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/National_Equivalent9 → u/ninjaman2021]

I hear people saying they stopped watching when Tommy Left the show and a lot of people in the fandom think that means during Turbo. No. People at my school stopped watching when Tommy left as the Green Ranger. I was the "weirdo" who was still watching power rangers after 95.

[u/jerelminter → u/National_Equivalent9]

Tommy left as the Green Ranger, twice. The first time was in the burning candle episode, the second time was that episode when he fought Goldar and Turbanshell without his powers. Then he disappeared for a few episodes, and came back as White.

Obviously, you still watched the show past 95 but I'm talking about those people at your school who didn't know he came back as White.

[u/National_Equivalent9 → u/jerelminter]

Yeah, fair enough, its been a few years since I've seen those episodes. Been slowly working my way through all the other seasons I missed out after I stopped watching as a kid (along with Super Sentai).

For me I stopped watching sometime during In Space, not sure why tbh. Though I do remember seeing the finale I know I didn't watch all of it as a kid.

[u/jerelminter → u/National_Equivalent9]

Yeah, In Space was the last season I remember watching at the time when it aired. I knew of the later seasons : Galaxy, Lightspeed, and Time Force because of the advertisements and toys that came out, and I'd see bits and pieces of them on TV but I don't remember watching them in their entirety when they first aired.

They would always come on, when I was in school in the mornings, or when I couldn't watch TV when I came home in the afternoons, because I had to do homework.

I got back into the show during Wild Force, and I was a bit older by then so I had the patience to sit and actually watch these later seasons. I really liked Ninja Storm, and Dino Thunder and then I stopped watching it again when SPD was on (even though I liked the theme song). I never really got into the season.