The Psycho Rangers: Difference between revisions

 

A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Five-Bad Band]] and [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]. May to various extents also be a [[Similar Squad]]. Can be part of a [[Geodesic Cast]]. Usually turns out to be an [[Evil Knockoff]] team. May lead to [[Counterpart Combat Coordination]].

 

== Trope Namer ==

* The trope namer are the Psycho Rangers from ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', a group of evil rangers that fought against the Space Rangers during the course of the series. Their counterparts in ''[[Denji Sentai Megaranger]]'' were the Jaden Sentai Nejiranger.

** Taijutsu specialists face off when [[Incurable Cough of Death|sick and dying]] yet still unbeatable Kimimaro meets still-recovering miniature [[Bruce Lee Clone]] Rock Lee.

** Then the series proceeds to set Sasuke himself up as Naruto's very own Psycho Ranger. Right up to the point where Naruto and his charming spiritual freeloader start to psycho back...

** Classic Sailor Moon: The Shittenou. Jaedite - Mars, Nephrite - Jupiter, Zoicite - Mercury, Kunzite - Venus.

** Sailor Moon R / Black Moon: The Ayakashi Sisters. Kooan - Mars, Berthier - Mercury, Petz - Jupiter, Calaveras - Venus.

** For unknown reasons, Hulkling doesn't have a counterpart in the other team. The Dark Young Avengers are somewhat unusual, because the Dark Young Avengers were not gathered together to fight the original Young Avengers, but just want to be heroes. However, they will probably end up under Osborn's control. What's more, some relationships between the members of the Dark Young Avengers mirror those in the Young Avengers. just like Stature and Vision love each other, Big Zero has a crush on Egghead.

** The title of the story arc; "Young Masters", combined with their names, offers a pretty big clue as to where it's going.

* The original Soviet Super Heroes team primarily featured clear counterparts to [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] team they often opposed. Perun, the Slavic god of thunder, was the Thor counterpart; Sputnik/Vostok, a calculating android, was the Vision's counterpart; the Red Guardian, uber-patriotic Soviet supersoldier, was the Captain America analogue; Surge, a man in a suit of [[Powered Armor]], was Iron Man; Sabercat was the Beast, Vanguard was Hawkeye, Darkstar was the Scarlet Witch, etc.

* Another case of the Psycho Rangers not actually facing their counterparts (because [[Final Crisis|they're dead]]) is the team of knock-off [[New Gods]] that have bedeviled the [[Justice League of America]]: Dr Impossible, the evil Mr Miracle from an early storyline, is now joined by Hunter (evil Orion); Neon Black (evil Lightray); Chair (evil [and dumb] Metron); and Tender Mercy (evil Big Barda).

* In the [[Archie Comics]] version of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', there's at least three groups. The first is the Suppression Squad, [[Mirror Universe]] counterparts of the Freedom Fighters. The second is the Destructix, a group of mercenaries lead by Scourge the Hedgehog, Sonic's [[Mirror Universe]] counterpart, and his girlfriend Fiona Fox (which may be a jab at Sonic and Sally being unable to stay together). Recently, Eggman's unleased a series of Metal-series bots comprised of Metal Sonic, Metal Tails, Metal Knuckles and {{spoiler|Mecha Sally}}.

 

 

* A rather interesting case in ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]''. The Akutare brothers, managers of the Sunday Scent Shop, oppose the girls in episodes 16 and 17... But the girls are five, so neither Ayameko nor Hanae have counterparts.

** Counterpart fan series ''[[Shining Pretty Cure]]'' and ''[[Pretty Cure Full Color]]'' play this more straightly, with the main villains being an equally element-oriented team of [[Evil Counterpart]]s.

* In ''[[My Little Avengers]]'', [[Big Bad|Loki]] eventually assembles a team of Dark Avengers to combat Thor's Avenger team, selecting ponies whose powers make them [[Evil Counterpart]]s to the heroes, with Loki himself serving as Thor's counterpart. The only standout is Loki's [[The Dragon|apprentice]] Trixie, who has no counterpart among the main characters—though this admittedly becomes a moot point by the [[Final Battle]], as {{spoiler|by then, Trixie's failed an attempt to double-cross Loki and has fled for her life}}, and in any case, all the Avengers (except for Thor, who still takes on Loki) [[Opponent Switch|swap opponents]] in order to get an advantage.

* {{spoiler|The Axem Rangers X}} in Part 2 of ''[[Clash of the Elements]]''

** Sync is actually Guy's counterpart, although this is more by virtue of everyone else being taken than anything else.

*** Storywise, there is a time when Sync and Guy conterpart each other, when Sync puts the curse mark on Guy.

* The Praetorians in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' are the [[Mirror Universe|evil other-universe]] counterparts of the Freedom Corps heroes.

** The first of the new Positron Task Forces introduced in Issue 17: Dark Mirror, feature a team of "[[Evil Knockoff|shadow simulacra]]" of the [[Player Party]]. Issue 17 in general revolves around doubles of the [[Player Character]].

** In the [[Grand Finale]], when the Legion of Doom and the Justice League were about to come to blows, there was an excellent shot of everybody facing off with their [[Evil Counterpart]]: Green Lantern vs. Sinestro, Superman vs. Bizarro, Atomic Skull vs. [[Captain Atom]], Giganta vs. Iron Giant, Volcana vs. Fire...and Batman standing alone, since nobody is cool enough to beat Batman.

*** or because of the Bat embargo, none of his rogue's gallery could appear.

* Clones of the protagonists from ''[[Gargoyles]]''. Subverted in that only Goliath's clone [[Sdrawkcab Name|Thailog]] was actually evil. But they did have the same fighting their doubles problem.

** In the comic book continuation, {{spoiler|Lexington's clone Brentwood chose to stick with Thailog. He's portrayed, like the rest, as more gullible and naive than actually evil.}}

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