Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1993) - 101 mistakes in entire show

Continuity: When the Villains send their cronies (for example, Putties, Tengu Warriors, Cogs, Piranhatrons, etc.), their numbers constantly change from when they arrive, to when they leave.

Revealing: In SPD Episode "Sam Part 1" (13-7), when the Ranger first yells "SPD emergency," a piece of Jack's Morpher breaks off.

Continuity: When the Rangers morph, the clothes they are wearing don't match what they have been wearing that episode - this also applies to hair.

Continuity: In the 12 series (Power Rangers Dino Thunder), in the episode "White Thunder Part 3", The Red Ranger throws his blaster to the ground whilst fighting the White Ranger. In the wide shot, the blaster disappears.

Other: Episode 13-12: "Shadow (2)." When Cruger is challenged to defeat 100 robots, a red countdown meter appears on the screen, ticking down each time Cruger dispatches an opponent. When the counter is at 21, Cruger slices his sword at a robot, which then goes down. But the counter stays at 21 and only goes to 22 when he slices at the next robot. Every robot in the sequence goes down after a single hit from Cruger's sword.

Revealing: The Putties, which Zedd and Rita use as cannon fodder for the Rangers, are made out of clay. When they are hit, chalk appears, to signal that they are being "worn down". When played in slow motion, we see that the chalk is on the Ranger's feet, before they hit the Putties. This is particularly true in closeups.

Factual error: This happens until the end of series 3. Lord Zedd and Rita send down monsters to Angel Grove, in California. Yet when they cast their projectiles down to Earth (for example, with Zedd, a lightning bolt) they are seldom ever aimed even in the American continent.

Visible crew/equipment: This happens mostly in the first 4 series - crew, lights, and equipment can be seen reflected in the Rangers helmets and visors.

Revealing: Until the end of the 5th series, we can see part of the Zord costumes move about as the character in them walks about - sometimes they even look like they are going to fall off. This is particularly true in the 2nd series.

Other: In one episode of Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Ethan is seen playing a game on a computer, Connor comes in and Ethan looks away from the computer to talk to him. The game Ethan was playing is still going, but Ethan has stopped playing, obviously a demo.

Plot hole: Quite often the Rangers were contacted at school and would teleport to the command center, danger zone, etc. It is safe to say that the faculty would notice star pupils missing classes so often, yet it was never questioned or addressed.

Revealing: When one of Rita's monsters tears a building apart, the buildings are completely hollow, and nothing more than 6 pieces of Styrofoam stuck together to look like a building.

Deliberate "mistake": When we see the Dragonzord, Tommy is sometimes standing on top of it. However, it is completely obvious that "Tommy" is nothing more than a small plastic figure.

Audio problem: Rita is dubbed over extremely poorly - her words don't match her mouth.

Plot hole: Up until about Green With Evil, we can see the Rangers fighting Super Putties, which didn't come into the Series until after Green With Evil.

Continuity: When the Megazord is in Tank mode, the Mastidon's head section is attached to the center of the Zord. But when the Zord begins to stand up and form the Megazord, the Mastidon head section is gone.

Deliberate "mistake": In fight scenes, the Yellow Ranger's stature matches that of a male (and not Trini). This is because in the Japanese version of the show, the Yellow Ranger was played by a man.

Continuity: The clips on the side of the Rangers helmets constantly disappear and reappear.

Continuity: When the Dinozords are called, they emerge from their hiding places, and assemble in a line, before formed Megazord Tank mode. During this time, it is a completely rocky background. After the Sabre-toothed tiger assembles, we cut to the Triceratops - which is now assembling in a completely desert-like environment. It then switches back to the rocky environment.

Continuity: When in Tank mode and Megazord mode, the order in which the Rangers sit is: Billy, Trini, Jason, Kim, Zach. When switching between Tank mode and Megazord mode, Trini and Kim are switched - they are then back to their original seats once the Megazord has been formed.

Continuity: When Pudgy Pig is standing outside of the food packaging plant, a human hand can be seen sticking out of Pudgy Pigs left wrist.

Continuity: Up until Green No More in Series 2 (where the Green Ranger powers are destroyed), the Green Rangers overshield constantly changes between solid-looking metal to flimsy-looking cotton.

Other: In the scene where Tommy is proving himself to Goldar on the beach against the putties, Tommy stares down the last remaining putty and makes a charge towards him. In the wide shot of Tommy charging towards the putty, one of the "dead" putties on the ground lifts his head off the ground slightly, almost as if he is watching the action unfold.

Plot hole: How were the Rangers (minus Jason) able to form the Megazord if Jason wasn't there to summon the Tyrannosaurus?

Continuity: Rita mocks the Rangers from the cliff. Between shots, Rita's scepter changes, with the circular emblem changing from thin and circular; to thick and oval.

Revealing: When Goldar flips Jason into the wall, Jason's foot moves the wall back almost completely out of shot.

Audio problem: The Megazord throws the Dragonzord into a nearby mountain. As the Dragonzord tries to get back onto its feet, Jason, from the cockpit of the Megazord, tells Tommy to "give it up". An actor who then sounds absolutely nothing like Tommy replies "No way."

Continuity: When Tommy gives Jason his Power Coin, Jason receives the Overshield and Dragondagger. The positions of Jason's arms change between frames when he receives them.

Revealing: Certain monsters in Zord battles were designed for the first series. This is so Saban could use Japanese footage of ground fights, to save on shooting their own (As the costumes from series 1 carried over into series 2). Sometimes, you can see the Megazord, and Dragonzord, getting attacked (you may need to pause it). It should be the Thunderzord, or Tigerzord.

Continuity: Billy takes Kim's mirror, and it has an blue backing. After Billy morphs, the mirror now has white markings on the backing.

Continuity: During the Green Candle, in series 1, we are told that the only reason Tommy's Green Ranger powers could be drained is because he touched a special wax. However, Kim, Billy, Zack, and Trini did not touch the special wax, therefore the candles shouldn't have stolen their powers. When they were captured, they were transported straight to a prison cell as Goldar lit the candles, therefore the Rangers couldn't have touched the candles when captured.

Continuity: When Bulk and Skull are waiting out the appearance of the Rangers, Bulk's kneepads are just below his knees. When he goes to grab Skull (after the explosion), they are around his ankles. When they arrive at the explosion scene, they are on his knees.

Continuity: This can only be seen for a few frames, so slow motion may be needed. Tommy reveals himself as the White Ranger by unclipping his helmet; however, his ponytail is already visible. Tommy's hair should have been inside his suit/helmet if he had just unclipped it. From behind shots, it is tucked in.

Continuity: The Tigerzord has various orbs behind the White Ranger, that give the Tigerzord various abilities. The only one we ever see used is the one for a Fireball. For the rest of the series, this orb disappears and reappears, whether the Fireball has been used or not.

Revealing: The giant tin opener Bulk and Skull use to try and open Rita's dumpster is not metal at all - you can see the handle flopping over. It is more similar to Styrofoam.

Continuity: When Tommy is ambushed by the putties, he kicks one which explodes despite the fact that the Z on the puttie's chest never glowed white like they always have in previous episodes.

Deliberate "mistake": A few deliberate mistakes here. It was around this time that 3 of the actors on the show (Austin St. John, Walter Jones, and Thuy Trang; who played Jason, Zack, and Trini) walked out over pay issues. So, to work around this until replacement rangers could be found, Saban used old footage of the 3 that walked out. The mistakes are as follows: 1) Tommy is shown to be wearing green. The Rangers wore clothes that matched the colour of their powers - Tommy was now the White Ranger (and should be wearing White clothing), as the Green Ranger powers had been destroyed. 2) Zack's hair changed from dreads, to his flat cut. This had an instant effect on Kimberley and Tommy's hair (again, due to the old footage), which had gotten noticeably longer as the series progressed. 3) Jason, Zack, and Trini's voices were different when they were morphed - obviously, they were voice sound-a-likes.

Continuity: Beam-Caster's colour changes 3 times during the episode, It starts as and a orange body with a blue cape, to a black body and black cape. then later back to orange body and blue cape, and finally back to all black clothing again.

Plot hole: Zordon introduces their new carrier Zord, Tor. However, Tor had been used during "The Power Transfer". Yet the Rangers still acted like it was the first time Tor was ever used.

Factual error: Billy, Kim, Rocky, Aisha, and Adam return to Angel Grove in the 1700's...and there are British Redcoats there. On the West coast, in California. England never deployed troops to California, especially considering it was part of the empire of Spain at that time.

Plot hole: In the UK, the "Friend In Need" episodes were aired after "Ninja Quest". In "Ninja Quest", the Rangers got new Zords and Powers, and they had their old ones again in "Friend In Need" - despite them being shown to of been destroyed in "Ninja Quest".

Plot hole: Somehow Bulk and Skull knows that the Rangers use the phrase "It's Morphin' time" and also reach behind their belts. They're not supposed to know this, unless they knew the rangers identities. (which of course they don't despite their "efforts").

Continuity: Bulk has stepped on Skull's hand. We see a close-up of Bulk's foot on Skull's hand. When we cut to a wide shot of Bulk and Skull, Bulk's foot is no longer on Skull's hand, yet Skull is still squirming like his hand is trapped - as evident by Skull pulling his hand to get it free, and holding it when Bulk walks away.

Revealing: The "giant ice cream" that the Rangers get for Tommy is so obviously not ice cream - it is more similar to rubber.

Plot hole: In this Episode Globbers energy is drained when Alpha stops the Solar Eclipse, and his Energy drains in the sunlight and severed the physical link between him and Ninjor. Despite the fact in the previous episode Globber had no trouble fighting in the sunlight, and the link stayed intact in the sunlight.

Plot hole: The whole "reverse time" thing is messed up. Master Vile claims that everyone has been changed back to children. So where would the adults we see for the remainder of the series come from? The Rangers are all about 20, and they're turned back into about 10 year lords. Why is Lt. Stone turned back approximately 30 years, into a 10 year old? It can't be that the reversal was different for each person, as Master Vile claims everyone is a child again. Very confusing.

Plot hole: When time in Angel Grove is reversed, young Bulk and Skull recognise Kimberley, Billy, and Tommy; but not Rocky, Adam, and Aisha, as they did not live in Angel Grove when they were young - this is even picked up by Aisha. However, Tommy did not live in Angel Grove when he was younger. In Series 1 (Green with Evil) he was described as "the new kid from out of town", and no-one know who he was (which meant he couldn't of lived in Angel Grove, moved away, and moved back). Therefore, Bulk & Skull shouldn't of recognised Tommy.

Plot hole: Assuming that in Series 2, Zordon gave permission for (before they were Rangers) Rocky, Aisha, and Adam to enter, Goldar and Rito shouldn't of been able to go into the Command Centre. Thoughout the series, it has been stressed that no-one enters the Command Centre without a Power Coin - this was even one of the subplots of Green with Evil, in Series 1.

Other: When assembling the Zeo Megazord, Zeo Zord V is the last to join, forming the head and back of the Zeo Megazord. When it has connected, we see all 5 Rangers slide down simultaneously into the head of the Zeo Megazord. Where it is piloted from and where did they slide down? The head has only just joined, and the other 4 Zeo Zord forms the rest of the body - not enough time for them ALL to slide up, and then back down again.

Revealing: When morphing, a "Net" appears over the Rangers, which their Zeo powers then morph them over. Tommy and Tanya's nets don't match their bodies - for example, their shoulders aren't in the net, yet they disappear when their Ranger costume appears.

Continuity: When the Gold Ranger is fighting the Cogs, we see shots of it from all angles and distances, and the Zeo Rangers are nowhere to be seen. Then, they just magically appear back in frame.

Continuity: The six Rangers are standing together as Wolfbane is enlarged by Orbis. Kat and Tanya change places when switching from the wide shot, to a closeup of the Rangers.

Continuity: When the Gold Ranger debuts, the weather constantly changes between frames, going from cloudy to sunny, and vice versa.

Continuity: When the Gold Ranger calls upon his Golden Power Staff - first, his hand is at the top of the handle, right below the emblem. In the next shot, his hand is at the bottom of the handle, away from the emblem - there isn't enough time for his hand to drop.

Continuity: At the start of the episode, Adam rolls behind a metal structure, knocking into some hanging chained levels, which caused them to sway quite violently. In the next shot, which is behind Adam, and levers are now stationary - it would take much longer than a fraction of a second for a lever to stop swinging.

Factual error: The climax of the episode features the Aquitain and Zeo Rangers fighting together, in Angel Grove. However, they are actually fighting outside the Tokyo Dome, in Japan. Further proof: http://www.rangergallery.com/albums/userpics/10012/Zeo%2520Rangers%2520and%2520Alien%2520Rangers.jpg.

Continuity: The Red and Gold Ranger strike Mondo from behind and in front of Mondo. In the next shot, as Mondo falls to the ground, they're right next to each other.

Continuity: The Power Chamber drastically changes between series 4 and 5 (for example, the old Rangers costumes and weapons aren't shown), yet no explanation is given.

Continuity: Only a minor mistake - when Japanese footage is used, the Rangers, Elgar, Rygog, and Porthole look slightly different - for example, Elgar & co. look more menacing and detailed (compared to their American counterparts), whereas the Rangers costumes are made of a different material.

Plot hole: Divatox and co. live in a submarine in Angel Grove lake. In "Hogday Afternoon", Angel Grove lake was drained to about 30ft at the deepest. The lake would have to be several hundred feet deep for a large submarine to hide there.

Other: Monkey Skull turns on the CD player. As we see him put down the CD lid, look closely - there is no CD in there.

Plot hole: Everything in the Youth Center is in hieroglyphics because of the magic staff. Look carefully at the arcade machines in the background - the writing is still in English.

Revealing: The footage of Monkey Bulk doing flips is just one backflip forwarded and reversed several times - as evident by the movements of the people behind them.

Continuity: When Carlos is passed the ball during the football game, he has 2 defenders either side of him. In the next shot, Carlos hasn't moved, yet he now has no-one around him.

Continuity: The sign outside the Youth Centre changes in this episode, yet is back to normal in the next episode.

Deliberate "mistake": Monkey Bulk & Skull are driving Lt. Stone's car. From inside shots of the car, Monkey Bulk's head doesn't go above the headrest. From outside shots, we can see the guy who was driving the car - his head is way above the headrest, and he's wearing a frizzy fur costume (Monkey Bulk & Skull's fur is very fine).

Plot hole: In the first episode of series 4, we are told that the Power Chamber was directly below the Command Centre. In Hogday Afternoon, part 2, at the end of series 3, the Command Centre was completely destroyed - so how could the remains of the Command Centre be next door to the Power Chamber?

Continuity: One at a time, the Rangers jump down a tunnel into the Phantom Ranger's service tunnels. After TJ has jumped down, watch Carlos - his position changes between frames, and the camera is on him the whole time. First he is facing the hole, next he has his back turned - yet we do not see the movement.

Continuity: Bulk, Skull, Ashley, and Cassie are playing tennis, and they leave their rackets and balls behind them, at the back of the tennis court. When the Piranatrons attack, the rackets and balls are gone.

Continuity: The Wicked Wisher throws giant exploding coins onto the field TJ is on, as TJ runs towards the WW. The giant coins remain on the field after they explode, yet when TJ reaches the top of the field, there is no sign of the coins, or their remains.

Continuity: The Rangers try to use the Rescue Megazord's Artillery Power to defeat Divatox's monster. After it fails, the monster blasts energy at the Rescue Megazord - at which point its shoulder-mounted Artillery cannons disappear. They reappear again in the next shot.

Continuity: The space shuttle at Nasada - first it is below ground (as shown by the little amounts of light), then it is in the open (we see the Rangers get inside the shuttle, and it is a sunny day), and then we see the shuttle be raised up from the underground.

Revealing: We can see Ecliptor's zipper from behind - slightly revealing on Saban's part, considering Ecliptor is supposed to be an evil monster henchman of Astromena's.

Plot hole: For the past 5 series, Bulk and Skull have been in every episode. They've seen villains from other galaxies (Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, The Machine Empire, and Divatox) who have all sent monsters to Angel Grove and threatened Bulk and Skull on countless occasions. They've even been turned into monkeys and made invisible by space creatures. Why do they feel the need to spend Series 6 seeing if alien life exists? Surely 5 series worth of aliens is enough proof?

Continuity: In "Chase Into Space part 2", the Rangers and Alpha were covered in dirt, and their clothes were ripped and torn. While their clothes are still slightly ripped and torn, they are now completely clean of any dirt.

Plot hole: Andross leaves the Shuttle on the remote planet, then later returns. Not long after the Astro Megaship lands, it is attacked - the Rangers quickly retreat and take off. The Rangers could not have formed the Astro Megazord later on in the episode, as they left the Space Shuttle on the remote planet. (The Shuttle serves as the head of the Astro Megazord).

Factual error: Ashley tells Andross she will teach him how to play pool, yet they are playing snooker. They are even using snooker balls.

Continuity: Bulk throws a watermelon in the air. When it lands on his head, its texture changes from darker to lighter, and the "watermelon lines" aren't as visible - this couldn't have been caused by the watermelon splitting, as half of it stayed on Bulk's head.

Continuity: The entire episode, the Astro Megaship is shown orbiting the Earth, yet a few minutes after the Craterites appear, they are parachuting out of the Astro Megaships. Not only were they not shown to have grabbed parachutes when jumping out, but the Megaship wasn't even in the Earth's atmosphere.

Continuity: The Wasp Monster literally scares Bulk, Skull, and the Professor out of their pants when they are found by the Wasp Monster. After they have run away from the WM, their pants are nowhere to be seen.

Continuity: Piranatrons have always been small and weak - their appearance hadn't changed for 2 series and a film. Yet when Quadtrons and Piranatrons are fighting the Phantom Ranger, the Piranatrons are noticeably taller and larger than normal, when standing behind Divatox. Divatox has ALWAYS been bigger and taller than Piranatrons.

Audio problem: Grandma's words don't match her mouth, especially when asking Ashley and Carlos what soda they want.

Continuity: The police car the Grandmother steals changes - its colours, position of sirens, license plate, and the inclusion of Japanese writing on the side change back and forth as the episode goes on.

Continuity: Andross shoots down a Barillian bug from behind a tree, and his Galaxy Glider is behind him. When he runs into the field to meet TJ, his Galaxy Glider is now in the open field, with there being no evidence of it moving, or being moved.

Continuity: The Astro Delta Megazord is knocked to the ground, and slides past the buildings. In one shot, the Delta Armouring disappears - it reappears again in the next shot.

Deliberate "mistake": When the Piranatrons are hanging off Stormblaster (a jeep), a driver wearing all black can be seen driving it. A Stormblaster is supposed to be able to control itself.

Continuity: When the Astro Megaship enters the Jungle Planet's atmosphere, there is a strong thunderstorm going on. However, when they land, seconds later, there is a clear blue sky, and no sign of a thunderstorm.

Factual error: Bulk, Skull, and the Professor try to get in a Apollo Saturn V rocket to escape Earth. They head up the tower, and are seen getting into the ship via the thin pillar at the top - this pillar was used in case there was an emergency early on in the launch. Astronauts got into the ship in the Command Module, which was slightly lower down.

Continuity: The Professor walks in front of the Rangers, threatening the Monster. In the very next shot, he is behind the Rangers again.

Continuity: Throughout the series, the Rangers' morphing has been instantaneous. Anyone who has ever been in a photobooth will know that they take a good minute or so to get through all 4 photos (which is what Sophie picks up) - it has never taken Carlos, or any Ranger, that long to morph.

Continuity: Astronema throws Andross into some mesh panelling, and the corner pops out of the frame. In the next shot, it is back in the frame.

Continuity: At the Start of the Lost Galaxy season the planet Mirinoi seems to be located within the multi-coloured lost galaxy, and the ENTIRE planet is seen turning into stone. In the season finale the planet now appears to be in the black space of our universe, and only small pockets of the planet appear to be encased in stone. The planet also suddenly has a moon which it didn't before.

Continuity: The 4 Space Rangers (Carlos, TJ, Cassie, Ashley) morph on the overhanging gangway, then jump off to the ground below. We see them hit the ground, and in the very next shot, they're right next to the Galaxy Rangers, and Andross, who are on the other side of the courtyard. There wasn't enough time for them to move that distance.

Plot hole: Leo's Jet Jammer was destroyed in "The Journey's end part 2" when it crashed on Mirinoi's moon, and the other 4 Jet Jammers were destroyed in "The Journey's End Part 3" as they were parked on the Terra-venture city dome when it blew up.

Continuity: Serpentera is different from the Serpentera shown in Series 2, 3, and 4.

Other: When the Rangers confront the Machine Empire generals, Jason is seen taking off his jacket. In the next shot of him, the jacket has completely disappeared.

Revealing: When TJ "Shift's into Turbo" He misses the morpher with his key. The key goes behind his arm.

Other: Tommy takes his jacket off to use as a weapon when fending off the Cogs. After a few shots from different angles, the jacket has completely disappeared.

Plot hole: Tommy states that he and the other Zeo Rangers destroyed the Machine Empire's leaders and ultimately destroyed the Machine Empire except for the Generals who escaped. This is not true - Lord Zedd & Rita destroyed the Machine Empire leaders at the end of series 4, and the Space Rangers destroyed them again in Countdown to Destruction in series 6. The Zeo Rangers never defeated the Machine Empire.

Continuity: When all ten Red Rangers assemble in a line before morphing, their positions change. For example, the Aquitain Ranger changes between the left and right of the end of the line side between shots.

Continuity: When Andros is morphing to become the Red Space Ranger, he opens his morpher twice.