Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie was produced by 20th Century Fox in summer of 1995. The movie stars the same actors from the 1994-1995 version of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers television series.
The Story
When an egg in Angel Grove is unearthed, Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa release the creature inside, Ivan Ooze. Zordon trapped him inside thousands of years ago, so Ivan leaves to seek revenge. Ivan destroys the interior of the Command Center almost killing Zordon, weakening and slightly diswiring Alpha 5, and causing the Power Rangers to lose their powers, so the Rangers must go on a quest to find new Ninja powers on Phaedos, granted to them by Dulcea (Played by Gabrielle Fitzpatrick). The Rangers find the powers located in a temple, along with new Zords, themed to the Ape, Wolf, Frog, Bear, Crane, and Falcon. The Zords come from the Sentai series Kakuranger.
Note
This movie takes place in an alternate timeline than the Power Rangers television show, as numerous differences appear between the two.
- The story of how the Rangers received their Ninja powers and the Ninjazords is retold entirely differently in the five-part episode "Ninja Quest".
- Alpha 5 looks quite different than on the show, but Richard Steven Horvitz still provides his voice.
- The bird monsters are called Tengu warriors here, and Tengas on the show.
- The Command Center and Zedd's Palace sets are much more detailed, with the former bearing a closer resemblance to Power Rangers Zeo's Power Chamber.
- The Rangers' suits are made of metal plates rather than the standard spandex, and several Rangers have features in their helmets that never appeared in the series.
- Incidentally, at the beginning of the Rangers' suits also feature emblems with a picture of their respective prehistoric animals (and later, their ninja animals). Although these emblems were not part of the Zyuranger outfits used in the show (and were not added even after the movie was released), they appeared in the art for Power Rangers merchandise during its early years.
- The character of Dulcea never appears in the show, or even referenced.
- The city of Angel Grove looks significantly different from how it appeared in the show (of course, the show was shot in Los Angeles, and the movie was shot in Sydney).
- The new character of Mordant is treated as if it had always been among the "Evil Space Aliens," and Squatt and Babboo are nowhere to be seen.
- The face of the Ninja Megazord looks different from its Kakuranger counterpart. Even the seating is somewhat changed. For example, Pink Ranger sits lower-down, front-and-center, Blue Ranger sits to the right of her, and Red Ranger sits to her left.
- According to Paul Freeman who played Ivan Ooze, the movie was originally going to be done in the style of the TV shows before the producers wisely changed their minds and decided to put more resources into the production.