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Power Rangers SPD

#555: PRSPD 1521 "Messenger, Part 1".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Dekaranger, episodes 21 & 22.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 22:37;10.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
DEKA #21.

Shorty flips onto a car, crushing it, then bouncing off. He then lands in another area, as the four Rangers appear, zoom in on Pink talking and pointing. Shorty turns and talks, gesturing his arms about. Red talks, Shorty replies, then leaps up high and lands upon them, smashing the ground around them to bits, as they dive out of the way in the nick of time. The four Rangers pull out their weapons and fire on Shorty, but he reflects their laserbeams back at them sparkily.

Cuts prior shots of buildings exploding; shot 1 cuts before car explodes; shots 2 & 3 are split from each other for no reason; shot 6 is textless, unlike source.

DEKA #21.

Yellow poses in the forest.


DEKA #21.

Yellow charges in, as does the armored Morgana, both meeting in the middle, Yellow ducks under Morgana's strike, but her second one sparkily lands, then she kicks her feet out from under her. Yellow falls, then gets kicked away, where she rolls up to a crouch. Morgana speaks, then Yellow whips out her weapons, connects them, then fires, spark bursting around her. Yellow lowers her guard, when Morgana flies out of the smoke, sparkily striking her down on the way by. By the time Yellow recovers, Morgana is up in a tree, showing off her blade. Yellow fires upon her, she drops down before the sparking, landing with a sparkily slash into the Ranger, a dodged kick, then she hits her weapon aside, and a few more sparkily slashes. Finally, Morgana charges up her blades and purple X slices at Yellow, bursting her.


DEKA #21.

Shorty leaps down and sparkily bashes Red & Green, causing them to fall and roll, as Pink & Blue regroup with them. Shorty pounds his chest and gestures, then Red rushes forth and poses. Shorty charges at the four, sparkily bashing through each one, with much crackling of energy.


DEKA #21.

Shorty talks and gestures his arms.

Cuts before he squats.

DEKA #21.

Beside a tower, the Robot of Destruction lowers on boot boosters and lands in the city.


DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction stands as shot circles around it.

Textless, unlike source.

DEKA #21.

Close on Shorty talking and gesturing his arms.

Trims start to remove holoscreen featuring Morgana's counterpart; pushed back from source position.

DEKA #21.

Zoom out as Shorty acts excited, raising fist into the air, as shot pans up to Robot of Destruction above him.

Fades in from black; cuts before it lifts its leg.

DEKA #21.

Zoom in on Morgana in the cockpit, working the controls.

Used ahead of source.

DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction walks away from the tower.

Trims start to remove holoscreen featuring Morgana's counterpart.

DEKA #21.

Shorty talks in close-up side angle.

Used behind source position.

DEKA #21.

Shorty cops a squat.

Used even more behind source position; mirror-flipped.

DEKA #21.

Shorty bounces up onto a building, then into the sky.

Used behind source position.

DEKA #21.

The five Delta Runners approach us in the city.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

The Robot of Destruction approaches some buildings, Morgana flips a switch, and it fires shoulder beams forth, creating a silver tower, which it stands watch over. Nearby on a rooftop, Broodwing lurks, talking and gesturing.

Cuts before he talks more.

DEKA #21.

Delta Squad Megazord peeks from around a building, armed with its Blaster, watching Robot of Destruction over by its silver tower. Yellow talks in her cockpit, as the Megazord ducks slowly back behind the building.

Cuts follow-ups of each Ranger talking quickly.

DEKA #21.

Yellow suddenly turns, grips and shifts her side control, presses down on the pedal, causing the Delta Squad Megazord to turn and begin to rush out from cover, each Rangers' cockpit shaking up as control is taken away from them by Yellow, who targets the silver tower, talks, then fires the Blaster forth, bursting it and the Robot of Destruction, but not damaging either.

Cuts shot 12 before second firing; cuts shot of more firing between shots 13 & 14.

DEKA #21.

Zoom in on Morgana in the cockpit, working the controls.

Recycled, but first in context.

DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction shields the silver tower, as Delta Squad Megazord charges forth, Yellow speaking quick, as does Red, and Blue.

Cuts follow-ups of RoD firing on the Megazord, which side-dives and fires back.

DEKA #21.

Sharp zoom in on Yellow.


DEKA #21.

Delta Squad Megazord leaps straight into the sky with its saber overhead.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

Delta Squad Megazord energy slashes its saber downward.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction grabs Delta Squad Megazord's saber between both hands, Yellow reacts.


DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction jerks Delta Squad Megazord's saber to the side.

Cuts before it punches forth, spark bursting the Megazord.

DEKA #21.

Delta Squad Megazord falls over, shaking up the Rangers in their cockpits. Zoom in on Robot of Destruction posing triumphant. Yellow nod-talks in her sideways cockpit, .

Shot 2 given comic panel lines between each cockpit; cuts follow-ups of Megazord firing on RoD and getting blasted back.

DEKA #21.

Morgana nod-talks in her cockpit, zoom out as Robot of Destruction looks down and over to Shorty, on the ground talking and gesturing. Yellow works her controls frantically in her sideways cockpit.

Cuts before she talks more; cuts follow-up of Yellow talking in different angle.

DEKA #21.

Red straightens up his cockpit, causing Delta Squad Megazord to get back up. Shorty leaps up into the air with a giant ball, tossing it into the silver tower, which he then lands on, talking and patting his fists. The Megazord spots this, and is about to attack, when Robot of Destruction blocks it, then walks over and sparkily punches it, then again.

Cuts before final sparkily punch and follow-up continuation of it.

DEKA #21.

Shorty holds a detonator, talks a bit, then leaps from the small silver tower, over to the building tower, where he walks over to the edge and talks. Delta Squad Megazord's saber has been clasped by Robot of Destruction again, as it struggles. Shorty talks some more. Yellow speaks and reaches out, as we zoom out from her in her cockpit, to Shorty watching the battle. Suddenly, Shadow streaks in and jumpkicks into Shorty, causing him to lose hold of the detonator, sending it flying and falling to the ground below. Shadow lands on the roof, Yellow reacts, Shadow speaks into his Patrol Morpher, as Shorty talks nearby.


DEKA #21.

Shadow's chest 100 symbol ignites.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

Shadow does some posing, Shorty watching dumbfounded.


DEKA #21.

Shadow charges up his Shadow Saber so its blade regains its shiny complexion.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

Shadow poses with his Shadow Saber, Shorty readies his fists and runs forth, Shadow and he meeting in the middle, where Shorty blocks each slash or jab. Shadow finally slices by Shorty, but no sparks result, much to his surprise. Shorty beats on his chest, as Shadow down-slashes at Shorty, but the blade hits his skin and bounces off harmlessly. Shadow reacts, Shorty yacks, and soon Shadow raises his blade overhead and slashes downward.

US replaces follow-ups to change out headblow.

DEKA #21.

Shorty sparkily bashes Shadow.

Cuts follow-ups of more rapid punches.

DEKA #21.

Shorty leaps up and sparkily lands both fists on Shadow, knocking him for a roll. Delta Squad Megazord gets sparkily struck in the hand, dropping its Saber. It then looks over as Robot of Destruction races at it, then dives down, grabs its legs, and flips it on its back, shaking up the cockpits.

Cuts follow-ups of RoD sparkily bashing on the downed Megazord until the Rangers demorph; final shot is recycled, per source, and given comic panel lines between each cockpit again.

DEKA #21.

Robot of Destruction towers over the downed and smoking Delta Squad Megazord, as it pats its fists together.

Cuts some follow-up Morgana cockpit shots.

DEKA #22.

Helmetless Morgana flips over the camera.

Mirror-flipped.

DEKA #21.

Yellow connects her weapons and fires forth while leaping.


DEKA #21.

Morgana, helmet finishing sealing, blocks the yelow bolts, then leaps up, flying through the sky for a moment, then looking upward and seeing the four Rangers flying above her in formation, firing their weapons downward at her, bursting her back down. As she falls, Yellow leaps up and energy slashes her, causing her to fall harshly to the pavement.

Trims start to remove visibility of her helmetless; cuts follow-ups of Yellow tossing rings down and bursting Morgana.

DEKA #21.

Yellow lands as her teammates regroup around her. Meanwhile, Shorty pats fists, then rushes forth, Shadow sparkily slashing him a few times in return, then posing, as they exchange dialogue for a moment or two. Shadow readies saber, motioning it around.

Cuts follow-up of Shadow creating a vortex by whipping saber around.

DEKA #21.

Sharp zoom in on Shorty reacting.

Cuts follow-ups of more vortex whipping and energy flowing at Shorty as he rushes forth.

DEKA #21.

As blue flames burn around him, Shadow energy slashes upward diagonally.

Trimmed to remove vortex; flames recolored blue.

DEKA #21.

Energy slashed, Shorty sparks, and falls off the building, landing beside Morgana, who looks after him concernedly. Shadow lands with the other Rangers, they face the pair, with Yellow talking. Shorty recovers, as he and Morgana step back, only for her to discover the dropped detonator, which she picks up, talks, and then pushes the plunger down. The Rangers react, as silver tower ignites, shooting fireworks into space, where they erupt outside of the atmosphere. The Rangers react some more, Yellow looking down, until Shadow puts his hand on her shoulder and talks to her. Yellow nods, then pulls out her Delta Morpher, holding it forth at the two alien criminals, talking, until she opens it and it flashes.

Shot 23 is shortened to reduce dialogue.

DEKA #21.

Zoom in through the energy matrix dimensional thingy inside the Delta Morpher.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

A clockface appears over Shorty & Morgana, with an alternating X and O.

Cuts follow-ups of Yellow in front of other Rangers holding morpher forth and more of the villains.

DEKA #21.

Yellow's Delta Morpher displays a red X, which appears over the pair, then she nod-talks, lowers the Morpher, raises the metal bone bite thing, then tosses it.


DEKA #21.

RIC leaps in and chomps on the bite bone thing, and transforms into the Canine Cannon.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

The Canine Cannon lands in the hands of the Rangers.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

Shorty & Morgana react to the Cannon, as Yellow raises a fist.


DEKA #21.

The Canine Cannon trigger is pulled.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

The Canine Cannon is fired forth, the blast shooting down an SPD logo corridor.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #21.

The energy blasts fly at Shorty & Morgana, only for a figure to drop in before them and grab the bolt of power, Yellow reacting, as Devastation stands with the Cannon energy in his hand, crushing it to nothing with ease. The Rangers react.

Cuts follow-up close-ups of Devastation.

DEKA #21.

Devastation stands in the sun, as Shorty & Morgana talk to him from behind. He looks at the Rangers, then talks.

Cuts follow-up wide-shot of Devastation.

DEKA #21.

The Rangers continue facing across the plaza at Devastation, as Shorty & Morgana step forth

Cuts follow-up of each Ranger reacting.

DEKA #21.

Devastation readies his thunderbolt blade, and slashes it forth, sending a shockwave that spark bursts all six Rangers, knocking them all down. Devastation lowers his blade triumphantly, as the Rangers slowly recover.

Fades to black.

DEKA #21.

Devastation aims his rifle forth at the Rangers.

Fades in from black; cuts follow-up of trigger pulling; US replaces follow-up of him firing straight on with him firing slightly sideways.

DEKA #22.

The Rangers burst and fall, and as they lie on the ground, smoking, zoom in on the three alien criminals.

Energy bolts added to shot 1.

DEKA #22.

Shorty gestures and talks, then Devastation talks.

Final shot is shortened; cuts follow-up of Red failing to recover.

DEKA #22.

Devastation readies blade and charges at the Rangers, and is able to slash down at Red, when Shadow blocks him with his Saber and speaks. Devastation breaks free, then slashes at him, he spins and dodges.

Cuts follow-ups of Shadow getting kicked in the gut.

DEKA #22.

Devastation sparkily slashes Shadow.

Cuts follow-up slash that transitions into the opening credits.

DEKA #22.

Devastation and Shadow race at one another, and sparkily clash blades a few times, then Shadow gets sparkily slashed until he falls and rolls. Devastation goes to downward slash him when he's crouched, but he blocks his blade. The Rangers react to this, Yellow then looking upward as a helmetless Morgana flips in and lands on one side of the team, while Shorty, on the other side, beats his chest and talks. The three guys react to him, while the girls focus on Morgana.

Shots 1-6 are textless, unlike source; Shot 15 is recycled, but first unaltered and in context.

DEKA #22.

Yellow talks and raises a fist, then she and Pink whip out their weapons, and pose with them.


DEKA #22.

Yellow jabs forth, as Morgana spins and dodges, then sparkily slashes her, doing the same to Pink, then roundhousing Yellow.

US replaces follow-up due to headblow.

DEKA #22.

Shorty talks and leaps up.

Cuts prior sequence of Shorty punching down Green & Blue, then Red firing on him a lot until he slips on the spent bullets; cuts follow-up of Red reacting.

DEKA #22.

Shorty leaps high, sparkily punching Blue when he lands, missing Red, then kicking Green, Red kicks him uselessly, then Shorty sparkily punches him down. Shadow rolls and recovers, then Devastation sparkily slashes him a few times.

Cuts follow-ups of Morgana choking and talking to Yellow.

DEKA #22.

Morgana kicks and sparkily slashes Yellow down. Shadow reacts, as all three aliens do their finisher attacks at once, spark bursting each Ranger, then sending them flying from explosions. They fall to the ground together, as the three aliens regroup facing them. Devastation talks and motions his arm in the air. Each Ranger reacts, as Devastation talks more, lowering his arm, pointing, then walking away. Shorty talks to him, he pauses, turns and talks back to him.

Trims start to remove her choking Yellow.

DEKA #22.

Close on Green talking.

Used ahead of source; cuts follow-ups of Yellow & Pink.

DEKA #22.

Close on Shadow talking.

Cuts follow-up of Blue.

DEKA #22.

Red slams his fist down on the smoking pavement.

Transitions out.

DEKA #22.

Shorty bites down on some debris and eats the whole thing.

Altered to fit SPD monitor; Cuts before he jerks arms about.

DEKA #22.

Shorty approaches the dock view of the city skyline, where he talks and gestures, until the five Rangers make the scene. He speaks to them, Red replies.

US replaces follow-ups of Rangers rushing in and getting beaten up by Shorty.

DEKA #22.

The Rangers ready their weapons and fire lasers at Shorty, bursting before him. Shorty levitates forth through the smoke, flying with a kick at Red.

US replaces follow-up due to headblow.

DEKA #22.

Red falls and rolls, Blue tries and fails to hit Shorty, getting sparkily bashed away, same goes for Green, who gets knocked off his feet.

Cuts before he gut punches the downed Green.

DEKA #22.

As Green rolls away, Blue gets sparkily punched away.

Shortened; cuts follow-ups of Shorty readying fists then tackling Blue.

DEKA #22.

Blue falls into the water, Yellow & Pink jab at Shorty with their blades, he grabs them and spins the pair around before releasing and causing them to fall down.

Cuts before they attack again and cuts follow-up of them getting punched away.

DEKA #22.

Yellow & Pink roll away. Shorty taunts them when they begin to recover. Blue suddenly leaps out of the water, Shorty reacting.

US replaces follow-up to change Blue firing straight on with him firing sideways slightly.

DEKA #22.

Lasers rain down on Shorty, spark bursting him.

Both shots have lasers added; cuts follow-ups of Rangers regrouping, Green doing a headstand, then talking while Pink calls out to Shorty, and when he opens his mouth, Yellow tosses rings into his mouth, which burst inside.

DEKA #22.

Shorty falls over. Red pulls out a metal bone bite thing, then tosses it skyward.


DEKA #22.

RIC leaps in and chomps on the bite bone thing, and transforms into the Canine Cannon.

Recycled, per source.

DEKA #22.

The Rangers brace around the Canine Cannon, aimed at Shorty, who recovers, while on the building above, Morgana & Devastation appear.


DEKA #22.

Devastation talks.

Trimmed; cuts follow-up of Shorty reacting.

DEKA #22.

Zoom in on Red as he prepares to fire the Cannon.

Cuts before he looks down; cuts follow-ups of Red and others talking to his Delta Morpher.

DEKA #22.

Shorty charges forth, sparkily bashing them down. Red, still holding the Canine Cannon, aims it at Shorty, and pulls the trigger.

Cuts shot 2 before Pink gets bashed.

DEKA #22.

Shorty gets blasted right in the face, sending him flying backwards until he finishes consuming the energy.

Energy flared out to make it less obvious of the face-centric energy.

DEKA #22.

Shorty slams into a wall, and falls, angrily jerking arms.


DEKA #22.

Red raises the Cannon and speaks, Shorty recovers, his mouth crackling as he chews and talks. Zoom in on Red reacting, as Shorty suddenly glows green and grows gigantic! The Rangers regroup, as Red pulls out his Delta Morpher and talks to it.

Most shots are shortened; splits final shot.

DEKA #22.

Red continues talking into her Morpher, then looks up, as Shorty stomps down on the Rangers, but they dive out of the way. Off to the side, Blue talks into Red's Morpher.


DEKA #22.

Blue keeps talking into Red's Morpher.

Split.

DEKA #22.

Blue finishes talking into Red's Morpher as he and the others react upwards, as giant Shorty smashes a building to bits. Debris rains down on the Rangers, knocking them down. Red lifts the Canine Cannon up and fires it again, blasting Shorty as Devastation & Morgana watch.

Shot 1 is split from before; cuts final shot before Morgana turns around; some flaring on the energy in the final shot.

DEKA #22.

Devastation turns and talks.

Split.

DEKA #22.

Continued, Devastation speaks and walks off.

Split from before.

DEKA #22.

Shorty bends down and spreads his arms, spewing green electricity downward.


DEKA #22.

Red flips into the air in front of an explosion.


Ending Credits