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History of Power Rangers is a series where Linkara looks at every season of the show and offers critical analysis!
The History of Power Rangers travels to Reefside, where the Rangers are powered by genocide to fight off scientists who don’t know how to hold test tubes or who mistake their experiments for Mountain Dew.
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Tommy: "You can rewrite DNA on the fly, and you're using it to turn people into dinosaurs? But with tech like that, you could cure cancer! "
Mesogog: "But I don't want to cure cancer. I want to turn people into dinosaurs."
Little did they know that mesogog saw some of the abandoned JP sequels scripts and wanted them a reality
Ah, that iconic panel from Spider-Man And The X-Men..
"Why can'tyou just want to rule the Earth like all the other sickos?"
I love how jaded Tommy is here; bored by Mesogog instead of intimidated.
I gotta figure a lot of the veteran Rangers are like that as time goes on. Like during major attacks in other cities Rangers like Adam are just casually sipping tea in a cafe like:
“Huh. It’s Tuesday.”
@@mitchellcowan2500
Considering how often the world gets in peril I wouldn't be surprised that many of the older teams just kind of shrug things off after a while. You can only go through so many evil villains before it starts getting redundant.
Plus his thoughts in the finalie about Mesogog coming back for more just before the last morph as well.
“Days like this make me miss Divatox…”
@@MarcAquino1095 Post-rehab Divatox (Hoyt) or nose-candy Divatox (Turner)?
Tommy: “let me guess, a giant monster grew and is attacking the city?”
Blue Ranger: “You’ve done this before haven’t you?”
Tommy: “once or twice”.
BIGGEST UNDERSTATEMENT IN PR HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!
Ethan
“11 times as a matter of fact”.
I always loved that meta joke since it's both funny that he was on point but also displays his experience. Gives those starting with Dino Thunder the idea of his history before the next episode.
"Once or twice... every week when I was in high school."
@@dalubnie From Green with Evil to The Darkest Day
The fact that Tommy mentions he doesn't wear that much black so he goes shopping to fix that after his first morph...
I can't help but laugh. That's an amazingly subtle joke.
It’s feels like the type of joke rpm would make.
I don't feel like it's subtle at all but it's still funny.
There’s Green, White and Red in his closet
I’m not sure I’d say it was subtle, but it was a good joke lol
That’s one of the funniest scenes in Power Rangers
Elsa: "Aren't you a little too old for this, Tommy?"
Tommy Oliver: "I may be old... But I can still pull it off! *DINO THUNDER, POWER UP!"*
One of the best oneliners from Jason David Frank himself.
What's funny is that Tommy would only be in his twenties by this point.
I think the line, "I may be old... But I can still pull it off!" is an example of old nostalgic fans.
Hits differently when JDF had just hit 30 and ends up dead before 50.
Tommy--"It's like Riding a Bike"
Jdf literally said this was a stupid line 😂
Trent and Kira are one of my biggest frustrations in all of Power Rangers. They flirt throughout the first half of the season, but then some higher up at Disney said a “boy show” can’t have a romantic subplot, forcing the writers to drop their relationship entirely just when it hits a major turning point.
I don't get it.
@@xgray2012 I kinda get what he's saying. There's a lot of build up through a lot of the season towards Kira and Trent's romance, but at the 2/3 part, when Trent joins the team, the romance kinda drops and is never really focused on again
I heard the situation gotten so bad that the characters weren't allowed to have any physical contact with each other.
Crazy because IIRC she openly flirts with Blake in front of him
@@MikeP828 maybe she just has a thing for brainwashed boys lmao
Rest in Peace Jason David Frank aka Tommy Oliver.
The legendary Ranger from Green Mighty Morphing Power Ranger to the Black Dino Thunder Power Ranger.
I literally didnt care about Power Rangers until he joined the show. Huge loss.
I JUST realized “Day of the Dino” was probably a reference to “Day of the Dumpster.”
That Batman line from Connor reminds me of how his actor, James Napier, is a nephew of Alan Napier, the actor who played Alfred in the Adam West Batman series.
I thought those two were related. I always thought that Jimmy was Alan's grandson.
@@xgray2012 either a grand-nephew or grandson, for sure.
@@UrmanitaRules grandnephew also the Celestial Toymaker
Please tell me he goes by “Jack”
I never realized that until now, I thought it was just a random joke.
While the death of JDF does reframe your analysis of Fighting Spirit, Jackie Marchand, a long-time producer and writer for Power Rangers who wrote the script for that episode, did say on twitter after JDF's death that the episode "was a not-so-veiled metaphor about battling your inner demons", so your analysis might have more applicability for JDF's life than we might have liked.
"Why? Because its Science, thats why."
I love that Dr. Forrester line
Fun fact: Kira's actress, Emma Lahana, actually audition for the role of Tori for Ninja Storm.
Another fact: Apparently both Emma Lahana and James Napier, who played Kira and Conner respectively, both distances themselves from Power Rangers, for Lahana is because people keep referring to her to by her character's name instead of her actual name. For James he only needed money for his company that he wanted to produce.
That’s kinda sad but they have the reasons. Maybe one day they’ll do fan stuff again
Lahana I feel will be the least inclined after despicable online behavior, and I dont blame her.
Yeah, but hopefully, someday, they'll do something even if it would an one off fan bit.
Well for James it's also because he prefers being behind the camera as a director, he doesn't do any acting period anymore
@@myriadmediamusingsuuugh
What did overzealous fans do this time?
I mean given how Tommy got his start, and what we see in both this season and his future appearances, “Trying to combine Dinosaur DNA with technology” sound suspiciously like Tommy was trying to either restore the Mighty Morphin’ powers or recreate something similar.
And seeing that Adam and later himself manage to morph with zero difficulty, I say it succeeded.
@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ecCouldve already been repaired honestly, since he was able to morph with difficulty in In Space. It’s possible the Space rangers were able to, with the help of Billy, repair the powers.
That's been my headcanon given the suit similarities
@@GiantCyborgDinosaurChicken For Adam maybe
@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec Why would they do it for just Adam 💀
The reason Trent gets the stego, looses it and then gets it back is because in Abaranger its a lot more complicated
In the Sentai, the Mecha are properly sentient, regularly having conversations (in japanese) with the rangers and each other.
the steggo goes with Abarekiller willingly the second time, basically has stolkholm syndrome and thinks Abarekiller can make him stronger
Yeah, lot of the Trent stuff really can be partially explained by his Sentai counterpart basically being evil for almost the entire run of the series and then switching sides at the end.
Kinda agree with Linkara that Trent should’ve lost the powers as they took on live of their own before gaining them back.
It makes sense; imagine the difference of importance from being a niche support role where the mecha stands on you to being half of a mecha yourself and a stronger one at that.
you forgot that he doesn't know anything about Sentai....nor does he want to
@@bringiton4drago371 Yeah, adaptation can be interesting but how PR's story holds up on its own is most important.
Dino Thunder really hits a lot harder now that you realize this was his final series. Sure, he still made three cameos afterward; the first was the second crossover with SPD and Dino Thunder (even though he stays morphed the whole time since he could not fly back to New Zealand at the time, but it's still the thought that counts), then the infamous legendary battle, and finally dimensions in danger marked his last appearance. But Dino Thunder was his final official series.
RIP JDF
sadly SPD wasn't even him with the cameo, so technically they were only two. If I remember correctly I don't even think he knew about the SPD one.
@@saiyan4414 He said they never contacted him about the SPD episode.
They used Trent's actor to voice him and a couple of archive lenes by JDF apparently for the guest spotm
*FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS I LAY DORMANT, WHO HAS DISTURBED MY-* Oh, it's Linkara with a History of the Power Rangers video.
Nice.
Dude, I gotta say, the fighting spirit theory, let alone tommys character as a whole this season, pretty spot on, everything you said about him from tommy being trapped in his suit, to battling his old past ranger suits, all makes sense, it even makes sense as we've seen in forever red he's still active in ranger duties, not really in suit except if he needed to be, but it makes sense, he probably felt more of ranger now more than ever after literally 10 years of being a ranger, fighting evil and everything, even forgetting that before all that, he was a normal person, he forgot he was tommy Oliver, that's who he truly is, the powers and the suits are just what he use to help fight evil
I agree, the theory is pretty sound, especially since that is kinda seen in that Soul of the Dragon comic story where Tommy has his final adventure.
If theres one modern PR comic I'd love to see reviewed on AT4W, its that one. Would be a good tie-in to the HOPR DT vid.
that also would explain why he considered aiding on the research for Cyborg Dinosaurs wasn't a bad idea... maybe
26:53 No. I think in the world of Power Rangers that “Dinosaur” much like “Ninja” is one of the fundamental, primal energies of the universe. Much like Magic, Gravity and Friendship.
Honestly, I agree. The amount of Ancient Mystical Forces that takes the form of something dino-like supports it.
I mean Tommy did kill Zeltrax's adopted son in 1 episode.
He was actually genetically related to him if I recall correctly.
Uh…what?
@@Savagewolver Goldenrod, a monster Zeltrax created that kinda because his son of sorts.
Funny
It does kinda suck that the recent re-uploads and the last recent season have to reflect on the rather tragic parts of the show, but I'm glad you're being respectful to them. Thank you, Linkara. And in my head canon tommy was potentially trying to recreate the og powers given the similar designs
"Our villainous backstory: A clumsy idiot."
There's a clip worthy of reuse, if I ever heard one.
Sounds perfect for many of the villains in Overdrive and Megaforce.
@@shadowlinkbds I mean, in Megaforce, very few of the villains *had* backstories.
@@HOLDENPOPE eh even then they wouldn't bother to think of one
“…the local nerd, or at least this show’s interpretation of a nerd, and Kira! The local guitar player, or at least this show’s interpretation of a guitar player!”
You know what’s crazy? Looking at the black ranger outfit again after some time at 15:30, that gold fits. So, the statement regarding the main three suits now makes sense to me. However, I can see why the white kinda fits on their helmets and visors because it’s also supposed to represent the “mouth/teeth”, but that gold works better.
Then again, it also helps with the white ranger outfit with the black pattern and the red visor, but that outfit also has the advantage of not having the silly (but still badass) dinosaur footprint logo on the chest.
Hailey does explain that she met Tommy in college, and probably told her he was a ranger during that time. Also, considering there was 8 years between Turbo and Dino Thunder, it does kinda make sense that Tommy changed his interest during college.
Alot of time what we think we want to do in our late teens/early twenties isn't what we end up doing a decade later
I know that this might not be important information for everyone (especially Linkara), but the Batman comment is even funnier when you know that Conner's actor, James Napier is actually the grandson of Alan Napier, a.k.a. Alfred from the Adam West Batman series.
Wait seriously? that fucking amazing!!!!
Everyone has “Their” Power Rangers. This and SPD were “My” Power Rangers.
Same.
Same
You’re goddamn right
I remember being in 4th grade and rewatching Dino Thunders first episode every morning for a week. It came out on Saturday and then the re-aired it each morning for a straight week to hype up the second episode that next weekend
For me, it was the latter and the one that came after that (I was only 4/5 years old at the time of spd and mystic force).
It's pretty much a rule that, if dinosaurs are involved, you've got yourself a good Power Rangers show 😊
Well...not exactly.Let's not forget how Dino Chargers fucked up the timestream so badly it's beyond repair
At least Dino Charge is its own Dimension, so it doesn’t mess up the continuity of the main universe.
What about the new model Q-Rex in Super Megaforce
@@DigiRangerScott One of the only legit good things about Super Megaforce
@@Ashurman666That series takes place in a different dimension. Try again
Think my favorite lil Stock Footage joke from this season is early on when Connor says "Ohh no they're attacking Little Tokyo" since the monster stock footage was so very clearly in Japan that this city called Reefside just has a Little Tokyo community to it. Very silly and like that had to be for older fans surely.
I mean, there are chinatowns and little indias in certain cities here in America. I mean, why not?
52:25 Amazing how nonsense meant to sound profound could tie into something actually important, even unintentionally.
They got pretty creative for the changes
In Abaranger, yeah Abareblack is basically the driving force of the show so makes sense to have him be Tommy.
Zeltrax isn't a character he is cursed armor that drives its wearer evil, and its worn by multiple characters, with Elsa's counterpart being the one who wears it the most.
Those monsters that work with Lothor in the team up are actually unused comic relief villains who create the monsters
And thats what I love about Dino Thunder and Abaranger they both do their own thing telling different stories flawed or not, different concepts, different personalities a like.
“Tommy explains she went through an invisi-portal, which was completely visible, so the name makes no sense” Ah no other sentence encapsulates Power Rangers like this does.
I feel like Elsa and Zeltrax kinda break the streak of the whole “evil villain generals who are still likable and charming”. Now, don’t get me wrong, they are still enjoyable to watch and I like them. But when you compare them to the duke orgs from Wild Force or even Lothor’s nieces from Ninja Storm, these two really come off as less humorous and more straightforward evil. I just thought that I’d like to point that out.
For those who don't know, Lewis ain't kidding when he says that it took much longer in the Sentai for the counterpart of the White Ranger, Abare Killer, to officially join the team. It wasn't until the final handful of episodes, and then he dies almost immediately afterward in an admittedly badass fashion that is also a narratively satisfying conclusion to his story.
thing is, Disney didn't want a ranger to be basically mostly a bad guy, which is why they had to turn him to the good side way earlier and create his evil doppelganger so they could still use Abaranger footage. Apparently they wanted to use Trent also as an antagonist for longer in the PR version, but the higher ups veto'ed that.
@@EnerKaizer That's interesting to hear about.
@@EnerKaizer I don't know if it's true but TV Tropes said that Bake+ Hunter in Ninja Storm were meant to be antagonists for longer than they ended up being which would tally if Disney didn't like the concept of 'Evil rangers'.
Plus him coming back in a Vs. Movie and the writers going out of their way to telling how he came back
@@fioregrimaldi4120 And IMMEDIATELY hitting on DekaPink. lol
Am I the only one who hears a major difference with Mesagog’s voice after he and Anton get separated?
8:16 & 36:01- smooth and calm
42:55- aggressive and reptilian
I could have sworn that Hayley mentioned that she met Tommy while they were in college together when they originally introduced her.
She did in the 500th episode
Fun fact: Hayley was written as a lesbian, according to Jackie Marchand. She said so in an interview with TokuLadies about a decade ago.
She was to appear with a girlfriend in the final episode but somebody higher up shot it down unfortunately
You have to wait until Izzy+Fern in 2021, nearly 20 years later, for regular lesbian characters.
So mad we were robbed
The Walt Disney company is very skiddish on Homosexual Fast dancing in there parks and media
My favorite line from the first episode is right before driving away from the T-Rex. "Oh yeah, lock the doors."
he says with a car without a roof
And then he puts his seat belt on
"This is the second version of History of Power Rangers"
History of Power Rangers and Knuckles if you will
Dino Thunder often got a little “toy-of-the-week” every time they would introduce new zords/weapons/power-ups. But at least it felt genuine here in comparison to goesi or even the ninja nexus prism, where they would just hand them out like they were freebies at a garage sale.
I have a head cannon that he became a doctor and studied science so he could have a life past his ranger duties, while also using that knowledge to construct the command center as well as the rangers weapons morphers and zords after he found the dino gems. Although something i kind of dont get is why the gems chose 3 teenage kids instead of a veterine ranger that found them. Maybe it might be because since, as i said, tommy wanted to move on from his ranger life, the dino gems did not choose him for that reason. But it's just a theory
A Power Ranger Theory
29:30 my headcanon is that the morphing grid is sustaining him given how its power often keeps the rangers going in otherwise hostile environments I’d imagine its energy’s would help keep a ranger from starving to death.
Fair.
Dino Thunder and RPM are the best two Disney era Power Rangers seasons.
SPD and Jungle Fury were great too
@@shadowlinkbds Agreed
Mystic force and spd in my opinion
RPM is the most overrated series if you ask me.
@@maxmeidl4909 I agree that rpm is overrated it’s not bad but not the best it’s the darkest but so many seasons have covered mature topics better
Fun fact, Snide's costume in Dino Charge is actually an upgraded version of Zeltrax's sentai counterpart
The costume originated from the movie they used for Grid Connection in Beast Morphers
Basically it's Zeltrax Maximus
Zeltrax-imus, if you will
@katherinelynch4193 sounds like The Fallens real name lol
Zelmax
38:26, “it also has some *Badly* used explosions which is something I’ll get into next time”
Can we get a hype fest started for his remake of the SPD review and getting ready to witness his “updated” Explosion Rant all these years later from his original SPD review? :)
I'm adding and refining it to better explain what I mean by it, especially in regards to editing and repetition of the shots. 10+ years helps me be a better critic, hopefully! XD
Does anyone else feel that Dini Thunder is the perfected season of Mighty Morphin? Wise leader with an interesting backstory, kids that feel like teenagers that go on an actual arc, a story that evolves. Hell even the evil ranger arc is arguably better paced and more intriguing, I always thought Tommy would have been better not knowing he was the green ranger and make it a little more tragic. It just feels like it learnt from every mistep of MMPR .
Tommy Oliver's age will forever be the biggest mystery of this franchise
Disagree
The BIGGEST mystery will still be "what in the world happened to the ZEO powers?!?!?!"
The whole "powers get too strong" is only a fan theory that got popular.the original writers of the show still haven't given a explanation and I don't believe they ever will haha
@@Brandonweifu perhaps the siphoning of the zeo powers gave Tommy reduced aging ability
Dino Thunder is easily one of my favorite PR seasons. Really good cast of characters, awesome zords, great music, fantastic villains, especially from Mesogog, and just great action and development overall. Very great season.
I couldn't agree more.
“I was unaware that dragons were dinosaurs”
I mentioned this before: in the Middle Ages, some believed that dinosaur bones were the bones of dragons. Secondly, Trent’s zord is modeled after a tepuxaura; a kind of pterosaur
also, the Japanese word for dinosaurs can also be translated as "ancient dragons", which is why many people were confused when the sentai season "Ryusoulger" (The season which would become Dino Fury) got announced, because it was believed to be a dragon themed show, nto a dinosaur one due to the weird first translation,s
@@EnerKaizer Terrifying Dragons, actually.
kinda like how the word dinosaur itself means Terrifying Lizard
One of my top favorite Power Rangers series. Also JDF was probably the nicest celebrity I’ve ever met. I remember going to a Comic Con in Rhode Island and when I went to his panel I remember him saying he didn’t care if we recorded the panel. I asked him what the hardest thing to do on set was and he said “Not to actually punch somebody” later that day I went to his booth and he gave me and my sister free autographs we didn’t ask for. He was the most selfless celebrity I’ve ever met and when I heard he passed away I was in complete shock
"Women are just grown-up girls."
"You got a problem with that?"
15:35 That Sarcastic Tommy line being a throwback to a way previous episode with Tommy.
I look forward to the review of SPD. The fact that Sky objects to the idea of Syd being a red ranger is even funnier nowadays since the Power Rangers series closest to when SPD is set is Cosmic Fury.
Not to mention that it'll be the first season since Time Force where Linkara doesn't have to open a video discussing a tragedy involving someone from that season - you know, fingers crossed.
He still has 1 more season in Mystic Force far as Udonna is concerned to address that.
@@stephenholloway6893 I don't recall it coming up in the original review when the actress had passed away in 2010 so before it was made in 2014, although I might be wrong. I'd imagine it would be more in passing [like Trini in the Mighty Morphin season 1 review].
@jamesatkinsonja To be fair in the original season 1 review of MMPR I don't think he didn't referenced her death either just in the new version so most likely if he's doing it again it would be when he gets done with the Mystic Force remake. Point is that at the very least he has acknowledged ranger deaths eventhough is Pua and JDF's cases they were recent or other issues like with Cole's actor in the Wild Force remake so it's possible that if he dies bring it up it would be there. Sure he originally did Mystic Force in 2013 and she passed away in 2010 but at the time he didn't really want to bring up any cast members death.
Kat was originally also going to return but they couldn't afford to bring both Frank and Sutherland.
She either would have filled the Haley role or the Elsa role after being brainwashed
if she filled the Elsa role, man it would have been straight out of Abaranger, where Elsa's counterpart was actually the black ranger's wife (his brother in law also wore the zeltrax armor in early episodes and his daughter was possessed by the main villain for a good bulk of it)
It's a nice idea but it probably was best in general just going with Tommy solo, like how Linkara said 'the hexagon' idea in the ninja storm video wasn't feasible at the time [as oppose to more recent series like Cosmic Fury where streaming allows more references/returning characters as new viewers can catch up easier].
Then it would narrow which ship is canon
Tommy and Kat but we prefer Tommy and Kimi
At least from a story point of view have either Kim or Kat would had made sense but from a budget point of view it couldn't be done.
I didn't realize this when you previously mentioned it, but I'm guessing the distorted audio in Legacy of Power is because they had to remove the music. I know at the time it wasn't common to keep separate audio files so the only ones they had must of had the music and dialogue together in one file. The distortion is probably caused by them digitally removing the music in some way.
Disney probably didn't have the rights to music for the newet seasons just in repeats so they had to altered the music because of that.
45:27 "Too much Pink Energy is Dangerous!"
I still love that moment.
Starting with a Sentai Fun fact. The Zords were actually full sentient and could talk (making it better they weren’t destroyed there and just went back to Dino Earth and yes that was a thing) and the second time the Stego went with Abarekiller (the White Ranger) it’s because he liked the power of being Killer-Oh instead of just being a surfboard for Aberan-Oh (the Megazords)
Regarding the Trent losing his powers and having to get them back from the clone. That very plot line would happen the very next year in Kamen Rider where in the fourth Rider started off under the control of one of the villains because the powers came from sealing monsters in to cards and the Ace card used to transform him had a weaker seal to cause the monster within to take control. Then the card broke and the monster was freed allowing then young hero control of himself again and he helped the tertiary Rider to seal the monster once again and this time allowing the kid full control.
Hey, maybe Dino Thunder takes place on Dino Earth…
@maxmeidl4909 If that's the case then what about Ninja Storm since it's in their "universe" as well. Let alone how Tommy managed to get information on his time as a ranger from MMPR to Turbo then the 2nd half of Turbo onward to Wild Force. So would all of those seasons took place on "Dino Earth" as well? If Disney chose to make the zords talk as well then maybe at best but I doubt it in this case.
You know, Dino Thunder was my introduction to Tommy Oliver. So you could say that his passing made me want to revisit the series again and I'm glad that I did. It does make his characters mental state hit a bit differently today though.
Regardless of JDF's passing, you raise a good point. Tommy, if you're going to make cyborg dinosaurs for any reason, 9 times out of 10, that is so you can be a supervillain. Did Kimberley dumping you hurt THAT much?
39:33 She may suck at the evil henchwoman thing, but compare “Drawn Into Danger” to “Day of the Dino.” In the latter, Connor skips class to goof around playing soccer, but by the former, he has a permit to use the soccer field. Showing that he’s actually making the effort to follow the rules. That, to me at least, shows that Elsa’s actually doing a pretty good job as principal, and I find the irony in that hilarious. 😂
It was sad hearing Jason David Frank passing away in 2022
Like beforehand Kevin Conroy who was the best Batman voice passed away and Nicki aycox who played Meg in supernatural season 1 passed away
So, weird fact about the original Sentai. In bakaryu Sentai abaranger, the white ranger was a doctor, but if you look at his main weapon it somewhat resembles a quil, as well, during the scene where he made those arrows of light, the English version cut a scene where he wrote his name in the air.
What are you talking about? He was a doctor
@@willpark111 thank you for the correction.
He also died near the end of abaranger in ep 48,fun fact he died in the exact ep count as the secondary rider from kamen rider 555 who was a big asshole,that was airing the same year as Abaranger
@@Josh-qt5ziHuh. I knew they aired in the same year, but I never realized that they both lost a character in their 48th episodes.
Another interesting fact: Kusaka's actor, Kohei Murakami, would eventually go on to play Bud/Zyuoh Bird in Zyuohger.
Honestly Linkara your History of Power Rangers is honestly one of best series on CZcams ever
Because Tommy always been into *rolls dice* Archeology!
- stolen from SFDebris
Lol yes career changes can be a thing but I recall even that being a joke with Tommy way back then.
Odd dice rolls explains why he's been into Kim, then Kat, then racing, then paleontology, until finally becoming a multiversal punching bag with Lord Drakkon.
Fun fact: Lothor’s bodyguards at 34:57 are two villains from the Sentai that dino thunder is based on. But, the writers chose not to use them in dino thunder probably because they looked a little too ridiculous to take seriously, so they made Mesagog instead. In fact, both Lothor and Megagog are some of my favorite original American exclusive villains in Power Rangers.
Speaking of sentai, in the original sentai version, abaranger vs hurricaneger, Kapri and Marah’s sentai counterparts stayed evil (and were also revealed to be not dead), so that’s why they didn’t do a whole lot in the American crossover. Not only that, but the shurinkenger (green) died at the end of hurricaneger, and abarekiller (white) was still an anti-hero by that point in the abaranger series. Plus, there were also two megazord fights.
So, kudos to Disney for being able to make everything original footage even though they had a whole episode of sentai footage they could have used.
I also forgot to mention this in the ninja storm remake, so, I will go ahead and say it here; if there is one thing that ninja storm did better than hurricanger, it was the villains. Now, he may be a love-him or hate-him villain, and while he didn’t do all that much in his respective series, Lothor still did more in both the first and last episodes of ninja storm than hurricanger’s main villain in his entire 50-episode run. And that is actually saying something when Lothor doesn’t have the disadvantage of being literally stuck to a chair.
Here's a bit of a fun fact some don't know, Ethan's actor Kevin Duhaney voices Cameron in both Total Drama Revenge of the Island & TD All Stars.
Ethan was also in Four Brothers starring Mark Wahlberg
Every time I see Linkara upload a new History of Power Rangers video, it always puts a smile on my face.
“I was unaware Dragons were Dinosaurs” Well to be fair we accepted it with Tommy back when he was the OG Green Ranger 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
"We need Dinosaur power, now!"
"We also need ancient megafauna mammal power, now, too!"
All the comments in this show about Tommy being this old-timer who's still got it are kind of hilarious when you consider the character couldn't be older than thirty at this point. 😂
Also, the most recent sourcebook for the Power Rangers Roleplaying Game includes a lot of content from Dino Thunder and Dino Charge, and the flavour text for the Tyrannodrones' statblock offers an explanation for why Tommy made them: they were originally created to be a labour force until Mesogog took control of them for his army. Don't know why Tommy decided we needed biomechanical dinosaur mutants for that, but it's there.
What's funny about the comment about the Tyrannodrones being related to the Stingwingers... they actually recycled the costumes of the Stingwingers to make them.
I didn't realise how much they dragged out Tommy not appearing unmorphed.😅
Well you work with what you have and the spirit journey is still one of the coolest Power Rangers moments.
My FAVORITE Power Rangers series! I love Dino Thunder, Trent is my favorite ranger ever, love the action, the characters, and the villains!
I think your theory about Tommy’s psyche is further supported by the Soul of the Dragon graphic novel.
R.I.P Jason David Frank.
19:04 Actually, Tommy did not get the Stegazord back. Basically, he was able to mess with the White Ranger’s control of the Zord enough to separate it from the Drago Zord, but even he admitted the White Ranger’s hold over it was too strong and he couldn’t break it, meaning the White Ranger kept the Stegazord.
There has always been something that I don’t get in regards to the foot soldiers in this series; Tommy stated how they were originally made to help people. But, I can’t really think of how those things would be able to help people, except for maybe … scaring children into obeying their parents?
Seriously, the tyranodrones are dark and ugly, I cannot imagine who would want those things helping them. In fact, they really are too dark and featureless, and they’re just scales and spikes, and because of that, I can’t even tell what kind of dinosaur they are supposed to be modelled after.
I have been following you since the original dino thunder video... Rewatching it for the third time
Dino Thunder is arguably where I started with the series. I watched bits and pieces of MMPR as a younger child, but DT is the first season I watched all the way from it's debut to the end. I remember watching an episode where Kira works at a TV station and a kid's show mascot (a guy in a fish costume) is turned into a monster, for 3 straight weeks. I'm guessing they didn't have new episodes then.
Rest in Peace, JDF. We miss you dearly, regardless if we got to meet you irl. You are a hero, even without the power.
It shows just how much kids television devolved that it took ten and a half years to reach 500 episodes, only to not reach 1000 at all in the next NINETEEN years
I wouldn't say devolved but it shows how much shorter content has gotten first you had the 50 ep rule so the show would be syndicated then it go to 40 but then for animation 20 eps became a requirement and weekly airing (unless you where an anime) didn't happen and then you have 12 eps per season for animated shows even with invincible a teen show it has a short ep count
It's not so much 'devolved' as changing practices/ideas given the earlier Saban shows were around 50 episodes per season but the later Disney ones were 30+ then that went down to 20 for Samurai onwards. Similar to how most 'network' adult TV shows used to have long 20+ episode seasons [the original Star Trek had a 29 episode season 1] but HBO/Streaming often has only around 10 episodes [like with Cosmic Fury].
@@jamesatkinsonja Okay yeah, kids television practices SURROUNDING Power Rangers.
@@HypArtz002 I thought syndication required 65 episodes
Thanks for making these, Linkara, they're some of my favorite videos just in general, like a nice blend of retrospective and the fun/good aspects of nostalgia
Plus I love rewatching them when I'm trying to go to sleep, it feels like I tired myself out doing something fun like a kid again 😂🙏😇
There's a rumour I've been hearing for years that might explain the oddity of Tommy having a Ph.D in this season. Simply put, originally, the Black Ranger was not intended to be Tommy, but rather a brand new character who would have the connection to Mercer and become the Rangers' teacher and mentor. At some point, it was decided to make the character a previous Ranger, and the decision was made to bring in Tommy to capitalize on his popularity. Unfortunately, I can't remember where this rumour started, but I DO remember people talking about it as if it was fact, and it WOULD explain the strangeness of Tommy suddenly being a doctor.
I can imagine that to be true given how JDF said he did the show as a 'favour' as the ratings were declining, but if he said no they still would be making it anyway [I'd guess it was probably Tommy or nothing for a returning past ranger].
Imagine if it were Billy Cranston instead of Tommy. I could see Billy as Dino Black and a mentor type who creates all this technology. Man made a flying car in his garage in high school AND spent time on another planet with an advanced alien race. Plus he retired sooner than the others and would have had time to accomplish his degree
@@richborn6700 Billy woulda made way more sense in the role of high school professor.
@@richborn6700 Of course we had Billy as the mentor eventually in Cosmic Fury. I remember it being mentioned [at the start of 'Dino Charge'] that writer James W. Bates wanted Billy as the teacher/mentor in MegaForce [which became 'Mr Burley'].
Yeah but since Doug and Ann was there in during David's time before he left I doubt that Yost would had come back at the time if of course they took part in what drove him to leave back in Zeo.
42:01 you know, since the lab is on Tommy’s property and is technically is basement. I wonder what if his insurance policy covers damage and destruction by supervillain? Though I wonder if he had it rebuilt all those years later? Considering that he still lives there 20 years later.
"Whote isnt a color in the rainbow" technically. It is. All colors of a rainbow is white light being separated into different light frequencies
Anyone else notice how Trent wore darker colours on top of this white clothes during the times he was struggling with the evil side of his Ranger powers? Who says this can't be subtle?
I JUST Got Notified You Posted This I’m HYPED More History A Power Rangers!! I Never Saw The OG Series So Thank You For Re Doing This!!!
38:06 I would counter that the Ranger battle in part 2 made up for some of that. You notice that the Ninja Storm Rangers are almost all beaten back or knocked down by the evil forces, and the Dino Rangers have to help them out. Shane gets knocked down, and Connor goes Triassic Battilizer to help him. Cam is sent sprawling and Trent jumps in to help him. Yeah, the Thunders do well against Zurgane, but it’s Tommy who gets to deliver the finishing blow.
I don't know what made me think about this and return to the video a month later. But it's interesting to think that Lothor's fate was ultimately unwritten. He got put in a jar, maybe he got destroyed with the island or sent away to rot. But this was the major villain of Ninja Storm and a family member to multiple people in the cast, and no resolution. Consider that Dino Thunder had to constantly adapt to the ongoing Sentai, this was New Zealand's first crossover attempt, AND Power Rangers SPD ended up doing 2 crossovers. I think they at least had Lothor on standby as a possible second crossover that just didn't come together because the Sentai footage didn't make that easy.
Also weird to think that if Lothor's actor was alive past 2018, that whole Beast Morphers/Venjix thing would have led to very odd speculation threads and videos. Just entire online conversations about the possibility of Lothor returning for Dino Fury.
I just found this playlist yesterday and just finished ninja storm. What a coincidence that you just uploaded this right now.
If anything, I’d compare Cassidy to Cordelia Chase from the early seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before her move to Angel where she became a full on hero.
Great redo of the old vid bud, keep up the good work :)
One other reason that there was the White Ranger clone might have been so they wouldn't have to make Trent evil for most of the series, which in Power Rangers, makes sense since I think it would be painful to see Trent struggle with brainwashing for a whole season. I read that the reason why he stayed evil for as long as he did in Abaranger was that there were initially no plans to have him be redeemed, but toy sales deterred them from keeping him an enemy.
He actually died near the end of Abaranger,the white ranger, aka abarekiller in the third to last episodes,fun fact he died in the exact episode count as kamen rider 555 secondly rider who was an big asshole
@@Josh-qt5zi I know. I've seen Abaranger.
It's awesome to see how much thought and analysis Linkara does on each one of these seasons and videos really
Yes! Woo hoo! New video of Dino Thunder, well technically a new version of this video. I forgot to mention in my previous comments Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall that your original dialogue when you did your original videos back then that you've remembered your lines which is fantastic, and add new materials to this new video which is great. I'm looking forward to the next new video of S.P.D. and Mystic Force. I know you will take your time making these new videos, but I can wait. You're doing a great job.
My first and absolute favorite season of the show. Conner, Ethen, and Kira are some of my favorite characters and rangers of all time, and my exposer to what a teenager could be like and how one can grow, especially Ethen as I was a nerd growing up myself. Trent too became my favorite Ranger ever for his character arc and because he was a fellow artist.
And Tommy. I doubt I’m alone in this experience, but because this was my first season, I did not have the context of MMPR or anything else involving his character, so this was my first exposure, and I remember being…fascinated. I saw him as this almost mysterious figure, a veteran with an intense past that we only glimpsed (because I was very small and dumb child when I saw this so I somehow didn’t connect there were shows before this) every so often, and that he knew so much more then any of the other characters to the point where I wanted to know more. Both as his time as a ranger, and his past in relation to the other characters in this show.
I just really love this season.
Good to see this back. When Dino Thunder originally came out it was the first series I'd watched in years (I checked out early on in Turbo, oddly before the veteran Rangers left) and yeah, I came back for Tommy... and stayed for Kira too, which is apparently a common response. Jason David Frank will always be my hero. May the Power protect him forever.
As someone who HAS BEEN Archiving this series, it is always amazing to hear and compare these versions. I love hearing a familiar joke in these new versions
Love this series so much.
While Lightspeed will always be my favorite, Dino Thunder was basically my MMPR. This was the first season I was watching while it aired in full and seeing the unfolding story like it was felt exciting to me. I love all the characters, the zords were made of pure awesome, and everything about this show just clicked for me. This was the MMPR of my generation, and it's great to revisit it with History of Power Rangers.
I'm gonna have to disagree on the "Civilian Powers," especially in this show it didn't happen much, but every time Ethan's scales appeared when he blocked was so amazing I would feel a rush down my spine. Also, the reason here makes sense because the gems are technically fused with their DNA, so it's ingrained into their systems
No matter how many times you have to reupload HoPR, we'll still be here to watch them!
9:21-9:26: So Tommy is essentially the Kamina of Power Rangers. No wonder the Megazord has a giant drill!
Edit: Yes, I know that Gurren Lagann came out 3-4 years after Abaranger and Dino Thunder, so the joke doesn't technically count. I can dream, dammit!
I’ve been waiting months for this THANK YOU oh my god what a perfect Saturday
This might be controversial, but quite frankly, I think SPD is highly underrated as a season! Especially in the Disney era! Can’t wait for that video! The story of Sky is great! He wanted to make his father proud and that’s why he was so adamant about training!
Underrated. I think it was perfectly rated
@@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec Hey that fine we can different opinions!
Don't really recall SPD as underrated as the majority of fans including myself really loved it. Jungle Fury is what I consider underrated.
@@shadowlinkbdsOkay!