Morphylogeny

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue

#354: PRLR 1016: "The Cobra Strikes".

Features Footage from (bold = new footage):
Zyuranger, episode 32;
and GoGoV episodes 1, 2, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, & 30.

The complete program, from opening to end of Saban logo, lasts roughly 21:21;24.

Previously On is about 0:30; by itself.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Next Time On is about 0:30; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
ZYU #32.

The cloudy sky above a tree suddenly fades to darkness.

GOGOV #22.

Dark, stormy clouds roll up and over us, and a mother and two sons, as reddish lightning crackles about.

Recycled, per source; mother, kids, and tree US added.

GOGOV #22.

Grey, drab multi-layered building complex explodes as red lightning crackles about.

Recycled, per source; red lightning added.

GOGOV #22.

Support beams come down amid sparks, as red lightning crackles about.

Recycled, per source; red lightning added.

GOGOV #22.

The blue sky turns storm cloudy above a refinery.

Recycled, per source; refinery US added.

GOGOV #22.

The Rangers race in, stop, and look upward.

Cuts additional racing shot between.

GOGOV #22.

Dark, stormy clouds roll up and over us, as reddish lightning crackles about.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Red lightning crashes down, dust bursting the Rangers down.

GOGOV #22.

In a crackle of golden electricity, Diabolico teleports in, talking and pointing his staff forth, the Rangers get up, Red responds to him, he then speaks back.

Cuts shot of staff between final two shots; cuts follow-ups of Red & Diabolico talking.

GOGOV #22.

Red leads the team in rushing forth, whipping out Rescue Blasters, and firing upon Diabolico, causing spark bursts before he fades away, leaving them glancing about for him.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico's staff shoots in, three times, and sparkily slashes each Ranger, before landing in the ground and dust bursting behind the team, taking them all down.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico fades back in, walking slowly forth.

Fades to black. Cuts follow-ups of Rangers using Unilaser on Diabolico.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico fades back in, walking slowly forth.

Recycled; Fades in from black.

GOGOV #22.

Still on the ground, Blue nod-talks, pan over to Red doing so also.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico talks, holding his left hand up, with three gems in his palm. He tosses them forth, we see images of Falkar, Demonite, & Thunderon before they merge into Troika.

Title fades in and out during shot 2; Cuts follow-up shot due to Japanese text.

GOGOV #22.

The Rangers get up, Green nod-talks. Troika lowers his arms and Diabolico talks, until he fades outta there.

Writer & director credits fade in & out during shot 2.

GOGOV #22.

Troika spreads arms and spins rapidly, cutting through the Rangers, bashing & slicing them sparkily.

Shot 3 is trimmed.

GOGOV #22.

Ryan watches Troika spins rapidly, cutting through the Rangers, bashing & slicing them sparkily.

Some shots recycled; plays freely on Aquabase monitor. Cuts follow-up shot of Red falling down.

GOGOV #22.

Troika lunges forth, pushes Red through some barrels and boxes, then tosses him down, before slashing an energy slice at him, exploding behind Red, who dives out of the way.

GOGOV #22.

The Rangers regroup around Red, who gets up, crosses his arms, then raises the metal V.

GOGOV #22.

Close-ups of Red inserting the metal V, then retracts his V-Lancer into Blaster Mode, attaching the Blaster Grip to it .

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

The Rangers ready their V-Lancers, Red leading the team.

GOGOV #22.

All five Rangers raise their V-Lancers in Blaster Mode to the sky and fire energy beams into one concentrated point, a Spectra Blast, which flashes with a V. They then lower the Spectra Blast, which flies away from them, flashing a V.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

The Spectra Blast flies at Troika, who spins out of the way of the explosion, then lands and whips an energy slice forth, which explodes before the Rangers, knocking them into the air.

Cuts follow-up of Rangers falling down and demorphing.

GOGOV #22.

Circle around Skull Cavern exterior.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico talks upward with arm gestures as camera begins to lower.

Trimmed heavily to reduce dialogue.

GOGOV #11.

Queen Bansheera's visage wavers.

Recycled. Replaces GOGOV #22's less clear version.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico puts his hand to chest and bows.

Cuts before camera tracks over, cuts follow-up close-up.

GOGOV #21.

Queen Bansheera's wavering image becomes a swirling spirit, flying backwards through space.

Recycled, trimmed, plays in reverse.

GOGOV #22.

Energy balls strike mirrored-windowed building, which erupts explosively from within, all sides at once spewing forth dust and debris.

Recycled, per source; energy balls added; cuts follow-up building destructions.

GOGOV #22.

Troika leaps up and fist bashes the girls sparkily, then sword slashes Blue & Green down, leaving Red for last, both pacing to our left before Red charges in with his Baton ready.

Cuts prior shots of team posing.

GOGOV #22.

Troika sparkily slashes Red twice.

US adds a follow-up shot to make sense of him flipping over.

GOGOV #22.

Red flips over and gets sparkily stomped down upon by Troika.

Cuts follow-ups of Troika talking, and grinding heel into Red, then Green leaping in.

GOGOV #22.

Green leaps at Troika, then flips him away.

Cuts shot between of Green catching Troika in neck with Rescue Cutter.

GOGOV #22.

Troika lands, the Rangers regroup, then the monster flings energy slashes at them, spark bursting them down.

GOGOV #22.

Red touches his ear and nod-talks, then gets up, clenches his fist, causing his Rescue Morpher to appear on his wrist.

GOGOV #22.

The Rangers raise their fists, energy surges from their Morphers to their right wrists, materializing the Battle Boosters onto them.

GOGOV #22.

Zoom in on Red's Battle Booster.

Somehow textless, when the source had Japanese text over it. I've checked other eps, but it's never used again.

GOGOV #22.

Each of the Rangers admires their new Battle Booster, Red then nod-talking and clenching his fist, making his Rescue Morpher vanish, before leading the team in posing.

Cuts follow-up visor display shot.

GOGOV #22.

Entering 4-7-8 then activate on the Battle Booster, the Rangers raise their glowing Battle Boostered fists up. Troika throws an energy slash at them, it spark bursts before the team, but Red rushes through the smoke, charging at Troika, who does the same.

GOGOV #22.

Red flips over Troika's blade, then grabs his arm, clenches his fist, and breaks off his sword, before punching forth, Troika doing the same.

US replaces follow-up due to head blow.

GOGOV #22.

Troika falls, rolls, gets back up, only to get Battle Booster-punched and chopped by the Rangers, until he falls again.

GOGOV #22.

Red leads the team in pressing 5-5-5- activate, all then firing Booster Beams forth, spark bursting Troika until he collapses and falls dead.

GOGOV #22.

Push in on Red as the Rangers lower their arms victoriously.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico teleports in, talking at the Rangers, before suddenly growing gigantic, the Rangers reacting, then Red summoning.

GOGOV #22.

Supertrain speeds up the ramp, and launches off the top.

Recycled, per source. Cuts surrounding transformation shots, which includes Max Solarzord.

GOGOV #22.

Zoom in on Red in the cockpit, nod-talking and slightly cocking head.

Cuts follow-ups of Max Solarzord firing on Diabolico and getting blasted down.

GOGOV #22.

Supertrain Megazord punches its right arm forth, firing blasts from the turbine.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Sparks erupt around Diabolico, but keeps on walking.

GOGOV #22.

Supertrain Megazord punches its left fist forth, firing missiles from its fist.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Closer, as sparks erupt around Diabolico, but keeps on walking.

Cuts follow-up reactions of Rangers.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico fires his staff forth, spark bursting Supertrain Megazord, shaking the cockpit, until it falls down.

Cuts follow-up cockpit spark bursting. Also cuts follow-ups of Diabolico approaching, staff pointing, and talking at downed SM.

PRLR 1013.

Ryan's morphing sequence.

Recycled.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico raises his staff over the downed Supertrain Megazord and is about to strike it, when it reaches up and blocks the staff, to which he then speaks.

Cuts follow-up additional shots of downed SM, cockpit shots, and Diabolico reactions.

GOGOV #22.

Supertrain Megazord slowly gets up, still clutching the staff in its right hand, Diabolico struggling with it, and talking, before he powers up his chest-eyes & star power, and fires a blast of energy through the Megazord's chest, spark bursting it.

GOGOV #22.

With a huge gaping hole in its chest, Supertrain Megazord bursts, collapses, and explodes.

GOGOV #22.

Aero Rescue 3 flies forth, dragging the other Lightspeed Rescuezords below it.

GOGOV #22.

In the fiery Supertrain cockpit, Red & Blue have an exchange, before everyone takes their Grips and departs.

GOGOV #22.

Red heads up the stairway to Pyro Rescue 1.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Red lands in the Pyro Rescue cockpit and inserts the Blaster Grip.

He's visorless in shot 1. Cuts follow-up Zord transformation bit.

GOGOV #22.

Pyro Rescue connects to Aqua, the Lightspeed insignia spinning and releasing steam.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Aero Rescue shifts around into the head and shoulders, attaching onto the top of the Pyro Rescue torso.

Recycled, per source. Cuts follow-ups of LM posing then summoning Saber, then Diabolico reacting.

GOGOV #01.

Red talks as shot zooms in.

Recycled.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Megazord's Saber begins to glow.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

In a fiery dimension, Lightspeed Megazord slashes through a flaming corona, three times total.

Recycled, trimmed, per source.

GOGOV #22.

The energy slash cuts into Diabolico, but does nothing to him, prompting him to talk, as Lightspeed Megazord looks at its ineffective Saber. Diabolico talks some more, as the camera tracks right.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico's chest-face eyes and star power glow.

Recycled, trimmed, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico fires a chest-beam forth into Lightspeed Megazord, causing it to smash through a building, before ending up crashing into another.

Cuts follow-ups of LM recovering & Diabolico talking.

GOGOV #30.

Sparks burst in the Omega cockpit (shh!), as the Rangers writhe.

Goes without saying it's the wrong cockpit.

GOGOV #22.

Max Solarzord fires lasers from its shield forth.

Recycled, per source. Pushed back from source position.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico deflects the lasers, which spark burst around him.

Pushed back from source position. Cuts before he fires back.

GOGOV #02.

Zoom in sharply as Red reacts.

Recycled.

GOGOV #12.

The Rangers in the Supertrain cockpit react.

Recycled. Wrong cockpit!

GOGOV #02.

Pink in her cockpit nod-talks.

Recycled.

GOGOV #22.

Max Solarzord backflips and reverts to shuttle form.

Recycled, per source. Cuts prior shots of MS recovering & leaping up.

GOGOV #22.

Max Solarzord flies in.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Megazord reaches up, leaps up, and grabs Max Solarzord, hanging from it as it flies through the sky.

GOGOV #22.

Zoom in as Diabolico points his staff and talks upward.

Cuts follow-up visor display shot.

GOGOV #22.

Red presses a red shiny button, causing a docking port to pop out of the console, where he inserts his Battle Booster, where he presses 3-5-6 and hits activate.

Pushed back from source position.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Megazord lets go of Max Solarzord, which then transforms into component parts, that attach to the Megazord.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord lowers on thruster boots into the city, close-ups show off its new combination.

Cuts follow-up shot due to Japanese text.

GOGOV #23.

Lightspeed Solarzord poses battle ready.

GOGOV #22.

Zoom in on Diabolico talking at Lightspeed Solarzord.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord lifts off with its thruster boots, then glides to its right, firing lasers from its wrists forth.

Cuts before LS fires some more; cuts follow-ups of Diabolico & LS firing on each other.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico deflects the lasers, which spark burst around him, he then returns fire.

Recycled, per source, but runs fully.

GOGOV #22.

Red jerks his control stick, and Lightspeed Solarzord glides out of the way of the blast.

He's visorless in shot 1.

GOGOV #22.

Close on windowed wall of cardboard building as it explodes.

Recycled, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord glides to the side, firing lasers at Diabolico, until smoke covers the Demon, prompting it to stop and watch for signs of life.

GOGOV #11.

Red nod-talks urgently in his cockpit.

Recycled. Replaces visorless shots.

GOGOV #22.

The smoke clears, and Diabolico steps forth, unharmed, to which Lightspeed Solarzord reacts.

GOGOV #01.

Red talks as shot zooms in.

Recycled again. Replaces visorless shot.

GOGOV #22.

Zoom in on Diabolico addressing Lightspeed Solarzord.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico's chest-face eyes and star power glow.

Recycled, trimmed, per source.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord reacts as Diabolico fires energy from his chest-mouth, spark bursting and exploding massively around it.

GOGOV #22.

The explosion implodes and is absorbed by Lightspeed Solarzord's solar panels.

GOGOV #22.

Diabolico reacts, as Lightspeed Solarzord stands with glowing solar panels.

GOGOV #02.

Red nod-talks in his cockpit as shot slowly zooms in.

Recycled, replaces visorless shot.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord pops forth its waist cannons, charges them up, and Diabolico quivers in fear.

GOGOV #02.

Zoom in on Red as he nod-talks then works controls.

Replaces visorless shot.

GOGOV #22.

Red pulls the trigger under the Battle Booster docking port.

GOGOV #22.

Lightspeed Solarzord fires every single cannon and laser on its body, repeatedly, spark bursting Diabolico until he drops his staff.

GOGOV #22.

His body crackling intermittently, Diabolico talks as shot tracks forth, until he finally collapses and explodes massively before Lightspeed Solarzord, his Star Power taking off for the sky.

US replaces initial follow-up Vypra & Loki stuff.

GOGOV #22.

Loki slams his staff into a pillar sparkily, then drops it, as Vypra remains distraught on the ground, when the Star Power flies in, and enters Impus' forehead, waking him up.

Cuts follow-up shot of Lightspeed Solarzord.

Ending Credits