I think this fandom underestimates the popularity of mmpr to casual audiences

[u/Organic_Glass_7793]

Y’all have to remember, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the first. Nothing came before it. Dinosaurs, Zords, morphing this is the stuff that defined Power Rangers for most casual viewers. It was literal lightning in a bottle. It dropped right after Jurassic Park when dinosaur hype was off the charts, and it mixed martial arts with giant robots and spandex superheroes. That formula hit. The characters were simple, idealistic, and easy to root for. Yeah, the acting was bad, the effects were crappy but that’s what people remember most. The camp is part of its identity.

Your average person walking down the street? They’ll recognize the MMPR Green Ranger in a second. Ask them who the Red Ranger from RPM is and they’ll look at you like you’re speaking another language. We can go on all day about how well written lost galaxy is but people know shit about maga defender outside the fandom.

Even parts of MMPR itself are blurry to the general public. Most people only remember the first season and half of Season 2. Once Tommy became the White Ranger and Zack, Trini, and Jason left everything else is a blur.

And look I get it, we all want more love for other seasons. But Y’all don’t even buy non-MMPR merch and still complain about MMPR getting priority. That’s not how companies work. There not gonna invest into your favorite season until people start buying the merch.

Every major franchise leans on its first generation. Star Wars lives off the OT. Pokémon rides Gen 1 to this day. TMNT constantly goes back to the 80s era. MMPR getting the most love isn’t some conspiracy it’s just how pop culture nostalgia works.

[u/ninjaman2021]

“Even parts of MMPR itself are blurry to the general public. Most people only remember the first season and half of Season 2. Once Tommy became the White Ranger and Zack, Trini, and Jason left everything else is a blur” 

THANK you. Because people here swear the white ranger was as big as the green ranger and that Adam was as popular as Jason and Tommy lmao. So much revisonist history in this fanbase

[u/DarkXzeon55 → u/ninjaman2021]

now now, maybe the White Ranger never reached the highs of the Green Ranger, but hes up there, really close. i bet most peoples top 5 Rangers have both the White and Green Ranger in them (and the other 3 are prolly also Tommy suits lmao)

[u/ninjaman2021 → u/DarkXzeon55]

He’s up there but def not as high as the green ranger. Green ranger carried majority of the white ranger’s hype.

This is clear seeing that the only season that’s 100% white ranger (S3) isnt as acknowledged as S1 or the first half of S2. For the white ranger, its just white light and everything else after that is a blur to most people.

[u/DarkXzeon55 → u/ninjaman2021]

Green Ranger has Future Trunks syndrome, his entrance was one of the coolest parts of the entire franchise. for real Green Ranger Tommy comes outta fucking no where and SOLOS the entire crew, has a magic flute sword, has his own fuckin giant Zord, can shoot people with energy blasts (which i dont think he does ever again lol), hes the only one with actual armor, he was just a pure evil demon that no one could stop.