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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: The toy version of the White Shogunzord from Season 3 was repainted as a Pink Shogunzord. This made little sense as it was shared by both the White and Pink Rangers in the show, and created inconsistencies when the pink version was used for [[Off-the-Shelf FX]] for the American-filmed Ninja Ultrazord sequence. The toy versions of the Crane Ninjazord and Lion Thunderzord were also repainted as well; the Crane Ninjazord had its red parts repainted into pink; while the toy version of the Lion Thunderzord had all the green parts (except the dome) repainted black, but these changes are not as obvious.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The "Zyu2" footage, which featured all new monsters and fight sequences using the ''Zyuranger'' suits and mecha, were filmed specifically for ''Power Rangers'' and are not actually adapted footage from any ''Zyuranger'' sequel (despite the [[Fan Nickname]]).
* [[Alliteration]]: Rita Repulsa, Rito Revolto, not to mention ''Mighty Morphin''.▼
* [[The Adjectival Superhero]]
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Most of the adults on the show are pretty incompetent.
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** ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had ''Mighty Boring Shower Strangers''.
* [[Alien Invasion]]: One rubber monster suit at a time.
▲* [[Alliteration]]: Rita Repulsa, Rito Revolto, not to mention ''Mighty Morphin''.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: "For Whom The Bell Trolls" in Season 1.
* [[Alpha Strike]]: Ultrazord.
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* [[Annoying Laugh]]: Skull
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Alpha when Bulk, Skull, and Kimberly get trapped in a monster cab: "Aye-yi-yi! Lord Zedd and Rita have created a Crabby Cabbie! And he's charging double the going fare!"
* [[Art Initiates Life]]: Finster's creations.▼
* [[The Artifact]]: The Rangers were still wearing the same suits after Season 1 despite the fact that they were no longer piloting robots based on prehistoric beasts. While the Thunderzords in Season 2 were still transformed versions of the Dinozords (except Tommy's, who got an all new zord with a suit to match), they all ended up being destroyed in Season 3, forcing the Rangers to look for new zords and draw their powers from different animals.
▲* [[Art Initiates Life]]: Finster's creations.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Rita and Zedd, surprisingly enough, after the [[Love Potion]] wears off.
** Much to Goldar's displeasure.
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* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[Masked Rider]]'' for season 3. This was years before a [[Kamen Rider Decade|Kamen Rider]]/[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Super Sentai]] crossover!
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: There were quite a few of these over the three seasons, but two rather memorable ones took place in "Doomsday" and "Ninja Quest": In the former, the Dino Zords put up a pitiful fight against Cyclopsis, only for the evil Zord to hack off the Megazord's arm and the Dragonzord's tail. In the latter episode, the Rangers use their new Ninja Zords for the very first time and proceed to ''beat the living hell'' out of Rito Revolto, nailing him repeatedly with the Ninja MegaFalconzord's finishing attack and paying him back for his curb-stomping the Thunderzords some episodes earlier.
* [[Cute Kitten]]: "P.C." ("Park Cat") in Season 3, who was actually Kat under Rita's spell.▼
* [[Cutesy Name Town]]: Angel Grove.
* [[Dance Battler]]: Zack, who tried to combine the two into "hip-hop-kido."
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* [[Epic Fail]]: [http://www.my-coloring-pages.com/power-rangers/gallery/image/power-rangers-coloring-pages-045/ This coloring page of Zordon].
* [[Epiphanic Prison]]: "Island Of Illusion."
▲* [[Cute Kitten]]: "P.C." ("Park Cat") in Season 3, who was actually Kat under Rita's spell.
* [[Evil Is Petty]]: Aside from the evil plots to take over the world, the villains would sometimes devise plans to mess with the Rangers just to be jerks. Like the time they tried to wear Kimberly out just so she would be too exhausted for the gymnastics team tryouts (and Ranger duties).
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Tommy had a pretty good one as a villain.
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** Or debutantes, depending on your context.
** In the episode "A Bad Reflection on You," Skull says to pseudo-Kimberly, "Wanna catch the submarine races tonight?"
* [[He's Back]]▼
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After losing the Megazord in "Green With Evil, Part 4," the Rangers go through this. Only Jason wants to keep fighting.
▲* [[He's Back]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Jason and Tommy, but even moreso Bulk and Skull
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: In the third season (mixed in with extended and deleted scenes), and a tradition that would be carried on over to ''[[Power Rangers Zeo|Zeo]]'', ''[[Power Rangers Turbo|Turbo]]'', and ''[[Power Rangers in Space|Space]]''.
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* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: A couple of episodes are centered around the monsters picking off the Rangers ([[It's Personal|or one of Billy's girlfriends]]) one by one until Billy was the last one left to save them. The perception of nerdy, bespectacled, overalls-wearing Billy being the weakest is aided by some of their taunts and/or Billy having to give himself a little courageous pep talk before saving the day. Because at the end of the day, he's still a freaking ''Power Ranger'' and all.
* [[Living Statue]]: Kind of. Lord Zedd turns the park's "Sentinel Statue" into a monster known as Nimrod, the Scarlet Sentinel.
* [[Long Hair Is Feminine]]: Subverted/Inverted hard with Tommy, Trini, and Kimberly. Tommy, often considered [[The Ace]], had long hair (perhaps related to his native American heritage). Trini, the [[Cute Bruiser]] martial artist, had very long hair, and although feminine, was definitely not [[The Chick]]. Meanwhile, Kimberly, who not only [[The Chick]], but the template for [[Power Rangers]] chicks, had short hair.▼
* [[Long-Lost Uncle Aesop]]: There were a ''lot'', but take for example Billy's girlfriends. One episode was literally about an uncle, when Dark Warrior threatened Trini's uncle.
▲* [[Long Hair Is Feminine]]: Subverted/Inverted hard with Tommy, Trini, and Kimberly. Tommy, often considered [[The Ace]], had long hair (perhaps related to his native American heritage). Trini, the [[Cute Bruiser]] martial artist, had very long hair, and although feminine, was definitely not [[The Chick]]. Meanwhile, Kimberly, who not only [[The Chick]], but the template for [[Power Rangers]] chicks, had short hair.
* [[Love Potion]]: Used on Zedd by Rita. It later got undone, but it turns out he loved her anyways
** Zedd also tried one on Kimberly in "Beauty and the Beast." It didn't work, but she faked it and abused his minions.
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* [[Magic Wand]]: Rita, Zedd and Vile all use magic wands.
** As did the Wizard of Deception in Season 2.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Lord Zedd comes ''out of nowhere'' and is Rita's boss. Then in In Space, Dark Specter is the boss of ''every villain ever''.▼
* [[Master of Delusion]]: Bulk and Skull, when trying to find the Rangers' identities.
* [[Meet the New Boss]]: In the second season, Lord Zedd banished Rita and took over. In the third season, Master Vile was in charge for the duration of his short visit.
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* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: While MMPR had a few [[Wham! Episode|Wham Episodes]] the main premise remained the same for about the first 130 episodes with the most of them being stand alone with the Rangers fighting the [[Monster of the Week]] with the occasional 2 or 3 episode stories where the Rangers faced a challenge, however by the end the Rangers always succeeded and left with more powers and weapons than they had before, which pretty much reduced the [[Big Bad]] to [[Harmless Villain]] status. However that changed around the midway point of season 3 with the 3 part Episode Changing of the Zords. While the Rangers did eventually win and get the Shogunzords, Lord Zedd and Rita still had the Pink Rangers powers, the Falconzord, Ninjor trapped in a bottle, plus they came as close to killing a Ranger as they ever would. After that the show became more arc driven with only occasional stand alone episodes and the Rangers playing defense for the remaining 25 episodes of the series.
* [[Oculothorax]]: Eye Guy's core form is one.
* [[Official Couple]]: Tommy/Kim.▼
* [[Off-the-Shelf FX]]: Rita's shrunken banishment at the start of Season 2, as well as the Ninja and Shogun Ultrazords in Season 3, were all done using toys... with predictable results.
▲* [[Official Couple]]: Tommy/Kim.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Rito in "Ninja Quest Part IV," seconds before the Ninja MegaFalconzord slams its finishing attack fists into him.
** In "The Mutiny, Part 1," just about everyone has this reaction to Lord Zedd's arrival.
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** Squatt and Baboo in "Return of an Old Friend Part II," when Tommy reclaims the Dragon Dagger and Dragonzord.
** Goldar and Scorpina had a habit of doing this during Megazord fights.
* [[Sealed Evil In a Soda Machine]]: ''Power Rangers'' is probably the [[Trope Codifier]] here, with a new sealed evil unsealed practically every season: Rita Repulsa, Ivan Ooze, the Demons from ''Lightspeed Rescue'', the Orgs from ''Wild Force'', the villains from ''Mystic Force'', and more.▼
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can|Sealed Evil In A Space Dumpster]]: "AHHH! After ten thousand years, I'm free! It's time to conquer EARTH!"
** Aside from Rita, there was also the Face Stealer in Season 3, a demon trapped in an urn that could [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|steal your face]] and leave you without a soul.
▲* [[Sealed Evil In a Soda Machine]]: ''Power Rangers'' is probably the [[Trope Codifier]] here, with a new sealed evil unsealed practically every season: Rita Repulsa, Ivan Ooze, the Demons from ''Lightspeed Rescue'', the Orgs from ''Wild Force'', the villains from ''Mystic Force'', and more.
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Rocky, Adam and Aisha, before becoming Rangers themselves.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]: The two-part episode "Doomsday" was intended to be the series' finale, since Saban exhausted almost all of the original ''Zyuranger'' footage. But when MMPR proved to be a surprise sensation, they revised the episode at the last minute, editing out the ending from ''Zyuranger'' where Rita Repulsa and her henchmen are sent back to the dumpster.
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* [[Teen Genius]] / [[TV Genius]]: Billy.
* [[Teen Idol]]: [[Amy Jo Johnson]]. Well, pretty much all the Rangers were at the time.
▲* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Lord Zedd comes ''out of nowhere'' and is Rita's boss. Then in In Space, Dark Specter is the boss of ''every villain ever''.
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The "Go Go Power Rangers" riff was used as the communicator signal. Also, while using grains of dirt ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) to spread a [[Hate Plague]], one [[Monster of the Week]] sings "Go, go, power particles!" to the tune of the theme.
* [[There Are No Rules]]: Said by Bulk, when Jason and Tommy are at each other's throats and decide to settle it in the ring.
* [[This Is a Drill]]: Dragonzord's tail and the Dragonzord Fighting Mode's staff.
** Also, the weapon of the Genie monster.
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Squatt and Baboo, later Goldar and Rito.▼
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Bulk and Skull.
▲* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Squatt and Baboo, later Goldar and Rito.
* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Bulk and Skull in "When is a Ranger Not a Ranger?".▼
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: The Dragon Dagger in "The Song of Guitardo."
** Jason also tossed his Power Sword a couple times: In "Green With Evil, Part 5" it's how he knocked the Sword of Darkness out of Tommy's hand so he could destroy it and break Rita's evil spell. In "Two for One", he threw it at the human-like Lipsyncher monster, ''leaving a bloody scar on her face''.
** Daggers (close enough) were used in Season 2's "Bloom of Doom", as Trini tossing her daggers at a 90 degree angle saved Kimberly from being permanently trapped in an alternate dimension.
** Tommy does this in Season 3 with Saba when trying to free Kimberly from Lord Zedd's life-draining machine, destroying Zedd's staff in the process.
▲* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Bulk and Skull in "When is a Ranger Not a Ranger?".
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: In Season 2's "Rangers Back In Time" and ''Alien Rangers''.
* [[Tinman Typist]]: Alpha 5.
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* [[Wicked Witch]]: Rita.
** Also, the episode "Water You Thinking?" features a ''literal'' wicked witch named Witchblade ([[Witchblade (Comic Book)|no, not that one]]), an old friend of Lord Zedd's. She calls the Alien Rangers "my pretties," the Battle Borgs their "tin men," and when she is finally destroyed by the Shogun Megazord, she cries "Oh no, I'm falling... falling... what a world...!"
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Kim and Tommy.▼
* [[William Telling]]: The monster of "Foul Play in the Sky" was the Snizzard, a Snake-Lizard monster whose weak spot/power artifact was a golden apple atop his head. This was a Kimberly-centered episode, and Kimberly's weapon is a bow. Cue [[Twang! "Hello."]] + [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]], and then an arrow to the apple.
▲* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Kim and Tommy.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Goldar and King Sphinx
* [[Yandere]]: Zedd, under the potion's effects.
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