to, but none of his attempts were successful - the only powers he was able to successfully obtain were those of the ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman, Series/ChoushinseiFlashman, Series/HikariSentaiMaskman, Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', and the ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman''[[/note]]. Instead, it seems that Vrak was chosen to fill his role instead, and as a result, they ended up wasting one of the easiest methods of paying homage to what's regarded as one of the best Power Rangers series...
** In the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode that ''A Lion's Alliance'' was adapted from (ep. 9, "Lion, Run"), Noboru Kaneko (Kakeru Shishi/Gao Red) is the returning cast member. As that episode was adapted, it's possible that at one point, there were plans for Rick Medina, Cole's actor, to reprise his role[[note]]Cole had played Deker in ''Samurai'', so he was available and, at the time, he was not facing legal problems[[/note]]. The reason for this change, however, is likely due to the fact that the ''Samurai'' tribute episode used Jayden instead of Lauren[[note]]in the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode, Lauren's sentai counterpart, [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Lady Kaoru]], was used instead of Jayden's Sentai counterpart, Takeru[[/note]], and the producers not wanting to have 2 male Red Ranger cameos in a row, as well as possibly avoiding a LateArrivalSpoiler for any older fans who didn't watch ''Samurai''. It's unknown, however, if there was an attempt to get another ranger or Princess Shayla (Ann Marie Crouch) to replace Cole but were unable to due to the actors declining/being unable to make the trip, or if they decided to scrap a cameo from a ''Wild Force'' character outright afterwards.
** Speaking of ''Gokaiger'', much like with Creator/MachikoSoga, had Richard Genelle not [[AuthorExistenceFailure died of a heart attack in 2008]], it's possible that he would have returned to reprise his role, and we would have seen the actual Ernie run Ernie's Brain Freeze, instead of a character named Ernie.
*** Similarly, in ''Time Force'' and ''Mighty Morphin'', Eric and Tommy were supposed to die like their Sentai counterpart, but the decision was made not to kill them. Had they been killed off like in the Sentai, it's possible that Orion might have received the Sixth Ranger powers from them in a dream, similar to the source material[[note]]in the source material, Gai received them from the deceased [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abarekiller]], but [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger TimeFire]] and [[Series/KyouryuuSentaiZyuranger Dragon Ranger]] were also present, albeit with no speaking lines[[/note]].
** As noted by [[WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers Linkara]], there were many plans that were scrapped due to [[ExecutiveMeddling Jonathan Tzachor vetoing them]] - for example, Troy was originally going to be TheChosenOne[[note]]he was going to be linked to the Morphin Grid, and his infamous [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan Punch]] was going to be part of his powers; similarly, Robo Knight would be linked to him as well[[/note]], and Mr Burley was originally going to be replaced by a Ranger Alumni[[note]]specifically, the plans were for David Yost to come back and play Billy, acting as a mentor to Noah[[/note]].
** Andrew Gray revealed that a few backstory scenes were filmed for his character but were cut, they would've shown that Troy had a father in the military and he was being sent to live with an uncle because his dad was being stationed elsewhere.

** [[spoiler:Melody Perkins as Karone the second Pink Galaxy Ranger]]

** Done also with the two tie-in video games, with none of the actors returning, instead played by actors based out of Los Angeles.

** In the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode that ''A Lion's Alliance'' was adapted from, Gao Red is the returning cast member. As that episode was adapted, it's possible that at one point, there were plans for Richard Medina, Cole's actor, to reprise his role[[note]]Cole had played Dekar in ''Samurai'', so he was available, and at the time, he was not facing legal problems[[/note]]. The reason for this change, however, is likely due to the fact that the ''Samurai'' tribute episode used Jayden instead of Lauren[[note]]in the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode, Lauren's sentai counterpart, [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Lady Kaoru]], was used instead of Jayden's sentai counterpart, Takeru[[/note]], and the producers not wanting to have 2 male Red Ranger cameos in a row, as well as possibly avoiding a LateArrivalSpoiler for any older fans who didn't watch ''Samurai''. It's unknown, however, if there was an attempt to get another ranger or Princess Shayla to replace Cole but were unable to due to the actors declining/being unable to make the trip, or if they decided to scrap a cameo from a ''Wild Force'' character outright afterwards.

*** Similarly, in ''Time Force'' and ''Mighty Morphin'', Eric and Tommy were supposed to die like their sentai counterpart, but the decision was made not to kill him. Had he been killed off like in the Sentai, it's possible that Orion might have received the Sixth Ranger powers from them in a dream, similar to the source material[[note]]in the source material, Gai received them from the deceased [[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abarekiller]], but Naoto and Burai were also present, albeit with no speaking lines[[/note]].

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to [[http://awwman.com/nps/main/2015/05/episode-191-interview-with-ciara-hanna/ a podcast interview]] with Ciara Hanna (Gia's actress), the Filler episode ''The Perfect Storm'', where Tensou was wandering around the city was "Tzachor's Baby" and had the most effort put into it, a contrast to the CreatorsApathy that otherwise was usually taken in regards to the show.
* DawsonCasting: Not a single actor whose age is known were teenagers during their tenure; Ciara Hanna (Gia) and John Loudermilk (Noah) wre 21, Andrew Gray (Troy) 25, and Christina Masterson (Emma) 23. Azim Rizk (Jake) was also 23, but he's the only one who looks like he could pass for a teenager.

* ExecutiveMeddling: A large amount of the problems this show faced can ultimately be traced back to this - the writers recognized that ''Goseiger'', the first show to be adapted, was largely considered a dull show, and wanted to get to the elements in the much more desirable ''Gokaiger''. However, Saban's contract with Toei strictly forbade them from outright skipping ''Goseiger'' (which became extremely ironic given what happened in [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge the next series]])[[note]]while the contract didn't require them to use all the footage, it ''did'' require them to use some, so Saban would've had to have adapted the ''Goseiger'' Megazord footage or the suit footage at the bare minimum if they had wanted to adapt ''Gokaiger''; since pulling a Thunderzords with the Samurai rangers and switching over to the ''Goseiger'' mechs in ''Super Samurai'' wasn't an option due to Shinkenger having a Green ranger but Goseiger having a Black Ranger, they had no choice but to use the ''Goseiger'' fight scenes and mech footage in the first half[[/note]], and producer Jonathan Tzachor forbade the writers from expanding upon the characters, and outright rejected many of the ideas listed below in WhatCouldHaveBeen[[note]]as shown in ''Wild Force'', where he had direct control, Tzachor seems to favor the idea of [[ShotForShotRemake shot-for-shot remakes]] as opposed to [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic adaptations]]; while this idea works fine when adapting a sci-fi Sentai like ''Timeranger'', ''Goseiger'', a fantasy-themed Sentai, wouldn't be as easy to pull this off with, and while ''Gokaiger'' was more tech-heavy, that series was heavily rooted in Sentai mythology, which wouldn't have been a problem if it wasn't for the fact that it featured transformations[=/=]tributes to 16 Sentai series that had never been adapted (counting ''Dairanger'' on the grounds that the core 5 were never adapted) into ''Power Rangers''[[/note]]. The decision to adapt ''Gokaiger'' in the second half as opposed to stretching ''Goseiger'' out over 2 years (like what happened in ''Samurai'', and what would happen in ''Dino Charge'' and ''Ninja Steel'') and adapting ''Gokaiger'' separately was made so that Saban could catch up with Sentai[[note]]had it not been for Nickelodeon requiring them to limit each season to 20 episodes, or had Saban taken ''Rangers'' to another network, Saban would only have been 2 years behind at most, and it's possible that the adaptation of ''Gokaiger'' would have aired at the same time as ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' aired in Japan; however, due to the aforementioned rule, ''Megaforce'' began airing right before ''Kyoryuger'', which was adapted into ''Dino Charge'', began airing, meaning that Power Rangers was ''3'' sentai behind by the time ''Super Megaforce'' aired it's last episode; had it not been for ''Kyoryuger'' being seen as more marketable than ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' and Saban opting to skip the latter for the former, Saban would've possibly wound up being even further behind[[/note]]. Of course, this was somewhat problematic - aside from the fact that not all of the ''Goseiger'' plot threads that had been adapted into ''Megaforce'' had been resolved (hence the reason why midway through ''Super Megaforce'', they go back to using ''Goseiger'' footage to resolve the plot revolving Robo Knight and Vrak, despite the fact that the season had pretty much abandoned using ''Goseiger'' footage in favor of ''Gokaiger'' footage at that point), tone-wise, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' were two vastly different series, the core 5 didn't use the same colors, resulting in one of the rangers (Jake) changing color (going from a black ranger in ''Megaforce'' to a green ranger in ''Super Megaforce'') when the footage changed[[note]]ironically, there was a green ranger in ''Goseiger'', but due to the fact that he was a PosthumousCharacter in that series, he was not adapted in ''Megaforce''[[/note]], and the apparent need to burn up as much sentai footage as possible[[note]]combined, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' had 101 episodes, 2 30-minute movies, and 2 crossovers (the ''Goseiger''-''Shinkenger'' crossover and ''Goseiger vs Gokaiger'') worth of footage that could've been adapted - if Saban had given the 50 episodes of ''Goseiger'', and the 51 episodes of ''Gokaiger'' the treatment they gave ''Samurai'', ''Megaforce'' would've ended in ''2017'', so some episodes had to been dropped regardless. Of the two, ''Gokaiger'' was seemingly made to be as easy to adapt as possible, due to many of the tribute episodes being for seasons that were adapted into ''Rangers'' seasons, and many of the mech configurations the Gokaigers obtained from said tribute episodes were the ones that got the most use, whereas ones from tribute episodes to unadapted series like ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' or ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' weren't present in adapted series tributes, and as for the few unadapted series that were featured outside of their tribute episodes (i.e., ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger''), they had very minimal screentime, not to mention that there were more transformations into teams that had corresponding ''Rangers'' teams; the majority of ''Goseiger'', which was made when no future adaptations had been announced due to Saban not being able to immediately buy the franchise back from Disney right away after ''RPM'', on the other hand, wasn't, not only having more of it's episodes themed in Japanese culture (i.e., having an entire plot focused on trains, which aren't as big in the US as they are in Japan or Europe) on top of having a theme (angels) that, had it been directly adapted, would've caused an outrage with moral guardians[[/note]].

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to [[http://awwman.com/nps/main/2015/05/episode-191-interview-with-ciara-hanna/ a podcast interview]] with Ciara Hanna (Gia's actress), the Filler episode where Tensou was wandering around the city was "Tzachor's Baby" and had the most effort put into it, a contrast to the CreatorsApathy that otherwise was usually taken in regards to the show.

* DawsonCasting: Not a single actor whose age is known is an actual teenager; Ciara Hanna (Gia) and John Loudermilk (Noah) are 21, Andrew Gray (Troy) is 25, and Christina Masterson (Emma) is 23. Azim Rizk (Jake) is 23, but he's the only one who looks like he could pass for a teenager.
* DevelopmentGag: Mr. Burley is named after Lee Burley, aka [=DarkBlaze=], a longtime fan and member of the show's "Power Force" (a group of fans who function as combination consultants/street team.) [[https://twitter.com/Iam_DarkBlaze/status/297769703814860801 Confirmed by him]] on Twitter during the premiere.

* ChannelHop: A couple in the UK:
** On digital satellite, Nickelodeon chose to have ''Megaforce'' premiere on Nicktoons, rather than the main Nickelodeon channel.
** Starting with ''Super Megaforce'', the show now premieres on the channel ''Pop''. Its sister channel ''Kix'' (now named ''Pop Max'') had previously aired older seasons of ''Power Rangers''.

* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: According to [[http://awwman.com/nps/main/2015/05/episode-191-interview-with-ciara-hanna/ a podcast interview]] with Ciara Hanna (Gia's actress), the Filler episode where Tensou was wandering around the city was "Tzachor's Baby" and had the most effort put into it, a stark contrast to the approach of CreatorsApathy that otherwise was usually taken in regards to the show.

* CreatorsApathy: Ciara Hanna (Yellow Ranger Gia) and Cameron Jebo revealed in their No Pink Spandex interview that this was a pervading thought from the producers. Whenever an actor or writer brought up something they felt didn't make sense, they would be told "Who cares? The audience is five years old."

* FanNickname: Tensou is being referred to as "WesternAnimation/WallE" or [[Film/ShortCircuit Johnny 5]] by quite a number of fans, along with some people calling Gosei "[[Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple Olmec]]".

** Some fans refer to the Dairanger mode as Power Rangers New Powers for Gosei simply referring to them as New Powers and Gia saying "Bring on the new powers!" this ceased when the show started calling them Squadron mode.
*** This lead some fans to snark about how New Powers as if it was a ''real season'', complete with [[http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?t=167279 Nostalgia Thread]].
** And now some fans are referring to the unnamed Maskman mode as "Power Rangers Blitz" from Gia's line "Legendary Ranger Blitz!"
*** Guess what? [[http://www.rangerboard.com/showthread.php?p=4643451 It was treated like a real season too.]]

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The series marks the first appearance of the ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'', ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'', ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' and ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'' suits; more precisely: the core ''Dairanger'' team outside of the White Ranger, Yellow Mask, Blue Mask, Green Flash, Pink Flash, Five Yellow and the entire ''Changeman'' team.
** Subverted in Brazil with the ''Flashman'' and ''Changeman'' suits, as both seasons were already well-known there before ''Power Rangers''.
* MilestoneCelebration: The series is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise. Thus, there are several references to all seasons, such as "It's Morphin' Time!" and Samurai's "Go Go Samurai" as "Go Go Megaforce".

* TheOtherDarrin: In Italian, Gia is voiced by Giuliana Atepi in ''Megaforce'' and by Benedetta Ponticelli in ''Super Megaforce''.

** And in the UK, Megaforce's premiere on Nickelodeon was delayed so much that it still hasn't started, and now Creator/ChannelFive is going to be doing the UK premiere instead. Again, the reason why Nick let this happen is unknown.
** ChannelHop: Nick never did air it - it aired on {{Creator/Nicktoons}} instead.
** And both Channel 5 and Nicktoons dropped the show after that. ''Super Megaforce'' instead airs on Pop, which is owned by the same company as Kix, which airs old seasons (Currently, they air all seasons between ''Time Force'' (Season 9) and ''RPM'' (Season 17). There was only a week's notice of this, and therefore a lot of viewers will likely miss the show due to not expecting it to be on that channel. It's also not on cable and isn't available nationwide on Freeview. ScrewedByTheNetwork and BadExportForYou come to mind.[[note]]Pop has been available nationwide on Freeview since 2016, two years after it was available on the service in selected areas. It has also returned to cable since August 2016 after a five-year absence.[[/note]]
*** Ironically enough, Viacom bought Channel 5 the same year ''Super Megaforce'' aired.

* Done also with the two tie-in video games, with none of the actors returning, instead played by actors based out of Los Angeles.

** Ciara Hanna also has stated [[http://digitalrangers.tumblr.com/post/115128273450/ciara-hannas-thoughts-on-dino-charge-and-super how lacking her season was and was actually glad that Dino Charge seems to be doing good.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: A large amount of the problems this show faced can ultimately be traced back to this - the writers recognized that ''Goseiger'', the first show to be adapted, was largely considered a dull show, and wanted to get to the elements in the much more desirable ''Gokaiger''. However, Saban's contract with Toei strictly forbade them from outright skipping ''Goseiger'' (which became extremely ironic given what happened in [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge the next series]])[[note]]while the contract didn't require them to use all the footage, it ''did'' require them to use some, so Saban would've had to have adapted the ''Goseiger'' Megazord footage or the suit footage at the bare minimum if they had wanted to adapt ''Gokaiger''; since pulling a Thunderzords with the Samurai rangers and switching over to the ''Goseiger'' mechs in ''Super Samurai'' wasn't an option due to Shinkenger having a Green ranger but Goseiger having a Black Ranger, they had no choice but to use the ''Goseiger'' fight scenes and mech footage in the first half[[/note]], and producer Jonathan Tzachor forbade the writers from expanding upon the characters, and outright rejected many of the ideas listed below in WhatCouldHaveBeen[[note]]as shown in ''Wild Force'', where he had direct control, Tzachor seems to favor the idea of [[ShotForShotRemake shot-for-shot remakes]] as opposed to [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic adaptations]]; while this idea works fine when adapting a sci-fi Sentai like ''Timeranger'', ''Goseiger'', a fantasy-themed Sentai, wouldn't be as easy to pull this off with, and while ''Gokaiger'' was more tech-heavy, that series was heavily rooted in Sentai mythology, which wouldn't have been a problem if it wasn't for the fact that it featured transformations[=/=]tributes to 16 Sentai series that had never been adapted (counting ''Dairanger'' on the grounds that the core 5 were never adapted) into ''Power Rangers''[[/note]]. The decision to adapt ''Gokaiger'' in the second half as opposed to stretching ''Goseiger'' out over 2 years (like what happened in ''Samurai'', and what would happen in ''Dino Charge'' and ''Ninja Steel'') and adapting ''Gokaiger'' separately was made so that Saban could catch up with Sentai[[note]]had it not been for Nickelodeon requiring them to limit each season to 20 episodes, or had Saban taken ''Rangers'' to another network, Saban would only have been 2 years behind at most, and it's possible that the adaptation of ''Gokaiger'' would have aired at the same time as ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' aired in Japan; however, due to the aforementioned rule, ''Megaforce'' began airing right before ''Kyoryuger'', which was adapted into ''Dino Charge'', began airing, meaning that Power Rangers was ''3'' sentai behind by the time ''Super Megaforce'' aired it's last episode; had it not been for ''Kyoryuger'' being seen as more marketable than ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' and Saban opting to skip the latter for the former, Saban would've possibly wound up being even further behind[[/note]]. Of course, this was somewhat problematic - aside from the fact that not all of the ''Goseiger'' plot threads that had been adapted into ''Megaforce'' had been resolved (hence the reason why midway through ''Super Megaforce'', they go back to using ''Goseiger'' footage to resolve the plot revolving Robo Knight and Vrak, despite the fact that the season had pretty much abandoned using ''Goseiger'' footage in favor of ''Gokaiger'' footage at that point), tone-wise, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' were two vastly different series, the core 5 didn't use the same colors, resulting in one of the rangers (Jake) changing color (going from a black ranger in ''Megaforce'' to a green ranger in ''Super Megaforce'') when the footage changed[[note]]ironically, there was a green ranger in ''Goseiger'', but due to the fact that he was a PosthumousCharacter in that series, he was not adapted in ''Megaforce''[[/note]], and the apparent need to burn up as much sentai footage as possible[[note]]combined, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' had 101 episodes, 2 30-minute movies, and 2 crossovers (the ''Goseiger''-''Shinkenger'' crossover and ''Goseiger vs Gokaiger'') worth of footage that could've been adapted - if Saban had given the 50 episodes of ''Goseiger'', and the 51 episodes of ''Gokaiger'' the treatment they gave ''Samurai'', ''Megaforce'' would've ended in ''2017'', so some episodes had to been dropped regardless. Of the two, ''Gokaiger'' was seemingly made to be as easy to adapt as possible, due to many of the tribute episodes being for seasons that were adapted into ''Rangers'' seasons, and many of the mech configurations the Gokaigers obtained from said tribute episodes were the ones that got the most use, whereas ones from tribute episodes to unadapted series like ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' or ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' weren't present in adapted series tributes, and as for the few unadapted series that were featured outside of their tribute episodes (i.e., ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger''), they had very minimal screentime; the majority of ''Goseiger'', which was made when no future adaptations had been announced due to Saban not being able to immediately buy the franchise back from Disney right away after ''RPM'', on the other hand, wasn't[[/note]].

** Orion's actor, Cameron Jebo, originally tried out for the part of Troy.

** In the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode that ''A Lion's Alliance'' was adapted from, Gao Red is the returning cast member. As that episode was adapted, it's possible that at one point, there were plans for Richard Medina, Cole's actor, to reprise his role[[note]]Cole had played Dekar in ''Samurai'', so he was available, and at the time, he was not facing legal problems[[/note]]. The reason for this change, however, is likely due to the fact that the ''Samurai'' tribute episode used Jayden instead of Lauren[[note]]in the corresponding ''Gokaiger'' episode, Lauren's sentai counterpart, [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Lady Kaoru]], was used instead of Jayden's sentai counterpart, Takeru[[/note]], and the producers not wanting to have 2 Red Ranger cameos in a row.

* ExecutiveMeddling: A large amount of the problems this show faced can ultimately be traced back to this - the writers recognized that ''Goseiger'', the first show to be adapted, was largely considered a dull show, and wanted to get to the elements in the much more desirable ''Gokaiger''. However, Saban's contract with Toei strictly forbade them from outright skipping ''Goseiger'' (which became extremely ironic given what happened in [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge the next series]])[[note]]while the contract didn't require them to use all the footage, it ''did'' require them to use some, so Saban would've had to have adapted the ''Goseiger'' Megazord footage or the suit footage at the bare minimum if they had wanted to adapt ''Gokaiger''; since pulling a Thunderzords with the Samurai rangers and switching over to the ''Goseiger'' mechs in ''Super Samurai'' wasn't an option due to Shinkenger having a Green ranger but Goseiger having a Black Ranger, they had no choice but to use the ''Goseiger'' fight scenes and mech footage in the first half[[/note]], and producer Jonathan Tzachor forbade the writers from expanding upon the characters, and outright rejected many of the ideas listed below in WhatCouldHaveBeen[[note]]as shown in ''Wild Force'', where he had direct control, Tzachor seems to favor the idea of [[ShotForShotRemake shot-for-shot remakes]] as opposed to [[PragmaticAdaptation pragmatic adaptations]]; while this idea works fine when adapting a sci-fi Sentai like ''Timeranger'', ''Goseiger'', a fantasy-themed Sentai, wouldn't be as easy to pull this off with, and while ''Gokaiger'' was more tech-heavy, that series was heavily rooted in Sentai mythology, which wouldn't have been a problem if it wasn't for the fact that it featured transformations[=/=]tributes to 16 Sentai series that had never been adapted into ''Power Rangers''[[/note]]. The decision to adapt ''Gokaiger'' in the second half as opposed to stretching ''Goseiger'' out over 2 years (like what happened in ''Samurai'', and what would happen in ''Dino Charge'' and ''Ninja Steel'') and adapting ''Gokaiger'' separately was made so that Saban could catch up with Sentai[[note]]had it not been for Nickelodeon requiring them to limit each season to 20 episodes, or had Saban taken ''Rangers'' to another network, Saban would only have been 2 years behind at most, and it's possible that the adaptation of ''Gokaiger'' would have aired at the same time as ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' aired in Japan; however, due to the aforementioned rule, ''Megaforce'' began airing right before ''Kyoryuger'', which was adapted into ''Dino Charge'', began airing, meaning that Power Rangers was ''3'' sentai behind by the time ''Super Megaforce'' aired it's last episode; had it not been for ''Kyoryuger'' being seen as more marketable than ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' and Saban opting to skip the latter for the former, Saban would've possibly wound up being even further behind[[/note]]. Of course, this was somewhat problematic - aside from the fact that not all of the ''Goseiger'' plot threads that had been adapted into ''Megaforce'' had been resolved (hence the reason why midway through ''Super Megaforce'', they go back to using ''Goseiger'' footage to resolve the plot revolving Robo Knight and Vrak, despite the fact that the season had pretty much abandoned using ''Goseiger'' footage in favor of ''Gokaiger'' footage at that point), tone-wise, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' were two vastly different series, the core 5 didn't use the same colors, resulting in one of the rangers (Jake) changing color (going from a black ranger in ''Megaforce'' to a green ranger in ''Super Megaforce'') when the footage changed[[note]]ironically, there was a green ranger in ''Goseiger'', but due to the fact that he was a PosthumousCharacter in that series, he was not adapted in ''Megaforce''[[/note]], and the apparent need to burn up as much sentai footage as possible[[note]]combined, ''Goseiger'' and ''Gokaiger'' had 101 episodes worth of footage that could've been adapted - if Saban had given the 50 episodes of ''Goseiger'', and the 51 episodes of ''Gokaiger'' the treatment they gave ''Samurai'', ''Megaforce'' would've ended in ''2017'', so some episodes had to been dropped regardless. Of the two, ''Gokaiger'' was seemingly made to be as easy to adapt as possible, due to many of the tribute episodes being for seasons that were adapted into ''Rangers'' seasons, and many of the mech configurations the Gokaigers obtained from said tribute episodes were the ones that got the most use, whereas ones from tribute episodes to unadapted series like ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman'' or ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' weren't present in adapted series tributes, and as for the few unadapted series that were featured outside of their tribute episodes (i.e., ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger''), they had very minimal screentime; the majority of ''Goseiger'', which was made when no future adaptations had been announced, on the other hand, wasn't[[/note]].

*** It hurts worse because the [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge season]] Judd got his hands ended up skipping ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters''. Let's just say Irony is a [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].

** Casting sheets suggested that when making Super Megaforce, there were plans to adapt Basco (and presumably Sally) and the Greater Powers from Gokaiger in the form of a character named Silas and items named the Zaferia Stones. If he had been adapted, the footage where the team would do full-team morphs into [=LightSpeed=] Rescue and In Space to fight against him could have been used. Not to mention one of the examples under the "TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot" example on the YMMV page, regarding the battle where Basco brings all the Sixth Ranger Keys to life, could have been used. Ironically enough, if the Zaferia stones had been used, they would have had to have focused more on the Zaferia stones of the pre-Zyuranger teams (and possibly the PR version of the Dairangers)[[note]]assuming they still kept the pre-Zyuranger teams[[/note]], since Basco never got his hands on a greater power of a Sentai that was adapted into Power Rangers[[note]]he did attempt to, but none of his attempts were successful - the only powers he was able to successfully obtain were those of the ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman, Series/ChoushinseiFlashman, Series/HikariSentaiMaskman, Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', and the ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman''[[/note]]. Instead, it seems that Vrak was chosen to fill his role instead, and as a result, they ended up wasting one of the easiest methods of paying homage to what's regarded as one of the best Power Rangers series...

* CreatorBacklash: Cameron Jebo (Orion) has stated some of his negative feelings towards the season on Twitter - namely, he points out how Orion is barely there, and the show's writing issues.
* CreatorsApathy: Ciara Hanna and Cameron Jebo revealed in their No Pink Spandex interview that this was a pervading thought from the producers. Whenever an actor or writer brought up something they felt didn't make sense, they would be told "Who cares? The audience is five years old."
** Ciara Hanna (Gia) also has stated [[http://digitalrangers.tumblr.com/post/115128273450/ciara-hannas-thoughts-on-dino-charge-and-super how lacking her season was and was actually glad that Dino Charge seems to be doing good.]]

** This created new problems, not helped by issues hitting the show '''hard'''. Taking 100 episodes of two different stories and condensing them down into a single 40 episode story arc resulted in massive pacing problems. Additionally, the two series varied widely in terms of tone and characterization, with ''Goseiger'' being more light and fun and ''Gokagier'' being a little more dark and complex. Combining stock footage from both created wildly inconsistent characterization, with characters bouncing back and forth from calm and stoic to hyper and energetic and vice versa (the Pink Ranger got the worst of this). Additionally, ''Gokaiger'' had a gimmick of being able to morph into past Rangers and using their powers. ''Super Megaforce'' kept this, along with several ranger teams that never actually made it to North America who simply appeared with no explanation outside of being "new powers" On top of all this, the anniversary aspect left the door open to cameos and appearances from past Rangers (as happened in ''Gokaiger''). Of the hundred or so actors who played Rangers in the past 20 seasons, they brought back roughly 10, with actor after actor announcing they weren't returning either because they simply weren't asked or they declined the (apparently really bad) offer, and some of those that did return didn't even have speaking parts to show for it (it should be mentioned that these appearances were no small feat, as the show now films in New Zealand). An anniversary season with an interesting theme and incredible Stock footage built right in has sadly turned into a massive case of WhatCouldHaveBeen.