History Awesome / MightyMorphinPowerrangers

* In the movie, Ivan's first sign of betrayal. Oozing Rita's mouth shut. Even Zedd praised him briefly for that.

* Tons, but one in particular this Troper remembers distinctly since it first happened in 1995. After a tremendous loss of the Thunderzords to the hands of Rito Revolto, the Rangers get new Powers and new Zords, thus a brand new Megazord. What did the Rangers do with this new Megazord? They defeated Rito by PUNCHING HIM (which, to be fair is the Ninja Megazord finisher, so it wasn't just a regular punch).

*** Actually, they were winning early on just against Rito. Then the four monsters grew to giant size which turned the tide. Then the Ninjazords hold their own early on until Rito turns up the heat literally so they have to form the [=NinjaMegaFalconzord=] to take him out.
** Also, until that time, the full version of the song "Go Go Power Rangers" NEVER went into its second stanza (Starts with: "They know the fate of the world is lying in their hands"). The fact that it does that to continue the fight? Made this fight (and the Megazord) memorable to this troper. It showed that the team was back and ready for more!

* This troper realizes this is going to be a controversial entry, but it needs to be here. 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, in "Changing of the Zords part 3", Tommy charges into another dimension to rescue a kidnapped Kimberly (who, until Lost Galaxy, was as close to dying as any Ranger had ever been), finds Lord Zedd standing there, and confronts him - and ''Lord Zedd kicks Tommy's ass into next week in an epic one-sided curb-stomp'' (and there wasn't another example of a villain so thoroughly pwning his Ranger counterpart for ''years'' afterwards). Zedd only loses through the fight through plot-mandated technicality. But there's a very good reason that, even after almost 20 years, Zedd is still the reigning king of bad-ass Power Ranger villains.

** That fight scene had a ton of crowning moments. This troper's favorite moment was 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.

* In "Missing Green," Jason runs the gauntlet to save the other Rangers - fighting the Z-Putties, taking on the Pipe-Drain monster in his Zord and finally battling Goldar in the another dimension. He also manages to save the others' powers in the nick of time and even kicks Goldar in the face before escaping back to the Command Center.

** And for a meta Moment of Awesome, this was over a decade before ''KamenRiderDecade''. Yep, ''PowerRangers'' crossed over the two properties first.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVcSqj6_Fkw trailer]] for TheMovie.

** Which of course, led to 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 Dragonzords for a new configuration.

* Continuing his bad-assedness in the multi-part story mentioned above, Zedd also visited the Power Rangers' secret HQ and then mocked everything, from Alpha's [[TheWoobie woobieness]] to saying that Rita could make a better interior decorator. A BigBad would never enter a Ranger base again until Astronema briefly conquered the Megaship with brainwashed TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles in the fourth episode. Divatox actually conquered the original Power Chamber but never went inside (also, given that Divatox is from ''Turbo'', many people [[FanonDiscontinuity don't like to acknowledge her existence]]).

* 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.
* 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 beats him''. Unfortunately Rita sends down a monster at that point and Jason ''has'' to leave without the candle (so as to save the lives of millions of people), but as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, there's no way around the fact that it set the bar pretty damn high.
** Hey, in season ''three,'' Goldar ''kicks the crap out of Ninjor'' without breaking a sweat.
*** Which just makes Jason's victory all the more awesome.

* And of course, there's 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 Dragonzords for a new configuration.

** To elaborate, Rito destoyed both the Thunder Megazord & White Tiger Zord in a CurbStompBattle (on his debut, no less), which also caused an overload in the Morphing Grid & stripped the Rangers of their original powers. The rest of this opening story arc was about the Rangers gaining new powers & zords, and when they finally fight Rito in the Ninja Megafalconzord, they got to do the Crub Stomping.

* Lord Zedd in "Changing of the Zords, Part 3", ''easily'' kicking Tommy's ass.
** Which makes it surprising that he quit just because Tommy broke his staff.
* Lord Zedd in "Changing of the Zords, Part 2," in which he blackmails the Rangers into piloting the Shogunzords... while inside the Command Center.
-->"Save your breath, Zordon! I'm giving the commands around here!"
** For the full context of this, he didn't break into the Command Center like a few later {{Big Bad}}s, but had the Rangers so screwed that they had no choice but to let him in.
* 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.
* 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.

** The [[ThoseTwoGuys comic relief duo]] getting their own BigDamnHeroes moment to save the frigging Power Rangers, and ''succeeding''? (Granted, they lose their memories of knowing who the Rangers are under their helmets, but still...) Awesome.

* The original Ultrazord sequences. When Titanus is called in, the MonsterOfTheWeek is ''screwed''. Perhaps one of the best examples is Doomsday, Part 1. The Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and the Dragonzord in Fighting Mode are on the ropes, at the mercy of Rita's War Zord Cyclopsis after having been nailed by its shock cables. Then Titanus charges in in attack mode, blasting them free. They form the Ultrazord and blast Cyclopsis to smithereens.

* Return of An Old Friend, Part 2: Dragonzord had to fight ''alone'' against Goldar and Scorpina. ''And won''.
* "A Friend in Need, Part 2," before the throw-down, where Dex stands up to the Plague Patrol while backed up by five Power Rangers right.

*** Actually, they were winning early on just against Rito. Then the four monsters grew to giant size which turned the tide. Then the Ninjazords hold their own early on until Rito turns up the heat literally so they have to form the NinjaMegaFalconzord to take him out.

*** Say what you will about the eventual ''Masked Rider'' series, but the above is nothing short of badass.

* Tons, but one in particular this Troper remembers distinctly since it first happened in 1995. After a tremendous loss of the Thunderzords to the hands of Rito Revolto, the Rangers get new Powers and new Zords, thus a brand new Megazord. What did the Rangers do with this new Megazord? They defeated Rito by PUNCHING HIM.

* 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, and...let's just say that it's payback time for the rangers ''and'' the zords (this time, is Dragonzord who destroys Cyclopsis' arm blades with its tail)

-->'''Dex:''' [[BadassBoast Now, villain, you shall know the power of the Masker Rider and the Power Rangers!]]
** And for a meta Moment of Awesome, this was over a decade before ''KamenRiderDecade''. Yep, ''PowerRangers'' crossed over the two properties first.

--> '''Tommy:''' [[YoureInsane You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner (proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)]]

** And for a meta CMOA, this was over a decade before ''KamenRiderDecade''. Yep, ''PowerRangers'' crossed over the two properties first.

* Return of An Old Friend, Part 2: Dragonzord had to fight ''alone'' against Goldar and Scorpina. ''And won''.

* The original Ultrazord sequences. When Titanus is called in, the MonsterOfTheWeek is ''screwed''. Perhaps one of the best examples is Doomsday, Part 1. The Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and the Dragonzord in Fighting Mode are on the ropes, at the mercy of Rita's War Zord Cyclopsis after having been nailed by its shock cables. Then Titanus charges in in attack mode, blasting them free. They form the Ultrazord and blast Cyclopsis to smithereens.

** To elaborate, Rito destoyed both the Thunder Megazord & White Tiger Zord in a CurbStompBattle, which also caused an overload in the Morphing Grid & stripped the Rangers of their original powers. The rest of this opening story arc was about the Rangers gaining new powers & zords, and when they finally fight Rito in the Ninja Megafalconzord, they got to do the Crub Stomping.
* Rito Revolto's first appearance? He destroys the Thunderzords & costs the Rangers their powers.

* Lord Zedd in "Changing of the Zords pt 3", ''easily'' kicking Tommy's ass.

* When Tommy was on the verge of losing his green ranger powers(and to make matters worse they'd go back to Zed if he used them again), Goldar taunts Tommy and tries to make Tommy say that Goldar is superior. Tommy's response?

* The original Ultrazord sequences. When Titanus is called in, the MonsterOfTheWeek is ''screwed''. Perhaps one of the best examples is Doomsday, Part 1. The Tyrannosaurus Zord and the Dragonzord in Fighting Mode are on the ropes, at the mercy of Rita's War Zord Cyclopsis after having been nailed by its shock cables. Then Titanus charges in in attack mode, blasting them free. They form the Ultrazord and blast Cyclopsis to smithereens.

--> Tommy: [[YoureInsane You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner (proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)]]

--> Tommy: [[YoureInsane You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner(proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)]]

--> Tommy: [[YoureInsane You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner]](proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)

--> Tommy: [[YoureInsane You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAssKickingOneLiner(proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)

--> Tommy: You're... OUT OF YOUR MIND! (proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)

--> Tommy: Your... OUT OF YOUR MIND! (proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)

* Lord Zedd in "Changing of the Zords pt 3", ''easily'' kicking Tommy's ass.