It’s Morphin’ Time: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Power Rangers

March 14, 2015 Entertainment, Film, power rangers, Television, Watercooler

Karate kicks, intergalactic villains and lots of spandex — if you wanted action on your Saturday morning, all you had to do was say Go go Power Rangers!

Lionsgate announced plans on Wednesday for a rebooted Power Rangers movie, which makes it the perfect time to revisit the series’ quirkiest trivia bits.

Back off, gnomes, trolls and Rita Repulsa — these Power Rangers facts will blade-blast your brain.

10 Things You May Not Know About The Power Rangers

1. The American writers had to build plot lines around action sequences from the Japanese series.

In the early days, English writers had no idea what was going on in the show and built plots around action scenes that were sent to them from the Japanese production.

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2. Power Rangers were inspired by Spider-Man.

In the 1970s, the Japanese Toei Company produced a television show based on Marvel’s Spider-Man comics.

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3. Power Rangers were banned until 2011 in New Zealand.

In 1994, the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) removed the show from the air due to the number of complaints from concerned parents who were thought the show taught kids to solve their problems with violence.

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4. The show is heavily edited for Malaysian TV because censors think it will get kids addicted to drugs.

Malaysian censors think “Morphin” is too close to “morphine”.

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5. Walter White was a villain on the show.

Bryan Cranston did some voice acting in the early 90s.

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6. The character Tommy Oliver has been six different types of Ranger.

The Green Ranger, White Ranger, White Ninja Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger and the Black Dino Thunder Ranger.

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7. In the original Japanese series, the Yellow Ranger is a man.

This is why the Pink Ranger has a skirt and the Yellow Ranger doesn’t.

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8. The original Black Ranger has only four fingers on one hand.

Actor Walter Emanuel Jones lost one of his fingers in a childhood accident.

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9. The original Blue Ranger quit the show due to harassment.

Actor David Yost quit the show as a result of “regular harassment” for being homosexual.

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10. Power Rangers has been on the air for 20 years.

That’s 20 action packed seasons and more than 700 episodes.

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