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''"[[Sixth Ranger|Samurai Storm, Ranger Form!]]"'' }}

 

Lothor soon decides to fight fire with fire, and convinces a pair of adoptive brothers from a rival academy that Sensei was responsible for the deaths of their parents. Eventually, things are sorted out and they become the Navy and Crimson Thunder Rangers. And even after that, Cam, fed up with his father's refusal to train him as a ninja and the others underestimating him because of it, travels back into the past, obtains a mysterious artifact from his mother, and becomes a more traditional [[Sixth Ranger]], the Green Samurai Ranger. Things come to a head as Lothor continues to sacrifice minion after minion, general after general, and the Wind Rangers begin to understand that their presence in this fight isn't as much of an accident as they might have thought.

 

 

 

 

 

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* [[Action Girl]]: Tori

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]

* [[Chest Insignia]]: Circular personal symbols on the chest. There's also the rare case of the megazord sporting a gigantic chest emblem, in the form of the Wind Academy logo.

* [[City of Adventure]]: Blue Bay Harbor

* [[Family-Friendly Firearms]]: Applied to ''Hurricaneger'''s ''shuriken'' of all things, made "ninja beams" in ''Ninja Storm''.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]

* [[Mooks]]: Kelzaks

** [[Elite Mooks]]: Kelzak Furies and Wolfblades.

** [[Land, Sea, Sky]] for the core trio:

*** [[Blow You Away]] and [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: Shane

** [[Shock and Awe]] and [[Japanese Beetle Brothers]]: Blake and Hunter

** [[Non-Elemental]] and [[Fuuma Shuriken]] in place of an animal theme: Cam

'''Tori:''' They're ''dead''. What do they have to lose? }}

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]

* [[Recycled in Space]]!: Power Rangers {{smallcaps|with [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|NINJAS]]... [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|AGAIN]]!}}

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Tori can do this by herself. Unmorphed she's fairly tomboyish, but once she morphs, her mannerisms and gestures are far more girly.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]/[[Self-Parody]]

* [[Affably Evil]]: Lothor.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Tori's infamous line in the first episode, implying that Power Rangers are merely comic book characters. The line was meant to play the trope straight, but some fans thought it indicated that continuity was being rebooted. References to ''Ninja Storm'' next season were meant to correct this misconception.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: When Marah introduces Beevil:

'''Lothor:''' Littering? The most underrated of intergalactic crimes! I'm impressed! }}

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Dustin, somewhat. He was a big Power Rangers fan and the only one to believe in them before becoming one

* [[Battle Royale With Cheese]]: the finale. {{spoiler|Lothor's ressurected army versus the Rangers and the rescued Wind Academy students.}}

* [[BBC Quarry]]: One of the bigger offenders in ''Rangers'' history. Lampshaded, of course:

'''Shane:''' (in another episode) Not another rock quarry! }}

* [[Beach Episode]]: Many episodes had scenes at the beach due to Tori being a surfer, but the "Shane's Karma" two-parter had a sub-plot devoted to the Rangers trying to get some R&R at the beach.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: on occasion

** Lothor outright does this in one episode after a monster grows:

** Not to mention when he's in a zord of his own and kicking the Rangers around:

* [[Brick Break]]: The Rangers try this in "The Samurai's Journey Part 1" - they all fail, and when Cam the non-Ranger does it succeeds they think it's a trick.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Sensei and Lothor}}

* [[Cave Behind the Falls]]: Ninja Ops (though the falls are just a ninja-trick illusion)

* [[The Chosen Zero|The Chosen Zeroes]]:

'''Cam:''' [[Face Palm|Ladies and Gentlemen, the defenders of the galaxy.]] }}

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: And ''how''.

* [[Dummied Out]]: Shurikenger had a mild baseball theme; his morpher was a ball and his sheathed sword was like a bat. This motif was taken out of ''Ninja Storm'' because the makers presumably didn't want kids imitating the show to [[Batter Up|smack each other with baseball bats]].

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Dustin's given name is Waldo.

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: The Thunder Rangers, pre-[[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Fake Nationality]]: New Zealander Grant McFarland and Malaysian Jason Chan as the Japanese Kanoi and Cameron Watanabe.

* [[Groupie Brigade]]: The Rangers nearly get trampled by a Lothor-obsessed one in "I Love Lothor".

* [[Hard Light]]: The Ninja Rangers get a lot of mileage out of holographic constructs, especially with the zords: they're used to disguise the zord summoning points, "split" the megazord for its standard [[Finishing Move]], and even summon a tidal wave for the dolphin zord. Cyber-Cam is another prominent example.

* [[Horrible Camping Trip]]: In "General Deception". To quote Hunter, "I feel like the cast of ''[[Survivor]]''."

* [[Hour of Power]]: the Ninja Megazord's Lightning Mode, limited to one minute (at least the first time)

* [[Keep-Away]]: Wind Rangers vs. Thunder Rangers over Sensei in a hamster ball, uh, I mean force field; in "Thunder Strangers Part 3".

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]

* [[Leotard of Power]]: Tori's Ranger suit is one of these with the usual [[Mini-Dress of Power]] attached, giving the appearance of the occasional [[Panty Shot]].

* [[Local Hangout]]: Storm Chargers, the sporting goods store where Dustin, Hunter, and Blake work.

** Also ''Sky''la the Karmanian, who gave her power to Shane, (whose power is ''air'') which included a flying Battlizer.

** And the techie named ''Cam''.

** with hints of [[Mushroom Samba]], being caused by the [[Monster of the Week]]'s magic dust.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: In "Thunder Strangers, Part 2", Tori's morpher is damaged and a monster tells her, "Guess it's not [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|morphin' time]] after all, is it?"

* [[Ninja]]

** [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]

** [[Ninja Log]]: Done with spare costumes most of the time, but at least once with actual logs (in "Nowhere To Grow").

** [[Ninja School]]

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Lothor

* [[The Power of Rock]]: The Lightning Riff Blaster, a weapon used to summon the Mighty Mammoth Zord. It's a Guitar/Blaster, and the Mammoth Zord is summoned with one awesome chord.

* [[Power Limiter]]: Cam's weighted vest in Samurai Ranger form, which he removes when in Super Samurai Mode.

** {{spoiler|[[Men of Sherwood]]: In the Final Battle}}

* [[Real Life Relative]]: Shane's older brother is played by Pua Magasiva's brother, Robbie.

* [[Rival Dojos]]: the Wind and Thunder Academies

* [[Serkis Folk]]: Sensei

* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: Sensei is stuck as a guinea pig for most of the series.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Amazingly, it took the show eleven seasons to make a reference of some kind to [[Godzilla]]: The monster Footzilla.

*** Well the Ninja Turtles DO exist in [[Power Rangers in Space|this universe.]]

** In what feels like being a bit of [[Take That]] in "I Love Lothor":

'''Marah:''' Well, it worked for [[Britney Spears|Britney]] and [[Christina Aguilera|Christina]]. }}

* [[Similar Squad]]: Three new ninja students in the finale who act suspiciously like the Wind Rangers did.

* [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Zurgane has one of these after the Rangers defeat him in "General Deception, Part 2".

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Brother" Guy]]: Shane

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Very early materials suggested that the rivalry between the Wind and Thunder Rangers was supposed to play out a lot longer than it did (and possibly be the central conflict of the series, rather than a traditional villain), with kids even being encouraged to pick sides for themselves.

 

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