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PR2020 logo This article is about a/an series entry (the "26th" and "27th") in the Power Rangers franchise.

Power Rangers Beast Morphers is the 26th (season 2 being the 27th) season of Power Rangers and the first to be produced under the franchise's acquisition from Hasbro, under their film production division Allspark Pictures. The series borrows footage, costumes, and props from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.[1]

Production

Following the announcement on February 16, 2018, that Hasbro will be taking over Bandai America as the master toy licensee for Power Rangers from 2019 onwards[2], Power Rangers Beast Morphers was announced during Hasbro's panel for the New York Toy Fair 2018.[1]

On May 1, 2018, it was announced that Hasbro had purchased the Power Rangers franchise outright from Saban[3], making Beast Morphers the first Hasbro-era season. On August 18, 2018, the main Ranger cast was revealed to fans at Power Morphicon 6 during a Hasbro panel with a teaser trailer for the show screened at the event.

Plot

Set in the future, a secret agency combines a newly discovered substance called "Morph-X" with animal DNA to create the Power Rangers Beast Morphers team. The Rangers must fight off an evil sentient computer virus bent on taking over the source of all Ranger power, the Morphin Grid itself.

Characters

Rangers

Main article: Beast Morphers Rangers
Designation Name Actor
Beast Morphers Red Devon Daniels Rorrie D. Travis
Beast Morphers Blue Ravi Shaw Jazz Baduwalia
Beast Morphers Yellow Zoey Reeves Jacqueline Scislowski
Beast Morphers Gold Nate Silva Abraham Rodriguez
Beast Morphers Silver Steel Jamie Linehan

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Beast Morphers Orange Tyler Rinker (Make-A-Wish)

Rangers Hoped to be in the series

Color Role Actor
Pink Ranger Shelby Watkins Camille Hyde

Allies

Grid Battleforce

Main article: Grid Battleforce

Beast Bots

Main article: Beast Bots
Animal Name Voice Actor
Cheetah Cruise Kelson Henderson
Gorilla Smash Charlie McDermott
Jackrabbit Jax Emmett Skilton
Scarab Steel Jamie Linehan

Civilians

Legendary Dino Rangers[4]

Main article: Legendary Dino Rangers
Color Role Actor Generation
Red Ranger Jason Lee Scott Austin St. John[5] Mighty Morphin
Black Ranger TBA TBA Mighty Morphin
Blue Ranger Billy Cranston TBA Mighty Morphin
Yellow Ranger TBA TBA Mighty Morphin
Pink Ranger TBA TBA Mighty Morphin
Red Dino Ranger Conner McKnight TBA Dino Thunder
Blue Dino Ranger Ethan James TBA Dino Thunder
Yellow Dino Ranger Kira Ford TBA Dino Thunder
Dino Charge Red Ranger Tyler Navarro Brennan Mejia[6] Dino Charge
Dino Charge Black Ranger Chase Randall James Davies[6] Dino Charge
Dino Charge Blue Ranger Koda Yoshi Sudarso[6] Dino Charge
Dino Charge Green Ranger Riley Griffin TBA Dino Charge
Dino Charge Pink Ranger Shelby Watkins TBA Dino Charge
Dino Charge Gold Ranger Sir Ivan of Zandar Davi Santos[6] Dino Charge

RPM[7]

Dino Charge[6]

Villains

Main article: Evox's Virus
Main article: Cybervillains
Designation Name Actor
Cybervillain Blaze Blaze (avatar) Colby Strong
Cybervillain Roxy Roxy (avatar) Liana Ramirez
Cybervillain Robo-Blaze Robo-Blaze[8] Colby Strong

Arsenal

Main article: Arsenal (Beast Morphers)

Transformation Devices

Multi-Use Devices

Individual Weapons and Team Weapon

Sidearms

Power-Up

Vehicles

Other Devices

Legendary Ranger Weapons

Zords

Main article: Zords (Beast Morphers)

Beast-X Megazord System

Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ● other

Beast-X King Zord System

Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ● other

Episodes

Main article: Episodes (Beast Morphers)
  1. Beasts Unleashed
  2. Evox's Revenge
  3. End of the Road
  4. Digital Deception
  5. Taking Care of Business
  6. Hangar Heist
  7. A Friend Indeed
  8. The Cybergate Opens
  9. Silver Sacrifice
  10. Thrills and Drills
  11. Tools of the Betrayed
  12. Real Steel
  13. Tuba Triumph
  14. Sound and Fury
  15. Seeing Red
  16. Gorilla Art
  17. Ranger Reveal
  18. Rewriting History
  19. Target: Tower
  20. Evox: Upgraded
  21. Hypnotic Halloween
  22. Scrozzle’s Revenge

Video Release

  • to be added

Toyline

Main article: Power Rangers Beast Morphers (toyline)
  • Beast Morphers' toyline was officially launched in Spring of 2019. In addition, the Red Beast Morphers Ranger appears as part of Hasbro's Lightning Collection, and the Gold Beast Morphers Ranger is set to become part of the collection as well.

Video Games

  • to be added

Notes

  • This is the first Hasbro-era season.
  • This is the first season to have its toy line produced by Hasbro instead of Bandai America.
  • This is the first season since RPM to start with only 3 Rangers on the main team, and the first since RPM not to feature a Pink Ranger. Coincidentally, they both have some similarities:
    • The Blue Ranger gets a wheeler.
    • The Red Ranger gets a race car.
    • There is a helicopter/animal Zord.
    • There are both Gold and Silver Rangers.
    • The villains are sapient computer viruses.
  • This season debuts a brand new Power Rangers logo. Apart from the 2010 "reversion" of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, this is the first time the logo has been completely redesigned since Zeo.
  • This is the first time a Power Rangers season has adapted the Sentai out of order, as Go-Busters was skipped over initially.
  • The core three Rangers made their debut in comics, rather than on television, for the first time ever. This happened in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) Issue 29.
  • The Beast-X King Zord is the first Zord to serve as an alternative to the Red Ranger's main Zord that did not originate in the Sentai's summer movie (Spino Zord), nor has an associated ranger (MMPR Dragonzord)
  • This season shares similarities with its first concurrent Sentai, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger:
    • Both teams start off with three Rangers.
      • However, the colors of the Ryusoulgers match that of the preceding teams (Ninja Steel and Dino Charge) before Yellow and White/Green and Black morphed.
    • Both use wrist-mounted morphers and a key gimmick.
      • Beast Morphers is more expanded in the toyline than the series.
    • Both combine animals with themes the other show's creators experimented previously.
      • The Spy motif was common in the early Sentai series (ex. Gorenger, JAKQ).
      • Saban had created Mystic Knights of Tir Na Og which ran around the same time as in Space.
    • Both feature a Gold sixth Ranger.
    • Both series only start off with two main villains (Tankjoh and Kleon, Blaze and Roxy), neither being the big bad.
      • However, Evox (the big bad) and Scrozzle are introduced in episode 2 and Gaisoulg previously appeared in the 4-part Super Sentai Strongest Battle.
      • Both also mention other villains who end up lasting very briefly.
        • Vargoyle only appeared in 3 episodes and Uden only in 1
    • Both saw the debut of the core Zords/mecha before a focus on the Red Ranger's, which can be its own robot.
    • For the first time, both started in March (3/2 and 3/17 respectively).
    • Both are the first season of a new era (Hasbro and Reiwa).
    • Tyramigo and the Beast Bots act as allies/companions to the Rangers.
    • Both Evox and Druidon took the lives of those close to the Blue Rangers.
      • Master Blue sacrificed himself for Melt against Dragon Minosaur.
      • Roxy became an evil Avatar.
    • The comedic reliefs of the series support the Rangers.
      • Ui was fascinated by the Ryusoulgers world and sought to find their village.
      • Ben and Betty work for Grid Battleforce.
    • There is a sibling pair.
      • Towa and Bamba are Ryusoul Green and Ryusoul Black respectively.
      • Canalo has a younger sister, Oto
      • Ben and Betty are comedic relief.
      • Steel is treated as a brother for Nate.
        • It is common for younger siblings to share DNA with their older siblings.
    • Both involve a parent as a mentor.
    • Both feature unique monsters.
      • The Minosaurs are created by using humans, a trait of Kamen Rider.
      • The Rangers fight giant robot versions of the monsters they fight, a trait from Battle Fever J that was previously seen to an extent in SPD 13 seasons earlier.
    • Both of their swords are sidearms with two functions.
      • The Ryusoul Ken can use souls for armors or mecha summon.
      • The Beast-X Saber doubles as binoculars.Tvicon TV STORY-Evox's Revenge
  • The second half of Beast Morphers will air 20 years after the similary themed Lightspeed Rescue
    • Interestingly, both shows have one of the mentor's children as a ranger (albiet a gender swap)
      • Even though Nate and Ravi are not actual siblings like Ryan and Dana, Commander Shaw has responsibility to take care of both.
  • On April 1, 2014, an adaptation of Go-Busters was announced as an April Fools joke, titled Power Rangers Energy Chasers.

See Also

References

Footnotes


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