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The Power Rangers Franchise has a long had a cult online fandom. Which is mostly comprised of teenagers and young adults outside of the target audience. The fandom's first main hub was the Power Rangers Newsgroup. As well as the IRC Power Rangers Channel. The first major Power Rangers website was the Morphing Grid. Soon many other sites sprang up, as well as message boards. The first major Power Rangers fanzine was the Power Rangers Zeo Newsletter. By the begginning of the 21st century message board began to play a key role in fandom interaction. Resulting in the rise of the Power Rangers Central Message Board and its growth into Rangerboard. In 2005 the very first Power Rangers Fan Convention took place in LA. Known as Morphicon.

[edit] The Show

The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers debuted in 1993. Featuring an adaption of Super Sentai footage form Japan with American civilian scenes. The show became one of the first major hits of the Fox Kids Network and became a toy juggernaut, rivaling such brands as Transformers and Ninja Turtles. The show has gone through many changes and has continued to remain on the air for 15 years, airing on the Fox Kids Network, ABC Kids, ABC Family, and currently on Toon Disney. Power Rangers was orginally produced by Saban Entertainment, but has since been purchased by Disney.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 1993

• On August 28, 1993, Power Rangers premiered on FOX in the United States as part of the FoxKids lineup. [1]

[edit] 1994

• Agony in Pink was a Power Rangers story that was written in 1994. The story was written by The Dark Ranger. [2] It was originally posted to alt.sex. [3] This story gain noteriety as one of the worst pieces of fan fiction ever written.
• On July 24, 1994, The Mutiny (1) first ran on television in the United States. It marked the start of season two. [4]

[edit] 1995

• On July 18, 1995, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: Secrets Revealed first aired. [5]
• On September 2, 1995, A Friend in Need (1) marked the start of season three in the United States. [6]
• The Power Rangers Newsgroup is created. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 1996

• On April 20, 1996, A Zeo Beginning (1) aired, marking the start of season four in the United States. [7]
• Manny Perez creates the Morphing Grid. Which becomes the first major Power Rangers fansite. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ray Calderon starts the Power Rangers Zeo Page, which eventually becomes Power Rangers Central. [8]
• Amit Bhaumik creates Power Rangers Online Archives. ^{[citation needed]}
• Joe Rovang begins his trivia guide, which becomes The Writers Guide to The Power Rangers Universe. ^{[citation needed]}
• Mike Oxman starts the Power Rangers Zeo Newsletter. ^{[citation needed]}
• Reports on the Newsgroup indicate that a lost finale of Power Rangers Zero has been created just for Australia, this is called "[Scorpion Rain]]". ^{[citation needed]}
• Gordon Dickinson exposes "Scorpion Rain" as a hoax, which was really an low budget fan film produced by Amit Bhaumik, Joe Rovang, and Derik Smith. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 1997

• On April 19, 1997, Shift into Turbo (1) aired, marking the start of season five in the United States. [9]
• Ray Calderon creates a Turbo Page.

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[edit] 1998

• On February 6, 1998, From Out of Nowhere (1) aired, marking the start of season six in the United States. [11]
• Ray Calderon creates a Power Rangers In Space page. [12]

[edit] 1999

• Ray Calderon consolidates all his sites into Power Rangers Central. ^{[citation needed]}
• Mike Wayne creates Power Rangers Online. ^{[citation needed]}
• Mesh Petals creates Starpoints. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2000

• Ray Calderon moves Power Rangers Central onto its own domain, rangercentral.com. ^{[citation needed]}
• The Power Rangers Central Coolboard is created. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online Archives closes down. ^{[citation needed]}
• Naks Power Rangers is created. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2001

• Power Rangers Online Coolboard moves to Ezboard. ^{[citation needed]}
• Starpoints shuts down. ^{[citation needed]}
• Chris Funaro and Derik Smith create Funaroverse. ^{[citation needed]}
• Raymond Calderon creates Power Rangers Network. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2002

• Power Rangers Central Ezboard is hacked and moves to Vbulletin. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online closes down. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Network Message Board opens. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2003

• By 2003, the term drabble was being used in the Power Rangers fandom. ^{[citation needed]}
• On March 29, 2003, the LiveJournal community powerrangers was created. [13]
• On November 27, 2003, the LiveJournal community ninjastorm was created. [14]
• Power Rangers Central Message Board becomes Rangerboard. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ray Calderon creates Rangerbase. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Network Message Board becomes Vbulletin. ^{[citation needed]}
• Doug Sloan, Sally Martin, and Jason Chan visit Rangerboard. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2004

• On February 21, 2004, the LiveJournal community prwp was created. [15]
• On September 14, 2004, the LiveJournal community dt100 was created. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ray Calderon closes Power Rangers Central and Rangerbase, Rangerboard becomes its own entity. ^{[citation needed]}
• Micheal Bastian obtains ownership of Power Rangers Central and reopens the site. ^{[citation needed]}
• Micheal Bastian creates Rangertalk. ^{[citation needed]}
• Mesogog creates Power Rangers Empire. ^{[citation needed]}
• Snoops Warner creates Power Rangers Retrocenter. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ranger Retrocenter puts up an archive of Power Rangers Online Archives, but takes it down upond request from the webmaster. ^{[citation needed]}
• Liam creates Ranger Forums. ^{[citation needed]}
• Kieth creates Henshin Justice Unlimited. ^{[citation needed]}
• Chris Zunis creates Power Rangers Online Database in an attempt to repopulate the PRO Ezboard. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2005

• On April 30, 2005, the LiveJournal communty mmprxcore was created. [16]
• On July 18, 2005, the LiveJournal commuity mystic_force was created. [17]
• Power Rangers Network Message Board becomes Ranger Power. ^{[citation needed]}
• Tyler creates the Rangercast Podcast. ^{[citation needed]}
• Lisa J creates the No Pink Spandex Podcast. ^{[citation needed]}
• Matt Austin posts at Rangerboard. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online Database becomes the new Power Rangers Online. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online Ezboard moves to invisionfree. ^{[citation needed]}
• Lahanaforums is created. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2006

• Power Rangers Network closes down. ^{[citation needed]}
• Mesh Petals opens a new version of Starpoints. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ranger Forums is sold to SnoopsWarner. ^{[citation needed]}
• Ranger Forums is hacked and is restarted as the Ranger Retrocenter forums. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2007

• From June 22 to 24, 2007, PowerMorphicon, the first Power_Rangers Convention, was held in Los Angeles. ^{[citation needed]}
• On June 24, 2007, Cmar wingnut said of this fandom in regards to the amount of slash and smut in the Power_Rangers fandom:

I actually looked at this once, in Power Rangers on ff.net. I think I got something like 90% romance or including romance, and of that 90% perhaps 20% was slash. [18]

• Mesh Petals creates Starpoints RangerCast, a forum wholly unrelated to Tyler Waldman's Rangercast podcast.
• Ranger Power becomes inactive. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online Message Board moves to Vbulletin. ^{[citation needed]}
• Lahana Forums closes down and is merged into PRO Message Board. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 2008

• On February 17, 2008, the LiveJournal community oncearanger was created. [19]
• The Spandex Report is opened. ^{[citation needed]}
• Joe Rovang debuts his "Power Rangers: Take Flight" Fan Series. ^{[citation needed]}
• Power Rangers Online Message Board merges with Talkrider to create [Rider Power]]. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential Fanworks

Scorpion Rain

Titanus Speaks

Power Rangers: Take Flight

[edit] Fandom Members

• Ray Calderon
• Amit Bhaumik
• Manny Perez
• Joe Rovang
• Chris Funaro
• Derik Smith
• Jesse Herndon
• Ellen Brand
• cmar_wingnut
• Cynthia Harrell
• David Blyth

See also Power Rangers fans.

[edit] Fandom Size

Includes data on total stories posted to FanFiction.Net on December 28, 2006 and January 3, 2006, total of new stories added during those periods, number of LiveJournal communities and users with the fandom as an interest, number of news stories on Google, number of episodes on television in a two week period.

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[edit] External Links

• Power Rangers Central
• Naks Power Rangers
• Writers Guide To The Power Rangers Universe
• Power Rangers Online

[edit] See also

• Power Rangers fanzines

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