Power Rangers in Space/Fridge

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Fridge Brilliance

  • In the season finale of Power Rangers in Space, there's a moment where five of the six Space Rangers stand on a rooftop and publicly announce that they're the Power Rangers in front of everyone in Angel Grove, the setting of the shows to that point. That includes Bulk and Skull, who had known four of the five Rangers for around a year and half... namely, since they replaced four of the Turbo Rangers. Considering Bulk and Skull knew every Ranger in their civilian identity to that point, they could easily figure out who the previous Rangers were. Then in Power Rangers Wild Force, there's a scene where Bulk and Skull nervously approach someone they knew in high school, who just happened to be a Power Ranger. Whilst never stated, it looks like Bulk and Skull learned the identities of the Power Rangers after all.
  • Why did Andros have those morphers lying around the Megaship to give to the former Turbo Rangers? Because he used to have a team of more than him and Zhane, and they outright DIED in the fight against Dark Specter's forces. This explains so much of Andros' early behavior, why he doesn't want the other Rangers around (he doesn't want to watch anyone else die because they accepted the power) and why he held on to the idea that Zhane could be healed, because Zhane was his last connection to the old team. Not to mention why he's flying around on his own in a fully equipped spaceship.

Fridge Logic

  • Why the hell was Zhane making an interplanetary journey across a galactic warzone riding a goddamned surfboard In Space?! Who the hell does he think he is, the Silver Surfer?
    • Rule of Cool?
    • Blame Megaranger which the show is based on, they travel on surfboards!
  • If the bad guys had a missile that could take out Earth in one shot, why bother with the surface attack in "Countdown"? Did they want to lure the Rangers back to Earth before they blew up the planet?

Fridge Horror

  • Maybe it's more Fridge Squick, but the episode mentioned under No Ontological Inertia. If the spell the shapeshifter performed on Ashley hadn't worn off with its death, Andros would have ended up dating a girl who looked exactly like his sister. Then again, maybe it would have turned that subplot into an Aborted Arc, specifically to avoid that Squick.
    • Then again - morphing restored Astronema to her normal appearance, maybe it would have done the same to Ashley even without destroying the monster.
  • When Zordon's Energy Wave wiped out all the evil forces on Earth, what about the thousands of Velocifighters flying around the planet? If the wave only disintegrated their pilots, that would mean you have thousands of aircraft crashing all over the planet.