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** There was only ever the one mirror, the real question is why hers is blue and has the triceratops design on it. But that's probably just lazy prop reuse.
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* How did Rita get her hands on the green power coin to begin with? They never bring this up at all during the whole "Green With Evil" 5 parter.

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* In Season 1's "Different Drum," the monster's plan is to lure the Rangers in by kidnapping children and then using his music to brainwash the Rangers. So why does he spend time attacking them as opposed to playing his accordion for them the minute they arrive?
* In Season 1’s "A Bad Reflection on You," when news gets out that the Rangers have turned bad, Bulk and Skull cheer them on, which gets them a DeathGlare from the real Rangers. Looking at it from an In-Universe civilian’s point of view, you realize they not only deliver it because they ARE the real Rangers, but because of how disgusted they are that these two buffoons would cheer their city’s beloved protectors turning bad.
* In Season 2's "Wild West Rangers", Goldar, Needlenose, a set of Putties, and Kimberly all go back in time to Angel Grove in the 1800s, and yet it has not only no apparent consequence to history, but Zordon displays knowledge of the trip once Kimberly returns to the present. Setting up a StableTimeLoop, anyone?
* Kind of borderline FridgeHorror, in Season 1's "The Crystal Of Nightmares", dreams of reliving monster battles and weird dreams of Zordon being disappointed in them are treated as exceptionally rare and uncommon dreams. Wouldn't the Rangers constantly have nightmares of monster battles, and wouldn't those eventually take their toll? I know Trini has a dream of her doll becoming a monster, Kimberly dreamt Rita was her stepmother and later on dreamt that her mom's fiance turned into a monster (Kimberly even reassured Zordon she's not afraid of the monster despite its origin), and later in Zeo, Tommy and Adam both had dreams involving King Mondo's monsters. So why were the Rangers so freaked out over something they should have by then been dreaming about so much? Could the crystal have powers beyond just causing bad dreams? Possibly it affected them psychologically with the dreams just planting something in their heads to have something for their fearful minds to play back on loop to really make it stick.
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** Potentially. The scene presumably only exists because the series had continued but if they had then they could of incorporated the Dairanger footage more

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** Remember in "Green with evil", Green was able to enter Megazord cockpit.



** Since each thunderzord (apart from Tor The Shuttlezord and White Tigerzord) contained both the "Power Of Thunder" and the old Dinozord power, the thunderzords de-transformed back to the weaker dinozords after battle to prevent the zords, Command Centre, Power Coins and Morphin' Grid from overloading and exploding. It would also have been technically possible for the old dinozords to fight Lord Zedd's monsters without transforming into thunderzords whether they fought individually or as Dino Megazord. However in Season 2 and very early Season 3, the thunderzords became the sole goto battle mechs since in "The Mutiny Part 2" Zordon said that the old Dinozords just weren't strong enough to defeat Zedd's monsters. The viability of the Dinozords was further diminished in Season 2 due to the Dragonzord and its associated zord combinations being rendered inoperable as a result of the loss of the green ranger powers.

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** Since each thunderzord (apart from Tor The Shuttlezord and White Tigerzord) contained both the "Power Of Thunder" and the old Dinozord power, the thunderzords Thunderzords de-transformed back to the weaker dinozords Dinozords after battle to prevent the zords, Zords, Command Centre, Power Coins and Morphin' Grid from overloading and exploding. It would also have been technically possible for the old dinozords Dinozords to fight Lord Zedd's monsters without transforming into thunderzords Thunderzords whether they fought individually or as Dino Megazord. However in Season 2 and very early Season 3, the thunderzords Thunderzords became the sole goto battle mechs since in "The Mutiny Part 2" Zordon said that the old Dinozords just weren't strong enough to defeat Zedd's monsters. The viability of the Dinozords was further diminished in Season 2 due to the Dragonzord and its associated zord Zord combinations being rendered inoperable as a result of the loss of the green ranger powers.


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** Plus, since command centre is a safe zone, maybe they spend no power as long as they stay there.


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** Rita's plan was to kill Power Rangers, then Zedd. When Rangers escaped the theater, surely she decided to keep Zedd alive until Rangers were killed. Then… she probably fell in love before MasterVile arrival.

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** The fact that Dairanger has a green ranger instead of the black one doesn't help, either.




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* When Zordon gave Tommy the white ranger powers that cannot be taken away, why didn't he think ahead and made such powers for the rest of the rangers? It would've been a great justification for Saban to use the Dairanger suits (Aside from the fact that Dairanger has a green ranger instead of a black one).
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* What would Zordon have done if the Rangers actually ''did'' decide to "retire" at the end of ''Doomsday''? Rita is still out there (even if she's suffered a really bad defeat), so would he have to recruit a new batch of Power Rangers?
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* Can somebody give me an '''in-story''' reason for Tommy becoming the new leader upon becoming the White Ranger? Out-of-universe it made perfect sense: Creator/AustinStJohn was planning to leave the show, Tommy [[BreakoutCharacter was the most popular ranger]], and it would be easier to push White Ranger merch by marketing it as the new leader, rather than having to revise the descriptions of the older toys. But in-story it doesn't make any sense. Jason hadn't been selected for the Peace Conference yet and was doing an exemplary job as the leader so demoting him doesn't make any sense. Even if Zordon somehow knew Jason would be leaving Angel's Grove in the future wouldn't Billy have been a better choice for the new leader? Billy has seniority over Tommy and far greater knowledge of the equipment they use, along with being smarter in general.

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* Can somebody give me an '''in-story''' reason for Tommy becoming the new leader upon becoming the White Ranger? Out-of-universe it made perfect sense: Creator/AustinStJohn was planning to leave the show, Tommy [[BreakoutCharacter was the most popular ranger]], and it would be easier to push White Ranger merch by marketing it as the new leader, rather than having to revise the descriptions of the older toys. But in-story it doesn't make any sense. Jason hadn't been selected for the Peace Conference yet and was doing an exemplary job as the leader so demoting him doesn't make any sense. Even if Zordon somehow knew Jason would be leaving Angel's Grove in the future wouldn't Billy have been a better choice for the new leader? Billy has seniority over Tommy and far greater knowledge of the equipment they use, along with being smarter in general.
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*** The way I've come to interpret it is that Zordon wanted rangers who were good guys... but not ''so'' good that when monsters attacked, their first instinct would be to try to negotiate or something instead of fighting.
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* Can somebody give me an '''in-story''' reason for Tommy becoming the new leader upon becoming the White Ranger? Out-of-universe it made perfect sense: Creator/AustinStJohn was planning to leave the show, Tommy [[BreakoutCharacter was the most popular ranger]], and it would be easier to push White Ranger merch by marketing it as the new leader, rather than having to revise the descriptions of the older toys. But in-story it doesn't make any sense. Jason hadn't been selected for the Peace Conference yet and was doing an exemplary job as the leader so demoting him doesn't make any sense. Even if Zordon somehow knew Jason would be leaving Angel's Grove in the future wouldn't Billy have been a better choice for the new leader? Billy has seniority over Tommy and far greater knowledge of the equipment they use, along with being smarter in general.
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** Since each thunderzord (apart from Tor The Shuttlezord and White Tigerzord) contained both the "Power Of Thunder" and the old Dinozord power, the thunderzords de-transformed back to the weaker dinozords after battle to prevent the zords, Command Centre, Power Coins and Morphin' Grid from overloading and exploding. It would also have been technically possible for the old dinozords to fight Lord Zedd's monsters without transforming into thunderzords whether they fought individually or as Dino Megazord. However in Season 2 and very early Season 3, the thunderzords became the sole goto battle mechs since in "The Mutiny Part 2" Zordon said that the old Dinozords just weren't strong enough to defeat Zedd's monsters.

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** Since each thunderzord (apart from Tor The Shuttlezord and White Tigerzord) contained both the "Power Of Thunder" and the old Dinozord power, the thunderzords de-transformed back to the weaker dinozords after battle to prevent the zords, Command Centre, Power Coins and Morphin' Grid from overloading and exploding. It would also have been technically possible for the old dinozords to fight Lord Zedd's monsters without transforming into thunderzords whether they fought individually or as Dino Megazord. However in Season 2 and very early Season 3, the thunderzords became the sole goto battle mechs since in "The Mutiny Part 2" Zordon said that the old Dinozords just weren't strong enough to defeat Zedd's monsters. The viability of the Dinozords was further diminished in Season 2 due to the Dragonzord and its associated zord combinations being rendered inoperable as a result of the loss of the green ranger powers.
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** Maybe, in between flying off and cackling in manical laughter after spawning the Ooze soldiers and arriving at the Command Centre, he found databases involving human history over the past 6000 years and was able to immediately assimilate the written lore via his ooze powers. Or he could have had a way to do that within the egg, somehow being able to hear about the accounts but not witness them himself.
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* With Kim, how was her staying with Aisha explained away once Aisha and Tanya swapped places, especially given that Tanya's parents essentially were lost? I'm assuming her brother went to live with their dad (who we're never told as to where he lived, as Kimberly would have moved in with him after her mom married the French painter in season 3). It's obvious that her dad didn't live in Angel Grove by this time, as moving in with her dad would have been brought up as an option and it wasn't.

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* With Kim, how was her staying with Aisha explained away once Aisha and Tanya swapped places, especially given that Tanya's parents essentially were lost? I'm assuming her brother went to live with their dad (who we're never told as to where he lived, as Kimberly would have moved in with him after her mom married the French painter in season 3). It's obvious that her dad didn't live in Angel Grove by this time, as moving in with her dad would have been brought up as an option and it wasn't.




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***At the same time, remember the early bits of the MMAR mini-series? The kid Rangers run into Bulk and Skull as children; the only one that Bulk and Skull recognize is Billy, as everyone else moved to Angel Grove ''after'' the original team became Rangers. Bulk and Skull wouldn't have known any of them except for Billy. That suggests an actual trip back in time rather than the suggested scenario. Either Aisha or Kat actually says that 'we didn't live here back then' as a reason why Bulk and Skull don't remember them.
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*** The only thing rewritten is that Tanya lived in Angel Grove however long they decided she should. They haven't gone back in time otherwise they wouldn't know eachother. (Tommy I think also tries to contact Zordon) Another thing he wouldn't know about. Plus if they did mess with the timeline like that then theres no Aisha to stop the hate master

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*** The only thing rewritten is that Tanya lived in Angel Grove however long they decided she should. They haven't gone back in time otherwise they wouldn't know eachother.each other. (Tommy I think also tries to contact Zordon) Another thing he wouldn't know about. Plus if they did mess with the timeline like that then theres there's no Aisha to stop the hate master
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**** That makes sense, actually. It is entirely plausible that there was some form of something that explained why Aisha's parents moved after Kimberly went off to the Pan Global Games (job offer, maybe, or inheritance...something anyway) so that-at the earliest-they leave not long after Kim does, with Tanya taking her place as the MMPR Yellow Ranger and at the latest, right around when Master Vile has used the Orb of Doom, especially if we take the MMAR mini-series as actually having taken place ''in'' the past instead of everyone temporarily younger, but still in whatever year MMPR season 3 takes place in (''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'', we know, takes place in 1997, but not much before that).
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*** the only thing rewritten is that Tanya lived in angel grove however long they decided she should. they haven't gone back in time otherwise they wouldn't know eachother (Tommy I think also tries to contact Zordon) another thing he wouldn't know about

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*** the The only thing rewritten is that Tanya lived in angel grove Angel Grove however long they decided she should. they They haven't gone back in time otherwise they wouldn't know eachother eachother. (Tommy I think also tries to contact Zordon) another Another thing he wouldn't know about
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****the only thing rewritten is that Tanya lived in angel grove however long they decided she should. they haven't gone back in time otherwise they wouldn't know eachother (Tommy I think also tries to contact Zordon) another thing he wouldn't know about
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** The stone only turned everyone into younger versions of themselves I am pretty sure it didn't send them back in time. Otherwise there would of been more problems that just that period of time Kim stayed with Aisha.

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** The stone only turned everyone into younger versions of themselves I am pretty sure it didn't send them back in time. Otherwise Otherwise, there would of have been more problems that than just that period of time Kim stayed with Aisha.
*** It still doesn't make sense; when Aisha leaves at the end of her Zeo Quest, Zordon tells her that her family's timeline will be rewritten and her parents will be joining her. Tanya's parents don't show up until partway through Zeo, so Kim was obviously not staying with them. We're never told how the timeline's rewritten either. Aisha's able to send them a letter in Zeo, seemingly, but that's about it.
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** The stone only turned everyone into younger versions of themselves I am pretty sure it didn't send them back in time. Otherwise there would of been more problems that just that period of time Kim stayed with Aisha.
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** Well, I'm no psychiatrist but I think you're misunderstanding the situation. At the time, at least, Tommy hadn't been forced to hurt the rangers per se, Rita had bewitched him so that he had ''wanted'' to. Sure, it would entail some guilt, but it's not like she forced him to knowingly be her slave, he wanted to. Besides, he was immediately forgiven and consoled by the rangers and got his revenge many times over afterwards. Furthermore, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma not everyone experiences the same events as traumatic]], so whilst an experience like that might traumatize one person it might not traumatize another (like Tommy); everyone's different.

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** Well, I'm no psychiatrist but I think you're misunderstanding the situation. At the time, at least, Tommy hadn't been forced to hurt the rangers per se, Rita had bewitched him so that he had ''wanted'' to. Sure, it would entail some guilt, but it's not like she forced him to knowingly be her slave, he wanted to. Besides, he was immediately forgiven and consoled by the rangers and got his revenge many times over afterwards. Furthermore, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_trauma not everyone experiences the same events as traumatic]], so whilst an experience like that might traumatize one person it might not traumatize another (like Tommy); everyone's different.
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* With Kim, how was her staying with Aisha explained away once Aisha and Tanya swapped places, especially given that Tanya's parents essentially were lost?

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* With Kim, how was her staying with Aisha explained away once Aisha and Tanya swapped places, especially given that Tanya's parents essentially were lost?lost? I'm assuming her brother went to live with their dad (who we're never told as to where he lived, as Kimberly would have moved in with him after her mom married the French painter in season 3). It's obvious that her dad didn't live in Angel Grove by this time, as moving in with her dad would have been brought up as an option and it wasn't.
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* If Trini hadn't left in Season 2, do you think they would have explored her family more? We're never really told just '''''how''''' Uncle Howard and Sylvia are related to her. The same goes for Jason's cousin.
* With Kim, how was her staying with Aisha explained away once Aisha and Tanya swapped places, especially given that Tanya's parents essentially were lost?

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** RuleofFunny.
* This one cycles back to the original: In Green with Evil 2, everybody (minus a trapped Jason) face the green ranger, and then they summon the megazord... WHY?! Doesn't that violate Zordon's rule about battle escalation?

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** RuleofFunny.
RuleOfFunny.
* This one cycles back to the original: In Green with Evil 2, everybody (minus a trapped Jason) face the green ranger, and then they summon the megazord...Megazord... WHY?! Doesn't that violate Zordon's rule about battle escalation?



* Did it ever bug the heck out of anyone else how Zordon suddenly shoehorned Tommy in as the leader of the MMPR team when he was introduced as the White Ranger? This was pre-"Power Transfer" where it would have it made sense to promote him. Instead Jason was just unceremoniously dropped after having led the team effectively for the entire series up to that point, and it felt like a massive MarySue moment in Tommy's favor.

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* Did it ever bug the heck out of anyone else how Zordon suddenly shoehorned Tommy in as the leader of the MMPR team when he was introduced as the White Ranger? This was pre-"Power Transfer" where it would have it made sense to promote him. Instead Instead, Jason was just unceremoniously dropped after having led the team effectively for the entire series up to that point, and it felt like a massive MarySue moment in Tommy's favor.



** The powers were simply neutral. They were just a set of armour and weapons that could be used however the user wished.

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** The powers were simply neutral. They were just a set of armour armor and weapons that could be used however the user wished.



** Maybe some sort of reverse StockholmSyndrome type effect? Like she started out wanting to kill him an just pretending to love him, only to [[BecomingTheMask pretend so well she really did fall in love.]]

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** Maybe some sort of reverse StockholmSyndrome type effect? Like she started out wanting to kill him an and just pretending to love him, only to [[BecomingTheMask pretend so well she really did fall in love.]]



** Because they know they're goody goodies and either won't fight back or let each other fight back.

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** Because they know they're goody goodies goody-goodies and either won't fight back or let each other fight back.



** Their weapons wouldn't do much to the monster so they're probably playing defence and getting people out of the buildings and such.

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** Their weapons wouldn't do much to the monster so they're probably playing defence defense and getting people out of the buildings and such.


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** IMHO, I think that some monsters are weaker than others-Finster even says with at least one of them (Pudgy Pig if I remember correctly), that it's not his best work. That would apply to some of the other monsters as well.
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** The chest symbols were on the prototype costumes considered for use in the series proper. It is what helped sell the ideas for the individual team members (red was Tyrannosaurus, blue was Triceratops, etc etc) The toys and coloring books went ahead with this because it was thought this would be the design seen on screen. Then later they decided to remove the coins from the chest plates, possibly to help sync the footage better with its source material (Zyuranger), which also lacked them.
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** He did not, he made the decision to create a new, enhanced ranger in light of the fact that Zedd was much powerful then Rita and a larger threat, and that green ranger had recently been defeated, his powers depleted beyond anything usable and therefore was removed from the team not by choice but by nature of the situation.


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** Their connection to the coins was marred due to the time travel. They tried to morph in "Rangers in Reverse" right after the spell turns them into children, only for nothing to happen. The following episode further clarifies the issue, that it is years before they meet Ninjor, and thus whatever connection they had to the coins, did not exist yet. Why they also kept possession of them I do not know.

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*** It is implied several times throughout the series that Green Ranger was a one off, a unique power set, that was acquired and corrupted by evil forces in the universe. Zordons line in "Green With Evil Part 1" would seem to support this "So Rita has finally found someone to give it to", meaning he was aware that this could become a problem at some point. It was only used for good because they broke the spell on Tommy and Tommy made the decision to join the team. It is possible Ninjor was aware of this and decided rather then make another coin that this could happen to, instead, went into a different direction with it.

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*** It is implied several times throughout the series that Green Ranger was a one off, a unique power set, that was acquired and corrupted by evil forces in the universe. forces. Zordons line in "Green With Evil Part 1" would seem to support this "So Rita has finally found someone to give it to", meaning he was aware that this could become a problem at some point.point, but their was nothing he could do about it until it came into the fold. It was only used for good because they broke the spell on Tommy and Tommy made the decision to join the team. It is possible Ninjor was aware of this the green coin's corruption and decided rather then make another coin that this could happen to, instead, went into a different direction with it.

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