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* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (TV)/YMMV|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]▼
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Power Rangers has a pretty good track record on creating memorable [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]. [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Lord Zedd]], [[Power Rangers in Space|Astronema]], [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Trakeena]], [[Power Rangers Time Force|Ransik]], [[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Lothor]], [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Mesogog]], [[Power Rangers SPD|Emperor Gruumm]] and [[Power Rangers RPM (TV)|Venjix]] make up for some of the lackluster rogues galleries of the original Sentai.▼
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▲* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Power Rangers has a pretty good track record on creating memorable [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]. [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Lord Zedd]], [[Power Rangers in Space|Astronema]], [[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Trakeena]], [[Power Rangers Time Force|Ransik]], [[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Lothor]], [[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Mesogog]], [[Power Rangers SPD|Emperor Gruumm]] and [[Power Rangers RPM
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: At the news that Saban has taken the rights to the series back from Disney and is bringing it back to Nick AND will be rearing every episode from every series on [[Nicktoons]]. Many dreams came true that day....
** Also over the fact Saban will pick up where the series left off at ''Shinkenger''. As a <s>40</s> ''43'' episode season, no less.
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** Finally, after years of waiting, Saban and Shout! Factory are releasing [http://www.jefusion.com/2012/03/saban-to-release-power-rangers-to-blu.html all PR seasons up to RPM on DVD and Blu-Ray]. The fandom had a meltdown.
*** [[No Export for You]]: [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-Press-Release/16648 Apparently it's only the US and Canada]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114064009/http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6446906/every-power-ranger-ever-in-epic-battle The Legend War] from [[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
* [[And You Thought It Would Fail]]: TV Executives. See [[Saved From Development Hell]] and [[
* [[Archive Panic]]: The RPM finale marked a solid 700 episodes, and with new episodes still come out that number is now outdated; it would take you quite a while to watch them all.
* [[Broken Base]]: Primarily over which seasons are the best/good/bad/crap.
* [[Complete Monster]]: [[Complete Monster/Power Rangers|Has its own page.]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: [[Power Rangers
* [[Deconstruction Fic]]: A great deal of [[Power Rangers]] fanfic (especially with the original characters) portrays the characters as if the constant power losses, mind hijackings, and secrecy actually had the profound psychological effects one would expect these sort of things to have on a teenager. One of the more well known Mighty Morphin era fics, ''Personality Conflicts'', starts with Tommy entering psychotherapy.
* [[Dork Age]]: ''Turbo'' and Bruce Kalish's run on the show, ''SPD'' through ''Jungle Fury'', tend to be considered this. Also a specific period during season 2 of [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] after Jason, Zack and Trini's actors left the show, before their characters leave (Power Transfer II), because their characters were in the show but only using stock footage and while morphed using bad dubbers for their dialog.
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** Also, the United Alliance of Evil, the term used to describe the organization of villains seen in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''. The name was given due to an offhand remark by Zordon in ''Zeo'', explaining how King Mondo broke away from them.
* [[First Installment Wins]]: ''Mighty Morphin' '' was an instant hit, and became a major phenomenon, on par with ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' a few years earlier and ''[[Pokémon]]'' a few years later. The sequel series couldn't possibly keep up that momentum, and ''Mighty Morphin''' is far and away the best remembered installment, and the one that the average person is referring to when they say simply ''Power Rangers''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Many, some of which are [[Self
* [[Growing the Beard]]: Starting with ''Power Rangers in Space'', the stories grew much more well-developed.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] / [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Reacting to the violence in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', New Zealand banned the show. Yet that didn't prevent Disney (and now Saban) from shooting the series there since ''Ninja Storm''. It appears that the ban has been lifted recently as episodes of ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' began airing on Nickelodeon in mid-2011.
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* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: Season 2's Lord Zedd was an American creation and was much more intimidating compared to Rita. He had a voice and faceplate vaguely reminiscient of [[Star Wars|Darth Vader]] and you could see his muscle tone because he ''had no skin'', with various tubes moving some sort of fluid. His brain was also exposed, and it ''pulsated'' in the movie. He was so scary that after the first dozen episodes, they toned down his [[Evil Overlord]] personality into something more harmless.
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: Comes in many flavors:
* [[Periphery Demographic]]: The show has a staggering amount of adult fans for a kids' show. This is probably because most of the current adult fans were children when it first ran.
* [[Recycled Script]]
* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: As a result of its longevity and literally several hundred actors involved with the franchise. An obscenely complete list can be found at [http://afterthepower.blogspot.com/ After the Power Blogspot]. Of particular note is the following:
** [[Amy Jo Johnson]] (Kimberly, the first Pink Ranger) has had several roles, including ones on ''[[Felicity]]'' and ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]''.
** [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (Adam, the second Black Ranger and Green Zeo Ranger) is very well known in the anime dubbing community, especially as Vash from ''[[Trigun]]'', Ichigo from ''[[Bleach]]'', and Lelouch from ''[[Code Geass]]''.
** Archie Kao (Kai, the Blue Galaxy Ranger) is the AV tech guy on ''[[CSI]]''.
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** Rose McIver (Summer Landsdown, ''RPM's'' Ranger Operator Series Yellow) played Lindsey Salmon in the movie adaptation of ''The Lovely Bones''.
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Common to most finales, and all of ''RPM''
* [[The Scrappy]]: Justin Stewart is said to be the cause of ''Turbo''{{'}}s unpopularity. Cole Evans from ''Wild Force''. Sam, ''SPD''{{'}}s [[Sixth Ranger]], is generally considered a distant
* [[Seasonal Rot]]: ''Turbo'', ''Wild Force'', and the seasons under Bruce Kalish (''SPD'' through ''Jungle Fury'') are considered the franchise's weaker entries to varying degrees.
* [[Snark Bait]]: One of the reasons to watch the show after you leave the target demographic.[http://community.livejournal.com/prwp/ There's even a website for it.]
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** Conversely, when the ''Jungle Fury'' finale used the animal costumes from Gekiranger wholesale without any changes whatsoever, [[Broken Base|many fans cried foul then too]].
* [[Subbing Versus Dubbing]]: In this case, "subbing" means cleaving as closely as possible to the source material<ref>best exemplified by ''Wild Force'' and ''Samurai''</ref> and "dubbing" equals [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]<ref>best exemplified by ''In Space'' and ''RPM''</ref>. Notably, this debate only applies to the franchise's internal politics; "dubbed" series tend to be better received by the fans than "subbed" series (with the exception of ''Time Force'')
* [[The Problem
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100413224549/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/spoonyone/reviews/799-fmv-hell-mighty-morphin-power-rangers Example of The Problem.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDkIbqAI0Ww Example of No Problem.]
* [[They Just Didn't Care]]: Disney's perceived attitude towards the series, at least during the later Disney seasons.
** This is actually why Saban bought the rights back. Disney didn't really embrace the Power Rangers franchise due to the perceived violence... then they went and purchased [[Marvel Comics]], which has far more violent characters.
*** Or more cynically, [[Cash Cow Franchise|he wanted to print money with the series again]].
** Under Disney, the toyline also fell from the top Boys Toys spot for the first time in literally a decade. While the ''[[Transformers (
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: A case could be made for the early seasons, as the show went from an almost plotless beat-em-up to... well, having plot.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The original Black Ranger was black, and the original Yellow Ranger was Asian. (To be fair, the producers did not realize what they had accidentally done until several episodes in, when it was too late to change anything.) Their replacements' races were flipped to fix this while preserving the [[Five-Token Band]], and the franchise didn't cast another black Black Ranger until ''Operation Overdrive'''s Will. While we're on the subject, Will was a professional thief.
** Then there was the writers' later decision to stress Tommy's Native American heritage. Anyone remember what color he was in Zeo and Turbo?
*** No one brings up Dominic and Udonna who were Caucasian White Rangers.
** Parodied in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516165040/http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1926078 this] [[College Humor]] video.
** The casting sheet for ''Samurai'' originally listed that the characters can be of any ethnicity...except for the Red Ranger, who had to be white. Um... (They changed it to "all ethnicities", but cast a white guy as Red anyway.)
*** and, as has been confirmed the actress that will be the second Red samurai Ranger is also white, well...
*** {{spoiler|And considering that the Red Rangers are likely siblings, keeping the race consistent is kind of important.}}
* [[What an Idiot!]]: Enough examples that they have [[What an Idiot!/Live-Action TV/Power Rangers|their own page]].
* [[Win Back the Crowd]]: Both ''in Space'' and ''RPM'', fan-favorites considered some of the franchise's best, which followed ''Turbo'' and Bruce Kalish's run, respectively, which... aren't.
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