Line #94 DarthWiki/PowerRangersTimeForceRedverse


1	->''"Time for Time Force!"''
2	-->-- '''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull Morphing call]]'''
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4	The twenty third instalment of the DarthWiki/PowerRangersRedverse written by Tropers/MadRedX12, a adaptation of the actual Series/PowerRangersTimeForce. By the year [[TheFuture 3001 AD]], Earth has evolved into a technologically advanced society rivalling Eltar and Edenoi, and has even discovered and thoroughly developed TimeTravel. To prevent possible abuses of this technology, it is regulated by Time Force, an international organization that also captures dangerous {{Mutants}} and holds them in [[HumanPopsicle cryogenic stasis]]. The only mutant left is [[BigBad Ransik, a evil terrorist mastermind with plans to go back in time to have mutants rule the world]]. During a siege on his headquarters led by [[BigGood Time Force leader]] Logan Daniels, Ransik is defeated by [[TheHero Logan's son Alex]] using a experimental, highly advanced (by the standards of the 31st Century!) piece of technology known as a Chrono Morpher, of which there are only five in existence. Ransik is detained and sent off to be frozen, but during the transportation, his spoiled daughter Nadira and their alien mafia friends Gluto and Lira bust him out. Ransik and his crew go on to take all the cryogenically frozen mutants from the Londerz Cryo-Prison, the largest cryo-prison in existence, and use its time travel capabilities to travel back to the year 2001 AD. Alex, taking responsibility for the fact that they got away on his watch, collects the other four Chrono Morphers and breaks protocol by travelling a thousand years back into the past using a experimental [[TimeMachine Time Shuttle]]. However, unable to control the vehicle, he crashes into a forest and is severely injured.
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6	Enter [[TheLancer Jennifer "Jen" Scotts]], [[TheHeart Lucas Kendall]], [[TheBigGuy Katie Walker]] and [[TheSmartGuy Trip Regis]], a quartet of teenage TrueCompanions who by chance just so happened to have been playing baseball in the woods where Alex crashlanded and stumble upon the Time Shuttle. There, they find the unconscious Alex and drag him back to Katie's house in order to seek medical help, taking most of the tech with them. When Ransik arrives and attacks the town of Silver Hills, the four attempt to fight him and accidently wind up unlocking the other Chrono Morphers, which are designed to only activate to someone with a certain bio-signature, and find themselves with superhuman abilities as they battle Ransik's Cyclonian army. Alex regains consciousness just in time to help them, and together they morph into the Time Force Rangers and fend off Ransik's initial invasion force.
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8	Alex heads back and picks up the Time Shuttle, learning that due to the damage it sustained it cannot travel back to the future, but can still travel back into the past, which just so happens to be where Ransik and his gang are planning to attack next, thanks to their time travel device being repaired by Laurmark, one of the mutants in the deep freeze. The five then band together and fight the mutants across time, while also dealing with their personal problems such as Alex having to adapt to being so far away from home and Jen's strained relationship with her emotionally abusive, obsessed-with-making-a-profit mother. They later acquire the help of Alex's 21st century ancestor Wesley Collins, who fights with the powers of the Quantum Morpher, and Wes's bodyguard Eric Myers in fighting the mutants across the time-space continuum.
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10	A major theme in the series is the nature of fate. Alex, being from a period where TimeTravel has been extensively researched, [[TheFatalist is resigned]] to the fact that [[YouCantFightFate the future is entirely predetermined]]. On the other hand, the other Rangers from the present day are determined to change their own destinies: Jen wishes to break free from the future that has been decided for her since her mother found on the road as a baby, while the others all want to gain strength in a world where connections and nepotism mean more than hard work. Eventually, the team discover that there's a connection between them that none would have realised, that the future in Millennium City isn't as rosy as one would expect, and that [[TheChessmaster someone]] has been plotting everything in their adventures down to the last second, and in the end either [[ScrewDestiny destiny will be screwed]], or they will.
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12	!!The Time Force Rangers:
13	* '''Alex Daniels/[[red:Red Time Force Ranger]]''': TheHero and TheLeader, the [[MarriedToTheJob job-obsessed]] son of Time Force's leader and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections thus possessing a high rank in the organisation]]. Constantly holds up a JerkassFacade to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex hide his insecurity and lack of belief in himself]]. He has an ItsPersonal issue with Ransik, who killed his wife Julia during a terrorist attack. Has limited TimeMaster abilities and a FlashStep.
14	* '''Lucas Kendell/[[blue:Blue Time Force Ranger]]''': TheHeart, a CasanovaWannabe AgentPeacock with a great interest in driving and vehicles. Has SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes.
15	* '''Trip Regis/[[green:Green Time Force Ranger]]''': TheSmartGuy, a naive DitzyGenius who has difficulty understanding subjects such as [[ViolenceIsDisturbing violence]] and [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity morality]]. Has numerous PsychicPowers.
16	* '''Katie Walker/[[gold:Yellow Time Force Ranger]]''': TheBigGuy, a [[AmazonianBeauty borderline amazonian]] NiceGirl with a tendency to [[TheGlomp glomp]] everyone she can. Has SuperStrength and SuperToughness.
17	* '''Jennifer Scotts/[[pink:Pink Time Force Ranger]]''': TheLancer and NumberTwo, a SpoiledSweet ShelteredAristocrat who is DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife and JumpedAtTheCall to become a Ranger. Has {{Teleportation}} and {{Telekinesis}} powers.
18	* '''Wesley Collins/[[red:Quantum Ranger]]''': The SixthRanger, Alex's ancestor from the 21st century. A ShelteredAristocrat CowardlyLion who acts as a lone wolf ranger for the most part, avoiding the team. [[NonElemental Doesn't have any special abilities by himself]], but can use his Quantum Controller to control various elemental powers.
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20	!!The Mutant Liberation League and their allies:
21	* '''Ransik:''' The BigBad, the leader of the {{Mutant}} [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight Liberation]] [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters League]] and the main enemy of the Rangers. One of the oldest mutants, he has suffered all his life at the hands of the [[FantasticRacism prejudiced]] humans of the 31st century and as such intends to take revenge by destroying the past and making mutants the dominant species on Earth.
22	* '''Nadira:''' TheDragon, Ransik's adopted daughter and also a major adversary of the Rangers. [[AntiVillain Less evil than she is childish and clueless]], she is fascinated by the past and its customs.
23	* '''Laurmark:''' TheEvilGenius, a mutant rescued by Ransik and Nadira from the Londerz Cryo-Prison to help them in their schemes.
24	* '''Gluto:''' TheBrute, TheDon of an alien mafia who has been roped into helping Ransik in order to keep Time Force off his back. Possessing SuperStrength and [[StreetSmart Street Smarts]], [[{{Greed}} he has a great interest in making money while in the 21st century]].
25	* '''Lila:''' Gluto's [[TheDragon wife]] who has a even bigger MoneyFetish than her husband.
26	* '''Gien:''' The Evil SixthRanger, a RoboticPsychopath who arrives from the 31st century seemingly to serve the Mutant Liberation League, but [[TheStarscream clearly has ulterior motives]].
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28	!!Recurring Power Rangers Redverse Tropes:
29	* ActionGirl: Jen, Katie, [[DarkActionGirl Nadira]] [[spoiler: and Julia]].
30	* AnimalMecha: The Quantasaurus Rex.
31	* CallingYourAttacks: Actually justified for the most part, as most of the Rangers' special moves are voice-activated.
32	* CanonForeigner: A odd case with Laurmark: he ''did'' appear in Time Force - in the AdvertisingOnlyContinuity as an unnamed minion of Ransik's. Here he's a main character and given a proper backstory and personality.
33	* ChestInsignia: Time Force emblems on the belts and personal geometric shapes on the helmet visor and chest.
34	* CityOfAdventure: Silver Hills.
35	* CoolBike: The Vector Cycles and Alex's Strata Cycle.
36	* DarkerAndEdgier: Thought the actual ''Time Force'' was dark? '''[[CrapsaccharineWorld You]] [[CycleOfRevenge haven't]] [[FantasticRacism seen]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence anything]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman yet]].'''
37	* HomeBase: The ClockTower for the Rangers, the Londerz Cryo-Prison for the Mutants.
38	* HumongousMecha:
39	** CombiningMecha: Time Jet 1 + Time Jet 2 + Time Jet 3 + Time Jet 4 + Time Jet 5 = Time Force Megazord, which has a MultiformBalance between JackOfAllStats Mode Red, GlassCannon Mode Blue, FragileSpeedster Mode Green, MightyGlacier Mode Yellow, MechanicallyUnusualFighter Mode Pink and alternative jet mode Time Flyer.
40	** MechaExpansionPack: The Shadow Winger, which can combine with any Time Force Megazord formation to form the Shadow Force Megazord.
41	** RobotBuddy: Transwarp.
42	** TransformingMecha: The Shadow Winger and Q-Rex.
43	* {{Mutants}}: The ThematicRoguesGallery. Their mutations range from simply looking human with [[AmazingTechnicolourPopulation discoloured skin]] or BlackEyesOfCrazy and the like, to hideous BodyHorror. The most extreme ones barely look even remotely like humans. Notably, there are also a few animal mutants rather than exclusively human mutants.
44	* NonLethalKO: Rather than being destroyed, the mutants are instead cryogenically frozen and shrunk down to fit in a container.
45	* {{Thememobile}}:
46	** CoolBike: The Vector Cycles and Alex's Strata Cycle.
47	** CoolPlane: The Flyer Magnum and Wes and Eric's TF Eagle.
48	* TransformationTrinket: The Rangers' Chrono Morphers and Wes's Quantum Commander.
49	%%** CoolSword / DualWielding: The Vector Sabres, which can transform into a different weapon for each Ranger:
50	%%*** {{BFS}}: Alex's Assault Vector
51	%%*** TheStraightAndArrowPath: Jen's Arrow Vector
52	%%*** BifurcatedWeapon: Lucas's Spin Vector
53	%%*** DualWielding: Katie's Double Vector
54	%%** {{BFG}}: The Voltech Units, which can combine together into the even bigger Vortex Cannon.
55	%%*** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Alex's Voltech Blaster
56	%%*** SniperRifle: Jen's Voltech Sniper
57	%%*** GatlingGood: Lucas's Voltech Gattler
58	%%*** {{BFG}} (even by the standards of the other Voltech Units): Katie's Voltech Bazooka
59	%%*** [[HandCannon Hand Cannons]]: Trip's Voltech Pistols
60	%%** SwissArmyWeapon: Wes's [[CoolSword Quantum]] [[HandCannon Defender]]
61	%%** ComboRifle: The Electro Booster
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63	!!Tropes specific to Time Force:
64	* ActorAllusion: In addition to Ransik's behind the scenes [[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Wez]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext cosplaying]], in the scene where the Rangers stumble into a wardrobe while TrappedInTVLand and end up in different costumes, Jen winds up in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Rebecca Chamber's outfit]][[note]] Creator/ErinCahill, who portrayed Jen in ''Time Force'', voiced Rebecca in Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta [[/note]].
65	* AdaptationExpansion: The Rangers actually time travel often throughout the series, although much of the series is still set in 2001.
66	* AdaptationalCurves: Both inverted and played straight. On one hand, Jen and Katie are both designed to be less curvy than in the original, in order to emphasise the fact that they're [[AgeLift teenagers instead of adults]]. On the other hand, Katie, who was originally portrayed as being simply boyish-figured, is borderline Amazonian here in order to emphasise her TheBigGuy role.
67	* AdaptationalHeroism:
68	** Alex in the original was little more than a massive {{Jerkass}} who had some TheNeidermeyer traits during his brief stint as Red Ranger. Here, in addition to being the full time Red Ranger, he's consistently portrayed as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who at one point ''[[BigBrotherInstinct threatens to hack off a mutant's head with a hatchet if he harms any of the other Rangers]]'' - and that's ''before'' his DefrostingIceKing CharacterDevelopment.
69	** Ransik also receives a boost of AdaptationalHeroism - he essentially did the opposite of his UngratefulBastard moment towards Dr. Fericks, instead becoming his lab assistant and using the opportunity to support his newborn adoptive daughter Nadira. Ultimately, Fericks was killed by his own kind when a [[TorchesAndPitchforks lynch mob]] came after Ransik. Ransik buried Fericks, THEN blew up the lab, going with a ThenLetMeBeEvil mindset.
70	** Unlike Frax, Gien at least has a reason to attack the Rangers - specifically something that Alex did to her in the past which Alex doesn't even remember doing.
71	* AdaptationalIntelligence:
72	** Gluto, much more so. Yes, he's still incredibly BookDumb, leaving most of the mathematic work to Lila, but he's also portrayed as being a StreetSmart tactical genius who earned his leadership in the mafia.
73	** Much like his ''Timeranger'' counterpart, Fearog is shown here to have created the [[MakeMyMonsterGrow DNA Patches]].
74	* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The mutants look much less like aliens (except when they go giant) and more like actual mutant humans. Trip is also a human rather than a HumanAlien, whereas Gluto, the only villain whose design is completely unchanged, is an alien.
75	* AdaptationalUgliness: '''Nadira.''' Whereas in the original she was a moderately attractive human with no visible mutations, here she's covered in [[BodyHorror blue gangrenous sores, has no nose with small slits in the place of one, and like how her adoptive father needs to take his serum to combat Venomark's poison, she needs to inject herself with DNA samples to keep herself from melting away into nothing.]] [[spoiler: The reason behind this is because she was made up of a pool of leftover DNA from when Alex was born and unlike the other mutants doesn't have enough actual DNA of her own to remain stable by herself.]]
76	* AdaptationalWimp: Played with around Wes. Unlike in canon, he starts out as a NonActionGuy, with the appearance of a single Cyclonian forcing him to run away in his first appearance. However, as the story progresses, he gradually changes from this to a CowardlyLion to a full-on badass able to handle six MonstersOfTheWeek at once.
77	* AgentScully: Alex, being from the future, will always attempt to explain how "magical" things are really advanced technology or AppliedPhlebotinum. While he's usually right, there are some times, such as with the [[OutsideContextProblem Black Knight]], where he ''isn't''.
78	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The future's opinion of Mutants, which is clearly shown not to be the case. This is also some mutants' view on humans.
79	* AncientGrome:
80	* TheArtifact: Gluto and his wife Lila being aliens. In ''Timeranger'', all the villains were aliens. In ''Time Force'', Gluto was a mutant. Here, all the mutants have been given more human-like (albeit [[BodyHorror deformed]]) designs, making the blatantly inhuman Gluto and Lila stand out a bit more.
81	* BadWithTheBone: Much like in the original, Ransik can pull bones out of his body and use them as weapons, although he's shown turning them into [[TheStraightAndArrowPath bows]], axes, [[DeviousDaggers daggers]], lances and [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshots]] as well as swords.
82	* BeardOfEvil: Ransik, [[BizarreHumanBiology even back when he was a kid]].
83	* BarBrawl: While hunting for Dymonbac in TheWildWest, Alex and Trip get themselves involved in one.
84	* BeenThereShapedHistory
85	* BloodyHorror: [[spoiler: For a relatively blood-free series, what's under Gien's suit is some of the most disturbing and realistic gore seen in the franchise.]]
86	* BodyHorror: All of the mutants' deformities:
87	** Ransik retains his original deformed face and TaintedVeins, but this time he has [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Nemesis-like]] CombatTentacles growing out of his back.
88	** Nadira... well, see AdaptationalUgliness above.
89	** Laurmark at first appears to be near-normal, his only mutation being a [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon-like forehead]]. But when he briefly takes off his [[HellBentForLeather jacket]], we see that he's got NO CHEST, his organs being wrapped around his spine a la the {{Film/Eraserhead}} baby with only a practically transparent layer of skin and muscle protecting them.
90	** Miracon has an exposed ''green'' brain pulsating at the top of his head.
91	** Medicon has '''NO SKIN''', forcing him to reside within a robotic suit.
92	** Artillicon has what looks like metal ''growing over most of his body''.
93	** Ironspike has ''enormous'' muscles, especially in his arms and torso. His bones also seem to be beefed up as shooting him in the head only served to piss him off even more.
94	** Reihou has blue skin, a disproportionate left eye and visible yellow veins running along her lower body.
95	** Redeye, like her name suggests, has a single cycloptic [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eye]] on the right side of her head.
96	** Conwing has a discoloured face and is so horribly emancipated that you can see his entire skeleton, which has no ribs and only three fingers per hand.
97	** Catthief has green reptilian skin that flakes off at times.
98	** Tentaclaw is a ''purple-skinned head on fingers'' who uses a mech to get around.
99	** Gougan has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and is covered in visible, ''glowing red'' veins.
100	** Izout has a mouth with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily that ''takes up most of his face''.
101	** Samurhive has three eyes, each atop the other, and no visible mouth.
102	** Severax has no left hand and a giant blade-like bone in its place, ''protruding out of his skin''.
103	** Flamecon has weird pale skin with purple lumps covering it and BlackEyesOfCrazy.
104	** And that's not even touching [[TokenHeroicOrc Notacon]] or the X-Gang, who are so badly mutated that they don't even look remotely human.
105	** When a mutant grows gigantic and mutates, they become completely inhuman (due to their giant designs using the original mutant designs from the original show) and most of the time, their outfit or weapon fuses with their body.
106	** Venomark's venom is capable of causing your skin to ''turn silver and boil''.
107	* BrickJoke: One early episode has Jen attempting to look up the news on a new mutant attack, only for her Windows 95 PC to crash, much to her frustration. In the finale, [[spoiler:when the Rangers are sent into the future]], she attempts to find a document containing a door passcode on a 3001 PC ... but it crashes too.
108	-->'''Jen''': Damn it! Even in the future, nothing works!
109	* BringMyBrownPants: When he and Eric get sent back into time to the age of dinosaurs, Wes noticeably pisses himself when a ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' attacks them.
110	* BulletTime
111	* {{Camelot}}: An occasional setting. When the Rangers go back here, expect swordfights.
112	* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: Downplayed - the Rangers are unable to take anything natural and unaltered with them from the past, such as rocks or people, but they can take things they've made themselves or that has already been artificially constructed, such as a sword from the DarkAges or a dinosaur fang whittled into a knife.
113	* CharacterDevelopment: This series is all about the CharacterDevelopment - let's take a look, shall we?
114	** Alex starts out as an overly serious {{Jerkass}} who's obsessed with stopping Ransik, only to quickly turn out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and HeartbrokenBadass who legitimately cares about the Rangers under his command like his younger siblings ([[spoiler: probably because they are]]) and is willing to go to any length to protect them, from making deals with Ransik to ''taking on a giant monster by himself without his Zord'' ('''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome AND WINNING]]''').
115	** Lucas is initially a BrilliantButLazy DumbassTeenageSon who doesn't [[NotAGame take anything seriously]] and is AllergicToRoutine, very frequently failing to realise his responsibilities as a Ranger and the danger they are in, but by the end he's grown into a strong and competent hero in his own right, even managing to befriend Nadira along the way.
116	** Trip at first stands as a InnocentlyInsensitive DitzyGenius who has some ExtremeDoormat traits and borders on BlackAndWhiteInsanity in his viewpoints in the Rangers' conflicts, but several experiences and learning about how the mutants work and feel, as well as meeting [[TokenHeroicOrc Notacon]], helps him understand that the world isn't always black and white and enables him to grow a spine.
117	** Katie when the adventure starts DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, tends to be a bit TOO kind, and has difficulty differentiating enemies from potential allies.
118	** Jen begins as a somewhat spoiled ShelteredAristocrat prone to ComplexityAddiction who is often sidelined from the fight by trying to get her adoptive mother's [[WellDoneSonGuy approval]], [[TookALevelInBadass but soon begins to gain more maturity and strength]], managing to get in a few CallingTheOldManOut moments and taking on the TheLancer and TeamMom role, managing to help work the gang together into a tight unit and making them unstoppable.
119	* ChekhovsGun:
120	** [[spoiler: Julia.]]
121	* ComputerVoice: Gien speaks in one.
122	* CompositeCharacter:
123	* CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit: Becomes a PlayedForLaughs ChekhovsGun later in the series. When the team get sent back to TheFifties, Jen briefly disappears off at what would later become Silver Hills's main bank. Throughout the series, Jen, even after cutting herself off from her mother, is always able to afford things. As it turns out, it's because she actually took ten thousand dollars and dumped it all into the bank, leading to her getting a higher investment in 2001.
124	* CoveredInGunge: Happens during the only proper CatFight in the series, where we get to see a use for Nadira's blue buboes - when Katie and Jen both punch her at once, [[{{Squick}} they burst all over the girls, spraying bluish-green slime all over them]].
125	-->'''Katie''': EWWW!
126	-->'''Jen''': Uugh! It's all over me!
127	-->'''Nadira''': ...Hmmm. I didn't know I could do THAT.
128	* CursedWithAwesome: Several mutants. Miracon is a good example - his mutation is a ImprobablyHighIQ, and aside from his giant exposed green brain, he looks almost human.
129	* DesignerBabies: Every human from the future is one, although they're still born naturally via being implanted into a womb. The Mutants are failures of the genetic engineering process.
130	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Lucas. Deconstructed in that it's the main reason why he doesn't have his driving license yet.
131	* EvilVersusEvil: The Mutants vs. the X-Gang, and later [[spoiler:against the robots]].
132	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The X-Gang are well known for inflicting disgust and fear amongst their fellow mutants, to the extent of which the Mutant Liberation League has occasionally pulled an EnemyMine with the Rangers specifically to try and take them down. When they were first found in the Hell's Gate vault in the Londerz Cryo-Prison, Ransik, who has a [[ItsPersonal personal hatred of]] [[TheLeader Venomark]], [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness outright ordered that their cryo-tubes be stomped on and any trace of those mutants be destroyed]]. Unfortunately, the X-Gang still manage to get out of stasis [[spoiler:thanks to Gien using them as a smokescreen for her master plan]].
133	* FaceOfAThug: Notacon. Amongst the most hideously deformed mutants, he barely looks even remotely human, with multiple freakish [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] [[EyesDoNotBelongThere all over his body]], long squid-like CombatTentacles, and some genuinely disturbing PsychicPowers, but he's actually a [[AllLovingHero benevolent]], [[IncorruptiblePurePureness kind-hearted]] NiceGuy.
134	* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The Redverse is no stranger to this trope, but ''Time Force'' really cranks this trope up, with much more frequent combat featuring real guns and weapons, and in-depth injury showcases than usual, even though blood is relatively minimal.
135	* FantasticRacism: In the future, most humans look down on mutants, viewing them as genetically inferior beings that are the trash and leftovers of the DesignerBabies program. This is not aided by the fact that the most prominent mutants in the series are anarchist terrorists.
136	** For emphasis, unlike in the original series, there are a handful of humans who are cryogenically frozen in the Londerz Cryo-Prison like the mutants, but whereas most of the mutants fought were found guilty of no greater crime than (essentially) just being mutants, the only humans put into the freezer are legitimate criminals and serial killers, all of whom have body counts in the ''thousands''.
137	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: While Alex manages to adjust to his temporal displacement a lot better than most examples, he does still frequently run into difficulties, such as being unable to drive a car (or even really know what a car is), referring to Music/DestinysChild as "[[FutureMusic classical music]]" and getting confused looks from people around him, and not knowing how to work a payphone (this leads to a funny moment where he winds up smashing the payphone in a fit of rage).
138	* FlashedBadgeHijack: [[spoiler:Attempted during part of the finale. It doesn't work.]]
139	-->'''Alex:''' Time Force emergency. We need to commandeer your vehicle.
140	-->'''Driver:''' Get lost!
141	-->'''Katie:''' Alex, Alex! You just gotta be more polite and persuasive! [[HypocriticalHumor (punches through the car window) GIVE US YOUR RIDE, YOU JERK! (throws the guy out of the car and gets everyone in it before driving off)]]
142	* ImperialChina:
143	* LimitedWardrobe: Justified with Alex, as he only has one uniform he brought from the future. Played straight in that the other main Rangers all wear the same outfits day in day out:
144	** Jen: Pink t-shirt, grey leather jacket, white pants
145	** Lucas: Blue shirt, black jacket, black pants
146	** Katie: Yellow shirt, black vest, green pants
147	** Trip: Green t-shirt, orange coat, cerulean pants, black hat
148	* LovelyAngels: Jen and Katie.
149	* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Katie and Trip.
150	* {{Mayincatec}}:
151	* MythologyGag / ShoutOut:
152	** There are a lot of references to Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger, Time Force's Sentai source, thrown in throughout the series:
153	*** When the Rangers morph, the Timeranger instrumental plays.
154	*** Gluto being a alien mafia don.
155	*** The entire existence of Lila, who is now a separate character from Nadira.
156	*** One of Wes's finishers is called "Time Fire".
157	*** Gien shares the same name as her Sentai counterpart, although in terms of both personality and backstory, she's more similar to Frax.
158	*** [[spoiler: Logan [[TheChessmaster being behind everything]] as revealed at the end is similar to his Sentai counterpart. However, there is a ''massive'' dosage of AdaptationalHeroism involved - whereas Ryuya tried to alter the timestream to save his own ass, Logan wants to change time to protect his children.]]
159	** There are plenty of references to previous Power Rangers seasons as well:
160	*** The Battle Fire Battilizer's finisher is similar to the Lightspeed Megazord's.
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165	** For some non-Power Rangers-related [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]], whenever the Rangers change their clothing style to fit in with a past time period, their appearances tend to be references.
166	*** When they reach ancient China, Jen gets a qipao and OdangoHair. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Who else do we know that's famous for fighting with that appearance?]]
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168	** A lot of science fiction movies, especially ones that feature time travel, are either referenced or even outright mentioned in the series.
169	*** One of the main leitmotifs sounds amazingly like the main theme of ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''.
170	*** In an attempt to help Alex understand 21st century pop culture, Lucas and Trip show him Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay. [[{{Zeerust}} Alex doesn't like it.]]
171	*** The SignatureScene from Film/TheAmazingColossalMan gets a parody when a airport tower operator is terrified by the sight of the gigantic Dash walking by the tower, screaming about a "colossal man".
172	*** "Hey, Alex, are there Film/CaveWomenOnMars?"
173	*** After their first mission back in time, Lucas says that he could write a book about it. He'd call it "[[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Lucas and Trip's Excellent Adventure]]"
174	*** Alex's explanation as to why the Rangers are the only ones who can withstand TimeTravel without a vehicle:
175	--> '''Alex:''' It's very important that we morph before we attempt to warp without the Time Shuttle. Our suits are what enable us to survive the rigors of a temporal warp.
176	--> '''Jen:''' [[FridgeHorror What happens if we … don't have our suits on?]]
177	--> '''Alex:''' Any of you remember [[BodyHorror the]] [[NightmareFuel ending]] [[RetGone of]] Film/TimeCop?
178	--> '''Lucas:''' Uh … yeah?
179	--> '''Alex:''' THAT's what'll happen.
180	** "[[{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}} I'm gonna get 24th century on your ass!]]"
181	* NeverSayDie: '''AVERTED'''.
182	* OneWordTitle: All episodes.
183	* RebelliousPrincess: Miss Scotts wanted Jen to grow up to inherit the family business from her, but her grooming served only to alienate Jen from everyone around him. Jen jumps at the chance to be a Ranger, as it's the first time in her life she's fought for anything.
184	* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Kind of averted - whereas in the original it was uncertain whether or not Nadira was Ransik's biological or adopted daughter, here she's explicitly stated to be adopted. [[spoiler:Played straight with the main five rangers.]]
185	* SanDimasTime
186	* StatusCellPhone: Jen briefly shows off one. [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Alex]] reacts accordingly.
187	-->'''Alex:''' The heck is this abomination?!
188	-->'''Lucas:''' Uh... a phone?
189	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Alex first arrives in the 21st century, he has next to no idea how ''anything'' works. He has no money, no residence, and nobody knows who he is, forcing him to spend the first few episodes hiding in Jen's [[BatmanInMyBasement basement]] before Jen ends up acquiring the ClockTower.
190	* SwordAndSandal:
191	* TakeThat:
192	** One of Katie's GamerChick moments has her ask what was on every 2001 gamer's mind.
193	--> '''Katie:''' Hey, Alex? I know you try not to give us spoilers about the future, but ... will VideoGame/DukeNukemForever [[VaporWare ever come out?]]
194	--> '''Alex:''' Uh... yeah. And it was ... [[BlatantLies great.]] (awkwardly looks away)
195	* TechnicolorScience
196	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Happens in-universe whenever Alex has to use 21st century technology.
197	* TerminatorTwosome: Alex and Ransik briefly become this at the end of the first episode of the multi-parter in which Wes and Eric are introduced, with Alex protecting Wes from Ranisk, who intends to [[RetGone kill him and thus erase Alex from existence]].
198	* TimeTravel
199	* TimeMachine: The Time Ship, which gets destroyed at the start of the series but is repaired by the end of the first season, the Time Jets and later Alex's Strata Cycle and Wes's Quantum Eagle.
200	* TimeyWimeyBall: Regularly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] and touched upon.
201	--> '''Trip:''' Time travel just doesn't make any sense. But I'm sure in 3001, they'll have made sense of it all, right, Alex?
202	--> '''Alex:''' Nope. We haven't got it worked out then either.
203	* UnRoboticReveal: [[spoiler: At the end of the third season, the Rangers and Ransik all begin to realise that Gien could actually be a human or mutant wearing robotic PoweredArmour. They're half-right - Gien is actually a {{Cyborg}}.]]
204	* [[UsefulNotes/{{Dinosaurs}} The Age of Dinosaurs]]: The Q-Rex was lost in this era. Wes and Eric get sent there by accident when they attack Commandocon and manage to survive by hiding within the Q-Rex and putting themselves [[HumanPopsicle in stasis]] for 65 Million Years until [[StableTimeLoop right before they were sent back in time]].
205	* TheFifties: Another recurring setting, mainly used for Vector Cycle battles.
206	* TheMiddleAges:
207	* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: The setting of two arcs.
208	* TheWildWest:
209	* UglyGuyHotWife: Gluto and Lira.
210	* VictorianLondon: One of the settings of the series.
211	* WeWillHavePerfectHealthInTheFuture: Downplayed; the DesignerBabies of the 31st century are immune to all known natural diseases, but can still be affected by genetically engineered diseases and powerful biological weapons, such as Venomark's poison.
212	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: A major plot point in the series, with the mutants' FreudianExcuse formed around receiving this treatment in the future.
213	* WorldWarIII: In a moment of BlackComedy, Katie, while doing history homework, asks Alex about whether or not a third world war has actually happened. Alex, briefly forgetting his "no spoilers, don't wanna mess up the timestream" policy, accidently lets it slip that by 3001 there have been '''twenty''' world wars. He then asks if that's TooMuchInformation and Katie replies with a BluntYes while Jen, Trip and Lucas are stuck in StunnedSilence.
214	* {{Zeerust}}: Alex has this reaction when Lucas and Trip show him Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay.
215	--> '''Alex:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Oh yeah, sure, this is totally what 2029 was like.]] Robot wars and some moron in shades running around quipping. (snorts)

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