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"Karate kicks, intergalactic villains and lots of spandex \u2014 if you wanted action on your Saturday morning, all you had to do was say Go go Power Rangers!\nLionsgate announced plans on Wednesday for a rebooted Power Rangers movie, which makes it the perfect time to revisit the series' quirkiest trivia bits.\nSee also: Go Go Power Rangers Movie: Lionsgate Reveals Release Date\nBack off, gnomes, trolls and Rita Repulsa \u2014 these Power Rangers facts will blade-blast your brain.\n\n\n10 Things You May Not Know About The Power Rangers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. The American writers had to build plot lines around action sequences from the Japanese series.\nIn the early days, English writers had no idea what was going on in the show and built plots around action scenes that were sent to them from the Japanese production.\n\nImage: Tumblr octo-oblivion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Power Rangers were inspired by Spider-Man.\nIn the 1970s, the Japanese Toei Company produced a television show based on Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man comics. \n\nImage: Tumblr powerrangersvintage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Power Rangers were banned until 2011 in New Zealand.\nIn 1994, the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) removed the show from the air due to the number of complaints from concerned parents who were thought the show taught kids to solve their problems with violence.\n\nImage: Tumblr powerrangersvintage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. The show is heavily edited for Malaysian TV because censors think it will get kids addicted to drugs.\nMalaysian censors think \u201CMorphin\u201D is too close to \u201Cmorphine\u201D.\n\nImage: Tumblr chibachelor\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Walter White was a villain on the show.\nBryan Cranston did some voice acting in the early 90s.\n\nVideo: YouTube, Shout! Factory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. The character Tommy Oliver has been six different types of Ranger.\nThe Green Ranger, White Ranger, White Ninja Ranger, Red Zeo Ranger, Red Turbo Ranger and the Black Dino Thunder Ranger. \n\nImage: Tumblr powerrangersvintage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. In the original Japanese series, the Yellow Ranger is a man.\nThis is why the Pink Ranger has a skirt and the Yellow Ranger doesn\u2019t.\n\nImage: Tumblr powerrangersvintage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. The original Black Ranger has only four fingers on one hand.\nActor Walter Emanuel Jones lost one of his fingers in a childhood accident.\n\nImage: Tumblr melty-bunny\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. The original Blue Ranger quit the show due to harassment.\nActor David Yost quit the show as a result of \"regular harassment\" for being homosexual.\n\nImage: Tumblr gif-able\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Power Rangers has been on the air for 20 years.\nThat\u2019s 20 action packed seasons and more than 700 episodes.\n\nImage: Tumblr droidbait\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBONUS: The 20-Year Evolution of Power Rangers\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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