New Poll: What Saban Mystery Would You Like to Know the Most if Revealed?

Why Jason-tachi Left
'Tachi' in Japanese is used for when you want to say Jason and his friends and in this case, I mean Jason, Trini and Zack. We all know why and I mentioned it before, but I would like to hear Saban's side of it.

Lokar in 'Zyu 2'
Rumor is that Lokar was in the footage Toei made for Power Rangers, specifically for the Bloom of Doom.


Pythor in 'Zyu 2'

The toy that appeared during Season 2, some fans believe to be in the aforementioned footage.

Bulk & Skull Spin-Off
There was a rumored spin-off we never saw or really saw anything of, who knows if they filmed it. This is the reason they became monkeys.

Phantom Ranger
His secret Identity. I mentioned this before.

Brad as White Ranger's Name
We now know Brad Hawkins was going to be the White Ranger instead of Tommy but what would be his name? Did they get to the point where they named the character? I doubt they had a personality in mind, who knows if an episode or plots were written.

Movie Deleted Scenes
I think all fans would like to see the footage of Mariska Hargitay playing Dulcea.

Dairanger Costumes
On the real reason on why Saban didn't use them, or if they really were going to use them as Ancient Rangers in Lost Galaxy and why they weren't used for the Dark Rangers in Season 2.

Poll Results: Best/Worst Female Kamen Rider Costumes?

Kamen Rider Kivara got 73 of 135 votes for best costume, Shuki got the least votes at 3.

Shuki got 55 of 115 votes for Worst costume, Femme got the least votes at 11.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pilot

The Original Pilot episode produced in late 1992 or early 93. It was Haim Saban's second attempt at bringing Super Sentai over to America, after a failed try earlier on.

All other networks turned this pilot down, except Margaret Loesch of Fox Kids. It was the same episode as "Day of the Dumpster" except for some violence and the bowling alley. After some rewriting and some slight recasting, roughly the same episode was made ("Day of the Dumpster"). The only time it aired was May 22, 1999. By the way, Austin St. John and Walter Jones hosted the special.

'Bulk' appeared with the punks but was not named. Ernie was not in the bowling alley they hung at. The Samurai Pizza Cats (which was distributed in the US by Saban) briefly appeared in a TV at the bowling alley before the news about Rita interrupted. In "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," Will Smith had a girlfriend that protected him against a bully in a bowling alley. He accused her of being a Power Ranger. She had a haircut just like Audri Dubois in the pilot! my own crazy mind, I think this coincidence is funny.


Other major differences are the Command Center in general (the columns have brighter blue and green rings and pour out light and the whole place is darker), Zordon (Zoltor in the pilot) looks much rougher and Alpha looks like an abomination (with a hamburger with cheese head and clunky body). The pilot was really interesting and I am glad they changed everything for the show itself.


Another major difference is the presence of Audri Dubois as Trini. In an interview (I can't find a link to it), she said she turned down being part of the show because she didn't like being part of the commitment, didn't like the contract Saban did, little pay and having to sign off their likeness for merchandise and toys. Audri said that Trini was originally going to be a shy character and Saban made the character more like her. So basically Thuy Trang was playing a character like Audri. Above is a picture from the 1999 special showing the audition of the original cast.

Goldar and King Sphinx had different names. Also it has been said that the Zords were originally called 'Droids' but changed to Zords for the 1999 broadcast. Some scenes of this were edited from the original product, the "punks vs. the Ranger teens" battle in particular was too 'violent' for Fox Kids' standards. It supposedly ran about 16 minutes, while the cut that aired (and is on YouTube) is a little under 14. The cap at the right above is of the teens being attacked, it was used for "Day of the Dumpster," it is funny because the teens aren't even wearing the same clothes!

We saw these outfits they are wearing above in a lot of cards and merchandise, but never saw them wear tem on the show. Thuy Trang is shown wearing the same outfit as Audri Dubois on the pilot. I remember they drew them in coloring books and cardboard cuts with these outfits on.

Audri Dubois will be attending the Power Morphicon 2010 this weekend.

Most of information from this site.
For a summary of the episode, click here for Power Rangers Central Website.

Where Are They Now?: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

If the following seems repetitive and that you already know it, this written in a certain way for people who don't know this information.

Austin St. John (Jason Lee)
His stage name came as his management team at Pat O’Brien Management Talents thought Jason Geiger was not a strong name, with the actor coming up with "St. John" himself, and Austin being suggested by the managers inspired by Steve Austin, from The Six Million Dollar Man. Austin left the show in Season 2, because of money dispute. Austin now holds a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a first-degree black belt in Judo, and he also practices Shenkito and Kenpo. He is a graduate of Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. St. John has left acting and is currently working in Sterling, VA. as a paramedic. On the show, he was replaced by Steven Cardenas and he returned in Zeo and appeared in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie. He also reprise the role of Jason in "Forever Red" Season 10 anniversary episode. He attended the first Power Morphicon in 2007. He is now in his thirties.

Walter Emanuel Jones (Zack Taylor)
He left the show because of money dispute and wanted the production to change to the Screen Actor's Guild and has not stopped acting at all. After PR, he was the lead in the Nick show "Space Cases" for two seasons and guest starred in many many shows. He also appeared in VH1's I Love the 90's about Power Rangers. I He was replaced by Johnny Yong Bosch in Season 2 and he appeared along side Austin St. John in a half-hour special showcasing the original MMPR pilot. He often attends conventions and has attended all three Power Morphicons. He is his forties now. He declined participation in Super Megaforce.

David Yost (Billy)
David left the show in the fourth season "Zeo" because of what he admitted to a year ago as a hostile working environment of anti-gay slurs. He did recently appear in the No to Proposition 8 campaign, which is pro-same-sex marriage. Many former Power Ranger actors also appeared in the campaign. In 2004, he worked as a field producer for a U.K. documentary series called You Are What You Eat. Yost plans on continuing his producing and eventually wants to act on screen again. He currently resides in Roseville, California and owns a Z Pizza franchise. He has attended a few conventions and in a ticketed event for the Trevor Project at Power Morphicon 2012. He is now in his forties. David declined return to Super Megaforce.

Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly Hart)
Amy Jo now has a daughter Francesca Christine. She recently starred on the CBS drama "Flashpoint." She also appeared in VH1's I Love the 90's about Power Rangers. Amy Jo Johnson left MMPR in the third season to pursue other endeavors, she was substituted by Catherine Sutherland. She did return for a small part in Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, along with Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, and Johnny Yong Bosch, being the only actors to appear in both theatrical releases. She rarely attends any conventions and has yet to attend a Power Morphicon. She told No Pink Spandex it is because she gets tense in big crowds and used to get claustrophobic.

Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan)
Thuy Trang left the show in Season 2 because of money dispute. It is well known that she died in a car accident on September 3rd, 2001, many of her former cast members Amy Jo Johnson and David Yost attended her funeral, she was 27. In Power Rangers Time Force (2001), before the ending credits of "Circuit Unsure", it was mentioned the episode was in memorial of her. She was the only of the original five actors not to appear in the pilot. She was hired after the original Trini dropped out. She was replaced by Karan Ashley on the show.

Jason David Frank (Tommy Oliver)

He joined the show in season one as the Green Ranger, left during season 5 Power Rangers Turbo and was replaced by Selwyn Ward. He reprise the role in "Forever Red" episode and "Dino Thunder," the 12th season as high school professor and mentor to a new team. He recently made news that he wanted to be a MMA fighter. He has four children. He has a sixth-degree black belt and as of 2007, owns four karate schools under Rising Sun Karate, including the school Red Dragon Karate where he initially started his training. He is now 36. Tommy has the distinct honor of having been four different colors and had five different costumes. He attends many conventions and has been to the Power Morphicon. He participated in the Super Megaforce anniversary.

Paul Schrier (Bulk)
Schrier directed a few Power Rangers episodes, 16 episodes of the Hello Kitty animated series, and a short film, "An Easy Thing". He even tagged along during the movie with Shuki Levy, learning the ins and out of directing. He is also an artist, having worked on the comic book The Red Star. He left the show at the finale of Lost Galaxy (season 7), as the producers wanted to start out fresh for Lightspeed Rescue. He made a cameo in "Forever Red" and provided the voice of Firebug in Masked Rider. He recently returned in "Power Rangers Samurai" reprising his character Bulk but now mentoring Skull's son Spike as a 'samurai.' He is now 40. He has attended every Power Morphicon and has been at many conventions.

Jason Narvy (Skull)
After leaving the show in the sixth season (Power Rangers in Space, made a cameo in Lost Galaxy and Wild Force), he left Los Angeles to pursue further education. He received a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in English from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a Master of Letters in Renaissance Literature in Performance from Mary Baldwin College and the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia. He participated in the Young Company Theatre Camp at the ASC as a director and Master Class Fight Workshop instructor in 2004. He recently graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Ph.D. in Dramatic Arts. He is now 36. He has been at the Power Morphicon and has been at many conventions. He guest starred in the last episode of Super Samurai.

Steve Cardenas (Rocky DeSantos)
He replaced Austin St. John as the Red Ranger and left at the beginning of season 5 Turbo, deciding to focus his attention on his karate school in Southern California. He has recently appeared in various conventions. Cardenas was born at Langley Air Force Base, in Hampton, Virginia, U.S. and is of half Mexican descent. He was replaced by Blake Foster in Turbo. He is now 36. He has been to every Power Morphicon and attends conventions. He declined participation in Super Megaforce.

Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam Park)
34 year-old actor, he replaced Zack in season 2 and he is now a major voice actor. His first acting role was Vash the Stampede in Trigun. One of the most memorable lines in the first movie ("I'm a frog") was an ad lib from him because he was disappointed. He was also one of the few actors to do his own stunts because his suit actor got hurt. He was replaced by Roger Velasco in Turbo because producers wanted young blood. He returned in "In Space" and for two episodes of "Operation Overdrive" for the 15th anniversary. He has attended every Power Morphicon and attends many conventions. He leads a rock band called Eyeshine.

Karan Ashley (Aisha Campbell)
She replaced Thuy Trang as the Yellow Ranger in Season 2. She left in Season 3 of MMPR right before Zeo, she was promised a proper farewell like Kimberly but unfortunately because complicated plot lines, it didn't happen. She was replaced by Nakia Bruise. She wrote, edited and was executive producer to the independent film Devon's Ghost, alongside Johnny Yong Bosch with executive producer Koichi Sakamoto for Gag Order Films, Inc. She is now 34. She attends a lot of conventions and the Power Morphicon. She declined participation in Super Megaforce.

Catherine Sutherland (Katherine Hillard)
She replaced Amy Jo Johnson in season 3 and was replaced by Patricia Ja Lee in Turbo. She originally auditioned for Dulcea in the movie but producers found she was too young, remembered her. She provided the voice of female Machine Empire General Tezzla in "Forever Red". She played the onscreen victim of a deranged serial killer in the 2000 film The Cell. She portrayed Sarah Price, the wife of a murder victim on a 2004 episode of America's Most Wanted. 35 year-old actress is married to actor Daniel Chilson and has 2 children. They have been to the Power Morphicon 2 (2010) and 3 (2012). She declined participation in Super Megaforce.

Super Sentai: Enlarging Techniques

UPDATED 12/13/15 3PM EST
Chronicling the differences through the years how they made monsters grow.

Battle Fever (1979) was the first to have giant robot battles, many from episode 5 onward have 'little brother' giant robot doubles.


In Denjiman (1980), Vader Monsters control their body's Cellular structure and are thus able to make themselves grow larger or smaller.


In Sun Vulcan (1981), the monsters have an Expansion Program built into them that not only repairs them, but enlarges them as well.


In Goggle V (1982), this thing made them big.


In Dynaman (1983), the Evolution Beasts undergo Big Bang Process to enlarge when defeated.

In Bioman (1984), the Bioman fought the same five Beastnoids and everything else were big robots.

In Changeman (1985), Gyodaai was One-eyed monster enlarging creature.

In Flashman (1986), Kragen is a jellyfish they call that came from a dimension and makes the monsters grow.


In Maskman (1987), a bug/mollusk hybrid Okelampa that emerges when the Tube Empire monsters are defeated and are enlarged with its ray as Okelampa utters "yare-yare" ("Good heavens!") before taking its leave.


In Liveman (1988), Giga Phantom enlargement bazooka makes monsters grow.


In Turboranger (1989), Jarmin would open her mouth and a large fiery snake would come out and go into the sky and shoot down the same tornado as Zimba and Lehda. Zulten would just blow on his dried out blowfish and a blue tornado would come out and drain energy and lifeforce from the Turborangers to enlarge the beast.


In Fiveman (1991), Gorlins are giant white-skinned robot alien which absorbs and mimics the defeated Galactic Warriors. Each have a number, some combined wit the monster and there were special black Gorlin as well.


Dimensional Bug/Bio Dimension Bugs inside the Dimensional Beasts and Bio Dimensional Beasts would stay alive while the beast died and then it would grow in Jetman (1991).


In Zyuranger, Bandora would throw her wand to Earth and it would make the Earth crack and a mist that would come from it would make the monster grow.

In Dairanger (1993), the Gorma would use Enlarging Bombs. The Gorma foe would have one and take off the top and an explosion would make them grow.


In Kakuranger (1994), lightning would make the Youkai grow.

In both Ohranger (1995), Kocha would make the machine foes grow with a laser from its mouth.

In Carranger (1996), the Gorotsuki would grow thanks to the Imo-Youkan. It is a yellow cube-shaped food made from jellied sweet potatoes. If it is not from this certain store, the Gorotsuki will shrink.

In Megaranger (1997), Bibidebi would bite the Nejire Beasts to make them big, effecting their DNA.

Top Left to Right: Iriesu Battobasu; Bottom Left to Right: Budou Sanbasshu
In Gingaman (1998), depending which General the monster came from, they would drink from a different canister to grow.

In GoGoV (1999), Pierre would throw the cards to the right side to make the demon grow or revive/grow. Bats would surround the demon.

In both Timeranger (2000), this seal would be pealed off the foe and it would make them grow. In was explained that because the criminal was shrunk, the seal keeps them from becoming giant, it was a side-effect from shrinking them.


In Gaoranger (2001), Tsuetsue would enlarge the Orgs with her wand and seeds, then what appeared to be green vines wrapped around to form the giant.

 

In Hurricanger (2002), there were four ways. For Sargain's robot corp, Wendinu would send through her PDA down a rocket that became the Copy Giant that would copy the look of the robot monster. For Chuzubo's aliens, Wendinu would send down the scroll with a bazooka and the scroll would magically pick up the pieces to make the monster big. For Satorkura's, Wendinu would fling downwards a big mask that was like a boomerang to enlarge the foe. And fourth, Saandaru would use his fan to enlarge his beasts.

In Abaranger (2003), the Life Berry of the Torinoids (it acts a heart) and when destroyed the berry lifts up into the air and they are resurrected as a giant. The Giganoids are already giant to begin with.

In both Dekaranger (2004), the aliens used robots, some did grow but no specific way.

In both Magiranger (2005), the monsters were grown by Infreshia or Wolzard's magic symbol.

In Boukenger (2006), Gekkou made the Tsukumogami into a giant version called a Oogami using his Sutra. Other monsters would just magically grow. As seen in Task 16, Ryuuwon can make a Wicked Dragon grow by firing a special dart from his gun. The Ashu would use robots.

In Gekiranger (2007), the bad guys would grow with their own animal energy Ki.

In Go-Onger (2008), the Gairac used the Bikkurium energy inside the Bankijyu to become big.

In Shinkenger (2009), the Ayakashi just have two lives so when they die once, they automatically become big.

Buredoran in Goseiger (2010) makes monsters grow with his bats.

In Gokaiger (2011), they use a beam from their ship.

In Go-Busters (2012), they use robots and megazords. Rhino Doubler was grown by Enter using a MetaVirus.

In Kyoryuger (2013), Luckyuro waters the remains of the defeated Debo Monster and/or Cambrima with a pumpkin watering can containing Restoration Water, which restores a Debo Monster and makes them grow. It should be noted that Restoration Water only works on members of the Deboth Army, as Restoration Water is derived from the cells of Deboth himself.


In Toqger (2014),  When a Shadow Monster is destroyed, its power goes out of control, making it grow giant.

In Ninninger (2015), When a Yokai is destroyed in battle, Kyuemon Izayoi uses the stolen hammer and a Kibaoni Nin Shuriken to revive the fallen Youkai and make it grow.