The Streaming Availability of 'Power Rangers' Episodes: Between YouTube and Netflix, What Happened And Where Are We Now?
Netflix’s search results page for “Power Rangers” on January 31, 2021. Image Source: Twitter
While what remains on Netflix, as of writing, most resembles what was originally reported, it was much worse at first. Not only was every page from Mighty Morphin’ Alien Rangers to Power Rangers Dino Supercharge removed as expected, but so was Ninja Steel (which contained both seasons) and Mighty Morphin’ had only season 1 remaining. This means out of 951 episodes, for a brief period, only 104 episodes were available. Ninja Steel and Super Ninja Steel returned about 24 hours later, while Mighty Morphin’ seasons 2, 3, and the 2010 reversion returned about 7 weeks later in mid-March. That brought the total up to 265. But what about the other nearly 700 episodes?
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After quite a bit of silence, Hasbro held a Fan First Friday on February 12, which most pertinently announced that Power Rangers episodes would be posted to YouTube, starting with Dino Thunder that very day, and Dino Charge and the MMPR reversion as it turned out were also going up. At this point, episodes were uploaded one at a time. In the former’s cases, the early uploads omitted theme songs and credits, but that practice would soon be abandoned and the episodes from a point would be at their fullest. After 5 episodes of Dino Thunder (season 12), Jungle Fury (season 16) started up with it. A few weeks later they started Wild Force (season 10).
On Power Rangers Day (August 28), “Day of the Dumpster”, the first episode of the entire series, went up on YouTube, followed by the remaining 59 episodes of the first season just three days later. This marked a significant change in posting pace, as more reasonable batches of episodes would be posted weekly. However, Wild Force, Dino Thunder, and Jungle Fury, all around 15 episodes, had their remaining episodes uploaded at once.
Since the channel had completed uploading Ninja Storm, season 11, on August 5, 2022, the first 534 episodes were available to watch completely. As of December 16, the complete SPD, Mystic Force, and Operation Overdrive seasons have since been posted. That’s 636 straight episodes, plus Jungle Fury and Dino Charge, bringing a total of 712 episodes available on YouTube, 744 counting the reversion, out of 995.
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But how did that 951 become 995? It’s simple really, Power Rangers is still running. Season 28, Dino Fury, premiered on Nickelodeon on February 20, 2021. And like with previous seasons since Samurai, the new seasons would arrive on Netflix in parts. The front 8 or 9 episodes that Nickelodeon would air in the spring before a long hiatus showed up on Netflix in October, followed by the back 13 that would air in the fall arriving the following March, around when the next season would premiere. However, the first eleven episodes of season 1 would arrive on June 15, making episodes 9 to 11 domestic premieres. The back half of the first season would get that October drop, where ten of the eleven episodes would air on Netflix on October 15 before Nickelodeon. Less than a week later, Deadline confirmed what Black Ranger Chance Perez had stated in April: Power Rangers would be moving to Netflix exclusively starting with the second season of Dino Fury. These halves would end up being released in March and September. This means that 310 episodes are currently on Netflix, 132 non-overlapping. In total 844 episodes out of 995 are available between YouTube and Netflix, with the extended combined edit of Super Megaforce’s “The Wrath” and “Legendary Battle” probably going to be available again as well when the time comes.
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But in truth, TV episodes aren’t the only official offerings Power Rangers has on YouTube. Power Rangers Hyperforce was a 25-episode web tabletop RPG (much like Critical Role) from HyperRPG which ran from 2017-2018, and was spearheaded by then-Saban employee Melissa Flores, who in 2022 just became the writer for the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comics. It can be described as what Time Force would have been if the opening theme sequence was more accurate. They’re time travelers. In fact, the team has its roots in Time Force, as the Time Force Academy is where the story begins.
The team has appeared in the franchise’s Boom! Studios comics. While Hasbro’s purchase did lead to that series’s end, Renegade Game Studios would produce a 10-episode RPG with their game Heroes of the Grid that asked, with new characters “What would Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers be like now?” but with its familiar tone, called Day of Destiny. The sessions for each show would be about 3 and 2 hours respectively, but they still make for 35 additional episodes of Power Rangers to consider checking out there.
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Power Rangers will continue to stream on Netflix in 2023 with a 10-episode season called Cosmic Fury, continuing the Dino Fury Rangers’ story, as well as a Mighty Morphin’ 30th-anniversary special. Whether Ninja Steel and Beast Morphers jump sooner than their predecessors had is unclear. It’s been quite an interesting 20 months to see so much fall away and then come back. With a single 32-episode season remaining followed by two 40+ episode seasons and all of 2023 ahead, it’s a given that the uploads will finish within the upcoming year, whether they stop at Ninja Steel or not. Hopefully this will help someone who isn’t so much into physical releases anymore discover the whereabouts or even the seasons they’ve missed over the years, welcome aboard.
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