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The first released track from the Metallica tribute album coming out in September
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The first released track from the Metallica tribute album coming out in September
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This song is already iconic for multiple reasons but I stumbled across this version a couple hours ago
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obviously this song is already super iconic but I just stumbled across this version
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Here's one for you... Bowling For Soup doing a cover of a Hanson song, featuring Hanson
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Before I continue the first 10 episode reviews, I wanted to post this after the previous episode that focused heavily on Trini, just to show how loved Thuy Trang was, who tragically died September 3, 2001 at the age of 27.
Episode 3 - Teamwork
SpoilerKimberly & Trini are taking signatures for a petition to clean up the local dumpsite. They ask Jason, Billy and Zack to go with them to take the petition but they tell the girls they all have things to do, including Zack teaching Alpha how to dance. Bulk & Skull as well as a female bully by the name of Sharkie (Stella Angelova) decide to "show the girls" what they think of recycling, to which Kimberly and Trini subsequently put Bulk & Skull in the recycling bins.
Rita's plan this episode is to pollute the planet (as if that wasn't obvious from how this episode started out). Kimberly and Trini go to the dumpsite alone to try to convice the city to clean it up and are attacked by Putties. Zack & Alpha are in the command center, Zack teaching Alpha hiphopkido, as Zordon shows Zack the girls are in trouble. Finster creates and brings to life the Mighty Minotaur and sends him to Earth to stop the Rangers. Billy, Jason & Zack show up to fight the Mighty Minotaur as Goldar and more Putties show up to deal with the girls.
The Rangers are overwhelmed by Mighty Minotaur, now a colossal monster due to Rita's wand. The monster proves even too strong for the Dinozords, to which Zordon responds with having the Rangers come back to the Command Center (during the middle of a fight) and he tells them that the Zords have gone back into hiding with them arriving at the Command Center to recieve their new Power Weapons; Jason recieving the Power Sword, Zack recieving the Power Axe, Billy recieving the Power Lance, Trini reciving the Power Daggers, and Kimberly recieving the Power Bow.
The teams goes back to Mighty Minotaur in the dumpsite (who now has shrunk to normal size for some reason), and defeats him pretty handily with their new Power Weapons and combines them to make the Power Blaster to destroy Mighty Minotaur, which angers Rita.
The Rangers decide to use teamwork (aha way to work in the title of the episdoe) to clean up the mess that was left from earlier on in the episode after Principal Caplan asks what is with the mess. He returns asking what happened to the mess to which Jason responds with "Mess? What mess?". Alpha tries to dance again in the Command Center but ends up shorting out the controls.
Episode 4 - A Pressing Engagement
SpoilerWe open with Jason trying to break the Youth Center's bench press record, which 1,010 will break the record (seems high for a youth center) and we get alternating shots of Kimberly on a balance beam and Jason doing the bench press.
Kimberly gets off the beam and goes to cheer Jason on, while Ernie is couting Jason's reps. Ernie loses count and asks what number he was on (just moments before he shouted 1,005) and nobody responds.
Rita sees Jason through her telescope and says that he's "not so tough when he's on his own." Um, you sure? He just did a bench press over 1,000 times Rita, or did you not see that part?? Rita plans to send Goldar and a monster, which we haven't seen at this point, down to separate Jason from the rest of the Rangers... when clearly Jason is the leader, so wouldn't he be one of the strongest, even alone?
We cut back to Jason doing the rep AGAIN and he's one rep away from 1,010 as Kimberly starts blowing a bubble with her gum, someone in the crowd watching Jason says "Hey guys, look at Kimberly!". Personally, I'd be more impressed watching a guy who's done over 2,000 reps over a bubble that thanks to camera magic looks HUGE.
As Kimberly is blowing the bubble and Jason is doing the reps (why couldn't he have broken the record while all this is going on??), Zack comes in the juice bar riding a skateboard, because he's Zack (I guess) and loses control, running into Kimberly and getting gum all over their faces as the bubble pops. Jason is distracted by the shenanigans and fails to break the record... again!
Rita and Finster discus bringing a Sphinx monster that has wings to separate the Rangers, getting Jason alone, which Rita is happy with.
Back at the juice bar, Kimberly is back on the balance beam while Zack is asking for Jason to forgive him for the shenanigans earlier. Jason strings him along for a second and excepts the apology eventually. Zack then tries apologizing to Kimberly, horribly I might add. Kimberly tells him "forget it. It's casual." Since when was that slang in the 90s??
Jason is gloomy over the fact he didn't beat the record because he "doesn't want to be known as a quitter." Jason you just did over 2,000 reps!. Bulk & Skull join the fray as we find out that Bulk is actually the current record holder.
Bulk demonstrates his strength by giving Jason the Heimlich maneuver (I guess). Zack tries to intervene to which Jason says he can handle it, tickling Bulk and stomping on his foot which causes Bulk to let go and grab his foot, which results in his pants splitting. Skull tries to help, but ends up making Bulk's pants fall to his ankles. Bulk chases after Skull, falling over his pants along the way.
Jason tells Kimberly & Zack that he told them he could handle Bulk, which they respond with assurance that they knew he could, Kimberly responds with "What's wrong with getting a little help from your friends?" to which Jason replies with "Nothing, unless you're trying to break the bench press record." Jason's communicator goes off (to the theme of "Go Go Power Rangers" I might add) just as Ernie comes by with some smoothies that Zack had requested prior to the situation with Bulk & Skull. Zack tells Ernie that the jingle he just heard is from his "new watch!" and to put the smoothies on Zack's tab.
Zordon informs the Rangers of Rita's plans and teleports them to the park where the Putties are attacking as Rita screams from her base (Ok I know Rita's voice is loud, but how can anyone hear her from space?) to separate the others from Jason. We then get our first look at King Sphinx, who first blows Kimberly away back to the juice bar, on the balance beam, unmorphed, soon after Zack joins her on the balance beam, back to back.
Alpha, watching from the Viewing Globe in the Command Center, freaks out because Jason cannot be contacted and is isolated. In a scene that feels like it should've been swapped with the scene with Alpha, King Sphinx grabs Jason and teleports him to a desert like area. Goldar joins in the mix and Jason has to fight both Goldar and King Sphinx, to which he's able to hold his own until Rita throws her wand down to make Goldar and King Sphinx grow.
We go to Billy's house, to which him and Trini are alone and have been their presumably the entire episode up to this point. Kimberly & Zack come racing in and tells them that Rita has Jason to which Billy responds with a very unconvincing "Oh no". Kimberly tells Zack, Trini and Billy that jason "may need his friends way more than he knows." Random line considering Jason NEVER said he didn't need his friends as Trini tries contacting Jason with her communictor, to no avail. They then teleport to the Command Center to plan their move.
Zordon tells Alpha to locate Jason on the Viewing Globe, to which he appears on the screen fighting giant Goldar and giant King Sphinx without his Zord for some unexplained reason. Zordon brings up the Power Crystals, and that they can be used to find each other in any situation by using the Morphing Grid. Zordon sends the crystals directly to Jason, which they cause the side of a mountain to explode to which Jason runs to them and digs them out, knowing exactly what they are even though he wasn't in the conversation that the others just had with Zordon & Alpha, teleporting the others to him for the fight with Goldar and King Sphinx.
The Rangers call their Zords and use their Power Crystals to power up the Zords. Jason says they should try the crystals' power, to which the Zords do the same blast in tank mode we've seen before.
They get into battle mode and are immediately hit by Goldar and switch to tank mode as a result. They blast Goldar once... then go back into battle mode (why?). King Sphinx hits the Megazord with a wing blast which causes the Megazord to be stuck in place. Jason calls down the Power Sword (the Megazord's weapon of choice) and it makes King Sphinx explode and causes Goldar to retreat. Rita throws another tantrum but doesn't reprimand Goldar for fleeing (why?)
We go back to Jason yet again trying to break the bench press record, Trini counting this time instead of Ernie with everyone else cheering Jason on. Everybody is in the same clothes, so Jason has now done 3,000 reps in the same day. Jason breaks the record this time and the crowd erupts with excitement. Ernie shows up with a cake to celebrate the record being broken, which says "Happy birthday mom." Bulk & Skull come in and Bulk says he's going to get his record back, with Skull repeating everything Bulk says. Kimberly tells Bulk & Skull to "get a life" as Zack offers them a piece of cake to which Bulk replies with "only if I get the first bite." Bulk trips on his way over to the cake and falls face first into it, which causes Skull to crack up. Bulk slams a fistful of cake into Skull's face as the Rangers laugh at Bulk's misfortune.
Note: as a nice touch to end this episode, the credits run with the usual ending theme mixed with Bulk & Skull's theme.
Episode 5 - Different Drum
SpoilerWe open the episode with Kimberly teaching a step class with Billy a student and Jason and Trini arm wrestling as Zack watches on.
Ernie comes in pushing an empty cart and awkwardly dance around Billy with it. Billy then trips over a step and lands on the cart and comically Billy goes around the entire youth center floor on top of it telling people to get out of the way, Zack and Trini watching on laughing instead of helping for some reason.
Kimberly is alerted to what's going on with Billy as he crashes into the locker room and somehow turns around and is catapulted off, covered in toilet paper and coat hangers. Billy crashes onto the stage and Kimberly ducks out of the way. Everyone laughs at Billy instead of checking on him. Kimberly jokes "Let me let you in on a secret. This is not the way to meet girls."
We cut to Rita and she yells that she hates "kids music" and comes up with a plan that we don't get revealed to us right away.
We go back to the juice bar where Billy is crawling on the ground afer his fiasco. Trini comes up to him and asks him "Billy, what happened? Are you okay?" even though she just watched and laughed with Zack as it was happening. As Billy makes his way to the bar where Zack is sitting, we have one of the most amazing exchanges so far in the series.
"Zack: my main brain, wassup?
Billy: Well, I'm intrigued by the rhythmic modulation, yet daunted by the coordinating movements of the appendages.
Zack: Say what?
Trini: He can't dance.
Billy: Precisely."
Kimberly goes back to teaching her step class as a student, by the name of Melissa has a problem keeping up and bumps into another girl, who gets upset at Melissa saying "You almost knocked me over!"
Kimberly has the class take a break and checks on Melissa, who we find out is deaf because Kimberly starts using sign language to communicate with Melissa. Melissa explains to Kimberly that she messed up the steps and ran into the other girl. Kimberly apologizes immediately and says it's her fault for not signing the steps to Melissa. Kimberly assures Melissa that she's a good dancer and points out that hearing people make mistakes, as the camera cuts to Billy trying to dance.
Rita storms over to Finster, who tells her that he's working on a "monster that eats cars and smells like a fish." Rita has other plans, telling Finster to create a musical monster, like the "Pied Piper only meaner." Finster interestingly enough tells Rita that musical monsters aren't very reliable but she insists he make one.
The girl that Melissa ran into apologizes to Melissa for overreacting. Bulk & Skull join in for the first time this episode and calls the dancers "rapping ballerinas" which Skull adds "Not even ballerinas. Stuff they're doing is too easy." Zack challenges Bulk to try what they're doing and in Bulk's best moment thus far, he does two full sets of steps and kicks Jason's chair out from under him to which Zack holds Jason back from attacking Bulk.
Zack challenges Bulk to a dance-off. The first round Bulk does surprisingly well, however the 2nd round? Bulk rips his pants again. Zack then does a handstand on the bar to which Bulk tries, but slides right over the counter and catches Zack's food in his mouth to which Zack replies "Keep it" while Skull is visibly embarrassed by what just happened.
Kimberly wraps her step class, after being interrupted three times and the Rangers head out to catch a movie. Bulk says as the teens leave "Yeah, you better bail fast, 'cause nobody tricks me." Did Zack trick you though Bulk?? To which Zack replies "Looks like we already did."
Finster has created a monster that hypnotizes humans with his according, to which he calls the Gnarly Gnome, whom hypnotizes the girl Melissa bumped into earlier and a group of other girls that were all going to the mall with Melissa. Melissa follows the group of girls to a cave in the woods and is unable to save her friends because a net covers the entrance, she runs to get help.
Melissa returns to the juice bar and finds Jason and Ernie, who are unable to understand Melissa's sign language. Melissa grabs Ernie's pad and pen and writes that her friends are in trouble, as Jason tells her he'll help her get her friends back.Back in the cave, Gnarly Gnome has the girls dancing and has the Putties join them in dancing for some reason as Squatt and Baboo are cooking for him. After Gnarly Gnome and Squatt eat (Squatt eats a bug for some reason), and Gnarly Gnome falls asleep momentarily. Rita wakes them up by somehow screaming from space, causing Gnarly Gnome to turn invisible. Finster's earlier speech about musical monsters being unreliable is starting to show as Gnarly Gnome tries to escape.Kimberly, Jason, Billy, Zack and Trini arrive at the cave with Melissa and Kimberly tells Melissa to go and hide as the others morph (Kimberly is miscolored in this scene for some reason).
The Rangers combine their weapons, which they have new names... for this one episode for some reason, and before they can use them Rita causes the Gnarly Gnome to grow. The Rangers call upon their Zords and again Kimberly is miscolored in this scene.
Gnarly Gnome plays his according which causes the Rangers to hallucinate that Gnarly Gnome is a building running towards them. Jason calls down the Mega Sword and in unison say "Strike three, you're out!" This isn't a baseball themed episode though?
We cut to the teens (unmorphed) rescuing the girls and we have what could be the biggest unexplained plot hole conversation between the girl who got mad at Melissa earlier, Zack and Kimberly.
"Kimberly: Melissa ran for help and this totally manky (that's what the subtitles show she said) monster hypnotized you and trapped you in a cave.
Zack: So, like, without her and the Power Rangers...
Former Bully Girl: Well, we could have been trapped forever! Hey, we owe you big time! then she hugs Melissa
Zack: Hey, let's go get some ice cream huh?"
We get another scene of Rita screaming at Squatt and Baboo, and she reasonably asks "Why do I keep these fools? They drive me totally nuts!"
We go back to the juice bar where everyone toasts Melissa for being the hero. We get this moment of where Jason tries signing to Melissa but Melissa and Kimberly laugh as Kimberly tells Jason that he told them his dog smells.
Melissa then asks Billy to dance (love interest #1 for Billy?) to which Billy first refuses then Melissa pulls him out anyway.
As Melissa and Billy are dancing Jason and Zack agree that "sign language isn't that hard to learn" and that "there's a lot we can learn from Melissa."
We then get Billy busting out one amazing dance sequence, to which Kimberly calls Melissa a "miracle worker."
Episode 6 - Food Fight
SpoilerWe open with the Youth Center hosting a cultural food festival. Ernie walks up carrying cream pies as Bulk & Skull are standing around playing with a spoon. Ernie snaps at them to give him a hand with the pies. Bulk & Skull think Ernie means helping them with the hula girls who've shown up but Ernie sets them straight and Bulk & Skull comply.
Principal Caplan comes in and tells Kimberly and Trini how great the festival looks as Zack, Billy and Jason jump into shot and Trini says that the festival is to help benefit the local preschool & daycare center.
Principal Caplan tries to take a bite of Kimberly's cake (get your mind out of the gutter, the cake in her hands in the picture above!) but Kimberly reminds Caplan that he has to buy it first which Billy says that the cake is $20 to which Principal Caplan replies with "Well, I wasn't really very hungry anyway."
Squatt and Baboo are spying on the Rangers through Rita's telescope as Rita says she's feeling sick. Squatt & Baboo get excited and tell Rita that what they see will make everyone feel better, HINT it doesn't make Rita feel better, but makes her feel worse.
Billy and Trini serve "Asian" food, to which Billy correctly calls out the food. My guess is him and Trini are secretly an item, even though Trini doesn't know it either.
Zack's booth is listed as "African American" but what's funny about this is Zack clearly has no idea what any of his food is. These are his lines as he's serving food "All right, man, what can I get for you? You want some of this? We got some of this. This is good stuff. You're gonna like it."
Kimberly, who's clearly not dressed to cook, and Jason are running the "American" booth and Kimberly is upselling the "good old-fashioned American cheeseburger."
Bulk & Skull plot to ruin the event while Principal Caplan praises the efforts of everybody else. Bringing back Sharkie and adding a new unnamed member, who is cast as Erik Betts, Bulk throws a pie at Principal Caplan, but overshoots it and knocks Caplan's toupee off, and hitting Skull right in the face to which Skull responds with "FOOD FIGHT!"
Rita orders Finster to make her a monster that will eat all the food on Earth, to which Finster replies he has one ready but it's not his best work. Rita sends the monster, known as Pudgy Pig, to Earth and it races over to a trash can and quickly devours what's inside. Side Note: This monster is easily the most disgusting monster in the franchise and you can't tell me otherwise.
The food fight is still going on and instead of participating, the Rangers are dodging food thrown at them. Trini exclaims they got to save the food fair even though it is noticeably ruined. Caplan pops his head up and then disappears saying "Oh, this is terrible!" Some authority figure you are Caplan.
Jason grabs a string of hot dogs off a cart and finds Bulk who is still throwing pies at people. Jason spins the hot dogs like nunchucks and makes Bulk dizzy, dropping a pie on Bulk's own head.
Kimberly then runs up to Skull and yells at him to put a bowl of what looks like chips down, he then throws the chips at her, missing her and hitting Bulk instead, who throws another pie at Skull.
The Pudgy Pig terrorizes a group of picnickers, who run away as the Pudgy Pig gobbles up their food.
A kid carrying two cream pies run toward Billy and Trini who duck before he kid can make contact, catapulting him over the table into a vat of soup. Trini laughs "Healthy lunch" as Billy pulls out a receipt pad and tells the kid "That'll be twenty dollars."
Zack faces off with Bulk, who has been spraying people with whipped cream. Zack uses his apron like a bullfighter's cape, and Bulk falls for it, leaping directly onto the Hawaiian table, going down it like a Slip n Slide which causes Zack to realize that it may not have been the best idea.
Bulk reaches the end and hits a punch bowl, causing it to drench Principal Caplan.
Principal Caplan finally has enough and yells "That's IT!" and he yells at everyone telling them that the food festival is ruined. He places full blame solely on Jason and the others even though they were trying to stop it from happening. Caplan throws at mop at Jason and tells him he's in charge of clean up... but it's Ernie's juice bar, not school?
Zordon contacts the teens as Caplan storms out, teleporting them to the command center and telling them about Pudgy Pig. He tells the Rangers that the Pig will eat Earth's entire food supply in 48 hours which causes the team to immediately morph and teleport to the Pudgy Pig. The Pig puts up a surprisingly good fight, which includes eating the Rangers' weapons. Finster says the Pudgy Pig is his greatest creation as the Pig teleports the Rangers unmorphed to a forest. Zordon alerts the Rangers that while they were being teleported Pudgy Pig is wreaking havoc on the food festival.
The pig then stuffs it's face into trays of food that weren't destroyed in the food fight. Bulk & Skull spot Pudgy Pig and growl and make faces, mocking it. Once they realize what they're dealing with they run away in fear.
The pig continues eating everything in sight, except for a bowl of salad which is thrown out of shot.As the Rangers appear on scene, the Pig teleports away. Kimberly is upset at the sight of the juice bar and Zack worries that Mr. Caplan is going to "flip his wig. Again."
Trini notices that the pig ate everything at the festival except for the spicy food.
Episode 7 - Big Sisters
Spoiler""They fight Goldar and Chunky Chicken as we see Repulsa flying through the air for.... reasons?Episode 8 - I, Eye Guy
SpoilerApparently it’s our Main Brain’s turn to mentor a child,
Judge: Of course, Willy. In fact, I've given your invention first prize. Congratulations."Episode 9 - For Whom the Bell Trolls
SpoilerEpisode 10 - Happy Birthday, Zack
SpoilerErnie is checking on a contraption called a Cake-o-Matic at the start of the episode, presumably using it to bake Zack’s birthday cake.
Jason responds withRita
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I recently bought the complete series of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and I decided... why not blog about my journey through rewatching it? I'm not sure on the timeline on when I'll watch and post about it, because I actually start my new job on Monday but if all goes according to plan, it SHOULD be once a week, could be more if able. It's going to be in bulks of 10 because that's how the DVDs have them sorted (at least season 1), so let's get started. First, I'll make a list of our main cast and as new characters get introduced I'll mention who's playing them as they come.
Note: This blog will not include the pilot episode since it's not included in the series DVDs
The Cast
SpoilerThe Rangers
Austin St. John as Jason Scott (Red Ranger)
Walter Jones as Zack Taylor (Black Ranger)
David Yost as Billy Cranston (Blue Ranger)
Thuy Trang as Trini Kwan (Yellow Ranger)
Amy Jo Johnson as Kimberly Hart (Pink Ranger)
Jason David Frank as Tommy Oliver (Green Ranger/White Ranger) [Episode 17 onward]
Rangers Allies
David Fielding (Until episode 34) and Bob Manahan (Episode 34 onward) as Zordon
Richard Horvitz as Alpha 5
Civilians
Paul Schrier as Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier & Jason Narvy as Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch
Richard Genelle as Ernie
Henry Cannon as Principal Caplan
Royce Herron as Ms. Appleby
Villains
Machiko Soga (1993-1994), Carla Perez (1994-1998) as Rita Repulsa
Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar
Michael Sorich as Squatt
Dave Mallow as Baboo
Robert Axelrod as Finster
Episode 1: Day of the Dumpster
SpoilerWe first get introduced to the cast (rangers in their suits before we meet our cast of rangers) and some of the other cast with the opening.
To start the episode proper, we are greeted by two astronauts somewhere in the Solar System and they come across what they describe as a "space dumpster". They open it for some reason and Goldar, Squatt, Baboo, Finster and the leader and evil sorceress Rita Repulsa emerge from the dumpster exclaiming their gratitude for being freed after 10,000 years of being imprisoned in the dumpster. They then announce how they plan to celebrate their freedom--conquering Earth.
We transition to the city of Angel Grove and we meet our characters Zack, Kimberly, Billy, Trini and Jason at the Angel Grove Youth Center. Jason & Zack are sparring while Billy, who isn't exactly the most athletic, watches on as a student of their karate class. Kimberly is practicing gymnastics and Trini is doing breathing exercises. Then enter the high school bullies, Bulk & Skull, who try to hit on Kimberly & Trini. They are flipped onto the floor by the girls for their troubles.
Rita and her allies have made an ancient Moon Palace their lair and Rita eagerly readies for her conquest of taking over Earth. Finster, Rita's scientist, has created a lab where he creates monsters from clay, the first being the Putty Patrollers and bringing them to life using his Monster-Matic.
Back in the Youth Center, Bulk demands Jason to show him how to beat people up. Jason explains to Bulk that karate isn't about violence, but he proceeds to put Bulk on the mat. After class Jason meets up with Kimberly, Zack, Billy and Trini at Ernie's juice bar and as they meet up an earthquake rocks the youth center and everybody (except our five teens) panic and run out.
We then transition to Zordon and Alpha 5, Zordon telling Alpha to find him "overbearing and overemotional humans" to which Alpha responds with "No! Not that! Not teenagers!". We meet our group of 5 again just as they are teleported out of the youth center in beams of light and to the command center with Alpha and Zordon. Zordon explains what is going on and why he has summoned Jason and the others, saying only they can defeat Rita Repulsa (whom the teens have only seen through the Viewing Globe). Zordon gives the teens Power Morphers, which will allow them to "Morph" into "all-powerful warriors", but the teens decline Zordon's offer and leave, still with their power morphers.
They leave the Command Center and are suprised by Rita's Putty Patrollers, they fend them off for a little while and then they are overwhelmed by the Putties. They then use their Power Morphers to change into their "all-powerful warriors" and defeat the Putty Patrollers.
Zordon then teleports the teens back to Angel Grove where Goldar awaits them with more Putties. The Rangers handle the Putties pretty easily as Rita throws her magic wand to earth and causes Goldar to grow to the size of a skyscraper. The Rangers then summon their Dinozords and form the Megazord to overpower Goldar and cause him to retreat back to the Moon Palace.
Back on the moon, Rita comes down with a headache and blames Goldar for it since he lost to the Rangers.
In the command center, Jason, Trini, Zack, Kimberly and Billy have accepted Zordon's request to protect the Earth from Rita's plans. Zordon states they must never use heir powers for personal gain, never escalate a battle with their powers unless forced and they need to keep their identies as Power Rangers a secret from everybody.
Episode 2: High Five
SpoilerAfter the opening, we are greeted by Jason climbing a rope in the youth center, while Trini reveals she has a fear of heights (I see where this is going). Bulk & Skull come in and give the crew a hard time, Jason challenges Bulk to climb the rope, which Bulk accepts and fails both times, the 2nd time the rope and some plaster falling on him. The group laugh and Kimberly tells Bulk "You really showed us this time."
Billy arrives for the first time this episode, revealing he's created a communicator to communicate with Zordon & Alpha, as well as the other Rangers. Billy also unintentionally gave them the ability to teleport to and from the Command Center. Alpha takes Billy's communicator and allows the teleportation feature to work more smoothly, all while shortcircuiting Alpha momentarily.
Rita intends to trap the Rangers in a time warp, just like she did Zordon, using a device that looks like a space shuttle and a monster by the name of Bones that Finster created.
Zordon sends the Rangers to see what the Putties are doing while he analyzes the time device. They try to be sneaky but are quickly discovered. Kimberly says they should morph, but Jason re-states what Zordon said about them only using their powers when necessary. Jason tells Billy & Trini to split from the group to spread out the Putties. Billy & Trini then split to spread the Putties out even more. Billy climbs up a hill and Trini watches from below as Billy is forced closer to the edge. Billy then drops his Power Morpher as Trini slowly overcomes her fear of heights to help Billy, egging on the lone Putty that followed Billy up, only to have him run off the edge of the cliff.
Billy & Trini rejoin Kimberly, Jason and Zack who are trapped by a group of Putties and help break them out. Then Jason calls for a "human chain" with Zack on his shoulders laying back and Kimberly sat between Zack's legs and take out the Putties.
Zordon tells the Rangers that Rita has sent Bones to the amusement park, which the Rangers morph and magically end up at the amusement park (won't be the last time this series either). Bones then traps and attacks the rangers with some henchmen of his own while Squatt and Baboo light the fuse to a bomb that will destroy the time device and trap the Rangers. The rangers use their Blade Blasters to "destroy" Bones, until Billy realizes that unless they destroy Bones' head, he will be able to keep reassembling himself. Billy grabs Bones' head before it can reattach and throws it to Trini who throws it into a chasm of magma, the rest of Bones' body is destroyed as a result.
Rita sends down another monster (who has no official name but the Power Rangers wiki calls him Giant) who punches a hole in the time warp and grabs Jason as the bomb Squatt and Baboo set explodes, sending the other Rangers out of the time warp.
Jason shoots the Giant in the eye with his blaster to get out of it's grip and then calls upon the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord to singlehandedly defeat and destroy the Giant while the other Rangers look on. Rita develops another migraine because of her loss, again.
Jason, Kimberly, Trini and Billy return to the Youth Center and as they are sitting at a table, Ernie tells a customer about "Angel Grove's Superheroes, the Power Rangers." The teens laugh and Billy tells them that Zordon and Alpha made the communicators fully functional. As the teens make their way to the rope, Billy thanks Trini and Trini hopes she doesn't have to do it again. Zack sneaks up on the others, even though Jason sees him, putting on a monster mask and growls behind Trini, causing her to climb the rope I think quicker than Jason did earlier in the episode. Zack tells Trini it looks like she's overcome her fear of heights as Kimberly, Billy and Jason laugh.
WILL POST THE OTHER EPISODES I'VE WATCHED LATER!
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