Operation Overdrive is Hilarious | The Power Rangers that "Never Happened"
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I'm forever an operation overdrive theme apologist because the full bar of "There's treasure to be found, there's some lives to be saved, a planet to look after, there's a whole lot of space." May be the best pun in the whole franchise.
was always one of my favorites as a kid
I will always think this theme is fire and think most who don't like it,and mystic force, probably didn't like rap to begin with
@@WhoisThatGuy- i love rap and i can see how people could like the overdrive theme, got a great flow to it
I JUST understood this line. I just liked it bc it was a bop
@@goblinmunda i still don't fully understand, can you explain?
Their demorphed uniforms are pretty clean tbh
True, but I personally think they aren’t as good at the Boukenger outfits.
To be fair that plot twist at the end had my jaw on the floor as a kid
Operation Overdrive would give you a genuinely good action sequence and then bury it with 14 minutes of the blandest character writing you can imagine.
At least the villains looked cool.
I didn’t see the characters as bland
@@MiracleUniverse-fg8wb people seem very divided on weather or not power rangers in general had good character writing
@@A_Shrubbery1901 That's an episode title from OO. Lol
"Weather or Not"
Great. Thanks Boukenger.
To be fair it has one of the best morphing sequences.
Also this season is the reason why “Once a Ranger, always a Ranger” is a thing.
Because it happened to be during the PR 15th anniversary?
Overdrive in Japan: ✨❤️
Overdrive in the West: 💀
Also known from Japan as "GoGo Sentai Boukenger"
@@meteverz15 Exactly
"Adventure for precious Boukengerrrrrrrr"
"SHUT UP!"
Is it really that much better? I've been wanting to get into the sentai
@@PharaohOfTheDamned Go Go Sentai Boukenger really stands for the name, the "Go Go squad of adventurer's", so far as I heard, it was and probably still is (after Gokaiger) the most beloved Sentai serie
Honestly it’s very refreshing hearing this perspective of the season. It’s not my favorite season but I didn’t hate it myself. But tbh I’ve never heard someone just outright say it didn’t exist; at the same time though that might add to the main point I was gonna get to: I feel like folks don’t talk about this season anymore because it’s one of those times where people can’t say anything relatively positive about this season (outside of Once A Ranger) without it getting barraged by the negativity that always gravitates towards this season by default even to this day, including hollow arguments that don’t really explain why someone thinks it’s bad other than it just being an echo of what others have for the most part outdatedly thought about this season
Don’t get me wrong you can like what you like of course, but to act as if even to this day it’s still the worst we’ve gotten? You’re gonna need a little expansion beyond how you felt (or probably thought you were supposed to feel) in 2007😂
Hell, I BET you someone’s gonna feel the need to respond to this like they have to justify their belief in that this season never happened or that it’s just THAT bad, completely missing or proving my point overall😂
There’s a lot of people that have more than likely never watched an episode outside of Once a Ranger and have no intention to, but spout that the season is bad because that’s what the “general” opinion is.
The reason I chose Overdrive over RPM was solely to, not change everyone’s opinion, but to see what that was even all about to try and see if I can get ppl to revise their approach to these shows. Maybe even get ppl to try Overdrive as opposed to disliking bc someone else said it’s bad.
I actually enjoyed Overdrive when I first watched it. It’s one of those seasons that doesn’t take itself too seriously most of the time and has some really fun set pieces and zords, befitting its adventure theme. Granted, its writing is not on the level of Dino Thunder or RPM, but it’s nowhere near as bad as some people claim.
Also because it's not even the worse season anymore so there isn't much to say about it
Like the season isn't good. So there is nothing positive to say about it.
But it's not Samurai or Megaforce. So there is nothing negative to say about it.
I enjoyed it enough to watch all the way through. It had interesting plots and the actors were all putting their foot in that shit. I think I'd have to do a rewatch to really figure out why it didn't resonate with me. I do remember the plot dragging in some places. I remember wishing the shining moments were more pronounced. Otherwise I need to get back in to it
This season was actually really good. Great villains and multiple villains with their own plans each ranger had their own story and reason for being there and life outside of being a ranger. Theme song was fire
I loved operation overdrive as a kid and again when I rewatched the series years later, so I was surprised when I saw that the community absolutely hated it. I’m glad to see someone else is also enjoying it
I enjoy it, since operation overdrive was aired the same year I was born.
I love this review! It's very chilled and refreshing to see someone being a bit more positive towards Operation Overdrive's premiere episodes.
I'm not saying it's a great season, it's definitely flawed and people have a right to dislike it too. But I did enjoy it quite a bit, and seeing others giving it another chance and giving a different perspective is interesting to see. Plus, at least the season actually tried, unlike some other ones in the future.
i actually like the intro to overdrive. it’s really unique and the instrumental is great.
I still think it's a good season. Flawed? Yes. But I'd watch it over Super Megadump anyday.
facts😂
Facts
Hell, I’d watch this over the two year shitfest that is Samurai! …and I’d even watch Megaforce and it’s sequel over Samurai as given the constraints the production team had to work with due to being aired on Nick, they managed to do a good job adapting Goseiger down to 20ish episodes
True fact
Overdrive it is a masterpiece close to Megaforce... Megaforce is just the WORST season of Power Rangers! No doubt about it!
The one thing i will always remember abt Overdrive is that one Hannah Montanah edit of Once a Ranger
Supremely goated edit
Lol, i just found out it still exist 😂
It may be worse in comparison to the others but I like the Operation Overdrive theme song and I'm tired of pretending I don't
Never happened is an understatement.
I think the season was highly underrated, especially compared to later seasons such as ninja steel, Megaforce, samurai, and Dino Fury. It gave us in my opinion the biggest twist we’ve ever had in power rangers
Glad to a different perspective on Operation Overdrive other than "It's bad"
It has its ups as well. Kid me popped tf off when Mac first morphed, that was the coolest thing ever for 8 year old me
"I saw that movie. Don't remember you being in it."
".....Story of my life."
Damn. Why do I suddenly relate to Dax now...?
That's a joke about being a stunt actor or extra. Many action and fight scenes involve 1 to 4 stunt doubles. So you were in movies or tv shows?
After Neo-Saban, I gained a new appreciation for Overdrive. For all of its problems, at least it tried. That's more than I can say for Samurai (which was just watered-down Shinkenger) and Megaforce (I don't even know where to start with that one)
Plus Mack is actually pretty well written. He's no Andros or Carter, but he's in the upper half of red rangers for me
Operation Overdrive feels like a Fever Dream but I somehow managed to remember it because of three reasons:
- I have a Toy Plastic Morpher that was a part of a Toy Set sitting on my Computer Desk
- I remember the Sixth Ranger and his morpher
- That Crossover Episode with Mighty Morphin, Mystic Force, Dino Thunder, Ninja Storm and SPD
yknow i have fond memories, nostalgia definitely has me blind
LMAO AY OVERDRIVE JUST MIGHT BE A GEM
I was also 8 years old when Operation Overdrive came out and I actually liked it, I remember it was one of my first exposures to Power Rangers, I remember how they would play it on ABC Kids every single Saturday 😂
Aye ngl that opening tough bruh 😭😭
It's one of those shows that when you get to the end of it, you understand the story as whole, red rangers char development was one of the best part about this ranger series , though there's a bad thing too it had too many evil teams of monsters, like the ice guy, fire guy, that robo guy, and those space cat monsters, and there were some more but i cant remember 😅
You mean Flurious, Moltor, Kamdor and the Fearcats, right?
It was one of my favorite Power Rangers Show back then . Me and my cousins used to hide/bury some jewels and roleplay it.
Plus the red ranger battlizer was cool.
I'm surprised you said no one talks about this season. All I could hear was the fan base saying this is the worst season...and I almost agree with them xD
Overdrive is like bottom 3 for me. I love the idea of a globetrotting team. I just don't think the characters held it together.
I look forward to seeing more videos from you about it though!
If it’s bottom 3 then what’s the other 2 for you?
@@soldiertaylor1527 Dino Charge and Alien Rangers (if Alien doesn't count because it's kinda part of MMPR3 then I'll also pick Beast Morphers).
@@crossflux971wait I’m sorry but can you PLEASE explain to me what makes ninja steel and megaforce above Dino charge and beast morphers
@@soldiertaylor1527 Megaforce wasn't terrible, just incredibly underwhelming and a huge waster of potential.
Ninja Steel, is the one season I haven't seen yet, so I can't judge it.
Dino Charge was so insufferable for me. I've tried watching it several times and can't get through more than 2 or 3 episodes.
Beast Morphers offends me as a terrible sequel to RPM (my favorite season).
Power Rangers Operation Overdrive was a great season 😊
Linkara was the reason I went back to watch seasons I hadn't watched. I remember hate watching this season... then the 30th anniversary happened and I wanted to go back and rewatch the season, luckily all the older seasons are on CZcams. When I finally got to overdrive, I was like oh here we go again. I remember hating that intro....... then I remembered that I actually liked the show, its just that damn theme song that made me think I hated it. Also, please do more mystic force videos, that is one of my favorite seasons!
The robot twist with Mack is so well done. Also, now we know that the budget was slashed hard compared to the previous Disney seasons. The series is not perfect, but I feel everyone on the production trying their hardest to make the show great under the circumstances.
Love his videos and really appreciate his contribution to the Power Rangers community. I respect his take on Overdrive and find that review entertaining but it’s always good to see people come at a series with a fresh perspective. Always better to let the content creators we love get us to look back at different media than to just parrot their opinions
Nobody talks about it because it was genuinely THE WORST PR season prior to the Neo Saban Era stuff like Megaforce
Turbo was much worse
I love, and have always loved, that theme song
Power Rangers Overdrive was despised because it came from the Disney era where the franchise was peak. We were spoiled for so many years since the debut of Ninja Storm that anything less would feel like garbage. Separate Operation Overdrive from the Disney era and it literally outshines the whole Neo-Saban season, Turbo and Lost Galaxy.
Wait now. Lost galaxy was pretty good. In no way was Overdrive better😂
the cursed image of Sal as profile pic to this reply took me out
Imagine trying to put Turbo on Lost Galaxy's level
Imagine saying Turbo can be less than Operation Overdrive.
Turbo 2nd half (the T.J.'s team) was the proto In Space. Everything In Space did great started In Turbo.
@@DarkEcho32 I'm not. You took it the wrong way.
Bro, am i the only one that loves the overdrive theme song😭😭
THERE'S TREASURE TO BE FOUND, THERE'S SOME LIVES TO BE SAVED
JUST “SOME”!
@@HedgeOnStage There's a whole lotta space 🤣🤣
Operation Overdrive was definitely an anomaly in the Disney Era. We were treated some actually pretty great series during that run despite all odds and Overdrive just felt out of place. I still to this day absolutely love these suits! They’re so freakin cool! We’ve definitely had worse train wrecks called seasons. I feel like we were close to a great series but just missed the mark. Especially when have one of the all time great team up episodes buried in there! So there was an opportunity for greatness somewhere and I wish it developed properly
Also, casting the only black guy on the team as the black ranger is a trope I just can’t get behind and never sits right with me. DOUBLY so when his character trait is being a world class thief. Just feels wrong to me
This season grew on me. I underappreciated it before but i kinda like the story and how entertaining it was (the fight scenes, the cgi, etc) I know this show is flawed yea but its major aspects were done good, i would give the show a 7/10
Power Rangers was never really a topic I could talk about with my friend groups, so I never really got the chance to see other people's opinions, so color me shocked when I hear that a lot of fans actually can't stand the Overdrive theme song.
That opening is in my top 5 favorite Disney PR theme songs.
Disney literally only had 7 series so that’s not the best metric lol
but I hear ya
When you stack it against the rest of the Disney era OO doesn't fare too well, but within the Power Rangers franchise since Samurai, it's really not too bad. I personally had a lot of trouble warming to the characters except for Rose and the butler, but I still enjoyed it for what it was.
I think the issue is that it had a lot of potential but didn't really hit. I loved the idea of rival villains for the series, it just sucked that they didn't do much with it. Having that team of older rangers temporarily replace them was a great idea that could have been built upon, and I think the Pinnochio ending shart on Mack's post-twist development. Something they did again with Steel in Beast Morphers.
But still, it had it's moments.
I loved overdrive SOOO much i had the dvd and it seems criminally underated. And the silver rangers melee weapon is littlerally a metal detector and he looks like the inspiration for task master in the black widow movie.
Part of the theme song's problem is trying to fit the overlong title in. Should've just been called _Power Rangers: Overdrive_ , to be honest.
This is one of those instances where one persons opinion influenced alot of people into blind hate, that linkara video really made this show get overhated.
I do hope my perspective can help people to not flip their opinion on its head largely, but open a lot of minds to how these series are approached
If it happened with Jungle Fury, maybe it could happen again 🤷🏿♂️
5:27 everybody has superpowers in the Disney era Power Rangers
“I recalibrated the sequencer especially for him, sir.”
I’ve only watched this season once and I remember the big twist with Mac. Didn’t realize they planted the seed that early.
The Overdrive theme at the beginning kinda sounds like it’s sampled Speed Racer or was inspired by Speed Racers intro
I still have no idea why all the hate this season got after all these years. Was always one of my favorites. I watched Boukengers later and did not like it as much as OO. Very recently I rewatched this whole season with my son and he too enjoyed it. Some of the things that really impressed me: 1. The villains. While having to use Boukengers footage, they somehow came up with a whole new fraction, making a total of 4 fractions in a Power rangers season. 2. How they change the Mercury Ranger story from his Boukenger counter part. 3. Once a Ranger episode, of course. 4. The crazy amount of zords that may be ever matched by only Wild Force. 5. That twist at the end. 6. Great support cast.
Overdrive was my favorite for several years but even back then i didn't really care about anyone on screen at any given point as Mac and later the 6th ranger
Everybody else was just there
the opening always reminded me of the yugioh gx op /neg
Overdrive is not a great season and it's no where in my favorites but I don't understand the life of me how people would still classify as the worst season of the franchise even after the Neo Saban era. Compare to the Neo Saban era Overdrive actually was trying to tell a story, never talked down to it's kid demographic, had characters that at least interesting and even partially developed (a lot more than Megaforce and Ninja Steel) and most importantly had a production that cared about the season they were writing. I also feel like some fans crap on Overdrive without even watching it and just follow the flock. And I think some of it is caused by Linkara's videos where he crapped on Overdrive and claims it's the worst season. Now I don't think Linkara is toxic (far from it) but his influence definitely played a factor on why people still label Overdrive as the worst season or that it has zero redeeming qualities
I thought this series was horrible, But after watching cosmic fury, I think its better then megaforce
1:48 saying seasoned thief then cutting to that DC Young Fly clip just made me laugh my ass off😂
I have a entry on TV tropes for my Overdrive fic, so you can thank me for creating this season I guess. Do t know who went to the trouble to film the script
Hedge trynna get murdered 😂😂😂😂😂😂
If this show "never happned", then how comes this show was my first exposure to Power Rangers at a young age?
you should actually watch the video before commenting please
Bro you got a like in the first 20 seconds with that song synopsis.
ayyyyyy
One of the best PR-tubers right now
bless your heart
ty so much 🙏 💯
I’ve always loved Overdrive and the theme song 😭😭 I’m glad to hear a new refreshing take
Seeing hate for the opening brings pain to my soul
This series was my first Power Rangers series. I do not have the hate tinted glasses for it.
4:55 foreshadowing for the best part of the season.
I want a crossover between a team with civilian powers and one without just so there can be a scene where the powerless teams complains.
Honestly it had the right ideas but couldn’t execute it correctly. A show like this probably would’ve worked a good five to ten years later when more serialized shows were popping up
To be fair the Idea of overdrive is fine. Ala the Indiana Jones theme the season's serialized nature and the use of multiple villain factions is not bad in theory.
For all its flaws, this season had some good beats, the mercury ranger story line, some fun sets and “locations” for treasure hunting. The obvious hype “Once a Ranger” reunion.
I’ll also have to hard disagree, the opening is a banger and will always be. Goofy lyrics maybe, but the instrumental always goes hard
I never had a pricier
Problem with this season
Honestly, this season was the definition of "wasted potential" so many cool & interesting concepts & villains & the scavenger hunt aspect was so entertaining to watch new settings, new discoveries, different villain factions with different aesthetic & objectives even having connections to the rangers even if surface level, but it fall flat because mack's dad doesn't really do much & the characters not really being connected as they should be the sentinel knight is a whole can of worms on his own, he's ridiculously overpowered but makes questionable decisions that are too stupid & convoluted like scattering all the gems on earth or not making the rangers retrieve that darn sword so he can tap into his full power & I don't know why he didn't do it. Rita & Zedd's son should've been the final villain, not the brothers it would've give the rangers a big bad who is build up from episode 1 rather than appearing for the special out of nowhere & dying shortly after
I saw the team up, and I saw maybe the last three episodes.
Excessive kalishplosion but it's still good
You were 8 when this was out? I was 15 and forgot PR was even making new shows. Damn, I’m old 😂
😂 the way you had SpongeBob in the beginning.
Oh my god. Finally. A power rangers fan that’s not a sheep and just hates on overdrive because it’s the cool thing to do. When you watch overdrive with an open mind youll appreciate it for what it is. Another power rangers season from the Disney era. It’s lowkey my favorite now (from the Disney era) because I can’t stand how much hate it receives so I always white knight it lol. I look forward to your videos
I don't really like this season but a recent rewatch made me hate it less and appreciate stuff I didn't also helps we've had worse seasons that came years later
Overdrive is the worst Disney season (IMO), but I was a kid at the time and it’s the one I have the least nostalgia for, which is probably why I rank it so low. It’s leagues ahead of some of what we’ve had since though.
🙏 !!
I had the DriveMax and BattleFleet megazords but deadass all I remember about the show is the characters and the ending. I could not tell you a single thing they actually did.
LOL
Overdrive is one of the only seasons of PR where watching a recap is better then actually watching the show
My idea for a complete reimagining of this season is to make it a sequel to Lightspeed Rescue.
Icl those unmorphed uniforms are cool ash
This premiered during my senior year of high school.
I for some reason confuse overdrive with rpm and I don’t know why? 😆😆
They're both car seasons
I remember this season, I kinda made a CZcams poop of the opening back in my beginning of making my channel.
unrelated but time force has the best opening out of all of em
overdrives theme song is actually pretty good imo. im a music nerd so im probably the only one who notices the backing instrumentals that combine the adventerous elements with the hiphop theme that was popular with kids shows at the time. the lyrics are actually pretty good too. its just if we're being honest the power ranger fandom demographic is definitely not the kind to like hiphop. if you know what i mean. same reason why a lot of fans dont like the mystic force theme either even though that one goes pretty hard.
Wait.. for real? I feel like their theme song is actually one of the few unique and good ones
Only three things I like about this season one is the pink Ranger two I kinda like how the black ranger he was smooth, but he had his own thing going on and three that team up with the old-school Rangers
I am binge watching Operation overdrive it's a ok season
Why did they have to do the brother like that man 🤣. Also read up on the twist some time before this video and it was kinda crazy.
I WONT STAND FOR THESE INSULTS ON OPERATION OVERDRIVE!!!
Love the red ranger helmet.
Hmm..... I remember a specific episode where my home country was mentioned..... I freaked back then
Ngl I love the overdrive opening😭
Okay I'm not going to lie I totally forgot power rangers Operation overdrive even existed. Yet I'm in the middle of boukenger
0:08 I liked the opening. Yes it’s a rap but it was kind of cool.
Operation Overdrive still has the best crossover because the past rangers are from multiple series and actually interact as actual characters rather than being just there for morphing
iirc, this was when the writers strike happened? The first 2 part was indeed the highlight of the season (that and the crossover). Such a shame studios were (and still are) greedy that the strikes happened..
That was in the middle of jungle fury.
This season gets a lot of hate but it has so much charm. Everyone on the team is so dumb it's genuinely hilarious.
Bro i love the intro theme 🤣
Once a Ranger is still one of the best team ups ever
never speak on the theme song ever again my boy shits a banger
Bangin on a trash can you RIGHT
@@HedgeOnStagebetter than neo saban
@@donting24anything was better than the unoriginal neosaban "gogo power rangers + weak rhyming catchphrase"
Doesn't change the fact that Overdrives op and RPMs op suck donkey balls😂
@@Brakzillaa honestly between the two i would take operation overdrive over RPM cuz at least the op for operation overdrive doesnt just outright continously shout out the same words as RPM (no offense on RPM).
It's goofy as hell in the best way, I personally find it leagues better than "Daishi go away, we're here to save the day" 🤢
naw I can't agree less that theme song goes hard as fuck
still my favourite season and it's not even close🤷🏽♂️🐐💯
I respect it! 💯
Honestly I really did like this two parter but I couldn’t manage to watch the rest of the episodes especially as a kid. I’m definitely going to try and watch this season later this year.
I remember watching this show briefly, I mostly stopped watching power rangers and came back when jungle fury came out.
Honestly my strongest memory of operation overdrive comes from this videogame called "Power Rangers Super Legends" which came out around when operation overdrive did, so that was the first level in that game lmfao
yes!!! I still have the game on PS2! Maybe I’ll do a video at some point 🤔
That game was firrrrre
Cmon now OO was my first PD season I’ve watched and personally my favorite lol
It was a good season. Those guys had too many villians
I adored Operation Overdrive, and I am proud to have the morpher in my collection.
that’s what’s up 🙌
@@HedgeOnStage you betcha!