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Power Rangers DinoThunder

#529: PRDT 1433 "In Your Dreams".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Abaranger, episodes 20, 21, 28, 41, & 45.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:27;00.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits (version 2.1 resumes)

Source Description Edit Note
ABA #28.

Squidrose races out to a beach area, as Black leaps in and lands in front of him. The monster reacts, Black touches his chest and speaks while making a fist.

Fades in from flare-out; all Sentai footage from this point on is washed-out with black edge highlights to simulate the "dream" effect; cuts follow-up close-up of Black.

ABA #28.

Black motions arms and poses fiercely. Squidrose reacts, as the pair pace left, before the monster aims his hand forth and fires finger missiles at the Ranger, bursting explosions around him before he leaps out of the way, then leaps up, whips out his Brachio Staff, and begins to sparkily slash the monster a few times. That is, until Squidrose catches the blade in hand, relieves him of his weapon, and then sparkily slashes and blasts Black until he's flung away, falling and rolling in the grass.

Fades to flare out in final shot.

ABA #28.

Black raises his head and notices Squidrose now has his Brachio Staff. He clenches his fist and angrily recovers to his feet.

Fades in from flare out; cuts before crossfade into other scene.

ABA #28.

Black clenches his fist, as he speaks and crosses his arms, morphing into Super Dino Mode in a flash. Squidrose reacts, Black poses, then leaps up and flips over, dropping his heel into his head sparkily. He then jumps up and sparkily strikes the monster, before repeatedly striking him, sparking Squidrose over and over.

Trims start to remove crossfade; trims start of shot 2 to reduce dialogue; cuts follow-ups of Black punching fist into monster's body, where it gets stuck as the monster crackles.

ABA #28.

Squidrose's eye flashes on and off, as he suddenly explodes massively, sending the Brachio Staff into the air. Black remains posed in the smoke, until he quickly catches his Staff, posing with it. The other three Rangers arrive, Black turns to face them, and they all exchange a thumbs up.

Trims shot 2 to remove visibility of Black with his fist in monster.

ABA #28.

Stormclouds rain down and a purple mass rises up, forming into the giant Squidrose. Black summons into his Morpher.

Shot 1 is recycled, per source; cuts the pixelization effect between shots 1 & 2 by replacing it with a flash, like always; splits final shot to use the start later.

ABA #28.

Brachio on the bridge, he stops and opens his compartments, the main three Dinozords pop out, then come together to form the Thundersaurus Megazord.

Recycled, some shots shortened, per source.

ABA #28.

Squidrose wraps Thundersaurus in some linen binds, which it struggles with, ended up getting squeezed so hard, even the cockpit squeezes.


ABA #28.

Black steps up while looking upward.

Cuts before he turns and summons, which we already used.

ABA #28.

Squidrose then pulls out a poison pill, and flings the large medications forth, bursting the bound Megazord, until it explodes and the cockpit shakes. Black steps up and summons into his Morpher.


ABA #28.

Brachio's compartment opens up and Ankylozord hops out, then connects with Thundersaurus as its new arm, the Rangers speak, then the Megazord poses with it.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #21.

The Rangers speak, then the Megazord poses with its Ankylo arm.

Recycled.

ABA #28.

Squidrose fires finger missiles, Red reacts, and Thundersaurus blocks them with its rotating Ankylo armored arm. The monster charges forth, Red speaks, then leads the team in gesturing arms downward.


ABA #28.

Thundersaurus raises and charges up its tail arms, slashing both forth.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #28.

Squidrose is struck by energy slashes, crackles, writhes, collapses, then explodes massively as the Megazord turns around.


ABA #28.

Push in around Black as he talks intensely.

Pushed back from source position (this is unused stuff split off from an earlier used shot); flares out at end; black edge flaring effect ends here.

ABA #21.

Croc O'Vile clasps hands together, then motions arms outward.

Flares in; all Sentai footage from this point on is washed-out with yellow edge highlights.

ABA #21.

Yellow flexes her arm, Croc O'Vile reacts, Yellow does her roll call pose, Croc O'Vile slowly turns around, does a little dance, then turns back around and flops his jaws at her, causing Yellow to point, then grab her head in agony.

Cuts a close-up of Yellow between shots 3 & 4; shot 5 is trimmed to reduce dialogue; final shot is shortened; flares out at end.

ABA #21.

Red & Blue rush over to Yellow, who shoves them forth to deal with the monster as she remains back, pointing.

Flares in; cuts before Yellow makes punching gestures.

ABA #21.

Croc O'Vile talks while motioning arms, covering eyes briefly.

Pushed way back from source position; shortened.

ABA #21.

Triptoids appear, so Red whips out his Tyranno Staff and dives into the fray, sparkily slashing them, left and right.

Cuts follow-ups of Blue leaping up and downward kicking at Triptoids.

ABA #21.

Blue lands, blocks a Triptoid's weapon, then sparkily bashes it back with his Tricera Shield. Yellow pulls out her Thundermax Blaster, and fires at several Triptoids surrounding her, bursting them down.


ABA #21.

Yellow fires her Blaster on Croc O'Vile, bursting him briefly, as she poses. He touches his smoking snout, wipes it off, and seems unharmed. Yellow reacts.

Trims start to remove Yellow knocking down Triptoid; cuts final shot before monster turns around and talks for a bit.

ABA #21.

Croc O'Vile flaps his jaw, beats his chest, then rushes forth, lovingly spreading his arms as Yellow flees. He follows, only to run into Red & Blue, punch their weapons forth.

US replaces follow-up of them hitting his head with them hitting his shoulders.

ABA #21.

Croc O'Vile is flung back to where he started, but is unharmed, opening his jaws then wiping off his snout. Red & Blue react, as Yellow rushes in between them, pointing at the monster. Croc O'Vile quivers his legs, talks, wipes his mouth, then crouches down. Yellow cringes visibly, before Croc O'Vile stands back up and throws a huge cartoon heart at her, which the guys knock back, hitting the monster explosively. Yellow reacts positively, as Croc O'Vile collapses, but doesn't explode. Red looks puzzled, Blue speaks.

Shots 2, 4, and 5 are trimmed or shortened; an additional shot of the monster is cut between shots ; cuts follow-ups of Croc O'Vile recovering and talking a lot before taking off; US replaces follow-up of Yellow; yellow edge flaring effect ends here.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey talks a bit, Black speaks, Yellow speaks, then Red speaks.

Flares in; cuts prior shots of Rangers talking to monster; all Sentai footage from this point on is washed-out with blue edge highlights; cuts follow-ups of Rumba Monkey talking and dancing, and more of the Rangers looking confused.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey dances for a moment, then fires green beams from his chest-face at the three Rangers.

Cuts before striped effects appear; US replaces follow-ups of them turning into Japanese items with them getting knocked over.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey claps for himself, talks a moment, then turns around to see Blue relaxing against a tree, giving him a slow clap, then folding his arms.

Cuts follow-up of Ranger things reacting.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey talks and motions arms, before firing a blast at Blue, who ducks under and fires back with his Blaster, bursting the monster briefly, he rolls and recovers.

Cuts before he turns around and bends over, showing his red butt, then cuts follow-ups where he lets out an epic fart into Blue's face.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey runs away, Blue reacts and gives chase.

Trims start; flares out at end; cuts follow-ups of Blue tripping over Red's thing and other unusable stuff.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey walks through a field near a wall, then heads up a hill, stops, and points at us.

Flares in; cuts follow-ups of monster spotting some cardboard cutouts of food, which turn out to be the Rangers.

ABA #45.

As the four Rangers stand there, push in on Blue who talks and points forth.

Cuts before Red touches his shoulder; cuts follow-up wide shot due to cardboard cutouts on ground.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey has a spasmy freak out.

Trimmed; US replaces follow-up of Blue due to cutouts visibility.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey touches his chest-face, then fires a blast from it.

US replaces follow-up of Rangers blocking blast with cutouts.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey reacts.

Cuts follow-up of Rangers dropping cutouts.

ABA #45.

Red speaks and holds up two fingers.

Cuts follow-ups of monster throwing packets at them, which they then toss back at him and burst him with.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey recovers and acts angry, his chest-nose steaming, as he poses fiercely.

Cuts follow-up of Yellow talking.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey gestures, then leaps up and flips over a few times, and bounds forth.

Cuts follow-ups of him sparkily headbashing Yellow, Blue, and Red.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey leaps up at Black, who blocks his arms, then kicks his chest-face.

Cuts follow-ups of Rangers erecting a hoop that he jumps through and gets stuck on a ladder, where they shoot him down.

ABA #45.

Blue steps up with a fist gestured.

Mirror-flipped.

ABA #45.

The Rangers bring their weapons together, including Black.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #45.

The four Rangers brace around the Z-Rex Blaster.

Cuts follow-up of monster dropping ladder.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey recovers and acts angry.

Recycled, mirror-flipped.

ABA #45.

Blue speaks, then Red, as the Rangers fire the Z-Rex Blaster at Rumba Monkey, exploding him into raining chunks.

Shot 2 is recycled, per source.

ABA #45.

Stormclouds appear, rain, and a purple mass rises up, becoming the giant Rumba Monkey. The Rangers step forth and look upward.

Shot 1 is recycled, per source; cuts follow-up of Black talking to Morpher then pausing.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey shakes his maracas and dances in the city, causing the whole place to quake, knocking the Rangers off their feet.

Cuts follow-ups

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey dances about, shaking the city as he does.

Cuts prior shot of his feet; cuts follow-ups of his feet and another building.

ABA #45.

The Rangers continue trying to recover, only to fall back down as the quaking continues. Close on Blue talking.

Cuts before pan over to Yellow; flares out.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey dances in front of some buildings.

Flares in; cuts follow-ups of Rangers dressing up in Japanese attire, which attracts the monster to them.

ABA #45.

Blue speaks with a slight arm raising.

Used way ahead of source; cuts before pan over to Yellow.

ABA #45.

Brachio on the bridge.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey turns around.

Pushed back from source position.

ABA #45.

Brachio opens his compartments, out comes Tyranno.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #45.

Rangers' feet leap up.


ABA #45.

The Rangers leap up and merge into Zords, and then Thundersaurus Megazord formation happy fun time sequence.

Recycled, shortened, per source.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey races down the street and throws a kick at Thundersaurus, who blocks, then begins to sparkily punch the monster repeatedly, before winding up and doing it again, knocking him back. Rumba Monkey recovers and talks, the Megazord reacting, as do the Rangers in the cockpit, and Black down below.


ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey holds out hand with something in it, then touches it to his face, and fires a bolt of energy sparkily at Thundersaurus.

Textless, unlike source; cuts follow-ups of monster blasting Megazord with various parts of his body.

ABA #45.

The cockpit shakes, the Rangers recovering with Red nod-talking to Blue. Rumba Monkey charges up his shin then kicks a bolt of energy sparkily at the Megazord, shaking up the cockpit again.

Textless, unlike source; cuts follow-ups of more body parts firing bolts at the Megazord.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey turns about face and fires a blast from his back leaves, bursting, then exploding, Thundersaurus, shaking up the Rangers before it all flares out. The three Dinozords hit the ground and the three Rangers fall to the ground, as well.

Shots 1-4 are textless, unlike source.

ABA #45.

As Tyrannozord writhes in the foreground, zoom in on Rumba Monkey talking and slapping his bongo.

Flares in; textless, unlike source; cuts follow-up of Black reading from a little black book.

ABA #45.

Black rushes over to the downed Rangers, talking to Red, until they all look up and Rumba Monkey sits down on top of a building. Black speaks.

Cuts before pan over to Red; cuts follow-ups where the Rangers host a cooking show and get their Zords to eat giant bowls of food before Tyranno dresses up and attacks the monster.

ABA #45.

Red nod-talks, then he and his teammates leap up.


ABA #45.

The Rangers leap up and merge into Zords, and then Thundersaurus Megazord formation happy fun time sequence.

Recycled again, per source.

ABA #45.

Rumba Monkey, sitting on the building, ceasing fanning himself and turns slightly.

Pushed back from source position.

ABA #45.

The Rangers make peace signs, then punch forth.


ABA #45.

Thundersaurus flies up, charging its tail-arm, then jabs it forth.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #45.

Thundersaurus passes by Rumba Monkey and slashes him on the way by.

The yellow glowing tail-arm is erased.

ABA #45.

Thundersaurus lands and turns to face Rumba Monkey, who crackles and talks a lot, before finally collapsing and exploding massively.

Flares out at end; cuts follow-up of Rangers celebrating in cockpit; blue edge flaring effect ends here.

ABA #41.

The three Rangers ride their Raptor Riders forth, Rude Elf fleeing them, Red speaks, Blue fires Tricera Shield at Rude Elf's butt, Yellow & Red slash their weapons, hitting the monster at the same time, bursting him down. The Rangers hop on Red's Raptor and bring together the Z-Rex Blaster. Rude Elf summons Triptoids, which block their aim on the monster, who hops up and down among them. The Rangers react, as Rude Elf sends the Triptoids forth at them.

Flares in; all Sentai footage from this point on is washed-out with red edge highlights; shots 1, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, & 13 are recycled, per source; flares out at end; cuts follow-ups of Rangers letting the Triptoids beat them up.

ABA #41.

The Rangers regroup, backs against a wall, as Rude Elf speaks, then begins to shake his bell wristbands, sending shockwaves that spark burst each of the Rangers.

Flares in; cuts before Red falls down; flares out at end.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf fires electricity down at the four Rangers, bursting them down.

Trims start.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf jerks arms and lowers them.

Pushed back from source position.

ABA #41.

Red recovers and rushes at Rude Elf, who fires down upon Red, who bursts and falls over again.

Flares out at end.

ABA #41.

Golden energies swirl into Red, as he recovers and glows. Blue, Yellow, and Black react.

Flares in; cuts follow-up of Japanese citizens glowing.

ABA #41.

The golden energies cause Red to turn into Triassic Ranger. Rude Elf reacts, as Triassic raises his crackling Shield, then turns around and as it glows, teleports himself and the monster into another dimension. There, Rude Elf finds himself in a phantasmagoric winter wonderland. Triassic floats in, so the monster leaps up to attack, only to get deflected and struck back a few times.

Cuts follow-ups of Triassic head-bashing monster with Shield.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf lands in the icy area, where Triassic dashes past him, striking him briefly, before landing. Rude Elf fires at him, he blocks with his Shield, then fires with his Thundermax Blaster, bursting the monster. Triassic charges up his Shield-saber, extending the glowing blade until it stabs through him.


ABA #41.

Rude Elf's eyes widen, as the impact site crackles.

Saber section is flared out extra so you can't see the weapon impaling him.

ABA #41.

Triassic raises the extended blade, lifting Rude Elf into the air, where he soon explodes. The dimension subsides, as Triassic returns to Earth, with chunks of the monster raining down before him.

Cuts follow-up of Triassic turning head.

ABA #41.

Triassic raises a fist.

Altered to fit monitor; only Sentai shot in this whole episode to not feature the color flaring effect.

ABA #41.

Purple mass rises up and becomes giant Rude Elf, Triassic looking up, then glancing to our left. Mezodon Rover or Triassic Megarover or whatever the heck he's called comes running into view. The Rangers step up, and nod, then leap up.

Shots 1 & 4 are recycled, per source.

ABA #41.

The three Rangers float up, enter the Rover cockpit, Triassic sets down the glowing Shield, and then the Mezodon Megazord forms.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf stands his ground, Triassic speaks as shot zooms out to show Mezodon Megazord posing, then marching forth, where the monster fires electricity forth, spark bursting around the Megazord, which doesn't halt. Rude Elf reacts, as Mezodon sparkily slashes him away. He staggers back, then spins around and pulls out a magic sack. Aiming it at the reacting Megazord, Rude Elf opens the sack and out pop a bunch of ropes, which ensnare Mezodon. The Rangers react, as the Megazord gets pulled forth and soon sucked into the sack. Rude Elf hoists the sack into the air and waves his arm.

Cuts follow-up shot of Mezodon Megazord trapped in toy packaging.

ABA #20.

Black reaches out in protest.

Recycled.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf trots off with his sack, Black racing up, stopping, and summoning his Zord.


ABA #41.

Brachio on the bridge, then in the city as he comes to a stop.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf turns and sees Black leaping up onto Brachio's head, prompting the monster gesture to his sack. Black motions his Brachio Staff in a charged circle, speaks, then slashes it forth, sending the spinning circle of energy at the sack, releasing Mezodon Megazord, which lands, turns, and poses, the Rangers within speaking, Black responds with a fist raise, then zoom in on Triassic. The Shield glows gold and gains extra plates, Blue & Yellow raise arms and speak, as the auxillary Zords race in. The Rangers raise fists briefly and speak.

Shot 12 is recycled, per source.

ABA #41.

The Triceramax Megazord transformation sequence.

Recycled, per source.

ABA #41.

Rude Elf reacts, as Triceramax fires energies from both arms forth, striking the monster until he bursts, crackles, and collapses, exploding massively.

Cuts before flames subside; cuts follow-up of Triceramax posing victoriously; flares out at end; red edge flaring effect ends here.

Ending Credits