Series 1

Rita rules the roost, with Goldar following closely behind, in series 1 of MMPR
In series 1, Rita rules the roost, with Goldar a close second-in-command.

Episode: Day of the Dumpster
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Rita Repulsa and her band of Evil aliens are released from their Dumpster! Zordon must choose a group of super heroes to help him save the World from her Evil clutches. Contrived and nonsensical, but fun nevertheless!

Episode: High Five
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Trini must overcome her fear of heights to save Billy and help her friends.

Episode: Teamwork
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: The Ranger group is split between two battles – Zordon decides it is time to reveal to them the secret of the power weapons.

Episode: A Pressing Engagement
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Jason learns that sometimes you do need your friends’ help.

Episode: Different Drum
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Kimberly’s friend is deaf, but uses her resourcefulness to help the rangers save the day! Look out for the dancing putties! ^_^

Episode: Fod Fight
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Debut of the notorious Pudgy Pig as he wrecks the Youth Centre food fair – a real comic episode.

Episode: Big Sisters
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: n/a
Description: Kim and Trini volunteer to look after a mischievous young girl, Maria - but the Chunky Chicken strikes.

Episode: For Whom the Bell Trolls
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 2/5
Description: If this isn’t just the most bizarre episode ever... Trini’s "Tickle-Sneezer" troll-doll becomes Rita’s latest ne’er-do-well creation.

Episode: Happy Birthday Zack
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Zack thinks the Rangers have forgotten his birthday, but they are secretly preparing a surprise party for him! But Rita shows that she certainly remembers, and sends the Knasty Knight to combat him.

Episode: No Clowning Around
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Trini’s cousin Sylvia becomes the latest innocent victim in Rita’s quest for power as she succumbs to the tricks of Pineoctopus.

Episode: Power Ranger Punks
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Baboo plays at alchemy and proves his worth as he makes Kimberly and Billy useless to the team, turning them into brutal punks.

Episode: Peace, Love and Woe
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Madam Woe aids her Empress in kidnapping Marge, Billy’s latest love interest, in this messily cut episode.

Episode: Foul Play in the Sky
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Kim is forced to pilot her uncle’s plane after he is sedated by a potion Squatt placed into his drink.

Episode: Dark Warrior
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Trini’s famous scientist/martial artist uncle makes a new invisibility formula – and Rita sends her Dark Warrior to claim it.

Episode: I, Eye Guy
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 1/5
Description: A sickly kid actor portrays Willy, an ingenious young boy who is taken hostage by the Eye Guy.

Episode: Switching Places
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Kim and Billy’s minds are switched due to an error in one of Billy’s inventions, leading to some very humorous body-switch chaos.

Episode: Green with Evil
Parts: 5
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 5/5
Description: Reserved in person, yet incredibly skilled as a martial artist, Tommy is selected by Rita to become the sixth Power Ranger! Placing him under a spell to do her bidding, the Rangers are forced to battle without Zordon’s aid as Tommy proceeds to wreck the Command Centre and the city! Scorpina also debuts, along with new mecha, Dragonzord, in this legendary Power Ranger adventure.

Episode: Trouble with Shellshock
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Squatt and Baboo attempt to prove their worth, and make a turtle monster for their Empress.

Episode: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Finster expresses his love of fine art in this pretty decent romp, where Zack also confronts his fear of bugs.

Episode: The Spit Flower
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 1/5
Description: Even Amy Jo’s acting couldn’t save this bizarre outing.

Episode: Gung Ho!
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: n/a
Description: Jason and Tommy’s teamwork isn’t up to scratch, but they must work together on a quest to get special weapons to aid them against the Super Putties.

Episode: Life's a Masquerade
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 2/5
Description: The Power Rangers face Rita’s 'Frankenstein’s creature' monster.

Episode: Wheel of Misfortune
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: A Wheel for a monster? But fairly good action.

Episode: Island of Illusion
Parts: 2
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Part 1 promises more than Part 2 delivers, but this is one of the Power Rangers’ better ‘tough’ adventures! Lokar debuts, and the awesome Utitus threatens to destroy Angel Grove whilst the Rangers are trapped on a mysterious island.

Episode: The Rockstar
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Possibly Scorpina’s finest hour as she takes control for this exciting episode with the Rock Star monster, and a deadly mirror.

Episode: Calamity Kimberly
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: The Battlebikes and Putty Restaurant make their first and only appearance in this humorous episode, where Kim’s troubles go from bad to worst.

Episode: A Star is Born
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Check out Scorpina’s pet worm! Tommy auditions for a martial arts commercial whilst Goldar takes control on the moon for a day.

Episode: The Yolk's on You
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: The Rangers’ talent contest rehearsals are cut short by the interfering Fang monster – who has a lust for Goony Bird Eggs...?

Episode: The Green Candle
Parts: 2
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 5/5
Description: Tommy’s powers are at stake when Rita utilises the Green Candle in a final desperate attempt to strip Tommy of his Ranger energies.

Episode: Birds of a Feather
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Rita sends down the ferocious Hatchosaurus to give the Rangers a run for their money.

Episode: Clean-Up Club
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Apparently, picking up litter is fun… :D It's time to be preached to, kids!

Episode: A Bad Reflection on You
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Rita sends down doubles of the Power Rangers to cause havoc and confusion.

Episode: Doomsday
Parts: 2
Year Made: 1993
My Rating: 5/5
Description: Lokar, Cyclopsis and a whole hoard of people being held at ransom makes Doomsday a perfect Season 1 finalé. (Except that in the end, it wasn’t!)

Episode: A Pig Surprise
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: A pretty pathetic attempt of an adventure – definitely a filler episode.

Episode: Something Fishy
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Billy has a fear of fish, and Rita has the perfect monster – the dreaded Goo-Fish – to inflame that fear.

Episode: Lions and Blizzards
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 3/5
Description: A cool monster Gotan (a take on the Chimaera) stars in a mediocre episode.

Episode: Rita's Seed of Evil
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 5/5
Description: A rare treasure of an episode, as bizarre as the plot is, as a giant plant threatens to take over. It also includes the only ever playing of Rita’s song (as meaningless as the lyrics are).

Episode: To Flee or not to Flea
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: The Fighting Flea ranks among the most annoying monsters of all time.

Episode: Reign of the Jellyfish
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 1/5
Description: The fact the monster has a defensive weapon of an umbrella is hilarious. :D But that doesn't make this episode even slightly entertaining. Snore-factor ahoy!

Episode: Crystal of Nightmares
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 4/5
Description: Goldar becomes the brains of the operation once again, and activates the Crystal of Nightmares to destroy the Rangers’ precious self confidence.

Episode: Plague of the Mantis
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: A bit tedious, although nice to see Trini in the limelight as she confronts the Preying Mantis in the honourable art of Kung-Fu.

Episode: Return of an Old Friend
Parts: 2
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 5/5
Description: An awesome comeback episode for Tommy Oliver as the Rangers face the loss of their powers and, even worse, their parents! Goldar’s fighting skills and villainy shine in two of the best ever MMPR episodes.

Episode: Grumble Bee
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Besides wanting the bee to shut up, this episode is fairly decent – but nothing we ain’t seen before.

Episode: Two Heads are Better than One
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Tommy uses his cunning to help outwit the Two-Headed Parrot monster. (Part-voiced by Robert "Lord Zedd" Axelrod!)

Episode: Fowl Play
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: The Rangers face the irritating Peckster for the first time, and outwit the mouthy monster via Zack’s ingenuity.

Episode: Trick or Treat
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Kim sacrifices a game show prize to help her friends take on the grovy Pumpkin Rapper.

Episode: Second Chance
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 4/5
Description: The Soccerdillo sheds a new light on the game of football.

Episode: On Fins and Needles
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Tommy and Jason become intense rivals once more in a bout against the Slippery Shark.

Episode: Enter...the Lizzinator
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 3/5
Description: Kim’s young friend Kelly is kidnapped and used as bait to draw the Rangers out against the Lizzinator. Check out the car sequence!

Episode: Football Season
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: Rhino-Blaster leads his own squad of putty American footballers to destroy the Power Rangers.

Episode: Mighty Morphin Mutants
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 5/5
Description: Tommy tries to find ways to become less forgetful, whilst Rita brings forth the Badges of Darkness, and sends another clone squad of Power Rangers to fight it out with their real-life opponents! Excellent stuff.

Episode: An Oyster Stew
Parts: 1
Year Made: 1994
My Rating: 2/5
Description: A cheesy final Season 1 episode. Zack arranges a date with Angela, but has reckoned without the terrible Oysterizer monster, who leads the Megazord into underwater combat.

Note: n/a scores apply to the episodes that I haven’t seen for years, or not seen at all.

Page Last Updated: 28th February 2009