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* DarthWiki/WallBanger: Fandom's ''obsession'' with killing Trini because of the real-life tragedy of the actress' death.
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* WallBanger: Fandom's ''obsession'' with killing Trini because of the real-life tragedy of the actress' death.

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* WallBanger: DarthWiki/WallBanger: Fandom's ''obsession'' with killing Trini because of the real-life tragedy of the actress' death.

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* RetroactiveRecognition: In two flavors:
** HeyItsThatGuy: {{Amy Jo Johnson}} (Kimberly) went on to bigger and better things, most notably ''{{Felicity}}''.
*** Of course, after ''Felicity'' she more or less dropped off the face of the planet, going on to [[OldShame blame her lack of roles on how well known her role as a Power Ranger was]]. Until she got cast in ''{{Flashpoint}}'', that is.
** HeyItsThatVoice: JohnnyYongBosch (Adam), on the other hand, became a voice actor with credits in ''{{Trigun}}'', ''{{Bleach}}'', and ''CodeGeass''
*** Lampshaded in the Nostalgia Critic's review of the movie.
*** Speaking of Bosch, he was also in ''{{Akira}}'' before going on ''PowerRangers''.
*** As for Barbara Goodson... ZOMG! [[{{Disgaea}} Laharl]] is trying to conquer Earth!
*** Funny thing is, Machiko Soga, the actress who portrayed Witch Bandora (Rita Repulsa's original character) in ''[=ZyuRanger=]'', voices Rita in the Japanese dub of Power Rangers.
*** Richard Horvitz (better known for being the voice of [[InvaderZim Zim]] and [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]]) as Alpha's voice.
*** Anime dubbing dame WendeeLee became the voice of Scorpina (and later Alpha 6 in ''PowerRangersInSpace'').



* YouFailHistoryForever: Er, guys? 18th century Britain colonized the ''east'' coast. Like New York, New Jersey and the Carolinas. Not the west coast, like California.
** Real life wrote this plot, though. They were stuck in Australia because of script and scheduling problems with the movie. But the TV episode schedule caught up to them. So the solution? Film a couple of episodes where the Rangers as students holiday in Australia. While the production crew was in Australia as well, they filmed a couple of episodes in a historical village just outside of Sydney, which gave us colonial Angel Grove.

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* TheWoobie: Ladies and gentlemen, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmlcuY8bOUk David Yost.]]
* YouFailHistoryForever: Er, guys? 18th century Britain colonized the ''east'' coast. Like New York, New Jersey and the Carolinas. Not the west coast, like California.
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California. Real life wrote this plot, though. They were stuck in Australia because of script and scheduling problems with the movie. But the TV episode schedule caught up to them. So the solution? Film a couple of episodes where the Rangers as students holiday in Australia. While the production crew was in Australia as well, they filmed a couple of episodes in a historical village just outside of Sydney, which gave us colonial Angel Grove.
Grove. PowerRangers has never attempted to be accurate in anything, science, history, physics, etc.
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** WordOfGod says that this was unintentional, with the staff honestly not realizing the implications until after three or four episodes were in the can.

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** WordOfGod says that this was unintentional, with the staff honestly not realizing the implications until after three or four episodes were in the can. Walter Jones has said he never really had a problem with it and that the actual reasons were more along the lines of working with the Zuyuranger source material. The Red and Black rangers were close friends and that was reflected in the footage, so in casting they made the white guy the leader and Jones to be the BlackBestFriend.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Billy getting the most love interests out of the entire cast might seem HilariousInHindsight when you learn that actor David Yost is gay...until you ''also'' learn that some of the staff gay-bashing him behind the scenes (and nobody actually doing anything about it) was the reason he left the series.
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* {{Badass}}/{{Badbutt}}: Tommy and Jason, mostly, though everyone got their chance to shine at some point (including Alpha, Bulk and Skull, and the villains).
** '''Ninjor:''' "Oh yeah, we bad!"
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** After David Yost coming out as gay, the parade of female love interests for Billy can feel like this.
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** Scorpina avoided this fate by going the way of [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrom Chuck Cunningham]]

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** Scorpina avoided this fate by going the way of [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrom [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Chuck Cunningham]]
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** Scorpina avoided this fate by going the way of [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrom Chuck Cunningham]]
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* {{Badass}}/{{Badbutt}}: Tommy and Jason, mostly, though everyone got their chance to shine at some point (including Alpha, Bulk and Skull, and the villains).
** '''Ninjor:''' "Oh yeah, we bad!"


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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Rita is notoriously difficult to shop for, as Rito can attest to:
-->'''Rito''': Y'know, picking out a present for you has never been easy. Remember when Mom and Dad got you that little fire-breathing dragon, but you really wanted that cute little planet, so you used the dragon to burn the house down?


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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: There was an episode in which a time capsule is involved. The rangers then talk to eachother about how the future will be like. The Following: [[PowerRangersTimeForce No Racism]], [[PowerRangersSPD No Crimes]], [[PowerRangersRPM No Wars]]. You know, [[SarcasmMode The usual peaceful future we all dream of]].
** "Too much Pink Energy could be [[PowerRangersLostGalaxy dangerous]]."


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* HilariousInHindsight: Not sure if this was intentional so can't really call it a ShoutOut, but the goofy ineffective bullies are [[SuperTed Bulk and Skull]]...
** From "Mighty Morphin' Mutants": [[{{Pokemon}} Dragonzord, use your tail whip, now!]]
** Watch Rita's reaction to Zedd's suggestion they have a child in "Return of the Green Ranger" and then go watch [[{{PowerRangersOperationOverdrive}} Once a Ranger]].
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** Bulk and Skull are the ultimate EnsembleDarkhorse of the show. There's also a surprisingly large Scorpina fandom.

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* FanYay: Jason. He hangs around a gym, tends toward fanservice as much as any other male ranger, is always hanging around Tommy...The false gay porn rumors only made it worse. Also, Zedd for that metal codpiece.



** All the mind control. Trini [[ShesAManInJapan growing male genitalia when morphing]]. Tommy has a twin brother and a clone. Yeah, it's easy to think of Ranger stuff.

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** All the mind control. Trini [[ShesAManInJapan growing male genitalia when morphing]]. Tommy has a twin brother and a clone. Yeah, it's easy to think of Ranger RuleThirtyFour stuff.



* FoeYay: Adam/Scorpina's canon, but there's also some evidence for Jason/Goldar, Tommy/Rita, and Tommy/Goldar.

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* FoeYay: Adam/Scorpina's canon, but there's also some evidence for Jason/Goldar, Tommy/Rita, Tommy/Zedd, and Tommy/Goldar.



** Rocky/Adam to a much lesser extent.
* InternetBackdraft: Tommy. Perhaps the exposure to GaryStu in fanfic really made him look bad.



* {{OT3}}: Rocky/Aisha/Adam. Also there are hints of Kim/Trini/any of the male rangers and Jason/Kim/Tommy.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many times in the show, they could have Tommy confronting his fear of turning evil again, but they don't. Also, they could've had Tommy make a Faustian bargain with Rita. And compared to Dai-Satan, Lokar just seems like a wimp.



** The season 3 finale had a focus on each Ranger's heritage, except for Kat, which was focused on herself in the future as an old maid. Tommy's ancestors were California Indians living in tipis.

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** The season 3 finale had a focus on each Ranger's heritage, except for Kat, which was focused on herself in the future as an old maid. Tommy's ancestors were [[DidNotDoTheResearch California Indians living in tipis.tipis]].
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** Kimberly, both for being ineffectual once Tommy joined the team and for being a constant source of RuleThirtyFour. ("Agony in Pink", anyone?) Tommy is to some, though it's unlikely you'd know it without going online. Aisha is just considered a FlatCharacter by many. And of course, Kat for DieForOurShip reasons.


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*** [[DidNotDoTheResearch "Black Power" isn't itself racist.]] It just sounds racist because of a COINTELPRO misinformation campaign. There were white Panthers, after all.
** The season 3 finale had a focus on each Ranger's heritage, except for Kat, which was focused on herself in the future as an old maid. Tommy's ancestors were California Indians living in tipis.
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** Tommy, Zordon's paladin, or someone who just wants revenge, and doesn't mind throwing his friends under the bus to do it? Does he divorce himself from the Green Ranger?


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** All the mind control. Trini [[ShesAManInJapan growing male genitalia when morphing]]. Tommy has a twin brother and a clone. Yeah, it's easy to think of Ranger stuff.


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* FoeYay: Adam/Scorpina's canon, but there's also some evidence for Jason/Goldar, Tommy/Rita, and Tommy/Goldar.
* GaryStu: By Zeo, everything was about Tommy. Kimberly also suffered {{Chickification}} as soon as Tommy joined the team.
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* {{Macekre}}: Par for the course for the franchise, but Season 3 is a notable case. The entire ''Kakuranger'' series was reversed; the Shogunzords actually came ''first'' in Japan, followed by the Ninjazords. (To say nothing of the Battle Borgs and Alien Rangers.) For example, Vampirus was the first Season 3 MOTW. The Japanese equivalent was in episode 18.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Zordon, a wise sage or using teenagers to fight his battles for his own possibly shady means, likely breaking intergalactic law. As for the Rangers themselves, goody-good role models for the youth of the nineties, or [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] to two people perceived to be bullies but only needed friends/find out the rangers' identities.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Zordon, a wise sage or using teenagers to fight his battles for his own possibly shady means, likely breaking intergalactic law. As for the Rangers themselves, goody-good role models for the youth of the nineties, or [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] to two (possibly mentally retarded) people perceived to be bullies but only needed friends/find out the rangers' identities.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Zordon, a wise sage or using teenagers to fight his battles for his own possibly shady means, likely breaking intergalactic law. As for the Rangers themselves, goody-good role models for the youth of the nineties, or [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] to two people perceived to be bullies but only needed friends/find out the rangers' identities.
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** Some episodes of the first season had a little less than nineteen minutes of runtime, They had twenty-one minutes to use.
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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing, acting, [[GrowingTheBeard or everything else]] has improved after these seasons, for them, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked the later seasons "suck."]]

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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing, acting, [[GrowingTheBeard or everything else]] has [[EvenBetterSequel improved after after]] these seasons, for them, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked the later seasons "suck."]]
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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''SuperSentai'' purists who already know ahead that ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' [[{{Macekre}} was adapted from]] ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."

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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''SuperSentai'' purists who already know ahead that ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' [[{{Macekre}} was adapted from]] ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to [[BeyondTheImpossible "bastardize a bastardization.""]]
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** Also, some of the more memorable monsters, including Pudgy Pig, King Sphinx, and Dark Warrior.
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* EpiphanicPrison: "Island Of Illusion."
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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing, acting, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked or everything else]] has improved after these seasons, for them, the later seasons "suck."

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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing, acting, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked [[GrowingTheBeard or everything else]] has improved after these seasons, for them, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked the later seasons "suck.""]]
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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing has improved after these seasons, for them, the later seasons "suck."

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* NostalgiaFilter: Aside from the ReCut section entry, go ask people which Power Ranger is the best. A lot will point to these seasons. Why? Because it's the only one they remember. Regardless whether the writing writing, acting, [[ILikedItBetterWhenItSucked or everything else]] has improved after these seasons, for them, the later seasons "suck."
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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''Super Sentai'' purists who already view ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' as a [[{{Macekre}} bastardization]] of ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."

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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''Super Sentai'' ''SuperSentai'' purists who already view know ahead that ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' as a [[{{Macekre}} bastardization]] of was adapted from]] ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."

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* BadassDecay[=/=]VillainDecay: Suffered by Goldar and Lord Zedd

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* BadassDecay[=/=]VillainDecay: Suffered by Goldar and Name a villain who wasn't subject to this. Lord ZeddZedd gets special mention, as he had to be toned down after the MoralGuardians deemed him too scary.
** Tommy. He started out as a villain and only got cooler when he became a good guy.
** Don't forget Goldar, although his was more of a freefall than a decay. After "Green No More" when Tommy beat him while unmorphed, he went from TheDragon who was more than a match for the entire team, to someone who could get knocked flat on his back by an unmorphed Billy.
** [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] argues that Zedd was actually more effective ''after'' his marriage with Rita. Citing that pre-marriage Zedd merely destroyed the Green Ranger powers, while post-marriage Zedd destroyed two sets of Zords and ''blew up the Command Center''.


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* DamselScrappy: The Pink Rangers somewhat, in retrospect.


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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Bulk and Skull are easily the most popular characters, as well as the longest running (MMPR to [[PowerRangersInSpace PRiS]], with cameos in [[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]] & [[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force's ]] Forever Red).
** Of the Rangers, Tommy & Adam - Did anyone really expect the SixthRanger & Replacement Black Ranger to be the ones who were brough back by Disney? Tommy was brought back as [[PowerRangersZeo Zeo Ranger V]] in the "[[PowerRangersWildForce Forever Red]]" tenth anniversary special (As was Original Red Ranger Jason, but he was hardly an EnsembleDarkhorse) and returned as a main character [[PowerRangersDinoThunder in the twelth season]]; and Adam was the classic Ranger who appeared in the "[[PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Once A Ranger]]" fifteenth anniversary special, and also made an appearance in [[PowerRangersInSpace the sixth season]].
** Billy, too. When the series started, he was shown to be the least talented fighter of the original five. Flash forward three seasons, in which he has not only developed as an effective fighter without morphing, but also became less socially awkward, gained a love interest and briefly served as team leader (while the others' ages were regressed by the Orb of Doom). Most notably of all, he's the only one of the original five to last the entire series. Did anyone expect that based on the first episode?
* EpiphanicPrison: "Island Of Illusion."
* FetishFuel: Kimberly. Trini too, even though she got way less screen time.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The inclusion of extra [[UnsoundEffect Unsound Effects]] and other things in the 2010 reversion has caused a massive uproar in older fans that grew up with the original MMPR and can't stand to see this happen to their childhood.
** Partly justified in the fact that, in terms of the revisioning, nobody watched it, the toys didn't sell, most of the fans simply pretend it didn't happen, and Saban himself responded by ''buying the franchise back'' from Disney rather than see it treated in such a way.


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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The inclusion of extra [[UnsoundEffect Unsound Effects]] and other things in the 2010 reversion has caused a massive uproar in older fans that grew up with the original MMPR and can't stand to see this happen to their childhood.
** Partly justified in the fact that, in terms of the revisioning, nobody watched it, the toys didn't sell, most of the fans simply pretend it didn't happen, and Saban himself responded by ''buying the franchise back'' from Disney rather than see it treated in such a way.

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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''Super Sentai'' purists who already view ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' as a [[{{Macekre}} bastardization]] of ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."


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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''Super Sentai'' purists who already view ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' as a [[{{Macekre}} bastardization]] of ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."
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** Among the questions TheNostalgiaCritic had about the show was "AND WHY IS THAT SONG SO DAMN CATCHY?!"
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* BrokenBase: The two main camps of returning adult fans are those saying "[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks they dumbed it down!]]" and those who feel [[SoBadItsGood it was enjoyably stupid to begin with]]. Then there are the ''Super Sentai'' purists who already view ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' as a [[{{Macekre}} bastardization]] of ''Zyuranger'', wondering how is it possible to "bastardize a bastardization."

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