How The Power Rangers Began

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first appeared on our TV screens in 1993. Since then they have had a constant presence both on the air, and in comics. Here we will find out how the show came to be in the first place, and talk a bit about the first season.

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The Original Opening Theme

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How It All Began

The story of the Power Rangers starts in 1992, with the 16th season of the Japanese Super Sentai series. This season was called "Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger," and was about five young warriors that had been in suspended animation for 170 million years. They came from five ancient human tribes who, with the help of the Guardian Beasts, co-existed with the dinosaurs. They are awakened in 1992 when their sworn enemy, Bandora the Witch, was accidentally freed from her magical prison by two astronauts exploring Planet Nemesis.

These warriors are able to summon the giant mechanical looking deities they called "Guardian Beasts" to aid them, each of which took the form of a different prehistoric animal. Later, the sixth warrior known as "Burai the Dragon Ranger" would enter the conflict.

While the details differ slightly from the plot of the Power Rangers series, it is easy to see how the "Mighty Morphin" heroes took their inspiration from this show. In fact: nearly all of the Power Rangers' action sequences were actual footage taken directly from the Super Sentai show!

Zyurangers & Power Rangers

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

In the first season the ancient wizard Zordon tells his assistant, Alpha 5, to recruit five "teenagers with attitude." Alpha finds Jason Lee Scott, Trini Kwan, Zack Taylor, Kimberly Ann Hart and Billy Cranston. The teens discover they are the only ones who can stop the evil Rita Repulsa and her monsters from invading the Earth.
They are granted five "Power Coins" which instill them with the powers of prehistoric animals. The coins are fitted into "power morphers" that allow the teens to morph (transform) into the Power Rangers, as well as summon giant assault machines known as Dino Zords. The Rangers discover they instinctively understand how to operate these machines and when things get really tough, they can join their individual Zords together to form the Megazord!

The First Appearance of the Megazord!

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Green With Evil

When Tommy Oliver moved to Angel Grove he entered a martial arts tournament and fought Jason. The match was tied, but Tommy had earned Jason's respect. Later he scares away Bulk and Skull as they are trying to harass Kimberly. She then invites Tommy to hang out with her and her friends.

When Rita Repulsa saw all of this she realized that Tommy had great potential, and she put him under a spell. Rita then gave Tommy the secret sixth Power Coin that transformed him into the Green Ranger (aka the Dragon Ranger). Tommy almost defeated the Power Rangers, but in the end Jason managed to destroy the Sword of Darkness that kept Tommy under Rita's evil spell.

Since then Tommy Oliver has become a Power Ranger veteran, and has been a part of six different Ranger teams!

Tommy Becomes The White Ranger

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The Test of Time

After the third season, the Power Rangers team is constantly changing. From the Zeo Rangers in season 4, all the way to the Ninja Steel Rangers in season 24. That's right: there have been 24 seasons of the Power Rangers so far!

This concludes our brief tale of how the Power Rangers began, but before we go here is a trailer for the new film reboot "Power Rangers."

Power Rangers (2017) Trailer

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