Day of the Dumpster
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"Day of the Dumpster" | |
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
Directed by | Adrian Carr |
Written by | Tony Oliver Shuki Levy |
Production code | 101 |
Original air date | August 28, 1993 |
"Day of the Dumpster" is the first episode of both the
The VHS of this episode ranked #35 in a list of top video sales, and #11 in a list of top kids' video sales, for the year of 1994 as compiled by
Plot summary
Two astronauts explore the Moon and come across a space dumpster - when they open it, the evil sorceress
In the city of
The teens are later sitting down to some fruit shakes from Ernie's Juice Bar when Rita causes an earthquake. In the Command Center, which is located in a desert area, Zordon, the wise wizard who once battled Rita many years ago, tells his robotic assistant, Alpha 5, to find and teleport to him five teenagers to safeguard Earth from Rita's schemes.
Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, and Kimberly are then teleported to the Command Center. Zordon explains the situation and declares them the Power Rangers, a team of warriors sworn to defend life; he gives them belt-stored Power Morphers that serve as the key to accessing their power. They refuse to believe or trust him, until Rita sends a team of her
After Alpha informs Zordon that the teens have morphed, Zordon has him teleport the Rangers to Angel Grove where Rita has sent down Goldar. There, the Rangers clash with Goldar and another team of Putty Patrollers on the city rooftops. Soon after, Rita uses her magic staff to enlarge Goldar for a giant-sized attack on the city. In response to this, the Rangers summon the
Back at the Command Center, the teens are finally convinced that they can save the world from Rita's evil and so decide to accept their new responsibilities as Power Rangers under three conditions:
- They must not use their power for personal (nor for political) gain.
- They must not escalate a battle unless forced to do so.
- And they must keep their identities a secret from the public.
Zordon promises that he will be there to advise them whenever they need his wisdom and guidance.
Cast
Primary cast
- Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott, Red Ranger
- Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan, Yellow Ranger
- Walter Emanuel Jones as Zack Taylor, Black Ranger
- Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart, Pink Ranger
- David Yost as Billy Cranston, Blue Ranger
- Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
- David Fielding as Zordon
Secondary cast
- Machiko Soga as the footage portrayal of Rita Repulsa
- Barbara Goodson as the voice portrayal of Rita Repulsa
- Richard Genelle as Ernie
- Goldar
- Kerrigan Mahan as the voice portrayal of Goldar
- Squatt
- Michael Sorich as the voice portrayal of Squatt
- Baboo
- Dave Mallow as the voice portrayal of Baboo
- Finster
- Robert Axelrod as the voice portrayal of Finster
- Romy J. Sharf as the footage portrayal of Alpha 5
- Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice portrayal of Alpha 5
Unaired pilots
The original pilot episode, in an edited form, was shown in a 1999 special titled "The Lost Episode", which was hosted by Austin St. John and Walter Jones. It contained the same basic story as the released "Day of the Dumpster", but with several differences. This included actress Audri DuBois in the role of Trini and Bobby Val as Skull, different voice actors for the villains, the local hangout being a bowling alley instead of Ernie's Juice Bar, and Alpha having a different body shape. In its original unaired, unedited form the archetypal Zords are referred to as "Droids", the Power Morphers referred to as "Transmorphers" and Zordon was referred to as "Zoltar". The morphing and teleportation sequences were also different.
A second pilot episode was presented in 2007 at the inaugural Power Morphicon convention by Tony Oliver. This featured Thuy Trang as Trini, Jason Narvy as Skull, and Richard Genelle as Ernie, as well as other aspects that made it to the aired series premiere. Scenes from the second pilot would later be used for the episode "Big Sisters".
Re-versioning
As part of the 2010 re-versioned broadcast of the series, several visual effects were added to the scenes to produce the effect of new footage being broadcast in addition to some scenes removed. This includes cutting in comic book-referenced graphics similar to the movie Creepshow and adding onomatopoeia words on screen, akin to the 1960s Batman series, or possibly even referencing 1994's Super Sentai incarnation, Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, which was the source material for Season 3 and the special spin-off continuation of the third season, Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.[5]
References
- ^ "Global Development". Bandai. Archived from the original on 2013-04-01. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ "Toei Company Profile". Toei. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "The Year in Video 1994: Top Video Sales". Billboard: January 7, 1995
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Power Rangers rebroadcast 'morphinominal'". The Suffolk Journal. February 17, 2010. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2010-06-27.