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The plot: Rita and Zedd release another [[Sealed Evil in A Can]], a [[Shapeshifting]] glob known as Ivan Ooze, with the hope he would become a new minion. Unfortunately, he proves that there was a very good reason he was sealed away. Trapping Zedd and Rita in a snowglobe, crippling the Rangers' Command Center and destroying their powers, he sets out to rebuild monstrous creatures that he began years ago. The Rangers depart for the planet Phaedos to find "The Great Power" to re-energize themselves and return to stop Ooze.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Ivan Ooze is one of the most entertaining Power Rangers villains, he is clearly evil but just enjoys himself so much. He even has some of the most memorable lines of the entire franchise.
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** Dulcea is the last living member of an alien race, who's ancestors came to Phaedos from "another time, another dimension." They were the ones who brought the "Great Power" to the monolith.
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Ivan destroys the Command Center.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Ivan Ooze mentions several horrific things he missed out while he was imprisoned: "The Black Plague! The Spanish Inquisition! ''[[The Brady Bunch]] Reunion!''" That last one was a [[Throw It In]] by the actor that everyone working on the project loved.
* [[The Artifact]]: Much like the series, the suits remain the same even after switching to a completely different set of powers. Although at least in the movie the chest pieces displaying their animal does switch from dinosaurs/mythological creatures to the ninja animals.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Zordon, near the end of the movie.}}
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* [[Big Red Button]]: The Ninja Megazord has one that Aisha needs to break a glass panel to use.
* [[Blob Monster]]: Ooze and his servants.
* [[Bond One
{{quote| '''Billy:''' You ooze, you lose!<br />
'''Rocky:''' Talk about a splitting headache!<br />
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: They actually mention several times about people possibly dying, including Zordon and the group of brainwashed parents. Kids are also seen at a Rave of some sort (including Bulk and Skull), smearing themselves with Ivan's Ooze and implying it to be some sort of delinquent party. There is even a news broadcast reporting on the destruction being caused by Ooze's monsters.
{{quote| '''Reporter''': The mayor has declared a state of emergency...}}
* [[The Day the Music Lied]]: As the team morphs for the first time in the film, we are treated to a pumped-up version of the [[Theme Music Power
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Zordon. Near the end of the film, while Ivan Ooze causes damage on the Earth and the Power Rangers are returning with their new-found powers, Zordon tells Alpha, "Keep trying..." before breathing his last on the news anchorwoman's words, "Where are the Power Rangers?" When they return to the ruined Command Center after destroying Ooze, they hear from Alpha that they are too late, and they see Zordon's pale body lying on the broken pillar. Fortunately, with [[All Your Powers Combined|all their powers combined by concentration]], the Command Center is restored by their [[World-Healing Wave]], and he is brought [[Back From the Dead]], restored as an entity once more.}}
* [[Dug Too Deep]]: The unveil of Ooze's egg.
* [[
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Ivan Ooze.
* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: Ooze thanks Zedd and Rita for freeing him by shrinking them down and trapping them in a snowglobe.
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* [[Groin Attack]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgtIMGhEenQ&t=4m45s Megazord does it to Ivan Ooze]. It even has a button apparently [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (TV)/Funny|designed for the sole purpose of activating this maneuver]], covered by "For Emergency Use Only" glass.
** Almost struck Rocky.
* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]: Averted. Fred found his dad at the construction site and tries to get his attention, when Goldar appears shouting "Hey you!". He thought he's been spotted, until... "Get back to work!" to another hypnotized parent.
* [[High Class Glass]]: Mordant for some reason wears a monocle.
* [[Hollywood Skydiving]]: The film opens with a skydiving scene that lasts for several minutes. Kimberly [[Action Girl|backflips out of the plane]], Tommy [[Rule of Cool|skysurfs]] all the way down, and the whole thing is set to [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Higher]] [[Red Hot Chili Peppers (Music)|Ground]]. It's totally awesome.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: Ooze, as he's about to be hit by a comet.
** Goldar and Mordant at the end of the movie, when Rita and Zedd return.
* [[One
* [[Opening Monologue]]: The film opens with a block of scrolling text with Dulcea reading it in voiceover. This explains Zordon's backstory and the formation of the Power Rangers briefly. The fact that it is read so straight is hilarious.
* [[Prop Recycling]]: The first fight scene in the construction site involved the Rangers fighting mutant, humanoid rats. However, it was universally agreed upon that the rats looked ''absolutely horrible'', and they were replaced with the Oozemen. The rats later showed up in the TV series, in Season 2's "Return of the Green Ranger."
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* [[Psychic Assisted Suicide]]: Attempted on Angel Grove's adults.
* [[Remember the New Guy]]: Mordant, kind of.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Mordant is terrified of the Ecto-Morphicons once they're activated and doesn't join Ivan and Goldar in watching them attack the city. Once Ivan combines with Hornetor, Goldar flies back to the moon. Neither of them are seen again until the post-credits sequence.
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Ivan Ooze.
* [[Slime Snails and Mutant Tails]]: Ivan Ooze has some of this appeal, also his plan to sell kids tubs of purple gunk doesn't make any sense unless you remember the decade's love for this sort of thing. (Remember Nickelodeon in the 90's based their whole business around slime.)
* [[The Starscream]]: Played for laughs near the end of the film: with Ooze gone, Goldar thinks it's time to take over as the [[Big Bad]], but that's just when Rita and Zedd come back...
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Mordant, taking the place of Squatt and Baboo.
* [[Take That]]: A trope rarely used in Power Rangers. When Ivan Ooze laments the terrible things he missed while he was blowing up the command center and Zordon with it, the three things he mentions are "The Black Plague," "The Spanish Inquisition," and "[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|The]] ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Reunion]]''!""
* [[Title the Adaptation]]
* [[Trainstopping]]
* [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: Played straight AND Subverted, played straight against the ooze-putties but when then are powering up to ninjeti form one of them is nearly decapitated at the tail end of the roll call by the rock monsters.
** Averted/Lampshaded early in the film. The first time the rangers morph, the oozemen take the opportunity to run away.
* [[Universal
* [[Unperson]]: Ooze menaces that Zordon will become this.
* [[Villain Override]]: When his Ecto-Morphicons fail, Ivan takes control of Hornetor (by filling it up with... himself) and battles the Rangers personally.
* [[Watching Troy Burn]]: The destruction of the Command Center.
* [[Weaponized Landmark]]: The tower Ooze uses for the Megazord battle.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Saba, Tommy's sword in the series, makes a brief appearance to finish off the last of the Ooze-men. After Ivan trashed the Command Center, though, he vanished along with the rest of the Rangers' powers. Whether or not Saba made the transition with the acquisition of the ninja powers (as did the suits and as happened in the series) was not revealed, however.
** Zordon's words seem to imply that when the rangers lost their powers, Saba disintegrated along with all the other weapons.
* [[Witch With a Capital B]]: Ivan Ooze's insult of Dulcea.
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