In the 90s when the series originally aired as ‘The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ‘ when I first saw the robot, I swore it was a live action version of Voltron, one of my favorite cartoons in the 80s (*yeah I’m dating myself)
I’d get home from school I’d sit down and watch the Power Rangers. I don’t know if there was an actually age range for it but I was in my teens and had big crushes on the Original Red and Green Rangers. I’ll put it this way, somewhere in my storage room there’s a box or 2 of VHS cassettes of the episodes with Tommy (the green ranger) I even bought his Martial Arts Video tape!
Happy 30th Anniversary RANGERS
August 28, 1993 – August 28 2023
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Jason David Frank 50th Birthday Sept 4, 2023
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Then and Now (then as in the original season 1 cast and what they look like and is going on with them now)
The ‘ORIGINAL’ Power Rangers then and Now (original as in State side)
With the new movie coming (or already) out I thought it was time to start writing up the show as a classic. I think it debuted in 93 or 94…The show was called The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and there were 2 movies I remember, one in which had a big purple ‘raisin’ of a villain the other I think was Turbo, with a young boy as the blue ranger.
Some of the TV incarnations were not only the Mighty Morphin. but there was
Turbo, Dino Charge, that I remember, and Remember seeing the S.p.D., and I think R.P.M. ones in passing even with ‘Tommy’ in it. Looking up others.. there’s Ninja Steel, Zeo, and Mega Force. Check them all out here
As far as seeing some images from the new movie, I still like the old cheesey Rita Repulsa better but thankfully that head dress thing is GONE! I do like the use of green as I usually say green food is evil so that works with me. But not sure how I feel about the rest of it. I am however really pissed off they ruined Alpha 5. The TV version from the originals look better than this thing.
Is Skull and Bulk still in the show?
Austin St John almost came back to power rangers
‘Power Rangers’ series
filmography
1993 Mighty Morphin. 156 eps
S1 60 Episodes
S2. 52
S3. 43
1994 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Video Game
1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The movie
1996 Zeo (tv series)
Zeo Quest VIdeo
1997 Turbo A Power Rangers movie
Power Rangers Turbo (tv)
1998 POwer Rangers in Space
1999 The lost Galaxy
2000 Power Rangers Light Speed Rescue (tv)
POwer rangers in 3D: Triple Force (Video)
2001 Time Force
2002 Wild Force
Wild Force Video Game
Wild Force Idenity Crisis (video)
Time force: THe end of time (video)
2003 Ninja Storm
Ninja Storm (video game)
2004 Dino Thunder Video Game
2005 S.P.D.
2006 Mystic Force
2007 Operation overdrive
2008 Jungle Fury
2009 R.P.M.
2011 Samurai
2012 Super Samurai (video Game)
2013 Megaforce
Mega Force (video Game)
Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers – The Movie
2014 Super megaforce (Video Game)
2015 Dino Charge
Super Mega Force : The Legendary Battle (Video)
Unite (Video game)
2016 Zenith
2017 Ninja Steel
2017 Movie 2017’s Power Rangers Overestimated The Franchise’s Blockbuster Potential
*What Went Wrong With 2017’s Power Rangers Movie
Legacy wars (video Game)
Here’s a listing of the shows Filmography sadly they don’t have a way to put it in order by year. was surprised to see Power Rangers vs Voltron (I’ll include that… I should have the video on my Voltron Classic Cut)
Power_Rangers_(Series) order (wiki) Sadly it does not include what years each started in the overview
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
I’ve been intending on watching the series again at least until i saw the 30th anniversary 1hour event on Netflix. Ive been getting more and more of the it h to watch so pilot episode queued up (and on Netflix) Character Refresher Goldar Finster the monster maker The spiky blue hog is the flying monkey is baboo
UNAIRED PILOT
Unaided pilot free on youtube
1 Day of the he dumpster
Two astronauts release rita repulsa from her space dumpster along with her gaggle of …..goofy goons Finster, goldar, some bird and a boar i think it is naned squat Thanks to the 30th anniversary event i had to re watch the pilot…plus i missed bulk and skull in the 1 hour special which only had a billboard of their likeness. Also missed the red ranger Austin st. John, and those cheeks i always wanted … He had a baby face and i just wanted to grab him by the cheeks (on his face) and give him a big fat kiss. Theres an earthquake but really rita and aloha and Zordon beam up the 5 friends. Pink ranger amy jo johnson said during an interview well she made fun of herself the way she would talk as she was in her mid to late 20s at the time. So far Goldar is the monster of the episode Theres always rules to powers like this… 1. No using powers for personal gain 2. never escalate a battle unless rita forces you 3. keep secret and fight unless rita Watching this episode felt so quick. While i remember them being half hour long , i guess back in the 90s time felt slower.
2 high five
Jason climbing a rope Trini is afraid of heights billy comes in and jason coming down sits on his shoulders. If course bulk comes in … Billy made communicators The monster looks like a bony salem witch hunter Wait how did billy morph…he dropped his morpher which fell over cliffs edge Not the only monster, that one was.just practice
3. Teamwork
Trini and kim fight against pollution by petition to clean up waste site… I feel like the fight is goung to go more way than one. The guys are willing to sign, but all jave previous engagements. You know i remember rita’s telescope lens seeing a bigger area. Minatour monster. I dont remember the triceratops horns doing that. Also i would swear there was more story to these (maybe later episodes) but seems more action. They get new weapons, trident for billy sword for jason bow for kim axe for zack and daggars for trini. And can put them together to make i guess a power cannon. Crossbow cannon… They call it a power canon
4 a pressing engagement
Jason tries to set a new weightlifting record and Keeps getting foiled Rita plans to separate jason from the others The silly goofs ate still funny. Especially when they happen to bulk and skull. king sphinx flaps his wings and sends kim and zack back to juice bar And its a double dose with a giant goldar as well The power crystals help find the others
5 different drum
Kim is giving an arobics(?) Class and Billy is going on and trips over the step equipment. One of the girls cant keep up, but turns out shes deaf and kim forgot to sign the moves. Some troll with a hypnotic accordion playd pied piper leading the kids to a cave. Kims deaf friend follows them then tries to tell jason.
6 food fight
I saw the title and emediately laughed at just my imagination if what this episode would be. Remember, i have not watched these sunce original airing. Ok a cultural food festival at the juice bar. Omg jason in the patriotic hat… Those cheeks Pudgy pig…ol its legs i mean arms come out of its mouth I think the whole achool is about to get detention. Billys outfit looks like hes dressed as chucky!!!
7 Big Sisters
Kim and trini ate big sisters to a girl named maria who is a mischif maker. Turned hot water off at gym Power eggs? …only a child can take the chest they’re in. 2 eggs from when good and evil began Chunky Chicken monster but looks more like a turkey to me Holy pints of cream… Look at the dize of that sundae Omg its the rad bug (which was in once and always… didnt remember this when i saw that) which can go 0-3000 Rita uses old school bike like a witches broom… Insert wicked witch from oz music
8 I, eye guy
Billy and the gang sample jr. science fair project by willy Kimberly seems bothered after the ‘ride’ the sound effects during their ‘handshake’ Bulk and skull get a makeover
9. For whom the bell trolls
Rita brings Trini’s fave doll to life Which looks like a tall troll doll
10 happy birthday zack Ernie has a cake omatic billy made billy listening to kims walkman While the group set up oarty decir for a surprise party for zack The birthday present monster Nasty knight
Im trying to figure out how much of the show is recycled from super Sentai plus current like when they morph and possibly getting into the Zords
So far I’m sure on
from super sentai = battle scenes & At least minster costumes Current = morphing scene with it ?- cockpit scene being dubbed over each
11 no clowning around
The fair is in town, and Trini’s younger cousin Silvia as well. A clown that can turn people into 2 dimensional boards (you know like how you take a pic with A pineapplesquid monster?
12 power ranger punks
Open with them playing volleyball �� Baboo making and toiling trouble, then making like did the wicked witch if oz use an old school bicycle �� to fly? So what dies the potion do? Makes billy and kim jerks (a*holes) Next day in school, they have a whole new look. Terror Toad Looks like a bunch if industrial garbage bags are spread out for an other worldly practical effect.
13. Peace love and woe
Theres a dance Billy meets his female half and she asks him to the dance Rita calls on Madame woe Who of course screws up. Morph to one
14 foul play in the sky
Kims uncle steve is taking her flying Zack has a crush on angela Rita spikes uncle steves cola with a sleeping potion. Oh boy .bulk abd skull see Kimberly at airport…. Snizzard
15 dark warrior
Trinis uncle Howard, a scientist comes to vist Jason teaching a ‘karate’ class Sadly he puts his new invisibility formula down at juice bar. Right has her goons go to his lab and finds wrong one. Monster?= Episode title Bulk and skul are taught a lesson
16 switching places
Ritas ‘blueberry’ switches wires on Billy’s new project Kim and billy switch bodies..and so do bulk and skull monster= genie Have bad days in classes
17 green with evil part 1 :
out of control Tommy oliver comes to angel Grove Abd Jason faces him in martial arts ecpo Command center is destroyed Goldar gets supersized
18 green with evil part 2: Jason’s battle Jason is trapped in ritas prison.
19 green with evil part 3: the rescue SCORPINA!!!!!
20 green with evil part 4
3x the monsters. The rangers find out who the green one is
21 green with evil part 5: eclipsing megazord a magazord to dragonzord
22 the trouble with shellshock
While Rita sleeps Baboo and squat make their own monster to impress rita. shellock the turtle ��so what does the traffic light do? Oh ok,… So a __adjetive here__game of red light green light
23 itsy bitsy spider
The group try to save a statue Bulk and skull release science class bugs and arachnids;, which billy kim trini and jason try to collect some new ones for study. Zak has a hiphop keto class to teach
24 the spit flower
Kimberly dedigned a float that will be in a parade. Of course the puttys show up and destroy it.
25 lifes a masquerade
Setting up fir a costume party Rita sends Frankenstein monster. Omg jason in the … Is that peter pan or robinhood costume Alpha shows up at the party!!! Super putty? And tommy showing up late and without costume. Ol Frankenstein looks like a greaser �� and uses his neck bolts as a weapon. But when he pulls them out theyre on a chain so how is that possible when they seem to be like nunchucks
26 Gung ho! Team ninja finals jason and tommy practicing Trini tells us gung ho means working together Wait if red clay is super putty then what would you get if you used silly putty? (sorry had to ask!) I cant believe that just popped in mind Zordon sends tommy and Jason (2 alpha males) on a mission to get new weapons and learn to work together. Jason thinks too easy then attack by stegosaurus. But sounds like titanus when mention led And teenage me says HELLO! shirtless Jason and Tommy!
27 wheel of misfortune
School play and Bulk is playing Rumplestilskin Rita turns Kim’s grandmother’s antique spinning wheel into the wheel if misfortune And tommy lit geys tied up Goldar and Scorpina (tho i wish one of the zords was a scorpion) And with titanus…make ULTRA zord
28 island of illusion part 1
Zack practicing for dance contest Zack ferling self doubt Rita summons Lothar abd titus The rangers are sent to some island after megazord is defeated Omg tommy still breaks my heart the way he days we cant even contact zordon “A place where nothing is real except the danger” Loss of confidence makes you fade away
29 island of illusion part 2
The other rangers face their fears
30 the rockstar
The group gors on a trip Jasons spends time with his cousin jeremy Rita is looking for the mirror of destruction How does Rita get herstaff back every time she throws it to earth to make a monster grow? Us it like thor’s hammer? Some of these episodes ifeel should have veen longer. This is one of them
31 calamity Kimberly
Kim wakes to a bad day. She breaks something when she goes to turn off her alarm find a dress burned earthquakes which breaks a mirror The samurai bang bang? Monster Oh fan man Tommy’s right, bulk and skull should have had a spin off show Kim gets captured and tommy knocked out or injured somehow
32 a star is born
Tommy is auditioning fir a karate commercial Rita’s feeling alot like i do lately .. i want a day off i dont wanna you do it�� while the rangers hit the beach and bulk and skull show up for a tan While scorpina attacks with a caterpillar, and rita sends down….. babe ruthless
33 the yolk’s on you
A talent show Ritas birthday Piranha? monster named fang Omg hearing this line out of skull’s mouth as an adult “he likes to check his instrument before he plays it” Meanwhile putties lay atrap for tommy
34 the green candle pt1
A dance and tommy still has to ask kim As the candle burns down tommy’s powers will weaken till he loses them. A cyclops shape shifting monster Laughs..well thats one fx that hasnt stood test of time. Tommy is “chained” and it looks like its from a super mario gane (just not sure for which platform)
35 the green candle pt 2
Alpha traces the portal and jadon goes in to get the green candle but rubs into goldar in the other dimension
36 Birds of a feather
Zack tries to help Cameron with his confidence and teaching a class before the Angel grove jr martial arts contest Hatchasaurus cant be beat until destroy cardiatron Rita puts dragonzord under a spell Jason rockin dragonzord power too now
37 clean up club
A video project leads to the title at hand Pollutacorn monster The teens clean up a field And Jason i thought green wouldnt be his color but… I was proven wrong in this… I guess depends on the shade and a green i can only liken to that in freddy kreugers sweater So wait why does this polliticorn have wings ��
38 a bad reflection on you
Rita makes evil clones of the rangers teens The real Jason etc show up after fountain prank and the ‘goody two shoes’ get detention . Oh no wonder bulk is so heavy you should have seen the illogical amount of food that cane out if the lunch box And the rangers have to figure out a way to morph out Mirror monster It would have been nice during the fight against bad selves to be able to tell difference between the good and bad.
39 doomsday part 1
Power rangers day Rita makes the fabs at ranger day disappear Rita calls forth cyclopsis
40 doomsday pt2
Rita has called on lotar to help and jas moved to earth The zords at half powerwill take another 12 hours to reach full
41 Rita’s Seed of Evil
Save the trees Octoplant Jason : its hard to believe those big trees were once so small Zack: hey you were a little kid once (while pinching his adorable cheek �� Oh Just for the chance Jason gies to park to see why they saw squat there and the plant gets him.
42 a pig surprise
Adopt a pet day What we are supposed to believe is an elderly lady with a portly pig, is later seen to be a putty. Im sure later we will see Rita’s pig monster again. Kinda looks like Bulk!!! Why not just make that doofus a monster
43 something fishy
Jason zack and trini go scuba diving Billy does not have a fondness for sea creatures thanks to a childhood trauma Goo fish
44 lions and izzards
Zacks finally gets a date with angela Oddball games Meanwhile the trophy goes misding Rita uses the lion trophy yo make a half goat half lion monster the lion part of the costume youd almost swesr its an actual lion Zack gets a date eith angela
45 Crystal of Nightmares
The group goes to someone s cabin to study. Lol bulk and dkull dress up as maids Goldar uses the crustal to crush the rangers confidence I dont recall fight music in past episodes… This one does
46 to flea ot not to flee
The youth center going out of business. Aww jason with a doggy Jason gets bitten by ritas flea, and ends up contagious. Jason and kim use this against the putties The flea monster’s voice reminds me of big brother’s zingbot
47 reign of the jellyfish -In class theres a Time capsule to fill. The teacher’s contribution a picture if the rangers.
48 Plauge of the Mantis
Trini struggles to learn her new kung fu style …the praying mantis Bulk and skul make up roach fu Rita sends a mantis monster This one is a good to try mimick the mantis style moves
49 return of an old friend part 1 (Gee wonder who that could mean)
Parents day Mole like monster not sure i heard right what its called. Dremel monster? Kim is worried about if her dad will show up Our villainous bozos plan to send the parents to dark dimension in return for the power coins. Will the rangers end up giving up their power coins? Billy is put under a spell by rita to get the dragon dagger
50 return of an old friend part 2 -bulk makes mischief at the end
51 Grumble Bee
What the! Billy gets a B in class. While zack, jason and Kimberly play some basketball, Billy goes to study and trini goes to help. Jason and co. Get tied up by goldar and putties.(and teen abd current me wishing we were Kimberly)
52 Two heads are better than one
Jason and Tommy teaching Women’s self defense class. (1. cougar jokes 2. if I lived on the other side of alifornia I’d have showed up for these classes & 3…I’ll keep the other responses and naughty ideas to myself on this one!!!! ) Bulk and Skull show up after class… 2 headed parrot �� monster (looks nothing like any parrot ive seen) Tommy searches for a pamango tree. I think this is the first time im hearing the go green ranger sing.
53 Fowl Play
Zack is doing a magic show Peckster Did they ever use the megadon shield before?
54 Trick or Treat Kim is going to be on a game show , she finds out skull is her Pumpkin Wrapper Tommy in park and a patch of rotting pumpkins Tommy has a martial arts meet The rangers become pumkin heads
55 second chance
A young boy missed making Ernie’s soccer team, of course its the smallest kid. jason and zack get Ernie to have a 2nd try out. Zack and jason help roger out and coach him before the next tryout. Soccerdillo Lol bulk and skull thumb wrestling …with stickers pf tjeir faces on their thumbs andnlittle sumo hair sticking up. Tower formation and uses blasters. Some of the spots on dragonzord looked blue.like the knees snd neck area then it goes to looking green…mmm
56 on fins and needles
Jason and tommy teaching a class together. In park the puttys attack them with something. Rita turns them against each other Slippery shark Ok no idea wtf but tommy flipping abd falling like the shark tripped him (while in the ground) but wasnt even in line to hit him lol.
57 Enter the Lizzinator
Kims cousin kelly is tryi g out to be a cheerleader. Jason carries some bixes out of a building and lizzinator crashes through wall.
58 Football season Tommy’s not sure he’ll make the football team. The group play some flag football in park while ernie trains tommy for tryouts. Rhino blaster monster. And we get to see who made the team… Im surprised billy did!!
59. Mighty morphin mutants
Tommy keeps forgetting things And class is self improvement Rita wants the badges of darkness. Lol “guess i forgot all the times i forgot stuff’ So the badges make the puttys ‘mutant’ rangers A crawfish in place of the red ranger Omg look at bulk and skull
60. An oyster stew
Hello tommy lifting weights,zack spotting and watching angela Zack planning for Angela’s birthday. Buys pearl earring from a random in park after jewelry store was too expensive. Oysterizer minster with an Ecosite pearl. The magic pearls of stillness can turn all life motionless. ___Best monsters___ For whatever my reason Madame woe Octoplant
King sphinx was pretty cool Terror toad Samurai fanman Pumkin rapper Oysterizer- the insults
I am still re-watching the original series but wanted to post in time for the Anniversary (even if a few days late) . This will be the main page for the power rangers and once I get into later seasons likely will have separate posts for each series.
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Jason David Frank’s Final Power Rangers Episode Was The Perfect Tommy Oliver Tribute
Stay Tuned as when JDF’s last movie Legend of the White Dragon comes out I will publish my review in a separate post of course but will likely try to include links across any Power Rangers related posts.
Season 2
1 The Mutiny part 1
2 The Mutiny part 2
14 Things In Power Rangers That Aged Poorly https://www.cbr.com/things-power-rangers-aged-poorly/
Why Power Rangers’ Strongest Team Mysteriously Disappeared From The Show
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Core 6 Have Been Fighting Battles All Along
Power Rangers Finally Admits a Huge Flaw with the Green Ranger’s ’90s Weapon
Even Power Rangers Admits the Problem with Its Original ’90s Villains
Power Rangers Admits an Embarrassing Weakness of its ’90s Suits
Ranking the Zords
I checked out CB’s Ranking the Power Rangers Zords and thought it a very poor ranking (not to mention my computer seems to not like their site when it has a slideshow.)
I thought to do my own and hopefully use the entire series (even if I haven’t watch every single season)
Watch “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – Megazords of the Zordon Era!” on YouTube
The Green Rangers Dragon zord is definitely in my top 5 if not #1. (I love dragons so…and had a major crush on the green ranger when he first showed up on the show…even though Jason (red ranger had my heart and still does))
10 Coolest Power Rangers Megazords That Could Take Down Any Kaiju
The 2017 Movie
Bryan Cranston as Zordon and looks good as such but as far as Alpha 5 goes I HATE it!!
First off WHY is there not some sort of Turbo or something added to the end of this? We started with Mighty Morphin, Turbo and I can’t even remember everything else that followed
It looks stupid, doesn’t even sound like Alpha 5, this one looks like a hunk of junk compared to the original, even with the clearer picture etc. you Don’t mess with the original mythology or characters. Which leads me to Goldar’s Kaiju or whatever you want to call it in the movie looks so stupid! It’s now supposed to be the dripping pure evil of Rita Repulsa who in a sense I can respect the upgrade of the costume, and makes me laugh as I always say green food is evil and she’s in green. And there’s someone fool who thinks Banks is the perfect Rita... Honestly I like the campy original better, especially as this just reminds me of and seems like a gold version of the destroyer from the first Thor movie, only with wings. All this before I heard the first review of it from some News guy. (and note I don’t normally listen to them as they are paid to do so and likely told what movie to see I don’t believe they give a fair assessment) but being as I could already tell as an original fan it was crappy I listened in… He said something like he “gets paid to see good movies but earns it for seeing bad movies and he really EARNED his money watching this”
Power Rangers Is Already Setting Up A Better Reboot Than The Failed 2017 Movie
| Power Rangers Filmmakers Explain Goldar’s Gold Redesign |
10 Power Rangers Replacements Stronger Than The Original Version
The 20 Strongest Power Rangers In The Franchise, Ranked
Disney Canceled Power Rangers’ Jason vs Tommy Civil War: Everything We Know About It
Every Power Rangers Show & Movie Jason David Frank’s Tommy Oliver Was In
the 30th Anniversary of the series spawned a stand alone one hour special
Once and Always
Power rangers end of era?
Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury release date, cast, and everything we know so far
Cosmic Fury Could End Power Rangers As We Know It (After 30 Years)
Fan Fodder
Official powerrangers.com
It’s Morphin’ Time!: Test Your Knowledge of the Power Rangers Universe
5 Themes Power Rangers Should Use In Future Shows
Austin St. John the state side OG red ranger check out Jason vlogs on Fanward
HOW he became the Red Ranger is a MUST to watch, Such a great story teller, Charismatic, funny and even with accents !!!
Also his Tokyo trip and the pimps and hoes party story (the later especially) Just make sure you make a pit stop at the bathroom first
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Season by season episode listing
Multiscreen MoTVision 