Power Rangers S.P.D.

Power Rangers S.P.D.
Genre	Action-adventure Police procedural Science fantasy Superhero
Based on	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger by Toei Company
Developed by	Jetix The Walt Disney Company Toei Company
Showrunner	Bruce Kalish
Directed by	Greg Aronowitz Andrew Merrifield Charlie Haskell Mark Beesley Britta Johnstone Paul Grinder John Laing
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Ron Wasserman
Composers	Bruce Lynch Steven Vincent
Country of origin	United States Japan
No. of episodes	38
Production
Executive producers	Bruce Kalish Greg Aronowitz Koichi Sakamoto
Producers	Sally Campbell Charles Knight
Production locations	New Zealand (Auckland) Japan (Saitama, Kyoto, Yokohama and Tokyo)
Cinematography	Simon Riera
Running time	23 minutes
Production companies	BVS Entertainment Renaissance Atlantic Entertainment Toei Company, Ltd. Ranger Productions, Ltd.
Original release
Network	ABC Family (Ep 1–21 & 35) (Jetix) Toon Disney (Ep 22–34 & 36-38) (Jetix)
Release	February 5 (2005-02-05) – November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14) [1]
Related
Power Rangers Dino Thunder Power Rangers Mystic Force Power Rangers Cosmic Fury

Power Rangers S.P.D. is the thirteenth season of the television series Power Rangers and is based on the 28th Super Sentai series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger . The initials in the title stand for "Space Patrol Delta"; in Dekaranger, it stood for Special Police Dekaranger. The season debuted on February 5, 2005 as part of Jetix, originally airing on ABC Family; beginning with "Messenger, Part 2", the series moved to Toon Disney. ^{[2] [3]}

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 Dekaranger cast members dubbing over the voices of their American counterparts (with the exception of Mako Ishino, who is the series' narrator rather than voicing her character's counterpart). ^[4]

Plot

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

The story takes place in the year 2025, 21 years after the events of the previous season and two years after Cosmic Fury when Earth has welcomed alien beings to live peacefully with the human race. However, the peace is short-lived as the planet-conquering Troobian Empire and its leader Emperor Gruumm turns its destructive attention to Earth. When the Earth's first line of defense, the Space Patrol Delta A-Squad mysteriously vanishes without a trace, the protection of the planet falls to their replacements: B-Squad Rangers Schuyler "Sky" Tate, Bridge Carson and Sydney "Syd" Drew, under the guidance of their dog-like alien commander, Anubis "Doggie" Cruger. When reformed thieves Jack Landors and Elizabeth "Z" Delgado 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.

During B-Squad's attempts to hold off Gruumm's forces, including pictomancer Mora and bat-like Broodwing, the team discovers that Cruger used to be a Ranger himself, but fled to Earth and swore off his Ranger duties after failing to protect his home planet and the apparent death of his wife Isinia; however, attacks by old enemies reveal that Isinia is actually alive and in Gruumm's clutches, forcing him to return to active status as the Shadow Ranger. They are later joined by the Omega Ranger, a future version of a kid they saved sent back in order to prevent B-Squad's destruction from having a negative effect on his time.

Things come to a head when A-Squad returns and reveals they had not disappeared but in fact defected upon believing that fighting against Gruumm's forces was a losing battle, resulting in both Cruger and B-Squad being captured, though they quickly escape. As B-Squad subdue their rogue teammates and route the Troobian's invasion, Cruger battles Gruumm and rescues Isinia. However, Gruumm survives his army's destruction, leading to a final battle between him and Cruger, resulting in his arrest. Afterwards, Jack, having becoming disillusioned by the direction his life is going as a Ranger, abruptly leaves the team, prompting Cruger to promote Sky as the replacement Red Ranger.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Power Rangers S.P.D. characters

SPD Rangers

• Brandon Jay McLaren as Jack Landors, the S.P.D. Red Ranger.
• Chris Violette as Schuyler "Sky" Tate, the S.P.D. Blue Ranger.
• Matt Austin as 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.
• John Tui as Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, S.P.D. Shadow Ranger.
• Brett Stewart as Sam, the S.P.D. Omega Ranger.
• Michelle Langstone as Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx, the S.P.D. Kat Ranger.
• Antonia Prebble as Nova, the S.P.D. Nova Ranger.

Supporting characters

• Barnie Duncan as Piggy
• Kelson Henderson as Boom
• Beth Allen as Ally Samuels
• Tandi Wright as the voice of Isinia Cruger
• Paul Norell as Supreme Commander Fowler Birdie
• John Tui as Sergeant Silverback

Villains

• Rene Naufahu as Emperor Gruumm
• Olivia James-Baird as Mora
• Josephine Davison as Morgana
• Jim McLarty as the voice of Broodwing
• Derek Judge as the voice of Blue-Head Krybots
• James Gaylyn as the voice of Orange Head Krybots and Zeltrax
• Geoff Dolan as the voice of Omni The Magnificence

A-Squad

• Gina Varela as Charlie, A-Squad Red Ranger.
• Nick Kemplen (voice) as A-Squad Blue Ranger.
• Thomas Kiwi & Nick Kemplen (voice) as A-Squad Green Ranger.
• Allan Smith & Greg Cooper II (voice) as A-Squad Yellow Ranger.
• Motoko Nagino & Claire Dougan (voice) as A-Squad Pink Ranger.

Guest Stars

• James Napier Robertson as Conner McKnight, the Red Dino Ranger and Triassic Ranger.
• Kevin Duhaney as Ethan James, the Blue Dino Ranger.
• Emma Lahana as Kira Ford, the Yellow Dino Ranger.
• Jeffrey Parazzo as Trent Fernandez, the White Dino Ranger and the voice of the Black Dino Ranger.
• James Gaylyn as the voice of Zeltrax

Episodes

Main articles: Lists of Power Rangers episodes, List of Power Rangers episodes (seasons 1–15), and List of Power Rangers episodes (season 16–present)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
535	1	"Beginnings"	Greg Aronowitz	Bruce Kalish	February 5, 2005 (2005-02-05)
536	2			Greg Aronowitz
Three experienced B-Squad cadets, Sky, Bridge, and Syd, are assigned to bring in a pair of criminals who, just like them, possess genetic powers. Before they begin the capture, they are promoted and given Delta Morphers, becoming Rangers Blue (Sky, much to his dissatisfaction; he has wanted to be the Red Ranger like his father), Green (Bridge) and Pink (Sydney) when they perform their first morph in Part 2. When the evil Emperor Gruumm attempts to open a portal and invade Earth, the two criminals, Jack and Z, are recruited as the Red and Yellow Rangers - Space Patrol Delta's B-Squad Power Rangers are now complete thanks to the last two Rangers being selected.
537	3	"Confronted"	Greg Aronowitz	Jackie Marchand	February 12, 2005 (2005-02-12)
The A-Squad is sent away on a mission in the Helix Nebula, leaving it up to the B-Squad Rangers to defend the Earth. However, Jack discovers the advantages of being the Red Ranger and begins to abuse his position heavily. Eventually, Jack's teammates call his leadership skills into question, and he is stripped of his leader status and Ranger powers by Cruger, but later gives them back when Jack learns a valuable lesson. Together, the B-Squad capture the criminal Praxis.
538	4	"Walls"	Andrew Merrifield	John Tellegen	February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)
Still reeling from losing his chance at being the Red Ranger, Sky refuses to participate in group activities and argues with Jack over his leadership role. He loses his temper almost once Jack and Bridge are granted sleek, new Patrol Cycles. Meanwhile, Gruumm plans to steal diamonds to convert them into energy for a robot piloted by Ringbah. Jack orders Sky to watch over the diamonds, but refuses, allowing Grumm to get away with the diamonds. When Cruger scolds Sky for his deliberate actions, he later agrees to cooperate with Jack going forward.
539	5	"Dogged"	Andrew Merrifield	Jackie Marchand	February 26, 2005 (2005-02-26)
Syd is sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several citizens, but is disappointed to be paired with the frequently malfunctioning R.I.C. (Robotic Interactive Canine), who had been pestering her throughout the day. Upon finding a clue, R.I.C saves her by shielding her from a krybot's blast, thus damaging himself severely. Feeling guilty for her earlier attitude towards him, Syd returns the favor by taking R.I.C. to Bridge & Boom for repairs, upgrading him to "R.I.C. Version 2.0." With the newly upgraded R.I.C's help, Syd finds that the missing humans have been converted into a type of fuel, and the Rangers use R.I.C.'s new transformation, the Canine Cannon, to confine the culprit, Rhinix, to a containment card and restoring the citizens to normal.
540	6	"A-Bridged"	Andrew Merrifield	Mark Hoffmeier	March 5, 2005 (2005-03-05)
While searching for an intergalactic bank robber, the B-Squad catch a Trilondon alien (referred to as "T-Top") near the scene of the crime. While the others assume they have their suspect, an unconvinced Bridge requests to perform his own investigation. While Bridge is searching for leads, the Rangers confront the supposed criminal and discover not only that he's innocent of the robbery, but he is a bounty hunter searching for the real culprit. Using his unorthodox methods, Bridge successfully unmasks the real culprit: Hydrax from Planet Fernovia.
541	7	"Sam"	Charlie Haskell	Bruce Kalish	March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)
542	8			John Tellegen	March 19, 2005 (2005-03-19)
Kids mock a lonely boy named Sam for his teleportation abilities. He becomes a target for Mora, who promises to be his friend if he helps her creation Bugglesworth turn the city's population into dolls. When the Rangers confront Sam, Z tries to befriend him, but he refuses. When they find out the captives will be trapped permanently in doll form soon, Z and Jack find Sam and try to convince him that being different isn't a bad thing. However, Bugglesworth appears and convinces Sam to come with him while leaving Jack and Z to deal with a new, extremely powerful Orangehead Krybot. After almost being destroyed by the Orangehead Krybot, the Rangers return to base during which Z recounts a childhood memory, where a cloaked figure saved her from a monster after she ran away from school, where she was bullied. Cruger reveals that he was the cloaked figure who saved Z. He explains that their parents worked for S.P.D. with Kat for so long, it altered their genes, allowing their kids (the Rangers) to have powers. Sam is the last child of the group. Z finally convinces Sam that she is his friend, but Bugglesworth and the henchmen attack them before they can celebrate. With Z captured, Sam uses his power to conjure Bugglesworth's staff and smash it. The Rangers beat the Orangehead with the Canine Cannon, and duel Bugglesworth and his giant robot in the Delta Squad Megazord. Once his robot is destroyed, the Rangers contain Bugglesworth, restoring his victims to normal. Sam is subsequently welcomed into the S.P.D Academy.
543	9	"Idol"	Charlie Haskell	David Garber	April 2, 2005 (2005-04-02)
Jack is left in charge while Commander Cruger is away at an intergalactic conference when a U.F.O. crashes into New Tech City. The pilot is revealed to be Sky's old friend, Dru Harrington. While Sky is delighted to see his old comrade again, Jack is immediately suspicious and states that Dru must be reevaluated because he was missing in action. Sky realizes his mistake with trusting his old friend when Doggie returns to the Academy and is wounded by an intruder and hospitalized. The intruder attacks Sky and reveals his identity as Dru, having been working for Broodwing. Jack allows Sky a head start to confront Dru in a final battle.
544	10	"Stakeout"	Mark Beesley	Jackie Marchand	April 9, 2005 (2005-04-09)
It's Syd's birthday, and she is over the moon with excitement. However, Sinuku has just escaped from a satellite prison, and Jack chooses Syd to assist him in staking out Sinuku's former partner Dr. Rheas, leaving Syd disappointed that she must work on her birthday. During the stakeout, Jack takes a walk and runs into Dr. Rheas, who helps him realize how significant birthdays are, letting him figure out why Syd is so mad at him. When Syd confronts him for nearly blowing their cover by talking to Dr. Rheas, Jack explains that he doesn't know when his birthday is. They continue with their heart-to-heart when they're called to battle. During the distraction, Sinuku grabs Dr. Rheas and forces her to tell him where an Activator he's looking for is. Jack runs after them and holds them off until the others can join. After putting a stop to Sinuku's plans, the Rangers cheer Syd up with a surprise birthday party.
545	11	"Shadow"	Mark Beesley	Bruce Kalish	April 16, 2005 (2005-04-16)
546	12				April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)
Doggie is plagued by nightmares involving his home planet Sirius, and Emperor Gruumm is plagued on how to defeat the Rangers. Still, Mora gives him advice to beat someone by taking out their leader. To stir up trouble, Gruumm visits Earth and takes a human form to visit Broodwing at Piggy's new restaurant, which he formed from the money that he won from a discarded winning lottery ticket. Kat discovers a strange energy disturbance caused by Gruumm's visiting General Benagg, an old "friend" of Commander Cruger, causing Cruger's pain only to worsen. Benaag calls Cruger out to battle, but Doggie still refuses, revealing to the Rangers the history of Sirius and the origins of S.P.D. Meanwhile, Kat is ambushed by Krybots outside the base and confronted by Benaag after Cruger angrily orders her out of his sight. With Kat missing, the team compensates by bringing in Boom to check the proton spikes. The Rangers then confront Cruger about his worsening attitude towards everyone, forcing Cruger to explain that he lost his wife, Isinia Cruger, during the battle on Sirius. With Gruumm on Earth, the team learns that the spikes, if not deactivated, will cause a major catastrophe. Soon after, R.I.C. returns with a message from Benaag, who reveals Kat as his hostage. Doggie is left with no choice but to fight, despite Kat's warnings of a trap. Doggie sends the Rangers off to deal with the giant energy spikes that have been placed around the city and prepares to face Benaag, taking his Shadow Saber and a Patrol Morpher Kat made for him which he initially refused to take. Doggie becomes the Shadow Ranger for the first time to defeat Benaag and rescue Kat.
547	13	"Abandoned"	Britta Johnstone	John Tellegen	April 30, 2005 (2005-04-30)
When the B-Squad begins to take Shadow Ranger for granted, Doggie teaches them a lesson by leaving them on their own to stop Drakel from using the power from an evil stone to resist the sunlight that weakens him and wreak havoc on the city.
548	14	"Wired"	Britta Johnstone	Jackie Marchand & John Tellegen	May 7, 2005 (2005-05-07)
549	15				May 14, 2005 (2005-05-14)
The B-Squad finds a standout D-Squad cadet in a girl named S.O.P.H.I.E. (Series One Processor/Hyper Intelligent Ecryptor), who succeeds where her fellow D-Squad members failed by defeating Krybots during a training exercise. Mora begs Gruumm for one last chance to defeat the Rangers to keep her childhood and recruits Valko to assist her. Valko reveals his plan to defeat the Rangers by attempting the impossible: gaining control of a massive robot named Goradon. But first, he needs a piece of technology that only S.P.D has, and S.O.P.H.I.E. matches his needs through her body having something he is after. Meanwhile, the new standout cadet takes matters into her own hands to help out when Kat needs to decrypt a new sequence for phase 2 of the base's Delta Base Defense System (D.B.D.S.). The first phase of the D.B.D.S. sees the base morph into a Delta Command Crawler mode that moves the base into battle. However, after the battle, S.O.P.H.I.E. is discovered to be a cyborg, having kept it a secret out of fear of being expelled for not being human. When she is interrogated about trying to access the D.B.D.S., the Rangers - including Bridge, who saw her potential as a cadet - distrust her and she is subsequently expelled. S.O.P.H.I.E., having been expelled from the academy, falls into Valko's grasp and is taken and hooked up to Goradon's internal systems, while Doggie tells the Rangers off for expelling her based on their understanding of her cyborg body being equipped with technology that they believe is too risky and sends them out to find her. Bridge eventually realizes that she houses the piece of equipment Valko needed; a Series One Processor Hyper Intelligent Encryptor which is what S.O.P.H.I.E.'s name is short for! The Rangers find Valko with Piggy's help, and Cruger eventually rescues S.O.P.H.I.E., who proves to be the key to unlocking the Rangers' greatest weapon yet: phase 2 of the D.B.D.S. program - Delta Command Megazord. In the end, the Rangers learn not to be prejudice towards human cyborgs. However, having had enough of Mora's failures, Gruumm transforms her into her true form; an adult named Morgana.
550	16	"Boom"	Andrew Merrifeld	Greg Aronowitz	May 21, 2005 (2005-05-21)
Boom's lie about being a Ranger and A-Squad Commander comes back to haunt him when his parents, who are unaware of his true occupation, come to visit. Syd, Z and Bridge help him keep up the rouse while Jack and Sky hunt a dimension-hopping General Tomars. When a fight breaks out and Boom attempts to continue his charade as the non-existent Orange Ranger, the other Rangers get into trouble. To help them, Boom reveals to his parents his real job and the Rangers can defeat General Tomars.
551	17	"Recognition"	Andrew Merrifield	David Garber	June 4, 2005 (2005-06-04)
The Rangers apprehend and take the evil Wootox back to headquarters, which he escapes from by swapping bodies with Sky, destroying the translator, and searching for the Delta Command Megazord controls. Except along the way, the fake Sky runs into Kat while the real Sky in Wootox's body must convince the others he truly is himself without an alien translator. R.I.C. ends up being the only one who can tell the difference between the two of them and Sky uses Wootox's powers to swap them back in payback.
552	18	"Samurai"	Andrew Merrifield	Matt Hawkins	June 11, 2005 (2005-06-11)
Gruumm transports an alien samurai named Katana from ancient Japan to the present via a time portal, and the Rangers are sent to confront the warrior, who is confused by present-day Kyoto looking different than that of his own time. After being tricked by Broodwing that the Rangers are trying to take over Kyoto, Katana duels them while Doggie and Kat head to Japan upon being alerted to the presence of a giant robot. Jack uses Commander Cruger's "Shadow Saber" to defeat Katana honorably in a one-on-one swordfight, and Katana returns to his own time once another time portal opens (during which a mysterious ball of light emerges from the portal). Afterward, Cruger tells Jack that the "Shadow Saber" he was lent was just a training sword in disguise.
553	19	"Dismissed"	Paul Grinder	Jesse Horsting	June 18, 2005 (2005-06-18)
While Commander Cruger is plagued with nightmares, S.P.D.'s Supreme Commander Fowler Birdie visits Earth. After mocking the Rangers, arrogantly trying to poach Dr. Manx, and rudely comparing a Ranger battle to Cruger's fight on Sirius, he orders Cruger to split the Rangers up. When Cruger refuses citing it would make easy targets out of them, Birdie takes over the Delta Base, relieving him of duty. With a distraught Ranger team, Dr. Manx tries consoling them while dealing with Birdie. Meanwhile, Gruumm heads to Earth to face Commander Cruger in battle and an energy surge alerts the team. Gruumm easily overpowers the Rangers, who were split up under Birdie's command, forcing Commander Birdie to take matters into his own hands and fight Grumm by himself. Unfortunately, Birdie doesn't fare much better than the Rangers. Upon being informed of Gruumm's challenge, Cruger shows us a flashback of being responsible for Gruumm's missing horn. With Kat's help, Cruger returns to save the day, and an apologetic Birdie reinstates him.
554	20	"Perspective"	Paul Grinder	Bruce Kalish	June 25, 2005 (2005-06-25)
Commander Cruger asks the Rangers to report to him about their mission to stop the World Gold Depository from being robbed, as their video feed of the battle had malfunctioned. Each Ranger delivers a different story, making themselves out to be better than each other. However, the truth comes out once Kat reconstructs the video feed. The fact was that a mysterious ball of light destroyed all the Krybots to free the Rangers.
555	21	"Messenger"	Paul Grinder	Bruce Kalish	July 10, 2005 (2005-07-10)
556	22			Jackie Marchand	July 16, 2005 (2005-07-16)
Boom gathers everyone for an urgent update from his makeshift radio signal grabber he built. A message comes through from the future, telling of S.P.D.'s defeat at the hands of the Troobain army in the year 2040. While discussing whether they should believe the news or not, Morgana puts her plan into action, taking time to torment Z who hurt her doll in "Sam: Part 1". Things get even worse when the prophecy seems to come true with the aid of Morgana's most powerful allies, the brothers Shorty and Devastation. Birdie gets back to them upon receiving the news and states that he can't send any help to them as he fears sending reinforcements might be falling into a trap by Gruum. As the Rangers are on the brink of defeat, help arrives in the form of a mysterious individual calling himself the Omega Ranger. Shorty falls to the might of this enigmatic new Ranger, and his Omega Max Megazord. He refuses to allow the other Rangers to help him in his upcoming battle against Morgana and Devastation, citing that their inferior technology would only get in the way. While trying to get an explanation from Omega Ranger, Morgana and Devastation call him out. When Devastation goes too far by disregarding Morgana's safety to get at Omega, the Rangers must step into action. They are hesitant to help the egotistical future ranger, but Cruger reminds them of their duty and an S.P.D. Code Omega mentioned. Together the six Rangers put a stop to Morgana's plan. Afterwards, the Omega Ranger later reveals himself to be Sam.
557	23	"Zapped"	John Laing	Stan Berkowitz	July 25, 2005 (2005-07-25)
When Cruger begins giving more attention to Sam, the Rangers start to grow jealous. Morgana approaches Mysticon, a magician who's down on his luck, and offers him a new wand in exchange for his help in defeating the Rangers. The Rangers defeat Mysticon's assistant Al and interrogate him where he eventually reveals that he got his wand from Morgana. When Sam is sent to spy on Mysticon's magic show, the rangers take matters into their own hands and defy Cruger's orders, during which Syd is placed under a spell upon applying to be Mysticon's assistant. Meanwhile, Broodwing begins plotting against Grumm when the emperor forces Broodwing to give a free robot to Mysticon, which is subsequently destroyed by the rangers' new Megazord combination; the Delta Max Megazord.
558	24	"Reflection"	John Laing	Jackie Marchand	August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)
559	25
The B-Squad's day off is brought to a halt when criminals they've already contained attack New Tech City, leaving them perplexed as to how they could've escaped. Upon finding out the criminals are still in containment, Kat borrows Jack's morpher to upload the S.P.D. Battlizer, much to Sky's continued lament about not being the Red Ranger. Later, Sky travels to Gamma Orion and visits Mirloc, a criminal locked in a specially-made cell due to his ability to travel through reflective surfaces, to gather information. Thanks to Sky, the Rangers confront the real culprit: Slate, a copycat criminal whose powers allow him to mimic anyone. Morgana joins Slate and infuses him with a special formula that transforms him, in a divide-and-conquer-like transformation, into all of his impersonations of the criminals the Rangers successfully defeated so far, and Jack calls for his new Battlizer to defeat Slate's mutation into a criminal split in a team of impersonations. In exchange for the info Sky received, Mirloc wants to know what Sky's saddest memory is, and Sky tells the story of his father, who was the Red Ranger years ago, and was slain in battle. Mirloc mocks Sky's story, and the upset Sky sheds a tear. Mirloc takes this opportunity to travel into Sky's tear and escape his cell, leaving Sky stunned as he realizes what has happened. Mirloc meets Gruumm and is sent out to capture six of the Rangers, while Gruumm plans to deal with Cruger. Mirloc succeeds in imprisoning four Rangers, and Jack borrows Sam's OmegaMax Cycle to deal with a giant rampaging robot. Once Jack is captured, Sam takes on Mirloc alone and manages to free the captured Rangers. Mirloc taunts Sky and his father, and an angry Jack gives Sky the chance to bring Mirloc in with his Red Ranger morpher. Sky morphs into the Red Ranger and uses the Battlizer to defeat Mirloc in honor of his father.
560	26	"S.W.A.T."	Britta Johnstone	John Tellegen	August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)
561	27			Greg Aronowitz	August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)
The Rangers are constantly fighting with each other, hindering their team efforts when an S.O.S. message warning Cruger and Kat of a horrible upcoming threat puts them on edge and Kat in a rush to finish some updates. However, Kat accidentally destroys her quantum enhancer in her haste, and Z goes to Piggy to get a new one. What they don't know is Gruumm has put a time limit on Piggy to stop S.P.D., and he takes the chance to give them a new one with a virus inside that Thresher and Stench, Piggy's acquaintances/customers, use to get into S.P.D. files. With Thresher causing a distraction, Stench can download the schematics for the Rangers new S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons And Tactics) mode. When the Rangers constant bickering causes the criminals to get away, Commander Cruger sends the B-Squad to Planet Zentor where they are trained under the watchful eye of Sergeant Silverback. The irate Sergeant and his bulldog-modlede R.I.C. quickly put the Rangers through their paces, pitting them against reprogramed Krybots and a giant scorpion monster. After disappointing Silverback by not already being ready to fight the monster, the Rangers are stripped of their Ranger powers and demoted to D-Squad. Back on Earth, Kat feels sorry for herself for letting the S.W.A.T. mode technology fall into Thresher and Stench's hands. The Rangers are forced to endure grueling training exercises, only to be pushed even harder when they complain. The Sergeant ultimately gets fed up with the Rangers and considers sending them back to Earth with a recommendation for dismissal from the Academy. But when the Rangers ask for a second chance, he puts them through another test where he will have them expelled if they fail. They're able to work hard to prove themselves as a team worthy of being rewarded with the S.W.A.T Mode. Just in time, too, since Sam and Cruger, in an attempt to take on Thresher and Stench, have been captured. They return to earth to use their upgrade to defeat Thresher and Stench before containing them.
562	28	"Robotpalooza"	John Laing	Bruce Kalish	August 29, 2005 (2005-08-29)
The Rangers are bombarded with constant attacks from both Gruumm and Broodwing, who recruits Gineka's group to destroy the Rangers, and are on the verge of breaking. Meanwhile, after beating robots piloted by Morgana's creations, the Rangers return to base where Bridge reveals he had been dream-fighting three other robots. Before getting laughed out of the base, Kat tells everyone robots with the same description Bridge gave had attacked a place off-world. Before it could be looked into further, the Rangers are called again to fight another robot. It's revealed that Broodwing and his companions were responsible for the attack when Bridge has another dream about the future. He goes to fight Broodwing's friends alone. When the DeltaMax Megazord is not enough to drive back these powerful enemies, Kat sends the Rangers the S.W.A.T. Flyers to form a new S.W.A.T. Megazord to deal with the fleet of robots.
563	29	"Katastrophe"	Britta Johnstone	Jackie Marchand	September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
Supreme Commander Fowler Birdie offers Kat the chance to work at S.P.D Galaxy Command and the Rangers, not wanting her to leave but wanting her to take the opportunity, try convincing her she isn't needed. During a battle, it's revealed that a monster has gotten all the data on the Rangers' equipment at the fight. After some careful thought, she decides to take up her new position. Boom quickly runs into problems with Kat gone and the Zords aren't running smoothly anymore. However, Broodwing teams up with Kat's old schoolmate Mooney and his mighty robot hides a dangerous weapon: a Helios Generator. After telling Birdie the danger of the Helios Generator, he gives her permission to return to Earth with a specially made 1-hour-lasting Kat Morpher. She tries talking to Mooney, but with the interference from Broodwing, she must morph into Kat Ranger to stop him before it's too late to stop the Helios Generator.
564	30	"Missing"	John Laing	Bruce Kalish	October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)
Bridge confronts intergalactic felon Berok on the Rangers' latest mission, only to be knocked out in battle and captured. He awakens in a cold dark room from which there appears to be no escape. With the walls closing in on Bridge, the Rangers must save their teammate from certain death before it's too late.
565	31	"History"	Paul Grinder	Jackie Marchand	October 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
With help from his associate Professor Cerebros, Broodwing uses the Red, Blue, and Yellow Dino Gems to transport Conner, Ethan, and Kira to 2025 as part of his plan to defeat the Rangers and destroy the planet. The three confused Dino Rangers escape with their Gems and are soon cornered by Krybots, only to be saved by the B-Squad and taken back to the Delta Base. Although Doggie insists they remain at the base to avoid disrupting the timeline, the Dino Thunder Rangers decide to do what they feel is right, teaming up with the B-Squad to drive back a robotic army and the Dragoul creature. Guest Stars: James Napier, Kevin Duhaney, and Emma Lahana.
566	32	"Impact"	Paul Grinder	Jackie Marchand	September 23, 2005 (2005-09-23)
Professor Cerebros alters the course of a meteor to cause it to collide with New Tech City. As if that weren't enough, a more powerful Dragoul has been let loose. The Rangers discover that Professor Cerebros is actually Kraw in disguise as the Rangers detain him. Although Sky is sent on a solo mission to destroy the meteor, Jack stows away on the S.W.A.T Megazord to try to get in on the action. While the Red and Blue Rangers learn to work together to destroy the meteor, the others are left to deal with Dragoul.
567	33	"Badge"	John Laing	Jackie Marchand	October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)
Icthior, Commander Cruger's rival from his days at the S.P.D. Academy, returns and puts the Rangers to the test as they are injured and stripped of their badges, leaving Doggie to face him alone. Before Ichthior is detained, he tells Cruger that Isinia is still alive.
568	34	"Insomnia"	John Laing	John Tellegen	October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28)
After eavesdropping on Doggie and Kat talking about how the A-Squad would have already defeated Gruumm, the depressed B-Squad stay up late to reminisce over their past failures and successes, during which they deduce Gruumm's master plan in the process. Meanwhile, after Gruumm has given her back her childhood, Mora faces the Terror Spacecraft's secret tenant: Omni.
569	35	"Wormhole"	Paul Grinder	Bruce Kalish	February 2, 2006 (2006-02-02)
Gruumm decides to take drastic measures to stop the Rangers by traveling through a wormhole 21 years into the past where S.P.D. doesn't exist. Upon realizing what Gruumm has done, the B-Squad pursues him to the year 2004 and meets up with the Dino Thunder Rangers again. Meanwhile, Gruumm forces Zeltrax to join his army and ultimately faces the combined might of twelve Rangers who are determined to save the past, present, and future. Guest Stars: James Napier, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, and Jeffery Parazzo. Note: This episode aired in Canada on July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30), before the United States' broadcast. This episode was released on DVD on December 6, 2005 (2005-12-06) in the United States before its broadcast.
570	36	"Resurrection"	John Laing	Bruce Kalish	November 4, 2005 (2005-11-04)
Jack meets a girl named Ally Samuels, who shares his passion for helping the needy. Unfortunately, Jack's new relationship interferes with his Ranger duties as he is late to help his friends defeat Broodwing's latest ally, Delex. After the battle, Cruger confronts Jack, who insists that nobody's perfect and he deserves a personal life. Meanwhile, Kat picks up a distress signal, and Cruger sends the Rangers to Gamma Orion, where they find a crashed spaceship and the A-Squad team while detaining the alien that was guarding them. After Cruger unceremoniously sends the B-Squad away when the mission is over, the A-Squad reveals their true colors and to Cruger.
571	37	"Endings"	Greg Aronowitz	Jackie Marchand	November 7, 2005 (2005-11-07)
572	38			Bruce Kalish	November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
The traitorous A-Squad capture Commander Cruger and call out the B-Squad, who meet their counterparts for an intense battle. Meanwhile, Broodwing makes his final push for domination and gathers an army to attack the Delta Base while the Rangers are away. The B-Squad fights the A-Squad, losing the Delta Squad Megazord in the process. However, thanks to S.W.A.T Mode and the S.W.A.T. Megazord, B-Squad wins and captures the traitorous A-Squad. Then, the Rangers break into the Delta Base and contain Broodwing and his allies. Unfortunately, they still have to deal with Gruumm, who catches them with help from Piggy. The Rangers are freed from Gruumm's ship by the redeemed Piggy, but Doggie stays behind to rescue his wife Isinia, who he has learned is alive on Gruumm's ship. Doggie captures Mora and defeats Gruumm, apparently destroying him, and rescues Isinia. Still, Omni becomes The Magnificence, a giant biomechanical monster that battles the S.W.A.T. Megazord, which is no match for it. Simultaneously, a Troobian army attack S.P.D. and the cadets, as Piggy, Sam, Boom, and Kat defend it to no avail until reinforcements in the form of the Nova Ranger from the future, as well as troops from S.P.D. Command arrive (including Sergeant Silverback and Commander Birdie) and defeat the enemy. Kat finds a weakness in Omni, which the Rangers exploit with Cruger's help. Omni is destroyed, and Cruger and Isinia miraculously survive. Gruumm's alive as well, but Cruger easily defeats and captures him. Following this victory, Jack leaves S.P.D., and Sky is promoted to Red Ranger while Bridge is promoted to Blue. Sam and Nova return to the future, and the Rangers visit Jack, but must soon leave to defend the world again.

International broadcasts and home media

• The series was limited to only airing in Asian regions outside of Japan, as most international regions have aired the Power Rangers adaptation, Power Rangers S.P.D. instead. With the exception of its home country of Japan, which has also broadcast a Japanese dub of the Power Rangers adaptation in 2011, with many of the Dekaranger actors reprising their roles to dub over their western counterparts.
  • In Thailand, the series was given a Thai dub. Rose Media Entertainment (formerly Rose Video) and used to air on iTV, first premiering on August 5, 2006. From October 15, 2006 to May 6, 2007, it was also broadcast on Next Step Television in the program block, Gang Cartoon Plus. It has last aired on the Gang Cartoon Channel. It was also released on home video.
  • In Philippines, this series aired on ABS-CBN in 2007 until 2008, dubbing in Filipino.

Video game

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

There was one game produced for the Space Patrol Delta series, a side-scroller on the Game Boy Advance by THQ. The 6 rangers fight minor enemies until they encounter the main boss. There are racing levels which involve piloting the Red, Yellow, or Pink Delta Runners, a Space Invaders style targeting game with the Green Delta Runner, a racing level involving R.I.C. (the Rangers' robotic dog), and Megazord battle levels.

Comics

A new monthly comic strip based on the series appeared in every issue of Jetix Magazine in the UK in 2005. Jetix Magazine is the official magazine of Jetix, the channel that showed S.P.D. in the UK in 2006. 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.

During the strip, a running subplot 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.

The strip ended with its own conclusion to the SPD series, the first time any comic strip version of Power Rangers has done a different take on a PR finale. In the strip, A-Squad is 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.

In 2018, the SPD Rangers appeared in Boom! Studios's "Shattered Grid", a crossover event between teams from all eras commemorating the 25th anniversary of the original television series. It was published in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #25-30 and various tie-ins. A Power Rangers SPD story by Caleb Goellner and Patrick Mulholland was published in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2018 Annual as part of the crossover.

References

1. Note: Wormhole aired out of production order in early February 2006 in the US, but is not officially considered the season finale.
2. Lloyd, Robert (2005-02-04). "They've morphed yet again". LA Times. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
3. "POWER RANGERS S.P.D. VOL. 2: STAKEOUT, POWER RANGERS S.P.D. VOL. 3: WIRED". Pop Matters. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
4. "『パワーレンジャー S.P.D.』日本語吹替版プロジェクト 始動！ | 東映［テレビ］". 2011-05-01. Archived from the original on 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2011-05-01.

External links

• Official Power Rangers Website
• Power Rangers S.P.D. at IMDb