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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Plot

After the Power Rangers participate in a charity skydive, a giant egg is unearthed in Angel Grove. Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa investigate the egg, and release the creature inside - Ivan Ooze, whom Zordon had trapped inside the egg six thousand years ago. Once released, Ooze leaves to seek revenge on Zordon, double-crossing Zedd and Rita by trapping them in a snowglobe. He disguises himself as a carnival wizard and gives free jars of purple ooze to children. Fred Kelman, the Rangers' young friend, buys a jar, and brings it home. Later, his father finds the jar and inspects the ooze. When he pulls some out of the jar, mysterious charges of purple electricity go through him, putting him under the control of Ivan Ooze along with all of the other parents of Angel Grove. Apparently this ooze only affects adults, as it is later seen that the children and teens are not affected and are playing with the ooze.

When the Power Rangers are sent to fight Ooze's Ooze Men, the Command Center is left defenseless, allowing Ooze to destroy it, leaving Zordon near death. Due to the destruction, the Power Rangers lose their powers, and they must go on a quest to find new Ninjetti powers on the distant planet of Phaedos. When Ooze sends his Tengu Warriors after the Rangers, they are assisted by Dulcea, who bestows upon the Rangers new Ninja powers based on the six Ninja animals: the white Falcon, the red Ape, the yellow Bear, the blue Wolf, the pink Crane, and the black Frog. Dulcea directs the Rangers to find the Ninjetti Temple to find the Great Power on their own, as she will age rapidly if she takes one step off the plateau. On their way, they must battle a living dinosaur skeleton and at the temple battle four living statues. When the statues are destroyed, the Great Power is bestowed upon them and they morph into the Power Rangers again.

When the Rangers return to Earth, they find it under attack by Ooze's Ectomorphicon Titans, and call upon their new Ninjazords to battle the Titans. They destroy Scorpitron, and then form the Ninja Megazord to battle Hornitor. During this time, the children of Angel Grove realize that Ooze plans to kill all of their parents. Fred leads them to the construction site where Ooze directed the adults to fall into a massive hole. When Ooze fuses with Hornitor, the Rangers form the Ninja Mega Falconzord to try and destroy him, eventually using Ryan's Comet, which was passing the Earth, to destroy him. The Rangers struggle fighting Ooze, and Aisha has an idea: she hits a button next to her post, claiming that, "desperate times call for desperate measures", which causes the Megazord's knee to come into contact with Ooze's groin, causing him to let go and come into contact with the Ryan's Comet, and destroying him and releasing the parents of Angel Grove from Ooze's spell. The Rangers get back to the Command Center, but Zordon has died. Tommy reminds the Rangers that with the Great Power, anything is possible. Combining their powers, the Rangers revive Zordon and restore the Command Center.

The movie ends with a celebration in the Angel Grove harbor, thanking the Power Rangers for saving the world, although Bulk and Skull complain that it was themselves who saved the day. Later, during the credits, Goldar takes Lord Zedd's throne and jokingly proclaims himself king, just as the newly released Zedd and Rita walk in on him.

Characters

The Power Rangers

Tommy Oliver

The White Power Ranger, played by Jason David Frank.

Rocky DeSantos

The Red Power Ranger, played by Steve Cardenas.

Adam Park

The Black Power Ranger, played by Johnny Yong Bosch.

Billy Cranston

The Blue Power Ranger, played by David Yost.

Aisha Campbell

The Yellow Power Ranger, played by Karan Ashley.

Kimberly Hart

The Pink Power Ranger, played by Amy Jo Johnson.

Allies

Zordon (played by Nicholas Bell, voiced by Robert L. Manahan)

Alpha 5 (played by Peta-Maree Rixon, voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz)

Dulcea (played by Gabrielle Fitzpatrick)

Bulk and Skull (played by Paul Schrier and Jason Narvy, respectively)

Fred Kelman (played by Jamie Croft)

Villains

Rita Repulsa (played by Julia Cortez, voiced by Barbara Goodson)

Lord Zedd (played by Mark Ginther, voiced by Robert Axelrod)

Goldar (played by Kerry Casey, voiced by Kerrigan Mahan)

Mordant (played by Jean Paul Bell)

Ivan Ooze (played by Paul Freeman)

DVD and television releases

The movie was first released on DVD on November 4, 2003. It has also aired a few times on the ABC Family channel as well as Cinemax and HBO. In Russia, it has aired on Channel One. It airs rather frequently on the Fox Movie Channel, with a rating of TV-PG-V.

Adaptations in other media

Four different Video Game titles based on the movie were released for the Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Gear.

Marvel Comics released an adaptation comic of the movie which was dated September 1995. It is nearly faithful to the movie except for:

A deleted concept from the film was Zordon referring to his previous warriors as The Order Of Meledan.

The Ninjazords from TV series (and by proxy, Kakuranger) are used rather than the movie version, but still has the sword similar to the Shogun Megazord.

Differences between the movie and the show

According to Paul Freeman, who played Ivan Ooze, the movie was originally going to be done in the style of the TV show before the producers changed their minds and decided to put more resources into the production.

One of the changes is in the opening crawl when it states Zordon originally chose six teenagers to be Rangers, when it was actually five.

Though not canon, the movie is the first time Zordon's home planet of Eltar was mentioned. Following this however, Eltar became part of the TV show's continuity.

Characters such as Dulcea never appear in the show or are even referenced (Ninjor bequeathed the Ninja Powers to the Rangers in the TV show).

The new character of Mordant is treated as if it had always been among the "Evil Space Aliens," and Squatt, Baboo, Finster and Scorpina are nowhere to be seen (Mordant's presence was explained in a scene cut from the final draft of the script). When the Tengu Warriors were introduced in Season 3 of the TV series, their names were changed to Tenga Warriors because of copyright complications with 20th century Fox.

Other changes include the fact that, in the show, Zordon's plasma tube is a means of communication between the world and the time warp he is trapped in. In the movie, his tube contains his body, prevents him from aging. When destroyed, Zordon dies slowly (and possibly painfully) by way of rapid aging.

Also, in the movie, Alpha claims that no one can enter the Command Center without a power coin (before being proven wrong by Ivan Ooze slipping through the cracks in the door). This seems to imply that access is physically impossible, yet in the show, in the episode Green with Evil, Part 1, Zordon claims that a power coin merely allows a being to enter the Command Center undetected, implying that anyone may enter the Command Center if they do not mind an alarm being sounded.

Sets

Many of the differences are merely cosmetic, as the movie budget and the fact the film was shot in Sydney, Australia necessitated new and more elaborate sets to be constructed. The Command Center and Zedd's Palace sets are much more detailed. The Command Center has lights built into the walls that dim and brighten, as well as a "rotating" light in the floor. The neon columns are also designed differently too, giving the Command Center a more futuristic appearance than on the show.

In the series, Zordon appears as a projection from a time-warp dimension via his Plasma Tube and the large blinking poles around him. The movie portrays Zordon as living inside the Energy Tube, which acts as a time-lock chamber, preventing him from aging, with the poles as a form of power and life-support. Once the tube is shattered, however, Zordon begins to grow old quite rapidly, until he eventually dies. This, too, is different than the series, where shattering the tube would sever the communication with him. It is important to note that it is different from Zordon's tube in Countdown to Destruction, which actually kept him containednd killed Zordon immediately when shatteredince he had been freed from the time warp at that point.

Even the face of the Ninja Megazord looks different from its Kakuranger counterpart. The seating is somewhat changed, for example, Pink Ranger sits lower-down, front-and-center, Blue Ranger sits to the left of her, and Red Ranger sits to her right. Due to this, Kimberly is hinted to be the second-in-command as opposed to the show in which Rocky seems to be second-in-command in the Ninja Megazord. The Ninja Megazord's Power Sword resembles the Fire Saber used by the Shogun Megazord in the series.

The city of Angel Grove looks significantly different from how it appeared in the show. This is a result of the show being shot in Los Angeles, while the movie was shot in Kiama and Sydney, Australia and the Fall Creek Falls State Park near Pikeville, Tennessee.

Costumes

Costumes were also upgraded. The Rangers' suits are made of PVC and metal plating rather than the standard spandex, the Pink Ranger's skirt is absent, and several Rangers have features in their helmets that never appeared in the series (a mountable scope on Rocky's helmet, and headlights built into Aisha's). The helmets also appear heavier and bulkier. In addition, Alpha 5's appearance is quite different, but Richard Steven Horvitz provides his voice in both the movie and TV show.

The Rangers' suits also feature emblems in the center of the white diamond on the chest (instead of a "fang" design that resembled diamonds) with a picture of their respective prehistoric animals early on, and later, their Ninja animals. Although these emblems were never part of the costumes from Kyry Sentai Zyuranger used in the show (except for Tommy's White Ranger costume, which is from Gosei Sentai Dairanger), they appeared in early promotional art and the Power Rangers action figures during its early years. In a leaked early draft of the script, the emblems did have a use (although, only for their Ninjetti costumes); on the backs of the emblems were mirrors that the Rangers had to use to solve a puzzle connected to the Great Power that would eventually give them their new Ranger powers and Zords. (Kimberly primps her hair a moment during the scene as well, demonstrating the popular girl stereotype.)

Also, the movie's morphers were different. The morphers were not removable from the belt holsters. The holsters color matched the ranger, while in the show they were silver. The morphers were chrome instead of silver, the red circle around the power coin did not have any words rather than say "POWER RANGERS" and the color of the lightning bolts on the morphers matched the rangers.

Action sequences

The Rangers morphed in a different order than the TV show's morphing sequence. Here in the film, the morphing order is Pink Ranger, Blue Ranger, Red Ranger, Black Ranger, Yellow Ranger, and White Ranger; as opposed to the TV show's normal order of White, Black, Pink, Blue, Yellow, and Red.

To further the differences between the show and the movie, Tommy's call to morph here is "White Tiger!" instead of "Tigerzord!" in the show.

The Ninja Ranger Power morphing sequence is also different. Instead of calling "Ninja Ranger Power, now!" Tommy calls "Ninjetti!" Afterwards, the rangers call upon the name of their sacred animal independently (in the show, everyone morphs simultaneously, with no further callings).

There are two weapons from the movie that do not appear in the series: Billy's "Stega Stinger," and Kimberly's "Pterodactyl Thunder Whip."

There are also two devices from the movie that do not appear in the series: Aisha's "Power Beam," and Rocky's "Power Scope."

The rangers often crack jokes as they fight; for example, in the first battle with Ivan's ooze monsters, Aisha screams "Kiss and make up!" before ramming two ooze monsters' faces together. This is not seen in the series until after the end of the classical era (which ends with the two-part episode Countdown to Destruction).

The zords, although based on the mecha from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, as was also the case with the television show, have the ability to fight on their own; the crane and falcon have missiles in their wings, the wolf and bear zords can bite, the ape fights with a lance, and the frog can neutralize enemies with its tongue, putting them open for an attack. In the series, only a few zords per team have this ability (however Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the exception as the three different Zord formations had the ability to fight on their own, but, with the exception of the zords used by the Red, Green, and White Rangers, was rarely - if ever - displayed). Additionally, the Ninja Megazord from the movie had functional hands, while the hands television show version were permanently formed into fists. The Ninja Megazord transformation sequence in the TV show was dramatically different from the movie, for the Movie used Computer graphics. The Ninja Megazord is also shown in the movie to have a power sword, which bears resemblance to the TV series' Shogun Megazord's and is destroyed in battle by Ivan.

See also

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: Original Soundtrack Album

References

^ "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1995)". Boxofficemojo.com. 1995-08-08. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=powerrangers.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 

External links

What REALLY happened: the first MMPR Movie - a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the movie, and the various problems encountered.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie at the Internet Movie Database

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie at Allmovie

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie at Rotten Tomatoes

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie at Box Office Mojo

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Media:

TV series:

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Alien Rangers)  Zeo  Turbo  in Space  Lost Galaxy  Lightspeed Rescue  Time Force  Wild Force  Ninja Storm  Dino Thunder  S.P.D.  Mystic Force  Operation Overdrive  Jungle Fury  RPM

Films:

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie  Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

Video

games:

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers  The Movie  The Fighting Edition  Zeo: Battle Racers  Lightspeed Rescue  Time Force  Wild Force  Ninja Storm  Dino Thunder  S.P.D.  Super Legends

Characters:

Rangers  Villains  Allies  Other characters

Miscellany:

List of episodes  Zords  Cast members  Power Chamber  Theme song  "The Official Single"  A Rock Adventure  World Tour Live on Stage  Collectible Card Game

Related Saban

series:

VR Troopers  Masked Rider  Big Bad Beetleborgs  The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog  Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation

See also:

Haim Saban  Shuki Levy  Tony Oliver  Fox Kids  ABC Kids  ABC Family  Toon Disney  Jetix  Saban  Disney  Super Sentai

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