Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Season 1)

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	60
Release
Original network	FOX (Fox Kids)
Original release	August 28, 1993 – May 23, 1994
Season chronology
	Next → Season 2

The first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is an American television series created by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, which began transmissions on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids Network. The fictional series follows events in the lives of five, later six, teenagers with superpowers, who were chosen by the wise sage Zordon to become Power Rangers in order to stop the evil Rita Repulsa from taking over the planet Earth. The first season included 60 episodes and concluded its initial airing on May 23, 1994. The first season of MMPR uses footage and elements from the Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.

The season's stories focus on five teenagers: Jason Lee Scott (Austin St. John), Trini Kwan (Thuy Trang), Zachary "Zack" Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), Kimberly Ann Hart (Amy Jo Johnson), and William "Billy" Cranston (David Yost), who are given the ability to morph into "Power Rangers" by Zordon (David Fielding) in order to put a stop to Rita Repulsa's (Machiko Soga, voice of Barbara Goodson) evil schemes. Later during the season, Thomas "Tommy" Oliver (Jason David Frank) is introduced as a villain, but later becomes the sixth member of the team. Together they continue to foil Rita's plans along with her henchmen Goldar (Sakamoto), her second in command, Squatt and Baboo (Watanabe, Kusaka) the bumbling duo, and Finster (Iiboshi), the maker of most of their monsters. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull (Paul Schrier, Jason Narvy) act as comic relief, at Angel Grove High, where the Rangers attend high school.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
1	1	"Day of the Dumpster"	Adrian Carr	Tony Oliver & Shuki Levy	August 28, 1993	101
When two astronauts come across a strange dumpster on the moon, they open it, accidentally releasing Rita Repulsa and her minions: Goldar, Squatt, Baboo, and Finster. Rita then sets her eyes on the nearest planet: Earth. Meanwhile, at a local youth center in Angel Grove, California, viewers are introduced to "teenagers with attitude" Jason Lee Scott, Trini Kwan, Zack Taylor, Kimberly Hart, and Billy Cranston. Within the California desert, at the Command Center, Zordon and Alpha 5 are alerted of Rita's escape and teleport the five to the Command Center. After receiving Power Morphers, the teens morph into the Power Rangers and take on Goldar and the Putty Patrol. Also making their debuts are the bullying but laughable Bulk, his friend the likewise bullying but also laughable Skull, and Juice Bar proprietor Ernie.
2	2	"High Five"	Adrian Carr	Steve Kramer	September 7, 1993	102
After seeing Jason climb a rope at Ernie's Juice Bar, Trini reveals to the other Ranger teens that she is terrified of heights. Billy then unveils his latest invention: wrist communicators with which the rangers can contact Zordon and also teleport to the Command Center. On the moon, Rita decides to trap the rangers in a time warp the same way she did Zordon. Squatt and Baboo send a rigged toy rocket to Earth that activates the time warp. Rita has Finster create the zombie-like Bones monster to control the time warp. Zordon sends the teens to defeat a small band of Putties. During the fight, Billy gets chased to the top of a cliff, and Trini must face her fears to go up and save him. With the Putty Patrol retreating, the Rangers morph to confront Bones but are sucked into the time warp. Bones is destroyed but Rita sends down a giant, which then grabs hold of Jason.
3	3	"Teamwork"	Robert Hughes	Cheryl Saban	September 8, 1993	103
Kimberly and Trini attempt to close down a hazardous waste dump. Little do they know Rita is behind the dump site and plans to destroy the earth by pollution. The two girls are soon ambushed by the Putty Patrol. Rita unleashes the powerful Mighty Minotaur onto Earth to keep the others busy. The boys are forced to morph and confront the Minotaur first. He proves to be an overwhelming opponent, and Rita decides to use her wand to make him grow. Trini and Kimberly are able to defeat the putties, and the Rangers summon their Dinozords. Predicting defeat, Zordon recalls them back to the Command Center and awards the Rangers special weapons: Jason wields the Power Sword, Trini the Power Daggers, Billy the Power Lance, Kimberly the Power Bow, and Zack the Power Axe. Working as a team, and combining their new arsenal into the "Power Blaster," will destroy the Mighty Minotaur.
4	4	"A Pressing Engagement"	Adrian Carr	Jeff Deckman & Ronnie Sperling	September 9, 1993	104
At the Juice Bar, Jason is trying to break Bulk's bench-pressing record, but is unable to do so. Doubting his ability to succeed, the other Ranger teens Kimberly and Zack try to comfort him but have mixed success. At the Moon Palace, Rita decides to isolate Jason from the other Rangers by sending to earth the King Sphinx. Using his powerful wings, the monster blows Kimberly and, soon after, Zack away from the fight, leaving Jason alone. After teleporting himself and Jason to a desert, the Sphinx is joined by Goldar. After regrouping with Billy and Trini the teens arrive at the Command Center and witness first-hand Jason's struggle with a grown Goldar and Sphinx.
5	5	"Different Drum"	Jeff Reiner	Julianne Klemm	September 10, 1993	105
Kimberly teaches a dance class at the juice bar. Melissa, a young girl who cannot hear Kimberly's commands, starts to run into the other girls. Embarrassed because of her impaired hearing, Melissa leaves the group. Rita decides that music is the perfect way to conquer the Rangers. She summons Gnarly Gnome, a garden gnome with a magical accordion, and sends him to Earth. Gnarly Gnome's music hypnotizes some of the girls from the dancing class, and they are lured to a cave. Thankfully, Melissa is unaffected by the spell and rushes to tell Kimberly and the other Ranger teens, and leads them to the cave. The girls are rescued and the Rangers confront the "overgrown garden ornament."
6	6	"Food Fight"	Robert Hughes	Cheryl Saban	September 4, 1993	106
Ernie hosts a "Cultural Food Fair" at the juice bar, and the Rangers help out, offering foods from around the world to patrons. When Bulk and Skull arrive, they turn the peaceful fair into a full-on food fight. Rita is inspired by this madness and generates Pudgy Pig, a wicked monster that is always hungry. Pudgy Pig will deplete the entire world of its food supply in 48 hours unless the Rangers can thwart him. Problems arise when the villain eats the group's Power Weapons, but Trini notices that Pudgy Pig cannot stand the taste of spicy foods. She devises a trap that hopefully will expel the weapons from the porker.
7	7	"Big Sisters"	Jeff Reiner	Gary Glasberg & Shuki Levy	September 30, 1993	107
Kim and Trini get the task of being "big sisters" to a mischievous little girl named Maria. At her palace Rita soon discovers a chest containing the Power Eggs, magic eggs with the power to conquer all. None of Rita's hench-beasts, however, can open it, and nor can Rita herself. It is discovered that only the innocence of a child will release the eggs. Rita kidnaps the bratty child, with the intent of using her to open the chest. The Rangers end up facing the Chunky Chicken monster to save the annoying girl. All of this, plus, Billy unveils his specially modified VW Beetle, which he calls the RADBUG.
8	8	"I, Eye Guy"	David Blyth	Stewart St. John	September 14, 1993	109
Billy's young protege, Willie, has created his best invention yet: a hologame, which he enters into a science fair. Bulk and Skull happen upon the science fair and cause trouble. While the teens resolve the situation rather humorously, the commotion leads Willie to be disqualified. Disheartened, Willie flees, but is kidnapped by Eye Guy, a monster who plans to steal his vast intelligence. The teens morph into action but soon find out Eye Guy will not be easily defeated. Even the combined Power Blaster cannot destroy this monster.
9	9	"For Whom the Bell Trolls"	Robert Hughes	Jeff Deckman & Ronnie Sperling and Stewart St. John	September 15, 1993	111
Trini brings her favorite doll, an elf named Mr. Ticklesneezer, to Angel Grove High for Hobby Week. This catches the eye of Rita, who has the doll stolen and turned into a real monster. Ticklesneezer goes around shrinking everything, from buildings to trains, even Billy and Trini, and collecting them in bottles. Can the Rangers rescue their friends and bring an end to this nightmare?
10	10	"Happy Birthday, Zack"	Jeff Reiner	Stewart St. John	September 16, 1993	112
The Ranger teens and Ernie plan a surprise party at the Juice Bar for Zack. The secrecy leads him to believe that they have all forgotten about his birthday. Rita shows that she cares--about seeing to it that he never again lives to celebrate any others, that is--by sending down a special treat, a vicious black armored monster known as Knasty Knight. Zack soon finds out he is way over his head. Happy Birthday indeed.
11	11	"No Clowning Around"	Adrian Carr	Mark Hoffmeier	September 17, 1993	113
The Rangers attend a fair at Angel Grove Park, along with Trini's cousin Sylvia. One particular clown, named Pineapple, lures Sylvia away from Trini when she is not looking. When Trini catches up with Sylvia, she witnesses Pineapple turn Sylvia into a cardboard cutout. The fair proves to be a trap for the Rangers, as they soon find out when the Putty Patrol arrive. Trini takes Sylvia to Billy's lab to try to return Sylvia to normal. When all the Putties are dealt with, the Rangers confront Pineapple, who reveals himself as Pineoctopus, Finster's latest creation.
12	12	"Power Ranger Punks"	David Blyth	Mark Hoffmeier	September 20, 1993	121
The gang is playing a game of volleyball when Baboo appears above the field. Without being noticed, he slips an odd red potion into the glasses of water lying on a bench. Kimberly and Billy drink the water, and suddenly start acting like real punks. Rita plots to use the divided Rangers to allow her latest monster, the Terror Toad, to destroy the town. Alpha must journey to another dimension to find a special singing squash, as only its juice can restore Billy and Kimberly to their right minds. Alpha must hurry because Jason is fighting Terror Toad alone, as Trini and Zack were already devoured.
13	13	"Peace, Love and Woe"	Robert Hughes	Julianne Klemm	September 21, 1993	128
The teens are preparing for the school dance and everyone has a date except one Blue Ranger. Billy then bumps into a brainy girl named Marge, and the two hit it off immediately. But Rita's ally, Madame Woe, mistakes Marge for a Power Ranger and captures her. The actual Rangers come to her rescue, but can they save her or will Billy remain dateless for the upcoming dance? Meanwhile after Bulk crashes in the cake for the dance, he and Skull try to use disguises to sneak into the Youth Center to keep a low profile, but Ernie quickly catches both of them, and they are forced to pay for the cake if they want to return.
14	14	"Foul Play in the Sky"	Shuki Levy	Shuki Levy	September 22, 1993	110
Kim goes for flying lessons with her pilot uncle Steve, with Bulk and Skull tagging along. Rita's henchman Squatt spikes Steve's drink with a sleeping potion, which kicks into effect while in the skies over Angel Grove. Kim nervously takes over flying the four-seater plane, but even with a little guidance from Alpha 5, can she land safely? Meanwhile, her teammates face the dreaded Snizard. To make matters worse, the bow and arrow Kim wields as the Pink Ranger are the only means of destroying the Snizard.
15	15	"Dark Warrior"	Terence H. Winkless	Jeff Deckman & Ronnie Sperling and Mark Hoffmeier	September 28, 1993	129
Fed up with being picked on by the likes of Bulk and Skull, Billy decides to re-enroll in Jason's Karate class. Meanwhile, Trini's Uncle Howard arrives to visit her. Howard is a scientist and also a very experienced martial artist. Rita, meanwhile, is more interested in Howard's new invisibility formula and sends a squad of Putties to kidnap Trini's uncle and hold him for ransom. Rita's latest monster, the Dark Warrior, is dispatched to fight the Ranger teens.
16	16	"Switching Places"	Jeff Reiner	Shuki Levy & Steve Kramer	October 4, 1993	108
Billy has invented a machine that reads minds, which he tests out on himself and Kimberly. Unknown to him, however, Squatt has tampered with the machine and as a result Kimberly's mind ends up in Billy's body and vice versa, driving the two at each other's throats. Rita then sends down the Genie to further complicate things. With Kimberly and Billy's minds boggled, how can they work as a team to bottle up this fiend? In A B-Story, Bulk and Skull attempt to exploit Billy's mind-reading machine for their own gain, but finds their minds switched as well. Aftereffects of the mind-switch on Kim include the former stereotypical valley girl revealing a cunning, clever, and intuitive side and becoming deeper and kind-hearted. Those on Billy are not immediately apparent.
17	17	"Green with Evil, Part I: Out of Control"	Robert Hughes	Gary Glasberg & Stewart St. John	October 5, 1993	114
The new kid in town, Tommy Oliver, has martial arts skills that rival Jason's. This catches the eye of Rita Repulsa and her master plan to destroy the Power Rangers once and for all is prepared. She kidnaps Tommy, puts him under her spell, and by giving him a power coin of her own transforms him into the Evil Green Ranger. After infiltrating the Command Center and disabling both Alpha and Zordon, Tommy bests the Rangers in battle, sending them in retreat back to their damaged headquarters.
18	18	"Green with Evil, Part II: Jason's Battle"	Robert Hughes	Tom Wyner & Cheryl Saban and Stewart St. John	October 6, 1993	115
With the Command Center still incapacitated from the Green Ranger's attack, and reeling from their first true defeat, Billy and Trini attempt to restore operations with Zordon to learn some answers about their mysterious foe. Meanwhile, Rita gives Tommy the Sword of Darkness, which acts as a catalyst for keeping him under her spell permanently. After he meets with Jason, Tommy then teleports the Red Ranger to the Dark Dimension. Trapped, with no way out, no way of morphing, and no way of contacting his teammates, Jason faces Goldar alone. Back on Earth, the remaining Rangers face the Green Ranger again.
19	19	"Green with Evil, Part III: The Rescue"	Robert Hughes	Mark Ryan & Stewart St. John	October 7, 1993	116
Jason continues his struggle with Goldar in the Dark Dimension, and eventually, the Green Ranger as well. Luckily, in the nick of time, Billy is able to lock onto his signal and teleports him to safety. But with Zordon still lost, the victory is bittersweet at best. To make things worse, Rita summons Scorpina, a female warrior with a nasty sting. She fights the Rangers but is recalled by Rita as she reveals her master plan for permanently ridding the Rangers of their Zords. Phase One: Lure the supergroup out by unleashing a fully grown Goldar.
20	20	"Green with Evil, Part IV: Eclipsing Megazord"	Robert Hughes	Cindy McKay & Stewart St. John	October 8, 1993	117
Watching Goldar demolish the city via the viewing globe, the Rangers have no choice but to morph and activate Megazord--all part of Rita's plan. A spell eclipses the sun and cuts off Megazord's solar power reserves. Using her magic wand, Rita grows Scorpina and, soon after, the Green Ranger. The Megazord soon falls to the trio of evil. The Zords separate and scatter into a burning chasm opened by Repulsa. With their fighting spirit diminished, the Rangers return to the Command Center, where the true identity of the Green Ranger is soon revealed.
21	21	"Green with Evil, Part V: Breaking the Spell"	Robert Hughes	Gary Glasberg & Stewart St. John	October 9, 1993	118
Tommy is revealed to be the Green Ranger, and Jason plans to break the spell holding him under Rita's control. Her endgame now realized, Rita brings forth the ancient Green Dragonzord from Angel Grove bay. It begins to rampage through the city. The Rangers, helpless without their zords, watch the destruction unfold. Zordon's transmission is finally reestablished. The Megazord is recovered and victoriously faces the Dragonzord. With the Zord incapacitated, Tommy is confronted in a climactic swordfight by Jason. Will the Red Ranger succeed in severing the hold Rita has on Tommy...or will he be irreversibly lost to evil?
22	22	"The Trouble with Shellshock"	David Blyth	Stewart St. John & Julianne Klemm	October 11, 1993	119
On the moon while Rita naps, Baboo and Squatt take charge by making their own monster, a turtle with a stoplight on his back named Shellshock. This monster when dispatched proves to be a terrible menace to the Rangers and uses his go beam to put Trini in perpetual motion, speeding her away. Flashing his stop beam freezes Billy, Zack and Kim, leaving Jason to stop Shellshock. Fortunately for him, he is not completely alone, as newcomer Tommy and his Dragonzord join the fight.
23	23	"Itsy Bitsy Spider"	Robert Hughes	Steve Kramer	October 12, 1993	120
Trini and Billy petition to save the Forest Spirit Statue from demolition. It supposedly protects the woods from nasty bug infestations. Rita swipes the statue and replaces it with a lookalike, which hides her Spidertron monster within. Zack brings his young Hip-Hop Kido class to the park to work out nearby, and all but the Zack are put under a sleeping spell by Spidertron, who soon reveals himself. Alas for Zack, he has a deathly fear of bugs, especially spiders. Jason and company morph into action and the eight-legged menace grows. This results in the need to employ a new zord combination in this fight, Dragonzord in Battle Mode.
24	24	"The Spit Flower"	David Blyth	Peggy Nicoll	October 19, 1993	122
Kimberly is given the task of designing a flower float for the big Angel Grove parade. But Putties drop by the Juice Bar and trash it before she can turn the design in. Kim is crying over losing it, and soon has to face the evil flesh-eating, blossom-spewing Spit Flower monster. To make matters worse the Rangers's own zords fail in stomping it, and even Tommy's powerful Dragonzord is useless in wilting this flower.
25	25	"Life's a Masquerade"	Robert Hughes	Cheryl Saban	October 30, 1993	123
A costume party is in progress at the Youth Center. Rita uses this distraction to mine a special clay on Earth, from which she plans to create a breed of Super Putties. She sends her own version of the Frankenstein Monster to the party, and he is immediately mistaken for Tommy. Billy, dressed as the detective Sherlock Holmes, investigates and finds that Franken is no Tommy. This means that the time has come to morph.
26	26	"Gung Ho!"	Robert Hughes	Mark Hoffmeier	October 25, 1993	124
Jason and Tommy team-up for an upcoming Team Ninja competition at the Youth Center. However, they have trouble working together, as both are used to sparring one-on-one. Rita then unleashes the Super Putties. As the other Rangers fight the nigh-invincible clay soldiers, Zordon sends Jason and Tommy off to retrieve new weapons. They face a strange metal creature known as Titanus, and must learn teamwork in the face of adversity...or both of them will be killed.
27	27	"Wheel of Misfortune"	Terence H. Winkless	Mark Ryan & Cheryl Saban	November 1, 1993	127
The Ranger teens are involved with a stage play of Rumpelstiltskin at Angel Grove High. An antique spinning wheel that had belonged to Kim's grandmother is used as a prop, which leaves it in a position to be captured by Rita's goons, who turn it into the evil Wheel Of Destruction. The Rangers have to attempt to bring a stop to the giant wheel, and do so without ruining Kim's family heirloom.
28	28	"Island of Illusion, Part I"	Terence H. Winkless	Chris Schoon & Shuki Levy	November 2, 1993	125
Prior to an upcoming dance competition, Zack, despite his usual smooth moves, has a heavy case of self-doubt. Rita is inspired, and aims to send the six Rangers to her very own transdimensional island, where a person's worst fears become reality. She summons the celestial being known as Lokar to aid in this task, and with his wicked Mutitis creature, either the Megazord has to prove to be a match, or the Rangers will be island-bound.
29	29	"Island of Illusion, Part II"	Terence H. Winkless	Stewart St. John & Chris Schoon and Shuki Levy	November 3, 1993	126
Trapped on the strange Island of Illusion, each of the six Ranger teens comes face to face with their own worst fears. The island's only inhabitant, an elf named Quagmire, appears and offers them rhyming reminders of self-confidence, but whether he is friend or foe is not immediately clear. Even if they can get off the island, the team will still have to face a second round against Mutitis...and they may not last that second round.

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