Power Rangers Samurai/Characters

Our Heroes

Jayden / Red Samurai Ranger | (Actor: Alex Heartman)

Let me warn you right now - if you follow me, there is no turning back.

• Determinator
• Expy: Of Jason, except for the loudness.
• The Hero
• Heroic BSOD: Gets one after Master Xandred targets him and the other Rangers are hurt protecting him. He runs off for a few days and tries to avoid putting them in harm's way.
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Playing with Fire
• Pretty Boy: Just like Takeru's Bishonen looks.
• The Quiet One: Still more open to his teammates than Takeru, though.
• Standardized Leader
• Take a Third Option: He firmly believes there is always another way when the first two options look bad, and even calls Deker out on this.
  • Too bad Deker was right and Jayden had little idea what he was taking about.
• Weapon of Choice: Fire Smasher

Kevin / Blue Samurai Ranger | (Actor: Najee De-Tiege)

• The Big Guy
• Brainwashed and Crazy: In episode 9, by Metamot/Madimot.
• Butt Monkey: Seems to be going down this road.
• Honor Before Reason: Despite Antonio being incredibly fast and strong, Kevin is very reluctant to him joining because he wasn't born a samurai.
• Making a Splash
• Sleep Cute: With Mia.
• Uncle Tomfoolery: Adding traits from Ryuunosuke seems to be turning Kevin into this.
• Weapon of Choice: Hydro Bow

Mia Watanabe / Pink Samurai Ranger | (Actress: Erika Fong)

• Action Girl
• Blow You Away
• Captain Obvious: In episode 9, when attacked by the mind controlled Kevin, she yells "HE'S UNDER MIND CONTROL!" Other characters pointed this out too, before her.
• Freeze-Frame Bonus: Her last name is officially confirmed by her driver's license as seen in "A Strange Case of the Munchies".
• The Heart
• Lethal Chef: She doesn't think so, but the rest of the Rangers attest otherwise - though like with Mako, they're too polite to do so to her face (Kevin, for example, has the decency to throw away her burnt chicken while she's not looking).
  • Too polite... or too scared. We've seen her use her Samurai katana to slice a squash to bits, they might just feel it's not smart to offend somebody with samurai training and easy access to knives.
    • However, Negatron proves she is at least afraid she is. The insult he used to send her flying was "lousy cook", and she later asks everyone if she really is that bad. As stated before, they deny it not to bring her down more.
  • Even Emily is wary of her cooking (remember that, in the original, Kotoha thought Mako was flawless even in this department); in "Team Spirit", she goes so far as to cautiously ask if it was Mia who baked her birthday cake.
• Noodle Implements: We never learned what she was planning to cook, but we do know it involved combining oysters, chocolate sauce and Brussels sprouts in a very specific way.
• Sleep Cute: With Kevin.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Feels sorry for Dayu after seeing what happened to her in "Broken Dreams".
• Team Mom
• Weapon of Choice: Sky Fan

Mike / Green Samurai Ranger | (Actor: Hector David, Jr.)

• Ambiguously Brown: Aside from "hot", what is he?
• Green Thumb
• It's Not You, It's My Enemies: A platonic case. Because of his Ranger duties, Mike has to tell his friends he won't be able to hang out with them for a while. Additionally, it's implied that all the Rangers are forbidden to see their families until the enemy is defeated for this very reason. It's mentioned he even had to skip his graduation.
• The Lancer
• Weapon of Choice: Forest Spear

Emily / Yellow Samurai Ranger | (Actress: Brittany Anne Pirtle)

Just like chopping down weeds back home.

• Action Girl
• Big Sister Worship: She admires her older sister, the original Yellow Samurai Ranger.
  • There's also the non-familiar example with Mia.
• The Chick
• Country Mouse/Farm Girl
• Dishing Out Dirt
• The Klutz: Before becoming a Ranger.
• Ms. Fanservice: As much as she can be on a kids show hounded by Moral Guardians. Ever since the start of Super Samurai, her civilian outfit has consisted of very short shorts.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: adapting Kotoha's best known traits has turned Emily into Kellie Pickler.
• Only Sane Man: Is consistently the one to dismiss Kevin's cries of Honor Before Reason, and points out that they need Antonio.
• Self-Deprecation: Just like her Shinkenger counterpart.
• Weapon of Choice: Earth Slicer

Antonio Garcia / Gold Samurai Ranger | (Actor: Steven Skyler)

That's it? No "Thanks for helping", or a little "What? What?" Alright, I get it. You need a minute.

• Attention Whore
• Badass Spaniard
• Catch Phrase: "Fantastico!"
  • Alternatively, "Golden!"
• Chrome Champion: Very shiny, especially in his Mega Mode.
• Companion Cube: All the Rangers are like this to an extent with their miniature zords, but Antonio actually celebrates Clawzord's birthday.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: A bit bumbling and hammy, but when he wants to kick Nighlock ass, he WILL kick Nighlock ass.
• Dynamic Entry: The whole reason he ran from the Rangers when they found out he shot an arrow at their base: he wanted to make one of these and eventually does.

"When I make an entrance, it's go big or go home."

• Gadgeteer Genius: Built his own morpher, and synched it to the Octozord. After this, he's often put to work on completing other unfinished gear.
• Gratuitous Spanish
• Incoming Ham: "CATCH OF THE DAY!"
• Large Ham: Even for Power Rangers. Sure, the Sentai footage of Genta would have looked like Stock Footage Failure otherwise, but it still takes a lot to be considered a Large Ham in a franchise that's already a World of Ham.
• Light'Em Up
  • Sword Beam
  • Super Speed: As in moving at the speed of light, which he must do if he takes out enemies while appearing to move at normal speed.
• Self-Proclaimed Knight
• Sixth Ranger: Naturally
• The Smart Guy

Their Friends/Allies

Mentor Ji | (Actor: Rene Naufahu)

• Cool Bike: Owns one.
• Old Master
• Team Mom: He cooks, cleans, and generally looks after the Rangers as if they were children (especially when they're sick). He also cries at weddings.
• You Look Familiar: Rene Naufahu was previously seen as Emperor Gruumm, including a single scene in a single episode out-of-costume.

Bulk and Spike | (Actors: Paul Schrier and Felix Ryan)

• Advertised Extra: Their screentime all season is quite minimal despite being billed as main characters. They're lucky to appear more than once an episode.
• Annoying Laugh: Spike. He got it from dad.
• Bald of Awesome: Bulk's gotten rid of his trademark ponytail in favor of this.
• Butt Monkey: Poor Bulk. He just doesn't catch a break sometimes.
• Call Back: In episode 3, Bulk wears clothes similar to what he wore in the old days, namely a jean vest and a bandanna.
• Demoted to Extra: At least, in comparison to Bulk with Skull in the good old days. They've only occasionally gotten caught up in monster attacks and have almost never interacted with the Rangers in their civilian identities. That said, it's still better than Bulk's handful of cameos in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
• Generation Xerox/Spin Offspring: Straight from Spike's actor, Skull is a daddy. And his son is like him in almost every detail, even the voice is pretty spot on.
• Honorary Uncle: Bulk to Spike. At least we think it's honorary...
• Hopeless Suitor: Spike likes the Pink Ranger - like father, like son. Only in Skull's case, he had a crush on the girl not knowing she was the Pink Ranger. Spike initially focuses on the Pink Ranger herself without knowing who is wearing the helmet and suit. He later meets and gets a crush on Mia out-of-morph, forming a Two-Person Love Triangle of sorts... with Mia herself being none the wiser.
• Nice Guy: Bulk's Character Development from previous years has stuck as he's firmly one of these now.
• Those Two Guys: The triumphant return of the quintessential example.

Serena | (Actress: Jacinda Stevens)

• Cool Big Sis: To Emily.
• Farm Girl
• Ill Girl
• Not Even Bothering with the Accent: She retains her New Zealand accent, while the actress who plays Emily's younger self clearly has an American accent.
• Soap Opera Disease: In "Sticks and Stones," it's revealed that she contracted a (yet-undisclosed) disease that resulted in Emily taking her role as Yellow Ranger.

Terry Watanabe | (Actor: Jaever Santos)

• Cool Big Sis: Sees Mia as cool enough to sing in his band
• Secret Keeper: Knows why Mia had to leave home, and who the other Rangers are. While it's been unusual in the past for siblings to know that their brother or sister is a Power Ranger, it's explicitly a lineage-based thing this season, so it's not so out-of-place.

Scott Truman / Ranger Operator Series Red | (VA: Tobias Reiss)

• Cool Car
• Cool Sword: Street Saber
  • Bifurcated Weapon: Nitro Blaster/Sword
• Fake Shemp or possibly Stage Names: Tobias Reiss does a good enough job of sounding like Eka Darville that some have theorized that it is really him under a pseudonym.
• Law of Chromatic Superiority: He's the only RPM Ranger who is involved in the story of "Clash of the Red Rangers".
• Shipper on Deck: For Mike and Emily.

Their Enemies

Master Xandred | (Voice actor: Jeff Szusterman)

• Authority Equals Asskicking: He's dealt with Nighlok trying to usurp his thrown with relative ease, has proven more powerful than Serrator, and when he finally comes out himself in "The Master Returns", he beats the hell out of the Rangers with absolutely no effort. While drying out! It's clear the Rangers would be in deep trouble if he could actually leave the Sanzu River.
• Bad Boss
• Big Bad
• Big Entrance: In "The Master Returns", his arrival on the human world is accompanied by a storm blacking out the sun, and rocks assembling themselves into a door with red light shooting out of the gaps that explodes when he emerges from it.

Master Xandred: Day shall become night as I escape the Netherworld to face my enemies!

• Frothy Mugs of Water: His "medicine".
• Grievous Harm with a Body: Occasionally uses a Mook to shut someone up... by throwing it at them.
• Hair-Trigger Temper
• Orcus on His Throne: So far, he hasn't done anything except yell at people. The Rangers don't even seemed all that concerned with him in particular even though he's supposed to be the Big Bad. This is, however, completely in-character with his Sentai equivalent.
  • He has actually gotten off his duff and attacked Deker for "meddling in his affairs" that concerned the Red Samurai Ranger, if that counts for anything.
  • He also attacked a Nighlok who had been scheming to overthrow him.
  • In "The Master Returns" we find out why he's not taken action himself, the moment he steps foot on the human world, he begins to dry out rapidly and dries out so badly it takes him out of commission for presumably some time.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After learning Serrator had been deceiving him, he comes to earth himself and proceeds to go on one of these. The only reason he didn't wipe out everyone then and there was he dries out much more rapidly than a normal Nighlok, forcing him to retreat.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Was sealed in the river by Jayden's father. Due to the seal being done wrong (which stems from the previous Red Ranger having insufficient power at the time), it causes him headaches.
  • The Master Returns seems to imply that he's still trapped to some degree, as flashbacks show he could previously leave the Sanzu River without drying out instantly, a problem he has now.
• Took a Level In Badass: Slowly but noticeably Xandred gets stronger and more powerful throughout the season. At first he was just Orcus on His Throne, but later he becomes much more menacing and active threat: he once summoned an entire army of moogers to terrorize city and destroy Red Ranger, he became much more aggressive, attempted to kill Deker and almost did, brutally punished Arachnitor and his moogers attacks have became more vicious. And he is the only one who can actually defeat Serrator.
• Villainous Breakdown: Nearly tears the ship apart in a blind rage when he discovers the Red Ranger is the one who sealed him away and Jayden could do it again. He gets so furious, it causes enormous numbers of Mooks to spawn and it takes a much larger dose of his "medicine" to settle him down.

Octoroo | (Voice actor: Jeff Szusterman)

• Badass: Held his own in a straight up fight with both the red ranger and the gold ranger
• Cthulhumanoid
• Even Evil Has Standards; He not only distrusts Serrator but is completely against his plan as he knows the casualties it would create on both sides. While he can't stop Serrator he never does anything to help him either.
• The Evil Genius
• Pet the Dog:
  • In "Broken Dreams" When Xandred is angry at Dayu for not killing Deker Octoroo comes to her defense, pointing out that doing so wouldn't be easy and urging Dayu to apologize to Xandred in the hopes he'll show mercy.
  • Despite being anti-human he does seem sympathetic to Dayu about Decker's death. He also pays his respects to Dayu's "funeral".
• Rhymes on a Dime: Sometimes hand in hand with his...
• Verbal Tic: Hoo-ha-hoo!

Dayu | (Voice actress: Kate Elliott)

• Call a Rabbit a Smeerp: She refers to her shamisen as a "Harmonium".
  • May Not Have Done The Research: A harmonium is actually a free-standing keyboard instrument, similar to a reed organ.
• The Dark Chick
• Deadpan Snarker
• Deal with the Devil: Sold her soul to save Deker's life. She wasn't told until after the deal was complete that she doomed Deker to become a half Nighlok and forget her forever.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: She doesn't want Mia to pity her when she finds out that Mia saw her past.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Her love for Deker is a big part of her notivation.
• Happily Married: She and Deker were a married couple until a fire came down and killed Deker...and now Deker doesn't even remember her.
• Hidden Depths: In "There Go the Brides", she seems to have bad wedding memories that motivate her to carry out the episode's plot.
  • Recent episodes such as "The Blue and the Gold" and "The Tengen Gate" hint that she and Deker have some history.
    • "Broken Dreams" expands on this. See Deal with the Devil.
• It Was a Gift: Her shamisen was originally a guitar Deker gave her as a wedding gift.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Had this reaction when she realized her Deal with the Devil turned her beloved Deker into a half human monster who will never remember her.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Ditched Xandred after he abused her a little too harshly and damaged her harmonium. She's made only a token cameo since.
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: Living forever with a broken heart sucks.

Deker | (Actor: Rick Medina)

• Amnesiac Lover: Thanks to Dayu's deal with the Nighlock to save his life, he's cursed to forget that they were lovers.
• Blood Knight: Exists solely to find the "ultimate duel" and a Worthy Opponent.
• Cool Sword: Uramasa.
• Disney Villain Death: At the end of his battle with Jayden, he's defeated and falls off a cliff.
• Even Evil Has Standards: His reason for stopping Serrator is that while he wants to end his curse he's not willing to condemn the entire world to a Fate Worse Than Death to do so.
• Half-Human Hybrid: Explaining why he's able to come and go at will between Earth and the Sanzu River without drying out. He got this way by Dayu making a Deal with the Devil to save his life.
• Happily Married: He was married to Dayu until a fire broke out, killed him and Dayu sacrificed her soul for him to live...only to forget her.
• I Call Her "Vera": His sword is named Uramasa.
  • It Was a Gift: Uramasa was Dayu's wedding gift to him.
• Memento MacGuffin: Urumasa was Dayu's wedding gift to him when they were married. And he doesn't even remember.
• Noble Demon: Has a sense of honor and refuses to fight Jayden until they can have a true fight at full strength.
• The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Towards Jayden
  • Although he isn't exactly looking to win the fight, merely to have the ultimate duel opponent. Win or lose, Deker gets what he wants.
• The Rival: Declares Jayden to be his rival in Episode 6.
• Shout-Out: He wields a reverse blade sword just like another wandering swordsman.
• You Look Familiar: Rick Medina, better known as Cole Evans.

Serrator | (Voice actor: Derek Judge)

• Deal with the Devil: The devil making the deal, in this case; he's the Nighlok who cursed both Dayu and Deker.
  • Makes another one with them later to fix their respective weapons in exchange for working for him.
• The Dragon: Swears his loyalty to Xandred, though he's shown the occasional sign of being The Starscream.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Twice, oddly enough. First was in Dayu's memory/dream in "Broken Dreams", and later in the flesh in the early-aired "Clash of the Red Rangers".
• Evil Laugh: One of his favorite tropes.
• Genre Savvy: In "Kevin's Choice", his plan hinges on the Rangers destroying Scarf's first form to allow him to become his stronger second form.
• Knight of Cerebus: The series wasn't exactly lighthearted, but Serrator and his Nighlok are even more viscious and vile than those that came before. Not only that, he's one of the most powerful enemies the Rangers have faced thus far.
• Kick the Dog/For the Evulz: In his official debut episode, "Something Fishy", in order to show his power to Master Xandred, Serrator destroys an entire army of his own moogers.
• Mook Maker: Seems to be able to spawn Moogers, like Xandred. Can also use his claws to cut a sheet of paper into the giant Papyrax.
• Slasher Smile
• Wolverine Claws: While his fingers are pretty damn sharp already, he can also enlarge his entire hands for more power, as seen in his first scuffle with the Rangers.

Nighlok Monsters

• BFS: Robtish, in "Test of the Leader"
• Big Eater: Two examples to date, both in Super Samurai:
  • Skarf, who becomes a Stone Wall in his second life if he eats enough in his first.
  • Grinataur plays with this a bit, in that he throws magic dirt on people, and they can't stop eating.
• Body Swap: Switchbeast's power, though an odd variant: he prods a person and an inanimate object with his stinger-tentacles, trapping the mind within.
• Brave Scot: Robtish again
• Conservation of Ninjutsu: The Moogers' difficulty seems linked to the number of them. In "There Go the Brides", a small group of them are able to give the Samurai Megazord a good deal of trouble without a Nighlok backing them up, where the larger groups normally supporting the Nighloks are taken out much more easily.
• Covered in Slime: Antberry, to the point where it spills over to nearly everything he touches.
• Deal with the Devil: Doubletone's whole schtick is making (and later breaking) promises in exchange for his victim giving up his/her dream.
• Demonic Spider: Arachnitor
• Detachment Combat: Taken to an extreme with Splitface, who can explode into dozens of ricocheting spheres. Mike described it as being "like dodgeball with teeth".
• Dream Eater: Rhinosnorus
• Even Evil Has Standards: Sort of; Octoroo tells Dayu (and the audience) that Robtish is feared even by other Nighlok.
  • Considering he fought the Red Ranger and Deker in a three way battle and held his own, it's not much of a surprise.
  • Steeleto twice refers to Vulpes as his "Nighlok buddy", indicating something akin to friendship among the baddies this season.
• Everything's Even Worse with Sharks: Sharkjaw, though he only appears in the very beginning of "Clash of the Red Rangers"
• The Gunslinger: Dreadhead carries a Sawed-Off Shotgun
• Hurricane of Puns: A lot of the Nighloks talk this way.
• Hyper-Destructive Bouncing Ball: Armadevil, much like Power Rangers' original super-armored armadillo monster, Soccadillo.
• Intangible Man: Dreadhead is unaffected by physical attacks.
• Magic Mirror: Vulpes uses one to screw with Jayden from the safety of the Sanzu River.
• Me's a Crowd: Duplicator, though the clones are easily dispersed by bright light.
• Mind Control: Madimot uses this on Kevin and the Tiger Zord
• Monster of the Week
• Mooks: Moogers, and as a first, Giant Moogers.
  • In "Jayden's Challenge", we're introduced by Robtish to Flying Giant Moogers.
• No Name Given: The umbrella-headed Nighlok in "Forest for the Trees". SamuraiCast.com lists him as Desperaino, which is used in "Party Monsters".
• Painful Involuntary Transformation: Arachnitor, as punishment for trying to usurp Master Xandred.
• Poisonous Person: Yamiror, via toxic breath.
• Rubber Man: Rofer can stretch his arms over vast distances to punch his opponents with his Power Fists.
• The Speechless: After Arachnitor is mutated for his treason, he lost his ability to speak, which led us to a battle almost free of wisecracking.
• Spikes of Villainy: Robtish, yet again.
  • Steeleto, too, and he can use them as bladed Combat Tentacles!
• The Starscream: Arachnitor intended to take Xandred's throne... didn't end well for him.
• Whip It Good: Madimot uses this to order around his People Puppets, like a lion tamer.
• Words Can Break My Bones: Negatron is able to send people flying by reading their mind for their worst self-doubts and verbally insulting them.
• Youkai: The Nighloks are modeled after actual creatures from Japanese folklore.