History YMMV / PowerRangersDinoCharge

** Brennan Mejia (Tyler Navarro) was featured in ''Series/Supergirl2015'' ([[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E11BloodMemory S4E11]]), where he played a drug dealer. It's enough that it brought back the jokes about "[[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty]] [[BannedInChina Morphine]]", but the drug he was selling was also "[[FantasticDrug supercharged]]" [[LightningCanDoAnything by electricity]] [[spoiler:from "''[[FanNickname Red]]'' [[CloningBlues Daughter]]" spreading around the world while she's being defibrillated]] and it [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent gives superpowers]] to its consumers.

** Heckyl. With a great outfit, amazing charisma, and his [[spoiler:alter ego Snide]], he's far more interesting than any other villain in this season. And fans immediately loved him. [[spoiler:His status as this, along with the missed opportunity involving the Deathryuger/Kyoryu Navy/Dark Ranger suit could be the reason why he was not only brought back but given the promotion to Ranger for the ''Beyond the Grid'' storyline for the [[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios comics]].]]

* IdiotBall: One has to wonder why somebody so clever as Heckyl would use the same minions that have already failed Sledge. Working with violent psychos like [[spoiler:Snide]] and seat cushion brained idiots like Curio is not advised when trying to conquer the universe. However, this gets explained near the end of the season: Heckyl's goal was to keep the Rangers' attention on Amber Beach [[spoiler:while Sledge is going around the world planting Greenzilla eggs]]. If Heckyl obtains any of the Energems during this time, that's a bonus, but he's simply a diversion.

* CrazyIsCool: Tyler. He deflects a monster's energy beams with a ''shovel''!

** Heckyl. With a great outfit, amazing charisma, and his [[spoiler:alter ego Snide]], he's far more interesting than any other villain in this season. And fans immediately loved him.
*** [[spoiler:His status as this, along with the missed opportunity involving the Deathryuger/Kyoryu Navy/Dark Ranger suit could be the reason why he was not only brought back but given the promotion to Ranger for the ''Beyond the Grid'' storyline for the [[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios comics]].]]

* {{Fanon}}: The common fan theory for the finale is [[spoiler: that the 'dinosaur zoo' is actually the only one of its kind, with the creatures themselves being recently revived by science (a la ''Jurassic Park'') and the Rangers just jumping to conclusions. This helps to avert every past season being erased from continuity, as well as the ridiculous implications for the history of the human race.]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the next to last episode of the series, Heckyl decides to help out the Rangers if they're willing to accept him. Tyler tells him: "You're one of us, now.", welcoming him immediately. Fast forward to 2018, where it's revealed that not only will Heckyl return in the [[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios comics]] he's become the Dino Charge Dark Ranger.
** As an added layer, this was announced at Power Morphicon 2018 and Brennan Mejia (Tyler) happened to be watching the panel. He rushed out to grab Ryan Carter (Heckyl) who, by pure chance, had decided to attend unannounced to bring him into the room so he could see for himself the fandom's excitement to this news.

* IdiotBall: One has to wonder why somebody so clever as Heckyl would use the same minions that have already failed Sledge. Working with violent psychos like [[spoiler:Snide]] and seat cushion brained idiots like Curio is not advised when trying to conquer the universe.
** This gets explained near the end of the season: Heckyl's goal was to keep the Rangers' attention on Amber Beach [[spoiler:while Sledge is going around the world planting Greenzilla eggs]]. If Heckyl obtains any of the Energems during this time, that's a bonus, but he's simply a diversion.
* JerkassWoobie: Bios for the villains have stated that Fury, bad as he may be, did not choose to work for Sledge. Sledge won Fury in a card game, so he actually "owns" Fury, and it's also stated that he sees Fury as being of little value, as evidenced in Episodes 1 and 3, where we see how Sledge threatens and belittles him, and how he constantly lets Poisandra mouth off to and mock Fury. The one reason Fury wants to recover the Energems for Sledge is just so he can be free again.

** What are Dolphins?

* NarmCharm: [[spoiler:Ivan's]] dialogue [[spoiler: as the Gold Ranger]] is so corny and over-the-top, and yet it fits his personality so perfectly it would be jarring if he were any different. It helps that the actor [[Series/PowerRangersSamurai really is Hispanic this time]], bringing to mind ''telenovelas''.

* SpecialEffectFailure: In "Let Sleeping Zords Lie," the stinger [[spoiler:on Koda's back]] keeps disappearing from the shot, most noticeably when he falls on his back.

* StockFootageFailure: Averted when it comes to the Dino Chargers. Unlike in ''Megaforce'' (''especially'' the cards in the ''Goseiger'' half), stock footage involving the Dino Chargers is edited to show the English dinosaur names instead of ''Kyoryuger'''s names (i.e. "Tyrannosaurus Rex" instead of "Gabutyra"). Though there was one moment in Episode 4 where you can briefly see "Gabutyra" on Tyler's Dino Charger, but it's very quick and easy to miss. Even then that's averted as future airings edited to Tyrannosaurus Rex.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The source material for the series, ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', crossed over with ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'', and in said crossover, the ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyurangers]]'' and ''[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger Abarangers]]''[[note]]the Sentai counterparts to the Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers and the [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder rangers]][[/note]] both showed up and played important roles...yet the only thing adapted from this crossover was one of the villains. If they had used any footage, they would have had teams representing all 3 eras of Power Rangers -- the original Saban Era, the Disney Era, and the Neo Saban Era. While it's true that ''Go-Busters'' wasn't adapted, and Dragon Ranger/Kibaranger/Abareblack (the Sentai counterparts to Tommy) are not present in this crossover[[note]]although to be fair, realistically, only Abareblack could have shown up - Kibaranger is from ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'', a sentai that wasn't included in ''Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters'' and Dragon Ranger was KilledOffForReal[[/note]], there is precedent for seasons to have more than one team of rangers [[note]]The Alien Rangers, the PR version of ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', debuted in ''Mighty Morphin''[[/note]], and one could argue that Tommy was too busy doing other things at the time. This might have also eased the BrokenBase mentioned above about the decision to skip [=Go-Busters=], since it would at least have confirmed that some counterpart to the [=Go-Busters=] existed in the Power Rangers universe. This is one more instance where ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' changes everything: yes, we ARE getting the triple-dino team-up!

* CompleteMonster: The vicious [[TheManBehindTheMan Lord Arcanon]] committed genocide upon Heckyl's world to gain the Energems and grant himself complete [[GalacticConqueror universal control]] millions of years ago. Kidnapping soldiers to fight for him, Arcanon engages the Power Rangers and kidnaps Heckyl, brutally torturing him for the Energems. Attempting to [[BadBoss execute any of his minions]] who [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]], Arcanon fights the Rangers once more, this time having corrupted an entire city into zombie-like beings to use as {{human shield}}s.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In "The Royal Rangers," Kendall introduces the Dino Drive mode, specifically stating it was just for when the Rangers use the Megazord. This is an Author's Saving Throw from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'', where one of the (many) complaints was that the Samurai Rangers had Mega Mode for use in the Megazord but never explained why the Rangers couldn't use it in regular battle. Granted, there wasn't much of an explanation in ''Dino Charge'', but Kendall pointing out the armor was only for Megazord battles was still more than ''Samurai'' ever said about the issue. (Like ''Samurai's'' Mega Mode, Dino Drive is a Megazord-only enhancement because it didn't come from ''Super Sentai''; they're filming new cockpit footage anyway but they don't want to sacrifice ''Kyoryuger'' footage to fit the enhancement in regular battle.)
** Fans have pointed out the unspoken FridgeHorror regarding the rangers no longer aging thanks to the Energems. "World Famous! (In New Zealand)" reveals that Keeper can easily remove the bond between a ranger and their gem if they agree to it.
** Heckyl's similarities to Enter manages to mitigate any soreness from skipping ''[[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Go-Busters]]''. Not to mention, the fact that his armored form is Neo-Geldion from ''Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters'' has left people speculating that they might find some one to at least do their own version if the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers three]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dinosaur]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge teams]] team-up. Although, Judd Lynn and Heckyl's actor Ryan Carter have {{jossed}} the theory that Heckyl is based on Enter and any similarities are coincidental.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** Here, the Pachycepholasaurus is incorrectly known as the Pachyosaurus, by the dinosaur geek no less. Granted, saying the former would be a mouthful for anyone, so it's not completely unjustified.
** The finale. First, the rangers come up with a plan to destroy the dark energem by getting as many people as possible to hold up mirrors to reflect sunlight at it to destroy it. Then, after they go back in time and end up inverting the meteor that hit the Earth at the beginning of the series so it never happened. Then when they go back to the present, they find out that dinosaurs now cohabitate the Earth with humans. The problem is, if dinosaurs never went extinct, lower mammals would have never had the chance to evolve into the species we know of today because food would be scarce, not allowing populations of mammals to grow and evolve over time to suit their environments, as most of the vegetation would be eaten by the plant eating dinos. Then there's the carnivores possibly eating a good number of the mammals. Secondly, if the dinosaurs were still alive over 65 million years, they would have evolved into some other form of life like mammals have and not just be evolutionarily stagnant for that amount of time. There can only be one dominant species on a planet at once, and the one that not only survives, but gets stronger as a species as populations grow and develop.
** Then there's the fact that if the dinosaurs still exist, ''Dino Thunder'', a well-liked series in the fandom, can't happen, as Mesogog would've never be born due to Anton Mercer never meeting up with Tommy to look for the Dino Gems, and their partnership never forging, then nothing else would've been set in motion. Nor possibly MMPR, seeing as half the team that have Dinosaurs as their costume motif would be significant enough to warrant such a thing, nor would the other two of the main 5's animals have evolved, then went extinct, to be well known enough.
*** Now somewhat of a moot point, since ''Ninja Steel'' confirmed that ''Dino Charge'' takes place in an alternate universe.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Dino Thunder'', the last dinosaur based series, is commonly cited as one of the better seasons of the Disney Era and of the franchise as a whole. Then of course there is the first season to be dinosaur based... the original ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''. Tough act to follow indeed. It measured up well to previous dino seasons, though some fans noted that the mid point of the second season to the end being a bit of a dip in quality.
** Averted with this season's direct predecessor; most fans will agree it won't be hard to be better than ''Megaforce''.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: "Sync or Swim" has selfies and the duckface. That is all.

* UncannyValley:
** Used rather well in "Breaking Black." The MindControlEyes Spellbinder's victims get look ''very'' unnatural, but this works to the plot's advantage by highlighting how creepy his power is.
** Heckyl is trying to act like a normal human, but he's always just ''slightly'' off. It is both creepy and fitting, since he's a {{Human Alien|s}}. Also, considering that he [[spoiler:was there long before humans evolved]] and spent who knows how long in solitary confinement, it's understandable that he doesn't have the ''human part'' exactly nailed down.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Lord Arkanon laughs off every attack the Ultrazord throws at him without a scratch. [[spoiler: But their ultimate attack just happens to be too much for him.]]

* ReplacementScrappy: Despite his presence throughout the show, [[ArcVillain Lord Arcanon]] is commonly seen as bland and generic compared to the three previous [[BigBad Big Bads]] due to [[OrcusOnHisThrone hardly doing much of anything throughout his five-episode appearance]], his shallow personality, and his [[AntiClimaxBoss very rushed and anti-climactic final battle against the Rangers]] just makes you wonder how he was powerful enough to even destroy Heckyl's home planet.

* ReplacementScrappy: Despite his presence throughout the show, Lord Arcanon is commonly seen as bland and generic compared to the three previous [[BigBad Big Bads]] due to [[OrcusOnHisThrone hardly doing much of anything throughout his five-episode appearance]], having a shallow personality, and his [[AntiClimaxBoss very rushed and anti-climactic final battle against the Rangers]] just makes you wonder how he was powerful enough to even destroy Heckyl's home planet.

* ReplacementScrappy: Despite his presence throughout the show, Lord Arcanon is commonly seen as bland and generic compared to the three previous [[BigBad BigBads]] due to [[OrcueOnHisThrone hardly doing much of anything throughout his five-episode appearance]], having a shallow personality, and his [[AntiClimaxBoss very rushed and anti-climactic final battle against the Rangers]] just makes you wonder how he was powerful enough to even destroy Heckyl's home planet.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is Heckyl honest when talking to Shelby, Philip and James in ''Rangers Rock''? Or is he just manipulating them into feeling for him because that way they will listen to what is he trying to tell them?

** Speaking of ''Samurai'', in that series, the gold ranger was made out to be Latino, which wouldn't have been a problem...if it wasn't for the fact that the actor they cast for the role is Thai. [[spoiler: Ivan]] is played by someone who is actually hispanic this time.

** Heckyl's similarities to Enter manages to mitigate any soreness from skipping ''[[Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters Go-Busters]]''. Not to mention, the fact that his armored form is Neo-Geldion from ''Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters'' has left people speculating that they might find some one to at least do their own version if the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers three]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dinosaur]] [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge teams]] team-up. Despite this, Judd Lynn and Heckyl's actor Ryan Carter have {{jossed}} the theory that Heckyl is based on Enter.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The opening theme, obviously.

*** [[spoiler: His status as this, along with the missed opportunity involving the Deathryuger/Kyoryu Navy/Dark Ranger suit could be the reason why he was not only brought back but given the promotion to Ranger for the ''Beyond the Grid'' storyline for the [[ComicBook/MightyMorphinPowerRangersBoomStudios comics]].]]

* HoYay: Chase and Riley. There are a lot of scenes where their faces are inches apart or they're grabbing each other's shoulders, and fans have pointed out that when Riley talks to Chase about how people back on the farm made a lot of "wrong assumptions" about him, it seemed like it was a few lines away from a ComingOutStory. Later episodes have a lot of body language between the two of them, especially wrapping their arms around each other and getting into each other's personal space. The general consensus is that there's camaraderie, and then there's Chiley.

** Ask any fan one of the most memorable quotes from the season and you might get Sledge's "[[OhCrap IT'S A BOOOOOOMB!!]]" line. Notable because it was ''in the opening for every episode'', and a minor RunningGag for him to boot.

** The Graphite Ranger's arms appear blue in original footage, compared to his counterpart (Kyoryu Gray) being completely gray. A photo from [[https://twitter.com/jarredblakiston/status/658026836996128768 Phillip's actor Jarred Blakiston]] standing next to his suit actor shows the suit with gray sleeves, implying that it was a camera or lighting problem. This is something the franchise has long had to deal with: different technologies and materials both in filming and in suit-making mean things don't always show up on camera the same way. The ''hardest'' hit are metallic Rangers, who can be super-shiny in one version and not-so-shiny in another, though from gray to ''blue'' is new.
*** This seems to have been fixed by the finale as Graphite's original scenes give him gray sleeves.

* ToughActToFollow: ''Dino Thunder'', the last dinosaur based series, is commonly cited as one of the better seasons of the Disney Era and of the franchise as a whole. Then of course there is the first season to be dinosaur based... the original ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''. Tough act to follow indeed...

** So far it seems to be measuring up well to previous dino seasons, so the trope may be averted.
* UncannyValley: Used rather well in "Breaking Black." The MindControlEyes Spellbinder's victims get look ''very'' unnatural, but this works to the plot's advantage by highlighting how creepy his power is.
** Heckyl is trying to act like a normal human, but he's always just ''slightly'' off. It is both creepy and fitting, since he's a {{Human Alien|s}}. Also, considering that he [[spoiler:was there long before humans evolved]] and spent who knows how long in solitery confiment, it's understandable that he doesn't have the ''human part'' exactly nailed down.

** Before his character has even had his debut, Yoshi Sudarso has been very loved by fans because of his fellow geekiness: He watched ''Kyoryuger'', ''bought the toys'', knew Nossan's poses and [[ApprovalOfGod even got approval from Nossan's actor]]. That's one awesome dude. No surprise then that his character, Koda, is (so far) the most popular on the show. People love his lines and expressions.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Yoshi Sudarso, Koda's Actor is VERY popular among Indonesian viewer because he is American-Indonesian descent.

** As an added layer, this was announced at Power Morphicon 2018 and Brennan Mejia (Tyler) happened to be watching the panel. He rushed out to grab Heckyl's actor who, by pure chance, had decided to attend unannounced to bring him into the room so he could see for himself the fandom's excitement to this news.