Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and its many, many sequel series largely derive from the Japanese Super Sentai franchise. Power Rangers would take footage from those shows and splice in additional scenes featuring American actors as the unmasked Rangers, and a 90s kids television phenomenon was born. Although you could certainly argue that Power Rangers itself was a rip-off either of Super Sentai or of older shows such as Voltron its popularity in the West meant that a bevy of cheap knock offs were inevitable.
Whilst some of these series eventually became popular in their own right, others were poor imitations of their inspiration and a few didnt even make it out of their native Japan. All of them, however, demonstrate the enduring popularity of the legacy Power Rangers has created and with a modern cinematic reboot in theaters this month, perhaps its time to revisit some of the many MMPR clones on offer. Here are the 15 Greatest Power Rangers Rip-Offs.
