The Power Trip: A Journey Through the Power Rangers Franchise

Nathan and Michael, having survived Operation Overdrive, come to the penultimate Disney era season: Power Rangers Jungle Fury. On the surface, it just looks like another animal-themed series, but they quickly learned it’s steeped in martial arts movie tropes. Think of it as the lovechild of Wild Force and Ninja Storm. The Rangers’ mentor/ purple Wolf Ranger, RJ, steals every scene he’s in with his quirky Mr. Miyagi wisdom. The villains are a huge highlight, having the most depth and complexity of any bad guys since the late Saban era. Throw in a thematic discussion about proving yourself, and you have everything you could want from “ya boys” at The Power Trip!

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

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"Welcome to the Jungle Instrumental" Performed by Guns N' Roses, Geffen Records.

Believe it or not, Nathan issues the smallest of apologies to Power Rangers Turbo! And Michael snaps because there’s no nostalgia or a corset to save this series. Yes, the lowest of valleys for the Disney era, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive. It has a solid premiere and a few good episodes. It showed what this season could’ve been but wasn’t, which makes it even more frustrating. Almost nothing in Overdrive works—especially a certain son of a certain pair of iconic Power Ranger villains. The filmmakers even screwed up the footage from the vastly superior Super Sentai! Scrap in, Listeners with Attitude, because Rantmaster and the Blue Streak Ranger are about to wreck this show!

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

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Podcastros temporarium maximus! Welcome to Power Rangers Hogwarts, er, Mystic Force. This PR season was made at the height of “Pottermania,” and given it was filmed in New Zealand, it must’ve been trying to catch some of that Lord of the Rings, well, magic. It’s unique in both the Power Ranger and Super Sentai franchises with its focus on high fantasy. It’s just too bad it’s mildly obsessed with its Red Ranger, Nick, who isn’t the most likable guy. It’s an uneven season, for sure. Also, Nathan and Michael discuss the theme of honor—and Nathan schools his very Edna Mole-ish co-host on the awesomeness of capes.

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.

The Disney Era leg of our journey through the Power Rangers franchise continues with Power Rangers SPD, and Michael and Nathan are joined by their friend J.R. Villers of The Drift Space podcast. J.R. is a mega-fan of this series, while Nathan and Michael are watching it for the first time—and are surprised by how good it is. The show has many elements that, in lesser hands, would’ve been stupid, but here they work. It breaks the PR formula a bit with its episode structure, among other things, and shows that Rangers can be heroic police officers. Shockingly, the Quantum Ranger is dethroned by Doggie Cruger as Nathan’s favorite Sixth Ranger! After an in-depth discussion of the show’s many great characters, your hosts have a deep thematic discourse on leadership.

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

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Dr. Tommy Oliver barely escapes from a mysterious island crawling with dinosaur mutants before it explodes. Some years later, he lives a quiet life as a high school science teacher. But when the evil saurian overlord Mesogog sets his sights on bringing back the age of dinosaurs, Tommy jump-kicks into action by collecting the Dino Gems. These artifacts choose three unlikely teens from very different worlds with a Dino Thunder power-up (ha!) to defend the world. As their battles with Mesogog and his minions rage on, Tommy becomes a Ranger once more and another young man with secret ties to a very divided Mesogog joins the legacy of power.

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Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

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Nathan and Michael reach the first true Disney season, Power Rangers Naruto, er, Power Rangers: Ninja Storm. These Rangers—no joke—have a guinea pig as their mentor, and this show is Disney’s guinea pig for the franchise. Its equal parts experimentation and trend-following. It introduces fourth wall-breaking self-parody while embracing the popularity of extreme sports at the time. The show also gets back to its MMPR roots by having a lighter tone and comedic villains. It doesn’t always work, but you can’t blame them for trying. So, find your “inner ninja” amidst a storm of ninjas, thunder, and samurai, and listen to your intrepid hosts discuss potential and heritage.

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.

Michael and Nathan come to what some call the end of the Saban Era (which they don’t) or the start of the Disney Era (which they do) of Power Rangers: Power Rangers Wild Force. This transitional season is an odd hodgepodge of both Saban and Disney sensibilities. To say it’s uneven would be an understatement. On one hand, it’s compelling and dark when the villain Zen-Aku is on screen, but it’s also heavy-handed and saccharine when Kite/Animus is the focus. The latter even brings “Rantmaster” back for a hot minute. Captain Planet and the Power Rangers, anyone?

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.

Nathan and Michael have reached the end of an era—the Saban Era, that is! Join them as they rank the first entries in the Power Rangers franchise from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to Time Force (including the two movies) in a pair of epic top ten lists. Both hosts surprised each other all the way up to their respective number ones. Did their rankings match yours? Did Michael succumb to nostalgia and throw objectivity out the window? Did Nathan’s love for Astronema and hate for Turbo cloud his judgment? Listen to find out!

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.

Make time for…Time Force! You’re gonna need some quantum power to listen to this. Longest. Episode. EVER!!! But it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Michael and Nathan would dive deep into the final Saban Era season that was so dark and grown-up, it really aired in primetime before The X-Files. This season has everything: time travel, robots, and mutants. It’s at once embedded in its time while also timeless (see what I did there?). Yes, it reminds us The Matrix just came out, but it also tackles themes that are as relevant—if not more so—now as ever. It also has one of the all-time great Pink Rangers in Jen Scott and Nathan’s sixth Ranger man crush in Eric Myers (Michael already has his, so it’s only fair). Strap in, Listeners with Attitude!

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.

Nathan and Michael get to the neglected middle child of the post-Zordon Saban Era: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. It’s underrated and underappreciated because it’s sandwiched between two popular and excellent seasons. While it has its faults—it tries and fails to recapture the magic of “Green with Evil,” it crams in too many plotlines, and the villainous Vypra is prettier than she is talented—it also has some good characters, an original Ranger, and a solid finale. Your hosts discuss how service and heroism permeate the season in The Power Trip’s trademark theme section—after joking about a reality TV spinoff of LSR revolving around the demons. What else did you expect?

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The podcast logo was designed by Rebecca Hudgens. Follow her on Instagram @super_r_illustrations.

Our theme songs are from the album Power of the Grid by Niall Stenson. We also use “Galaxy Quest (Instrumental)” by HeavenWraith from the OCRemix album Jet Force Gemini: Mizar Attacks! All film and audio clips belong to their respective copyright holders, and no infringement is intended or implied. 

The Power Trip has no association with Saban Entertainment or Hasbro. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and/or Podchaser to spread the word about the show.