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Throughout the years, episodes of Power Rangers have varied in content between original US broadcasts, subsequent reruns, airings outside the US, and home video releases.

Power Rangers Time Force
In the days following 9/11, Fox Kids played the scheduled rerun of "Something to Fight For" as normal, but performed their own quick edit to the September 13, 2001 rerun of "Ransik Lives". Ransik's terrorist speech was simply dubbed over with the PRTF instrumental theme, while no footage was removed. Most Fox affiliates opted to continue news coverage, so very few viewers saw any of these airings. Some stations continued to pre-empt the Fox Kids feed in favor of news until after the premiere of "Undercover Rangers". Starting with "Beware the Knight", Jonathan Tzachor's credit screen in the opening (previously the Time Shadow standing on two buildings) was instead a shot of the Q-Rex posing. This change was later applied to previous episodes.

From September 14 through October 6, the only episodes aired were those with no content considered objectionable at the time:
 * "A Blue Streak"
 * "Uniquely Trip"
 * "Worlds Apart"
 * "Trip Takes a Stand"
 * "The Last Race"
 * "Movie Madness, Pt. 1"
 * "Movie Madness, Pt. 2"
 * "Bodyguard in Blue"
 * the episodes that premiered after 9/11

While "A Parting of Ways" was initially avoided (it has a mutant holding a schoolbus for ransom, as well as smashing through a building), it aired without tampering on October 8. The episodes aired the following days were more without offending material:
 * "The Legend of the Clock Tower"
 * "Time Force Traitor"
 * "Fight Against Fate"
 * two that premiered after 9/11

All of these episodes have remained unchanged in future showings, with the exception of the opening's Tzachor credit shot being modified to the Q-Rex later. That particular change was made by Disney, as Fox Kids' reruns continued to show the original shot in the opening of "Undercover Rangers" and earlier episodes.

October 15's "Jen's Revenge" and October 16's "Trust and Triumph" were the first reruns to be seen with footage replacements and new dialogue. The next batch of episodes didn't start until December 17, when the weekday block featured 9 episodes in their new versions for the first time (including the proper re-edited version of "Ransik Lives"), along with "Something to Fight For" and "Future Unknown" unedited with intact building destruction (presumably by mistake). The final re-edit seen on Fox Kids was then Saturday, January 5's "Clash for Control, Part 2". The original version of "Full Exposure" aired only once, and the first showing of the edited version was on Christmas 2001.

The completed re-edited versions of these and other episodes such as "Quantum Secrets" were used for subsequent US airings and continued foreign distribution. Runtimes remained the same as the original versions, with the exception of "Full Exposure" which was shortened. Given that alternate and extended video takes and new ADR were utilized to create the new versions, these edits must have been compiled by MMPR Productions and most likely were all redone while they were still creating new episodes.

PRTF video comparisons
Bolded titles are episodes that are altered on Netflix.


 * "Force from the Future, Pt. 1": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqFlC0NzWHM
 * "Force from the Future, Pt. 2": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerdr8glRiM
 * "Something To Fight For": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UG5b4NtowE
 * "Ransik Lives": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICzm1mGmYx0
 * "A Blue Streak": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0X5NoUNpvM
 * "A Parting of Ways": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_hGIFGa8Ow
 * "Short-Circuited": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVHusbwrEg
 * "Jen's Revenge": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh31g_qdlQA
 * "The Legend of the Clock Tower": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItABUBLyQVg
 * "The Time Shadow": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn4MeYApiUc
 * "Future Unknown": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv7ghQ0favc
 * "Uniquely Trip": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHyUqhV79OQ
 * "Worlds Apart": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDuuawgepFE
 * "The Quantum Quest": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGMqdBGiVR8
 * "Clash for Control, Part 1": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bTvqrNRYnM
 * "Clash for Control, Part 2": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI8D_x7BqWo
 * "Bodyguard in Blue": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkKGBGyASg0
 * "Trust and Triumph": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXUrklpTANc
 * "Trip Takes a Stand": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKahSJpkCSg
 * "Quantum Secrets": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaP7_6TQb2A
 * "The Last Race": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvI1JrocLs
 * "Lovestruck Rangers": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BH8OWyjdX8
 * "Full Exposure": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFUz4UNq8RU
 * "Movie Madness, Pt. 1": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pPDdv33Cj8
 * "Movie Madness, Pt. 2": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfqhaEwghBU
 * "Time Force Traitor": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18xo4DRFlSs
 * "Frax's Fury": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIq1CZ7aNM
 * "Dawn of Destiny": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWyaf9pq-wo
 * "Fight Against Fate": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5E18ufE1wM
 * "Destiny Defeated": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KokEjSJc4ao
 * "Undercover Rangers": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CkIRz_qKlE
 * "Beware the Knight": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYjG6U-BgU
 * "Time for Lightspeed": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1tYobJdcc8
 * "Reflections of Evil": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaCGg3a0v5Q
 * "Nadira's Dream Date": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLk6ktrh8w
 * "Circuit Unsure": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di5_P-1VnTE
 * "A Calm Before the Storm": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2toqQCD8qI
 * "The End of Time, Pt. 1": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GP68m8ml2Q
 * "The End of Time, Pt. 2": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dex5FeUeiZU
 * "The End of Time, Pt. 3": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6SgxygUkWA

Disney's US cuts
Disney removed content like building destruction from the airings of pre-PRTF episodes on their US cable channels (ABC Family and Toon Disney), as well as other material they deemed objectionable such as a Ninja Turtle saying "let's kick shell." Mostly these were direct trims, such that the runtime was shortened, but sometimes the video surrounding the cuts was slowed down in order to keep the audio and length intact.

Here is a comparison video showing what Disney removed from one scene in "Wrath of the Queen". They also cut other parts of this episode including the main shot of Loki's death explosion. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZWxqJxnWn0

Home video
VHS releases and Buena Vista's DVDs were often presented in a "movie" or "feature" format. Differences included removed scenes/openings/end credits, extended shots where fadeouts were originally present, freezeframes instead of fadeouts, textless/altered-text segments, and new compilation end credits.

The VHS version of "Destiny Defeated" utilizes a unique video edit to remove some building destruction, while other shots were kept intact.

Other domestic differences
Disney's US airings of MMPR S3 "Ninja Quest, Part III" have a unique opening combination.

In Fox Kids airings of "From Out of Nowhere, Part 1", Tracy Lynn Cruz's name was originally misspelled as "Tracey". Disney's airings, international distribution, and Netflix used the correct spelling.

Disney's US airings of many PRLR episodes zoomed in on the shot of the Zord Bay rising during the opening credits, for unknown reasons. The shot wasn't zoomed in when it appeared in context in the episodes themselves. They also aired PRLR ep 16 with the original opening credits instead of the correct version that features Ryan.

The premiere airing of "The End of Time, Pt. 1" was missing about 13 seconds; Fox Kids faded to the last commercial break too early. Their January rerun (and possibly their first rerun in November) corrected the issue, and those scenes were also intact in Disney's reruns.

In all three Fox Kids airings, "The End of Time, Pt. 1" featured Cyclobots speaking to Ransik via backmasking. When reversed back to normal, they could be heard to say "You are the size of a [censored] condo" and "You bitch, that's too much money." Starting with Disney's VHS release in April 2002, these lines were replaced with new voices saying clean versions of the same lines: "Hey, sir, you are the size of a condo" and "That's too much money", though still presented reversed. Disney's airings always used this revised version, first shown on ABC Family on November 17, 2002.

PRTF #34-36, #39-40 opening credits - original vs Disney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMiHwFViynU

International
See main article for the most notable differences: Domestic vs. International Masters

Jetix UK reruns often cut opening and end credits, instead showing a disclaimer message after the Executive Producer screen faded out.

Fox Kids/Jetix UK airings, and the Polish airings that used the same edits, cut various parts from episodes. In particular, certain unmorphed violence such as in "Forever Red".

The German DVDs and broadcasts in countries that dubbed PR utilized the textless elements present on international masters to add episode titles in other languages. Usually, the fonts used didn't match the original titles. MarVista's French-language distribution of Power Rangers Samurai translated all onscreen, using the original font for the opening and initial episode credits, but a variation for the end credits. Meanwhile, the Dutch PRS dub used the original text.

The Japanese dub of MMPR added a shot of Rita to the opening, crediting Machiko Soga's redub of the character.

Theme songs varied by country: sometimes original, sometimes a translation based on the original, sometimes all-new.

The onscreen titles for "Green with Evil" Parts 1-5 was modified for Fox Kids' reruns, giving each episode an individual title instead. The reissued VHS releases combined these two titles using a different font.

"Song Sung Yellow" credits the writers as "Buzz Alden, charlotte" in the US, but internationally (Germany and UK at least), it's "Steve Melching, charlotte". Netflix matches the US credits for this episode.

Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, and Time Force originally had "U.S. music" as a job title in the end credits. On international copies, the credits are split up into different roles with no mention of country.

International copies of "The Time Shadow" lack Jason Faunt's "Mystery Man" role in the end credits.

US airings of the Time Force episode "Trust and Triumph" used the first version of the opening credits, without Eric. International airings use the version that includes him.

US airings of both parts of Power Rangers Samurai "Origins" use the first version of the opening credits, reflecting the episodes' place in continuity. International airings, Netflix, and the Lionsgate DVD utilize the later version that includes Antonio, reflecting the episodes' airing order.

Netflix
The Saban International masters were given to Netflix, with PRTF being Saban's post-9/11 edits and "The End of Time" being the revised version with "clean" Cyclobot dialogue.

The episodes on Netflix also have most recap and teaser segments removed ("Today on Power Rangers", "Previously on Power Rangers", "Last time on Power Rangers", "Next time on Power Rangers").