History Awesome / MightyMorphinPowerRangers

* Given the White Ranger powers in the middle of season two, Tommy spent the second half of season two and the first half of season three beating monsters by himself (while both morphed and unmorphed), thrashing armies, and constantly saving the day single-handedly, almost to distraction. It got to the point where the show was basically ''Tommy And His Five Incompetent Friends''. Then, we get "Changing of the Zords part 3". We knew Tommy loved Kimberly and vice versa. Say what you will about the Dear John letter in ''Zeo'', but T.O. deserves credit for not rolling over for Zedd, instead charging into another dimension to rescue the woman he loved (who had her Power Coin stolen, thus slowing killing her [as unlike the Dino Coins, the Ninja Coins were tied to their life forces], and until ''Lost Galaxy'', was as close to dying as any Ranger had ever been), finding Lord Zedd standing there, and confronting him... even though ''Lord Zedd kicks Tommy's ass into next week in an epic one-sided curb-stomp'' (There wasn't another example of a villain so thoroughly pwning his Ranger counterpart for ''years'' afterwards, when Astronema nearly killed her brother Andros, and that was only because Andros wasn't fighting back, while Tommy was). Zedd only loses through the fight through plot-mandated technicality but there's a very good reason that, even after 25 years, Zedd is still the emperor of bad-ass Power Ranger villains.

** In Part 5, Jason is the only one of the Rangers who isn't ready to throw in the towel after suffering a string of defeats at the Green Ranger's hands. It isn't until the other four realize that Tommy is the Green Ranger that the they regain their resolve to fight.

* The episodes "A Pressing Engagement" and "Different Drum" have three for unmorphed humans (one on which cannot even morph). First, it's the Juice Bar record for most reps: ''1,009'', held by ''[[BadassNormal Bulk]]'', of all people. Then, at the end of "A Pressing Engagement", Jason finally breaks it at ''1,010''. Finally, at the start of "A Different Drum" we see Jason losing an arm-wrestling match... To ''Trini''.

* You see all those entries in Season 3 about Zedd constantly dunking the Rangers, who are ''supposed to be at their strongest yet''? Kudos must be given to the writers of that season for a truly awesome display of [[BotheringByTheBook malicious compliance]], probably the best in the franchise, and among the best in children's media. [[MoralGuardians Parents] were [[ComicallyMissingThePoint complaining about scariness of the bad guy bigger and meaner than the previous one]]...but they never said anything about toning down the scope of his plans. So while he was made goofier, the writers compensated and more by making him far more dangerous despite being now portrayed as having the personality of a petty HenpeckedHusband and JadedWashout, more prone to cracking jokes. And with the very serialized nature of Season 3, these victories were more common and consistent than the previous seasons. Lastly, while it's expected that they had to get rid of the otherwise perfectly functional Ninja Coins to make room for the new Zeo powers and suits, as well as the new setpiece for the Power Chamber, rather than have the new bad guys, the Machine Empire, be the cause, they chose ''Zedd'' to be the destroyer of these powers ''and'' the Command Center. It also has the added benefit of making the Machine Empire look even more dangerous if they scare the ones who 'legit defeated the Power Rangers'' into fleeing for their lives''. In short, the moral of the story is making a villain less frightening and more comical doesn't exactly mean they become less competent. In fact, they could become '''''more competent'''''!

* You see all those entries in Season 3 about Zedd constantly dunking the Rangers, who are ''supposed to be at their strongest yet''? Kudos must be given to the writers of that season for a truly awesome display of [[BotheringByTheBook malicious compliance]], probably the best in the franchise, and among the best in children's media. [[MoralGuardians Parents] were [[ComicallyMissingThePoint complaining about scariness of the bad guy bigger and meaner than the previous one]]...but they never said anything about toning down the scope of his plans. So while he was made goofier, the writers compensated and more by making him far more dangerous despite being now portrayed as having the personality of a petty HenpeckedHusband and JadedWashout, more prone to cracking jokes. And with the very serialized nature of Season 3, these victories were more common and consistent than the previous seasons. Lastly, while it's expected that they had to get rid of the otherwise perfectly functional Ninja Coins to make room for the new Zeo powers and suits, as well as the new setpiece for the Power Chamber, rather than have the new bad guys, the Machine Empire, be the cause, they chose ''Zedd'' to be the destroyer of these powers ''and'' the Command Center. It also has the added benefit of making the Machine Empire look even more dangerous if they scare the ones who 'legit defeated the Power Rangers'' into fleeing for their lives. In short, the moral of the story is making a villain less frightening and more comical doesn't exactly mean they become less competent. In fact, they could become '''''more competent!''''

** And for a meta Moment of Awesome, this was over a decade before ''Series/KamenRiderDecade''. Yep, ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' crossed over the two properties first. Say what you will about the eventual ''Series/MaskedRider'' series, but the above is nothing short of badass.

** Tommy got one himself beforehand; despite operating on potentially limited power, he makes it clear that if this ''is'' to be his last stand as the Green Ranger he'll go down fighting, holding his own against Goldar and a mass of Putties and talking to the Dragonzord like an old friend, vowing to give them both one last battle.

* Speaking of Cyclopsis: "Doomsday, Part 2". After the Megazord and Dragonzord were curbstomped ''twice'' by Cyclopsis (In the second battle, Megazord lost an arm and Dragonzord its tail), Zordon and Alpha find Cyclopsis weakness, which is that it adjusts to what it fights and can't adapt to quickly changing forms, and...let's just say that it's payback time for the rangers ''and'' the zords (this time, it's Dragonzord who destroys Cyclopsis' arm blades with its tail), but still, he's like pre-power boost Cyclopsis which pwned them anyway until they do their last few transformations which locks the system.

** ''[[NotMakingUpThisDisclaimer You read that right]]''. After three seasons, ''Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'' ends with [[TheBadGuyWins the Rangers in total defeat]], when, through Goldar and Rito, crippled the heroes at their absolutely lowest point and just as they were repower themselves, by stealing the recollected Zeo Crystal, blowing up the Command Center and seemingly killing Zordon and Alpha.

* One of Finster's most devastating monsters, Pudgy Pig from "Food Fight", nearly defeated the Power Rangers... By ''[[ExtremeOmnivore eating their Power Weapons]]''. Had they not discovered it couldn't take spicy food, the series would have ended with Rita's victory then and there, even before the rise of the Green Ranger.

--> '''Tommy:''' [[YoureInsane You are... OUT OF YOUR MIND!]] [[PreAsskickingOneLiner (proceeds to chest kick Goldar and disarm him)]]\\
[+'''''PWNED!!'''''+]