History Awesome / MightyMorphinPowerRangers

* "Power Rangers Punks":

** The entire arc is one to the entire team, as they proved their competence and resolve, regardless of how much the latter wavered, while deprived of Zordon and Alpha's aid or any external supernatural forces. The teens are forced to somewhat grow up in different ways. For example, this is where Billy's expertise with the Command Center technology would be improved as he has to make repairs to Alpha and the base, resulting in technological skills that would continue all the way to ''Zeo''. As for Zack, he proves himself a capable second-in-command when Jason is captured. Trini's ability to interpret Billy's Technobabble is more necessary due to the above. Kimberly doesn't get as much of a growth jumpstart here as hers already occured earlier, but she still proves herself to be emotionally strong through all this. And of course, there's Jason defeating Tommy and destroying the Sword of Darkness, freeing Tommy from Rita's evil grip. If Tommy Oliver is the greatest Ranger that ever served, it is only because he has the most amazing friends anyone could ask for.

** Most monsters knew this and would give up once they saw the Ultrazord. One exception was Samurai Fan Man who had beaten the individual zords, the Megazord, Dragonzord, and Dragonzord Battle Mode in an ugly CurbStompBattle, so naturally he's overconfident as he charges the Ultrazord. We know what happens next.

* Bulk and Skull demonstrating their badassery for the first time in "When Is a Ranger Not a Ranger?" They risk it all to save the amnesic Rangers.

** It's more than that. They first find out the Rangers' identities through genuine competence, they then work hard to help the Rangers recover their identities, using their hero-worshipping thing to great effect, THEN nobly and bravely they hold off the monster until the Rangers are actually able to fight it again. Easily their best moment until the "IAmSpartacus" bit. They do get one close to this one in Zeo, however.

** That fight scene had a ton of crowning moments. Such as the first appearance of the Phoenix Grid, the Mega Tigerzord's finishing move that destroyed Nimrod. It was such an epic, awesome thing to watch. I still remember the first time I saw it, and my jaw ''dropped'', it was so awesome. I would watch zord battles and just hope they'd summon the Mega Tigerzord, ''just'' so we'd get to see the Grid Finishing move again.

** Tommy beating a whole squadron of putties on his own. This was ''before'' he got his powers. When they rest of the team first encountered putties they got their asses kicked. Tommy showed his badass credentials by defeating several of them easily.

* Speaking of Cyclopsis: "Doomsday, Part 2". After the Megazord and Dragonzord were curbstomped ''twice'' by Cyclopsis (In the second battle, Megazord lost an arm and Dragonzord its tail), Zordon and Alpha find Cyclopsis weakness, which is [[spoiler: that it adjusts to what it fights and can't adapt to quickly changing forms]], and...let's just say that it's payback time for the rangers ''and'' the zords (this time, it's Dragonzord who destroys Cyclopsis' arm blades with its tail), but still, he's like pre-power boost Cyclopsis which pwned them anyway until they do their last few transformations which [[spoiler: locks the system]].

** The entire arc is one to the entire team, as they proved their competence and resolve, regardless of how much the latter wavered, while deprived of Zordon and Alpha's aid or any external supernatural forces. The teens are forced to somewhat grow up in different ways. For example, this is where Billy's expertise with the Command Center technology would be improved as he has to make repairs to Alpha and the base, resulting in technological skills that would continue all the way to ''Zeo''. As for Zack, he proves himself a capable second-in-command when Jason is captured. Trini's ability to interpret Billy's Technobabble is more necessary due to the above. Kimberly doesn't get as much of a growth jumpstart here as hers already occured earlier, but she still proves herself to be emotionally strong through all this. And of course, there's Jason defeating Tommy and destroying the Sword of Darkness, freeing Tommy from Rita's evil grip. If Tommy Oliver is the greatest Ranger that ever served but it is only because of his incredible friends.

** The entire arc is one to the entire team, as they proved their competence and resolve, regardless of how much the latter wavered, while deprived of Zordon and Alpha's aid or any external supernatural forces. The teens are forced to somewhat grow up in different ways. For example, this is where Billy's expertise with the Command Center technology would be improved as he has to make repairs to Alpha and the base, resulting in technological skills that would continue all the way to ''Zeo''. As for Zack, he proves himself a capable second-in-command when Jason is captured. Trini's ability to interpret Billy's Technobabble is more necessary due to the above. Kimberly doesn't get as much of a growth jumpstart here as hers already occured earlier, but she still proves herself to be emotionally strong through all this.

-->'''Billy''': We're teleporting again.
-->'''Kimberly''': Where are we going?
-->'''Jason''': We're going to save the world.

-->'''Kimberly''': Nobody messes with my friends.

--> '''Rita:''' I want you to destroy the power rangers. Can you do it?\\

* One of Finster's most devastating monsters, Pudgy Pig from "Food Fight", nearly defeated the Power Rangers... By ''[[CrazyAwesome eating their Power Weapons]]''. Had they not discovered it couldn't take spicy food, the series would have ended with Rita's victory then and there, even before the rise of the Green Ranger.

* In "High Five", th second episode we learn that Trini has a fear of heights. Later on, after she and Billy lure a group of Putties away from the others, Billy gets cornered by a single Putty on a cliff and can't morph as he dropped his Power Morpher. Trini overcomes her fear to help him.

** Even in "Doomsday", when Goldar leads a troop of putties to Billy's house (to stop Billy from repairing the team's communicators), there's a point where the four Rangers back off as Goldar approaches, but Jason raises his arms and steps forward to meet the alien warrior. Even without powers, Jason was strong enough, brave enough, and confident enough, to throw down with the guy who's capable of thrashing the entire team. Even after 25 years, Jason is still my favorite Ranger, and that right there is the reason ''why''.

* Minor example not related to all the asskicking in ''Trick Or Treat''. Skull's very shabby stereotypical prisoner costume doesn't look like much, but what makes it awesome for Skull is that out of all the prisoner numbers he could have chosen to scrawl on his chest, he picked [[Literature/LesMiserables 24601]] and it seems like it was [[HiddenDepths a deliberate choice on his part]].

* Another moment for Kim comes in ''The Song of Guitardo.'' First of all, she blasts the monster away using her Power Bow as a Harp, meaning she overcame the PowerOfRock with an improvised HARP of all things, then uses it to launch the Dragon Dagger at the monster, resulting in an abrupt explosion, as if the monster wasn't even worth their time.

* Let's just throw a Lord Zedd crowner in here: Serpentera. Zedd's own zord was the biggest and flashiest WaveMotionGun in the series for many years, and still probably wins the RuleOfCool award. Of course, every time it appeared a PhlebotinumBreakdown was imminent due to a lack of StockFootage to pull from, but most fans didn't care. Serpentera so outclassed any other weaponry in Power Rangers that fans wondered why Zedd abandoned it for a family RV in Zeo, and questions persisted for so long that it eventually would return in a special episode more than five seasons after it was quietly PutOnABus.

* Also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}, Kimberly is kidnapped by Goldar in an attempt to turn her evil so she can marry Zedd. When the spell doesn't work, Kimberly decides to have some fun with the situation and instantly turns herself into a Rita-esque {{Large Ham}}, loudly berating all the minions and even whacking Goldar a few times with her staff, making him deeply regret the whole thing. Double points for a near-spot on mimic of Barbara Goodson's voice.

** And for a meta Moment of Awesome, this was over a decade before ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''. Yep, ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' crossed over the two properties first. Say what you will about the eventual ''Masked Rider'' series, but the above is nothing short of badass.

** And as an added bonus, the return of Titanus after a two year absence. Yes, it required different Sentai footage, and yes it led to them filming the toys for the Ninja & Shogun Ultrazords, but dammit, seeing everyone's favorite Brontozord (sorry, [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]) come in, fireballs ablazin, was just too awesome for words.
* Given the White Ranger powers in the middle of season two, Tommy spent the second half of season two and the first half of season three beating monsters by himself (while both morphed and unmorphed), thrashing armies, and constantly saving the day single-handedly, almost to distraction. It got to the point where the show was basically Tommy And His Five Incompetent Friends. Then, we get "Changing of the Zords part 3". We knew Tommy loved Kimberly and vice versa. Say what you will about the Dear John letter in ''Zeo'', but T.O. deserves credit for not rolling over for Zedd, instead charging into another dimension to rescue the woman he loved (who had her Power Coin stolen, thus slowing killing her [as unlike the Dino Coins, the Ninja Coins were tied to their life forces], and until ''Lost Galaxy'', was as close to dying as any Ranger had ever been), finding Lord Zedd standing there, and confronting him... even though ''Lord Zedd kicks Tommy's ass into next week in an epic one-sided curb-stomp'' (There wasn't another example of a villain so thoroughly pwning his Ranger counterpart for ''years'' afterwards, when Astronema nearly killed her brother Andros, and that was only because Andros wasn't fighting back, while Tommy was). Zedd only loses through the fight through plot-mandated technicality but there's a very good reason that, even after 25 years, Zedd is still the emperor of bad-ass Power Ranger villains.

* You know what's really awesome, though? The '''editing'''. Think about about it: From the original show (Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger) they replaced virtually all of the characters, changed the genre (Power Rangers is action with minimal explanation, Zyuranger was high fantasy with elements of horror), reordered the monsters and many of the scenes covering the fact that they didn't even have the ability to ''use the Megazord'' until about 5 or 6 episodes into Zyuranger, and managed to fake the fact that the Green Ranger was actually ''dead.'' Faking a death is easy. Keeping a character alive that shouldn't be? That takes talent. Then comes seasons two and three - Dairanger and Kakuranger are totally different sentai from Zyuranger and each other, and PR production didn't have every costume or the budget to make a full battle every week. This means that in some instances, the Zyuranger suits and the Dairanger villain (or the Dairanger zords and the Zyu 2 villain) ''couldn't be shown at the same time!'' Most of those battles managed to be very exciting anyway, purely through clever editing.

* During one episode early in the series, we learn that Trini has a fear of heights. Later on, after she and Billy lure a group of Putties away from the others, Billy gets cornered by a single Putty on a cliff and can't morph as he dropped his Power Morpher. Trini overcomes her fear to help him.
* The episodes "A Pressing Engagement" and "Different Drum" have three for unmorphed humans (one on which cannot even morph). First, it's the Juice Bar record for most reps: ''one thousand'', held by ''[[BadassNormal Bulk]]'', of all people. Then, at the end of "A Pressing Engagement", Jason finally breaks it at ''one thousand and ten''. Finally, at the start of "A Different Drum" we see Jason losing in arm-wrestling... To ''Trini''.
* One of Finster's most devastating monsters, Pudgy Pig, nearly defeated the Power Rangers... By ''[[CrazyAwesome eating their Power Weapons]]''. Had they not discovered it couldn't take spicy food, the series would have ended with Rita's victory then and there, even before the rise of the Green Ranger.

** The megazord battle was INTENSE. Early on, Frakenstein blocked all of the hits and even '''LAUGHED OFF''' a direct hit on the chest from the Power Sword (which was the first of the ONLY TWO hits that the ranger got on him). After that, he wrapped his Ball and chain around the megazord ]and slams it on the ground TWICE before stomping on the center of its' chest plate. The moment the megazord gets up, the monster uses its' ball and chain to slam it into a building (after which he raises his arms in victory), causing it to spark like crazy and be rendered immobile. As soon as it stops malfunctioning, the monster grabs the defeated megazord and spins it around before throwing it into a SECOND building, causing it to spark EXPLOSIONS. By the time Tommy arrives on the scene, the monster has dealt '''FIFTY DAMAGING HITS''' throughout the entire battle (including the beginning of the battle with Billy) without even suffering a scratch.

** When a random lady forces Frakenstein to dance with her. It ends with him THROWING her into Bulk and Skull. He does the same with Skull, and at that point, the woman is already fleeing the scene.

** The glorious moment when Tommy finally completes his HeelFaceTurn and joins the team as the SixthRanger. For added awesome, the Rangers combine the Dinozords and the Dragonzord for a new configuration.

** The megazord battle was INTENSE. Early on, Frakenstein blocked all of the hits and even '''LAUGHED OFF''' a direct hit on the chest from the Power Sword (which was the first of the ONLY TWO hits that the ranger got on him). After that, he wrapped his Ball and chain around the megazord ]and slams it on the ground TWICE before stomping on the center of its' chest plate. The moment the megazord gets up, the monster uses its' ball and chain to slam it into a building (after which he raises his arms in victory), causing it to spark like crazy and be rendered immobile. As soon as it stops malfunctioning, the monster grabs the defeated megazord and spins it around before throwing it into a SECOND building, causing it to spark EXPLOSIONS. By the time Tommy arrives on the scene, the monster has dealt '''THIRTY NINE DAMAGING HITS''' without even suffering a scratch.

-->` '''Rita:''' I want you to destroy the power rangers. Can you do it?\\

-->` '''Rita:''' I want you to destroy the power rangers. Can you do it?

* You know what's really awesome, though? The '''editing'''. Think about about it: From the original show (Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger) they replaced virtually all of the characters, changed the genre (Power Rangers is action with minimal explanation, Zyuranger was high fantasy with elements of horror), reordered the monsters and many of the scenes covering the fact that they didn't even have the ability to ''use the Megazord'' until about 5 or 6 episodes into Zyuranger, and managed to fake the fact that the Green Ranger was actually ''dead.'' Faking a death is easy. Keeping a character alive that shouldn't be? That takes talent. Then comes seasons two and three - Dairanger and Kakuranger are totally different sentai from Zyuranger and each other, and PR production didn't have every costume or the budget to make a full battle every week. This means that in some instances, the Zyuranger suits and the Dairanger villain (or the Dairanger zords and the Zyu 2 villain) ''couldn't be shown at the same time!'' Quite a few battles managed to be very exciting anyway, purely through clever editing.

* You know what's really awesome, though? The '''editing'''. Think about about it: From the original show (Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger) they replaced virtually all of the characters, changed the genre (Power Rangers is action with minimal explanation, Zyuranger was high fantasy with elements of horror), reordered the monsters and many of the scenes covering the fact that they didn't even have the ability to ''use the Megazord'' until about 5 or 6 episodes into Zyuranger, and managed to fake the fact that the Green Ranger was actually ''dead.'' Faking a death is easy. Keeping a character alive that shouldn't be? That takes talent.

* You know what's really awesome, though? The '''editing'''. Think about about it: From the original show (Kyoryu Sentai Zyurangers) they replaced virtually all of the characters, changed the genre (Power Rangers is action with minimal explanation, Zyurangers was high fantasy with elements of horror), reordered the monsters and many of the scenes covering the fact that they didn't even have the ability to ''use the Megazord'' until about 5 or 6 episodes into Zyurangers, and managed to fake the fact that the Green Ranger was actually ''dead.'' Faking a death is easy. Keeping a character alive that shouldn't be? That takes talent.

** The Dinozords triumphantly returning in the last part of "Green With Evil", roaring (or in the Mastodon's case, trumpeting) as they rise out of the lava pocket Rita had trapped them in.

* Jason going one-on-one with Goldar led to a few of these:
** During the "Green With Evil" arc, Jason fights Goldar and then evil Tommy... unmorphed! Sure, he doesn't win, but facing those two when they were at their badass peak and surviving? Awesome.
-->'''Goldar:''' No human has ever defeated me!\\
'''Jason:''' [[TheDeterminator I'm gonna change that!]]
** During "The Green Candle", Jason charges into the Dark Dimension to get to the candle which is draining Tommy's powers, and finds that Goldar is there guarding it. ''Without morphing'', Jason takes on Goldar in a one-on-one unmorphed fight -- and ''this'' time he ''wins''. Unfortunately Rita sends down a monster at that point which Tommy fights on his own and Jason ''has'' to leave without the candle (so as to save the lives of millions of people ''and'' help Tommy), but as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, there's no way around the fact that it set the bar pretty damn high. Austin St. John called this particular fight his favorite from the show at Power Morphicon 2007.

* An understated one from "Attack of the 50 Foot Bulk": Bulk is turned into Brat Boy...and when the Rangers give him a IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight, it actually ''works'' and when reminded of his best friend Skull, he ''[[HeroicWillpower breaks Rita and Zedd's spell all on his own]]''. While a ''kid''. When they make a second attempt, he defies their orders and ''fires on them'', causing them to RageQuit and undo the second spell themselves. Very few people in the entire Mighty Morphin' Era can say they've done ''that''.

* Given the White Ranger powers in the middle of season two, Tommy spent the second half of season two and the first half of season three beating monsters by himself (while both morphed and unmorphed), thrashing armies, and constantly saving the day single-handedly, almost to distraction. It got to the point where the show was basically Tommy And His Five Incompetent Friends. Then, we get "Changing of the Zords part 3". We knew Tommy loved Kimberly and vice versa. Say what you will about the Dear John letter in ''Zeo'', but T.O. deserves credit for not rolling over for Zedd, instead charging into another dimension to rescue the woman he loved (who had her Power Coin stolen, thus slowing killing her [as unlike the Dino Coins, the Ninja Coins were tied to their life forces], and until ''Lost Galaxy'', was as close to dying as any Ranger had ever been), finding Lord Zedd standing there, and confronting him... even though ''Lord Zedd kicks Tommy's ass into next week in an epic one-sided curb-stomp'' (There wasn't another example of a villain so thoroughly pwning his Ranger counterpart for ''years'' afterwards, when Astronema nearly killed her brother Andros, and that was only because Andros wasn't fighting back, while Tommy was). Zedd only loses through the fight through plot-mandated technicality but there's a very good reason that, even after nearly 25 years, Zedd is still the emperor of bad-ass Power Ranger villains.

** During "The Green Candle", Jason charges into the Dark Dimension to get to the candle which is draining Tommy's powers, and finds that Goldar is there guarding it. ''Without morphing'', Jason takes on Goldar in a one-on-one unmorphed fight -- and ''this'' time he ''wins''. Unfortunately Rita sends down a monster at that point which Tommy fights on his own and Jason ''has'' to leave without the candle (so as to save the lives of millions of people ''and'' help Tommy), but as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, there's no way around the fact that it set the bar pretty damn high. Austin St. John called this particular fight his favorite from the show at Power Morphicon 2007.

* Also a {{Crowning Moment Of Funny}}, Kimberly is kidnapped by Goldar in an attempt to turn her evil so she can marry Zedd. When the spell doesn't work, Kimberly decides to have some fun with the situation and instantly turns herself into a Rita-esque {{Large Ham}}, loudly berating all the minions and even whacking Goldar a few times with her staff, making him deeply regret the whole thing. Double points for a near-spot on mimic of Barbara Goodson's voice.

* The ''entire'' zord battle in "Stop the Hate Master Part II". After the MonsterOfTheWeek was enlarged to city-smashing size, the Rangers didn't bother assembling the Megazord, instead fighting - and defeating - him with ''the individual zords''. Indeed this was a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for the Megazord that didn't even require the Megazord.

* In "No Clowning Around", the ''[[CurbStompBattle annihilation]]'' of the MonsterOfTheWeek. The Rangers first immobilized it with the ''individual Zords'', and then literally ''disintegrated it'' (not blown up, just hit it so hard it disappeared) with the rarely used Cranial Laser. [[MamaBear It shouldn't have turned Trini's cousin in a cardboard cut]]...