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

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)
Austin St. John	...	Jason Lee Scott / ... (80 episodes, 1993-1994)
Thuy Trang	...	The Yellow Ranger / ... (80 episodes, 1993-1994)
Walter Jones	...	Zack Taylor / ... (80 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:

Although they were portraying high school students, Austin St. John (Jason) was the only one still of high school age, 18, when the show debuted. Thuy Trang (Trini) and Jason Narvy (Skull) were 19. Jason David Frank (Tommy) was 20. Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly), Walter Jones (Zack), and Paul Schrier (Bulk) were all 23. David Yost (Billy) was the oldest at 24.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Episode 93 "Lights, Camera, Action" claims that David Sarnoff invented the television. While the actual inventor is a matter of debate, David Sarnoff in fact simply ran competing company RCA; he never did any actual inventing.

Quotes:

Jason: If you were Bulk and Skull... where would you go?
Kimberly: Ugh, don't even mention such a horror.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bad Boys (1995)

Soundtrack:

Go Go Alien Rangers

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 :)