Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Lunar Palace exterior, sharp zoom onto the upper tower.

Recycled, but starts already in the zoom.

Near balcony railing, Squatt grips his bag tightly and Baboo stands nervous, both looking Earthward. Rita steps in, in front of them, and rests right elbow against railing while casually talking to our slight right during slow zoom in.

Trims start to remove the pair's reactions, then trims end to shut her up.

Zoom in on US Goldar on dark balcony, as he stands behind railing, talking while pointing right finger forth, twice quickly each time, for a total of six points.

Leads into shot in MMPR 140.

Shot of city street, cars driving along as everything shakes.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges.

Close on crack in ground, spreading as mist flows up, and pair of vine tentacles shoot upward.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges.

Zoom out as giant vines rise up over model buildings and dangle over them.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges.

Between two buildings, giant vine dangles over fleeing dark-haired people and sprays mist at them.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges.

Close on giant vine wrapping around cardboard cut-out of the world.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges. Extra close-up of vine on other side is cut.

The vine-wrapped Earth cut-out sits there in space, when it suddenly explodes.

Sides given 'flashback' smudges.

Rita looks at us while laughing.

Recycled. Fades to black.

Pair of Putties flip over hedges.

Cuts before second pair appear.

Three Putty Patrollers flip over camera.

Recycled, but includes a little more footage.

Shot of city street, cars driving along as everything shakes.

Recycled, altered to fit in Viewing Globe.

Close on crack in ground, spreading.

Recycled, cuts before mist & vines appear, altered to fit in Viewing Globe.

Jason's morph sequence.

Recycled. No flash near bolt. Fades to white at end.

Whoops! Someone left a frame or two of the Zyu morphing shot in.

Red Ranger flips over the camera with Power Sword in hand.

Recycled, but first in original context.

Close on base of Octoplant as it glows and raises vine tentacle.

Cuts pan down from top of plant.

Pair of vine tentacles smash through cheap drywall.

Vine tentacle slithers across grass and shoots upward our right.

Vine tentacle slithers out from the bushes and shoots upward our right.

Vine tentacle whips up through the air.

Vine tentacle extends across greenery.

Vine tentacle raises up in front of bush and dangles there, when suddenly a second one shoots out from bushes.

Red Ranger is leaping through air with sword when vine tentacle cuts across him sparkily, causing him to fall.

Zoom out sharply as Red flips onto back, then gets up to looks to our left while vine is moving behind him.

Split.

Vine tentacle slithers out from the bushes and shoots upward our right.

Recycled, shortened slightly.

Continued from two shots ago, Red faces our left when vine tentacle sparkily slashes across his chest, causing him to stagger back.

Split.

Vine tentacle raises up in front of bush and dangles there, when suddenly a second one shoots out from bushes.

Recycled, shortened a tad.

Concluded from two shots ago, Red turns and tries to stab other vine tentacle, but misses and gets sparkily slashed down as a result.

Split.

Pair of vine tentacles slither from under bush and snap upward.

Zoom out as Red finds himself with a vine tentacle around his neck, right arm, and each leg.

Cuts before he drops sword. Follow-ups are replaced by US footage to remove neck hold.

Rita stands near balcony railing, smiling and excitedly shaking fist, as Squatt & Baboo watch the Earth by her side.

Recycled, but first in context, still trimmed to end of sequence.

Chest-up of US Goldar on dark balcony set, pointing right hand forth about three times, then lowering arm, all while talking.

Previously unseen footage taken from stuff shot specifically for MMPR 139 & 140.

Squatt grips his bag tightly and Baboo stands nervously twiddling fingers.

Unseen start portion of sequence from beginning of the ep.

Rita looks at us while laughing.

Recycled. Fades to black.

The full standard original morphing sequence, main five minus Jason, while Billy & Trini are flipped.

Recycled. No flash near bolt. No fades to white at end.

Black, Blue, Yellow, and Pink Rangers flips over the camera at alternating angles with Blade Blasters in sword mode, in hand.

Recycled, but first in original context.

Blue & Black leap up and at camera with Blades striking.

Pink & Yellow leap up and at camera with Blades striking.

Blue, Pink, Yellow & Black all slash at vine tentacles attached to Red together, sparkily.

Close on Red as vine tentacles fall, chopped and smoking, allowing him to fall to one knee, gripping neck in relief.

Cuts before he crossfades into unmorphed ZyuRed.

Behind Repulsascope, Rita is looking it, she looks out, then looks in again while adjusting it.

Recycled.

Close up of US Goldar's face as he talks right at us, motioning left fist up once, then once more out of frame, before stopping.

Recycled.

Rita stands at balcony railing, talking with a smile and pointing right arm forth, as Squatt, Baboo, Scorpina, and Goldar watch closely.

Recycled.

Shoulders-up on US Goldar on dark balcony set, motioning sword just offscreen with right hand, while talking.

Likely connected to similar shot in MMPR 141.

Close on Scorpina as she raises left forearm in front of face as she smiles, says a word, and nods.

Recycled.

Close on Rita, in front of sky, as she excitedly and happily talks, gesturing right hand as she does.

Trims zoom in due to Bubba, and cuts end due to fade into flashback. Transitions out to next shot via diagonal multiline wipe.

Goldar (with high-riding shoulder pads) and Scorpina flip over the camera.

Recycled, transitions in from prior shot.

Team is in front of woods, looking at Yellow, when all look upward our left.

Recycled, trimmed to just end of sequence.

Scorpina talks while holding boomerang, then Goldar raises left arm outward.

Trims start a little to cut down her dialogue.

Four Putties materialize on street, reverse-handspringing down the road together.

Teleport effect added.

Pair of Putties flip over hedges, followed by another pair.

Recycled, but includes all four this time.

Zoom out from Red's face as team of morphed Rangers pose with Blade Blasters in saber mode.

Recycled.

Extra-chunky Putty leaps up and punches at camera in zoom in.

Recycled.

Black dodges extra-chunky Putty, sparkily slashes regular one with Blade Blaster, then elbows the EC before kicking it, then slashing it away. EC Putty rolls, camera pans over as Pink Ranger handsprings onto scene, sparkily slashing Putty, then doing it again to another.

Recycled.

Putty winds right arm up and punches into the camera.

Yellow Ranger slashes Putty sparkily in chest with Blade Blaster, then spins and does the same to another.

Recycled.

Blue Ranger leaps up as he slashes Putty sparkily in chest, then turns around and does the same to another in front before posing.

Recycled.

Rita steps out from behind Repulsascope, smiling and talking a little, Baboo talks to her, she turns her head just a little to listen to him.

Cuts the rest of the sequence since Goldar's there.

Zoom in on base of Octoplant, as the green bulb shape glows with an internal light, then off again.

Cuts very start of zoom in since it shows greenhouse.

On hill, Black dives into Putty, taking him down. He gets up, blocks another Putty's attack, then hits him in the chest, then flips him over. Another kicks at him, he ducks, then footsweeps it down.

Recycled, but first time the full unedited sequence has been shown.

Close on base of Octoplant, as the green bulb shape glows with an internal light, then off again.

Recycled, cuts all of zoom in now.

Pair of Putties hold up bladehands then slash them at the camera.

Surrounded by Putties, Blue Ranger smacks aside one bladehand, then roundhouses away another, but a third sparkily chest slashes him as it races past, followed by another who strikes him, causing Blue to fall and roll.

Close on Blue as he finishes rolling, gets up, makes a right fist, and charges back into action.

Zoom out as Blue stands up with Power Lance in hand, smacks aside Putty, then sparkily slashes three in one swoop, before sparkily poking a ballhand one.

Close on base of Octoplant, as the green bulb shape glows with an internal light, then off again.

Recycled. Looped so it glows again.

Extra-chunky Putty leaps and punches at camera in zoom in.

Handheld camera tracks right as Yellow, Black, Pink, and Blue Rangers battle Putties all together, sparkily slashing them down with their Blade Blasters, a few extra-chunky Putties in there, also.

Scorpina & Goldar leap up, side by side, right legs bent, weapons poised.

Sharp zoom out from Black as he and his three teammates look upward, while standing amid defeated Putties.

Zoom out as Scorpina & Goldar land, facing our left.

Close on Scorpina as she turns her head and winks.

Close on Goldar as he turns and nods, then leaps.

Close on Scorpina as she also leaps up.

Goldar jumps high into the air, right leg bent.

Scorpina jumps high into the air, right leg bent.

Scorpina & Goldar leap up at each other, clash boomerang to sword, as they freeze in place and unleash various colored energy, including a pair of yellow X bolts.

Pink, Blue, Black & Yellow stand in a line as each spark bursts, before the ground erupts with sparks around them.

Repeat, close side angle, as the four Rangers are thrown about as the ground erupts with sparks around them.

Red Ranger slashes front Putty sparkily in chest, then the one to our left, then spins and gets one behind him, finishing with a pose.

Recycled.

Putty gets knocked back, falling against another pair and they all fall down together.

Zoom in over a boulder, Red Ranger holding up fist then turning to our right while his teammates dodge the rocks.

Recycled, tries to trim out all the rolling rocks.

Pan up from the Octoplant's glowing green bulb base, to its white petaled top.

Scorpina & Goldar leap up and at camera with weapons poised to strike.

Recycled.

Zoom out as Goldar & Scorpina land, then start fighting the Rangers. Pink gets a young girl to safety, as camera tracks left past topiary animals. Goldar locks swords with Red, sparkily slashes down Blue & Yellow,and Scorpina slashes down Black then duels with Pink. Finally, Red & Goldar lock swords, until Goldar sparkily slashes him down.

Recycled, but the full, unedited version for the first time.

Red, Blue, Pink, and Black roll onto lawn, then slowly get up into crouches and look upward.

Goldar leaps up with sword drawn in front of trees, stays in frame and slashes sword forth.

Recycled.

Goldar lands with a sparkily slash into Red's chest, Pink fails to hit him, Black attacks with Blade Blaster, gets blocked then chest sparked. Blue's strike is avoided, leading to both Pink & Blue locking Blades with Goldar at the same time, until he breaks out of lock with a shove up, sparkily slashing them both, before turning and hitting Red again.

Recycled.

Black rolls past Scorpina as she slashes at the dodging Pink, who then tries to kick her but is deflected, leaving Scorpina to sparkily slash Black then Pink.

Start is trimmed to remove little girl, but you can still see her leg on the right for a moment.

Red Ranger rolls on grass. His three teammates regroup around him as he staggers up to one knee, all holding Blade Blasters.

Recycled.

Zoom in on Goldar & Scorpina standing up near cement wall, the latter talking with a smile, then pointing boomerang out.

Trims zoom in to reduce her dialogue.

Pan right across close on Rangers, ending on Yellow.

Recycled.

Close on Goldar & Scorpina, as she says something quick, then raises her left arm, charging it up as Goldar charges his sword, zoom out quickly as both fire their respective colored flame attacks.

Trims start to remove almost all of her dialogue.

Pineoctop... err, Octoplants' cords whip past four Rangers, causing their chests to spark as they're thrown back.

Recycled.

Red Ranger grasps smoking chest and slowly crawls back onto his feet.

Recycled.

Zoom out from Rita's happy face as she laughs and talks, walking from behind Repulsascope and motioning hand.

Recycled, cuts before we see Scorpina & Goldar (or anyone).

Close on Baboo & Squatt clutching each other tight, Squatt talking fearfully, before Baboo holds up finger and talks also to our left.

Recycled, mirror-flipped.

Close on Rita standing at base of balcony steps, turning from left and talking unpleasantly to our right.

Trimmed heavily to shut her up.

Close on Squatt & Baboo, embrace while quivering in fear, the latter looking upward.

Recycled.

Close on Rita talking, a wide smile growing evilly on her face, she ends her speech with a bit of a thumbs up.

Recycled.

Standard Command Center exterior.

Recycled.

Pineoctop... err, Octoplants' cords whip past four Rangers, causing their chests to spark as they're thrown back.

Recycled, altered to fit in Viewing Globe.

Close on Alpha right next to Viewing Globe, grabbing top of his head with both hands and shaking from side to side while talking.

Recycled.

Alpha stands in middle of console floor watching Viewing Globe, raising arms in reaction to what he sees, Zordon doesn't talk.

Recycled.

Pan up the Octoplant, from its glowing base, as lightning flashes, the white petaled top spewing mist upward.

Close on the right side of the Octoplant's petaled top, as a petal detaches and lowers.

Close on the left side of the Octoplant's petaled top, as a petal detaches and lowers.

Pan down close as the two petals come down, exposing Octoplant's face.

The Octoplant sits there for a moment, before its eyes shimmer, causing an energy sparkle to swirl around its plant body, turning it into a crouching humanoid form. The Octoplant monster stands up, zoom in as it motions hand.

Close side angle on the Octoplant monster's face, facing our left.

Cuts before black background becomes a greenhouse. Follow-up shots are cut due to this, as well.

Rita walks up to balcony railing, talking with a smile, as Baboo & Squatt stand at either side, and Goldar lurks behind Repulsascope.

Start is trimmed to cut down dialogue, remaining stuff cut here was used previously.

Close on Squatt, as he ceases covering ears with both hands, them kinda gestures at each side of his gut, before pounding on each side of his head twice with both hands.

Close up of Baboo's head as he looks to our left, then as he talks he quickly turns to our right.

Recycled.

As Squatt stands at Repulsascope, Rita angrily grips Magic Wand across chest and flings it over balcony while shouting.

Recycled.

Rita's Wand soars to Earth in space.

Recycled.

Rita's Wand passes through the atmosphere.

Recycled.

Rita's Wand stakes into dirt.

Rita's Wand unleashes energy from its center orb.

Recycled.

Rita's Wand's energy ripples into the ground beneath causing a quake.

Recycled.

Smoke bellows from big fault in ground.

Octoplant grows from a Little Sprout to a Jolly Green Giant amid the fading smoke.

Close on Yellow Ranger, looking high upward our left, after stepping forth with wide gestures.

Split.

Close upward on Octoplant towering over camera, motioning arms at the ready.

Split.

Continued from two shots ago, zoom out from close on Yellow Ranger, looking high upward our left, as she talks, gripping chest, spreading both arms, raising left fist, pointing skyward with right hand, then moving arm down to point at Red, as she then turns and leads her teammates in reaching for the sky while facing right and summoning.

Split; the very end is recycled, but everything else is new.

Tyrannosaurus Dinozord rises up above flames and smoke, facing us.

Recycled.

Mastodon Dinozord surfaces from its icy domain.

Recycled.

Triceratops Dinozord appears within the sands of the desert.

Recycled.

Sabertooth Tiger leaps out of the greenery.

Recycled.

Pterodactyl Dinozord flies out of the smoking volcano, heading for the trees.

Recycled.

Five Dinozords race along the horizon together.

Recycled.

Close on Rita, looking in Repulsascope, looking out at us confused, then looking back in it.

Red Ranger, looking upward, gestures arm then leaps up.

Recycled.

Red Ranger leaps up through the sky.

Recycled.

Red Ranger drops into his cockpit seat, gestures arm then looks down to our right.

Recycled.

Red slaps his left hand down on palm activator.

Recycled.

Display of Red Ranger's helmet lights up.

Recycled.

Red slaps his right hand down on other palm activator.

Recycled.

Console display of Red helmet and Red Zord face shoot energy to the TRex symbol at the top which glows brightly.

Recycled.

Red sits in cockpit, moving head and operating controls out of frame.

Recycled.

Black & Blue Rangers soar skyward together.

Recycled.

Yellow & Pink Rangers soar skyward together.

Recycled.

Black Ranger drops into cockpit, gestures arm.

Recycled.

Mastodon exhales its icy breath.

Recycled.

Blue Ranger drops into cockpit, gestures arms.

Recycled.

Triceratops raises its head and opens mouth while driving through the dusty desert.

Recycled.

Yellow Ranger drops into cockpit, gestures arms.

Recycled.

Sabertooth Tiger opens its mouth in a close up.

Recycled.

Pink Ranger drops into cockpit, gestures arm.

Recycled.

Pterodactyl Dinozord soars upwards amid lava lights.

Recycled.

Five Dinozords race along the horizon together.

Recycled.

Extreme close up on Octoplant's face, as her eyes flash with a fading pink energy.

Five Dinozords race along towards us on moving horizon, when fireball explodes, superimposed over screen, bursting sparkier outward.

Recycled.

Tyrannosaurus cockpit bursts with sparks, jolting Red Ranger about.

Recycled.

Mastodon cockpit bursts with sparks, jolting Black Ranger about.

Recycled.

Triceratops cockpit bursts with sparks, jolting Blue Ranger about.

Recycled.

Pterodactyl cockpit bursts with sparks, jolting Pink Ranger about.

Recycled.

Sabertooth Tiger cockpit bursts with sparks, jolting Yellow Ranger about.

Recycled.

Close on Rita, looking out from Repulsascope, happily shouting while making a slashing gesture.

Trimmed to reduce her dialogue.

Octoplant stands tall in the city, as a fire burns in front of the camera. All of a sudden, an Earthquake rattles the monster.

Red Ranger, dark Tyrannosaurus cockpit, very quickly raises fist to chest then back to controls.

Recycled.

Close up of Red removing his Tyrannosaurus Power Coin from his Morpher belt buckle.

Recycled.

Red holds up Coin, which glows, forming his gleaming Power Crystal as he wipes hand across from Coin-holding hand.

Recycled.

Close up of Red Ranger inserting Power Crystal into control slot with red energy results.

Recycled.

Four square shots of each Ranger in their cockpits, raising crystals then preparing to insert.

Recycled.

Four square shots of close ups of each Ranger inserting Power Crystal into control slot with colored energy results.

Recycled.

Red Ranger in cockpit, zoom in as he presses controls forth.

Recycled.

Four square shot of (clockwise from top left) TRex connecting with Tricera & Sabertooth legs electrically, Mastodon component floating, Mastodon connecting with TRex with energy release, Sabertooth folding down into leg form.

Recycled.

Zoom in on cockpit as Red Ranger raises fist up, then forth, then grips control.

Recycled.

Zoom in on Octoplant, standing in the city, shifting arms when spotting her enemy.

Tank folds up into body of the standing Megazord.

Recycled.

Horns fold out, eyes glow, bright flash occurs, then sharp zoom to Megazord posing fully formed amid lightning.

Recycled.

Sharp zoom in on Rita's face, as she looks out from Repulsascope in shock, saying something, slack jawed & wide-eyed.

Recycled, but first in original context.

Close pan down against Megazord's body, as it holds its right hand horizontally and parallel to chest.

Trims start to ignore two little men standing on palm.

Close on Rita, beside Repulsascope, pointing with right hand briefly, talking angrily, wincing a lot.

End is trimmed just a little to cut on dialogue.

Close on Red in Megazord cockpit, looking to our right, then forward, and gripping controls.

Cuts pan at start from unmorphed Black.

Megazord starts walking through the city to our slight left.

ZYU #32 & Original stock.

Octoplant rushes to our slight right, as seen through the Megazord cockpit windows, the Rangers watching, Red pointing upper left like Mike Nelson on MST3K.

That's US footage overlaid on Zyu, overlaid on a different Zyu shot. They got the seating order wrong (though matching the 'back of helmets' shot)! No reason why they altered this particular shot.

Megazord sparkily punches Octoplant, then gets sparkily kicked in return.

In Megazord cockpit, Red raises his right fist, the team nods their heads then turn to their controls and get to work.

Recycled

Megazord poses battle ready, then marches forth in the middle of the city.

Recycled

Octoplant swings her big green vine tentacle in her right hand while rushing forth.

Megazord sparkily punches Octoplant, then gets sparkily kicked in return.

Recycled.

Upward shot between Octoplant & Megazord as they lock arm to arm, only to have the monster break free with a jerking up, giving it an open space to kick the Megazord back.

Megazord staggers back, smoking, and poses battle ready in front of building with mirrored windows.

Close up in cockpit of Pink & Black Rangers, the latter jolting back in reaction, as the former grips back of his chair.

Recycled. Note, nearly all of ZYU #32's cockpit shots were unusable due to unmorphed ZyuBlack.

Pan across from Blue concernedly talking to Red, who gestures fingers into fist then grips control dramatically.

Recycled.

Camera presses in on Megazord, which nervously backs up a little and poses battle ready.

Recycled.

Zoom out as Octoplant holds up vine tentacle between hands, then swings it and releases.

Vine tentacle extends across the sky.

Zoom out as Megazord finds itself bound by a vine tentacle around its chest and arms, Octoplant standing in foreground, swinging another.

Close on Red in Megazord cockpit, looking downward, jerks shoulders and nod-talks a little, Pink grasping mouth area with hand, pan left to Yellow, who grips helmet with both hands, then pounds right fist into left palm, nod-talking, and throwing up arms.

Close on Octoplant as she lifts right hand and motions palm against face, before quickly removing.

Extreme close up on Octoplant's face, as her eyes flash with a fading pink energy.

Recycled, per source.

The vine-bound Megazord remains in place as several spark bursts erupt over its body, following by a big blinding flash on the ground below.

Extreme close up on Octoplant's face, as her eyes flash with a fading pink energy.

Recycled.

Repeat, closer angle, on the vine-bound Megazord as several spark bursts erupt over its body, following by a big blinding flash on the ground below.

Megazord cockpit gets an explosion outside its front window, leaving a large plume of smoke behind. Zoom in on the dazed Rangers as the place shakes, Black nod-talks to our left.

Recycled.

POV from inside the Megazord cockpit, as Octoplant twirls vine tentacle around amid the smoke.

This is what they used for that earlier POV cockpit composite.

Red, looking to the left at first, sits up, and talks alertly.

Recycled, but first in original context. Always cuts the start, which had unmorphed ZyuBlack talking.

Octoplant swings her big green vine tentacle in her right hand while rushing forth.

Recycled, but in proper context.

Zoom in on Red in Megazord cockpit, as he looks upward our right, summoning.

Cuts start of zoom in to trim unmorphed ZyuBlack, but fails to remove him entirely.

Power Sword plummets from the dark and stormy skies.

Recycled.

Handheld camera moves in on Megazord, when the sword slashes down from the sky, sparkily cutting the vine-binds.

The Power Sword impales into the middle of the city park, followed by a pile of smoking, chopped vinetacles.

Octoplant charges into the screen, whipping vine high.

Megazord dodges the approaching Octoplant, who lunges forth and misses, getting only the mirrored building.

Not stock, but original.

Sharp pan downward, on top of a building in downtown LA, to imply Octoplant's POV.

Wanted to point out they went and shot this quick little clip just for this ep.

Zoom out as Megazord grabs Power Sword's hilt while diving past.

Octoplant stands back up from her failed lunge attacked, and is mesmerized by her own reflection.

All follow-ups of Octo admiring reflection are oddly cut.

Slight zoom in, close on Rita's face, as she talks, angrily, yelling in fact.

Entire start is cut off to reduce her dialogue.

Zoom out as Octoplant stares into building's mirrored windows, stroking chin, while Megazord steps into view, holding sword up.

Close up of Red Ranger in Megazord cockpit, gripping controls and talking as it shakes to imply movement.

Recycled.

Megazord motions sword, pulsing with lightning and electricity, powering it up while raising it to the sky, which surge with a reddish storm.

Recycled.

Octoplant ceases looking at reflection in building and turns around, and jolts at the sight that awaits her.

Under reddish skystorm, Megazord slashes sword downward, leaving a visible trail.

Recycled.

Octoplant gets slashed by red energy, sparks and pulses of energy are released as she falls to her knees in front of mirrored building, zoom out as the sparkles & pulses cease, her body glowing brightly before exploding massively, showering sparks amid a large smoke cloud.

Extreme close up of Rita's face, eyes widened, as she gasps a word or so with a gaping frown, eyes rolling to the back of her head as they close and she begins to faint to our left.

Trims start to reduce her dialogue, and cuts end to remove zoom out to Scorpina & Goldar catching her.

Pan down from Megazord's head, ending with an upward shot of its bottom front as it lowers its sword completely.

Recycled. Fades to black.