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Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and
merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series
featuring teams of costumed heroes. Produced first by Saban Entertainment,
later by BVS Entertainment, and as of 2015 by SCG Power Rangers, the television
series takes much of its footage from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai,
produced by Toei Company.[1] The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers, debuted on August 28, 1993 and helped launch the Fox Kids
programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture
along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai.[2]
Despite initial criticism for its action violence targeted
to child audiences, the franchise has continued, and as of 2016 the show
consists of 23 television seasons of 19 different themed series and two
theatrical films, with a third film coming out in 2017. In 2010, Haim Saban,
creator of the series, regained ownership of the franchise after seven years
under The Walt Disney Company.
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Further information: List of Power Rangers characters and
List of Power Rangers villains
Since Power Rangers derives most of its footage from the
Super Sentai Series, it features many hallmarks that distinguish it from other
superhero series. Each series revolves around a team of youths recruited and
trained by a mentor to morph into the eponymous Power Rangers, able to utilize
special powers and pilot immense assault machines, called Zords, to overcome
the periodic antagonists. In the original series Mighty Morphin, the wizard
Zordon recruits "teenagers with attitude" against Rita Repulsa.[3]
When "morphed," the rangers become powerful
superheroes wearing color-coded skin-tight spandex suits and helmets with
opaque visors; identical except in individual rangers' color and helmet design.
Morphed Rangers generally possess superhuman strength, durability, and ability
in hand-to-hand combat. Some possess superhuman abilities such as super-speed
or invisibility.[4] In addition, each individual ranger has a unique weapon, as
well as common weaponry used for ground fighting.[note 1] When enemies grow to
incredible size (as nearly all do), Rangers utilize individual Zords that
combine into a larger Megazord.
Rangers teams operate in teams of five or three, with more
Rangers joining the team later. Each team of Rangers, with a few exceptions,
obeys a general set of conventions, outlined at the beginning of Mighty Morphin
and implied by mentors throughout many of the other series: Power Rangers may
not use their Ranger powers for personal gain or for escalating a fight (unless
the enemy does so), nor may the Power Rangers disclose their identities to the
general public.[note 2] The penalty for disobeying these rules, in Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers, is the loss of their power.
As in Super Sentai, the color palette of each Power Rangers
team changes every series.[note 3] Only Red and Blue appear in every Ranger
team, while a Yellow Ranger has been present in every season except Power
Rangers Dino Charge. The most common color that does not appear every year is
Pink, followed by Green, Black, and White. Other colors and designations also
appear throughout the series.[note 4] A Rangers' color designation also
influences their wardrobe throughout the series: civilian clothing often
matches Ranger color.[note 5]
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Production of Power Rangers episodes involves extensive
localization of and revision of original Super Sentai source material in order
to incorporate American culture and conform to American television standards.
Rather than making an English dub or translation of the Japanese footage, Power
Rangers programs consist of scenes featuring English-speaking actors (either
from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom)
spliced with scenes featuring either Japanese actors dubbed into English or the
action scenes from the Super Sentai Series featuring the Rangers fighting
monsters or the giant robot (Zord and Megazord) battles with English dubbing.
In some series, original fight scenes are filmed to incorporate characters or
items unique to the Power Rangers production.[5] Like many of Saban
Entertainment previous ventures in localizing Japanese television for a Western
audience, the plot, character names, and other names usually differ greatly
from the source footage, though a few seasons have stayed close to the story of
the original Super Sentai season.
The series that began the franchise, Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers (an American adaptation of the 1992 Japanese Super Sentai Series,
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger), began broadcasting as part of the Fox Kids block of
programing that aired on the FOX network. It lasted for three seasons (from 1993
to 1996).[6]
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