This is a subject that's always bugged me. As you all know, Power Rangers Samurai has been split into "two separate seasons". The first was Samurai with the first 22 episodes and the second half was titled "Super Samurai" with the remaining 24 episodes (20 episodes+Clash Of The Red Rangers+two more holiday clip shows). Now one question I always had about this is........WHY?!?!?!?!?!? Why in the world would Saban call both halfs of Samurai two different things? Why did the name change and who's responsible? Well we will find out.
#1: The Network
When Power Rangers Samurai was publicly announced back in September 2011, us super fans were expecting the usual. Debuts in February and ends in November so that the theme can change for next year. However, we were wrong about that. Press releases were saying that it would last for 2 years. Of course we thought "So their gonna have 2 40 episode seasons of Samurai? One uses Shinkenger footage and the other uses Goseiger?" I was confused and decided not to worry about it....until something else came up. About 4 months into the show's run, they took a 16 week break after airing new episodes. So far, they only aired 16. I thought, "Oh, their doing what they used to do and they'll wrap up the show in November with the final 25 episodes." Boy was I wrong. We found out that 2011 was ONLY gonna show 24 episodes and the concluding episodes were gonna air in 2012. MANY fans (including myself) were outraged. Why did this happen? How can this be? Well, its because of Nickelodeon. Each one of Nickelodeon's shows has a "20-25 episode per year" rule. That means every show that airs on there like iCarly MUST have at least 20-25 episodes per season since that's what their calendar looks like. That makes sense for iCarly since its a Nickelodeon production, but Power Rangers ISN'T. Nickelodeon shouldn't have gotten in the way of how Power Rangers does their episodes. They're gonna do the same thing with MegaForce too sadly.
#2: "Two Separate Seasons"
Both halfs of Samurai are titled as two separate seasons. The first half is "Samurai" and the second half is "Super Samurai". This bugs me to no end. Just because your 2nd half airs the next year, DOESN'T MEAN ITS A DIFFERENT SEASON.......at least in Power Rangers case. For me, a complete Power Rangers season is 40 or more episodes long. But 20 episodes for a season????? WHY? The reason why the second half was called "Super Samurai" because the Super Mode for the Rangers was introduced..........WHY???!!!????!!!??!?!?!?!?! It's the same season, same characters, same story and same everything. WHY CHANGE THE NAME. Take for example Lost Galaxy. When they got the Lights Of Orion, the season title didn't change to Lost Deserted Orion Galaxy, it was still called Lost Galaxy. Just because they get new powers doesn't mean its a separate season. I still subtitle BOTH halfs Samurai and that's the way its gonna be with MegaForce also.
#3: Season #s
Now before you get into a hissy fit on why I have a picture on MMPR2010, let me explain. When it aired back in 2010, it was dubbed as the 18th Season. Of course, I didn't agree with this since all it was was a horrible comic booked reversion and a new logo. However, I thought about something. Samurai was dubbed as Season 18 and Super Samurai was dubbed as Season 19. I didn't agree with this since 20-25 episodes don't make a whole season in Power Rangers' books. So I decided to count MMPR2010 as Season 18 and both halfs of Samurai as one whole season to make it Season 19. Once MegaForce debuts, both halfs of that will be dubbed one whole season as Season 20 and the Gokaiger adaptation will be Season 21. It makes more sense if you think about. I still refuse to watch MMPR2010 though.
In conclusion, Samurai is one whole season in my opinion. Here's how it works for me:
Mighty Morphin 1
Mighty Morphin 2
Mighty Morphin 3
Zeo 4
Turbo 5
In Space 6
Lost Galaxy 7
Lightspeed Rescue 8
Time Force 9
Wild Force 10
Ninja Storm 11
Dino Thunder 12
SPD 13
Mystic Force 14
Operation Overdrive 15
Jungle Fury 16
RPM 17
Mighty Morphin (Reversion) 18
Samurai 19
MegaForce 20
That's the way its gonna be.
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