New student Troy Burrows has a prothetic dream about a great war of Power Rangers against an army of foot soldiers. Just then, the Warstar Army arrives to conquer Earth, and the student of Zordon calls on five teenagers to become the Megaforce Power Rangers.
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- Arbitrary Skepticism: The teens are shocked to learn about the existence of aliens and Power Rangers. Thing is, Earth has already suffered a full-scale alien invasion once before, and the Power Rangers have been known public figures both before and after that. What makes it especially glaring in this case is that Gosei mentions that Zordon was his mentor, which very firmly establishes that the previously mentioned alien invasion did happen. (Their teacher, Mr. Burley, also believes in cryptids, but that's at least a form of weirdness that hasn't had public exposure in the Rangerverse.)
- Continuity Nod: Gosei was a pupil of Zordon, the mentor to the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. He also refers to the preceding Ranger teams, which are represented by their Ranger Keys lining the walls of the Command Center.
- Dream Intro: The episode opens with Troy having a dream involving numerous Power Rangers teams fighting a massive battle.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Sixth Ranger Robo Knight appears when Troy dreams about the Legend War, which of course hasn't happened yet. He also sees the Super Megaforce Mooks in the dreams.
- Establishing Character Moment: Troy's optimism is on full display when asked which species is most likely to survive, saying "Humans. Because together, we can accomplish anything."
- Emma's love of the environment, Noah's nerdiness and Jake's crush on Gia are also established in short order.
- Foreshadowing: Insects and Robots are mentioned during science class as potential "stronger species". Insect aliens begin invading later in the episode, and robot enemies are antagonists later in the season. The third group of enemies was foreshadowed in the next episode when we found that Mr. Burley has an interest in cryptozoology.
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: Jake comments that Gosei looks like a Tiki head. Gosei replies that he has taken this form to communicate with humans.
- Rookie Red Ranger: In the same vein as Nick; while all the teens are new to superheroing, Troy is a New Transfer Student while the others already know each other, yet he's appointed leader anyway.
