Skyfire is also the name of the G1 Autobot Jetfire from Transformers (conceptualized by Hasbro, which, coincidentally, was in the process of acquiring Power Rangers from Saban at the time.) In episode 6, Cosmo Royale lifting his coattails and farting on the audience might be a reference to the movie Amadeus. Madame Odius was designed around a fox and had an incomplete kitsune mask from Noh theatre in her head design.

Grave Robber seems to want to teach kids to give and take in a friendship. The Ranger teens listened to Levi's music and then invited him to play a board game with them. Levi refused, admitting he really doesn't like to play board games. The show then presents him as selfish, as the Rangers did take their time to listen to his music, but he doesn't want to do something they like. While "give and take" is good lesson to learn to kids, its portrayal veers more into The Complainer Is Always Wrong territory, making it seem you must always go along with the majority, even if you dislike what they're doing. The ninjas end up in detention and discover Jellyface escaped from prison. Now against one another, they try to figure out who's Jellyface before it's too late. Amanda lies that she got detention to do a report for the school paper, but she really keeps falling asleep in first period because of the gang's late night "Study Group" (AKA Ninja Training), so Mike suggests they move Study Group to lunch, and Owen and Amanda realize who Jellyface is.

It might seem too simple. With only a few routes around the level, you don’t have a fantastic number of options for negotiating it. The early levels seem like a warning in that sense, as you whip through 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3 in seconds. But, again, books and covers. Monster Upgrade: Madame Odius could provide monsters with upgrades as seen when she equipped Drillion with a toolbox-like claw on his left arm using her mallet. The ninjas must stop a cat burglar named Katara Sharp ( Sydney Tamiia Poitier) who just happens to be dating Mike's dad ( Randall Park). Mike and Amanda kiss when undercover and Mike is having trouble controlling his feelings for Amanda. Amanda seems upset after hearing Mike saying it was just business, but Mike didn't mean that he just said that because he didn't want Amanda to know that he liked it and he felt it was right because he thought Amanda's kiss was just business. Averted with Hayley the White Ranger, who shares her name with the Mission Control of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder. Fuuma Shuriken: This series loves 'em, having several with different abilities - you can do pretty much anything but throw them.

Mechanical Genius: Odius was also a mechanical genius who invented several nefarious inventions such as her memory swap machine, androids, the giant Magnet, and the Robot Ranger skeletons for Lord Draven to use within their alliance. Super Mode: As with Samurai and Dino Charge, the Rangers have an upgraded form used only while piloting their Megazord, the Ninja Master Mode, first seen when they entered their Megazord and found new Ninja Power Stars waiting for them. Disqualification-Induced Victory: In "Monkey Business", Calvin and Hayley are running for School Council President and the rules say that, as the position's current holder, Victor will keep it if both candidates are disqualified. He tries to make it seem like each candidate is sabotaging the other. It doesn't work but the two candidates leave the run and he gets to keep his presidency. And while Super Ninja Miner is adept at remixing that simple core into new shapes, the simpleness does get wearing. We felt a fatigue drifting in as we mopped up the last levels, and that’s probably down to the sheer number of games that have used this mechanic before. Outside of box-pushing puzzles, ice-sliding puzzles are probably the most ubiquitous tool in a puzzle-designers toolbox, and levels started feeling too familiar. Plus, did we say it was ugly? Jordan Nichols as Cameron Vanhauser, the son of the owner of Empire Condominiums. Amanda broke up with him after he told her he felt she was too boring and straight-laced. In "Detention", Amanda tells him that he will meet the perfect girl, but she's not the one.

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Randall Park as Martin Fukanaga, Mike's widowed father and police officer. Unlike Hologramps and Mike, the "ninja trait" skipped his generation. He is very gullible and somewhat clueless but always has the best of intentions at heart for his son. He sees the ninjas as heroes when others in law enforcement do not seem to. When Cosmo taunts the Bound and Gagged Rangers, Levi shouts what sounds like a muffled "I'll kill you!"