110 Fun Facts About Power Rangers

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers made its 1993 debut on which television programming block?

Fox Kids took a show that rival networks had turned down, and within months it was the top-rated children's series in the United States.

What is the original Power Rangers team's desert headquarters called?

The Command Center stood in the California desert until it was destroyed at the end of the original series, after which the team was led deep underground to its replacement, the Power Chamber.

Which producer created Power Rangers after discovering a costumed superhero show on a business trip to Japan?

Haim Saban filmed a pilot and then spent at least five years pitching it; in his partner's words, nobody wanted it and people laughed.

In which fictional California city are the original Power Rangers based?

Angel Grove's residents get a heroic moment of their own in the In Space finale, when Bulk and Skull rally them to join the battle beside the Rangers.

Which intergalactic sage picks five 'teenagers with attitude' to become the Power Rangers?

Zordon cannot fight Rita himself: she trapped him in a time warp during their last battle, even as he sealed her away, so he recruits the teens to do it for him.

Which fretful robot assistant at the Power Rangers' base cries 'Ay-yi-yi' whenever danger strikes?

Alpha 5 eventually leaves Earth for the planet Eltar, and a successor robot, Alpha 6, takes over his post at the team's base.

Rita Repulsa is released after how many years imprisoned in a space dumpster on the Moon?

10,000 years pass before two astronauts exploring the Moon open the strange container, and the freed Rita at once sets about conquering Earth.

Which foot soldiers does Rita Repulsa send against the Power Rangers in the first season?

Putties are moulded from clay by Rita's monster-maker, who keeps up a steady supply: unlike her monsters, sculpted one at a time, they are pressed out in moulds and baked in large numbers.

The original Power Rangers' five Zords combine into a giant humanoid robot called what?

The Megazord is how the team fights back once Rita has made a beaten monster grow to enormous size.

The Green Ranger plays which weapon like a flute to summon his Zord from the sea?

The Dragon Dagger came from Rita along with the Green Ranger's powers, so when those powers faded, the dagger and the Zord it commands passed to Jason, the Red Ranger.

How does Rita Repulsa slowly drain Tommy of the Ranger powers she once gave him?

A magic green candle: as it burns down his powers drain away, and once it has burnt out he hands what is left of them to Jason so that Rita cannot claim them.

When Tommy returns as the White Ranger, which new Zord does he pilot?

The Tigerzord comes with a promotion: the newcomer who once fought the team under Rita's spell is installed as its leader.

Which villain, Rita Repulsa's superior, arrives in season two and throws her back into a space dumpster?

Lord Zedd ends up marrying the witch he threw out: she returns with a love potion, and when it is finally neutralised he finds that he loves her anyway.

Which three teens from Stone Canyon replace Jason, Zack and Trini in season two?

Rocky, Adam and Aisha inherit the powers because the three originals are chosen to attend a peace conference in Switzerland, leaving the team to find replacements.

Newcomer Katherine Hillard, while under Rita Repulsa's spell, could turn into which animal?

A cat: as a stray she is taken in by the very Rangers she is spying on, but when the spell breaks she gives back a stolen Power Coin and later joins the team.

Which original Power Ranger gives up her powers to train as a gymnast for the Pan Global Games?

Kimberly is spotted by a gymnastics coach and leaves for Florida to train full-time, choosing Katherine to take over from her as the Pink Ranger.

What are the full names of Bulk and Skull, the Power Rangers' comic-relief bullies?

Farkas Bulkmeier and Eugene Skullovitch outgrow the bully act: they sign up as junior police officers and later follow their lieutenant into a detective agency.

Zyuranger, the Japanese series that supplied the first Mighty Morphin footage, was built around which theme?

Dinosaurs: 'kyōryū' in its full title is Japanese for dinosaur, though two of the five heroes took a mammoth and a sabre-toothed tiger as their beasts.

Which actress is seen on screen as Rita Repulsa throughout the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?

Machiko Soga's scenes were lifted from the Japanese original, in which she played the witch Bandora, and Barbara Goodson dubbed Rita's voice over them.

Which actor, who died in 2022, played Tommy Oliver, the original Green Ranger?

Jason David Frank had already shot the pilot of another series he was meant to lead when he was called back to Power Rangers to go on playing Tommy.

Tommy Oliver wore green, white and red before returning in Dino Thunder as which colour of Ranger?

Black: he starts the season as the teacher guiding three students who become Rangers, and only a few episodes in does a black Dino Gem put him back in a suit.

In Dino Thunder, Tommy returns with a PhD in which subject, teaching science at Reefside High?

Paleontology: the season's villain, Mesogog, turns out to be Anton Mercer, a scientist mutated by his own failed lab experiment.

Which actress, who played Trini in the original Power Rangers team, died in a car accident in 2001?

Thuy Trang fled Vietnam as a small child, crossing to Hong Kong with her family aboard a cargo ship before joining her father in the United States.

Original Pink Ranger Amy Jo Johnson later starred as Jules Callaghan in which Canadian police drama?

Flashpoint put her on a Toronto police tactical unit and earned her a Gemini Award nomination, and she has since become a Canadian citizen.

Which musician wrote the theme song 'Go Go Power Rangers' for the original series?

Ron Wasserman was shown a rough cut one night, told to work in the word 'go' if he could, and had the song finished in about two and a half hours.

Which villain, played by Paul Freeman, traps Rita Repulsa in a snow globe in the 1995 Power Rangers movie?

Ivan Ooze then passes his ooze off as a toy, which hypnotises the town's parents into digging up his buried weapons of war.

In which country was the 1995 film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie shot?

Australia: production moved to Sydney for about four months, so the TV series kept going by filming episodes there that sent the Rangers on an Australian holiday.

In Power Rangers Zeo, King Mondo leads which invading force against the team?

The Machine Empire arrives in such force that the old villains on the Moon flee to another galaxy rather than face it.

Which Power Rangers season introduced Justin, a 12-year-old Blue Ranger?

Turbo brought in Justin when an injured Ranger had to step down; whenever the boy morphs, he grows to the size of his adult teammates.

In the Power Rangers in Space finale, what does the team's captured mentor ask the Red Ranger to do?

Shatter his energy tube: it kills him, but the wave of good energy it releases turns the invading monsters to sand and three of the chief villains into ordinary humans.

Which Lost Galaxy Ranger became the first ever to be killed off, after her actress left for leukaemia treatment?

Kendrix Morgan was not gone for good: Valerie Vernon's treatment succeeded, she came back for the finale, and her character was restored to life.

Lightspeed Rescue's Titanium Ranger was a franchise first for what reason?

He had no Japanese counterpart because the series being adapted had only five heroes, so the American producers had to create the Titanium Ranger's suit and weapon themselves.

In Power Rangers Time Force, which mutant criminal escapes from the year 3000 to 2001?

Ransik had been sentenced to be cryogenically frozen, but instead he seized the prison holding his frozen mutant army and took it back in time with him.

In Power Rangers in Space, the Red Ranger discovers that which villain is his kidnapped sister?

Astronema was born Karone: snatched as a small child and raised by a villain to lead the forces of evil, she is the person the Red Ranger has been searching for all along.

Which entertainment giant acquired Power Rangers in 2001 as part of a multibillion-dollar television buyout?

Disney got the Rangers as part of a much bigger deal for a cable channel, kept them for nine years and then sold them back to the man who had created them.

What relation is the skeleton warrior Rito Revolto to Rita Repulsa?

Her brother turns up in season three and, hopeless bumbler though he is, destroys the team's Zords in his very first battle.

Power Rangers RPM (2009) is set in Corinth, the last city standing against which AI virus?

Venjix was written by a captive young scientist as a tool for her own escape, but it slipped into the outside world and seized every computer on Earth.

Power Rangers Samurai in 2011 was the franchise's first season on which network?

Nickelodeon's deal revived a show that had gone quiet: no new episodes had been made since 2009, and its previous owner was airing recut reruns of the 1993 original instead.

Which toy company bought Power Rangers in 2018 for more than half a billion dollars?

Hasbro had been named the brand's next toy maker earlier that year, ending Bandai's 25 years in the job, and then bought Power Rangers outright.

Which Power Rangers series moved to Netflix for its second season in 2022, the first to premiere only on a streaming service?

Dino Fury spent its first season on cable television and jumped to Netflix when the franchise's long-running cable contract ran out in 2021.

Which 2023 season was planned as the last in the Power Rangers continuity that began in 1993?

Cosmic Fury took only its giant-robot footage from Japan: its Rangers fought in new suits made for the American show.

In the 2023 reunion special Once & Always, which robotic villain vaporises Trini?

Robo-Rita's blast is aimed at a teammate, but Trini dives in front of it; a year later her daughter Minh takes up her mother's powers to face the robot.

Who played Rita Repulsa in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Elizabeth Banks plays a Rita with a new past: in this version she was once the team's Green Ranger, until she turned on her fellow Rangers.

In the 2017 Power Rangers film, the Zeo Crystal turns out to be buried beneath which business?

A Krispy Kreme: the doughnut chain was an advertising partner of the film, and Rita even pauses there to eat a doughnut while hunting for the crystal.

Which Breaking Bad star played the Rangers' mentor in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Bryan Cranston was returning to the franchise: early in his career he had voiced two of the monsters in the show's first season.

Starting with Ninja Storm in 2003, which country became the production home of Power Rangers?

New Zealand replaced Los Angeles when the show's new owner found it could be made more cheaply there, and it stayed for two decades, until the end of filming there was confirmed in 2023.

Which of Rita Repulsa's minions makes the monsters she sends to Earth?

Finster models each monster by hand and bakes it in an oven he calls the Monster-Matic; when a new master arrives who conjures his own, the little craftsman is left pining for the old days.

Zack, one of the original five Rangers, invents his own fighting style by mixing martial arts with what?

Hip-hop dance: he names the result Hip Hop Kido, a string of dance moves finished with fast strikes, and even teaches it to others.

In season two, what do Bulk and Skull make it their mission to discover about the Power Rangers?

Their secret identities stay safe all season, and when the pair do finally watch the Rangers unmask, a blow to the head wipes the memory.

In season three, Master Vile's Orb of Doom changes the Power Rangers into what?

Children: the Orb turns back time, and as the young Rangers' powers no longer work, Alien Rangers from the planet Aquitar have to guard the Earth until it is undone.

In Power Rangers Zeo, the mysterious Gold Ranger is revealed to be an alien from which planet?

Triforia's ruler, Trey, is split into three separate selves in battle, so he has to lend his Gold Ranger powers to an Earth hero until he can be made whole.

What do the initials in Power Rangers S.P.D. stand for?

Space Patrol Delta polices an Earth where aliens have settled among humans, and its rookie B-Squad gets the Ranger powers only because the elite A-Squad vanishes in battle.

In the Japanese footage reused for the first season, which colour of Ranger was a man, though a woman in America?

Yellow: the Japanese hero, Boi, was male, which is why the Yellow Ranger's suit has no skirt while the Pink Ranger's does.

Which hangout, run by Ernie, do the original Power Rangers teens gather at between battles?

The Juice Bar sits inside the Youth Center, and Ernie serves behind its counter until he leaves for volunteer work in South America and a police lieutenant takes it over.

What does Rita Repulsa hurl down to Earth to make her beaten monsters grow into giants?

Her wand, thrown with the cry 'Magic wand, make my monster grow!', splits the ground open, and the force that pours out turns the loser into a giant.

Which Marvel Comics legend tried and failed to sell a Japanese Sentai series to American TV, years before Power Rangers?

Stan Lee could not sell Sun Vulcan to a single network, but a colleague who watched him try later became a network executive and gave Power Rangers its chance.

Which original Ranger is the team's science whiz, inventing the wrist communicators they use to teleport?

Billy outlasted every other member of the first team, and when the rest became Zeo Rangers he stepped back to be their technical adviser instead.

In Power Rangers Zeo, the former bully Skull turns out to have which hidden talent?

The piano: he had hidden his classical playing for fear of mockery, but when he performs Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, Bulk is moved by the music and congratulates him.

Why was Power Rangers briefly banned in Malaysia?

'Morphin' was linked to morphine, so officials said the show could return only if the word was cut, and it came back as plain Power Rangers.

Which 2008 season was originally meant to be the last, before Bandai obligations forced RPM?

Jungle Fury's ratings had sunk so low that its owner was ready to stop, yet the one extra season it was obliged to make has since been hailed as one of the show's best.

Which actress played the Pink Ranger in 2017's Power Rangers, two years before starring as Jasmine in Aladdin?

Naomi Scott came to the role with a real black belt in karate, which she had studied since her youth. She has credited it with helping her in both this film and Charlie's Angels.

Which condition does the Blue Ranger, played by RJ Cyler, have in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Autism is written into the film's Blue Ranger, who lands in detention for experimenting with explosives. He is also the first of the five to morph, while breaking up a fight between two teammates.

Which brainwashed team of heroes guest-starred in two episodes of Power Rangers in Space?

The Ninja Turtles were starring in a live-action series of their own at the time, The Next Mutation. Once freed from the spell, they had one request before going home to New York: a ride on the heroes' Galaxy Gliders.

A critic called the 2017 Power Rangers film, at its best, a low-rent version of which teen classic?

The Breakfast Club fits because three of the five heroes first meet in school detention. The Arizona Republic's reviewer added that the film was not always at its best.

Which actor played Jason, the Red Ranger, in the 2017 Power Rangers film, months before his Stranger Things debut?

Dacre Montgomery called the film a big break and also his first. Later in 2017 he made his Stranger Things debut as its abusive, unpredictable new teenager.

Koda, the Blue Ranger of Power Rangers Dino Charge, is which kind of hero, thawed out in the present day?

A caveman some 100,000 years old, Koda fell while saving his little brother from a sabre-toothed cat and stayed frozen until modern times. He fights with raw strength and sharp senses.

Which pop singer, who had a US top-twenty hit with Shower, played Trini in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Becky G, born Rebbeca Marie Gomez, plays Trini as a new girl in town who struggles to make friends. The character also questions her own sexual orientation.

In the 2017 Power Rangers film, Rita Repulsa is revealed to be a fallen former Ranger of which colour?

Green was her colour before she betrayed her own team to seize the crystal they guarded. A mid-credits scene hints at a successor, showing a green jacket on an empty classroom seat.

Which Saturday Night Live alumnus, later the star of Barry, voiced the robot in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Bill Hader joined the cast late, in September 2016, almost a year after the five young leads were chosen. He had spent eight seasons on Saturday Night Live, from 2005 to 2013.

Before leading Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, what was Red Ranger Carter Grayson's day job?

Firefighter Carter was recruited after rescuing a girl from a burning building. His four teammates were a paramedic, a lifeguard, a stunt pilot and an extreme sports athlete.

Which Canadian city hosted the shoot for the 2017 Power Rangers film, which began on leap day 2016?

Vancouver hosted the cameras for three months, until filming wrapped on May 28. A cast member claimed the shoot broke the record for the longest wire jump, though nobody independently confirmed it.

Which studio released the 2017 Power Rangers film, having floated plans for as many as seven of them?

Lionsgate's chief executive had talked of five, six or seven films, and a six-film story arc was mapped out. Every sequel was scrapped after the first lost the studio an estimated $74 million.

Which giant winged minion does Rita Repulsa create to hunt the Zeo Crystal in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Goldar was Rita's right-hand man in the TV series, a sword-wielding knight modelled on a manticore. In the film she merges with him for the final battle, and the Rangers destroy him.

In the 2017 Power Rangers film, where do the five teens find the Power Coins, just before a train hits their car?

A gold mine outside town hides the coins and, deeper down, an ancient spaceship. The five wake up at home to find the coins have given them superhuman abilities.

Before a prank gets him thrown off the team, Jason is a star of which sport in the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Football made Jason his high school's star quarterback until a failed prank led to a run-in with the law. He spends the film under house arrest, wearing an ankle monitor.

Which film beat the 2017 Power Rangers reboot to number one at the US box office on its opening weekend?

Beauty and the Beast took $90.4 million that weekend against $40.3 million for the Rangers. The newcomer's takings then fell 64% in its second week, leaving it fourth.

Which mobile fighting game, released alongside the 2017 Power Rangers film, later added Street Fighter characters?

Legacy Wars, made by nWay, has Rita infect the Morphin Grid with a virus that corrupts every Ranger generation. Its Street Fighter tie-in created an original hero called Ryu Ranger.

Which actor played Zack in the 2017 Power Rangers film before becoming Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat reboot?

Ludi Lin landed his first major US role with the film, after starting out in short films. He also played the underwater warrior Murk in Aquaman.

Which South African filmmaker directed the 2017 Power Rangers film after his debut feature, Project Almanac?

Dean Israelite, born and raised in Johannesburg, wanted the film playful yet grounded in a real world. He later said its PG-13 rating probably contributed to its weak box office.

Three original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers leave the series for a world peace conference held in which country?

Switzerland was the cover story for a real exit: the three actors had left over contract disputes. The conference plot was written to bridge the handover to their replacements.

Which Japanese studio makes Super Sentai, the series that supplies Power Rangers with its fight footage?

Toei was later commissioned to shoot fresh battles for the American show, with 25 new monster costumes, once the first season had used up most of the borrowed footage.

Which martial artist was cast at 17 as Jason, the first Red Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?

Austin St. John is a stage name: he was born Jason Geiger, and the Austin came from Steve Austin, the hero of The Six Million Dollar Man. The St. John was his own choice.

In Power Rangers Ninja Storm, Blue Ranger Tori Hanson spends her spare time on which sport?

Surfing suits Tori, who has an affinity for water and pilots the Dolphin Zord. Her two teammates prefer wheels: one is a skateboarder and the other races motocross.

In Power Rangers Samurai, which trade does Gold Ranger Antonio Garcia follow, unlike his samurai-born teammates?

Fisherman Antonio was not born into the samurai life, so he built his own Ranger powers with technology. He even made his transformation device out of a trashed cellphone.

Which future star of iZombie and Ghosts played Summer Landsdown in Power Rangers RPM?

Rose McIver spent 32 episodes in the role in 2009, the same year she appeared in Peter Jackson's film of The Lovely Bones.

Which weapon does Zack wield in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, one that converts into a cannon?

An axe, the Power Axe, goes with the hero who pilots the Mastodon Zord and, from season two, a lion-themed one. Zack also carries a holstered blaster that converts the other way, into a blade.

In Power Rangers Dino Charge, which ten ancient relics does the bounty hunter Sledge chase across the galaxy?

The Energems were in the care of an alien called Keeper, who crashed on Earth 65 million years ago. An eleventh, the Dark Energem, later turns up in the hands of Sledge's employer.

What is the name of the talking sword Tommy Oliver carries as the White Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?

Saba does more than talk: Tommy uses the sabre to summon his giant Zord. The weapon resurfaces decades later, when he uses it to rescue a boy from a car wreck during an alien invasion.

Which Mighty Morphin Power Rangers actor went on to voice Ichigo in Bleach and Vash in Trigun?

Johnny Yong Bosch joined in season two after his martial arts instructor told him about an audition in Dallas. On the 1995 film he did all his own stunts after his stuntman broke a leg.

Which actor played the Blue Ranger of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the one original hero never to hand his powers on?

David Yost won the part just three months after moving to California to become an actor. Decades later he returned to the role for the 2023 reunion special Once & Always.

Which alien from the planet Sirius commands the cadets of Power Rangers S.P.D. and fights as the Shadow Ranger?

Doggie Cruger, whose real first name is Anubis, is a canine alien. In his younger years he scarred the villain Emperor Gruumm, before the rest of his race was exterminated.

Which banished ninja master attacks the Wind Ninja Academy at the start of Power Rangers Ninja Storm?

Lothor is the identical twin of the academy's own Sensei. He returns to capture every ninja student, and misses only the three who go on to become Rangers.

Which reptilian villain of Power Rangers Dino Thunder turns out to be the mutated scientist Anton Mercer?

Mesogog is the accidental product of a faulty lab experiment, and he wants to wipe out human life. The heroes burn out their own powers in a last-resort attack to destroy him.

Which Power Rangers villainess, an intergalactic space pirate, was played by both Carol Hoyt and Hilary Shepard Turner?

Divatox is known across the universe as the Dark Queen of Space. Carol Hoyt played her for the first 25 episodes of her season and Hilary Shepard Turner for the remaining 20.

In Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, which space colony carries the heroes in search of a new world like Earth?

Terra Venture ends its voyage as a wreck: the villain Trakeena sets the abandoned colony on a crash course toward the planet where its people have taken refuge.

In Power Rangers Samurai, which race of monsters led by Master Xandred plans to flood the Earth with the Sanzu River?

The Nighlok first invaded centuries ago in Japan and were beaten by five samurai wielding kanji symbols. The present-day heroes are the eighteenth generation to take up the fight.

Which reclusive scientist creates the Ranger technology and recruits the team in Power Rangers RPM?

Doctor K had been confined inside a shadowy programme called Alphabet Soup before the war began. When the fighting ends she plans to open a school with one of her own recruits.

In Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue, which ancient beings are accidentally released from a tomb in Mariner Bay?

Demons led by Diabolico and Queen Bansheera set out to destroy the Californian city. A government organisation called Lightspeed answers by recruiting five citizens as Rangers.

The original Power Rangers' mentor, a wizard trapped in a time warp, comes from which home planet?

Eltar is where the old wizard heads when he finally leaves Earth, entrusting the team to a new mentor named Dimitria. He comes back briefly to watch the powers pass to a new generation.

Which planet is home to the Alien Rangers, who defend Earth when the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cannot morph?

Aquitar's five heroes go home once Earth is restored to normal. Their leader, Delphine, has more endurance than the rest and can survive far longer outside of water.

Which alleged creator of the Power Coins gives the heroes new powers in season three of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?

Ninjor steps in after the team's original coins are damaged beyond repair. His replacements bring new Zords with them, including one in the shape of a falcon.

Which superhero series was introduced in A Friend in Need, a three-part Mighty Morphin Power Rangers story?

Masked Rider was adapted from a 1988 Japanese entry in the Kamen Rider franchise. Its hero, Prince Dex, heads for Earth to stop an uncle who rules his home planet with an iron fist.

Which comic-book tyrant is an alternate-universe Tommy Oliver, dressed in a blend of his green and white suits?

Lord Drakkon goes to war against every incarnation of the Rangers, and their enemies, in the comic-book storyline Shattered Grid. His attacks split the comics away from the television continuity.

What is the title of the two-part Power Rangers in Space finale, in which villains attack the entire universe?

Countdown to Destruction has the overlord Dark Specter order every villain under his command to strike at once. He does not live to see the result: one of his own side kills him.

Which warrior of Power Rangers Mystic Force is revealed to be Leanbow, the strongest of five original wizards?

Koragg steals the powers of the heroes' mentor, Udonna, before learning that one of the Rangers is the missing son he had with her. The truth turns him back into the Wolf Warrior.

In Power Rangers Time Force, which title does Silver Guardian Eric Myers take when he acquires the heroes' technology?

The Quantum Ranger is a reserved, standoffish soldier and a former private school classmate of the team's Red Ranger. He ends up leading the Silver Guardians, a private security service.

On the planet Mirinoi, the heroes of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy pull which five mystical swords from a stone?

The Quasar Sabers had been set in the stone 3,000 years earlier, to be drawn only by those found worthy. The first man to pull one falls into a crevice and passes his blade to Leo.

In Power Rangers Ninja Storm, the heroes' Sensei is transformed by the villain into which small animal?

A guinea pig Sensei still leads his school: he retreats with his last three students and his son Cam to an underground base called Ninja Ops. There the three are given the devices that make them Rangers.

Which composer, known for scoring several Fast & Furious films, wrote the music for the 2017 Power Rangers film?

Brian Tyler also composed the Formula One theme and scored Iron Man 3. His soundtrack for the Rangers was released digitally on the day the film opened in the United States.

In Power Rangers Dino Thunder, which adopted son of Anton Mercer becomes an evil White Ranger before joining the team?

Trent's inner struggle between good and evil echoes Tommy Oliver's own beginnings as a villain. The powers that corrupt him had originally been intended for the season's chief enemy.