#289: PRiS 723: "Ghosts in the Machine".
Features Footage from (bold = new footage):
Megaranger, episodes 2, 6, 12, 24, 46, & 48.
The complete program, from opening to end of Saban logo, lasts roughly 21:25;19.
Previously On is about 0:30; by itself.
Opening is about 0:45; by itself.
Next Time On is about 0:30; by itself.
Ending is about 0:30; by itself.
Opening Credits (version 2.6 debuts)
Source | Description | Edit Note |
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MEGA #46. |
The five Rangers ride their Galaxy Gliders toward a cruise ship on the ocean. Pink points it out, then Red nod-talks to his wrist. |
Fades in from black. |
MEGA #46. |
Red ceases talking to his wrist, before the Rangers glide right onto the cruise ship. |
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MEGA #46. |
Climbing up on the deck, the Rangers glance about, then Yellow speaks and they split up. |
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MEGA #46. |
Black checks out a large room. |
Cuts follow-up close-up of items in room, due to cigarette being visible. Also cuts follow-up exterior of boat. |
MEGA #46. |
Blue goes up to a room, knocks on the door, then goes in, checks it out, then leaves. |
Cuts follow-up boat exterior. Oddly, Megaranger's version of this scene is shorter! |
MEGA #46. |
Pink passes through the cabin of the ship, finding no sign of anyone. |
Another scene shorter in source. |
MEGA #46. |
Red & Yellow enter the dining hall, looking about. |
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MEGA #46. |
Pan across the empty tables with food still on the plates. |
Footage deleted from source! |
MEGA #46. |
Close-up of some food on a table. |
Cuts follow-up boat exteriors. It seems the boat exteriors replaced the deleted footage. |
MEGA #46. |
Red & Yellow talk a little. |
Footage deleted from source! |
MEGA #46. |
Blue goes into a room, knocks on the bathroom, enters, and finds the shower still running. He exits it, finds a robe still hanging up, and rushes off to look for the naked person. |
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MEGA #46. |
Pink is going up the stairs, when she hears something, sending her rushing down to another room with her Astro Blaster raised, finding no one there, just a TV. |
Follow-up close-up of TV US replaced. |
MEGA #46. |
Pink lowers her weapon and appears relieved. |
Cuts follow-up boat exterior. |
MEGA #46. |
The Rangers regroup and discuss their findings, or lack thereof, Black especially talking. |
Shots 1 & 2 are footage deleted from source! Rest of the episode's cruise ship footage is unusable due to Japanese civilians. |
MEGA #02. |
Five Ranger-colored energy streaks shoot into the Astro Megaship. |
Recycled. |
MEGA #48. |
Pan across the beach to the ocean, where beneath the waves lies Secret City, and its tower. |
Fades in from black. |
MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun lowers. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun fires its processing beam. |
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MEGA #06. |
The Rangers pile into the MegaTank, before the Astro Megaship opens its docking bay, and the MegaTank rolls out from it. |
Recycled; Rangers superimposed into beginning via PRiS 721 usage. |
MEGA #48. |
There's the ocean. and beneath the waves lies Secret City. |
Recycled, start is trimmed. |
MEGA #48. |
Underground, the MegaTank speeds along. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
In the MegaTank, Red talks and presses a button. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #12. |
MegaTank continues rolling along, Red driving it, pulling a control. |
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MEGA #48. |
MegaTank smashes through a stone wall and comes to a park, the Rangers piling out of it. |
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MEGA #48. |
Black points out the tower, so the Rangers rush over toward it, when the Psycho Ghosts materialize where they just were, Psycho Black, then Psycho Red, talking. |
Replaces follow-up Craterite battle with US Quantron fight. |
MEGA #48. |
Red & Pink rush into a stairwell, talk, then head up toward a door, that appears locked at first, but soon opens itself. They head in, Red armed with an Astro Blaster, finding machinery but no sign of anyone. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun lowers above Red, Pink spots it, calls out and dashes over, pushing Red out of the way but getting caught in the processing beam herself. Red tries to pull her out of it, but a crackling of energy knocks him off his feet. |
Fades to black. Cuts follow-ups of Red interacting with window above. |
MEGA #48. |
Pink remains trapped in the beam, talking and looking agonized. |
Cuts a few follow-ups of her starting to be converted. |
MEGA #48. |
Red looks over at Pink, sees she's started to be converted to data, and aims his Blaster at the Laser Gun. |
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MEGA #48. |
Pink continues writhing within the beam. |
Cuts prior shot of Red aiming Blaster. |
MEGA #48. |
Red lowers his Astro Blaster reluctantly, then looks sullen about it. |
Cuts follow-ups of Pink being processed, and Red reacting some more. |
MEGA #48. |
The other three Rangers rush in and witness Pink being fully converted, Red shaking his head and covering his face with his arms in response. |
Cuts follow-up shots of Rangers rushing forth, then all looking up as the Laser Gun raises. |
MEGA #48. |
The four Rangers are caught in the data conversion beam, and are processed into data. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Psycho Ghosts react, particularly Psycho Red. |
Final shot is split. |
MEGA #48. |
Continued, Psycho Yellow talks. |
Split. |
MEGA #48. |
The data conversion machinery flashes on and off, as the Psycho Ghosts in energy form whip about. |
Cuts follow-up shot of green box. |
MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun switches from red light, to blue light. |
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MEGA #48. |
Close on Ecliptor, reacting. |
Trims start to remove pan over from Japanese villains. |
MEGA #48. |
The Psycho Ghosts enter the data card entry slot. |
Cuts follow-up shot of green box. |
MEGA #48. |
The Psycho Rangers are converted back to physical form, they react to their restored bodies. |
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MEGA #48. |
The door bursts with fire and falls off its hinges. |
Split. |
MEGA #48. |
Continued, the Psycho Rangers barge in amid the smoke. |
Split. |
MEGA #48. |
Ecliptor points forth and waves arm. Psycho Red responds as they all pace to the right. Ecliptor then glances to our slight right, before looking ahead again. |
Cuts before pan over to Japanese villains. |
MEGA #48. |
The Psychos and Ecliptor rush into battle with each other, but every time he goes to strike at one of them, they vanish, before all suddenly reappear at once surrounding him, where they fire electricity from their hands, frying him down. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Psychos flip switches and press keys on the machine, Psycho Pink talking to Psycho Yellow, who then talks to Psycho Red, who clutches the five data cards, readying them. |
Follow-up of cards being put in slot replaced by US footage for no reason. |
MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun fires its deprocessing ray, reforming the five Space Rangers. |
Pushed up from source position. |
MEGA #48. |
Zoom in on Psycho Red, talking and raising a fist. |
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MEGA #48. |
There's the ocean. and beneath the waves lies Secret City. |
Recycled again; fades in from black. |
MEGA #48. |
Push in on Psycho Red, talking, pointing, then raising a fist. |
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MEGA #48. |
Each of the Space Rangers does their two step pose, then their Lightstar helmet mode lights up. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red raises his hand held like a gun, nod-talks, then leads the team in a reach-forth pose. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Psychos and the Rangers rush into battle against one another, color counterpart against color counterpart. |
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MEGA #48. |
Zoom in from on very high, to the ten Rangers engaged in combat. |
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MEGA #48. |
Pinned down, sword against Spiral Saber, Red nod-talks to his left wrist, then breaks off Psycho Red's hold and talks some more into his wrist. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red gets sparkily slashed by Psycho Red in midair, he falls, his teammates regroup around him, as they face the five Psychos, prompting Red to talk then jerk down his arms. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red pulls out his Spiral Saber in Booster Mode. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
Black pulls out the Quadroblaster, as Yellow, Blue, & Pink brace against his back. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
Side angle on the five Rangers aiming their weapons forth. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
Zoom in on Psycho Red as he holds his Psycho Sword at the ready. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red fires his Spiral Saber in Booster Mode at us, discharging a golden ball of energy. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
Black fires the Quadroblaster at us, unleashing a shimmering ball of energy. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
The five Psychos spark burst, totally, leaving the Rangers watching anxiously to see the damage. |
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MEGA #48. |
As the flames and smoke clear, the five Psychos stand, now in their true monster forms, unharmed otherwise, slowly marching forth as the Rangers react. |
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MEGA #48. |
Psycho Red fires red eyebeams forth. |
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MEGA #48. |
Rangers spark burst as they're flung into the air by fireball bursts. |
Recycled, per source. |
MEGA #48. |
Pan up to the Secret City tower. |
Plays in reverse, and trimmed to remove unmorphed Silver. |
MEGA #48. |
Ecliptor fires eyebeams forth. |
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MEGA #48. |
Silver rushes through the smoke, fires his Super Silverizer at Ecliptor, spark bursting him, then switches to blade mode and slashes him twice, taking him down. |
Trims start to remove unmorphed Silver. |
MEGA #48. |
The blue-lighted Data Laser Gun lowers. |
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MEGA #48. |
The five Rangers do flying kicks or punches into the Psycho Monsters, failing to harm any of them, all falling away from their enemies. |
Pink's is cut due to being too close to her face. |
MEGA #48. |
Red struggles with the meaty tentacle wrapped around his neck from Psycho Red, fighting against it, eventually talking to his wrist, then doing a jump kick into the monster's head, freeing him. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red lands and his teammates regroup around him, facing the Psychos. Red then leads his team in retreating hastily from the scene, prompting the Psychos to follow. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun changes from blue to red. |
Cuts follow-up of green box. |
MEGA #48. |
The Rangers rush into the room, the Psychos following. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun raises up. |
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MEGA #48. |
So, each Ranger takes on their Psycho counterpart. Red & Blue aren't having much luck getting their Psychos to the center of the room. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun raises and lowers repeatedly. |
Cuts follow-up of the Blacks fighting. |
MEGA #48. |
Red says something, then shoves Psycho Red. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Rangers continue struggling with their Psychos. How else to describe it? The computer display lets us know how close they're getting to getting them in the middle. |
Pushed back from position. |
MEGA #48. |
The Rangers get the Psychos to the center, but aren't able to hold them there, Red fighting Psycho Red, then Yellow fighting Psycho Yellow. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun is a rockin' up and down, giving quite a light show. |
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MEGA #48. |
Pink/Psycho Pink, Blue/Psycho Blue, and, you guessed it, Black/Psycho Black fight. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Rangers finally get the Psychos to the center, Red calls out upward, the computer display confirms it. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Data Laser Gun fires its processing beam. |
Recycled, but first in context. |
MEGA #48. |
The Rangers dive out of the way when the processing beam starts on the monsters. |
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MEGA #48. |
Red gets up, just in time to get Psycho Red's meaty tentacle wrapped around his neck, an electricity charge being sent through it to fry him. The other Rangers try to help him get free, another charge is sent, so Blue uses his Astro Axe to chop the tentacle off, the Rangers all fall down, Black recovering first. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Psycho Ranger Monsters are converted into data by the Data Laser Gun. |
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MEGA #48. |
The Rangers stand up, Blue dusting off his hands, Red tosses down the tentacle piece, and talks, before the room starts quaking. The team is shaken, Blue talking, then the machines start sparking, so the Rangers make a break for it, while the Data Laser Gun sparks. |
Shots 1 & 2 are split. Cuts several follow-up shots of machines sparking. |
MEGA #48. |
The Rangers race out of the tower as the quaking continues. |
Cuts before we see unmorphed Silver, though he's still partially visible. |
MEGA #48. |
A green box sparks, crackles, and shimmers before exploding. |
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MEGA #48. |
The tower explodes, causing the Secret City to also go up in flames. |
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MEGA #48. |
The beach is nice and peaceful, until the water bursts up as a result of the underwater explosion! |
Fades out. |
MEGA #24. |
Dark Fortress distorts differently into place in its warp dimension. |
Recycled. |
PRiS 723. |
30 second montage of bloopers from this episode. |
Altered to fit in end credits. |