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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Episode 323- To the Tenth Power
Today on Power Rangers, we get to see the Space Rangers again!
We start off with data cards! DATA CARDS! And wanton murder of shady alien who had the data cards. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS???? DATA CARDS! SPAAAAACCCCCEEEEEEEEEE. Deviot reanimates the Psycho Rangers and ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD. They are all there and it's wonderful. They totally don't want to listen to Trakeena but she is more evil than they are and makes them listen.
Andros is back in his Cloak of Not-A-Good-Disguise and is disappointed to discover he is too late to stop the transfer of the Psycho Rangers. On Terra Venture, Damon is sad because he carries all the groceries while Maya eats an apple. A hand appears out of the ground and trips him, causing him to spill the groceries. Maya is then kidnapped. Damon is then kidnapped. I LOVE KIDNAPPED RANGERS! Now if only they could be held in the Cave of Captivity. But alas, they are far away from Angel Grove.
Kai and Kendrix are stuck fighting their Psycho counterparts, UNMORPHED, and they LOSE. And then we see Leo's arms! OMG IT'S THE BEST EPISODE EVER. Because Leo is working out and has a FLUFFY PINK TOWEL OF FLUFFY PINKNESS. It's adorable. Then he helps a Tiny Child who is crying, but isn't actually a Tiny Child. It's Psycho Red in disguise, because he totally knows Leo's weakness is Tiny Children in distress. And he totally overpowers him. Quickly.
Leo is only saved because Andros shows up in his Cloak of Not-A-Good-Disguise. Leo is all hero worshiping him because OMG LEO WAS THERE THE DAY THE SPACE RANGERS SAVED THE EARTH AND I LOVE THIS WITH SO MUCH LOVE OMG. The two of them together... it's like the Angstiest Angsty Ranger Reunion. We just need Adam and it would be the Trifecta of Angst! *so many hearts in my eyes*
HAPPY ALPHA IS HAPPY! He is so excited to see Andros. And Andros is all "Don't be too happy, cause your friends are fucked." and also explains the psychos as "everything you are, except the opposite." He takes Leo and Mike to see the Space morphers which have been stashed on the MegaShip this whole time. WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE? SO MANY FISH! I don't care. This is WONDERFUL.
Leo blows up a wall with Andros, all morphed and happy, to stop Trakeena and save his friends. Trakeena is all "Yeah, whatever, I got this." and Andros has no clue what he's in for. Meanwhile, Alpha discovers intruders on the MegaShip stealing the Space morphers. DUH WE KNOW WHO IT IS. Way to try to be sneaky and FAIL MISERABLY show.
Mike breaks the others out and they all go to fight. Damon gives them a chance to get away and they are stupid and don't take it. Because the psychos are all "There are only seven of you, pshaw" until TJ shows up with Cassie, Ashley, and Carlos and is all "TRY ELEVEN OF US!" because they are awesome. Also, Carlos cut off all his hair and it makes me sad.
Everybody fights with their own colour against their own Psycho counterpart and that's probably not the best plan but whatever because GIANT EXPLOSIONS AND THEME SONGS AND AND AND. And how could I say no to TJ and Kai fighting together? And Damon and Carlos! And Cassie and Kendrix are OMGSOADORBS! They call out all the toys and totally win, as well they should when there are ELEVEN BADASS RANGERS ON MY SCREEN.
Back on the MegaShip, Alpha nearly explodes from Happy. Leo asks how they knew and Carlos says Alpha put out a distress signal so they had to come. Unfortunately they can't stay long since they're needed back on Earth (and how they got there, and how they'll get back, I don't know and just don't care because this is great). Maya is going to give them the grand tour. Meanwhile, the pink psycho climbs out of the rubble and is confronted by Deviot, who is disappointed in her even though SHE IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE WHOLE ORDEAL SHOWING SHE IS THE STRONGEST FOR REALS.
The only thing wrong with this episode is Carlos' hair. It is all gone and gives me a sad. Everything else is beautiful and wonderful and totally amazing.
1.5 fish. It only had this much because, seriously, how did they get there in the first place? And also, Carlos' hair. Just... the hair!
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Episode 320 - Loyax's Last Battle
This episode recap is dedicated to a dear friend who we lost this last weekend. RIP, Kim. We love you, and we lost you way too soon. And you will always be remembered for the good you did, and the wonderful friend that you were.
We didn't plan the timing of this episode, but in some ways it ended up being oddly appropriate.
Maya and Damon are sparring in the forest dome, and it's great and is clearly leading up to some sparring sex. Maya knocks Damon down, and then Leo makes the mistake of saying "pretty well for a girl" and raaaaaaaaaaaaaaage.
Meanwhile, the assorted villains are talking about an honorable old warrior named Loyax. Loyax is all "I'm old, but I want to go out in battle against a worthy opponent." Basically. Clearly going up against the Power Rangers would be a glorious ending, and well, that is true. (Of course, if he defeats them, then how is that an ending? I mean. Really. Logic. Use some.)
Loyax starts smashing things in the ocean dome, and I'm not even sure why we still bother to comment on things like an ocean dome, because um, look, Terra Venture makes no sense at all. I could ALMOST buy the forest and mountains, but OCEAN. I guess the fish need somewhere to live.
Anyway, Maya is taking the lead in the fight, and Leo is all "no, fight me instead" but Maya is all "Hell no." Loyax and Maya end up falling off a cliff into the ocean. And again. OCEAN. ON A SPACE SHIP.
None of the Rangers are able to find Maya, and Trakeena also assumes that Loyax has been destroyed.
Meanwhile, Loyax and Maya are in a cave. Maya has a cut on her leg, and as we know from the Turbo movie, that is fatal. Loyax is rambling all of his emo at Maya, and going on about what a horrible ending this is. Loyax then offers to heal Maya, even though they're enemies. Loyax is all "to survive, we must work together" since he can't see as well as she can in the dark, and she can't walk. So he carries her out of the cave, with her giving directions, and I don't understand how they ended up in the cave in the first place, considering they FELL INTO THE OCEAN.
As soon as they're out of the cave, Loyax drops her and is all "going to defeat you now, girl." Deviot is all "I'm going to make sure you win" and Loyax is pissed because his last battle will be an honorable one. Of course, Maya is having a harder time of it since she's injured, but she manages to impress Loyax anyway.
When Deviot is about to destroy Loyax over his honor, Maya rescues him, and Ranger and "villain" go off together. Loyax once again is all "ready to battle? It will be a fair fight." Maya is meanwhile trying to convince him that they don't need to fight, but instead Loyax tells her his life story. Apparently at one point he fought on the side of good, but at some point he ended up serving the same evil he once sought to destroy. And now he feels that all that is left is one last battle - with Maya.
The other four Rangers go up against Deviot, while Maya continues to argue with Loyax. She initially refuses to fight, but ends up morphing. The two separate fights are actually pretty entertaining, I'll give them that. While the four Rangers are busy, Deviot sneaks off to deal with Loyax, who is still fighting with Maya. Maya is doing pretty great - I love episodes where the female Rangers get to be awesome. Maya keeps on arguing with Loyax that they can end the battle, but he continues to refuse. She beats him, but refuses to kill him, because he can be good again.
Just when Loyax is about to take her hand and agree, Deviot attacks Loyax and forces him to grow. Deviot is also controlling Loyax via remote control. This obviously gets the other Rangers attention, and its time to summon the fugly zords. Since they need more help, they summon even more Zords, although there is no sign of the Emo Defender.
The Rangers manage to destroy the control device, and Loyax snaps that nobody will ever make him be evil again. He starts to attack Deviot, but one last control is activated, and Loyax is destroyed right after thanking Maya for showing him the truth.
Back on the beach of the ocean dome, Maya finds Loyax's sword. She tells the sword that Loyax won the last battle - by providing that he was still good. She plants the sword in the sand, and the five Rangers go off together.
Fish: 2. And really, only because OCEAN DOME? REALLY?
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Episode 97 - Forever Friends
So, we start off our second year of recapping with the single slashiest episode we've had so far. Here at Ranger Recaps, we are TOTALLY equal opportunity slashers, and oh my god, nothing is ever going to convince me after this that Kimberly/Aisha (and Aisha/Shawna) isn't canon.
Instead of a martial arts competition, apparently Angel Grove's economy is going to run on some sort of gymnastics competition, which Kimberly is going to compete in. We're just shocked that it isn't a martial arts competition, but I guess Kimberly feels the need to contribute to the economy as well. Aisha is excited, because her best friend from Stone Canyon, Shawna Hilton, will also be competing, and she can't wait to introduce Kimberly to Shawna.
At this point, Shawna shows up, and holy crap, it is TOTALLY the jealous ex-girlfriend. She immediately starts in on Aisha for ditching her to move to Angel Grove, even though it is totally not Aisha's fault that she transferred! (Insert theory here about how Zordon arranged for the SCT's parents to all get transferred.) And Shawna is bitching at her for not calling, even though Aisha says she has been. Aisha says that she has a lot to tell her, and then glances at Kim. Kim says that it's really nice to meet her, and they'll be competing in the gymnastics tournament. Shawna glances at Aisha, and tells Kimberly that they're competing for a lot more than that.
That is SO NOT the words of a friend, that is totally a jealous ex-girlfriend speaking. FOR REAL.
Also, Amy Jo Johnson is really hot in this episode. (I told you we were equal opportunity.)
Anyway, we spent the next few minutes all capsing about how they were totally girlfriends, so there may have been some more dialogue that probably reinforced the belief that Shawna and Aisha totally had a thing, and Shawna was really jealous of Kimberly.
Meanwhile, the boys are all at shop class. We're going for the stereotypes today, folks. Adam and Tommy are both really bad at it. Oh, boys. *squishes them* Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull are building jet packs, because they've heard that the Rangers have a new ability called jetting. Everyone needs jet packs! I approve of this plan!
Meanwhile, Kim, Aisha and Shawna are in the park, so that they can all get to know each other, and it is the most awkward conversation ever! The current girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend? Yeah, that never goes well. So the awkwardness continues, when Goldar shows up and kidnaps Kim and Shawna. Aisha tries to call the boys on the communicators, but they can't hear her over the power tools. Instead of trying to contact Zordon, she runs all the way to wherever it is they're working. (... don't even bother to try and figure out why Kim and Aisha weren't in class.) Aisha is all "My best friends have been kidnapped!" so they head to the Command Center. Nobody really reacts. I guess that they know Kim can take care of herself, but Rocky and Adam should know Shawna, so why aren't they worried?
While this is going on, Kim and Shawna are in the Cave of Captivity, trapped behind a force field. Aww! We missed the cave. There's something oddly comforting about it. Shawna says something that pretty much boils down to "Wow, Kim, you're really hot" and Kimberly tells Shawna she understands where she's coming from - after all, Kimberly felt a lot of pain when her parents went through a divorce.
You guys. She is comparing the Aisha and Shawna breakup to a divorce. (Okay, she is also trying to say that Shawna has abandonment issues. But my point still stands.)
At the Command Center, Tommy says he'll rescue the girls, and everyone else can go fight Zedd's supposedly really dangerous saw monster. Nobody is worried about the girls, except for Aisha, who thinks this makes her a failure as a Power Ranger.
So the Rangers jet instead of teleport, just so Bulk and Skull can try and jetpack, only to crash again. (Into a random haystack, even!) Four of the Rangers go fight the saw monster and some Putties, and Rocky says my new favorite bit of amazingly bad dialogue. "Any friend of yours is an enemy of mine!" And then they fight some Putties, and Billy makes a comment about them never learning their lesson. Possibly because they keep blowing the Putties up!
Back at the Cave of Captivity, Tommy rescues Shawna. Shawna then refuses to leave her newgirlfriend friend behind. The dialogue was pretty much "But I wanted to talk her and Aisha into a threesome!" Tommy insists on Alpha teleporting her out anyway, and then Kimberly morphs and rescues herself. Aww, Kim. Then she goes to teleport out to join the others, while Tommy fights Goldar, who is sad that he isn't Jason.
Meanwhile, Kimberly shows up just in time to rescue Aisha. The Rangers call the saw monster a sawtoothed turkey head, for some unknown reason. Then they summon their zords, and the monster is destroyed.
Back at the Youth Center, it is time for the competition. Kim and Shawna both get a 9.8, so they tie for first. Aisha takes their trophy and hugs them both, because it is time for a threesome now.
Fish: 2
Fic people should write us: ALL THE AISHA/SHAWNA/KIMBERLY IN THE WORLD.
Instead of a martial arts competition, apparently Angel Grove's economy is going to run on some sort of gymnastics competition, which Kimberly is going to compete in. We're just shocked that it isn't a martial arts competition, but I guess Kimberly feels the need to contribute to the economy as well. Aisha is excited, because her best friend from Stone Canyon, Shawna Hilton, will also be competing, and she can't wait to introduce Kimberly to Shawna.
At this point, Shawna shows up, and holy crap, it is TOTALLY the jealous ex-girlfriend. She immediately starts in on Aisha for ditching her to move to Angel Grove, even though it is totally not Aisha's fault that she transferred! (Insert theory here about how Zordon arranged for the SCT's parents to all get transferred.) And Shawna is bitching at her for not calling, even though Aisha says she has been. Aisha says that she has a lot to tell her, and then glances at Kim. Kim says that it's really nice to meet her, and they'll be competing in the gymnastics tournament. Shawna glances at Aisha, and tells Kimberly that they're competing for a lot more than that.
That is SO NOT the words of a friend, that is totally a jealous ex-girlfriend speaking. FOR REAL.
Also, Amy Jo Johnson is really hot in this episode. (I told you we were equal opportunity.)
Anyway, we spent the next few minutes all capsing about how they were totally girlfriends, so there may have been some more dialogue that probably reinforced the belief that Shawna and Aisha totally had a thing, and Shawna was really jealous of Kimberly.
Meanwhile, the boys are all at shop class. We're going for the stereotypes today, folks. Adam and Tommy are both really bad at it. Oh, boys. *squishes them* Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull are building jet packs, because they've heard that the Rangers have a new ability called jetting. Everyone needs jet packs! I approve of this plan!
Meanwhile, Kim, Aisha and Shawna are in the park, so that they can all get to know each other, and it is the most awkward conversation ever! The current girlfriend and the ex-girlfriend? Yeah, that never goes well. So the awkwardness continues, when Goldar shows up and kidnaps Kim and Shawna. Aisha tries to call the boys on the communicators, but they can't hear her over the power tools. Instead of trying to contact Zordon, she runs all the way to wherever it is they're working. (... don't even bother to try and figure out why Kim and Aisha weren't in class.) Aisha is all "My best friends have been kidnapped!" so they head to the Command Center. Nobody really reacts. I guess that they know Kim can take care of herself, but Rocky and Adam should know Shawna, so why aren't they worried?
While this is going on, Kim and Shawna are in the Cave of Captivity, trapped behind a force field. Aww! We missed the cave. There's something oddly comforting about it. Shawna says something that pretty much boils down to "Wow, Kim, you're really hot" and Kimberly tells Shawna she understands where she's coming from - after all, Kimberly felt a lot of pain when her parents went through a divorce.
You guys. She is comparing the Aisha and Shawna breakup to a divorce. (Okay, she is also trying to say that Shawna has abandonment issues. But my point still stands.)
At the Command Center, Tommy says he'll rescue the girls, and everyone else can go fight Zedd's supposedly really dangerous saw monster. Nobody is worried about the girls, except for Aisha, who thinks this makes her a failure as a Power Ranger.
So the Rangers jet instead of teleport, just so Bulk and Skull can try and jetpack, only to crash again. (Into a random haystack, even!) Four of the Rangers go fight the saw monster and some Putties, and Rocky says my new favorite bit of amazingly bad dialogue. "Any friend of yours is an enemy of mine!" And then they fight some Putties, and Billy makes a comment about them never learning their lesson. Possibly because they keep blowing the Putties up!
Back at the Cave of Captivity, Tommy rescues Shawna. Shawna then refuses to leave her new
Meanwhile, Kimberly shows up just in time to rescue Aisha. The Rangers call the saw monster a sawtoothed turkey head, for some unknown reason. Then they summon their zords, and the monster is destroyed.
Back at the Youth Center, it is time for the competition. Kim and Shawna both get a 9.8, so they tie for first. Aisha takes their trophy and hugs them both, because it is time for a threesome now.
Fish: 2
Fic people should write us: ALL THE AISHA/SHAWNA/KIMBERLY IN THE WORLD.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Episode 85- A Monster of Global Proportions
Now, today's episode is off the wall. It's Angel Grove hosting the World Peace Summit! It's blatantly obvious on the lack of Jason, Trini, and Zack, and even more obvious on the clearly older footage for the five seconds they were shown.
So we start out with our Ranger Trio (Billy, Kim, and Tommy) getting ready to start the World Peace Summit. For teenagers. That is being held in Angel Grove. That place that is plagued by violence and monster attacks. Yeah. GREAT place to hold a PEACE summit.
Our Trio is joined by our New Trio. Rocky and Adam apologize for the workout that went a little longer than planned and Aisha just looks cute and claps for Billy up on stage. Billy first makes mention of the sculpture created by the art students at Angel Grove High and then introduces the teens from the summit. I cringed through the whole thing. They couldn't have gotten more stereotypical if they'd TRIED. First we have Themba (Tamba) from South Africa. Followed by Charlie from Australia (and I could have wept for the wrongness of it all... he was wearing a leather vest and a cowboy hat! I'm so sorry Australia). Pablo from Mexico (and I'd like to apologize to you, as well, Mexico). Boris from Russia (at least he wasn't blond? But that's not saying much...) Chun Mei from China (sigh, I give up, show). And the chairperson. Blonde haired fair skinned Tamara from Israel (and yes, I know Israel is very diverse, but they went all uber-stereotype with everybody else and they give us a blonde fair middle eastern female with a Russian name? Tamar I would believe. Noa would have been even more stereotypical).
Chairperson Tamara says she looks forward to spending time in their fine country and we both choose to view this as her confirming TSB's theory that Angel Grove is, in fact, it's own country.
Bulk decides the six teens from Other Places must surely be the Power Rangers. Despite the fact that they've just arrived in Angel Grove and the Power Rangers have been around for a year now. Logic clearly has no place in this how.
Meanwhile, Zedd is stalking Tommy and decides he wants super SMART evil rangers, so he's going to kidnap the six foreign teens from the World Peace Summit. Good plan, Zedd!
Later, in the park, Tommy, Rocky, and Adam are showing theTorchwood recruits World Peace Summit teens some martial arts. Billy is off to the side with Chairperson Tamara having a picnic. He's super smooth and asks if all the girls in Israel are so pretty. She flirts back and randomly looses her accent.
Then they're all attacked by putties! Billy sends Tamara off to the Youth Center while he goes to fight off the putties with the Tommy, Kim, and the Stone Canyon Trio. They send the WPS kids running for safety. Clearly these kids need to readthe Torchwood training manual a newspaper, because they have no idea what putties are. As they flee to safety, Goldar snatches them.
Our Ranger Trio must go to the Command Center, so the SCT are sent to look after the WPS teens. Lord Zedd has them, however, and demands the power coins. They contact Jason, Trini, and Zack (in the five seconds of old footage with Zack's season 1 hair) and everybody morphs. Goldar is waiting for them and they hand over a box of power coins. Goldar is apparently too stupid to realize that they can't be real coins because the rangers are STILL MORPHED. Apparently he didn't learn from the last time they handed over their coins. They demand he release the teens and he, of course, says no. JUST LIKE LAST TIME. Seriously.
Anyway, Billy laughs maniacally because of course they didn't hand over the real power coins. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull end up walking along a cliff above this little confrontation, and we both cackle for reasons that cannot be stated at this point in time. Goldar eventually teleports away and the teens are rescued. They all know the Power Rangers of course and are delighted to have been saved by them. *eyeroll*
Bulk and Skull then fall off the cliff and pick up the discarded box of coins. Bulk is sure they know who the rangers are now and hands the box to Skull, who promptly begins to eat one of the coins. Because it's gelt. And gelt is tasty (and now I wish we hadn't eaten all the Chanukah chocolate).
There is a VERY RANDOM fight scene where Zedd makes a monster out of the sculpture from the beginning and they all have to get their zords and fight. It's incredibly out of place and I'd hate it except that we get introduced to Tor! I love Tor. He's awesome in his own right and shouldn't be carrying around the other Zords... he can beat monsters all on his own! Hell, to beat this monster, he SQUISHES IT. Seriously he lands on top of it and squishes it flat. Awesome, Tor!
Back at the Youth Center, we're at the end of the World Peace Summit. Damn but that was short. There wasn't time to learn anything! Though Chairperson Tamara would have us believe otherwise apparently. Anyway, the SCT talk about the Ranger Trio being, y'know, POWER RANGERS in the middle of the audience. I'm not sure they fully understood the meaning of secret in that secret identity promise. Billy totally macks on Tamara one last time and then wishes the world could live in peace.
List time!
4.5 fish. It would have made more sense if they'd said it was Torchwood recruiting, even before RTD had created Torchwood.
Billy speak: none, but hot damn did he look really good AND smooth talk the ladies. I miss my awkward geek. :(
Covered in food: nobody, but there was some tasty gelt!
So we start out with our Ranger Trio (Billy, Kim, and Tommy) getting ready to start the World Peace Summit. For teenagers. That is being held in Angel Grove. That place that is plagued by violence and monster attacks. Yeah. GREAT place to hold a PEACE summit.
Our Trio is joined by our New Trio. Rocky and Adam apologize for the workout that went a little longer than planned and Aisha just looks cute and claps for Billy up on stage. Billy first makes mention of the sculpture created by the art students at Angel Grove High and then introduces the teens from the summit. I cringed through the whole thing. They couldn't have gotten more stereotypical if they'd TRIED. First we have Themba (Tamba) from South Africa. Followed by Charlie from Australia (and I could have wept for the wrongness of it all... he was wearing a leather vest and a cowboy hat! I'm so sorry Australia). Pablo from Mexico (and I'd like to apologize to you, as well, Mexico). Boris from Russia (at least he wasn't blond? But that's not saying much...) Chun Mei from China (sigh, I give up, show). And the chairperson. Blonde haired fair skinned Tamara from Israel (and yes, I know Israel is very diverse, but they went all uber-stereotype with everybody else and they give us a blonde fair middle eastern female with a Russian name? Tamar I would believe. Noa would have been even more stereotypical).
Chairperson Tamara says she looks forward to spending time in their fine country and we both choose to view this as her confirming TSB's theory that Angel Grove is, in fact, it's own country.
Bulk decides the six teens from Other Places must surely be the Power Rangers. Despite the fact that they've just arrived in Angel Grove and the Power Rangers have been around for a year now. Logic clearly has no place in this how.
Meanwhile, Zedd is stalking Tommy and decides he wants super SMART evil rangers, so he's going to kidnap the six foreign teens from the World Peace Summit. Good plan, Zedd!
Later, in the park, Tommy, Rocky, and Adam are showing the
Then they're all attacked by putties! Billy sends Tamara off to the Youth Center while he goes to fight off the putties with the Tommy, Kim, and the Stone Canyon Trio. They send the WPS kids running for safety. Clearly these kids need to read
Our Ranger Trio must go to the Command Center, so the SCT are sent to look after the WPS teens. Lord Zedd has them, however, and demands the power coins. They contact Jason, Trini, and Zack (in the five seconds of old footage with Zack's season 1 hair) and everybody morphs. Goldar is waiting for them and they hand over a box of power coins. Goldar is apparently too stupid to realize that they can't be real coins because the rangers are STILL MORPHED. Apparently he didn't learn from the last time they handed over their coins. They demand he release the teens and he, of course, says no. JUST LIKE LAST TIME. Seriously.
Anyway, Billy laughs maniacally because of course they didn't hand over the real power coins. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull end up walking along a cliff above this little confrontation, and we both cackle for reasons that cannot be stated at this point in time. Goldar eventually teleports away and the teens are rescued. They all know the Power Rangers of course and are delighted to have been saved by them. *eyeroll*
Bulk and Skull then fall off the cliff and pick up the discarded box of coins. Bulk is sure they know who the rangers are now and hands the box to Skull, who promptly begins to eat one of the coins. Because it's gelt. And gelt is tasty (and now I wish we hadn't eaten all the Chanukah chocolate).
There is a VERY RANDOM fight scene where Zedd makes a monster out of the sculpture from the beginning and they all have to get their zords and fight. It's incredibly out of place and I'd hate it except that we get introduced to Tor! I love Tor. He's awesome in his own right and shouldn't be carrying around the other Zords... he can beat monsters all on his own! Hell, to beat this monster, he SQUISHES IT. Seriously he lands on top of it and squishes it flat. Awesome, Tor!
Back at the Youth Center, we're at the end of the World Peace Summit. Damn but that was short. There wasn't time to learn anything! Though Chairperson Tamara would have us believe otherwise apparently. Anyway, the SCT talk about the Ranger Trio being, y'know, POWER RANGERS in the middle of the audience. I'm not sure they fully understood the meaning of secret in that secret identity promise. Billy totally macks on Tamara one last time and then wishes the world could live in peace.
List time!
4.5 fish. It would have made more sense if they'd said it was Torchwood recruiting, even before RTD had created Torchwood.
Billy speak: none, but hot damn did he look really good AND smooth talk the ladies. I miss my awkward geek. :(
Covered in food: nobody, but there was some tasty gelt!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Episode 84 - The Ninja Encounter Part 3
Previously, on Power Rangers - absolutely nothing happened. Really, I've seen these episodes a dozen times (this is what happened when I decide to write 10,000 words of fic about them) so I've looked for something that happens in them. It's like they used up all the actual plot and dialogue for the first part, and then they realized that this was supposed to be a three parter, and put something together at the last second.
Adam/Rocky/Aisha are still in the cave. And you know, I love them all so much, but man, the acting in this is so bad. And we get some more ridiculous dialogue "I never imagined I'd use my abilities for evil." Really, Rocky? That's even more cheesy than Adam's earlier line. I choose to believe that Rocky is making fun of Adam.
Meanwhile, Bulk is playing with baby Jacob in the park, making silly faces at him and asking him "who's a punky monkey?" Skull arrives with like 10 boxes of diapers, and was going to explain the advantages of cloth diapers or whatever, but I will spare you the lecture. :P We get a really long sequence of Bulk ripping the diapers as he tries to change Jacob, and they eventually uses Skull's bandanna. Oh, and Bulk gets squirted in the face. With water from Jacob's bottle. ;)
Back at the Command Center, Billy manages to unfreeze everyone, so they go fight the monster and summon the zords again. But now they're nearly too late, as the snake is about to infuse Aisha with the venom of evil, so Zordon decides that it is finally more important to rescue the three teens and their teacher, so he pulls everyone but Jason and Zack away from the fight. So, they can operate the Zord with two people? And why didn't they just take the thirty seconds earlier? Why are there so many fish in this episode? Why isn't Rocky shirtless? These are the important questions we need to ponder right now!
Kim and Tommy go fight the putties while Trini and Billy go rescue my OT3. Aisha, despite having been told not to make any sudden movements, whirls around to yell that the Power Rangers are there, but the snake doesn't bite her. It's a failbot, that snake. Billy pulls the snake off of them, and wrestles around with it on the ground. Trini shoots the chains that are tying them up, and then teleports out Mr. Anderson, while Rocky/Adam/Aisha go join the fight with the putties. (Why she doesn't teleport the three of them as well? We guess the fish told her not to.)
Kim tells them to aim for the Z, and then the three of them immediately begin to beat up the putties, because they are awesome. And I would seriously just watch more of them fighting. I love how Aisha is told to aim for the Z and carefully aims her fist at a putty that is jumping at her so he destroys himself. I love how awesome Adam is at fighting. I love that Rocky isn't wearing a shirt under his vest. So, all the Putties are destroyed, and they realized Billy still hasn't emerged from the cave. Because he is rolling around on the ground with the snake, talking about how it can't bite him.
Kimberly shouts Billy's name, and she and Tommy run over to him. Kimberly shoots the snake, and it vanishes, and for some reason Billy can't breathe, so they take off his helmet. We don't know why. But we do know that Billy seems remarkably better after his face ends up in her lap.
But oh no! The Stone Canyon Trio has seen Billy's face (and you know, heard Kim call his name.) The other two take off their helmets, and everyone is shocked! SHOCKED! (On a related note, I love how you could clearly see that Tommy's hair was not tucked into the helmet. Fail!
Meanwhile, Zack and Jason destroy the monster. And Trini leaves Mr. Anderson at the bottom of a hill, telling him that baby!Jacob is up at the top.
At the Command Center, Zordon tells the Trio that he has investigated their backgrounds, and he trusts them as they are all wholesome and good, and are clearly used to keeping secrets since they're all dating each other. They swear upon the forces of goodness not to reveal the Rangers' identities.
Back at the Park, Bulk and Skull are telling Mr Anderson about how the Rangers once saved them. Aisha winks at Kim and says the Power Rangers saved them too. Subtle, Aisha. Real subtle. Bulk and Skull want to interview everyone, but then they run away after Mr. Anderson asks them to babysit.
Fish: 4. Not quite as ridiculous as part 2, but still pretty bad. Seriously, if it only lived up to the awesomeness that was part 1...
Covered in: Bulk gets covered in water. At least they didn't go for the obvious joke.
Billy speak: "I've boosted the stimulator to maximum capacity, but it's not working."
Adam/Rocky/Aisha are still in the cave. And you know, I love them all so much, but man, the acting in this is so bad. And we get some more ridiculous dialogue "I never imagined I'd use my abilities for evil." Really, Rocky? That's even more cheesy than Adam's earlier line. I choose to believe that Rocky is making fun of Adam.
Meanwhile, Bulk is playing with baby Jacob in the park, making silly faces at him and asking him "who's a punky monkey?" Skull arrives with like 10 boxes of diapers, and
Back at the Command Center, Billy manages to unfreeze everyone, so they go fight the monster and summon the zords again. But now they're nearly too late, as the snake is about to infuse Aisha with the venom of evil, so Zordon decides that it is finally more important to rescue the three teens and their teacher, so he pulls everyone but Jason and Zack away from the fight. So, they can operate the Zord with two people? And why didn't they just take the thirty seconds earlier? Why are there so many fish in this episode? Why isn't Rocky shirtless? These are the important questions we need to ponder right now!
Kim and Tommy go fight the putties while Trini and Billy go rescue my OT3. Aisha, despite having been told not to make any sudden movements, whirls around to yell that the Power Rangers are there, but the snake doesn't bite her. It's a failbot, that snake. Billy pulls the snake off of them, and wrestles around with it on the ground. Trini shoots the chains that are tying them up, and then teleports out Mr. Anderson, while Rocky/Adam/Aisha go join the fight with the putties. (Why she doesn't teleport the three of them as well? We guess the fish told her not to.)
Kim tells them to aim for the Z, and then the three of them immediately begin to beat up the putties, because they are awesome. And I would seriously just watch more of them fighting. I love how Aisha is told to aim for the Z and carefully aims her fist at a putty that is jumping at her so he destroys himself. I love how awesome Adam is at fighting. I love that Rocky isn't wearing a shirt under his vest. So, all the Putties are destroyed, and they realized Billy still hasn't emerged from the cave. Because he is rolling around on the ground with the snake, talking about how it can't bite him.
Kimberly shouts Billy's name, and she and Tommy run over to him. Kimberly shoots the snake, and it vanishes, and for some reason Billy can't breathe, so they take off his helmet. We don't know why. But we do know that Billy seems remarkably better after his face ends up in her lap.
But oh no! The Stone Canyon Trio has seen Billy's face (and you know, heard Kim call his name.) The other two take off their helmets, and everyone is shocked! SHOCKED! (On a related note, I love how you could clearly see that Tommy's hair was not tucked into the helmet. Fail!
Meanwhile, Zack and Jason destroy the monster. And Trini leaves Mr. Anderson at the bottom of a hill, telling him that baby!Jacob is up at the top.
At the Command Center, Zordon tells the Trio that he has investigated their backgrounds, and he trusts them as they are all wholesome and good, and are clearly used to keeping secrets since they're all dating each other. They swear upon the forces of goodness not to reveal the Rangers' identities.
Back at the Park, Bulk and Skull are telling Mr Anderson about how the Rangers once saved them. Aisha winks at Kim and says the Power Rangers saved them too. Subtle, Aisha. Real subtle. Bulk and Skull want to interview everyone, but then they run away after Mr. Anderson asks them to babysit.
Fish: 4. Not quite as ridiculous as part 2, but still pretty bad. Seriously, if it only lived up to the awesomeness that was part 1...
Covered in: Bulk gets covered in water. At least they didn't go for the obvious joke.
Billy speak: "I've boosted the stimulator to maximum capacity, but it's not working."
Episode 83 - The Ninja Encounter Part 2
Previously, on Power Rangers - Bulk and Skull take care of a tiny child, and I have an OT3. Luckily for all of you, I am recapping the middle part in which absolutely nothing happens, and that means that I will not be allcapsing at you about my love of Adam nearly as much as I would if I'd had the first part. But seriously, we could skip this episode, because absolutely nothing happens in it. It is boring and stupid and filled with fish, and also Adam is only in it for like 30 seconds.
So, the Stone Canyon Trio are being held in the cave. Zedd sends down a monster, and the footage of him summoning it looks remarkably like the Spit Flower. So Jason/Zack/Trini go use some new form of teleportation called Jetting (which is just flying, whatever) to go fight the Terror Blossom, while Kim/Tommy/Billy go rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. It is very important that the trio is rescued, because Zordon points out that they are very talented. I am sure they are. (I love them so much, have you noticed?)
Speaking of the Stone Canyon Trio, Aisha apparently sucks at picking locks, because she's still working on it. (Her ability to pick locks in this episode is totally why I put her on the criminal career track in the Sims. She lives in a house with Rocky and Adam, and all three of them are in love with each other, which is a problem because the Sims 2 doesn't let you have poly!relationships, so every now and then one of them will catch the other two making out and then they'll slap each other and I have to make them all be in love again. Anyway.) But Mr Anderson tells them not to do anything, because they'll just antagonize the monsters. So instead of being proactive and trying to escape, they should just wait around to be turned evil. Great advice, teacher man!
Anyway, it is very clear that Jason/Trini/Zack are gone, because they get their asses kicked really quickly, as the Terror Blossom summons the hatchosaurus. So just as Kim/Billy/Tommy arrive at the Cave of Captivity/Despair/whatever they're calling it this week, they have to all three leave Adam/Rocky/Aisha behind to go help the other Rangers, even though one of them could clearly have stayed behind to rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. But no.
There is a ridiculously long Zord sequence, and this entire episode is so unnecessary, I can't even deal. They fight and blow up the Hatchosaurus, but wait! It still has the cardiotron thing, just like last time, so it reforms! I am so shocked that they remember that this monster existed. But why is this even happening? It is entirely unnecessary. And why does Zedd keep recreating Rita's monsters, anyway? Weren't they inferior to his?
Back at the cave, Aisha finally finishes picking the lock, and the Trio attacks the putties. They are so awesome, I can't even tell you. But then Goldar teleports back in and ties them back up with the golden glowy rope of bondage doom, and he makes a note to tie them tightly and then he leaves behind a wooden serpent that is going to fill them with the venom of darkness, and I am just saying - there should totally be more porn in this fandom. (I am refraining from copying my all caps insanity, you can thank me later.) Oh, and Rocky hates snakes.
So, the Rangers destroy the Cardiotron, and it is way easier than last time. A fish must have helped them out or something. They head back to the Command Center instead of immediately going to rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. And oh look, Zedd has sent down another monster, so everyone splits up again. And right before Billy/Kim/Tommy are about to go into the cave to rescue Adam/Rocky/Aisha, Trini/Jason/Zack are frozen by the Terror Blossom, so they need to go off and save them first. This ENTIRE EPISODE is unnecessary. They quickly teleport the frozen Rangers back to the Command Center, and then Kim and Tommy just stand around while Billy tries to figure out the science stuff.
Back at the cave, the wooden serpent is come to life and is coiled around Aisha, who is freaking out. They are running out of time, but at least the episode ends on a look of concern on Adam's face. He is so pretty.
I would just like to point out that I kept my flailing down to a minimum for this. HA.
Fish - FIVE. SO MANY FISH. WHY DOES THIS EPISODE EXIST AT ALL?
So, the Stone Canyon Trio are being held in the cave. Zedd sends down a monster, and the footage of him summoning it looks remarkably like the Spit Flower. So Jason/Zack/Trini go use some new form of teleportation called Jetting (which is just flying, whatever) to go fight the Terror Blossom, while Kim/Tommy/Billy go rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. It is very important that the trio is rescued, because Zordon points out that they are very talented. I am sure they are. (I love them so much, have you noticed?)
Speaking of the Stone Canyon Trio, Aisha apparently sucks at picking locks, because she's still working on it. (Her ability to pick locks in this episode is totally why I put her on the criminal career track in the Sims. She lives in a house with Rocky and Adam, and all three of them are in love with each other, which is a problem because the Sims 2 doesn't let you have poly!relationships, so every now and then one of them will catch the other two making out and then they'll slap each other and I have to make them all be in love again. Anyway.) But Mr Anderson tells them not to do anything, because they'll just antagonize the monsters. So instead of being proactive and trying to escape, they should just wait around to be turned evil. Great advice, teacher man!
Anyway, it is very clear that Jason/Trini/Zack are gone, because they get their asses kicked really quickly, as the Terror Blossom summons the hatchosaurus. So just as Kim/Billy/Tommy arrive at the Cave of Captivity/Despair/whatever they're calling it this week, they have to all three leave Adam/Rocky/Aisha behind to go help the other Rangers, even though one of them could clearly have stayed behind to rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. But no.
There is a ridiculously long Zord sequence, and this entire episode is so unnecessary, I can't even deal. They fight and blow up the Hatchosaurus, but wait! It still has the cardiotron thing, just like last time, so it reforms! I am so shocked that they remember that this monster existed. But why is this even happening? It is entirely unnecessary. And why does Zedd keep recreating Rita's monsters, anyway? Weren't they inferior to his?
Back at the cave, Aisha finally finishes picking the lock, and the Trio attacks the putties. They are so awesome, I can't even tell you. But then Goldar teleports back in and ties them back up with the golden glowy rope of bondage doom, and he makes a note to tie them tightly and then he leaves behind a wooden serpent that is going to fill them with the venom of darkness, and I am just saying - there should totally be more porn in this fandom. (I am refraining from copying my all caps insanity, you can thank me later.) Oh, and Rocky hates snakes.
So, the Rangers destroy the Cardiotron, and it is way easier than last time. A fish must have helped them out or something. They head back to the Command Center instead of immediately going to rescue the Stone Canyon Trio. And oh look, Zedd has sent down another monster, so everyone splits up again. And right before Billy/Kim/Tommy are about to go into the cave to rescue Adam/Rocky/Aisha, Trini/Jason/Zack are frozen by the Terror Blossom, so they need to go off and save them first. This ENTIRE EPISODE is unnecessary. They quickly teleport the frozen Rangers back to the Command Center, and then Kim and Tommy just stand around while Billy tries to figure out the science stuff.
Back at the cave, the wooden serpent is come to life and is coiled around Aisha, who is freaking out. They are running out of time, but at least the episode ends on a look of concern on Adam's face. He is so pretty.
I would just like to point out that I kept my flailing down to a minimum for this. HA.
Fish - FIVE. SO MANY FISH. WHY DOES THIS EPISODE EXIST AT ALL?
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Episode 76- Beauty and the Beast
Otherwise known as Kim Is Uber During Blatant Contract Disputes.
We can sum this episode up in the short bit of conversation:
TSB: I'm watching the Power Rangers episode where Zedd tries to make Kimberly his queen
Friend of TSB: Your show is so cheerfully fucked up :P
And so it is, Friend of TSB. So it is.
We start the episode with Billy looking very buff sitting at the Juice Bar with Kim. She's showing off her brand new blue mirror that Tommy got for her. Billy comments on how quiet it is without Tommy and I'm still wondering where he went. I mean, he still lives in Angel Grove. He still attends Angel Grove High School. He's still in all their classes. He didn't drop off the face of the planet there, guys. He's just not a ranger. If they're missing him, it's their own fault for not hanging out with him.
Anyway. So they lament the lack of Tommy and then Kim, scanning the newspaper, gets the idea to go see Madam Swampy the fortune teller. Yes, they spell it that way, which I know is legitimate, but without the 'e' on the end, all I can think of is the type of Madam that runs a House of Ill Repute. Ahem. Anyway, Billy tries to dissuade Kim by explaining the lack of scientific evidence for such fortune telling, but she is bound and determined. He agrees to go with her, but he wants to stop by his house to pick up his rollerblades first. As soon as they leave, Bulk and Skull see the ad and decide to swing by Madam Swampy and see if she'll tell them who the Power Rangers are. Skull is wearing an awesome civil war style hat. I just had to point that out.
So Billy apparently takes forever to get his rollerblades (TSB is sure it's because they stopped to make out, but I can't really get behind that theory since I don't ship Billy/Kim... I see it, but I don't ship it) because Bulk and Skull beat him and Kim to the fortune teller. She demands $5 but they can't pay. All they have is a fake bug, a marble, and a bit of plastic. She tells them they'll get what they pay for, thrust a "map" at them, and sends them on their way. They believe the map (which is on an orangish-pinkish coloured piece of paper, so not exactly inspiring on the whole legitimacy thing) will lead them to happiness and set off following it, not bothering to look at the other side.
Shortly after they leave, Kim shows up. Billy isn't with her, so she heads in on her own. Before she can even go in the door, Goldar and a bunch of putties show up. Goldar tells her he's going to make her his queen, she resists, and then he pulls out some magic powder (again with this stuff?). It makes her pass out and Goldar totally cops a feel while holding her. They teleport away and her bag and mirror are left on the ground. Zedd takes that opportunity to turn the mirror into a monster, contradicting previous episodes yet again.
Meanwhile, Billy and Zack are rollerblading in the park. Billy gives a convenient excuse for the lack of Jason in this episode. He's apparently on a fishing trip in the mountains. Billy also has really nice arms and ought to be shirtless, but instead they put him in a skimpy tank top. I suppose it will do as far as eye candy is concerned. If we can't get him shirtless, we'll deal with scantily clad. While I was distracted by Billy Being Pretty, Zordon contacts them and says there is trouble. They teleport to the Command Center where they meet up with Trini and discover Kim has been captured and is in a cave... somewhere. But Zordon doesn't know where. But he was watching them on the Viewing Globe. Yet he still doesn't know where they are.
So they're supposed to find Kim, but there is a putty attack in the park and Ritchie and Curtis are in trouble (only they're not, because they were totally handling themselves in that fight, being set up as replacements like woah). So Zack is going to go help them while Billy and Trini go find Kim. And Jason isn't there because he's on his fishing trip. And I just wonder why he can't escape the fishing trip for a bit? I mean, they get out of school all the time. Can't he just claim a spastic colon and go lock himself in a bathroom or something? Oh but wait, Zordon gives a flimsy and nonsensical excuse. Somehow the mountains are shielding him from Zordon's communication waves (since when?). Oh Angel Grove geography. Make less sense. I dare you.
So Billy and Trini teleport to the cave we all know and love, but we're apparently not supposed to recognize it as they claim it's never been seen before. Yet it's the same cave everybody gets thrown in when kidnapped, ranger and civilian alike. So we have the WORST VOICE ACTING EVER with somebody who doesn't sound anything like Thuy Trang and is doing an accent we can't even figure out where it's supposed to be from. I spend the rest of the episode trying my best to ignore it.
Meanwhile, Kim wakes up. Goldar does some more magic on her and she's supposed to be under a spell, to be their queen. They've even put her in Rita's old clothes. She's not affected, however, but is smart enough to realize she can't let them know that. So she does the best Rita impression EVER. It's impressive. She squawks and orders and makes demands. She talks back to Goldar and it is AWESOME.
Billy and Not-Trini rush in and she lets them know she's not really under a spell. She even, at one point, comments that she should have been an actress. I find this especially amusing since Amy Jo Johnson is arguably the most successful actress of the entire group, having gone on to have a good number of notable and popular roles in mainstream television. Anyway, Trini manages to get Kim's morpher while Billy distracts Goldar by... pushing him. Or something. Kim morphs, Goldar and the others leave, and then the threesome go to the park to fight the putties and the mirror monster. Y'know, that monster that Zedd made earlier that's just been standing around twiddling it's thumbs. I seriously forgot about it until they went to fight it. They meet up with Zack and Jason, who apparently managed to convince his fellow fisherpeople that he had a spastic colon and needed to vacate for a bit. So they fight off putties and the monster, apparently being non-confrontational, tries to leave. But Zedd won't let him. Zedd makes him grow instead.
I think we all know what happens after that. Zords. Small fight. Mirror destroyed. While I glossed over the fight, I did spend a bit of time marveling at the city planners of Angel Grove. They somehow managed to design downtown, the city center, with conveniently large spaces just the right size for a MegaZord to waltz through without needed to step over or around buildings. And seeing as how the MegaZord towers over even the tallest buildings, that's some MASSIVE walking space.
Back at the Youth Center, Kim laments that she can't find her mirror. Curtis shows up with it in hand and totally macks on her. Oh Curtis, stop being Zack 2.0 please. It's not impressive. Then Bulk and Skull show up, having followed the map all the way to the Juice Bar. They're disappointed, however, to find only Zack, Kim, and Billy and not the Power Rangers as they were expecting. Billy gets hold of the map and points out the other side. There is a coupon for a free muffin. Ritchie even points out the free muffins. He pauses after saying "free muffins" and then waits patiently for Bulk and Skull to each take one. They bite into them and only then does Ritchie add the important part of that deal. The muffins are free with the purchase of lunch. They spit out the muffins (ew) and then can't pay for them or lunch, so Ritchie and Ernie (who just sat idly by while all this was going on) hand over aprons so Bulk and Skull can wash dishes to pay for the food they were told was free when it really wasn't. Good job, upstanding moral characters.
List time:
2.5 fish. The plot was pretty solid, overall, and there were really only a few issues... mainly Zedd turning a non-living thing into a monster (which has been stated he can't do), and Jason's mountain interference before his spastic colon (cookies to anybody that catches where I got the spastic colon reference).
Billy speak: "There's no scientific data to support such practitioners" is as close as we got.
Covered in food: nobody really, unless you count bits of chewed muffin when Bulk and Skull spit out their free-but-not-really muffins.
We can sum this episode up in the short bit of conversation:
TSB: I'm watching the Power Rangers episode where Zedd tries to make Kimberly his queen
Friend of TSB: Your show is so cheerfully fucked up :P
And so it is, Friend of TSB. So it is.
We start the episode with Billy looking very buff sitting at the Juice Bar with Kim. She's showing off her brand new blue mirror that Tommy got for her. Billy comments on how quiet it is without Tommy and I'm still wondering where he went. I mean, he still lives in Angel Grove. He still attends Angel Grove High School. He's still in all their classes. He didn't drop off the face of the planet there, guys. He's just not a ranger. If they're missing him, it's their own fault for not hanging out with him.
Anyway. So they lament the lack of Tommy and then Kim, scanning the newspaper, gets the idea to go see Madam Swampy the fortune teller. Yes, they spell it that way, which I know is legitimate, but without the 'e' on the end, all I can think of is the type of Madam that runs a House of Ill Repute. Ahem. Anyway, Billy tries to dissuade Kim by explaining the lack of scientific evidence for such fortune telling, but she is bound and determined. He agrees to go with her, but he wants to stop by his house to pick up his rollerblades first. As soon as they leave, Bulk and Skull see the ad and decide to swing by Madam Swampy and see if she'll tell them who the Power Rangers are. Skull is wearing an awesome civil war style hat. I just had to point that out.
So Billy apparently takes forever to get his rollerblades (TSB is sure it's because they stopped to make out, but I can't really get behind that theory since I don't ship Billy/Kim... I see it, but I don't ship it) because Bulk and Skull beat him and Kim to the fortune teller. She demands $5 but they can't pay. All they have is a fake bug, a marble, and a bit of plastic. She tells them they'll get what they pay for, thrust a "map" at them, and sends them on their way. They believe the map (which is on an orangish-pinkish coloured piece of paper, so not exactly inspiring on the whole legitimacy thing) will lead them to happiness and set off following it, not bothering to look at the other side.
Shortly after they leave, Kim shows up. Billy isn't with her, so she heads in on her own. Before she can even go in the door, Goldar and a bunch of putties show up. Goldar tells her he's going to make her his queen, she resists, and then he pulls out some magic powder (again with this stuff?). It makes her pass out and Goldar totally cops a feel while holding her. They teleport away and her bag and mirror are left on the ground. Zedd takes that opportunity to turn the mirror into a monster, contradicting previous episodes yet again.
Meanwhile, Billy and Zack are rollerblading in the park. Billy gives a convenient excuse for the lack of Jason in this episode. He's apparently on a fishing trip in the mountains. Billy also has really nice arms and ought to be shirtless, but instead they put him in a skimpy tank top. I suppose it will do as far as eye candy is concerned. If we can't get him shirtless, we'll deal with scantily clad. While I was distracted by Billy Being Pretty, Zordon contacts them and says there is trouble. They teleport to the Command Center where they meet up with Trini and discover Kim has been captured and is in a cave... somewhere. But Zordon doesn't know where. But he was watching them on the Viewing Globe. Yet he still doesn't know where they are.
So they're supposed to find Kim, but there is a putty attack in the park and Ritchie and Curtis are in trouble (only they're not, because they were totally handling themselves in that fight, being set up as replacements like woah). So Zack is going to go help them while Billy and Trini go find Kim. And Jason isn't there because he's on his fishing trip. And I just wonder why he can't escape the fishing trip for a bit? I mean, they get out of school all the time. Can't he just claim a spastic colon and go lock himself in a bathroom or something? Oh but wait, Zordon gives a flimsy and nonsensical excuse. Somehow the mountains are shielding him from Zordon's communication waves (since when?). Oh Angel Grove geography. Make less sense. I dare you.
So Billy and Trini teleport to the cave we all know and love, but we're apparently not supposed to recognize it as they claim it's never been seen before. Yet it's the same cave everybody gets thrown in when kidnapped, ranger and civilian alike. So we have the WORST VOICE ACTING EVER with somebody who doesn't sound anything like Thuy Trang and is doing an accent we can't even figure out where it's supposed to be from. I spend the rest of the episode trying my best to ignore it.
Meanwhile, Kim wakes up. Goldar does some more magic on her and she's supposed to be under a spell, to be their queen. They've even put her in Rita's old clothes. She's not affected, however, but is smart enough to realize she can't let them know that. So she does the best Rita impression EVER. It's impressive. She squawks and orders and makes demands. She talks back to Goldar and it is AWESOME.
Billy and Not-Trini rush in and she lets them know she's not really under a spell. She even, at one point, comments that she should have been an actress. I find this especially amusing since Amy Jo Johnson is arguably the most successful actress of the entire group, having gone on to have a good number of notable and popular roles in mainstream television. Anyway, Trini manages to get Kim's morpher while Billy distracts Goldar by... pushing him. Or something. Kim morphs, Goldar and the others leave, and then the threesome go to the park to fight the putties and the mirror monster. Y'know, that monster that Zedd made earlier that's just been standing around twiddling it's thumbs. I seriously forgot about it until they went to fight it. They meet up with Zack and Jason, who apparently managed to convince his fellow fisherpeople that he had a spastic colon and needed to vacate for a bit. So they fight off putties and the monster, apparently being non-confrontational, tries to leave. But Zedd won't let him. Zedd makes him grow instead.
I think we all know what happens after that. Zords. Small fight. Mirror destroyed. While I glossed over the fight, I did spend a bit of time marveling at the city planners of Angel Grove. They somehow managed to design downtown, the city center, with conveniently large spaces just the right size for a MegaZord to waltz through without needed to step over or around buildings. And seeing as how the MegaZord towers over even the tallest buildings, that's some MASSIVE walking space.
Back at the Youth Center, Kim laments that she can't find her mirror. Curtis shows up with it in hand and totally macks on her. Oh Curtis, stop being Zack 2.0 please. It's not impressive. Then Bulk and Skull show up, having followed the map all the way to the Juice Bar. They're disappointed, however, to find only Zack, Kim, and Billy and not the Power Rangers as they were expecting. Billy gets hold of the map and points out the other side. There is a coupon for a free muffin. Ritchie even points out the free muffins. He pauses after saying "free muffins" and then waits patiently for Bulk and Skull to each take one. They bite into them and only then does Ritchie add the important part of that deal. The muffins are free with the purchase of lunch. They spit out the muffins (ew) and then can't pay for them or lunch, so Ritchie and Ernie (who just sat idly by while all this was going on) hand over aprons so Bulk and Skull can wash dishes to pay for the food they were told was free when it really wasn't. Good job, upstanding moral characters.
List time:
2.5 fish. The plot was pretty solid, overall, and there were really only a few issues... mainly Zedd turning a non-living thing into a monster (which has been stated he can't do), and Jason's mountain interference before his spastic colon (cookies to anybody that catches where I got the spastic colon reference).
Billy speak: "There's no scientific data to support such practitioners" is as close as we got.
Covered in food: nobody really, unless you count bits of chewed muffin when Bulk and Skull spit out their free-but-not-really muffins.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Episode 68 - The Power Stealer
Today on Power Rangers - we link to a bunch of youtube clips and Kimberly's outfit is so awesome that even queenriley noticed. Plus, Tommy gets tied up a lot. (He and Dick Grayson should be friends. I feel that my Sims are going to need an update.)
Anyway, the actual episode begins with them having to clean up Angel Grove, even though we just did this thirty episodes ago. Man, Angel Grove must get dirty really fast. I guess that people don't bother to clean up unless people are organizing a whole big thing? Captain Planet does not approve!
This time the clean up club (not that they're calling it this, but we like to pretend that there's some continuity in the show) is being interviewed by a new reporter. For some reason, the Rangers in their civilian IDs are the ones that they're talking to. I guess Angel Grove is having a slow news day - maybe there haven't been any monster attacks yet this week? The reporter asks them if they think that there's any truth to the rumor that the Power Rangers will show up. The Rangers prove to be the worst liars ever.
Two questions arise from this - first, how did this rumor get started? The Rangers have clearly not said that they would go, and honestly, why would they bother? Superheroes never help clean things up. I read enough comics to know that. Second, why would they ask a random bunch of kids if they know the Rangers? Clearly, this means that the only people in Angel Grove who don't know their identities are Bulk and Skull, and honestly, I'm not that convinced that Skull doesn't know.
Also, they have a VCR and videotape. We are SO OLD.
Bulk and Skull come up with today's grand plan to unmask the Rangers - they are going to pull the rangers helmets off while they're on tv. Oh, boys, this isn't Scooby Doo. It doesn't work like that. Zedd also has a plan - he's going to unleash the Octophantom to capture the Rangers and drain their powers.
At the park, Tommy (in the most ridiculous pants ever) is being interviewed when Putties show up. Everyone runs away when Jason tells them to. Seriously, why is everyone following Jason's orders? Isn't anyone worried about him?
The camera keeps running while Tommy, Jason and Kim fight and then morph. This is clearly not going to end well. Tommy falls down a lot, and Tommy yells that it's a trap! and both of us fall over laughing. Tommy gets captured (and tied up - seriously, I'd forgotten how often that happens. Between this and Batman: The Animated Series, I apparently watched a lot of borderline inappropriate things as a child - Dic Grayson is the only character in existence who gets tied up more than Tommy does) and Jason and Kim teleport to the Command Center without destroying the tape. Bulk and Skull then take the camera to expose the Rangers identities.
You know, the fact that Zedd knows enough to try and remove Tommy first actually speaks well of him. It's easier to beat 5 Rangers than 6. Not a bad idea, really!
Lord Zedd decides to send his monster back down to vandalize Angel Grove (and ruin the Pacific Heritage monuments) in the hopes that the pollution will draw out the Rangers. No, Zedd, the people who should show up if you do that are Captain Planet and the Planeteers. But since they weren't available, the Rangers show up. Kimberly, Zack and Trini also get captured, and Billy figures out that the monster's weakness is that it is Gaston. In other words, it's weakness is mirrors. Again.
Billy needs to go build another mirror weapon, so Jason has to go fight the Octophantom (which is apparently a cross between an octopus and an elephant, although we feel this is wrong. It is actually Cthulhu.) Jason goes to fight by himself, and he tells the monster that he's not alone - his friends are with him in spirit and fights. Billy eventually shows up with a weird mirror shield (stopping the monster from catching Jason in the process. Because Billy is awesome.) and then rescues the others while Jason fights the monster. (Why the monster brought the captured Rangers with him, we don't know.) Tommy is so weak by this point that his green has faded to gray, and Billy forces Tommy to go to the Command Center. Because Tommy is useless.
Anyway, the monster grows, they summon the thunderzord, you know the drill.
Back at the Youth Center, we are reminded that Tommy's powers are failing. Bulk and Skull show up with their tape, which apparently they haven't bothered to watch themselves yet. Zack and Billy manage to switch the tapes, so when it goes on, they actually show a cartoon. Everyone laughs, and the Rangers mutter that this was a close one.
Fish: Two. Nothing really jumped out at us.
Questions: Why is this monster's weakness vanity? What does that have to do with an octopus?
Fic people should write us: Who would win in a fight? Captain Planet vs Lord Zedd
What would happen if Bulk and Skull had managed to expose the Rangers' identities?
Anyway, the actual episode begins with them having to clean up Angel Grove, even though we just did this thirty episodes ago. Man, Angel Grove must get dirty really fast. I guess that people don't bother to clean up unless people are organizing a whole big thing? Captain Planet does not approve!
This time the clean up club (not that they're calling it this, but we like to pretend that there's some continuity in the show) is being interviewed by a new reporter. For some reason, the Rangers in their civilian IDs are the ones that they're talking to. I guess Angel Grove is having a slow news day - maybe there haven't been any monster attacks yet this week? The reporter asks them if they think that there's any truth to the rumor that the Power Rangers will show up. The Rangers prove to be the worst liars ever.
Two questions arise from this - first, how did this rumor get started? The Rangers have clearly not said that they would go, and honestly, why would they bother? Superheroes never help clean things up. I read enough comics to know that. Second, why would they ask a random bunch of kids if they know the Rangers? Clearly, this means that the only people in Angel Grove who don't know their identities are Bulk and Skull, and honestly, I'm not that convinced that Skull doesn't know.
Also, they have a VCR and videotape. We are SO OLD.
Bulk and Skull come up with today's grand plan to unmask the Rangers - they are going to pull the rangers helmets off while they're on tv. Oh, boys, this isn't Scooby Doo. It doesn't work like that. Zedd also has a plan - he's going to unleash the Octophantom to capture the Rangers and drain their powers.
At the park, Tommy (in the most ridiculous pants ever) is being interviewed when Putties show up. Everyone runs away when Jason tells them to. Seriously, why is everyone following Jason's orders? Isn't anyone worried about him?
The camera keeps running while Tommy, Jason and Kim fight and then morph. This is clearly not going to end well. Tommy falls down a lot, and Tommy yells that it's a trap! and both of us fall over laughing. Tommy gets captured (and tied up - seriously, I'd forgotten how often that happens. Between this and Batman: The Animated Series, I apparently watched a lot of borderline inappropriate things as a child - Dic Grayson is the only character in existence who gets tied up more than Tommy does) and Jason and Kim teleport to the Command Center without destroying the tape. Bulk and Skull then take the camera to expose the Rangers identities.
You know, the fact that Zedd knows enough to try and remove Tommy first actually speaks well of him. It's easier to beat 5 Rangers than 6. Not a bad idea, really!
Lord Zedd decides to send his monster back down to vandalize Angel Grove (and ruin the Pacific Heritage monuments) in the hopes that the pollution will draw out the Rangers. No, Zedd, the people who should show up if you do that are Captain Planet and the Planeteers. But since they weren't available, the Rangers show up. Kimberly, Zack and Trini also get captured, and Billy figures out that the monster's weakness is that it is Gaston. In other words, it's weakness is mirrors. Again.
Billy needs to go build another mirror weapon, so Jason has to go fight the Octophantom (which is apparently a cross between an octopus and an elephant, although we feel this is wrong. It is actually Cthulhu.) Jason goes to fight by himself, and he tells the monster that he's not alone - his friends are with him in spirit and fights. Billy eventually shows up with a weird mirror shield (stopping the monster from catching Jason in the process. Because Billy is awesome.) and then rescues the others while Jason fights the monster. (Why the monster brought the captured Rangers with him, we don't know.) Tommy is so weak by this point that his green has faded to gray, and Billy forces Tommy to go to the Command Center. Because Tommy is useless.
Anyway, the monster grows, they summon the thunderzord, you know the drill.
Back at the Youth Center, we are reminded that Tommy's powers are failing. Bulk and Skull show up with their tape, which apparently they haven't bothered to watch themselves yet. Zack and Billy manage to switch the tapes, so when it goes on, they actually show a cartoon. Everyone laughs, and the Rangers mutter that this was a close one.
Fish: Two. Nothing really jumped out at us.
Questions: Why is this monster's weakness vanity? What does that have to do with an octopus?
Fic people should write us: Who would win in a fight? Captain Planet vs Lord Zedd
What would happen if Bulk and Skull had managed to expose the Rangers' identities?
Friday, November 6, 2009
Episode 56 - Enter the Lizzinator
At this point we've given up going by the order as posted, and we're just going by the way these episodes are on our shiny dvd sets. So even though this episode claims it is Fins and Needles, we're actually watching a Cheerleading episode.
So, we start off watching tryouts for the Angel Grove Junior High Cheerleading Squad. A random redhead is being focused on (I approve of all random redheads, just for the record) and wow, they are such bad cheerleaders. The cheer itself is horrible, and they also all suck. The random redhead sucks more than the rest of them, and ends up being late for the final word. Awkward. The random redhead turns out to also be a random relative. She is, in fact, Kimberly's cousin. Raise your hand if you're surprised that Kimberly was a cheerleader. Anyone? Bueller?
Apparently Kimberly was so awesome, that the Junior High still talks about her a few years later. So is Kimberly still cheering now, or did she quit when she got to high school, and honestly, who cares about Middle School Cheerleaders anyway? Perhaps Angel Grove High just doesn't have cheerleaders because a) they only have one teacher, so there's nobody to coach the cheerleading squad, and b) martial arts competitions don't have cheerleaders.
Meanwhile, on the moon, Rita decides what her life is lacking is her own personal cheerleader. So instead of capturing a good cheerleader, she decides to go after Kelly. Personally, I feel she should have just trained Squatt and Baboo.
Anyway, Random Relative (Kelly) is all sad that she is not as awesome as Kimberly, and Kim offers to help her. Kim is actually pretty lousy at cheerleading herself, honestly. Plus, when you teach these things you're supposed to mirror the person, so no wonder Kelly is messing up. Kelly gets frustrated and runs away.
Ernie asks Jason (and hi there, Jason's arms!) to go pick up a delivery across town, since some truck broke down. I hope you're paying him for that, Ernie. Or is Jason just trying to work off everyone's bill? That probably makes more sense.
Kimberly and Tommy find Kelly at the playground, and Kimberly gives what I assume is supposed to be an inspiring speech, while Tommy stands around looking creepy. Then they get attacked by putties, and I'm pretty sure we spent the whole fight scene discussing how I still think Kimberly's fashion sense is awesome. Just as the fight ends, Squatt and Baboo kidnap Kelly, and drag her off to the cave of captivity. Kimberly and Tommy forget they have communicators, and they run over to the Youth Center to get Zack, Trini and Billy.
Meanwhile, Jason is picking up Ernie's delivery, when he gets attacked by the Lizzinator. At first we're totally confused as to why he's called the Lizzinator, and then he starts to talk. It's actually a Terminator joke, or really a governator joke. Oh, show. Sometimes I love you so much. (The monster still looks nothing like a lizard. Seriously.) Anyway, the monster beats Jason up, and then tells him it was too easy, and maybe more Rangers will present more of a challenge, and then he runs away.
At the Command Center, Zordon tells them that the Lizzinator is incredibly powerful, and Alpha presents Billy with a grocery scanner readout that says that the monster is really powerful. Nothing can penetrate its skin. Kimberly is all upset because apparently if they can't defeat it, they'll never find Kelly. Also, if they can't defeat it, then Rita will, you know, take over the world. I feel that Kimberly's priorities are skewed. Tommy says he'll go with them to fight, but they suddenly all remember that Tommy's powers are limited. Continuity! It's a miracle!
They go to the Inexplicably Abandoned Rock Quarry, and there are a lot of putties. Including a driving!putty, and we start talking about how probably thinks this scene is awesome. However, we've also decided that it would be even better if it was a driving!pumpkinhead!putty. This should happen. Plus, the driving!putty punches Jason in the face. This is hilarious to us.
Anyway, Jason is getting beaten up, when Tommy shows up to save his boyfriend, even though Jason is all "no! you're so weak!" and then Jason promptly swoons. Booooooooyfriends. (I only find Tommy tolerable when he's datingAdam Jason.) There's a fight, and other things, but honestly, I'm not so much in this for the fight scenes. Oh, and at some point they summon Zords, the Dragonzord gets thrown around in a way that made us start yelling about how physics doesn't work like that (The Lizzinator held the DragonZord completely upright over his head by gripping the end of his tail), and eventually the Rangers summon Titanus and win. At least it wasn't just the power sword this time.
In the Cave of Captivity, Kelly is just sitting on a rock, thinking of what Kimberly would do. She remembers that Kimberly told her to have faith in herself, and comes up with a plan. Um, I am fairly sure that Kimberly was talking about cheerleading, not fighting monsters. Idiot child! Kelly's grand plan involves writing the worst cheer ever and teaching it to Squatt and Baboo, who are talking about cheeseburgers. It is even worse than the Pumpkin Rapper. (Okay, not quite. But it is close.) Along with teaching them a cheer (that doesn't rhyme) about how Rita always loses to the Power Rangers, Kelly makes them spin around repeatedly, and they get dizzy. Squatt and Baboo then teleport out of the cave, leaving Kelly alone.
Now that Kelly is safe, the Rangers show up, and Kelly is very unenthusiastic about being rescued. Seriously, kid, I would be milking this for weeks! But no, she's just all "oh, hi there!" Maybe she knows that Kimberly is a Ranger and she doesn't want to look dorky in front of her cousin.
Then the episode ends. It was pretty good!
... Okay, that isn't actually what happened. What happens next is that the episode veers straight into high fish territory. Even though the tryouts were supposed to be that same afternoon, everyone is wearing different clothes. A group is doing a cheer, and then it's Kelly's turn. She doesn't cheer, but she instead does a dance, so I have no idea why she was practicing the cheer anyway, since all she had to do was dance.
Kimberly and Kelly are both horrible to Bulk and Skull, and there's more fatphobia, and I cannot even deal.
Fish: If it had ended before the last few minutes, I would have given it 2, maybe 2.5 because of the ridiculous monster name. But since the last few minutes happened, it's being bumped up to a 4.
Fanart that needs to exist: Squatt and Baboo: I can has cheezburger?
So, we start off watching tryouts for the Angel Grove Junior High Cheerleading Squad. A random redhead is being focused on (I approve of all random redheads, just for the record) and wow, they are such bad cheerleaders. The cheer itself is horrible, and they also all suck. The random redhead sucks more than the rest of them, and ends up being late for the final word. Awkward. The random redhead turns out to also be a random relative. She is, in fact, Kimberly's cousin. Raise your hand if you're surprised that Kimberly was a cheerleader. Anyone? Bueller?
Apparently Kimberly was so awesome, that the Junior High still talks about her a few years later. So is Kimberly still cheering now, or did she quit when she got to high school, and honestly, who cares about Middle School Cheerleaders anyway? Perhaps Angel Grove High just doesn't have cheerleaders because a) they only have one teacher, so there's nobody to coach the cheerleading squad, and b) martial arts competitions don't have cheerleaders.
Meanwhile, on the moon, Rita decides what her life is lacking is her own personal cheerleader. So instead of capturing a good cheerleader, she decides to go after Kelly. Personally, I feel she should have just trained Squatt and Baboo.
Anyway, Random Relative (Kelly) is all sad that she is not as awesome as Kimberly, and Kim offers to help her. Kim is actually pretty lousy at cheerleading herself, honestly. Plus, when you teach these things you're supposed to mirror the person, so no wonder Kelly is messing up. Kelly gets frustrated and runs away.
Ernie asks Jason (and hi there, Jason's arms!) to go pick up a delivery across town, since some truck broke down. I hope you're paying him for that, Ernie. Or is Jason just trying to work off everyone's bill? That probably makes more sense.
Kimberly and Tommy find Kelly at the playground, and Kimberly gives what I assume is supposed to be an inspiring speech, while Tommy stands around looking creepy. Then they get attacked by putties, and I'm pretty sure we spent the whole fight scene discussing how I still think Kimberly's fashion sense is awesome. Just as the fight ends, Squatt and Baboo kidnap Kelly, and drag her off to the cave of captivity. Kimberly and Tommy forget they have communicators, and they run over to the Youth Center to get Zack, Trini and Billy.
Meanwhile, Jason is picking up Ernie's delivery, when he gets attacked by the Lizzinator. At first we're totally confused as to why he's called the Lizzinator, and then he starts to talk. It's actually a Terminator joke, or really a governator joke. Oh, show. Sometimes I love you so much. (The monster still looks nothing like a lizard. Seriously.) Anyway, the monster beats Jason up, and then tells him it was too easy, and maybe more Rangers will present more of a challenge, and then he runs away.
At the Command Center, Zordon tells them that the Lizzinator is incredibly powerful, and Alpha presents Billy with a grocery scanner readout that says that the monster is really powerful. Nothing can penetrate its skin. Kimberly is all upset because apparently if they can't defeat it, they'll never find Kelly. Also, if they can't defeat it, then Rita will, you know, take over the world. I feel that Kimberly's priorities are skewed. Tommy says he'll go with them to fight, but they suddenly all remember that Tommy's powers are limited. Continuity! It's a miracle!
They go to the Inexplicably Abandoned Rock Quarry, and there are a lot of putties. Including a driving!putty, and we start talking about how
Anyway, Jason is getting beaten up, when Tommy shows up to save his boyfriend, even though Jason is all "no! you're so weak!" and then Jason promptly swoons. Booooooooyfriends. (I only find Tommy tolerable when he's dating
In the Cave of Captivity, Kelly is just sitting on a rock, thinking of what Kimberly would do. She remembers that Kimberly told her to have faith in herself, and comes up with a plan. Um, I am fairly sure that Kimberly was talking about cheerleading, not fighting monsters. Idiot child! Kelly's grand plan involves writing the worst cheer ever and teaching it to Squatt and Baboo, who are talking about cheeseburgers. It is even worse than the Pumpkin Rapper. (Okay, not quite. But it is close.) Along with teaching them a cheer (that doesn't rhyme) about how Rita always loses to the Power Rangers, Kelly makes them spin around repeatedly, and they get dizzy. Squatt and Baboo then teleport out of the cave, leaving Kelly alone.
Now that Kelly is safe, the Rangers show up, and Kelly is very unenthusiastic about being rescued. Seriously, kid, I would be milking this for weeks! But no, she's just all "oh, hi there!" Maybe she knows that Kimberly is a Ranger and she doesn't want to look dorky in front of her cousin.
Then the episode ends. It was pretty good!
... Okay, that isn't actually what happened. What happens next is that the episode veers straight into high fish territory. Even though the tryouts were supposed to be that same afternoon, everyone is wearing different clothes. A group is doing a cheer, and then it's Kelly's turn. She doesn't cheer, but she instead does a dance, so I have no idea why she was practicing the cheer anyway, since all she had to do was dance.
Kimberly and Kelly are both horrible to Bulk and Skull, and there's more fatphobia, and I cannot even deal.
Fish: If it had ended before the last few minutes, I would have given it 2, maybe 2.5 because of the ridiculous monster name. But since the last few minutes happened, it's being bumped up to a 4.
Fanart that needs to exist: Squatt and Baboo: I can has cheezburger?
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Episode 25- Life's a Masquerade
We got the opening theme on this episode and I have to say, we get such a delight when we get the opening theme. Season 1 MMPR had the best opening theme in my opinion. Maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but I just get a warm fuzzy feeling when I hear the theme song and see those cheesy effects.
Apparently there is a costume party at the Youth Center and a rather large group of teenagers is helping set up. All the Rangers are there plus probably twenty other kids. Bulk and Skull are there too and Kim mocks their wardrobe without provocation. Way to be mean, Kim, way to be mean. Zack chases after Angela, Jason is left hanging, Tommy offers to help Kimberly and somehow a bucket of paint gets tossed on Bulk. Everybody laughs and we cut to Rita.
She wants a nasty monster to invade the costume party so Finster makes her a Frankenstein Monster. I'm a little sad at this fact. The Frankenstein Monster was really a pretty nice guy. He didn't want to hurt anybody, he just couldn't help it, and I hate that he's been turned into a bad guy... and given his creator's name. Anyway, my rant aside, Rita's Frankenstein Monster agrees to go attack the Power Rangers.
We then get to see all the Ranger costumes, except Tommy's. Billy is Sherlock Holmes, Kim is a princess, Trini is Pocahontas, Zack is King Tut, and Jason is Robin Hood... complete with tights. They actually look pretty good (Zack especially... that man is BUILT) and aside from Kim's entirely pink dress, nobody is decked out in entirely their Ranger colour! In fact, Jason isn't wearing any red AT ALL. We're impressed and wish we could see more of this.
In another house in another part of town we see Bulk and Skull. It appears to be Bulk's very messy bedroom and it is huge. They're trying to figure out what to use as their costumes, no doubt still stinging from Kim's thoughtless comment on their normal attire. First they try Skull as Captain Hook and Bulk as Peter Pan. Then they try Bulk as the back end of a horse and Skull as the front. The best costume idea comes last... Skull as young!Elvis and Bulk as older!Elvis. Bulk throws out his back, however, and they apparently do the same to the costume idea. Tis a pity. They both looked really good as Elvis.
Later, at the party, Zack tries to get Angela to dance with him and she flat out refuses. He laments that even a king isn't good enough for her and Jason comforts him affectionately. We discover Bulk and Skull decided to come as punks and Ernie shows up as a vampire. Alpha then shows up. Yes, Alpha. In public. At a party. At least it's a costume party and he can get away with it for now. The Frankenstein monster comes in right behind him and Billy theorizes it might be Tommy. Tommy hasn't shown up yet because his costume wasn't ready so, despite the very noticeable height and build difference, people just assume he's Tommy. Way to be bad friends, guys. In the meantime, girls swarm around Alpha and Zack again complains about his lack of luck with women. Seriously, Zack, stop hanging around your boyfriend and maybe the girls would look twice at you.
A girl drags the Frankenstein Monster on the floor to dance and he gets mad and lifts her high in the air. She screams and everybody basically just stares at them. Skull, however, jumps into action and shoots the monster with a suction cup dart. It was ineffective, but at least he did something about it! Good for you, Skull.
The monster leaves and Billy, realizing it may not actually be Tommy, chases after him. He is led into the now familiar Cave of Captivity. The only cave Rita ever uses for anything. In this cave we discover Rita (hanging out on Earth!) is having her henchmen build a Super Putty. It's going to be twice as strong and nearly invincible. They are building the Super Putties by making a very big ball of clay. No shape, no form, just a big ball of clay. Rita opens the Earth and flies the big ball of clay out of the ground and up into the air. She promises to come back and destroy all of humanity, cackling evilly the whole time.
Meanwhile, Billy is battling the Frankenstein Monster in the cave. The monster disappears and he runs back to the Youth Center. You have a communicator, Billy. Heck, you CREATED the communicators, Billy. USE THEM FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE! Sorry for the all caps there but this really irritates me. To date Zack is the only Ranger who used the communicator in a time of need. Fail, Rangers!
Billy tells the others what is going on and they teleport to the Command Center to ask Zordon. He shows them the monster and they try to contact Tommy but are, as usual, unsuccessful. At least it's consistent for his character! They morph and go to fight the monster, but Rita makes him grow almost immediately. So they summon the Zords almost immediately.
Meanwhile, Tommy is attacked by a group of putties in front of the Youth Center. He beats them off and finally realizes he has a communicator. Zordon tells him to morph and go help the others. MegaZord has been knocked down, but Tommy shows up just in time to help. Rita flies away, thinking she's likely won at this point, and they form the MegaDragonZord. They beat the Frankenstein Monster relatively easy and it, as usual, gives poor Rita yet another headache.
Back at the party, they discover it's time to find out who won the costume contest. Tommy is in his regular clothes and tells them he'll be right back, he has to go put on his costume. Tommy shows up about 15 seconds after he leaves. He's managed to change clothes, put on a mask/hat, and paint the rest of his skin blue. He looks just like Rita's Frankenstein Monster, only considerably shorter and less bulky. Everybody jumps, Tommy removes the hat, and the whole bunch get a hearty laugh. Ernie then hands the blue ribbon to Alpha, who insists his identity must remain a mystery and leaves.
Overall, this is a pretty low fish episode! It's consistent, it's not too terribly ridiculous, and it even has foreshadowing for later episodes! The Rangers aren't glaringly obvious by wearing outfits consisting entirely of their designated colour. Rita is on Earth! And foretells of evil things to come in the future! Alpha is in public, but in the believable setting of a costume contest. And we get to see the Cave of Captivity again. All in all, we give it 2.5 fish.
Covered in food: Nobody, but Bulk gets covered in paint
Billy Speak: "My deductive reasoning tells me you're not Tommy."
"It's time for molecular transmutation!"
Apparently there is a costume party at the Youth Center and a rather large group of teenagers is helping set up. All the Rangers are there plus probably twenty other kids. Bulk and Skull are there too and Kim mocks their wardrobe without provocation. Way to be mean, Kim, way to be mean. Zack chases after Angela, Jason is left hanging, Tommy offers to help Kimberly and somehow a bucket of paint gets tossed on Bulk. Everybody laughs and we cut to Rita.
She wants a nasty monster to invade the costume party so Finster makes her a Frankenstein Monster. I'm a little sad at this fact. The Frankenstein Monster was really a pretty nice guy. He didn't want to hurt anybody, he just couldn't help it, and I hate that he's been turned into a bad guy... and given his creator's name. Anyway, my rant aside, Rita's Frankenstein Monster agrees to go attack the Power Rangers.
We then get to see all the Ranger costumes, except Tommy's. Billy is Sherlock Holmes, Kim is a princess, Trini is Pocahontas, Zack is King Tut, and Jason is Robin Hood... complete with tights. They actually look pretty good (Zack especially... that man is BUILT) and aside from Kim's entirely pink dress, nobody is decked out in entirely their Ranger colour! In fact, Jason isn't wearing any red AT ALL. We're impressed and wish we could see more of this.
In another house in another part of town we see Bulk and Skull. It appears to be Bulk's very messy bedroom and it is huge. They're trying to figure out what to use as their costumes, no doubt still stinging from Kim's thoughtless comment on their normal attire. First they try Skull as Captain Hook and Bulk as Peter Pan. Then they try Bulk as the back end of a horse and Skull as the front. The best costume idea comes last... Skull as young!Elvis and Bulk as older!Elvis. Bulk throws out his back, however, and they apparently do the same to the costume idea. Tis a pity. They both looked really good as Elvis.
Later, at the party, Zack tries to get Angela to dance with him and she flat out refuses. He laments that even a king isn't good enough for her and Jason comforts him affectionately. We discover Bulk and Skull decided to come as punks and Ernie shows up as a vampire. Alpha then shows up. Yes, Alpha. In public. At a party. At least it's a costume party and he can get away with it for now. The Frankenstein monster comes in right behind him and Billy theorizes it might be Tommy. Tommy hasn't shown up yet because his costume wasn't ready so, despite the very noticeable height and build difference, people just assume he's Tommy. Way to be bad friends, guys. In the meantime, girls swarm around Alpha and Zack again complains about his lack of luck with women. Seriously, Zack, stop hanging around your boyfriend and maybe the girls would look twice at you.
A girl drags the Frankenstein Monster on the floor to dance and he gets mad and lifts her high in the air. She screams and everybody basically just stares at them. Skull, however, jumps into action and shoots the monster with a suction cup dart. It was ineffective, but at least he did something about it! Good for you, Skull.
The monster leaves and Billy, realizing it may not actually be Tommy, chases after him. He is led into the now familiar Cave of Captivity. The only cave Rita ever uses for anything. In this cave we discover Rita (hanging out on Earth!) is having her henchmen build a Super Putty. It's going to be twice as strong and nearly invincible. They are building the Super Putties by making a very big ball of clay. No shape, no form, just a big ball of clay. Rita opens the Earth and flies the big ball of clay out of the ground and up into the air. She promises to come back and destroy all of humanity, cackling evilly the whole time.
Meanwhile, Billy is battling the Frankenstein Monster in the cave. The monster disappears and he runs back to the Youth Center. You have a communicator, Billy. Heck, you CREATED the communicators, Billy. USE THEM FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSE! Sorry for the all caps there but this really irritates me. To date Zack is the only Ranger who used the communicator in a time of need. Fail, Rangers!
Billy tells the others what is going on and they teleport to the Command Center to ask Zordon. He shows them the monster and they try to contact Tommy but are, as usual, unsuccessful. At least it's consistent for his character! They morph and go to fight the monster, but Rita makes him grow almost immediately. So they summon the Zords almost immediately.
Meanwhile, Tommy is attacked by a group of putties in front of the Youth Center. He beats them off and finally realizes he has a communicator. Zordon tells him to morph and go help the others. MegaZord has been knocked down, but Tommy shows up just in time to help. Rita flies away, thinking she's likely won at this point, and they form the MegaDragonZord. They beat the Frankenstein Monster relatively easy and it, as usual, gives poor Rita yet another headache.
Back at the party, they discover it's time to find out who won the costume contest. Tommy is in his regular clothes and tells them he'll be right back, he has to go put on his costume. Tommy shows up about 15 seconds after he leaves. He's managed to change clothes, put on a mask/hat, and paint the rest of his skin blue. He looks just like Rita's Frankenstein Monster, only considerably shorter and less bulky. Everybody jumps, Tommy removes the hat, and the whole bunch get a hearty laugh. Ernie then hands the blue ribbon to Alpha, who insists his identity must remain a mystery and leaves.
Overall, this is a pretty low fish episode! It's consistent, it's not too terribly ridiculous, and it even has foreshadowing for later episodes! The Rangers aren't glaringly obvious by wearing outfits consisting entirely of their designated colour. Rita is on Earth! And foretells of evil things to come in the future! Alpha is in public, but in the believable setting of a costume contest. And we get to see the Cave of Captivity again. All in all, we give it 2.5 fish.
Covered in food: Nobody, but Bulk gets covered in paint
Billy Speak: "My deductive reasoning tells me you're not Tommy."
"It's time for molecular transmutation!"
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