Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Riches and Rags
TV Flash files “Riches and Rags” as hour 818 of 974 in the TV Flash guide — Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996) on Fox Kids, season 23, episode 8, aired 2016-03-26, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S23E08: listed hour 818 of 974 in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers guide, hour 8 of 22 in season 23. It aired 2016-03-26 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Home Run Koda” (S23E07). Next is “Besties 4Eva!” (S23E09). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ivan uses a 1000-year-old suit of armor as a training dummy, and finds himself in debt after destroying it; Heckyl sends a hybrid monster named Spell Digger to spread greed to anyone who touches his gold coins.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Riches and Rags sit in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers guide?
S23E08 is listed hour 818 of 974 — hour 8 of 22 in season 23, season 23 episode 8.
When did Mighty Morphin Power Rangers S23E08 air?
Riches and Rags aired 2016-03-26 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is the action original to the U.S. show?
It adapts Japan's Super Sentai: American teen drama and morphing, Japanese monster footage. The hybrid is the alchemy.
In the series
Why this series still plays
After-school alchemy: American teens, Japanese monster footage, and a morphing sequence that still fires like a commercial jingle. Color-coded teamwork, Rita Repulsa scenery chewing, and a merch supernova that ate toy aisles. Kids’ action as ritual — helmets on, homework off — and the franchise template every reboot still salutes even when the suits look shinier.
So about after-school: American teens, Japanese monster footage, a morphing sequence that still fires like a commercial jingle, and a group chat that will fight you about the helmets. Haim Saban and Shuki Levy brought the U.S. premiere in 1993 on Fox Kids. Color-coded teamwork, Rita Repulsa scenery chewing, merch supernova that ate toy aisles. (I said spoiler-free. The morph is the whole show.) **Tommy is the fandom fact you do not get to shrug off.**
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