History NightmareFuel / PowerRangersRPM

NightmareFuel in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.

** Speaking of which: assuming Dr. K wasn't bluffing while threatening Colonel Manson in "Ghosts" [[labelnote:Explanation]] that they once had her make a colorless, odorless substance causing worse diarrhea than the most extreme case in recorded history [[/labelnote]], this even included biological warfare.

** Speaking of which: assuming Dr. K wasn't bluffing while threatening Colonel Manson in "Ghosts", this even included biological warfare.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Venjix, ladies and gentlemen. [[note]]And unlike the other Power Rangers villains, he actually '''''won'''''.[[/note]]]]

NightmareFuel in ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''.
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* Venjix, who managed to cull '''the entire population of Earth''' down to those in a single colony. [[spoiler:And even a significant portion of ''those'' are his sleeper cells]].
** Want to know scariest thing about Venjix? This villain wasn't an alien or an evil spirit. Venjix was created by humans, one in particular, but still. He's scary for the same reason [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]], [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] and ComicBook/{{Ultron}} are scary. [[spoiler: And if that's not enough, he survived the end of the series, played the long game, and bade his chance at resurrection (which was also the work of a human) as [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]]]].

* "Alphabet Soup", where people could very well be kidnapped and put to work by their own government for being too smart.

* Venjix, who managed to cull '''the entire population of Earth''' down to those in a single colony. [[spoiler:And even a significant portion of ''those'' are his sleeper cells.]]
** Want to know scariest thing about Venjix? This villain wasn't an alien or an evil spirit. Venjix was created by humans, one in particular, but still. He's scary for the same reason [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]], [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]] and ComicBook/{{Ultron}} are scary. [[spoiler: And if that's not enough, he survived the end of the series, played the long game, and bade his chance at resurrection (which was also the work of a human) as [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox.]]]]

* The very premise, given the history of the show: it's set AfterTheEnd, as in a near-genocide of the entire human race. Thankfully, WordOfGod says ''RPM'' takes place [[AlternateUniverse in its own universe]], not [[DoomedByCanon as the endpoint of the normal shared continuity]]. (Later proved during crossover episodes, as all interaction with the ''RPM'' universe involve portals to that dimension. Still, ''someone'' with a helmet similar to Mack's didn't fare so well protecting that ruined city against the forces of Venjix.)

[[caption-width-right:350:Venjix. The only Power Rangers villain who ever ''won''.]]

* ''RPM'' has one of the main characters tearing MechaMooks apart off-screen, in the first episode. As he leaves, we pan away to see the carnage, complete with the lower half of one of the mooks stumbling on-panel before falling lifelessly to the ground. That perfectly illustrates the DarkerAndEdgier tone of the entire series.
* The very premise of ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', given the history of the show: it's set AfterTheEnd, as in a near-genocide of the entire human race. Thankfully, WordOfGod says ''RPM'' takes place [[AlternateUniverse in its own universe]], not [[DoomedByCanon as the endpoint of the normal shared continuity]]. (Later proved during crossover episodes, as all interaction with the ''RPM'' universe involve portals to that dimension. Still, ''someone'' with a helmet similar to the Red Overdrive Ranger didn't fare so well protecting that ruined city against the forces of Venjix.)
** ''RPM'''s "Alphabet Soup", where people could very well be kidnapped and put to work by their own government for being too smart.
** Another ''RPM'' example is Ranger Yellow's backstory: the killer robots came on her birthday and she had to walk through the blasted wastelands alone.
** The villains have forced labor camps, and perform experiments in cyborg creation on the laborers. ANaziByAnyOtherName, indeed.
** Venjix, who managed to cull '''the entire population of Earth''' down to those in a single colony. [[spoiler:And even a significant portion of ''those'' are his sleeper cells.]]
*** Want to know scariest thing about Venjix? This villain wasn't an alien or an evil spirit. Venjix was created by humans, one in particular, but still. He's scary for the same reason HAL 9000, Skynet, and Ultron are scary. [[spoiler: And if that's not enough, he survived the end of the series, played the long game, and bade his chance at resurrection (which was also the work of a human) as [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox.]]]]

* The very premise of ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', given the history of the show: it's set AfterTheEnd, as in a near-genocide of the entire human race. Thankfully, WordOfGod says ''RPM'' takes place [[AlternateUniverse in its own universe]]. (Later proved during crossover episodes, as all interaction with the ''RPM'' universe involve portals to that dimension. Still, ''someone'' with a helmet similar to the Red Overdrive Ranger didn't fare so well protecting that ruined city against the forces of Venjix.)

* The very premise of ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', given the history of the show: it's set AfterTheEnd, as in a near-genocide of the entire human race. Thankfully, WordOfGod says ''RPM'' takes place outside of the canon (later proved during crossover episodes, as all interaction with the ''RPM'' universe involve portals to that dimension. Still, ''someone'' with a helmet similar to the Red Overdrive Ranger didn't fare so well protecting that ruined city against the forces of Venjix.)

*** Want to know scariest thing about Venjix? This villain wasn't an alien or an evil spirit. Venjix was created by humans, one in particular, but still. He's scary for the same reason HAL 9000, Skynet, and Ultron are scary. [[spoiler: And if that's not enough, he survived the events of the series, played the long game, and bade his chance at resurrection (which was also the work of a human) as [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Evox]]]].

** Venjix, who managed to cull '''the entire population of Earth''' down to those in a single colony. [[spoiler: And even a significant portion of ''those'' are his sleeper cells.]]
*** Want to know scariest thing about Venjix? This villain wasn't an alien or an evil spirit. Venjix was created by humans, one in particular, but still. He's scary for the same reason HAL 9000 , Skynet , and Ultron are scary.

** Venjix, who managed to cull '''the entire population of Earth''' down to those in a single colony. [[spoiler: And even a significant portion of ''those'' are his sleeper cells.]]

* The very premise of ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', given the history of the show: it's set AfterTheEnd, thus making all the previous series a bad case of ShootTheShaggyDog, although WordOfGod says ''RPM'' takes place outside of the canon (later proved during crossover episodes, as all interaction with the ''RPM'' universe involve portals to that dimension. Still, ''someone'' with a helmet similar to the Red Overdrive Ranger didn't fare so well protecting that ruined city against the forces of Venjix.)

** Venjix, who manages to wipe out '''every single human being on the entire planet''' except for those in Corinth. [[spoiler: And even a significant portion of those are his sleeper cells.]]

[[caption-width-right:223:Venjix. The only Power Rangers villain who ever ''won''.]]