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 ninety seventh episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as
well as the thirty seventh episode of Season 2, titled "Forever Friends".
At the Youth Center, Kimberly is practicing gymnastics while Aisha watches like a pervert.
Kim mentions how the competition is going to be really tough, and Aisha's old friend
Shawna shows up, and she's a massive bitch to Kimberly, insinuating that she stole Aisha.
Zedd sees this, and he decides to use this to his advantage.
Shawna asks if she has a broken finger since she doesn't ever call.
Kim volunteers to go away, but Aisha wants Shawna and Kim to become friends.
In shop class, Tommy, Billy, Rocky, and Adam are struggling to put anything together, but
Bulk and Skull are creating jet packs.
Why?
They want to go jetting to catch up with the Power Rangers!
That one thing I definitely thought was wiped from canon!
They go to the park, and they fail miserably before jumping into a random pile of hay in
the middle of the park.
Aisha, Kim, and Shawna are eating together, and Aisha doesn't remember they met in the
1st grade, and Shawna is bitter AF over this.
Goldar appears, and Shawna says "that's the monster I saw on the news!" which is
a nice touch.
Aisha freaks out, trying to call the others, but to no avail, so she runs to shop class,
getting them.
Zedd is mad that they're not mad at Aisha for sucking at saving Kim, and he turns a
random saw into the new monster, Jaws of Destruction.
Kim and Shawna are in that one cave in Angel Grove, in a protected forcefield, and Shawna
wonders why Kim is being so nice to her.
They talk about how both of their parents are divorced, and they talk about how when
someone leaves, it feels like you've lost them forever.
This is some deep shit for Power Rangers.
In the Command Center, Aisha blames herself for Kim and Shawna getting kidnapped, and
Zordon basically tells her to suck it up.
Then, they find out about the Jaws of Destruction, and Tommy says he's going to go get Kim
and Shawna while the others handle the monster.
It's morphin' time!
Also, time to see jetting again!
They do so right over Bulk and Skull who again have a fit with their home made jet packs.
Red, Black, Blue, and Yellow appear in front of the Jaws of Destruction, and he sics putties
on them, turning into a decent putty fight that we saw most of 3 episodes ago in "Lights,
Camera, Action".
The amount of care this show lacked at times is astounding.
Tommy appears outside the cave, fighting the putties blocking the entrance, taking them
all out insanely quickly.
He runs in, finding Kim and Shawna, using Saba to release Shawna quickly, but Kim is
still trapped.
Tommy says "Alpha, teleport Shawna out of here", and Alpha says "right, Tommy".
DUDE, ALPHA, YOU CAN'T JUST USE HIS NAME LIKE THAT.
Luckily, Shawna doesn't even pretend to notice.
Zedd sends Goldar down to take care of Tommy, and Kim morphs after Shawna is gone.
They run out of the cave to find Goldar, and Kim leaves to help the others while Tommy
decides to show off against Goldar.
Why even bother?
They might as well just both leave at this point.
Back with the others, Kim comes flying in, saving Aisha from getting attacked by putties,
and she tells her what happened with Shawna.
The putties get decimated, and Zedd decides this is the perfect opportunity to make his
monster grow giant because god forbid we have any hand-to-hand combat against monsters this
season.
The Rangers call out their Thunderzords, forming the Thunder Megazord.
They fight the monster during a random sunset, and they almost immediately kill him with
the Thunder Saber.
Take that, stakes.
But we still have five minutes left of this episode?
Oh yeah, Tommy and Goldar fight to a stalemate, and Goldar leaves.
What a waste of my time.
In the Youth Center, Bulk and Skull show up all roughed up from their jet packs, and Billy
makes fun of them for being stupid.
Aisha walks in to see Kim getting ready to compete, and in a really, really nice touch,
Kim is wearing Tommy's old green jacket!
Aw, that's cute.
Kim and Shawna are about to compete, but Kim is up first in a performance that really shows
off that Amy Jo Johnson is an absolutely incredible gymnast.
She gets a great score of 9.8, and now Shawna is up, and we learn her last name is Hilton.
Turns out, her actress is also an awesome gymnast, too!
Where was this girl when we were replacing Trini?
She also gets a 9.8, leading to her and Kim getting a tie, and Aisha just grabs the trophy,
giving it to the two of them.
Damn girl, calm down.
The end.
This episode has peaks and valleys, so I guess it's a solid medium for me.
I love the little touches like Aisha's friend from her old high school showing up and being
mean to Kim, them bonding over divorce, and even Kim wearing Tommy's old jacket.
The stuff that struggles is honestly the Japanese footage parts because they're really not
sure how to work them into the stories better, or even what to use.
It's a shame they couldn't have just switched Ranger suits at this point so that this choppy
action didn't have to happen, but I completely understand why they did.
Will next time be better at marrying the two?
Until then, may the power protect you!
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