Power Rangers S.P.D.

Power Rangers S.P.D.
Written by	Bruce Kalish Jackie Marchand
Directed by	Greg Aronowitz Andrew Merrifield
Starring	Brandon Jay McLaren Chris Violette Matt Austin Monica May Alycia Purrott John Tui Michelle Langstone Kelson Henderson Barnie Duncan Rene Naufahu Josephine Davison Olivia James-Baird
Theme music composer	Ron Wasserman
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	38 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Bruce Kalish Greg Aronowitz Koichi Sakamoto
Producers	Sally Campbell Charles Knight
Production location	New Zealand
Camera setup	Rob Marsh
Running time	22 minutes (excluding commercials)
Production company	BVS Entertainment
Original release
Network	Toon Disney (Jetix) ABC Family (Jetix) (reruns) ABC (ABC Kids) (reruns)
Release	February 5 – November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)

Power Rangers S.P.D. is the thirteenth season of the Power Rangers television series. It debuted on February 5, 2005, on ABC Family. New episodes continued to debut on ABC Family until the episode "Messenger, Part 1". Starting with "Messenger, Part 2" episodes began to debut on Toon Disney. It was adapted from the Super Sentai series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. It is also the title for the Korean dub of Dekaranger in South Korea, whose logo is similar to the American series. S.P.D. stands for "Space Patrol Delta"; in Dekaranger, it stood for Special Police Dekaranger, and in the South Korean dub of Dekaranger, it stood for Special Police Delta. A Japanese dub of S.P.D. started airing on Toei's digital television channel in Japan starting in August 2011, with two DVD volumes released on August 5. It features the original Japanese Dekaranger cast members dubbing over the voices of their American counterparts.

Synopsis

12 out of the 14 S.P.D. Rangers.

Main articles: List of Power Rangers S.P.D. characters and List of Power Rangers S.P.D. episodes

The story takes place in the year 2025, after Earth has welcomed alien beings to live peacefully with the human race. However, peace is short lived as the planet-conquering Troobian Empire turns its destructive attention to Earth. When the Earth's first line of defense, the S.P.D. A-Squad, vanishes without a trace, the protection of the planet falls to their replacements: the B-Squad Rangers, and their dog-like alien commander, Anubis "Doggie" Cruger.

When two reformed thieves join the team as the Red and Yellow S.P.D. Rangers, tensions threaten to tear them apart. With the alien threat growing stronger every moment, the Rangers must put aside their differences and go into action as one.

Using teamwork, intergalactic weaponry and light-speed Zord vehicles to battle evil, they unite to become one of the ultimate forces for good: Power Rangers Space Patrol Delta.

Cast

• Brandon Jay McLaren as Jack Landors, the S.P.D. Red Ranger
• Chris Violette as Schuyler James "Sky" Tate, the S.P.D. Blue Ranger
• Matt Austin as Kevin "Bridge" Carson, the S.P.D. Green Ranger
• Monica May as Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, the S.P.D. Yellow Ranger
• Alycia Purrott as Sydney "Syd" Drew, the S.P.D. Pink Ranger
• Brett Stewart as Sam, the Omega Ranger
• John Tui as Cmdr. Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, the S.P.D. Shadow Ranger
• Michelle Langstone as Dr. Katherine Manx, the S.P.D. Kat Ranger
• Barnie Duncan as Piggy
• Kelson Henderson as Boom
• Rene Naufahu as the voice of Emperor Gruumm
• Olivia James-Baird as Mora
• Josephine Davison as Morgana
• Jim McLarty as the voice of Broodwing

Zords

Main article: Zords in Power Rangers S.P.D.

The Zords in Power Rangers S.P.D. were law-enforcement vehicles, designed by researchers working for Space Patrol Delta, notably Doctor Kat Manx.

Video game

Main article: Power Rangers S.P.D. (video game)

There was one game produced for the Space Patrol Delta series. On the Game Boy Advance, there was a side-scrolling version which was a simple platformer involving fighting several foes from the series. You might fight Troobians on rooftops and inside buildings. This features one level, which is the final level, where you play as Shadow Ranger. This game is 'role play' style, where you play with multiple Rangers from episodes Beginnings Part 2 to Shadow Part 2.

Comic strip

A new monthly comic strip based on the series appeared every issue of Jetix Magazine in the UK in 2005. Jetix Magazine is the official magazine of JETIX, the channel that shows S.P.D. in the UK. The strip was the first Power Rangers strip to be written by Transformers writer Simon Furman, collaborating for the first time on the PR strip with equally popular TF artist Andrew Wildman, who had previously done artwork for other Power Rangers strips under Jetix Magazines' previous banner of Fox Kids' Wicked. The strip ended with its own conclusion to the SPD series, the first time any comic strip version of Power Rangers has dared to pull off a different take on a PR finale. In the strip, A-Squad are brainwashed instead of corrupted and turn against their superiors. The B-Squad regulars deal with them and help Cruger defeat and overcome both Grumm and Omni, before being promoted to A-Squad status.

During the course of the strip, a running sub-plot involving a rogue Krybot who had become self-aware and rebelled against Grumm gradually unfolded, he would resurface to warn SPD of Grumm's invasion attempt in the final story and supply Jack with a device that once inserted on the Terror, would incapacitate the Krybot fleet.

Unlike "Endings", Jack does not leave the team, in another change, the Rangers do not decline the position of A-Squad (in the season, the rank of A-Squad was discarded in light of the previous team tarnishing it with their treacherous ways).

External links

• Power Rangers S.P.D. at IMDb