The real power being wielded in the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" headquarters is the power of knowledge. (If you're a fan of the series, that line won't sound corny at all.)

The location they used for the exterior scenes is, in fact, a building called The House of the Book, part of the American Jewish University's Brandeis-Bardin Campus in Simi Valley, California.

Its unique and striking design, plus its placement within the Greater Los Angeles area, has made it a popular choice for filmmakers who don't want to spend a whole lot on exterior set design.

And, of course, the producers of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" were pretty good at making use of pre-existing material -- indeed, that's the whole basis of the show.

For those who don't know, the early '90s series that launched the Power Rangers franchise over here was cobbled together with old action footage from a Japanese show called "Dinosaur Squadron Zyuranger." The American show just added the scenes of the characters out of their Ranger suits, plus the English-language dialogue that ran over the action scenes.

This led to all sorts of weirdness, such as dialogue out of sync with hand gestures, and the fact that only one Ranger uniform has a skirt, even though there were two female Rangers (there was only one in the Japanese series).

Of course, as you point out in your question, that very weirdness was part of the show's odd charm.

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