''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' is the twenty-second season of the long-running
television program
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''
Power Rangers
''Power Rangers'' is an entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise ''Super Sentai''. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entert ...
''. Using footage, costumes and props from Japanese 37th
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ...
Series ''
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
is the Toei Company's 37th entry in its long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series following ''Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters''. ''Kyoryuger'' aired on TV Asahi from February 17, 2013 to February 9, 2014, joining ...
'', it is the first season to be distributed by
Saban Brands Entertainment Group, after the formation of two new units within the company called Saban Brands Lifestyle Group and Saban Brands Entertainment Group on December 11, 2014. The show is produced by
SCG Power Rangers and began airing on
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
on February 7, 2015, ending on December 12. It also went broadcast on Pop in 2018.
Broadcast from May 25, 2015 and June 9, 2015 on
M6.
The second season, and twenty-third overall, is called ''Power Rangers Dino Super Charge'' and premiered on January 30, 2016, ending on December 12, 2016.
Plot summary
Season 1: ''Dino Charge''
Sixty-five million years ago, a dinosauroid
alien
Alien primarily refers to:
* Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country
** Enemy alien, the above in times of war
* Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth
** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...
named Keeper was pursued through the galaxy by Sledge, an intergalactic
bounty hunter
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bent on acquiring ten magical stones called the Energems in Keeper's care and using them to conquer the universe. Keeper crash landed on prehistoric
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...
, entrusting the gems to many
dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...
s for safe-keeping and crippled Sledge's ship with a bomb that left the bounty hunter stranded in deep space. Unfortunately, Sledge's collection of asteroids held in a tractor beam accidentally rained down on prehistoric Earth and ultimately caused
the extinction of the dinosaurs.
In the present day, Keeper is found by paleontologist Kendall Morgan and they set up a base under the Amber Beach Dinosaur Museum in the city of Amber Beach. They begin a mission to find the Energems, but five have already been found by teenagers, who use them to morph into the Dino Charge Power Rangers. The group consists of the Red Ranger, Tyler Navarro, the adventurous leader of the group who is searching for his father who disappeared ten years ago on a geological dig; the Pink Ranger, Shelby Watkins, a
waitress
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with a vast knowledge of dinosaurs; the Blue Ranger, Koda, a
Cave man living in modern times as he found his Energem in his tribe's cave, and was kept in suspended animation until the present day; the Green Ranger, Riley Griffin, the youngest of the group who is a skilled fencing swordsman; and the Black Ranger, Chase Randall, the suave and laid-back
New Zealand
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er. With these powers, the Dino Charge Power Rangers fight against Sledge, Poisandra, Fury, Wrench, Curio, and their prison full of monsters in order to find the remaining Energems and protect Earth.
As time goes by, the Rangers are joined by additional teammates with additional Dino Zords: the Gold Ranger, Sir Ivan, an eight-hundred-year-old
knight
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from Zandar who was trapped in the body of Sledge's minion Fury and the Graphite Ranger Prince Phillip III of Zandar, the modern day crown prince of Ivan's home country. Kendall takes over the position of the Purple Ranger from Albert Smith who abandons the position due to his fears of Fury's minions. New threats also emerge, including the human-like villain, Heckyl.
Season 2: ''Dino Super Charge''
The Ranger team gets two new members: the Aqua Ranger, who is revealed to be Tyler's long lost father James and the Silver Ranger, who is revealed to be Zenowing, a follower and apprentice of Keeper. However, with new powers come new enemies in the form of Singe, a mysterious warrior who arrives on Earth and quickly steps in as Heckyl's number two, much to Fury's anger. However, Heckyl starts to get curious when he realizes that Singe knows more about the Energems than he admits. After the Rangers discover the location of the Titano Zord, Heckyl demands to know how Singe knew its location, only for Singe to flee and return to Earth with the person who hired him named Lord Arcanon, who holds the evil Dark Energem. It was Lord Arcanon who hired Sledge to bring him the galaxy's most dangerous monsters to make an army out of them. Arcanon's reign ends with the return of Sledge who destroys his former employer with Snide (who was split from Heckyl) before Sledge betrays him and let the Rangers destroyed Snide too and takes back leadership of his crew. At that time, Heckyl regains all of his memories as a good person, which he lost from the Dark Energem. The Rangers went back in time and destroyed Sledge and his crew in the past.
After their enemies' destruction, the Rangers go their separate ways as Koda and Ivan finally go back to their own times, Heckyl becomes the guardian of the Dark Energem as he and Zenowing return to Sentai 6, and Keeper returns to his home planet. The present day Rangers arrive back to their own time and find that it is a zoo and there are live dinosaurs since Sledge's asteroids never hit Earth and the extinction of the dinosaurs never came to pass.
Cast and characters
Dino Charge Rangers
* Brennan Mejia as Tyler Navarro, the Dino Charge Red Ranger
* James Davies as Chase Randall, the Dino Charge Black Ranger
*
Yoshi Sudarso
Yoshua "Yoshi" Sudarso (born April 12, 1989) is an Indonesian-American actor.
Biography
Sudarso was born in Surabaya, Indonesia to Indonesian parents of Chinese and Japanese descent. His family moved to Cerritos, California, when he was nine ...
as Koda, the Dino Charge Blue Ranger
* Michael Taber as Riley Griffin, the Dino Charge Green Ranger
* Camille Hyde as Shelby Watkins, the Dino Charge Pink Ranger
*
Davi Santos
Davi Santos (born 1 February 1990) is a Brazilian-American actor, best known for his role playing List of Power Rangers Dino Charge characters#Sir Ivan of Zandar, Sir Ivan, The Gold Ranger on the television series ''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' a ...
as Sir Ivan of Zandar, the Dino Charge Gold Ranger
[''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' cast and staff credits]
* Reuben Turner (portrayal) and Daniel Musgrove (voice) as James Navarro, the Dino Charge Aqua Ranger
* Jarred Blakiston as Prince Phillip III, the Dino Charge Graphite Ranger
* Claire Blackwelder as Kendall Morgan, the Dino Charge Purple Ranger
*
Alistair Browning
Alistair Browning (8 February 1954 – 2 June 2019) was a New Zealand actor who won several awards for his work in film, television and theatre, best known for his roles in ''Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence'', ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''Rain'', ...
as the voice of Zenowing, the Dino Charge Silver Ranger
Supporting characters
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Eve Gordon
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as Keeper (in-suit performer)
** Richard Simpson as Keeper (voice)
* Patricia Vichman as Moana
* Alexander Walker as Matt Griffin
* Mila Simons as Chloe Randall
*Elizabeth Dowden as Kaylee
*
James Gaylyn
James Gaylyn (born January 9, 1954) is an American-New Zealand actor. He is best known for his appearances in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise.
Biography
Gaylyn moved to New Zealand with his New Zealand-born wife in 1981. As a blues singer and dr ...
as Mr. Watkins
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Campbell Cooley
Campbell Cooley is an American voice and television actor based in New Zealand, best known for voicing prominent villains in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise.
Biography
Early life
He attended the University of Louisville where he received a Bach ...
as Mecha Voice
* Ryan Carter as Heckyl
Villains
*
Adam Gardiner as the voice of Sledge, the main antagonist of the series
*
Campbell Cooley
Campbell Cooley is an American voice and television actor based in New Zealand, best known for voicing prominent villains in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise.
Biography
Early life
He attended the University of Louisville where he received a Bach ...
as the voice of Snide
* Paul Harrop as the voice of Fury
* Estevez Gillespie as the voices of Wrench and Curio
*
Jackie Clarke
Jacqueline Emma Clarke (born 1966) is a New Zealand entertainer, singer and comedian. She was a judge on ''New Zealand Idol'' in 2005.
In 2016, she was named Top Female Artist by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand.
In the 2018 Birthday ...
as Poisandra
*
Andy Grainger as the voice of Lord Arcanon
*
Mark Mitchinson
Mark Mitchinson (born 6 July 1966) is an English-born New Zealand actor. He trained at the Guildhall School of Speech and Drama in London. He won an award for his portrayal of convicted murderer Colin Bouwer in the television drama ''Bloodlines ...
as the voice of Singe
*
Mark Wright as the voice of Doomwing/Evil Dino Charge Silver Ranger
Episodes
Power Rangers Dino Charge (Season 1, 2015)
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge (Season 2, 2016)
Notes
References
External links
Official Power Rangers Website*
* (Nickelodeon)
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