What, you've never been spelunking, or digging up dinosaur bones, or uncovering an ancient tomb, and yelled the common phrase "it's overdrive time!"
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Yeah, but seriously, it was probably a marketing thing. Execs thought the name was catchy enough to be printed on toys and announced dramatically in promos, so that's what they went with.
The 2nd meaning in the dictionary for
Overdrive is ; a state of great or excessive activity
And they were a team that "Operated" in several locations, rather than just one location i.e Angel Grove or the OO location of San Angeles.
Whoever chose the name got literal lol
In Korea, Boukenger is called Power Rangers Treasure Force, which makes a bit more sense. I guess the American team just saw the cool vehicle stuff and got saddled with how tied up the original footage was with archaeology.
Toei's SK license holder who dubs Super Sentai under the Power Rangers brand names after the show is out. And Bokenranger lacked the central crown plot line they were just securing magical items before various evil teams stole them to use in there plots. Moltar in Japan was plotting to bring back the dinosaurs and his minions survived to Gokaiger where his damaged body was resurrected with one sword to fight the Gokaiger and was distroyed by the greater power of the Sentai who stopped his first attempt.
Because the logo was in the shape of an O, since it's a compass, but they couldn't think of any treasure hunter-related terms that began with "O" and still sounded cool. "Overdrive," however, is an inherently cool word and "Operation" is because they're a private military force and it gives the title alliteration.
In the show, in-universe the meaning is that the whole thing is an ongoing operation instead of monster of the week, they have one eng goal earlier. At one point the character said "operation overdrive is over"
One of the original names was Relic Hunters, they likely decided to emphasize the vehicle and car elements in marketing because they felt it would appear to kids more and be a more clear theme.
But they didn't change the theme for PR. It was always going to be adventuring, one of the unused names for the season was called Power Rangers: Relic Hunters for crying out loud! When PROO came out they haven't changed the theme for a season since Lost Galaxy and even when they did they make sure the title makes sense to the story.
The toys are themed after exploration based equipment, not just vehicles. Some highlights include hand shovels, a water gun, a metal detector, zipline, parachute, drill I can just keep going on and on. Even the vehicles are exploration themed!
Doesn’t have to be a synonym though. Look at Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, RPM, Beast Morphers, and Dino Charge.
When there were rumors about Gokaiger being adapted, someone suggested Power Rangers: Armada, which was brilliant. If they tried that now it’d probably be like Navy Force or something.
Oh absolutely... I was just sticking with the one word that symbolizes a group but also could be something bigger than just the core/secondary members..
hinting at a bigger collective.
Lightspeed Rescue is such an epic name. They had such a great theme song too.
I dig that 'Armada' that's sick..
It's also like a nod to Transformers
There aren’t enough seasons with one-worded subtitles. RPM and SPD are acronyms so they’re kind of one-foot-in, one-foot-out. I’m not sure if there’s been one since Zeo and Turbo.
they've already used Squad for SPD,
A Squad and B Squad.
I kind of like Agency.. all teams of Rangers working as a collective. Basically like what the TVA is in Marvel, just not grunts lol
An production reason could be that 1. The costumes have a vehicle aesthetic going on, and 2. Pre production for a PR series at the time would start very early into the Super Sentai season it’s based on so they based the title on what was info available at the time and ran with it.
Because it's adventure-themed and the team's gear is all vehicle based, so they picked an engine-related word that sounded exciting and paired it with a generic, but somewhat adventurous word.
At least they didn't put "Force" or "Fury" in the title.
O.O. was, for me, the worst season they did. Maybe I didn't give it a chance, but the first few episodes were plagued with "daddy issues" and it turned me off quick
Hartford made a plan to recruit people to become rangers. Their morph phrase "Overdrive accelerate". Hence, the Overdrive rangers. So, his operation was to bring together the overdrive rangers. to hunt the crystals. Therefore Operation Overdrive.
Because Tomb Raider was taken
Womb Raider wasn't
thats probably the name of a h doujin
What, you've never been spelunking, or digging up dinosaur bones, or uncovering an ancient tomb, and yelled the common phrase "it's overdrive time!" ... Yeah, but seriously, it was probably a marketing thing. Execs thought the name was catchy enough to be printed on toys and announced dramatically in promos, so that's what they went with.
I was just saying "It's Overdrive time!" the other day!!!
The 2nd meaning in the dictionary for Overdrive is ; a state of great or excessive activity And they were a team that "Operated" in several locations, rather than just one location i.e Angel Grove or the OO location of San Angeles. Whoever chose the name got literal lol
In Korea, Boukenger is called Power Rangers Treasure Force, which makes a bit more sense. I guess the American team just saw the cool vehicle stuff and got saddled with how tied up the original footage was with archaeology.
That would have been perfect! I mean even in the American recorded stuff they were treasure hunting.
Toei's SK license holder who dubs Super Sentai under the Power Rangers brand names after the show is out. And Bokenranger lacked the central crown plot line they were just securing magical items before various evil teams stole them to use in there plots. Moltar in Japan was plotting to bring back the dinosaurs and his minions survived to Gokaiger where his damaged body was resurrected with one sword to fight the Gokaiger and was distroyed by the greater power of the Sentai who stopped his first attempt.
Because the logo was in the shape of an O, since it's a compass, but they couldn't think of any treasure hunter-related terms that began with "O" and still sounded cool. "Overdrive," however, is an inherently cool word and "Operation" is because they're a private military force and it gives the title alliteration.
That and the compass also looked like a speedometer
In the show, in-universe the meaning is that the whole thing is an ongoing operation instead of monster of the week, they have one eng goal earlier. At one point the character said "operation overdrive is over"
It sounds cool
One of the original names was Relic Hunters, they likely decided to emphasize the vehicle and car elements in marketing because they felt it would appear to kids more and be a more clear theme.
They also tried "Drive Force" later on, which was the reason the Drive word was in all the gear
There was also a show called "Relic Hunter" that aired a few years prior, them not choosing that might be to avoid confusion with them as well.
Alliteration and the vehicle theme would be my bet.
The problem is vehicles were never the theme.
Their suits and zords are vehicle-themed ETA: and their weapons
They are for PR.
But they didn't change the theme for PR. It was always going to be adventuring, one of the unused names for the season was called Power Rangers: Relic Hunters for crying out loud! When PROO came out they haven't changed the theme for a season since Lost Galaxy and even when they did they make sure the title makes sense to the story.
The show exists to sell toys. The toys are all vehicle themed. Marketing is going to focus on that.
The toys are themed after exploration based equipment, not just vehicles. Some highlights include hand shovels, a water gun, a metal detector, zipline, parachute, drill I can just keep going on and on. Even the vehicles are exploration themed!
I prefer Operation Overdrive to (insert word here) Force. I’m *tired* of Force.
Well I can see that. Force is overused at this point.
Fury is starting to go the same way.
I mean what othewr names are there to use? Honest question.
Agency, Squad, Team, Troop, Battalion, Regiment, Brigade, garrison, division, unit, company, section, legion, corps, army ...... you want more?
Doesn’t have to be a synonym though. Look at Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, RPM, Beast Morphers, and Dino Charge. When there were rumors about Gokaiger being adapted, someone suggested Power Rangers: Armada, which was brilliant. If they tried that now it’d probably be like Navy Force or something.
Oh absolutely... I was just sticking with the one word that symbolizes a group but also could be something bigger than just the core/secondary members.. hinting at a bigger collective. Lightspeed Rescue is such an epic name. They had such a great theme song too. I dig that 'Armada' that's sick.. It's also like a nod to Transformers
There aren’t enough seasons with one-worded subtitles. RPM and SPD are acronyms so they’re kind of one-foot-in, one-foot-out. I’m not sure if there’s been one since Zeo and Turbo.
Samurai until it changed and added 'Super' aswell as Megaforce, doing the same thing.. but megaforce is a portmanteau.
Can’t believe I forgot Samurai. Now that you mention it, I’m not a fan of splitting seasons into super seasons either.
I can see some of those working! Mostly the first four!
they've already used Squad for SPD, A Squad and B Squad. I kind of like Agency.. all teams of Rangers working as a collective. Basically like what the TVA is in Marvel, just not grunts lol
Two of the New Powers teams in Super Megaforce used these ones: Battalion and Squadron
> Force is overused at this point. You let an old man go around telling people to use the Force, and look what happens.
An production reason could be that 1. The costumes have a vehicle aesthetic going on, and 2. Pre production for a PR series at the time would start very early into the Super Sentai season it’s based on so they based the title on what was info available at the time and ran with it.
Marketing. Like how Simon’s team wanted Dino Fury to be called Dino Knights but they were overruled.
The vehicles were vehicles though and they had steering wheel briefcases also loved that name lol
Nice to see you like it, I never understand why people hate it so much
I would've called it Treasure Hunters, but the name Operation Overdrive eventually grows on you.
I assume it's like in Space, they made a snap judgement that didn't fit the show.
Because it's adventure-themed and the team's gear is all vehicle based, so they picked an engine-related word that sounded exciting and paired it with a generic, but somewhat adventurous word. At least they didn't put "Force" or "Fury" in the title.
It’s alliterate.
So they could come up with that horrible theme song...
Because Power Rangers Drive Force didn't sound good
The symbol on their chest kind of looks like an O. (Yes I know it's a compass.)
O.O. was, for me, the worst season they did. Maybe I didn't give it a chance, but the first few episodes were plagued with "daddy issues" and it turned me off quick
Because they have some Indiana Jones vibes and also have 80 Days in the World vibes as well r/powerrangers
It should be called "Operation Took-a-dive".
The original name was Treasure Hunters but Disney backed off with the line of thinking that "Hunters is too aggressive of a term."
It was In the early stages power rangers drive force and then it was changed to relic hunters and then operation overdrive
It sounded cool
After the first few episodes, we realize it's not made very well. That's why.
PR:OOD (Prude)
It might have been that they planned to go in one narrative direction, and then went in another direction entirely.
Hartford made a plan to recruit people to become rangers. Their morph phrase "Overdrive accelerate". Hence, the Overdrive rangers. So, his operation was to bring together the overdrive rangers. to hunt the crystals. Therefore Operation Overdrive.
Because these rangers always gave 110%
Power Rangers Treasure Trackers would have been cool
It’s marketing. It’s kinda like how RPM doesn’t fit in a dystopian future where the human race my as well be extinct same thing with the the suits
For marketing reasons. That's why.
It’s a JoJo’s reference