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- For the team, see:Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (team)
- For the show's seasons, see:Season One, Season Two, Season Three

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Added by DchallofjusticeAlthough it was a children's series, it became known as one of the cultural icons representing the 1990s.
The theme music, "Go Go Power Rangers," was often parodied, and many of its subsequent incarnations contain the words "Go" or "Power Rangers" in their theme music.
The various Power Rangers over the years have been replaced, partly based on evolving storylines, and partly because the actors behind these characters were rumored to be holding out for greater pay.
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Production
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Before Power Rangers would become a worldwide hit during the decade of the 1990s, Haim Saban, the creator of Power Rangers and other Tokusatsu adapts that became Saban adapts (like VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs and Masked Rider) which were around the recent and frequent years of the show's rising and falling popularity status streaks, during the 1980s struggled to adapt the Super Sentai series to the United States. Super Sentai however, has been very popular in Japan for the past 35 years. Like in Sentai, it also involved around a group of 5 heroes (in some shows, fewer) with gifted and special powers (technical or magical) who are sent to battle the dark forces of evil which consists the heroes' main villains and monsters. Their henchmen (aka. "Footsoldiers"), on Sentai's part, are called "grunts", while their monsters are often called "Monster of the Week". Each one of our heroes received gigantic robots called mecha. They could be used to fight off monsters when they grew to gigantic size. The mecha could usually form together to form one superior gigantic robot. Each year our heroes would defeat their enemies and our story would be finished. The next year a new threat and a new set of heroes (with a new back story and brand new powers) would be introduced and the cycle would repeat itself. The Super Sentai show was a success in Japan. Although it seemed simplistic by design Super Sentai shows usually had some story of storyline and even had some adult situations (Sentai is a kids show but in Japan kids shows have much less content restrictions than in the US).
After watching Super Sentai, Saban figured out how to produce his planned Power Rangers show by mixing American footage with the Japanese Sentai stock footages to have action scenes to fit with each story of each Power Rangers episode ever produced and aired. During the time, various children's networks turned down Saban's idea for Power Rangers. However, in the 80s, the USA Network had aired a parody dub of Kagaku Sentai Dynaman. Sentai footage was being bought from Toei by Saban at the time. When Saban wanted to create a television show called Power Rangers, he would use the American footage and Sentai footage to be collided together while he hired an all-American cast of actors to play these characters as the two footages varied ratios in order for Saban to make a unique TV series that appealled to mostly children (starting with later incarnations of Power Rangers, the show became much more attractive toward teens and adults, as of 2011, rather than its regular target audience). By the earlier 1990s, Saban finally found a TV network to air Power Rangers, and of that was Fox, part of its Fox Kids network programming block.
The first Super Sentai show Saban wanted to adapt for the first season of Power Rangers was 1992's Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, whose series had a Dinosaur motif and theme to its concept. Saban attempted but failed to gain the footage from Zyuranger's predecessor Choujin Sentai Jetman, also the last Super Sentai series not to be dubbed In order to create a unique cast of characters, he wanted them to be based on their Sentai Ranger equivalents. The young actors to play the original team of Power Rangers were Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott (the Red Ranger), Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Ann Hart (the Pink Ranger), Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (the Black Ranger), Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (the Yellow Ranger), and David Yost as Billy Cranston (the Blue Ranger). Zyuranger involved five ancient warriors who were awakened to use their dinosaur powers to fight an evil witch. Power Ranger utilized the footage of Zyuranger but had a much different storyline. The first series, titled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, was about an evil witch, Rita Repulsa, who was freed from her prison on the moon after 10,000 years of imprisonment. An ancient wizard named Zordon recruited five "overbearing" teenagers. Rita Repulsa was taken from the Sentai footage of Zyuranger's main villain, Witch Bandora . Dubbing was used to give the villian an American sound, done by Barbara Goodson. A pilot episode to Power Rangers was then filmed but was never aired (until 1999 when it was finally aired as "The Lost Episode"). The title of it was "Day of the Dumpster". The Rangers' civilian forms were obviously based on teenage stereotypes (i.e. jock, nerd, valley-girl, etc.). After the first official episode of Power Rangers aired on August 28, 1993, the show became a smash hit on TV, as it began a toyline by Bandai (who also produces the Super Sentai toys), video games, comic books and a single feature film (which was released 2 years later following Mighty Morphin's third season in 1995). Power Rangers was a huge success from the get go, easily becoming the most popular kids show on television. Toy sales grew out the roof and toy stores were easily sold out. Kids couldn't get enough of their other favorite superheroes.
One move that greatly attributed to Power Rangers' fast growing popularity was the introduction of a new character. His name was Tommy Oliver and he was the evil Green Ranger sent by Rita to destroy the Rangers ( Saban Entertainment had earlier requested that Toei create a sixth ranger in Zyuranger). Tommy was played by Jason David Frank. Soon it was revealed to the Rangers that Tommy was under an evil spell. After being freed from the spell he joined the Rangers. After the 5-parter "Green With Evil", Tommy became a popular character within Power Rangers and has stayed in that position of popularity with fans since. Kids loved Tommy so much that when the producers were forced to write him off, there was a huge backlash of letters asking that Tommy be kept on. The writers of MMPR listened to the fans of the show and decided to keep Tommy around as a guest charachter (even though his counterpart in Zyuranger, Burai, was killed off). MMPR was so popular that Saban Entertainment commissioned Toei to create new Zyuranger footage specifically for Power Rangers since they ran out of original footage from Zyuranger. Fox extended Power Rangers' first season and the new Toei footage was used to produce the additional episodes required. The extra footage has always been referred to as Zyu2 footage.
Despite the first season's popularity, Saban renewed Power Rangers for a second season in Fall 1994 and by that time, ratings went through the roof, stronger with such high ratings. The first 14 or so episodes of season 2 detained Zyu2 footage while Saban began buying only action footage and monster costumes from the following Sentai series Gosei Sentai Dairanger. When Saban began production on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' 2nd year, he didn't want the main Dairanger costumes as upgrades of the Power Rangers' main morphed forms, instead they only wanted the zords from Dairanger and Tommy's White Ranger costume, based on the Kiba Ranger from that series. Season 2 also introduced the series' first ever all-American made Power Ranger villain, Lord Zedd. After his introduction to the show in the season 2 3-part opener "The Mutiny", Zedd became a fast growing and popular villain toward fans since his inception on Power Rangers. Saban didn't want the costume of Dairanger's main villain for Lord Zedd (though the costume was used for Master Org in Power Rangers: Wild Force, which was 9 years later). Most of the footage in Power Rangers' 2nd season was 100% American-produced and 50% Sentai created. The two-parter "White Light" sought the return of Tommy Oliver, this time as the White Ranger. Since his return, fans enjoyed seeing him as this new Power Ranger though the Green Ranger powers (which were originally created by Rita) were no longer more. After Tommy's return to Power Rangers, the show introduced 3 rookie teens that later became Power Rangers- Rocky DeSantos (Steve Cardenas), Adam Park (Johnny Yong Bosch) and Aisha Campbell (Karan Ashley). They took the places of 3 of the 5 original Power Rangers that were commissioned (according to the writers of the show) to the Angel Grove Peace Conference- Jason, Zack, and Trini.
Episode variations
Some of the episodes seen on Netflix and outside of the US vary from their original Fox Kids broadcasts. See article: Domestic vs. international masters
Synopsis
Long ago, the ancient wizard Zordon did battle with the evil witch Rita Repulsa. After long years of battle, he managed to defeat her in a game by using five magic coins. As punishment for her loss, she was sealed in a canister on Planet Nemesis, a planet that travels close to Earth every 10,000 years. However, before being sealed away, Rita trapped Zordon in a time warp, preventing him from participating in further battle against her.
Millennia later, Rita and her minions escaped their prison thanks to two unaware astronauts, and set out to conquer Earth. Zordon, desperate to stop her, had his assistant Alpha 5 recruit five "teenagers with attitude" to do battle with her. They were granted the powers of the dinosaurs, and became Power Rangers.
After several battles, Rita created an evil Power Ranger using a magic coin that she stole from Zordon which was infused with the power of the Dragon. This Green Ranger caused major damage to her foes, until he was freed from her control by the other Rangers. Grateful, and now burdened with responsibility, he joined the Power Rangers.
Following several more defeats, Rita's fortress was invaded by Lord Zedd. Disgusted with her failure, he took over and sealed her away again, launching his own campaign against the Power Rangers. Despite his defeat of the Green Ranger, he was unable to beat the Rangers' new powers of the mythical beasts (their new Thunder powers). Things were complicated by the creation of the White Ranger, and the return of Rita, who gave Zedd a love potion. It was later discovered, after Zedd took an antidote, that he loved her anyway.
Rito Revolto later came to Earth and managed to destroy the Rangers' previous powers. Undaunted, they sought the aid of Ninjor, creator of the powers, who gave them the new Ninja powers. After several more battles, Zedd and Rita were joined by Rita's father, Master Vile. Following his failed attempts to defeat the Rangers, he turned back time, Turning the Rangers into Powerless Children and eliminating the threat of Ninjor. These events culminated in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, leading up to Power Rangers: Zeo.
Characters
Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
| Color | Role | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| White Ranger | Tommy Oliver | Jason David Frank |
| Red Ranger | Jason Lee Scott ► Rocky DeSantos | Austin St. John ► Steve Cardenas |
| Black Ranger | Zack Taylor ► Adam Park | Walter Jones ► Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Blue Ranger | Billy Cranston | David Yost |
| Yellow Ranger | Trini Kwan ► Aisha Campbell | Thuy Trang ► Karan Ashley |
| Pink Ranger | Kimberly Ann Hart ► Katherine Hillard | Amy Jo Johnson ► Catherine Sutherland |
| Green Ranger | Tommy Oliver ► Tom Oliver | Jason David Frank ► Jason David Frank |
Wild West Rangers
| Color | Role | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Red Wild West Ranger | Rocko | Steve Cardenas |
| Black Wild West Ranger | Abraham | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Blue Wild West Ranger | William | David Yost |
| Yellow Wild West Ranger | Miss Alicia | Karan Ashley |
Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers
| Color | Role | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| White Aquitar Ranger | Delphine | Rajia Baroudi |
| Red Aquitar Ranger | Aurico | David Bacon |
| Blue Aquitar Ranger | Cestro | Karim Prince |
| Yellow Aquitar Ranger | Tideus | Jim Gray |
| Black Aquitar Ranger | Corcus | Alan Palmer |
Allies
Civilians
- Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- Ernie
- Lt. Stone
- Ms. Appleby
- Mr. Caplan
- Angela
- Richie
- Curtis
Villains
Power Rangers Villains
- Rita Repulsa
- Lord Zedd
- Master Vile
- Hydro Hog
- Goldar
- Scorpina
- Rito Revolto
- Professor Longnose
- Squatt
- Baboo
- Finster
- Lokar
- Billy Cranston (clone)
- Primator
- Blue Globbor
- Putty Patrollers
- Z Putty Patrollers
- Tenga Warriors
Evil Power Rangers
Evil Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
| Tyrannosaurus | Twin Man |
| Mastodon | Zack Putty |
| Triceratops | Billy Putty |
| Sabertooth Tiger | Trini Putty |
| Pterodactyl | Kimberly Putty |
Mutant Rangers
| Tyrannosaurus | Commander Crayfish |
| Mastodon | Black Mutant Ranger |
| Triceratops | Blue Mutant Ranger |
| Sabertooth Tiger | Yellow Mutant Ranger |
| Pterodactyl | Pink Mutant Ranger |
| Dragonzord | Green Mutant Ranger |
Dark Rangers
| Red | Justin |
| Black | Zane |
| Blue | Bobby |
| Yellow | Tina |
| Pink | Kristen |
Monsters
- List of Mighty Morphin 1 Monsters
- List of Mighty Morphin 2 Monsters
- List of Mighty Morphin 3 Monsters
Masked Rider Villains
Arsenal
Main Articles: Arsenal (MMPR), Arsenal (MMPR2), and Arsenal (MMPR3).
- Power Morphers: Morphers used by Power Rangers, powered by magic coins.
- Dragon Dagger: Weapon of Green Dino/Dragon Ranger, used to summon and control Dragonzord.
- Blade Blaster: Standardized Ranger weapon, can be used as blaster or short sword.
- Saba: Talking sword of the White Tiger Ranger, used to summon/control White Tigerzord. Also has the ability to fly and fire laser blasts from his eyes.
- Shark Cycles: Shark-themed motorcycles used for rough terrain.
- Metallic Armor: Special armor created for battling the new-and-improved Tenga Warriors. Enhances the Rangers' speed, strength & resistance to injury or magic spells
- Power Cannon: Giant bazooka that fires loadable spheres of energy.
- Power Weapons: Assortment of weapons individualized by each Ranger, can combine into the Power Blaster for powerful attacks. Jason (later Rocky) had the Power Sword, Trini (later Aisha) had the Power Daggers, Billy had the Power Lance, Kimberly had the Power Bow, and Zack (later Adam) had the Power Axe.
- Sword of Power
- Sword of Light: A sword that acts as a transfer conduit for the powers.
- Sword of Darkness: A weapon temporarily wielded by the Green Ranger.
- Power Coins: Owned by all six Power Rangers which when inserted into their Power Morphers, gives each teen the ability to drawn on dinosaur (and later Ninja animals) spirits to morph into Power Rangers.
Zords
Rangers Zords
Season One
- Dinozords
- Tyrannosaurus Dinozord (Jason/Red)
- Mastodon Dinozord (Zack/Black)
- Triceratops Dinozord (Billy/Blue)
- Saber-Toothed Tiger Dinozord (Trini/Yellow)
- Pterodactyl Dinozord (Kimberly/Pink)
- Dino Megazord (combination of Dinozords)
- Dragonzord (Tommy/Green)
- Dragonzord Battle Mode (combination of Dragonzord, Mastodon, Triceratops and Saber-Toothed Tiger Dinozords)
- Mega Dragonzord (combination of Dino Megazord & Dragonzord)
- Titanus the Carrierzord
- Dino Ultrazord (combination of Mega Dragonzord & Titanus)
Season Two
- Thunderzords
- Red Dragon Thunderzord (Jason/Rocky)(Red)
- Lion Thunderzord (Zack/Adam)(Black)
- Unicorn Thunderzord (Billy/Blue)
- Griffin Thunderzord (Trini/Aisha)(Yellow)
- Firebird Thunderzord (Kimberly/Pink)
- Thunder Megazord (combination of Thunderzords)
- White Tigerzord (Tommy/White)
- Mega Tigerzord (combination of 4 Thunderzords & White Tigerzord)
- Tor the Shuttlezord/Carrier Zord
- Thunder Ultrazord (combination of Thunderzords, White Tigerzord & Tor)
Season Three
- Ninjazords
- Falconzord (Tommy/White)
- Ape Ninjazord (Rocky/Red)
- Frog Ninjazord (Adam/Black)
- Wolf Ninjazord (Billy/Blue)
- Bear Ninjazord (Aisha/Yellow)
- Crane Ninjazord (Kimberly/Kat) (Pink)
- Ninja Megazord/Ninja Megafalconzord (combination of Ninjazords, with or without Falconzord)
- Ninja Ultrazord (combination of Ninja Megafalconzord & Titanus)
- Shogunzords
- White Shogunzord (Tommy/Kimberly) then (Tommy/Kat) (White/Pink)
- Red Shogunzord (Rocky/Red)
- Black Shogunzord (Adam/Black)
- Blue Shogunzord (Billy/Blue)
- Yellow Shogunzord (Aisha/Yellow)
- Shogun Megazord (combination of Shogunzords)
- Shogun Megafalconzord (combination of Shogun Megazord & Falconzord)
- Shogun Ultrazord (combination of Shogun Megafalconzord & Titanus)
- Battle Borgs
Evil Zords
Episode Guide
Season 1
- Day of the Dumpster
- High Five
- Teamwork
- A Pressing Engagement
- Different Drum
- Food Fight
- Big Sisters
- I, Eye Guy
- For Whom the Bell Trolls
- Happy Birthday, Zack
- No Clowning Around
- Power Ranger Punks
- Peace, Love and Woe
- Foul Play in the Sky
- Dark Warrior
- Switching Places
- Green with Evil Part I: Out Of Control
- Green with Evil Part II: Jason's Battle
- Green with Evil Part III: The Rescue
- Green with Evil Part IV: Eclipsing Megazord
- Green with Evil Part V: Breaking The Spell
- The Trouble with Shellshock
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- The Spit Flower
- Life's a Masquerade
- Gung Ho!
- Wheel of Misfortune
- Island of Illusion, Part I
- Island of Illusion, Part II
- The Rockstar
- Calamity Kimberly
- A Star is Born
- The Yolk's on You!
- The Green Candle, Part I
- The Green Candle, Part II
- Birds of a Feather
- Clean-Up Club
- A Bad Reflection on You
- Doomsday Part I
- Doomsday Part II
- Rita's Seed of Evil
- A Pig Surprise
- Something Fishy
- Lions & Blizzards
- Crystal of Nightmares
- To Flea or Not to Flee
- Reign of the Jellyfish
- Plague of the Mantis
- Return of an Old Friend Part I
- Return of an Old Friend Part II
- Grumble Bee
- Two Heads are Better than One
- Fowl Play
- Trick or Treat
- Second Chance
- On Fins and Needles
- Enter... The Lizzinator
- Football Season
- Mighty Morphin' Mutants
- An Oyster Stew
Season 2
- The Mutiny, Part I
- Lord Zedd invades Rita's palace and brings forth an attack on Angel Grove.
- The Mutiny, Part II
- The Mutiny, Part III
- The Wanna-Be Ranger
- Putty on the Brain
- Bloom of Doom
- The Green Dream
- The Power Stealer
- The Beetle Invasion
- Welcome to Venus Island
- The Song Of Guitardo
- Green No More, Part I
- Green No More, Part II
- Tommy loses the Green Ranger Powers.
- Missing Green
- Jason is still depressed over the disappearance of Tommy.
- Orchestral Maneuvers in the Park
- Beauty and the Beast
- White Light, Part I
- The knowledge of a White Ranger is introduced.
- White Light, Part II
- Tommy comes back as the White Ranger and helps the other Rangers send Rita back to the moon.
- Two for One
- Opposites Attract
- The last episode with the actors Austin St. John, Walter Jones, and Thuy Trang on set.
- Zedd's Monster Mash
- The Ninja Encounter, Part I
- Rocky, Adam, and Aisha are introduced.
- The Ninja Encounter, Part II
- The Ninja Encounter, Part III
- A Monster of Global Proportions
- Zedd Waves
- The Power Transfer, Part I
- The Power Transfer, Part II
- Jason, Zack, and Trini give up their powers to go to the Peace Conference. Rocky, Adam, and Aisha become rangers.
- Goldar's Vice-Versa
- The only episode with American Scorpina footage.
- Mirror of Regret
- When is a Ranger Not a Ranger?
- Rocky Just Wants to Have Fun
- Lights, Camera, Action
- Where There's Smoke, There's Fire
- Scavenger Hunt
- The Great Bookala Escape
- Forever Friends
- A Reel Fish Story
- Rangers Back in Time, Part I
- Rangers Back in Time, Part II
- The Wedding, Part I
- Rita returns.
- The Wedding, Part II
- The Wedding, Part III
- Return of the Green Ranger, Part I
- Return of the Green Ranger, Part II
- Return of the Green Ranger, Part III
- Best Man for the Job
- Storybook Rangers, Part I
- Storybook Rangers, Part II
- Wild West Rangers, Part I
- Wild West Rangers, Part II
- Blue Ranger Gone Bad
Season 3
- A Friend in Need, Part I
- Introduces the Masked Rider.
- A Friend in Need, Part II
- A Friend in Need, Part III
- Ninja Quest, Part I
- Introduces Rito Revolto.
- Ninja Quest, Part II
- Ninja Quest, Part III
- Introduces Ninjor and the Ninja Power.
- Ninja Quest, Part IV
- A Brush with Destiny
- Passing the Lantern
- Wizard for a Day
- Fourth Down and Long
- Stop the Hate Master, Part I
- Stop the Hate Master, Part II
- Final Face-Off
- The Potion Notion
- A Ranger Catastrophe, Part I
- Introduces Kat.
- A Ranger Catastrophe, Part II
- Changing of the Zords, Part I
- Changing of the Zords, Part II
- Changing of the Zords, Part III
- Introduces the Shogun Zords.
- Follow that Cab!
- A Different Shade of Pink, Part I
- A Different Shade of Pink, Part II
- A Different Shade of Pink, Part III
- Kimberly leaves for the Pan Global Games. Kat becomes the Pink Ranger.
- Rita's Pita
- Another Brick in the Wall
- A Chimp in Charge
- Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part I
- Introduces Master Vile and the Zeo Crystal.
- Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part II
- Master Vile and the Metallic Armor, Part III
- I'm Dreaming of a White Ranger
- The Sound of Dischordia
- Rangers in Reverse
- The Earth is turned back in time. The Rangers become children.
Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers (Mini Series)
- Alien Rangers of Aquitar, Part 1
- Introduces the Alien Rangers.
- Alien Rangers of Aquitar, Part 2
- Master Vile returns home. Battle Borgs are introduced.
- Climb Every Fountain
- Billy regains his age, but the Power Coins are destroyed.
- The Alien Trap
- Attack of the 60' Bulk
- Zordon reveals the Zeo Quest.
- Water You Thinking?
- The Zeo Quest starts. Rocky searches for his crystal.
- Along Came a Spider
- Adam searches for his crystal.
- Sowing the Seas of Evil
- Hogday Afternoon, Part I
- Hogday Afternoon, Part II
- Hydrohog is destroyed. Aisha decides to stay in Africa. Tanya goes to Angel Grove with the Crystal. The Earth is restored, Tanya becomes a teenager, and the Rangers are returned to normal. However, The Command Center is destroyed.
Notes
See also
- Mighty Morphin 1, the first season.
- Mighty Morphin 2, the second season.
- Mighty Morphin 3, the third season.
- Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, a miniseries concluding the third season.
- Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger- aesthetic counterpart for the rangers and the first season