Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers (often abbreviated as MMAR and often simply called Alien Rangers) is a Power Rangers mini-series inside the third season of the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that lasted for 10 episodes. As with the 3rd season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, this miniseries used footage and monsters from the eighteenth Super Sentai series, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger; however, the Rangers' costumes from Kakuranger were now used as well. As of today, during the re airings on Toon Disney, only the last two episodes are shown.
Synopsis
The Power Rangers are turned into children by Master Vile, and Zordon recruits five alien Power Rangers from the planet Aquitar, humanoids that feed on water and have awkward, watery voices, to help protect the Earth from Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. Meanwhile, the kids seek to find the pieces of the Zeo Crystal to return them to their full adult form.
Eventually, the Rangers found their Zeo sub-crystals and recruited a new friend, Tanya Sloan from Africa, as Aisha Campbell, the previous Yellow Ranger, wished to remain in Africa when she found her Zeo sub-crystal. Once the Zeo Crystal was recombined, the Rangers returned to their grown form, and the Aquitian Rangers returned to their home planet of Aquitar.
Goldar and Rito Revolto stole the Zeo Crystal and detonated a bomb in the Command Center, ending the miniseries on a cliffhanger that led into the following series: Power Rangers: Zeo.
The Aquitian Rangers are later seen and referenced in further Power Rangers series, including the first past/present Ranger team up during Power Rangers: Zeo. In particular, Billy Cranston goes and visits them on their home planet, therefore explaining his absence from the series from Power Rangers: Turbo onwards.
Some of the Alien Rangers are also seen in the climatic montage fight between the forces of good and evil at the finale of Power Rangers In Space and the Red Aquitian Ranger (Aurico) is seen in the Power Rangers Wild Force episode Forever Red, which saw every previous Red Ranger united to stop the remnants of the Machine Empire in its latest scheme.
This is also marks the re-usage of the intro version of the MMPR theme song for Megazord battles, the practice of which stopped in Season 2 when the original Rangers received the Thunderzords and the original version of the song was used from that point on.
Characters
Heroes
Delphine: The White Aquitian/Alien Ranger, the leader of the Alien Rangers. She was portrayed by Rajia Baroudi. She is the leader of the team, and always looking out for her soldiers.Aurico: The Red Aquitian/Alien Ranger. He was portrayed by David Bacon. As field commander, Aurico leads the Rangers in battle, and devises strategies that ensure victory.Tideus: The Yellow Aquitian/Alien Ranger. He was portrayed by Jim Gray. The first male Yellow Ranger, he is a very strong, level headed individual. Cestro: The Blue Aquitian/Alien Ranger. He was portrayed by Karim Prince. Cestro is the brains of the team. A master of technology, he creates weapons and devices which get the Aquitian Rangers out of tough situations.Corcus: The Black Aquitian/Alien Ranger. He was portrayed by Alan Palmer. Though the quietest of the five, he can be rather hot-tempered in batlle.Villains
- Rita Repulsa
- Lord Zedd
- Goldar
- Rito Revolto
- Hydro Hog
- Master Vile
- Squatt
- Baboo
- Finster
- Monsters they battled (voice actors uncredited):
- Parrot Top (voiced by Matt K. Miller)
- See-Monster (voiced by Brian Tahash)
- Crabby Cabbie (voiced by Michael Sorich)
- Garbage Mouth (voiced by Matt K. Miller)
- Brick Bully (voiced by Richard Epcar in 1st time and by Brian Tahash in 2nd time)
- Professor Longnose (voiced by Kirk Thornton)
- Slotsky (voiced by Jimmy Theodore)
- Eric and Merrick, The Barbaric Brothers (voice actors unknown)
- Bratboy (voiced by Paul Schrier)
- Witchblade (voiced by Wendee Lee)
- Arachnofiend (voiced by Julie Maddalena)
Allies
- The Power Rangers (as children)
- Zordon
- Alpha 5
Zords
- Battle Borgs: Humanoid zords used by each Aquitian Ranger that were brought with them from Aquitar to Earth. They are similar to the Shogunzords, although less armored. They were controlled through telepathy.
- Shogunzords: The Aquitian Rangers also had access to the original Power Rangers' Shogunzords and were able to form the Shogun Megazord (most of the monsters they fought were eliminated this way). Along with the Falconzord, they could form the Shogun MegaFalconzord, which they used to defeat their most feared nemesis, the Hydro Hog.
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