Power Rangers

Power Rangers
Premiere	August 28, 1993
Airs	streaming
Creator	Haim Saban, Shuki Levy
Network/Provider	FOX (Fox Kids) (season 1-10) ABC (ABC Kids) (season 10-11; season 17) ABC Family (season 12-13) Toon Disney (season 13-16) Nickelodeon (season 18-28) Netflix (season 29-)
Style	30-minute science fiction / action
Company	Saban Capital Group, Allspark, Entertainment One Television
Seasons	30
Episodes	950 + unaired pilot + 17 specials + 2 films (through season 29)
Status	On mid-season 30 hiatus
Origin	USA
Watch Now	Power Rangerson Netflix
Official Site	Nickelodeon

Power Rangers is a science fiction / fantasy program that currently airs on Nickelodeon. It is based on the long-running Japanese Super Sentai series of Tokusatsu programs. It is not simply an English dub, but rather a new production with American actors and footage spliced in with the original Japanese footage in varying ratios. Due to the very Japanese nature of the Sentai series, which often features inappropriate content, the series has to be adapted and/or altered to fit a Western audience. However, the action sequences featuring the characters in costume and mecha (called "Zords" in the American series), are typically dubbed.

The series focused on individuals who would "Morph" (that is, transform), into a powerful superhero usually wearing a brightly colored battle suit typically made of spandex featuring a helmet with a opaque visor. Once Morphed, the Ranger in question would gain superhuman strength, durability and hand-to-hand combat ability. The series is infamous for changing its name, cast and plot every year; following in the footsteps of its Japanese counterpart. Rangers usually operate in teams of five, with a sixth Ranger usually joining the team part way into the series. (Recently, however, a core team of three will later be joined by additional Rangers). The Rangers are also given specialized weapons and vehicles, as well as mechanical giant robots known as "Zords" (that can combine into the "Megazord"), to help combat they're enemies.

The series illustrated the continuing battle of Good vs. Evil, with Good winning most of the time. In a typical series, some sort of evil force would surface (either supernatural or alien in origin), and would either plot to conquer and rule the Earth, or destroy it. Each season, the Rangers have to fight this evil, with each villain possessing a horde of foot soldiers and a seemingly endless supply of monsters. The series also follows the "monster of the week" formula, whereas the villain sends down a new monster every week to fight the Rangers. Each episode typically follows this formula...

The Rangers would be presented with a dilemma;
The Villain uses this to his or her advantage, creating a monster or summoning a monster from they're army;
The monster wreaks havoc until the Rangers are notified;
The Rangers are finally reached and head into battle;
The villain usually sends down foot soldiers to wear them down while the monster continues to cause destruction;
The foot soldiers are overcome and the Rangers start fighting the monster;
After some fighting, the monster finally show signs of weakness;
At this point, the Rangers usually combine they're weapons to form some sort of cannon or blaster, and are seemingly able to destroy the monster;
The villain is extremely angered, and revives the monster, making it grow to a gigantic size;
This is usually followed by a Megazord battle in true monster movie fashion, the Megazord and monster engage in hand-to-hand combat, the Megazord wears the monster down, summons a weapon and destroys the monster for good; the monster is destroyed in a huge explosion;
The Rangers are shown back in civilian mode, and have by this point usually overcome they're dilemma;

The original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and its related merchandise proved to be quite popular, and saw overnight unbridled success, catapulting into pop culture in mere months. The series ran from 1993 to 1996 and spawned a feature film, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

In 1996 after three seasons and 155 episodes, the Mighty Morphin label was retired as the series would follow in the footstep of Super Sentai, changing is name, cast and plot every year; thus the Power Rangers franchise was born.

The third season ended with a ten-episode miniseries entitled Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, which in turn led to the next series via a cliffhanger.

The fourth season and second series, which was entitled Power Rangers: Zeo, proved to be just as popular as the original, running for 50 episodes.

The fifth season, which was titled Power Ranger: Turbo was launched with a theatrical film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. The film however, was considered a box-office disaster, partially because it had a limited run in theaters.

By the time the fifth season premiered, problems were lurking on the horizon. The series that Turbo used footage from entitled Gekisou Sentai Carranger featured physical comedy and slapstick humor, effectively spoofing the Super Sentai formula. This presented problems for the producers, as they found themselves divided as to whether or not to utilize the comedy element or present the series in a serious manner. In the end, the comedy element won. This led the series to be plagued by low-ratings, and a bad reputation that would follow it for years to come. The series progressed for 18 episodes before longtime Power Rangers stars were replaced with new ones. And longtime writer Judd Lynn would be given the job of head writer.

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
FOX (Fox Kids)
Season One: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	August 28, 1993	May 23, 1994				60
Season Two: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	July 21, 1994	May 20, 1995				52 + 1
Season Three: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers	September 2, 1995	February 17, 1996				43
Season Four: Power Rangers: Zeo	April 20, 1996	November 27, 1996				50
Season Five: Power Rangers: Turbo	April 19, 1997	November 24, 1997				45
Season Six: Power Rangers: In Space	February 6, 1998	November 21, 1998				43 + 1
Season Seven: Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy	February 6, 1999	December 18, 1999				45 + 1
Season Eight: Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue	February 12, 2000	November 18, 2000				40
Season Nine: Power Rangers: Time Force	February 3, 2001	November 17, 2001				40
FOX Kids (Fox Kids) / ABC (ABC Kids)
Season Ten: Power Rangers: Wild Force	February 9, 2002	November 16, 2002				40
ABC (ABC Kids)
Season Eleven: Power Rangers: Ninja Storm	February 15, 2003	November 15, 2003				38
ABC Family (Jetix)
Season Twelve: Power Rangers: Dino Thunder	February 14, 2004	November 20, 2004				38
ABC Family (Jetix) / Toon Disney (Jetix)
Season Thirteen: Power Rangers: S.P.D.	February 5, 2005	February 2, 2006				38 + 1
Toon Disney (Jetix)
Season Fourteen: Power Rangers: Mystic Force	February 20, 2006	November 13, 2006				32
Season Fifteen: Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive	February 26, 2007	November 12, 2007				32
Season Sixteen: Power Rangers: Jungle Fury	February 18, 2008	November 3, 2008				32
ABC (ABC Kids)
Season Seventeen: Power Rangers: R.P.M.	March 7, 2009	December 26, 2009				32
Nickelodeon
Season Eighteen: Power Rangers: Samurai	February 7, 2011	October 29, 2011				20 + 3
Season Nineteen: Power Rangers: Super Samurai	February 18, 2012	December 8, 2012				20 + 2
Season Twenty: Power Rangers: Megaforce	February 2, 2013	November 30, 2013				20 + 2
Season Twenty-One: Power Rangers: Super Megaforce	February 15, 2014	November 22, 2014				20
Season Twenty-Two: Power Rangers: Dino Charge	February 7, 2015	December 12, 2015				20 + 2
Season Twenty-Three: Power Rangers: Dino Super Charge	January 30, 2016	November 19, 2016				20 + 2
Season Twenty-Four: Power Rangers: Ninja Steel	January 21, 2017	November 18, 2017				20 + 2
Season Twenty-Five: Power Rangers: Super Ninja Steel	January 27, 2018	December 1, 2018				22
Season Twenty-Six: Power Rangers: Beast Morphers	March 2, 2019	December 14, 2019				22
Season Twenty-Seven: Power Rangers: Beast Morphers 2	February 22, 2020	December 12, 2020				22
Season Twenty-Eight: Power Rangers: Dino Fury	February 20, 2021	December 18, 2021				22
Netflix
Season Twenty-Nine: Power Rangers: Dino Fury 2	March 3, 2022	September 29, 2022				22
Season Thirty: Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury	September 29, 2023	—				22

Feature Films

Title			Release Date
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie			June 30, 1995
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie			March 28, 1997

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series
• Former Casts: Cast list from former seasons/incarnations of Power Rangers.
• Crew:
• Weapons and Gear: A list of weapons, gear and vehicles from former seasons/incarnations of Power Rangers.

External Sites

• Power Rangers: Jungle Fury Episodes, TV Listings, News, Photos and More at TVGuide.com
• Power Rangers Central
• Linear Ranger's Power Rangers Mystic Force Site
• Ranger-Retrocenter.com
• Power Rangers Online