Power Rangers Operation Overdrive

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No offense though, but I thought these guys are Power Rangers' number one team, then what's this?

Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is a Live-action action-adventure superhero family television series that was created by Jetix, the Walt Disney Company and Toei Company, this installment of Power Rangers is not only based off on GoGo Sentai Boukenger, but it also serve as the show's fifteenth anniversary and first aired on ABC Kids starting on March 3, 2007 after starting on Jetix a week earlier. It serves as a follow-up sequel to Power Rangers Mystic Force, is the fifth installment of the Disney-Era of Power Rangers and is overall the fifteenth installment of the Power Rangers series.

Plot

Many years ago, two brothers named Flurious and Moltor try to steal a legendary crown known as the Corona Aurora and are imprisoned throughout the galaxy. Sentinel Knight scatters the crown and its jewels on the planet Earth in hopes of preventing it from falling into the wrong hands. In the present day, world-renowned explorer Andrew Hartford uncovers the crown, which frees Flurious and Moltor from their imprisonment. Andrew recruits four elite teenagers to become Power Rangers and stop the Corona Aurora from falling into the wrong hands. Although Hartford is originally opposed to it, his son Mack becomes the fifth team member - the Red Ranger. The Power Rangers search ancient civilizations and all over the world to uncover the first jewel which was once used by Neptune - King of Atlantis. In the process, they encounter the illustrious Miratrix, who is determined to find the jewels and free her master Kamdor.

While searching for the Toru Diamond, the Rangers encounter an alien named Tyzonn. Tyzonn came to Earth from the planet Mercuria to stop the evil Fearcats who are intent on releasing their army which had been previously imprisoned in a mirror world. After the apparent demise of his fiancée Vella, Tyzonn is reluctant but is eventually convinced to join Operation Overdrive as the Mercury Ranger. Together, the Rangers encounter Thor and Loki, two of the Norse gods. Their involvement leads to the discovery of the Blue Sapphire, which is stolen by Kamdor and Miratrix.

When Thrax, son of Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa escapes imprisonment from the Sentinel Knight, he recruits Flurious, Moltor, Kamdor, Miratrix, and the Fearcats to form an evil alliance and destroy the Rangers' connection to the Universal Morphing Grid. The Rangers must go on a quest to seek out the legendary sword Excelsior which is capable of restoring their powers and the Sentinel Knight. With the help of five former Power Rangers – Adam Park-the Black Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger, Xander Bly-the Green Mystic Ranger, Bridge Carson-the S.P.D. Red Ranger, Kira Ford-the Yellow Dino Ranger and Tori Hanson-the Blue Wind Ranger, the Power Rangers unite and take down Thrax, which breaks apart the evil alliance.

After the Rangers encounter a virus, Mack makes a startling discovery about himself. Realizing that he is an android, Mack begins to question his very existence but he still pulls through for his friends by merging with the Sentinel Knight to become the Red Sentinel Ranger. Meanwhile, when another Fearcat named Crazar shows up, Tyzonn discovers that Vella is still alive. Also, the Rangers uncover the Star of Isis, the fourth jewel of the Corona Aurora.

The Octavian Chalice holds the power to uncover the final jewel to the crown. In an ultimate struggle for it, the Fearcats are destroyed for good and so is Kamdor, but not before imprisoning Miratrix inside a gem for eternity. Flurious destroys Moltor and steals the crown and gets his hands on the jewels as well. Now with the power of the Corona Aurora at his disposal, Flurious freezes all of San Angelas. In a desperate attempt to save the world, Mack sacrifices himself to destroy Flurious once and for all. The Sentinel Knight appears and uses the Corona Aurora to bring Mack back to life. As Mack awakens, he realizes that thanks to the crown, he is now human. Thanks to Norg, Tyzonn is reunited with Vella and the Power Rangers move on with their lives now that they have saved the world from evil.

Why It’s Not a Power Ranger

1. The primary problem with Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is that when compare to previous Power Rangers installments, this show lacks any of the creative and fun charm that made most Power Rangers shows so great in the first place.
2. Unlikable characters, most of which goes to the Rangers themselves.
3. Any time one of the Rangers has a setback of any sort, they react by deciding that they're not fit to be a Ranger and saying they want to leave Operation Overdrive, making them look like a bunch of whiny quitters.
4. There are way too many villains in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, with a total of SIX main villains, all of who have the same personality and goals; they may as well have had just one of Moltor or Flurious as the main villain, for all the difference it would have made. The only one who stands out is Miratrix, but she gets betrayed and imprisoned by Kamdor late in the season, then just forgotten about.
5. Bland fight scenes.
6. The Monster-Of-The-Weeks are treated absolutely horrible in this season, as despite the show having twenty-two (twenty-three if counting the Lavadactyles) Monsters, only eleven of them play a major role of some-kind, with rest of them playing very minor roles.
7. A platter of cringe-inducing moments, such as in the episode "Just Like Me", were Norg's dream of Flurious pinning for Norg, and when Norg returns, Flurious treats him very well.
8. There is a massive plot-hole (which is pointed out by the Pink Ranger), Andrew Hartford is a rich millionaire who can hire an Army and even make better weapons, yet the only ones that can support the Rangers that are about to fight SIX villains are Hartford himself and his butler??
   • To be fair, this is most likely to avoid copying Power Rangers S.P.D., which was still airing at that time.
9. The fight scenes have way too much "Jumping past huge explosions in slow-motion".
10. The show has a very poor pacing, with some plot points going way too fast and other times going too slow.
11. The Characters-Of-The-Day are treated far more arbitrary then before, as after they appear in an episode to help the Overdrive Power Rangers, they completely disappear from the story entirely and are never seen or even mention again for the rest of the show, given that this is the 15th anniversary, the Characters-Of-The-Day could have appeared in the series finale of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive to aid the Rangers.
12. The season revolves around a crown named the Corona Aurora, which can give its wearer omnipotence, but only when five magical gems are inserted into the crown. This is a blatant rip-off of the Infinity Gauntlet from the Marvel universe.
13. The 15th-anniversary team-up episode, "Once A Ranger" is a huge let-down, barely showing the past and present Ranger teams interacting at all, having the Operation Overdrive team (except Mack) all quit just because their powers are temporarily broken, and introducing Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa's son Thrax, a ridiculous-looking, a useless villain who gets killed off with minimal trouble and, Mack without his Red Operation Overdrive Ranger form, jumps to the air and slices Thrax's giant monster in half with an Excelsior sword, which ruins he and the rangers' god modes.
14. A somewhat roster of bad episodes.
15. The show later on introduces the six Ranger Tyzonn, who has an interesting and tragic backstory, yet its completely forgotten about in later episodes.
16. Mr. Hartford gives the Rangers their civilian powers by screwing around with their DNA - which he doesn't ask their permission to do, or even tell them about it until he's already in the middle of the process. That's really the sort of thing you should tell people about before you do it, and both Rose and Ronnie look understandably freaked out when he tells them.
17. Some Megazord configurations gets spatially introduce, with the Drivemax Ultrazord getting introduce way too early in the show (Face to Face Part 2, which is the twelfth episode) and the Operation Overdrive Arsenal Ready being introduced way too late in the season(Home and Away Part 2, which is the twenty-seventh episode).
18. The clip show of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive "Way Back When" was a very unnecessary to be included, not to mention the Dev had the nerves to make it the last regular episode before the Three-Part finale.
19. In a very similar manner to Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon (which ironically, came out last year and shares similar problems), despite Power Rangers Operation Overdrive being a fifteenth-anniversary installment of the Power Rangers franchise, it does not affect the series in any meaningful way. Neither characters from Power Rangers Operation Overdrive so far make a re-appearance in later Power Rangers shows or even get so much as mention, and even characters in later Power Rangers shows don't even call back to Power Rangers Operation Overdrive or even so much as make a mention.
    1. Heck, the only time it gets called back is in the Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce's series finale, and that show wouldn't be made until six to seven years later.
20. Some mean-spirited scenes, such as Norg being treated like a butt-monkey by Flurious.
21. The ending of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive rips off Pinocchio, of all things - Mack is rewarded for his sacrificing his life to save his father and friends by being turned into a "real boy".
22. There are so much miss potential in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive its not even funny, one example goes to the final battle, considering that there are six main villains, the final antagonist could have instead been a Super Powerful God-like entity that was made from the Corona Aurora after Flurious obtains the jews, and he/she could have served as the final antagonist of Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.
23. As mentioned in the #19 segment, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive barely impacts the Power Rangers series what-so-ever as plots of this show have somewhat been ignored in later seasons of Power Rangers, there for, you can watch any Power Rangers shows (and yes, even the crappy Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue and Power Rangers Wild Force), skipping Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, and anything too impotent will not be missed.

Redeeming Qualities

1. Its theme song is great.
2. There are some likable characters like Mack and Rosie.
3. The twist about Mack mid-way was interesting.
4. Some jokes can be funny.
5. Adam's return.
6. It has a selection of good episodes.
7. The three-part series finale is excellent, and also its ending (while a rip-off of Pinocchio) is heart-warming and a huge improvement over Power Rangers Mystic Force's finale.
8. Despite all of it's flaws, it's still more tolerable than the Neo-Saban era of Power Rangers.

Trivia

• The Bandai America toyline of the same name, many of the deluxe versions were originally importing due to expensive, instead more original molds of the Megazords, such as Drivemax, Dualdrive as electronic deluxe figures and the smaller Transmax Flashpoint, and the same mold of Battlefleet originally as DX Dai-Voyager toy along with Sentinel Knight originally as DX Zuuban.
• Power Rangers Operation Overdrive is one of the first Power Rangers shows to air in Jetix, instead of ABC Family.
• This is the second Power Rangers vehicle-related themed after Turbo, S.P.D., and later RPM, then Beast Morphers.
• This is the second Power Rangers counterpart includes a dump truck-themed and a fire engine-themed Zords, such as (Thunder Loader from Turbo, Dump Driver Zord from Overdrive and last Nitro Zord from Ninja Steel) also (Lightning Fire Tamer from Turbo, Pyro Rescue-1 from Lightspeed Rescue, and Mercury Ranger's Fire Truck Zord from Overdrive).

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