Top 20 Darkest Moments on Power Rangers

Though you might not expect it, the "Power Rangers" series can get surprisingly dark. For this list, we’ll be looking at the grimmest, most disturbing, and borderline traumatic scenes from the usually light-hearted superhero franchise. We’ll only be focusing on the TV series and movies and expect spoilers ahead. Our countdown includes Dayu’s Dark Deal With Serrator from “Power Rangers Samurai” (2011), Zordon’s Death from “Power Rangers in Space” (1998), Deker’s Defeat from “Power Rangers Super Samurai” (2012), Alex is Struck Down from “Power Rangers Time Force” (2001), and more! Which Ranger moments chilled you to the bone? Let us know in the comments.
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[@WatchMojo]

Which Ranger moments chilled you to the bone? Let us know in the comments. For more Power Rangers, check out our playlist!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b56vlaBuepirec0

[@boy_ka84]

Any idea where to watch all of these rangers series??? I can't find any online sites to watch every of this series. Any help could help.

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Black, White and Gold Power Rangers!

[@eddieblancher7557]

Kendrix's death, the attack on Terra Venture, Master org destroying the Zords, Lord Drakkon's backstory, Tommy losing his green powers, Rita killing Billy, Zordon's sacrifice, and other things including Magna Defender's backstory.

[@stevencitrin4293]

@@boy_ka84 Yes, go to power rangers official on youtube. They are slowly uploading complete episodes on the page. They have a large number of the series uploaded already.

[@SheriffOutlaw]

I got a list request! Top 10/20 Darkest Power Rangers Seasons or Episodes

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I maintain that Kendrix never died. I think the blast knocked her out of space-time, possibly into the Morphin Grid itself. The state Kendrix was in seemed to be similar to what the Sentinel Knight was dealing with. When they returned the Quasar Sabers to the stone, the restoration of balance allowed her to slip back through.

[@andrewstokka3662]

That’s a good theory and can possibly be canon.

[@CoolBacon101]

Like ninja steel brodys dad that the prism got him

[@Reddragon05100]

That's a fascinating theory. Learning that the Morphin Grid is universal from Operation Overdrive, it's possible that Kendrix was transported there, after destroying the Savage Sword.

[@StarFighters76]

Since seeing Beast Morphers finale, I pretty much figured out that what happened to Steel then, is what happened to Kendrix. Still doesn't take away how dark it was.

[@mikaelschaefer7720]

They Should have killed them all off and end this show completely with the bad guys winning that’s what they need to do 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽🤪🤣😂🤣 stupid show so B rated

[@Predaking4ever]

The saddest part about Kendrix’s death is that the actress had leukemia.

[@joshuamohlman]

But at least she recovered from it

[@leonardolim8976]

Same goes for Dana from light speed rescue. During time for lightspeed dana's actress is sick. So that's why during her ranger form her kyah sounds like Katherine Hilliard from zeo

[@davionwilliams4011]

@@leonardolim8976 whoa, never knew that one

[@leonardolim8976]

@@davionwilliams4011 well it isn't during lightspeed. It's during the team up with timeforce

[@fablethewolf825]

That seems pretty tasteless, than. There are other ways to write an actor off a show besides death.

[@Mastermind8908]

I'd personally put Zordon's death at #1. Like you said, we got to know this cosmic mentor to a lot of rangers for over half a decade. To see him make the ultimate sacrifice, and to have a close friend do it, was a very emotional moment. Watching every big bad in the galaxy we've seen up to this point get hit by his energy wave and either be transformed or destroyed really brought this years long epic saga to a close.

[@brch2]

Zordon is still one being, and his death ended a lot of evil. Meanwhile, RPM's background is that Venjix killed BILLIONS of people.

[@Fackunator]

would you really put Zordon, a single entity, being killed for the greater good as a darker moment than the annihilation of the entire human race?

[@ReederMG]

You can't look at Zordon's death as a single moment or being. This was a character who was the essence of hope of the Power Rangers franchise up until that point. As ranger teams changed and moved on from season to season, Zordon was that constant figure of Good to stand against Evil. His sacrifice was like the death of everything the Power Rangers stood for. It wasn't just Zordon that we lost, there was much more symbolically dying with him.

[@brch2]

@@ReederMG You can when comparing which moment is darker. Yes, Zordon's death was sad, but it destroyed a lot of evil/put a lot of good into the universe. Meanwhile, RPM was literally a post apocalyptic world, where billions of people had been killed by the villain. That's darker than Zordon's death, despite the show itself tending to gloss over the situation and stick to more lighthearted story material.

[@krispykayedwards4906]

For six seasons, Zordon was a father figure to several Rangers and sacrificed himself for the sake of the universe. Not only did his death brought a season to its close, but it also brought an era he started to an unforgettable yet heartbreaking end.

[@AyaNatsu05]

Lost Galaxy and Time Force have the greatest plots ever, mature characters and scenes. I wish they had keep the young adult essence of their original Sentai sources in the next generations.

[@conorcahill5422]

Still think when it comes to which was a more efficient story and one that doesn't follow the generic pattern as was done in previous seasons, RPM does it best.

[@anthonygordon9483]

Well Hasbro just recently acquired Power Rangers for 522 million dollars. And I think they are working to make a Netflix special on the original cast for a mature audience. So that will be interesting. I kind of grown out of power rangers, its mainly for kids. But if they made one for adults and mature teens, I would definitely watch it.

[@dillonm.2422]

same! i was actually really into lost galaxy

[@XDKnoori]

​@@anthonygordon9483 .

[@JaysonsVideoGameSecrets]

I really liked the adultness of the Disney seasons as well, I really liked the pilots for SPD and RPM

[@echo1736]

15:13 I didn't notice this until rewatching this moment but before Mirloc's relefection in Sky's tear shows him grinning like a mad man, that is a nice detail that I never noticed.

[@tetravega567]

Wouldn't the sunglasses be a reflective surface?

[@echo1736]

@@tetravega567 I think they are custom made to allow him to still see, but the lenses of the glasses have no reflection

[@mandos-studio]

Wait so is timeforce red the dad of sky

[@doctordoom1851]

@@mandos-studio No, apparently the early spd rangers were made from time force tech or something like that.

[@mandos-studio]

@@doctordoom1851 Ohhhhhh thx

[@biggeek2256]

I am NOT surprised that Trakeena’s insanity would show up on this list, it’s FREAKING DARK! Amy scared the absolute HELL out of me

[@Luciusthestorms]

I think that's cause Deviot got most of the mind when they went into the cocoon.

[@rubenmorales9725]

she left an impression for sure, and it all started when they came back from a galaxy far away. She destroyed those pirates villains like nothing, and who doesn't love a bad guy vs bad guy scene.

[@EditDeath]

The tragedy of Trakeena is that she didn't have to be that way. The general mentioned was also her mentor in combat, someone she went to specifically to become strong enough to help her father, and who joined her because he saw her potential as an honorable leader. She proved worthy of that faith until the traitor Deviot dragged her into this cocoon thing meant to empower those who enter it, destroying himself and corrupting Trakeena in the process. A descent into dishonor and destruction followed, almost Macbeth-like in nature

[@leonardolim8976]

She wasn't even...all bad. Well she's bad but she wasn't all terrible during the first half of the lost galaxy series until Scorpio's is destroyed. During the first half she spent half of the series living under Scorpius shadow almost doing nothing except looking for the lights. It isn't until she started damage by stealing beauties and after scorpius died that she became virtually more dangerous. In fact first-22 episodes trakeena is much better than astronema (after she gained red hair) even tho trakeena has no development whatsoever

[@Leto85]

I've always respected children movies and series that wasn't afraid to include darker themes when that makes for a better story. I haven't seen Power Rangers when I was a child but this movie here only shows what a great show it was.

[@FFangsYt]

What PR did u used to watch?

[@Leto85]

@@FFangsYt Not. I haven't seen Power Rangers.

[@FFangsYt]

@@Leto85 oh, wait, I skipped over that part, oops, well I guess if u want, u can search online on some good ones to watch

[@Leto85]

@@FFangsYt No problem. :)

[@momokosakurada605]

Power rangers is dark u sure. no ranger ever ends up dead so i wont say that is dark. Super Sentai is dark since they actually die and stay dead

[@carlosk8103]

To me the saddest moment when I looked up what happened to the original " yellow ranger"......

[@jakealter5504]

Killed in a car accident around 2 weeks before 9/11

[@nixiety]

and now the green ranger, may both of them rest in power

[@CardcaptorLiShowron]

@@nixietyAnd Voice actor of Zordon, and maybe others, but only original power Rangers I can think of

[@briancrux7206]

Tommy the green ranger was killed by suicide a few days ago

[@5yoshio]

JDF brother died that same year RIP

[@pleasestopgoodsir]

no matter how "childish" people say the power rangers are. They will always be a badass group fighting to save their planet.

[@Tony-fq5bn]

For me the darkest moment/storyline was the whole Karone/Andros storyline. She was kidnapped as a child and raised Evil, then when she realizes who she really is, and even her evil father figure Ecliptor is willing to let her go, the forces of Evil take them both back by force and reprogram their brains. Luckily the Zordon Wave saved her, but I always thought it sucked how it just destroyed Ecliptor. Ecliptor was definitely my favorite General villain.

[@omarcogle1965]

I wished Ecliptor could've been saved as well, because he did watch out for Karone.

[@crimsonvoid1595]

There’s a Power Rangers comic that shows what happens with Karone after the events of Lost Galaxy. That comic is Power Rangers The Psycho Path which throws Psycho Green back into the mix after he’s been MIA after Zordon’s first Ranger Team defeated him on the Moon after Dark Specter sent him to rescue Rita when he learned Rita had stolen the Green Power Coin from Zordon.

[@cooper3814]

I seriously feel bad for Karone when Ecliptor died, he was the only family she had growing up, I mean Ecliptor could've just turned good and at the end becomes a true father to her and Andros

[@crimsonvoid1595]

@@cooper3814 this is true.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Yeah, he was one of the first really formidable side villains to. And the first one of actually honorable villains. He had a great redemption qualities and it's really a shame he was just destroyed. It shouldn't be this way. I mean I didn't thought about this very much but... it really sucked. I think if I would be able to change one thing in Power Rangers in Space... it would be the final fate of Ecliptor. He deserved to be saved. (And surely was more fitting for that than Zedd, Rita or Divatox. And in the long term only the case of Rita eventually had some purpose(her becoming the Mystical Mother... and still getting headaches:D))

[@hulktopf5031]

Those starship troopers uniforms. Always funny that they reused them everywhere without changing them.

[@volpelunare3613]

"Would you like to know more?"

[@your_local_luxury]

Lol it is funny

[@shaunbang]

What if it was the same universe!?

[@gldni17]

It makes a lot of sense both in regards to budget, and they are clearly military styled uniforms without any explicit connection to any real military. Very handy for sci-fi and media that doesn't get pentagon funding and assistance/oversight.

[@bravose7en]

One of the darkest moments for all of us fans. Rest In Peace JDF.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I never realized how much of Lost Galaxy looked like Starship Troopers.

[@Dynexsil]

It's because they used the same costumes 😂

[@volpelunare3613]

YES!!! @2:33 I was like did I switch over to a ST list?

[@volpelunare3613]

@@Dynexsil the only good bug is a dead bug!

[@kivulifenrir]

Makes it really funny that the major villain and his ground forces are bug-themed at that.

[@ezekial7028]

This just shows the creators of Power Rangers were running out of ideas when they are stealing ideas and costumes from a big movie.

[@Tpforbunghole]

The fact sky’s dad was basically a pre-SPD-Time force 😱

[@crimsonvoid1595]

Actually SPD was made up of various Ranger Factions. If you read Soul Of The Dragon you’ll see at the end how Tommy’s Son JJ gets Tommy’s Green Ranger Powers.

[@aaronplaz6761]

For years I thought that SPD was a direct sequel of Time Force, but sadly it wasn't. That was the result of a budget cut as Disney didn't wanted to spend money to make the suit for Sky's father as he was going to appear on just 1 episode, so they decided to use Red Time Force Ranger's suit as a replacement for the scenes. Something similar happened with the A-Squad, their suits were recycled, that's why their helmets were similar to the ones used by the Space Rangers in PR In Space, oh yeah and they painted the helmet of the black ranger so it looks green lmao

[@serrato8816]

I thought his dad was Wes and his mother was Jen to be honest but then I realized Jen and Wes couldn’t be in the same timeline because of chances of time alteration and time paradoxes which still bothers me

[@after-hours]

I'm hoping one day power rangers gets on the Guinness book of world record for the longest running kid show

[@PowerRangerfan]

It already has the record for the longest running show adapted from japanese footage.

[@MiXVoy]

Sorry, but that Guinness World Record was already taken by Tsubaraya's UltraMan franchise

[@414KTop]

I thought sesame street was the longest kid show. Correct me if im wrong

[@WhiteFangofWar]

They hit their last season now. Barring another revival, they won't ever beat Sesame Street's record. At least they went out on a high note.

[@fabolous2006]

Pokemon will never end it will continue into infinity and Ash will stay 12 forever

[@marlonlom]

::: timeline ::: 00:00:50 |20 | The end of the Green Ranger 00:02:12 |19 | A terryfing rescue mission 00:03:17 |18 | Did something happen to me? 00:04:36 |17 | Deker's defeat 00:05:50 |16 | Lord Zedd's twisted demands 00:06:58 |15 | The truth behind Cole's parents 00:08:08 |14 | Cruger loses everything 00:09:11 |13 | Dayu's dark deal with serrator 00:10:28 |12 | The end of the wild zords 00:11:48 |11 | Imperious' dark wish 00:13:00 |10 | Alex is struck down 00:14:13 |09 | Mirloc toys with sky 00:15:30 |08 | Trakeena goes too far 00:16:37 |07 | Ransik's hatred 00:17:46 |06 | Billy drowns 00:19:11 |05 | The power rangers lose their base 00:20:22 |04 | Magna defender's past 00:21:33 |03 | Kendrix's sacrifice 00:22:59 |02 | Zordon's death 00:24:27 |01 | Doctor K unintentionally starts an apocalypse

[@ClutchCompetitor]

Good man

[@ff3player]

Did you know that had the transition to Disney not been made and Cole's parents needed to not be dead, it would have been revealed that Jindrax and Toxica were Cole's parents transformed into Orgs.

[@howardcooper2002]

Number 20 hitting even harder now 😢😢

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

The number 19 spot is definitely the one that I would go with. When I first watched it on Netflix (R.I.P 95% of the entire Power Rangers franchise on Netflix) it was not an episode that I was wishing to come back too.

[@estebangutierrez160]

All the Power Rangers shows are being uploaded to KZbin every Friday.

[@JeffWeselyan]

I miss time force light speed spd

[@megadong2398]

They're on KZbin now, way more easily accessible.

[@Crimzon_Nova]

Number 19, I immediately saw Starship trooper in it. That military armor.

[@PowerRangerfan]

@@JeffWeselyan Time Force is my favorite finale of Power Rangers.

[@PrinceTrexus]

Honorable mentions: - Frax's origin (Time Force) - young Karone is kidnapped (In Space) - Trakeena kills Villamax (Lost Galaxy) - Captain Mitchell's deal with Diabolico (Lightspeed Rescue) - The entire season finale (Time Force) - Kimberly and Jason "die" in Maligore's pit (Turbo: A Power Rangers movie)

[@jakealter5504]

Captain Mitchell was basically forced to make a deal with the devil in order to save his son

[@jamtop1105]

*Jason and Kimberly

[@TsukiZer0]

Super Sentai: "That's cute..." Kamen Rider: "Really cute..." GARO: "The cutest..." Metal Heroes: "At least their series wasn't disgraced."

[@LOLMAN9538]

LMAO

[@your_local_luxury]

I don't get it but *laughing*

[@TsukiZer0]

@@your_local_luxury Super Sentai has plenty of dark moments, but Kamen Rider is even darker, and Garo can be summed up as "Devil May Cry but darker and with nearly NO humor", and Metal Heroes went from dark to too light hearted before dying off for good.

[@LairdErnst]

I remember a lot of these episodes. I forgot some of them but the toughest ones stick with you no matter what. The mature themes were an important aspect of the shows and could still have relevance today. I actually didn't know that Valerie Vernon (Kendrix) had actually been dealing with a real world disease and it definitely drives home her character arc's importance. Power Rangers still holds a special place with me, and I hope it continues to inspire.

[@cooper3814]

I'm genuninly happy that Valerie was able to recover fast enough to return for the finally, but I say they could've used that for some sort of after-series special, I imagine it could've happened like; the remains of Astronema's evil empire under a new ruler more powerful than Astronema or Trekena have somehow captured Kendrix's soul and the rangers have a limited time to save her or else her soul will be destroyed. At the end Kendrix is revived

[@nealsmall9316]

@@cooper3814 I'm still sad that Jason David Frank is gone 😥

[@derrickhaggard]

I'm hoping we get a list of darkest Super Sentai moments. As Super Sentai has plenty of dark moments to choose from such as the Green Ranger dying in Zhuranger, the various innocent civilians killed by the Psycho Rangers in various graphic, and sadistic fashion in Megaranger, and Tama actually admitting him and the Green Ryusoul Ranger prior to meeting up with Koh and the others had actually killed humans possessed by Minosaurs in Ryusoulger.

[@bennywark3103]

Yeah, it needs more attention

[@cassiopeia36]

I second that. And don't even get me started on seasons such as Liveman, Dairanger or Timeranger.

[@artfire28]

The darkest moment I've seen from Super Sentai was the death of Yellow Four from Chodenshi Bioman. This was the moment I realized Japan is not afraid to tell dark stories. Then found out Toei had to work on that unexpected predicament due to the Y4 actor left the series.

[@derrickhaggard]

@@cassiopeia36 Oh one infamous dark moment from Timeranger was the supposed death and return of Alex's sentai counter-part. Basically what happened was the Timefire Red Ranger who held the role before the actual main one much like his Timeforce counterpart seemingly died during the opening moments of the Timeranger pilot episode, but just like Alex would seemingly come back to life due to "plot reasons" but unlike Alex who came back as jerk commander who got likeable later the previous Timefire Red Ranger came back as villain and remained that way until if I remember correctly his 2nd death.

[@leonardolim8976]

Number 1 darkest super Sendai moment is the 6th ranger always dies 1. Mikoto nakadai as the white Dino ranger 2. Shurikenger as the green samurai ranger 3. Naoto as the quantum ranger 4. Whoever played the green mmpr in zyuranger

[@TitaniusAquarius202]

There are a lot of moments that were darker than what’s on this list. Most notably, the destruction of the Thunder Zords. Seeing that as a kid is seared in my memory

[@jakealter5504]

What about the story of Fraxx? His backstory was pretty bad

[@TitaniusAquarius202]

Agreed. That absolutely should have been on the list.

[@dominictrujillo3323]

Mine too 😨

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Other darker moments that weren’t on the list were the destruction of the Command Center and Power Chamber, and the reversal effect in the final episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

[@KotCR]

@@michaelmonthey5974 I suppose this list isn't recent enough, but Amelia's backstory in the recent Dino Fury, aswell as just Zayto's history and ultimate finale in the last episode are probably both worthy of mention in a list on some of the potentially darker moments in the show, even if these sequences are displayed more flashy than gritty.

[@whitewing2]

Ransik might be the most sympathetic Villain in the entire PR Franchise, and that is why he was redeemed and had a happy ending in Wild Force

[@judaihyuga]

I actually really appreciate Ransik's story. He's not just evil for sake of being evil, he's evil because people rejected him for the accident of his birth, something he had literally no control over. It reminds of what one critic said about the CG Beowulf movie: "in the poem they're outcasts because they're bad, in the film they're bad because they're outcasts".

[@jakealter5504]

@@judaihyuga ransik was basically the power rangers version of magneto

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

I would argue, that Koragg is in a way even more sympathetic villain. Also Ecliptor would be high on this list.

[@marvel.content6945]

I didn’t realize how dark the Magna Defenders past was as a child. seeing a kid die on a child’s series is very dark

[@kriegermaria9923]

Sentai rangers the jap onehad so much deaths

[@joshuahallman8830]

In Jetman there was a lot of dark moments like when Radiguet drove Tranza to insanity, Gai dying at Sayaka's wedding, Grey and Gai's final fight, etc.

[@cooper3814]

and Don't forget Rei's entire role in the season, and I can't forget the entire episode with Grey's little robot trying despretely to get Maria back to hem

[@JBDude52]

Top 3 (In my opinion): 1. Doctor K unintentionally starts an apocalypse 2. Magna Defender's past 3. Kendrix's sacrifice The fact that Doctor K tried to use a virus against the government to go outside causing it to destroy human population is so dark, it was darker than most tv shows. Magna's past was a literal gut wrenching, so dark and sad, he had guts and anger to get vengeance, it's so hard to watch someone lose their children. And the behind the scenes for Kendrix's sacrifice sounded horrible, it would be even worse if the actress died from the disease, thankfully she survived, and that's good.

[@cooper3814]

they really could've made a conclusion movie for lost galaxy revolved around Kendrix and Karone Like the remains of Karone's evil empire have captured Kendrix's soul and at the end Karone finally finds fogiveness in herself and Kendrix is brought back to life

[@williammunro2215]

I'm surprised Darkonda abducting Karone wasn't on here. Like that's literal kidnapping, and she was brainwashed into evil! I remember rewatching In Space in my late teens early 20s and being shocked that they allowed THAT in a Power Rangers series

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Well they wanted the series to hit harder than usual... and they manage to create one of the best seasons in Power Rangers history.

[@jakealter5504]

I would’ve included fraxx, his story was one of the darkest in the franchise

[@tjhooker824]

That was just plain sad.

[@jakealter5504]

@@tjhooker824 agreed. He tried to help Ransik out of the kindness of his heart, nearly got killed by Ransik, became a cyborg to get revenge on Ransik, mocked nadira when she said that she wasn’t sure if she hated humans anymore, realized that she meant it after she apologized to him for what Ransik did, urged her to break the cycle of hatred, got lobotomized, and died after the rangers destroyed doomtron. He was a good man that got broken by Ransik but still had enough humanity left in the end to encourage nadira to not give into hatred, his encouragement not only caused nadira to redeem herself but indirectly caused Ransik to do the same since nadira got Ransik to see the good in humans after he nearly killed her accidentally while she was protecting a baby and trying to find its parents. part of me wonders if the baby that nadira rescued in the finale was the same baby that she helped deliver 1-2 episodes beforehand.

[@sonic1135]

When Nadera apologized for her father his true self said " there is hope for her" that hit me hard next to kendrix "dying" and I put air quotes cuz we know why kendrix was killed off because in the middle of the season they found out she had cancer so they killed her off and turned her into the ranger equivalent of a force ghost she got an unexplained return because near the end of the season they found out she was in remmison and because of that entire thing the cancer to the remmison gets a pass in terms of not explaining it because cancer is no joke

[@louiswilson3653]

Agreed

[@nitecrawler6787]

Lost Galaxy and RPM are easily the most u nerving and different from the other shows. The twists and things that happened in those shows were dark, unnerving, but also some of the best writing. Those are my two favorite shows in the franchise!

[@gnarleytarley3870]

Lost Galaxy to me is the top, then SPD, and I been around since BFT (Before Tommy)

[@janderson947]

True lost galaxy was the best and time force they even had a great lovesstory

[@nealsmall9316]

@@janderson947 Did you like Power Rangers Wild force

[@janderson947]

@@nealsmall9316 i did wild force,lost galaxzy.rangers in space and time force had the best storyline especially when ryan the villian turned out to be the pink rangers brother and the captains son he had to make a deal with a monster to save his life and every time he transforms the monster cursed him soge ingrained in him a tatoo tatoo would activate killing him little by little power rangers was great even when it was on jetix back in the day but now that's it's on nickeloeneon it's been a bit watered down the last time i watched it was some years ago...

[@ChrisTian-ed8ol]

As a kid this was just good writing, stories can't just be ups, they need their downs. I loved Power Rangers for this, and parents today need to stop treating their kids like babies, they need to start letting them grow up. Edit: You left out the darkest part about Dr. K's story, she wasn't just taken by Alphabet Soup, she was kidnapped by them from her family.

[@Foxxie0kun]

This. So much this. There's no way any parent can sanitize 100% of the media their children consume, and kids are smarter than anyone seems to give them credit for. They can sniff out context, ask questions until they're hoarse, and they'll fact-check by asking the same questions to different teachers, family members, etc. Sometimes kids' shows need to show that sometimes you can do everything right and still fail, that sometimes they'll lose something or someone they care about, and what really matters is to find ways to cope, keep going in life, and overcome adversity.

[@crimsonvoid1595]

Venjix actually returned as the main antagonist in Beast Morphers.

[@pilot8220]

@@crimsonvoid1595 Really? So Beast Morphers is set in the same universe as RPM?

[@crimsonvoid1595]

@@pilot8220 No it’s a different universe but at the end of RPM Venjix had downloaded himself into one of the RPM morphers and in the Beast Morphers universe a kid genius decides to experiment with Morphing energy and snake DNA using the RPM Morpher which gave Venjix new Life.

[@leonardolim8976]

Now I understand why Andrew Hartford first refuse to let Mack become a ranger. It could be for Either of these reasons 1. He cares about Mack that he doesn't want him to get hurt 2. He's afraid the truth would be revealed if Mack was damaged during battle and the damage would reveal Mack's system No matter how mediocre/terrible this series is, this moment makes all the more satisfying to rewatch

[@cooper3814]

I say it was both

[@leonardolim8976]

@@cooper3814 nah. I seen what worries look like. The way Andrew looks it's more than worry. It's fear. Not just for macks life but bc of the truth

[@leonardolim8976]

@@cooper3814 I'd say operation overdrive is good. Just the last on the disney era and hasbro era possibly. It's better than nickelodeon era

[@b.y.o.p.9035]

Have to say, the story with Valerie Vernon was a deep one for me because of her real life backstory. I actually teared up when she said "I'm okay. I'll always be here". So glad she recovered to. I think Zordon's sacrifice was the darkest for me. He was there at the beginning.

[@DamianFloresRF]

As a kid, I got into Power Rangers during season 2 and I was very intensely into the Thunder Zords, specially the Red Dragon. The moment Rito destroyed the Thunder Megazord and the White Tigerzord shocked me to my core and made me cry my eyes out. Might have been the first time I tasted what felt like an crushing irreversible loss in a silly kids' show.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Especially that Thunder Megazord was definitely one of best designed and an absolute classic.

[@shaunbang]

Kendrix’s death was shocking and sad but yellow rangers Tatas +21:56 wiped away all their present thoughts and emotions immediately lol man that yellow ranger was shmoookin

[@jona3180]

Check her out in not another teen movie

[@edgeninja]

There were some VERY fine pink and yellow rangers for the first few seasons. I remember crushing extra hard on Ashley and Cassie as a teenager.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

That's more booby than Divatox got to show, not counting the movie.

[@aztn19]

Zordon’s Sacrifice will always be the top of the Power Rangers feels. His death was the end of my childhood as it happened the year I graduated high school. I tried to keep an eye on the Rangers through my younger cousins & later on nephews over the years, but nothing comes close to getting my attention like Zordon telling Andros to destroy his containment tube so that the magic keeping him alive can be released to save the universe. It was as if he was telling all the kids that grew up on Power Rangers during that final montage that we’ll be okay even as the show ends & he’ll still remain with us. 🥲🥲 But I guess causing the apocalypse by creating the Sigma virus so that Reploids rule the world because she was a child prisoner seeking freedom is darker than the main hero killing his mentor to save everybody 🤷🏾‍♂️🙃

[@eishiba3916]

This wasnt remotely depressing. If Zordon had been killed by one of the original members who knew he many many many years longer, this would have had more impact. Im not sure if its bad acting or if the producers wanted it this way but when Zordon explains why Andros must kill him Andros is just like ok. Andros sounds to positive. And thats that. It could have had a better chance at having any emotional affect if it had been any other ranger period. Andros is the worst Power Ranger ever. He is also the biggest failure as a leader.

[@ThatSnarkyHunter]

It never clicked as a kid that Time Force and SPD were interconnected

[@theresecallahan8548]

How could you forget Captain Mitchell's deal with Diabolico to save Ryan's life? That was pretty dark.

[@jakealter5504]

That was dark but not as dark as the story of Fraxx, the poor guy did nothing to deserve the horrifying fate that he got. At least fraxx got some redemption before his death

[@leonardolim8976]

They also forgot that Eric was about to kill notacon bc he's a mutant. That was also dark. If it weren't for trips zybrian revelation who knows how far Eric would go

[@bryancarson5908]

Genuinely thought that was top 5 darkest moments! Making a deal with your young child’s life is nauseating

[@jakealter5504]

@@bryancarson5908 he was in a lose lose situation, it was either hand his son to the demon and they all survive or refuse and all three fall to their deaths

[@leonardolim8976]

@@bryancarson5908 this is what u call a good and noble father. Willing to do whatever it takes so save ur loved ones

[@muriok2474]

Forgot how mature AF this franchise could be, dang

[@chloeeng6811]

The story line is very mature but the way it show it’s for kids

[@janderson947]

True jetix,fox kids but now thats its on nick its watered down...

[@crimsonvoid1595]

Deker was one of my favorite antagonists for Power Rangers. There was also an alternate ending for Forever Red where Jason sacrifices himself for the others. I liked how in the crossover episode of Wild Force and Time Force Ransik becomes normal. I also like how in the Power Rangers Comics the Origins of Terra Venture are revealed.

[@mccuish]

What makes the lost galaxy finale even darker is that it's a pre 9/11 scene. The tragedy affected time force since a lot of the scenes with the Quantasaurus were edited because of 9/11.

[@omarcogle1965]

And ironically 9/11 was 2 years later since Lost Galaxy was in 1999.

[@deadbeatSad]

I'm a 90s kid and never watched Power Rangers. When i see these lists, i think, damn i really REALLY must've missed out as a kid. Almost makes me want to watch Power Rangers for the first time as an adult

[@DepressyDuck]

I'm 26 and I will never be ashamed that I still love Power Rangers. I would highly recommend the Psycho Saga from In Space.

[@moseskuria1234]

The whole franchise is on KZbin for free so happy watching

[@your_local_luxury]

Fun fact:I start watching spacetoon as a kid and kinda remembers some of the old shows spacetoon was my first channel to watch before I even found out about cn

[@deusvlad2.083]

I only saw the original power rangers, but nothing trumps when a power ranger dies in real life. That's the ultimate grim next to someone you love that dies.

[@mymindbecomesacomicworld9969]

Parents: power rangers are all full of kids stuff Us power ranger watchers remembering all the darkest moments of power rangers

[@isaiahwelch8066]

For me, there were two moments that I always remember: 1) The destruction of the Command Center by Lord Zedd. 2) The destruction of the Command Center and Zordon's near-death outside of his tube in the first Power Rangers movie. Honorable mention is every time a series transition happened, and the Rangers lost both their powers and their Zords.

[@liambushell1596]

Great list, but once again an underrated Jungle Fury episode is left out. The episode where Jarrod/Dai Shi begins training with the sky overlord Carnisaur, he is literally taken into his own mind where in an effort to erase Jarrod's humanity, many of his childhood memories are replaced with alternate darker outcomes. This was always dark and creepy to me (especially wondering what was going on, if this was just all in his mind or if Carnisaur was actually taking Jarrod back in time) but both times it has been left out of Mojo videos, first in the original top 10 darkest moments and now this one.

[@leonardolim8976]

Jungle fury is one of my favorite. Best part is the badass theme music playing when the rangers are winning

[@akfm31]

The most darkest moment ever was the death of Jason David Frank. 💔

[@conorcahill5422]

It was exremely sad to lose him, but that doesn't count as a moment that happened in the PR universe. This was real life.

[@LoganBearDad]

God rest his soul

[@sammythestrawberryofficial]

Dude I grew up watching power rangers, I had no idea he died until I saw this comment. That sucks man as much as I hated his character in the show, the actor was so cool. Rest In Peace man what the fuckkkk

[@Jungle110]

Had a Huge Crush on him he motivated us in our Childhood such a Tragic Loss on what happened to him 😢💔💔💔💔💔💔😭

[@nealsmall9316]

@@conorcahill5422 I'm still sad that he's gone 😥 when I found out that he died I was so shocked I couldn't believe it

[@WhiteFangofWar]

Ironically, having comically evil villains means they're willing to inflict the cruelest of tortures on the rangers at times even if it would make much more sense to go for the ki-destroy.

[@kaidose]

Rest in peace Jason. I watched this list last night to find you had passed this morning.

[@Bizzarcyborg]

When characters are running around in starship trooper armor you know it’s gonna get crazy

[@lilreith2603]

I'm honestly surprised there weren't more moments from Power Rangers RPM on this list. There was a surprising number of somber deaths and moments in that season. Granted, Time and Wild Force had more moments, but still.

[@Tasuke]

Growing up, the Ransik stuff definitely caught my attention. Lightspeed Rescue will always be my favorite, but Time Force will always be special to me because of that episode. I think it might have been the first time I ever understood a villain.

[@thashadowspawn]

That moment when the Power rangers where wearing the Star Ship Troopers Imperial Guard Armour cracks me up.

[@joed2431]

Even though I don't watch the series all that much (more of a comic fan) the darker scenes are usually the best. At least in my opinion

[@andeeharry]

Thanks for sharing. I wondered what happened to Zordon and why he suddenly disappeared. All that time looking for the mentor and then nothing....now I understand it after all this time....thank you.

[@jasonboone4908]

Every time I see that Starship Troopers armor show up in other shows, I'm like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme where he sits up in his chair pointing.

[@twist58]

When looking back on Lost Galaxy, number 19 most likely borrowed the gear from 1997's Starship Troopers. The helmets and armor give it away.

[@after-hours]

I'm not going to lie Master org coming back in the finale was definitely the highlight of power rangers wild Force it felt like the world was coming to an end

[@jakealter5504]

That and master org was one of the darkest power rangers villains ever. If I’m not mistaken, he was actually the first main villain to actually kill a family member of one of the rangers and that was when he was still human

[@bryancarson5908]

@@jakealter5504 power rangers was on a roll with death back to back from Time Force to Wild Force! They definitely took those risks and stepped it up a notch which was pretty dark but amazing writing

[@cooper3814]

I honestly wonder if that was really Dr Viktor Adler it could've been the same master org Merrick and the others fought 3000 years ago

[@jakealter5504]

@@cooper3814 it was the original master org reborn in victors body

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Good to know that even today Vernon is leukemia free! ♥️

[@ovx23]

the fact that vendrix is also in beast morphers makes rpm even better

[@deadnthehead4557]

I just realized that the armor worn by the characters @2:24 is the same armor worn in the Starship Troopers movie franchise😂I half expected a bug to pop out! Edit: Even that gun is seen in the movie! Crazy how movie/tv props get re-used and many of us barely recognize it. I think there is one prop that was notoriously used in scifi movies and had its own youtube video made about it.

[@tetravega567]

Yeah the glowing red tubes machine

[@christiangilgutierrez4862]

I thought Im the only one who noticed it

[@epsilonfulminata7637]

That's like in Forever Red the Machine Army generals were Beetleborg costumes leftover from Big Bad Beetleborgs after it got cancelled.

[@nitecrawler6787]

One thing that should have been included should have been Captain Mutiny’s slave work force in Lost Galaxy.

[@omarcogle1965]

You know they should've also added Furio's murder-suicide on Leo, but Leo did survive.

[@Naruto0s44]

What about when lord zedd entered the command center and basically threatened the Rangers to use the new shogun zords or Kimberly dies

[@projectalice3261]

There were a lot more dark moments throughout the series. Would've been nice to hear some honorable mentions like Titanium Ranger's from Lightspeed Rescue or Mesogog and Zeltrax's backstory from Dino Thunder

[@micahnewby7964]

I mean, we already got a twenty as opposed to the typical ten, but you're not wrong. Small favors and all that, I suppose

[@Chan-zn7wb]

Honestly super surprised (and maybe disappointed) to not see the Titanium ranger listed here. His whole arc man, his whole arc..

[@93gamrx]

Anyone else notice the re-used starship troopers gear for the soldiers on the rescue mission? 😅

[@johnP0908]

NGL, I just got confused that the vid I was watching was about Power Rangers when that scene came out.

[@robertpeploe4440]

I was like "why's the mobile infantry here?"

[@sandojones5903]

Those things got reused a lot in tons of movies and TV shows. Usually just the helmet...that's the only time I've seen the whole get up get reused!

[@rockydarknight2980]

For me there was a moment of sad joy emotion. Don't know if it was Space or Lost Galaxy. But a little girl was about to get crush by rocks until the villain save her. She gave him a flower , the villain treasures it n then it gets crush.

[@Deragon0416]

Lost Galaxy It was Vilamax it is what helped push him to speak out against Trakeena

[@jakealter5504]

@@Deragon0416 which then led to his brutal death

[@rockydarknight2980]

Yeah sounds about right. Vilamax. Anyways that scene always gets to me, don't know why. But great scene, help little girl.she " I knew youll save me"

[@leonardolim8976]

Lost galaxy

[@cooper3814]

Lost Galaxy, I feel sorry for Villamax

[@amazedpanda6815]

I wish there were more magic based power rangers :( I love mystic force

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank for The Video ❤️❤️

[@antoniocurcio693]

5:45 Never realised Deker got Thanos'd before it was ever a thing.

[@cooper3814]

now you got me thinking of a power rangers endgame; -since it's the same actor they can say it was Cole (Wild force red) instead of Deker -Lord Drakkon can be Thanos -Tommy; And I... am... the green ranger *snap*

[@samuraiedge2619]

Wow, the pre-Disney era of Power Rangers had really dark plottwist, the last season I saw was "Wild Force", I believe I lost interest in the series at the right time, seeing what came after that season.

[@leonzaduncan2438]

The post-Disney era are actually some of the best, actually

[@davionwilliams4011]

You definitely missed some gems. Jungle Fury, rpm, and spd are pretty good. Imo the quality dropped after mystic force (not counting RPM)

[@jaysonharris5088]

Power Rangers: Ninja Storm I believe came after Wild Force.

[@crimsonvoid1595]

Dino Thunder came a couple seasons later.

[@crimsonvoid1595]

@@jaysonharris5088 it did. Then after that was Dino Thunder and the return of Tommy.

[@TheKratos646]

Man I wish netflix still had all the seasons

[@animeman8203]

The thing with Ransik if Jen is to be believed is people tried to help him, but he turned them away. Hell, his life was saved from another Mutant by the doctor who transformed himself into Frax after Ransik nearly killed him.

[@jakealter5504]

Ransik had probably been scorned by too many people by the time a few people tried to help him

[@thenerfmaster5702]

Good video. Can you please do a video on the top 10 or 20 power rangers villains' saddest or tragic backstories?

[@MicahMane]

The Operation Overdrive storyline where the kid is an android always pops up in my head randomly. Overdrive was super campy and tried to take itself a little too serious at times so when this actually deep ass storyline just kind of starts trickling down to the reveal it was like dang... They went there.

[@LupinKing]

I think you mean Operation Overdrive. RPM is about a computer virus taking over the world leading to an apocalypse that leaves billions dead and the last of humanity in a domed city.

[@MicahMane]

@@LupinKing You're right, my bad! Damn there are way too many PR series.

[@alexlavell3986]

Finally! A new Power Rangers list!

[@EternalRoman]

It's only "Dark" because the Power Ranger shows are a watered down and complete changed stories of the Original Japanese shows. Super Sentai shows are borderline young to adult shows in Japan, they never shy away with death of characters or people on the shows. Some of these shows are completely adult oriented like the Kamen Rider and Garo series.

[@mickey2866]

After the Green Candle incident, Tommy managed to get his Green Ranger powers back for a short time before becoming the White Ranger, that's two things that lightened the blow from Number 20.

[@DepressyDuck]

But you didn't know that at the time. When it first happened, it was sad.

[@OnimenoJason]

Better than what happened to his Sentai counterpart. Knowing that candle meant the end of Burai's life, yeah Tommy got off light.

[@TG_Lunar]

The End of The Wild Zords still gets me teary eyed

[@aypun4239]

Super Sentai had way more darker scemes than these. Especially in Liveman and Jetman.

[@matrix2034]

If u think the show was Dark it's even More Tragic/Grusomely Darker in RealLife Mojo should do what being on PowerRangers has to the most loved characters to The Actors throughout the years

[@PowerRangerfan]

They could have just gotten this whole list from the In Space, Lost Galaxy, and Time Force seasons.

[@douglasmurphy1113]

8:13 How the hell was Cruger not number 1? Dude literally lost EVERYTHING.

[@TheReaperofHades]

Idk. I think being basically a government guinea pig and having to live with the fact your creation that you made in an attempt to gain freedom ended up costing the lives of countless innocents is pretty dark.

[@magicamadeye]

@@TheReaperofHades add on the fact that she was still just a youth...i think yea, that wins. thats emotionally and mentally scarring

[@TheDeath7ofsb]

@@TheReaperofHades ;_; shits messed up

[@jakealter5504]

@@TheReaperofHades I could say the same for the story of Fraxx

[@danielferrieri7434]

Top 20 Best Power Rangers Villains

[@lifeisberserk9566]

Dai shi and Carnisour are the best

[@jakealter5504]

@@lifeisberserk9566 I’d throw in master org

[@lifeisberserk9566]

@@jakealter5504 which one is he from?

[@jakealter5504]

@@lifeisberserk9566 wild force

[@lifeisberserk9566]

@@jakealter5504 ah yeah jungle fury and mystic force are the only ones I've watched

[@baldbeardcombo]

Death of the Pink Galaxy Ranger was nuts

[@duckiemcfly6761]

Tommy Oliver just died and the green ranger is the first thing I remembered about this list.TOMMY NEVER DIES :C

[@darthstarkiller1912]

I knew the Shadow Ranger's past would make it to the list. Nothing darker than being the last of your kind.

[@jakealter5504]

Frax and Dr. K would likely disagree

[@haydenbrewer787]

In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Sentai counterpart, Zyuranger, the green ranger dies.

[@MiXVoy]

Cuz the word "death" didn't pass through Power Rangers standards.

[@michaelalanbaker6661]

Number 17: They're using uniform extras from Starship Troopers, lol.

[@darkcloud2442]

I’m pretty sure that #19 is when Jonny Rico and the roughnecks had there gear stolen by 5 kids with attitude.

[@dark_otaku_prince]

Frax’s Final Punishment Tired of his series of failures, Ransik orders Frax’s humanity wiped and reprogrammed as a full robot. While being carried off, Frax shouts to Nadira, that she has the power to change her life, a power he thought he gave up. That’s all he could do and we knew what was next for him.

[@jakealter5504]

And ironically nadira’s turn also resulted in ransik eventually doing the same

[@andrewmcnamara6305]

According to TV Tropes this list would fall in the category of "Darker and Edgier" and "Unexpectedly Dark Episode."

[@maingamer6846]

Considering you cover anime, Godzilla and Power Rangers, I’d love to see you guys cover more actual Tokuatsu like Gamera, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Metal Heroes. But a last that’s only a pipe dream 😢

[@cardentyler]

Can we just agree that mystic force had a BOP of an opening theme?

[@ieatplastic1756]

The whole show was a bop

[@bestchessplayercuzimpro.1123]

Bop?

[@cardentyler]

@@bestchessplayercuzimpro.1123 BOP yes

[@blazek8231]

Mac being a robot is one of the only good things about operation overdrive .

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

Opening was good too.

[@blazek8231]

@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV It could have been better in my eyes like they could have gave a more mysterious feel like the huntik opening which is also a good vs evil treasure hunting show and one my favourites.

[@blazek8231]

@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV Also does anyone actually like that shitty team up. If they say they do they're lying.

[@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV]

@@blazek8231 well honestly... I don't even remember if I did really watch Operation Overdrive. Mystic Force was the last series I was fully involved into (and definitely one of my favorite). I mean I also watched entire Jungle Fury, and of course entire Zordon saga... and most of Lost Galaxy, Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder. Though I don't really remember their finale very well. Ironically from SPD I happen to see little less beyond... part of the final, from Time Force I seen just a few episodes too. And I once started RPM, but didn't watch it to the end (but I'm planning to... either on my current rewatch or after some break in it... now I'm just at season 2). Oh, and I did once find accidentally one episode of Samurai in TV but... it felt very underwhelmingg. I never seen Lightspeed Rescue and Wild Force, as they saddly weren't dubbed in Polish (my language). As for the opening... well yeah it wasn't the best of them all, but still was pretty decent imo. I mean there wasn't really any actually bad I mean yeah, from Samurai to Super Megaforce they kinda felt like just cheap remake of the original one... but it still kinda works. And RPM is probably even more lazy (actually I heard there were once other alternative version... and honestly at least one was IMO way better than that what was eventualy choosen, I mean the version which is used in Mizgreedys AMV "Code - RPM"(made with use of Code Lyoko(a really good show, BTW)... actually You have to write either hyphen or the word Lyoko or You probably won't find it)) Also... well all series from Disney Era (from Ninja Storm to RPM) had their opening translated into Polish... and all were IMO much better in Polish versions... all (well I don't reall count RPM... in that case they rather equal) expect Operation Overdrive in it's case the English version was actually better(an opposite case for Jungle Fury, when imo Polish version is the biggest improvement). But yeah there are definitely better opeing than it. It may not even be in top 10 (I mean as ones which surely are better I would certainly list: Dino Charge, Mystic Force*, Lost Galaxy, In Space, Lightspeed Rescue, Dino Thunder*, Migdy Morphin, Time Force, Nija Storm*, Jungle Fury*, Wild Force... well it's already beyond 10 :D *at least Polish versions... but I think English ones too) As for Huntik... I know this opening and it is definitely great (just as the show - which I would blindly choose any time over Operation Overdrive, Huntik is definitely among my favorite shows, together with already mentioned Code Lyoko - it is a shame it didn't get 3rd season though... I mean the last scenes at 2nd season finale was literally very clearly sending a message "it's not the end" to the viewer...), but... I'm not sure if something like that would really fit Power Rangers style. I mean imo Operation Overdrive already has most stylisitcally disinctive opening song. Mystic Force is probably second one but I still bland flawlessly in general style of Power Rangers openings - which can't be so much told about Operation Overdrive.

[@blazek8231]

@@Lyokoheros-KLPXTV Trust me you have to finish power rangers rpm it is my favourite power rangers series and it helps set up power rangers beast morphers in 2020. I won't say how to not spoil it but trust me the ending was truly packed and a uphill fight for the rangers.

[@supersonicjc]

a decent list of the darker moments of a long going franchise, was wondering when RPM was gonna make the list as that entire season was dark right up to the season finale, as for the death of Zordon... that and what happens in that entire scene is very dark all on its own and for a show that at the time was getting canceled they went out with a bang that a later season 20 years later tried and poorly forgot the events entirely... also for being one of the more mature and dark seasons timeforce only had a few mentions vs lost galaxy which had more moments some of which post 9/11 have had scenes edited out of them for obvious reasons... not a bad list sadly stopped watching mainly post disney as it became next to impossible to find the show til years later and i moved over into watching the sentai counterparts which has some very dark moments, they should make a list of those moments as for a kids show in another country they tackle death quite a bit and not just in general but main core rangers die flat out...

[@captainsinclair7954]

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that the PR Lost Galaxy producers got ahold of the Starship Troopers Mobile Infantry armor and rifles? That felt good seeing the unintended reference.

[@marcusyates3044]

Top 10 Black, White and Gold Power Rangers!

[@marlonclark1896]

yeah

[@jakealter5504]

Tommy is going to be on two of those lists and likely will be number one on the green ranger list