Day of the Dumpster
"Day of the Dumpster" is the first episode of both the American tokusatsu television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Power Rangers franchise. It premiered on the Fox network on August 28, 1993 as part of its Fox Kids programming block, and was later released on VHS and DVD. A new re-version of the episode later aired on ABC on January 2, 2010, as part of ABC Kids. As with the first season's episodes, most of the scenes featuring the Rangers in morphed form, the Zords and the villains are taken from the Japanese tokusatsu series, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, the 16th entry of the Power Rangers franchise's Japanese counterpart of origin, Super Sentai.
| "Day of the Dumpster" | |
|---|---|
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode | |
Two astronauts who are on the Moon investigating a mysterious dumpster | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Adrian Carr |
| Written by | Tony Oliver Shuki Levy |
| Production code | 101 |
| Original air date | August 28, 1993 |
The VHS of this episode ranked #35 in a list of top video sales, and #11 in a list of top kids' video sales, for the year of 1994 as compiled by Billboard. The tie-in 3D read-along audio cassette of "Day of the Dumpster" became the number one seller at Walden Kids, displacing The Lion King.