“New Powers Never Seen Before:” How Power Rangers Turned a Plot Hole into a Brand-New Superhero Team

Super Megaforce Introduces the concept of The Legend of Ranger Key and creates a major plot hole that ends the rewrite. Power Rangers Despite its poor reception of history, Super Megaforce One of the most important Power Rangers The season not only celebrated the franchise’s 25th anniversary, but it also revisited teams and costumes of long past with the legendary Ranji Key concept. based on Gokaiger, Super Megaforce Served as its second season Power Rangers Megaforce And all the main characters are brought back, this time with new powers and weapons.

Super Megaforce There were many problems that were carried over from Megaforceincluding but not limited to the show’s tone, lack of character development, and lack of stakes despite the premise of the series. Megaforce And Super Megaforce was not based on the same Super Sentai show, which itself created many continuity problems. There were a lot of plot holes and lore inconsistencies Super MegaforceOne of which has changed Power Rangers Canon forever.

Power Rangers Super Megaforce had a Super Sentai plot hole to solve

Sentai teams featuring Super Megaforce have never been seen before in Power Rangers

Power Rangers Super MegaforceIts biggest selling point was the opportunity to see the old Ranger teams – or at least their costumes and powers – present in a modern day setting. This was somewhat basic Kaizoku Sentai GokaigerAn anniversary series that celebrated its legacy Super Sentai Suffrage In GokaigerThe heroes were able to transform earlier sit down Rangers, I mean Power Rangers Can do the same now Super Megaforce. There was only one problem- Not every one Super Sentai Team featured Gokaiger was used Power Rangers before

Mighty Morphin Power RangersThe American franchise was based on the first series Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger16th entry Super Sentai The universe, in other words, each Super Sentai Show in advance Geuranger Not used Power RangersBe it for costumes or footage.Power Rangers Also a few are skipped sit down That was released later in the season Geurangerincluding but not limited to Gosei Sentai Dairanger. Naturally, many of those seasons featured GokaigerFor that created a problem Super Megaforce. The show will have to explain that new outfit.

Very basic Super Megaforce Current Rangers can access powers from previous Ranger teams, yet few key franchises have had a similar show available to them. Perhaps the most scientifically-correct way to deal with this problem is to not use any Japanese scenes at allPower Rangers However, practice is given Power Rangers Rarely will big enough changes be made sit down footage While localizing the series, this was not realistic to expect Super Megaforce Not using some scenes just because of pedagogical issues.

How Power Rangers Super Megaforce justified its Super Sentai cameos

Super Megaforce introduced the concept of “new powers”.

Groups like Dieranger are appearing Super Megaforce One way or another, the show has to find a good enough explanation for those costumes. Fortunately, when it was good Power Rangers Simply avoid this problem entirely, Super Megaforce At least some explained – those groups were the “New Powers”. According to Mega Rangers mentor Gosei, certain legendary keys will allow them to access them “New energy never seen before on this planet.” Although not very detailed, this line addresses the problem and acknowledges that some capabilities are not established Power Rangers team

Although the word choice in Gosei’s explanation leaves room for interpretation. “Never seen before on this planet” suggested that some of these forces came from a different world, even a different universe entirely. We learned about the seasons in space And Lost Galaxy There are other sources of “Ranger Power” outside of Earth. Power Rangers Also takes place in a multiverseAs with the seasons RPM And Dino charge Exists outside of the original continuum. Still, there wasn’t nearly enough context about that “new power.”

Megaforce’s new powers set the stage for Power Rangers to canonize the Sentai teams

Power Rangers comics reimagined the unused Sentai teams

Appearance of nonPower Rangers Sentai The parties Super Megaforce Can be described as a mess, especially during the “Legendary Wars” crossover. Becoming the Mega Rangers sit down The characters can be explained by legend keys and new powers, that won’t explain why A couple of non-Power Rangers The characters appeared alongside established heroes in Legendary Wars. This plot hole was one of the many problems with “Legendary Battles,” which was supposed to be a love letter to the franchise and Power Rangers‘The ultimate crossover but failed to meet expectations.

luckily, Some good things came out Super Megaforceof sit down problem, especially in comics. The first few issues of Boom! comics Power Rangers The series established the existence of a multiverse, after which many interesting possibilities arose. The comics also explored events and points in the timeline that were never addressed in the show, which meant they had a lot of freedom to create new characters and play with things like that. Power Rangers This includes not used sit down Teams that didn’t make it to the American show, ie Flashman And Dieranger.

For example, D Dieranger The costumes were used for the Squadron Rangers in the comics. An ancient group of heroes, the Squadron Rangers sacrifice themselves before becoming part of the Morphin Grid and returning as emissaries. Their stories were told Power Rangers UniverseA book dedicated to expanding franchise lore. Similarly, the Flashmen were turned into the Prisma Rangers, ancient heroes who knew Zordon and were killed by Astronema.

It took a while for the Power Rangers to accept the Super Sentai

Power Rangers avoided being too meta about the Sentai

Power Rangers Was always very careful with admitting Super Sentai During the show. when Every kid is watching Power Rangers Finally learned that the show is a local version of a Japanese series, The show avoids mentioning the existence of these other series aside from a few Easter eggs here and there. the first time Power Rangers Fully recognized Super SentaiA meta way though, was with 2004 Dino ThunderIts “Lost and Found in Translation” episode. In the story, the Rangers find a Japanese show inspired by Power Rangers.

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The most important Power Rangers battle happened 26 years ago, yet the show never explained the mystery of the Mighty Morphin team that came with it.

The show they were watching actually was Abrangerthe Super Sentai of which Dino Thunder was based Although the Japanese characters’ dialogue is dubbed with new lines, all footage shown from “Power Rangers-inspired program” comes from Abaranger. An old headcanon from fans that Super Sentai It takes place in one of many realities Power Rangers Multiverse, which doesn’t quite work with the approach taken by the comics. regardless, Power Rangers And Super Sentai Always connected, and nice to see one mentioning the other.

Power Rangers Megaforce is a television series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise. The show follows a new generation of superheroes as they battle evil forces and save the world from destruction. The series features a group of five teenagers who become the Megaforce Rangers, tasked with protecting Earth from alien invaders and villains.

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Andrew Gray, Ciara Hanna, John Mark Loudermilk, Christina Masterson, Azim Rizk, Cameron Zebo

release date

February 2, 2013

the season

2

the authors

James W. Bates, Seth Walther

director

Jonathan Zachor, James Barr

the creator

Haim soap

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