This article is about a/an series entry (the 17th) in the Power Rangers franchise.

RPM
Number	17
Number of episodes:	32
First episode:	The Road to Corinth
Last episode:	Danger and Destiny, Part 2
Intro:	RPM Intro
Adapted from:	Engine Sentai Go-Onger
Original airing:	7 March 2009 (USA) 3 April 2009 (UK)
Producer:	Disney
Production Order
previous Jungle Fury	next Samurai

Power Rangers RPM^[1] was the title for the 2009 season of Power Rangers. It is based on Engine Sentai Go-Onger. It was the last season of Power Rangers to be produced by Disney prior to Saban's reacquisition of the franchise.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Production History 3 Characters 3.1 Ranger Operators 3.1.1 Toy Exclusive 3.2 Allies 3.3 Supporting Cast 3.4 Villains 4 Arsenal 4.1 Morphers 5 Zord Attack Vehicles and Megazords 6 Episodes 7 Trivia 8 See Also 9 References

SynopsisEdit

In the not-so-distant future, the mysterious and sinister Venjix Computer Network is attempting to conquer and lay ruin to the entire planet. It had succeeded and nearly conquered the entire earth. Fortunately, mankind has retreated from the threat into a environmentally-shielded domed cities to protect against the pollution and machines unleashed by Venjix. In the shining city of Corinth, an elite force of Rangers must learn to drive and operate an arsenal of radically advanced biotech vehicles in order to battle the attacking machine army bent on world domination.

Production HistoryEdit

Power Rangers RPM was the first Power Rangers season since 2005 to have a fresh lead producer, as Bruce Kalish departed in 2008 to work on Aaron Stone. Taking his place was Eddie Guzelian, former American Dragon: Jake Long executive producer and Kim Possible story editor. R.P.M. was his first live action series. With Guzelian came two writers he had been associated with on various Disney Channel projects, Matthew Negrete and Madellaine Paxson. The three of them, along with R.P.M story editor John Tellegen and producer Jackie Marchand made up the writing team for the 32-episode season.

A few months into production, Marchand left the show, seemingly fired given her message to the fans of "welcome from the peace conference", alluding to the situation in which Austin St. John, Thuy Trang and Walter Jones were written off the show. Not long after, Guzelian was fired mid-season by Disney executives, and replaced by returning writer and producer Judd Lynn in July. Reports have Paxson and Negrete leaving the show in solidarity with Guzelian. Lynn's return to the series that he has been involved with since day one was not an easy one, and there have been reports of difficulty with the transition between executive producers. Lynn left the series with Time Force, but a sudden rise in the quality of "Jungle Fury" writing caused rumors that he may have contributed a script under a pseudonym during the Writer's Strike.

CharactersEdit

Ranger OperatorsEdit

Main article:Ranger Operators

Color	Role	Actor
1/Eagle	Scott Truman	Eka Darville
2/Lion	Flynn McAllistair	Ari Boyland
3/Bear	Summer Landsdown	Rose McIver
4/Shark	Ziggy Grover	Milo Cawthorne
5/Wolf	Dillon	Daniel Ewing
7/Falcon	Gem	Mike Ginn
8/Tiger	Gemma	Li Ming Hu

Ranger numbers correspond with their Zords (the number 6 was used for the Croc Carrier, which did not have its own Ranger).

Toy ExclusiveEdit

These are Rangers created exclusively for the RPM toyline, based on the Paleozords. No Ranger, TV or toy-only, was created for Engine Cell 6, the Croc Carrier and Engine Cell 9, the Whale Zord.

10/Mammoth	Mammoth Ranger
11/Tyrannosaurus Rex	T-Rex Ranger
12/Triceratops	Triceratops Ranger

AlliesEdit

• Dr. K - mentor and creator of the Ranger Series technology (Olivia Tennet)
• Colonel Mason Truman - Head of Corinth City defense (James Gaylyn^[2])
• Power Rangers Samurai

Supporting CastEdit

• Benny (Murray Keane) ^[3]
• Mr. McAllistair (Jason Hoyte)
• Hicks (Damien Avery)
• Vasquez (Mia Koning)
• Marcus Truman (Fellis McGuire)

VillainsEdit

• The Venjix Computer Network
  • Venjix (Andrew Laing)
  • General Crunch (Charlie McDermott) ^[4]
  • General Shifter (Mark Mitchinson)
  • Tenaya 7/15 (Adelaide Kane)
  • Kilobyte (Leighton Cardno)
  • Grinders
  • Venjix Drones
  • Attack Bots
• The Cartels
  • The Scorpion Cartel
    • Fresno Bob
  • Roland's Blue Crew
  • Spike, Mike, and the Boys
  • The Southtown Sweettooths
  • The Yo-Yo Brothers
• Alphabet Soup

ArsenalEdit

Main article: Arsenal (RPM)

MorphersEdit

These morphers, like the Zord Attack Vehicles, are operated by the use of Engine Cells.

• Cell Shift Morpher
• Rev Morpher
• Sky Morpher

Zord Attack Vehicles and MegazordsEdit

• RPM Ultrazord
  • Paleomax Megazord - the fourth Megazord combination
    • PaleoZord
  • SkyRev Megazord
    • Mach Megazord - the third Megazord combination
      • Falcon Zord
      • Tiger Jet
      • Whale Zord
    • Zenith Megazord
      • ValveMax Megazord - the second Megazord combination
        • Tail Spinner
        • Wolf Cruiser
        • Croc Carrier
      • High Octane Megazord - the first Megazord combination
        • Eagle Racer
        • Lion Hauler
        • Bear Crawler

• Road Attack Zord

EpisodesEdit

1. The Road to Corinth
2. Fade to Black
3. Rain
4. Go For the Green
5. Handshake
6. Ranger Green
7. Ranger Red
8. Ranger Yellow Part I
9. Ranger Yellow Part II
10. Ranger Blue
11. Doctor K
12. Blitz
13. Brother’s Keeper
14. Embodied
15. Ghosts
16. In or Out
17. Prisoners
18. Belly of the Beast
19. Three's a Crowd
20. Heroes Among Us
21. Not So Simple
22. The Dome Dolls
23. And... Action!
24. Ancient History
25. Key to the Past
26. Beyond A Doubt
27. Control-Alt-Delete
28. Run Ziggy Run
29. If Venjix Won
30. End Game
31. Danger and Destiny Part I
32. Danger and Destiny Part II

TriviaEdit

See Power Rangers RPM/Trivia

See AlsoEdit

• Engine Sentai Go-Onger - Super Sentai counterpart
• RPM (Toyline)

ReferencesEdit

Power Rangers | Seasons | RPM

1. ↑ http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77521866
2. ↑ http://www.kractors.co.nz/details.php?act_id=15 James Gaylyn as Col. Truman
3. ↑ http://kractors.co.nz/detailsx.php?act_id=28
4. ↑ http://johnsonlaird.com/assets/documents/1325/1325_actor_biography.pdf

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