I'm sorry, but there are about 87 better gold based puns that they could have made. I am taking suggestions.
Anyway, this episode is notable for two things - Adam doesn't dance and Tanya thinks Patrick Swayze and Gene Kelly are hot. Tanya has great taste in men. (Seriously, half the point of this recap was to link to these three clips.)
So, Kat is late to her own ballet class because she's trying to find stuff for the ballet they're putting on. Because they're studying Greek Mythology and just read the King Midas story, and... somehow this translated into "Kat should choreograph a ballet." Sure. Right. Somehow Kat has blackmailed Jason and Adam into dancing in the ballet. Jason doesn't seem all that upset about it, but Adam is pretty horrified and constantly trying to get out of it. We're pretty sure he only agreed because Tanya told him he would look good in tights.
To deal with the villains quickly - Zedd and Rita's camper gets a flat, and they spend most of the episode trying to fix it. Zedd is handy like that! Meanwhile, Louie Kaboom takes over the Machine Empire because... he can. IDEK. He comes up with a plan to turn everything into gold, because it's time to pay way too much attention to the Rangers' lives again.
While Adam and Jason continue to suck at ballet, Bulk and Skull listen to Tanya talk about how dancers are wicked hot (she also mentions Mikhail Baryshnikov, but personally, I'm all about Gene Kelly and Patrick Swayze and Fred Astaire.) For some reason, Bulk and Skull bet Tanya that they can find everything she needs for the ballet. If they do, she and Kat pay them twice their going rate. If they don't, they agree to do anything. Boys, this is not going to end well for you.
Bulk and Skull go hit a bunch of garage sales, and they find the gold toy dog sent by the machine empire that turns stuff into gold. They're very excited about being rich, until the dog turns the hot dog into gold. What a waste of a good hot dog. Anyway, they run straight to Kat and Adam in the Youth Center, who go investigate. Cogs show up, and they have to morph while fighting, which was pretty great.
The other Rangers come help, and Jason gets turned to gold. Except even though he was morphed, he's suddenly demorphed? Look, nothing in this episode makes sense. Tommy continues to spy on the Machines while Billy tries to fix Jason. Then for some reason there's some nonsense about Adam having to go prepare the zord bay while everyone else summons their Zords which are all getting turned into gold? Jason gets fixed and more Zords are summoned, and frankly, it made no sense and we actually spent most of the fight discussing which Rangers had sex in the back of their Zords, which is frankly way more interesting.
Later at the ballet, since Bulk and Skull failed to get everything on the list, they have replaced Adam and Jason in the ballet. Personally, I think Adam is protesting way too much. Bulk and Skull are actually trying, which is great, except sadly they end up falling down. Of course.
Fish: 4. What the hell was Adam doing during the Zord fight? Seriously, why did he have to go and hang out in the Zord bay?
Fic we want: Apparently I'm writing Rangers playing I Never fic. IDEK.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Episode 194- The Joke's On Blue
For an episode with Blue in the title, this one has very little to do with Rocky.
There is a new kid in school. He says Angel Grove is much bigger than his old school and all I can imagine is he was home schooled because really? Angel Grove only had two teachers until half a season ago. :P
New Kid shows up just as a rash of practical jokes begin taking place. Rocky loses three plates of french fries to an unscrewed ketchup bottle, teachers get pies to the head, Tanya even gets something squirted all over her from the mustard bottle. There is glitter EVERYWHERE. Bulk and Skull are determined to find out who this practical joker is, and Mrs. Rodriguez will pay them handsomely if they do. Except they have rival detectives! Humphrey and Bogart, who totally don't deserve those names, challenge Bulk and Skull to figure out who can solve the mystery first. All the props come from Angel Grove Novelty Shop. Not terribly surprisingly, nobody bothers to go check with the store.
Meanwhile, on the moon, Sprocket is upset because his big brother is back in town. Prince Gasket and his wife Archerina have come to protect the family while Mondo is away. Archerina shoots love arrows and makes creatures fall in love with her. Louie Kaboom totally falls for her and she makes him go to Earth and attack the Power Rangers. She is totally awesome, although alas, she does not make Stone fall in love with a video game or Ernie with his blender. Anyway, Archerina and Gasket fell in love, but they were from rival robot families and the fathers would never approve. So they did the smart thing and ELOPED instead of committing mutual suicide (eloping is romantic, KILLING YOURSELF FOR A BOY/GIRL IS NOT... can you tell I don't like Romeo and Juliet? It's a thing about me. Sorry) I do love their love story.
So Louie goes down to fight. Fights are boring and take up a lot of time. We spent most of it further discussing which rangers lost their virginity in the Zords. It was far more entertaining.
They win, Louie is a goner, Gasket is in charge now. Back at the Youth Center, Undeserving Humphrey and Not-Cool-Enough-For-His-Name Bogart totally accuse New Kid of being the prankster behind all the jokes. He denies it, but they won't relent. Until Kat and Tanya lead the Angel Grove Novelty Shop guy into the room with the latest shipment of supplies for the Fraudsters. Bulk and Skull eventually put two and two together and Mrs. Rodriguez, now knowing who was setting all the practical jokes, tells Bulk their check is in the mail.
1.5 fish! It's a rare low fish episode! I think it's because there was hardly any Tommy...
There is a new kid in school. He says Angel Grove is much bigger than his old school and all I can imagine is he was home schooled because really? Angel Grove only had two teachers until half a season ago. :P
New Kid shows up just as a rash of practical jokes begin taking place. Rocky loses three plates of french fries to an unscrewed ketchup bottle, teachers get pies to the head, Tanya even gets something squirted all over her from the mustard bottle. There is glitter EVERYWHERE. Bulk and Skull are determined to find out who this practical joker is, and Mrs. Rodriguez will pay them handsomely if they do. Except they have rival detectives! Humphrey and Bogart, who totally don't deserve those names, challenge Bulk and Skull to figure out who can solve the mystery first. All the props come from Angel Grove Novelty Shop. Not terribly surprisingly, nobody bothers to go check with the store.
Meanwhile, on the moon, Sprocket is upset because his big brother is back in town. Prince Gasket and his wife Archerina have come to protect the family while Mondo is away. Archerina shoots love arrows and makes creatures fall in love with her. Louie Kaboom totally falls for her and she makes him go to Earth and attack the Power Rangers. She is totally awesome, although alas, she does not make Stone fall in love with a video game or Ernie with his blender. Anyway, Archerina and Gasket fell in love, but they were from rival robot families and the fathers would never approve. So they did the smart thing and ELOPED instead of committing mutual suicide (eloping is romantic, KILLING YOURSELF FOR A BOY/GIRL IS NOT... can you tell I don't like Romeo and Juliet? It's a thing about me. Sorry) I do love their love story.
So Louie goes down to fight. Fights are boring and take up a lot of time. We spent most of it further discussing which rangers lost their virginity in the Zords. It was far more entertaining.
They win, Louie is a goner, Gasket is in charge now. Back at the Youth Center, Undeserving Humphrey and Not-Cool-Enough-For-His-Name Bogart totally accuse New Kid of being the prankster behind all the jokes. He denies it, but they won't relent. Until Kat and Tanya lead the Angel Grove Novelty Shop guy into the room with the latest shipment of supplies for the Fraudsters. Bulk and Skull eventually put two and two together and Mrs. Rodriguez, now knowing who was setting all the practical jokes, tells Bulk their check is in the mail.
1.5 fish! It's a rare low fish episode! I think it's because there was hardly any Tommy...
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Episode 192 - The Lore of Auric
Warning, rage blackout ahead.
SO, we open in a poorly disguised Indiana Jones movie, with two people running from machines, where they end up in a cave, and basically go about proving themselves to be the worst archaeologists since Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. They also scream a lot.
However, they manage to find the lost tiki or Auric, which looks suspiciously like Magneto and after they pull it off the stand with a whip, Louie Kaboom comes and takes it from them, leaving them to die in the temple death traps.
Meanwhile, at the beach club, Kat brings Tanya a package that was delivered to their house. It's from Aisha! AISHA. You know what this show is missing? AISHA. Seriously, she just needs to come back and fix everyone's problems. Also enclosed in the package is a GIANT KEY and a map that apparently leads to Mysterio Island where Tanya's parents vanished from years ago. Apparently she's thought they were dead this whole time? Really? But now she knows they might be alive and she can maybe find them and this island that can't be found.
Tanya goes to ask Zordon if he can teleport her there, and he's all "no powers for personal gain" except decides to make an exception so she can go. Then out of NOWHERE Jason is all "Hey Tanya, why don't you trust me with the key?" and pouts and she looks totally confused as to why he thinks she isn't going to need the key, but for some reason she hands it over to him.
WHAT. JUST WHAT. Jason had NO RIGHT to ask her for that key. It has NOTHING to do with him. And of course he is promptly going to LOSE IT and SERIOUSLY HE IS THE WORST FRIEND EVER. Why would you go parade the key around? If they needed to put it in a safe place, WHY NOT THE POWER CHAMBER? Tanya has known Jason for ALL OF THREE EPISODES and this is STUPID.
Louie Kaboom uses the key to wake up Auric the Conqueror, who apparently only helps good people, so he refuses to help Louie. (Why he has Conqueror in his name, we don't know.) Sprocket is way smarter, and instead tells him that the Rangers are evil and he needs Auric's help to stop them from conquering, and Auric calls Sprocket a little metal boy and agrees. Sprocket is a pretty good manipulator.
Jason summons Pyramidas and goes to try and reason with Auric, and he fails at it. Rocky is wearing a really preppy shirt, which is frankly more interesting because I am still mad at Jason. Since Jason fails, they have to call Tanya back and prevent her from finding her parents at this point. Tanya is actually really cool about it and doesn't punch out Jason, which is way more than I would do, but they summon the Zords and say Zordon's name, and Auric realizes that they're the good guys. Because Zordon is totally famous.
Bulk and Skull lose another of Detective Stone's cars. Stone should really stop entrusting the cars to them.
For some reason, Tanya GIVES JASON THE KEY. NO. THAT IS STUPID. She goes on and says that she can't think of anyone she would trust more. I CAN NAME FIVE OR SIX OTHER PEOPLE. I'm seriously angry about this - Jason had no right to ask her for it in the first place.
She goes back and finds her parents who are about to be burned alive, but she turns the switch and saves her parents, and they ask who she is, and she says her name and there's a tearful reunion.
Fish: FIVE. JASON, YOU FAIL.
Fic we want: Seriously, Auric is totally Magneto. Make it happen.
SO, we open in a poorly disguised Indiana Jones movie, with two people running from machines, where they end up in a cave, and basically go about proving themselves to be the worst archaeologists since Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. They also scream a lot.
However, they manage to find the lost tiki or Auric, which looks suspiciously like Magneto and after they pull it off the stand with a whip, Louie Kaboom comes and takes it from them, leaving them to die in the temple death traps.
Meanwhile, at the beach club, Kat brings Tanya a package that was delivered to their house. It's from Aisha! AISHA. You know what this show is missing? AISHA. Seriously, she just needs to come back and fix everyone's problems. Also enclosed in the package is a GIANT KEY and a map that apparently leads to Mysterio Island where Tanya's parents vanished from years ago. Apparently she's thought they were dead this whole time? Really? But now she knows they might be alive and she can maybe find them and this island that can't be found.
Tanya goes to ask Zordon if he can teleport her there, and he's all "no powers for personal gain" except decides to make an exception so she can go. Then out of NOWHERE Jason is all "Hey Tanya, why don't you trust me with the key?" and pouts and she looks totally confused as to why he thinks she isn't going to need the key, but for some reason she hands it over to him.
WHAT. JUST WHAT. Jason had NO RIGHT to ask her for that key. It has NOTHING to do with him. And of course he is promptly going to LOSE IT and SERIOUSLY HE IS THE WORST FRIEND EVER. Why would you go parade the key around? If they needed to put it in a safe place, WHY NOT THE POWER CHAMBER? Tanya has known Jason for ALL OF THREE EPISODES and this is STUPID.
Louie Kaboom uses the key to wake up Auric the Conqueror, who apparently only helps good people, so he refuses to help Louie. (Why he has Conqueror in his name, we don't know.) Sprocket is way smarter, and instead tells him that the Rangers are evil and he needs Auric's help to stop them from conquering, and Auric calls Sprocket a little metal boy and agrees. Sprocket is a pretty good manipulator.
Jason summons Pyramidas and goes to try and reason with Auric, and he fails at it. Rocky is wearing a really preppy shirt, which is frankly more interesting because I am still mad at Jason. Since Jason fails, they have to call Tanya back and prevent her from finding her parents at this point. Tanya is actually really cool about it and doesn't punch out Jason, which is way more than I would do, but they summon the Zords and say Zordon's name, and Auric realizes that they're the good guys. Because Zordon is totally famous.
Bulk and Skull lose another of Detective Stone's cars. Stone should really stop entrusting the cars to them.
For some reason, Tanya GIVES JASON THE KEY. NO. THAT IS STUPID. She goes on and says that she can't think of anyone she would trust more. I CAN NAME FIVE OR SIX OTHER PEOPLE. I'm seriously angry about this - Jason had no right to ask her for it in the first place.
She goes back and finds her parents who are about to be burned alive, but she turns the switch and saves her parents, and they ask who she is, and she says her name and there's a tearful reunion.
Fish: FIVE. JASON, YOU FAIL.
Fic we want: Seriously, Auric is totally Magneto. Make it happen.
Episode 191- The Scent of a Weasel
Let me start off by saying most of this episode was incredibly boring to me. I don't like fashion. I don't UNDERSTAND fashion... as in it literally makes no sense to me no matter how hard I try. For me, clothes are meant to keep you warm and they HAVE to be comfortable. If it's not comfortable, it's not worth it. And very little clothing is actually comfortable. So I don't get fashion and I don't get fashion shows or models or anything like that. Don't bother trying to explain it to me. I won't get it, it would be a waste of time. Nod and smile and enjoy the fashion bits yourself, mkay?
So we start off with a charity fashion show. We have no clue what the charity is and all it seems to really be doing is promoting a perfume, but whatever. Some dude with a bad French accent is using local talent in the show with one supermodel. Rocky is part of this local talent. He runs into other people. Poor Rocky.
Detective Stone is in charge of guarding the supermodel. He puts Bulk and Skull on the job which is actually a really good idea for a change. Bulk kind of fails, but Skull is actually in the show as a skunk and does a good job watching out for her. He accidentally knocks over a huge bottle of the perfume and it spills all over the supermodel, who now STINKS. Skull apologizes and they have the most adorable exchange ever and I LOVE THEM SO GUYS, OKAY? BEST PART OF THIS WHOLE EPISODE. (Also, Jason Narvy is definitely the best actor of the whole entire series EVER)
Meanwhile, the stinky supermodel gives Machina an idea. She makes a skunk monster that makes people smell. 5 year old children everywhere ignore the rest of the episode and focus on the Fart Monster. The rangers can't smell the bad through the helmets, but they got skunked and Billy has to try to find a remedy.
There is also some subplot of a thing hurtling towards Earth and Billy keeps trying to make contact with it instead of actually trying to protect the Earth from it and y'know, I appreciate his alien fetish and all, but there comes a time when not blowing up the Earth is more important than making contact! It turns out it's a wheel zord from Trey. It's just like Tommy's except Jason gets to pilot this one. Joy.
There is a boring fight where the rangers blow up the skunk monster by exploding his butt, and the show totally lost the 5 year old children completely here. He grows, they fight, they win, yada yada boring.
At the fashion show, Jason decided to impress Emily (whom he's entirely smitten with, by the way) by volunteering to model. They put him in golf pants, but at least he's wearing red. Supermodel thanks Detective Stone for putting Skull in charge of her safety. He did a great job and even got the smell off her by bathing her in lots of tomato juice. At the end of the show, he promotes the perfume and she kisses him. AWWWWWWW.
2 fish. It was pretty low, all things considered!
Fic we want: Emily totally breaking up with Jason because she has a crush on the Gold Ranger. You know it could happen.
So we start off with a charity fashion show. We have no clue what the charity is and all it seems to really be doing is promoting a perfume, but whatever. Some dude with a bad French accent is using local talent in the show with one supermodel. Rocky is part of this local talent. He runs into other people. Poor Rocky.
Detective Stone is in charge of guarding the supermodel. He puts Bulk and Skull on the job which is actually a really good idea for a change. Bulk kind of fails, but Skull is actually in the show as a skunk and does a good job watching out for her. He accidentally knocks over a huge bottle of the perfume and it spills all over the supermodel, who now STINKS. Skull apologizes and they have the most adorable exchange ever and I LOVE THEM SO GUYS, OKAY? BEST PART OF THIS WHOLE EPISODE. (Also, Jason Narvy is definitely the best actor of the whole entire series EVER)
Meanwhile, the stinky supermodel gives Machina an idea. She makes a skunk monster that makes people smell. 5 year old children everywhere ignore the rest of the episode and focus on the Fart Monster. The rangers can't smell the bad through the helmets, but they got skunked and Billy has to try to find a remedy.
There is also some subplot of a thing hurtling towards Earth and Billy keeps trying to make contact with it instead of actually trying to protect the Earth from it and y'know, I appreciate his alien fetish and all, but there comes a time when not blowing up the Earth is more important than making contact! It turns out it's a wheel zord from Trey. It's just like Tommy's except Jason gets to pilot this one. Joy.
There is a boring fight where the rangers blow up the skunk monster by exploding his butt, and the show totally lost the 5 year old children completely here. He grows, they fight, they win, yada yada boring.
At the fashion show, Jason decided to impress Emily (whom he's entirely smitten with, by the way) by volunteering to model. They put him in golf pants, but at least he's wearing red. Supermodel thanks Detective Stone for putting Skull in charge of her safety. He did a great job and even got the smell off her by bathing her in lots of tomato juice. At the end of the show, he promotes the perfume and she kisses him. AWWWWWWW.
2 fish. It was pretty low, all things considered!
Fic we want: Emily totally breaking up with Jason because she has a crush on the Gold Ranger. You know it could happen.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Episode 190 - Bomber in the Summer
It appears to be summer in Angel Grove, and don't ask how this timeline works, because seriously, Angel Grove isn't just its own country, it has its own weird sense of time as well. But Ernie is taking advantage of the heat to open up a side business by opening a beach club.
Unfortunately, it appears that Angel Grove has a biker gang, and they don't particularly like the idea of people using their beach. You can tell that they're bad because one of them popped a wheelie.
Jason and the Rangers are all "We are tough" but the biker gang isn't having it, and neither is Ernie, who just doesn't want any trouble. I keep wondering where the police are, and then I remember this is Angel Grove and that's how this works.
The bad girl on the back of a guy's bike makes eyes at Jason, and she has a significant necklace.
Meanwhile, Rito and Goldar are doing their work for Rita and Zedd, which involves shooting a rocket at the Machine Empire which turns out to be a monster named Louie Kaboom, who is very annoying. They lose the remote control and make Bulk and Skull look for it while Louie Kaboom tries to take things over within the Machine Empire.
At the Juice Bar, the Rangers are very sad that they can't use their powers for personal gain to stop the biker gang, when significant necklace girl (Emily) comes in, and Jason immediately recognizes her as the biker girl, and figures that if Tommy can ditch him for a blonde, he might as well do the same. So he uses his powers of looking concern and inspirational speeches to convince her to take a walk with him, where she tells him a sob story about being the new girl and having no other friends. They promptly run into Louie Kaboom who turns the significant necklace into a monster. Jason tells Emily to run, and she does, while Jason tries to take on the monster on his own. How this is different than Rocky last episode, I have no idea.
Anyway, the other Rangers show up and there's a fight, and Billy manages to rewire the remote and everything is boring while Jason goes to fight cogs.
Back at the beach club, the biker gangs feel guilty because of how Jason saved Emily, and now Emily works for Ernie and everyone is happy and this is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
Fish: 3.5. I'm sorry, doesn't Angel Grove's police department do anything?
Fic we want: Jason and Tommy talking about being the sixth ranger and having to run off while the regular team does stuff. Also, Jason and Emily are totally Sky's parents. YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE.
Unfortunately, it appears that Angel Grove has a biker gang, and they don't particularly like the idea of people using their beach. You can tell that they're bad because one of them popped a wheelie.
Jason and the Rangers are all "We are tough" but the biker gang isn't having it, and neither is Ernie, who just doesn't want any trouble. I keep wondering where the police are, and then I remember this is Angel Grove and that's how this works.
The bad girl on the back of a guy's bike makes eyes at Jason, and she has a significant necklace.
Meanwhile, Rito and Goldar are doing their work for Rita and Zedd, which involves shooting a rocket at the Machine Empire which turns out to be a monster named Louie Kaboom, who is very annoying. They lose the remote control and make Bulk and Skull look for it while Louie Kaboom tries to take things over within the Machine Empire.
At the Juice Bar, the Rangers are very sad that they can't use their powers for personal gain to stop the biker gang, when significant necklace girl (Emily) comes in, and Jason immediately recognizes her as the biker girl, and figures that if Tommy can ditch him for a blonde, he might as well do the same. So he uses his powers of looking concern and inspirational speeches to convince her to take a walk with him, where she tells him a sob story about being the new girl and having no other friends. They promptly run into Louie Kaboom who turns the significant necklace into a monster. Jason tells Emily to run, and she does, while Jason tries to take on the monster on his own. How this is different than Rocky last episode, I have no idea.
Anyway, the other Rangers show up and there's a fight, and Billy manages to rewire the remote and everything is boring while Jason goes to fight cogs.
Back at the beach club, the biker gangs feel guilty because of how Jason saved Emily, and now Emily works for Ernie and everyone is happy and this is COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS.
Fish: 3.5. I'm sorry, doesn't Angel Grove's police department do anything?
Fic we want: Jason and Tommy talking about being the sixth ranger and having to run off while the regular team does stuff. Also, Jason and Emily are totally Sky's parents. YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE.
Episode 189- Mondo's Last Stand
I freaking love this episode, guys. It spawned the only other Rocky pairing I can legitimately ship (that is not Rocky/Adam, that is)!
So we start off with Jason and Adam sparring. It's Very Pretty. Rocky comes up and asks Tommy if he'll train with him, but Tommy is too busy because he trades places with Adam. Bulk and Skull tease him about being replaced and he doesn't really buy it at first. Until he goes to talk to Billy and he runs away to learn a new kata from Jason. Poor Rocky! He really feels like he's being replaced. Bulk and Skull being bullies about it doesn't exactly help, but still. He's getting brushed off a lot here.
Meanwhile, some lady hires the detectives to find the original model for the Burble Baby Food jars. They estimate he would be a teenager and a recent transfer to Angel Grove. They suspect Jason. They are WRONG.
In harassing Jason, Bulk and Skull dislodge his communicator. The others are called to a fight and Jason is left behind. He never checks in, never joins them, never tries to get to the Power Chamber. We don't know what he does. The others, once the fight is over, are left to split up and go find him. Rocky pouts about this, especially because as he's trying to leave the door closes on his face and WILL NOT OPEN FOR HIM. Oh Rocky.
Mondo is searching for the Sword of Damocles right where Rocky is searching for Jason. He comes across Mondo and decides to show the others that he's important too and takes on Mondo all on his own. Oh Rocky, honey, this is not one of your more brilliant plans. He does actually hold his own for awhile at least!
But he's forced to retreat and then Mondo goes to attack the city. Rocky blames himself, as he is wont to do, and we just have to wonder... where the heck were the others during all this? They all show up at the same time with Jason, but really? They couldn't have helped him earlier? Reassured him or something? Meh. And how did Zordon NOT NOTICE his ranger fighting Mondo ALONE?!?!?!?!
Anyway, they have to go fight while Jason goes to the junkyard to find a part that Billy accidentally beamed over with old Zord wreckage. Really? Dumping your Ranger junk at the junkyard is probably not the best idea, guys. Anyway, Jason finds it just as he's attacked by cogs, so Billy beams it out and begins working on it.
There is a very boring fight where the rangers call Zords and fight a giant Mondo with the sword and yada yada yada. They win. Mondo explodes. Machina reassures Sprocket that it's happened to Mondo before and he'll be fine. Elsewhere on the moon, Rita and Zedd show up in an RV to get Rito and Goldar.
Back at the Youth Center, the lady tells Bulk and Skull the calculations were off. The Burble Baby is actually middle aged and has lived in Angel Grove for years. It's Ernie! He is now the proud owner of a lifetime supply of baby food. He decides he should make baby food smoothies. EW.
Rocky apologizes to everybody for being headstrong and Jason reassures him they are friends. How Jason knew Rocky's freak out was over him, we're not sure. There had to have been an off screen "talk". Rocky needs to stop apologizing because it's not his fault and he clearly doesn't believe what he's saying anyway, but everybody takes him at face value and moves on. Way to be bad friends, guys!
2 fish. It could have used more Rocky/Jason, though!
Fic we want: More Rocky/Jason. It needs to exist, yo.
Also, Rocky calling Aisha and being all "AISHA, FIX MY LIFE"
So we start off with Jason and Adam sparring. It's Very Pretty. Rocky comes up and asks Tommy if he'll train with him, but Tommy is too busy because he trades places with Adam. Bulk and Skull tease him about being replaced and he doesn't really buy it at first. Until he goes to talk to Billy and he runs away to learn a new kata from Jason. Poor Rocky! He really feels like he's being replaced. Bulk and Skull being bullies about it doesn't exactly help, but still. He's getting brushed off a lot here.
Meanwhile, some lady hires the detectives to find the original model for the Burble Baby Food jars. They estimate he would be a teenager and a recent transfer to Angel Grove. They suspect Jason. They are WRONG.
In harassing Jason, Bulk and Skull dislodge his communicator. The others are called to a fight and Jason is left behind. He never checks in, never joins them, never tries to get to the Power Chamber. We don't know what he does. The others, once the fight is over, are left to split up and go find him. Rocky pouts about this, especially because as he's trying to leave the door closes on his face and WILL NOT OPEN FOR HIM. Oh Rocky.
Mondo is searching for the Sword of Damocles right where Rocky is searching for Jason. He comes across Mondo and decides to show the others that he's important too and takes on Mondo all on his own. Oh Rocky, honey, this is not one of your more brilliant plans. He does actually hold his own for awhile at least!
But he's forced to retreat and then Mondo goes to attack the city. Rocky blames himself, as he is wont to do, and we just have to wonder... where the heck were the others during all this? They all show up at the same time with Jason, but really? They couldn't have helped him earlier? Reassured him or something? Meh. And how did Zordon NOT NOTICE his ranger fighting Mondo ALONE?!?!?!?!
Anyway, they have to go fight while Jason goes to the junkyard to find a part that Billy accidentally beamed over with old Zord wreckage. Really? Dumping your Ranger junk at the junkyard is probably not the best idea, guys. Anyway, Jason finds it just as he's attacked by cogs, so Billy beams it out and begins working on it.
There is a very boring fight where the rangers call Zords and fight a giant Mondo with the sword and yada yada yada. They win. Mondo explodes. Machina reassures Sprocket that it's happened to Mondo before and he'll be fine. Elsewhere on the moon, Rita and Zedd show up in an RV to get Rito and Goldar.
Back at the Youth Center, the lady tells Bulk and Skull the calculations were off. The Burble Baby is actually middle aged and has lived in Angel Grove for years. It's Ernie! He is now the proud owner of a lifetime supply of baby food. He decides he should make baby food smoothies. EW.
Rocky apologizes to everybody for being headstrong and Jason reassures him they are friends. How Jason knew Rocky's freak out was over him, we're not sure. There had to have been an off screen "talk". Rocky needs to stop apologizing because it's not his fault and he clearly doesn't believe what he's saying anyway, but everybody takes him at face value and moves on. Way to be bad friends, guys!
2 fish. It could have used more Rocky/Jason, though!
Fic we want: More Rocky/Jason. It needs to exist, yo.
Also, Rocky calling Aisha and being all "AISHA, FIX MY LIFE"
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Episode 188 - A Golden Homecoming
Previously on Power Rangers - NO, SERIOUSLY, WHAT WAS THAT SHIT?
Seriously, the two of us are totally conflicted about this episode. On the one hand, yay Jason! On the other hand - NO SERIOUSLY, WHY IS IT NOT BILLY?
Anyway, the episode opens with Tommy off somewhere without his powers to go get the new candidate for Gold Ranger. It's Jason, in a trenchcoat! We're guessing that Jason stole the coat from his boss at Torchwood. The other Rangers can't track them because that will alert King Mondo, but somehow they'll still know exactly when they can teleport? Whatever, the fish are strong with this one.
And it doesn't matter anyway, because Tommy and Jason get attacked by Cogs, and we get one of the few unmorphed fight scenes of the season. Which, you know, is a thing that we approve of, but WHY IS EVERYTHING ABOUT TOMMY? On the bright side, we do get to see Tommy fall down when he tries to run, so that's pretty great.
Meanwhile, Goldar and Rito have dreams sent to them by Rita and Zedd, mocking them for cleaning house. Zedd returns Goldar's wings and sword, but only if they promise to never be nice again. It's GREAT. Then they antagonize Bulk and Skull, who quite frankly deserve it. I love them, but the slave!RitoandGoldar plot is REALLY AWFUL. Goldar and Rito head off to wherever it is that the dream told them to go, and Bulk and Skull chase after them in Lt. Stone's car.
Back at the Power Chamber, everyone is all "Jason!" Not that most of them have even really met them before. And you know, I really want fic about this episode. I want Tommy's phone call to Jason being all "Come bemy boyfriend a Ranger again" and I want Jason and Billy to talk about whether Billy is ok with Jason having the power, and basically I want the emotional consequences of all of this and how it changes friendships.
The other Rangers go and fight some monster while the power is transferred to Jason, and then newly!Rangered Jason goes to help them, but the monsters are too strong. Billy pulls them back before they can summon zords with "sorry, monsters too powerful. LET ME BE USEFUL, OK?"
Then there's some nonsense from Trey about how there are super Zeo Gems that will turn into new Zords, and that fits with nothing we know about the Zeo Crystal, but since that's one of the least faily things about this episode, I'm just going to ignore it. Trey leaves, and Jason waves his staff over the gems (and oh god, that sounds so wrong) and they turn into the Zords, and the five main Rangers go beat up four monsters in them. Except while it's pretty awesome that Kat and Tanya get to beat up a monster together, all the boys can do it on their own, and I just sit there being very grumpy about it.
Rito and Goldar get picked up by Rita and Zedd, and the family is reunited. Awwww. Which is too bad for Goldar, because he's leaving just as Jason's coming back, and you know our feelings about Goldar/Jason. (Hint: It is bad and wrong but also awesome.)
At the youth center, Tommy is all "YES, MY BOYFRIEND IS BACK" and Jason is all "Leaving to join Torchwood was hard, but at least I knew the Rangers were in good hands, and by the way? Totally don't want to be leader again." And then they make out. Well, that would be how I would end it anyway.
Fish: FIVE. WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT NO BILLY?
Fic we want: Seriously, emotional consequences of Jason coming back. Where is the conversation between Jason and Billy? Because frankly, that is WAY more important than the fact that Tommy clearly wants to make out with him.
Seriously, the two of us are totally conflicted about this episode. On the one hand, yay Jason! On the other hand - NO SERIOUSLY, WHY IS IT NOT BILLY?
Anyway, the episode opens with Tommy off somewhere without his powers to go get the new candidate for Gold Ranger. It's Jason, in a trenchcoat! We're guessing that Jason stole the coat from his boss at Torchwood. The other Rangers can't track them because that will alert King Mondo, but somehow they'll still know exactly when they can teleport? Whatever, the fish are strong with this one.
And it doesn't matter anyway, because Tommy and Jason get attacked by Cogs, and we get one of the few unmorphed fight scenes of the season. Which, you know, is a thing that we approve of, but WHY IS EVERYTHING ABOUT TOMMY? On the bright side, we do get to see Tommy fall down when he tries to run, so that's pretty great.
Meanwhile, Goldar and Rito have dreams sent to them by Rita and Zedd, mocking them for cleaning house. Zedd returns Goldar's wings and sword, but only if they promise to never be nice again. It's GREAT. Then they antagonize Bulk and Skull, who quite frankly deserve it. I love them, but the slave!RitoandGoldar plot is REALLY AWFUL. Goldar and Rito head off to wherever it is that the dream told them to go, and Bulk and Skull chase after them in Lt. Stone's car.
Back at the Power Chamber, everyone is all "Jason!" Not that most of them have even really met them before. And you know, I really want fic about this episode. I want Tommy's phone call to Jason being all "Come be
The other Rangers go and fight some monster while the power is transferred to Jason, and then newly!Rangered Jason goes to help them, but the monsters are too strong. Billy pulls them back before they can summon zords with "sorry, monsters too powerful. LET ME BE USEFUL, OK?"
Then there's some nonsense from Trey about how there are super Zeo Gems that will turn into new Zords, and that fits with nothing we know about the Zeo Crystal, but since that's one of the least faily things about this episode, I'm just going to ignore it. Trey leaves, and Jason waves his staff over the gems (and oh god, that sounds so wrong) and they turn into the Zords, and the five main Rangers go beat up four monsters in them. Except while it's pretty awesome that Kat and Tanya get to beat up a monster together, all the boys can do it on their own, and I just sit there being very grumpy about it.
Rito and Goldar get picked up by Rita and Zedd, and the family is reunited. Awwww. Which is too bad for Goldar, because he's leaving just as Jason's coming back, and you know our feelings about Goldar/Jason. (Hint: It is bad and wrong but also awesome.)
At the youth center, Tommy is all "YES, MY BOYFRIEND IS BACK" and Jason is all "Leaving to join Torchwood was hard, but at least I knew the Rangers were in good hands, and by the way? Totally don't want to be leader again." And then they make out. Well, that would be how I would end it anyway.
Fish: FIVE. WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT NO BILLY?
Fic we want: Seriously, emotional consequences of Jason coming back. Where is the conversation between Jason and Billy? Because frankly, that is WAY more important than the fact that Tommy clearly wants to make out with him.
Episode 187- Revelations of Gold
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We'll start with the only good thing about this episode. The subplot! So Rito and Goldar go for a walk. They hide behind bushes and observe families in the park. Rito loves families! Goldar kind of does too. Rito wants to find his family! They enlist Bulk and Skull to be detectives and find their families for them. IT'S SO FREAKING CUTE. Even cuter? THEY ACTUALLY TRY. Unfortunately, they have no luck. Rita and Zedd have been looking for Rito and Goldar, however, and sent them a message in the mail. They're starting to remember!
And now the bad. So the Gold Ranger's pyramid crashes on Aquitar. He's been chased by a family of bounty hunters and, assuming the crash into the ocean killed him, they give up the fight and leave. But luckily he crashed on Aquitar because the Aquitian rangers are totally awesome. Cestro finds him and brings him inside and they immediately contact the rangers on Earth. They have to transfer Trey to Earth because the atmosphere on Aquitar is toxic to him. Or something. Anyway, mid-transfer Mondo sets up some shield around the Power Chamber. Billy is trying to destroy it but Trey is already on his way and Tommy somehow manages to come up with the idea of simply diverting Trey to somewhere else. Uh... duh?
Except he lands in the water and there is a dramatic scene of everybody diving around trying to find him. I do approve of wet Adam and Rocky, though lament not seeing much wet Kat or Tanya. Tommy disappears under water for far longer than a human can hold his breath, and surfaces with Trey. Of course.
Trey splits into three and introduces himself as the Triforce- Wisdom, Courage, and Heart. He has to transfer the powers to somebody and they know immediately it should be Billy! Because occasionally they are good friends. Except they get attacked and have to hide and demand Billy teleport Trey even though he's still trying to get the science-faily shield down. But, being Billy, he manages to do all that. Because he's awesome.
Meanwhile I'm left to wonder why Trey-not-morphed is very formal and speaks with flowery prose while Trey-as-Ryan-Steele-VR-Trooper-Gold-Ranger is full of fun slang and colloquialisms. Things that make you go hrm.
So Trey tries to transfer the powers but HE CAN'T. IT DOES NOT WORK. And this is where I scream and want to break things. Oh Billy. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.
Mondo just gives up on the rangers since Trey is now gone and they go the Power Chamber to see how the transfer is going. Billy explains something about negative protons (WORST SCIENCE FAIL TO DATE, SHOW) and THEY BUY IT. Now we all have a sad. Tommy knows somebody who can take the powers though, and Zordon sends him to collect him post haste.
WHY WAS IT NOT BILLY????
5 fish. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BILLY.
We'll start with the only good thing about this episode. The subplot! So Rito and Goldar go for a walk. They hide behind bushes and observe families in the park. Rito loves families! Goldar kind of does too. Rito wants to find his family! They enlist Bulk and Skull to be detectives and find their families for them. IT'S SO FREAKING CUTE. Even cuter? THEY ACTUALLY TRY. Unfortunately, they have no luck. Rita and Zedd have been looking for Rito and Goldar, however, and sent them a message in the mail. They're starting to remember!
And now the bad. So the Gold Ranger's pyramid crashes on Aquitar. He's been chased by a family of bounty hunters and, assuming the crash into the ocean killed him, they give up the fight and leave. But luckily he crashed on Aquitar because the Aquitian rangers are totally awesome. Cestro finds him and brings him inside and they immediately contact the rangers on Earth. They have to transfer Trey to Earth because the atmosphere on Aquitar is toxic to him. Or something. Anyway, mid-transfer Mondo sets up some shield around the Power Chamber. Billy is trying to destroy it but Trey is already on his way and Tommy somehow manages to come up with the idea of simply diverting Trey to somewhere else. Uh... duh?
Except he lands in the water and there is a dramatic scene of everybody diving around trying to find him. I do approve of wet Adam and Rocky, though lament not seeing much wet Kat or Tanya. Tommy disappears under water for far longer than a human can hold his breath, and surfaces with Trey. Of course.
Trey splits into three and introduces himself as the Triforce- Wisdom, Courage, and Heart. He has to transfer the powers to somebody and they know immediately it should be Billy! Because occasionally they are good friends. Except they get attacked and have to hide and demand Billy teleport Trey even though he's still trying to get the science-faily shield down. But, being Billy, he manages to do all that. Because he's awesome.
Meanwhile I'm left to wonder why Trey-not-morphed is very formal and speaks with flowery prose while Trey-as-Ryan-Steele-VR-Trooper-Gold-Ranger is full of fun slang and colloquialisms. Things that make you go hrm.
So Trey tries to transfer the powers but HE CAN'T. IT DOES NOT WORK. And this is where I scream and want to break things. Oh Billy. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU.
Mondo just gives up on the rangers since Trey is now gone and they go the Power Chamber to see how the transfer is going. Billy explains something about negative protons (WORST SCIENCE FAIL TO DATE, SHOW) and THEY BUY IT. Now we all have a sad. Tommy knows somebody who can take the powers though, and Zordon sends him to collect him post haste.
WHY WAS IT NOT BILLY????
5 fish. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BILLY.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Power Rangers Samurai LIVE CHAT EVENT!
So as I'm sure we're all aware, Power Ranger Samurai premieres tomorrow (Monday) night on Nick at 8pm! Who's excited? ALL OF US. We can has new series? Why yes, yes we can!
In honour of the season we never thought we'd get to have, we're going to host a live chat during the premiere! AIM is the chat program of choice for this event. If you have AIM and want to join us, leave a comment with your AIM screen name and we'll add you to the group chat. If you don't have AIM and want to join us, go ahead and get it (I did, just for this)!
We'll be setting up the group chat around 7:45 EST. We look forward to seeing you there!
In honour of the season we never thought we'd get to have, we're going to host a live chat during the premiere! AIM is the chat program of choice for this event. If you have AIM and want to join us, leave a comment with your AIM screen name and we'll add you to the group chat. If you don't have AIM and want to join us, go ahead and get it (I did, just for this)!
We'll be setting up the group chat around 7:45 EST. We look forward to seeing you there!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Episode 186- Do I Know You?
In this episode of Power Rangers, Rocky is still sure Billy is the Gold Ranger. Skull is still clearly a Time Lord. There is LOTS of screaming for Tommy. The fish is strong with this one!
The side plot... the detectives need a client. Any client. A woman comes in looking for her missing dog (more on that in a bit). She wants to hire them to find her dog. Skull consoles her by immediately thrusting a teapot in front of her and offering her a nice cuppa. HE IS SO A TIME LORD. Just sayin'. In the end they don't find the dog, but the woman hires them to do odd jobs around her house. So they call Rito and Goldar out of the closet (heee, only part of this bit I actually liked) and have them do it all. I hate slave!Rito and Goldar. *sigh*
So. The ranger plot. Tommy and Adam are mountain biking through Angel Grove. Adam is ready to stop. Tommy wants 10 more miles. Meanwhile, the woman is walking her little froofy dog. The Gold Ranger in his pyramid comes down to Earth, knocking Tommy and Adam off their bikes and sending the dog running. Adam screams for Tommy *headdesk* and they can clearly see the pyramid until he engages his cloaking device.
That's it! The Gold Ranger is either Romulan, Klingon, or a sneaky Ferengithief follower of the Rules of Acquisition!
Anyway, everybody ends up looking for the pyramid, Mondo included. The rangers even have charts to figure out who the Gold Ranger is. They could just try calling up OTHER ranger teams and asking them, like, oh, I dunno... Aquitar? But no, that would be logical and provide continuity for this show, and we know Power Rangers can have NONE of that. So they just kind of blindly stumble around trying to find the Gold Ranger.
Except there just happens to be a bounty hunter looking for the Gold Ranger, too. The rangers end up in a fight with cogs and Kat screams for Tommy this time. Twice in one episode? Really show? *facepalm* Trey goes to help them out but refuses to reveal his identity. Apparently if he does so he loses his powers? I... don't get it. I told you the fish is strong with this one!
So the bounty hunter makes a deal with Mondo and then attacks Trey and hurts him, but the rangers blow him up with their Zeo Canon. They teleport Trey to the Power Chamber where he calls Zordon and Alpha by name and then vanishes. Mondo makes the bounty hunter grow, the rangers call their zords, and it's a boring fight that they eventually win. As if we didn't know that would happen.
The rangers go back to the Power Chamber, only to find Trey (well, they don't know he's Trey yet) gone. Billy comes walking in and they're all "Uh huh, and where were you Mr. I'd-tell-you-if-I-was-a-ranger, hrmmmmmm?" Billy doesn't really answer them yet again and Zordon mentions the Gold Ranger knew his name and Alpha's as well. They're all amazed and Zordon says the only way he could know is if they already knew him.
Uh... really? Aren't you really old, Zordon, and kind of, y'know, SUPER FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY? And isn't it pretty well known you have a little robot buddy in the robot model Alpha? Or does that not matter because clearly they're setting us up for the BIGGEST LETDOWN OF THE SHOW?
4.5 fish. This episode made no sense whatsoever.
The side plot... the detectives need a client. Any client. A woman comes in looking for her missing dog (more on that in a bit). She wants to hire them to find her dog. Skull consoles her by immediately thrusting a teapot in front of her and offering her a nice cuppa. HE IS SO A TIME LORD. Just sayin'. In the end they don't find the dog, but the woman hires them to do odd jobs around her house. So they call Rito and Goldar out of the closet (heee, only part of this bit I actually liked) and have them do it all. I hate slave!Rito and Goldar. *sigh*
So. The ranger plot. Tommy and Adam are mountain biking through Angel Grove. Adam is ready to stop. Tommy wants 10 more miles. Meanwhile, the woman is walking her little froofy dog. The Gold Ranger in his pyramid comes down to Earth, knocking Tommy and Adam off their bikes and sending the dog running. Adam screams for Tommy *headdesk* and they can clearly see the pyramid until he engages his cloaking device.
That's it! The Gold Ranger is either Romulan, Klingon, or a sneaky Ferengi
Anyway, everybody ends up looking for the pyramid, Mondo included. The rangers even have charts to figure out who the Gold Ranger is. They could just try calling up OTHER ranger teams and asking them, like, oh, I dunno... Aquitar? But no, that would be logical and provide continuity for this show, and we know Power Rangers can have NONE of that. So they just kind of blindly stumble around trying to find the Gold Ranger.
Except there just happens to be a bounty hunter looking for the Gold Ranger, too. The rangers end up in a fight with cogs and Kat screams for Tommy this time. Twice in one episode? Really show? *facepalm* Trey goes to help them out but refuses to reveal his identity. Apparently if he does so he loses his powers? I... don't get it. I told you the fish is strong with this one!
So the bounty hunter makes a deal with Mondo and then attacks Trey and hurts him, but the rangers blow him up with their Zeo Canon. They teleport Trey to the Power Chamber where he calls Zordon and Alpha by name and then vanishes. Mondo makes the bounty hunter grow, the rangers call their zords, and it's a boring fight that they eventually win. As if we didn't know that would happen.
The rangers go back to the Power Chamber, only to find Trey (well, they don't know he's Trey yet) gone. Billy comes walking in and they're all "Uh huh, and where were you Mr. I'd-tell-you-if-I-was-a-ranger, hrmmmmmm?" Billy doesn't really answer them yet again and Zordon mentions the Gold Ranger knew his name and Alpha's as well. They're all amazed and Zordon says the only way he could know is if they already knew him.
Uh... really? Aren't you really old, Zordon, and kind of, y'know, SUPER FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY? And isn't it pretty well known you have a little robot buddy in the robot model Alpha? Or does that not matter because clearly they're setting us up for the BIGGEST LETDOWN OF THE SHOW?
4.5 fish. This episode made no sense whatsoever.
Episode 185 - Rock-A-Bye Power Rangers
Today, on Power Rangers - Rocky is smart, and the Rangers are tired. Also, they should sell toys of this monster - we would totally buy them.
The episode begins with a fight scene, and the Rangers are getting their butts kicked. Seems that King Mondo has a pretty great plan - he's been sending the cogs down for random quick attacks and then pulling the cogs out after, just so that he can tire the Rangers out. Luckily, they're saved this time by the Gold Ranger, but they clearly can't keep this up much longer.
At the Youth Center, Tanya and Rocky look completely exhausted, and Adam actually has fallen asleep on his homework. Billy comes in, and Tanya is all concerned about him - where has he been all the time? Billy tries not to avoid answering, and the Rangers grow suspicious.
At the detective agency, Bulk and Skull are charged with guarding a safe for 24 hours. This is not going to end well. Especially when they manage to get themselves tricked by a thief who pretends to be a locksmith. Although we do get to find out that the detective agency has a duck phone.
Now that Mondo has tired out the Rangers, he decides to send down a monster that will put them to sleep. The Somnibot is freaking ADORABLE. I just want to cuddle her forever! And frankly, the Rangers would probably appreciate the rest.
Zordon summons the Rangers, all of whom look exhausted (and Adam and Tanya were napping at the youth center, and Adam's hair is delightfully mussed and Tanya tries to fix it, and they are the most adorable ever) and they find out about the monster. Alpha says he'll come up with a protective frequency that will keep them from going to sleep, but he needs Billy's help, and Billy finally shows up to make the last minute adjustments, proving that Billy is smarter than Alpha.
Turns out the calculations weren't exact, so the Rangers are losing again. Billy says he has an idea, and he leaves the Power Chamber, and then the Gold Ranger shows up. They manage to get through the fight, and Billy provides some pathetic excuses for why he wasn't there.
The Somnibot and Clank and Orbus turn a truck into a power station that will project the sleep song over the whole city, and the Rangers go chasing after them on their Zeo Cycles, while Billy vanishes again as soon as the Power Surge is set up. There's a fight scene, the power surge goes off, the Rangers win, etc.
Bulk and Skull recover the safe, which apparently only contains some prize winning recipe and also doubles as a fridge. Eww.
Back at the Power Chamber, Adam is all disheveled, and there's no sign of Tanya. We're assuming she just stayed behind to straighten up a little before going to the Power Chamber. Rocky confronts Billy, saying he's figured it out, and Billy is the Gold Ranger. Billy denies it.
If there was any justice in this show, Billy would be the Gold Ranger. But since we know he's not, this whole thing just makes Billy look like a jackass. What was he doing that was so important? Working for the Intergalactic CIA? Spying for Aquitar? Building the Turbo Zords? Creating the Phantom Ranger powers?
Pfft. Billy for the Gold.
Fish - 3.5. The stuff about Billy is RIDICULOUS.
The episode begins with a fight scene, and the Rangers are getting their butts kicked. Seems that King Mondo has a pretty great plan - he's been sending the cogs down for random quick attacks and then pulling the cogs out after, just so that he can tire the Rangers out. Luckily, they're saved this time by the Gold Ranger, but they clearly can't keep this up much longer.
At the Youth Center, Tanya and Rocky look completely exhausted, and Adam actually has fallen asleep on his homework. Billy comes in, and Tanya is all concerned about him - where has he been all the time? Billy tries not to avoid answering, and the Rangers grow suspicious.
At the detective agency, Bulk and Skull are charged with guarding a safe for 24 hours. This is not going to end well. Especially when they manage to get themselves tricked by a thief who pretends to be a locksmith. Although we do get to find out that the detective agency has a duck phone.
Now that Mondo has tired out the Rangers, he decides to send down a monster that will put them to sleep. The Somnibot is freaking ADORABLE. I just want to cuddle her forever! And frankly, the Rangers would probably appreciate the rest.
Zordon summons the Rangers, all of whom look exhausted (and Adam and Tanya were napping at the youth center, and Adam's hair is delightfully mussed and Tanya tries to fix it, and they are the most adorable ever) and they find out about the monster. Alpha says he'll come up with a protective frequency that will keep them from going to sleep, but he needs Billy's help, and Billy finally shows up to make the last minute adjustments, proving that Billy is smarter than Alpha.
Turns out the calculations weren't exact, so the Rangers are losing again. Billy says he has an idea, and he leaves the Power Chamber, and then the Gold Ranger shows up. They manage to get through the fight, and Billy provides some pathetic excuses for why he wasn't there.
The Somnibot and Clank and Orbus turn a truck into a power station that will project the sleep song over the whole city, and the Rangers go chasing after them on their Zeo Cycles, while Billy vanishes again as soon as the Power Surge is set up. There's a fight scene, the power surge goes off, the Rangers win, etc.
Bulk and Skull recover the safe, which apparently only contains some prize winning recipe and also doubles as a fridge. Eww.
Back at the Power Chamber, Adam is all disheveled, and there's no sign of Tanya. We're assuming she just stayed behind to straighten up a little before going to the Power Chamber. Rocky confronts Billy, saying he's figured it out, and Billy is the Gold Ranger. Billy denies it.
If there was any justice in this show, Billy would be the Gold Ranger. But since we know he's not, this whole thing just makes Billy look like a jackass. What was he doing that was so important? Working for the Intergalactic CIA? Spying for Aquitar? Building the Turbo Zords? Creating the Phantom Ranger powers?
Pfft. Billy for the Gold.
Fish - 3.5. The stuff about Billy is RIDICULOUS.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Episode 184- Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
This was almost as boring as the last episode I recaped. No, really. It was bad.
So Kat is apparently in a surfing competition against some champion high schooler from Stone Canyon. I... don't buy that she's a surfer. Sorry, I just don't. She is definitely not of the "surfer mindset".
But I can't complain too much because it means we get Lifeguard Rocky! Continuity FOR THE WIN! Even though he's not running around shirtless. I'll take it! Plus David shows up (yay David!). He's still hot. He's sporting a partially grown in goatee. This somehow makes him even MORE attractive. *swoon*
Mondo brings back Leaky Faucet to contaminate the water supply. He succeeds! The water is gross and when Adam and Tanya try to have a quick drink after sparring, they immediately recognize it as being contaminated with cog oil. Tanya loudly announces this. LOUDLY. Secret identity, Tanya, means you're not supposed to know what cog oil is or smells like, mkay?
They get Billy to test the water and sure enough, it's cog oil. They discover cogs trying to get the oil into the oceans and go to try and stop it. Except they're beaten, badly, and Tanya screams for Adam (really show? REALLY? SHE DOES NOT NEED RESCUING, MKAY?). They fail and the oil makes it to the water.
Back at the surfing competition, everyone on the beach notices the rapidly growing spill of NEON GLOWING GREEN TOXIC WASTE. Everybody, that is, except Kat who is still in the water. Zordon contacts Tommy and tells them to get everyone out of the water. David suggests the Power Rangers make an appearance and, despite standing in front of a large outcropping of easy-to-hide-behind rocks, Tommy says there are too many people around. He sends Rocky to take care of the people on the beach while he and David swim out to get Kat.
A toxic wave knocks them over, however, and Kat fails to resurface. They eventually find her and she's disoriented and needs rescuing. What is WITH this episode? The girls are not incapable of taking care of themselves!
So they get to shore and everybody morphs and goes to fight Leaky Faucet and it's really really boring. Like, REALLY really boring. They win, with Trey's help of course.
Somehow Billy got rid of all the cog oil in something like 2.5 seconds with nobody else noticing and nobody wondering how he did so. Because he's Billy.
In a shocking turn of events, Kat loses the surfing competition. Meanwhile, David is very hot and includes Rocky in his "congratulations" antics. David/Rocky? Yes, please.
Fish: a toxic 4. They were everywhere!
I have no clue what the title of this episode has to do with the episode itself.
So Kat is apparently in a surfing competition against some champion high schooler from Stone Canyon. I... don't buy that she's a surfer. Sorry, I just don't. She is definitely not of the "surfer mindset".
But I can't complain too much because it means we get Lifeguard Rocky! Continuity FOR THE WIN! Even though he's not running around shirtless. I'll take it! Plus David shows up (yay David!). He's still hot. He's sporting a partially grown in goatee. This somehow makes him even MORE attractive. *swoon*
Mondo brings back Leaky Faucet to contaminate the water supply. He succeeds! The water is gross and when Adam and Tanya try to have a quick drink after sparring, they immediately recognize it as being contaminated with cog oil. Tanya loudly announces this. LOUDLY. Secret identity, Tanya, means you're not supposed to know what cog oil is or smells like, mkay?
They get Billy to test the water and sure enough, it's cog oil. They discover cogs trying to get the oil into the oceans and go to try and stop it. Except they're beaten, badly, and Tanya screams for Adam (really show? REALLY? SHE DOES NOT NEED RESCUING, MKAY?). They fail and the oil makes it to the water.
Back at the surfing competition, everyone on the beach notices the rapidly growing spill of NEON GLOWING GREEN TOXIC WASTE. Everybody, that is, except Kat who is still in the water. Zordon contacts Tommy and tells them to get everyone out of the water. David suggests the Power Rangers make an appearance and, despite standing in front of a large outcropping of easy-to-hide-behind rocks, Tommy says there are too many people around. He sends Rocky to take care of the people on the beach while he and David swim out to get Kat.
A toxic wave knocks them over, however, and Kat fails to resurface. They eventually find her and she's disoriented and needs rescuing. What is WITH this episode? The girls are not incapable of taking care of themselves!
So they get to shore and everybody morphs and goes to fight Leaky Faucet and it's really really boring. Like, REALLY really boring. They win, with Trey's help of course.
Somehow Billy got rid of all the cog oil in something like 2.5 seconds with nobody else noticing and nobody wondering how he did so. Because he's Billy.
In a shocking turn of events, Kat loses the surfing competition. Meanwhile, David is very hot and includes Rocky in his "congratulations" antics. David/Rocky? Yes, please.
Fish: a toxic 4. They were everywhere!
I have no clue what the title of this episode has to do with the episode itself.
Episode 183 - A Small Problem
There were possibly some margaritas before recapping, so I apologize in advance for any incoherency.
Tommy, Kat, Raymond the Token Jew, and Tanya are working together on some terrarium project. Tanya is going to stay behind and work on the terrarium while the others go capture some lizards and spiders and stuff. Eww, spiders. DNW. Kat is all "What could go wrong in the desert" and we are all "KAT, you are a RANGER. DO NOT SAY SUCH THINGS."
Meanwhile, Sprocket has accidentally figured out how to shrink stuff. Mondo is very proud of him, even though it was an accident. They will totally shrink the Rangers.
Bulk and Skull have apparently been hired to find Old Man Murphy's goldmine. They seek the motherlode, which as far as I'm concerned is just a cheat code for The Sims. Also, they have so clearly graduated by this point.
In the desert, Raymond gives Kat and Tommy orders on what to do. He is all "I AM GETTING AN A, DO YOUR JOBS. WHY AM I STUCK WITH GROUP PROJECTS????" but that might be my own hatred of group projects coming through.
Of course, considering Tommy and Kat and Tommy's jeep promptly get shrunk by Sprocket, he was right to be concerned. (I was going to make a "Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers" joke, but apparently I need to save that for Turbo. Damn.) Sprocket decides to keep them as his pets throws them in the terrarium that Tanya is supposed to be painting, and then they have to fight a GIANT TARANTULA. Which is creepy. I hate spiders.
Raymond shows up at the youth center, all pissed off that he was abandoned in the desert, which is a justifiable anger, and Tanya tries Tommy and Kat on the communicators. But apparently because they were shrunk, their communicators don't have enough power to contact Zordon. Whatever, he was probably busy anyway.
The Gold Ranger shows up, and then the rest of the Rangers get there, and there's a fight, and everything is really boring, and eventually Billy figures out how to unshrink them, and then there are Zords and they form the Ultrazord, and dude, be more boring.
It's briefly hinted that Skull might be the Gold Ranger, which would have been awesome. Oh, and Bulk and Skull didn't find gold, they found fool's gold. Whatever.
Fish: 4. There was a lot of ridiculous science in this one.
Tommy, Kat, Raymond the Token Jew, and Tanya are working together on some terrarium project. Tanya is going to stay behind and work on the terrarium while the others go capture some lizards and spiders and stuff. Eww, spiders. DNW. Kat is all "What could go wrong in the desert" and we are all "KAT, you are a RANGER. DO NOT SAY SUCH THINGS."
Meanwhile, Sprocket has accidentally figured out how to shrink stuff. Mondo is very proud of him, even though it was an accident. They will totally shrink the Rangers.
Bulk and Skull have apparently been hired to find Old Man Murphy's goldmine. They seek the motherlode, which as far as I'm concerned is just a cheat code for The Sims. Also, they have so clearly graduated by this point.
In the desert, Raymond gives Kat and Tommy orders on what to do. He is all "I AM GETTING AN A, DO YOUR JOBS. WHY AM I STUCK WITH GROUP PROJECTS????" but that might be my own hatred of group projects coming through.
Of course, considering Tommy and Kat and Tommy's jeep promptly get shrunk by Sprocket, he was right to be concerned. (I was going to make a "Honey, I Shrunk the Rangers" joke, but apparently I need to save that for Turbo. Damn.) Sprocket decides to keep them as his pets throws them in the terrarium that Tanya is supposed to be painting, and then they have to fight a GIANT TARANTULA. Which is creepy. I hate spiders.
Raymond shows up at the youth center, all pissed off that he was abandoned in the desert, which is a justifiable anger, and Tanya tries Tommy and Kat on the communicators. But apparently because they were shrunk, their communicators don't have enough power to contact Zordon. Whatever, he was probably busy anyway.
The Gold Ranger shows up, and then the rest of the Rangers get there, and there's a fight, and everything is really boring, and eventually Billy figures out how to unshrink them, and then there are Zords and they form the Ultrazord, and dude, be more boring.
It's briefly hinted that Skull might be the Gold Ranger, which would have been awesome. Oh, and Bulk and Skull didn't find gold, they found fool's gold. Whatever.
Fish: 4. There was a lot of ridiculous science in this one.
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