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The writers of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers spent their time through the first season writing in recurring story elements and gags that would pay off in later episodes.   The romance between Tommy and Kimberly was established when Tommy was introduced, and the two would be seen together all the time throughout his first tenure with the show.   Jason is always working on becoming a better martial artist and leader for their group.   Bulk and Skull are always being hit in the face with food, falling in or on something, or trying to upstage the main characters. In the most recent episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the writers brought back one of the most entertaining recurring gags of the entire first season.   Zack once again tried to score a date with Angela.   He has attempted this various times throughout the season.   Once he even attempted to woo her to show Tommy how to get Kimberly.   Needless to say, it didn’t work that time. ...

An interesting thing to look at in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is how they translate the Japanese footage of the Sentai series for American audiences.   The story is surely not the same, but they need to find a story for the footage to work in.   Whether that turns out to be a character story or a simple action story, the footage needs to fit properly.   It is especially important in the character stories though, as the Japanese footage tends to have focus on one of the Power Rangers over the rest. The most interesting character episodes at this point in the series are episodes focused on Billy or Trini.   Neither of them have been built up to any real extent yet.   Most of the series focus is on Jason and Tommy, with some on Zack and Kimberly.   Trini and Billy are mostly left in the dark in terms of getting their characters any realization.   It’s nice to see either character get the spotlight because it helps to showcase who they are. ...

As I move forward in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series, there is less and less Japanese footage from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger that can be used.   With the Sentai series being only fifty episodes long while the American series’ first season is sisxty episodes, there are ten episodes to account for.   This means that some footage or monsters may get used multiple times throughout the season.   It also means that American footage will become more fundamental in the show moving further into the series. The forty-second episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers helps to show this need for repetition as it brings back a monster that many people remember from their youth.   Some of the monsters that are incorporated into the series stick with you.   Pudgy Pig is one of them and his triumphant return was one of the most entertaining monster appearances of the show up to this point in its run.   The way to show that would be to describe the episode ...