Power Rangers S.P.D.

''Power Rangers S.P.D.'' was 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 "Zapped", the series moved to Toon Disney.

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).

Plot

By 2025, Earth has welcomed alien beings to live peacefully with humanity. While the majority do so, some become criminals, with the Space Patrol Delta (S.P.D.) law enforcement agency being formed to police them. After the Troobian Empire arrives to conquer Earth and S.P.D.'s A-Squad disappears while fighting them, their replacements on B-Squad - Sky Tate, Bridge Carson, and Sydney Drew - are forced to team up with two thieves - Jack Landors and Z Delgado - to defend the planet and stop the Troobians. Over time, B-Squad is joined by their commander, Doggie Cruger, and an S.P.D. officer from the future, Sam, in their efforts.

Cast and 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, the 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 Dr. Tommy Oliver the Black Dino Ranger.
* James Gaylyn as the voice of Zeltrax

Episodes

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

External links

Official Power Rangers Website
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2000s American science fiction television series
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Space adventure television series
Television series set in 2025
Television shows filmed in New Zealand
Fiction set around Sirius
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American time travel television series
Television series by Disney
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ABC Family original programming
American children's action television series
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