Back in 2009 Power Rangers was nearly dead but fans had every reason to celebrate.

Set in a post apocalyptic future,Power Rangers RPMwas everything fans had wanted out of the franchise.

While some mourned the series, others were at least glad it ended on such a high note withRPM.

Then Saban, the original owners ofPower Rangers, bought the show back.

Fan hopes were high the new season would match the quality ofRPM.

Instead,Power Rangers Samurais response was, at best, lukewarm.

At first all fans had to go on was this description.

Fans freaked out, and not in a good way.

Many feared the special would be a carbon copy ofShinkenger V. Go-onger.

WhileShinkengerscharacters were basically translated over intoSamurai,Go-ongerscharacters didnt resmemble theRPMteam in the slightest.

InRPM, they were wacky and fun loving twins who enjoyed drawing in crayon and blowing stuff up.

It was assumed that if theRPMteam appeared at all, theyd be written like their wackyGo-ongercounterparts.

Even more worringly, the description sounded like it was drawing a line in the sand.

The previous season that had slotted so well into thePower Rangerstimeline.

It would all be just another universe.

How could this be done to what was hailed as one ofPower Rangersbest entries?

What would this mean for the largerPower Rangersuniverse?

What would be next?

The twentieth anniversary was on the horizon.

How else would the incredibly shakyPower Rangerstimeline be tampered with?

It… wasnt actually that bad.

It was actually the best outing forSamuraiup to that point.

The two trick Professor Cog and defeat him with the returning Samurai Rangers.

The team then fights another monster sent by Xandred before sending Scott back to his dimension.

How did it end up this way?

At the start of the special Scott arrives on a dimension hopping train.

Where did it come from?

What was it for?

Would it play some role in the future?

When Jonathan mentioned the train, I had imagined an old timey train.

I didnt envision a subway.

Without a doubt the most bizarre and funniest moment of the special comes during the final Megazord battle.

Why would they be doing this during a Megazord battle?

Why would you gotta fix a car that is made out of magical symbol energy?

I thought it was a fun character beat.

It was just playing into that part of his character.

But what aboutRPMbeing in another dimension?

That was the biggest sticking point for fans.

you could ignore that and say were our own thing or you could fudge with it.

I had other issues to deal with.

Bates script for the special was originally far longer, clocking in at seventy five minutes.

Material had to go.

Deleted scenes include theSamuraiteam meeting the otherRPMRangers, although they all would have been voiceovers like Scott.

Without them, Bates wrote a now infamous line of dialogue.

When the Samurai Rangers returned from theRPMdimension, Emily happy informed Scott, Your team says hi!

Is that kind of annoying?

Bates is just happy the whole thing came together with all the hurdles they had to overcome.

We had a lot of source material and that lead to a lot of different story points.

Jonathan and I worked really well together on that.

Im very proud of Clash.

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