History WebVideo / HistoryOfPowerRangers

''The History of Power Rangers'' is a web series created by Linkara of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' as a fun side project. Being an older fan, he decided to review each season of ''PowerRangers'' and break down the elements of the story. It isn't a video review in the same style as most others on ChannelAwesome, but largely Linkara doing a voiceover of the footage while pointing out elements and features he feels are noteworthy, with the occasional FunWithSubtitles or messing with the conventions of the format. The videos have grown in running time due to how complicated the series became later on (as well as his lack of familiarity with later series going in), but even pushing 1 ½ hours for some of them. He acknowledges that even with more time, there is likely to be ''something'' he forgets to mention.

[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr The video series]] started in April of 2010 and, partially due to Linkara's own familiarity with the early seasons, the early videos came out fairly regularly. He knows how [[LongRunner intimidating]] the project is and has made it clear ([[UnpleasableFanbase repeatedly]]) that there is no set schedule for the release of each installment as he also has to worry about his social life, his work on ''Atop the 4th Wall'', conventions and crossovers with fellow reviewers on ''Channel Awesome'' (right now we can expect a new video every 3-4 months, though the gap between ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'' was over 9 months long). And as he has not watched each season when it first aired, most of the later seasons have him reviewing it from a fresh perspective. Taking into account writing notes, selecting clips, editing, and doing the voice work, its a colossal task indeed. [[DoingItForTheArt But one he does out of a labor of love for the franchise.]]

** PowerRangersRPM would explain this as "clearing out the morphing channels" of excess energy.

* CentralTheme: Linkara usually at least tries to discover one of these in each season. The only exception (maybe) is his review of PowerRangersDinoThunder.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''PowerRangers''' Zordon era. Outside of the Zordon Era, we get Carter Grayson: The greatest badass ever.
* NoHuggingNoKissing: He frequently expresses disappointment that the series avoided any such displays of affection (except for [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Kimberly/Tommy]]) with some sort of romance happening in nearly every season. Whenever there is some sort of heartfelt confession that ''should'' lead to a kiss but never does, he subtitles it "Kiss her you idiot!"

** Pointing out whenever someone denies the existence of the Power Rangers that there was a ''[[PowerRangersInSpace full scale alien invasion]]'' of Earth thwarted ''by'' the Power Rangers.
* TheTag: He ends each video with a particular [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]], [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] ([[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Carter Grayson]] blasting a monster at point-blank range) or [[EmotionalTorque moving]] scene. The most emotional one comes from ''PowerRangersInSpace'' with a line from Zordon in the early seasons "The world is lucky to have you, and [[SoProudOfYou so am I]]. May the power protect you always."
* TheTeaser: He starts off each review with one of the more sillier scenes from that season without any narration, which is acknowledging right from the get-go that there are some things you can expect from PowerRangers.

[[folder: MightyMorphinPowerRangers]]

[[folder: PowerRangersZeo]]

[[folder: PowerRangersTurbo]]

* {{Bait and Switch}}: While perhaps not intentional, the way the clips are edited in the teaser, along with the music, makes Turbo seem like a malestrom of epicness, only for Linkara to chime in when it's done:
-->'''Linkara''': Welcome, one and all, to ''PowerRangersTurbo''...the season that almost ended the franchise.

* TheScrappy: [[invoked]] He acknowledges the problems inherent with Justin, but found the character himself was well-written: observant, enthusiastic, and overall a valuable member of the team. What he took issue with was the premise itself: that young fans need a kid their own age, because it's impossible for boys to relate to people who aren't their age. This, of course, ignores the fact that fans never seemed to have any problem relating to the "[[DawsonCasting teenagers with attitude]]" from the first three seasons.

-->'''Linkara''': Welcome, one and all, to ''PowerRangersTurbo''...the season that almost ended the franchise.

[[folder: PowerRangersInSpace]]

* WinBackTheCrowd: [[invoked]] Coming after ''[[PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'', he points out that ''[[PowerRangersInSpace In Space]]'' probably had the best story of all Power Rangers seasons.

[[folder: PowerRangersLostGalaxy]]

[[folder: PowerRangersLightspeedRescue]]
* ArbitrarySkepticism: The lady in the ''[[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'' {{Crossover}}: "There is no such thing as monsters," who got the award for "Dumbest Person in PowerRangers EVER".

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Carter's "Thumbs up" victory pose being interrupted by a not quite defeated Bansheera was a deliberate CallBack to ''[[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', when that was the end of the fight.

[[folder: PowerRangersTimeForce]]

* HypeBacklash: [[invoked]] While he thought ''[[PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' itself was a very good series, he didn't find the villain as sympathetic as everyone said.

[[folder: PowerRangersWildForce]]

* ContinuityNod: While it serves as a stark contrast to the martial arts used by the other Rangers, he liked how Carter's unmorphed fight scene was largely just shooting the Cogs, as that was what ''[[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'' was all about.

[[folder: PowerRangersNinjaStorm]]

[[folder: PowerRangersDinoThunder]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: He notes the "vision from the future" from the bonus ''Dino Thunder'' episode as one for ''[[PowerRangersSPD SPD]]''.
* FantasticRacism: Mentions that Mesagog was probably the first villain definitively motivated by this, adding to his quality as BigBad. (Also notes that Ransik technically doesn't count since he seemed more concerned with power rather than really racism.

** BookEnds: On a non-symbolism note, it also serves as a nice BookEnd to his pre-''[[PowerRangersTurbo Turbo]]'' Ranger duties, essentially going through his three longest ranger forms in reverse.

[[folder: PowerRangersSPD]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Notes that despite being kind of [[FlatCharacter dull in personality]], Gruum is one of the most effective villains in the history of the franchise, distracting the Rangers with attacks in one area so he can steal something somewhere else, not being hesitant to get in the fight himself, controlling a powerful empire that has blown up planets, frequently getting away with his plans scot-free, and [[spoiler: having an entire team of rangers join his side by choice.]]
* FanWank: [[{{In-Universe}} Heavily discussed]], since SPD takes place in the future, and all the fan theories on timing and parentage are discussed, as well as an alternate theory that a timescale in PowerRangers is nearly impossible since the B-Squad's parents were apparently working in Time Force to make powers.

** Anyone who's seen [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Lord Vyce]] can tell you this is a fact.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''PowerRangers''' Zordon era.

* TheScrappy: [[invoked]] He acknowledges the problems inherent with Justin, but found the character himself was well-written: observant, enthusiastic, and overall a valuable member of the team. What he took issue with was the premise itself: that young fans need a kid their own rage, because it's impossible for boys to relate to people who aren't their age. This, of course, ignores the fact that fans never seemed to have any problem relating to the "[[DawsonCasting teenagers with attitude]]" from the first three seasons.

''The History of Power Rangers'' is a web series created by Linkara of ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' as a fun side project. Being an older fan, he decided to review each season of ''PowerRangers'' and break down the elements of the story. It isn't a video review in the same style as most others on ChannelAwesome, but largely Linkara doing a voice over of the footage while pointing out elements and features he feels is noteworthy, with the occasional FunWithSubtitles or messing with the conventions of the format. The videos have grown in running time due to how complicated the series became later on, but even pushing 1 ½ hours for some of them he acknowledges that there is likely to be ''something'' he forgets to mention.

[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr The video series]] started in April of 2010 and, partially due to Linkara's own familiarity with the early seasons, the early videos came out fairly regularly. He knows how [[LongRunner intimidating]] the project is and has made it clear ([[UnpleasableFanbase repeatedly]]) that there is no set schedule for the release of each installment as he also has to worry about his social life, his work on ''Atop the 4th Wall'', conventions and crossovers with fellow reviewers on ''Channel Awesome'' (right now we can expect a new video every 3-4 months, though the gap between ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'' was over 9 months long). And as he has not watched each season when it first aired most of the later seasons have him reviewing it from a fresh perspective. Taking into account writing notes, selecting clips, editing, and doing the voice work, its a colossal task indeed. But one he does out of a labor of love for the franchise.

* CatchPhrase: "...which makes sense" when a detail, well, [[CaptainObvious makes sense]].

** "Which means it's AWESOME!" When describing the various weapons and equipment used by the season du jour's SixthRanger.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: He frequently says in-universe that Bulk and Skull are "the real stars" of ''Power Rangers''' Zordon era.

* AdultsAreUseless: Linkara says that the teens of Angel Grove are the only people to who do anything in this city in his season 2 review, especially during his rant of the baby carriage chase.

* GrowingTheBeard: He [[{{in-universe}} raves at length]] with how great the "Green With Evil" 5-parter was.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[invoked]] In his season 2 video, he says that a storyline of Bulk and Skull learning the Rangers' identities and having to cover for them would be great as the duo would get eventually for having to clean up their messes when the rangers get the glory. A step further would be them [[HeelRealization finding themselves to be jerks and not doing anything worthwhile with their lives.]]

* XMeetsY: On the look of Lord Zedd, "Just look at this guy--this is what [[{{Aliens}} H.R. Giger]] would create if he wanted to make a supervillain!"

* TheReveal: The identity of the Gold Ranger ended up being someone nobody knew or could have guessed (Trey of Triforia), which he admits disappointment over.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Goes on a massive rant about every problem Turbo has at the mid-point; the experienced rangers giving their morphers to untested rookies, Divatox's complete failure as a villain, and the cars coming out of nowhere, he finishes with "and we have a police lieutenant running a frigging juice bar!"

* ReplacementScrappy: With the exception of T.J. [[{{in-universe}} he felt]] that none of the new Rangers were worthy to become Power Rangers, as T.J. was the only one who really embodied what a Ranger should be. Cassie was kind of selfish in the beginning and Ashley and Carlos had just little to no interaction with their predecessors to justify why they were chosen to be Rangers. It didn't help that in his introductory episode, Carlos showed that he had problems with teamwork.
* TheScrappy: [[invoked]] He acknowledges the problems inherent with Justin, but found the character himself was well-written: observant, enthusiastic, and overall a valuable member of the team. What he took issue with was the premise itself: that fans need a 12-year-old, because it's impossible for boys to relate to people who aren't their age. (Such as the "[[DawsonCasting teenagers with attitude]]" who starred in the first three seasons.)

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[invoked]] While Linkara wasn't nearly as hateful towards Justin as regular fans, he admitted that "True Blue to the Rescue", Justin's last appearance in the franchise was an [[ADayInTheLimelight excellent episode]] showcasing all the good points of the character while also resolving hanging elements from the ''Turbo''.

* TrainingMontage: Trakeena's training sequence, along with "You're the Best" from ''TheKarateKid'' playing of his own accord, as he said that it was just "begging to be supplied with an 80's song."

* AntiVillain: It's pointed out that Ransik himself was not that sympathetic; he has a sympathetic ''backstory'', but his general actions in the main story were borderline CompleteMonster. Most of Ransik's claims of mutant oppression didn't hold up in all the various flashbacks, after being attacked by his own kind and rescued by a human (and repaying said kindness with hatred). Still, he is shown to care for Nadira, and that is what fueled his eventual redemption.

* ItsWhatIDo: Of a sort. He actively wondered why he got so many people asking if he was going to cover "Forever Red" when such a thing is the very premise of the video series.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Similar to ''Lightspeed Rescue'', the first episode suggests that it is a ContinuityReboot unrelated to the past seasons, that Power Rangers were fictional or at most an urban legend. This season is eventually tied in to the rest of the franchise, so it seems like it's skepticism despite all of the monster attacks and alien invasions over the last 10 years.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He interprets Trent's vision of a superhero being something like this, explaining that this can be one of the reasons for his refusal to receive help from the other rangers.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Notes that despite being kind of [[FlatCharacter dull in personality]] Gruum is one of the most effective villains in the history of the franchise, distracting the rangers with attacks in one area so he can steal something somewhere else, not being hesitant to get in the fight himself, controlling a powerful empire that has blown up planets, frequently getting away with his plans scot-free, and [[spoiler: having an entire team of rangers join his side by choice.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: How he views the A-Squad & B-Squad, noting that A-Squad are the best of the best & would normally be the characters the story followed, with B-Squad being the characters this would normally apply to.

--> "Sam... Has no CharacterDevelopment. He is a ball of light. Moving on."

* MemeticBadass: Carter Grayson. TheTag shows Carter shooting a monster at close range with a {{BFG}} and the resulting explosion takes out a shipping yard, with the subtitle "The Lesson: Don't Screw with Carter Grayson." He refers to this in later videos as well. [[invoked]]

* FanWank: [[ConversationalTroping Heavily discussed]], since SPD takes place in the future, and all the fan theories on timing and parentage are discussed, as well as an alternate theory that a timescale in PowerRangers is nearly impossible since the B-Squad's parents were apparently working in Time Force to make powers.

* FanWank: Heavily discussed, since SPD takes place in the future, and all the fan theories on timing and parentage are discussed, as well as an alternate theory that a timescale in PowerRangers is nearly impossible since the B-Squad's parents were apparently working in Time Force to make powers.

* StuffBlowingUp: Discussed extensively with "Kallish-splosions", and how this is actually very much an annoyance for its lack of creating suspense, and the problem how it makes fight scenes BORING which is FandomHeresy since PowerRangers is mostly fighting.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: How he views the A-Squad & B-Squad, noting that A-Squad are the best of the best & would normlly be the characters the story followed, with B-Squad being the characters this would normally apply to.

* Fandumb: The reaction of Super Sentai fans to his "Blah blah blah I don't care about the Sentai" He has outright acknowledged the awesome of some Sentai, All it means is the Sentai does not matter to his review
** As seen here: [[http://www.jefusion.com/2012/04/history-of-power-rangers-spd.html]]

* ShoutOut: Wes and Eric's escape from the clock tower while flying through the clock face and everything behind them blowing up came with "[[DieHard John McClane]] Eat Your Heart Out."

[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr The video series]] started in April of 2010 and, partially due to Linkara's own familiarity with the early seasons, the early videos came out fairly regularly. He knows how [[LongRunner intimidating]] the project is and has made it clear ([[UnpleasableFanbase repeatedly]]) that there is no set schedule for the release of each installment as he also has to worry about his social life, his work on ''Atop the 4th Wall'', conventions and crossovers with fellow reviewers on ''Channel Awesome'' (right now we can expect a new video every 3-4 months, though the gap between ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'' is over 9 months long & counting as of this writing). And as he has not watched each season when it first aired most of the later seasons have him reviewing it from a fresh perspective. Taking into account writing notes, selecting clips, editing, and doing the voice work, its a colossal task indeed. But one he does out of a labor of love for the franchise.

''The History of Power Rangers'' is a web series created by Linkara of ''AtopTheFourthWall'' as a fun side project. Being an older fan, he decided to review each season of ''PowerRangers'' and break down the elements of the story. It isn't a video review in the same style as most others on ChannelAwesome, but largely Linkara doing a voice over of the footage while pointing out elements and features he feels is noteworthy, with the occasional FunWithSubtitles or messing with the conventions of the format. The videos have grown in running time due to how complicated the series became later on, but even pushing 1 ½ hours for some of them he acknowledges that there is likely to be ''something'' he forgets to mention.

** Anyone who's seen [[AtopTheFourthWall Lord Vyce]] can tell you this is a fact.

[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr The video series]] started in April of 2010 and, partially due to Linkara's own familiarity with the early seasons, the early videos came out fairly regularly. He knows how [[LongRunner intimidating]] the project is and has made it clear ([[UnpleasableFanbase repeatedly]]) that there is no set schedule for the release of each installment as he also has to worry about his social life, his work on ''Atop the 4th Wall'', conventions and crossovers with fellow reviewers on ''Channel Awesome'' (right now we can expect a new video every 3-4 months, though the gap between ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'' is over 9 months & counting as of this writing). And as he has not watched each season when it first aired most of the later seasons have him reviewing it from a fresh perspective. Taking into account writing notes, selecting clips, editing, and doing the voice work, its a colossal task indeed. But one he does out of a labor of love for the franchise.

[[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/linkara/hopr The video series]] started in April of 2010 and, partially due to Linkara's own familiarity with the early seasons, the early videos came out fairly regularly. He knows how [[LongRunner intimidating]] the project is and has made it clear ([[UnpleasableFanbase repeatedly]]) that there is no set schedule for the release of each installment as he also has to worry about his social life, his work on ''Atop the 4th Wall'', conventions and crossovers with fellow reviewers on ''Channel Awesome'' (right now we can expect a new video every 3-4 months, though the latest review been at least half a year coming). And as he has not watched each season when it first aired most of the later seasons have him reviewing it from a fresh perspective. Taking into account writing notes, selecting clips, editing, and doing the voice work, its a colossal task indeed. But one he does out of a labor of love for the franchise.