History Film / PowerRangers2017

* AdaptationalDiversity: A few race lifts (avoiding the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers original show]]'s implications in casting the Black and Yellow Rangers as black and Asian) -- although Jason is now clearly white instead of ambiguously so, Kimberly is now biracial Indian/Caucasian[[note]]as opposed to white[[/note]], Billy is black and autistic[[note]]as opposed to white and seemingly neurotypical[[/note]], Trini is Latina and lesbian[[note]]as opposed to Asian, and confirmed LGBT by WordOfGay[[/note]], Zack is Asian[[note]]as opposed to black[[/note]].

* AdaptationalDiversity: A few race lifts (avoiding the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers original show]]'s implications in casting the Black and Yellow Rangers as black and Asian) -- although Jason is now clearly white instead of ambiguously so, Kimberly is now biracial Indian/Caucasian[[note]]as opposed to white[[/note]], Billy is black and autistic[[note]]as opposed to white and seemingly neurotypical[[/note]], Trini is Latina and AmbiguouslyGay[[note]]as opposed to Asian, and confirmed LGBT by WordOfGay[[/note]], Zack is Asian[[note]]as opposed to black[[/note]].

* AdaptedOut: Squatt, Baboo, and Finster are all missing from Rita's forces. Bulk and Skull have also been cut and replaced with other bullies that are now genuinely harmful but are also far less memorable.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Trini, at the campfire scene when the team asked if she has "boyfriend troubles," to which she replies "yeah, boyfriend troubles" with obvious sarcasm in her voice. The team then asks her again (quizzically in their voice) if she has "girlfriend troubles" to which she answers with a heartbreaking honest tone in her voice "yeah, girlfriend troubles" as she reveals that her family is "so normal"; they refuse to believe in other sexual orientation labels that differ from heterosexuality and therefore, refuse to accept that their own daughter is "different."

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The Zords took the forms they did because dinosaurs were the most powerful creatures in Earth at the time. Except, not only are not all of those creatures dinosaurs, but they didn't all exist at the same time.

* BuryYourDisabled: This incarnation of Billy has Autism and is the [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy second]] Power Ranger in the franchise to die, but don't worry, he gets better.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] In the show, the Ranger teens would always wear clothing that matched their colors. In the movie, they wear an ordinary variety of clothes... but in the "everyone returns to the mine" scene, Jason is wearing a red shirt, Kimberley a pink one, Trini a yellow shirt, and Billy and Zack both wear white shirts but with blue and black jackets, respectively.

** Trini: Is a constant roamer with overbearing parents and who's always on the move, never having the time to hang with people let alone open up for making friends.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Unsurprisingly for a reboot. The director claims that they want to expand the franchise's audience by making a movie that can appeal [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids more toward older viewers]], although it's not excessively so.

* TheDogBitesBack: Twice. First, with Kimberly (in Power Ranger form) tossing a dead Putty onto the car of the mean cheerleaders who tormented her vicariously throughout the film, chuckling to herself "That's what you get!" while the girls are left screaming in their car. Next, Jason also defeats a few Putties, sending the rubble towards school bully Wesley (who tormented Billy), causing the teen to hide out in the same wrecked car as the screaming cheerleaders in the ensuing battle.

The film's cast includes Dacre Montgomery as Jason (the Red Ranger), Naomi Scott as Kimberly (the Pink Ranger), RJ Cyler as Billy (the Blue Ranger), Becky Gomez as Trini (the Yellow Ranger), and Ludi Lin as Zack (the Black Ranger). Creator/ElizabethBanks has also been cast as Rita Repulsa and Creator/BryanCranston (who voiced two monsters in the original series and was [[{{Tuckerization}} the source of Billy's original last name]]) has been cast as Zordon, with [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Bill]] [[WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs Hader]] as Alpha 5.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Rita makes vague mentions of other forces that would come after the Zeo Crystal.

* RiddleForTheAges: How did the Rangers come back to their respective houses after being run over by a train? Even they don't know. The Power Coin warping from Jason's dresser to the sink implies teleportation, but it's never spelled out.

** Billy is bullied by a high school classmate.

* VillainsOutShopping: Rita stops to enjoy a doughnut [[StrollingThroughTheChaos while her forces attack the city]].

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Unfortunately, this hits almost every notable character in the film ''hard'', with the arguable exception of Zordon.
** Rita is hit the hardest out of everyone. She goes from having a dark brown gown with a [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearean]] collar, a Music/{{Madonna}} bra, and her iconic twin hair horns/hat to wearing a torn up tight green body suit with no collar and a really long ponytail. Sure, she used to be the Green Ranger in this universe, but they didn't even try to fit ''any'' familiar elements into her design.

* ComicBookContinuation: ''Aftershock" picks up right after the movie ends and deals with fallout of Rita's defeat and the government suddenly gaining an interest in the rangers.

** The film also has some religious motifs. Rita was one of the original Power Rangers before turning to the dark side, just as the Devil was once the angel Lucifer (add to the fact that she was the Green Ranger, and green is a color often associated with the Devil. Also, Billy is something of a [[MessianicArchetype "Christ figure"]] as he is killed by Rita after saving his friends and later resurrected by Zordon. And Zordon himself, inspired by Billy's sacrifice to give the new Rangers a second chance, could be a metaphor of an Old Testament God becoming a New Testament God.

** The film also has some religious motifs. Rita was one of the original Power Rangers before turning to the dark side, just as the Devil was once the angel Lucifer (add to the fact that she was the Green Ranger, and green is a color often associated with the Devil. Also, Billy is something of a [[MessianicArchetype|Christ figure]] as he is killed by Rita after saving his friends and later resurrected by Zordon. And Zordon himself, inspired by Billy's sacrifice to give the new Rangers a second chance, could be a metaphor of an Old Testament God becoming a New Testament God.

** In the prologue, Rita's Power Coin is seen leaving her when she falls in the ocean. It's never seen again during this movie, but obviously will tie with the above.
*** Rita has her Power Coin in the head of her magic wand - It takes the place of the original wand's red orb.

* NeverSayDie: Completely averted, a first for the franchise. Rita states she's killed Rangers before, her killings of civilians to regain her strength are treated like a ''serial murder case'' in-universe, the Rangers explicitly say they're out to kill Rita, and Billy is unambiguously pronounced dead when Rita drowns him.

After purchasing the ''Power Rangers'' franchise from Saban Brands, Hasbro announced their intentions of producing a "follow-up" movie on August 8, 2018. After much speculation about whether or not said follow-up would be a sequel, it was confirmed by Hasbro in December
2019 that the next ''Power Rangers'' film will be another reboot, [[StillbornFranchise effectively ending any chance for a proper sequel]].

Hasbro announced a sequel is being worked on with an unnamed studio on August 8, 2018. However on December 2019, they confirmed that the next Power Rangers film will be another reboot.

Hasbro announced a sequel is being worked on with an unnamed studio on August 8, 2018.

* AdaptationalDiversity: A few race lifts (avoiding the [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers original show]]'s implications in casting the Black and Yellow Rangers as black and Asian) -- although Jason is now clearly white instead of ambiguously so, Kimberly is now biracial Indian/Caucasian[[note]]as opposed to white[[/note]], Billy is black and autistic[[note]]as opposed to white[[/note]], Trini is Latina and AmbiguouslyGay[[note]]as opposed to Asian, and confirmed LGBT by WordOfGay[[/note]], Zack is Asian[[note]]as opposed to black[[/note]].

** Rita's evolving from a filthy, haggard form into something sleeker and sexier is pulled directly from [[Film/SuicideSquad June Moon/the Enchantress.]] Also to the switch-over for Season 2 when they ran out of ''Zyuranger'' footage and gave her a "magic makeover."

* AdaptedOut: Squatt, Baboo, and Finster are all missing from Rita's forces. Bulk and Skull have also been cut and replaced with other bullies that are more generic but now genuinely harmful.

** The mentions of ''Franchise/IronMan'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' also fall into this, as Creator/FredTatasciore, who voiced the Putties and Goldar, voiced a number of Marvel and ''Transformers'' characters, including Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, Iron Monger, Megatron, and Ratchet. The earlier ''Spider-Man'' reference also falls under this for Tatasciore given his roles included J. Jonah Jameson, the Rhino, Carnage, [[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime Atrocity]], and later the same year this came out, [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan Max Modell]].

* CampfireCharacterExploration: The Rangers have a scene like this in order to get to know each other better (since, if they are not TrueCompanions, they cannot morph). Secrets shared include Zack's mother being terminally ill, Billy's reason for being in detention, and Trini's sexuality being uncarpeted by her family. Jason tells them to skip him since his struggles are well known to the town (a prank gone wrong that got him kicked off the football team), and Kimberly declines to share as her secret is a rather harsh case of cyberbullying.

** The mentions of ''Franchise/IronMan'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' also fall into this, as Creator/FredTatasciore, who voiced the Putties and Goldar, voiced a number of Marvel and ''Transformers'' characters, including Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk, Iron Monger, J. Jonah Jameson, Rhino, Megatron, and Ratchet.

** Trini is occasionally called 'Crazy Girl,' but seems okay with it.

* AdaptedOut: Squatt, Baboo, and Finster are all missing from Rita's forces. Bulk and Skull have also been cut and replaced with other bullies that are more generic but now genuinely harmful.
** While it's never definitively stated one way or another, it's odd that - as the Green Ranger of this universe - Rita goes through the trouble of reconstructing and resurrecting Goldar instead of apparently possessing the movie universe's incarnation of the Dragonzord.

** The zords themselves are much more heavily armed than their original incarnations. In the original show the Tyrannosaurus did the majority of the direct fighting, with the others limited to support with the occasional energy beam (or freezing gas from the Mastodon) and are mostly useless except as part of the megazord. In this movie they all come across more like a very mobile WalkingTank, and even the flying zord gets physical.

* AdaptationExpansion: The movie makes an effort to explain some of the elements of the Rangers' OriginStory that were left intentionally vague in the TV show. For example: we learn why the alien Zordon has a base of operations on Earth (the Command Center is his spaceship), how the inexperienced Rangers were able to become so effective in combat (the Command Center includes {{virtual reality}} training simulations), how five seemingly random teenagers were chosen for the honor of becoming Power Rangers (they ''found'' the coins that gave them their powers, and the coins are instructed to seek out those worthy of their power, drawing the Rangers to them), why the fights always seemed to take place in a quarry (that's where the gold Rita needs to make her monster is located), and where Rita Repulsa's powers come from (she has a green Power Coin just like the ones that the Rangers carry). Presumably, the last point also explains how Rita was able to create her own [[SixthRanger Power Ranger]] later on. Rita also warns that the presence of the Zeo Crystal in Angel Grove will lead other villains to attack the city in future to obtain it, preemptively explaining why Angel Grove will be the epicenter of villainous attacks.
* AdaptationNameChange: Trini's last name was Kwan in the show, which clearly doesn't work here since she's now a Latina, and so Trini is the only Ranger whose last name goes unsaid in the movie. It's really noticeable, particularly when Jason's mom calls out "Kimberly Hart, Billy Cranston, Zack Taylor, and some girl named Trini are here to see you!" near the end of the movie.

* AmbiguouslyGay: Trini, at the campfire scene when the team asked if she has "boyfriend troubles", to which she replies "yeah, boyfriend troubles" with obvious sarcasm in her voice. The team then asks her again (quizzically in their voice) if she has "girlfriend troubles" to which she answers with a heartbreaking honest tone in her voice "yeah, girlfriend troubles" as she reveals that her family is "so normal"; they refuse to believe in other sexual orientation labels that differ from heterosexuality and therefore, refuse to accept that their own daughter is "different".

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Around the campfire, Trini asking the others if they're Power Rangers or friends and what's going to happen with them when it's over.

* ArtShift: The Power Rangers and Super Sentai franchise is rather famous for its NoBudget design with spandex costumes, PeopleInRubberSuits, MerchandiseDriven zord combination designs, cheap sets and very simplistic visual effects. This movie has a serious blockbuster budget of 105 million, and so it has the rangers in body armor with CG enhancements (the diamond chest piece has an otherworldly glow), SerkisFolk with the foot soldier putties, zords that favor alien design aesthetics over being "toyetic" and is generally making sure [[ShootTheMoney they show the budget on the screen]].

** Another downplayed aspect: when the Megazord bitch-slaps Rita into orbit, this visibly creates a shock-wave immediately around them - while they're unaffected by it, the shock-wave itself is basically what would happen from such force.
* AssholeVictim: Kimberly's [[WithFriendsLikeThese jerkass former cheermates]], while admittedly she had it coming the way they act throughout the film isn't much better. Even the former smirks in a "Serves you right" kind of way when they repeatedly get theirs.

** At the very beginning of the movie, Jason slaps a bully in detention. At the very end, on Jason's order, Trini slaps Rita ''into space''!

* ClipItsWings: After setting Kim's Zord on fire and slamming it into the ground, Goldar forcefully bends it's wings upwards, crushing them as parts scatter around.

** In general, the tradition of the rangers always wearing their respective color is still present in the movie, but much less blatant than it was in the show (where it would sometimes seem as if every object that a given ranger owned or used that could be in their color would be). They don't constantly wear shirts of their colors, but their colors will usually be present somewhere on their clothing (Jason wearing a white shirt with red lettering on the front) or in objects that they use (the scissors that Kimberly cuts her hair with at the beginning have a pink handle).

-->'''Zack:''' I'm black!\\
'''Billy:''' What?\\
'''Zack:''' I am.\\
'''Billy:''' [[MythologyGag No, you're not!]]
* WhoWritesThisCrap: The five react to Zordon's TitleDrop:
-->'''Zack''': Did I just hear you say we're "''power rangers''"?\\
'''Kimberly''': Is this some kind of joke? We're talking to a wall.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: The Rangers ultimately defeat Goldar by having the Megazord perform a German Suplex on him. Well that ''and'' stabbing him through the chest, to be fair.

** Goldar, the series' biggest villain aside from Rita and Zedd, is turned from a sentient alien warrior wearing golden armor to a mindless (and voiceless) giant monster that looks like it was formed out of melted cheese.

** The Dino Zords are such metallic mish mash they make the Creator/MichaelBay Film/{{Transformers}} look good. Not only that, but the filmmakers clearly tried to make them look the least like dinosaurs that they could probably get away with - ''the Mastodon has six legs.''

** The Power Coins are less coins and more round, colored gem-like objects.
** The Zeo Crystal is now an enormous cluster of crystals as opposed to a single crystal only a foot and a half long.

* SettingUpdate: From the early 90s to the new 10s, with Angel Grove relocated from Southern California to the UsefulNotes/PacificNorthwest.
* ShirtlessScene: Jason after he wakes up in bed from the train crash.

** Rita's evolving from a filthy, haggard form into something sleeker and sexier is pulled directly from [[Film/SuicideSquad June Moon/the Enchantress.]] Also to the switch-over for Season 2 when they ran out of ''Zyuranger'' footage and gave her a "magic makeover".

* SuperToughness: The Rangers gain this after getting their Power coins; they're tough enough to withstand being run over by a train.
* TagLine: ''Together, we are more.''

* TheDogBitesBack: Twice. First, with Kimberly (in her Morphin Power Ranger form) tossing a dead Puttie onto the car of the mean cheerleaders who tormented her vicariously throughout the film, chuckling to herself "That's what you get." while the girls are left screaming in their car. Next, Jason also defeats a few Putties, sending the rubble towards school bully Wesley (who tormented Billy), causing the teen to hide out in the same wrecked car as the screaming cheerleaders in the ensuing battle.
* ThemeTuneCameo: [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie The 1995 version]], to be exact. It plays when the team activate their Zords.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Jason's CareerEndingInjury gets healed by the power coin, as revealed by a shot of the ripped-off knee brace when he wakes up after getting hit by the train.

* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never really explained how they [got fromthe second car crash of the movie to back to their own beds, since the Command Center does not seem to have teleportation capabilities; the ''coins'' seem to, though.
* UnflinchingWalk: Rita moves around in the climax with [[StrollingThroughTheChaos casual disregard to the chaos going on around her]], including the pink ranger trying to strafe her in her zord.

** A teen who was harassing Billy tries to head-butt him after the latter got physically enhanced by a Power coin. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It fails spectacularly]].

* VillainBall: Rita killing only Billy, for seemingly no reason other than to spite Zordon and emotionally crush the other rangers. Had she just killed them all when she had the chance, she'd have won. Granted at this stage, they couldn't morph and she had no reason to think they'd learn in the few hours between then and her attacking Angel Grove.

* LastSecondChance: After defeating Goldar, Jason offers Rita one last chance to surrender and accept judgement from Zordon. She attacks, and gets a one-way trip to the moon for her trouble.
* LastVillainStand: Goldar is destroyed, and Rita is left facing down the Megazord, with Jason ordering her to surrender and be taken to Zordon for punishment. Refusing to let [[WeUsedToBeFriends Zordon pass judgement on her]], Rita launches herself at the Megazord, apparently intent on destroying it herself. This gets her bitchslapped into orbit.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Alpha's line more or less sums up the Power Rangers franchise:
-->'''Alpha:''' Five different kids. Five different colors. Five different colored kids!

* MoodWhiplash: Rita waxing about how important Krispy Kreme is since it's the location of the Zeo Crystal is hilarious [[spoiler:-- up until she kills Billy]].

* NoOntologicalInertia: When Rita is knocked out, all of the putties immediately crumble to dust. Unfortunately, Goldar managed to resist enough to give some power back to her.
* NoSell: Billy completely brushes off a bully's [[UseYourHead head-butt]], which ends up knocking out the bully.

--->'''Rita:''' Krispy Kreme. It is a special place.

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:When a new team of Rangers morph for the first time is possible to use the unlimited energies of the Morphing Grid to do this in a limited scale. Zordon wanted to recreate his body so he could fight Rita once more but chose to give his chance to Billy instead, resurrecting him after being killed by Rita]]. [[StoryBreakerPower For obvious reasons]], this can only be used one time.

* RiddleForTheAges: How did the Rangers come back to their respective houses after being run over by a train? Even they don't know. The power coin warping from Jason's dresser to the sink implied teleportation, but it's never spelled out.

** Trini keeps being referred to as "Crazy Girl" and "Dee Dee". She doesn't seem to mind.

** Billy cutting off curse words by saying some variation of [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall "I'm not allowed to say that".]]

* SecretSecretKeeper: It is heavily implied near the end that Jason's dad figured out he's the Red Ranger, but keeps his secret safe with him. He quite likely put two and two together when Jason in his Red Ranger suit called him by name, and there's a glimpse of recognition after seeing Red Ranger's somewhat distinctive running gait. Later on he takes a newspaper clipping of Red Ranger and hangs it next to Jason's photo.

** In the prologue. Rita's power coin is seen leaving her when she falls in the ocean. It's never seen again during this movie, but obviously will tie with the above.

* EverytownAmerica: Angel Grove is depicted as this, in contrast to the original series more metropolitan setting

* GenerationXerox: It's implied that Zordon's actions as the previous Red Ranger indirectly contributed to the demise of his ranger team. Likewise, Jason's recklessness in convincing the others to challenge Rita without the ability to morph leads to Billy's death.

** The opening prank, specially how Jason's friend milked the ''bull'', mistaking it for a female.

* GrandfatherClause: Averted. Except for the Red Ranger (and possibly the Yellow one if you consider the pilot version of ''Day of the Dumpster'') none of the Rangers match the ethnicity of their namesakes. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Zack who, upon seeing his PowerGlow declares "I'm Black" which does not amuse Billy.

* HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Billy with the Triceratops Zord. Maybe Zack had the right idea with a test drive the whole time...

* HeroicSecondWind: The Rangers and their Zords are overpowered and pushed into a flaming pit...then manage to form the Megazord and rise up to fight once again.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: A teen who was bullying Billy tries to head-butt him, but because Billy was physically enhanced by his Power Coin, the bully ends up knocking himself out.

* HumongousMecha: The Zords, of course. Which as always [[CombiningMecha combine into the Megazord.]]

* AdaptedOut: Squatt, Baboo, and Finster are all missing from Rita's forces. Bulk and Skull have also been cut and replaced with other bullies that are more generic but now genuinely harmful.
** While it's never definitively stated one way or another, it's odd that - as the Green Ranger of this universe - Rita goes through the trouble of reconstructing and resurrecting Goldar instead of apparently possessing the movie universe's incarnation of the Dragonzord.

* ChekhovsGun: It's stated early on that Zordon could come back to life using the power of the Morphing Grid through the rangers. He uses this power later to revive Billy.
* ChekhovsSkill: Alpha emphasizes that the rangers learn how to suplex, training they employ when the Megazord suplexes Goldar.

* CosmicKeystone: The Zeo Crystals acts as one for life. Each planet in the universe with life has one, and if it loses contact with the planet, all life that evolved on the planet dies.

** Jason: royally screwed up his future due to a stupid prank which crippled him, costing his school a football championship.
** Billy: constantly targeted for bullying, mean spirited labeling, is an autistic nerd whose [[DisappearedDad father passed some time ago]].
** Kimberly: used to be a mean spirited AlphaBitch who even her own {{Jerkass}} minions dumped after she screwed one of them over during a cruel cyber prank.
** Trini: is a constant roamer with overbearing parents and who's always on the move, never having the time to hang with people let alone open up for making friends.
** Zack: a loner from the trailer park who fears being left alone when his terminally ill mother eventually passes.
* CurbStompBattle: Rita basically wipes the floor with the Rangers, when they try to fight her unmorphed. The reverse immediately applies [[BullyingADragon when she tries to take on the megazord]] [[TooDumbToLive by herself]].

** Billy himself almost drops an F bomb when the Rangers finally pilot their Zords, he catches himself though.
-->'''Billy''': "YIPPIE KI YAH MOTHER F---- Mother is good, mother is good."

* DontExplainTheJoke: After the Rangers defeat Rita, Billy, Jason and Kim make an inside joke about the manner in which they defeated her. Billy then immediately ruins said joke by attempting to explain it to the other two Rangers.
* DontThinkFeel: Despite Alpha and Zordon's urging the Rangers continually fail to morph. Its not until Billy breaks up a fight between Jason and Zack, acting out of concern for his friends, that he successfully morphs.

** The film opens with the previous Yellow Ranger dying in Zordon's arms and Zordon himself calling down the meteor that kills him and the dinosaurs.

** Trini is occasionally called 'Crazy Girl', but seems okay with it.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Alpha was expecting the Rangers to be a little bit "more". Zordon himself is very annoyed that the new Rangers are teenagers, as unlike the series he didn't set out to RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude.

* AerithAndBob: We have about three main named alien beings: Zordon, Goldar....and Rita. Slightly averted, given her surname is "Repulsa."

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Averted, as this movie is not afraid of using canon names no matter how silly they may sound to non-fans. Zordon, Alpha 5, Rita Repulsa, Goldar, and the Megazord all get namedropped liberally throughout the movie. This is especially relevant for Goldar. Since he [[TheVoiceless doesn't speak]] and is much less involved as a character, it would have been very easy for the filmmakers to just call him "the monster" without naming him as other superhero adaptations have done.