History

This article is about a/an Episode in Power Rangers S.P.D.

History
Power Rangers S.P.D., Episode 13x31
Air Date(s)	October 11, 2005
Production Information
Written by	Jackie Marchand
Directed by	Paul Grinder
Episode Guide
Previous	Missing
Next	Impact

History is the thirty-first episode of Power Rangers S.P.D., serving as the first crossover with Power Rangers Dino Thunder.

Synopsis

Broodwing uses the Dino Gems to bring the Dino Rangers to the future where they meet the S.P.D. Rangers. Cruger insists that the Dino Rangers remain in the Delta Base to avoid problems with the timeline, but when Emperor Gruumm launches his biggest attack yet, the S.P.D. Rangers may be in over their heads.

Plot

Broodwing meets with Professor Cerebros with a plan to bring Power Rangers from the past. To accomplish this, Broodwing has secured three of the Dino Gems from the planet Onyx.

2005 – At Reefside High's one year reunion, Conner, Ethan, and Kira meet up and fill each other in on what they've been up to.

The former Rangers find themselves in the future where Broodwing demands that they help him destroy the planet. The trio grab their Dino Gems and run, but they are soon cornered by Krybots, which they fight off with their civilian powers. Ethan is surprised to find that the Krybots are robots. Broodwing confronts them again, demanding that they help him or else. The B-Squad shows up to protect these civilians from Broodwing's attack. Broodwing flees the scene, cursing the B-Squad for getting in his way. The B-Squad introduce themselves as the Power Rangers, but the trio reveal that they're also Power Rangers.

The Dino Rangers given a grand tour of the Delta Base and are introduced to Doggie and Kat. The Dino Rangers are determined to help against Broodwing, but the S.P.D. Rangers insist that it's too risky.

The B-Squad Rangers are sent to handle a Dragoul, which Broodwing has sent to lure them out. The Rangers struggle with the Dragoul, but were able to send it on the run. Emperor Gruumm is furious that Broodwing is going against his orders by sending the Dragoul to fight the Rangers, and decides to launch a full-scale ground attack against the Rangers. The B-Squad soon find themselves surrounded by an army of Krybots.

The Dino Rangers insist on helping, but Cruger says if anything should happen to them, the Timeline may be at risk. Conner counters that if the B-Squad loses, none of that would matter. The Dragoul reappears in the city as a Giant and the Omega Ranger is sent to deal with it. He activates the Omegamax Megazord.

Meanwhile, Cruger shows up as Shadow Ranger to help the other Rangers. Gruumm and Morgana have joined the party as well. Despite Cruger's warning, the Dino Rangers show up anyway to help their future comrades in battle, with their Morphers regenerated by Kat. All nine Power Rangers morph into action, the Dino Rangers powering up to Super Dino Mode and the B-Squad powering up to S. W. A. T. Mode. Ethan teams up with Sky and Bridge against Krybots. Kira teams up up with Z and Syd to blast the Krybots and take on Morgana. The two Red Rangers – Jack and Conner lead an ambush backed by Cruger piloting the S.W.A.T. Command Truck and were able to blast Gruumm. Cruger sends the B-Squad to help Omega Ranger while he and the Dino Rangers finish off the Krybots.

The Delta Max Megazord is formed to finish the job. Meanwhile, the Dino Rangers assemble the Z-Rex Blaster and send Gruumm running. All ten of the Power Rangers come together to celebrate their victory over Gruumm.

Conner, Ethan, and Kira want to stay and help out, but the S.P.D. Rangers convince them that they will go on to lead exciting and significant lives. After that, Conner, Ethan, and Kira have their memories wiped in order to prevent them from knowing too much about their futures. Meanwhile Broodwing gloats that although the Rangers destroyed the first Dragoul, they have no idea that an even more powerful one is waiting to strike.

Continuity and Placement

• Power Rangers S.P.D.: This episode takes place before the events of "Impact", with the latter having aired first due to unknown reasons by Disney. This episode also takes place a few weeks before the events of "Wormhole".
• Power Rangers Dino Thunder: This episode takes place almost a year after the events of "Wormhole", though the Dino Rangers do not have any recollection of said episode due to their memories having been erased then. Furthermore, the S.P.D. Rangers in which they interact with in "History" are from a few weeks before the ones whom they met in "Wormhole".

Cast

• Brandon Jay McLaren as Jack Landors (S.P.D. Red Ranger)
• Chris Violette as Sky Tate (S.P.D. Blue Ranger)
• Matt Austin as Bridge Carson (S.P.D. Green Ranger)
• Monica May as Z Delgado (S.P.D. Yellow Ranger)
• Alycia Purrott as Sydney Drew (S.P.D. Pink Ranger)
• John Tui as Anubis "Doggie" Cruger (S.P.D. Shadow Ranger)
• Brett Stewart as Omega Ranger (voice)
• Rene Naufahu as Emperor Gruumm (voice)
• Michelle Langstone as Kat Manx
• Kelson Henderson as Boom (credit only)
• Barnie Duncan as Piggy (credit only)
• Josephine Davison as Morgana
• Jim McLarty as Broodwing (voice)
• Derek Judge as Blue-Head Krybots (voice)
• James Gaylyn as Orange-Head Krybots (voice)
• Stig Eldred as Professor Cerebros (voice)
• Patrick Wilson as Dragoul
• James Napier as Conner McKnight (Red Dino Ranger)
• Emma Lahana as Kira Ford (Yellow Dino Ranger)
• Kevin Duhaney as Ethan James (Blue Dino Ranger)
• Jeffrey Parazzo as Trent Fernandez-Mercer (archive footage)

Errors

• The end credits misspell Conner's name as Connor.
• Despite being shown learning of multiple previous Power Rangers teams, Kira and Conner were confused by Jack’s statement that the B-Squad were Power Rangers, with Kira stating that she and the others were “the Power Rangers” and Conner noting that the B-Squad couldn’t be Power Rangers because he and the others were.
• Although Broodwing knew about the Dino Rangers, upon demanding them to help him destroy Earth, which resulted them immediately rejecting him, clearly he didn’t do his homework on them right, Conner, Kira and Ethan were never evil, like most Power Rangers weren’t.
• Cruger commented that he’d “never encountered this many troops at once”, but he was previously shown single-handedly defeating one hundred Krybots.

Notes

• Jeffrey Parazzo and Jason David Frank do not appear as their characters Trent and Tommy in the episode, but Trent does appear uncredited in the archival footage that Kat shows to the S.P.D. Rangers, while Tommy is mentioned when Conner, Ethan, and Kira return to their time. Furthermore, several monsters such as the Tyrannodrones, the Triptoids, Termitetron, Tutenhawken, White Terrorsaurus (2nd form), and Mesogog in his Mesomonster form appear as well. A clip from "The Passion of Connor" is also shown with the scene where Zeltrax explodes after being beaten by Conner.
• The Hidden Episode, "Before it Began" a Dino Thunder DVD extra which featured Ethan and Kira being shown the future of the Power Rangers through clips of this series, is rendered non-canon with this episode as they need everything explained to them.

• Jack's S.P.D. badge, which he shows the Dino Thunder Rangers, contains the Dekaranger terms for his weapons.
• According to Greg Aronowitz during RangerStop 2015, his original plans were for Broodwing to use the Dino Gems to create clones of the Dino Rangers. However, Disney told him to use the time travel dynamic since they were concerned about the audience being confused on whether or not those were the actual team members.

See Also

• Episode. 42: Skull Talking - Super Sentai counterpart in Dekaranger. See comparison page. (fight footage)
• Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger vs. Abaranger - Super Sentai counterpart in Dekaranger. See comparison page.

External Links

• Watch History on the official YouTube page