[ShockerCon]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

That's the one! U.A.O.H. Captain Goro Hoshino!

Huh, so he was a pilot.
Though I'm not sure if that counts, since his U.S. counterpart existed before him...

[Matrixbeast]

I haven't seen GaoRanger, but Taylor in WF was an air force pilot, so I'm assuming the character was just ripped from Gao and given a gender change...

[Battlizer]

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Originally Posted by Galvantula

I'm kinda with Kamen Rider Lucha here: We need more than just "High School Jock" for Power Ranger Reds.

Doesn't that only really apply to MMPR and Dino Thunder? I mean aside from those we have Alien hero, Stowaway, Firefighter, Rich Kid, Dude raised in the wild, Ninja skateboarder, Thief with a heart of gold, Loner with missing parents, Adventurous robot, Martial arts student, Former military pilot, and Samurai descendant.

I'm not even sure TJ or Troy qualify either, since while they were in high school, Carlos and Jake are the jocks of their group respectively.

[ShockerCon]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I haven't seen GaoRanger, but Taylor in WF was an air force pilot, so I'm assuming the character was just ripped from Gao and given a gender change...

Ah yes, I forgot Gao Yellow.
Though as you said, the American version is the same.

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

That's the one! U.A.O.H. Captain Goro Hoshino!

Ding ding ding!

Ohranger, y'all.

And I mean, I was clearly exaggerating for comedic effect. But almost always, Power Rangers makes their characters into "Teenagers with Attitude." Which is fine, I'd just prefer more variety.

[XW1n5t0nX]

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Originally Posted by Galvantula

I'm kinda with Kamen Rider Lucha here: We need more than just "High School Jock" for Power Ranger Reds.

Or how about more than just "high schoolers?"

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

Or how about more than just "high schoolers?"

^^This is what I'm trying to say. Let's break it down for fun.

Primarily HS-aged Seasons: MMPR, MMPR2, MMPR3, Zeo, Turbo, in Space, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, Mystic Force, Samurai, Super Samurai, Megaforce, Super Megaforce

Primarily Adult Seasons: Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force, SPD, Operation Overdrive, Jungle Fury, RPM

That's a 13:8 ratio for the series. Pretty heavily weighted in favor of HS seasons.

Weirdly, Disney was way more diverse when it comes to the ages of its teams.

Saban's ratio is 9:4. Disney's ratio is 3:5. (High School Seasons:Adult Seasons)

Saban sure does love high schoolers. And again, that's not necessarily a bad thing. I just prefer more age-diversity.

[Matrixbeast]

Well, to be fair, while In Space did feature a high school setting, they kind of dropped it after a few episodes.

And Saban doesn't love high schoolers. It's that high school was successful, so why change what made money?
If Power Ranger's first big money maker was a military season like Lightspeed, then 80% of Saban seasons would be military based.

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Well, to be fair, while In Space did feature a high school setting, they kind of dropped it after a few episodes.

And Saban doesn't love high schoolers. It's that high school was successful, so why change what made money?
If Power Ranger's first big money maker was a military season like Lightspeed, then 80% of Saban seasons would be military based.

Hmm, imagine what PR with more military aspects would be like...

[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

And Saban doesn't love high schoolers. It's that high school was successful, so why change what made money?
If Power Ranger's first big money maker was a military season like Lightspeed, then 80% of Saban seasons would be military based.

Well yeah, I don't mean they literally love high schoolers, that would be creepy. They love high school because MMPR made them gobs of money, and they don't want to diverge from a tried and true formula.

Saban doesn't strike me as a particularly risk-taking company, and it easy to see why they keep everything so stagnant. When the PR franchise started to diverge from the MMPR template, ratings tanked. I personally don't think the ratings dive was caused by the franchise's mid-period experimentation -- logic would indicate that the series was getting old, so its appeal was wearing thin with kids who love the next, new thing (also, it was bone-headedly buried by Disney on Jetix during this period, that had to play a major part in the decline). But Hollywood logic doesn't work like normal people logic, and accordingly, I predict we'll get a stream of HS-based teams for the foreseeable future.