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As a franchise, Power Rangers is constantly evolving and changing, with new ideas and concepts emerging with each series, both stemming from the original source, Super Sentai and as written into the adapted show. This is a real-world documentation of the evolution and the milestones in the franchise, showing the changes, advancements, and quirks which emerge with each new series since originally starting in 1993.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers[]
Season One[]
- First Red/Black/Blue/Yellow/Pink combination of core Rangers.
- First to be adapted from Super Sentai.
- Established a five-man team with a Sixth Ranger.
- First Green Sixth Ranger.
- Established the use of Morphers.
- Established the use of sidearms.
- Established the use of combining weapons.
- Established the use of Zords.
- First to switch a Ranger's genders from the original source.
- First Zordon Era season.
- Adaptation of 16th season, Zyuranger.
Season Two[]
- First to have a second Megazord combination for a team.
- First adaptation to not use the adapted season's core Rangers' suits.
- Last to use the Dragon Ranger's suit.
- First villain exclusive to Power Rangers.
- 100th Power Rangers episode (not counting non-sequential specials): Rangers Back in Time, Part II.
- First White Sixth Ranger.
- First to feature Ranger replacements mid-season.
- First to have a Red Ranger that is not a leader.
- First season to feature an-American made villain.
- Adaptation of 17th season, Dairanger.
Season Three[]
- First to have a third and fourth Megazord for a single team.
- First Rangers with Ninja-based powers
- First to feature a Monster-of-the-week with no association with the main villains.
- First series to feature a non-Power Ranger hero as well as crossing over with another Saban show.
- First Pink Ranger to be replaced mid-season.
- Last to use the five core Zyuranger suits and the KibaRanger suit.
- Adaptation of 18th Season, Kakuranger.
Alien Rangers (Mini-Series)[]
- First Red/Blue/Yellow/Black/White combination of core Rangers.
- First to have non-combining Zords.
- First team to be led by a female with Red taking point as a figurehead.
- First team to have only one female member
- First to have a male Yellow Ranger.
- First Light-Blue Ranger.
- First to feature another Ranger team.
- First to not have a Sixth Ranger.
- First to not have a Pink Ranger.
- First to have kept every Ranger's gender the same from the original source.
- First female White Ranger.
- The first series to have ten episodes.
- First season to end in a cliffhanger.
- Adaptation of 18th season, Kakuranger.
Zeo[]
- First Red/Blue/Green/Yellow/Pink combination of core Rangers.
- First to have a Green Ranger to be apart of the core team as opposed to being a Sixth Ranger.
- First to have a Blue Ranger to serve as the team's second-in-command.
- First to have a Yellow Ranger that has a skirt.
- First full-on change of powers, suits and arsenal for the titular Rangers.
- First Megazord with a special system per pilot.
- First new set of villains.
- First series to introduce a Ranger color before Sentai: Gold.
- First series to use footage from a non-crossover Super Sentai movie.
- First series to have a team up with the previous team.
- First series to use footage from Super Sentai crossover movie.
- 200th Power Rangers episode: A Mystery to Me.
- Adaptation of 19th season, Ohranger.
Turbo[]
- 5th anniversary of Power Rangers
- First to premiere with a full-length movie.
- First series with Carrier Zord that does not combine with Megazords.
- First series with Carrier Zord that also transports Zords into battle.
- First series with car-themed Zords.
- First series with Zords with both a vehicle and humanoid mode.
- Only series with a child as a Ranger.
- First series with a female mentor.
- First series with a new mentor and assistant.
- Final series to include Tommy Oliver as a Ranger before acquiring a new color seven years later.
- First season to depict a major fire (the forest fire in the episode Fire In Your Tank).
- Only season where the main Rangers were completely defeated in the end.
- Adaptation of 20th season, Carranger.
In Space[]
- First series to have a two-piece Megazord.
- First series to have a three-piece Megazord.
- First series to keep the original Sentai robo names for Megazords.
- Final series to feature Zordon, also making it the final season of the Zordon Era
- First series and the only one of the Zordon Era to feature Battilizer Armor.
- First series and the only one of the Zordon Era to not feature Tommy Oliver.
- First series to utilize the use of Sentai season's morphed footage.
- First to feature more cold, calculating villains.
- First to feature villains backstabbing one another.
- First to feature a Sixth Ranger that completely lacks chest armor and have the suit resemble the suit design of the core team Rangers.
- First Silver Ranger.
- Adaptation of 21st season, Megaranger.
Lost Galaxy[]
- First series to not directly follow on from the last.
- First series to introduce a new cast with the first episode.
- First villains without any connections to the United Alliance of Evil.
- First Ranger to die.
- First former villain to become a Ranger.
- 300th Power Rangers episode: Double Duty
- First Ranger team made up of young adults rather than teenagers.
- First to have biological brothers that are Rangers together.
- First Post-Zordon Era season.
- Adaptation of 22nd season, Gingaman.
Lightspeed Rescue[]
- First series to feature an Power Rangers-exclusive Ranger.
- First series to not feature any elements from past series (outside of the team-up).
- First episode to have suits without a sculpted mouth.
- The team up in this series is the first to be self-contained whereas the previous two had effect on the story lines.
- First series not to feature an Alpha robot.
- First series where the Rangers' powers and technology are entirely human-made without any mythical origin.
- First non-alien villains (demons).
- First team to be public servants.
- First team to not follow the rule of keeping their identities secret.
- First to have a brother and sister that are Rangers together.
- Only season to have a Power Rangers-exclusive Sixth Ranger.
- Adaptation of 23rd season, GoGo-V.
Time Force[]
- First series to follow the complete Sentai weekly format.
- First series where the monsters do not get destroyed.
- 400th Power Rangers episode: Lovestruck Rangers
- First season not to feature any alien villains.
- First Pink Ranger as the team leader.
- First series to edit scenes after 9/11.
- Last Post-Zordon season to have a Pink Ranger.
- First Sixth Ranger to have the same color as one of the core Rangers.
- First season to air in the 21st century.
- Adaptation of 24th season, Timeranger.
Wild Force[]
- 10th anniversary of Power Rangers.
- First anniversary season to lack a Pink Ranger.
- First series to have a team-up featuring Rangers from various other teams.
- First and only team-up that consisted of Rangers of only a single color ("Forever Red").
- Final series shot in California.
- First series to have its Red Ranger be the last core member to get their powers.
- Final season to use Zyuranger stock footage.
- Last Post-Zordon Era season.
- Adaptation of 25th season, Gaoranger.
Ninja Storm[]
- First Red/Blue/Yellow/Crimson/Navy combination of core Rangers.
- First adopted brothers that are Rangers together.
- First to include a female Blue Ranger.
- First to begin with a three-member team.
- First three-member team to become five-person team.
- Second Green Sixth Ranger.
- First series not to have a team-up episode with the previous team since In Space.
- First series to be filmed in New Zealand.
- First Disney Era season.
- Adaptation of 26th season, Hurricanger.
Dino Thunder[]
- First team with a brachiosaur Ranger.
- First mentor Ranger.
- Only team with a tupuxuara Ranger.
- Only series with four Rangers on the core team.
- First series to have a past Ranger serve as a mentor.
- First series to use its corresponding Sentai season's unmorphed footage for an episode.
- Second White Sixth Ranger.
- 500th Power Rangers episode: Legacy of Power
- Adaptation of 27th Season, Abaranger.
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- First series not to take place in the year it aired.
- First series with an evil Ranger team that willingly became evil/is corrupt.
- First series to not adapt an official Sentai Ranger.
- Carranger had a wannabe 6th Ranger.
- First series to have two separate team-up episodes (Wormhole and History) with the same team (Dino Thunder.)
- Third White Sixth Ranger.
- First series to introduce an Extra Ranger before its official Sixth Ranger.
- First Disney season to have a Pink Ranger.
- First series to feature more than six Rangers.
- Adaptation of 28th season, Dekaranger.
Mystic Force[]
- First Ranger team to have a magic theme.
- First Ranger team with a Ranger with parents who are also Rangers.
- First Ranger team that transforms into their Zords.
- First to have sisters that are Rangers.
- First series to have a former Ranger actor return as a completely different Ranger.
- First series to introduce an Extra Ranger prior to the core team.
- 600th Power Rangers episode: Light Source, Part I.
- Only season that was a joint idea/production from its origin (Japan (Toei) and USA (Disney)).
- Only season where the Blue and Yellow Rangers switch genders in the three male/two female team (the male wears yellow while the female wears blue).
- First Male Yellow whose Sentai counterpart is not a ninja.
- Adaptation of 29th season, Magiranger.
Operation Overdrive[]
- 15th anniversary of Power Rangers.
- Season introduces three monster-growing methods.
- Last Disney season to have a Pink Ranger.
- First season to have a team-up where each returning Ranger was from a different team with different colors.
- Adaptation of 30th season, Boukenger.
Jungle Fury[]
- First Red/Blue/Yellow/Purple/White combination of core Rangers.
- First cheetah-themed Ranger; first Ranger based on a modern reptile (chameleon), only jaguar Ranger
- First Purple Ranger joins the team.
- First Black/Green Ranger-like ally duo.
- First Ranger-like duo to start out evil but later turn good.
- First extra heroes whose Zords can combine with those of Rangers.
- First to have the Rangers in their secret identities to work at a restaurant.
- First series to not have a Battlizer since In Space.
- First series to have multiple Power Rangers-exclusive Rangers.
- Adaptation of 31st season, Gekiranger.
RPM[]
- First Red/Blue/Yellow/Green/Black combination of core Rangers.
- First Sixth Ranger duo.
- First regular core team to include both a Green and Black Ranger on the core team as opposed to interchanging with one another if the Retro Rangers line up is not counted.
- 700th Power Rangers episode: Danger and Destiny, Part II (also the season finale).
- First twelve-piece Megazord.
- First series to have a Scottish American Power Ranger.
- First team to have both a Gold and Silver Ranger.
- First female Silver Ranger who was also one of the 6th Rangers.
- Last Disney Era season.
- Only Disney season to not feature civilian powers in some form.
- First series to take place in an alternate universe.
- Adaptation of 32nd season, Go-Onger.
Samurai-Super Samurai[]
- First heroic team to have a female Red Ranger.
- First Ranger team with a Samurai theme.
- First series produced by Saban since being sold to Disney.
- First Saban season filmed in New Zealand
- First Sentai adaptation to be split into two years.
- First Neo-Saban Era season.
- First series to have a team-up episode of adjacent teams from two different production eras (Neo-Saban & Disney)
- First series to have a Cockpit-exclusive mode.
- Adaptation of 33rd season, Shinkengers.
Megaforce-Super Megaforce[]
- 20th anniversary of Power Rangers.
- First series to use footage from two previous unadapted Super Sentai series in a single episode.
- First anniversary series where the celebration was split into two halves.
- First Sixth Ranger to be played by a production staff member for the show, (2nd unit assistant director Chris Auer, who worked in the same capacity for five prior series to this one.)
- First series to have two different Sixth Rangers of the same color.
- First series where the Rangers change into different suits.
- Only Ranger team able to completely change suits while transformed.
- Adaptation of 34th season, Goseiger and 35th season, Gokaiger.
- First season to include footage/references to pre-Zyuranger Sentai seasons.
Dino Charge-Dino Super Charge[]
- First Red/Black/Blue/Green/Pink combination of core Rangers.
- Only Parasaurolophus, Velociraptor, Pachycephalosaurus, and Plesiosaurus Rangers.
- First dinosaur-themed Blue Ranger to not have the Triceratops motif.
- First dinosaur-themed female Ranger to not to have the Pterosaur motif.
- First dinosaur-themed non-Blue Ranger to have the Triceratops motif.
- First Sixth Ranger to have the Pterosaur motif.
- First series to be adapted out of order, as the Sentai season it is adapted from debuted a year after Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, which received an adaptation 7 years after its Sentai counterpart, and 4 years after Dino Charge.
- First series to have one female on a five-member team (that is not the leader).
- 800th Power Rangers episode (counting Halloween and Christmas specials since Samurai): Sync or Swim.
- First season to not have a Yellow Ranger.
- First female Purple Ranger.
- First Graphite and Aqua Rangers.
- Adaptation of 37th Season, Kyoryuger.
Ninja Steel-Super Ninja Steel[]
- 25th anniversary of Power Rangers.
- First Red/Blue/Yellow/White/Pink combination of core Rangers.
- First anniversary season to have a Gold Ranger.
- First anniversary season not to have a Silver Ranger.
- First series to have female White and Pink Rangers on the core team.
- First series to have a pre-established romantic couple (Calvin & Hayley)
- Last Neo-Saban Era season.
- Adaptation of 39th season, Ninninger.
Hyperforce[]
- First sequel series since Power Rangers in Space (to Power Rangers Time Force).
- First stand-alone Power Ranger season with no Super Sentai counterpart.
- First Ranger team with a Greek Mythology motif.
- First series with a female Black, female Green, and first Green sixth since Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
- First season with 23 or more episodes since Power Rangers RPM (26, including the Villain Special).
- First Power Rangers series to be broadcast live (as a Web-RPG) and not in a television format.
- First female Ranger with an individual Battlizer.
- First series to add a new Ranger to a previous team after their series had already ended (Joe Shih added to the Time Force Rangers).
Beast Morphers[]
- Main article: Power Rangers Beast Morphers
- First series to adapt a Sentai out of order, as it debuted 7 years after its Sentai counterpart and 4 years after that season's successor.
- First series where the toys are made by Hasbro as opposed to Bandai America.
- First series to use pleather for suits instead of traditional spandex.
- First series to have an male Orange Ranger.
- First series to not have the monsters grow rather than have giant new ones.
- 900th Power Rangers episode: Game On!
- First series to air in the Hasbro era.
- Adaptation of 36th Season Go-Busters.
Dino Fury[]
- Main article: Power Rangers Dino Fury
- First official female Green Ranger.
- First series since Wild Force to have a gender-swapped Ranger.
- First gender-swapped Ranger to not be a Yellow Ranger.
- First season to go out of order while skipping ahead further than one Sentai season.
- First season with a dinosaur motif to lack a Pteradactyl-themed Ranger.
- First season since Mighty Morphin to have a sabre-tooth tiger themed Ranger.
- Also, the first season since Mighty Morphin to have a third season.
- First television season to have an officially confirmed LGBT Ranger.
- Adaptation of 43rd season, Ryusoulger.
- First Black Ranger to be stegosaurus themed.
- First Pink Ranger to be ankylosaurus-themed.
Cosmic Fury[]
- Main article: Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
- 30th anniversary of Power Rangers.
- First anniversary season to lack a Yellow Ranger.
- First anniversary season to have PR-Exclusive Foot Soldiers.
- First anniversary season to have a PR-Exclusive Morpher.
- First anniversary season to have a male White Ranger.
- First Red/Champagne/Blue/Black/Green/Gold/Orange combination of core Rangers.
- First season to have a core of seven Rangers while featuring no Sixth or Extra Ranger archetypes.
- First Official season to:
- To keep all six Rangers from the previous show as Rangers cast for the duration of this season.
- To Feature an entirely Power Rangers-exclusive Team.
- To have a Blue Ranger serve as the team's mentor.
- To adapt a Ranger that was originated from the Boom! Studios comics (the Dino Charge Dark Ranger).
- To premiere worldwide on a streaming service.
- To have only ten episodes.
- To have a full time female Red Ranger, a Ranger present from the beginning with a non-color name, the first main Orange Ranger and a Gold Ranger part of the Core Team as opposed to having a Gold Ranger as a Sixth Ranger.
- To have a Ranger who lost a limb in the line of duty, and to replace it.
- To not have a "monster of the week" format.
- First dinosaur-themed season:
- To not have a Tyrannosaurus themed Red Ranger.
- To have a Red Ranger with Ankylosaurus motif.
- To have a Non-Red Ranger with the Tyrannosaurus motif.
- To have a Ranger with a fictional dinosaur motif (Solonosaurus).
- Last series to be filmed in New Zealand.
- Last series of the original Power Rangers franchise.
- Hybrid Adaptation of 41st season, Kyuranger with elements from the 43rd season Ryusoulger.