Power Rangers season 1 Plague of the Mantis - Metacritic

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TV-Y7-FV
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Feb 17, 1994
21 m

TV-Y7-FV
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Feb 17, 1994
21 m

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Summary This guide covers all POWER RANGERS seasons, and seasonal rename incarnations. Descriptions of which can be found below...-Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Season 1 (93-94) An interdimensional being named Zordon chooses five teenagers with attitude to morph into powerful warriors drawn from the spirit of dinosaurs, protecting the world fr...

Directed By: Terence H. Winkless

Written By: Mark Hoffmeier

TV-Y7-FV
FOX
Feb 17, 1994
21 m

TV-Y7-FV
FOX
Feb 17, 1994
21 m

S1 • Episode 48

Plague of the Mantis

Air Date: Feb 17, 1994

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Summary This guide covers all POWER RANGERS seasons, and seasonal rename incarnations. Descriptions of which can be found below...-Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Season 1 (93-94) An interdimensional being named Zordon chooses five teenagers with attitude to morph into powerful warriors drawn from the spirit of dinosaurs, protecting the world fr...

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Episode 0 • May 22, 1999 • 22 m

The Lost Episode

Original version of the premiere episode.

Episode 1 • Aug 28, 1993 • 20 m

Day of the Dumpster

Following the accidental release of long-imprisoned evil space-sorceress Rita Repulsa, a benevolent sage known as Zordon drafts a group of five teenagers to help protect the planet as Dino-powered warriors of goodness.

Episode 2 • Sep 4, 1993 • 21 m

Trini must overcome her fear of heights to save Billy.

Episode 3 • Sep 8, 1993 • 20 m

Kimberly and Trini gather signatures to close down a nearby dump site while convincing their teammates to work together more.

Episode 4 • Sep 9, 1993 • 21 m

A Pressing Engagement

Jason battles King Sphinx while trying to break a bench press record at the Angel Grove Gym and Juice Bar.

Episode 5 • Sep 10, 1993 • 21 m

Kimberly's deaf friend is the only hope to rescue a group of girls captured by the Gnarly Gnome and his hypnotic accordion.

Episode 6 • Sep 4, 1993 • 21 m

Bulk and his gang seek to ruin the food festival, while Rita sends a gluttonous pig to eat everything on Earth.

Episode 7 • Sep 11, 1993 • 19 m

Kimberly and Trini look after a mischievous little girl named Maria.

Episode 8 • Sep 14, 1993 • 20 m

Rite sends her monster Eye Guy to kidnap Billy's bright young protegé.

Episode 9 • Sep 15, 1993 • 21 m

For Whom the Bell Trolls

Trini's favorite doll is brought to life by Rita Repulsa and commanded to capture the Rangers inside bottles.

Episode 10 • Sep 16, 1993 • 21 m

Happy Birthday, Zack

Zack worries that his friends have forgotten today is his birthday while Rita sends him an unwelcome present.

Episode 11 • Sep 17, 1993 • 21 m

No Clowning Around

The gang fights Rita's minions at a carnival in order to save Trini's cousin Sylvia who gets turned into a cardboard cutout.

Episode 12 • Sep 20, 1993 • 21 m

Power Ranger Punks

Baboo sneaks a magic potion into Kimberly and Billy's drinks that turns them into angry punks.

Episode 13 • Sep 21, 1993 • 21 m

Peace, Love, and Woe

Billy draws on the powers of his friends to rescue the girl of his dreams.

Episode 14 • Sep 22, 1993 • 21 m

Foul Play in the Sky

Kimberly is in trouble when her uncle Steve succumbs to a sleeping potion in the middle of flying an airplane with her on board.

Episode 15 • Sep 28, 1993 • 20 m

Billy is inspired by Trini's uncle Howard, a brilliant scientist and expert in martial arts.

Episode 16 • Oct 4, 1993 • 21 m

Switching Places

Billy's latest invention goes haywire, causing him to switch bodies with Kimberly.

Episode 17 • Oct 5, 1993 • 21 m

Green with Evil: Part I

Rita creates her own evil Green Ranger to beat the Power Rangers at their own game.

Episode 18 • Oct 6, 1993 • 21 m

Green with Evil: Part II

The Power Rangers work to restore Zordon and Alpha, unaware that the new kid in school is actually Rita's evil Green Ranger.

Episode 19 • Oct 7, 1993 • 20 m

Green with Evil: Part III

Femme fatale Scorpina joins Rita as the Green Ranger continues to battle the Power Rangers.

Episode 20 • Oct 8, 1993 • 21 m

Green with Evil: Part IV

An eclipse of the sun saps the Megazord's power as Rita's forces launch a full-scale assault on Angel Grove.

Episode 21 • Oct 9, 1993 • 20 m

Green with Evil: Part V

The mighty Dragonzord awakens after thousands of years as the Rangers try to break the spell over the Green Ranger once and for all.

Episode 22 • Oct 11, 1993 • 20 m

The Trouble with Shellshock

Squatt and Baboo create their own Shellshock monster to impress Rita.

Episode 23 • Oct 12, 1993 • 21 m

Itsy Bitsy Spider

To face Rita's newest monster, Zack must overcome his fear of spiders.

Episode 24 • Oct 19, 1993 • 20 m

The Spit Flower

Rita and her evil Spit Flower monster set out to ruin Kimberly's design for a float in the world peace parade.

Episode 25 • Oct 25, 1993 • 21 m

Jason and Tommy must learn to work together to stop Rita's Super Putties.

Episode 26 • Oct 30, 1993 • 21 m

Life's a Masquerade

Rita's Frankenstein monster crashes the Power Rangers' Halloween costume party.

Episode 27 • Nov 1, 1993 • 20 m

Wheel of Misfortune

Rita turns Kimberly's grandmother's spinning wheel into her dangerous new weapon.

Episode 28 • Nov 2, 1993 • 21 m

Island of Illusion: Part I

Rita traps the Power Rangers on a mysterious island where all is not as it appears.

Episode 29 • Nov 3, 1993 • 20 m

Island of Illusion: Part II

The Rangers must overcome their own fears to escape Rita's Island of Illusion.

Episode 30 • Nov 4, 1993 • 20 m

Jason and his cousin Jeremy find a map that leads to a powerful ancient mirror.

Episode 31 • Nov 5, 1993 • 21 m

Calamity Kimberly

Kimbery's day goes from bad to worse when the Samurai Fanman captures her.

Episode 32 • Nov 15, 1993 • 19 m

Tommy is called to rescue his friends while given the opportunity to audition for a martial arts commercial.

Episode 33 • Nov 16, 1993 • 21 m

The Yolk's on You!

Rita tries to convince a monster to do her bidding after Squatt and Baboo eat the monster's eggs.

Episode 34 • Nov 17, 1993 • 20 m

The Green Candle: Part I

Rita is fed up with way too many battles from the Power Rangers with the aide of the Green Ranger, so she devises a plan to get revenge on the Green Ranger for turning against her.

Episode 35 • Nov 18, 1993 • 20 m

The Green Candle: Part II

Jason travels to Rita's Dark Dimension to try to save his weakening friend.

Episode 36 • Nov 22, 1993 • 21 m

Birds of a Feather

Zack teaches a young child to believe in himself, while the Rangers battle the vicious Hatchasaurus and Cardiatron.

Episode 37 • Nov 23, 1993 • 20 m

Trini and her friends pitch in to clean up Angel Grove while Rita attempts to cover the world in pollution.

Episode 38 • Nov 27, 1993 • 21 m

A Bad Reflection on You

Rita creates a team of evil duplicates of the Power Rangers to frame them.

Episode 39 • Nov 29, 1993 • 20 m

Doomsday: Part I

Rita unveils her own evil Zord as she brings her entire palace from the Moon to Angel Grove.

Episode 40 • Nov 30, 1993 • 19 m

Doomsday: Part II

The Power Rangers fight to rescue the citizens of Angel Grove from Rita, Lokar and Cyclopsis.

Episode 41 • Feb 7, 1994 • 21 m

Rita's Seed of Evil

While the Rangers plant trees in the park, Squatt plants an evil seed that grows into the Octoplant.

Episode 42 • Feb 8, 1994 • 21 m

Rita casts a spell on a helpless pig turning him into the Pudgy Pig monster.

Episode 43 • Feb 9, 1994 • 21 m

Something Fishy

Billy must overcome his fear of fish to save his friends from Rita's fishy new monster.

Episode 44 • Feb 10, 1994 • 20 m

Lions & Blizzards

Zack finally gets a date with the girl of his dreams at the same time as Rita turns the Noble Lion Trophy into her latest monster.

Episode 45 • Feb 14, 1994 • 21 m

Crystal of Nightmares

The teens go to the mountains for the weekend to study for a test while Goldar readies the Crystal of Nightmares to infiltrate the Rangers' dreams.

Episode 46 • Feb 15, 1994 • 21 m

To Flea or Not to Flee

Jason tries to find the owner of a stray dog while the Rangers try to save Ernie's Gym and Juice Bar from going out of business.

Episode 47 • Feb 16, 1994 • 20 m

Reign of the Jellyfish

Rita determined to prevent future generations from remembering the Power Rangers tries to stop them from burying a time capsule.

Episode 48 • Feb 17, 1994 • 21 m

Plague of the Mantis

Trini struggles to learn praying mantis style kung fu to defeat Rita's latest monster.

Episode 49 • Feb 28, 1994 • 21 m

Return of an Old Friend: Part I

Rita demands the Power Rangers hand over their Power Coins if they ever want to see their parents again.

Episode 50 • Mar 1, 1994 • 21 m

Return of an Old Friend: Part II

With their Power Coins in the hands of the enemy the Rangers have no choice but to turn to Tommy once more for help.

Episode 51 • Apr 28, 1994 • 21 m

Billy gets his first B on a science test, giving Rita the idea to send her Grumble Bee to Earth.

Episode 52 • Apr 29, 1994 • 20 m

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Jason and Tommy teach a self-defense class to women while the Rangers fight a two-headed parrot monster.

Episode 53 • May 2, 1994 • 21 m

Zack juggles a day of entertaining children with orders to protest Angel Grove from the Peckster, a birdlike monster.

Episode 54 • May 3, 1994 • 21 m

Kimberly competes against Skull on a game show for a chance to win a brand-new car, while the Pumpkin Rapper seeks to ambush the Rangers.

Episode 55 • May 4, 1994 • 22 m

Jason and Zack coach a young boy to help him make Ernie's junior soccer team.

Episode 56 • May 5, 1994 • 22 m

On Fins and Needles

The Slippery Shark monster casts a spell over Jason and Tommy causing them to fight amongst each other and they must fight the spell by working as a team.

Episode 57 • May 6, 1994 • 22 m

Enter... The Lizzinator

Kimberly helps her younger cousin try out for the Angel Grove Junior High cheerleading team while Rita sends the mighty Lizzinator to Earth.

Episode 58 • May 9, 1994 • 22 m

Football Season

Tommy tries to learn how to play football in time to make the high school team and to stop Rita's Rhino Blaster.

Episode 59 • May 16, 1994 • 22 m

Mighty Morphin' Mutants

Tommy works on improving his memory while Rita creates a team of evil Mutant Rangers led by Commander Crayfish.

Episode 60 • May 23, 1994 • 22 m

Zack seeks to impress Angela by giving her a pair of pearl earrings, unaware they are Rita's cursed Pearls of Stillness.

Top Cast

David Yost

Billy Cranston, The Blue Ranger

Richard Steven Horvitz

Alpha 5

Ed Neil

Putty Patroller, Lord Zedd, Tenga

Paul Schrier

Bulk, Farkas 'Bulk' Bulkmeier, One-Eyed Bulk

Jason Narvy

Skull, Eugene 'Skull' Skullovitch, Doc Skullovitch

David J. Fielding

Zordon, Zoltar

Robert Axelrod

Finster, Lord Zedd, Lokar

Barbara Goodson

Rita Repulsa, Turbanshell

Amy Jo Johnson

Kimberly Hart, The Pink Ranger

Dave Mallow

Baboo, Grumble Bee, Pudgy Pig

Michael Sorich

Squatt, Crabby Cabbie, Double Face, Hate Master, Pumpkin Rapper, Fang, Grock, Magnet Brain, Polluticorn, Terror Toad, Vampirus

Kerrigan Mahan

Goldar

Robert L. Manahan

Zordon

Jason David Frank

Tommy Oliver, The White Ranger, The Green Ranger

Richard Genelle

Ernie, Ernest, Turbo

Danny Wayne

Putty Patroller, Rito Revolto, Tenga

Wendee Lee

Scorpina, Elf #2

Tadahiro Nakamura

Putty Patroller, Tenga

Bridgett Riley

Putty Patroller

Hien Nguyen

Putty Patroller

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