#255: PRiS 605: "Never Stop Searching".
Features Footage from (bold = new footage):
Megaranger, episodes 2, 5, 8, & 15.
The complete program, from opening to end of Saban logo, lasts roughly 21:20;27.
Last Time On is about 0:30; by itself.
Opening is about 0:30; by itself.
Next Time On is about 0:30; by itself.
Ending is about 0:30; by itself.
Source | Description | Edit Note |
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MEGA #02. |
Red energy streak shoots out of the Astro Megaship. |
Recycled, plays in reverse; trimmed to remove other four streaks. |
MEGA #08. |
Red Ranger materializes and falls haphazardly onto the ground. He shakes it off, gets up, and looks around the strange white city. |
Cuts prior scene of Rangers encountering warp portal. Replaces two additional follow-up shots with US footage. |
MEGA #08. |
Dark Fortress distorts into place in its warp dimension. |
Recycled. |
MEGA #15. |
Close-up on Ecliptor looking at us. |
Trimmed heavily to remove Japanese villainess & Bibidebi; slowed down. |
MEGA #15. |
Close-up on Ecliptor, looking to our upward right, then looking at us. |
Partially recycled, but runs longer. |
MEGA #15. |
Close-up on Ecliptor, looking at us, then looking to our upward right, talking. |
Partially recycled, but runs longer; plays in reverse; fades to black. |
MEGA #02. |
Black energy streak shoots out of the Astro Megaship. |
Recycled, plays in reverse; red streak colored black, other streaks erased. |
MEGA #08. |
Red looks about and talks, pan over behind him to Ecliptor, oozing onto the scene. Red turns around, Ecliptor talks to him a bit, then he responds, before both get in battle stances. |
Cuts four follow-up close-up shots of the pair. |
MEGA #08. |
Red faces Ecliptor, who then tosses his cape aside and dashes into action. Red leaps up and punches forth, only to get his fist blocked by Ecliptor's palm. |
Cuts quick follow-up shot of that wind chime thing. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor smacks Red around, knocking him down, then grips his neck, then causes him to drop his Astro Blaster, before sparkily smashing him up against some pillars, then finally throwing him into a pool of water. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor approaches, so Red gets up, whips out his Spiral Saber, rushes forth, sparkily slashes him a few times, before getting his weapon blocked, and getting kicked in the chest. |
Cuts follow-up of Red bouncing off wall, using Spiral Saber power attack, and cutting off Ecliptor's head. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor's head slowly floats off of his neck and away. |
Used ahead of source; plays in reverse. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor's disembodied head fires green eyebeams, knocking Red down. The head then talks for a moment, before ripping through the Ranger sparkily, finally firing another pair of eyebeams, spark bursting Red repeatedly. |
Penultimate shot has beams added in; final two shots actually take place between shots 1 & 2 of this sequence in source. |
MEGA #08. |
As his head spins and hovers about, Ecliptor's body clashes sword to saber with Red, until the Ranger is knocked down. |
Replaces prior scene of four Rangers breaking dimension barrier, with US scene of Black. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor's head slowly floats back onto his neck. |
Recycled, but first unaltered and in context. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor points his sword forth over the Astro Blaster on the ground, Red spots it, dives and rolls, grabs the gun and fires, but the beam is sword-reflected back at him sparkily. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor marches over. |
Cuts follow-up shot of downed Red getting a sword pressed to his neck. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor steps on Red's wrist, pinning down his Blaster-holding hand. |
Cuts follow-up shots of Ecliptor standing over Red, sword to neck. |
MEGA #08. |
Upward POV shot of Ecliptor, sword over the screen, talking. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor raises his sword up and over Red's downed body, when he suddenly notices something to our upper left. |
Trims start to remove lingering on sword to Red's neck. |
MEGA #08. |
Black Ranger shatters through the glassy background, right at us. |
Cuts before we see a lingering shot of the exposed hole. |
MEGA #08. |
Black flying punches into Ecliptor, knocking him down for a moment. He quickly recovers, gets up and emits a giant cyber-shadow head. Black turns away from the downed Red, just in time to see green eyebeams firing his way. Black rushes forth and shields his teammate from the bolts, his body exploding with sparks and smoke. Red reacts to this, while remaining on the ground. |
Cuts follow-up shot of other 3 Rangers reacting. |
MEGA #08. |
In dramatic slow motion, Black collapses limply before Ecliptor. |
Cuts before Black turns his head. Interestingly, these two shots are used from a later flashback in the source ep. |
MEGA #08. |
Close on Ecliptor, talking to our slight left. |
Recycled, slightly trimmed. |
MEGA #08. |
Red takes off on his Galaxy Glider with Black's unconscious body aboard. |
Background is recycled; insert stuff is US, of course. |
MEGA #08. |
Andros remembers Black getting struck by eyeblasts, exploding, then falling limply. |
Recycled; flashback effect and processed over US footage. |
MEGA #02. |
Red energy streak shoots out of the Astro Megaship. |
Recycled. |
MEGA #08. |
Downward shot of Red rushing into open empty plaza. |
Cuts two follow-up shots of him looking around. |
MEGA #08. |
Red calls out and keeps alert of his surroundings for a few moments, when suddenly Ecliptor's giant foot stomps down behind him, knocking him off and down. |
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MEGA #08. |
Pan down along Ecliptor's giant body towering above us. |
Recycled, but first unaltered and in context. |
MEGA #08. |
Red gets up and points at Ecliptor, talking up at him, before he whips his sword down and slashes at the ground, sending the Ranger diving away. |
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MEGA #08. |
Red recovers, then leaps up, pulls out his Spiral Saber, and lunges up at the giant Ecliptor, who merely backhands him back down. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor spews fire down at Red Ranger. |
Trimmed. |
MEGA #08. |
Red falls down, Ecliptor spews fire down. |
Recycled. |
MEGA #08. |
Struck by the raining fire, Red spark bursts, before a fireball erupts, sending him skyward and back down again, causing Ecliptor to laugh, as Red lies writhing. |
First shot is partially recycled. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor raises his sword, when he's sparkily struck by colored blasts. |
Colored blasts added. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor looks over and sees Blue, Yellow & Pink on their Galaxy Gliders, armed with their Weapons in Booster Modes, firing as they approach him. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor spark bursts as colored blasts strike his body. |
Colored blasts added. |
MEGA #08. |
The three Rangers leap down, grab Red, and help him up, leading him away from the scene, they talk to him, before all hide in a corner together. |
Cuts follow-up shot of Ecliptor staggering about. |
MEGA #08. |
Close-up on Red, nod-talking forth. |
Trimmed heavily. |
MEGA #08. |
Black slowly makes his way down a long corridor, the other Rangers reacting. |
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MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor steps forth and reacts to our rightish. |
Used way ahead of source, slightly trimmed. |
MEGA #08. |
Upward shot of Black walking into frame, gripping chest and nod-talking. |
Cuts before he agonizes. |
MEGA #08. |
The other four Rangers rush over and help Black stand up straight, Red nod-talking to him, he responds, then the others also get a line. |
First shot is slightly trimmed to reduce Black's dialogue. |
MEGA #08. |
Zoom in on Red, nod-talking with wide gestures to his teammates around him as they look upward forth. |
Cuts before they rush off. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor talks slightly to our rightish. |
Partially recycled, this is the stuff trimmed off from earlier. Pushed back by one shot from source context. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor whips sword about as colored blasts strike him twice ineffectively. |
Recycled; colored blasts added. |
MEGA #05. |
Astro Megaship slowly drifts forth above a planet, firing energy beams downward. |
Recycled with beams added. |
MEGA #08. |
Ecliptor spark bursts as blue beams rain down upon him. |
Recycled; blue beams added. |
PRiS 605. |
30 second montage of bloopers from the episode. |
Altered to fit in end credits. |