Power Rangers

Name: Power Rangers
Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Amy Jo Johnson, Cerina Vincent, Brittany Anne Pirtle, Patricia Ja Lee, Najee De-Tiege

Power Rangers (1993-2023)

Seasons: 30, episodes: 973

Episode runtime: 24 min

Average rating: 6.2/10 42 335

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Actors and characters

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Premiere

1993-08-28

Last episode

2023-09-29

Status

Ended

Country

Japan, New Zealand, United States

Network

ABC, Nickelodeon, ABC Family, Toon Disney, Netflix, Fox Kids

Production

Toei Company, Allspark Pictures, Saban Brands, Disney Branded Television, Saban Entertainment, Entertainment One Television, Renaissance-Atlantic Films, MMPR Productions Inc., Ranger Productions Inc., SCG Power Rangers, Power Rangers Productions

Genre

Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids

Website

http://www.powerrangers.com

Creators

Haim Saban

Actors

Amy Jo Johnson, Cerina Vincent, Brittany Anne Pirtle, Patricia Ja Lee, Najee De-Tiege, Steve Cardenas, Selwyn Ward, Thuy Trang, Hector David Jr., Reggie Rolle
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Judd Lynn, Becca Barnes

Producer

Jonathan Tzachor, Sally Campbell, Brian Casentini, Ronnie Hadar, Janine Dickins, Haim Saban, Jonathan Tzachor, Judd Lynn, Shuki Levy, Koichi Sakamoto

Camera operator

Ilan Rosenberg

Composer

Shuki Levy

Editing

Allanah Milne, Jochen Fitzherbert
Whole Team (291)

Short description

A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Mighty Morphin (1) Alien sorceress Rita Repulsa and her army of monsters emerge from space to conquer Earth. All that stands in their way are five teenagers with attitude who draw on dinosaur powers to transform into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.	60	1993-08-28	7.9
Mighty Morphin (2) The evil Lord Zedd arrives on the Moon, intent on conquering Earth. To protect the world, the Power Rangers will need new Thunder Zords, new ‘teenagers with attitude,' and the help of the brand new White Ranger and his ferocious White Tiger Zord.	52	1994-07-21	8.1
Mighty Morphin (3) Rita Repulsa's twisted family members Rito Revolto and Master Vile join forces with Lord Zedd and Rita to step up their plan to conquer Earth. Learning the mystical arts of the ninja from the sage Ninjor, the Power Rangers battle on with magical martial arts abilities against the greatest threat…	43	1995-09-02	8.1
Zeo The tyrannical Machine Empire arrives to conquer Earth. Drawing on newfound powers from the legendary Zeo Crystals, the Power Rangers are reborn stronger than before.	50	1996-04-20	9.3
Turbo The pirate queen Divatox wages war against an all new team of Power Rangers equipped with futuristic cars built for high speed battle.	45	1997-04-18	7.4
In Space After defending the Earth against wave after wave of alien invasions, the Power Rangers finally take the fight to the stars. With all of their villains united under the banner of the titanic villain Dark Specter, our heroes search the galaxy for their captured mentor Zordon.	43	1998-02-05	3.3
Lost Galaxy Terra Venture – a space ship so massive it contains a city inside – embarks on an interstellar voyage to settle human pioneers on a distant planet. A new team of Power Rangers defends the space colony from the alien armies of Trakeena in a saga that will take them to undiscovered worlds and even…	45	1999-02-05	5.1
Lightspeed Rescue After 5000 years of imprisonment, the demon armies of Diabolico threaten to destroy the human race, prompting a secret government agency called Lightspeed Rescue to recruit a team of heroes to protect the world as the newest Power Rangers.	40	2000-02-11	2.9
Time Force Fugitive mutants from the distant future escape to the present to unleash a wave of crime against a helpless world but the futuristic police force known as the Power Rangers Time Force travel across time to save the past, present, and future.	40	2001-02-02	2.5
Wild Force As the Earth's environment weakens from modern pollution, a long forgotten evil known as Master Org reawakens to destroy Mother Nature. The mythical Wild Zords – mammoth animals of yesteryear thought to be extinct – choose a team of brave youths to defend the Earth as the Power Rangers Wild Force.	40	2002-02-08	9.4
Ninja Storm A group of teenagers trained in the arts of the stealthy ninja warrior unite to protect the world from an exiled evil ninja master determined to conquer the world.	38	2003-02-14	9.1
Dino Thunder When the wicked Mesogog attempts to revert the Earth back to a prehistoric age of dinosaurs, legendary veteran Ranger Tommy Oliver returns to action. Recruiting a soccer prodigy, a computer expert, and a fledgling musician to harness their own powers derived from dinosaurs, they must unite as th…	38	2004-02-13	4.8
S.P.D. In the near future, an elite police force of Power Rangers dedicated to justice fight to save the Earth from an alien invasion led by Emperor Gruumm.	38	2005-02-05	3.1
Mystic Force Legend says when the Darkness arises, five brave teen Sorcerers will be called to fight for the planet's survival. With guidance from their wise mentor and the ancient Xenotome, Book of the Unknown, they will embark on magical adventures, befriend mystical dragons, battle dangerous beasts, encoun…	32	2006-02-19	2.8
Operation Overdrive When an archaeologist finds a legendary artifact known as the Corona Aurora, or ‘Crown of the Gods,' two ancient evil brothers, Flurious and Moltor, travel to Earth, stopping at nothing to obtain its limitless power. It's up to the Power Rangers – an elite team of treasure-hunters – to travel th…	32	2007-02-25	9.5
Jungle Fury When the ancient evil spirit Dai Shi returns to wipe out all humans, a trio of teenagers must learn secret kung fu styles based on the world's most ferocious jungle animals to become Power Rangers and save the world.	32	2008-02-17	2.2
RPM In a bleak near future, the Venjix Computer Network and its robot armies have almost completely conquered the world. In the dome-shielded city of Corinth, a group of heroes equipped with high tech Racing Performance Machines fight a desperate battle for survival as the Power Rangers RPM.	32	2009-03-06	1
Samurai A new generation of Power Rangers must master the ancient Symbols of Samurai Power which give them control over the elements of Fire, Water, Sky, Forest, and Earth. Under the guidance of their all-knowing mentor and the aid of their devoted animal Zords, they battle the dark forces of the Nether…	23	2011-02-06	10
Super Samurai The Samurai Power Rangers continue their battle against the evil Master Xandred who has now joined forces with the malevolent Serrator. To fight this growing threat, the Samurai Rangers learn to use the legendary Black Box to form all new Megazord combinations and become Super Samurai. Through…	22	2012-02-17	10
Megaforce For centuries, the earth has been protected by a supernatural guardian named Gosei and his robotic aide, Tensou. When the evil Warstar aliens plan a massive invasion of Earth, Gosei calls upon five teenagers with talent and attitude to form the ultimate team…the Power Rangers Megaforce! Using t…	22	2013-02-01	7.4
Super Megaforce Ruthless Prince Vekar has arrived with his massive alien Armada to conquer the earth. To face this new threat, Gosei gives the MEGAFORCE RANGERS special Morphers and Keys, which allow them to morph into SUPER MEGAFORCE RANGERS! Using these special Keys, they also have the amazing new ability to…	20	2014-02-14	10
Dino Charge Millions of years ago, an intergalactic bounty hunter named Sledge tried desperately to capture the 10 mysterious Energems, each capable of filling whomever possessed them with incredible powers. Keeper, the wise and ancient guardian of the Energems, entrusted each Energem to the Earth's mighties…	22	2015-02-06	8
Dino Super Charge The Power Rangers continue their search for the Energems after Sledge’s defeat, but soon learn that his most dangerous prisoner, the evil Heckyl, survived! In light of this new threat, Kendall creates a powerful new Dino Charger that unlocks the Red Ranger’s T-Rex Super Charge mode! It will take …	22	2016-01-29	9.8
Ninja Steel Deep in space, Galvanax is the reigning champion of the most popular game show in the universe, “Galaxy Warriors”. Galvanax sends his warrior contestants to Earth to steal the Ninja Power Stars, where each battle against the Power Rangers is broadcast throughout the universe. The Power Rangers mu…	22	2017-01-20	9.9
Super Ninja Steel With Galvanax’s defeat and Brody and Aiden’s reunion with their father, all finally seems to be safe in Summer Cove. But when the Rangers are alerted to Madame Odius’ presence on Earth, they discover that she has obtained the powerful Ninja Super Steel and is still after the Ninja Nexus Prism! Lu…	22	2018-01-26	9.8
Beast Morphers (1) Set in the future, a secret agency combines a newly discovered substance called “Morph-X” with animal DNA to create the Power Rangers Beast Morphers team. The Rangers must fight off an evil sentient computer virus bent on taking over the source of all Ranger power, the Morphin Grid itself.	22	2019-03-02	5.3
Beast Morphers (2) As Evox builds his army to overtake Earth, the Rangers must stop him with new zords, enhanced abilities and unexpected allies.	22	2020-02-21	1.8
Dino Fury (1) When an army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the pre-historic power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with the threat.	22	2021-02-19	1.9
Dino Fury (2) The Power Rangers band together with mighty new Dino Keys to stop more squads of Sporix beasts — and revived enemies out for revenge.	22	2022-03-02	2.5
Cosmic Fury When Lord Zedd returns more powerful than ever, Team Cosmic Fury takes to the cosmos to battle the emperor of evil — and save the universe as we know it.	10	2023-09-28	2.6

What's left behind the scenes

Initially, there was a completely different concept for adapting the Japanese series for American television. The series was planned to be called 'Galactic Ranger,' and it was to feature the following characters: Victor Lee (Red Ranger) — a martial arts master, Zack Taylor (Black Ranger) — a detective, Kimberly Hart (Pink Ranger) — an unskilled aerobics instructor, Billy Cranston (Blue Ranger) — a handsome athlete, and Trini Crystal (Yellow Ranger) — an aspiring writer.
Karan Ashley left the series after realizing she could not spend so much time on set. It was initially intended that a final story arc would be written specifically for her, as had happened when Amy Jo Johnson left, but this never occurred. In the 3rd season, her character was turned into a child, and the studio decided that the character's return to the plot could be handled without the actress appearing on screen.
In one of the episodes, the numbers 24601 are visible tattooed on Skull's chest. This is a reference to Jean Valjean's prison number in Victor Hugo's (1802-1885) novel 'Les Misérables' (1862). This same number can also be seen in the animated series 'The Simpsons' (1989) and the series 'Twin Peaks' (1990-1991).
Tommy Oliver was named after producer Tony Oliver.
There are only 7 Power Rangers, yet no more than 6 appear on screen at the same time.
Jason Lee Scott was the first to come up with and say the phrase "Back in action!"
Amy Jo Johnson, who played Kimberly, and David Yost, who played Billy, had only practiced artistic gymnastics and had no experience in martial arts prior to filming the series. Consequently, they had to be taught the basics of martial arts before filming began. The other actors in the series already possessed some level of martial arts skill.
Walter John is missing the middle finger on his left hand. He lost it at the age of 4.
Before starting work on the second season, Saban Entertainment considered introducing new Dinozords into the plot. This idea was abandoned after calculating how much it would cost.
In the first season and the first 13 episodes of the second, the Power Rangers frequently used Power Blasters in their battles against the monsters of Rita and later Lord Zedd. Complaints began arriving from parents regarding the abundance of violent scenes involving Power Blasters, and as a result, this weapon was used very rarely thereafter, at least in combat. For example, in the third part of the episode "Evil King" in the third season, the Blue Ranger used a Power Blaster to open a secret emergency exit in the Megazord's foot.
In case the series was canceled, an alternative ending was filmed for the episode titled "Doomsday" (1993), in which Rita and her minions are locked in a space garbage truck. This is exactly how Rita's story ended in the Japanese television series upon which this American version was based.
The Power Rangers are high school students. At the start of the series, Austin St. John was 18 years old. He was the only actor whose age matched that of his character. All other actors playing the Power Rangers were older. The oldest was David Yost, at 24 years old.
Richard Stephen Horvitz, the voice of Alpha 5, is the only actor whose character appears in all 155 episodes.
Jason David Frank, who played Tommy, was originally intended to be in the series only until the middle of the first season; however, his character's popularity surpassed that of any other Ranger. Fans flooded Saban Entertainment with requests to bring Tommy back, and the company eventually gave in. Tommy returned toward the end of the season and continued to appear in the show. In total, the character appeared in 217 episodes of the project.
Zordon was the first to come up with the exclamation "It's morphin time!"
After Austin St. John (who played Jason), Walter Jones (Zack), and Thuy Trang (Trini) stopped filming, their dialogue had to be dubbed by other actors who were not credited in the titles. For example, Trini's voice was imitated by an actress named Judy, Jason's voice was provided by producer Paul Rosenthal, and Zack's voice by junior engineer Joel Rogers.
Lord Zedd was made less frightening due to complaints received from parents about the character.
Filming for the first two seasons of the series took place every day for 16 weeks.
In the middle of the second season, Austin St. John, Thuy Trang, and Walter Jones left the project. The show's creators had to reuse footage and scenes featuring these actors, while their lines were dubbed by other cast members. This continued until the time came for the Ranger change, when Steve Cardenas, Karan Ashley, and Johnny Yong Bosch joined the project. St. John later briefly returned to the series to play the Gold Ranger in the Power Rangers Zeo season (1996).
In Malaysia, due to an anti-drug campaign, the word 'Morphin' was removed from the series.
Ninjor's voice parodies the voice of a character named Dudley from the comedic animated series "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" (1959-1964).
During the filming of a scene featuring the body-swapping machine, Amy Jo Johnson's and David Yost's costumes caught fire due to flying sparks. After this incident, the actress tried to keep her distance from the device.
The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council concluded that the series violated several rules regarding the depiction of violence in children's programming.
Officially, the actors were supposed to be on set from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday. In reality, the Power Rangers performers spent much more time on set. On weekends, they had to record dialogue for battle scenes, and they often didn't return home until late at night.
The Command Center shown in the series appeared in the music video for "The Dope Show" by the American industrial rock band Marilyn Manson.
David Yost played his character Billy Cranston, the Blue Ranger, longer than any other actor, from 1993 to 1996. Amy Jo Johnson played her character, the Pink Ranger, longer than any of the other women. Her character appeared in a total of 137 episodes.
After the fourth season, David Yost left the project, unable to endure the ridicule of those around him regarding his sexual orientation.
Early drafts of the script suggested that Tommy would die, just as his counterpart did in the Japanese television series.