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''Power Rangers in Space'' (often abbreviated as '''PRiS''' or referred to as simply '''In Space''') is a Television Show that aired in 1998 as the sixth season of the Power Rangers franchise. It was the first full series to be handled by showrunners Judd Lynn and Jonathan Tzachor . It was loosely based on, and involved footage from, the '''s low ratings, this season was also meant to be the last as the crew had a lower budget than the last few seasons.However, the ratings for this season proved strong enough to move the show on. SYNOPSIS When the '''' lose both their Megazords, and have their Power Chamber destroyed by Divatox and her army of Pirahnatrons, they (minus Justin Stewart, who stays behind to live with his father) leave for space, in search of their old mentor, Zordon . They come across the new Red Ranger, Andros , who initially doesn't trust them, but after they help him in battle and help save his Astro Megaship, he gives them all new Astro Morphers randomly, allowing them to transform into new Space Rangers. With the aid of new allies and old, such as the Silver Space Ranger, Zhane , and the Phantom Ranger , they face the monstrous Dark Specter , his herald of evil, Astronema , Astronema's loyal general and adopted father Ecliptor, and the homicidal "Psycho Rangers." For the bulk of the series, the plot involves the Space Rangers trying to find Zordon, who's being prepared for death at the hands of Dark Specter so that the monster could absorb his powers into his own. To keep the Rangers from doing this, Astronema and Ecliptor launched attacks on Earth to keep the Rangers busy saving the planet instead of traveling to alien worlds, while past villain Divatox was reduced to planet hopping while taking Zordon from planet to planet to hide him from the Rangers. This culminated in the eight episode ''Psycho Rangers'' arc when Astronema released evil, insane robotic Rangers on Earth to hunt down and kill the Space Rangers. The arrival of the Psycho Rangers came on the heels of Andros discovering the truth about Astronema, that she was Karone, his sister. It took time for her to come to grips with this, but she proved to the Rangers who she really was by turning against Dark Specter and rejoining her brother. The remaining Rangers realized they were wrong about her and accepted her. This did not last long, as the arrival of the sadistic Darkonda resulted in Karone being re-brainwashed and Ecliptor being defiled when Darkonda (who had multiple lives) forcibly gave Ecliptor cybernetic implants to remove any trace of good within him. In the final two parter of the series ''Countdown to Destruction'', everything came full-circle when Dark Specter attacked the Earth and all remaining strongholds of good in the universe while absorbing Zordon's life into his own at long last. The Space Rangers, Aquitian Rangers , Phantom Ranger, Blue Senturion , Gold Zeo Ranger , and KO-35 rebels fought hard, but were outnumbered and outgunned. The Space Rangers, having lost two out of their four Megazords, fought hard to defend Earth, but even with weapons such as the ''Battlizer'', they were overwhelmed and forced to regroup. Darkonda decided he was done with being an underling and destroyed Dark Specter with a weapon meant for Earth, but was wiped out as well. Astronema was now the "Queen of Evil" now that Dark Specter was gone, and Andros, in a last-ditch effort, went to the Dark Fortress to try to turn her back to good. As the five remaining Space Rangers fought on Earth, Andros found Zordon in the Fortress. Although no longer in danger of losing his power, Zordon told Andros to shatter the energy tube, allowing his energy to wipe out the forces of evil (those allied with Dark Specter). Andros refused and Astronema attacked. Andros, unable to hurt his sister, was beaten badly in the process. Astronema was about to kill her own brother when Andros deflected her fire back at her, killing her. Ecliptor came in and his caring for Astronema returned after seeing what had happened. The two of them fought, with Andros winning. Finally, he shattered the Zordon's tube, allowing Zordon's essence to expand throughout the universe, but killing him in the process. Almost all of the known villains in the Power Rangers universe were disentegrated into dust, while Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, and Divatox were changed into normal humans, no longer evil. The Rangers down on Earth are excited that they won except Ashley who thinks that Andros is not coming back and is saddened by this though The Dark Fortress touched down on Earth, and Andros, with his sister's lifeless body in his arms, emerged. As he cried for her, she came back to life and the Rangers were overjoyed. Andros, Zhane, and Karone decide to stay on KO-35 and the other Rangers want to go back to Earth. Andros and Ashley walk hand in hand and share a tearful goodbye. Ashley is depressed and misses her boyfriend Andros so much. Andros says to set a course for Earth and Andros and Ashley share a joyful hug in each other's embrace, Zhane and Karone came on board as well and they all headed to Earth. PRODUCTION With a reduced budget and rumors that the show would be canceled if the ratings did not improve, the writers provided an interstellar finale which would draw the various storylines from the previous seasons to a close. The decision to make the series space-centric, came after seeing preliminary character designs for the Megarangers and their respective mecha/Zords. The preliminary sketches showed the Megarangers riding surfboards in outer space and mecha/Zords that went from spaceship to giant robot. But there was one small problem due to the fact that Saban and Toei failed to communicate with each other regarding the plot for "Megaranger". Saban assumed it would be an outer space-themed Super Sentai series; in truth, Toei had created a video game/electronic gadget-themed Super Sentai series that never left Earth. It was decided by Judd Lynn to go ahead with the "space war" storyline in spite of the problems with the ''Megaranger'' footage. A great deal of the budget would be spent creating green screen space footage for the Zords travelling in space as well as shooting new fight scenes with the Space Rangers which were tinted a different color for broadcast so as to create the appearance of the battles taking place on alien worlds. Two team-up episodes were made along the way bringing Blake Foster (Justin from ''Power Rangers: Turbo'') and Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam, the second Black Power Ranger, Black Ninja Ranger, Zeo Ranger IV – Green, and the original Green Turbo Ranger) to the show to try and tie up loose ends. The Phantom Ranger, whose identity was never revealed in ''Turbo'', was also brought back for a multi-episode arc, but plans to reveal his identity fell through due to budget problems that forced Lynn to cut the episode where his identity was to be revealed. Also, the show would be the first Power Rangers series to be completely serialized, in that the entire season would be one whole story with plots continuing from each episode. This series also featured plot devices and storylines never before seen in a Power Rangers series. It is also notable in that it is the first to feature a power-up for the Red Ranger (the '', the Quantum Ranger, also considered to be a Red Ranger, would receive a power-up himself. The series is also the first Power Rangers series to feature sympathetic and multi-dimensional villains in the form of Astronema and Ecliptor. Astronema was revealed to be Andros' sister, Karone , who was kidnapped by the cruel Darkonda as a child and raised by the cyborg Ecliptor to be the evil Dark Spectre's harbinger of evil. When Astronema learned the truth about her identity, she was tortured and brainwashed into staying evil by Dark Spectre and Darkonda. Ecliptor, who saw himself as Astronema's father due to him raising her, gained a level of depth not seen by many villains on the show when he tries to defend his adopted daughter, only to be cruely tortured by the sadistic Darkonda, who forces a merger of the two into a singular entity that leaves Ecliptor broken both physically and mentally. CHARACTERS Rangers ;, he used his Ranger powers to defeat Astronema and try to recover his sister. He was portrayed by Christopher Khayman Lee . ;. ;. ;. ;. ;. Allies Villains See Also: Villains in Power Rangers in Space
Other Villains Villains from previous series also appeared. Information about these recurring villains can be found in the following articles: ARSENAL
In order to control the Delta Megazord, the wearer simply speaks commands to the Battlizer Gauntlet. e.g. "Delta Megazord, transform, now."
ZORDS See Also: Zords in Power Rangers in Space The Zords in ''Power Rangers in Space'' were based off of various Space vehicles. The Astro Megashuttle was used by four of the Turbo Rangers to leave the Earth to try and help Zordon. The Astro Megaship was Andros' personal spacecraft that could combine with the Megashuttle to form a Megazord. The Delta Megaship was given to the Space Rangers by the Phantom Ranger. Andros won Zordon's keycards and the Space Rangers learned the location to the Mega Voyager, five new space vehicles. Zhane was given the Mega Winger by the KO-35 Rebels.
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