Every Power Rangers Series Ranked From Worst To Best
Turbo, Ninja Storm, SPD - Which Rangers were the worst, and which were the best?!
Go Go Power Rangers! By all rights, this franchise shouldn't have become such a success. The concept of taking a Japanese series - Super Sentai - and repurposing it to a western audience was incredibly risky, and there was no guarantee that the viewers would even understand it, yet alone like it.
But thankfully, after the hard work of Haim Saban and Margaret Loesch got it on the air, Power Rangers was a roaring success. The show's irreverent, campy fun was - and still is - complemented by kick-ass fight scenes, goofy comedy and mega fighting giant robots known as Zords, what is there not to love?
Each generation of children have had their own version of the Power Rangers, as the show rebrands itself to create new shows consistently. With Power Rangers Dino Fury set to debut very shortly, now seems like the perfect time to look back on this franchise and talk about which versions made the best impression.
This list was formed by assessing IMDB ratings, the general reception of the shows and the personal opinions of the writer. It will only include English spoken series, and will exclude fan-made productions and non-canon shows, apologies to Spy Central and Hyperforce - both of which are fantastic.
20. Power Rangers Turbo
Turbo fits quite easily at the bottom of this list, as it was the series that almost broke the franchise. Its critical and box-office reception was so low that Fox Executives cancelled it, and believed that the Ranger fad was dead.
Power Rangers Turbo proceeded the events of Zeo and continued to follow the story of the Zordon Era. It saw the Rangers trade in their Zeo crystals for Turbo technology powers. This change was interesting, and the focus on vehicles was fresh, but the show itself was a pale comparison to its predecessor.
The line-up was almost identical to Zeo but lost the original Blue Ranger Billy Cranston, who had appeared in every Rangers' incarnation beforehand. But the worst offence had to be giving the Blue Ranger suit to a 12-year-old kid.
On paper, seeing a child as a Power Ranger was an inspired idea, but the truth was that no one wanted to see it. Yes, it's a show for children, but the Rangers being teenagers is what worked, as younger kids could look up to them, and older kids could relate.
It may not be the worst objectively, but almost killing the franchise is enough to make it quickly sink to the bottom of the list.