Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996)

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.

Stars:

Richard Steven Horvitz, David Yost, Paul Schrier

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Richard Steven Horvitz	...	Alpha 5 (155 episodes, 1993-1996)
David Yost	...	Billy Cranston (153 episodes, 1993-1996)
Paul Schrier	...	Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier (145 episodes, 1993-1996)
Jason Narvy	...	Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch (144 episodes, 1993-1996)
Barbara Goodson	...	Rita Repulsa (140 episodes, 1993-1996)
Amy Jo Johnson	...	The Pink Ranger (137 episodes, 1993-1995)
Jason David Frank	...	Tommy Oliver (116 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Genelle	...	Ernie (116 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robert Axelrod	...	Finster (115 episodes, 1993-1996)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Goldar (109 episodes, 1993-1996)
Ed Neil	...	Putty Patroller (106 episodes, 1993-1996)
Michael Sorich	...	Squatt (105 episodes, 1993-1996)
Dave Mallow	...	Baboo (98 episodes, 1993-1996)
Danny Wayne	...	Putty Patroller (96 episodes, 1993-1996)
Tadahiro Nakamura	...	Putty Patroller (94 episodes, 1994-1996)
Hien Nguyen	...	Putty Patroller (92 episodes, 1993-1995)
Bridgett Riley	...	Putty Patroller (91 episodes, 1993-1995)
Romy J. Sharf	...	Alpha 5 (89 episodes, 1993-1995)
Tatsuro Koike	...	Putty Patroller (89 episodes, 1994-1996)
Machiko Soga	...	Rita Repulsa (86 episodes, 1993-1994)
Austin St. John	...	Jason Lee Scott (81 episodes, 1993-1994)
Thuy Trang	...	The Yellow Ranger (81 episodes, 1993-1994)
Walter Jones	...	Zack Taylor (81 episodes, 1993-1994)
Wendee Lee	...	Scorpina (80 episodes, 1993-1995)
Robert L. Manahan	...	Zordon (76 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Branden	...	Putty Patroller (65 episodes, 1993-1995)

Storyline

Four athletically able teenagers along with their brainy friend Billy are selected by Zordon to fight the evil of Rita Repulsa, her monsters and her minions after the witch is accidentally released from imprisonment in an intergalactic dumpster on the moon. Later in the series, the rangers are joined by Tommy, the once evil Green Ranger designed for Rita's evil, but later was deprogrammed and spent two portions of the series briefly as the Green Ranger. Over time, some rangers had to pass their powers to others as well. Action scenes and scenes with Rita were edited from footage based on Japanese action sagas. Replacement villain Lord Zedd was designed in the U.S.

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | combined giant robot | ninja | superheroine | robot | 

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Genres:

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

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

French English

Release Date:

28 August 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dino Rangers

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MMPR Productions Inc., Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Saban Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (155 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Scorpina (Ami Kawai) disappeared at the beginning of the second season. She returned in the middle of the season, in "Goldar's Vice-Versa" (played by a new actress), then left the show permenantly. Scorpina was supposed to return to the show as a main character in that episode, but Saban was unable to keep the actress for more than one episode.

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Goofs

The battle footage is composed of Japanese footage from the Zyuranger Super Sentai series. This normally is not a problem, but if one looks closely, there are a few scenes where the word "Zyuranger" can be seen on the Rangers' Power Morphers/Blade Blasters/Weapons/etc.

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Quotes

[Tommy is being overpowered by Goldar and Rito]
Saba: White Ranger, I'm afraid I've failed you. I can see no way out of our present situation.

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Crazy Credits

Every time a new Ranger was added to the team, or a Ranger changed, or in some cases, the zords were changed, on-screen, the credits changed to reflect this alteration to the cast. This system continues throughout the series, with only Power Rangers SPD (It excludes Omega and Cat Ranger completely) failing to keep up with this.

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Connections

Spoofed in T.U.F.F. Puppy: Dog Daze/Internal Affairs (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Go Go Alien Rangers"
(theme song)
Performed by The Mighty RAW
Written and Composed by Ron Wasserman

User Reviews

True Childhood Heroes and Role Models

What can I say, I absolutely LOVED this show. Six superheroes that you felt you could really relate to and look up to. I so wanted to be one for so long after watching it and had a huge crush on the GORGEOUS Pink Ranger. The show just rocked (you could say I was mad fer it) and I could not start my Saturdays (or school days for that matter) without it. I recently found old episodes on You Tube and was transfixed. Who cares about plot etc It was just pure action, fantasy and innocent fun and was a big part of my teenage years. Yes, maybe at 15 years old I should have known better but I was still a big kid. Thanks to them I was able to stay away from drugs and cigarettes. Clichéd I know but so very true. OK, so I might not have realised my ambition to be a Power Ranger (except in my wild imagination) but I do have a great career, a healthy lifestyle and am loving life in Manchester. If it is ever released out on DVD I will shamelessly go out and buy the box set in Virgin Megastore even if it means revealing to everyone in the shop my secret obsession. Have to admit though what did leave me more "traumatised" was realising that as a lifelong Celtic fan I found myself watching a show that had Rangers in it and finding that my obsession with these Rangers led me to switching my allegiance to the blue half of Glasgow he he :D Some people said the colours were racist because the cool Black Ranger was black and the cute Yellow Ranger was Oriental. What a load of rubbish. If that really was so, then Tommy the Green Ranger might have had an Irish accent and there would have been an Orange Ranger from Belfast. Oh, and the Blue Ranger would have hailed from Glasgow where he would have supported...well Rangers of course which leaves me wondering how popular the Green Ranger was with kids in Strathclyde when everyone knows that the last colour a Ranger could ever be is Green and White. Tommy, it's a known fact amongst Tims and Bhoys that you can't be a Ranger and wear the Green and White of Celtic but I guess because you were such a hero to me that's why I know you can get away with it :)