History Series / CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture

Their leader: Captain Jonathan Power, master of the incredible powersuits which transform each soldier into a one-man attack force! Major Matthew "Hawk" Masterson, fighter of the sky! Lieutenant Michael "Tank" Ellis, Ground Assault Unit! Sergeant Robert "Scout" Baker, Espionage and communications! And Corporal Jennifer "Pilot" Chase, Tactical Systems Expert! Together, they form the most powerful fighting force in Earth's history. Their creed: To protect all life! Their promise: To end Lord Dread's rule! Their name....[[TitleDrop CAPTAIN POWER AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE!]]"''

* EvilPlan: Lord Dredd has already conquered much of the world, but he's not done yet. Over the course of the series, he plots to enact Project New Order, which consists of four stages:

Styx: A deadly disease.
Charon: A new army of Bio-Dreads.
Icarus: A satellite capable of digitizing people en masse.
Prometheus: A deadly plasma storm.

* ComicBookAdaptation: from Creator/NealAdams' Continuity Comics. It only lasted two issues, however.

** Captain Power's headquarters and stronghold is called the ''[[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/power+base Powerbase]]''.

* AfterTheEnd : Via RobotWar.

Their leader: [[TheHero Captain Jonathan Power]], master of the incredible powersuits which transform each soldier into a one-man attack force! [[TheLancer Major Matthew "Hawk" Masterson]], fighter of the sky! [[TheBigGuy Lieutenant Michael "Tank" Ellis]], Ground Assault Unit! [[TheSmartGuy Sergeant Robert "Scout" Baker]], Espionage and communications! And [[TheChick Corporal Jennifer "Pilot" Chase]], Tactical Systems Expert! Together, they form the most powerful fighting force in Earth's history. Their creed: To protect all life! Their promise: To end Lord Dread's rule! Their name....[[TitleDrop CAPTAIN POWER]] [[TitleScream AND THE SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE!]]"''

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Pilot was the only female member of the team. Interestingly enough, she was the only team member [[MenAreTheExpendableGender to get killed off.]]

* BrainUploading: In a malevolent way. Warlord-class [=BioDreads=] are equipped with Digitizers that can reduce a human being to data, which is then stored in Overmind. Although the process can be reversed, victims tend to [[CameBackWrong be irrevocably changed by the experience]].

* TheJuggernaut: Blastarr.

* DownerEnding: It counts as this rather than BittersweetEnding because [[spoiler:yes, the heroes managed to stop Lord Dread's Project New Order before the resistance was wiped out... but Pilot is dead, the Powerbase is destroyed, [[TheMole Locke]] is still [[VillainWithGoodPublicity among the resistance]], and [[{{TheBadGuyWins}} Lord Dread is last seen preparing for an cybernetic upgrade to make him even less human, meaning the war is about to get (even) worse.]]]] The show was unfortunately canned before the second season began production because Mattel [[ExecutiveMeddling didn't want the show to get any darker than it already was]].

* DarthVaderClone: Lord Dread. While he doesn't wear a helmet, his black armor and cybernetic body certainly fit the trope. He is also troubled by still-human motives, his remaining flesh is disfigured/pale, he was the colleague and murderer of Captain Power's father, he is subordinate to the setting's true BigBad (Overmind), and the one time he and Captain Power actually fight hand-to-hand, he manages to kick the good Captain's ass. Seriously, this guy looks (and acts) like the bastard son of Darth Vader and the Borg.

There were a number of experiments in interactive TV in the late 80s, such as a murder mystery where viewers called in between acts to vote on who would turn out to have dunnit. One of the more radical experiments in interactive television was ''Captain Power And The Soldiers Of The Future''. The story followed the adventures of Captain Jonathan Power and his team of freedom fighters on a post-apocalyptic Earth where most of the population had been converted into robotic warriors by the evil Lord Dread. Fortunately, Captain Power and his team had the ability to transform into armored super-soldiers by standing in a special booth and saying, "[[ByThePowerOfGrayskull Power on.]]"

* CoolShip: The Jumpship, the [=XT=]-7 fighter (attached to the top of the Jumpship,) and the enemy Phantom Stryker.

* CyberPunk: While the overall tone of the series is AfterTheEnd, the (very few) remaining human settlements have a heavy cyberpunk vibe.

* DarthVaderClone: Lord Dread. While he doesn't wear a helmet, his black armor and cybernetic body certainly fit the trope.
* DownerEnding: It counts as this rather than BittersweetEnding because [[spoiler:not only is Pilot dead and the heroes' base destroyed, [[{{TheBadGuyWins}} Lord Dread clearly won the day and is last seen preparing for an cybernetic upgrade to make him even less human, meaning the war is about to get worse.]]]] The show was unfortunately canned before the second season began production because Mattel [[ExecutiveMeddling didn't want the show to get any darker than it already was]].

* EightiesHair: Freedom One. When she removes her helmet to reveal her impressively voluminous hairstyle, one is tempted to think Captain Power's father wasn't the only one who found a way to defy the laws of spatial physics.

* MartialPacifist: Captain Power has sworn never to take a human life. He will go all out to destroy ''robot'' enemies, but even when he is as angry with another human as we ever see him -- issuing a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to a LegendaryImpostor who had caused him (and countless other survivors) no small amount of grief -- he manages to stop before outright killing the bastard. The rest of the Power Team is also never seen killing other humans.

* MerchandiseDriven: One of the many things that frustrated the writers' attempts to make the show more adult-oriented.

** Lyman Taggart sincerely thought that humanity would be improved by becoming [[NoTranshumanismAllowed a cybernetic organism]]. After becoming [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Dread]], though...
** The whole idea behind Overmind in the first place was as a computer with which Taggart and Power could take control of all the world's military robots, in order to end the years of stalemated warfare that had followed from the invention of robot soldiers.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove

** [[PunnyName Laccki]] is this for Overmind, working in Lord Dread's service. Interestingly, Laccki is a ''terrible'' mole: he lacks anything even vaguely resembling stealth or subtlety, and Dread is suspicious of him from the very moment of his creation. Laccki is such a terrible mole, in fact, that one suspects his real purpose is not to spy on Dread, but rather to ''remind'' Dread that Overmind [[KickTheSonOfABitch doesn't fully trust him]].

* TheMole: [[PunnyName Laccki]] is this for Overmind, working in Lord Dread's service.
** Laccki is a ''terrible'' mole: he lacks anything even vaguely resembling stealth or subtlety, and Dread is suspicious of him from the very moment of his creation. Laccki is such a terrible mole, in fact, that one suspects his real purpose is not to spy on Dread, but rather to ''remind'' Dread that Overmind [[KickTheSonOfABitch doesn't fully trust him]].

* MachineWorship: At least one sequence shows Lord Dread dictating what seems to be a Holy Bible for the machine empire; his "verses" wouldn't sound even slightly out of place among the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Elsewhere, Lord Dread's speeches to the [[strike: Hitler]] Dread Youth seem near-evangelistic. One of their rank near-religiously praises "the Machine" and practically describes the team's heroic heel-face-turncoat as a heretic.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tank approaches this trope after defeating [[TheRival Kasko]], as despite being trained (and augmented) for warfare, he hates fighting other humans. He snaps out of it when Captain Power reminds him that Kasko fought for revenge, while [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Tank fought to save lives]].

* PoweredArmor: The Power Suits, which all feature powerful weapons and protect their users for any damage (at least until their power runs out).

* OneWayVisor: the mooks and the heroes' PoweredArmor have these.

* LegendaryImpostor: One episode involved an impostor of Captain Power who worked for Lord Dread, luring survivors into being digitized by Soaron (and poisoning other survivor groups against the real Captain). True to the usual trope, the real Captain eventually manages to [[ConfrontingYourImposter expose and defeat the impostor]], setting the villain up to be [[HoistByHisOwnPetard digitized by Soaron himself]]. Afterwards, Soaron and Lord Dread realize that they have eliminated their own "Captain" and consider reversing the digitization, but [[YouHaveFailedMe decide not to bother]].
* MachineWorship: At least one sequence shows Lord Dread dictating what seems to be a Bible for the machine empire; his "verses" wouldn't sound even slightly out of place among the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Adeptus Mechanicus]]. Elsewhere, Lord Dread's speeches to the [[strike: Hitler]] Dread Youth seem near-evangelistic. One evil spy actually near-religiously praises "the Machine" and practically describes the team's heroic heel-face-turncoat as a heretic.
* MasterComputer: The Overmind [[AIIsACrapshoot intelligence]], originally designed to stop wars between countries, initiated the Metal Wars against mankind itself.