History Series / MightyMorphinPowerRangers

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheNineties The 1993 original.]]]]

->''"It's Morphin' Time!"''
-->-- '''[[Main/ByThePowerOfGrayskull Morphing call]]''', ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers''

* AbortedArc: Season 2 starts out by introducing more recurring characters like Zack's cousin Curtis and Trini's love interest Richie. It seems like the show was going to move to a more EnsembleCast format, but after the departure of Jason, Zack, and Trini, these characters disappeared and it was back to business as usual.

** The transformation of the Dino Zords into the Thunderzords was also achieved using heavily modified versions of the toys, with some post-production tweaks to get them to move more like the the original Sentai models of both teams.

** In "The Wedding," Finster is trying to return Rita to normal size with a machine of his. He eventually says "I've never [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap turned it]] UpToEleven before." This increased setting successfully restores Rita to her proper size.

''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'' is the first incarnation of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and the one non-fans will remember as being all over the place in the [[TheNineties mid-1990s]]. Creator [[Creator/SabanEntertainment Haim Saban]] took the idea of taking the action footage from the Japanese Franchise/SuperSentai series and cross-cutting it with American footage of American actors. The end result was a cultural phenomenon that long outlived the original one-season idea.

** Given the CutAndPasteTranslation, it's actually largely averted as so much was removed from the source material that it's hard to say what is a plot hole versus just a missing detail from the original. The nature of the Zords do bear some scrutiny. The Zyuranger mecha were [[DeusEstMachina actual spirit gods]] and would act of their own accord, Power Rangers changed them to non-sentient piloted HumongousMecha with what can be assumed to be an auto-pilot, but that makes some instances of autonomy stand out. Likewise, the third season gave different origins for all three Kakuranger mecha (Ninja Zords were created by Ninjor, Shogun Zords were lost Zords, Battle Borgs used by the Aquitian Rangers), with no explanation given as to why all of them have the same animal motifs. Cestro tells Billy that their Borgs were given to them by Ninjor, so that ''does'' explain the Ninja Zords and the Battle Borgs, at least.

* HollywoodNerd: They tried to dress Billy to conceal that David Yost is muscled like a plow horse. Didn't work. They didn't even bother hiding his huge muscles in TheMovie; then again, the movie never portrays him as TheSmartGuy or a nerd.

* {{Fainting}}: Kimberly, quite a bit.

* SuppressedMammaries: Kimberly is noticeably more endowed than her sentai counterpart when wearing the outfit. In American-only footage, the Pink Ranger even in helmet fills out said outfit, especially around the chest, more compared to the Japanese footage.

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* AbsenteeActor: Tommy is completely absent from "The Rockstar" due to the original Sentai episode it was adapting not having the Green Ranger. Unlike "Grumble Bee" where he at least briefly appears and "Fowl Play" where he is also absent but given an excuse for not appearing, there is no reason given in the episode for why he is not with the others. Apparently "The Rockstar" was filmed before the "Green With Evil" miniseries. However, the producers realized they couldn't air it before that since Scorpina was in it.

** Lt. Stone finds it oddly convenient how often Bulk and Skull apparently run into monsters so often.

** Again in the third season, Bulk and Skull are patrolling through the park when they come across Rito, Squatt, and Baboo, seconds before they [[VillainTeleportation teleport away in their usual multicolored flashes]]. The two begin screaming in their usual fashion, then say the following:

* AdaptationExpansion: The "[=Zyu2=]" footage, which featured all-new monsters and fight sequences using the suits and mecha from ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', were filmed specifically for ''Power Rangers'' and are not actually adapted footage from any ''Zyuranger'' sequel (despite the FanNickname). This added 20 episodes to season 1, making a total of 60 to ''Zyuranger's'' 50.

* HollywoodNerd: They tried to dress Billy to conceal that David Yost is muscled like a plow horse. Didn't work. They didn't even bother hiding his huge muscles in TheMovie; then again, the movie never portrays him as the SmartGuy or a nerd.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Squatt and Baboo, later Goldar and Rito.

* BigBraToFill: Kind of happened in reverse with the pink ranger. Kimberly is noticeably more endowed than her sentai counterpart when wearing the outfit. In American-only footage, the Pink Ranger even in helmet fills out said outfit, especially around the chest, more compared to the Japanese footage.

** In a couple of episodes, when one or two Rangers needed help from the others, they used the excuse that they were scuba-diving and thus could not hear their communicators' summoning them (yes, this very specific excuse was used more than once). In the Season 3 episode "Follow That Cab!" this was lampshaded when Kimberly was trapped inside a taxi cab monster. When Zordon tells Alpha to contact the other Rangers, Alpha quips "I hope they're not off scuba-diving!"

* IKnewThereWasSomethingAboutYou: This is Aisha's reaction when Adam's date turns out to be Scorpina.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', the Super Stealth Beast Gods were the last mechs the Kakurangers gained and Ninjama appeared at the midway point. Here, the Ninjazords and Ninjor appear early in season 3.