We’ve got your complete guide to references and easter eggs in the Power Rangers movie.
This article consists of nothing but spoilers for thePower Rangersmovie.
Its been a few years since thePower Rangersmovie came out and were still in love with it.
When the Rangers are testing out their new powers, they all scramble up the side of a mountain.
This lead to Trinis famous Billy youre too high!
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During the morphing scene Trini is wearing a shirt that reads 1973.
That was the year original Yellow Ranger actress Thuy Trang was born.
Both the original series and this new movie Kimberly is at least a former cheerleader.
The way the Rangers helmets open up to show their faces strongly resemble theNinja Stormhelmets.
Both visors open in nearly the same way.
All three only have one major ground fight sequence where the Rangers are morphed.
In the first movie it was the battle at the construction site.
(We arent counting the Ninja fight or the morph before the instantly jump into the Zords.)
InTurboit was the final fight in the volcano.
Here its after the team finally learns to work together.
This also makes them the only two Power Rangers actors to appear in all of thePower Rangersmovies.
In the series he told the Rangers,
First, never use your power for personal gain.
Second, never escalate a battle unless Rita forces you.
And finally, keep your identity a secret.
No one may know that you are a Power Ranger.
Alpha 5s trademark Ai-yai-yai!
catchphrase is retained in the movie, although his back-story is more vague.
In the series Alpha 5 was created by King Lexian from the planet Edenoi.
While the casting sheet lists their names as Amanda and Harper, they are a bully duo.
In MMPR Bulk and Skull tormented the Rangers and one of their first victims was actually Kimberly.
They were constantly in trouble during Ranger battles, sometimes coming face to face with the monsters.
The same thing happens to Amanda and Harper throughout the film, so the connection could have some merit.
Jasons parents were meatheads, Billys were dorks, etc.
Each of the Rangers had a mom and dad while here Zack and Billy have single parents.
In the film she was in some kind of suspended animation at the bottom of the ocean.
In both though, its the result of some unwitting humans that leads to her returning to wreck havoc.
If only us humans could just leave well enough alone!
In both the series and movie, Rita uses her staff to make her monsters grow to enormous size.
She also does this with her cheesy catchphrase, Make my monster grow!
When Rita is defeated and sent off to space, she drifts past the moon.
Much like in the series, Rita is in possession of the Green Ranger coin.
In the series its never revealed exactly where she got it but here it was always her coin.
This has now been touched on in the comics, although they arent in the movie continuity sadly.
In the film they were basically golems, made out of whatever material Rita could get her hands on.
Yeah, it kinda was.
In one episode Tommy no joke poked one to death.
Thankfully in the movie they arent quite that easy to defeat.
Director Dean Israelite said this wasnt intentional but that, subconsciously it probably was.
As that Zord sequence happens, thePower Rangers: The Movietheme blares.
Recorded by The Power Rangers Orchestra, this song was adapted from the original theme song by Ron Wasserman.
The movie continues the series theme of working together being the ultimate lesson for everyPower Rangersteam to learn.
Yeah its simple, but itsPower Rangers.
The Zeo Crystal is the source of power Rita desperately wants (even more than Krispy Kreme!).
In the film its stated that the there are Zeo Crystals in every planet.
Zordon sent the sub cystals through holes in time to various locations throughout Earths history.
The inclusion of the Zeo Crystal here strongly hints at future installments in the movie franchise.
Could the movie Rangers use the power of earths Zeo Crystal to upgrade their arsenal?
With that power source available will they skip the Thunder and Ninja powers from seasons two and three respectively?
They arent the first in the franchises history.
Elizabeth Banks and Bill Hader simply learned it phonetically.
In the series it was assumed Eltarians simply spoke English.
Numerous references are made to the morphin grid throughout the film.
In the series the grid is a nebulous thing that pretty much changed whenever the writers needed it to.
In aDino ThunderDVD extra it was a big rock.
InOperation Overdriveit was a tunnel.
Yeah, that thing makes no sense.
Zordon mentions that the Power Rangers were a legion of warriors.
This is also true in the series, what with their being hundreds of Power Rangers.
That line opens up the possibilities for other Ranger teams to exist in this new movie universe.
No word on if their school song is still Here we fly at Angel Grove High.
These street names are the city names inLightspeed RescueandDino Thunderrespectively.
When Billy first hears about the powers, he wonders if theyll be like Iron Man or Spider-Man?
This is a huge reach, but did you know Marvel andPower Rangershave a history?
Looks like rock formations andPower Rangersgo hand in hand.
In another you’re able to see Finister and Squatt figures.
Well choose not to read too far into those.
