Adapting and Summarizing Morals: Hurricanger to Ninja Storm

I thought since many liked my comparisons of Super Sentai and Power Rangers, I thought I would do some more, but in storylines and plots. Many times, Super Sentai stories are simplified or made light of in Power Rangers. Such simplifications can be considered culture differences or just stacked for time.

Scissors and Kunoichi / Snip it Snip it Good
Nanami and Tori both had to go after the tortoise. But Nanami had to complete a mission from before, which the boys had help her the first time because her ankle was sprained. So basically Nanami had to be independent. Also, might I mention that Red and Yellow get under a spell to go against each other by the monster and how they snapped out of it was very drastically different. In Ninja Storm, the Sensei snapped Shane and Dustin of it. In Hurricanger, Red and Yellow's heads had to be smashed into car window glass to be snapped out of it. I personally liked the Nanami story better, it was empowering. The Tori story really didn't have anything in it.

When the Goraijer/Thunder Rangers got to the island, both Ikkou/Hunter were effected by the gas of the island. But Ikkou was actually going to kill his brother. But the Thunder Rangers targeted Dustin, in his regular life. The Goraijer didn't do that, but they targeted the entire trio. The Thunder Rangers kidnapped the Sensei, the Goraijer didn't do that. The Thunder Rangers were made to believe the sensei killed their parents. The Goraijer never blamed the Hurricanger for their father missing in action, they just knew they had to team up with the Jakanja to be able to defeat the Hurricanger and they did plan to defeat the Jakanja on their own afterwards. Oh the reason Ikkou wanted to kill Ishuu was because of their father's influence, he said only one could survive, only one ninja.


Punch and Rival / Boxing Bopp-A-Roo

Remember the episode that Shane and Hunter have like one bit of rivalry? Well Ikkou and Yousuke had a rivalry throughout the series of Hurricanger. Hurricanger fans always state this episode for being a one-shot kiss-off of that. Shane and Hunter were competing in a race meet or something, while Yousuke had to work with Ikkou at his job. They had one up each other. And the fighting footage had to be excused for their behavior, hence the Ninja Storm storylines.

Bow and Arrow and Seabathing / I Love Lothor

Isshu and Shuirkenger disguised as a teen idol were hit by the monster's (Chuupid) love arrow and fall for Nanami. Marah and Kapri spike a smoothie for Blake and Cam to fall for Tori. But Tori is kidnapped for a TV show hosted by Lothor. And the monster was to brainwash the masses. Cam and Blake take their feud into the beach. While in Hurricanger, Shurikenger went out on a date with Nanami and Isshu tried to win her heart with a cow. Shurikenger takes Nanami to the beach and Isshu interupts and then later the monster comes. Nanami actually tries fighting and is knocked down.

Idols and Friendship / All About Beevil
While in both stories, Furabijou/Marah both got attention for Furabijenu/Beevil and then kicked out because of the red robot. But Furabijou went to Nanami (blue) for help while Marah went to Dustin (yellow). It was mentioned in the show that Dustin was targeted because he was the weak point. Marah and Furabijou were on the same wavelength of emotions in that they both had to get the target Ranger to feel for sorry for them and then totally betray them. But of course, Dustin and Nanami were different in feelings and dynamics. Nanami didn't trust Furabijou at first and wanted some sort of sisterhood friendship. Dustin trusted Marah all the way through. And when Nanami was betrayed, she was truly betrayed and her face and emotions completely changed. She is a woman not to be crossed. And as she says, 'this is unforgivable.' Dustin is just bummed. And Dustin is a guy who has trusted the Thunder Rangers before and felt betrayed but then in the end, they are all friends. And he gets credit for trusting at the end of the episode too with a stranger who took his bike. And for Nanami, this betrayal she will not forget.

Demon Spears and Balloons / Double-Edged Blake
Isshu was on a riff on being against everything, he didn't want any changes in Gouraijin, he didn't want to complete the Victory Gadget and he got the spear his dad cursed. Blake just got a new weapon that he was being trained with by a former student. Isshu wanted to use the spear because it kept him in the tradition of his father, his brother was concerned him using it. Isshu splits it in half and is able to surpass his past with his dad. Blake just split it to split it.

Adapting and Summarizing Morals: Magiranger to Mystic Force

I thought since many liked my comparisons of Super Sentai and Power Rangers, I thought I would do some more, but in storylines and plots. Many times, Super Sentai stories are simplified or made light of in Power Rangers. Such simplifications can be considered culture differences or just stacked for time and squeezing in footage into one episode because the low episode count.

King of Majins / Rock Solid
Where in Magiranger they were siblings and Urara (blue) was protecting her little brother Kai (red) and was turned to stone, Madison (blue) was protecting a guy she was gathering the courage to speak to and was turned to stone. Kai and Urara had a fight about something Kai broke before and Kai felt bad. Nick (red) had told Madison she was too wishy-washy and took no risks and he felt guilty for telling her that. One moral was not to be afraid to take risks and the other was to forgive each other and no matter what, family will defend you.


Let's go on the Magic Express / Inner Strength
Makito (green) and Xander (green) were both sent to prehistoric times by the sixth warrior and were both accept at them. They faced different obstacles to protect their four other team members. The Ozu family feared a Mammoth but Makito was able to confront it and use it to save them. The other four feared an Ogre and Xander was about to confront it and trick it into helping them. Both had the same moral and story essentially but, Makito was more beat up about the focus on Hikaru and had inner turmoil boiling. Xander was just plain angry.

Lunajel did not want the help of the Magiranger and locked them out, but Clare, when she was the Gatekeeper, she was helping them out and had to stand up and live up to the legacy of her mother.


When Sungel was a frog, he let Urara know about the villain's pattern (above), Urara was afraid of frogs. Madison was also afraid of frogs, she had to kiss Daggeron back like Urara did with Sungel, but Madison came up with the pattern herself, probably because of time constraints.

Snowjel and the Snow Prince both had to demote Sungel/Daggeron and had them follow in the steps of Kai/Nick. The major differences were that Snowjel was female and Snow Prince was male, Snowjel had been introduced before but Snow Prince seem to come out of nowhere and finally that, in the end, Daggeron rod Nick's bike while Hikaru and Kai made cakes together. There were slight differences but they were pretty much the same moral.

Where the Snow Prince and Clare came along to save the day, it was Lungel and Snowjel. Lunagel was the one that went running to Magijel, not Snowjel, where in Mystic Force, Snow Prince went to go get Mystic Mother. Nai and Mea revived Bravejel and Sunjel, Necrolai revived Leanbow and Daggeron---Necrolai became human. Nai and Mea were already human-ish. But the finale was pretty much the same. Also, with Smoky/Genji comes out of nowhere--neither was explained how they returned or where connected to their masters.

Adapting and Summarizing Morals: Go-Onger to RPM

I thought since many liked my comparisons of Super Sentai and Power Rangers, I thought I would do some more, but in storylines and plots. Many times, Super Sentai stories are simplified or made light of in Power Rangers. Such simplifications can be considered culture differences or just stacked for time and squeezing in footage into one episode because the low episode count.

How Green and Black Rangers became Rangers was different. Go-On Black and Green forced themselves into the Go-Onger, for once, I didn't agree with how Super Sentai handled this situation. It showed that if you really wanted something and pleaded for it, you got your way. Gunpei and Hanto had stole Bomper and the Engine Casts. Dillon and Ziggy didn't really want to force themselves into being Power Rangers. Dillon had to be convinced into being part of the team. Ziggy didn't even think about being a Power Ranger yet, he wanted to please everyone and get them a Green Ranger. He only bonded with the morpher to not let evil get it.

Where the zords have eyes and don't talk, the Engines in Go-Onger actually talk and have personalities. They came from another dimension and when you insert the Engine 'Souls' into their arsenal, they talk. And they had to befriend them and convince them into helping. When Gun-phred (black) and Birca (green) came along, they didn't instantly get along with their Go-Onger. And Carrigator (Croc Carrier) was believed to be a villain and fought against the Engines. They would teleport an carrying case with the miniature casts and make them bigger by insert the souls, while the RPM Rangers would teleport them from their chests and insert the cells.

Whereas Renn/Go-On Blue was smart and the trusted mechanic (he created G-9 and other things), Dr. K is the trust scientist and Flynn is just the lowly mechanic. Go-On Blue's experimental Engine Soul saved the day, Flynn's experimental Engine Cell did not. Hiroto/Go-On Gold was the one behind the Go-Roader and it not working, Go-On Blue saved the day by fixing it. Flynn and Gema worked on Road Attack Zord together and Dr. K helped tweak it at the end. Hiroto had to learn how to trust others and not do things just on his own. Gema learned to not read a book by its cover and Flynn learned to trust in himself even when he fails and when others don't believe in him.


The episodes Maiden's Earnestness (GP-38) and "Dome Dolls" were very similar in that the girls Yellow and Silver were on their own. They fought between a different monster and their wheel arsenal was used differently. Shower Banki (who has 'obscene' nipples) froze all the male Go-Onger and Engines, so Miu and Saki only had BearRv available to use. While the Chemical Bot polluted the air of Cornith to make all the men in it to fall asleep. It was dealt with very differently, the Go-On girls freaked out entirely, while the women of Cornith had to deal with a bigger pandemic and dealt with it fine, except for Vasquez, who is not a Ranger but a soldier inside the tower where Colonel Truman calls an office. Gema did mentioned they were outnumbered but the Ranger girls barely broke a sweat and dealt with it with rational.

The Go-On girls eventually gave their all and BearRv entered the Go-Roader GT so they could fight together and defeated the Shower Banki's first life with a special finisher. Another difference is that RPM squeezed two episodes together so they had the Red Ranger use the Road Attack Zord against Chemical Bot, because that was his original counterpart (Straw Banki)'s opponent. Even though the producers probably thought they were saving footage, it looked like the men had to clean up the women's mess. Having the Red Ranger save the day didn't make sense but that's a common Power Ranger factor.

All other differences has to do that RPM is about an apocalypse and war and Go-Onger is about other dimensions and traveling the country.

Adapting and Summarizing Morals: Boukenger to Operation Overdrive

I thought since many liked my comparisons of Super Sentai and Power Rangers, I thought I would do some more, but in storylines and plots. Many times, Super Sentai stories are simplified or made light of in Power Rangers. Such simplifications can be considered culture differences or just stacked for time and squeezing in footage into one episode because the low episode count.

Gahja steals the Leon Giordana's manuscript and remembers the information and makes the Anti-Parallel Engine, that he gives to the Ashu to make the Questers. They affected the Neo-Parrell Engines inside the Boukengers so that is why the Boukenger always suffered around the Questers. Only Bouken Silver was invulnerable to them. While Gahja went through a journey to make the engines, Flurious just popped the 'Gyros' out of an icicle with no explanation.

BoukenYellow, Natsumi's blood was very important since she was of the Lemura civilization, which most of the Precious were from. Her blood was used to release Ashu from a special mirror. That is why Natsumi was always kidnapped. Ronny, being yellow, was kidnapped to, but with no particular reason. The Fearcats just targeted her. They used the 'power' of her morpher to activate the mirror. And Natsumi's energy was used to power a Precious, Ronny too but Natsumi made more sense since she was of Lemura.

Akashi struggle through a lot to get the Golden Sword, you had to be pure of heart. In the Power Rangers, it didn't take one, but a whole team to take the sword---which was a good, to tie in with the group theme. But the Power Rangers barely broke a sweat, Akashi was all dirty, sweaty and bloody by the end.


BoukenRed sliced the monster in half with the sword while Mac did without his armor because he didn't ahve his powers. This was a bit strange since it hadn't been revealed he was an Android yet. And no one questioned how he was able to leap so high--when his 'genetic power' was just superhuman strength.

Other than differences like character (Kamdor and Yami no Yaiba, connection with Masumi, Tyzonn and Ragi and Eiji), those are the most that stand up. Check out other differences on the links below.

Related Topics: Power Rangers/Super Sentai Character Conversion: Operation Overdrive/Boukenger | Power Rangers/Super Sentai Villain Conversion: Operation Overdrive/Boukenger

Women's Roles in Power Rangers

 UPDATED 11/17/12
As I do with everything, I cover both Super Sentai and Power Rangers. Previously, I covered women's roles in Super Sentai, now it's the turn of the Power Rangers.

Kimberly may started out as a bimbo-esque cheerleader, but she was also a gymnast and she was allowed to develop as the show went along. And what many people forget is that she also knew sign-language and learned how to fly a plane by herself. She was very capable to handle situations on her own, once she calmed down of course. And Trini was a very self-aware person, she was fully-realized, she knew who she was, she had very little doubts in herself, except for of course, her fear of heights, which she quickly got over. The point is that Kimberly evolved.

Dulcea
If Super Sentai is infamous for showing scantly-clad women in elaborate costumes (the villainesses) or in swimsuits, the only case of this in Power Rangers was in the movie. Many of the villainess costumes from Sentai were not used because they were too quote-unquote 'sexy.' But maybe with the movie, Saban felt he could have more lee-way than he had with Saturday mornings. This was one of the most scantly-clad outfits in the whole franchise of Power Rangers. Could you have imagined Catherine Sutherland (Katherine Hillard) in this outfit? She auditioned for it.

Three females have gotten to be leaders of the Power Rangers. Only one was the leader in an entire season (Jen of Time Force). Delphine, who appeared for the 10-episode mini-series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers and 2 episodes in Power Rangers Zeo, she was the first female leader ever. She was unquestioned in her abilities as the leader of the Aquitar Rangers.

Charlie was the leader of the A-Squad SPD Rangers. She was not revealed to be female until the last episodes of SPD. The Red Ranger was heard to have a male voice in early episodes, probably because producers hadn't decided her to be female until later on. Some fans have construed that she disguised her voice, one fan says the 'male' voice was a female voice altered. It has been said by Bruce Kalish that it took time to consider Disney to let there be a female Red Ranger. But since the A-Squad were made of recycled Power Rangers in Space costumes and no toys were based on them (since it is a boys franchise), it was excusable. I consider the A-Squad a team because SPD once considered them legitimate good guy Rangers once. Charlie was indeed the first female Red Ranger but she was part of a corrupted team and ended up being evil--and was Latina, could that understood as the stereotype of the Latino criminal? But, times have changed, so maybe it was just a coincidence. So her existence has its pros and cons.

 Lauren joins the Power Rangers Super Samurai as the technical second female Red Ranger but the first female Red Ranger of the official team and taking over from the male leader. The way is handled is in a non-sexist manner. Mike is uncomfortable with the new leader but not why she is not male but because she simply is 'not Jayden.' She is both a stern and kick-butt leader with quirky one-liners but also a sweet and sensitive woman. Having training and practicing her whole life, she is a bit sheltered and played for laughs (for example. enjoying Mia's cooking) but not so much since she is only around for a few episodes. She adds a new dynamic to the Jayden character and also to the cast itself.

Jen was a unique character as she always had to save Wes, the Red Ranger's butt. Sometimes he did save her, but she could stand on her own. Her drama was she lost her love, they were engaged, which is an old female staple but she dealt with the loss of a lover in a very equality-wise manner. She became cold and brazen but not in a negative way, she still had a soft side. And to add to feminist quota in a way, she never kissed Wes. Many fans complained that they didn't kiss, but according to Sarah Michelle Geller (in a TV Guide interview when talking about the soap opera "Passions"), it was even more sexy not to kiss, to leave to the viewer's imagination. Interesting concept, no? A female has never gotten a Battlizer or her own special armor (other than group power-ups). I have mentioned female ranger Battlizers that have happen in the toy line. The closest thing a female had gotten to have a Battlizer was when Jen came in Wild Force for the Time Force teamup and was black leather gear and a special weapon.

Speaking about Battlizers, there have been three Battlizers that Red Rangers have obtained thanks to a woman. In Lost Galaxy, Karone helped Leo find the Battlizer from a man she turned to stone back when she was Astronema. Leo gained the armor instead of Karone, who had to face her old self in order to obtain it. In Ninja Storm, it was revealed Shane met an alien Skyla (above) when he was a child and she returned to help him and she gave him his new Battlizer. As a Karminion, Skyla's death meant that her powers would be transferred to someone she deemed worthy. She chose Shane, and as she passed away, she left him with her powers. A female had to die in order for a male to gain more strength. And third, Rose created new technology using the Sentinel Knight and Mac used it to don a new Battlizer in Operation Overdrive. In the first two cases, women had to make sacrifices in order for men to get armor.

In Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, real-life tragedy led to creativeness and feminism, when actress Varlie Vernon had leukemia, Kendrix had to be written out of the season for a while. An idea of the Ancient Rangers (Dairanger) was scrapped, the episode "Power of Pink" came along, that tied in with the team-up with the Power Rangers in Space. In "Power of Pink," Cassie (Patricia J. Lee) and Kendrix fought against Psycho Pink, who had returned and was aiming against them. Psycho Pink targeted Cassie's morpher and was unable to morph. Kendrix saved her but had to sacrifice herself, she 'died' and was believed to be dead until the last episode and when the Galaxy Saber was returned to the rock on Mirinoi, Kendrix returned at full force. Karone came to replace her, Cassie was to originally replace her but was not happy with special guest star pay. Anyhoo, it was a great episode and Kendrix's death was not because she was weak but because she was strong and saved the day.

The Color Pink and Skirts
While I have mentioned before about the color pink and how in the past in America, pink was considered for boys and blue for girls, the color Pink has gotten hostility towards femininity. I highly believe it is ridiculous to equate a color with gender. Colors have no genders! They are just colors! It is really dumb to believe pink is only for girls. It is great that the heronies have one color over the boys, but all colors should be equal, so heronies should be able to wear red, black, green, purple, and dark blue and men can wear pink. And as for skirts, there are plenty of heronies that have had no skirt (especially the Yellow Rangers that their Japanese counterparts were men) but some people think the skirt should be taken away. I could take it or leave it, I like the skirts though, they are cute. And some people think they should get rid of pink because pink is 'not a real color' because it is a light red, but I think all the shades should get a chance (like Crimson, Navy and light Blue).

Related Topic: Women's Roles in Super Sentai | Pink and Yellow Battlizers?