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I reverted the cast list, because the recently dumped data was a cut and paste job from this site (see "Show Stars" section): [1] If I was wrong to do so, feel free to revert it.

Shouldn't we note the Kunrei-Shiki for this article? "ZyuRanger" brings up more google hits than "JuRanger"! WhisperToMe 19:41, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Not only that, but the name is romanized as "ZyuRanger" within the original show itself (as any closeups of their Dinobucklers - aka Power Morphers - will attest to). - 24.131.38.46 05:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cast?

For some reason, some of the characters' names in the cast listing are bold while others aren't. Is that intentional? 128.113.90.201 12:40, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It appears that has been changed. Michael 04:45, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zyuranger

Why were ZyuRanger and Kyoryu Sentai ZyuRanger redirected here and not to Dinosaur Task Force Beast Ranger? Power Rangers is not Zyuranger, it simply uses footage from it.(Darien Shields 01:04, 25 July 2005 (UTC))

[edit] New header idea

"Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a children's television and movie series originally broadcast in Japan as Kyôryû Sentai ZyûRanger (In Hepburn, Kyōryū Sentai Jū Ranger, lit. Dinosaur Task Force Beast Rangers and often abbreviated as ZyuRanger), but westernized with replacement actors and brought to the United States by Haim Saban. It centers on five ordinary teenagers who are given great powers to fight galactic villains."

Shouldn't this header be in this article since the Kunrei abbreviation is used to refer to the Japanese show? WhisperToMe 19:58, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

If we were to change it, the first few lines should read: "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a children's television and movie series based on a Japanese children's show, Kyôryû Sentai ZyûRanger (In Hepburn, Kyōryū Sentai Jū Ranger, lit. Dinosaur Task Force Beast Rangers and often abbreviated as ZyuRanger), but it has been westernized with american actors and brought to the United States by Haim Saban. It centers on five or six (see Tommy Oliver ordinary teenagers who are given great powers to fight otherworldly villains." Asteroixiii 08:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

As much as your input helps, this particular conversation was started over three years ago.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question for anyone knowledgeable

The text says the Rangers were five ordinary teenagers, but the photo shows six. The cast list would also suggest that at any one time, six different colors were in action. Can someone clarify? JamesMLane 12:23, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Recalling the distant past of my memories of the 90's... The Green ranger did not exist at the beginning. He was introduced in a two-part episode as an evil ranger, but by the end of the arc, he had become good and joined the MMPR. He was essentially the leader of the group after that, IIRC. Mpolo 12:34, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, the Green Ranger, Tommy, was first introduced as an evil Ranger controlled by Rita. After the Power Rangers defeated him and destroyed his Sword of Darkness, the spell was broken and he joined the team. Red Ranger Jason was still the leader, though.

Eventually, Green Ranger lost his powers and for a few episodes they were down to five Rangers again. Tommy's Green Ranger powers were temporarily restored at enormous risk to his own health after Goldar succeeded in tricking the Power Rangers into giving up their Power Coins. When Tommy touched the forcefield surrounding Goldar's box, his powers were re-energized-- but they wouldn't last forever. Eventually, they were gone for good.

But later, Zordon and Alpha created a new, more powerful White Ranger to join the team and help fight against the more dangerous threat of Lord Zedd. This Ranger was revealed to be Tommy, who was then made the new leader of the team. Jason didn't object to it, and pretty soon he, Trini and Zack were replaced on the team by Rocky, Aisha and Adam, anyway.

And yes, I am a geek. ;) ekedolphin

And it was 5 episodes, not two. Crazycarolina 17:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language Question

Is there any particular reason why this article shows up in what looks to be either Spanish or Portuguese? --Cardinal biggles 17:00, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Are you in the English Wikipedia? Michael 06:32, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Monster Section

Why was this removed?

--- TitanoGoji16

[edit] Broadcast History

This is the fourth or fifth time that I've had to revert to previous edits. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers debuted August 28, 1993. It is FACT, yet whomever from IP address 68.43.238.101 continues to change it to May and 1994. Is there anything we can do to keep this from happening again? DrachenFyre 02:40, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Is mentioning "Agony in Pink" really necessary in the context of this article? That fanfiction is the epitome of bad taste and should be nowhere near this article! If no one can give a wholly reasonable argument as to why it should be here, then I vote for deletion of this particular aspect of the article. DrachenFyre 23:31, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

It shows: de gustibus non est disputandum. I think a note should be added that most fans consider it the epitome of bad taste. Or put it under external links instead of trivia. The good, the bad and the ugly: we take it all.

I don't think we should have it at all. This is trivia and little known facts about Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, not fanfiction by an obvious hack! If we allow this piece of filth to stink up the article, why don't we put up other pieces of fanfiction on other articles? My basic gripe boils down to do we really, really need that here and does it contribute, positively, to the article? DrachenFyre 07:09, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

As he said, we take it all... the fan fiction has been exceptionally well-known in the community... it's filthy. And no, this isn't an "entire article". Only a brief mention. WhisperToMe 00:11, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Power Rangers

Whats the diff between this article and the above-mentioned article? Yonidebest 11:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

The Power Rangers describes the actual series of incarnations whereas Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers is an incarnation of Power Rangers, just like Power Rangers Zeo is an incarnation of Power Rangers. - The Dragonmaster 12:16, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, like having an article called "star wars" which describes the actual movie series, and then another six articles which discribe the incarnation of each of the six star wars movie. Jeez, and I thought we, on the Hebrew Wiki, havea problem with duplicate articles in some way... Its not even close to whats going on here :-P Yonidebest 13:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Banned in New Zealand

I can recall the Power Rangers series being shown on New Zealand television, and the local video shops show that the movies have a PG rating. IMDb is wrong.

Okay, but are you sure that Mighty Morphin is shown, and not just some of the later seasons. I'm not saying you're wrong - I have no idea - but that's what the statement might have meant. -- Supermorff 18:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I, too, seriously doubt that the series is banned in New Zealand, where I can recall it being screened. I certainly remember some controversy over the series, but I suspect the pulling of broadcast was a result of the broadcaster's judgement, not that of the New Zealand Office of Film and Literature Classification. I've sent an email asking them to clear this up. If they come back and say the series isn't banned, I'm going to remove this factoid from the article. As it stands, the only justification for its inclusion is the classification on the IMDB. --Dom 14:23, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, the office had this to say: "the Broadcasting Standards Authority (www.bsa.govt.nz) deals with complaints about broadcasting [...] the BSA has no authority to ban the broadcast of a programme." and this "there are numerous videos and DVDs of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes available in New Zealand. Most are rated PG, meaning they are unrestricted but parental guidance is required for younger viewers. It is legal for anyone to possess and view these videos or DVDs." So, I think this is a pretty well debunked fact. --Dom 00:06, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

While the BSA has no authority to actually ban a programme, their decision in this instance did result in TVNZ cancelling the show on NZ television. The issues are explained in a reference I have added to the article. fonetikli 23:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Guess What Everybody

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Complete First Season and Second Season Will Be Released on August 14, 2006! It's True It Says it on the Front Page of Power Rangers Retrocenter

Awesome :D!

No, the date listed is April 1, 2006, and it was an April Fool's Joke.

[edit] Ninjor

Ninjor is not from Phaedos. He was in the Desert of Despair. Dulcea was from Phaedos. I'm going to edit a part of this article.

[edit] Episode Guide

I think the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers article should have an Episode Guide section including all 155 episodes (Alien Rangers included). I put one up, but it was taken off. Some of the other Rangers sections need episode guides as well. Does anyone agree?

No, as there is an entire article dedicated to the episodes of all of the Power Rangers series. Listing all 155 episodes for this series on the article's main page would be ridiculous. Ryulong 23:57, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

What about the other Power Ranger show sections? They all have episode guides. Excluding MMPR wouldn't be fair.

This is because the other series only spanned single seasons, and Alien Rangers (which has its own page) only spanned half of a season. MMPR spanned at least three seasons, and thus would lead to an extremely long list that would clutter up the article. It is not an issue of "fairness" like between siblings, it is an issue of being encyclopedic. Ryulong 00:07, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger with article for Zyu2

Even though I did not list it for merging, it does seem like the right idea to do, even though it appears to be really POV oriented and both self-centered and condescending in many places. If this article were to be merged into the MMPR article, it would require a major overhaul for content and diction. Ryulong 02:42, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. One thing that really needs to go is the belief that Zyu2 was an actual Sentai series. It wasn't. It was a collection of battle footage created solely to be used in Power Rangers. Adding it to Template:Super Sentai and the various succession boxes was wrong (which is why I reverted it), and the characters section in the article needs to go. jgp (T|C) 02:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, there's already a hefty sized area of the Trivia section relegated to the Zyu2 footage. Perhaps deletion is in order for the Zyu2 article rather than merging. Ryulong 02:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Did you contact the users responsible? Intervention may be in order if they continue. And I stand by my deletion for the Zyu2 article. It's very POV oriented, referencing that Saban was a bunch of idiots in the editting process. It also seems to be "PRE" (whatever that is) centric, and may be a vanity article. Ryulong 02:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed the PRE stuff (particularly one line that referenced a "fellow PRE member"). I didn't want to delete the whole thing, as I think the background behind it is notable, but if the information is already duplicated in this article, I'd be in favour of nuking the Zyu2 article. However, I have cut down the Zyu2 article quite a bit in the meantime--the characters section and Sentai template needed to go, and the trivia line about the "fellow PRE member" has no place in Wikipedia. jgp (T|C) 03:04, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

If it's necessary, here's the information from Trivia, to add to the discussion:

Due to the unforeseen popularity of the series, Saban, the company that produced Power Rangers, was faced with the possibility of exhausting all of its Zyuranger footage with no more to fall back upon in order to continue producing the show. The company contacted Toei (the company which produced/produces the Sentai series in Japan) as well as Rainbow Productions (the company that designed and produced the monster suits), requesting another half-season's worth of Zyuranger footage, specifically for Power Rangers. The two Japanese companies agreed, creating around 25 brand-new monsters and filming both human- and zord-sized battle footage for each, as well as incorporating elements from MMPR into the footage (a relationship between the Green and Pink Ranger and the Blue Ranger as the brains of the group being the most obvious examples). These monsters are collectively known in the Power Rangers fan community as "Zyu2." Around this time, Saban was also negotiating a deal with Toei to acquire footage from Gosei Sentai Dairanger, the sentai series which followed Zyuranger. Saban used more than half of the Zyu2 costumes in the remainder of Season One of Power Rangers. When they decided to replace the Dinozords with the mecha from Dairanger in Season 2 (termed Thunderzords in Power Rangers), the Zord footage of the remaining Zyu2 monsters became obsolete. To compensate for this, Saban attempted to splice the Zyu2 and Dairanger footage to ensure that the Zyu2 monsters were not seen fighting with the old Megazord that was not supposed to be there. In other words, it would show only the monster attacking followed by a shot of just the Thunderzords taking the damage. This did not always work, for occasionally the monster could actually be seen making physical contact with the old Megazord.

I think that's more information than is listed in the Zyu2 article, and more compact, too. Ryulong 03:10, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. That's the most relevant information. jgp (T|C) 03:18, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, perhaps the monster list should have a place somewhere (perhaps merge into the monster list articles that are linked off this article? i.e. List of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers monsters (Season One) and List of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers monsters (Season Two)). jgp (T|C) 03:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps a footnote could be placed under the monsters in question, stating that the original footage comes from the Zyu2 footage as opposed to Zyuranger or Dairanger footage, and then link back to the trivia section of the MMPR article. Ryulong 03:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kyoryuu Sentai ZyuRanger 2 now that I've done the footnote thing for the MMPR monster articles. Ryulong 09:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zord vandalism accusation

Someone has been vandalising the zords such as putting Godzilla and Smilodon for Dragonzord and Sabertooth Cat, repsectively. I will be changin them back to original wikis.

Dragonzord is a Godzilla-like thing, and Smilodon is a specific kind of sabertooth cat. Ryūlóng 01:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I have instead linked Dragonzord and Tigerzord directly to their sections in the Zords in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers page, and Sabertooth tiger redirects to Smilodon regardless. Ryūlóng 01:53, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Zord" as a Proper Noun

I'd like to hear the argument on this. Just curious. JPG-GR 01:50, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

It's a word they made up for any mecha/creatures that form mecha; why wouldn't it be a proper noun? It's basically a capitalization issue; any use of "Zord" should have a capital Z, and any use of "Megazord" should also be capitalized as such. Ryūlóng 02:03, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Filming Schdule

The filming schedule for MMPR-PRT was Monday-Fridays, 5AM-7:30 PM. However during the 1994-1995 season they shot on sundays till Austin, Thuy and Walter left then MON-WED they filmed the movie. After February 22nd, 1995, they went back to the regular times. Same thing for the Turbo movie filming. The shot ZEO's second half on Sundays till December 15th.70.185.125.101 08:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC) ``

This is important why?—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 06:54, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Quit tipping.70.185.125.101 08:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

It's just not important. It is too trivial for mention anywhere except a fan site.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 08:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Now that is a cold-hearted lie. That's like crapping on discussion boards, news reports, press releases, and IMDB all together. My God.70.185.125.101 09:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Filming Location

I would like to see someone insert information about the location the show was shot, even if just listed at trivia. I recal the headquater's external shots looking like stock-footage of a well known structure is this correct?

It's mentioned at Power Chamber. The same building was used in a Star Trek episode, but anything outside of "it was filmed in southern California" is as unknown, until they moved to New Zealand.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 00:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD

I think guides as to which episodes of all these series have appeared on DVD would be a good addition. Since Disney isn't likely to release full season sets anytime soon, this information would be both interesting and helpful. --CmdrClow 23:31, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reason for St. John, Trang, and Jones leaving

This is an audio interview down with Austin St. John and Steve Cardenas. At 12:00 he explains that his mother got sick and he wasn't being paid enough to help her out, so he left along with Walter Jones and Thuy Trang.

I don't think I need anymore proof that this is a trustworthy source, seeing that it's an interview with Austin himself.

http://ia351411.us.archive.org/2/items/MikeDentR5Central-Episode46/R5CentralEpisode46SeeingRedPowerMorphiconMemorialWebVersion.mp3

I'll let you guys decide how this should be worked in.