History Series / PowerRangersTurbo

** "Passing the Torch Part I" has the Rangers being overwhelmed by monster attacks. Justin is the only one who attempts to morph during this episode, with the rest of them seemingly forgetting that they're Power Rangers.

* AllThereInTheManual: Averted - A good portion of the opening episode to the season is devoted to recapping TheMovie, in case the viewer hadn't seen it.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: The episode "Rally Ranger" has the Rangers attempting to fight a giant Porto without the use of their Zords, for no apparent reason. The real reason, of course, is because at this point in Carranger, their HumongousMecha hadn't been introduced yet.

* FiveManBand:%%Please keep in order of team role (Hero then Lancer and so on), not Ranger color or rank or whatever.%%
** ''Configuration One'':
*** TheLeader: Tommy.
*** [[TheBigGuy Big]] [[TheLancer Lancer]]: Adam.
*** TheSmartGuy: Justin %%Justin's a Kid Appeal Character, yes, but that's not a part of the Five Man Band. It's referenced further down on its own.%%
*** TheChick: Tanya.
*** TheHeart: Kat.
*** SixthRanger: Blue Senturion.
** ''Configuration Two'':
*** TheLeader: T.J.
*** TheLancer: Carlos.
*** TheSmartGuy: Justin %%Justin's a Kid Appeal Character, yes, but that's not a part of the Five Man Band. It's referenced further down on its own.%%
*** TheBigGirl: Cassie. The ''PINK'' Ranger, thank you very much.
*** TheChick: Ashley.
*** SixthRanger: Blue Senturion.
*** MysteriousProtector: Phantom Ranger.

* HumongousMecha

As the season progresses there are many changes to the team: Zordon and Alpha return to their home planet of Eltar in the show's premier and Dimitria, an alien with a mysterious connection to Divatox, and Alpha Six, her JiveTurkey robot assistant, stand in. Not long after, Tommy, Kat, Adam and Tanya, having recently graduated high school, each choose a successor to serve in their place on a new Turbo team as they move on from teenager lives into their futures: T.J., Cassie, Carlos and Ashley join Justin to fight Divatox's continuing threat.

** The show's Sentai counterpart ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' managed to get higher ratings for ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' than its predecessor ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'' after it had been declinign in ratings due to its shift in tone from a serious to a silly show, as ''Carranger'' kept a consistently silly tone for its duration. Unfortunately, due to the unsuccessful attempt to convert the lighthearted material into a serious tone, ''Power Rangers Turbo'' nearly killed ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' if not for the success of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace its successor]] as well as its prior retool akin to ''Ohranger''[='=]s own.

** The show's Sentai counterpart ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' saved ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' when it's popularity was at an all-time low. Unfortunately, due to the unsuccessful attempt to convert the lighthearted material into a serious tone, ''Power Rangers Turbo'' nearly killed ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' if not for the success of [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace its successor]].

* AdaptationExpansion: Unlike ''Carranger'', ''Turbo's'' origin was told in a theatrical film preceeding the series.

* WeaponOfChoice:

! Spoilers for all ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' entries preceding this one are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

! Spoilers for all ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' entries preceding this one, particularly ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'', are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!

* AwesomeMcCoolname: All of the Rangers' Zords get cool individual names: The Turbo Zords are Desert Thunder, Dune Star, Mountain Blaster, Wind Chaser, and Red Lightning; and the Rescue Zords are Thunder Loader, Star Racer, Siren Blaster, Wind Rescue, and Lightning Fire Tamer. This also goes for their main regular-sized cars, Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Divatox.]] Bonus points for it actually coming from a laser (well, a teleport ray turned UpToEleven).

* FinaleProductionUpgrade: Despite the failure of the show to be serious, it did create a finale that stuck in viewers' minds, and a two-parter at that. One would think that given the previous seasons' tendency to wrap up the storyline in a neatly-bundled conclusion, this finale does the exact ''opposite''. Instead, the megazords are destroyed, and we get a full-on invasion of the Power Chamber, with all the villains of the season, plus an army of Pirahnatrons, a TrashTheSet of the inside, Divatox '''''blowing it up''''', the Rangers losing their powers, Zordon being captured, and the rangers being forced to commandeer a space shuttle (with some convincing by Justin to the base commander), with only the clothes on their backs and hopes and prayers, into the dark yonder of space.
* LighterAndSofter: Again, even though the show tried to be serious, the greater focus on the comic relief villains, as well as the inclusion of a kid ranger, made the series this in comparison to ''Zeo''. The second half in general is this to the first half, and as a whole, ''Turbo'' is this to [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace the next]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy two series]].

* FinaleProductionUpgrade: Although a failure in ratings, the series won the fans back by including serious stories in the latter half of the season, and as DownerEnding suggests, in the finale, Divatox and her minions overrun the Command Center, explicitly ''destroy it'', and '''blow it up!!!''' Now, with the Rangers' defense gone, it's a one-shot desperate escape into space...

** LighterAndSofter: That being said, the greater focus on the comic relief villains, as well as the inclusion of a kid ranger, made the series this in comparison to ''Zeo''. The second half in general is this to the first half, and as a whole, ''Turbo'' is this to [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace the next]] [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy two series]].

%%Do not make a film page, unlike the first and third Power Rangers movies, the Turbo movie is in continuity, and as it starts the season, the examples would be placed here. %%

* AscendedExtra: The Sentai version of the Phantom Ranger, the VRV Master, wasn't used nearly as much and mostly appeared to give the Rangers their new vehicles. The Phantom Ranger had an entire plotline dedicated around him and including an appearance in the following season.
* AscendedFanboy: Justin, played by ''[[PromotedFanboy promoted]]'' [[PromotedFanboy fanboy]] Blake Foster.

*** Or, alternatively, how old/young T.J. is supposed to be...

* CerebusSyndrome: What started off as a tonally consistent season based on a screwball Sentai gradually got darker. Divatox's plots revolved around her bombing public places, the issues in Justin's home life are gradually revealed and the season ends on the incredibly dark and bleak note [[spoiler: of the Zords, power weapons, Power Chamber and ultimately ranger powers being cruelly destroyed.]]

* DiabolusExNihilo: [[spoiler: Goldgoyle. Despite being "the most powerful monster in the universe" and the one responsible for destroying the Rangers' Zords and weapons (thereby leaving them wide open for Divatox's later attack), he appears in only a single episode, was never mentioned before said episode, and is never mentioned again after his death.]]
** Made even more glaring by the fact that in Carranger, [[spoiler: he was the final BigBad.]]
** Well, he was described as the most powerful monster, and he ''was.'' He was ''the most powerful single MonsterOfTheWeek'' ever fought to that point, and he quite likely ''still'' holds that title.

** TheBadGuyWins: Yes this is the only ''PR'' series where the villain manages to legitimately defeat the Power Rangers. It's a fleeting victory, but one nonetheless ([[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin]] ended similarly with the Power Coins destroyed and the Command Center blown up, but it left what we saw kind of vague, which obviously led to ''Series/PowerRangersZeo''. There is no question what happened in this series).
** To drive the point home farther, more recent seasons have had the Rangers lose their Zords, base, and/or powers, but they always manage to pull a victory out of it, often by sacrificing their Ranger gear as a means of defeating the enemy. Here, they just plain lose. Four of the Rangers and Alpha 6 leave into space without any powers, and Justin, the Blue Ranger, willingly stays on Earth to be with his father. The last scene of the series shows the poor, sad kid watching his friends shoot off into space on what is likely to be a vain mission to save Zordon, while he has ended his last day as a Ranger (until the teamup episode next season) in utter defeat. It really is as sad as it sounds, but it served a purpose: there was no way anyone who saw the last two episodes of ''Turbo'' would miss ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.

* FigureItOutYourself: Dimitria spent the first half of the series doing this (her species could ''only talk in questions,'' supposedly, though fellow "Inquirian" Visceron didn't have this problem), only to drop this practice when the four veteran Rangers - probably more experienced at this sort of thing than she was - were retired and replaced, at which point she got a lot more direct.
** [[DontExplainTheJoke Get it?]] Because it sounds like inquiry[=/=]inquire? Question?
* FinaleProductionUpgrade: Although a failure in ratings, the series won the fans back by including serious stories in the latter half of the season, and as DownerEnding suggests, in the finale, Divatox and her minions overrun the Command Center, explicitly ''destroy it'', and '''''blew it up!!!''' Now, with the Rangers' defense gone, it's a one-shot desperate escape into space...

* KidAppealCharacter: Justin

* LetsGetDangerous: Divatox only becomes a competent villain in the finale. Every actual victory or close victory against the Rangers was done only from someone more competent than she is, such as her mother (advice on separating the Rangers from their leader), General Havoc (Metallosaurus and kidnapping the Phantom Ranger) or Goldgoyle (effectively a hired mercenary). Her raid on the Power Chamber at the end was appropriately nasty, but it comes across as a victory she really didn't earn.
** There was a more subtle one earlier on, in the immediate aftermath of the Millennium Message. Her first plot after that episode involves attacking a soccer match featuring Carlos and Ashley, with the implication that she's targeting them because she saw them in the message and wanted them eliminated before the power transfer. It comes off as a very forward-thinking plan for a villain with the... competence of Divatox.

** Dark Specter is really to blame. If Divatox had been allowed a ''couple more hours'' that would have been all she wrote.

* PutOnABus: The Phantom Ranger leaves shortly after his spotlight episode later in the season. In the final episode, Dimitria, Blue Senturion, Justin. Two of these four have serious hatedoms, ol' Blue's not exactly popular, and Phanty still presents more questions than answers, so some of this is an AuthorsSavingThrow.
** And that's not mentioning Rita, Zedd and their forces in TheMovie, Rocky, Zordon and Alpha 5 in the opening episodes, the rest of the former [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Zeo Rangers]] halfway through the season, Detective Stone at the end of the season... Pretty much everyone who was a member of the ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' cast, with the exception of Bulk and Skull, when you think about it.

* ReTool: Because ratings had fallen during Season 3 of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and ''Power Rangers Zeo'' due to a combination of being moved to a timeslot that was historically known for far-lower viewership than the one ''Power Rangers'' left (despite the series actually setting ratings records FOR the timeslot after the move) and the erratic rate of episode releases during Season 3 and ''Zeo'' making it difficult for fans to actually catch episodes as they aired, ''Turbo'' was chosen to be something of a soft reboot from the very beginning - Abandoning virtually all of the supporting characters and unresolved plot points from ''Zeo'' and not bothering to offer any clean transition, replacing mentors Zordon and Alpha 5 with Dimitria and Alpha 6, redesigning the Power Chamber with no explanation, and most controversially, introducing preteen Justin as the new Blue Ranger in an attempt to appeal directly to a young audience. This didn't work to revive the show, and in fact created the actual problem they were trying to mediate by mis-attributing the cause; Leading to Power Rangers' near-cancellation. So then...
** ...midway through the season, there was a major shake-up in the writing staff (most of the prior staff left citing poor relations with the new producer/Showrunner). Along with this came the abrupt replacement of every Ranger except Justin with new characters and the abandonment of several plot points and character traits from the first half of the season (the mystery of Dimitria's long-lost sister, Dimitria's habit of speaking only in questions, Divatox's use of time bombs in her plans, the Millenium Message, etc.). This was finally enough to help ratings recover, but only enough to get one more season greenlit. Then ''Power Rangers In Space'' happened.
*** This All ironically perfectly mirrors the real-life situations seen with it's source material Carranger.

* FeedItABomb: The Rangers resort to this to stop Goldgoyle - The bomb being their personal weapons, launched down his throat.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Bulk and Skull were turned into chimps for the first part of the season.
** The intent was that the two were going to be getting their own spin-off show. Clearly, that didn't pan out.

* BossInMookClothing: Goldgoyle is basically this from the Rangers' perspective.

* AllYourPowersCombined: The Turbo R.A.M. ('''R'''obotic '''A'''rsenal '''M'''obilizer), both in its "car" mode and Cannon Mode.

The fifth season of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', which began with a feature film, ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie.''

The season concludes on, possibly, the biggest DownerEnding of a SeasonFinale in ''Power Rangers'' history: The team's Turbo and Rescue Megazords are destroyed, their weapons are lost, the Command Center/Power Chamber is blown up (again, but for good this time), and the Turbo powers vanish. The Rangers themselves are spared by a last minute summons for Divatox by the legendarily powerful Dark Specter, suggesting he is the GreaterScopeVillain behind all other enemies. Utterly defeated, the Rangers leave Justin behind and set off into outer space after Divatox, setting the stage for the next season, ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.

Followed by ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''.