Welcome to Ranger Reviews, a webseries where we look at episodes of the tv show, Power
Rangers and then discuss it!
Today, we're exploring the seventy second episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as
well as the twelfth episode of Season 2, titled "Green No More Part 1".
We begin this episode on the same note we left last time on: a somber, pity party for
Tommy who is outside the Youth Center in the parking lot apparently shooting some hoops?
Seems like a liability, but whatever, Kimberly comes up, and they exposit about how Tommy
is definitely going to lose his powers.
Then, horrible lightning occurs, and a flickering Tommy appears before them who keeps saying
"I'm you from the future.
The final battle.
Remember communicator.
That's all I can tell you."
Then it leaves, and Tommy says, "yeah that was a warning from the future."
On the moon, Zedd says that the moment is at hand to delete the Green Ranger.
Hooray!
Anyways, at school, Zack and Billy run into Zack's cousin, Curtis, who is dancing in
the middle of the hallway and being just as much of a show off as Zack.
Watch out, Zack.
He might just become the Black Ranger if he keeps being such a stereotype.
Of course, Curtis and Richie become quick friends and leave.
Tommy comes up, and he says that it was weird what happened before because that guy looked
just like him.
Dude, that WAS you, but no worries, here come trash cans filled with Bulk and Skull who
roll over.
They cower at five Ranger teen rip offs who look like the cast that came in second before
they skidaddle away.
Zack asks if they're new around here while making it apparent that he was going to start
a fight.
Tommy says that they'll learn the rules soon enough as they steal lunch money from
a 45 year old extra named Stewart.
This episode is weird.
Zedd sees those five badasses, and he says he'll turn them into the Dark Rangers.
Oh, and Goldar has a crystal that is going to… siphon out Green Ranger's powers somehow?
At the Command Center, Tommy finds out from Zordon and Alpha that his last effort to get
his powers back did nothing, so he only has one more fight left.
Zordon points out that in his vision from the future, he was unmorphed so, good luck.
At the beach, everyone else except Trini is collecting shells.
Then of course, those five rejects show up to bully them, knocking Kim's shells out
of her hands.
They say that Angel Grove belongs to them now, and Kim almost laughs in their face.
Zedd says, "time to get 'em, I guess", and the five rejects are teleported away to
the "Other World" moments before they get into a fist fight with the Ranger teens.
The Ranger teens are confused, and they hope Zordon will be able to help.
At the Other World, which is definitely just outside a cave, the five rejects stand emotionless
while Zedd exposits about how his newest monster will be the one that drains the last of Tommy's
powers up.
Of course, he decides on a seashell monster thanks to Kim, creating the Turbanshell who
looks like a slug with a thicc ass diaper.
At the Command Center, everyone except Trini watches as Turbanshell is attacking the city,
so they wait for Trini to arrive before Zordon explains that this monster's power level
of "dangerously high".
It's morphin time for all six.
The Rangers arrive downtown to see that Turbanshell is just blowing shit up easily, and they just
kind of stand there watching for a bit longer than necessary before they call out their
Thunderzords, forming the Thunder Megazord before Tommy calls out the Dragonzord.
There's a roughly edited battle between the three that results in only the Dragonzord
and the monster being able to be in the same shot while the Thunderzord gets hit off screen
because, ya know, different Japanese footage.
Then, the Rangers are ejected from the Thunder Megazord, landing by Tommy, and Turbanshell
decides it's time to peace out.
Outside that one random ass cave in Angel Grove, Turbanshell appears in front of Lord
Zedd, and he literally scares Zedd.
I love it.
Zedd yells at him for retreating at the moment when he had the opportunity to win.
The other five Rangers rush over to Tommy who says he's weak when all of a sudden,
he's teleported away to a field to fight Turbanshell one-on-one, and Turbanshell starts
sucking up Tommy's powers with his ass.
Seriously.
Tommy is officially out of power, and he scrambles away while Zedd celebrates that this dollar
store crystal is definitely supercharged now.
The five rangers try to get in contact with Zordon, but they can't because something
is jamming the communicators before they're teleported to a forcefield outside that stupid
cave to face Zedd, now out of suit.
Zedd exposits his damn plan once again before he introduces the….
Dark Rangers.
Oh my god, this is probably the worst thing I've ever seen them try to do on this show,
and that's saying a lot.
Seriously.
They look like something you'd see at International Mr. Leather.
The five teens try to tell the other Dark Rangers to stop being dumb, but it's no
use.
They want to serve Zedd.
We end this episode with Tommy hiding behind a rock while Turbanshell is yelling for him.
To be continued.
Is this the best episode ever?
Jesus Christ, no.
Not even by a long shot.
But, I will say, part of me is just happy that they're finally wrapping up that entire
"Tommy is losing his powers" thing because man, that was getting annoying as hell to
watch episode after episode.
Other than that, the idea of the Dark Rangers is a nice one, but man is it executed horribly.
Like, they sincerely had unused suits from Japan that they could've just used instead?
Or just had them come out wearing the Rangers' spandex with different helmets or something?
Man.
How will this conclude in the next episode?
What does Tommy's communicator have to do with anything?
Why was Trini at her grandma's instead of at the beach with the others?
Are they really all cut off from Zordon or are we going to forget that even happened?
Find out next time, but until then, may the power protect you!
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