History Film / MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie

* RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: When Ivan first meets the Rangers, he remarks that Zordon is "still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work"; Apparently, Zordon has been recruiting teenagers to his cause for the past 6,000 years.

* TakeThat: A trope rarely used in Power Rangers is seen here. When Ivan Ooze laments the terrible things he missed while he was blowing up the command center and Zordon with it, the three things he mentions are the Black Plague, the Spanish Inquisition, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking The]] ''[[Series/TheBradyBunch Brady Bunch]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Reunion]]''.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Mordant is a new minion that no one remarks on. The Manual has more information.

* BythePowerofGrayskull: Like the original show, "It's Morphin Time!"

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: While destroying the Command Center, Ivan Ooze mentions several horrific things he missed out while he was imprisoned: "The Black Plague! The Spanish Inquisition! ''Series/TheBradyBunch Reunion!''" That last one was a ThrowItIn by Paul Freeman, who was loved by everyone working on the project.
* ArtEvolution: The overall look of the movie is done in a cinematic style with sharper lighting and shadows, which provides a contrast with the flatter look of the tv show. And that's not getting into the redesign of the Ranger costumes, the command center, the more complex animatronic for characters like Goldar and the use of CGI for the zords (Super Sentai would start experimenting with CGI zords years later).

** Aisha and Rocky's helmets have {{InfiniteFlashlight}}s and StatOVision respectively. Their helmets have no such functions in the show.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Zedd’s entire plan to release Ivan. He's focused on sicking Ivan on Zordon that he didn't stop to consider what a deposed despot like Ivan was gonna do ''after'' defeating his old enemy (or that a foe who could easily defeat Zordon could ''also'' logically and easily defeat Zedd himself).

* NearMissGroinAttack: One of the gatekeepers throws its spear at Adam, who leaps up to avoid it, doing the splits. The spear lands just below, with Adam noting that it was "too close for comfort".

* NearMissGroinAttack: ne of the gatekeepers throws its spear at Adam, who leaps up to avoid it, doing the splits. The spear lands just below, with Adam noting that it was "too close for comfort".

** Subverted with Kimberly's "Pteradactlyl Thunder Whip". Despite what it's name implies, it doesn't channel electricity at all.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Rita and Zedd hate the power Rangers, but they hate ooze even more after he traps them.

* CharacterizationClickMoment: For many, Adam's "I'm a frog" bit is when his character clicked. At this point in the series, he didn't have much in the way of character beyond shy nice guy.

* AndStarring: The ending cast roll ends with "And Creator/PaulFreeman as Ivan Ooze".

'''Adam:''' ...I'm a frog.

See also: ''Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'', an in-continuity movie released two years later that sets up the premise of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', and see''Film/PowerRangers2017'' for the ContinuityReboot.