"Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" (1993) TV series 1993-1996

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Creator:

Jack Olesker

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

28 August 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited and try save Angel Grove from the evil witch Rita Repulsa and later Lord Zedd Emperor of all he sees and their horde of monsters.

Plot Keywords:

Miniaturization | Piloted Giant Robot | Giant Robot | Sentai Adaptation | Shrinking

Cast

David Yost	...	Billy Cranston / ... (153 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Steven Horvitz	...	Alpha 5 (153 episodes, 1993-1996)
Paul Schrier	...	Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier / ... (144 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jason Narvy	...	Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch / ... (143 episodes, 1993-1996)
Amy Jo Johnson	...	The Pink Ranger / ... (137 episodes, 1993-1995)
Barbara Goodson	...	Rita Repulsa / ... (121 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jason David Frank	...	Tommy Oliver / ... (117 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Genelle	...	Ernie / ... (89 episodes, 1993-1995)
Walter Jones	...	Zack Taylor / ... (81 episodes, 1993-1994)
Thuy Trang	...	The Yellow Ranger / ... (80 episodes, 1993-1994)
Austin St. John	...	Jason Lee Scott / ... (79 episodes, 1993-1994)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Adam Park / ... (66 episodes, 1994-1996)
Steve Cardenas	...	Rocky DeSantos / ... (66 episodes, 1994-1996)
Karan Ashley	...	Aisha Campbell / ... (65 episodes, 1994-1996)
Machiko Soga	...	Rita Repulsa (64 episodes, 1993-1994)

Also Known As:

"Dino Rangers" (USA) (working title)
"Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers" (USA) (video box title)
"Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers"
"Power Rangers Ninja"

Runtime:

30 min (155 episodes)

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Malaysia:U | USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:G (censored version) | Australia:PG | New Zealand:(Banned) | Canada:G | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company:

MMPR Productions Inc.

Trivia:

When brought up on VH1's "I Love the '90s" (2004), the original cast members interviewed (Amy Jo Johnson, Walter Jones) as well as other celebrity commentators, mentioned that the original line-up had Jones' role as the Black Ranger and Thuy Trang's role as the Yellow Ranger as the actors and characters were of African and Asian descent, respectively.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In episode 72, "Green No More Part I", Lord Zedd has captured the rangers in an energy field, while he walks around gloating. Duct tape is visible on his staff just below the "Z" presumably broken during rehearsal because it is used to fight a powerless Tommy later.

Quotes:

Katherine: We're not gonna let you do this!
Rito Revolto: Oh! Big words for someone in pink tights!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Step Brothers (2008)

Soundtrack:

Go Go Alien Rangers

An old classic almost lost.

Being a child of... I forget, This show blew me away with what seemed great action and fx. Also who could forget dear old Bulk and Skull. Being older it still is fun to look back on and see how different it looks. It may look silly and cheap in the eyes of adults but to a child it just felt great. There wasn't much of a long plot going on which made it good as if you missed an episode it didn't matter, but saying that the zord changes were good and it made the show more interesting. When will people learn that a young child doesn't care much for plots, that has to wait for when they are a little older. Saddly when they made the zeo series, it would just never be the same. The new series tried too hard. Even as a child I never liked them. Maybe it was the new suits, I mean who designed them? And power rangers in space? It may have appealed to others but I think they should have stayed where they were. Simple enemies that would use the same techniques over and over. Make a monster that starts human size and then grow. And you knew that when they grow the show would almost be over. Oh and I must be dumb to forget the theme tune. I've check and they never made a slightly good theme tune again until this so call wild force series. This show was indeed a classic and I demand they stop making new ones and show the original again for the new generation.