The 33 greatest Power Rangers episodes

With just three words, “It’s Morphin’ Time,” the long-running Power Rangers series earned its place in pop culture forever. With over 30 years of TV, there’s surely a few that are worthy of stand-alone recognition.

Originally produced by music mogul Haim Saban, the entire history of Power Rangers began when Saban took a business trip to Japan and had his mind blown by the Japanese television series Super Sentai, created by Shotaro Ishinomori. In watching a team of colorful superheroes fight evil as one, Saban saw nothing but green and spent several years trying to sell a repackaged version of Super Sentai to an international audience. 

(Fun fact: Before Saban, none other than Marvel’s Stan Lee saw similar fortunes. In the late 1970s, Stan Lee fostered a partnership between Marvel and Toei to share each other’s works. While Toei produced its own live-action version of Spider-Man, Marvel attempted to remake the Toei-produced series Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan to Hollywood. Marvel’s attempts failed, and eventually its partnership with Toei withered away.)

Eventually Saban succeeded in his efforts, and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers made it to airwaves on Fox Kids on August 28, 1993. It quickly became one of the biggest cultural phenomenons - and must-have toys - of the 1990s. Beginning with Power Rangers Zeo in 1996, the series refreshes itself on an annual basis, adopting new themed costumes, weapons, mecha, and often new characters.

With the Power Rangers franchise now under ownership by Hasbro and its future looking as promising as ever, we rank the greatest episodes in all of Power Rangers history. Strap on your morphers, because baby, it’s morphin’ time.