History Series / PowerRangersSamurai

* FiveTokenBand: The Red and Yellow Rangers are Caucasian, the Blue Ranger is African-American, the Green Ranger is Latino, the Pink Ranger is Asian, and the Gold Ranger is Mexican-American (blatantly and stereotypically so).

* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler:Emily & Mike]], with [[spoiler:Mike]] deciding to leave with [[spoiler:Emily]] after they've finally defeated Xandred. Even though [[spoiler:Mike]] denies there's anything romantic going on, the two are clearly holding hands & the othe Rangers have looks on their faces that imply they aren't buying his protests.

* InformedFlaw: At the end of the first season, Jayden implies that he [[BloodKnight somewhat enjoyed his duel with Deker]]. However, not only is there no indication of this during the duel in question, but Jayden all but ignores this implication for the rest of the show. Despite a CallBack to these feelings made by Deker before their [[spoiler: final fight]], [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot It's in no way built upon for the entirety of the battle, the one place where it ought to be relevant]]

%%** BladeOnAStick: Mike's Forest Spear

* TitleDrop: At the conclusion of "The One That Got Away" Jayden looks into the camera and says "We need to be... Super Samurai."

* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:When Master Xandred makes his first appearence to the Rangers in "The Return of The Master" he rapidly dries out moments after getting to Earth due to the previous generation's seal on him. However, far from being weaker than expected, he was ''immensely'' powerful and his needing to retreat to avoid crumbling away is the only reason that the Rangers ''survived!'' The final episode was played more straight: after absorbing Dayu and becoming part human, he gained immunity to drying out ''and'' the sealing spell, but his power was reduced, making him a very difficult but ultimately beatable foe.]]

** By virtue of being almost a note for note translation of ''Shinkenger'', elements that were present in the source material but not here become glaringly obvious when one knows about both. There are several, but probably the biggest, as noted down in ArtisticLicenseHistory, is that [[spoiler: Jayden and Lauren being siblings messes up the twist at the end quite a bit. In ''Shinkenger'', Takeru is a BodyDouble for Kaoru and wasn't a real Shiba, thus his reasons for not wanting the other Shinkengers to fight with him is based on his feelings that they shouldn't risk their lives over a lie. The omission of a direct counterpart to [[JerkAss Tanba]] also cuts out much of the tension between Kaoru/Lauren and the other Shinkengers/Samurai Rangers, while Lauren is also much friendlier than Kaoru was (at first, anyway), so their rejection of her is very forced by comparison.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees: A [[ShownTheirWork surprising amount of research]] into actual samurai went into the show, to the point some people have assumed the writers didn't do their homework due to how obscure certain elements are. For example, the "ninja mask" that appears before the Ranger's helmets appear were actually worn by real samurai to help hold their helmets in place, and the face in the belt of Shogun Mode is based off actual belt buckles worn by certain noble samurai.
** Most of this was simply carry over from ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''.
** Also, the "ninja mask" was more of a happy accident. One of the early waves of toys was the return of the "Auto-Morphin" figures[[labelnote:*]] a throw-back to MMPR, whose gimmick was having a morphed Ranger without a helmet, then you pull a switch and the head flips over to a helmeted one[[/labelnote]]. These were made so early in production that '''casting hadn't even been finalized yet,''' so they had to hide their faces with themed balaclavas, then [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy put the masks in the show to justify it.]]
*** On the other hand, a multi-ethnic group of Samurai isn't so far fetched when you realize [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign-born_samurai_in_Japan there actually *were* samurai who weren't Japanese, including European and African ones]]
* AnachronismStew: Apparently, Feudal Japan had spandex suits...

** Or BlackVikings: We can't rule out the possibility that the original samurai were a FiveTokenBand themselves.
** AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, there is at least one instance of a feudal samurai that wasn't Japanese, as seen [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke here]]. Japan also had the Nanban Trade Period in the 16th and 17th century, where they traded a lot with the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are conflicting pieces of information as to what ''country'' it's located in. The citizens and English writing of the town suggest that it is in America, but there are some locations that imply it to be in Japan. Notably, "The Tengen Gate" implies that the the titular gate, the site of the Nighlok's first defeat, is not too far from the Samurai Rangers' hometown. However, the introduction in each episode points out that the Nighloks first appeared in feudal Japan, making things more difficult to sort out. There is also the temple in "There Go The Brides," as well as the torii seen in "An Unexpected Arrival," to add to the confusion.

* WeaponOfChoice
** KatanasAreJustBetter: Spin Swords
** {{BFS}}: Jayden's Fire Smasher
*** {{BFG}}: Fire Smasher Cannon Blast Mode and the Bullzooka
** TheStraightAndArrowPath: Kevin's Hydro Bow
** CombatHandFan: Mia's Sky Fan
** BladeOnAStick: Mike's Forest Spear
** FuumaShuriken: Emily's Earth Slicer
** ReverseGrip IaijutsuPractitioner: Antonio's Barracuda Blade. He uses SheathStrike, too.
** ImprobableWeaponUser: Antonio's secondary weapon set, the Light Zord disc-shooting lantern and a LawmanBaton.
** WhipSword: Shark Sword

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Everything with the Power Discs.

*** TurtlePower: Turtle Zord

* SoapOperaDisease: The vaguely defined sickness that caused Emily's [[IllGirl sister]] to give up Ranger duty.

** Mike leans forward to reach a palette of tea in "The Tengen Gate", giving the camera an accidental non-comedic glimpse of the top-back of his boxers for a [[JustForPun brief]] instant.

* NiceHat: The Samurai Megazord has a nice samurai helmet, and the Artillery Zords' main contributions to the Samurai Megazord are new helmets.
** WeaponizedHeadgear: The Swordfish combination's finisher involves sticking its sword on its ''head'' and waving it around like that, while the Beetle forms a [[{{BFG}} massive energy cannon]]. The Tiger's armaments are more on the shoulders, though.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Bulk paying Bikers $5 in "He's Not Heavy Metal He's My Brother" to act as bodyguards is eerily similar to when Music/TheRollingStones hired the Hells Angels to work security at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert Altmaont]]

** "A Crack in the World" reuses ''Shinkenger'' footage of a bird's-eye view of the island of Japan, though the entire island is never seen all at once so those who don't know better might see it as just a peninsula somewhere.

*** Monkeys: Ape Zord

*** TheCatfish: Swordfish Zord (it at least takes this role during its debut episode)

*** SeaMonster: Octozord

** Bulk hiring bikers to work as bodyguards to protect them while they perform is a possible reference to when the Rolling Stones hired the Hells Angels biker gang to work as security at Altamont.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''Rangers together! Samurai forever!'']]

->''"Go Go Samurai!"''
->''"Gold Power!"''
-->--'''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing calls]]''', ''Power Rangers Samurai''

** Bulk hiring bikers In "He Ain't Heavy Metal He's My Brother" to work as bodyguards to protect them while they perform is a possible reference to when the Rolling Stones hired the Hells Angels biker gang to work as security at Altamont.

** "He Ain't Heavy Metal, He's My Brother" has Bulk and Spike's music act, or should we say [[Creator/MarkWahlberg Spikey Spike]] and [[Music/WillSmith the Fresh Bulk]]. And of course they had to include the line [[Music/SnoopDogg 'drop it like it's hot']].
*** The duo tried out wearing costumes in Bulk's garage that resembled Music/DaftPunk.

The 18th and 19th season of the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise, using Ranger, Monster, and Zord footage from ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger''. It was the first season since ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' to be entirely directed and produced by Jonathon Tzachor.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: While a ClipShow or other HowWeGotHere moments aren't unique, "Party Monsters" stands out by being told from the villain's perspective. Instead of the Rangers sitting around talking about their various battles, it takes places at a party in the afterlife, where the monsters are talking about how they were defeated.

*** EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Ape Zord

*** ALoadOfBull: Bull Zord

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Jayden
** TheBigGuy: Kevin
** TheHeart: Mia
** TheLancer: Mike
** TheChick: Emily
** TheSmartGuy: Antonio (The Smart Guy role may shift to Mike or Kevin depending on the episode - Mike for unique battle strategies, Kevin for zord combinations - but Antonio got it most of the time due to his TechnoWizard skills.)