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Power Rangers Beast Morphers is the 26th and 27th (season 2) season of Power Rangers and the first to be produced under the franchise's acquisition from Hasbro, under their live-action production division Allspark Pictures. The series borrows footage, costumes, and props from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. It is the sequel season to Power Rangers RPM.
Production
Following the announcement on February 16, 2018, that Hasbro would be taking over Bandai America as the master toy licensee for Power Rangers from 2019 onwards[1], Power Rangers Beast Morphers was announced during Hasbro's panel for the New York Toy Fair 2018.[2]
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
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
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 (Voice) Sam Jellie (Human) |
Allies
Grid Battleforce
Beast Bots
Animal | Name | Voice Actor |
---|---|---|
Cheetah | Cruise | Kelson Henderson |
Gorilla | Smash | Charlie McDermott |
Jackrabbit | Jax | Emmett Skilton |
Scarab | Steel | Jamie Linehan |
Civilians
- Mayor Adam Daniels
- Muriel Reeves
- Mike Reeves
- Mr. Silva
- Mrs. Silva
- Megan
- Sudsey
- Joey
- Regina Collins
- Dr. Walsh
- Kerry Dixon
- Cole
- Stacy
Aliens
Captain Chaku | Captain Chaku |
- Starlight
Legendary Dino Rangers
Color | Role | Actor | Generation |
---|---|---|---|
Red Ranger | Jason Lee Scott | Austin St. John | Mighty Morphin |
Black Ranger | unidentified | TBA | Mighty Morphin |
Blue Ranger | Billy Cranston | TBA | Mighty Morphin |
Yellow Ranger | unidentified | TBA | Mighty Morphin |
Pink Ranger | Kimberly Ann Hart | 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 | Dino Charge |
Dino Charge Black Ranger | Chase Randall | James Davies | Dino Charge |
Dino Charge Blue Ranger | Koda | Yoshi Sudarso | 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 | Dino Charge |
RPM
Dino Charge
Villains
Evox Virus/Venjix Virus Army
Designation | Name | Actor |
---|---|---|
Cybervillain Blaze | Blaze (cybervillain) | Colby Strong |
Cybervillain Robo-Blaze | ||
Cybervillain Roxy | Roxy (cybervillain) | Liana Ramirez |
Cybervillain Robo-Roxy |
- Robotrons/Gigadrones
- Season 1
- Cycletron/Cycledrone
- Needletron/Needledrone
- Shoveltron/Shoveldrone
- Slicertron/Slicerdrone
- Meltatron/Meltadrone
- Railtron/Raildrone
- Vacuutron/Vacuudrone
- Antennatron/Antennadrone
- Drilltron/Drilldrone
- Tooltron/Tooldrone
- Clonetron/Clonedrone
- Tubatron/Tubadrone
- Tubatron 2.0/Tubadrone 2.0
- Burnertron/Burnerdrone
- Turbotron/Turbodrone
- Shockatron/Shockadrone
- Unidentified Gigadrone 1
- Unidentified Gigadrone 2
- Spiketron/Spikedrone
- Infernotron/Infernodrone
- Season 2
- Drilltron 2.0/Drilldrone 2.0
- Trappertron/Trapperdrone
- Gamertron/Gamerdrone
- Keytron/Keydrone
- Digitron/Digidrone
- Controlatron/Controladrone
- Dumbbelltron
- Boxertron
- Tiaratron/Tiaradrone
- Bulldozertron/Bulldozerdrone
- Unidentified Gigadrone 3
- Unidentified Gigadrone 4
- Thieftron/Thiefdrone
- Clawtron/Clawdrone
- Antennatron 2.0/Antennadrone 2.0
- Railtron 2.0
- Season 1
Sledge's Crew
Others
Arsenal
Transformation Devices
- Beast-X Morpher ◆◆◆
- Striker Morpher ◆◆
- Beast-X King Activator[4] ◆◆◆◆◆
Multi-Use Devices
- Morph-X Keys ◆◆◆◆◆
Individual Weapons and Team Weapon
- Cheetah Beast Blaster ◆
- Cheetah Claws ◆
- Beast-X Ultra Cannon ◆◆◆◆◆
- Beast-X Spin Saber ◆◆◆◆◆
Sidearms
- Beast-X Cannon ◆◆◆
- Beast-X Blaster ◆◆◆
- Beast-X Saber ◆◆◆
- Striker Saber ◆◆
Power-Up
- Red Fury Mode ◆
- Beast-X Visor ◆◆◆
Vehicles
- X-Bike ◆◆◆
Other Devices
Legendary Ranger Weapons
Zords
Beast-X Megazord System
- Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ● other
- Beast-X Ultrazord ◆◆◆◆◆
- Beast-X Megazord ◆◆◆
- Striker Megazord ◆◆
- Beast-X King Zord / Beast-X King Zord Lion Mode / Beast-X King Zord Battle Mode ❖
Beast-X King Zord System
- Legend:◆ piloted mecha, ❖ aux mecha, ● other
- Beast-X King Ultrazord ❖◆◆◆◆
- Racer Zord / Racer Zord Linked Mode / Racer Zord Cheetah Mode / Racer Zord Battle Mode ◆
Episodes
- Season 1
- Beasts Unleashed
- Evox's Revenge
- End of the Road
- Digital Deception
- Taking Care of Business
- Hangar Heist
- A Friend Indeed
- The Cybergate Opens
- Silver Sacrifice
- Thrills and Drills
- Tools of the Betrayed
- Real Steel
- Tuba Triumph
- Sound and Fury
- Seeing Red
- Gorilla Art
- Ranger Reveal
- Rewriting History
- Target: Tower
- Evox: Upgraded
- Hypnotic Halloween
- Scrozzle’s Revenge
- Season 2
- Believe It or Not
- Save Our Shores
- Game On!
- Artist Anonymous
- Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
- The Blame Game
- Beast King Rampage
- Boxed In
- Secret Struggle
- The Evox Snare
- Intruder Alert!
- The Greater Good
- Finders Keepers
- Making Bad
- Grid Connection
- Golden Opportunity
- Goin' Ape
- The Silva Switch
- Fossil Frenzy
- Crunch Time
- Source Code
- Evox Unleashed
Video Release
- to be added
Toyline
- Beast Morphers' toyline was officially launched in Spring of 2019. In addition, the Red, Blue, and Gold Beast Morphers Rangers and Blaze appear in Hasbro's Lightning Collection waves 2, 3 and 4.
Video Games
- to be added
Notes
- This is the first Hasbro Era season.
- This is the first season/incarnation since Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to be split into two or more sub-seasons, yet does not contain "Super" in the title of the season (as previously seen with seasons such as Power Rangers Super Samurai and Power Rangers Super Megaforce).
- This season shares several similarities with Power Rangers RPM:
- Both have an African American Red Ranger whose father has a less than high opinion of his son (Mayor Daniels was disinterested in his son and more about world safety and Colonel Mason Truman's strict and militaristic nature).
- Both teams start with Red, Blue, and Yellow Rangers with Gold and Silver "Sixth Ranger" siblings added as a pair later.
- Red Ranger gets a Racecar.
- Blue Ranger gets a 6-wheeled vehicle.
- The Gold and Silver Rangers share a motif different from the rest of the team(Beetles and Aircraft).
- Both have a virus as the main villain with robotic monsters as their army (fitting as it's revealed that Evox is Venjix).
- Both have an unwilling secondary antagonist (Tenaya was brainwashed and Scrozzle was forced to work for Venjix).
- Both have a villain join later into the series' run that only lasts for a handful of episodes (Kilobyte and Vargoyle and later Ryjack).
- This is the first season to have its toy line produced by Hasbro instead of Bandai America.
- 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.
- In the second season, Saban's name was dropped from the logo.
- 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.
- On April 1, 2014, an adaptation of Go-Busters was announced as an April Fools joke, titled Power Rangers Energy Chasers.
- Beast Morphers is the first show since Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue to have a previous team's Megazord assist the current group. It also holds the record for the most returning Megazords, with a total of 3 (the Dino, Thundersaurus and Dino Charge Megazords).
- Due to Evox’s revelation of his actual origin in "Source Code", Beast Morphers happens to be a direct sequel to Power Rangers RPM's storyline, marking the only two series to have a recurring major character not originating from Zordon Era (instead going from the series just before the New Saban Era to the one just after it).
- This makes Venjix the first main villain in the Power Rangers history to serve as the main villain in two different series as a completely different character.
- This is the second season without a roll call after Power Rangers RPM.
See Also
- Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters - Super Sentai counterpart . See comparison page.
- Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan - a Super Sentai show that serves as sequel to a previous season
References
- ↑ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hasbro-saban-partner-power-rangers-toys-starting-spring-2019-1085401
- ↑ http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2018/02/26th-power-rangers-season-power-rangers-beast-morphers-announced/
- ↑ https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-acquire-saban-brands-power-rangers-and-other
- ↑ https://twitter.com/RangerBoard/status/1200321266022068224
Footnotes