Episode 211- Rally Ranger

Justin is in a boxcar derby! Justin has angst! I... actually like Justin this episode! Will wonders never cease?

So there is a Tiny!Bully named Warren. He chases Justin off the track in a practice race. I have a thing for boxcar derbys. Just sayin. Justin's car is ruined. It gives him a sad, especially when Evil Warren comes up and taunts him.

Meanwhile, Porto is trying to fix a detonator. Divatox is mean to him, unsurprisingly. Porto, fed up with his evil genius being unappreciated and abused, decides he's going to leave. Good for you, Porto! You have my support.

Back at the garage, Tommy is creepy with little boys. He gives Justin a pep talk that, at that age, would have had me rolling my eyes and crying "You don't know what it's like!". Justin doesn't want to be smart, he doesn't want to be different. He just wants to fit in. I know how you feel, kid. Tommy's talk inspires him and TSB and I decide Justin really really REALLY needs to meet Billy. They'd have a lot to talk about. Billy would totally be a better mentor to him than Tommy. Justin's little boy angst and little boy sad!face make me want to snuggle him and bake him cookies and read him a book on physics.

He gets permission to work on his car all night long and ends up falling asleep in the garage. The rangers are creepy and watching him sleep before he finally wakes up and fakes them out. He makes them think he didn't finish in time, when instead he actually used that massive brain and built a whole new, better car instead. Off to the races! Where Lt. Stone is totally trying to up sell his smoothies. He sounds kind of desperate, actually.

Elgar has managed to use his protective fish shield and fix the detonator Porto was working on before he left. He places it on Evil Warren's car. Meanwhile, Porto is off trying to impress Divatox by blowing up the city. He makes himself grow instead. The rangers are called just as the race is about to start. Look, derby races take all of about a minute. Justin could totally have stayed and completed the race and then joined the others! But no, he has to leave, and Evil Warren calls him a chicken. While wearing black leather and a jaunty ascot. How much do I love that Evil Warren wears a jaunty ascot? A lot. I am filled with glee.

So they go fight Porto. They don't get very far, though, because Elgar pinpoints his location and they call him back to Divatox's ship. He's not terribly happy to go.

Justin gets to go back to the race just in time to see that Elgar's detonator did sort of blow up and sent Evil Warren's boxcar careening out of control. Justin's new boxcar is fast enough that, despite being a few minutes late to the race, can not only pass the others, but get ahead of Evil Warren. He reassures Warren he can slow him down. His plan is actually pretty good! He gets in front of Warren and slowly applies his brake, allowing his car to slow down Warren's car, until they both glide to a gentle stop. Good thinking, Justin!

Evil Warren thanks Justin, apologizes for being a bully, says he was just jealous of Justin's massive intellect, makes moony eyes, and then WINKS AT HIM. Evil Warren is totally boy-crushing on Justin. We decide that in 3 years time they date. But only for a little while, because then Justin meets Fred. ;)

Bulk and Skull, still in chimpanzee form, attempt to get noticed. They manage to spill Lt. Stone's smoothies all over some random pageant lady. She gets mad, dumps a smoothie on Lt. Stone, and everybody laughs. Nobody notices Bulk and Skull are STILL missing. WORST FRIENDS EVER.

2 fish. Good lord, this was a really low fish episode, especially for Turbo!