End of Extinction

This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.

End of Extinction
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, Episode 23x20
Air Date(s)	November 19, 2016
Production Information
Written by	Judd Lynn Becca Barnes Alwyn Dale
Directed by	Britta Hawkins
Episode Guide
Previous	Edge of Extinction
Next	Here Comes Heximas

End of Extinction is the twentieth and final episode of Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, the second season of Power Rangers Dino Charge. It is the third and final part of the three-part series finale, excluding the epilogue Christmas special episode "Here Comes Heximas".

Synopsis

The Dark Energem creates a black hole that takes the Rangers back in time, as they must go to a prehistoric age for their showdown with Sledge and Fury.

Plot

The Rangers thank Heckyl and head back to base. Wrench and Sledge watch this from space. The 5 Greenzilla eggs Sledge planted earlier now acted as anchors

The Rangers fight Vivix and Spikeballs outside the base. Fury confronts Keeper, but he is rescued by the Rangers. Fury retreats and the Rangers receive a message from Sledge. Sledge fires 5 beams from his ship and they attach to the eggs as a winch. Sledge pulls the planet away from the sun, to sell it to a scrap heap on the planet Kamen 5. The Rangers discuss the Dark Energem.

Ivan uses the Dino Super Drive Saber in the Ptera Zord along with Chase, Koda, Keeper, Shelby and Riley. They warn the citizens and Prince Phillip, Kendall and Heckyl, Tyler, James and Zenowing take the Plesio Zord. The Dark Energem is thrown into space. Everyone in Amber Beach holds up mirrors and reflects the sun’s rays and with a combined Megazord attack, the Dark Energem is destroyed but the excess energy turns into a black hole. Earth is cut off from Sledge’s ship which is sucked into the black hole, however, the Rangers are unable to stop the Earth from being sucked in too, and being destroyed. The Rangers are distraught over the loss of the planet, but Keeper tells them there is another hope; with the Dark Energem destroyed, the Energems' true power can be unlocked... the power of Time Travel. With no other option, the Rangers throw the Energems into space as Keeper disappears, and the Energems create a Time Portal which the Ptera and Plesio Zords fly through taking them into Earth's ancient past.

They arrive and Shelby spots living dinosaurs. They watch Keeper’s ship crash and realize this is the day when Keeper entrusted the Energems to dinosaurs. Sledge notices the Rangers. Keeper finds the bomb and the Energems. The Rangers help Keeper as Sledge and Fury approach Earth. Sledge and Fury arrive. The Rangers morph and activate Dino Steel. They fight against Vivix, Sledge, and Fury. Fury finds the remaining "Energems" and hands them to Sledge, only to find a bomb instead, having been tricked by Tyler. Fury is destroyed by the impact of the bomb when it explodes, meaning that Ivan's fate of being captured by Fury in his time has been undone. Tyler uses T-Rex Super Charge against Sledge. Sledge blasts the Rangers and uses the Magma Beam to become a Mega Monster. James, Phillip, Kendall, Zenowing, and Heckyl attack from inside the ship and attach Sledge to the ship.  The Plesio Zord escapes as Sledge’s ship flies into the sun ultimately killing Sledge, Poisandra, and Wrench in the process.

With Sledge finally gone and the entirety of the universe safe, Keeper thanks the Rangers. He tells Koda and Ivan they will return to their ages. The Rangers say goodbye to Ivan and Koda. Everyone else leaves. Keeper informs Heckyl and Zenowing that they will return to Sentai 6. Heckyl is given a guardian's uniform and tasked with protecting the Dark Energem and ensuring it is never used for evil again.

The Rangers arrive at present day and find that they are near the museum. They find that it is a zoo and there are live dinosaurs since Sledge's asteroids never hit Earth causing their extinction.

Cast

• Brennan Mejia as Tyler Navarro (Dino Charge Red Ranger)
• Camille Hyde as Shelby Watkins (Dino Charge Pink Ranger)
• Yoshi Sudarso as Koda (Dino Charge Blue Ranger)
• Michael Taber as Riley Griffin (Dino Charge Green Ranger)
• James Davies as Chase Randall (Dino Charge Black Ranger)
• Davi Santos as Sir Ivan of Zandar (Dino Charge Gold Ranger) and Zach
• Jarred Blakiston as Prince Phillip III (Dino Charge Graphite Ranger)
• Claire Blackwelder as Kendall Morgan (Dino Charge Purple Ranger 2)
• Reuben Turner as James Navarro (Dino Charge Aqua Ranger)
• Alistair Browning as Zenowing (Dino Charge Silver Ranger) (voice)
• Ryan Carter as Heckyl
• Eve Gordon as Keeper
• Richard Simpson as Keeper (voice)
• Adam Gardiner as Sledge (voice)
• Paul Harrop as Fury (voice)
• Estevez Gillespie as Wrench (voice) and Curio (voice)
• Jackie Clarke as Poisandra (voice)
• Campbell Cooley as Mecha Voice
• Alexander Walker as Matt Griffin
• James Gaylyn as Mr. Watkins
• Elizabeth Dowden as Kaylee
• Jeff Szusterman as City Worker
• Glen Drake as Jonesy

Dino Chargers

• Dino Charge Red Ranger – Dino Drive, Dino Super Drive, T-Rex Super Charge
• Dino Charge Black Ranger – Dino Drive, Para + Para (Dino Steel)
• Dino Charge Blue Ranger – Dino Drive, Stego + Stego (Dino Steel)
• Dino Charge Green Ranger – Dino Drive, Raptor + Raptor (Dino Steel)
• Dino Charge Pink Ranger – Dino Drive, Tricera + Tricera (Dino Steel)
• Dino Charge Gold Ranger – Ptera (Battle Mode), Dino Drive, Dino Super Drive
• Dino Charge Aqua Ranger – Dino Drive
• Dino Charge Graphite Ranger – Dino Drive
• Dino Charge Purple Ranger – Plesio (Battle Mode), Dino Drive
• Dino Charge Silver Ranger – Dino Drive

Errors

Border Error

• When the Rangers throw their Energems into space, the border between the two Megazord cockpits is misplaced.
• It's unknown how Tyler activated T-Rex Super Charge mode, even though the only Zords transported into the past were the Ptera Zord and the Plesio Zord. Although it is possible that he turned Rexy into the T-Rex Super Charge Morpher before they left, just in case he needed to use Super Charge Mode. This was shown when he pulled the Morpher out rather than summoning it with a Dino Charger.
• While Keeper is explaining the ultimate power of the Energems while in space, the black hole created by the Dark Energem is not to the right of the Ptera and Plesio Zords like it was in the previous shot.
• During the scene where the Ptera Zord is shaking upon arriving in the past, the Spino Zord's symbol can be seen on the Red Ranger podium.
• Tyler can be seen before he reveals himself to Sledge and Fury.
• When Shelby yells to Tyler, after Fury is defeated, the stunt actor can briefly be seen through the visor.
• Sledge's asteroids were missing when he called for the Magna Beam. This is due to a reused footage.

Notes

• This episode picks up where "Edge of Extinction" had left off.
• This is the only episode in either season to feature all the Dino Charge Rangers unmorphed in a Zord.
• This episode cast Dino Charge in a questionable light regarding continuity more than its premiere episode had. As if it had taken place in the regular Power Rangers universe, the Earth is destroyed by 2016 and is replaced by a new Earth where dinosaurs never went extinct. Until the show or producers stated what happened, several assumptions were made:
  • The original canon is still intact, but the Dino Thunder team would effectively have been erased from the aborted timeline where dinosaurs were destroyed unless the Dino Gems came from a different asteroid that was heading towards Earth anyway but didn't cause the dinosaurs to go extinct, and moving forward from Ninja Steel, dinosaurs are kept in select zoos.
  • Dino Charge happened in an alternate Earth just as RPM was previously retconned to be, where they are not affected, nor will they affect the Earth where most Power Rangers series took place.
    • The latter theory is later proven the correct one with Sledge confirming that the blackhole (retconned to be an inter-dimensional wormhole) sent them to an alternate universe. TV STORY-Echoes of Evil However, it has confirmed many fan's previous concerns that due to the unnecessary actions taken by the Dino Charge Rangers in even causing the events that created the Blackhole (Wormhole), they are guilty of committing Planetary Genocide, though it was an accident. They amended the mistake by creating a new timeline.
• Sledge, Wrench and Poisandra return in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. Lord Arcanon is destroyed offscreen by Heckyl and Zenowing at the end of Dino Super Charge (as well as Singe, Conductro, and Screech to prevent the theft of the Dark Energem and ending the threat once and for all). As they do not reappear in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, the fates of Fury and Curio remain unknown, although it’s presumed that they were destroyed offscreen by Koda’s bomb, judging by what happened in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
• As the Energems' ultimate power has to do with time, this is likely why the Rangers are bonded to it across history, and Heckyl, who's traveled using it, does not disappear when his past self dies in the sun.
  • It is possible that Heckyl was not even captured yet during that period, meaning he was never on the ship, and thus, never got thrown into the sun. Evidence supporting this possibility is the fact that when Heckyl was first released from his cell, he mentioned he hadn't moved for centuries, not for 65 million years, and also when he and the other Rangers came onto the ship in the past, Poisandra and Wrench didn't know who he was.
    • Although, even if Heckyl had been on the ship by this point, by preventing the Dark Energem from being stolen, which also would have prevented the creation of Snide, Heckyl would have never been captured at all, as it was the influence of Snide that made him go evil and get captured by Sledge.
• Even though Sledge's Crew was taken out by the Sun, Lord Arcanon and Singe are still alive in the past, and would most likely attempt to hunt down the Dark Energem, which means that the threat isn't permanently over. Lord Arcanon and Singe are destroyed off-screen by Zenowing and Heckyl, (as well as Conductro and Screech) when they return on Sentai 6 to prevent the destruction of the planet and the steal of the Dark Energem.
  • Keeper claims he is sending Heckyl and Zenowing back in time to stop Arcanon from stealing the Dark Energem. This makes no sense as Zenowing has claimed to have found the Silver Energem on Earth and then tracked Arcanon to Sentai 6, becoming the Silver Ranger and getting captured in the process. This means Arcanon destroyed Sentai 6 after the Energems were bonded to Dinosaurs, Sledge was lost in space, and Zenowing created the Zords. Thus they could've either simply traveled to Sentai 6 or traveled forward to beat Arcanon to Sentai 6.
    • This also means that despite having hired Sledge to find the Energems, Arcanon went for the Dark Energem without Sledge's assistance.
• Mr. Watkins, Kaylee, Matt Griffin, and Zack all make a cameo in this episode, helping the Rangers out in their plan.
• This episode marks the first time that all the Rangers appear in Dino Super Drive.
• The name of the episode was originally “Dino Extinction.” On International airing, it was called “End of Extinction”, but this was changed when it aired in the United States.
• Ironically, the final morph of the Dino Charge Rangers is chronologically the first use of the phrase "It's Morphin' Time!"
• Zenowing has made it through in this arc, unlike Torin, his Super Sentai counterpart, who plans his death to defeat Deboth.
• Poisandra and Curio (offscreen) have been defeated in this arc, unlike Joyful Knight Candelilla and Funfilled Spy Luckyuro, their Super Sentai counterpart, who have survived in the final battle and Candelilla became Torin's successor while Luckyuro became her apprentice.
• Heckyl is responsible for the destruction of Sledge and his crew, which also plays as a nod to a statement that Sledge once threatened him within the episode "Wishing for a Hero". In that episode, Sledge told Heckyl that if he failed him he would throw Heckyl into the sun. In this episode, Heckyl ties Sledge to his ship and sends him to the sun.
• The fate of Keeper in the original timeline is unknown, as it is not shown where he teleported himself in that situation.
• It was stated that the Dark Energem could not be destroyed in a previous episode, "Catching Some Rays", so this episode proved that statement incorrect. Another episode, however, mentions that the Energem must be destroyed to unlock the other Energems' true power, which happens in this episode.

Quotes

Sledge: Enough playing around! Time to show you something you've never seen before!
Tyler: Let me guess. Magna Beam?
Sledge: Magna--! (record screetches to a stop effect) Hey. How did you know? Magna Beam!

See Also

• Brave 46: Great Duel! The Attack of Tears and Love - Super Sentai counterpart in Kyoryuger. See comparison page. (Wrench's death and story)
• Brave 47: The Great Counterattack! The Greatest Final Brave - Super Sentai counterpart in Kyoryuger. See comparison page. (Fury's death and story)
• Brave Final: Great Explosion! Goodbye, Kyoryuger - Super Sentai counterpart in Kyoryuger. See comparison page. (Final villain's death and story)

External Links

• Watch End of Extinction on the official YouTube page