Due to my post last Friday regarding my love of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, I’ve been going back and reading up about it and watching loads of old clips. I’ve enjoyed seeing all the little things I had forgotten, like how the Green Ranger used to call the Dragonzord with his Dragon Dagger, which also doubled for a flute (for obvious reasons), and his fingers moving never matched up with the song that it played. I always noticed it as a kid, but it wasn’t until later that I found out it was because the show was spliced together with old footage (the costumed and zord battles mostly) from the Japanese show Super Sentai: Kyoryu Sentai Zyu Ranger. But in my recent digging, I stumbled upon this little fact that I thought you may find interesting. The Yellow Ranger from the Japanese version was a guy:
Yes, even his name was Boy. Which explains why in the American version of the show, the Pink Ranger had a little skirt, and the Yellow Ranger didn’t, even though they were both girls:
Also, Thuy Trang who played the original Yellow Ranger in the American series passed away in car accident at the age of 27 in 2001. Sad.
Now teach me something I don’t know!
