Editing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (section)

==Production==
=== Conception ===
While on a business trip to Japan, [[Haim Saban]] came across a broadcast of ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]'' on [[TV Asahi]], later learning of a popular [[French language|French-language]] dub aired on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bernard-Minet-Bioman/release/1208693|title=Bernard Minet - Bioman|website=Discogs|year=1988 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> Based on the franchise's popularity both in and outside of its native country, Saban realized there was potential for an American adaptation. He and his business partner [[Shuki Levy]] quickly produced a [[television pilot|pilot]] entitled ''Bio-Man'' in August 1986,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-12/business/fi-18776_1_haim-saban|title=Kidd Stuff : A Crop of New Shows Sprouts From Saban Firm's TV Success|last=BATES|first=JAMES|date=1986-08-12|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> which featured an early appearance by actor and martial artist [[Mark Dacascos]] in a leading role.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/power-rangers/263195/power-rangers-co-creator-reflects-on-lost-pilot-bio-man|title=Power Rangers Co-Creator Reflects on Lost Pilot Bio-Man|work=Den of Geek|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> According to Levy, they "shopped it around for at least five years, but nobody wanted it."<ref name="oralhistory"/> Saban only found success in 1992, when he found a network executive familiar with Super Sentai, [[Fox Kids]]' [[Margaret Loesch]], that during her time with [[Marvel Productions]] saw partner [[Stan Lee]] trying to sell the ''[[Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan|Sun Vulcan]]'' series to various television stations such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and HBO. Loesch's boss at [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] did not have much faith in the project, only financing a pilot that if unsuccessful, could even lead to Loesch's dismissal. Levy and Saban then began working on the pilot using footage from the latest Sentai season, ''[[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]'',<ref name=toys>{{Cite episode|title=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|series=[[The Toys That Made Us]]|season=3|number         =2| network =Netflix|date=November 15, 2019}}</ref> entitling the pitch ''Galaxy Rangers''. A test screening with an audience of children was successful,<ref name=toys/> and eventually, the pilot was picked up by Fox Kids for a 40-episode order, after which point it would be determined by the network whether or not to renew the series for additional episodes.<ref name="oralhistory">{{#invoke:cite|web|last1=Watson|first1=Elijah|title=The Oral History of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/08/mighty-morphin-power-rangers-interviews-behind-the-scenes/|website=Complex|access-date=19 May 2016}}</ref>

=== Casting ===
Due to the action-oriented nature of the show, many of the lead actors cast had background in [[martial arts]], [[dance]], or other physically intensive activities. [[Amy Jo Johnson]] (Kimberly) and [[David Yost]] (Billy) were former competitive [[Gymnastics|gymnasts]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://zyu2ranger.blogspot.com/2015/03/july-9-1994-tv-guide-go-go-power-rangers.html|title=July 9, 1994 TV Guide - "Go, Go, Power Rangers!"|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=No Pink Spandex|title=Interview with David Yost Part 3|date=2010-08-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmlcuY8bOUk|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.listal.com/david-yost|title=David Yost|website=www.listal.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> [[Austin St. John]] (Jason) held a second-degree black belt in [[Taekwondo]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/278768219.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec%2024,%201994&author=By%20Candida%20Rivera,%20Stephanie%20Matamoros%20and%20Mary-Ellen&pub=Newsday%20(Combined%20editions)&edition=&startpage=&desc=KIDSDAY%20TALKING%20WITH%20Austin%20St.%20John|title=Newsday - The Long Island and New York City News Source|website=pqasb.pqarchiver.com|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-date=2017-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809170057/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/doc/278768219.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec%2024,%201994&author=By%20Candida%20Rivera,%20Stephanie%20Matamoros%20and%20Mary-Ellen&pub=Newsday%20(Combined%20editions)&edition=&startpage=&desc=KIDSDAY%20TALKING%20WITH%20Austin%20St.%20John|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a first-degree black belt in [[Judo]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LWv5AAAAQBAJ&q=red+power+ranger+jason&pg=PT98|title=A Life Measured by the Minute|last=Henry|first=Gary D.|date=2009-11-12|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781450002172|language=en}}</ref> [[Walter Emanuel Jones]] (Zack) was a dancer and trained in Taekwondo, and [[Thuy Trang]] (Trini) was a [[kung fu]] practitioner.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.thuytrangtribute.com/thuy-trang-biography.html|title=Thuy Trang Tribute - Biography - Vietnamese-American actress best known as Trini Kwan in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|last=www.chiofsteel.com|website=www.thuytrangtribute.com|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> Actor [[Jason Narvy]] (Skull) originally auditioned for the role of Billy.<ref>{{Citation|last=rap779|title=Power Morphicon 2010: Bulk and Skull Panel Part 2|date=2010-09-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpA81ZH8N_8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/kpA81ZH8N_8| archive-date=2021-10-30|access-date=2018-01-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
The series was shot on location in [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] and [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://moviemaps.org/movies/1pi|title=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers filming locations — Movie Maps|website=moviemaps.org|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> Recurring locations included [[Grant High School (Los Angeles)|Grant High School]], [[Placerita Canyon State Park]], [[Puddingstone Reservoir]], and [[Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park]]. The House of the Book at [[Brandeis-Bardin Institute]] was used as the exterior location for the Command Center.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1n5k56/the_power_rangers_command_center_is_actually_a/?st=jctl55v0&sh=1797cb5a|title=The Power Rangers command center is actually a building on a California Universities campus. • r/pics|website=reddit|date=26 September 2013 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> Due to its unusual, futuristic architecture; the building had previously been used in the films ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' and [[The Lawnmower Man (film)|''The Lawnmower Man'']].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/house-book-american-jewish-university|title=House of the Book|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>

As part of the initial licensing agreement between Saban and [[Toei Company]], the producers of the ''[[Super Sentai]]'', additional footage was filmed in the [[Greater Tokyo Area]] in Japan, and [[insert shot]]s of the villain characters (particularly those played by [[Machiko Soga]], [[Ami Kawai]], and Hideaki Kusaka)<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.secinfo.com/dSq2u.759.15.htm#9thPage|title=SEC Info - Abc Family Worldwide Inc - IPO: 'S-1/A' on 1/26/98 - EX-10.35|website=www.secinfo.com|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> were filmed in order to allow more in-depth, extensive scenes of the villains who would be unable to interact with the main cast due to the nature of the show.<ref name="Green">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.grnrngr.com/zyu1.5/|title=Zyu1.5 Footage Guide|last=Green|first=John “GrnRngr”|website=www.grnrngr.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> The additional footage included close-ups of the actor speaking English-language lines [[Phonetics|phonetically]] in order to make the necessary [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dialogue looping]] more seamless.<ref name="Green" />

Episodes 39 & 40 (The two part episode ''Doomsday'') were originally intended as the season (and potentially series) finale.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://sirstack.livejournal.com/5629.html|title=MMPR 40 "Doomsday (part 2)" Script (Scans)|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> According to Paul Schrier, the producers brought [[Machiko Soga]] in to film new footage, but she could not mouth the dialogue.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201070944/http://mutantchat.powerrangermail.net/Paulie.htm|url=http://mutantchat.powerrangermail.net/Paulie.htm|archive-date=2020-02-01|title=Paul Schrier on Mutant Chat|accessdate=2024-04-25}}</ref> Due to the unprecedented success of the show and its merchandising, Fox Kids ordered an additional 20 episodes. Since most of the available stock footage from ''Zyuranger'' had been depleted for use in the first 40 episodes of Season 1, Saban commissioned Toei to produce 25 new monster costumes and new battle footage using the existing Zyuranger suits. This new footage has been referred to as "Zyu2" by ''Power Rangers'' fans. Saban used 15 of the new monster costumes and their footage for the rest of Season 1 (episodes 41–60), then the remaining ten for the first 13 episodes of Season 2.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.grnrngr.com/zyu2/essay |title=Zyu2 |publisher=GrnRngr.com |date=2006-10-24 |access-date=2013-11-11}}</ref> This became problematic, however, when the Thunderzords were introduced, as they were from ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]'', which resulted in Saban splicing together footage from both "Zyu2" and ''Dairanger'' for the Megazord battles in these early Season 2 episodes.

Following production of Season 2's first 20 episodes, [[Austin St. John]], [[Thuy Trang]] and [[Walter Emanuel Jones]] left the show over contract disputes.<ref name="huffinterview">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/04/power-rangers-interview_n_6004472.html|title=11 Behind The Scenes Stories You've Never Heard Before From The Original Power Rangers - November 4, 2014|date=2014-11-04|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-01-26}}</ref> To disguise this incident, a combination of body doubles, voice doubles and stock footage were used to continue featuring the characters Jason, Trini and Zack for eight episodes. The voice doubles were also used for the Ranger costume scenes in the last several episodes that the three actors filmed. The subplot of Jason, Trini and Zack leaving Angel Grove for the World Peace Conference was made to bridge the transition to their replacements.

During the later portion of Season 2 (following Rocky, Adam and Aisha's introduction to the series), the production moved to [[Sydney]], Australia for roughly four months to shoot ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'', which was released the following summer before the start of Season 3.