History Trivia / PowerRangersRPM

* OldShame: Not the series itself but Eka Darville pokes fun at his American accent, saying he was glad ''Power Rangers'' gave him the chance to practice it "before I was on a show people actually watched".

* IKnewIt: That MetaOrigin bit in the introduction? People have been trying to figure out how the Morphing Grid works for ''years.'' After all was said and done, someone has to owe someone else internet drinks.

* RomanceOnTheSet:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Fs-Gk_Pyo Milo Cawthorne and Olivia Tennet]], got together but separated in 2016.
** In fact, it was partly because of the romantic tension between Ziggy and Dr. K that the two actors got together. As Olivia explains in a magazine interview, she and Milo got together in real life "because we thought, well, someone's obviously trying to tell us something." Also, they had appeared in two other television productions in New Zealand prior to ''RPM''. They eventually tied the knot in June of 2013 while living in Los Angeles, but they split up nearly three years later, according to this [[http://digitalfox.media/blood-punch-review/ interview with Milo Cawthorne]].

* NamesTheSame:
** No, this Venjix is ''not'' the same one from "[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Forever Red]]".
** General Crunch is not the same Creator/CharlieMcDermott who plays [[Series/TheMiddle Axl Heck]].

* FakeScot: Ari Boyland (Flynn) is also from New Zealand. The accent was originally much thicker, as he went for a specific Glaswegian dialect, but he was told to tone it down out of fear of American audiences not being able to understand him. Years later at conventions, he found out that many people thought he actually was Scottish. Including actual Scottish people.

** Some of the cast have hinted in interviews that they would have preferred the original vision to the direction it went in, although they don't know it themselves.

* FakeScot: Ari Boyland (Flynn) is also from New Zealand.

* PropRecycling: Dr. K's sonic blaster, which originated in ''Big Bad Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'' and was last seen in "Forever Red". And while borrowing from ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' normally goes without saying, special mention must be made of the van with "GO-ONGER" plastered on the side.

* FanNickname:
** [[Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles Terminator: The Power Rangers Chronicles]]
** Clusterf*!k Megazord for the RPM Ultrazord. (Note: this is also given to the Samurai Gigazord from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', which has the same number of components and similar awesomely cluttered design.)
** Commander LeeroyJenkins for Cmdr. Murdock from "Heroes Among Us".
** The Marmite Twins for Gem and Gemma.

* StarMakingRole: ''RPM'' has had the most successful post ''Power Rangers'' season of actors yet, with Creator/EkaDarville, Creator/RoseMcIvor and Creator/AdelaideKane all getting big roles through the 2010s.

** Bruce Kalish had decided to move onto a new project, and Disney planned on FINALLY cancelling ''Power Rangers'', but Bandai Europe had Disney under contract for one more season. To that end, a new producer was brought on: Eddie Guzelian. The only problem? Guzelian was primarily an animated creator (having worked on ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' prior to this), putting him into a new role entirely with not only dealing with live action conventions, but the unique production and the way the ''Super Sentai''/''Power Rangers'' transition works.

* {{Jossed}}: "Venjix" was the name of the baddie back in the tenth anniversary episode. Fans speculated that Venjix robot and this Venjix virus are one and the same. Plus various bits of Ranger history that people suspect are connected the year 3,000 wastelands in the ''Time Force''/''Wild Force'' teamup. By series end, no apparent direct connection between the Venjix virus and General Venjix of the Machine Empire was made. Could still be considered a possible InternalHomage though, given both Venjix characters are machine-related in some manner.

* FakeAmerican: Eka Darville, Dan Ewing and Adelaide Kane are Australian, and Rose [=McIver=], Milo Cawthorne and Olivia Tennet are New Zealanders. Most of the supporting cast were Aussies and Kiwis too. Averted with James Gaylyn (Col. Mason Truman) and Fellis [=McGuire=] (Scott's brother Marcus), who are actual Americans.

* StarMakingRole: ''RPM'' has had the most successful post ''Power Rangers'' season of actors yet, with Eka Darville, Rose McIvor and Adelaide Kane all getting big roles through the 2010s.

** Rewatch ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'', specifically Cam's trip to the past. Apparently, Colonel Truman (or a near-identical relative) used to run the Wind Ninja Academy. He's also the voice of [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Zeltrax]], and all of the [[EliteMook Orangehead]] Krybots from ''Series/PowerRangersSPD''.

** General Crunch is not the same Charlie [=McDermott=] who plays [[Series/TheMiddle Axl Heck]].

** For unknown reasons, long-time ''Power Rangers'' writer Jackie Marchand (who had written episodes for ''every'' Power Rangers series except ''Wild Force'') departed the franchise early in the first half of this series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Kimberley Crossman, the New Zealand actress who played Lauren Shiba in ''Super Samurai'', stated that she auditioned for ''RPM'' in an interview with [=RangerCrew=]. Interestingly enough, Kimberley worked with both Ari Boyland and Olivia Tennet during her tenure on ''Series/ShortlandStreet''.
** Initially the Yellow Ranger's name was listed as Kayla, according to the profile of the original actress cast as her. For whatever reasons she was recast with Rose [=McIver=] and the name was changed to Summer.
** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch apparently turned down the chance to reprise his role as Adam. What kind of role he would have played is unknown though common speculation is that he'd have filled a role similar to Tommy in ''Dino Thunder''.
** Although we did eventually get an adaptation of ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' in the form of ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', had Amit Bhaumik's proposal for Power Rangers Cyber Corps been accepted, it would've been a sequel to RPM. This would've also made RPM the first ''Rangers'' series since the end of the Zordon era to have a direct sequel. [[spoiler:That said, Evox ''is'' Venjix, so it still technically is.]]
** Tenaya was going to get a morpher at the end of the season had Eddie Guzelian stayed on, presumably becoming a Ranger.
** According to Creator/EkaDarville, ''RPM'' ''was'' supposed to make the ChannelHop when Toon Disney became Disney XD, but somewhere along the way it was decided it wouldn't, and became ABC Kids exclusive.
** In an episode of Game Grumps, co-host Dan Avidan reveals that he recorded a demo for the show’s opening, [[https://youtu.be/vbSZQF7rPII which can be heard here]].
** Colonel Truman's actor James Gaylyn revealed in a 2021 interview with Morphin Network that his character was planned to have a backstory episode as well as that the show was planned to have a film before both plans were discarded after Guzelian's dismissal.

** Tenaya was going to get a morpher at the end of the season had Eddie Guzelian stayed on.

** Although we did eventually get an adaptation of ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' in the form of ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', had Amit Bhaumik's proposal for Power Rangers Cyber Corps been accepted, it would've been a sequel to RPM. This would've also made RPM the first ''Rangers'' series since the end of the Zordon era to have a direct sequel.

** To his credit though, Guzelian did watch several episodes before production began, getting a feel for the show, and trying to take the franchise in a new direction by pitching a post-apocalyptic series to try and revitalize interest among not only boys, but also to an older audience as well. The only problem? The ''Sentai'' series they were working off of, ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' was a parody series, so they ended up in a similar situation to ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'' (and the first half of ''[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'') in trying to splice one series into another, entirely different situation.

** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch apparently turned down the chance to reprise his role as Adam. What kind of role he would have played is unknown.
** The series originally had a MUCH darker ending (at least allegedly- no one is sure whether or not this is real). After Venjix was destroyed in ''Danger & Destiny'', the series' true finale ''Ranger Black'' would begin; [[spoiler: Dillon would be revealed as a cyborg sleeper agent created to infiltrate the Rangers, gain their trust/access to the morphing grid, and ultimately serve as Venjix's final host. Everything about his human existence, up to and including Tenaya being his sister, was fiction created by Venjix in order to lure the Rangers into trusting him. The series would then end with the rest of the team being forced to kill Dillon in order to save humanity and destroy Venjix once and for all]]. This rumored ending is often thought be be the real reason Guzelian was removed from the show.